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Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.

Historical image related to Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short. from July 30, 1932

Walt Disney

American animator, producer and entrepreneur (1901–1966)

Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards earned (22)…
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Flowers and Trees

1932 Silly Symphony cartoon

Flowers and Trees is a Silly Symphonies animated short film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932. It was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor…
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July 30

Day of the year

July 30 is the 211th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 154 days remain until the end of the year.
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Technicolor

Color motion picture process

Technicolor is a family of color motion picture processes. The first version, Process 1, was introduced in 1916, and improved versions followed over several decades.
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Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Annual award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931–32, to the present.
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