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3549.9 #10 (DL Qual #5)
November 5, 2012 10:01 AM
Good morning! This day in Disney history, Nov 5th, 1937. Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon "The Old Mill" directed by Wilfred Jackson & Graham Heid is released. This is the 1st film to use the multiplane camera, a device invented by Ub Iwerks &the Disney staff. The special camera gives depth to animation by using layers of backgrounds painted on glass. (This short & the camera will both win Oscars.) to watch: http://is.gd/xiOSZU as always, thanks for reading! :)
ohhh, thank you for this History! It seems that Walt Disney makes the Silly Symphony cartoons as an experimental media for his Innoventions. Multi-plane camera was used to his first feature-length animation, Snow White. - otilegna
1072.0 #81 10:33AM
Cool info. I don't think I've ever seen this (or at least don't remember it). Thanks SMK! - LilSterner
2686.2 #20 3:13PM
This is one of the most beautifully animated shorts!! - Willierose
1238.7 #67 3:25PM
Thank you for the history and information and the link and doing "This day in Disney history" all the time. and and and - GrumpyPirateDad
617.3 #181 8:25PM
thank you so much i love the old mill and it little model on the storybook ride but was never able to watch the actual short,thanks your the best - pikarich
677.6 #158 10:03AM
Awe! Well I'm glad you finally get to see it! :) - Duchess_SMK 3549.9 #10 10:24AM
I love the silly symphony cartoons. Thanks for posting these. - mousejedi
273.0 #816 10:14AM
This is amazing. It has all the characteristics of Disney animated features, of which most of the classics used the multiplane camera. Incidentally, one of the three surviving multiplane cameras owned by Disney is at the animation studio in Burbank (MrsStrawberryGuy or E818 may already be aware since they work there). Thank you again SMK! You are awesome! - MyPark
946.4 #94 10:23AM
There is also one on display at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco - BaseballMickey_CM 2993.9 #15 3:20PM
The third one is in Paris. - Experiment818 1598.0 #49 7:32AM
I always enjoyed watching these shorts as a little kid. Thanks for sharing some history about it :) - DisLUVney
336.0 #458 10:32AM
and for some people who always watch WOC but don't know where did they got the "Old Mill" segment (before the pirates one), this is the source! - otilegna
1072.0 #81 10:34AM
The Oscars? Wow that's awesome I didn't even know about all that thanks!!! - Goofy24
125.6 #2688 8:27PM
Wow I learned so much from this post an Oscar?? And I never knew that this is what was in world of color!!! - CourtyAstroBlisters
450.1 #277 8:33PM
That camera made animation so much better. Thank you for the link - Tealtownfan
701.8 #145 7:52AM
Awww I used to watch this one all the time! Love it! - disneymomma87
163.9 #2137 11:45AM
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