Churchill, Movietone complete, 1940 - 1945
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
- From the Fonds: Soames, Mary, Dame, 1922 - 2014 (née Churchill, writer, wife of Baron Soames) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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
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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