Churchill's Home: Beloved "Chartwell" Open To Public
Churchill's Home: Beloved "Chartwell" Open To Public
"Chartwell" in Kent, England, for forty years the country home of Sir Winston Churchill is now open to the public. Earl Mountbatten explains the importance of this home. Inside its doors are personal possessions which reflected some of the great moments of his life. High Angle Shot to Zoom in of Churchill's home "Chartwell Manor." Various Shots of the exterior of the home with its beautiful surrounding fields and greenery. CUS - Earl Mountbatten sitting outside on a garden bench by a brick wall. He talks about the home as Sir Winston Churchill's private retreat where we would come to relax, paint pictures, build walls, feed his fish and think. CUS - Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. Camera pans of wall of famous 8 X 10 pictures of important men, both historically and personally to Sir Winston Churchill. Inside Sir Winston's study we gain a glimpse of the man. A picture of Roosevelt and an old beat up briefcase. On his desk rests personal photos and other memorable items. In the library, the camera pans his thousands of books. In the Drawing Room, a portrait of his race horse hangs over the mantel. On the table lays his cigars and a deck of cards laid out and ready to be played. CU of a portrait of Lady Churchill (Clementine). The voice over says that they were married for 57- years. Various shots of Lady Churchill's bedroom. On her desk is a drawing of Sir Winston. From inside looking out are the grounds of Chartwell. A pond with a garden chair by it as fish swim about. Winston Churchill voice and nature sounds " "We shall fail or faulter. We shall not weaken or tire. Neither a sudden shock of battle nor the long drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job." Camera pans a garden wall that he constructed as a hobby. It has flowers hanging over it. CUS - Written in stone "The Greater Part Of This Wall Was Built Between the years 1925 & 1932 By Winston With His Own Hands." CU of two garden chairs that overlook the roof tops of the homes in Kent, England.