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1834 BCE
Zoetrope
William George Horner created this by displaying numerous photos of different phases of motion and when spinning, the pictures then moved to create a moving picture. VIdeo of an example- https://www.youtube.com/watchv=5khDGKGv088 AnimationIL. "Pixar's Zoetrope - YouTube." YouTube. YouTube, 31 Dec. 1969. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
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Praxinoscope
From the Greek origin "Action Viewer," this animation device strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder that spins creating a more advanced moving picture. This was created by Charles-Émile Reynaud in France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Y5rOQy2E0 "Jack and Beverly's Praxinoscopes." Jack and Beverly's Praxinoscopes. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
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Enchanted Drawing
J. Stuart Blackton created the animaion sequence recorded on standard picture film. Due to this action, people started calling Blackton the father of animation. His silent film was the first real video that was created for an audience
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Little Nemo
Little Nemo was also created by Winsor McCay in 1911 which was based off of McCay's comic strip. IT was inspired by flipboks that McCay would bring home for his children. There was 4,000 rice drawings and were recorded in a studio in California. The eleven minute short film premiered in theaters April 11, 1911 and was seen by numerous people all over the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8qow7jTyoM
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The Beautiful Lukanida
Russian animator, Ladislas Starevich created this animation in 1912 an was the first puppet animation. He used insects and other animals as protagonists of his films and included various puppets to make his film believable and real to others. http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/the-tale-of-the-fox.html
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Gertie the Dinosaur
Gertie the Dinosaur was the first animation featuring a dinosaur made by Windsor McCay. This animation was later showed in a live audience that would later become a interactive part of his show. It displays a dinosaur performing tricks like a child for his master. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXC8gXOPoU
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Felix the Cat
Felix the Cat is the first silent film that featured cats. Felix received so much fame that movie audiences became obsessed with this cat. There was no sound and was all about the cat participating in adventures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGbBFsiuzc
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Steamboat Willie
Disney's original debut of Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse. It had synchronized sound and an original score. It is still remembered today as the first animation in Disney that is significant to Mickey and Minnie's existence.
https://priceonomics.com/how-mickey-mouse-evades-the-public-domain/
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Bugs Bunny
This is a famous cartoon that is still on television today. It revolves around a bunny that participates in Loony Tunes and walks around talking to the other people involved in the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m43lSzE1DI
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Dumbo
Dumbo is a circus elephant that gets abandoned and finds himself having depression. Throughout the Disney film, Dumbo has to battle his feelings and realize that he is worth something and finds family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8VdQY95Rtc
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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid revolves around a mermaid named Ariel that dreams of being human and having feet. She finds herself out of the water where she meets a man and falls in love at first sight. However, an evil octopus takes Ariel's voice making it impossible for her to talk with the man. The Disney movie was Disney's 28th animation film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXKlJuO07eM
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The Rescuers Down Under
Following the Little Mermaid, this film was created by Walt Disney making it the 29th animated film. Set in Australia, two mice travel all around Australia in hope to save a boy named Cody from a poacher in pursuit of an endangered bird of prey. The movie follows their adventures and hardship and stays as the first animated theatrical film sequel produced by Disney. http://movies.disney.com/the-rescuers-down-under
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Finding Nemo
In the ocean, a clown fish family is having a normal day until the son goes missing which triggers a whole ocean hunt to find this small clownfish and bring him back to safety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk3ZxmptZy8
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Wreck-It Ralph
A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings all different types of trials to the whole arcade where he lives. This animated film was the 52nd animated film made by Disney and had a guest director who also directed majority of episodes of the Simpsons. https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/30/wreck-it-ralph2-announced/
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Finding Dory
A sequel from Finding Nemo, one day during a lesson with Nemo's class, Dory reminices about a childhood flashback that she has a family. She decides to look for them but finds her short-term memory loss to be an obstacle. She finds herself finding new friends and new water animals that help her eventually find her parents after numerous years of them searching. http://movies.disney.co.uk/finding-dory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3kIpCzLzEo
