Stand by the Men Who Have Stood By You
Item
Title
Stand by the Men Who Have Stood By You
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Identifier
5752.mp4
IWMFILM542-low.mp4
Creator
Kinsella and Morgan
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Abstract
Cartoon, newsreel and acted appeal for the British people to buy National War Savings Certificates, 1917. An actress ""Britannia"" draws aside a curtain over a screen, flanked by silhouettes of two British soldiers. On the screen appears a genuine scene of refugees fleeing out of Belgium in 1914, followed by an acted scene of the Kaiser killing a Belgian woman. An acted scene of nurse Edith Cavell being shot. The film appeals for contributions to the War Loan. Animated cartoon of a man feeding a 15/6d certificate into a machine which produces a shell. He fires the shell from a gun. The shell lands at the feet of the Kaiser and transforms back into a certificate, then into a British soldier who locks the Kaiser up in a box. A certificate with a line of six pennies blotting out the words ""THE HUN"" as an encouragement for children to save. In a hand 15/6d in silver transforms into a pound note. After a final appeal to buy certificates Britannia closes the curtain.
Date
1917
Date Created
1917-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1917-12-31
Spatial Coverage
England
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Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
producer
National War Savings Committee
Subject
Home Front
Imperial Forces
Propaganda
Somme
Western Front
Women