List of animated feature films before 1940

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Animated feature films

By decade
1917–1969 Before 1940 1940s 1950s 1960s
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940.

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes	Release Date
1916
Creation^[1]	United States	Pinto Colvig	The Animated Film Corporation	Traditional/Cutout	First animated feature; Lost film	1916
1917
El Apóstol (The Apostle)	Argentina	Quirino Cristiani		Traditional/Cutout	Lost film	November 9, 1917 (1917-11-09)
1918
Sin dejar rastros (Without a Trace)	Argentina	Quirino Cristiani		Traditional/Cutout	Lost film	1918 (1918)
1924
Vida y milagros de Don Fausto (The Life and Miracles of Jiggs)	Chile	Carlos Espejo Carlos F. Borcosque		Traditional/Cutout	Possibly lost film; first Chilean animated film	September 1924
1926
The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed	Germany	Lotte Reiniger		Silhouette	The oldest surviving animated feature and the first German animated film.	September 23, 1926 (1926-09-23)
1931
Peludópolis (Peludo City) Peludópolis	Argentina	Quirino Cristiani		Traditional/Cutout	Lost film and the first animated feature film with sound.	September 18, 1931 (1931-09-18)
1935
The New Gulliver Новый Гулливер	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Ptushko	Mosfilm	Stop motion/Live action	Combines live-action with animation, and the first animated feature film to be made in the Soviet Union.	March 25, 1935 (1935-03-25)
1937
The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard	France	Ladislas Starevich		Stop motion	Although completed in 1930, it remained unreleased for years because of problems with the original French soundtrack. It premiered in Berlin in 1937 with a German soundtrack, and was released with a new French soundtrack in April 1941. It was also the first French animated film.	April 10, 1937 (1937-04-10)
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons	United States	Burt Gillett Wilfred Jackson David Hand		Traditional	Package film. The first animated feature film to be presented in Technicolor.	May 19, 1937 (1937-05-19)
The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben	Germany	Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl		Stop motion		December 2, 1937 (1937-12-02)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	United States	David Hand William Cottrell Wilfred Jackson Larry Morey Perce Pearce Ben Sharpsteen	Walt Disney Productions	Traditional	Oldest surviving American animated feature overall, and the first to use cels as its medium; the film won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature.	December 21, 1937 (1937-12-21) (Carthay Circle Theatre)
1939
The Golden Key Золотой ключик	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Ptushko	Mosfilm	Stop motion/Live action	Combines live-action with animation; Ptushko's last foray into animation.	July 1, 1939 (1939-07-01)
Gulliver's Travels	United States	Dave Fleischer	Fleischer Studios	Traditional	The first American Technicolor animated feature film not to be made by Disney. Also first Technicolor animated feature film made in World War II.	December 22, 1939 (1939-12-22)

Key: Film considered lost

References

^ "Colvig, Pinto". Southern Oregon Historical Society Library. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021.

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