The old time animation was something...Popeye 1935

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

Clip from Choose your Weppins 1935

Con-man goes into pawn shop to sell them their own knives and gets in a fight with Popeye.

Popeye Choose Your Weppins 1935 Clip : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

 

[Frank Wylie]

Despite years of complaining to my superiors ,the samples on this page are of embarrassingly bad quality, but it is a glimpse of very early animation;

https://www.loc.gov/collections/origins-of-american-animation/

 

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

Yes, some nice films in the collection...thanks.

I couldn't stand it. It is not like the L.O.C. is broke. What is wrong with them? Is it just a job with them and no love for it? Or too hard to do anything due to 'paperwork'? 

I used the L.O.C. for many projects, but have had lots of problems. They got a poor search service. They offer no access for the good stuff unless you visit. Or if lucky you get 2 choices...a super low res JPEG or a super high size, but that great TIFF.

You should tell them to model themselves like the Getty Museum Open Content Collection. They got a great search and offer super high, res high quality JPEGS. 

Maybe the L.O.C. did a lot of their copy stand work in the film era and Getty used digital,  but Getty's I.Q. is very good. I never looked for video at the Getty, will have to check it out.

Have you seen 'The Tantilizing Fly'...1919?

I hope to get a decent copy of it to upload. A lot of the copies are poor quality, so I don't like being associated with them. But original films are near impossible to find. And if you do find a copy, it is unaffordable.  

They have a fantastic animation in Popeye's 'Bridge Ahoy.' Popeye reconstructs a bridge over a river with a giant horseshoe magnet as he flies over the river. Those early Popeye cartoons from the 30's were fantastic.

Edited August 22, 2021 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.