Fight for the Dardanelles
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)
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Early Animation
The dawn of a new celluloid art: Britain's animation pioneers at peace and war
When you're creating a new art form, everything is experimental. The pioneers of animation in Britain cast a range of subjects as the stars of their films - the toys of an Edwardian child; insects and animals; Kaiser Bill and John Bull. But even the richest of fantasies on display here offer a window into the turbulent era in which they were made. When the nation went to war, animation was conscripted to meet its propaganda needs. In peacetime, the industry sought success as an entertainer, but found a career in sales.
42 videos in this collection
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The Latest News
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John Bull's Animated Sketchbook No. 4
4
Animated Putty
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Oh'phelia A Cartoon Burlesque
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The Right Spirit
7
Animated Cotton
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Dreams of Toyland
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Ten Little Dirty Boys
10
House That John Built
11
Cartoons by Hiscocks
12
Cricket Notes 1924
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Sea Dreams
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Tale of a Tendril
15
Sleepless
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Bully Boy
17
Othello
18
The Smoke from Grand-pa's Pipe
19
Matches: An Appeal
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To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
21
Agitated Adverts
22
John Bull's Sketch Book
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John Bull's Animated Sketch Book
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Peter's Picture Poems
25
The E13 Avenged
26
Ever Been Had?
27
A Pencil and Alick P.F. Ritchie
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Studdy's War Cartoons Compilation Film
29
Dicky Dee's Cartoons No.3
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Socialist Car of State
31
His Birthday Present
32
The Wooden Athletes
33
"Red Tape" Farm
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Fight for the Dardanelles
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Bertie's Cave
36
Tropical Breezes
37
Artistic Creation
38
Shadows!
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The Sorcerer's Scissors
40
A Geni and a Genius (Series 1)
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The Jealous Doll, Or, The Frustrated Elopement
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