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Dumb Patrol

January 1964 •English

Biplane battles over France in World War I between Bugs and Baron (Yosemite) Sam Von Shamm.

Aurora's Sunrise

April 2023 •Armenian

The story of how Aurora Mardiganian (1901-94), a survivor of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire (1915-17), became a Hollywood silent film star.

What Price Porky

February 1938 •English

Porky tries to feed his chickens, but some ducks steal the corn he puts out, then declare war. The battle rages, with the ducks against the chickens, sometimes in wing-to-wing combat, but also aerial attacks, and Porky finally turning the tide with his machine gun improvised from a wringer washer and a bag of corn. But the ducks still get the last laugh.

Canada Vignettes: Wop May

January 1979 •English

This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

September 1956 •Czech

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

January 1955 •Czech

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

July 1954 •Czech

The Man Who Planted Trees

May 1987 •French

The story of one shepherd's single-handed quest to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the French Alps throughout the first half of the 20th century.

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

April 2018 •English

The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.

Bully Boy

October 1914 •English

Lightning sketch propaganda stirs outrage about Reims bombing, and features a British bulldog eating the German sausage.

Women's Letters

May 2014 •French

On the front lines of the Great War, nurse Simon repairs the broken faces of the soldiers every day with love letters, words from women that have the power to heal the wounds of these paper soldiers. Simon himself seems impervious to holes, uncreasable, untearable in his white coat. His secret is his war godmother, who occupies all his thoughts whenever he has a moment to breathe. But when death strikes where it is least expected, can words written on paper still erase the pain?

The Good Soldier Shweik

November 2012 •Russian

An average soldier is caught up in the cogs of an inhuman war machine during the First World War.

The Jockstrap Raiders

July 2011 •English

The Jockstrap Raiders takes place during World War I in Leeds, England. A group of underdog misfits are excluded from the war due to various abnormalities. Threatened by the invading German Kaiser and his army, they must learn to become a team and overcome their deficiencies in order to save Britain and the world.

The Trenches

June 2010 •French

This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.

The Little Tin Soldiers

August 1916 •French

With Jean-Baptiste at the front, Louise takes care of Bébé with the help of Uncle Pierre. The letters she receives from Jean-Baptiste worry her, but Pierre distracts Bébé with a box of tin soldiers. That night, Bébé has a dream of his soldiers vanquishing the enemy, and the next morning, Jean-Baptiste surprises the family by returning home.

War Theater

Invalid date •French

During a theatrical performance featuring puppets glorifying war, a wounded soldier is taken backstage where he unveils the truth about war.

The Good Soldier Schweik

October 1956 •Czech

Adapting Jaroslav Hasek's raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada's equally famous illustrations to garrulous puppet life, posed Trnka one of his biggest creative challenges. Trnka himself felt that the final episode was the most artistically successful, but there's much to enjoy in all three, not least the way that the lackadaisical layabout Svejk's own self-serving anecdotes are realized through cut-out animation.

Sea Dreams

December 1914 •

First World War animated propaganda short, extolling Britain's naval history and mocking the German navy.

A.W.O.L.

March 1918 •English

A soldier impatient for his discharge from the army after the armistice ending World War I goes absent without leave and is faced with the consequences of his actions.

John Bull's Sketch Book

April 1915 •English

A combination of Lightning Sketches along with stop-motion animation illustrate England's reactions and responses in World War One.