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

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Summary

Description	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.
Date	1918
Source	Winsor McCay: The Master Edition DVD (2004)
Author	Winsor McCay

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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.

Other languages

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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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
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	04:50, 30 July 2013		12 min 7 s, 720 × 480 (342.19 MB)	Curly Turkey	User created page with UploadWizard