| How We Beat the Emden | |
| Director: | Alfred Rolfe |
| Studio: | Australasian Films |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Country: | Australia |
How We Beat the Emden is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about the Battle of Cocos during World War I.[1] It features footage shot on Cocos Island.[2] [3]
Jack enlists in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and after training on the Tingira, joins the crew of . He takes part in the Battle of Cocos, where the Australian cruiser destroys the German light cruiser .[4] [5]
The film incorporates footage from the documentary How We Fought the Emden.
It was shot at the Rushcutters Bay studio.[6]
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.[1] It was also known as How We Fought the Emden[7] and The Sydney-Emden Fight.[8]
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".[9]
The movie was later combined with another Australian war film, For Australia (1915) to create a new movie, For the Honour of Australia (1916).