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The First World War (1934)

It Tells All As No Words Ever Can!

Genre : Documentary, War

Runtime : 1H 18M

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Pedro de Cordoba
Pedro de Cordoba
Narrator (voice)

Crews

Laurence Stallings
Laurence Stallings
Book
Truman H. Talley
Truman H. Talley
Producer
John Rochetti
John Rochetti
Music
Walter R. Hicks
Walter R. Hicks
Sound
Earl I. Sponable
Earl I. Sponable
Sound
Louis De Rochemont
Louis De Rochemont
Editor
Lew Lehr
Lew Lehr
Editor
Bonney Powell
Bonney Powell
Editor
Russell G. Shields
Russell G. Shields
Editor

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