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Churchill, Movietone complete, 1940 - 1945

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 12/1/4

Scope and Contents

Footage of Winston Churchill, including: visit to Moscow [Soviet Union], Oct 1944; visit to North Africa following victory, Jun 1943; progress of the war, Dec 1942; talks with Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, Feb 1945; election broadcast, 1945; visit to Moscow, Oct 1944; 1945 General Election campaign tour; visit to Washington [United States], Jan 1942; tour of the north east, Newcastle and Sheffield; visit to Ottawa and "Some chicken, some neck" speech to Canadian Parliament, Dec 1941; new War Cabinet, May 1940; visit to Yorkshire, and speech in Bradford, Dec 1942; General John Pershing and Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, on "Voice of America", June 1940; return home [c Aug 1941, following the Atlantic Meeting); Jan Smuts addresses Parliament, 1942, with Churchill's thanks; paying tribute to the Home Guard, c May 1942 (fault on film); visit to Egypt, Dec 1943; return to London from Washington ? Jan 1942; visit to Cologne, c Mar 1945; General Election campaign speech, 1945; visit to Plymouth [Devon] after bombing, c May 1941; speech to United States Congress, Dec 1941.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940 - 1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Series:

Access copies must be requested in advance.

Extent

1 cassette(s) (1 tape) : video tape

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

H90558

Date information

DateText: The actual tape dates from 15 Sept 1989.

Finding aid date

2017-10-25 17:01:10.897000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087