<p>This may be useful:
<a href="https://www.illustrationhistory.org/essays/hanna-barbera-the-architects-of-saturday-morning" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.illustrationhistory.org/essays/hanna-barbera-the-architects-of-saturday-morning</a></p>

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  <p>For a standard Disney feature, the film would be projected at
  the standard 24 frames per second with each frame having different
  animation. Planned animation provided for fewer frames, so that
  instead of each frame having a new image, frames would be repeated two
  or three times, resulting in just twelve or eight different frames per
  second.</p>
  
  <p>This experimental approach is showcased in UPA’s most stylized
  cartoon, Gerald McBoing Boing, for which they won an Academy Award in
  1951. However, Hanna-Barbera adapted the technique out of necessity.</p>
</blockquote>

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2020-02-27T19:21:13.273Z
Very great history. I think they use 24 frame/second (film speed) from talk about why Hanna Barbara draw color cartoons: "Also, if television didn’t pan out, the color Hanna-Barbera cartoons would be readymade for exhibition in theaters." Theaters require 24 frame/second film speed, not 30 frame/second.
Châu
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2020-02-27T19:32:11.693Z
Then for television Hanna Barbara use "cine expansion (3:2 pulldown)"
Châu
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SidewaysUpJoe
<p>As far as I can remember Hanna Barbara was not even on 2s!  They would hold frames for seconds at a time.  I often felt cheated on the hair bear bunch.</p>

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rob Chapman
<p>Question for old animators at Hanna Barbara: 1960s - 1980s. Do Hanna Barbara cartoons use 30 frames/s or 24 frames/s, and did they draw most animation on 2s for real 15 frames/s or 12 frames/s?</p>

<p>I guess 30 frame/s (15 frames/s on 2s) because US company make cartoons for TV (US TV during that time is NTSC ≈ 30 frames/s). </p>

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Hanna Barbara animation frame rate
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# Hanna Barbara animation frame rate

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-21)

Question for old animators at Hanna Barbara: 1960s - 1980s. Do Hanna Barbara cartoons use 30 frames/s or 24 frames/s, and did they draw most animation on 2s for real 15 frames/s or 12 frames/s?

I guess 30 frame/s (15 frames/s on 2s) because US company make cartoons for TV (US TV during that time is NTSC ≈ 30 frames/s).

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-02-23. Score: 2

This may be useful:
<https://www.illustrationhistory.org/essays/hanna-barbera-the-architects-of-saturday-morning>

> For a standard Disney feature, the film would be projected at
> the standard 24 frames per second with each frame having different
> animation. Planned animation provided for fewer frames, so that
> instead of each frame having a new image, frames would be repeated two
> or three times, resulting in just twelve or eight different frames per
> second.
>
> This experimental approach is showcased in UPA’s most stylized
> cartoon, Gerald McBoing Boing, for which they won an Academy Award in
> 1951. However, Hanna-Barbera adapted the technique out of necessity.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Very great history. I think they use 24 frame/second (film speed) from talk about why Hanna Barbara draw color cartoons: "Also, if television didn’t pan out, the color Hanna-Barbera cartoons would be readymade for exhibition in theaters." Theaters require 24 frame/second film speed, not 30 frame/second.  
> **username_0**: Then for television Hanna Barbara use "cine expansion (3:2 pulldown)"  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-01-22. Score: 1

As far as I can remember Hanna Barbara was not even on 2s! They would hold frames for seconds at a time. I often felt cheated on the hair bear bunch.


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