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01/01/1900 | Stop-motion animation | James Stuart Blackton was the first film maker to use stop motoin animation and is considered the American father of animation |
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01/01/1908 | The first short | The first short comprised solely of animated images, Emile Cohl's Fantasmagorie, receives its premiere in Paris. |
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01/01/1914 | Gertie | Gertie the Dinosaur is widely considered the first animated short to feature a distinguishable character, as animator Winsor McCay brings a walking, dancing dinosaur to life. |
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01/01/1919 | Felix the Cat. | Felix the Cat makes his debut and becomes the first famous animated cartoon character. |
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01/01/1922 | Walt Disney first. | Walt Disney animates his first animated short, Little Red Riding Hood. |
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01/01/1930 | Looney tunes debut | Warner Bros. Looney Tunes makes its debut with Sinkin' in the Bathtub. |
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01/01/1932 | flowers and trees | The first full-color, three-strip Technicolor animated short, Flowers and Trees, is released. The film wins Disney an Oscar for Best Short Subject |
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01/01/1933 | popeye | Popeye makes his debut alongside Betty Boop in the seven-minute short Popeye the Sailor. |
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01/01/1940 | woody woodpecker | Woody Woodpecker arrives on the scene with a small role in the Andy Panda cartoon Knock, Knock. |
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01/01/1941 | First animated musical | The first full-length animated musical, Mr. Bug Goes to Town, is released. |
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01/01/1982 | Tron | Tron marks the first time that computer-generated images are used extensively within film. |
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01/01/1995 | toy story | The first computer-animated film, Toy Story, is released to theaters. |
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01/01/2000 | fantasia | Fantasia 2000 becomes the first full-length animated film to be shown exclusively on the huge IMAX® cinema screens. |
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