A Christmas Short Film from 1898
December 25, 2008
The British Film Institute has a YouTube channel that offers a lot of historic films. Here is “Santa Claus’ by G. A. Smith in 1898. Apparently the special effects were quite a feat 110 years ago.
For something longer and more in tune with this blog’s recurring theme of war and society, see “Christmas Under Fire” (1941), which looks at Britain at war on Christmas Eve. This film from the Ministry of Information has an American narrator for an American audience. It was made before Pearl Harbor, when the American public had no stomach for going to war in Europe.
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These are some amazing movies! I had no idea this service was available, so thanks a ton for the head up.
Did you know the “Christmas Under Fire” was nominated for Oscar in 1942 as best documentary?
I hadn’t realized that it had been nominated. For others interested, here’s a bit more information from the BFI’s Screen Online.
Another propaganda effort, this one a feature film, was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and received six in 1942: Mrs. Miniver.