January
Ozzie of the Circus (ss), Walter Lantz /Lantz.
(drawn animation)
the first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series (1929-1938) from Lantz, the series was later renamed Oswald the Rabbit



March
Yankee Doodle Boy (ss), Seymour Kneitel /Fleischer.
(drawn animation, part live action)
first Screen Songs series, each film contained live action footage of the artist or orchestra that provided the song. Series continued until 1951 (later episodes produced by Famous Studios)
March
Gerhard Behrendt (director, producer, animator) born in Potsdam. (Germany)

May
The Skeleton Dance (ss) Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks /Disney.
(drawn animation)
first Silly Symphonies series (1929-1939)





June
Donyo Donev ( Доньо Донев) (June 27, 1929- ) (director, writer, art director animator) born in Berkovitz. (Bulgaria)



July
René Laloux (July 13, 1929-March 14, 2004) (director, writer, animator) born in Paris. (France)

October
Noah's Lark (ss), Dave Fleischer /Fleischer.
(drawn animation)
first Talkartoons series (1929-1932)



November
Edward Asner (Ed Asner) (voice actor) born in Kansas City, Kansas.
November
Pochta [Почта] ("The Post", "Post Office") (edu)/(ss), Mikhail Tsekhanovsky /Sovkino. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)
November
Bruce Petty (Bruce Leslie Petty) (November 23, 1929- ) (director) born in Melbourne, Victoria. (Australia)


December
Tusalava ("Just the Same") (ss), Len Lye. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Cruz Delgado (Palomo Cruz Delgado) (December 12, 1929- ) (director, producer, writer) born in Madrid. (Spain)

no date
Bosko the Talk Ink Kid (ss), Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising /Harman-Ising.
(drawn animation, part live action)
experimental short made to demonstrate the Bosko character, not released to theatres

Paul Terry leaves the Van Beuren studio.

Paul Terry and Frank Moser establish the Terrytoons studio in New Rochelle, New York.
no date
Pokhozhdeniia Miunkhgauzena [Похождения　Мюнхгаузена] ("The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen") (ss), Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Daniel Cherkes /Mezhrabpom-Rus. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Kalif Storch ("Caliph Stork") (ss), Ferdinand Diehl /Diehl-Film. (Germany)
(silhouette animation)

Das Wetterhäuschen ("The Weather House") (ss), Gerda Otto and Hedwig Otto. (Germany)
(drawn animation)

Manuel García Ferré (director, producer, writer, animator) born in Almería. (Spain)

Paul, Hermann and Ferdinand Diehl establish an animation studio in Graefelfing. (Germany)

 no date
Kobu Tori ("Removing the Lump"), Yasuji Murata /Yokohama Cinema Kyokai.
(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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