Question: Which film was made earlier, Emil and the Detectives or Blackbeard's Ghost?
Context: Rolf Wenkhaus (9 September 1917 – 31 January 1942) was a German child actor who is most likely recalled for his role of Emil Tischbein in the 1931 film "Emil and the Detectives". The Equivalent Lands were several large tracts of land that the Province of Massachusetts Bay made available to settlers from the Connecticut Colony after April 1716.  This was done as compensation for an "equivalent" area of Connecticut-claimed territory which had been inadvertently settled by citizens of Massachusetts.  The problem had arisen due to errors and imprecise surveys made earlier in the seventeenth century.  The Equivalent Lands were never mapped. Emil and the Detectives is a 1964 film directed by Peter Tewksbury based on the novel by German author Erich Kästner.  The film stars Walter Slezak and Bryan Russell. Emil and the Detectives is a 1935 British family adventure film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring John Williams, George Hayes and Mary Glynne.  It is a remake of the 1931 German film "Emil and the Detectives" with the main setting moved from Berlin to London.  Otherwise it follows the original very closely, recreating many of the same camera shots.  It was made at Shepperton Studios. Emil and the Detectives (German: Emil und die Detektive) is a 1954 West German family adventure film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Heli Finkenzeller, Wolfgang Lukschy and Kurt Meisel. Blackbeard's Ghost is a 1968 American fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions, starring Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette and directed by Robert Stevenson.  It is based upon the novel of the same name by Ben Stahl and was shot at the Walt Disney Studios.  The Disney Channel aired this film until the late 1990s . Israel Broadcasting Authority (often referred to as "the IBA"; Hebrew: רָשׁוּת השׁידוּר‎ , "Rishút HaShidúr" literally: "The Broadcast Authority") was Israel's state broadcasting network.  It grew out of the radio station "Kol Yisrael", which made its first broadcast as an independent station on  14, 1948;  (1948--) .  The name of the organisation operating "Kol Yisrael" was changed to "Israel Broadcasting Service" in 1951.  The law creating the "Israel Broadcasting Authority" was passed by the Knesset on 6 June 1965.  Television broadcasts commenced on 2 May 1968, with color television following on 23 February 1983, although occasional color transmissions were made earlier, such as the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 and the visit of the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1977. Bush Mama is an American film made by Ethiopian-American director Haile Gerima, part of the L.A. Rebellion movement of political and experimental black cinema in the 1970s.  It was released in 1979 though made earlier, in 1975. Fast Break is a 1979 American comedy film.  "Fast Break" stars Gabe Kaplan as David Greene, Harold Sylvester as D.C. and Bernard King as Hustler.  It was directed by Jack Smight and produced by Stephen Friedman.  The film was the big screen debut of Kaplan, although he had made earlier appearances on television sitcoms and movies, and was one of the first film appearances of Laurence Fishburne. Emil and the Detectives (German: Emil und die Detektive ) is a 1931 German adventure film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Rolf Wenkhaus.  It is based on the 1929 novel by Erich Kästner, who also contributed to the film's script.  The film script was written by Billy Wilder.  Until today, this film is generally considered to be the best film adaption of "Emil and the Detectives.
Answer: Emil and the Detectives