WORDS FOR BATTLE (1941)

Words for Battle
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Words for Battle
Documentary
January 24, 1941
English
0h 8m
England
Crown Film Unit

Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.

Cast & Characters

Laurence Olivier

Narrator (voice)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew