1927
6.4 (10 votes)
1h 46m
Official Website
Genres
Drama
War
Production Companies
BIF
British Projects
The Admiralty
British Projects
The Admiralty
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands
The Great War at sea
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Merritt Crawford, Frank Bowden, Harry Engholm, John Buchan
Producer: A.E. Bundy, H. Bruce Woolfe
Director: Walter Summers
Director of Photography: Stanley Rodwell, Jack Parker
Top Cast
Roger Maxwell
Craighall Sherry
Adm. Sturdee
Hans von Slock
Vice-Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee
Videos
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) - Walter Summers (Trailer) | BFI release
