Firsts in Animation
| Year | Milestone | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Feature film | El Apóstol | Created with cutout animation; now considered lost |
| 1926 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed | Oldest surviving animated feature film | |
| 1928 | Synchronized sound on film | Steamboat Willie | Short film; also first released Mickey Mouse film |
| 1931 | Feature-length sound film | Peludópolis | |
| 1932 | Filmed in three-strip Technicolor | Flowers and Trees | Short film |
| 1935 | Feature length puppet animated (stop-motion) film | The New Gulliver | |
| 1937 | Feature filmed in three-strip Technicolor | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |
| 1940 | Stereophonic sound | Fantasia | |
| 1955 | Feature filmed in widescreen format | Lady and the Tramp | |
| 1961 | Feature film using xerography process (replacing hand inking) | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | |
| 1983 | 3D feature film | Abra Cadabra | |
| 1983 | Animated feature containing computer-generated imagery | Rock and Rule | |
| 1985 | Feature length clay-animated film | The Adventures of Mark Twain | |
| 1990 | Produced without camera | The Rescuers Down Under | First feature film completely produced with Disney's Computer Animation Production System |
| 1995 | Fully computer-animated feature film | Toy Story | |
| 2003 | First Flash-animated film | Wizards and Giants | |
| 2004 | Cel-shaded animation | Appleseed and Steamboy | |
| 2005 | Feature shot with digital still cameras | Corpse Bride | |
| 2007 | Feature digitally animated by one person | Flatland | |
| 2008 | Feature film designed, created and released exclusively in 3D | Fly Me to the Moon | |
| 2009 | Stop-motion character animated using rapid prototyping | Coraline |
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