15 mil dibujos/15 Thousand Drawings
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Chile
Producer(s): Carlos Trupp Jaime Escudero
Release Date: 24/12/1942
A Little Soap and Water
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop, Betty Boop series, Dave Fleischer, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor Dave Copeland
Release Date: 21/06/1935
"Betty Boop tries to give her dog, Pudgy, a bath, but Pudgy has other ideas."
A Short Vision
Filed under: animation, Educational films, Painted Animation, U.K.
Producer(s): British Film Institute Joan Foldes Peter Foldes
Release Date: 1956
A Wild Hare
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 27/07/1940
"The first Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon. Elmer is hunting rabbits, and Bugs is no simple target. The cartoon would be often imitated."
Acrobatty Bunny
Filed under: animation, Animation Series, Bugs Bunny, Color, Looney Tunes, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 29/06/1946
"When the circus arrives they put the lion's cage right over Bugs' rabbit hole."
Aesop’s Fables: Summertime
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Aesop's Fables, Anime, John Foster, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Producer(s): Amedee J. Van Beuren Paul Terry
Release Date: 13/10/1929
"This animated short is comprised of three separate scenes featuring various animals. Scene one: The squirrel enjoys listening to the music played by frog and monkey. However, the owl dislikes the monkey-frog duet. Scene two: On a heated day, a ..."
Anatole
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Czech Republic, U.S.A.
Producer(s): William L. Snyder
Release Date: 01/09/1962
""The adventures of Anatole, a suave and debonair French mouse, in a cheese factory.""
Andy Panda’s Victory Garden
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Universal Studios, Walter Lantz, Walter Lantz Productions
Producer(s): Walter Lantz
Release Date: 09/09/1942
"Andy Panda and Balmer try to plant a spring garden, but Charlie Chicken and a naughty worm have other ideas!"
Animation from Cape Dorset
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Anime, Color
Producer(s): National Film Board of Canada
Release Date: 1973
"This short film features several sections that introduce Inuit culture, customs, folklores, and craftsmanship. "The Good Day for Hunting" and "Caribou Hunting" discuss the fishing and hunting rituals in Baffin Island. In addition, "the Inuit Christma..."
Anju to Zushiômaru
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Anime, Color, Japan, Toei Animation Studio
Producer(s): Hiroshi Ohkawa
Release Date: 10/07/1961
"Children of a huntsman, Anju and Zushioumaru were sold to a slaveowner who brutally tortured them. Fortunately, their master's son sympathized with the siblings. He fell in love with Anju and secretly helped Zushioumaru escape his father's estate. Th..."
Astro Boy S1/E1: The Birth of Astro Boy
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Anime, Japan
Producer(s): Osamu Tezuka
Release Date: 01/01/1963
"Grief-stricken by the death of his son, Tobio, Dr. Tenma vows to create a new, robotic son in his image. The experiment is a success, but Dr. Tenma doesn't find the happiness he expected. He grows angry at the robot, that he cannot grow or act like a..."
Ballot Box Bunny
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Bugs Bunny, Merrie Melodies, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 06/10/1951
"A political Warner Bros. cartoon in which Yosemite Sam runs a violent campaign for mayor against his challenger Bugs Bunny."
Bambi – Wildfire scene
Filed under: animation, Color, Painted Animation, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 21/08/1942
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
Filed under: animation, Color, Commercials, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Robby London
Release Date: 27/09/1987
Bedtime
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Koko the Clown, Silent, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Alfred Weiss
Release Date: 01/12/1923
"Max Fleischer leaves his creation Koko the Clown stranded on a mountain top so he can get some sleep. Koko gets off the mountain and searches for Fleischer, terrorizing New York (he's grown in size at this point) in the process. The very interesting ..."
Begone Dull Care
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Canada, Evelyn Lambart, Jazz, Music, National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren, Painted Animation
Producer(s): Norman McLaren
Release Date: 1949
"This short film by Canadian animators Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren offers an interpretation of jazz music by the Oscar Peterson Trio by a unique style of painting colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto filmstrip. It reflects the cont..."
Betty Boop for President
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop, Betty Boop series, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 04/11/1932
"Betty Boop runs a wildly popular presidential campaign against the despised Mr. Nobody."
Blackboard Revue – A Color Rhapsody
Filed under: animation,
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks
Release Date: 15/03/1940
"In this episode of A Color Rhapsody, the blackboard drawings of a school setting come alive, as the characters on screen gather together for class. This Columbia classroom tale features a jungle sequence, musical segment and a story-within-a-story st..."
Bon Voyage Sim
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Niger
Producer(s): Moustapha Alassane
Release Date: 1966
"Sim, the President of the Toad Republic, goes on a journey invited by a neighboring president. He makes several pompous speeches, and gets a university named after him despite not having done anything to benefit the other toads."
Bosko Shipwrecked!
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, U.S.A., Vitagraph Studios
Producer(s): Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising
Release Date: 19/09/1931
"Bosko attempts to steer a boat through a storm to no avail. He then washes ashore only to be hassled by the local wildlife.Bosko and the lion's alternation between movement towards and away from the spectator deserves particular note for its innovati..."
Broken Toys
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Ben Sharpsteen, Grim Natwick, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 14/12/1935
""A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there.""
Candy Town
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Aesop's Fables, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Producer(s): Amadee J. Van Beuren
Release Date: 01/13/1933
"Also known as Silvery Moon. "As two feline sweethearts sail along Moonlight Bay, the moon invites them up for a visit. They discover the moon is not made of green cheese, as is rumored, but is actually a land of candy, ice cream and cake.""
Charley Squash Goes to Town
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Anime, Canada, Color, Technicolor
Producer(s): National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Release Date: 1969
"Introduction from NFB: “Released in 1969, this satirical short by Duke Redbird was the first animated film by an Indigenous director to be produced at the NFB. The film pokes gentle fun at Indigenous stereotypes and challenges the idea that Indigen..."
Chilly Willy – Half Baked Alaska
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Universal Studios, Walter Lantz, Walter Lantz Productions
Producer(s): Walter Lantz
Release Date: 01/04/1965
"Hungry and cold with a failing shoe-shine business, Chilly Willy struggles to get enough money to buy himself a stack of hotcakes."
Colonel Heeza Liar in the Trenches
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Bray Productions, U.S.A., World War 1 ( WW1 )
Producer(s): John Randolph Bray
Release Date: 13/05/1915
Crowing Pains
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 12/07/1947
"Foghorn Leghorn fools a young determined chicken hawk into going after Sylvester instead of himself. But when Sylvester gets wise to him, confusion ensues!"
Daffy the Commando
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Daffy Duck, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, Propaganda, U.S.A., Warner Bros., World War 2 ( WW2 )
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 20/11/1943
"Daffy Duck parachutes onto a German base in WW2 and torments some Nazis. As he is shot by a cannon, he flies over (whilst holding two American flags, none the less) to a Nazi rally, and smacks Hitler with a hammer. Elements of propaganda abound, but ..."
Dinner Time
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Early Sound, Pathe, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Producer(s): Paul Terry
Release Date: 17/12/1928 (copyright date, possibly not release date)
"An early example of sound animation. In it, animals square off against each other and then join forces against a Butcher (Farmer Alfalfa)."
Disney’s Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, World War 2 ( WW2 )
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 15/01/1943
"“Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi” (1943) is one of 32 animated short propaganda film that the United States government commissioned Disney to produce. Nearing bankruptcy after the financial failure of Fantasia (1940), Disney entered a c..."
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Tom and Jerry, Tom and Jerry, U.S.A.
Producer(s): William Hanna Fred Quimby
Release Date: 14/06/1947
"A Tom and Jerry cartoon, riffing off of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in which Tom concocts a deadly potion but finds that it only makes Jerry stronger."
Dumbo – Pink Elephant Sequence
Filed under: animation,
Release Date: 31/03/1941
"This excerpt from the movie Dumbo depicts Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse accidentally becoming intoxicated through drinking water spiked with champagne. They hallucinate pink elephants singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments."
Egyptian Melodies
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Jazz, Musical, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 21/06/1931
"A spider enters the Sphinx in Egypt. Inside he falls down stairs, hides from dancing mummies and witnesses murals come to life. He then runs away, afraid."
Eisenhower for President
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Commercials, Propaganda, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Roy O. Disney Jacqueline Cochran Citizens for Eisenhower Committee Paul Helms
Release Date: 1952
"Referred to as “Ike for President,” “We’ll Take Ike,” or “I Like Ike" was a one-minute political television advertisement for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1952 campaign for presidency of the United States. Conceived by Jacqueline Cochran, an ..."
Excerpt from Destination Moon
Filed under: animation, 1950s, George Pal, Technicolor, U.S.A., Woody Woodpecker
Producer(s): George Pal
Release Date: 27/06/1950
"In this excerpt from the film Destination Moon (1950), the physics of rockets and space travel are explained with the iconic cartoon character Woody Woodpecker. "
Fantasmagorie
Filed under: animation, 1900s, France, Silent
Producer(s): Émile Cohl
Release Date: 17/08/1908
"A spectacle driven early silent era animation which depicted morphing stick figures and objects. Though sometimes attributed to be the first completely animated film, the animators hands are clearly visible at one point."
Feed the Kitty
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Merrie Melodies, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 02/02/1952
"Marc Antony meets an adorable kitten, but his mistress says he can't bring anything else into the house. He struggles to hide the kitten from her. "
Feline Follies
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Felix the Cat, Pat Sullivan Cartoons, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Pat Sullivan
Release Date: 01/09/1919
"Master Tom (who would later be renamed Felix the Cat) falls in love with Miss Kitty White. While he is out romancing her, mice create a mess. Master Tom is thrown out due to his ineffective pest control. When he returns to Miss Kitty White he finds a..."
Felix Goes to Hollywood
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Pat Sullivan Cartoons
Producer(s): Pat Sullivan
Release Date: 15/07/1923
"Felix the Cat wants to travel to Hollywood but has no money. The owner of a failing shoe store promises Felix $500 if he can help bring in new business. Felix brings in new business but the owner doesn't give him any money. Felix finds a way to get t..."
Felix the Cat – Felix the Ghost-Breaker
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Felix the Cat, Pat Sullivan Cartoons, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Patrick (Pat) Sullivan
Release Date: 01/01/1923
"Felix (the cat) is trying to sleep in a graveyard, but a ghost keeps waking him up. The ghost escapes to a nearby farm and terrorizes the old farmer. When Felix chases after the ghost, suspecting something fishy is going on, he helps the farmer as a ..."
Ferdinand the Bull
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Early Sound, Painted Animation, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 25/11/1938
"Ferdinand is a quiet, peaceful young bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. But, when he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight ring."
Flip the Frog – Fiddlesticks
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Celebrity Productions, Musical, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks Pat Powers
Release Date: 16/08/1930
"A straight forward narrative following flip and assorted animals making music."
Flip the Frog – Funny Face
Filed under: animation, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Ub Iwerks
Release Date: 24/12/1932
"This early Ub Iwerks cartoon strangely titled "Funny Face" features Flip the Frog and his romantic interest, a Betty Boop imitation. In an early scene, she picks a Pinocchio look-a-like over Flip, and this rejection prompts Flip towards a facial exch..."
Flip the Frog – School Days
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, Flip the Frog, Iwerks Studio, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks
Release Date: 14/05/1932
"School Days features Flip trying to prevent his dog from coming to school with him. His dog eventually comes all the way to school, however, wreaking havoc in the classroom by chasing a skunk in. Everyone runs from the classroom, ending school early."
Flip the Frog – Spooks
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Animated film history and criticism, Early Sound, Flip the Frog, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks Pat Powers
Release Date: 21/12/1931
"Seeking shelter from a storm, Flip and his horse arrive at a house which, unbeknownst to them, is inhabited entirely by skeletons. Flip sits through a ghoulish dinner with the head of the house before enjoying a bout of dancing with a lady skeleton. ..."
Flip the Frog: Soda Squirt
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Flip the Frog, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks, Pat Powers
Release Date: 12/10/1933
""Flip the Frog is a soda jerk who serves movie stars, but one of his concoctions changes an effeminate man into Mr. Hyde.""
Foghorn Leghorn, “A Broken Leghorn”
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Animation Series, Color, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): John Burton Sr.
Release Date: 26/09/1959
"The cartoon opens with three hens gossiping about Miss Prissy, who has failed to produce any eggs. Foghorn Leghorn decides to help her out by placing another hen’s egg in her nest. When the egg hatches, Foghorn Leghorn is affronted when he discover..."
Gertie the Dinosaur
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Silent, U.S.A.
Release Date: 1914
"This silent B&W film, comprised of live action and animation, follows Windsor McCay's bet that he can return a dinosaur to life through the spectacle of animation."
Gumby Episode Three: The Little Lost Pony
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Color, Stop Motion, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Art Clokey
Release Date: 23/03/1957
"Gumby is watching television when he hears of a pony escaped from a nearby storybook. He finds the lost pony stuck to a train track while he's out playing, and learns that the pony, whose name is Pokey, is not really lost at all, just bored. Pokey ta..."
Hashimoto-san: House of Hashimoto
Filed under: animation, Color, Educational films, Terrytoons Animated Shorts, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Bill Weiss Frank Schudde
Release Date: 1960
Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, James Algar, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): The Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Release Date: 30/06/1945
""The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.""
Hell-Bent for Election
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Cultural Industries, Propaganda, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), World War 2 ( WW2 )
Producer(s): Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 1944
"It's just a normal day for Joe, a railway worker, until he realizes that two trains - the Win the War Special and the Defeatist Limited - are on their way to the same tracks. While Joe is stuck deciding which one to let pass first, a wealthy-looking ..."
Hell’s Bells
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Silly Symphonies, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 30/10/1929
"In this Silly Symphony, we are introduced to the many creatures of Hell. Satan sits while creatures entertain him and feed him firemilk. When Satan tries to feed a little demon to his hound Cerberus, it runs away and kicks him off the cliff of Hell."
Hollywood Steps Out
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Cultural Industries, Merrie Melodies, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 24/05/1941
""A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars.""
Homeless Hare
Filed under: animation,
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 11/03/1950
""A construction worker destroys Bugs' home with a steam shovel and refuses to repair the damage.""
Horton Hears a Who
Filed under: animation, Color, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Technicolor, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Chuck Jones Ted Geisel Earl Jonas (Production manager)
Release Date: 19/03/1970
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Filed under: animation, 1900s, Silent, U.S.A., Vitagraph Studios
Release Date: 06/04/1906
"Often considered to be the earliest surviving U.S. animated film. The film follows chalkboard sketches that seemingly come to life."
I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali-Episode 1: The Great Alligator
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Farmhouse Films, Floyd Norman, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Janis Diamond Fred Calvert (executive producer)
Release Date: 10/09/1977
I Can Remember
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Color, Racial representation, Sesame Street, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Sesame Street
Release Date: 15/11/1972
"An animated short from season four, episode eight of Sesame Street, a young girl is instructed by her mother to purchase a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter from the grocery store. "
I Love to Singa
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Animation Series, Color, Merrie Melodies, Musical, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 18/07/1936
""A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.""
Interplanetary Revolution
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Cultural Industries, Russia, Stop Motion
Release Date: 08/18/1924
"Comrade Kominterov undertakes an intergalactic mission to defeat the capitalists and fascists of Mars, and beyond, in this experimental parody of Aelita (Protazanov, 1924)."