GAUMONT GRAPHIC 421 (fragment 2) [Main Title]

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  • Title: GAUMONT GRAPHIC 421 (fragment 2) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-04g
  • Other titles: THE EMIGRANT [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Newsreel animated cartoon ridiculing Turkey, March 1915.
  • Description: The cartoon figure of an artist draws a globe, from which a Turk has been kicked, heading into space towards the sun and the stars, asking himself "Is this what William meant by a place in the sun?"
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1061-04g)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gaumont (Production company) Studdy, G E (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - inflammatory (object name) 01/3(496.1) (event) Animation (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 78 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes: Title: both alternative and series titles appear on the print, also the Gaumont release number indicating that this is part of issue 421, additional material from which is held as IWM 1061-04d earlier on this reel Production: see IWM 1061-01 for production details Summary: this cartoon is presumably a reaction to Turkey's entry into the war, though a specific reference to the first British naval attacks on Gallipoli in March 1915 may be intended Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-04a-h, the can is marked as IWM 1061-04
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1061-04g

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