The World at War Reckoning: 1945... and after (Season 1, Episode 25)
TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

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The World at War

Reckoning: 1945... and after (Season 1, Episode 25)

TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

As wretched survivours suffer deprivations amongst the ruins, half of Germany and eastern Europe trade one socialist tyranny for another as the Soviets take power. Japan is occupied by the U. S., but the colonial empires disintegrate.

Writer

Jerome Kuehl (written by)

Producer

Jerome Kuehl

Composer

Carl Davis

Editor

Beryl Wilkins

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Edit Released

Updated May 1, 1974

Release date

May 1, 1974 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins & 3 nominations

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Laurence Olivier Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Sleuth (1972)
Stephen Ambrose Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Band of Brothers (2001)
William Robertson Self - U.S. Army, 1945 Self - U.S. Army, 1945 See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Kay Summersby Self - U.S. Army, 1945 Self - U.S. Army, 1945 See fewer	Ike: The War Years (1979)
Charles Bohlen Self - U.S. State Department, 1945 Self - U.S. State Department, 1945 See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Anthony Eden Self - Foreign Affairs 1945 (as Lord Avon) Self - Foreign Affairs 1945 (as Lord Avon) See fewer	The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Averell Harriman Self - U.S. Ambassador to Moscow 1945 Self - U.S. Ambassador to Moscow 1945 See fewer	Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
Louis Mountbatten Self - Supreme Commander, S.E.Asia (as Admiral Lord Mountbatten) Self - Supreme Commander, S.E.Asia (as Admiral Lord Mountbatten) See fewer	Nice and Friendly (1922)
Hartley Shawcross Self - Nuremberg Prosecuter 1945 (as Lord Shawcross) Self - Nuremberg Prosecuter 1945 (as Lord Shawcross) See fewer	Nuremberg Trials (1946)
Noble Frankland Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Ursula Gray Self - German Refugee, 1945 Self - German Refugee, 1945 See fewer	Festival (I) (1963)
Douglas Spencer Self - U.K. Occupation Force, 1945 Self - U.K. Occupation Force, 1945 See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Christa Ronke Self - Berliner, 1945 Self - Berliner, 1945 See fewer	The World at War (1973)
Albert Speer Self Self See fewer	The Memory of Justice (1976)
Thomas E. Dewey Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944)
Karl Dönitz Self - Last Leader of the Third Reich (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Last Leader of the Third Reich (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	U-Boat, Course West! (1941)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Hermann Göring Self - Nuremberg Trial Defendant 1945 (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Nuremberg Trial Defendant 1945 (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Rudolf Hess Self - Nuremberg Trial Defendant 1945 (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Nuremberg Trial Defendant 1945 (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
W.K. Wellington Koo Self - United Nations signatore one (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - United Nations signatore one (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Big Issue (1951)
Douglas MacArthur Self - Leader of America's Occupation of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Leader of America's Occupation of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Assignment in Korea (1951)
Bernard L. Montgomery Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Montgomery Speaks His Mind (1959)
Joseph Stalin Self - General Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - General Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Harry S. Truman Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Joachim von Ribbentrop Self - Nuremberg Trial Defendant 1945 (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Nuremberg Trial Defendant 1945 (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Gerd von Rundstedt Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer