Photographs of Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill during the war: 1945, 1945-01 - 2007-05
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: MS embarking for Belgium with her gun battery, Jan 1945; the Yalta Conference, Feb 1945; Churchill and Clementine in Brussels, [?] Mar 1945; Churchill crossing the Rhine, Mar 1945; Clementine opening donations for the Aid to Russia Fund, and visiting the Soviet Union, Apr-May 1945; Churchill with his Chiefs of Staff in the garden at 10 Downing Street [London], May 1945; Churchill making his V E Day broadcast, May 1945; visiting the Soviet Embassy on V E Day; waving to the crowds; with Clementine after the Thanksgiving Service at St Paul's Cathedral, May 1945; the General Election campaign, at Woodford [Essex] and Clapham, May 1945; painting and boating at Chateau Bordaberry near Hendaye, France, July 1945; the Potsdam Conference, including visiting the ruined Chancellery in Berlin [Germany], the seating plan for a conference dinner, and Churchill with Harry Truman [President of the United States], July 1945; removals men at 10 Downing Street, July 1945; Churchill with MS in Antwerp [Belgium], Nov 1945; victory parades. Includes some photocopies, press cuttings and negatives.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-01 - 2007-05
Creator
- From the Fonds: Soames, Mary, Dame, 1922 - 2014 (née Churchill, writer, wife of Baron Soames) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
2 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2017-04-19 10:31:58.567000+00:00
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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