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"The World at War" Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (TV Episode 1973) Poster

(TV Series)

(1973)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

David Elstein

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Laurence Thompson ... (writer)

Cast (in credits order)  

Laurence Olivier ... Self - Narrator (voice)
R.A. Butler R.A. Butler ... Self - Foreign Affairs (as Lord Butler)
Bernard Kops ... Self - Child Evacuee
Robert Boothby Robert Boothby ... Self - Conservative M.P. (as Lord Boothby)
Charles Woodhouse Charles Woodhouse ... Self - Captain H.M.S. Ajax (as Sir Charles Woodhouse)
J.R. Colville J.R. Colville ... Self - Chamberlain's Private Secretary
Martin Lindsay Martin Lindsay ... Self - British Army Officer (as Captain Mark Lindsay)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lord Chandos Lord Chandos ... Self
Lucy Faithfull Lucy Faithfull ... Self - Children's Care Organiser
John Simon John Simon ... Self - Chancellor of the Exchequer (archive footage) (as Sir John Simon)
Neville Chamberlain ... Self - P.M. of the U.K. (archive sound) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill ... Self - First Lord of the Admiralty (archive footage) (uncredited)
Édouard Daladier ... Self - Prime Minister of France 1938-40 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gracie Fields ... Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Formby ... Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

David Elstein ... producer
Jeremy Isaacs ... series producer

Music by 

Carl Davis

Editing by 

Peter Lee-Thompson

Production Management 

Liz Sutherland ... unit manager

Art Department 

Ian Kestle ... graphics

Sound Department 

Freddie Slade ... dubbing mixer

Editorial Department 

Alan Afriat ... mastering colorist

Script and Continuity Department 

Jerome Kuehl ... script associate

Additional Crew 

Roger Chinery ... laboratory liaison
Noble Frankland ... historical advisor
Isobel Hinshelwood ... researcher
Alan Patient ... researcher
John Rowe ... film research
Antonio Pinto Marques ... production staff (uncredited)

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