For Freedom Trailer (1940)

04 May 1940 Drama, War 87 mins

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.

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Cast

Will Fyffe as Chief

Anthony Hulme as Steve

E. V. H. Emmett as Ted / Commentator

Guy Middleton as Pierre

Albert Lieven as Fritz

Hugh McDermott as Sam

Arthur Goullet as Ivan

Bill Russell as Adolf Hitler

J.E.T. Harper as Narrator (voice)

Patrick Dove as Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell

Charles Pottinger as Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea

F.M. Murphy as Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa

Aubrey Jenkins as Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star

Engineer Angel as Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa

Engineer Walker as Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa

Arthur Denton

Crew

Edward Black Producer

Louis Levy Music

R. E. Dearing Editor

Leslie Arliss Script

Arthur Crabtree Camera Operator

Castleton Knight Director

Maurice Elvey Director

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 04 May 1940

Production Companies

Gainsborough Pictures

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