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The Day (1914)

The Day poster
Directed by
Alfred Rolfe
Genre
silent film
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent propaganda film from 1914 that shows German brutality in Europe during World War I. It was meant to be shown with a poem being recited. The film is now lost.

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What happens

The Day is a 1914 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is a propaganda film about German brutality in Europe during World War I. It is considered a lost film. Archie Fraser, who produced, called it "Der Tag, a little one-act scene, to be played whilst the celebrated poem by the English railway porter on The Day was being recited." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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