Studdy’s War Cartoon. The Record Breaker

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

433

Date Released

17 May 1915

Length of issue (in feet)

353

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Motor Horse Ambulance At Cricklewood
2. 2A Floating Hospital On The Seine, Etc
3. 3Colonel Dundonal Cochrane VC Inspects 4th Battalion East Ham Volunteers
4. 4Anti German Demonstration
5. 5Amid The Graves Of Fallen Heroes The Ploughman Till The Soil
6. 6Studdy’s War Cartoon. The Record Breaker
7. 7Serbians Trench Making
8. 8On the Swiss-German Frontier Etc

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 8

Summary

NoS synopsis: Character looking at tax thermometer showing rise in tax on alcohol. The cartoon refers to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George and his budget proposals.

Researcher Comments

George E. Studdy, cartoonist and creator of Bonzo the Dog.

Keywords

Politics and government; Economics; Arts and crafts; Business and commerce; War and conflict; Animation

Written sources

BFI Film & TV Database   Used for synopsis
Gaumont Graphic Issue Sheets [BUFVC]

Library number GR

761

Length of story (in feet)

50

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Notes

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