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Words for Battle

1941
Directed byHumphrey Jennings
0h 8m

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.

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Laurence OlivierNarrator (voice)Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
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GENRES
Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.2

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