Fleischer Rarities: Treasures from the Fleischer Studio

An animated interpretation of a rocket voyage to the moon demonstrates the scientific principles at play in theoretical space travel (such as gravity).

Series of animated vignettes linked by a disembodied hand which appears to be drawing the illustrations. In the first segment, the hand turns around a drawing of an old man and canine-hero Rin-Tin-Tin magically appears. In the second set of segments, drawings of children morph into adults who look completely unlike their youthful countenances. in the final segment, the hand slices up "The House That Jack Built" into the pictures of the most significant characters in the children's rhyme, and then reattaches the slips of paper to reform the house.

Rare theatrical promo for the Christmas Seals charity, showing the busy daily routine of an urban everyman and offering the health wisdom of eight hours of sleep each night.

My Old Kentucky home is the first sound cartoon ever produced and finds a dog getting ready for dinner as the story takes us into a sing-a-long with "My Old Kentucky Home".

Neighborhood cats come to the tiny Ko-Ko Theatre to watch Ko-Ko and Fitz stage a variety of entertaining acts, from acrobatics to high-diving to statuelike tableaux vivants.

Animated figure Talkie gets a visit from his friend Mutie in search for a job. Talkie takes him to the Western Electric sound lab, where a technician explains the process of putting sound on film and reproducing it in the theatre.

Already running late to see his girl, Bimbo the dog finds that his car is seriously ill. Bimbo calls the doctor, who rushes over in his jalopy and revives the sick car with a dose of Texaco Motor Oil.

Popeye sings his theme song and tells the audience to sing along with him by following the bouncing ball.

The White Rabbit materializes from a jigsaw puzzle and leads Betty Boop through the looking glass into Wonderland.

Singin' Sam of radio fame performs a musical version of the nursery rhyme with Bouncing Ball. Animated sequence: a parody newsreel.

Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery.

Betty Boop runs out of gas in Feud County, and wins over the initially hostile hillbillies with her dancing.

An animated travelogue instructs vacationing Northerners on proper tourism etiquette when visiting Miami Beach.

Cartoon drawings put a humorous spin on real stories from the AP news wire.