Sea Dreams

Name: Sea Dreams
Director: Lancelot Speed
Genre: Animation, War
Released: 1914
Cast: Lancelot Speed

1914 Animation War Directed by Lancelot Speed

About Sea Dreams

Lancelot Speed's short mixes animation and live action as First World War propaganda. It praises Britain's naval past and mocks the German navy.

Cast & crew

Lancelot Speed Director

More about Sea Dreams

Speed is director on both the catalog and Wikidata, and he is the only catalog cast name. The year is 1914 and the country is the United Kingdom. No running time is listed.

Themes

British naval history
a joke at the German fleet
wartime propaganda
Royal Navy
German navy
animation

Background

The short was released in 1914, the first year of the First World War, and takes Britain's navy as its subject.

Technique

Wikidata classes the propaganda short as both live action and animation.

Notes

Wikidata genres include silent film, a live-action and animated mix, and propaganda.
The catalog overview is the plot on record: naval praise and a joke at the German fleet.
No production company is on Wikidata.

Also available

Wikimedia Commons (Sea Dreams.webm)