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Welcome to our animation archive. Here you can find videos and information on individual cartoons. We welcome additions and corrections to our cartoon descriptions.

The Friendly Ghost-Casper playing with friends

Filed under: animation, 1940s, Anime, Casper the Ghost, Color, Early Sound, Famous Studios, Joe Oriolo, Painted Animation, Paramount Pictures, U.S.A.

Producer(s): Sam Buchwald

Release Date: 16/11/1945

The Frozen North

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

Producer(s): Paul Terry

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

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.

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 )

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 Mascot / Fétiche

Filed under: animation, Russia, Stop Motion

Producer(s): Gelmafilm M.J. Kandel

Release Date: 1934

The New Spirit

Filed under: animation,

Producer(s): Walt Disney

Release Date: 23/01/1942

"This short by Disney for the US Treasury Department utilizes Donald Duck to promote timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes."

The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend

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

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the National Film Board of Canada: Please note that this is an archival film that makes use of the word “Eskimo,” an outdated and offensive term.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

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

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

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)

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 Tender Game

Filed under: animation,

Producer(s): Faith Hubley John Hubley

Release Date: 1958

""Love story between a florist and a sweeper inspired by the song Tenderly by Walter Gross and Jack Lawrence.""

The Yogi Bear Show: Ring-a-Ding Picnic Basket

Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Joe Barbera

Producer(s): William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

Release Date: 1961

"Ranger Joe buys a new booby-trapped picnic basket to discourage Yogi Bear's picnic-stealing habits, but it's all for naught. However, when Yogi hears Ranger Joe talking on the phone about shooting an animal and shipping it to the zoo, he assumes that..."

Three Little Pigs

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

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."

To Spring

Filed under: animation, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios

Producer(s): Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising

Release Date: 04/06/1936

"Dwarfs greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours."

Tom and Jerry – Safety Second

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

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..."