Not An Animation Historian
@naah1929 • 2,985 subscribers
Film restoration artist. Dedicated to the early history of American animation (1929-1969).
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Found this interesting 35mm kinescope 📺🎥 print of Beavis & Butthead last year. It appears someone transferred it from video to film, possibly for theatrical screenings (it was found in an old movie theater). Quality is exactly what you'd expect from a kinescope - basically how it looked on MTV in the 90s, just a bit clearer, but that's what makes this piece unique. A preserved slice of how we watched these two music video couch critics in the 1990s.
Not An Animation Historian94,681 views • 1 year ago
*ANIMATION ARTIFACT* A rare She-Ra work print. This is what animation looked like before it hit our TVs after school: the uncropped 35mm frame with all of its production artifacts visible - sprockets, camera operator fingertips, edges where cel and background paintings end, & more. More comparisons coming soon!
Not An Animation Historian47,559 views • 1 year ago
On this day in 1930, Warner Bros. released the very first Looney Tunes cartoon Sinkin' in the Bathtub. Created by Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising, this introduced audiences to Bosko, the first Looney Tunes star. While the character is deliberately ignored today by WB, he represent the simple beginnings of what would evolve into one of animation's most celebrated franchises. This cartoon (in 16mm format) was released as a bonus feature on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol3. Here, I've combined a 35mm scan with footage from another 16mm print to fix numerous splices in the original film. The 35mm element was in particularly rough shape, but I've been able to present this historic piece of animation history in better condition than is commonly available elsewhere.
Not An Animation Historian40,268 views • 1 year ago
Ren & Stimpy opening sequence recreation from the 35mm Pilot #renandstimpy
Not An Animation Historian66,812 views • 2 years ago
A 35mm scan of this long-missing segment from Steamboat Willie wherein Mickey uses a mother pig as an instrument, pumping her teats to make music while kicking away her piglets. This was cut from film elements in the 1950s as it was deemed too crude for TV audiences 🧵1/3
Not An Animation Historian33,426 views • 1 year ago
Sharing this 16mm scan of Fleischer Studio's Superman (1941) - complete with that vintage film grain and muted colors we all remember from public domain VHS tapes. The animation is still mind-blowing after 80+ years. Pretty sure my childhood TV had more scratches than this print though 😅🎬
Not An Animation Historian34,791 views • 1 year ago
"The Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" (1981) opening scanned directly from an original 35mm print While this classic has been released in HD on digital platforms, it remains frustratingly unavailable on physical media. Viewers will notice this version includes the authentic period WB logo compared to the digital release—a little piece of history preserved in the film print.
Not An Animation Historian28,769 views • 1 year ago
In the Fleischer cartoons, Superman technically does not fly until Volcano, but often they animated him making very high leaps and then falling back down. Artic Giant has one of the few examples when they really did animated him leaping. Based on how this looks, I can't imagine why they wanted him to fly instead of leap 🤷♂️
Not An Animation Historian32,352 views • 1 year ago
She-Ra 35mm Work Print vs TV/DVD Print So why does 35mm film look different from TV versions in certain ways? A main culprit is broadcast standards/limits of the time. TV systems (eg NTSC) have narrower color ranges than film. Colors that looked vibrant on 35mm had to be "crushed" into TV's smaller color space, causing shifts in hue/saturation. The 35mm represents the original intent often with the TV end product in mind), while the TV version is the final product plus the technical compromises needed for broadcast.
Not An Animation Historian21,343 views • 11 months ago
35mm scan of the opening to "Matty's Funnies w/Beany and Cecil" (1962)! This short-lived series brought Bob Clampett's beloved characters—Beany Boy, Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, and Dishonest John—to Saturday mornings. Only 26 episodes were produced before it ended. Fun fact: This was a rebrand of the original "Matty's Funday Funnies" (ABC 1959-61), which previously featured Famous Studios cartoons like Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Not An Animation Historian16,212 views • 10 months ago
New 16mm restoration of Coal Black. Criticized for the offensive racial caricatures, but lauded for the animation & portrait of the era's vibrant black jazz scene. Mel Watkin's 'On the Real Side' describes the history of these depictions & the historic attitudes towards them.
Not An Animation Historian14,867 views • 2 years ago
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