The Old Mill
E441844
The Old Mill is a 1937 Walt Disney animated short film celebrated for its pioneering use of the multiplane camera and realistic depiction of nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Old Mill canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4478537 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Old Mill Context triple: [Wilfred Jackson, notableWork, The Old Mill]
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A.
The Old Mill gristmill
The Old Mill gristmill is a historic water-powered mill building that serves as the iconic focal point and namesake of The Old Mill Square.
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B.
The Mills
The Mills is a portfolio of large outlet and value-oriented shopping malls in the United States, known for combining retail, dining, and entertainment under the ownership of Simon Property Group.
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C.
Bardon Mill
Bardon Mill is a small village in Northumberland, England, situated near Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman fort of Vindolanda.
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D.
Miller’s Hollow
Miller’s Hollow is the former name of Kanesville, a historic Mormon settlement that later became Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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E.
Peirce Mill
Peirce Mill is a historic 19th-century gristmill located within Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, preserved today as a landmark of the city’s early industrial and agricultural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Old Mill Target entity description: The Old Mill is a 1937 Walt Disney animated short film celebrated for its pioneering use of the multiplane camera and realistic depiction of nature.
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A.
The Old Mill gristmill
The Old Mill gristmill is a historic water-powered mill building that serves as the iconic focal point and namesake of The Old Mill Square.
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B.
The Mills
The Mills is a portfolio of large outlet and value-oriented shopping malls in the United States, known for combining retail, dining, and entertainment under the ownership of Simon Property Group.
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C.
Bardon Mill
Bardon Mill is a small village in Northumberland, England, situated near Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman fort of Vindolanda.
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D.
Miller’s Hollow
Miller’s Hollow is the former name of Kanesville, a historic Mormon settlement that later became Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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E.
Peirce Mill
Peirce Mill is a historic 19th-century gristmill located within Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, preserved today as a landmark of the city’s early industrial and agricultural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American animated film
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Disney animated short ⓘ animated short film ⓘ |
| academyAwardsEdition | 10th Academy Awards ⓘ |
| animationStudio | Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ |
| animationTechnique |
hand-drawn animation
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multiplane camera ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| basedOn | an original story ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | multiplane camera unit at Walt Disney Studios ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
a thunderstorm
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nighttime rural environment ⓘ |
| director | Wilfred Jackson ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| features | various animals living in and around an old mill ⓘ |
| genre |
animated drama
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animated short ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1930s animated short films
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Academy Award-winning animated short films ⓘ American films ⓘ Disney animated short films ⓘ
linked to:
Disney animated shorts
Silly Symphonies short films ⓘ
linked to:
Silly Symphonies
Technicolor films ⓘ |
| hasNoDialogue | true ⓘ |
| influenced | later Disney feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced use of lighting and depth in animation
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pioneering use of the multiplane camera ⓘ realistic depiction of nature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Silly Symphonies ⓘ |
| producer | Walt Disney ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions ⓘ |
| productionCompanyLocation | Burbank, California ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1937-11-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 9 ⓘ |
| setting | an old mill in the countryside ⓘ |
| soundType | synchronized sound ⓘ |
| title | The Old Mill ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
complex camera movements through layered backgrounds
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realistic animation of weather effects ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Old Mill Description of subject: The Old Mill is a 1937 Walt Disney animated short film celebrated for its pioneering use of the multiplane camera and realistic depiction of nature.
Referenced by (6)
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