The film focuses on the naval warfare around the Battle of Coronel and Battle of the Falkland Islands during the First World War. It was the last in a successful series of documentary reconstructions of First World War battles by British Instructional Films made between 1921 and 1927.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- BIF, British Projects, The Admiralty
Keywords
- navy
- world war i
- battleship
- british navy
- battles
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Top Cast
Craighall Sherry as Adm. Sturdee
Hans von Slock as Vice-Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee
Top Crew
Walter Summers · Director
Merritt Crawford · Writer
Frank Bowden · Writer
Stanley Rodwell · Cinematographer
Jack Parker · Cinematographer
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