- Title: F-9300
- Summary: WINSTON CHURCHILL (PT.1): DEALS WITH THE EARLY CAREER OF WINSTON CHURCHILL TO DECEMBER 1941. INCLUDES HIS ACTIVITIES AS A YOUNG SOLDIER IN INDIA & AFRICA, AS A WAR CORRESPONDENT DURING THE BOER WAR IN 1899, AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND AS FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY DURING WWI. AS WWII APPROACHES, HE RETURNS TO LEADERSHIP & MAINTAINS BRITISH RESISTANCE AGAINST HITLER'S ONSLAUGHTS. CLOSES WITH CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER PEARL HARBOR.
- Description:00:01:01 - CHURCHILL WALKING THROUGH CROWD MONTAGE: WAVES HAT, IN MILITARY UNIFORM WALKING WITH WIFE 00:01:17 - STILLS MONTAGE OF EARLY LIFE 00:02:59 - 1914. AS FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY WATCHING WWI SOLDIERS MARCHING IN FORMATION, REVIEWING TROOPS 00:03:13 - BRITISH FLEET BATTLESHIPS 00:03:18 - BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI: NAVAL WARFARE AGAINST TURKEY. CANNONS FIRE FROM SHIP 00:03:25 - COASTLINE OF THE DARDENELLES STRAIT. BUILDINGS SMOLDERING DURING ATTACK 00:03:27 - SHIP EXPLOSIONS & SINKING AFTER HITTING TURKISH MINE FIELDS. 00:03:47 - HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS 00:04:00 - EARLY CHURCHILL WITH POWERFUL GOVERNMENT POLITICIANS 00:04:14 - CHURCHILL IN THE 1930s WAVES FROM BACK OF CAR 00:04:28 - 1931 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. IN NEW YORK CITY 00:04:43 - CHURCHILL WITH GOVERNOR AL SMITH ON TOP OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. TALKS ABOUT THE VIEW 00:05:21 - HUGE NAZI RALLY 00:05:27 - HITLER SALUTES TO NAZI TROOPS MARCHING PAST IN REVIEW CARRYING NAZI FLAGS & SHOVELS 00:05:45 - ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER STANLEY BALDWIN 00:05:55 - CHURCHILL MAKES SPEECH 00:06:07 - NEW PRIME MINISTER NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN. MONTAGE: WITH WIFE, MAKES SPEECH 00:06:23 - NAZI & BRITISH FLAG FLY TOGETHER 00:06:25 - CHAMBERLAIN MEETS WITH HITLER AT MUNICH CONFERENCE 00:06:39 - EARLY BRITISH AIRWAYS PLANE TAXIS. CHAMBERLAIN DISEMBARKS AS HE RETURNS TO ENGLAND 00:06:47 - CHAMBERLAIN HOLDS UP PAPERS OF AGREEMENT WITH HITLER 00:06:52 - CHEERING CROWD OUTSIDE GATES OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE 00:06:56 - CHAMBERLAIN & ROYALTY ON BALCONY 00:07:04 - SEPTEMBER 1, 1939: HITLER'S PANZER DIVISION INVADES POLAND. FIRING CANNONS, EXPLOSIONS, TANKS 00:07:17 - GERMAN TROOPS IN BURNING POLISH CITY 00:07:24 - EMERGENCY MEETING OF PRIME MINISTER'S CABINET. POLITICIANS ENTER 10 DOWNING STREET 00:07:37 - PRIME MINISTER CHAMBERLAIN 00:07:40 - CHURCHILL COMES OUT OF 10 DOWNING STREET. AGAIN THE 1ST LORD OF ADMIRALTY 00:07:49 - CHURCHILL IN FRANCE REVIEWING FRENCH TROOPS 00:08:03 - CHURCHILL & CHAMBERLAIN REVIEW BRITISH TROOPS 00:08:07 - BRITISH NAVY BATTLESHIP CONVOY IN SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. NAVY FLEET 00:08:18 - OFFICER ON BRIDGE USES BINOCULARS 00:08:20 - GERMAN BATTLESHIP THE GRAF SPEE 00:08:25 - SEA BATTLE COMBAT. CANNONS FIRE 00:08:29 - SMOKE BILLOWS OUT OF GRAF SPEE 00:08:41 - CHURCHILL CONGRATULATES RETURNING SAILORS AFTER BATTLE 00:08:52 - BRITISH GREET RETURNING SAILORS BACK TO ENGLAND. CROWDS OF PEOPLE ON DOCKS 00:08:54 - SAILORS DISEMBARK 00:08:56 - LITTLE ENGLISH BOY SALUTES 00:08:57 - SAILORS PARADE DOWN STREET (SAILOR FROM RMS EXETER) 00:09:03 - HAPPY WOMAN WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS 00:09:04 - CHURCHILL MAKES SPEECH ABOUT THE NAVAL BATTLE. "IN OUR DARK COLD WINTER, IT WARMED THE COCKLES OF THE BRITISH HEART" 00:09:24 - APRIL 8, 1940: HITLER INVADES NORWAY. PARATROOPERS JUMP FROM NAZI PLANES 00:09:38 - PRIME MINISTER CHAMBERLAIN RESIGNS. LEAVES 10 DOWNING PLACE, GETS INTO CAR WITH WIFE 00:09:55 - EXTERIOR OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE AT NIGHT 00:10:03 - BIG BEN AT NIGHT 00:10:12 - TRAFALGER SQUARE STATUES: HORSE STATUE, SOLDIER, LION 00:10:25 - AUDIO ONLY OF CHURCHILL SPEECH. "UNTIL THE CURSE OF HITLER IS LIFTED FROM THE BROWS OF MEN" HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT. 00:10:37 - SILHOUETTES OF SOLDIERS 00:10:56 - CHURCHILL REVIEWING TROOPS. MAY 1940 00:11:15 - COMBAT FOOTAGE OF GERMAN ARMY IN FRANCE. BATTLEFIELDS 00:11:27 - LS OF DUNKERQUE (DUNKIRK) 00:11:29 - BRITISH SOLDIERS WALK THROUGH RUBBLE-COVERED STREETS OF BOMBED-OUT DUNKIRK 00:11:36 - SNIPER RIFE SHOOTS FROM WINDOW 00:11:39 - NAZI AIR FORCE: PLANE, PILOT DROPPING BOMBS 00:11:47 - BOMBING DUNKIRK 00:11:52 - RAF PLANES SHOOT DOWN LUFTWAFFE 00:11:53 - CU PILOT STEERING JOYSTICK 00:11:59 - NAZI PLANE SHOT DOWN. CRASHES INTO WATER 00:12:04 - BRITISH NAVAL FLEET RESCUE TROOPS FROM SHORE. AMPHIBIOUS BOATS, BATTLESHIPS, WOUNDED SOLDIERS, EVACUEES 00:12:35 - EMPTY LONDON STREET WITH SIGN OF SUPPORT HANGING ON BUILDING 00:12:39 - MAN HANGS CIVIL DEFENSE INSTRUCTION SIGN FOR AIR RAIDS 00:12:41 - MEN & WOMEN FILLING SANDBAGS, DIGGING TRENCH 00:12:46 - SILVER-HELMETED POLICE 00:12:49 - HUGE WALL OF SANDBAGS LINE BUILDING 00:12:52 - LINE OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHELTER 00:13:01 - CLOUDY SKY 00:13:07 - BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN SUMMER OF 1940. NAZI PLANES TAKING OFF & IN FLIGHT 00:13:24 - OPERATORS OF SPOTLIGHT GET READY 00:13:31 - CU HAND TURNS SWITCH ON ALARM TO "WARNING" 00:13:33 - MONTAGE PEOPLE RUNNING TO AIR RAID SHELTERS 00:13:51 - PEOPLE TAKE SHELTER IN LONDON SUBWAY. SLEEPING ON BLANKETS ON SUBWAY PLATFORM 00:14:01 - EMPTY LONDON STREETS 00:14:04 - ANTI-AIRCRAFT CANNON RISES 00:14:10 - SQUADRON OF GERMAN PLANES IN FORMATION. 00:14:15 - LONDON BLITZ: SEARCH LIGHTS TURNED ON, POINTED TOWARDS SKY 00:14:21 - ANTI-AIRCRAFT CANNONS FIRE 00:14:23 - BOMBING, BUILDINGS ON FIRE & CRUMBLE 00:14:50 - CU KLIEG SPOTLIGHT 00:15:04 - PEOPLE SLEEPING IN SHELTERS 00:15:15 - LONDON ON FIRE 00:15:30 - AIRMAN WITH BELT OF BULLETS 00:15:32 - ALARM HORN SOUNDS 00:15:33 - FIGHTER PILOTS RUNNING TO PLANES, GETTING IN. PLANES TAKE OFF 00:15:54 - LUFTWAFFFE 00:15:58 - CU FIGHTER PILOT'S HAND FLIPS SWITCH UP FOR MACHINE GUN FIRE 00:16:09 - AIR COMBAT. DOG FIGHTS. PLANES SHOT UP IN FIGHT 00:16:26 - RAF PILOTS 00:16:47 - AFTERMATH OF LONDON BLITZ. CHILDREN WALKING AMONG RUINS LOOK UP. RUBBLE 00:16:57 - WOMAN LOOKS OUT WINDOW 00:17:00 - WOMAN GETS MILK BOTTLE OFF STOOP 00:17:05 - RUBBLE WORKERS CLEANING, REMOVE BODIES, RESCUE INJURED, RESCUE CAT, SWEEPING UP GLASS 00:17:29 - CHURCHILL WALKS ALONG STREET. GIVES THUMBS UP TO CHEERING CROWD. PEOPLE HOLD BRITISH FLAG. 00:18:05 - IRON WORKER IN FACTORY WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASK & WELDING, SPARKS. WAR EFFORT MONTAGE. SHIP BUILDING 00:18:27 - CHURCHILL TOURS FACTORY OBSERVING WOMEN WORKERS 00:18:38 - MUNITIONS FACTORY. BULLETS 00:18:46 - CHURCHILL BOARDS BRITISH BATTLESHIP "PRINCE OF WALES". GREETS OFFICERS. ON DECK OF SHIP 00:19:19 - U.S. CRUISER "AUGUSTA" OFF THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND 00:19:20 - CHURCHILL MEETING WITH FDR ABOARD SHIP FOR SECRET MEETING TO DRAW UP THE "ATLANTIC CHARTER" 00:19:43 - WARSHIPS LIE AT ANCHOR 00:19:56 - TRANSPORT BOATS FILLED WITH SAILORS 00:20:01 - SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE ONBOARD "PRINCE OF WALES" FOR BOTH CREWS 00:20:08 - FDR & CHURCHILL SINGING HYMN 00:20:31 - CHURCHILL WAVES GOODBYE TO FDR 00:20:48 - PEARL HARBOR BOMBING 00:21:00 - CHURCHILL & FDR IN WASHINGTON, DC 00:21:08 - EXTERIOR OF CONGRESS 00:21:10 - DECEMBER 26, 1941: CHURCHILL ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON 00:21:14 - U.S. CONGRESS APPLAUDS 00:21:17 - CHURCHILL ARRIVES IN CONGRESSIONAL HALL TO MAKE SPEECH ABOUT JAPANESE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR 00:22:54 - GIVES "V" FOR VICTORY SIGN AS HE LEAVES
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1914
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: F-9300