Joy Batchelor Movies
- 1954
Animal Farm
Animal Farm6.9841954HD
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...
- 1964
Automania 2000
Automania 20006.81964HD
An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...
- 2018
Secrets of British Animation
Secrets of British Animation62018HD
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...
- 1943
Abu and the Poisoned Well
Abu and the Poisoned Well01943HD
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...
- 1964
Midsummer Nightmare
Midsummer Nightmare71964HD
Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.
- 1946
A Modern Guide to Health
A Modern Guide to Health01946HD
Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.
- 1948
Charley's March of Time
Charley's March of Time61948HD
Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British...
- 1961
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
The Monster of Highgate Ponds61961HD
The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.
- 1948
The Magic Canvas
The Magic Canvas71948HD
A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.
- 1970
The Five
The Five01970HD
This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet...
- 1950
The Shoemaker and the Hatter
The Shoemaker and the Hatter01950HD
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...
- 1944
Cold Comfort
Cold Comfort01944HD
A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.
- 1967
Ruddigore
Ruddigore01967HD
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....
- 1949
Farmer Charley
Farmer Charley01949HD
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...
- 1959
Piping Hot
Piping Hot01959HD
An animated film about the history and use of hot water.
- 1938
Music Man
Music Man01938HD
The first British animated Technicolor film.
- 1946
Train Trouble
Train Trouble01946HD
Cartoon proof that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In this 1940s cinema advert, the tardiness of Signalman Squirrel's breakfast...
- 1952
The Figurehead
The Figurehead71952HD
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...
- 1942
Fable of the Fabrics
Fable of the Fabrics01942HD
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. This neat...
- 1947
Dolly, Put the Kettle On
Dolly, Put the Kettle On51947HD
Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.