Secrets of British Animation TrailerJohn Halas Remembered: An Animator Ahead of His Time 1912-1995 TrailerAn Animated Utopia: The Life and Achievement of John Halas 1912-1995 Trailer
John Halas OBE was a pioneering British animator. Together with Gyula Macskássy, and Félix Kassowitz, Halász co-founded Hungary's first animation studio, Coloriton, in 1932. Coloriton existed for 4 years, producing animations for cinemas, including Boldog király kincse.
Total trailers found: 79
16 July 1948
No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.
05 June 1946
Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.
01 January 1990
Documents the life and influence of the Bahaus artist, László Moholy-Nagy.
01 December 1944
Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.
25 December 1956
A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.
02 January 1969
One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.
01 January 1964
An animated short based on the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung.
01 January 2015
A documentary about John Halas, the Hungarian-Jewish emigre who became the father of British Animation.
16 December 1950
Cartoon of chicken's adventures while being chased by woodland animal.
04 May 1944
A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.
01 January 1979
A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community.
01 January 1948
Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.
02 March 1952
A feature length instructional video for the Admiralty on coastal navigation and pilotage.
01 January 1948
Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.
01 January 2012
A documentary essay about the unsung animation visionary, John Halas. An Animated Utopia explores his desire "to save the world using animation" and highlights his prescient and influential work in exploring new technologies.
01 December 1969
Cartoon set to songs from The Moody Blues' titular album.
01 January 1946
Cartoon proof that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In this 1940s cinema advert, the tardiness of Signalman Squirrel's breakfast brings passengers to the brink of a major rail disaster every day.
31 July 1956
A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.
10 August 1964
Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.
05 January 1981
A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to progressive creation.
02 January 1948
Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British citizens.
02 January 1971
Out with the old and in with the new – one of Britain’s leading animation companies pitches its new image with great humour.
19 November 2018
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, Joanna Quinn, and Bristol’s world-conquering Aardman Animations.
01 January 1967
This satirical animated short by the renowned Halas & Batchelor Studio asks the big Question. Can the meaning of life be found in religion or science?
28 December 1954
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 they cannot avoid corruption.
01 January 1952
A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem
02 January 1974
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
26 June 1976
Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods.
07 August 1981
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
01 January 1979
An animated visual interpretation of the song "Autobahn," by German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. A fast-paced experimental film which proved to be a groundbreaking combination of electronic and manual animation.
01 January 1965
This a story of a violinist, pianist and cellist as they perform from place-to-place, under very unusual conditions.
01 January 1943
Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War.
30 August 1959
A musically talented ape is captured in the jungle and taken back to civilisation. However, civilisation proves too uncouth for the cultured ape so he departs, philosophically pondering that "when the arts are out of date, the artist must withdraw and wait".
01 January 1942
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.
22 September 1965
The Maestro brings a world of emotions to life interpreted by the orchestra and the animation.
15 July 1950
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 are given simply and accurately in this animated programme.
01 January 1949
Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that was produced in the UK for the Ministry of Health.
01 January 1951
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 accompaniment than the drawings of Ronald Searle.
01 October 1949
This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.
18 July 1949
First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor.
01 January 1942
This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.
01 July 1949
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 realities.
31 December 1965
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 his explanations are so vague as to be incomprehensible.
30 December 1948
A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.
01 January 1963
Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole world of sin and folly as relevant today as in the 16th century.
01 January 1980
An updated version of Halas and Batchelor's short film, 'The Magic Canvas', with a new electronic score.
01 January 1952
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 who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship.
01 January 1953
A BAFTA award nominated film made for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company charting the history of aviation from Daedalus to jets.
02 January 1949
A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.
12 June 1964
An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing demands for novelty and status consciousness, with predictable environmental consequences.
01 January 1948
In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will offer to everyone in England.
01 January 1950
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 protectionism and free trade.
27 April 1967
The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony.
01 January 1961
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.
