John Bull's Animated Sketchbook No 15
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| Author | Ruffell's |
|---|---|
| Title | John Bull's Animated Sketchbook No 15 |
| Notes | Short, humorous stop-frame animation propaganda film made for British Home Front audiences during the First World War. The film consists solely of a series of animated jokes, drawn and lettered directly onto the screen by our famous artist The artist's hand is shown (speeded up) as a scene is drawn with a brush, and then inhabited by animated cut-outs, moved frame-by-frame. The illustrations are in a comic style similar to Bruce Bairnsfather. The artist interjects comments on his own performance, eg I receive remuneration for doing this sometimesA little encouragement would oblige etc. The principal animated episodes are as follows.Exclusive view of the countless prisoners captured by the Germans - the prisoners are moving dummies on an endless belt operated by the Kaiser himself.In the remainder of the front there is nothing to report - it is a shirt front.Zeppelin reconnoitring over Greece - a fly and a bowl of dripping.The German Fleet sails out to meet the British - a change of perspective reveals the drawing to be of houses, chimneys and telegraph poles - Sorry my mistakeAn explanation of the expression 'Curtain Fire' - a curtained window beside a fireplace:See the point? - a gimlet or corkscrew.A moon A star Two stars Three stars - the three stars are on a bottle which the moon drinks, becoming drunk and then Whoa Emma I'm off home setting.Last night we gained three metres: Berlin - three German soldiers cross the screen then return, each carrying a gas meter.Another Zeppelin destroyed - a caricature Charlie Chaplin in a wheelchair ultimately defeats the Zeppelin by having it tie itself in knots |
| Item Date | July 1916 |
| Creation place | England |
| File type | Video |
| Item source | DVD copy of original film |
| Item medium | DVD copy of original film |
| Content | Footage |
| Keywords | Home Front, Propaganda, War in the Air |
| Collection ID | IWM 1216 |
| Repository name | Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive |
| Repository address | Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | IWMFILM1216-low.mp4 |
| Copyright | The Imperial War Museum Film Archive |
| Publication editor | Unknown |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Producer | Cartoon Company |
| Cameramen | Unknown |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5508 |
