List of animated short films of the 1970s
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Films are sorted by year and then alphabetically. They include theatrical, television, and direct-to-video films with less than 40 minutes runtime. For a list of films with over 40 minutes of runtime, see List of animated feature films of the 1970s.
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| All Hams on Deck | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Ants in the Pantry | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Apel | Poland | Cutout Animation |
| Bridgework | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Buster's Last Stand | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Charlie in Hot Water | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Charlie's Golf Classic | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Chilly's Cold War | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Chilly's Ice Folly | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Christmas Is[1][2] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Coo Coo Nuts | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Don't Hustle an Ant with Muscle | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Dopey Hacienda | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Eggs | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Foul Kin | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Froggy Froggy Duo | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Froze Nose Knows | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Gem Dandy | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Gooney Is Born | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Gooney's Goofy Landings | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Hi-Rise Wise Guys | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Hop and Chop | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Horton Hears a Who! | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Is It Always Right to Be Right? | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Karlsson Returns | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Koori no Kuni no Misuke | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Little Dingy[3] | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Mr. Rossi at Camping | Italy | Traditional Animation |
| Mumbo Jumbo | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Never on Thirsty | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Night the Animals Talked | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Odd Ant Out | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Okashina Ichinichi | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Order in the House | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| The Ossuary | Czechoslovakia | Live-action/stop-motion |
| Robin Goodhood | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Rosie's Walk | Czechoslovakia, United States | Traditional Animation |
| Sansür | Turkey | Cutout Animation |
| Say Cheese, Please | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Seal on the Loose | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Science Friction | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Scratch a Tiger | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Story of Little John Bailey | Netherlands | Traditional Animation |
| A Taste of Money | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Ugly Duckling | Japan | Stop-motion Animation |
| The Unhandy Man | United States | Traditional Animation |
| War and Pieces | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Wavelengths | Hungary | Experimental |
| Why People Have Special Jobs, or The Man Who Made Spinning Tops[4] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Wild Bill Hiccup | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Yasashii Lion | Japan | Traditional Animation |
1971
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| Airlift A La Carte | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Battle of Kerzhenets | Soviet Union | Stop-motion Animation |
| The Bungling Builder | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Cat in the Hat | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Cattle Battle | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Charlie the Rain Maker | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Cheburashka | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Chilly's Hide-A-Way | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Croakus Pocus | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Crunch Bird | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Christmas Carol | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi! | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Evolution | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Fastest Tongue in the West | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Fink in the Rink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Flim Flam Fountain | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Fly in the Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| From Bed to Worse | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Foolish Frog[5] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Freedom River[6] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Gong with the Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Great Continental Overland Cross-Country Race | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Hot Stuff | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| How Death Came to Earth | Canada | Cutout Animation |
| How to Trap a Woodpecker | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Jabberwocky | Czechoslovakia | Live-action/stop-motion |
| Kitty from the City | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Leap in the Deep | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Losharik | Soviet Union | Stop-motion Animation |
| The Man Who Had to Sing | Yugoslavia | Traditional Animation |
| Metadata | Canada | Computer Animation |
| Minami e Itta Misuke | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Moochin Pooch | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Mr. Rossi at the Safari | Italy | Traditional Animation |
| Mud Squad | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Blue Plate | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Pink Flea | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink-In | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Pranks | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Tuba-Dore | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Play It Again, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Psst Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Reluctant Recruit | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Rough Brunch | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Serape Happy | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Shanghai Woody | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Sleepy Time Chimes | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Snake in the Gracias | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Snoozin' Bruin | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Synchromy | Canada | Experimental |
| Trick or Retreat | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Two Jumps and a Chump | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Woody's Magic Touch | United States | Traditional Animation |
1972
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| After School | China | Traditional Animation |
| Air! | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Balablok | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Le bleu perdu | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Blue Racer Blues | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Bye, Bye, Blackboard | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Camera Bug | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Chili Con Corny | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Christmas Story | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Computer Animated Hand | United States | Computer Animation |
| Dance School | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| Dig | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Fish Story | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Flight to the Finish | United States | Traditional Animation |
| For the Love of Pizza | United States | Traditional Animation |
| French Windows | United Kingdom | Traditional Animation |
| Frog Jog | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Genie with the Light Touch | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Gold Diggin' Woodpecker | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Hiss and Hers | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Ikiteirutte Subarashii! | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Indian Corn | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Kama Sutra Rides Again | United Kingdom | Traditional Animation |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow[7] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Leonardo's Diary | Czechoslovakia | Live-action/stop-motion |
| Let Charlie Do It | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Lorax | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Love and Hisses | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Nights in the Boulevard | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| Nippon Tuck | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Okashi na Tenkousei | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Panda Kopanda | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| The Peasant's Pea Patch: A Russian Folk Tale[8] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pecking Holes in Poles | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink 8 Ball | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Punch and Judo | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Rain, Rain, Go Away | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Rude Intruder | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Selfish Giant | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Show Biz Beagle | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Street Musique | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Support Your Local Serpent | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Three Rabbits | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| Tup Tup | Yugoslavia | Traditional Animation |
| Unlucky Potluck | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Why We Have Elections, or The Kings of Snark[9] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Yokohama Mama | United States | Traditional Animation |
| You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
1973
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| Apache on the County Seat | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Aches and Snakes | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas | United States | Traditional Animation |
| B.C.: The First Thanksgiving | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Blue Aces Wild | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Boa Friend | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Changes, Changes | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Cockaboody | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Cosmic Cartoon | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Cricket in Times Square | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Dr. Seuss on the Loose | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Family That Dwelt Apart | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Fowl Play | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Frank Film | United States | Cutout Animation |
| Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Giving Tree | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Hunger | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Killarney Blarney | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Kloot's Kounty | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Little Sentinel of East China Sea | China | Traditional Animation |
| Little Trumpeter | China | Traditional Animation |
| Many Tales in a Row | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| The Nutcracker | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Opera | Italy | Traditional Animation |
| Panda Kopanda: Amefuri Sākasu no Maki | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Pay Your Buffalo Bill | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pulcinella | Italy | Traditional Animation |
| A Self-Winding Sidewinder | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Shoe Must Go On | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Snake Preview | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Stirrups and Hiccups | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Ten Miles to the Gallop | United States | Traditional Animation |
| There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
| A Very Merry Cricket | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Wham and Eggs | United States | Traditional Animation |
1974
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of a Man in Search of a Heart | United States | Traditional Animation |
| As the Tumbleweed Turns | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Badge and the Beautiful | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Basketball Jones | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Beast of Monsieur Racine | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Big Beef at O.K. Corral | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Big House Ain't a Home | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Bows and Errors | United States | Traditional Animation |
| By Hoot or By Crook | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Cat's Cradle | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| The City That Forgot About Christmas[10][11] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Closed Mondays | United States | Stop-motion Animation |
| Devilled Yeggs | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Diary | Yugoslavia | Traditional Animation |
| The Dogfather | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Easter Is[12] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Ek Anek Aur Ekta | India | Cutout Animation |
| En la Selva hay Mucho por Hacer | Uruguay | Cutout Animation |
| Freedom 2000 | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Fuji | United States | Live-action/traditional/abstract |
| Giddy Up Woe | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Gold Struck | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Heist and Seek | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Happy Prince | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| The Heron and the Crane | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Hunger | Canada | Computer Animation |
| It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
| It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Little Boa Peep | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Mesa Trouble | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Mother Dogfather | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Mr Rossi in Venice | Italy | Traditional Animation |
| The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend | Canada | Sand |
| Phony Express | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Aye | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Popcorn | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Room and Board | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Saddle Soap Opera | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Strange on the Range | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Self Service | Italy | Traditional Animation |
| Shapoklyak | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Sisyphus | Hungary | Hand-Painted Animation |
| Trail of the Lonesome Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Voyage to Next | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Who Are We? | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus[13] | United States | Traditional Animation |
1975
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol: Pink Elephant | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Bobolink Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Christmas Messenger | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Conejín | Venezuela | Traditional Animation |
| Eagle Beagles | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Energy Carol | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow | United States | Stop-motion Animation |
| Forty Pink Winks | United States | Traditional Animation |
| From Nags to Riches | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Goldilox & the Three Hoods | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Great | United Kingdom | Traditional Animation |
| Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Haunting Dog | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Heart That Changed Color | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Hedgehog in the Fog | Soviet Union | Cutout/stop-motion |
| The Hoober-Bloob Highway | United States | Traditional Animation |
| I Think Life's Great Fun | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| In the Port[14] | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| It's Pink But Is It Mink? | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Keep Our Forests Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Kick Me | United States | Drawn-on-film Animation |
| The Little Mermaid | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| M-O-N-E-Y Spells Love | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Monsieur Pointu | Canada | Stop-motion Animation |
| An Old Box | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Campaign | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink DaVinci | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Elephant | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Plasma | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Streaker | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Quasi at the Quackadero | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Rabbit Habit[15] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Remarkable Rocket | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Rock-A-Bye Maybe | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Rockhounds | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton | Sweden | Traditional Animation |
| Salmon Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Saltwater Tuffy | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Scarlet Pinkernel | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Seven Little Flames | Yugoslavia | Traditional Animation |
| The Tiny Tree | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Uchu Enban Daisenso | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Watch the Birdie | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The White Seal | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Yankee Doodle Cricket | United States | Traditional Animation |
| You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
1976
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| About Dressy Sally | Czechoslovakia | Cutout Animation |
| Blue Puppy | Soviet Union | Traditional Animation |
| Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The First Easter Rabbit | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Freedom Is[16] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Frosty's Winter Wonderland | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Hey, You! | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| Horse in the House | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Noah's Animals | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Leisure | Australia | Cutout Animation |
| The Little Drummer Boy, Book II | United States | Stop-motion Animation |
| Medicur | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Mindscape (Le Paysagiste) | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Mowgli's Brothers | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Mystic Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| People, People, People | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Pink of Arabee | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pink Piper | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Pink Pro | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Pinky Doodle | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Rocky Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Scenes with Beans | Hungary | Stop-motion Animation |
| Sherlock Pink | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Silent Night, Holy Night | Australia | Traditional Animation |
| Sooper Goop | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Street | Canada | Hand-Painted Animation |
| UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Zhang Zai Wu Li De Zhu Sun | China | Hand-Painted Animation |
1977
| Name | Country | Technique |
|---|---|---|
| Bead Game | Canada | Stop-motion Animation |
| Bugs Bunny in Space | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Castle of Otranto | Czechoslovakia | Live-action/stop-motion |
| A Cosmic Christmas | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| David | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| Deep Threat | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| A Doonesbury Special | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Down and Out | United Kingdom | Stop-motion Animation |
| The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town | United States | Stop-motion Animation |
| Energy: A National Issue | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Fourth King[17] | United States, Italy | Traditional Animation |
| Furies | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Halloween Is Grinch Night[18] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Hot to Trot[19] | Australia[20] | Traditional Animation |
| It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Jimmy the C | United States | Stop-motion Animation |
| The Killing of an Egg | Netherlands | Traditional Animation |
| King of the Beasts | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Lucas, the Ear of Corn | United States | Traditional Animation |
| The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa | Canada | Sand |
| Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | United States | Stop-motion Animation |
| Oh, Sure | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| The Sand Castle | Canada | Sand |
| Sougen no Ko Tenguri | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Spinnolio | Canada | Traditional Animation |
| The Stone Flower | Soviet Union | Stop-motion Animation |
| Striptease | Italy | Traditional Animation |
| The Struggle | Hungary | Traditional Animation |
| Therapeutic Pink[21] | United States | Traditional Animation |
| Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace tai Konchu Robo Gundan | Japan | Traditional Animation |
| Why the Bears Dance on Christmas Eve[22] | United States | Traditional Animation |
