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Podcast: Cult Connections
Episode: Early British Animation
Description: Ian is joined by Malcolm Cook, Associate Professor at Southampton University to discuss British animated films between 1904 and 1925. From its roots in music hall and newspapers to traditional cartoon characters via wartime propaganda. We discuss craft, technique and message and discover that these hundred year old films are still as relevant and groundbreaking now as they were then. Watch the films in these places https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zQSDWo9LoM&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9 Political Favourites (1904), a lightning cartoon by Walter Booth https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-animated-cotton-1909-online Animated...