An old, disused windmill has been occupied by the local wildlife; but as night falls a raging storm begins to creep up and soon threatens both the mill and those living inside.
Released: 1937
Language: no dialogue
Style: 2D animation
The first Disney short to make use of the innovated Multiplane Camera, designed for Disney by William Garity. The camera would later be used for the company’s features. Although there had been multiplane cameras before, Ub Iwerks had created one for his work at Celebrity Pictures and the Fleischer’s Studios used one they made sparingly if at all. Disney’s however, was the most complex, sophisticated and expensive built. And the before unheard of sense of depth in the film would earn The Old Mill the Academy Award for best short film / cartoon. After the introduction of the computer based CAPS system the camera was retired and now resides in the Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream museum attraction at the Disney-MGM Studios theme Park in California.
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The Old Mill
