3D wireframe animation started popping up in the mainstream in the 1970s, with an early (short) appearance in the sci-fi thriller Futureworld (1976).
θɹˈiː dˈiː wˈaɪɚfɹeɪm ˌænɪmˈeɪʃən stˈɑːɹɾᵻd pˈɑːpɪŋ ˌʌp ɪnðə mˈeɪnstɹiːm ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z, wɪð ɐn ˈɜːli ʃˈɔːɹt ɐpˈɪɹəns ɪnðə sˈaɪfˌaɪ θɹˈɪlɚ fjˈuːtʃɚrwˌɜːld nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɪks.