John Halas Movies

Hamilton the elephant loves playing music with his trunk. When he is fired from the circus he does odd jobs till he gets his big break.

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar...

A young girl rescues a wild bird. She takes it back to the forest, then finds crystals in the mountain...

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.

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...

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

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

This satirical animated short by the renowned Halas & Batchelor Studio asks the big Question. Can the meaning of life be found in religion or...

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

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

Hamilton the elephant is being trained for the circus when he discovers his amazing musical ability; the ringmaster decides to exploit his new-found...

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

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

A humorous introduction to problem analysis and programming.

A musically talented ape is captured in the jungle and taken back to civilisation. However, civilisation proves too uncouth for the cultured ape so...

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

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