Stand by the Men Who Have Stood By You
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| Author | Kinsella and Morgan |
|---|---|
| Title | Stand by the Men Who Have Stood By You |
| Notes | Cartoon, newsreel and acted appeal for the British people to buy National War Savings Certificates, 1917. An actress Britannia draws aside a curtain over a screen, flanked by silhouettes of two British soldiers. On the screen appears a genuine scene of refugees fleeing out of Belgium in 1914, followed by an acted scene of the Kaiser killing a Belgian woman. An acted scene of nurse Edith Cavell being shot. The film appeals for contributions to the War Loan. Animated cartoon of a man feeding a 15/6d certificate into a machine which produces a shell. He fires the shell from a gun. The shell lands at the feet of the Kaiser and transforms back into a certificate, then into a British soldier who locks the Kaiser up in a box. A certificate with a line of six pennies blotting out the words THE HUN as an encouragement for children to save. In a hand 15/6d in silver transforms into a pound note. After a final appeal to buy certificates Britannia closes the curtain. |
| Item Date | 1917 |
| 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, Women, Propaganda |
| Collection ID | IWM 542 |
| 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 | IWMFILM542-low.mp4 |
| Copyright | The Imperial War Museum Film Archive |
| Publication editor | Unknown |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Producer | National War Savings Committee |
| Cameramen | Unknown |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5524 |
