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The sinking of the Lusitania : an amazing moving pen picture / by Winsor McCay.

Library of Congress Black & White Film Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
McCay, Winsor, director, screenwriter.
Transatlantic Films.
Library of Congress
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lusitania (Steamship).
Lusitania (Steamship)--Caricatures and cartoons.
Shipwrecks--History--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons.
Shipwrecks.
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, German--Caricatures and cartoons.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations--Submarine--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sea control.
History.
Genre:
Streaming video.
Caricatures and cartoons.
Video recordings.
Cartoons (Humor)
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 streaming video)
Production:
1918.
Other Title:
Selections from the National Film Registry.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
streaming video file
Summary:
An animated version of how in 1915, the United States was brought to the brink of war when Germany violated international law and sank the merchant ship Lusitania killing 1,200 people, including 128 Americans. The first feature length animated film. -- Library of Congress website
Credits:
Managing director, John D. Tippett.
Notes:
This video was digitized by the Library of Congress and is part of their AFI/Shepard (David) Collection (Library of Congress)
This moving image content is silent, and was created without sound or a soundtrack.--Library of Congress website
Originally published by Transatlantic Film Co.
Silent animated short.
OCLC:
1018473924

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