The First World War

Nov 8, 1934

1h 18m

★ 0.0

It Tells All As No Words Ever Can!

Overview

Produced by the Fox Movietone News arm of Fox Film Corporation and based on the book by Lawrence Stallings, this expanded newsreel, using stock-and-archive footage, tells the story of World War I from inception to conclusion. Alternating with scenes of trench warfare and intimate glimpses of European royalty at home, and scenes of conflict at sea combined with sequences of films from the secret archives of many of the involved nations.

Genres

Documentary

War

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Pedro de Cordoba

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