Release of Little Nemo Film

Date: April 8, 1911 • Location: Washington, United States

American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.

Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.