The Old Mill. The Academy Award winning cartoon by Disney from 1937(?) It features the multiplane camera in all it’s 3D glory. An amazing short for it’s time and it still looks beautiful today. They were experimenting with just about every natural effect, water/rain, wind, lighting effects, tons of effects animation. It’s an observational story, that is very simple, quiet and emotional. It reminds me, in pacing, of the train scene in Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Contemplative and full of little insights. I remember the frogs and the fireflies from some point when I was a kid. Maybe saw it in school? And as some comment at YouTube, I remember being scared as well. They used to show some of these old Disney cartoons in school on days like Halloween or half-days. They wheeled in the 16mm projector and that usually meant a good day.
