Max Fleischer of the Fleischer Brothers, animation pioneer and inventor of the Rotoscope, also patented the Rotograph, a turntable upon which rested multiple layers of scenic elements, rotated behind cel animation to provide amazing 3D background effects.

The clip below is a montage of Rotograph shots from two of the Fleischers’ films: “Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor” (1936) and “Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves” (1937).

(via Joel Brinkerhoff)

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