The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands

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.

Directed by Walter Summers

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TrailerOfficialThe Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) - Walter Summers (Trailer) | BFI release

TrailerThe Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) - Walter Summers (Trailer) | BFI release

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Cast

Roger Maxwell

Craighall Sherry

Adm. Sturdee

Hans von Slock

Vice-Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee

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