Witness the birth of motion graphics in news reporting amid the ongoing Gallipoli campaign during WWI.

The Gallipoli campaign has gone down in history as a bloody scar of failure, or one of the last victories of the 600-year Ottoman Empire - depending which side you are on. This animated map brought events 1500 miles away to home front audiences while the outcome was still to be decided. It also shows how an abstract overview of troop losses communicates nothing of the reality of human sacrifice.

ANIMATED CARTOON which shows on maps the preparations and operations involved
in the Dardanelles campaign March-April 1915.



2. A series of maps showing progress from commencement to present date. (3)
3. General view of the Dardanelles. (6) Map. (14)
4. The channel which we are endeavouring to force, marked A-B. (19)
Map with the marked passage. (24)
Animated maps of the following are shown:
5. February 18th Allied Fleet opens fire on the outer forts.(29-37)
6. A detailed view of the area indicated. (41-78)
7. The outer forts silenced. Blue jackets land and demolish them. (83-112)
8. Mine sweepers clear the Straits for 4 miles. (117-160)
9. HMS Albion, Majestic and Vengeance enter the mine swept area and shell
two inner forts.(169-197)
10. To hinder Turkish communications French ships bombard Bulair. (204-217)
11. March 8th The Queen Elizabeth, by indirect fire, attacks the forts of the
narrows.(217-240)
12. A sectional diagram of this remarkable feat. Lettering on this diagram
appears in English then in French.(257-287).
13. The sinking of the Bouvet.(290-306)
14. HMS Ocean and Irresistible sunk by drifting mines.(311-329)
15. The landing of the allied troops on the Galipoli (sic) peninsula.(334-340)
16. The 2nd South Wales Borderers effect a landing on Beach S.(345-377)
17. The King's Own Scottish Borderers and Plymouth Marine land on Beach Y but
overwhelming odds necessitate reembarkment.(386-437)
18. Meanwhile in the face of violent opposition British troops land at Beaches
V, W, and X.(446-476)
19. The landing of the Australians and New Zealanders.(481-513)
20. The French land at Kum Kale and Beach V.(517-535)
21. April 27th Sir Ian Hamilton orders a general advance.(539-561)
22. The further advance of the Allies to present date.(566-573)
23. The task in front of us. The territory held by the Allies marked in black.
(577-579)