John Halas Movies

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...

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...

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

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

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

Hello darkness my old friend. The four-part “experiment in word, music and paintings” that was made by the BFI for the 1951 Festival of...

In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will...

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...

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

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

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....

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

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

Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard...

This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.

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

A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.

An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen, disguises himself as an 18-year-old motorcyclist, the better to lure...

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