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Distant War September 1939 - May 1940 (1973)

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Film details

Featuring

Laurence Olivier
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1973
Genre

Documentary
Type

Television
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

Hitler attacks Poland and Britain finds itself at war. Nazi terror also begins in Eastern Europe, while the west fights a different, funny phoney war. Britain has over one million unemployed. The RAF refuses to bomb German factories because they are private property. Chi=urchill wants to invade neutral Norway, even if that risks a war with Russia. However, Hitler gets there first. Churchill becomes Prime Minister.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Laurence Olivier
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    David Elstein
  - Production Company
    
    Thames Television (1968-1992)
  - Produced by
    
    David Elstein
  - Produced by
    
    Jeremy Isaacs
  - Unit Manager
    
    Liz Sutherland
  - Film Research
    
    John Rowe
  - Research
    
    Alan Patient
  - Written by
    
    Laurence Thompson
  - Script Associate
    
    Jerome Kuehl
  - Graphics
    
    Ian Kestle
  - Supervising Editor
    
    Alan Afriat
  - Film Editor
    
    Peter Lee-Thompson
  - Music
    
    Carl Davis
  - Dubbing Mixer
    
    Freddie Slade
  - Historical Adviser
    
    Noble Frankland
  - Laboratory Liaison
    
    Roger Chinery

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