This section contains examples of computer animated films that appeared in the period 1965 to 1975.
Other films available on the web are:
- Image of a Thunderstorm, Anne Freeny and John Gabbe, Bell Labs (1966)
- Permutations, John Whitney (1966)
- The Flexipede by Tony Pritchett using the Culham Laboratory's Benson-Lehner Microfilm recorder (1967)
- A Pair of Paradoxes, Roger Shepard and Edward Zajac, Bell Labs (1967)
- Hummingbird, Charles Csuri (1968)
- Worth a Thousand Words by Mike Larkin, describes GHOST and shows the Culham Laboratory's Benson-Lehner Microfilm recorder (1969)
- GENESYS: An Interactive Computer-Mediated Animation System, Ron Baecker (1970)
- Metadata, Peter Foldes, National Film Board of Canada (1971)
- Animation, Nestor Burtnyk and Marcele Wein, National Film Board of Canada (1971)
- Space Filling Curves, Nelson Max, Carnegie Mellon (1972)
- La Faim, Peter Foldes, National Film Board of Canada (1974)
- Kitty, N. Konstantinov (published 1974)
- Solitons and Bions, Chris Eilbeck, Heriot-Watt University using the Atlas Computer Laboratory SC4020 (1974). Later examples use the FR80.
- Sorting Out Sorting, Ron Baecker, University of Toronto (1975-1981)
Sorting Out Sorting falls just out side the 1965-1975 timeframe, but Ron worked on it for a number of years. A great example of algorithm animation
During the 1960s there were regular get-togethers of computer animators to discuss problems and show-off their computer animated films. UAIDE Conferences was such a venue and events were organised locally. An example was one held in Newton, Mass in July 1967 and reported on at the next UAIDE as a Computer Animation Conference Report .
The first international computer film festival took place in 1974.
Surprisingly, there was little interest from the business world. A paper by Frank Sarno at the 1970 UAIDE Potential Business Uses of Computer Animation gave some examples where it might be useful.
A good 1971 survey of early animation films appears in Woody Anderson's paper Computer Animation: A Survey.