Straight common examples of Celluloid Based Animation would be from Steamboat Willie (1928: A Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoon) which were one of the first few sound cartoons that synced up to the animation in it's time, for example the whistles and sound effects. Speech at the time was hard to sync up, that's why early cartoon's were almost like silent films but with sound effects to help tell the story.
Another common example of this animation technique would be from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
Generally, the characters are drawn on cels and laid over a static background drawing. This reduces the number of times an image has to be redrawn and enables studios to split up the production process to different specialised teams. Using this assembly line way to animate has made it possible to produce films much more cost-effectively. The invention of the technique is generally attributed to Earl Hurd, who patented the process in 1914. The outline of the images are drawn on the front of the cel while colors are painted on the back to eliminate brushstrokes. Traditionally, the outlines were hand-inked but since the 1960s they are almost exclusively xerographed on. Another important breakthrough in cel animation was the development of the Animation Photo Transfer Process, first seen in The Black Cauldron, released in 1985
Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Willie (1928)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NQyzcDnMdE
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