The Vintage Era on Instagram: "This 1932 Betty Boop short MINNIE THE MOOCHER opens with Cab Calloway and his orchestra. The animators used this live performance as the basis for rotoscoping, which turned his exact dance moves into the cartoon! ✨"

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Purely History on Instagram: "The Flintstones is a classic animated sitcom created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera that first aired in 1960. Set in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, the show followed the daily lives of Fred Flintstone, his wife Wilma, their daughter Pebbles, and their pet dinosaur Dino. Their neighbors and best friends, Barney and Betty Rubble, along with their adopted son Bamm-Bamm, rounded out the main cast. What made the series unique was its playful mix of Stone

Los Angeles Conservancy on Instagram: "Boop-oop-a-doop! Betty Boop is getting ready for Halloween, and so are we! 🎃 Here’s a sneak peek at BETTY BOOP’S HALLOWE’EN PARTY (1933), playing at our LAST…REMAINS event on October 25. Catch this beautifully restored, vintage cartoon from @fleischertoons ahead of our feature film screening of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) at the historic Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Don’t miss this special Halloween event—tickets in bio! 🎟️ 🎥: Courtesy o

Very Asian ® on Instagram: "Betty Ann Ong was a 45-year-old Chinese American head flight attendant working aboard American Airlines Flight 11. Betty was the first person to alert authorities about the terrorist attacks on 9/11. She was working extra shifts so she could afford a vacation to Hawaii with her sister. At 8:20a on Sept. 11, 2001, Betty called ground employees saying, “The cockpit is not answering. Somebody’s stabbed in business class, and, um, I think there’s Mace and we can’t breathe