Editing The War Game (section)

==Production==
The film was shot in the [[Kent]] towns of [[Tonbridge]], [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]], [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]] and [[Dover]]. The cast was almost entirely made up of amateur and non-actors, as was Watkins' preference,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4r8cRrzOavEC&dq=the+war+game+1966&pg=PA975  The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film – Google Books (pgs.973-75)]</ref> casting having taken place via a series of public meetings several months earlier; over 350 actors would ultimately take part in the production.<ref>{{cite web |title=The War Game's actors reassembled for first time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-21525108 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=21 July 2024 |date=24 February 2013}}</ref> Much of the filming of the post-strike devastation was shot at the [[Dover Western Heights|Grand Shaft Barracks]], Dover. The narration was provided by Peter Graham with [[Michael Aspel]] reading the quotations from source material.