Walt Disney's earliest works are among his most iconic: The first Mickey Mouse cartoon was released in 1928, titled "Plane Crazy" in which Mickey imitated aviator Charles Lindbergh. The second was "Steamboat Willie," also released in 1928, with Mickey as a roustabout on Pegleg Pete's river steamer. The third, "The Gallopin' Gaucho," was released in 1928.
In the late 1930s, Walt Disney invented his famous multiplane camera. He used it to produce the first feature-length animation movie in 1937, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," followed by "Pinocchio and Fantasia." He created 143 feature cartoon movies using the mulitplane camera, many of which are still popular today. "Dumbo and Bambi" were produced in the 1940s and became icons of film and versions were later created for TV. In the 1950s Disney released "Alice in Wonderland," "Cinderella" and "Peter Pan," all of which are classic Disney films based on famous children's novels.
In the 1960s, Walt Disney concentrated on more live-action films but there was "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" and the "Jungle Book," both of which were huge box-office successes. The '70s brought you the "Aristocats," "The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and several part-animation, part live-action movies such as "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
"The Little Mermaid" is probably the most famous animation that was made in the 1980s, although "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" made in 1988 was also a popular film. In the 1990s, "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin" and, of course, "The Lion King" came out, and all were successful. More great box office hits followed with "Hercules," "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" and "Tarzan."
In 2000 Walt Disney released "The Tigger Movie," which re-kindled interest in "Winnie the Pooh" and was followed by "Winnie the Pooh Strikes Again" in 2011, which became another famous feature-length animation film. "Monsters Inc." is another great Disney animation, as well as "Lilo and Stitch" and "Toy Story 3," which received large attention from Disney fans in 2010.