A Glimpse of Animation History
“Le Voyage Dans La Lune” by George Melies 1902
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“Gertie The Dinosaur” by Winsor McCay 1914 – first keyframe animation, character with emotion and thought
https://youtu.be/TGXC8gXOPoU
“Alice’s Wonderland” 1923
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“Steamboat Willie” 1928
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Ub Iwerks “Silly Symphony – Skeleton Dance” 1929
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“Three Little Pigs” 1933
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“The Old Man Of The Mountain” Betty Boop 1933 Cab Calloway – Max Fleischer
https://youtu.be/SoJkxNa6v14
“Betty Boop’s Snow White” Koko the Clown sings St. James Infirmary Blues
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Max Fleischer – Popeye, Betty Boop, Koko the Clown
“Stereoscopic Rotary Process – Popular Science”
https://youtu.be/qmUsSN0tdo8
“Mickey Mouse Moving Day (edited)” 1936
https://youtu.be/TCkadWJQymI
“Clock Cleaner” Mickey Mouse Cartoon 1937
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“Old Mill” Academy Award 1937
https://youtu.be/5ncfXue1cxA
Oskar Fischinger “An Optical Poem” 1938
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“Why We Owe A Lot To Animator Norman McLaren”
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“Dots” by Norman McLaren 1940
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“Sorcerer’s Apprentice” Fantasia 1940
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“Night on Bald Mountain” animated by Bill Tytler 1940
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“Pinocchio” Stromboli animated by Bill Tytler 1940
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“Dumbo” Pink elephants on parade 1941
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“Red Hot Riding Hood” by Tex Avery 1943
https://youtu.be/V5SF-h0GnBQ
“The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Intro)” 1949
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“Gerald McBoing-Boing” UPA 1950
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“Rooty Toot Toot” by John Hubley UPA 1951
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“Neighbours” by Norman McLaren 1952
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“The Little House”
Animation by Marc Davis, Les Clark, Clair Weeks 1952
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“The Tell Tale Heart” UPA Production 1953
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“The Unicorn in the Garden” UPA Production 1953
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“What’s Opera Doc” by Chuck Jones 1957
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“Walt Disney’s Multiplane Camera” Walt Disney explains how it works 1957
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MoonBird” by John and Faith Hubley 1959
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Ray Harryhausen interview – stop motion in the 1960’s movies
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Paying homage to the pioneer of computer animation
“John Whitney demonstrates his analog computer”
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“An Afternoon with John Whitney”
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“Catalog” by John Whitney 1961
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“Matrix III” by John Whitney 1972
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“Mister Magoos Christmas Carol” UPA Productions1962
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Jim Blinn and Ed Catmull “CS292 Class 01 Intro” at Berkeley 1981
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“Crac” by Frederic Bach 1981
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“Vincent” by Tim Burton 1982
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“Take On Me” (rotoscope technique) by a-ha 1985
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“Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel 1986
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“The Man Who Planted Trees” by Frederic Bach 1987
https://youtu.be/KTvYh8ar3tc
“Street of Crocodile” Brothers Quay 1987
https://youtu.be/UIGEjEu0bn4
“Akira” by Katsuhiro Otomo 1988
https://youtu.be/bHZ_aAuRolY
“Creature Comfort” by Nick Park 1989
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“The Two Sisters” by Caroline Leaf 1990
https://youtu.be/oeizQismg2o
“The Making Of – The Nightmare Before Christmas” 1993
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“Disney Family Album #5 – Milt Kahl”
https://youtu.be/PV9PlBZ5TUM
“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Frank Thomas”
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“Disney Family Album #15 – Ollie Johnston”
https://youtu.be/5XxTZJRr3iE
“Disney Family Album #17 – Marc Davis”
https://youtu.be/pVf6DdqkpjU
“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Woolie Reitherman”
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“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Eric Larson”
https://youtu.be/RqkMbJWtO7g
“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Ward Kimball”
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“Les Clark Animation”
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“John Lounsbery Animation”
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“Snow White And The Nine Old Men” – Good introductory of the Nine Old Men
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“Disney Family Album #7 – Disney Designers”
https://youtu.be/W5l-vDOL7vE
“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Ken Anderson”
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Bill Peet – story development on “Dumbo”
Bill Peet: Disney Animation Process
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Joe Grant – story on “Dumbo”
Joe Ranft – story at Pixar
“Two Guys Named Joe”
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The tools that help me reach inside my drawings – Glen Keane on drawing
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Animator Eric Goldberg in conversation with Wacom
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Hayao Miyazaki: What defines good animation
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Hayao Miyazaki in Conversation with Roland Kelts
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John Lasseter – A Day in a Life – Full Length Documentary
https://youtu.be/m5HN3-l_f-U
James Baxter on “The Lion King” and Milt Kahl
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60 Minutes – Nick Park interview (Wallace & Gromit) 1996
https://youtu.be/U0PUvul9QGc
Henry Sellick interview on “Coraline”
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Tim Burton: A Life in Pictures
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Pete Docter | In Conversation With… | TIFF 2015
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Lee Unkrich: Toy Story 3 and Telling Stories That Matter
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Mel Blanc – voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Twittie Pie, Duffy Duck, Elmer Fud, Yosemite Sam, Barnie Rubble 1981
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June Forary – voice of Rocky, Natasha on “Rocky and Bullwinkle”
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Bill Scott – voice of Bullwinkle
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Ed Catmull on Creativity Inc. 2013
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“The Making of Snow White – DisneyAvenue.com”
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“The Making of Beauty And The Beast”
https://youtu.be/boFEksyRWAg
“The Making of 101 Dalmatians”
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“The Making of The Jungle Book”
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“The Making of Sleeping Beauty”
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“The Making of Dumbo”
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