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The Frozen North

Filed under: animation, Paul Terry, Terrytoons Animated Shorts, U.S.A., 1941

Release Date: 17/10/1941

"A Terry-Toon that depicts polar region characters like a wolf, Eskimo, and a bear."

The Grasshopper and the Ant

Filed under: animation, 1950s, Animation technology, Germany, 1954

Release Date: 1954

""A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.""

The Great Bluegrass Mountain Race

Filed under: animation, 1970s, Color, Farmhouse Films, U.S.A., 1977

Producer(s): Fred Calvert

Release Date: 12/11/1977

"This is the tenth episode of the short-lived series, I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali, Damon, and Nicky help their friend, a train engineer named Jimmy, win a race against two dishonest truckers."

The Mad Scientist / Superman

Filed under: animation, 1940s, Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Superman, Technicolor, U.S.A., World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1941

Producer(s): Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor

Release Date: 26/09/1941

"When a mad scientist holds Lois Lane hostage, only Superman can save her, and the rest of the city, from his diabolical plot."

The Man Next Door (隣の野郎)(1965)

Filed under: animation, 1960s, Japan, Technicolor, Yōji Kuri, 1965

Release Date: ?/?/1965

"The Man Next Door is an animated short of minimalist pencil drawing that depicts a red-hat man’s daily struggle with noises made from all sorts of activities that his neighbour, the blue hat, did, including typing, vacuuming, swimming, mechanic cra..."

The Mascot / Fétiche

Filed under: animation, Russia, Stop Motion, 1934

Producer(s): Gelmafilm M.J. Kandel

Release Date: 1934

The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend

Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Painted Animation, 1974

Producer(s): Pierre Moretti

Release Date: 1974

"From the National Film Board of Canada: Please note that this is an archival film that makes use of the word “Eskimo,” an outdated and offensive term. While the origin of the word is a matter of some contention, it is no longer used in Canada. Th..."

The Skeleton Dance

Filed under: animation, 1920s, Silly Symphonies, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, 1929

Producer(s): Walt Disney

Release Date: 22/08/1929

"As we hear the chimes at midnight and bats flutter from a belfry; as a hound howls at the full moon and black cats brawl on the tombstones; Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and leaping in their shrouds!"

The Sliphorn King of Polaroo

Filed under: animation, Racial representation, U.S.A., Universal Studios, 1945

Producer(s): Walter Lantz

Release Date: 19/03/1945

"Shipwrecked Jackson, a trombone player, is washed up on an arctic island. His solid technique on the sliding brass captivates the native seals and penguins, who elect him King of Polaroo."

The Street

Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Painted Animation, 1976

Producer(s): Wolf Koenig Guy Glover

Release Date: 01/01/1976

""This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket.""

The Tell-Tale Heart

Filed under: animation, 1950s, Technicolor, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), 1953

Producer(s): John Hubley Stephen Bosustow

Release Date: 27/12/1953

"Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name. The caretaker of an old man suffers paranoid delusions surrounding his employer's blind eye. In a fit of rage, he murders the old man and hides his body under the floorboards. Facing police inv..."

The Wanted 18 (2014): Run Yara Run

Filed under: animation, 2010s, Amer Shomali, animated documentary, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Palestine, Stop Motion, 2014

Producer(s): Saed Andoni Ina Fichman Dominique Barneaud Nathalie Cloutie

Release Date: 12/09/2014

"The Wanted 18 (2014) is a Palestinian-Canadian animated documentary about the effort of Palestinians in Beit Sahour engaging in the First Intifada (1987-1993), a series of acts of collective civil disobedience and protests against Israeli military oc..."

Three Little Pigs

Filed under: animation, 1930s, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios, 1933

Producer(s): Walt Disney

Release Date: 27/05/1933

"The story of the three little pigs with minor variations including the wolf's attempts to outsmart the pigs."

Three Monks (三个和尚)(1980)

Filed under: animation, 1980s, China, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor, 1980

Release Date: 01/01/1980

"Based on a Chinese proverb of the same name, Three Monks depicts the perpetual shift between conflict and collabouration among three Buddhist monks regarding water delivery to the temple they live in. The young monk, in red, who is the first to arriv..."

Tom and Jerry – Safety Second

Filed under: animation, Bill Hanna, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Joe Barbera, Technicolor, Tom and Jerry, U.S.A., 1950

Producer(s): Fred Quimby

Release Date: 01/07/1950

"Jerry and Nibbles celebrate spend the day prepping for 4th of July celebrations, however Jerry strongly disapproves of the latter's penchant for pyrotechnics, forbidding him from using fireworks and explosives for the occasion. Instead, Jerry propose..."

Typhoid Sufferers (Tifusari)(1963)

Filed under: animation, 1960s, Croatia, Vatroslav Mimica, World War 2 ( WW2 ), Yugoslavia, 1963

Release Date: ?/?/1963

"Based on a poem of the same name by Jure Kastelan, Tifusari is a Yugoslav-Croatian animation depicting typhoid sufferers who endlessly wander across a dreadful wasteland of death and despair in hope of a sense of resilience. The short animated film t..."