Movies

Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by...

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

The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

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

This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint...

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

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

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...

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

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...

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

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

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

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

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...