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1966 In Animation
Events in 1966 in animation. Events January * January 3: The first episode of ''Camberwick Green'' is broadcast. February * February 4: '' Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'', produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. This marks the debut of A.A. Milne's literary character Winnie-the-Pooh as an animated franchise. April * April 1: The final episode of Hanna-Barbera's '' The Flintstones'' is broadcast, making it the longest-running primetime animated TV series until ''The Simpsons'' broke its record in 1997. * April 18: 38th Academy Awards: Chuck Jones' ''The Dot and the Line'' wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. * April 21: The first episode of ''Batfink'' is broadcast. August * August 3: The film ''The Man Called Flintstone'' is first released, a feature film adaptation of '' The Flintstones''. September * September 10: ** The first episode of ''Laurel and Hardy'' is broadcast, based on the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. ** The first episode of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camberwick Green
''Camberwick Green'' is a British children's television series that ran from January to March 1966 on BBC1, featuring stop motion puppets. ''Camberwick Green'' is the first in the ''Trumptonshire'' trilogy, which also includes ''Trumpton'' and ''Chigley''. Background The series was written and produced by Gordon Murray and animated by Bob Bura, John Hardwick and Pasquale Ferrari. Music was by Freddie Phillips while narration and song vocals were provided by Brian Cant. There are thirteen fifteen-minute colour episodes produced by ''Gordon Murray Pictures''. The inspiration for the name is believed to have stemmed from the East Sussex village of Wivelsfield Green, supported by the nearby villages of Plumpton (Trumpton) and Chailey (Chigley). Each episode begins with a shot of a musical box which rotates while playing a tune. It is accompanied by the following narration: Then the lid, a hexagon constructed of six triangles in alternating colours, slowly opens up like an iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |