George Debels1. GeneralMy grandfather (my mother's father) George Debels was a pioneer in animation films in Holland. He made the first Dutch animation film in 1915/1916. For a short biographie and some online films take a look at:
Several of his animation films are preserved there.
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2. Animation filmsUsing the name Mac Djorski, he founded his own animation studio in the 1920's.
![]() The next picture shows one of the caracters of his animation films. It is a Dutch cow named "Ko de Koe" who played an important role in advertising films for Dutch milk products of "Friese Flag".
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![]() Ko de Koe (Ko the Cow)The principles of animationThe movements in animation films are created by little changes in the pictures that follow each other. Here is an example of a set of those pictures.
![]() With the help of JavaScript I reanimated Ko from this strip of pictures above. Take a look at the animation of Ko the Cow by clicking on Ko:
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In 1925 he made the first animation film with sound: De Dierenmars (The March of the Animals). The music he used was the march "Sambre et Meuse", composed by Robert Planquette.
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3. Books and ComicsHe wrote and illustrated 19 books. Some well known books are the next. A little comic is: De lotgevallen van Loekie Langoor.Related links. Very likely but yet not proven he illustrated the next book.
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4. PuppetHe made a puppet "George Debels II" to be used in puppet animation. With this puppet he wanted to show how to make puppet animation easier.
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