Historical and Contemporary Animation 10 - Matches, An Appeal

Believed to be the oldest existing animated film, Matches, an Appeal was an advertisement made by a company that sold matches. It depicts a Stick person made of matches writing on a chalkboard, telling you why you should buy their matches. Probably one of the first forms of stop motion ever created, it was only meant as a gimmick to sell their product. It's amazing that the earliest known animation was made commercially, and how now Animation is seen as an entire art form. It just shows that things can be used for either causes, if not both at the same time.