The stock market crash of 1929 lead to the great depression. A 7 year drought of 1931 lead to dust storms in 1932 and farmers were literally being blown away creating what is known as the Dust Bowl. This lead farmers to pack up and leave, moving west.

 Empire State Building was constructed.

 The King of Jazz, John Murray Anderson, Universal, USA, (105 min.)
This live action movie is a revue with musical numbers centered around the orchestra leader, Paul Whiteman, and shows that American Jazz is based on that of European popular music. It also contains a 2 1/2 minute animated sequence by Walter Lantz, which is the first color animation that uses the two-strip (or two-color) Technicolor process.

 Sinkin' In the Bathtub, Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising, Harman-Ising, USA, (7:56 min.)
This was the first Bosko series (1930-1938) and this was also the first Looney Tunes series (1930-present).

 Dizzie Dishes, Dave Fleischer /Fleischer, USA, (6 min.)
This cartoon contains the first appearance of Betty Boop, created by Grim Natwick.

 The Chain Gang, Walt Disney, Disney, USA, (8 min.)
This Disney cartoon consists of Mickey and some other characters in prison being guarded by Pegleg Pete. When a jail-break happens, Mickey is on the run and is tracked by some bloodhounds, including in his first appearance, Pluto.

 Famous Dick and Jane Books were first published and went on to teach millions of kids to read.

 Silly Scandals, Dave Fleischer, Fleischer, USA, (6 min.)
This is the first named Betty Boop series spanning from 1931-1938.

 Wot A Night, John Foster and George Stallings, Van Beuren, USA
This is the first Tom and Jerry series spanning from 1931-1933. This is not about Hanna Barbera's Tom and Jerry from MGM, but in-fact about two cab drivers who get out of the rain, only to find that they are trapped in a spooky haunted house.

 Flowers and Trees, Burt Gillett, Disney, USA, (8 min.)
This Academy Award winning animation by Disney was the first color film made with Technicolor's three strip process. The story consists of flora dancing all about and a big old tree, which tries to cut in, ends up setting the woods on fire.

 Look at the Root, B. Antonovski., Soviet Union, Russia

 Midnight, George Pal, Netherlands
This is a puppet animation that was part of an advertisement campaign and was the first Puppetoon series

HITLER COMES TO POWER.

 King Kong, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Willis O'Brien (special effects), R.K.O., USA, (100 min.)
This live action movie consists of some of the first big screen full length puppet animations.

 Popeye the Sailor, Dave Fleischer, Fleischer, USA, (7 min.)
Presumably this was actually a Betty Boop cartoon, that featured Popeye. The Popeye the Sailor series continued from Fleischer Studios, then Famous Studios until 1957. Popeye has had more individual episodes than any other American animated character.

 Une nuit sur le mont chauve ("Night on Bald Mountain"), Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker, France, (8 min.)
This was a pin screen animation in which Alexeieff created a device to simulate etching. The screen itself held an array of pins that at varying heights, could be seen reflecting different amounts of light. This then would be photographed.

 Jack and the Beanstalk, Ub Iwerks, Iwerks, USA
This was the first Comicolor Cartoon which spanned from 1933-1936.

 30 Rockefeller Plaza Built

 The Wise Little Hen, Wilfred Jackson, Disney, USA, (8 min.)
This was the first appearance of Donald Duck, where he and Peter Pig cop out of planting seeds, harvesting them, and cooking a variety of corn dishes for the hen by faking stomach aches, but then are suddenly cured when it comes time to eat. Instead she gives them castor oil for their stomach aches.

 Winsor McCay (Zenis Winsor McCay) (animator, director, producer) dies in Brooklyn, New York.

 Poor Cinderella, Dave Fleischer, Fleischer, USA, 11 min.
This was the first Color Classics series which spanned from 1934-1940 and it was Betty Boop¹s only color cartoon. It contained the first use of the Stereoscopic process invented by John Burks under the direction of Max Fleischer. In essence what it did was allow for the combination of animation with a live miniature set (consisting of drawn objects), which created more realistic background effects.

 The Headless Horseman, Ub Iwerks, Iwerks. USA
This animation contained the first use of a multiplane camera invented by Iwerks at the time. What this camera did was photograph several layers of background cels which were placed only several inches apart, thus giving the final image a 3-D realistic appearance.

 Board Games were a rage and Monopoly was introduced by Parker Brothers and went on to sell 20 thousand sets in one week.

 A Colour Box, Len Lye, Shell-Mex Films, Great Britain, (6 min.)
This was an animated advertisement where animated shapes dance to Cuban music and one of the first animations to be painted directly on film.

 The Birth of the Robot, Len Lye, General Post Office. Great Britain, (3 min.)
This was a puppet advertisement animation.

 I Haven't Got A Hat, Friz Freleng, Schlesinger, USA, (7 min.)
This was the first appearance of Porky Pig where he recites the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, for the school recital.

 Pustynnik i medved, V. Smirnov /Mosfilm, Soviet Union, Russia
This was a puppet animation.

 Felix the Cat and the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs, Burt Gillett, Van Beuren, USA, (7 min.)
This is the first Felix the Cat series and a short where he actually talks. On a side note, the production company, Van Beuren, tried to get Otto Messmer to direct this series.

 Mafish faida ("Nothing to Do"), Hershel Frenkel, Salomon Frenkel, and David Frenkel, Egypt
This was the first Mish-Mish series spanning from 1936-1947.

 Picador Porky, Tex Avery /Schlesinger, USA, (6 min.)
This was the first appearance of Mel Blanc as a voice artist at Schlesinger.

 Porky's Duck Hunt,, Tex Avery, Schlesinger, USA, (9 min.)
This was the first appearance of Daffy Duck, in which Porky Pig goes hunting with his new hunting gear and finds Daffy and some other ducks who constantly make fun of him.

 Egghead Rides Again,, Tex Avery, Schlesinger, USA, (7 min.)
This was the first appearance of Egghead, the character was later turned into Elmer Fudd.

 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, David Hand, Disney, USA, (83 min.)
First full length feature animation by Walt Disney.

 Barbe-Bleue ("Bluebeard"),, Jean Painleve and Rene Bertrand, France, (13 min.)
This was a beautifully done clay animation that would rival Disney.

 Music Man, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, British Animated, Great Britain

 Kot v sapogakh ("Cat in Boots", "Puss 'n Boots"), Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg, oyuzmultfilm, Soviet Union, Russia

 Porky's Hare Hunt, Ben Hardaway, Schlesinger, USA, (8 min.)
This was the first appearance of Bugs Bunny (although he was unnamed in this appearance, he was later used and developed into the Bugs we know today.

 The New York's World Fair themed as "The World of Tomorrow" gave millions of guests the ability to see a glimpse of the future, like TV sets and 7 lane highway systems.

 Goofy and Wilbur, Dick Huemer, Disney, USA, (8 min.)
This was the first Goofy series spanning from 1939-1965.

 Paper People Land, Cyril Jenkins, Great Britain
This was a cutout animation.

 Die Stadtmaus und die Feldmaus ("The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse"), Ferdinand Diehl, Hermann Diehl, and Paul Diehl, Germany, (23 min.)
This was a puppet animation.

 Tanz der Farben ("Dance of the Colors"), Hans Fischinger, Germany, (6 min.)

 Breakfast Pals, Cartoon Films Ltd., (1:21)
First appearance of Snap, Crackle, and Pop