Disney's 17th animated feature film 101 Dalmatians, featuring the voice of Rod Taylor, premieres. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement. It is the first Disney feature to solely use the Xerox process for transferring the animators' drawings to cels. Prior to this, each one of the animators' drawings had to be hand-traced in ink onto a cel. The new process has sped up production greatly and given 101 Dalmatians a different look than Disney's previous animated features. It is directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi. The film will be generally released the following month.
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