Fight for the Dardanelles

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 9 min
  • Premiere: 1915. January 1.

The film uses stop-frame animation to create maps on the screen, and showed the then-current military situation in the Dardanelles, using various maps to assist understanding. Small cardboard cut-outs show the deployment of men and ships. Intertitles explain tactics, and shelling explosions are illustrated by clouds of cotton wool.

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Directing

F. Percy Smith

Director

Editing

Production

Charles Urban

Producer

Writing

Directing

F. Percy Smith

Director

Editing

Production

Charles Urban

Producer

Writing