George Orwell
‘Animal Farm: A Fairy Story’

The Animated Film by Roger Manvell

The Animated Film with Pictures from the film ‘Animal Farm‣ by Halas & Batchelor, London; Sylvan Press, 1954; 64 pages; Illustrated. Fold-out Tension Chart.

This book gives an account of the art and technique for the film. “Dr Roger Manvell's account of a art in its own right takes as an example the creation by the Halas-Batchelor Unit of the first British full-length animated firm, George Orwell's ‘Animal Farm’, a production calling for 300,000 man-hours. All the illustrations in this book are derived from the work done for the film.”