The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)

Review: The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)

Director: Walter Summers

Cast: Roger Maxwell, Craighall Sherry, Hans von Slock,

Roger Maxwell
Roger Maxwell
Craighall Sherry
Craighall Sherry
Hans von Slock
Hans von Slock

Plot: 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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Viewing notes July-August 2015

Viewing notes July-August 2015

A round-up of recent disk-watching ranges from comedy to horror, mock-umentary to documentary, a poverty row classic and major discovery from the late silent […]

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