Animation 1960-1970's

US Animation

Wacky Racers

Wacky Racers was a cell based animation done by Hannah Barbara in 1968. The show was famous for its villain Dick Dastardly and his sidekick Mutely. A general episode would have comical antics as races take place to the finish lane.

Top Cat 

Top Cat was done by Hannah Barbara in 1961. The show was famous for the main character T.C (Top Cat). A typical episode was T.C and his ally cats trying to make money and invade Officer Dibble. The show is based off Bilko a 50's TV show.It was a cell based animation

Road Runner

Road Runner was a cell based animation done by Wanner Brothers in 1965 about the main character Wile Coyote and his antics trying to catch the Road Runner but fail.

UK Animation

The Clangers

The Clangers was a model based animation done by Oliver Postgate in 1969. The show is about the adventures of the clangers with the characters on the moon. 

Trumpton

Trumpton was a model based animation in 1967 done by Oliver Postgate and was about the adventures in the town

Bagpus

Bagpus was a  model based animation done by Oliver Postgate in 1974 and it is about the adventures of Bagpus and his friends in a shop.

Animation 1930's - 1950's

Animation 1930's - 1950's

Disney

Disney in the 1930's started to make feature length animations which included film techniques to make it like a movie. Snow White was first successful animation movie.

Fleischer 

A rival of Disney was Fleischer which made animations for an adult audience. The early Popeye and Betty Boop animations were for adults with drug references.

Fred Quimby 

Fred Quimby worked for the Hannah & Barbara Corporation wo did Heaven Puss (bellow) and did other classic Tom and Jerry.

This was done using cell based animation this is done by do a drawing then a clear sheet of plastic is put on top of it and then you paint the outline of the drawing then you take off the sheet of plastic and paint out the back and then you photograph it then you go back to the drawing and trace around it with another sheet of plastic but with small differences then you paint it and photograph it again. This must be done 25 times for every second of animation.

Art Clokey

Gumby was created by Art Gumby. He became famous for mainly using clay models.   

TV Cartoons From The 50's

History Of Animation

History Of Animation

George Melies

George Melies was a french illusionist and filmaker who accidentally discovered a substitution stop trick in 1896 when he was filming a traffic scene with a omnibus but the camera jammed and when it started again he started it again and filmed the was a herse in the scene so it looked like the bus had transformed into a herse. There are just over 200 films left out of 400 because most of them were melted down to silver for bullets and the plastic for shoe heels in WW1. For his own films he made his own sets and sometimes starred in is own films.

One of his famous animations was called Voyage to the moon

Winsor McCay 

Winsor McCay was a famous american cartoonist and a animator. His famous work was his comic strip Little Nemo and his animated film Gertie The Dinosaur. For his animations he used giant sheets of paper to draw on and hand colou each of his drawings. Also in his animations he made his cartoons be able to stretch and distort because he had such an imagination.

Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger was a german silhouette animator who used black paper which was cut out. She also cut out separate parts for arms and legs to make them look like they are moving. One of her famous pieces was Prince Achmed.

Walt Disney 

Walt Disney made Steamboat Willie in 1928 which was the first to use sound which paved a way to do new styles of animation.