| BRITAIN'S EFFORT Lengthy, interesting animated film showing Britain's effort against enemy in First World War. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6277 | |
| Catalog #: | 527102 | |
| Clip Number: | 527102-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 499 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:19:54 - 01:24:33 | |
| Location: | ||
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMATION: Cel/Cartoon WORLD WAR ONE, GENERAL: Propaganda | |
| Description: | 19.54 Stop action footage of globe with tiny model soldiers appearing in different parts of the British Empire. In Britain, country gentleman is joined by farmer, clerk, fisherman, miner, railway porter in answering call for enlistment. They all merge into one soldier, representing army in 1914. Overseas soldiers represented by Canadian soldier riding through forest on a moose (! that would have made the Hun tremble!), Australian riding through bush on kangaroo (!), South African with springbok / antelope, New Zealander with an emu, Indians riding through jungle on an elephant. They all merge. Several pictures of soldiers illustrate proportions of troops fighting in France. Tiny gun becomes an enormous one to show how arms increased between 1914 and 1917. Officer in trench giving order to fire. | |
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