Animation History By chestnut 1834 Creation of the Zoetrope 1868 Flipbook Animation Introduced 1877 Creation of the Praxinoscope 1914 Gertie the Dinosaur is created 1917 Rotoscoping is created 1919 Felix the Cat is created 1928 Steamboat Willie is created 1930 Flip the Frog is released The first color cartoon with sound 1937 Snow White is released The first full-length animated movie 1995 Toy Story is released The first full-length 3D animated movie