Britain’s Effort (1918)

Titles read: ’Lancelot Speed Films. “Britain’s Effort.“ Drawings by Lancelot Speed.’ Lengthy animated film showing Britain’s effort against enemy in First World War. View from behind Lancelot Speed, looking over his shoulder as he draws (speeded up footage) a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm sharpening a knife on a grinding wheel. Lancelot moves out of shot, then in stop-action animation the picture starts to move. Kaiser sharpens knife while a globe of the world rolls by in 1914. More animated pictures follow. Franz Josef of Austria and Kaiser Wilhelm stand beside a huge pile of bombs, bayonets and swords, blowing kisses to each other. Halos appear over their heads, that merge and become an airship which is added to the pile. Wilhelm looks through a telescope across the coast with a dachshund dog at his heels. Intertitle ’John Bull is fast asleep. Hoch! Hoch!’. Drawing of John Bull asleep on the beach below the white cliffs of Dover. Map of Europe with the heads of Kaiser and Franz appearing on a