The World at War


Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (E02)

(episode)
UK, 1973, 51 min

Composer:

Carl Davis

Cast:

Laurence Olivier (narrator), Neville Chamberlain (a.f.), Winston Churchill (a.f.), Édouard Daladier (a.f.), Gracie Fields (a.f.), George Formby (a.f.), Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
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In Eastern Europe the full force of the Nazi machine rolls on but in Britain an uneasy calm settles on the nation. It is the "phoney" war, with the sound of distant guns thundering ominously on the horizon. (Amazon Prime UK)