Churchill, Movietone footage, 1940 - 1946
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
- 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
H28479
Date information
DateText: The actual tape dates from 14 Sept 1989.
Finding aid date
2017-10-26 08:37:05.280000+00:00
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk