Words for Battle

Description	Laurence Olivier's reading of passages from Milton, William Blake, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and Abraham Lincoln accompany scenes of daily life in wartime Britain. The texts selected emphasize national identity and heritage, patriotism, and the justness of the Allied cause. "As accompaniment for a dramatic picture of Britain at war, Laurence Olivier recites famous verse and prose passages chosen to illustrate the things the British people fought for in World War II." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 8.)
Creator	Great Britain. Ministry of Information Great Britain. Crown Film Unit
Contributor	Laurence Olivier: narration
Date Issued	1941
Original Format	16mm print
Duration	07:54
Color/Black & White	B&W
Sound/Silent	Sound
Nation of Origin	U.K.
Geographic Coverage	U.K.