Farewell to Churchill (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1965)

Description

The original release sheet reads: FAREWELL TO CHURCHILL It is a day for mourning...a day for tears and a day of remembrance and fond farewell. Final tribute to the man who led the free world from the threatening doom of slavery to a glorious victory. From Westminster Hall, Sir Winston Churchill is carried to St. Paul's Cathedral with medieval pageantry. 110 nations are represented at the services, including six sovereigns, five heads of state and 16 Prime Ministers. Queen Elizabeth is the first British Monarch to attend the funeral of a commoner. She foregoes many of her Queenly privileges to honor Sir Winston. Everyone in the Cathedral joins in singing the American "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as requested by Sir Winston in honor of his American mother. From St. Paul's the coffin is taken to the river Thames for its last journey to Waterloo Station and burial at Bladen, next to his mother and father. The mists of history will never dim the shining image that was Winston Spencer Churchill...a most uncommon common man.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library