For Freedom (1940)

Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.

Released May 4, 1940 87 min 7+

Genres: Drama, War

Keywords: imdb.world-war-two, imdb.propaganda, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Gainsborough Pictures

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English