Biography: Winston Churchill
Biography: Winston Churchill
Biography: Winston Churchill CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON (LEONARD SPENCER) 1874-1965
Biography: Winston Churchill
MS of Churchill speaking at a statesman's meeting, giving a call to arms during World War II. MS's of him (with cigar) in public and brooding on naval crafts.
Biography: Winston Churchill
DO NOT USE Opening credits and Wallace's intro.
Biography: Winston Churchill
MS's of Churchill in decorated naval uniform, inspecting troops.
Biography: Winston Churchill
DO NOT USE Stills of the stately Churchill family home. Stills of his mother, father, and of Winston as a child and as a young man (officer and politician). Stills of his wife.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Churchill inspecting troops at the beginning of WWI. The Battle of Gallipoli, World War One (large scale naval battle, excellent shots of ships exploding in a mine field, sinking into the murky depths). EST shot of the House of Commons.
Biography: Winston Churchill
DO NOT USE Still photo.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Churchill smoking a cigar. Meeting with politicians. MS's of young Churchill with fellow Parliamentary members.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Churchill campaigning. Churchill in the United States, meeting press, chatting with NY Governor AL SMITH atop the Empire State Building.
Biography: Winston Churchill
ADOLF HITLER inspecting and saluting passing Nazi troops (carrying shovels-- Hitler Youth) at an outdoor rally. MS of PM Stanley Baldwin. Churchill speaking with Neville Chamberlain standing next to him.
Biography: Winston Churchill
MS's of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. MS of the Union Jack and Nazi flags flying in the wind, cut to MS's of Chamberlain meeting with Hitler, Munich Conference. MS's of Neville arriving in London, showing the signed treaty to the press.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Montage of Hitler's Panzer Division invading Poland. Cabinet members arriving at Downing Street. Chamberlain at his desk. England declares war on Germany, and Churchill is appointed the First Lord of Admiralty. Churchill goes to French front and inspects troops. Churchill and Chamberlain inspecting troops. The Brits crippling the Nazi ship Graf Spee, followed by the celebration when the sailors returned home (Churchill shakes hands, speaks at a dinner party).
Biography: Winston Churchill
The Nazis invade Norway (tight LS's of paratroopers jumping from planes). Chamberlain leaving Downing Street. EST shot of Buckingham Palace at night. Low angle tight LS of Big Ben at night, a gas street lamp in FG. Various shots of landmarks. MS's of Brit soldiers (in silhouette) walking along rocky English shore at dawn.
Biography: Winston Churchill
PM Churchill inspects troops. Nazis battle in France. The British cornering themselves in at Dunkerque, leading to a great aerial battle (dogfighting) and the successful rescue effort.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Battle of Britain. MS's of Brits looking to the skies, digging shelters, stacking sandbags in preparation for Hitler's blitz on London. Tight LS's of Luftwaffe taking off. CU of an air raid alarm switch being flipped, then MS's of Londoners going underground for shelter. MS's and CU's of people sleeping in subway systems. Great of the Battle of Britain & London Blitz: LS's of bombs dropping, Allied artillery retaliating, mass fires and destruction.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Battle of Britain. Great LS's (subjective and objective) of air battles between RAF and Luftwaffe. Post-Blitz: MS's and LS's of Londoners returning to their homes, or what's left of them: LS's of destruction, MS's of rescue workers helping the injured, even rescuing a cat that survived the event. Churchill walks down the street to the cheers of people waving the Union Jack. Churchill puts his hat on the end of his cane and raises it in the air. Cheering crowds. MS montage of Brits giving their all for the war effort (mass exertion of manpower in the factories, in industrial settings). Churchill visiting factories.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Churchill and FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt s North Atlantic meeting in 1941 (the signing of the N. Atlantic charter). Religious service on the ships for the men. Churchill and FDR sit together. Churchill returns to England.
Biography: Winston Churchill
Wide LS's of destruction at Pearl Harbor, 1941. Churchill's address to US Congress (real audio), calling the US and Britain to work for peace. "It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future, still I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all, walk together in majesty, in justice and in peace." Congress applauds. Churchill steps down. He is making the "V for Victory" sign.
Biography: Winston Churchill
DO NOT USE Wallace's closing remarks, end credits.