Footage is damaged. In his sunset years, Sir Winston Spencer Churchill was confined to his London home at 28 Hyde Park Gate and it was here that the eyes of the world turned. Through his writings and his many immortal phrases, the name Churchill will continue to ring down the corridors of time. We, here and now, were privileged to know his greatness - the greatness that is summarized in this pictorial record of an unparalleled career from his birth at Blenheim Castle to his fading years at Hyde Park Gate.
Winston Churchill walking out of his house with a cigar in hand. Exterior shot - Bremen Castle where Sir Winston Churchill was born. Interior shot - A bedroom.
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Men on horseback in the Boer War.
Winston Churchill getting out of a stage coach as a young man. Military ships in a port.
Throngs carrying Sir Winston on their shoulders. Winston Churchill is carried on the shoulders of college students.
Winston Churchill, "And with the British Empire around us we shall fight on unconquerable until the curse of Hitler is lifted from the brows of men. We are sure that in the end all will be well." Planes bombing ships at sea. Adolph Hitler shaking hands with Mussolini. Aerial shot - Bombed out parts of England. Buildings on fire. Winston Churchill walking with a Pastor of his church. The deck of a battleship with an orchestra playing music. FDR and Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill walking in Africa wearing a Safari Hat with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth. Winston Churchill sitting down with troops in Africa. Winston Churchill on the beach heads of Normandy. General Eisenhower and Winston Churchill walking. Throngs waving at Sir Winston Churchill as he drives down the streets of Paris, France. Sir Winston Churchill standing beside King Edward VIII.
Sir Winston Churchill and his beloved wife Clementine on his 80th Birthday. Sir Winston Churchill hosting Queen Elizabeth II at No #10 Downing Street.
Middlesex Hospital and Winston Churchill at the age of 87 years old with a broken hip. Winston Churchill looking out his window acknowledging and smiling to the people.