Vera Linnecar Movies

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Animated short. A man runs and runs.

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,...

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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.

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