Lest We Forget. on 7th May 1915 the ‘Lusitania’, an Unarmed Passenger Ship, was Torpedoed by the Huns Without Warning and 1198 Lives Were Lost.

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

745

Date Released

13 May 1918

Stories in this Issue:

1. American Airmen Keeping Fit
2. His Majesty at the Brigade of Guards’ Machine Gun School
3. The Countess of Leicester, Supported by Sir William Bull MP and the Mayor, Opens the New (Hammersmith) Branch of the Comrades of the Great War.
4. Lest We Forget. on 7th May 1915 the ‘Lusitania’, an Unarmed Passenger Ship, was Torpedoed by the Huns Without Warning and 1198 Lives Were Lost.
5. The King Inspects the Canadian. Bomb Throwing - A Mimic Attack - Barbed Wire Entanglements

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 4 / 5
Summary: SHOTLIST: Sailors with stretchers. Mourners with horse drawn hearses. German medal depicting sinking of Lusitania and Death issuing tickets to passengers.
Keywords: Ships and boats; Propaganda; Navy; Military
Length of story (in feet): 142

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