HB's first feature film "Handling Ships" (1945) was the first-ever British animated feature. After the war, they continued making short films while "Animal Farm" (1954) was being made, erroneously considered the first British animated feature. The studio grew from a small unit to a proper animation company, with several different British locations. Its best-known animation series were "Foo Foo" (1959–60), "Popeye the Sailor" (1960–62, for ABC Television in the United States), "DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space" (1965–70) and "The Lone Ranger" (1966–69). Halas and Batchelor also produced "Snip and Snap" (1960) and the animated music video for the song "Love Is All" from Roger Glover's album "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast" (1976). The company also made the short satire "Automania 2000", nominated for an Oscar in 1964.