Tonight's Movie Is 'The Battle of River Plate 1956' Friday, 7 January 2022 Goverment, News, People, Politics, USA, War, World WNU Editor: From Wikipedia .... The film's story-line concerns the Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement in 1939 between a Royal Navy force of three cruisers and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Tweet Subscribe to receive free email updates: