JACK AND JILL [Main Title]

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  • Title: JACK AND JILL [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 539
  • Other titles: KINCARTOONS [Series Title]
  • Summary: Cartoon appeal for buying National War Savings Certificates in Britain, 1917-1918.
  • Description: The animated cartoon is a parody of the nursery rhyme. Jill, a munitions worker, collects her pay and goes with her husband Jack to buy War Savings Certificates at a post office. After five years they watch their house being "built", as a line drawing, with Jack's savings, while Jill's pay for the furniture that is delivered. "Money saved spells victory and the end of Kaiser Bill". The figure of the Kaiser has a cone marked "War Savings Certificates" lowered over his head by a giant hand. The Crown Prince cries for his "Papa". The film invites "secure your happiness now" by purchasing War Bonds and War Savings Certificates.
  • Alternative Title: KINCARTOONS [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 539
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 539)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: National War Savings Committee (Production sponsor) Kinsella and Morgan (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: 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: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 299 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 539

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