Dilemma

cartoon by Halas and Batchelor

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The cartoon "Dilemma" was created in 1982 by the British husband-and-wife animation team John Halas and Joy Batchelor. They were influential figures in the world of animated films, establishing Halas and Batchelor Animation, Ltd., which became Great Britain's largest cartoon film studio. "Dilemma" is noted as being the first fully digitized film. Halas and Batchelor are also renowned for their 1955 animated adaptation of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm.1

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John Halas and Joy Batchelor
…Cinema (1956); Automania 2000 (1963); Dilemma (1982), the first fully digitized film; and more than 2,000 other animated films. Many later cartoons, documentaries, and educational shorts were commissioned specifically for television. Halas was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1972.
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…Cinema (1956); Automania 2000 (1963); Dilemma (1982), the first fully digitized film; and more than 2,000 other animated films. Many later cartoons, documentaries, and educational shorts were commissioned specifically for television. Halas was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1972.
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