How We Beat the Emden
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Directed by | Alfred Rolfe |
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Release date | 6 December 1915[1][2] |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
How We Fought the Emden is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about the Battle of Cocos during World War I.[3] It features footage shot on Cocos Island.[4][5]
Plot[]
Jack enlists in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and after training on the , joins the crew of HMAS Sydney. He takes part in the Battle of Cocos, where the Australian cruiser destroys the German light cruiser SMS Emden.[6][7]
Cast[]
Production[]
The film incorporates footage from the documentary How We Fought the Emden.
It was shot at the Rushcutters Bay studio.[8]
Release[]
The film was popular at the box office. Actor C. Post Mason took a print with him to Canada in 1916 and screened the film over there.[3] It was also known as How We Fought the Emden[9] andy The Sydney-Emden Fight.[10]
The Motion Picture News said the film was put on "principally with the idea of drawing patrons from" For Australia and was "merely a succession of interest and topical subjects woven together, and a plot that does not reflect much credit on either the author or producers".[11]
The movie was later combined with another Australian war film, For Australia (1915) to create a new movie, For the Honour of Australia (1916).
See also[]
- The Exploits of the Emden, a 1928 film by Ken G. Hall, also about the Battle of Cocos
References[]
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 December 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 4 December 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 56
- ^ "Advertising". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
- ^ ""WORLD WAR" PICTURES". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 20 May 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Entertainments". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. NSW: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1916. p. 12. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "PICTURES". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 8 December 1915. p. 15. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ ""WORLD WAR" PICTURES". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 20 May 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". Singleton Argus. NSW: National Library of Australia. 26 February 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ Hal Carleton, "Film News From Foreign Parts", Motion Picture News, 16 January 1916 Retrieved 23 November 2014
External links[]
- 1915 films
- 1910s war films
- Australian films
- Australian black-and-white films
- Australian silent films
- Australian war films
- Films directed by Alfred Rolfe
- World War I naval films
- World War I films based on actual events