In Canada, the Scots animator Norman McLaren experimented with stereoscopy
(two-dimensional depictions that through perspective appear three-dimensional),
synthetic sound, and other techniques, many of which were further developed by the
school of animators he built up. Among McLaren’s colleagues and disciples was
George Dunning, who subsequently worked in Great Britain, where the animated
cinema was vigorous after 1950. Other notable animators working in Britain included
John Halas and Joy Batchelor, who were already considered established during World
War II; Peter Foldes; Bob Godfrey, an inspired exponent of low comedy; and Richard
Williams, a Canadian whose studio sought to emulate the Disney craft traditions.