Some of the earliest Silly Symphonies celebrated the changing seasons, beginning with Springtime, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Autumn (1930) follows various woodland animals as they gather food in preparation for winter. It was directed by Ub Iwerks. | Disney History Channel

In the 1934 Silly Symphony The Goddess of Spring, Hades/Pluto kidnaps Persephone and takes her down to the Underworld, where he asks her to be his queen. | Disney History Channel

Little Hiawatha is a 1937 Silly Symphony short inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem The Song of Hiawatha. It was directed by Dave Hand and animated by Fred Moore, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Dick Huemer, and Charles Thorson. | Disney History Channel

The first cartoon to ever win an Oscar was Walt Disney's Silly Symphony short, Flowers and Trees. This groundbreaking film, notable for being the first animated cartoon produced in full three-strip Technicolor, won the inaugural Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) in 1932. Credit: The Walt Disney Company | History In Pictures