| THE STORY OF THE CAMEL AND THE STRAW | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6277 | |
| Catalog #: | 527087 | |
| Clip Number: | 527087-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 499 | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:50 - 01:14:34 | |
| Location: | Unknown | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMATION: Cel/Cartoon WORLD WAR ONE, GENERAL: Propaganda WORLD WAR ONE, HOMEFRONT: Fundraising, War Bonds | |
| Description: | Cartoon about the benefits of buying war bonds. Hand draws a large balance (scale) with the word "Victory" over the top. German put money on 1 side, British on the other. If British citizens buy enough war bonds they can win the war. "This is the last few shillings that will break the Kaiser's back." Short cartoon sequence with a sailor dancing. "There was once a little man, Who had a little gun, That with Bonds & Certificates was fed fed fed. Which enabled him to shoot the savage Prussian Brute right through the middle of his head head head." Cartoon of a soldier shooting the Kaiser while his English bulldog laughs at the Kaiser's fate. 3 German officers (1 is the Kaiser) in a bunker as a bomb is dropped. The bomb says "War Bond Bomb." Planes fly over and bury the officers in war bonds. "He'll need your money more to reconstruct home industries again. So save all you can, work with the little man, and supremacy in commerce we'll attain." British soldier with Union Jack flag marches past. The empty field turns into houses and industry. | |
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