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Dennis Donovan

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Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:04 PM Dec 31

Windsor McCay: The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) [View all]

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The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) was a ground-breaking piece of animation. Creator Winsor McCay said it took him eight weeks of work to produce eight second of animation
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McCay and his assistants spent almost two years working on The Sinking of the Lusitania, reportedly producing more than 25,000 drawings

12:33 PM · Dec 31, 2024


Here's the entire animation:





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