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Churchill, Movietone footage, 1940 - 1946

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 12/1/5

Scope and Contents

Footage of Winston Churchill, including: Clementine Churchill launching the Aid to Russia Fund, c 1941; Bob Hope's visit to Britain, Aug 1943; Churchill and the Chiefs of Staff, Downing Street garden, and VE Day celebrations in London, (no audio) May 1945; honouring the crews of HMSS Exeter and Ajax, Feb 1940, following the Battle of the River Plate, including Churchill's speech at a dinner for the crews; Churchill at Woodford [Essex] during the General Election campaign, 1945; receiving honorary degree, University of Miami, 1946; Labour victory in the General Election, 1945; Churchill escorting 1st Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], new Ambassador to the United States, aboard his ship for his voyage to America, 1941; the campaign in Abyssinia [later Ethiopia] and Eritrea, c 1941 [fault on tape]; receiving the Canadian torch of victory, 1941 [audio and video not in sync]; visiting the troops in the Western desert, Egypt, Aug 1942.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940 - 1946

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

H28479

Date information

DateText: The actual tape dates from 14 Sept 1989.

Finding aid date

2017-10-26 08:37:05.280000+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