A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

A colorful cartoon commercial for soap flakes seems the last place that the realities of wartime life should creep in. A clothes cupboard opens to...

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A fully digitized computer-animated film which shows the question whether man will use his inventive abilities for destruction or as the key to...

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

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...

Hamilton the elephant is being trained for the circus when he discovers his amazing musical ability; the ringmaster decides to exploit his...

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

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

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British...

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...

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.

Out with the old and in with the new – one of Britain’s leading animation companies pitches its new image with great humour.

A humorous introduction to problem analysis and programming.

A musically talented ape is captured in the jungle and taken back to civilisation. However, civilisation proves too uncouth for the cultured ape so...

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

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

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 Britain did...