The Guns of August (1964)
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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Cast
- Fritz Weaver — Narrator (voice)
- Manfred von Richthofen — Self (archive footage)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand — Self (archive footage)
- Winston Churchill — Self (archive footage)
- Vladimir Lenin — Self (archive footage)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Self (archive footage)
- Czar Nicholas II of Russia — Self (archive footage)
- Tsarina Alexandra — Self (archive footage)
- Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany — Self (archive footage)
- Emperor Franz Josef — Self (archive footage)
- Georges Clemenceau — Self (archive footage)
- Jean Jaurès — Self (archive footage)
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