Actors Of The World At War

Enlisted men, officers, civilians and politicians were interviewed, building up a picture of the cause of the war, its events and subsequent consequences. Nazi official Albert Speer and British admiral, Lord Mountbatten were amongst the interviewees. Others included the author, Lawrence Durrell, actor and Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart, pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets, and historian and author of Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose. Noble Frankland, who was director of London’s Imperial War Museum at the time, advised on how the episodes should be divided. Britain’s most admired actor, Lawrence Olivier was chosen as narrator for the series and Carl Davis composed a stirring score. The World at War had a difficult task of presenting six years of conflict in a cohesive way and it did it admirably.