Chronology of Animation 1945

January
The Dog, Cat and Canary (ss), Howard Swift /Screen Gems.
(drawn animation)
first Flippy series (1945-1947)

The Odor-Able Kitty (ss), Charles M. Jones /Warner Bros.
(drawn animation)
first Pepe Le Pew series (1945-1962)

February
The Three Caballeros (f), Norman Ferguson /Disney.
(drawn animation, some live action)
contains: The Cold Blooded Penguin (ss) William Roberts, The Flying Gauchito (ss), Norm Ferguson and Eric Larson, and several unnamed short sequences

Frank Welker (voice actor) born in Denver, Colorado.

March
Life With Feathers (ss), Friz Freleng /Warner Bros.
(drawn animation)
first appearance of Sylvester

Ed Catmull (Edwin Catmull) (March 31, 1945- ) (producer, software designer, animator, character designer) born in Parkersburg, West Virgina.

April
Momotaro: Umi no Shinpei [桃太郎海の神兵] ("Momotaro: Divine Sailor") (f), Mitsuyo Ezo /Shochiku Doga Kenkyujo.
(drawn animation, some silhouette animation)

May
John Weldon (John F. Weldon) (May 11, 1945- ) (director, producer, animator, writer, voice actor) born in Belleville, Ontario. (Canada)

May
Studio Bratri v triku (Trick Brothers) founded by Jiri Trnka and Eduard Hofman in Prague. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])

June
Donald's Crime (ss), Jack King /Disney.
(drawn animation)

Rippling Romance (ss), Bob Wickersham /Screen Gems.
(drawn animation)

July
Katsuji Mori (Mori Katsuji 森功至) (July 7, 1945- )(voice actor) born in Tokyo.

August
Gypsy Life (ss), Connie Rasinski /Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)

October
The Cross-Eyed Bull (ss), Robert Newman /John Sutherland Productions.
(puppet animation)
first Daffy Ditties series (1945-1947)

Jasper and the Beanstalk (ss), George Pal /Pal.
(puppet animation)

November
Garbancito de la Mancha ("Garbancito of La Mancha") (f), José María Blay and Arturo Moreno /Diarmo. (Spain)
(drawn animation)
(first Spanish feature animation)

December
Quiet Please (ss), William Hanna and Joseph Barbera /MGM.
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Cartoons

no date
Das dumme Gänslein ("The Silly Goose") (ss), Hans Fischerkoesen /Fischerkoesen. (Germany)
(drawn animation)

Handling Ships (f)/(edu), John Halas and Alan Crick /Halas & Batchelor. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation, some puppet animation)
first British feature animation

Hochzeit im Korallenmeer // Svatba v korálovém moři ("Wedding in the Coral Sea") (ss), Jiri Brdecka. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(drawn animation)
This was made as a German propaganda film by Czech animators under German control.

"The Missing Diploma" (f), Valentina Brumberg and Zinaida Brumberg /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

no date
Shin Nihon Doga studio founded by Kenzo Masaoka, Sanae Yamamoto, and Yasuji Murata.

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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