The History of Animation Timeline

  • The Magic Latern

    The Magic Latern
    The Magic Lantern is an image projector using pictures on sheets of glass. Since some sheets contain moving parts, it is considered the first example of projected animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVQlo2adl98
  • The Zoetrope

    The Zoetrope
    The zoetrope, invented in 1834 by William George Horner, was an early form of motion picture projector that consisted of a drum containing a set of still images, that was turned in a circular fashion in order to create the illusion of motion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_8fX-N3Ji4
  • The Proxinoscope

    The Proxinoscope
    The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. The Proxinoscope was invented in France in the year of 1877. Charles-Émile Reynaud was the creator of the proxinoscope. Its orgin name is Greek for action viewer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOItdZOGnx8
  • The First Motion Pictured Movie Camera

    The First Motion Pictured Movie Camera
    1889 - The first working motion picture camera was created by William Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Edison. The Kinetograph took a series of photographs on 35mm film stock. 1895 – Louis and Auguste Lumiere invented the Cinematographe, a device that took, printed, and projected film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDmAxdLvdQ4
  • The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing
    The Enchanted Drawing was created on November 16th 1900. J. Stuart Blackton It is best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film, which has led Blackton to be considered the father of American animation. This animaton was considered significant because it was the first animated sequence recorder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYDmH2B9XJw&edufilter=4hd5xGOD87deUi2asytBSw&safe=active
  • The Walt Disney Company

    The Walt Disney Company
    The company originally started and was created in 1923. Walt Disney first full length animated film was in 1937. The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Two facts about Disney’s Live Action Production: stage 1 was built in the 1940s and only shot at 5 liveaction soundstages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmoMOSDtUJc
  • Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs

    Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest Disney animated feature film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phLIoBnHvaI
  • 1914 Gertie the dinosaur

    1914 Gertie the dinosaur
    Winsor McCay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaude villeact; the frisky, childlike Gertie did tricks at the command of her master. Although Gertie is popularly thought to be the earliest animated film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQqvl0gstI
  • 1928 Steam Boat Animation

    1928 Steam Boat Animation
    Walt Disney was the creator of this Animation. Mickey & Minnie Mouse were the first 2 characters created in this animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4&edufilter=4hd5xGOD87deUi2asytBSw&safe=active
  • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
    The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces was created in 1906. James Stuart Blackton and generally regarded by film historians as the first animated film recorded on standard picture film. From there, the stop-motion technique is used to show what appears to be drawings completing -- and then moving -- by themselves with no artist on screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dRe85cNXwg
  • The Looney Tunes

    The Looney Tunes
    Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation. Altogether, 1,004 animated theatrical shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAYklG5SO6Y