January
Boomer Bill's Awakening (ss), Pat Sullivan /Sullivan.
(drawn animation)
first Boomer Bill series

The Captain is Examined for Insurance (ss), Gregory La Cava /IFS.
(drawn animation)
first Captain series (based on the "Katzenjammer Kids" comic strip).

Ananias Has Nothing on Hooligan (ss), Gregory La Cava /IFS.
(drawn animation)
first Happy Hooligan series (1917-1918)

 January
O Kaiser (ss), Seth. (Brazil)
(drawn animation)

 January
Emile Reynaud (director, animator, producer) dies in Paris. (France)

February
The Bronco Buster (ss), John R. Bray /Bray.
(drawn animation)
one of the Historical Cartoons series (1917-1918)

Quacky Doodles' Picnic (ss), Johnny Gruelle /Bray.
(drawn animation)
early Quacky Doodles series (1917)



March
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (ss), Willis O'Brien.
(puppet animation)
March
L'Avenir devoile par les lignes des pieds ("Future Revealed by the Lines of the Feet") (ss), Emile Cohl /Eclair. (France)
(drawn animation)

April
Hans Conried (Hans Georg Conried, Jr.) (voice actor) born in Baltimore, Maryland.

 April
Traquinices de Chiquinho e seu inseparavel amigo jagunco ("The Escapades of Chiquinho and His Inseperable Friend Jagunco") (ss), Kirs Filme. (Brazil)
(drawn animation)


May
When Noah's Ark Embarked (ss), John C. Terry.
(drawn animation)
May
Les Exploits de Marius (ss), Lortac /Pathe-Consortium. (France)
(drawn animation)

Les Aventures de Clementine (ss), Emile Cohl and Benjamin Rabier. (France)
(drawn animation)

Fyodor Khitruk (Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk) (director, writer, animator) born in Tver. (Russia)

 May
Sarukani Gassen ("The Crab Gets Its Revenge on the Monkey") (ss), Seitaro Kitayama.
(drawn animation)


June
Les Aventures des pieds-nickeles ("The Adventures of the Leadfoot Gang") (ss), Emile Cohl /Eclair. (France)
(drawn animation)
first Les pieds-nickeles series (1917-1918)

 June
Hanawa Konai Meitou no Maki ("Hanawa Konai's Famous Sword") (ss), Junichi Kouchi /Nikkatsu.
(drawn animation)
July
Box Car Bill Falls in Luck (ss), Pat Sullivan /Sullivan.
(drawn animation)
early Box Car Bill series
July
Les Fiancailles de Flambeau ("Flambeau's Wedding") (ss), Emile Cohl and Benjamin Rabier. (France)
(drawn animation)

August
Dollies of 1917 (ss), Howard S. Moss /Peter Pan Films.
(puppet animation)
one of the Motoy Comedies series (1917)

Iska Worreb (ss), Gregory La Cava /IFS.
(drawn animation)
first Abie the Agent series



September
Goodrich Dirt Among the Beach Nuts ("Goodrich Dirt at the Seashore") (ss), Wallace A. Carlson /Bray.
(drawn animation)
first Goodrich Dirt series (1917-1919)

June Foray (voice actress) born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
September
Clementine et Flambeau (ss), Benjamin Rabier. (France)
(drawn animation)


November
El Apostol (f), Quirino Cristiani. (Argentina)
(drawn animation)
world's first feature length animated film




December
Jirí Brdecka (director, writer) (December 24, 1917-June 2, 1982) born in Hranice, Moravia. (Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic])

no date
Bray Studios starts making training films for the U.S. Army.

Bud Fisher takes over the Bowers-Barre studio to form the Bud Fisher Films Corporation.
no date
Fanden i nøtten ("The Devil in the Nut") (ss), Ola Cornelius. (Norway)
(drawn animation)

El toro fenomeno ("The Phenomenal Bull") (ss), Fernando Marco. (Spain)
(drawn animation)

 no date

Imokawa Muzuko Genkanban no Maki [芋川椋三玄関番の巻] ("Muzuko Imakawa the Concierge") (ss), Oten Shimokawa /Nikkatsu.
(drawn animation)

 no date
Topical Cartoons (ss), Harry Julius /Smith and Julius. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.
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