John Halas Movies

Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat...

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.

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...

A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.

A trip into a surreal winter garden, a voyage on a stormy sea, a grisly homecoming – there is something for everyone in this “experiment...

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole...

Cartoon proof that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In this 1940s cinema advert, the tardiness of Signalman Squirrel's breakfast...

An animated visual interpretation of the song "Autobahn," by German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. A fast-paced experimental film which proved to be...

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

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

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A naïve father makes an embarrassing attempt to explain the facts of life to his son, but he becomes increasingly embarrassed to the point where...