THE WORLD AT WAR [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Documentary, War
• Plot: More than 35 years after its initial broadcast. THE WORLD AT WAR remains the definitive visual history of World War II. Unsurpassed in depth and scope, its 26 hour-long programs feature an extraordinary collection of newsreel propaganda, and home-move footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants-from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines- add spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable viewing experience.; ; Informative and unbiased, THE WORLD AT WAR is recipient of numerous accolades, Including an international Emmy Award, The National Television Cretics' Award for Best Documentary, and painstakingly restored in 1080p high-definition (with newly-created 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks), This is epic history at its absolute best.
• Cast: Laurence Olivier, Anthony Eden, Averell Harriman, Albert Speer, Siegfried Westphal, J. Lawton Collins, Lawrence Durrell, J.R. Colville, Louis Mountbatten, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, David Belchem, R.A. Butler, Lord Chandos, Francis de Guingand, Adolf Galland, Field Marshal Lord Harding, John J. McCloy, J.B. Priestley, Hasso von Manteuffel, Walter Warlimont, Rita Boas-Koopman, Noble Frankland, Traudl Junge, Toshikazu Kase, Friedrich Luft, Bill Mauldin, Christa Ronke, Kenneth Strong, Kay Summersby, Harold Alexander, Ion Antonescu, Clement Attlee, Claude Auchinleck, General Bergeret, Georges Bidault, Thomas Blamey, Martin Bormann, Eva Braun, Albrecht Brauning, Arno Breker, Alan Brooke, James F. Byrnes, James Cagney, L. Moore Cosgrave, H.D.G. Crerar, Alan Cunningham, Charles de Gaulle, Duke of Windsor, Irene Dunne, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eric Elster, Roland Freisler, Wilhelm Frick, John Kenneth Galbraith, Maurice Gamelin, Henri Giraud, Josef Goebbels, Andrei Gromyko, Lord Halifax, John Harding, Reinhard Heydrich, Hirohito, Harry Hopkins, Yung-Chang Hsu, Charles Huntziger, Leonard M. Isitt, Wilhelm Keitel, Nikita Khrushchev, Tsuyako Kii, King Boris III, King George VI, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Pierre Koenig, Bernard Kops, Saburo Kurusu, Hedy Lamarr, Hans Langsdorff, William D. Leahy, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Admiral Le Luc, Yves le Trocquer, Charles A. Lindbergh, Tei-ichi Makishima, Gustaf Mannerheim, George C. Marshall, Ekkehard Maurer, Willem Mengelberg, Vyacheslav Molotov, Anton Mussert, Ian Mutsu, Tadashi Nakajima, Hiroko Nakamoto, Piet Nak, Léon Noël, Katauo Okazaki, Alexandre Parodi, A.E. Percival, Philippe Pétain, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, Hugh Raggett, John Pett, David Elstein, Michael Darlow, Martin Smith
• Director: Hugh Raggett
• Runtime: 36:16:00
• Company: Thames Television
• Media Format: Movie