The World at War Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

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The World at War

Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The invasions of Poland, the Winter War, the sinking of the Graf Spee, the "phony war" and Norwegian Campaign, and the elevation of Winston Churchill to Prime Minister.

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Laurence Olivier Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Sleuth (1972)
R.A. Butler Self - Foreign Affairs (as Lord Butler) Self - Foreign Affairs (as Lord Butler) See fewer	Reputations (1979)
Bernard Kops Self - Child Evacuee Self - Child Evacuee See fewer	Alexander the Greatest (1971)
Robert Boothby Self - Conservative M.P. (as Lord Boothby) Self - Conservative M.P. (as Lord Boothby) See fewer	The Edge of the Sixties (1959)
Charles Woodhouse Self - Captain H.M.S. Ajax (as Sir Charles Woodhouse) Self - Captain H.M.S. Ajax (as Sir Charles Woodhouse) See fewer	The World at War (1973)
J.R. Colville Self - Chamberlain's Private Secretary Self - Chamberlain's Private Secretary See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Martin Lindsay Self - British Army Officer (as Captain Mark Lindsay) Self - British Army Officer (as Captain Mark Lindsay) See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Lord Chandos Self Self See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Lucy Faithfull Self - Children's Care Organiser Self - Children's Care Organiser See fewer	The World at War (1973)
John Simon Self - Chancellor of the Exchequer (archive footage) (as Sir John Simon) Self - Chancellor of the Exchequer (archive footage) (as Sir John Simon) See fewer
Neville Chamberlain Self - P.M. of the U.K. (archive sound) (uncredited) Self - P.M. of the U.K. (archive sound) (uncredited) See fewer	The Windsors & WWII (2023)
Winston Churchill Self - First Lord of the Admiralty (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - First Lord of the Admiralty (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Édouard Daladier Self - Prime Minister of France 1938-40 (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Prime Minister of France 1938-40 (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Jornal do INCE n. 1 (1939)
Gracie Fields Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Holy Matrimony (1943)
George Formby Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Boots! Boots! (1934)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)