Original pictures for early Disney animation films found

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 06:00 JST
CHIBA — Original pictures for early Walt Disney animation films, inlcluding "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty," have been found stored in a warehouse in Chiba University, the university said Monday.

The some 250 items consist of celluloid and background pictures that were used to make animation films as well as sketches for the films. The pictures were donated by Walt Disney Co. of the United States to the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, after they were exhibited at some department stores in Japan around 1960.