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Brother Turk Thankful
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Harry Julius’s clever animated comment on the fighting spirit of Australian forces against the Turkish enemy.
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‘Miss Australasia’
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Miss Australasia is the first segment in this episode of the satirical weekly newsreel Cartoon of the Moment. Harry Julius’s animated cartoon was inspired by news reports that only products made in Australian could be relied upon to be available for sale. The second item satirises Germany’s Crown Prince as he congratulates Turkish leader Enver Pasha on Turkey’s victories over the Allies at Gallipoli. The third item illustrates Colonel Cameron’s statements in support of compulsory national service and the need for more Australian men to enlist in the war.
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“The Rushin’ Bear and the Flying Turk”
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Australian sketch artist and caricaturist Harry Julius often ridiculed the enemy by using the techniques of political cartoonists. In this episode of his weekly Cartoons of the Moment, ironically captioned The German Dove of Peace, an eagle represents Germany. His second sketch deals provocatively with contemporary fashion trends, while the third refers to the ‘Rushin’ Bear’ and the ‘Flying Turk’ to show the capture of the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum by Russian forces in February 1916.
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‘Worst comes to wurst’
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A German soldier’s horse is turned into German sausage (or ‘wurst’) in the first sketch in this weekly episode of Harry Julius’ Cartoons of the Moment. Next, a battered fez-wearing turkey represents the beleaguered Turkish forces. In the third sketch of this clip, Kaiser Wilhelm II – the Crown Prince of Germany – is caricatured with human skulls adorning his uniform to emphasise the enormous loss of life suffered by German troops.