First use of claymation

According to Official Guinness Records,

The Oscar winning movie Closed Mondays (USA, 1975) - the directorial debut of Will Vinton (USA) - saw the first use of the Claymation process, in which modelling clay is animated using stop-motion. Vinton patented the process and went to create two decades' of colorful work, including the famous California Raisins and many MTV commercials.

For a complete list of 1975 records, please visit 1975 Guinness Records in United States.

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