https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/7a9e4e61-427f-4670-9d83-01e54849c0b0 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to 1965 and created as a memorial film after his death, "Churchill Champion of Freedom" is a portrait of British Prime Minister WInston Churchill (1874-1965). Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. • 0:09: Introduction with music. • 0:52: Winston Churchill is described as the greatest Englishman of his time, who made and wrote history. • 1:14: Churchill's early involvement in politics, including the siege of Sydney Street in 1911. Also known as the Battle of Stepney, the siege was a gunfight in the East End of London between a combined police and army force and two Latvian revolutionaries. • 1:32: His role in World War I as First Lord of the Admiralty, recreating and mobilizing the fleet. • 2:08: Attending a disarmament conference in Paris in 1921 and warning about Germany's rearmament in the 1930s. • 2:42: Churchill's rise during World War II, becoming the voice of Britain and the Free World. • 3:50: His speeches rallying Britain and the Allies against Nazi Germany. • 4:17: Churchill's role in the winter of 1939 and the end of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. • 5:02: Becoming Prime Minister in May 1940 and leading Britain through the war. • 6:00: His famous speeches, including "This was their finest hour" and "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." • 7:28: Churchill's historic wartime journeys, including meeting President Roosevelt in 1941. • 8:39: Addressing the U.S. Congress and the Canadian Parliament, emphasizing the resilience of the British Empire. • 10:36: The critical stage of the war, including meetings with Stalin and victories in North Africa. • 12:01: The successful Allied landings in France on June 6, 1944, and Churchill's visit to the front lines. • 13:18: Churchill crossing the Rhine in March 1945 and announcing the end of hostilities on May 8, 1945. • 14:01: Post-war period, including the 1951 election and his return to power. • 16:00: The death of King George VI in 1952 and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. • 17:01: Churchill's 80th birthday and the presentation of his portrait. • 19:33: His marriage to Clementine Hozier and her support throughout his life. • 20:10: Churchill's visits to Harrow School and his lasting legacy as a champion of freedom. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-s0tdZzY4I Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:21:02 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/7a9e4e61-427f-4670-9d83-01e54849c0b0 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.