Animation 1950s-1970s

Animation 1950s-1970s:

Looney Tunes - Bugs Bunny (1940s-2000s)

Bugs Bunny Cartoon "8 Ball Bunny" from 1950s. There are hundreds of more episodes from Looney Tunes.

Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. is an Animated cartoon series. It has series for other cartoon characters such as Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.

Between 1942 and 1969 Looney Tunes was the most famous and popular short film cartoon series business.





Walter Lantz - Woody Woodpecker:

This is a Woody Woodpecker show from 1958. Named "Tree's a Crowd".

Walt Lantz was an American Cartoonist, who introduced Woody Woodpecker, when it was first released it attracted thousands of young viewers. It was Created by Walt but distributed by Universal Studios.

From the first release to 2011, the Universal-owned studio (Illumination Entertainment) announced a Woody Woodpecker to be made.



Oliver Postgate - Pogles Wood:

Oliver was the creator and writer of some of Britains most popular children's television programs. This included programs such as Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, and more.

All the short films he set up were by his own company set up with Peter Firmin named "Smallfilms". they were in partnership with BBC which allowed their shows to be broadcasted on the BBC between 1950-1980. In 1959 ITV allowed them to present the day.

The Pogles wood characters were made out of clay or some relative material. The detail was not very good (eyes or mouth did not move) but the story-lines attracted a lot of attention at that era.

Warner Bros. - Marine Boy:

This was first released in 1966 in the USA, then later in Australia and the UK. It was originally produced in Japan as "Undersea Boy Marine" by the Japanese Animation company named Japan Tele-Cartoons. Later on Warner Bros. / Seven Arts Television bought this animation and distributed a Worldwide English version.

Marine boy was one of the first colour animations shown as a TV program, it developed more when it was handled by the US.