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.
Practical Effects
Miniature warships filmed in giant water tanks.
Production
Massive scale recreation without digital effects.
Direction
Walter Summers' obsessive documentary authenticity.
Director
Walter Summers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The production used 10,000 gallons of water and meticulously researched ship designs from both navies.
Released when WWI survivors dominated British culture, it served as national mourning disguised as education.
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