Matches: An Appeal

Matches: An Appeal

4.0IMDb Score
Released:1914-01-01
Genre:Animation
Duration:1 min
Director:Arthur Melbourne Cooper
Actors:
Production:Birt Acres

Overview:

A thirty-second long stop-motion animated piece intended to encourage the audience to send matches to British troops fighting the Boer War.

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