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  • The Guns of August (1964)
  • 100 min | Documentary, History, War
The Guns of August (1964)
100 min | Documentary, History, War

Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
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Director
Writers
Arthur Tourtellot (narration) (as Arthur B. Tourtellot) | Barbara Tuchman (book)
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Updated Dec 24, 1964

Release date
Dec 24, 1964 (United States)

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53 cast members
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Fritz Weaver
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
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Georges Clemenceau
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Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
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Crown Prince Hohenzollern
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Josephus Daniels
Self - USN (archive footage) Self - USN (archive footage)   See fewer
Duke of Windsor
Self - at Funeral of Edward VII, Walks with Father (archive footage) (as Prince Edward) Self - at Funeral of Edward VII, Walks with Father (archive footage) (as Prince Edward)   See fewer
Emperor Franz Josef
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Emperor Karl
Self (archive footage) (as Archduke Karl) Self (archive footage) (as Archduke Karl)   See fewer
Empress Augusta Victoria
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Empress Zita
Self (archive footage) (as Archduchess Zita) Self (archive footage) (as Archduchess Zita)   See fewer
Armand Fallières
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John French
Self (archive footage) (as Sir John French) Self (archive footage) (as Sir John French)   See fewer
Joseph-Simon Galliéni
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Grand Duchess Anastasia
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Grand Duchess Maria
Self (archive footage) (as Grand Duchess Marie) Self (archive footage) (as Grand Duchess Marie)   See fewer
Grand Duchess Olga
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Grand Duchess Tatiana
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Grand Duke Nicholas
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Douglas Haig
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Jean Jaurès
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Joseph Joffre
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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King Albert I
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King Alexander of Yugoslavia
Self (archive footage) (as Crown Prince Alexander) Self (archive footage) (as Crown Prince Alexander)   See fewer
King Edward VII
Self - Funeral (archive footage) Self - Funeral (archive footage)   See fewer
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
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King Frederik VIII
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King George V
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King George VI
Self - at Funeral of Edward VII, Walks with Father (archive footage) (as Prince Albert) Self - at Funeral of Edward VII, Walks with Father (archive footage) (as Prince Albert)   See fewer
King Manoel II
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King Nicholas of Montenegro
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King Peter of Serbia
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King Victor Emmanuel III
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Lord Kitchener
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Koningin Elisabeth
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Vladimir Lenin
Self - Speaks Before K. Marx - F. Engels Sign (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) Self - Speaks Before K. Marx - F. Engels Sign (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin)   See fewer
Karl Liebknecht
Self - Harangues Crowd (archive footage) Self - Harangues Crowd (archive footage)   See fewer
Nicholas Pasic
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John J. Pershing
Self - with Wilson (archive footage) Self - with Wilson (archive footage)   See fewer
Raymond Poincaré
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Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - USN During WWI (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self - USN During WWI (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt)   See fewer
Roger Rudel
Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice) Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice)   See fewer
Sultan Mehmed V
Self (archive footage) (as Sultan Mohammed V) Self (archive footage) (as Sultan Mohammed V)   See fewer
Lev Trotskiy
Self - Meets German Officers at Brest Litovsk (archive footage) (as Leon Trotsky) Self - Meets German Officers at Brest Litovsk (archive footage) (as Leon Trotsky)   See fewer
Tsar Nicholas II
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Tsarina Alexandra
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Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Manfred von Richthofen
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Woodrow Wilson
Self - Blindfolded to Draw Draft No. (archive footage) Self - Blindfolded to Draw Draft No. (archive footage)   See fewer
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