| SIR WINSTON BACK HOME Crowds cheer Sir Winston Churchill as he leaves Middlesex Hospital and arrives home. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5909 |
| Catalog #: | 83776 | |
| Clip Number: | 83776-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 62/68 | |
| Timecode: | 01:19:28 - 01:21:58 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Ambulances HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Hospitals LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England PERSONALITIES: Churchill, Sir Winston | |
| Description: | "SIR WINSTON BACK HOME". London. LS light vehicular traffic in front of hospital. MS building facade reading "The Middlesex Hospital". General views of Middlesex Hospital and crowds waiting outside to see Sir Winston Churchill emerge. Closer shot of women in crowd. C/U of sign reading 'Private Patients Entrance' above the door. Shot as Lady Clementine Churchill walks into the hospital and is greeted by officials. MS as an ambulance pulls up outside the entrance. Shot of crowd and photographer standing on lamp post. Shots as Churchill, looking rather frail, is carried down the entrance steps in a chair by four ambulance men. He waves to the crowds, cigar in hand. Police hold the crowds back. Photographers crowd around the ambulance and take pictures. The ambulance sets off. At Churchill's home, 28 Hyde Park Gate, we see more crowds and policemen gathered. Lord Moran and another man go inside. The ambulance arrives and Churchill is carried out of the ambulance in his chair. They stop on the steps of the building and pose for cameras. | |
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