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00:02this is the story of Britain's greatest leader seen in color for the first time
00:12a born fighter he's drawn to the sound of guns the first world war tests his skills
00:23and his character I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat he is a maverick
00:35who makes catastrophic blunders rarely seen home movies record his ups and downs
00:48peaking as prime minister in the crucible of world war two
00:55he boosts morale and national resolve in Britain's darkest hour
01:02we shall fight on the beaches we shall fight on the landing grounds we shall never surrender
01:09leading Britain to victory advance Britannia long live the cause of freedom
01:21and cementing his place in the nation's heart
01:26this is the story of Winston Churchill as you've never seen it before
01:571942 El Alamein Egypt
02:05British forces begin to beat back German troops occupying North Africa
02:12it's a decisive moment in world war two
02:16a bright gleam has caught the helmets of our soldiers
02:22and warmed and sure all our hearts
02:28it's a decisive moment in the world war three
02:28Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers the news at a lunch at Mansion House
02:32the Lord Mayor's residence in London
02:35Ronald's army has been defeated
02:37inside and out people hang on every word
02:42ah this is not the end
02:45it is not even the beginning of the end
02:50but it is perhaps the end of the beginning
02:55Churchill is nearing his zenith
02:57a journey he's been on for 68 years
03:06as a boy Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill loves all things military
03:14he marshals brigades of toy soldiers in the sprawling grounds of his ancestral home
03:19Blenheim Palace where he was born on November the 30th 1874
03:26his father Randolph is a maverick conservative politician
03:31his mother Jenny Jerome here with two-year-old Winston comes from a wealthy American family
03:38even age 16 Churchill is already certain destiny has chosen him
03:43he tells a friend
03:44I see into the future
03:46I shall save London and England from disaster
03:51at 18 he enrolls in the Royal Military Academy
03:54Sandhurst
03:56after twice failing the entrance exam
04:00his military training will serve him well
04:03through his long and varied career
04:101899 South Africa
04:18films capture British Highlander troops
04:20fighting descendants of Dutch settlers
04:22known as Boers
04:24for control of the colony
04:26eager for action and glory
04:28Churchill just 25
04:30heads to the front line as war correspondent
04:33for the morning post
04:36his skill as a writer makes him the highest paid journalist there
04:39earning 250 pounds a month
04:42a staggering 25,000 pounds today
04:48on November the 15th
04:50he's aboard a British armored train on a scouting run
04:53when Boers derail and attack the locomotive
04:57Churchill is captured
05:01after 27 days imprisoned in Pretoria
05:05he stages a daring escape
05:11the Boers offer 25 pounds for his capture
05:15but over 11 days trekking 300 miles
05:19the fugitive evades the foe
05:22the escape makes him a national hero
05:32back in Britain
05:34Churchill turns his newfound fame
05:36into political office
05:38in October 1900
05:40the 25 year old is elected Conservative MP
05:43for Oldham in Lancashire
05:46this busy mill town is home to 35,000 cotton workers
05:52Churchill
05:53Churchill now represents ordinary working men and women
06:00he begins to call for social reform
06:03four years later
06:05he defects
06:06and boldly joins the liberals
06:20September the 12th 1908
06:23St Margaret's Westminster
06:26it's Churchill's wedding day
06:29he's marrying Clementine Hosier
06:32she's from an established liberal family
06:35and will be her husband's rock and social conscience
06:39his star rises
06:41by 1910 Churchill is home secretary
06:45in charge of prisons and the police
06:47and about to face his first crisis
06:57early on January the 3rd 1911
07:00200 police officers besiege a house on Sydney Street
07:03in East London
07:04inside are three anarchists
07:07who have killed policemen
07:15Churchill makes the newsreels
07:17a personal first
07:18by edging close to the firing line
07:24Controversially
07:25he deploys the Scots guards
07:27for six hours the sides exchange shots
07:35hundreds gather to witness the firefight
07:39eventually the hideout catches fire
07:42and two of the three robbers burn to death
07:46critics fault Churchill for using excessive force
07:49but his no-nonsense approach
07:52means the siege of Sydney Street
07:54builds his reputation as a military man
07:57that October age 36
07:59Winston Churchill is named first Lord of the Admiralty
08:03the Royal Navy's political head
08:11the former soldier takes to Navy life
08:15often sailing the Admiralty yacht
08:18Enchantress
08:19to visit bases and warships
08:24Churchill and King George V inspect HMS New Zealand
08:28at Portsmouth
08:34Churchill warns the King
08:36that Germany is expanding its Navy for war
08:39he persuades the government to modernize
08:42and reshape the Royal Navy
08:44he commissions super dreadnoughts
08:46the latest and fastest battleships
08:55by 1914
08:57Europe is at war
09:03outside Buckingham Palace
09:04King George and Queen Mary
09:07review British Australian and New Zealand troops
09:13below the podium
09:14Churchill doffs his hat in salute
09:21the first Lord orders the British fleet
09:24to sail with all speed to the North Sea
09:26to prevent a German invasion
09:37February the 19th 1915
09:39the Dardanelles Strait
09:42this 38 mile waterway links Europe and Asia
09:46the strait also controls access to Constantinople
09:50today Istanbul
09:52capital of the Ottoman Empire
09:54a German ally
09:57hoping to weaken the Ottoman Turks
10:00Churchill authorizes a naval assault
10:06he badly miscalculates
10:08the Turks sink three allied ships
10:12killing 700 men
10:14the war cabinet pushes to withdraw
10:18ignoring political and military advice
10:21Churchill throws another 30,000 Australians
10:24and New Zealanders
10:25at the Gallipoli Peninsula
10:26on the North Shore of the Dardanelles
10:32in nine months of fighting
10:3446,000 men perish
10:39Stubbornly
10:39Churchill stands by his actions
10:42but Gallipoli
10:43infamous as Churchill's folly
10:45will haunt him for the rest of his days
10:49disgraced
10:50he resigns from government
10:55Clementine thinks he might die of grief
11:01but within a year
11:03Churchill hungers to return to office
11:07he and Clementine attend an event in Chelmsford
11:10to raise money for Scottish prisoners of war
11:15his reputation as a speaker is growing
11:1910,000 come to hear him
11:22we must not weaken our resolve
11:25he tells them
11:26whilst the Germans may be reeling
11:28they are not beaten
11:30far from it
11:37in 1916 with the war still raging
11:41new Liberal Prime Minister Lloyd George forms his cabinet
11:45at some personal risk
11:47he appoints Churchill
11:49Minister of Munitions
11:53in his new role
11:54he tours factories
11:56like Manchester's Westinghouse Works
11:58which makes trains for the war department
12:02Churchill's job is to keep allied armies shooting
12:05supplying more than 50 million shells a year
12:09this is a day's supply of rounds for a single gun
12:21by 1918 as the tide turns against the Central Powers
12:26Churchill visits liberated areas in France
12:31he goes to Lille for a parade by the 47th London Division
12:39never far from the action
12:41he takes up position on the saluting base
12:4514 days later
12:46an armistice ends the war
12:50back in London
12:52Churchill survives the shift to a peacetime cabinet
12:55but once again his maverick tendencies lead him to a fall
13:07on March 19th 1924
13:11with the Liberals tilting sharply left
13:14Churchill stands as an independent in the Westminster by-election
13:19and loses
13:23in that October's general election
13:26he again crosses party lines
13:28in Epping
13:30he rejoins the Conservatives
13:32and wins
13:33part of a way of bringing that party back to power
13:37but fellow MPs mistrust his disloyalty
13:40they protest when Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
13:44names him Chancellor of the Exchequer
13:47Churchill's new office is one door down from 10 Downing Street
13:58the war has wrecked Britain's economy
14:02with no previous experience
14:04Churchill takes an enormous and controversial risk
14:09to steady the fluctuating currency
14:11he returns Britain to the gold standard
14:14linking the pound to the price of gold
14:17it will be a disastrous move
14:28Britain's limited gold reserves render the pound overvalued
14:32it means goods like coal Britain's biggest export
14:36cost too much to sell abroad
14:42miners bulk at the resulting pay cuts
14:45unemployment rises
14:51on May the 4th 1926
14:541.7 million workers join a general strike
14:58paralyzing Britain
15:02the military has to step in to deliver milk and food
15:08critics call Churchill the worst Chancellor ever
15:12Churchill says he's inclined to agree with them
15:18his gold standard decision leads to the Conservative defeat in 1929
15:24Churchill remains an MP
15:25but has held his last ministerial office for a decade
15:30the wilderness years begin
15:37in August 1929
15:39Churchill crosses the Atlantic to his mother's homeland
15:42for the first time in almost 30 years
15:45he's supposed to be on holiday in America
15:47but uses the trip to promote his book about the Great War
15:52Brother Jack brings along a movie camera
15:55the Churchill's stay at White Eagle
15:58the Long Island home of their cousin Frederick Edward Guest and family
16:04in California
16:06tycoon and politician William Randolph Hearst
16:09to Churchill's left
16:10hosts the author
16:12and studio boss Louis B. Mayer
16:17actor director Charlie Chaplin welcomes his countrymen
16:20on the set of City Lights at his studios on Sunset Boulevard
16:24Chaplin's crew films his visitors
16:27Churchill, son Randolph Wright
16:29and at left, British ambassador Alexander Moore
16:35for once Churchill is happy to be upstaged
16:40in a letter to Clementine
16:41Churchill describes Chaplin
16:44as a marvellous comedian
16:45Bolshean politics and delightful in conversation
16:53Back in Britain, Churchill delivers a newsreel message to his American hosts
16:59In every part of the United States
17:02I have found a friendly welcome
17:05and I find it
17:07a matter of absorbing interest
17:10to travel about
17:12throughout this vast land
17:19At home, now 60, Churchill retreats to Chartwell, his residence in Kent
17:27He says with his happy family around him, he dwelt at peace
17:34reflecting, recharging, and planning how to battle back into public life from an all-time low
17:42This amateur film, thought to be shot by his friend, Lord Churwell
17:46captures Churchill and son Randolph away from the ups and downs of politics
17:55With his children, Churchill enjoys the swimming pool he's just built
18:01Happy moments against a backdrop of his infamous black dog moods
18:10Escaping to the French Riviera with family and friends, he starts writing a second book about the Great War
18:19Randolph and daughter Diana join him
18:29Another guest is aristocratic socialite Doris Castle Ross
18:35Decades later, rumours circulate about both Winston and son Randolph having an affair with her
18:41But in this footage, no one seems worried about being caught with their pants down
18:49In 1935, Epping re-elects Churchill
18:53Though he still holds no cabinet post
18:55I'm very glad to begin my fourth contest for the Epping division
19:01And in an election of such momentous consequence to our country, both at home and abroad
19:10German belligerence and the growing shadow of war consumes him
19:18However, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin opposes rearming Britain
19:23I will never stand for a policy of great armaments
19:27And I give you my word and I think you can trust me by now
19:32Churchill, here in Essex, disagrees and argues tirelessly that Britain must prepare for war
19:38Many people think that the best way to escape war is to dwell upon its horrors
19:43But how would it help us if we were attacked or invaded ourselves?
19:50That is the question we have to ask
19:54His predictions will come all too true
19:57And all too soon
20:05When Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister in 1937, Germany is openly aggressive
20:16In Munich the following year, Chamberlain negotiates with Hitler
20:22The Prime Minister returns brandishing a scrap of paper, promising peace in our time
20:28Here is the paper, which bears his name upon it as well as mine
20:37Less than a year later, Germany reneges and invades Poland
20:47September the 3rd, 1939
20:51After three years of appeasing Hitler
20:53An ill-prepared Britain declares war on Germany
20:57Churchill is vindicated
21:00Chamberlain invites the veteran into his war cabinet to serve as First Lord of the Admiralty again
21:09A few weeks later, ever eager to put himself forward, Churchill addresses the nation
21:14We are in a very different position
21:18From that we were in ten weeks ago
21:23We are far stronger than we were ten weeks ago
21:26We are far better prepared to endure the worst malice of Hitler and his Huns
21:34Than we were at the beginning of September
21:42The worst comes
21:44Germany invades neutral nations Denmark and Norway with ground troops and its Luftwaffe Air Force
21:53For years, governments have ignored Churchill's warnings about German air power
22:01Denmark surrenders and after only nine weeks, Norway falls too
22:17The Conservatives turn on Neville Chamberlain, forcing him out on May the 10th, 1940
22:25Reflecting popular will and despite cabinet opposition, Churchill is appointed Prime Minister
22:36It's as if his whole life has been building up to this moment
22:40He later writes that he was walking with destiny
22:47Three days into the job, he addresses the House of Commons
22:50As always, he's ready for a fight
22:55I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat
23:02You ask, what is our aim?
23:05I can answer in one word
23:07Victory
23:08Victory
23:09Victory at all costs
23:10Victory in spite of all terror
23:14Victory however long and hard the road may be
23:18For without victory there is no survival
23:21This tenacity earns him the nickname British Bulldog
23:25But his confidence seems to fly in the face of reality
23:38German troops are advancing on France's northern coast, threatening Allied forces
23:44At Dunkirk, over 300,000 troops are stranded and facing annihilation
23:53A desperate Churchill calls civilian boats to join Allied warships to cross the channel, defying the relentless Luftwaffe
24:05He rallies his nation by radio
24:09We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and
24:17in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender
24:24The miracle of Dunkirk momentarily lifts Britain's spirits
24:30But the Germans are closing in
24:39On June the 14th, 1940, Paris falls
24:44Hitler rejoices
24:48France capitulates to Germany
24:52Churchill is certain Britain is the Reich's next target
25:06He's right
25:07German bombers blitz Britain night after night for eight months
25:15As the country burns, Churchill once again turns to his words to inspire a beleaguered nation
25:21The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us
25:27Let us, therefore, brace ourselves to our duties
25:32If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years
25:39Men will still say, this was their finest hour
25:51But the Prime Minister is clearly shocked by the ruins of Coventry Cathedral
25:58Still, he maintains a fierce public presence
26:08Bombed-out Londoners cheer their tenacious leader
26:14Police restrain the crowds
26:17But one woman breaks through the cordons to get an autograph
26:22Churchill works tirelessly
26:24But with 43,000 civilians dead
26:29Britain is teetering on the edge of defeat
26:40Desperate for help, on August the 9th, 1941
26:44Churchill sails west aboard HMS Prince of Wales
26:49Off Newfoundland, the Prime Minister boards U.S. Navy cruiser USS Augusta
26:57He's there to meet with President Franklin D. Roosevelt
27:01Handing him a letter from King George
27:03Churchill initiates a series of crucial meetings that occur throughout the war
27:10Roosevelt wants to help Britain
27:12But Americans are wary of joining another European war
27:22Churchill fears that without America's might, Britain will fall
27:33When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour a few months later
27:37America finally enters the fray
27:45Now we are not alone
27:47We have mighty allies
27:50We shall drive on to the end
27:53And do our duty, win or die
27:59He heads straight back to America to meet President Roosevelt
28:03And cement his relationship with the nation and its leaders
28:09As a mark of respect and urgency
28:12Congress invites Churchill to address a joint session
28:15It is not given to us
28:18To peer into the mysteries of the future
28:22Still I avow my hope and faith
28:26Sure and inviolate
28:29That in the days to come
28:31The British and American peoples
28:34Will for their own safety
28:36And for the good of all
28:38Walk together in majesty
28:41In justice and in peace
28:48With America in the fight
28:50Churchill believes victory
28:52Is now within their grasp
28:58February 1943
29:01Tripoli, Libya
29:04Soldiers at Keitel Benito Field
29:06Crowd around Churchill's Commando Liberator
29:11Wearing an honorary RAF uniform
29:14The Prime Minister congratulates
29:16General Bernard Montgomery
29:18On his triumph at El Alamein in Egypt
29:20A battle that has turned the tide against the Axis powers
29:31Churchill watches the celebratory parade from a saluting base
29:39He later writes
29:41Before El Alamein, we never had a victory
29:44After Alamein, we never had defeat
29:54A huge reception marks his return from his North Africa tour
29:58Wife Clementine, brother Jack and cabinet ministers greet the Prime Minister
30:05Grandson Julian is happiest of all
30:12Newly confident crowds cheer their war leader
30:15Newly confident crowds cheer their war leader
30:16As he heads back to 10 Downing Street
30:18Before his next trip abroad
30:26November the 28th 1943
30:30Tehran, capital of Iran
30:33It's been two years since Hitler invaded the USSR
30:39At the Soviet Embassy, Churchill meets Marshal Joseph Stalin
30:43With President Roosevelt
30:47The big three begin what will be a series of conferences
30:50On how to win the war and organise a peaceful Europe
30:58Working closely with General Dwight Eisenhower
31:01Commander of American forces in Europe
31:04Churchill, cigar in hand
31:06Plans the liberation of France
31:15On June the 6th 1944
31:17Nearly 7,000 Allied ships and landing craft
31:21Cross the English Channel
31:26As ever, Churchill is desperate to accompany the fleet
31:30But is forbidden by his great friend, King George VI
31:40The vessels land 156,000 American, British and Canadian soldiers
31:46Along a 50 mile stretch of Normandy
31:49Undertaking one of history's largest military assaults
31:56Churchill's vision of victory is coming true
32:05As the front line shifts, the war leader with General Montgomery
32:09Visits the Rhine city of Reymargen
32:13Only days before, American troops captured one of the last standing bridges across the river
32:21Ever the daredevil, Churchill persuades Montgomery to join him aboard an amphibious vehicle
32:30The two cross into enemy territory for 30 minutes
32:33The two cross into enemy territory for 30 minutes
32:42A delighted Churchill returns unharmed
32:45It's his last tour of a battlefield before World War II ends
32:55May the 8th 1945
32:58A huge crowd celebrates victory in Trafalgar Square
33:04The Prime Minister is to give an historic broadcast
33:08The German war is at an end
33:11Advance Britannia
33:15Long live the cause of freedom
33:17God save the King
33:28Police struggle to control joyous citizens
33:31As Churchill leads MPs to St Margaret's Westminster
33:34To attend a victory service
33:39Up and down the country Britons begin two days of celebrations
33:42With street parties, dancing and singing
33:46Once you live down at the place
33:49And he is a king and he says
33:52You'll find it all
33:55Do it, the man must move
33:57After years of rationing
34:01And fond of a drink or two himself
34:03Churchill gets assurances from the Ministry of Food
34:06That there's enough beer for all
34:10Tens of thousands make their way down the Mall
34:13They've come to see their war hero with the Royal Family
34:17On the balcony of Buckingham Palace
34:24Among many great moments
34:27This is the greatest in Winston Churchill's exuberant life
34:35On May the 23rd, 1945, Churchill dissolves the war cabinet
34:41Confident of the outcome, he calls the first general election in a decade
34:46The Conservatives build their campaign around him and his wartime valor
34:51He criss-crosses the country, convinced of the nation's support
34:56He urges them to help him finish off Japan
35:05For the sake of the country, and of your own happiness
35:08For the sake of the country, and of your own happiness
35:09I call upon you to march with me under the banner of freedom
35:20On election day, 25 million people vote
35:26So do millions of servicemen in the field
35:30Collection of absentee ballots delays the count
35:34Churchill spends the three-week interim relaxing in the south of France
35:39As a diversion, he paints one of his favourite hobbies
35:46But Mediterranean scenes cannot muffle thoughts of the ballots stacked at home
35:57The count begins
36:00Churchill is re-elected as an MP
36:04But in a shock result, the war-weary voters turn out the Conservatives
36:15A campaign for peace and a welfare state has put Labour on top by a landslide
36:23The country is ready for a new policy to face new world conditions
36:31Churchill says the power to shape the future has been denied him
36:37In peacetime, no one needs a war hero
36:43King George names Clement Attlee Prime Minister
36:47As leader of the opposition, a role he loathes
36:51Churchill looks instead to the world stage
37:02Churchill looks instead to the world stage
37:04Americans still love him
37:06He travels there in March 1946 to a hero's welcome
37:16President Harry Truman welcomes the Lion of British politics to Fulton, Missouri
37:2530,000 people descend on the town
37:27Where Churchill will give yet another historic speech
37:31It's one of the great privileges of my lifetime
37:34To be able to present to you
37:36That great world citizen, Winston Churchill
37:41The man of the hour does not disappoint the audience at Westminster College
37:47The name Westminster
37:49Somehow, or other, seems familiar to me
37:57Jokes aside, he turns to graver matters
38:01He popularises the definitive phrase of the post-war era
38:06From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic
38:11An iron curtain has descended across the continent
38:18To guarantee peace and check Soviet ambitions
38:21Churchill believes the continental European states must unite
38:27In 1948, as honorary president, he attends the Congress of Europe in the Netherlands
38:34He passionately urges 800 delegates to work towards a United States of Europe
38:40We cannot aim at anything less than the Union of Europe as a whole
38:46And we look forward with confidence to the day when that Union will be achieved
38:53At home, Britons see him as a world statesman
38:56But write him off as a domestic force
38:59But the British Bulldog will be back
39:11October 4th 1951
39:14London
39:15Labour calls an election
39:20In Liverpool, Churchill arrives to cheering thousands
39:23He launches the Conservative campaign
39:31At 76, Churchill still has the power to inspire crowds and win elections
39:38We are the same people on the same island as we were in the great days
39:43We can all remember
39:45Never shall we lose our faith and courage
39:49And never shall we fail in exertion and resolve
39:57After a Conservative victory, King George VI names Churchill Prime Minister once more
40:11Enthusiastic crowds greet him at 10 Downing Street
40:15But not everyone thinks he's up to the job
40:19There's talk he's senile, unable to lead
40:24Health issues will dog Churchill's second Premiership
40:33In December 1953, amid Cold War tensions, Churchill flies to Bermuda for talks with Western allies
40:45The greeting committee is Governor Sir Alexander Hood
40:49And Billy the Goat, mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
40:56Next to arrive is French Premier, Joseph Lagnel
41:01Hours before the conference begins, the American presidential plane lands
41:07Churchill welcomes his former wartime associate, now President, Dwight Eisenhower
41:15Talks about the rising threat of the Soviet Union take place privately at the Mid-Ocean Club
41:24But Eisenhower ignores Churchill's calls for caution and diplomacy
41:28Britain's empire is crumbling
41:31The country is fast losing status
41:34The once revered leader is almost obsolete
41:51Westminster Hall, November 30th, 1954
41:57Drummers beat Churchill's trademark V for Victory salute in Morse code
42:03It's his 80th birthday
42:08Two and a half thousand guests attend the televised celebration
42:13Clementine, his partner in triumph and failure, is by his side
42:19Clement Attlee pays tribute to his formidable opponent
42:23You will realize that I should be in breach of my duty as leader of the opposition
42:29Were I to wish you long continuance in your present office
42:35But may I hope that you will live to see the beginnings of an era of peace in the world
42:41After the storms which has been your luck to encounter
42:44I ask you to accept this portrait
42:53The painting is the work of noted British artist Graham Sutherland
42:59Churchill famously hates it
43:01It is a remarkable example of modern art
43:07He is resentful of being shown as old
43:10Years later, Clementine secretly burns the canvas
43:15I am now nearing the end of my journey
43:19I hope I still have some services to render
43:24However that may be
43:26And whatever may befall
43:28I am sure I shall never forget the emotions of this day
43:34Or be able fully to express my gratitude
43:39To those colleagues and companions with whom I have lived my life
43:46For this wonderful honour they have done me
43:53Rumours grow that Churchill is about to resign due to ill health
44:00But first a highly public farewell to the young monarch he has mentored
44:07On April the 4th 1955
44:09The Churchills host the first and only dinner
44:12Held at 10 Downing Street for Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
44:18The leader has served under six monarchs
44:25The next day under the glare of cameras
44:27Churchill drives to Buckingham Palace to resign as Prime Minister
44:35In a political career of 55 years
44:38He has been Home Secretary
44:41First Lord of the Admiralty twice
44:44Chancellor of the Exchequer
44:47And twice Britain's Prime Minister
44:53After a life in public service his new reality hits hard
44:59Later that day returning home to Hyde Park Gate
45:03Churchill is visibly diminished
45:08Even so and despite ill health
45:11He spends much of his retirement travelling
45:21After a Mediterranean journey in 1959 his decline is clear to see
45:29He grows ever more frail
45:32On January the 10th 1965
45:35He has a massive stroke
45:37Two weeks later on January the 24th
45:41Aged 90
45:43Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
45:45Dies
45:50A thick fog descends on Westminster
45:54Outside Westminster Hall
45:56300,000 mourners line up silently to pay their respects
46:05Inside Churchill lies in state for three days and three nights
46:14Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
46:17Knight of the Garter
46:18Order of Merit
46:20Companion of Honour
46:21In the 20th century
46:23No other Prime Minister has yet had a state funeral
46:28142 soldiers draw his coffin on the gun carriage first used at Queen Victoria's funeral
46:38Outside St Paul's Cathedral
46:39The Lord Mayor welcomes Queen Elizabeth
46:44As a tribute to Churchill's place in the nation's history
46:47She breaks protocol and arrives before his family
46:51It's one of very few civilian funerals ever attended by a British monarch
47:04As eight Grenadier guards carry the coffin in
47:08The Churchill family follow solemnly behind
47:14Inside everyone joins to sing the hymn requested by Churchill himself
47:18The American Battle Hymn of the Republic
47:21The American Battle Hymn of the Republic
47:30As his cortege moves down the River Thames
47:33The cranes are lowered in salute
47:36The Cranes are lowered in salute
47:42It's the end of an era
47:44But the legend of Winston Churchill
47:46The man who led Britain victoriously through its darkest days
47:50Lives on
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