Hail And Farewell: Churchill Retires To Britain's Acclaim
Hail And Farewell: Churchill Retires To Britain's Acclaim
One of the greatest Englishmen of all time retires and his nation pays tribute. Sir Winston Churchill, wartime Prime Minister, comes to the House of Commons for his last appearance. He will be 90 years old in the Fall and will not stand for re-election. Thus ends an era for a man whose career spanned three major wars and who was the architect of victory in the defeat of Hitlerism. Never have so many owed so much - to one man.
Hail And Farewell: Churchill Retires To Britain's Acclaim
Encompassed shot of the city of London. MS - House of Commons. MS - Clement Attlee standing on the podium dedicating a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Churchill speaks, "This is to me the most memorable public occasion in my life. No one has ever received a similar mark of honor before. There has not been anything like it in British history and indeed I doubt wehter any of the modern democracies abroad has shown such a degree of kindness and generosity to a party politician who has not retired (laughter emerges from the audience) and may at any time be involved in controversy. The portrait is a remarkable example of modern art." (Sir Winston smiles and there are chuckles from the audience)
Hail And Farewell: Churchill Retires To Britain's Acclaim
Outside of Parliament a limousine pulls up and slows down as the cigar smoking, ninety year old, lovable Sir Winston Churchill waves to people crowed on the streets who are paying homage to him during his time of retirement. The crowd. Press on foot following Sir Winston's limousine. Clementine, Sir Winston's partner and wife of 56-years walking quickly down the street to greet her husband at their Hyde Park home. Winston Churchill smoking a cigar. A young teenager snapping a picture of Sir Winston Churchill.. Sir Winston Churchill standing in the doorway of his home. Churchill s family pull up in a limousine as crowds gather. Churchill's daughter and her husband, and Prime Minister Alec Douglas Home. Churchill standing in his home looking out the window and waving to the crowd.