SHIPYARD FILM FRAGMENTS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SHIPYARD FILM FRAGMENTS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1068
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Film fragments, part cartoon, encouraging shipyard work in Britain, 1918.
  • Description: A military parade is inspected by a civilian, possibly Lord Pirrie, the Controller of Shipbuilding. Then a cartoon showing a family seated for a meal with a picture of a ship at sea on their wall. The figure of Death in a German helmet conjures a torpedo to sink the ship and steals the loaf from the family table. The figure of Britannia, "Britons never shall be slaves". In actuality, a line of men queuing to work in the shipyards.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1068
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1068)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Pirrie, William J (person)
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - inflammatory (object name) propaganda, British - practical (object name) 31/3(41) (event) Animation (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 126 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1068

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    IWM 526 (LORD PIRRIE'S APPEAL TO SHIPYARD WORKERS [Main Title])
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