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First animation machines created
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Émile Reynaud opens the Théâtre Optique
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Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan opened the first animation studio in New York
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Brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, creators of Betty Boop, patented the rotoscope in 1917
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Walt and Roy Disney, Ub Iwerks, and other animators formed a company that would dominate animation for many years
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The Disney studio produced Steamboat Willie , the first cartoon to synchronise sound with movement
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Trick-Films created
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the short three-color Technicolor film Flowers and Trees, which won the first Oscar for animation.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first American feature-length animated film, received a Special Academy Award for significant screen innovation
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George Pal’s Puppetoons represented one of the few examples of commercial animation using three-dimensional materials