Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)

The Sinking of the Lusitania

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:36:47 (UTC)

Original – The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is an American silent animated short film by cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS Lusitania. At twelve minutes, it has been called the longest work of animation at the time of its release. The film is the earliest surviving animated documentary and serious, dramatic work of animation. The National Film Registry selected it for preservation in 2017.

Reason: a very impressive early animated film by Winsor McCay, and also, a featured article on English Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears: The Sinking of the Lusitania, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Winsor McCay, Animated documentary
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Winsor McCay

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 13:36, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - This is scanned from a very bad and damaged print. There must be better copies available. --Janke | Talk 13:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]