Fantasmagorie (1908)
19083:42theatrical shortdir. Émile Cohl
Fantasmagorie (also called 'A Fantasy') is a 1908 French animated short film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
Synopsis adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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Fantasmagorie dates from 1908.
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This copy is served from the Internet Archive, where it is held as public domain material. Theatrical shorts lapsed into the public domain in large numbers, which is why so much classic animation can be streamed freely and legally.