| Churchill's Home: Beloved "Chartwell" Open To Public | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1749 |
| Catalog #: | 426131 | |
| Clip Number: | 426131-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-054-01 | |
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| Location: | Chartwell Mannor, Kent England | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LANDMARKS: misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent PERSONALITIES: Churchill, Sir Winston SCENICS: Rural / Countryside | |
| Description: | "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 - Overview of Churchill’s home, Chartwell Manor. Camera zooming in on the house. CUS - Earl Mountbatten sitting on a garden bench by a brick garden wall. He tells us how this home to Sir Winston Churchill was a very private retreat, where he could relax and paint his pictures, build brick walls, feed his fish and think. CUS - Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. Camera panning - A wall of famous and 8 X 10 pictures of important men, both historically and to Sir Winston Churchill. MS - Sir Winston’s' study. MS - A picture of Roosevelt and an old beat up briefcase. Camera panning - Over the desk of Sir Winston's showing personal photos and other memorable items. MS - A library, camera panning the books. MS - The Drawing Room, a picture of his race horse, his cigars and cards, a portrait of Lady Churchill (Clementine). The voice over says that they were married for 57- years. MS - Lady Churchill's bedroom, and on her desk a drawing of Sir Winston. MS - POV , Looking out the window at the grounds of Chartwell. MS - A pond with a garden chair by it. Winston Churchill voice: "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." CUS - Written in stone "The Greater Part Of This Wall Was Built Between the years 1925 & 1932 By Winston With His Own Hands." CU - Two garden chairs that overlook the roof tops of the homes in Kent, England. | |
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