The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands backdrop

The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands 1927 Directed by Walter Summers

The Great War at sea

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , War
Production Companies BIF , The Admiralty , British Projects
Budget $1,603,469
Revenue $6,241,682
Release Date 26 October 1927
106 mins
Cast
Craighall Sherry Adm. Sturdee
Hans von Slock Vice-Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee