Lusitania Cartoon - The Sinking Of The Lusitania (1915-1918)

Animation. THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA Title reads: “An amazing moving pen picture by Winsor (sic) McCay.“ Universal Films - The Transatlantic Film Co. logo on bottom of title. Introductory intertitle reads: “ Winsor McCay, originator and inventor of Animated Cartoons, decides to draw a historical record of the crime that shocked Humanity.“ M/S of Mr McCay at his drawing board. He is in a drawing room setting. “Mr Beach giving Winsor McCay the details of the sinking - necessary for the work to follow.“ A man walks over to Mr McCay placing a large photograph of the Lusitania on the desk. They point to various parts of the ship and talk. “Twenty-five thousand drawings had to be made and photographed one at a time.“ M/S of animators at work in a studio. Winsor sits at work in the foreground. Animation of the moving sea. “From here on you are looking at the first record of the sinking of the Lusitania. Intertitles give the history of the sinking of the ship intercut with animated sequenc