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.

• Release Date: 1940-05-04
• Runtime: 1h 27min
• Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures
• Production Country: United Kingdom
• Directors: Castleton Knight, Maurice Elvey.