History of Animation - Firsts in Animation

Firsts in Animation

Year Milestone Film Notes
1917 Feature film El Apóstol Created with cutout animation; now considered lost
1926 The Adventures of Prince Achmed Oldest surviving animated feature film
1928 Synchronized sound on film Steamboat Willie Short film; also first released Mickey Mouse film
1931 Feature-length sound film Peludópolis
1932 Filmed in three-strip Technicolor Flowers and Trees Short film
1935 Feature length puppet animated (stop-motion) film The New Gulliver
1937 Feature filmed in three-strip Technicolor Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1940 Stereophonic sound Fantasia
1955 Feature filmed in widescreen format Lady and the Tramp
1961 Feature film using xerography process (replacing hand inking) One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1983 3D feature film Abra Cadabra
1983 Animated feature containing computer-generated imagery Rock and Rule
1985 Feature length clay-animated film The Adventures of Mark Twain
1990 Produced without camera The Rescuers Down Under First feature film completely produced with Disney's Computer Animation Production System
1995 Fully computer-animated feature film Toy Story
2003 First Flash-animated film Wizards and Giants
2004 Cel-shaded animation Appleseed and Steamboy
2005 Feature shot with digital still cameras Corpse Bride
2007 Feature digitally animated by one person Flatland
2008 Feature film designed, created and released exclusively in 3D Fly Me to the Moon
2009 Stop-motion character animated using rapid prototyping Coraline

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