Title
Country
Director
Studio
Animation technique
Notes
Release Date
1940
Pinocchio
United States
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional
Won 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star ", and for Best Original Score .
February 7, 1940 (1940-02-07 )
Fantasia
United States
Various
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /live action
First animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound . Won 2 special Academy Awards .
November 13, 1940 (1940-11-13 )
1941
The Reluctant Dragon
United States
Alfred Werker (live action) Hamilton Luske (animation)
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /Live action
Package film/Documentary
June 21, 1941 (1941-06-21 )
Dumbo
United States
Ben Sharpsteen
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional
October 23, 1941 (1941-10-23 )
Princess Iron Fan Tie shan gong zhu
China
Wan Guchan Wan Laiming
Traditional
First Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia .
November 19, 1941 (1941-11-19 )
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
United States
Dave Fleischer Shamus Culhane
Fleischer Studios
Traditional
Last animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor , launching the United States into World War II .
December 5, 1941 (1941-12-05 )
1942
Bambi
United States
David Hand
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional
August 9, 1942 (1942-08-09 )
Saludos Amigos
United States
Norman Ferguson Wilfred Jackson Jack Kinney Hamilton Luske William Roberts
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /Live action
Package film
August 24, 1942 (1942-08-24 )
15 mil dibujos
Chile
Jaime Escudero
Traditional
Lost film , First animated feature to be made in Chile.
December 24, 1942 (1942-12-24 )
1943
Victory Through Air Power
United States
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional
Documentary
July 17, 1943 (1943-07-17 )
1944
The Three Caballeros
United States
Norman Ferguson
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /Live action
Package film
December 21, 1944 (1944-12-21 )
1945
The Lost Letter Propavshaya gramota
Soviet Union
Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg
Soyuzmultfilm
Traditional
First traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studio
January 1, 1945 (1945-01-01 )
Momotaro: Sacred Sailors 桃太郎 海の神兵 (Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei )
Japan
Mitsuyo Seo
Shōchiku Dōga Kenkyūjo
Traditional
First Japanese animated feature.
April 12, 1945 (1945-04-12 )
Handling Ships
United Kingdom
Alan Crick John Halas
Stop motion
Instructional film, and the first British animated feature.
June 22, 1945 (1945-06-22 )
Anchors Aweigh (film)
United States
George Sidney
Traditional/Live-Action
July 19, 1945 (1945-07-19 )
Ziegfeld Follies (film)
United States
Lemuel Ayers Roy Del Ruth Robert Lewis Vincente Minnelli George Sidney
Traditional/Live-Action
August 13, 1945 (1945-08-13 )
The Enchanted Sword Garbancito de La Mancha (Chickpea from La Mancha )
Spain
Arturo Moreno
Balet y Blay
Traditional
First Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States.
November 23, 1945 (1945-11-23 )
1946
Make Mine Music
United States
Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Joshua Meador Robert Cormack
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional
Package film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II .
April 20, 1946 (1946-04-20 )
The Tinderbox Fyrtøjet
Denmark
Svend Methling
Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm
Traditional
First Danish animated feature.
May 16, 1946 (May 16, 1946 )
Holiday in Mexico
United States
George Sidney
Traditional/Live-Action
August 15, 1945 (1945-08-15 )
Song of the South
United States
Harve Foster Wilfred Jackson
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /Live action
November 12, 1946 (1946-11-12 )
1947
The Humpbacked Horse Konyok-Gorbunok
Soviet Union
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Soyuzmultfilm
Traditional
January 10, 1947 (1947-01-10 )
The Crab with the Golden Claws Le crabe aux pinces d'or
Belgium
Claude Misonne
Stop motion
First Belgian animated feature.
January 11, 1947 (1947-01-11 )
Fun and Fancy Free
United States
Jack Kinney (animation) Bill Roberts (animation) Hamilton Luske (animation) William Morgan
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /Live action
Package film
September 27, 1947 (1947-09-27 )
The Czech Year Spalicek
Czechoslovakia
Jiří Trnka
Stop motion
First Czech animated feature.
December 13,1947 (December 13,1947 )
1948
Melody Time
United States
Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /Live action
Package film
May 27, 1948 (1948-05-27 )
So Dear to My Heart
United States
Harold D. Schuster Hamilton Luske
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional /Live action
November 29, 1948 (1948-11-29 )
Water for Fire Fighting
United Kingdom
Alan Crick John Halas
Stop motion
Instructional film
November 5, 1948 (1948-11-05 )
Happy Holidays Alegres vacaciones
Spain
José María Blay Guido Leoni Arturo Moreno
Traditional
December 27, 1948 (1948-12-27 )
1949
The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv slavík
Czechoslovakia
Jiří Trnka Miloš Makovec
Stop motion /Live action
April 15, 1949 (1949-04-15 )
Alice in Wonderland
France
Dallas Bower
Stop motion /Live action
May 13, 1949 (1949-05-13 )
The Dynamite Brothers I fratelli Dinamite
Italy
Nino Pagot
Traditional
First Italian animated feature.
August 22, 1949 (1949-08-22 )
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
United States
Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi James Algar
Walt Disney Productions
Traditional
Package film
October 5, 1949 (1949-10-05 )
The Singing Princess La Rosa di Baghdad (The Rose of Baghdad )
Italy
Anton Gino Domenighini
Traditional
December 22, 1949 (1949-12-22 )
Adventures of Esparadrapo
Spain
Ángel de Echenique
Stop motion
December 26, 1949 (1949-12-26 )