Mixing lightning sketches with animation, this propaganda cartoon comes to life in defence of the British fighting force of 1914.

In the early days of WWI, celebrated illustrator Lancelot Speed rallied to the patriotic cause, combining his super-fast, 'lightning sketch' act with stop-motion animation to bring cartooning to life. Kaiser Wilhelm had allegedly dismissed the British Expeditionary Force, led by Commander-in-Chief Sir John French, as 'contemptible'. True or not, the outrage that followed made useful propaganda.

A mix of lighning sketches and cut-out animation by Lancelot Speed which attack the supposed labelling of the British Expeditionary Force under Sir John French by Kaiser Wilhelm as "contemptible". The small tommy force is seen to grow and scare off "Prussian Militarism" with the aid of British colonies, and a bear representing Russia.