Public Domain Animation

A list of animation short subjects that are in the Public Domain. Expectedly, the bulk of them are from The Golden Age of Animation, with a few from The Silent Age of Animation. May be shown in other media on The Public Domain Channel. This would also include a few from The Dark Age of Animation; the others are still copyrighted.

Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies Works

 * 90 Day Wondering
 * Ain't Nature Grand!
 * Ali Baba Bound
 * All This and Rabbit Stew
 * Any Bonds Today? AKA Bugs Bunny Bond Rally
 * Bars And Stripes Forever
 * Battling Bosko
 * The Big Man From The North
 * Big-Hearted Bosko
 * Booby Traps [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Boom Boom
 * The Booze Hangs High
 * Bosko and Bruno
 * Bosko and Honey
 * Bosko at the Beach
 * Bosko at the Zoo
 * Bosko Shipwrecked!
 * Bosko the Doughboy
 * Bosko the Lumberjack
 * Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid
 * Bosko's Dog Race
 * Bosko's Fox Hunt
 * Bosko's Holiday
 * Bosko's Party
 * Bosko's Soda Fountain
 * Bosko's Store
 * Box Car Blues
 * Case of the Missing Hare
 * Censored [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Chow Hound, The [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Coming! Snafu! [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Confusions of a Nutzy Spy
 * Congo Jazz
 * Corny Concerto, A
 * Coy Decoy, A
 * Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
 * Crowing Pains
 * Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
 * Daffy Duckaroo, The
 * Daffy's Southern Exposure
 * Daffy–The Commando
 * Day at the Zoo, A
 * Ding Dog Daddy
 * Dover Boys At Pimento University (Or The Rivals At Roquefort Hall), The
 * Drafty, Isn't It? [government film]
 * Ducktators, The
 * Dumb Patrol [1931]
 * Early Worm Gets the Bird, The
 * Eatin' On The Cuff (Or, The Moth Who Came To Dinner)
 * Falling Hare
 * Farm Frolics
 * Fifth Column Mouse
 * Fighting Tools [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Fin N' Catty
 * Foney Fables
 * Fox Pop
 * Freddy the Freshman
 * Fresh Hare
 * Gas [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Get Rich Quick Porky
 * Going Home [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Gold Rush Daze
 * Goldbrick, The [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Good Egg, The [Mr. Hook]
 * Goopy Geer
 * Gopher Goofy
 * Great Big Bunch of You, A
 * Gripes [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Hamateur Night
 * Haunted Mouse, The
 * Have You Got Any Castles?
 * Henpecked Duck, The
 * Hitch in Time, A [government film]
 * Hittin' the Trail For Hallelujah Land
 * Hobby Horse-Laffs
 * Hold Anything
 * Hollywood Capers
 * Hollywood Steps Out
 * Home Front, The [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Hop and Go
 * Hot Spot [Pvt. Snafu]
 * I Love a Parade
 * I Wanna Be a Sailor
 * I Wish I Had Wings
 * Impatient Patient, The
 * In the Aleutians [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Infantry Blues, The [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Inki and the Minah Bird
 * It's Got Me Again!
 * It's Murder She Says [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Joe Glow the Firefly
 * Jungle Jitters
 * Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
 * Lecture On Camouflage, A [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Meet John Doughboy
 * Moonlight For Two
 * No Buddy Atoll [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Notes to You
 * Nutty News
 * One More Time
 * Operation: Snafu [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Outpost [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Pagan Moon
 * Pay Day [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Pigs in a Polka
 * Point Rationing of Foods [government film]
 * Porky Pig's Feat
 * Porky's Ant
 * Porky's Bear Facts
 * Porky's Cafe
 * Porky's Garden
 * Porky's Midnight Matinee
 * Porky's Pastry Pirates
 * Porky's Pooch
 * Porky's Preview
 * Porky's Prize Pony
 * Porky's Railroad
 * Prest-O Change-O
 * Private Snafu Vs. Malaria Mike [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Puss N' Booty
 * Queen Was in the Parlor, The
 * Red-Headed Baby
 * Return of Mr. Hook, The [Mr. Hook]
 * Robin Hood Makes Good
 * Robinson Crusoe Jr.
 * Rookie Revue
 * Rumors [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Saps in Chaps
 * Scrap Happy Daffy
 * Secrets of the Caribbean [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives, The
 * Sheepish Wolf, The
 * Sinkin' in the Bathtub
 * Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
 * Snafuperman [Pvt. Snafu]
 * So Much for So Little [government film]
 * Spies [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Sports Chumpions
 * Tale of Two Kitties, A
 * Target: Snafu [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Three Brothers, The [Pvt. Snafu]
 * Three's a Crowd
 * Timid Toreador, The
 * To Duck.... Or Not To Duck
 * Tokio Jokio
 * Tokyo Woes [Mr. Hook]
 * Tree's Knees, The
 * Ups 'N Downs
 * Wabbit Who Came to Supper, The
 * Wackiki Wabbit
 * Wacky Blackout
 * Wacky Wabbit, The
 * We, The Animals – Squeak!
 * Westward Whoa
 * Who's Who in the Zoo
 * Yankee Doodle Daffy
 * Yodeling Yokels
 * You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
 * You're Too Careless With Your Kisses

Van Beuren Studios Cartoons

 * The entirety of the Van Beuren filmography is in the Public Domain.

MGM Works

 * To Spring

Ub Iwerks Cartoons

 * The Air Race: A Willie Whopper cartoon.
 * Ali Baba: A Comi Color short.
 * Balloon Land AKA The Pincushion Man: Comi Color.
 * Brementown Musicians: Comi Color.
 * Dick Whittington's Cat: Comi Color.
 * Funny Face: A Flip the Frog short.
 * Happy Days (AKA Hook Line and Sinker): Comi Color.
 * Humpty Dumpty: Comi Color.
 * Jack Frost: Comi Color.
 * The King's Tailor: Comi Color.
 * Little Boy Blue (AKA Big Bad Wolf): Comi Color.
 * Little Orphan Willie: A Flip the Frog short.
 * Mary's Little Lamb: Comi Color.
 * Old Mother Hubbard: Comi Color.
 * Puddle Pranks: A Flip the Frog short.
 * Simple Simon: Comi Color.
 * Sinbad the Sailor: Comi Color short. No relation to Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor.
 * Summertime: Comi Color.
 * Three Bears: Comi Color.
 * Tom Thumb: Comi Color.

Public Domain Disney Works

 * The Mad Doctor
 * The Spirit of '43
 * Steamboat Willie (Not public domain in the U.S. but is in other countries, It's a Long Story)

Max Fleischer Works

 * Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
 * Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's 40 Thieves
 * Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
 * Little Swee 'Pea
 * Minnie the Moocher
 * Snow White
 * I'm in the Army Now
 * The Paneless Window Washer
 * I Never Changes My Altitude
 * A Date to Skate
 * Customers Wanted
 * Let's Sing with Popeye
 * Bimbo's Initiation
 * Almost all of the Color Classics shorts, save "Tears of an Onion".

Terrytoons Works

 * Wolf, Wolf!
 * The Talking Magpies
 * Billy Mouse's Akwakade

Walter Lantz Works

 * Pantry Panic
 * Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat!
 * All 1931-32 Disney Oswald reissues by Lantz, with the exception of All Wet
 * All 1943-44 stop-motion instructional films for the US Navy
 * All 1948-49 and 1953 Coca-Cola advertisements
 * All advertisements for Albers, Auto-Lite, Carnation, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, and Kellogg's
 * Amazing Recovery of Inbad the Ailer, The [industrial film for Saraka]
 * Bandmaster, The [1931]
 * Beach Combers
 * Blood is Needed [produced for the American Red Cross]
 * Boy Meets Dog! [unreleased short for Ipana Toothpaste]
 * Enemy Bacteria, The [instructional film for US Navy]
 * Gremlin Mr. N'Tane [instructional film for US Armed Forces]
 * House of Magic
 * Making Good
 * Mechanical Man
 * Plumber, The
 * Quail Hunt, The
 * Silly Superstition
 * Story of Human Energy, The [educational film for the Corn Products Refining Co.]
 * Take Heed Mr. Tojo [instructional film for US Navy with Mr. Hook]

Famous Studios Works

 * Japoteurs - 1942, Superman
 * Showdown - 1942, Superman
 * Eleventh Hour - 1942, Superman
 * Destruction, Inc. - 1942, Superman
 * Me Musical Nephews - 1943, Popeye
 * The Mummy Strikes - 1943, Superman
 * Jungle Drums - 1943, Superman
 * The Underground World - 1943, Superman
 * Secret Agent - 1943, Superman
 * No Mutton For Nuttin' - 1943, Noveltoon
 * The Henpecked Rooster - 1944, Noveltoon
 * Suddenly, It's Spring - 1944, Raggedy Ann
 * Yankee Doodle Donkey - 1944, Noveltoon
 * The Friendly Ghost - 1945, Casper the Friendly Ghost
 * Scrappily Married - 1945, Noveltoon
 * When GI Johnny Comes Marching Home - 1945, Noveltoon
 * A Self-Made Mongrel - 1945, Noveltoon
 * Old MacDonald Had a Farm - 1945, Noveltoon
 * Chick and Double Chick - 1946, Little Lulu
 * Bargain Counterattack - 1946, Little Lulu
 * Bored of Education - 1946, Little Lulu
 * Sheep Shape - 1946, Noveltoon
 * Naughty But Mice - 1947, Herman and Katnip
 * A Bout With a Trout - 1947, Little Lulu
 * Musica-Lulu - 1947, Little Lulu
 * A Scout with the Gout - 1947, Little Lulu
 * Cad and Caddy - 1947, Little Lulu
 * Much Ado About Mutton - 1947, Noveltoon
 * The Mild West - 1947, Noveltoon
 * The Wee Men - 1947, Noveltoon
 * Santa's Surprise - 1947, Little Audrey
 * There's Good Boos Tonight - 1948, Casper The Friendly Ghost
 * The Dog Show-Off - 1948, Little Lulu
 * Butterscotch and Soda - 1948, Little Audrey
 * Hector's Hectic Life - 1948, Noveltoon
 * The Old Shell Game - 1948, Noveltoon
 * A Haunting We Will Go - 1949, Casper The Friendly Ghost
 * Song of the Birds - 1949, Little Audrey
 * Hep Cap Symphony - 1949, Noveltoon
 * A Mutt in a Rut - 1949, Noveltoon
 * Toys Will Be Toys - 1949, Screen Song
 * The Big Flame-Up - 1949, Screen Song
 * Tarts and Flowers - 1950, Little Audrey
 * Goofy, Goofy Gander - 1950, Little Audrey
 * Quack-a-Doodle-Doo - 1950, Baby Huey
 * Ancient Fistory - Popeye
 * Big Bad Sinbad - Popeye
 * Shuteye Popeye - Popeye
 * Boo Moon - 1953, Casper The Friendly Ghost
 * Floor Flusher - Popeye
 * Cookin' with Gags - Popeye
 * Greek Mirthology - Popeye
 * Popeye's 20th Anniversary - Popeye
 * Gopher Spinach - Popeye
 * Bride and Gloom - Popeye
 * Private Eye Popeye - Popeye
 * Taxi Turvey - Popeye
 * Fright to the Finish - Popeye
 * A Haul in One - Popeye
 * Assault and Flattery - Popeye
 * Popeye for President - Popeye
 * Parlez Vous Woo - Popeye
 * Patriotic Popeye - Popeye
 * The Crystal Brawl - Popeye
 * Spree Lunch - Popeye
 * Spooky Swabs - Popeye
 * I Don't Scare - Popeye
 * Insect to Injury - Popeye
 * Nearlyweds - Popeye
 * Out to Punch - Popeye

Winsor McCay Works

 * Little Nemo
 * Gertie the Dinosaur
 * How A Mosquito Operates

Felix the Cat Works

 * Felix in Hollywood

Other Works

 * Humorous Phases Of Funny Faces
 * Goofy Goat Antics
 * The Three Stooges cartoons
 * Johnny the Giant Killer
 * Dot and The Kangaroo
 * Alice of Wonderland in Paris