Walt Disney revolutionized the world of animation. "Walt Disney pioneered the art of animated film cartoons."(Simon, 8). Walt Disney symbolized the very best in animation and entertainment by being both an innovator and a man with vision. Animation had a long history prior to Walt Disney's life. Even though animation was nothing new, Walt Disney did it like no one had ever seen. The first pictures of motion appeared on cave walls. People drew pictures of animals over and over again in multiple positions; sometimes with several sets of legs. If you quickly passed your eyes over the drawings, the figures almost seemed to move. In the 1800's, machines that imitated motion, were invented. Thomas Edison created one of the first motion picture machines in 1889. George Eastman, of Eastman Kodak, created film which would move continuously. With these two inventions, movies with live action were possible (Selden 28).

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