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This short is the incomplete version of a full 30 minute short that Walt Kelly and his wife created after his dissatisfaction with Chuck Jones animated special from the year before..

Computer generated images used as counterpoint to music “Fantasia & In Nomine” by John Ward, performed by Elizabeth Cohen, Max Mathews, and Gerard Schwarz.

A human presence breaks the primordial solitude of a tepui. Filmed during an expedition led by explorer Dr. Charles Brewer-Carías to Mount Roraima — the plateau located at the tri-border of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil — this short experimental film reflects on the encounter between humans and one of the most remote landscapes on Earth. The film also stands as a technical and poetic gesture: bringing the Super-8 camera to such an unlikely and inaccessible place.

A man is tempted with the finer things in life.

Biblical allegory by way of animated science-fiction. Jesus came from outta space and he traveled from beyond the stars.

In the summer of 1975, with a mobile rotoscoping station in tow, Mary Beams and Susan Hodara recorded locals and tourists alike musing on Paul Revere beneath his statue in Boston. With cerulean-washed frames and shifting white outlines of visitors, the documentary soundtrack creates a unique portrait of place and time.

Pixillation features computer generated abstract animations set to Moog-synthesized sound.

“[T]he sense of moving forward [in space or time] alternates with a sense of expansion and contraction, as the finished cycle [of movement] returns to itself and rushes to catch up with its successor.” (Gadassik) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2007.

A shy bear named Bashful stops four environmental villains from stopping Santa Claus.

Atlas gives the viewer an overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Beginning in 500 BC, a time clock at the bottom of the screen marks off the years – eight to a second – as the boundaries on the animated map change, showing both the growth including the conquests of Alexander the Great, as well as the decrease as the power of the Romans declined. The film concludes with the invasion of the Huns and the sack of Rome in 476 AD. Music by David Spears.

The Boy, the Bird and the Musical Instrument

Animated graphic symbols presented in a constant time frame are used to diagram and explain the laws of planetary motion devised by the Sixteenth-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. “Little Suite”, guitar and lute music composed by Galileo Galilei’s father Vincenzo, is performed by Laurindo Almeida

Pioneering artist Lillian Schwartz demonstrates the human input -- integrity, artistic sensibilities, and aesthetics -- that goes into producing early computer art. In voice-over she explains the intent behind a number of her films and offers insight into the artist's problems and decisions. Produced for AT&T.

An animated film about a student who uses a math assignment to embark on journeys into the world of imagination.

A woman kicks a man who is doing his morning ablutions on the backside, then laughs at her actions. One way for a woman to get rid of a man. Screened in France upon its release ahead of La Grande Bouffe (1973, Marco Ferreri).

Intended to be an "animation machine," Four Quadrant Exercise finds Jarnow adapting a perspective system, enabling him to render complex motions almost automatically. Created prior to the streamlined ease of computer software, this short is a commitment to the joy of making marks on paper.

Inspired by an Andrew Marvell poem, George Dunning sketched short phrases of animated movement on index cards, which were then stuck to a table top and filmed. Animation bared to the bone, and still extraordinary.

The story of a friendship between a little boy and his mechanical nanny.

An animated story introducing the basic concept of laws. Concludes that no one can live peacefully without rules, and that if people help make their own laws, thay will usually make fair ones.

A lonely lumberjack tries to cut down an old tree in the forest. He hits it for the first time using his axe. He doesn’t carry on because the tree resembles a living creature. The seasons pass. A natural disaster strikes, people and animals die because of that. The crown of the old tree becomes a shelter for a woman.

It is inspired by an old Tuscan fable , between memory and fantasy , a “non-reality” is described that brings back the memory of the old fable to both children and adults.

After receiving his Ph.D. from NCSU in 1978, Turner Whitted left for Bell Labs and proceeded to shake the CGI world with an algorithm that could ray-trace a scene in a reasonable amount of time. His film, The Compleat Angler is one of the most mimicked pieces of CGI work ever, as every student that enters the discipline tries to generate a bouncing ray-traced ball sequence.

N. N. wanders alone in the environment in which he lives, He tries to find a soul mate. In vain. N. N. remains alone - for the rest of his life. Dying. Funeral. Coffin covered with flowers. A solemn, sublime atmosphere. An endless crowd of people see off N. N., a man and friend whom everyone loved and respected.

A stop-motion animation about a girl made of gingerbread.

A Vietnamese animated film about a little girl and her cat.

This film depicts a world where space is geometric, noise is absent, and nothing happens until a small white cube comes bumping along, stirring up movement where before there was none. Chased by a wicked demon, the cube symbolizes the inner struggle that goes on inside each one of us: the confrontation, or evasion, of one's private demons.

Filmed with hand-painted cut-out paper characters and background sets. Rated X for violence, nudity and sexual activities by paper people. "The film takes you into the repressed areas of the psyche, the dark regions of the soul. It is a trip deep into the self, beyond the limits of conventional morality where good and evil merge into one. There are no governing laws at this level of the mind and that is the terror and its fascination." -David Bienstock, Curator of Film, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972

This short film originated from an academic work in semiotics at the Graduate School of Architecture of the Architectural Association in London. Cartoon caricaturing an immigrant from the interior of Peru and his work and dreams in the country's capital, while showing a cheerful image of Lima's architecture and environment: the one-pipe alley, street vendors, the dream of owning a home, the slum urbanization, among others.

A tailor drives his three sons out of the house because he believes they have maliciously starved his beloved goat. The sons prove themselves abroad and return home with special gifts. Two of the brothers are cheated out of their wages on the way. The youngest brother exposes and punishes the thief, and everyone can enjoy the miraculous gifts.

Explosive flowers, a phenomenal invention, have filled the world with enthusiasm. People, usually uninterested in simple flowers, are now crazy about the new fashion. The explosive flowers have become a mania, a matter of social reputation.

An abstract animation. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the iotaCenter, in 2007.

A colorful collage, with a subtle ecology theme, made largely from footage from trial runs of programs used for many of the other films.

A claymation adaptation of Arlo Guthrie's classic "The Motorcycle Song."

A couple has sex in different positions under the covers. They are interrupted by the sound of the doorbell. The lover looks for an escape. Finally, he will find it, similarly to other night lovers.

Discusses causes, symptoms, and treatment of alcoholism. Points out that alcoholism is a disease which involves both physical and mental dependency, requiring both physical and mental treatment.

Abstract video art created in 1979. Video and audio by Dean Winkler, Glenn Van Alstyne, Tom Lucke, Elaine Lewis, and Brian Aitchison. Chirp-1 / Quantel was created in two separate effects passes: At the RPI Video Synthesizer Lab an old porno tape (on stock that was donated to us) was processed using an analog Serge modular music synthesizer to sequence the sounds and control the colorization of an analog Hern video synthesizer. The sounds are also inserted into the video, which are the stripes you see, changing with frequency. The tape from the first pass was taken to EUE Video and used to seed an analog feedback loop around a Quantel 5000 digital effects device.

Experimental animation, via multiple screens.

The story is about a small penguin named Vin who sets off for the first time by himself.

An unauthorized compilation film.

The mischievous golden-feathered hen escapes from the farmyard. In a frantic chase after her favorite, the grandmother ends up... in an airplane standing at the airport.

Unambiguous message, unpretentiously inventive animation and a blackly comic tone.

Sausage City illustrates Beckett's additive cycle process. Constantly evolving rectangular shapes provide a foundation for an environment inhabited by mutating blobs - or sausages. Sounds and shapes create a moving space that teeters on the edge between control and chaos. The ending is somewhat mystifying, pulling us out of the surreal environment and revealing its origins. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Discusses the concept of "normal" behavior and mental health through the metaphor of a "swinger" and "squares." It highlights that individuals can exhibit a range of behaviors influenced by their emotions and societal standards. Mental health is described as the ability to confront and manage problems effectively, akin to physical health. The text also outlines various forms of mental illness, their symptoms, and the importance of understanding individual differences in behavior. It concludes with suggestions for maintaining mental health, such as confronting problems, adapting to change, and respecting others.

The face of a girl emerges from a sepia composition. The face changes into the face of a woman and an old lady. Love fills the picture with colours, war shadows it. As a result of these experiences and the passing life, the character takes the shape of a living corpse.

On two hills, two fortresses are located opposite each other. Two enemy armies shoot arrows and cannons. At night, soldiers from one fortress dug a tunnel into another. They captured a nearby fortress. During this time, soldiers from another fortress captured the neighboring one by air. In the morning, it became clear that they had only exchanged fortresses. The war continues.

A German Film Award silver medal winning short animation.

A short film by Paul Dopff.

Based on a traditional spoken tale, this Bertolt Brecht inspired musical humorously denounces poverty and insecurity, while ending on a very sarcastic note. A fine example of activist hand-crafted filmmaking.

A magic viewer teaches a bully a musical lesson in courtesy.

Blasting off into cosmic visual abstraction, pioneering computer artist Lillian Schwartz’s UFOs is a kinetic tour-de-force whose innovative pixel pigmentation showcased advanced stereoscopic technology as art.

A short film based as a poem written by filmmaker Arthur Dong in 1969 and marks his debut as an artist whose work continues to delve into the politics and human tragedy of social injustice. Public explores a child's reactions to social mores and violence to skewer the hypocrisy of oppressive norms.

Features Thelonious Monk's Misterioso. Extended version of No. 11 printed forward-backward-forward.

The film is about terrible life of a common man

Life in the Atom was never completed, but the existing version was digitally restored in 2009. The film depicts an ever-changing world inhabited by a man and woman engaged in surreal, erotic contortions. Their bodies are in a constant state of metamorphosis, as if to indicate psychological states or inner reflection as they contemplate their connection; they are being transported, transcending, merging and melting. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with iotaCenter, in 2009.

A playful concoction of computer produced images, a few hand-animated scenes and shots of lab equipment. Made largely from left-overs from scientific research.