The Guns of August
DocumentaryHistoryWar
⭐ 7.6 / 10(315)
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Released
- 1964
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1964
Storyline
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
Top credits
Directors
Cast
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Fritz Weaver — Narrator
Archduke Franz Ferdinand — Self
Winston Churchill — Self- Georges Clemenceau — Self
Did you know
• The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for publication year 1963.
• Published in the United Kingdom as "August 1914"
• The closing lines in the documentary are from the poem, "The Dead" by Rupert Brooke.
User reviews
⭐ 9/10
Awesome footage of the Great War
👍 26 · 7/19/2003
⭐ 9/10
the most thorough documentary on World War I.
👍 12 · 4/24/2008
⭐ 8/10
The war to end all wars
👍 4 · 7/31/2024
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
