Halas And Batchelor Cartoon Films Movies

  • 1954
    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

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    Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

    Animal Farm
  • 1976
    The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

    The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

    The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

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    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...

    The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
  • 1981
    Heavy Metal

    Heavy Metal

    Heavy Metal

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    The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

    Heavy Metal
  • 1945
    Handling Ships

    Handling Ships

    Handling Ships

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    Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

    Handling Ships
  • 1946
    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

    A Modern Guide to Health

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    Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

    A Modern Guide to Health
  • 1942
    Dustbin Parade

    Dustbin Parade

    Dustbin Parade

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

    Dustbin Parade
  • 1967
    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

    Ruddigore

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    For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

    Ruddigore
  • 1950
    As Old as the Hills

    As Old as the Hills

    As Old as the Hills

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    Everyone knows that petroleum comes out of the earth, but the question is how did it get there, and what is it made of? The answer to these questions...

    As Old as the Hills
  • 1965
    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

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    This a story of a violinist, pianist and cellist as they perform from place-to-place, under very unusual conditions. Every time they play, they...

    The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
  • 1963
    The Axe and the Lamp

    The Axe and the Lamp

    The Axe and the Lamp

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

    The Axe and the Lamp
  • 1964
    Midsummer Nightmare

    Midsummer Nightmare

    Midsummer Nightmare

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

    Midsummer Nightmare
  • 1974
    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

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    A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan...

    The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
  • 1964
    Automania 2000

    Automania 2000

    Automania 2000

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    An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...

    Automania 2000
  • 1977
    The Butterfly Ball

    The Butterfly Ball

    The Butterfly Ball

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    Roger Glover puts on a star-studded concert at the Royal Albert Hall for his concept album "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast".

    The Butterfly Ball
  • 1949
    Charley's Black Magic

    Charley's Black Magic

    Charley's Black Magic

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

    Charley's Black Magic
  • 1970
    A Short Tall Story

    A Short Tall Story

    A Short Tall Story

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    The Shorts and the Talls just can’t see eye to eye until a mediating fairy arrives to help them make ends meet.

    A Short Tall Story
  • 1941
    The Pocket Cartoon

    The Pocket Cartoon

    The Pocket Cartoon

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    A political satire, the first film made by Halas and Batchelor.

    The Pocket Cartoon
  • 1952
    The Figurehead

    The Figurehead

    The Figurehead

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    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...

    The Figurehead
  • 1948
    The Magic Canvas

    The Magic Canvas

    The Magic Canvas

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

    The Magic Canvas
  • 1961
    For Better, For Worse

    For Better, For Worse

    For Better, For Worse

    01961HD

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

    For Better, For Worse