W.S.S. Thriftettes / motion picture

A promotion for war savings stamps, reputed here to help confine Germany's Kaiser to a circus cage.
Copyright: no reg.
Duration: 0:33 at 18 fps.
Summary from Origin of American animation 1900-1921 notes.
On reel with: Down on the phoney farm, and The man higher up. Reel also contains promos for a hospital fund drive. Total footage for reel: ca. 300 feet.
Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; M/B/RS preliminary catalog card.