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Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) - 1st Keyframe Animation - Winsor McCay

Sometimes called the world’s oldest cartoon (erroneously), it is still the first to be created using keyframe animation. This movie required Winsor McCay and his assistant John A. Fitzsimmons (who traced the backgrounds) to create 10,000 drawings, which they inked on rice paper and mounted on cardboard.

Thanks again to CBGP! This was taken from their Film & Movie Firsts section on their main page.

Check it out it’s pretty impressive:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBF1422257264B00