13 Fascinating Examples of Early Stop Motion Amimation
Including Town Safety, Dancing Cigarettes, Police
Work, Aluminum Manufacturing, Farm Life and More.
This two DVD stop motion film series has a total run time of 2
hours 25 minutes and includes:
- Live and Let Live (1947) - A demonstration of a wide range of
vehicle safety scenarios set on a "tabletop" town using
model cars and trucks for the demonstrations.;
- Precisely So (1937) - explores the measurement of very tiny
quantities - including a variety of stop motion scenes.;
- Aluminum on the March (1956) - Explores aluminum and its uses
in every day life and industry with a variety of stop motion animations
demonstrating these uses.;
- Just Imagine (1947) - Animated Tommy Telephone produces a telephone
by assembling 433 separate parts.;
- Saint Paul Police Detectives and Their Work (1941) - stop-motion
animation film demonstrating the activities of St. Paul Police
detectives.;
- Auto-Lite on Parade (1940) - A tour of the Auto-Lite parts factory
ending in a stop motion parade of their products.;
- How a Watch Works (1949) - A demonstration of the design and
operation of a watch, including a stop-motion animation showing
a watch being assembled .;
- Round and Round (1939) - A stop-motion animation showing how
a factory is run from an economic viewpoint.;
- The Penwiper (1926) and Green Pastures (1926)- Two mud animations
by pioneer San Francisco Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn.;
- When You Are a Pedestrian (1948) - Shows the shared responsibilities
of pedestrians and motorists for accident prevention - filmed
live and with stop motion demonstrations.; The collection is completed
with two Lucky Strike cigarette commercials featuring dancing
cigarettes.
Here are some sample clips from the DVD
 
  
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