Art of Animal Farm
/Animal Farm is an animation movie produced and co-directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor in 1954. The story was based on the novel of the same name by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature (Water for Firefighting and Handling Ships, two feature-length wartime training films, were produced earlier, but did not receive a formal cinema release). The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this movie.
THE STORY
Animals on drunken Mr. Jones' farm, led by prize hog Old Major, gather to discuss their abuse. Old Major exhorts the animals to rebel. Boxer the horse, donkey Benjamin, pigs Snowball and Napoleon and the others agree, and when Old Major dies, they turn against Jones. But Napoleon secretly raises a group of puppies to do his bidding, and over time the efficiently run farm falters as Napoleon schemes to take over…
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