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Churchill: The Nation's Farewell

Churchill: The Nation's Farewell Online

  • Genres: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 28/01/2015
  • Duration : 59 minutes
  • Director: John Hayes Fisher
  • Production: Blakeway Productions, BBC

Overview:

On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of the send-off which Britain gave to the man who led the country to victory in the Second World War. More than a million people came to line the streets of London on the freezing day in late January to pay their respects as his coffin was taken from the lying-in-state at Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral. Millions more watched the state funeral on television. Churchill was the only commoner in the twentieth century to receive the honour of such a magnificent ceremony.

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