Giro the Germ Episode 1 The germs in this silent 1920s cartoon seem to have caught the Flapper bug Animation & Artists Moving Image 1927 8 mins The Latest News The “Bill Bailey” punchline might have lost its meaning over the years, but this comic gag short features some of Britain’s earliest animation Animation & Artists Moving Image Comedy 1904 1 mins John Bull's Animated Sketchbook No. 4 An animated recreation of the sinking of the Lusitania is the centrepiece of this pioneering mix of comedy, satire and outrage in cartoon propaganda. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1915 5 mins Animated Putty Long, long before Wallace met Gromit filmmakers performed malleable magic to bring clay to life Animation & Artists Moving Image 1911 4 mins Oh'phelia A Cartoon Burlesque To bob, or not to bob? That is the question for Ophelia in this early animated Hamlet, starring a far from gloomy Dane Animation & Artists Moving Image 1919 10 mins The Right Spirit Don’t judge a book by its cover but do judge a political party by its garage in this Conservative cartoon from the height of the depression. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1931 9 mins Animated Cotton Relax and unwind in rewind with this trick film – if you haven’t cottoned on yet all is not as it seems… Trick film 1909 5 mins Dreams of Toyland Decades before Toy Story, a young boy’s toys come to life through animation Animation & Artists Moving Image 1908 7 mins Ten Little Dirty Boys Ten boys discover that a good wash is step one on the road to health in this silent cartoon Animation & Artists Moving Image Public Information Filler 1929 12 mins House That John Built Empire buying begins at home: John Bull gets a makeover in this cartoon promoting British farmed goods Advert Animation & Artists Moving Image 1928 7 mins Cartoons by Hiscocks Short animation of a comic duel between English batsman Patsy Hendren and Australian bowler Arthur Mailey at the Kennington Oval. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1926 4 mins Cricket Notes 1924 Rain may stop play, but never the British sense of humour. Animation & Artists Moving Image Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins Sea Dreams Skilled artist Lancelot Speed brings his cartoons to life to mock the German navy at the start of WWI. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1914 6 mins Tale of a Tendril A bug’s life laid bare in this charming cut-out animated tale by pioneering film naturalist F. Percy Smith Animation & Artists Moving Image 1925 9 mins Sleepless Cartoon drawings come to life to haunt the German Emperor in a witty piece of WWI propaganda. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1914 5 mins Bully Boy Lightning sketch propaganda stirs outrage about Reims bombing, and features a British bulldog eating the German sausage Animation & Artists Moving Image 1914 6 mins Othello An animated Moor of Venice brings comedy to Shakespeare’s tragedy, in this cut-out cartoon with some neat tricks up its sleeve Animation & Artists Moving Image Parody 1920 3 mins General French's Contemptible Little Army Mixing lightning sketches with animation, this propaganda cartoon comes to life in defence of the British fighting force of 1914. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1914 7 mins The Smoke from Grand-pa's Pipe I’ll have what he’s smoking! - US import Jesse “Vet” Anderson breathes life (and smoke) into the UK animation industry Animation & Artists Moving Image 1920 9 mins Matches Appeal An innovative animated appeal film for donations to send matches to troops in the First World War Animation & Artists Moving Image 1914 1 mins To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking. Animation & Artists Moving Image School programme and Educational film 1909 1 mins Agitated Adverts Anson Dyer imagines the characters behind newspaper adverts and brings them to life in this Kine Komedy Kartoon Animation & Artists Moving Image 1917 10 mins John Bull's Sketch Book This WWI cartoon rouses the British lion, bringing to life the December 1914 German Naval raid on Scarborough with visual flourishes. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1915 4 mins John Bull's Animated Sketch Book The hand of the artist tweaks the nose of “Kaiser Bill” and friends in this episode from an early animated propaganda series Animation & Artists Moving Image 1916 10 mins Peter's Picture Poems A star-spangled sock on the nose for Kaiser Wilhelm, as this wordplay propaganda cartoon meets war crimes with pun-ishment Animation & Artists Moving Image War 1917 3 mins E13 Avenged Pioneering visual graphics – with added cotton wool – recreate an incendiary WWI incident involving a stricken British submarine. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 1915 1 mins Ever Been Had Blackly comic cartoon portrait of an apocalyptic England, destroyed 50 years after signing a premature peace in WWI. Animation & Artists Moving Image Science Fiction 1917 9 mins A Pencil and Alick P.F. Ritchie More chalk-talker than pencil-pusher, this popular artist recreates his cartoons for the screen with flashes of added animation. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1915 7 mins Studdy's War Cartoons Animated WWI-era comic highlights from the innovative cartoonist George Studdy, creator of Bonzo the dog. Animation & Artists Moving Image Non-Fiction 1915 6 mins Dicky Dee's Cartoons No.3 An edible bomb is cooked by the Kaiser in this fun WWI cartoon, which mixes propaganda with fantasy as a boy's dreams turn into nightmares. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1915 5 mins Socialist Car of State Party-political hyperbole meets Wacky Races in this spirited cartoon produced for the Conservative Party. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1930 9 mins His Birthday Present Was the root of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s power his 'Imperial Moustache'? Animation & Artists Moving Image Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Wooden Athletes Stripped-back wooden dolls put on the greatest show on Earth via the marvel of stop motion Animation & Artists Moving Image 1912 5 mins Red Tape Farm Mr Nosey Parker visits farmer John Barleycorn to tell him how to do his job in this witty Conservative Party campaigning cartoon. Animation & Artists Moving Image Campaigning film 1927 7 mins Fight for the Dardanelles Witness the birth of motion graphics in news reporting amid the ongoing Gallipoli campaign during WWI. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 1915 9 mins John Bull's Animated Sketch Book Bringing cartoons to life to illustrate the innocence of British propaganda as it accuses the Kaiser’s propaganda of being deceitful. Animation & Artists Moving Image Government sponsored film 1916 2 mins Bertie's Cave A bedtime story for insects by a legend of natural history filmmaking Animation & Artists Moving Image 1925 11 mins
