John Halas Movies

A documentary essay about the unsung animation visionary, John Halas. An Animated Utopia explores his desire "to save the world using animation" and...

Hello darkness my old friend. The four-part “experiment in word, music and paintings” that was made by the BFI for the 1951 Festival of...

A BAFTA award nominated animation tracing the development of the motor car from the original horseless carriage common in the late 19th century to...

A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.

The first British animated Technicolor film.

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British...

A colorful cartoon commercial for soap flakes seems the last place that the realities of wartime life should creep in. A clothes cupboard opens to...

First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor. The story follows a...

Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that...

A feature length instructional video for the Admiralty on coastal navigation and pilotage.

An animated cartoon of drawings by young children, who imagine the motor car of today and of the future.

A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to...

If you haven’t already been diverted by the history of John Gilpin, or would like to venture that way again, you couldn’t find a better...

The Maestro brings a world of emotions to life interpreted by the orchestra and the animation.

An updated version of Halas and Batchelor's short film, 'The Magic Canvas', with a new electronic score.

Documents the life and influence of the Bahaus artist, László Moholy-Nagy.