Romance of Transportation in Canada
Filed under: animation , 1950s, Canada, Color, National Film Board of Canada
Producer(s): Tom Daly
Release Date: 1952
""A light-hearted animated short about how Canada's vast distances and great obstacles were overcome by settlers. The story is told with a tongue-in-cheek seriousness and takes us from the intrepid trailblazers of long ago to the aircraft of today and..."
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 ..."
Neighbours
Filed under: animation , 1950s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren, Pixilation, Stop Motion
Producer(s): Norman McLaren
Release Date: 01/01/1952
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Filed under: animation , 1950s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 08/02/1952
"Lambert, a lion cub mistakenly delivered to a lonely ewe by a stork, struggles to fit in with a flock of sheep. Despite his ferocious appearance, the other lambs bully him, and he grows up shy, sensitive, and easily frightened. But his temperament is..."
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. "
Rooty Toot Toot
Filed under: animation , 1950s, Jazz, John Hubley, Racial representation, United Productions of America (UPA)
Producer(s): Stephen Bosustow John Hubley
Release Date: 24/06/1951
">This cartoon depicts with transfiguring lines and shapes a courtroom-style musical drama. Characters are called up to the stand, each telling their side of the story, flashing back to each scene punctuated by the musical script. The opening sequ..."