Joy Batchelor 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
  • 1970
    The Five

    The Five

    The Five

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    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...

    The Five
  • 1970
    How the Motor Car Works: Part II

    How the Motor Car Works: Part II

    How the Motor Car Works: Part II

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    A BAFTA nominated specialized film

    How the Motor Car Works: Part II
  • 1968
    Bolly in A Space Adventure

    Bolly in A Space Adventure

    Bolly in A Space Adventure

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    a short Halas & Batchelor animation about the adventures of Bolly and his friends on imaginary planets, featuring animation by Tony Guy, animation...

    Bolly in A Space Adventure
  • 2018
    Secrets of British Animation

    Secrets of British Animation

    Secrets of British Animation

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    BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

    Secrets of British Animation
  • 1954
    Down a Long Way

    Down a Long Way

    Down a Long Way

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    A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

    Down a Long Way
  • 1945
    6 Little Jungle Boys

    6 Little Jungle Boys

    6 Little Jungle Boys

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    A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

    6 Little Jungle Boys
  • 1959
    Piping Hot

    Piping Hot

    Piping Hot

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    An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

    Piping Hot
  • 2014
    Ode to Joy

    Ode to Joy

    Ode to Joy

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    An introduction to the life and work of Joy Batchelor on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Joy was a director, animator, producer and designer...

    Ode to Joy
  • 1961
    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds

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    The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

    The Monster of Highgate Ponds
  • 1947
    Dolly, Put the Kettle On

    Dolly, Put the Kettle On

    Dolly, Put the Kettle On

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    Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

    Dolly, Put the Kettle On
  • 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
  • 1948
    Charley in New Town

    Charley in New Town

    Charley in New Town

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    Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.

    Charley in New Town
  • 1948
    Your Very Good Health

    Your Very Good Health

    Your Very Good Health

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

    Your Very Good Health
  • 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
    Fable of the Fabrics

    Fable of the Fabrics

    Fable of the Fabrics

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    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...

    Fable of the Fabrics
  • 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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    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....

    Ruddigore
  • 1967
    Dying for a Smoke

    Dying for a Smoke

    Dying for a Smoke

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    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...

    Dying for a Smoke
  • 1948
    Robinson Charley

    Robinson Charley

    Robinson Charley

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    No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

    Robinson Charley