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The First World War
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The First World War

1934-11-08 · 78 min · Not rated

Documentary · War

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.

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Pedro de CordobaPedro de CordobaNarrator (voice)

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