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File:Winsor McCay (1918) The Sinking of the Lusitania.webm

Winsor_McCay_(1918)_The_Sinking_of_the_Lusitania.webm ‎(WebM audio/video file, VP8, length 12 min 7 s, 720 × 480 pixels, 3.9 Mbps overall, file size: 338.11 MB)

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English: Animated film The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. Two submarines torpedo the RMS Lusitania in 1915, killing 1 200. Probably the first animated documentary, this was the longest animated film made until Disney's feature-length films of the 1930s.
Français : Film d'animation Le torpillage du Lusitania (The Sinking of the Lusitania) (1918) par le dessinateur et animateur américain Winsor McCay. Deux sous-marins torpiller le RMS Lusitania en 1915, tuant 1 200. Probablement le premier documentaire d'animation, ce fut le plus long film d'animation réalisé jusqu'à métrages des films des années 1930 de Disney.
日本語: 『ルシタニア号の沈没』（ルシタニアごうのちんぼつ、The Sinking of the Lusitania）は、ウィンザー・マッケイが1915年から1918年にかけて制作した、ルシタニア号事件の様子を描いたドキュメンタリー・アニメーション。
Polski: Zatopienie Lusitanii – amerykański niemy film animowany z 1918 roku autorstwa rysownika Winsora McCaya.
Македонски: Потопувањето на „Лузитанија“ (1918) — дело на американскиот аниматор Винзор Мекеј.
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Source Winsor McCay: The Master Edition DVD (2004)
Author Winsor McCay

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Media of the day This file was selected as the media of the day for 07 February 2019. It was captioned as follows:
English: The Sinking of the Lusitania is an American 1918 silent animated short by cartoonist Winsor McCay.
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English: The Sinking of the Lusitania is an American 1918 silent animated short by cartoonist Winsor McCay.
Македонски: Потопувањето на „Лузитанија“ (1918) — дело на американскиот аниматор Винзор Мекеј.
Polski: Zatopienie Lusitanii – amerykański niemy film animowany z 1918 roku autorstwa rysownika Winsora McCaya.

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current00:58, 6 March 201412 min 7 s, 720 × 480 (338.11 MB)Skrrp (talk | contribs)Cleaned up the interlacing artefacts by running through fraps with a -deinterlace (uploaded using chunked upload script)
04:50, 30 July 201312 min 7 s, 720 × 480 (342.19 MB)Curly Turkey (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

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