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Words for Battle

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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…

DirectorHumphrey Jennings
ProducerIan Dalrymple

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Cast · Directed by Humphrey Jennings

LOLaurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Narrator (voice)
WCWinston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
JGJoseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
AHAdolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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