Britain’s first Blitz: Film shows effects of Germany’s 1914 warship attack on Hartlepool that killed 130 and swung public opinion behind World War One campaign

• Previously unseen footage found by chance among box of broken cameras and lenses bought at market sale
• The bombardment left hundreds wounded as commentators declared: ‘This is not warfare, this is murder’
• Winston Churchill branded the Germans ‘baby killers’ as attitudes towards the conflict began to change  
• Experts have arranged for the fragile Edwardian nitrate film to be digitised, properly preserved and stored …

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