Once a German - Always a German

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
749
Date Released
27 May 1918
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1HMS Iris and Daffodil Return after Having Gloriously Assisted the ‘Vindictive’ in Her Successful Enterprise
  2. 2Annual Fair at Pinner. An Old Charter Allows the Showmen to Erect Booths on Payment of a Shilling for Every ‘Nail’ Driven into the Street.
  3. 3Once a German - Always a German
  4. 4Freeman of Glasgow. Gen Smuts Received the Freedom of the City, and Inspects the Boys’ Brigade
  5. 5Passing Round the Hat. Wounded Tommies Collecting for the Westminster Hospital
  6. 6Their Majesties, Accompanied by Princess Mary, Visit Telephone and Fuse Factory in Essex
  7. *Lord Beaverbrook Opens Art Exhibition

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Story

Summary
German soldiers committing atrocities eg, killing a baby, setting cities afire. Then turns into travelling salesman. [SUBTITLE]: THIS MAN WHO AFTER THE WAR WILL WANT TO SELL YOU HIS GERMAN GOODS
Researcher Comments
A British Empire Union anti-German propaganda cartoon equating German businessmen with soldiers.
Keywords
Propaganda; Animation
Written sources
Newsfilm Online   Used for additional comments
Library number GR
2313
Length of story (in feet)
193
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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