# Winsor McCay (1918) The Sinking of the Lusitania

Animated film The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. Two submarines torpedo the RMS Lusitania in 1915, killing 1 200. Probably the first animated documentary, this was the longest animated film made until Disney's feature-length films of the 1930s.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1918
- Runtime: 12 min
- By: Winsor McCay
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winsor_McCay_(1918)_The_Sinking_of_the_Lusitania.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Winsor McCay
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/27489548?play=1)