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Which Disney films combined live action and animation during the 1940s?
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During the 1940s, the Disney studio produced several commercial films that utilized a hybrid technique of combining live action and animation. These films include:
- The Reluctant Dragon (1941)1
- Saludos Amigos (1942)1
- The Three Caballeros (1945)21
- Make Mine Music (1946)1
- Song of the South (1946)21
The studio’s work on films for the federal government during World War II helped refine these methods of integrating the two mediums.1