John Halas Movies

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...

Out with the old and in with the new – one of Britain’s leading animation companies pitches its new image with great humour.

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

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

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

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

Married to your television? This cartoon gives you an opportunity to re-evaluate your relationship with the gogglebox.

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...

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.

A humorous introduction to problem analysis and programming.

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...

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

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

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

Animated satire of business practices

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

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