SIR WINSTON PRAISES HIS STATUE Sir Winston thanks City Corporation for tribute of statue in Guildhall.

Record ID: 574441

  • Title: SIR WINSTON PRAISES HIS STATUE Sir Winston thanks City Corporation for tribute of statue in Guildhall.
  • Date: 21st June 1955
  • Summary: Guildhall, London, England: Tilt down Ext. Guildhall. LV Lord Mayor, Sir Harold Seymour Howard unveiling statute - Churchill seated. SV Statute of Churchill. CU Ditto. GV Assembly in Guildhall. SV Sir Winston Churchill speaks:- (Nat.sd.) Churchill turns & looks at statute. CU Statute. SV Churchill among people in hall, smiling & shaking hands as he leaves. SOUND EFFECTS. SV Sir Winston Churchill continues:- "I also admire, if I may say so, this particular example which you My Lord Mayor have just unveiled, because it seems to be such a very good likeness. (laughter)" GOOD SCENES. SV Sir Winston raising hat to Officer Commanding Pikemen. LV Churchill inspecting Pikemen. Angle V Guildhall & Pikeman. GTV Int. Sir Winston enters Guildhall. Closer V Ditto. GV Churchill approaching platform. SCU Sir Anthony Eden applauds. LV Sir Winston Churchill speaks:-(Nat.sd.) SV Ditto:-(Nat.sd.) LV Churchill shaking hands with Mr. Oscar Nemon (Sculptor) SV Churchill leaving platform. GTV Int. People seated in Guildhall. 2 GV's People seated listening. SV People seated listening. GV People listening. SOUND EFFECTS OF GOOD SCENES. LV Sir Winston Churchill speaks:- "I regard it as a very high honour that the City of London should decide to set up a statute of me in this famous Guildhall which I have so often visited & spoken in during the last 50 years or more." SV ... "I greatly admire the art of Mr. Oscar Nemon whose prowess in the ancient pascal role of sculpture has won such remarkable appreciation in our country." Personalities - Politicians; Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Art and Artists; Great Britain Initials DUDLEY, HEGEMMEL, HUBBARD London Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th July 1955 13:00
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  • Location: GUILDHALL, LONDON, ENGLAND
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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