Vera Linnecar Movies

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

A tourist travelling through Morocco discovers an ancient curse and must choose between light and dark.

The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, England, John and...

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

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

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...

An animated short that summarizes the manufacture of steel and a humorous look at a world without it.

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

Unbeknownst to the Spencer Davis Group, their manager is upper class, grew up in a haunted manor, and is called Algernon. When they visit his home,...

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

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

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated animated Industrial safety film featuring a clumsy fruit porter who learns the error of his ways, told as a mini-operetta.

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...

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

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

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