The History of Animation

El Apostol

Nov 9, 1917

The first eve feature film, El Apostol. Created by Quirino Cristiani with cutouts in Argentina. It was 58,000 frames and 70 minutes long in total.

Oh Mabel

May 24, 1924

First ever film with synchronized sound included, created by Dave Fleischer. To include sound, he used Lee DeForeest's phonofilm.

King of Jazz

Apr 19, 1930

A three minute feature-film and the first ever technicolor film produced, made by Walter Lantz.

Fantasia

Nov 13, 1940

After Snow White, Fantasia was Walt Disney's second film produced. It was made stereophonic sound for the first time.

Lady and the Tramp

Jun 22, 1955

The first animation made in widescreen format. It was Walt Disney's 15th featured film animated production.

101 Dalmatians

Jan 25, 1961

Walt Disney's first ever feature film made with xeography procces which replaces hand inking of each frame. It had a budget of $4,000,000 at the time and the box office gross is $ 215,880,014.

Abra Cadabra

Sep 25, 1983

The first ever film produced in stereoscopic 3-D, by Alex Still. It ran for 83 minutes.

Toy Story

Nov 22, 1995

First ever fully computer animated produced, by Disney Pixar.

Magos y Gigantes

Nov 19, 2003

A short giant, a fairy and a wizard become mixed up in an evil magician's plot to steal a realm's magic.

Toy Story 3

Jun 18, 2010

First film to make $1,000,000,000 Worldwide