''How We Beat the Emden'' is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about the

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during World War I.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 56 It features footage shot on

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Plot

Jack enlists in the

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(RAN) and after training on the '' Tingira'', joins the crew of . He takes part in the

, where the Australian cruiser destroys the German light cruiser .

Cast

* Charles Villiers

Production

The film incorporates footage from the documentary '' How We Fought the Emden''. It was shot at the Rushcutters Bay studio.

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. It was also known as ''How We Fought the Emden'' and ''The Sydney-Emden Fight''. The ''Motion Picture News'' said the film was put on "principally with the idea of drawing patrons from" ''

For Australia ''For Australia'' is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Monte Luke. Plot A newspaper journalist, Stanley Lane (Boyd Irwin), discovers a German spy ring in Sydney led by Carl Hoffman (Charles Villiers). Lane is captured and imprisoned by G ...

'' 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".Hal Carleton, "Film News From Foreign Parts", ''Motion Picture News'', 16 January 1916
Retrieved 23 November 2014 The movie was later combined with another Australian war film, ''

'' (1915) to create a new movie, '' For the Honour of Australia'' (1916).

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''How We Beat the Emden''
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