persistence of vision

Persistence of vision is the thought that after the eye has seen an image for a certain amount of the time the image will stay slightly in the retena for roughy a stwenty fifth of a second.

1960's and 1970's animation

scooby doo

scooby doo is a big known animation that was produced in 1969 and is still shown to this day.

flinstones

the flinstones was produced in 1960 but ended in 1966, the animation was recreated into a film and is still pretty known today.

top cat

Top Cat was shown in 1962 and ran for thirty episodes, unfortunately it is no a very known animation today and is only remembered by children of that generation.

1930's to 1950's

Snow white

walt disney

snow white is the most famous animation, it was first shown i 1854 and was the first know "full length" animation to be seen.

tom and jerry

quimby

tom and jerry is a really famous animation that is still shown on tv today, te story is of a mouse and a cat that are arch enemies an they fight in the most unrealistic ways possible.

fleischer brothers

the flescher brothers were from new york and were founded in 1921, they were running until 1942 and the paramount pictures forcd them to resign o that was the end of their carreers.

Old Animation

George meleis

the first example of old time animation is george melies, he was known for creating maagic tricks and illusions using animation in the the late 1980's, but then destroyed most of his work as the movies were not popular because it was dated just after the world war so he then went on to make watches and live with his wife for the rest of his life.

Died 21 January 1938 (aged 76)

This is some of his most famous work.

Winsor McCay

Zenas Winsor McCay (c. 1867–1871 – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905–14; 1924–26) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.