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The Sinking of the Lusitania
1918 · Film · short · 12 min
Directed by Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment during World War I.
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Not as new as you'd think, either: In 1918, animation pioneer Winsor McCay created the silent short film "The Sinking of the Lusitania", showing the RMS Lusitania being torpedoed by German U-boats. With remarkably realistic drawings, the film was presented as a documentary, but the visuals were imagined, based on verbal accounts and supposition. It functioned largely as a propaganda piece to increase anti-German sentiment during WWI.
The simulated sinking of the Korean ship in the article has nothing on this. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sinking_of_the_Lusitania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=ES&hl=es&v=nN-KdPBhyjc