Sinking of the Lusitania 1918 Animation

[WHITECK9]

The music is by Gabriel Thibaudeau, a Canadian born in 1957.

[biminitwst]

I was wondering about the music.

Any Idea what the peice is called and who wrote it?

It sounds familiar, but maybe it just reminds me of Brahms or Lizt.

[FlashBackXestion]

Esta animación se considera el primer documental animado de la historia!!! En 1918, año en que el pionero Winsor McCay realizó El hundimiento del Lusitania, The sinking of Lusitania, recreación del episodio ocurrido en 1915, que recrea el ataque de un submarino alemán a un lujoso crucero Británico con 2000 pasajeros, que marcó la entrada de Estados Unidos en la Primera Guerra Mundial y del que no se habían registrado imágenes documentales...vale muchísimo este video!! :))

[pigglywigglyjelly89]

God the music is amazing.

[JSidhom]

I got to this video from other Winsor McCay films, and I'm actually surprised. I thought I read a long time ago that no copies of this film existed anymore so I didn't bother to check.

Thanks for posting!

[DASCH4]

Awesome piano playing. And learned how to play it already

[bryanttillman]

The piano player's fucked up!

[Frostbyte380]

Very nice

[Whippodopolous]

Does anyone know where I can get the notes for this by chance? If they have survived somewhere?I've always wanted to play this on the piano but I can't find the notes. Feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[CarlosJoseMunez88]

DAAAAAMN... this is some awesome animation for that time.

[davidgrahamscott]

dat piano muzik is sick

[Alephvoid]

Watching this in the April Fools Day 1911 mode is so meta it hurts.

[davidgrahamscott]

@Alephvoid yes..I was just thinking that too

[CRM09ify]

4:29, O my god.

[altfactor]

I don't even think "cel" animation had yet been invented.

This was a very primitive animation technique; imagine what McCay could have done with today's methods to re-enact the sinking.

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

@altfactor 2 years, 25,000 drawings. and a LOT of talent, by one who pratically invented animation.

[Abricialio]

Is it me or is this animation better of the Titanic II movie of today?

[redcrossmlm]

ver estas imagenes me dan nostalgia, era otra epoca, el video fue hecho para gente de otra época en la cual no habia telefonos celulares, internet ni televisión, Nostradamus en sus centurias mencionaba que existiria una serpiente que al moverse dejaría ver a nuestros antepasados, no estaba equivocado, pues esa serpiente seguro es la cinta de la película cinematográfica!!!

[felipe929258]

Omg, looks like an atomic bomb!

[TubbiusMaximus]

@felipe929258 That's what happens when coal dust OR ammunition supplies explode just look at the SS Mont-Blanc,she was filled with explosives and it destroyed the city of Halifax, killed over 2,000 people and she was only 3120 tonnes, the Lusitania was over 30,000 tonnes.

[Oesau1]

This is again a false propaganda, the Germans had sunk completely legitimate! Anno U.S. court has ruled.

[fickfroeschlein]

was für ein quatsch!

es war nur ein torpedo und das schiff hatte waffen an bord!

[The1vidiot]

@fickfroeschlein genau, Sie war eine falle fur Deutschland von gross britannien so das Amerika hilft england's krieg gegend Deutschland. England konnte nicht allein gegen Deutschland gewinnen.

[EarthElement2008]

So sad. Such a beautiful ship

[paylamaxwell]

I love the music in this, that bass line (piano) is the shit.

[starball23]

Lusitania was hit by U-20 not U-39

[Dirtboy101]

over exaggeration at 2:17

[EnsignSmith]

@Dirtboy101 lol you were there?!!

[SuperTitanicfreak]

The 1st & only animation of the sinking of Lusitania. Clear back in 1918. Nice. However.... the explodsion was more violent then the sinking actually was & she didn't any of funnels during the sinking

[hazelblue00]

that's my favorite film of LUSITANIA.

[supermike2164]

only evidence of 1 torpedo

[Minxii1997]

yeah and the submarine was called U-20

[thebrendaspencer]

Does anybody know who made the music for the film?

[MissBella1990]

Beautiful footage and very helpful to my history of animation essay :) Cheers x

[AROBASPARK]

Though weapons had been suggested, They had been largely put in doubt by modern experts!! Since both under the survivors and the U-Boat captain's accounts, the torpedo hit a point between the Bridge & the 1rst funnel, Way off behind the bow cargo hull area!! If the torpedo had hit the cargo hull it would had broke off completely!!

Actually, where ever had the torpedo struck, if the area carried weapons, it would've torn into pieces. The survivors would had noticed it!!

[AROBASPARK]

Proof: look of WWI U-boat recordings of their U-Boat attacks!!, Prior the shoot 1rst, ask questions later, German subs practice the cruiser rules, in which they will halt a ship & search it's cargo!! If they found anything wrong, they torpedo it!! These blow up enormously!! Cargo hull area ripped apart!!

[EdwardRommel]

You are saying that the Lusitania was not carrying any weapons to the allies....

Under the Hague Convenitons of 1899 and 1907..neutral nations were allowed to sell weapons to the beligerants...the Germans had sold weapons to the British during the Boer War and to the Russians during the Russo-Japan war.

The question might be "are commercial liners allowed to transport weapons ?"

There was some dispute between the British and the Germans about maritime laws of warfare and Submarines.

[AROBASPARK]

There weren't Nazis around till the 30's):( This is Kaiser Germany!!

[sanderrodijk]

beautifull old footage

[AROBASPARK]

The Theory that the Lusitania was torpedoed twice was discredited by the surviving passengers, specifically those that were on the top decks & saw the 1 torpedo!! These was the lead thesis for C.T. to say Lusitania carried bombs!! In the 50's, Diver John Light visited the wreck & said he saw a huge hole on the cargo hull bow on the port side, it would be "confirmed" by an 80's expedition, BUT later discarded by Robert Ballard in the 90's.

Why DID 80's expedition, better equipped, lied??

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

wow the ship dont blow up like a atomic bomb

that was hilarious XDXD

[tscastro114]

Camillo Teti, who did the awful animated movie about the Titanic (which has the Rapping Dog) should have seen this film first before he made that film. Here is what is the best example of what animation can do (when used correctly). According to some animation historians, this is considered one of the animated films to be serious instead of always being funny.

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

i killed camilo teti >=D

[VideoPimp22]

Hey at least the Germans warned them.

You'd think they'd at least send some battleships to accompany that ship, or at least some rescue boats or something.

[Mitchellfw]

Even though the over-use of explosions and random little figures jumping ship was really... quite funny, the detail is amazing! I'm surprised animation had such smoothness and a sense of depth back then. It's way better than a lot of the stuff we make today over 9 decades later.

[ItsTimothy]

Lusitania

[Danieltitanic1912]

2 torpedo actually it's only 1 torpedo and the second torpedo was caused by the bunker

[frye60]

Does anyone have any ideas on the piano music used throughout??.

[Cathiina]

Amazing to see how McCay's animation developed from his first to this!

[nododon]

The intentional sinking of the Lusitania engaged us into WW1. Japan bombing Pearl Harbor engaged us in WW2. The Gulf of Tonkin escalted the war in Vietnam. And 911 Twin Towers got us into the War in Iraq. Is it just me or does anyone else see a pattern here?

Our hidden government has made all this happen and we are just a nation of stupid morons for believing otherwise.

[jkilts]

Oh great, another one of these guys...

[nododon]

Another one of 'these guys?"

What guy's are you referring to?

Conspiracy nuts? lol

This is well documented material my friend.

[ChiefOren]

Don't take it too hard. Most anti-"conspiracy" people just haven't learned the reality of the NWO.

[nododon]

ChiefOren

That's how history has been for the past few centuries. The people never have a clue. The masses are worked through propaganda in so many areas. I like Senator Barry Goldwater's take on David Rockefeller's 1973 founding of the globalist Trilateral Commission. D.R. was also chairman of the CFR for many years.

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[nododon]

"The Trilateral Commission is international, and it is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political government of the United States. The Trilateral Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power political, monetary, intellectual, and ecclesiastical." - Senator Barry Goldwater

Ecclesiastical ... that explains a few things.

lol

[neowarrior1]

i whole heartedly agree. just why would goverments around the world hide beyond many things when we civil union people have the right to know?

[nododon]

It's not the 'governments' necessarily who do these things but the central banks who manipulate these governments into doing their dirty deeds. The central banks finance both sides of a war and then hold the winners accountable by creating debt. Once they have control of their monetary policy (fiat money) they own the country 'behind the scenes'. Just like the FED does to us in the U.S.

The FED is a combination of powerful central banks that is a private institution, not a government agency.

[sonjo101]

where would people, living at this time, veiw the animation?

[MTwillman]

The cinema, they had movies in 1898, so the explanation is that they would show it like before the Charlie Chaplin stuff, and things like that.

[YamatoTitanic]

Lusitania was listed by the germans as a Armed merchant cruiser. The Royal Navy bought Lusitania from curnard but gave her back to them but not before fitting Gun mount. I still think Lusitania sinking was a war crime becuse she was an unamred ship and innocent Men woman and CHILDEN Died on that ship.

[kward1234]

it not all Germany;s falt im german Germany gave a clear warning all BRITISH AND AMERICAN ships will be sunk if seen crossing english channel they shouldnve even launched her

[blacker1977]

she was built in part funded by the british government and one of the conditions of that funding was that it could be called upon for active duties in times of war. it was reported to have been carrying a large number of shells at the time of the bombing and some people say that this was the cause of the second explosion. my grandfather is burried beside their memorial headstone in ireland. I agree that it was a war crime.but also it was irresponsible to allow people to sail or her when listed

[Twinkier1]

War crime? By whom? Your comment seems to be a bit ambiguous on the matter.

[AndyMcArren1356]

Actually it is not the U-39 it is the U-20

[diemartist]

To the Turbinator: Not that I'm caling you a liar or anything, but you'll excuse me if I choose not to believe "their" account. Winsor McCay, though not an officially recognized documentarian, wouldn't want to innacurately portray any event... Despite his political ties.

Besides, what difference does it make? Germans sunk the ship with no direct provocation.

INNOCENT Americans were killed

[slimes23]

The Germans were acting within international law. They warned American citizens of the dangers and it was a British ship. There was no more need for those Americans to go to Britain than there would be for Iranians to have visited Iraq during the 2003 invasion. If Iran had attacked US troops because of the deaths of Iranian civilians in baghdad in 2003, we wouldn't hear the end of it from America. An American boarding the Lusitainia is a bit like a Spaniard renting a flat in Dresden in WW2.

[TheTurbinator]

Good thing in 2006 they went on a dive and found ammunition on the ship, proving the Germans where right. That Americans where legally smuggling weapons on civilian ships.

There never was a 2nd torpedo that was the ammo exploding.

Americans got OWNED.

[allrequiredfields]

Coming from a canadian, lol. Canada is so utterly worthless, we forget you're up there sometimes.

[rodrigoraulsuarez]

What a great artist was Mccay. A genious.

[greenjeansmjr]

Touching, amazing work.

[albee1000]

Man ...

Hand drawn.

Every. Single. Cell.

[WillWivell]

This was McCay's main attempt to get animation recognised as a true art form. He was greatly saddened when the medium eventually became commercialised.

[AngryGundamGamer]

For 1918, that's really good. Must have been amazing at the time.

[7OLMEDA]

Does anyone know the name of the musical piece of the background?

I knew this video today and I agree with blackhand that this is much better than some things that we may find nowadays.

[theblackhand2]

For back then, this is some powerfully good animation. Allot of the animation is better than what's found in more modern works.

[Niffiwan]

Thanks for uploading this; it's the cleanest version I've seen on Youtube.

It seems that this was the first "animated documentary"...

[Oesau1]

@Niffiwan

This is not a document but a lie.

only 1 torpedo had exploded in the cargo of the Lusitania ...

[JPnintendofan]

@Oesau1 Nobody knew that until Robert Ballard explored the shipwreck. There were two explosions so everybody thought there were two torpedoes. We know now that there was only one torpedo, but it doesn't mean the entire film is a lie.

[MINHD111]

@JPnintendofan

the Germains have always claim to have sent only one torpedo and that the second explosion which caused the quick sinking and the heavy casualties was due to ammunations sent to the British who were hidding a military cargo in a civilian ship.

[JPnintendofan]

@MINHD111 I know that... why are you telling me?!