List of animated feature films of the 1940sA list of animated feature films released in the 1940s.TitleCountryDirectorStudioAnimation techniqueNotesRelease date1940------PinocchioUnited StatesWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalWon 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", and for Best Original Score.FantasiaUnited StatesVariousWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/live actionFirst animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound. Won 2 special Academy Awards.1941------The Reluctant DragonUnited StatesAlfred Werker Hamilton Luske Walt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film/DocumentaryDumboUnited StatesBen SharpsteenWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalPrincess Iron Fan Tie shan gong zhuChinaWan Guchan Wan LaimingTraditionalFirst Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia.Mr. Bug Goes to TownUnited StatesDave Fleischer Shamus CulhaneFleischer StudiosTraditionalLast animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor, launching the United States into World War II.1942------BambiUnited StatesDavid HandWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalSaludos AmigosUnited StatesNorman Ferguson Wilfred Jackson Jack Kinney Hamilton Luske William RobertsWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film15 mil dibujosChileJaime EscuderoTraditionalLost film1943------Victory Through Air PowerUnited StatesWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalDocumentary1944------The Three CaballerosUnited StatesNorman FergusonWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film1945------The Lost Letter Propavshaya gramotaSoviet UnionLamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina BrumbergSoyuzmultfilmTraditionalFirst traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studioMomotaro: Sacred Sailors 桃太郎 海の神兵 JapanMitsuyo SeoShōchiku Dōga KenkyūjoTraditionalFirst Japanese animated feature.Handling ShipsAlan Crick John HalasHalas and BatchelorStop motionInstructional film, and the first British animated feature.Anchors AweighGeorge SidneyTraditional/Live ActionZiegfeld FolliesLemuel Ayers Roy Del Ruth Robert Lewis Vincente Minnelli George SidneyTraditional/Live ActionThe Enchanted Sword Garbancito de La Mancha SpainArturo MorenoBalet y BlayTraditionalFirst Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States.1946------Make Mine MusicUnited StatesJack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Joshua Meador Robert CormackWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalPackage film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II.The Tinderbox FyrtøjetDenmarkSvend MethlingDansk Farve- og TegnefilmTraditionalFirst Danish animated feature.Holiday in MexicoGeorge SidneyTraditional/Live ActionSong of the SouthUnited StatesHarve Foster Wilfred JacksonWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live action1947------The Humpbacked Horse Konyok-GorbunokSoviet UnionIvan Ivanov-VanoSoyuzmultfilmTraditionalThe Crab with the Golden Claws Le crabe aux pinces d'orBelgiumClaude MisonneStop motionFirst Belgian animated feature.Fun and Fancy FreeUnited StatesJack Kinney Bill Roberts Hamilton Luske William MorganWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage filmThe Czech Year SpalicekCzechoslovakiaJiří TrnkaStop motionFirst Czech animated feature.1948------Melody TimeUnited StatesJack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred JacksonWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage filmSo Dear to My HeartUnited StatesHarold D. Schuster Hamilton LuskeWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionWater for Fire FightingUnited KingdomAlan Crick John HalasStop motionInstructional filmHappy Holidays Alegres vacacionesSpainJosé María Blay Guido Leoni Arturo MorenoTraditional1949------The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv slavíkCzechoslovakiaJiří Trnka Miloš MakovecStop motion/Live actionAlice in WonderlandFranceDallas BowerStop motion/Live actionThe Dynamite Brothers I fratelli DinamiteItalyNino PagotTraditionalFirst Italian animated feature.The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadUnited StatesJack Kinney Clyde Geronimi James AlgarWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalPackage filmThe Singing Princess La Rosa di Baghdad ItalyAnton Gino DomenighiniTraditionalAdventures of EsparadrapoSpainÁngel de EcheniqueStop motion