The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)

Directed by

Walter Summers

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

U

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent docudrama recreates two naval battles from World War One. It shows the British fleet fighting German warships off the coasts of South America and the Falkland Islands.

historicaleducationaldramaticreverentmatter-of-factpatrioticarchival-feel

What happens

The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands is a 1927 British docudrama film directed by Walter Summers. 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. The film was produced at Cricklewood Studios and on location off Malta and the Isles of Scilly. The film is a fictional recreation with a strong documentary feel. The film cost an estimated £18,000 to make. It grossed £70,000 in Britain alone. It was restored and re-released by the BFI in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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