Produced in the midst of the cold war in order to capitalize on Orwell's timely commentary on the totalitarian state that had developed in the Soviet Union, this 1954 classic meets the standard the producers had hoped to reach while carefully sidestepping the original work's criticism of the unbridled capitalism that was responsible from bringing about the farm animal revolution in the first place (Color, Animated, 1:12).

Direction & Production:
Joy Batchelor, John Halas

Writing:
George Orwell (Novel), Joy Batchelor, Joseph Bryan III, John Halas, Borden Mace, Philip Stapp, Lothar Wolff

Cast:
Gordon Heath - Narrator
Maurice Denham - Animals

Music:
Matyas Seiber

Cinematography:
S.G. Griffiths, J. Gurr, W. Traylor, R. Turk

Art & Animation:
Ralph Ayres, Bernard Carey, Arthur Humberstone, Geoffrey Martin, Frank Moysey, Edric Radage, John F. Reed (Animation Director), Digby Turpin, Harold Whitaker, Matvyn Wright