Reproduction <i>Steamboat Willie</i> animation cel
date: label: date made
content: ca 1988
name: label: maker
content: Walt Disney Studios
notes: label: Description
content: Reproduction animation cel made for a 1988 celebration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark Disney animated short film Steamboat Willie. The cel features a drawing of Mickey Mouse at the wheel of a steamooat pulling a rope, a scene from the film, in black ink on a transparent cellulose acetate background. Steamboat Willie is a landmark in the history of animation because it was the first Mickey Mouse film released as well as the first animated film with synchronized sound.
label: Description
content: A celluloid (or cel) is a transparent sheet used in the process of hand-drawn animation. Characters were drawn on cels and superimposed on a fixed background image to reduce the number of reproductions necessary to produce an animation. <i>The Little Mermaid</i> was the last Disney feature film to use this hand-drawn method of animation. Starting with the 1990 feature film <i>The Rescuers Down Under</i>, Walt Disney Animation Studios began using a digital method of animation known as the Disney Computer Animation Production System (CAPS).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Burbank
topic: label: general subject association
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Animation
label: Subject
content: Mickey Mouse
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Walt Disney Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0434.05
label: accession number
content: 1988.0434
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0434.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Animation Cel
label: Object Name
content: cel, animation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 16 in; 31.75 cm x 40.64 cm