''For the Honour of Australia'' is a 1916 film composed of footage from two 1915 Australian silent films, ''

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 ''

How We Beat the Emden ''How We Fought the Emden'' is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about the Battle of Cocos during World War I.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxfo ...

'', plus the documentary ''

How We Fought the Emden ''How We Fought the Emden'' is a 1915 Australian silent documentary film from cinematographer Charles Cusden about the Battle of Cocos during World War I. It was also known as ''The Fate of the Emden''.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian F ...

''.Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950

Plot

Jack Lane joins the Royal Australian Navy and trains on . His brother Stanley discovers a German spy ring amongst the social set in Sydney. They capture him and take him to a secret island outpost. Germans are about to destroy an Allied radio station but it manages to alert beforehand and the ship attacks German sailors. A half-caste islander, Kana (Alma Rock Phillips), leads HMAS ''Sydney'' to the spies' island. A landing party attacks and kills the spies but Kana is killed.

Cast

Boyd Irwin Boyd Irwin (12 March 1880 – 22 January 1957) was an English stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1948, both silent and "talkies", including a starring role in Australian film ''For Australia'' in 1915. ...

as Stanley Lane *Gwen Burroughs as Mrs De Winter *Alma Rock Phillips as Kana *Charles Villiers as Carl Hoffman *Percy Walshe

Production

'' and ''

'' were films made by rival companies but were put together for release in Britain. It is unsure what company did this but the films were made with the approval of both the Australian and British governments.Paul Byrnes, ''For the Honour of Australia''
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References

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