Joy Batchelor

Britain's first animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in fact a no-holds-barred adaptation of George Orwell's classic satire on Stalinism, with the animals taking over their farm by means of a revolutionary coup, but then discovering that although all animals are supposed to be equal, some are more equal than others... (imdb)

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

Charley questions the need for the National Insurance Acts of 1948. Welfare State. (youtube)

Charley Junior, waiting in the clouds to be born, is told about his future schooldays by a celestial ... (bcdb.com)

Charley has the workings of the National Health Service explained to him. (archive.org)

This animated cartoon film shows how to set about replanning a town. Post war period. New Towns, overcrowded inner cities, building out of town. (youtube)

a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet protrudes from under the bed cover and the toes come alive and discuss how painful they are after being cramped into ill-fitting shoes all day. (youtube)

Animation. A War Office Instructional Film on the basic rules of personal hygiene, aimed at soldiers based in the Middle East. (BFI)

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

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain's economics. Meet Charley, the portrait of a nation. At the end of the 1940s the Central Office of Information commissioned Halas and Batchelor to make seven films about policies of the post-war Labour Government. Charley was cast as the figurehead of the campaign, learning about mining, farming, national insurance, and even schooling via a son at the end of the series.

First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor. The story follows a trainee pilot dreaming about the history of flight.

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

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