I must remind you this is from 1968, so people's attitudes to war, imperialism, etc. had really changed since the Victorian era, but the animations are based on real political cartoons and illustrations from the time, especially how England was depicted at that time and how they thought of themselves.
Thomas Nast. John Tenniel. ("Alice in Wonderland") Wonderful line drawings from the Victorian era/ post American Civil War era....(actually, I think Tenniel was from the 1850's.)
I absolutely love how the animation captures that image the brits had of themselves of being "the vanguard of civilization and justice", while also showing its absurdity with those exaggerated animations of "Britain's deeds" and the world thanking her for them... this is a true English work of irony
James Brice ah but you see, the Russians threatened British interests in Afghanistan and Iran and more importantly through those the British Raj, and of course the British could never share, it just wasn’t the done thing.
I have vague, dreamy memories of a cartoon and a war movie as a child- I was born in 1969, and I think my parents took me with them to a drive-in theater maybe 4 years later. I think it has colored my dreams and my approach to conflict my entire life. It may seem strange, but I think this movie and "Yellow Submarine" are mixed in my memory. Probably just the accent-- I am from Chicago.
I saw "Yellow Submarine" in a wide screen theater as a kid. It was really impressive. My best friend who came with me, didn't like it. She liked a sci-fi movie that was weirdly playing with it called "The Lost Continent"....
Reading William's "The Animator's Survival Kit", and hearing about how Ken Harris was somewhat unimpressed with the movement in this, is baffling. This is great animation as far as I'm concerned.
Dillon Trinh Studios No, its a reference to The Animator's Survival Kit. In the book, Williams talks about how he showed his work on this movie to one of his teachers, Art Babbitt, and then Babbitt replied with those exact words.
Fantastic to see this - old memories - took a year that small amount of work - no computer back then @ 13 Soho Square London .... first time we drew from single frame live action for that "penciled live action" effect ....
I like where lord Raglan's all like, "Where's Lord Cardigan?" He comes up in a yacht all of a sudden he sets sail saying, "Light brigade with me" and lord Lucan Chases him into calamita bay
Astonishing art direction, thanks so much for putting this compilation together. I hadn't known anything about his work, but now I am aware he did lots of animation work I've always enjoyed (Casino Royale 1967, What's New Pussycat, Roger Rabbit).
You see they are doing it ALL OVER AGAIN.... "The Russians, the Russians..." even in the 2016 election, even in American inflation, even with soaring gas prices, it's always "THE RUSSIANS!!"
The British Empire at it's peak. A nice thoughtful animator's idea to show the US covered in clouds. A few years later and the American Civil War turned the Northern states into an industrial machine of unimagined might as wartime needs forced 10 years of development into 4 frenzied years with Britain being the standard everyone sought. (And the British government I personally think being worried about Yankee growing power on the world stage and 'unofficially' supporting the rebelling Southern states with Enfields, medicine and ammunition that prolonged the war quite considerably and killed/maimed innumerable Northern farm boys.)
The depth of understanding of geopolitics of the typical 19th century political cartoonists, etc., as compared to illustration today is remarkable, and comparable to the attention to every detail altogether, to which Richard William's delightful style and formula herein is to only ADD just sprinkles of the improvements technology allows to amplify the original, (timeless?) message with all the power its creator artist intended - and that's the secrets of Monty Python's TV show's pioneering work with that same caricature of 19th century illustrations. There's more there, by far than meets the eye and ear! I've seen short, primitive versions of the wondrous, illustrative style by other artist/producers in TV, but Williams definitely has the formula down and runs with it like no one before. Remarkable!
I absolutely love how the animation captures that image the brits had of themselves of being "the vanguard of civilization and justice", while also showing its absurdity with those exaggerated animations of "Britain's deeds" and the world thanking her for them... this is a true English work of irony
Big mistake spotted: Italy still did not exist at the time. The whole territory was divided in a series of States and Principalities. The most prominent was the Kingdom of Sardinia, which sent to Crimea an expeditionary force of 20.000 soldiers. The Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1861, a few after the end of the Crimean engagement
I love this aesthetic, not simply heroic but national pride and imperialism made to look religious. The sun and the clouds give off a feeling of the divine, and it's as if the British created their own god.
@@paulaharrisbaca4851 Oh for sure. Python just wouldn't have been the same without his animation. Not just taking the piss out of stuffy English culture but aesthetic of the British Empire as well.
Isn't it remarkable how history repeats? One could substitute Ukraine for Turkey in these animations, and the US for the UK and release this all over again with the notable exception that our version would be feeding and strengthening the turkey instead of directly rescuing it--at least, so far. Also, these animations are a little slanted to the British considering the French Army was much better organized and effective in the Crimean War and get displayed here a some little rooster on the edge of the action. As Pierre Bosquet said of his British colleague's Charge of the Light Brigade: "C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie."
Turkey squeezes the holy land, Russia smacks them down, France throws a fit, and England dutifully follows the hen that pecks. What a wonderful war for all involved.
I own the soundtrack album and all the music's there. Song over the opening credits is "Main Title"; song during the second segment is "War Fever"; the third is "Across the Seas" and the last celebrating victory is "Go Gently."
Christopher Saunders Many thanks. I was interested in finding out if these are original arrangements, or re-works of pieces from that period; at least one of them sounds familiar but I can not place it. Many thanks.
Does anyone understand what Ken meant by 'it doesn't move good'? I'm a rookie animator, if an animator at all so what I see may not be right. Anyone more experienced want to give their thoughts?
The two being portrayed here are Lords Cardigan and Lord Lucan. They were unfriendly rivals and have both been blamed by historians for the disaster that was the Charge of the Light Brigade. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan#Crimean_War
i don't know the context of this, but i felt incredibly disgusted by this video for various reasons, if i get to know the full context maybe my opinion will change, but for now i'm only left revolted. However, the animation of the clouds is so insanely beautiful, when it shifted to lions and when you could see battalions marching while the clouds hovered above them taking different shapes, that was ridiculously good lookig
Что то я в этом сомневаюсь.Я скорее поверю что была холодная война и запад хотел показать,какая мы империя зла,а они де добренькие и пушистые.Защищают дермократию и униженных и оскорбленных.ну как они это делали на ближнем востоке и Северной африке.А до этого по всему миру.
Nice animation but full of English lies . British Army did nothing in Balaklava front and The Light Brigade blundered and rode to the wrong side and was demolished . All the truth was disclosed by English scientists who made digs in the region and found out dead bodies of Turks while finding a few from the Light Brigade. 450 of 600 returned to England .
They did this on purpose. These animations were not meant to show what happened during the Crimean War, but how the British perceived themselves during that war. In the movie, the jingoistic animations are usually followed by scenes that show how disorganised and ineffective the British Army (especially its leadership) was. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a caustic anti-war movie of the same kind as "Oh! What A Lovely War!" directed by Richard Attenborough a year later (1969).
@@Xerxes2005 Yup the whole point of the movie is that while the British army was dying of disease and complete lack of any proper leadership the public at home were being fed propaganda to make sure the public kept supporting the war. In reality the Crimean war was a total failure which was the beginning for the great war.
@@andrewkirkland1452 I did hear that it was something of a wakeup call for British leadership and brought about the demand for reform. France either didn't or couldn't apply the lesson and got their teeth kicked in during the Franco-Prussian war.
anybody here from the animators survival kit ?
i do.
lol YEP! Just turned to page 4. XD
yeah baby. makes me wonder how he did this, its beautiful.
jaebooty same
Yep haha
I must remind you this is from 1968, so people's attitudes to war, imperialism, etc. had really changed since the Victorian era, but the animations are based on real political cartoons and illustrations from the time, especially how England was depicted at that time and how they thought of themselves.
Vietnam protests were around, I guess.
Thomas Nast. John Tenniel. ("Alice in Wonderland") Wonderful line drawings from the Victorian era/ post American Civil War era....(actually, I think Tenniel was from the 1850's.)
I absolutely love how the animation captures that image the brits had of themselves of being "the vanguard of civilization and justice", while also showing its absurdity with those exaggerated animations of "Britain's deeds" and the world thanking her for them... this is a true English work of irony
James Brice ah but you see, the Russians threatened British interests in Afghanistan and Iran and more importantly through those the British Raj, and of course the British could never share, it just wasn’t the done thing.
Like how the U.S. sees themselves now
I mean, we were?
Where’s the lie
They still do lol! It’s the OG version of American patriotism!
This caught me off guard at first, but I really thought it brought a unique tone to the movie.
I have vague, dreamy memories of a cartoon and a war movie as a child- I was born in 1969, and I think my parents took me with them to a drive-in theater maybe 4 years later.
I think it has colored my dreams and my approach to conflict my entire life.
It may seem strange, but I think this movie and "Yellow Submarine" are mixed in my memory. Probably just the accent-- I am from Chicago.
I saw "Yellow Submarine" in a wide screen theater as a kid. It was really impressive. My best friend who came with me, didn't like it. She liked a sci-fi movie that was weirdly playing with it called "The Lost Continent"....
Reading William's "The Animator's Survival Kit", and hearing about how Ken Harris was somewhat unimpressed with the movement in this, is baffling. This is great animation as far as I'm concerned.
It is great, no doubt, but it's true it lacks some magic that Bambi has...I hope I'll be able to understand it by the end of the book
I'm just reading that book right now, it's very useful and easy to follow.
i suppose i see it, it is a bit stiff
How did you guys ever do all that work?...
Course it doesn't move too good
Are you dissing williams?
Dillon Trinh Studios No, its a reference to The Animator's Survival Kit. In the book, Williams talks about how he showed his work on this movie to one of his teachers, Art Babbitt, and then Babbitt replied with those exact words.
@@thempp4519 Didn't Ken Harris said that to Williams?
@@go6268 ya
That’s exactly why I’m here my boy 🤣
Fantastic to see this - old memories - took a year that small amount of work - no computer back then @ 13 Soho Square London .... first time we drew from single frame live action for that "penciled live action" effect ....
You worked on this?? Cool! Did you guys make any other animations?
I'm very sad about the death of Richard Williams and I appreciate his work here.
"It does say in the times newspaper that Sevastopol has fallen."
"I am fallen."
All this stocism during a bombardment.
_Stoicism_ not "stoicness."
@@asmodeus0454 Covid really messed up my cognitive skills back then did it? lol, sorry about that.
I like where lord Raglan's all like, "Where's Lord Cardigan?" He comes up in a yacht all of a sudden he sets sail saying, "Light brigade with me" and lord Lucan Chases him into calamita bay
I like how exaggerated the size of Gibraltar is
Astonishing art direction, thanks so much for putting this compilation together. I hadn't known anything about his work, but now I am aware he did lots of animation work I've always enjoyed (Casino Royale 1967, What's New Pussycat, Roger Rabbit).
Don't forget The Thief and the Cobbler.
First country-ball memes but instead of balls with flags its national animals
I can't get that out my head now! LOL
It seems he has not seen the cartoons of the nineteenth century,
YOWIE this is literally poland balls!! 🤪🤪🤪 the only geopolitical satire cartoon to exists!!
3:05 still somehow relevant today XD
I vividly remember this sequence from when I saw the movie as a kid. Great then, great now
holy fuck this animation is powerful, i never knew political art style could be animated, its soooo detailed with the shading and line weights
Fantastic animation! Certainly an example of the romanticism of war before WW1 that was ultimately demolished the illusion.
War was never really romantic in the actual fighting itself, only in the benefits/spoils of victory.
This animation could make a movie all its own
3:06
When the media needs someone to be a scapegoat.
1860s, 1960s, 2010s, 2020s... some things never change. 😆😆😆
Ready Aye Ready
this didnt age well lol
You see they are doing it ALL OVER AGAIN.... "The Russians, the Russians..." even in the 2016 election, even in American inflation, even with soaring gas prices, it's always "THE RUSSIANS!!"
2023, not much has changed
It hurts my head to think about how much work this must have taken
This was excellent.I enjoy it every time I see it.
Haa haa! This film is terrific and the animation is brilliant, humorous and satyrical. Terrific stuff 👍 “Light Brigade with me!!!” 😂
I was about to rip this myself when I saw it had already been done. Good show! "Poor little Turkey!"
A creative and a brilliant film!!!
it seems like we are reliving the same story
6:35 best part XD
Beautiful
The British Empire at it's peak. A nice thoughtful animator's idea to show the US covered in clouds. A few years later and the American Civil War turned the Northern states into an industrial machine of unimagined might as wartime needs forced 10 years of development into 4 frenzied years with Britain being the standard everyone sought. (And the British government I personally think being worried about Yankee growing power on the world stage and 'unofficially' supporting the rebelling Southern states with Enfields, medicine and ammunition that prolonged the war quite considerably and killed/maimed innumerable Northern farm boys.)
Started reading the Animator's Survival Kit. I'm here because of page 3
9:22 "Oh, me arse."
it really is a lot of work. and it really does not move too good.
nothing changes to this day
Great Work, Salute from Turcia
Amazing!!
The depth of understanding of geopolitics of the typical 19th century political cartoonists, etc., as compared to illustration today is remarkable, and comparable to the attention to every detail altogether, to which Richard William's delightful style and formula herein is to only ADD just sprinkles of the improvements technology allows to amplify the original, (timeless?) message with all the power its creator artist intended - and that's the secrets of Monty Python's TV show's pioneering work with that same caricature of 19th century illustrations. There's more there, by far than meets the eye and ear! I've seen short, primitive versions of the wondrous, illustrative style by other artist/producers in TV, but Williams definitely has the formula down and runs with it like no one before. Remarkable!
6:52 WAHT
From 3:05 to 9:18, these animated sequences can be perfect examples of good opening credits for a movie. I can see it.
I really loved this movie. Came on three weeks ago.
That's real art to connect a war theme of victorian epoque with a cartoon of contemporary newspaper caricatures.
Ben Wallace: “We kicked the backside of the Tsar in Crimea and can always do it again”.
Oh, the irony.
We did
It also looks a lot like Edward Gorey, don't you think?
Most of people in the comment section really don`t see an irony against blind patriotism and war thirst in this vid. What a shame
I absolutely love how the animation captures that image the brits had of themselves of being "the vanguard of civilization and justice", while also showing its absurdity with those exaggerated animations of "Britain's deeds" and the world thanking her for them... this is a true English work of irony
Is it blind patriotism when it’s a nation worth being patriotic for?
Big mistake spotted: Italy still did not exist at the time. The whole territory was divided in a series of States and Principalities. The most prominent was the Kingdom of Sardinia, which sent to Crimea an expeditionary force of 20.000 soldiers. The Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1861, a few after the end of the Crimean engagement
"It does say in _The Times_ newspaper that Sebastapol has fallen."
"I am fallen."
Great dialogue.
I love this aesthetic, not simply heroic but national pride and imperialism made to look religious. The sun and the clouds give off a feeling of the divine, and it's as if the British created their own god.
I think Terry Gilliam used that proud British type of sense of greatness to comedic effect in his Monty Python animations.
@@paulaharrisbaca4851 Oh for sure. Python just wouldn't have been the same without his animation. Not just taking the piss out of stuffy English culture but aesthetic of the British Empire as well.
I really wish i could hear the lyrics to the music. It sounds amazing.
awesome cartoons!
why would aunt Victoria attack great grand father Nicholas I
...especially since they were apparently romantically inclined toward one another when they first met in person as twenty-one year olds in 1839...
The Kaiser was also related to the British Royal family, yet we went to war against him!
Isn't it remarkable how history repeats? One could substitute Ukraine for Turkey in these animations, and the US for the UK and release this all over again with the notable exception that our version would be feeding and strengthening the turkey instead of directly rescuing it--at least, so far. Also, these animations are a little slanted to the British considering the French Army was much better organized and effective in the Crimean War and get displayed here a some little rooster on the edge of the action. As Pierre Bosquet said of his British colleague's Charge of the Light Brigade: "C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie."
6:35 my personal favorite
I need to watch this movie
I’ve never seen propaganda like this before. Thanks for posting
The irony Britain will fight against Turkey.
It'd be interesting to watch these cartoons and many will understand the war raging on in Ukrainia.The weapons are new the causes, old.
Britain in its finest glory
In God We Trust
Who knew the creator of the raggedy Ann movie can make such a cool animation about the political cartoons of the Crimean war
have you read animators survival guide?
Turkey squeezes the holy land, Russia smacks them down, France throws a fit, and England dutifully follows the hen that pecks. What a wonderful war for all involved.
+Bluehawk2008 Indeed, Russia was beaten... but not without a fight as always :)
It doesn't move too good, does it?
Richard's book brought me here
You too?! 😂
The music used in these scenes is not listed on the sound track from what I can tell; does anyone know the names of the pieces used?
I own the soundtrack album and all the music's there. Song over the opening credits is "Main Title"; song during the second segment is "War Fever"; the third is "Across the Seas" and the last celebrating victory is "Go Gently."
Christopher Saunders
Many thanks. I was interested in finding out if these are original arrangements, or re-works of pieces from that period; at least one of them sounds familiar but I can not place it. Many thanks.
I wonder if these inspired the work of the Monty Python animations later on...?
Does anyone understand what Ken meant by 'it doesn't move good'?
I'm a rookie animator, if an animator at all so what I see may not be right. Anyone more experienced want to give their thoughts?
To me the animation motion itself is very good, but the style of it makes it look very blurry and janky~
Puts pink panther to shame
Lol I came from the animators survival kit
Anyone else noticing history repeating itself?
God, what a weird movie.....
Only Brittish understand
Gaslight Studios 1960s mate
war, war, war...
yes, yes, yes... e_e
So che qualcuno è qua per Balzani, su fatevi avanti compagni
any idea what is the name of the theme used throughout these animations?
cromwellcruiser Just based off the general art style in the 1800's for drawings, often called Engravings.
ah no I meant the theme of the 'music' ahahaha--but nevermind I gather it was self-composed by the film's composer so no luck. Thanks anyway!
Just orchestral/choir stuff :p
All original music by John Addison, except for the snatches of La Marseillaise and Rule Britannia.
It’s the main theme for the movie
say "here" if u here from the animators survival kit
the british lion needs to wake up now!
Sadly its a rug now
Fibozzy lol keep crying
It woke up on the 24th June 2016 after 43 years in a coma
Greece was freed over 20 years previously.
wow wee doesnt that jiggle me silly
Can anyone recognize the lyrics of the Main Title?
At mins 2:14 is that ship the Great Eastern ?
indeed it is
6:44 can someone explain this scene for me?
The two being portrayed here are Lords Cardigan and Lord Lucan. They were unfriendly rivals and have both been blamed by historians for the disaster that was the Charge of the Light Brigade. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan#Crimean_War
If anyone was in any more doubt about who the greatest nation in the world is, look ye no further. GSTQ
creepy
uh
0:49
Agreed. I've got the soundtrack CD and even there the lyrics are unintelligible. Bad sound mix I imagine.
the animators survival kit?
Brought me here.
Anyone here from 2024
Back when Russia didn't feel the need to have nukes and a massive military like a toddler's comfort rag.
They had one of the largest militaries in the world during this time. Second only to Qing china.
i don't know the context of this, but i felt incredibly disgusted by this video for various reasons, if i get to know the full context maybe my opinion will change, but for now i'm only left revolted.
However, the animation of the clouds is so insanely beautiful, when it shifted to lions and when you could see battalions marching while the clouds hovered above them taking different shapes, that was ridiculously good lookig
Вечные интриганы и провокаторы UK! Время все расставило по своим местам - Севастополь, Крым, Россия!!!
It was done in 68 whole lotta commie pissing and moaning against any empire!
Что то я в этом сомневаюсь.Я скорее поверю что была холодная война и запад хотел показать,какая мы империя зла,а они де добренькие и пушистые.Защищают дермократию и униженных и оскорбленных.ну как они это делали на ближнем востоке и Северной африке.А до этого по всему миру.
looks AI generated animation :D
"Defend the weak" - What a lying hypocrites)) And nothing has changed in so many years.
Bad its is nothing boring
ага, мечтайте...
DJKorzH Смерть российско-фашистским оккупантам!
@@dmytrogavryushenko3339, эээ... Чего?
о. дратвуте
poor litle ukraine
03:16 The Democrats the morning after Trump won 2016 😂
03:16 The Republicans the morning after Biden won 2020 😂
Russophobia
Russia=Cringe
Greetings from Guayaquil, Ecuador
No one likes Russians lol.
Russia is based
Britain is cringe
Disgusting
Nice animation but full of English lies . British Army did nothing in Balaklava front and The Light Brigade blundered and rode to the wrong side and was demolished . All the truth was disclosed by English scientists who made digs in the region and found out dead bodies of Turks while finding a few from the Light Brigade. 450 of 600 returned to England .
They did this on purpose. These animations were not meant to show what happened during the Crimean War, but how the British perceived themselves during that war. In the movie, the jingoistic animations are usually followed by scenes that show how disorganised and ineffective the British Army (especially its leadership) was. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a caustic anti-war movie of the same kind as "Oh! What A Lovely War!" directed by Richard Attenborough a year later (1969).
@@Xerxes2005 Yup the whole point of the movie is that while the British army was dying of disease and complete lack of any proper leadership the public at home were being fed propaganda to make sure the public kept supporting the war. In reality the Crimean war was a total failure which was the beginning for the great war.
@@andrewkirkland1452 I did hear that it was something of a wakeup call for British leadership and brought about the demand for reform. France either didn't or couldn't apply the lesson and got their teeth kicked in during the Franco-Prussian war.