Animated Painting

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise. From all appearances it becomes very warm as the sun rises, and the ar

Animated Motion: Part 1

The first part of this series by Norman McLaren deals only with tempo. It starts by showing the disc travelling in one move (1/24 of a second) from A to B, and progressively demonstrates slower and slower tempos.

Robots: The Animated Docu-Soap

Puppet animation. Pseudo docu-soap of a day in the life of four suffering robots.

Animated Genesis

The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.

The Animated Century

The first ever comprehensive history of animation worldwide. Animated with hosts created by Bill Plympton, this films includes over 160 films from 26 countries.

How to make an animated video

How to make an animated video (tutorial)

Ten Animated Films by Signe Baumane

A collection of ten animated short films made by Signe Baumane.

Animated Hair Cartoon, No.18

The “Animated Hair” films, featuring artwork by “Marcus” (not well-known animator Sid Marcus, but a caricaturist for the original humorous Life Magazine) were relatively easy for the studio to produce, using one artist (

Waiting for Death - A Smartphone Animated Short Film

Animated Holiday Card 2011

The National Film Board of Canada wishes you a happy holiday season with this animated card by Malcom Sutherland. Best wishes for 2012!

The Puzzled Bather and His Animated Clothes

As a man removes his clothes to bathe, more reappear on him.

Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 13

An animated hair cartoon short.

A Computer Animated Hand

Archive film showing possibly the first example of digital rendering, made by Pixar co-founders Ed Catmull and Fred Parke in 1972, was stumbled upon by the son of Robert B Ingebretsen, who also set up the world-famous U.

John Bull's Animated Sketchbook No 15

Stop-motion and lightning sketch animated propaganda short from World War One, notably featuring a caricature of Chaplin defeating a zeppelin.

20 Seconds Animated Self Portrait

A teacher asks for his students to make an animated self portrait.

Animated Cartoons: The Toy That Grew Up

Traces the development of the animated cartoon from a 19th-century children's toy to modern Disney cartoons. Includes a complete animated show as it would have looked in the 1890s.

Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies

Who made the first animated feature film? Today forgotten, Quirino Cristiani discovered the craft of animation on his own, far from the experimental artists of Europe or the commercial imperatives and glamour of Hollywoo

Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 12

The personalities portrayed are Will Rogers, Gloria Swanson, Colonel House, Harry Lauder, Marguerite Clarke and "Fatty" Arbuckle.

Sassypants & Sweetieface: Animated Dreams

What does animation entail? An animator and her heart set out on a journey to answer this question by exploring the meaning of masochism.

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.