List of animated feature films of the 1940s
A list of animated feature films released in the 1940s.
Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date |
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1940 | ||||||
Pinocchio | United States | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Won 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", and for Best Original Score. | February 7, 1940 | |
Fantasia | United States | Various | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/live action | First animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound. Won 2 special Academy Awards. | November 13, 1940 |
1941 | ||||||
Princess Iron Fan Tie shan gong zhu | China | Wan Guchan Wan Laiming | Traditional | First Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia. | January 1, 1941 | |
The Reluctant Dragon | United States | Alfred Werker (live action) Hamilton Luske (animation) | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film/Documentary | June 21, 1941 |
Dumbo | United States | Ben Sharpsteen | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | October 23, 1941 | |
Mr. Bug Goes to Town | United States | Dave Fleischer Shamus Culhane | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | Last animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor, launching The United States into World War II. | December 5, 1941 |
1942 | ||||||
15.000 Dibujos | Chile | Jaime Escudero | Traditional | Lost film, First animated feature to be made in Chile. | 1942 | |
Bambi | United States | David Hand | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | August 9, 1942 | |
Saludos Amigos | United States | Norman Ferguson Wilfred Jackson Jack Kinney Hamilton Luske William Roberts | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | August 24, 1942 |
1943 | ||||||
Victory Through Air Power | United States | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Documentary | July 17, 1943 | |
1944 | ||||||
The Three Caballeros | United States | Norman Ferguson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | December 21, 1944 |
1945 | ||||||
Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors Momotarō Umi no Shinpei | Japan | Mitsuyo Seo | Shōchiku Dōga Kenkyūjo | Traditional | First Japanese animated feature. | April 12, 1945 |
The Enchanted Sword Garbancito de La Mancha | Spain | Arturo Moreno | Balet y Blay | Traditional | First Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States. | November 23, 1945 |
Handling Ships | United Kingdom | Alan Crick John Halas | Stop motion | Instructional film, and the first British animated feature. | 1945 | |
The Lost Letter Propavshaya gramota | Soviet Union | Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | First traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studio | 1945 |
1946 | ||||||
Make Mine Music | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Joshua Meador Robert Cormack | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Package Film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II. | April 20, 1946 |
Song of the South | United States | Harve Foster Wilfred Jackson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | November 12, 1946 | |
The Tinderbox Fyrtøjet | Denmark | Svend Methling | Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm | Traditional | First Danish animated feature. | May 16, 1946 |
1947 | ||||||
The Humpbacked Horse Konyok-Gorbunok | Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | January 10, 1947 | |
The Crab with the Golden Claws Le crabe aux pinces d'or | Belgium | Claude Misonne | Stop motion | First Belgian animated feature. | January 11, 1947 | |
Fun and Fancy Free | United States | Jack Kinney (animation) Bill Roberts (animation) Hamilton Luske (animation) William Morgan | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | September 27, 1947 |
The Czech Year Spalicek | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | Stop motion | First Czech animated feature. | December 13,1947 | |
1948 | ||||||
Melody Time | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | May 27, 1948 |
Happy Holidays | Spain | José María Blay Guido Leoni Arturo Moreno | Traditional | December 27, 1948 | ||
Water for Fire Fighting | United Kingdom | Alan Crick John Halas | Stop motion | Instructional film | 1948 | |
1949 | ||||||
The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv slavík | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka Miloš Makovec | Stop motion/Live action | April 15, 1949 | ||
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi James Algar | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Package film | October 5, 1949 |
The Singing Princess La Rosa di Bagdad | Italy | Anton Gino Domenighini | Traditional | December 22, 1949 | ||
Adventures of Esparadrapo | Spain | Ángel de Echenique | Stop motion | December 26, 1949 | ||
Alice in Wonderland | France | Dallas Bower | Stop motion/Live action | 1949 | ||
The Dynamite Brothers | Italy | Nino Pagot | Traditional | 1949 |
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