The Story of the Animated Drawing

"The Story of the Animated Drawing" is an episode of the "Disneyland" television program. Originally aired in 1955, it shows Walt Disney explaining the history of animation throughout the ages, starting back in prehistoric days and working its way up to some primitive mechanical animation contraptions in the nineteenth century.

From there, it goes on to more advanced animation methods, as evidenced in J. Stuart Blackton's "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" and Winsor McCay's "Gertie the Dinosaur". This is also evidenced in such famed cartoonists as J. R. Bray, Earl Hurd and Pat Sullivan (who is famous for his creation of Felix the Cat). Then it shows a demonstration of how music was synchronized into cartoons way back in the early days of the cinema.

Then it pretty much focuses on Walt Disney's contributions to animation, in sound ("Steamboat Willie"), in music being the main element (the Silly Symphonies series) and in animated feature films ("Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Pinocchio").