New Town
- Studio
- Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
- Distributor
- Central Office of Information
Synopsis
Charley, typifying the man in the street, is involved in a light-hearted story concerning a community setting about rebuilding its town. Technical problems of density and layout are explained with indirect reference to certain actual plans.
Characters
Charley
Credits
Directing
- Director
- John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Producing
- Producer
- John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Writing
- Writer
- John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Voices
- Voice
- Jack Train, Harold Berens, Dorothy Summers
Music
- Music
- Matyas Seiber
Animation
- Animator
- Wally Crook, Vera Linnecar, E. Williams, H. I. Privitt, P. Wright, J. Beaven, E. H. Meyer
- Assistant Animators
- Vic Bevis, Brian Borthwick, Kathleen Houston
Art Department
- Design
- John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Camera
- Camera
- Percy Wright
Editing
- Editor
- Jack King
Sound
- Sound and Effects
- Jack King
Production notes
Charley was an animated character created to help promote the National Health Service, which the British government introduced to the nation in 1948.
Produced for the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.
Specially honored at the International Town Planning Film Contest, Vienna, 1956.
Produced for the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.
Specially honored at the International Town Planning Film Contest, Vienna, 1956.
