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10:00:17 track round Chartwell desk In 1955, Winston Churchill was finishing his last book, ‘The History of the English Speaking Peoples’, an epic tale of kings and battles.
10:00:32 pan over stills Churchill himself had fought in wars for the glory of the Empire, when Britain’s power was at its height, in the reign of Queen Victoria.
10:00:44 soldiers crossing bridge
WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL BRITAIN ENTERED THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN THE GRIP OF WAR. THE BOER WAR SAW A SURGE OF PATRIOTISM, AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE CAUSE OF EMPIRE.
10:01:01 c/u window pane Forty years after the Boer War, Churchill led the nation in the Second World War.
10:01:09 paratroopers
WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL TO FIGHT ON TILL VICTORY WAS WON BECAME THE SOLE OBJECTIVE. THE POWER OF THE NATIONS ENGAGED WAS ASTOUNDING.
10:01:21 ‘Big Three’ By 1944, he had recognised a new threat to Britain’s power. Its allies, the Soviet Union and America, were determining the direction of the war.
10:01:38 D-day In June, Allied forces, under American supreme command, successfully landed in Normandy. Churchill foresaw the new world order.
10:01:52 Recon WSC through window He was determined to preserve Britain’s power after the war - and a role for himself in the Cold War to come.
10:02:02 puffing cigar
WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL ANOTHER PHASE LOOMS BEFORE US, IN WHICH ALLIANCE WILL ONCE MORE BE TESTED TO PRESERVE PEACE AND FREEDOM.
10:02:20 TITLE GRAPHIC
10:02:33
SUB-TITLE GRAPHIC THE LAST PRIZE
PART 1
10:02:47 SOLDIERS
ACTUALITY - NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT THIS IS RICHARD DIMBLEBY. THE BRITISH, CANADIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS WHO LANDED ON THE COAST OF FRANCE ARE ALREADY SEVERAL MILES INLAND. IT IS PROPER TO REPORT THAT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ATTACK ON WESTERN EUROPE HAS GONE NOT ONLY ACCORDING TO PLAN BUT CORKING WELL.
10:03:10 soft focus WSC Winston Churchill had taken a characteristically active role in the preparations for the Normandy Landings. To everyone’s horror, he had even wanted to sail with the invasion fleet. ‘Wouldn’t it be fun’, he had said, ‘to get there before Monty.’ But the King forbade it. The Prime Minister must not be allowed to put himself in danger.
10:03:40 WSC boarding ship Finally, six days after D-Day, Churchill had his adventure. He boarded HMS Kelvin, and set sail on a day trip to the Normandy bridgehead.
10:03:54 WSC laughing
INTERVIEW: CAPTAIN SHAW
CAPTION: CAPTAIN PETER SHAW
NAVIGATOR, HMS KELVIN I HAD BEEN ORDERED TO VACATE MY CABIN. I WAS GIVEN NO EXPLANATION, I WAS EXTREMELY INDIGNANT BECAUSE MY WAF OFFICER GIRLFRIEND WAS TAKEN OFF THE WALL, AND LOW AND BEHOLD CHURCHILL APPEARED ON BOARD. THE JOURNEY TO NORMANDY WAS A CHANNEL OF SHIPS GOING DOWN, AND WE HAD A FLAG HOIST SAYING CHURCHILL ON BOARD. IT WAS VERY MOVING, THEY WERE ALL WAVING AND CHEERING. IT WAS A VERY SORT OF ADVENTUROUS CHURCHILL-TYPE EXPLOIT. HE WAS VERY EXCITED, VERY EXCITED INDEED.
10:04:51 WSC disembarking boat WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL I CROSSED THE CHANNEL WITHOUT INCIDENT. MONTGOMERY, SMILING AND CONFIDENT, MET ME AT THE BEACH. HIS ARMY HAD ALREADY PENETRATED SEVEN OR EIGHT MILES INLAND. WE LUNCHED IN A TENT LOOKING TOWARDS THE ENEMY.
10:05:16 archive ships After lunch, Churchill returned to the Kelvin for the voyage home. But when he heard that British ships were still firing at the German positions, he couldn’t resist.
10:05:28 WSC in lifejacket WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL I SAID, “SINCE WE ARE SO NEAR, SHOULDN’T WE HAVE A PLUG AT THEM OURSELVES?” AND IN A MINUTE OR TWO ALL OUR GUNS FIRED ON THE COAST. WE WERE, OF COURSE, WELL WITHIN THE RANGE OF THEIR ARTILLARY. I ADMIRED THE ADMIRAL’S SPORTING SPIRIT.
10:05:59 boat firing Churchill was disappointed that the Germans did not return his fire. But he concluded:
10:06:06 WSC climbing under rope
WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL ALTOGETHER IT HAD BEEN A MOST INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE DAY.
10:06:24 bomb destruction On the same day that Churchill visited Normandy, Germany unleashed the first of many flying bomb or ‘doodle-bug’ raids on south-east England.
10:06:40 after explosion In the next three weeks, almost three thousand people were killed.
10:06:53 WSC standing in window Churchill dictated a minute to his Chiefs of Staff, demanding retaliation in the extreme.
10:07:02 WSC walking past window
WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL I SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HIT THE GERMANS IN A MURDEROUS PLACE. I MAY CERTAINLY HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT ME IN USING POISON GAS. WE COULD DRENCH CITIES IN GERMANY IN SUCH A WAY THAT MOST OF THE POPULATION WOULD BE REQUIRING CONSTANT MEDICAL ATTENTION. IT IS ABSURD TO CONSIDER MORALITY ON THIS TOPIC.
10:07:35 m/s WSC holding letter The military experts rejected Churchill’s proposal. He called them ‘psalm-singing uniformed defeatists’. But they did agree to intensify the strategic bombing of Germany.
10:07:58 bomb destruction In the final ten months of the war in Europe, the Allied bombing raids killed over two hundred thousand German civilians. Despite the suffering of British people in the Blitz, Churchill was criticised for the German slaughter.
10:08:21 WSC shaking hands with Stalin As victory in Europe seemed certain, Churchill looked warily to the future. He feared a Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. But despite his instinctive hatred of Communism, Churchill was convinced that he could influence the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, personally - as one great leader to another.
10:08:46 Stalin & WSC WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL I HAVE HAD VERY NICE TALKS WITH THE OLD BEAR. I LIKE HIM THE MORE I SEE HIM. IF ONLY I COULD DINE WITH STALIN ONCE A WEEK, THERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE AT ALL. WE GET ON LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE.
10:09:05 WSC & Stalin walking INTERVIEW: Hugh Lunghi
CAPTION: HUGH LUNGHI
CHURCHILL’S INTERPRETER CHURCHILL WAS CLEARLY TAKEN IN OR FLATTERED AND ADMIRED STALIN FOR HIS GIFTS OF LEADERSHIP. PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF HIS SENSE OF HISTORY AND MILITARY HISTORY. I THINK THIS IS ONE THING THAT REALLY CARRIED HIM TOWARDS HAVING AN ADMIRATION FOR THIS MAN, WHO CHURCHILL MUST HAVE KNOWN WAS REALLY A MONSTER.
10:09:43 WSC sitting down At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, Stalin’s power was at its height, as his Red Army advanced across Eastern Europe. Stalin pledged to uphold democracy in the countries he was liberating, but Churchill doubted the promises of ‘the Old Bear’. He left Yalta with a deep sense of foreboding.
10:10:17 track past fire WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD. THERE MUST BE HOPE. THE BRITISH RACE HAS NEVER YIELDED TO THE COUNSELS OF DESPAIR.
10:10:37 END OF PART ONE
10:12:00 PART 2
10:12:11 WSC in car On the 8th of May 1945, Winston Churchill led Britain in celebration of ‘Victory in Europe Day’.
10:12:23 crowds cheering He told the huge crowd, ‘This is your victory.’ But the people roared back, ‘No, it is yours’
10:12:36 carriage through crowds WSC ACTUALITY WITH ALL OUR LONG HISTORY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A GREATER DAY THAN THIS.
10:12:53 crowds rejoicing WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THESE TUMULTUOUS DAYS OF REJOICING I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE NATION. YET THERE WERE FEW WHOSE HEARTS WERE MORE HEAVILY BURDENED WITH ANXIETY THAN MINE.
10:13:12 WSC standing at window In private, Churchill was depressed by the Soviet threat to Europe. Just as no-one had listened to his warnings about Hitler before the war, now he felt alone in his fears of Stalin.
10:13:31 WSC in window
WSC ACTUALITY I WISH I COULD TELL YOU TONIGHT THAT ALL OUR TOILS AND TROUBLES WERE OVER. THEN INDEED I COULD END MY FIVE YEARS SERVICE HAPPILY, AND IF YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD HAD ENOUGH OF ME AND THAT I OUGHT TO BE PUT OUT TO GRASS, I ASSURE YOU I WOULD TAKE IT WITH THE BEST OF GRACE. BUT ON THE CONTRARY, I MUST WARN YOU THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT TO DO.
10:14:06 m/s WSC hand holding cigar Two weeks after VE Day, the Labour Party forced a General Election. Seventy year-old Churchill had to embark on a punishing election campaign.
10:14:18 WSC ACTUALITY THIS IS NO THE TIME TO MINCE ABOUT, TO MINCE MEASURES AND FOOL AROUND WITH WEAK GOVERNMENTS…
10:14:28 c/u WSC holding up hat The Tory campaign was based largely on Churchill’s personal popularity.
10:14:34 WSC ACTUALITY … I CAN FEEL IT IN MY BONES WE’RE GOING TO WIN.
10:14:42 crowd booing But many voters doubted that their war leader was the right man to govern in peacetime. They wanted a better life under a Labour-led welfare state.
10:14:52 WSC ACTUALITY …I DARE SAY THERE ARE SOME HERE WHO ARE AFRAID TO HEAR MY WORDS. YOU’D BETTER LISTEN, BECAUSE YOU’LL FIND IT INTERESTING. I UNDERSTAND THAT MR MORRISON…
10:15:12 WSC making speech Once again, Churchill was out of step. He symbolised the old order of class and privilege.
10:15:22 car driving past His first election broadcast was severely misjudged - a shocking reminder of his belligerent and controversial past.
10:15:32 WSC ACTUALITY
I DECLARE TO YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT NO SOCIALIST SYSTEM CAN BE ESTABLISHED WITHOUT A POLITICAL POLICE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO FALL BACK ON SOME FORM OF GESTAPO. NO DOUBT VERY HUMANELY DIRECTED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE…
10:15:53 c/u WSC
INTERVIEW: LADY SOAMES
CAPTION: MARY SOAMES
CHURCHILL’S DAUGHTER HE USED THE WORD GESTAPO, AND MY MOTHER BEGGED HIM TO TAKE THE PHRASE OUT. AND HE WOULDN’T. HE SAID AFTERWARDS YOU WERE PERFECTLY RIGHT. BUT I THINK IT WAS ALL PART OF MY FATHER ADJUSTING AGAIN TO PARTY POLITICS. I MEAN HE REALLY HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND HE DID FIND IT, I SUPPOSE TEMPORARILY HE’D LOST HIS TOUCH.
10:16:19 WSC standing in office
RADIO ANNOUCEMENT HERE IS THE STATE OF PARTIES UP TO THREE O’CLOCK IN DETAIL, CONSERVATIVES 180, LABOUR 364…
10:16:33 WSC reflection in Clemmie still Labour won by a landslide. When Clementine suggested, ‘It may well be a blessing in disguise,’ Churchill replied, ‘At the moment, it seems quite effectively disguised.’
10:16:52 Nel I/V
INTERVIEW: ELIZABETH NEL
CAPTION: ELIZABETH NEL
PERSONAL SECRETARY WE IN THE OFFICE DIDN’T ANTICIPATE AT ALL THAT HE WOULD NOT BE LEADING US STILL WHEN THE WAR ENDED. HE WAS SITTING THERE AND HE SUDDENLY SAID TO ME, ‘I WANTED, I WANTED’ AND THEN HE STOPPED, AND I KNEW WHAT HE MEANT. HE WANTED TO LEAD THE PEACE AS HE HAD LED THE WAR, BUT NOW HE COULDN’T AND I KNOW IT WAS A BITTER, BITTER HURT.
10:17:31 track round fire and whisky
INTERVIEW: PATRICK KINNA
CAPTION: PATRICK KINNA
PERSONAL SECRETARY HE SAID, WILL YOU COME IN MR KINNA”, AND HE STARTED REMINISCING, AND THEN HE BEGAN TO LOOK VERY, VERY SAD AND THERE WAS A PAUSE AND HE SAID “AND NOW THE BRITISH PEOPLE DON’T WANT ME ANYMORE”. AND TEARS WERE ROLLING DOWN HIS CHEEKS AND MINE TOO. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE SO BROKEN-HEARTED. I MEAN IT DIDN’T OCCUR TO HIM IT WOULD HAPPEN.
10:18:17 w/s Chartwell After the war, Churchill returned to Chartwell. He took comfort in his old routine – a sedate stroll around the grounds, to feed his fish and beloved black swans.
10:18:35 WSC feeding swans INTERVIEW: WINSTON CHURCHILL
CAPTION: WINSTON CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL’S GRANDSON I WAS WALKING ONE DAY, DOWN FROM THE MAIN HOUSE AND I MOVED AWAY, ABOUT FIVE YARDS FROM MY GRANDFATHER AND SNAPPED A PHOTOGRAPH. HE SUDDENLY TURNED ROUND WITH A LOOK OF FURY ON HIS FACE – HOW DARE YOU DO THAT. AND I WAS REALLY SHOCKED, I COULDN’T THINK YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAD DONE WRONG AND HE HAD NEVER BARKED AT ME BEFORE. AND THEN HE THREW HIS WALKING STICK TO THE GROUND AND TURNED AND WITH A BROAD SMILE SAID - NOW YOU MAY TAKE MY PICTURE. AND IT WAS PURE VANITY, HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH HIS WALKING STICK.
10:19:22 pan over stills At 75, Churchill’s political ambition still burned. He was bored as Leader of the Opposition, and craved a major role on the international stage. His moods fluctuated violently; his temper often directed at those he loved most.
10:19:42 still of Clemmie + WSC INTERVIEW: EVAN DAVIES
CAPTION: EVAN DAVIES
SPECIAL BRANCH PROTECTION OFFICER HE WOULD GO INTO AN ABSOLUTE THUNDEROUS MOOD AT TIMES AND HE’D HARDLY SPEAK TO ANYBODY, AND THAT HIS GIRLS WOULD SAY, ‘LOOK DON’T BOTHER HIM, HE’S GOT A BLACK DOG’, THEY USED TO SAY, AS HE CALLED IT HIMSELF. HE HAD A BLACK MOOD ON. I THINK THE MOST DISTURBING FACTOR, I AM AFRAID, WAS USUALLY WHEN RANDOLPH CAME. HE COULD NOT SEEM TO STAY AWAY FROM UPSETTING HIS FATHER. AND THE OLD BOY WOULD BE IN A BLACK MOOD FOR TWO DAYS AFTERWARDS.
10:20:23 WSC writing To escape from his black dog, Churchill threw himself into writing his ‘War Memoirs’. ‘History will be kind to me,’ he remarked, ‘for I intend to write it’.
10:20:39 push in on Chartwell desk INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS
CAPTION: JANE WILLIAMS
PERSONAL SECRETARY
HE WOULD EXPECT TO BE WORKING WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AT NIGHT. THIS WAS IN 1950 AND HE GOT TO VOLUME FOUR AND HE’D GOT TO DO FOUR, FIVE AND SIX BECAUSE HE HAD THIS PREMONITION THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULDN’T LAST AND THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD BE PRIME MINISTER AGAIN.
10:21:03 WSC walking past desk Record sales of his ‘War Memoirs’ made Churchill a millionaire, and won him a Nobel Prize for Literature. But he was criticised for over-emphasising his successes, while burying his mistakes. One Labour MP said that Churchill ‘had written a novel with himself as the chief character’.
10:21:28 ACTUALITY SOT I NOW PROPOSE THAT THE FREEDOM OF PORTSMOUTH BE GIVEN TO THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD…
10:21:40 WSC receiving freedom of Portsmouth Wherever he went, Churchill received decorations and honours. He still gloried in his fame as the great war leader.
10:21:51 WSC making victory sign INTERVIEW: EVAN DAVIES IT WAS AN ACT. HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF WHAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTED HIM TO LOOK LIKE AND DO. IF THEY EXPECTED HIM TO HOLD UP TWO FINGERS IN A SALUTE, HE WOULD HOLD UP TWO FINGERS IN A SALUTE. HE WOULD CERTAINLY SAY, MY GOD I MUST HAVE A CIGAR. YOU KNOW BECAUSE EVERY CARTOONIST DRAWS HIM WITH A CIGAR, SO HE HAS GOT TO HAVE A CIGAR. HE HAS GOT TO HAVE THE BLACK HAT. IT WAS V FOR VICTORY YOU SEE. IT WAS LIKE THAT BUT THAT’S CONSIDERED RATHER RUDE, AND SO HE ALWAYS USED TO TURN IT AROUND AND DO IT THAT WAY.
10:22:29 WSC ACTUALITY WE HAVE BUT TO CAST AWAY BY AN EFFORT OF WILL THE ENFEEBLING TENDENCIES AND FALACIES OF SOCIALISM AND FREE OURSELVES FROM SOCIALIST RULE AND NEVER SHALL WE FAIL IN EXERTION AND RESOLVE.
10:22:54 women folding flyers In 1951, Churchill fought his fourteenth General Election. He said privately, ‘I hope we may take our revenge for 1945’.
10:23:09 WSC in crowd Labour branded him a warmonger, their slogan ‘A third Labour government or a Third World War’. This only strengthened Churchill’s resolve to become peace-maker in the Cold War between East and West.
10:23:28 WSC through crowd INTERVIEW: MARY SOAMES IT WOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURRED TO MY FATHER TO STOP. I MEAN HE WOULD RATHER WIN AN ELECTION THAN LOSE AN ELECTION, HE WOULD RATHER BE PRIME MINISTER THAN NOT PRIME MINISTER. IT WOULD NEVER OCCUR TO HIM NOT TO GO ON BATTLING IN POLITICS. NEVER.
10:23:52 crowds
INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS HE WAS VERY EXCITED. I THINK HE ALWAYS FELT HE WOULD WIN. AND OF COURSE BY THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING IT WAS QUITE APPARENT THAT THE CONSERVATIVES WOULD BE THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. THE CROWDS HAD STARTED TO ASSEMBLE AND THEY WERE CALLING ‘WE WANT WINNIE’ AND THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND THAT WAS ELECTRIC.
10:24:31 ACTUALITY SOUND WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE’S ONLY ONE THING I CAN POSSIBLY SAY NOW, THREE CHEERS FOR WINSTON CHURCHILL…
10:24:42 WSC walking up to No. 10 One month short of his 77th birthday, Churchill became Prime Minister for a second time.
10:24:55 WSC outside No.10 In 1940, parliament had appointed him leader; now the people had voted for him. At last, Churchill could pursue his desire to bring peace to a troubled world. ‘This’, he said, ‘is the last prize I seek to win’.
10:25:19 END OF PART 2
10:27:00 PART 3
10:27:06 WSC ACTUALITY WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THEY PROMISED US IF THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT WERE ELECTED? WAR. ‘CHURCHILL THE WARMONGER’ WOULD PLUNGE US INTO WAR. ONLY A YEAR AGO THAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE USING. WELL IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.
10:27:33 WSC sits down In 1951, Winston Churchill was Prime Minister again. He was seventy-seven.
10:27:41 WSC by car His second premiership began rather like his first, eleven years earlier. He appointed himself Minister of Defence, and formed a cabinet of old friends and colleagues.
10:27:59 track past desk and telephones New members of the Number Ten team were greeted with suspicion.
10:28:04 track past desk + chair INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MONTAGUE BROWNE
CAPTION: ANTHONY MONTAGUE BROWNE
PRIVATE SECRETARY WHEN I FIRST MET HIM HE SAID NOTHING, POINTED TO A CHAIR BESIDE HIM AND I SAT DOWN. I DIDN’T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO SAY. SHOULD I SAY I’M VERY HONOURED AND SO ON. BUT I DIDN’T. I THOUGHT SILENCE WAS THE BEST. IT WAS A QUESTION OF WHERE ONE LOOKED. I GAZED INTO HIS EYES IN A MANLY KIND OF WAY AND HE GAZED BACK, AND SO I UNFOCUSED MY EYES, MUST HAVE GIVEN AN IMPRESSION OF MYOPIA OR DRUNKENESS. AND IN THE END, HE SAID IN A DOUBTFUL VOICE, ‘I DARESAY WE’LL GET ON VERY WELL TOGETHER’.
10:28:46 WSC ACTUALITY FROM STETTIN IN THE BALTIC TO TRIESTE IN THE ADRIATIC AN IRON CURTAIN HAS DESCENDED ACROSS THE CONTINENT…
10:28:57 WSC making speech In 1946, to an audience at Fulton, Missouri in the United States, Churchill had famously heralded the Cold War.
10:29:10 WSC taking off hat Now, he was back in power, determined to raise the ‘iron curtain’ and broker a peace summit between the two super-powers, America and the Soviet Union.
10:29:27 bedroom On the 5th March 1953, Churchill’s morning routine of breakfast and paperwork in bed was interrupted by news of the death of Stalin.
10:29:39 c/u newspaper WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL NEW MEN HAVE OBTAINED SUPREME POWER IN MOSCOW. IS THERE A NEW BREEZE BLOWING ON THE TORMENTED WORLD?
10:29:52 push in WSC’s back He immediately wrote to the new US President, his old war ally, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
10:30:01 WSC signing letter But Eisenhower rejected any meeting with the new Communist leaders. Churchill was left to brood on the horrors of the atomic bomb, ‘that bloody invention’.
10:30:21 Atomic bomb INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MONTAGUE BROWNE HE DIDN’T UNDERESTIMATE IT. HE THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY FINAL. PARTICULARLY THE NUCLEAR WEAPON, THE HYDROGEN BOMB, WHICH HE READ THE AMERICAN SECRET ACCOUNT, THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL ONE THEY DROPPED, WHICH ABSOLUTELY STRUCK HIM DUMB. ENORMOUS POWER. AND OUR ONE WHICH WAS EQUAL IN POWER.
10:30:47 bomb cloud INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS
CAPTION: JANE WILIAMS
PERSONAL SECRETARY HE SAID ‘THEY COULD WIPE OUT THE WHOLE WORLD. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO PREVENT. AND IT CAN BE DONE BY TALKING AND NEGOTIATION AND DIPLOMACY BUT NOT THROUGH WAR’.
10:31:07 WSC pacing room Churchill’s Premiership was increasingly criticised. His oratory could still rise to its old heights - one member of parliament said, ‘Out of this sickly mountain comes a volcanic flash’ - but even members of his own cabinet thought him an old man clinging to power.
10:31:30 WSC making speech WSC ACTUALITY WE ARE, UM, REBUILDING, THE, UM, PRECIOUS RESERVES…
10:31:40 speech On bad days, he was hesitant and muddled.
10:31:47 speech
WSC ACTUALITY WE HAVE RESTORED NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY… SOLVENCY. WE ARE REBUILDING… IT’S QUITE A NATURAL MISTAKE TO MAKE, THE TWO GO TOGETHER VERY WELL…
10:32:02 speech His private secretary, Jock Colville wrote:
10:32:06 c/u WSC
WITNESS: JOHN COLVILLE THE BRIGHT AND SPARKLING INTERVALS STILL COME, BUT AGE IS BEGINNING TO SHOW. THE PRIME MINISTER IS DEPRESSED AND BEWILDERED. HE SAID TO ME THIS EVENING, ‘THE ZEST IS DIMINISHED’.
10:32:33 WSC walking round office Churchill was now easily distracted from the day-to-day business of domestic politics. His eccentricity became exaggerated with age. Particular attention was paid to his menagerie of pets.
10:32:50 m/s WSC through fish tank
INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS HE ADORED ANIMALS. AND HE LOVED RUFUS HIS LITTLE POODLE, HIS LITTLE RED POODLE. AND HE USED TO SAY TO ME, ‘RUFIE NEEDS A BATH’. SO HE DID, HE HAD A POOZLE, IT WAS CALLED BECAUSE HE WAS A POODLE. ‘RUFIE HAS BEEN POOZLED’ HE USED TO SAY.
10:33:18 WSC with Rufus INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MONTAGUE BROWNE HE WAS AN APPALLING DOG. A NICE DOG BUT BREATH LIKE A FLAME-THROWER. HE HAD TROPICAL FISH, A LARGE COLLECTION, AND THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER IN A BIG TANK. AND HE USED TO SIT AND WATCH THEM FOR A WHILE BEFORE HE MOVED, BEFORE HE WENT, AND I HEARD HIM SAY TO ONE, IT WAS A BLACK GUPPY, A BLACK FISH, ‘DARLING, I DO LOVE YOU. I’D MAKE LOVE TO YOU IF I KNEW HOW.’
10:33:52 WSC with Italian PM In June 1953, Churchill welcomed the Italian Prime Minister in the garden of Number Ten. He was in buoyant mood - Eisenhower had at last agreed to meet him for defence talks in Bermuda. But at dinner later that evening, it became clear that something was very wrong.
10:34:14 WSC in garden INTERVIEW: MARY SOAMES
CAPTION: MARY SOAMES
CHURCHILL’S DAUGHTER THE COMPANY GOT UP TO LEAVE THE DINING ROOM, AND AT THAT MOMENT, MY FATHER HAD A STROKE. BUT IT WASN’T IMMEDIATELY APPARENT, EXCEPT THAT MY HUSBAND CHRISTOPHER WHO WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY FATHER IN EVERY WAY,BUT ALSO SUDDENLY REALISED THAT PAPA WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY WALKING, AND ALSO HIS SPEECH WAS BLURRED. AND THEN CHRISTOPHER GOT HOLD OF ME AND SAID ‘SOMETHING’S THE MATTER WITH YOUR FATHER, GO AND SIT WITH HIM.’ BY THIS TIME ALSO MY MOTHER HAD BEEN ALERTED, AND WE SORT OF RATHER TRIED TO PREVENT PEOPLE COMING UP. BUT THAT WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFICULT AS PEOPLE WANTED TO SAY GOODBYE TO PAPA. BUT HE JUST SAT THERE AND HE COULDN’T SPEAK. AFTER THE GUESTS HAD GONE THEY TOOK HIM UP TO BED.
10:35:20 car through country lanes Churchill was spirited away to Chartwell.
10:35:28 view through car window During the journey, his condition deteriorated.
10:35:34 view through car window Private secretary, Jock Colville was with him.
10:35:38 sunlight through trees
WITNESS: JOCK COLVILLE HE GAVE ME STRICT ORDERS NOT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT HE WAS INCAPACITATED AND TO ENSURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED TO FUNCTION AS IF HE WERE IN FULL COMMAND. IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY, INDEED UNPRECEDENTED, SITUATION.
10:35:59 back of car
INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS I WAS IN THE POLICE CAR BEHIND. I REMEMBER THE DIFFICULTY HE HAD GETTING INTO THE HOUSE, SO REALISING HOW SERIOUS IT WAS, BECAUSE HE BY THEN WAS REALLY NOT ABLE TO WALK VERY WELL. IT WAS REALLY A QUESTION OF WHETHER HE WOULD SURVIVE THE WEEKEND.
10:36:28 Chartwell terrace Jock Colville immediately summoned to Chartwell Churchill’s friends, the press barons Lords Camrose, Beaverbrook and Bracken. Together they conspired to gag the press. Not a word about the stroke was published. The British public - and parliament - were told the Prime Minister was suffering from exhaustion.
10:36:58 WSC in wheelchair During his convalescence, Churchill brooded about whether to resign. He was 78. But, typically, he set himself a challenge. If he could deliver a speech at the Tory Conference four months away, he would stay on as Prime Minister.
10:37:22 Margate In October 1953, Churchill took the conference stage in Margate to make the speech that would decide his political future.
10:37:32 WSC standing to make speech
INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS WHEN HE STOOD UP I CAN REMEMBER WE, TAKING IN A BREATH AND THINKING, AND FINGERS CROSSED, I CAN’T BEAR THIS, I CAN’T BEAR IT.
10:37:43 WSC ACTUALITY A FEW YEARS AGO NATIONALISATION WAS AMONG SOCIALISTS THE CURE ALL FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES. NOW, KEEP THIS TO YOURSELVES, THERE IS A VERY GENERAL FEELING THAT IT IS AN UTTER FLOP.
10:38:08 crowd clapping INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS HE DELIVERED IT WITHOUT FAULT. TEARS WERE POURING DOWN OUR FACE WITH RELIEF AND WITH PRIDE AT THE WAY HE PERFORMED. AND HE WAS PLEASED WITH HIMSELF TOO.
10:38:33 WSC arrives in Bermuda Back at the helm, Churchill was able at last to travel to Bermuda for the long-awaited meeting with Eisenhower. But his hopes of ending the Cold War all but died. Eisenhower still refused to consider any peace talks with the Soviets.
10:38:54 WSC getting into car Churchill realised he no longer had the personal power to influence world events. He was exhausted and suddenly appeared very old.
10:39:07 WSC walking through line up Calls for his resignation became louder. His heir apparent, Anthony Eden, was heard to cry, ‘O God, I wish the old man would go’.
10:39:17 WSC stroking goat INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN ANTHONY EDEN WAS SO EXASPERATED. AND CHURCHILL WOULD OFTEN MAKE PROMISES, ‘I’LL GO TO NEXT SPRING, I’LL GO AFTER THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR. THEN THERE’LL BE AN ELECTION. AND ‘I DON’T BELIEVE IN FAG END GOVERNMENTS. SO IT WOULDN’T BE GOOD FOR YOU ANTHONY TO TAKE OVER AT THE END OF MY GOVERNMENT.’ AND THEN I THINK THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR POSTPONEMENTS OF HIS RETIREMENT.
10:39:53 pan desk Finally, when all hope of a peace summit between America and the Soviet Union vanished, so did Churchill’s reason to remain as Prime Minister. It was time to go.
10:40:11 WSC and Clementine On the 4th of April 1955, Winston and Clementine hosted a farewell dinner at Number Ten. The following day, Churchill was driven to Buckingham Palace, where he offered his resignation.
10:40:36 END OF PART 3
10:42:00 PART 4
10:42:13 WSC walking past Chartwell window at night WITNESS: WINSTON CHURCHILL I AM GETTING MUCH OLDER NOW THE STIMULUS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND POWER HAS FALLEN FROM ME. I TOTTER ALONG IN THE SHADES OF RETIREMENT.
10:42:30 Chartwell desk By 1958, Churchill had completed his final book, ‘A History of the English Speaking Peoples’. He chose to end it before the First World War, when Britain and its Empire were still a great power.
10:42:49 Chartwell window at night
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MONTAGUE BROWNE
CAPTION: ANTHONY MONTAGUE BROWNE
PRIVATE SECRETARY
HE WAS IN A DARK MOOD. HE WAS VERY DEPRESSED. AND I TRIED TO CHEER HIM UP. I SAID, ‘HOW CAN YOU BE SO DEPRESSED WHEN YOU HAVE HAD A CAREER WHICH NOBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD CAN HAVE HAD? WARS AND ALL. YOU HAVE EMERGED TRIUMPHANT.’ AND HE SAID YES, ‘WHAT YOU SAY IS ACCURATE BUT I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ALL MY LIFE. AND I HAVE ACHIEVED A GREAT DEAL – IN THE END TO ACHIEVE NOTHING.’ HE WANTED A GREAT BRITAIN IN A PEACEFUL WORLD. DIDN’T GET EITHER. VERY SAD. HE THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING HE HAD DONE HAD BEEN IN VAIN.
10:43:40 playing cards Churchill’s mood improved in the warmth of the South of France. The villa of his friend, Max Beaverbrook, became a second home. Churchill would spend his days immersed in his favourite pursuit, painting. ‘Happy are the painters’, he said, ‘for they shall not be lonely’.
10:44:06 WSC shaking hands In September 1958, Winston and Clementine celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Monte Carlo, with their son Randolph and grand-daughter Arabella. Churchill and Randolph had long had a stormy relationship.
10:44:24 WSC, Clemmie and Randolph sitting
INTERVIEW: WINSTON CHURCHILL
CAPTION: WINSTON CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL’S GRANDSON IN THE LATTER YEARS INVARIABLY THEIR MEETINGS WOULD END UP IN ROWS. AND MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN OLD SOFTIE WHEN IT CAME TO DEALING WITH HIS SON, AND SO MUCH OF IT IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BAGGAGE THAT HE HAD FROM HIS APPALLING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS OWN FATHER.
10:44:49 WSC + women Desperate not to repeat his father’s neglect, Churchill had helped turn his son Randolph into a spoilt and bitter man.
10:44:59 Randolph on yacht Their relationship reached a low-point on one of Churchill’s many cruises aboard Aristotle Onassis’ yacht, the Christina.
10:45:09 young Winston laughing
INTERVIEW: WINSTON CHURCHILL ALL THREE GENERATIONS WERE THERE – MY FATHER, MY GRANDFATHER AND MYSELF. AFTER DINNER MY FATHER, WELL TANKED UP ON SCOTCH WHISKY WENT INTO THE ATTACK VERBALLY AGAINST HIS FATHER AND ABUSED HIM.
10:45:36 Randolph putting on glasses
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MONTAGUE-BROWNE IT WAS ALMOST TOO MUCH FOR RANDOLPH. IT SUDDENLY CAME OUT, ONE BOILING RAGE AT DINNER. HIS FATHER BEING PERFECTLY POLITE TO HIM, AND HIM GETTING ON WELL WITH EVERYBODY. ‘WHY DID YOU DO THIS AND THAT?’ AND ‘WHY WOULDN’T YOU SPEAK TO ME?’ TERRIBLE. AND ARI AND I ARRANGED FOR RANDOLPH TO LEAVE THE YACHT FROM CORFU. I TOOK HIM ON SHORE, I KEPT HIM COMPANY. HE WAS VERY SILENT AND I SAW HE WAS WEEPING. HE SAID, ‘IT’S SO DIFFICULT ANTHONY. I’VE ALWAYS LOVED THAT MAN, I CAN’T GET ON WITH HIM’.
10:46:18 Churchill in wheelchair Churchill’s health was in sharp decline. A series of strokes and a broken hip left him immobile and withdrawn. A friend said, ‘the fight has gone out of him’.
10:46:37 car arriving In 1964, he resigned from parliament.
10:46:43 WSC through car window
INTERVIEW: WINSTON CHURCHILL HE EVENTUALLY HAD TO STAND DOWN AS MP FOR WOODFORD, AND HE WAS TOLD THAT THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION WANTED TO SELECT A YOUNGER MAN. HE WAS NOT BEST PLEASED AT ALL, AND HE SAID ‘I SHALL GO DOWN AND MAKE THEM A SPEECH’. BUT OF COURSE HE WAS NO LONGER UP TO GOING DOWN AND MAKING THEM A SPEECH AND SO HIS DAYS AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WERE AT AN END AFTER SIXTY YEARS. IT WAS A MOMENT OF GREAT SADNESS FOR HIM.
10:47:35 crowds + guards On his 90th Birthday, crowds gathered outside his house in London. Ever the showman, Churchill greeted them.
10:47:54 WSC at window A month and a half later, he suffered a final stroke.
10:48:00 WSC at window INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MONTAGUE-BROWNE I WAS PLAYING BEZIQUE WITH HIM. AND HE FINISHED THE HAND, PUT THE CARDS DOWN AND THEN FELL FORWARDS. HIS FACE FELL FORWARD WITH HIS FACE ON THE CARD TABLE. AND I RANG FOR A NURSE. AND I TOOK HIS PULSE, WHICH WAS NON-EXISTENT. I COULDN’T FEEL IT AT ALL. AND THEN HE REVIVED A BIT. AND BEFORE THEY CARTED HIM OFF, BECAUSE HE COULDN’T WALK, HE SAID IN A VERY STRONG VOICE, TOOK MY HAND AGAIN AND SAID, ‘NO MORE’. AND I THINK THOSE WERE HIS LAST WORDS.
10:48:54 WSC’s coffin Churchill died on the morning of the 24th of January, 1965 – seventy years to the day after the death of his father.
10:49:09 coffin + marching guards His life had begun at the height of the British Empire; his death coincided with its demise.
10:49:19 INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MONTAGUE-BROWNE HE SAID, ‘NOW REMEMBER, I WANT LOTS OF BANDS, MILITARY BANDS AT MY FUNERAL.’ HE GOT NINE.
10:49:29 coffin ‘I am ready to meet my maker’ Churchill had said, ‘whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me, is another matter.’
10:49:43 soldiers
INTERVIEW: MARY SOAMES MY MOTHER AND I AND SARAH WERE IN THE FIRST COACH. THE CARRIAGE HAD QUITE BIG CLEAR GLASS WINDOWS, SO ONE COULD SEE VERY CLEARLY PEOPLE’S FACES. AND PEOPLE WERE JUST SO REVERENT AND RECOLLECTED AND IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. I’LL NEVER FORGET IT.
10:50:12 coffin carried into church
INTERVIEW: JANE WILLIAMS IT WAS A CEREMONY OF TRIUMPH. WE WERE GIVING THANKS FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE I THINK THERE WAS A FEELING OF STRENGTH IN THAT CONGREGATION AND PRIDE THAT WINSTON CHURCHILL HAD REPRESENTED OUR COUNTRY.
10:50:46 coffin on boat
INTERVIEW: EVAN DAVIS I STOOD TO ATTENTION AND GAVE HIM A GOOD SALUTE AS HE PASSED. I DON’T THINK THERE’S A CANVAS BIG ENOUGH TO PAINT A PICTURE OF THAT MAN. SOME OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE MUST HAVE WONDERED WHAT THE FUSS WAS, BUT THE OLDER ONES DIDN’T.
10:51:18 family boarding train INTERVIEW: WINSTON CHURCHILL THE MEMORIES I HAVE OF THAT DAY ARE OF THE OUTPOURING OF GRIEF, OF AFFECTION, AND THEN THE MOST MOVING TRAIN JOURNEY THAT I’VE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE. WE HEAD OUT THROUGH THE SOUTH OF LONDON, OUT ONTO THE GREAT WEST LINE. AND OF COURSE THE ROUTE HAD BEEN WELL PUBLICISED, AND SO EVERY LEVEL CROSSING, IN EVERY LITTLE ALLOTMENT AND GARDEN THERE WERE PEOPLE STANDING THERE. SMALL CHILDREN CLUTCHING THEIR UNION FLAGS, OLD SOLDIERS WITH THEIR MEDAL RIBBONS ON, SOME IN WHEELCHAIRS WERE GIVING A LAST SALUTE. IT WAS A REAL TEARJERKER.
10:52:24 pan Blenheim lawns Churchill was laid to rest in Bladon churchyard, next to his parents, within sight of his birthplace, Blenheim Palace.
10:52:38 Blenheim palace
WSC ACTUALITY GOODNIGHT THEN. SLEEP TO GATHER STRENGTH FOR THE MORNING. FOR THE MORNING WILL COME. BRIGHTLY WILL IT SHINE ON THE BRAVE AND TRUE, KINDLY ON ALL WHO SUFFER FOR THE CAUSE, GLORIOUS UPON THE TOMBS OF HEROES. THUS WILL SHINE THE DAWN.
10:53:09 END
Translation - Bulgarian 0
TITLE: Churchill
EPISODE: 3
STORY: H221338
LANG: BGR
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През 1955 г. Уинстън Чърчил
завършва последната си книга -
2
"История на народите,
говорещи английски език" -
3
епичен разказ за крале и битки.
4
Чърчил е участвал във войни
за славата на империята,
5
когато мощта на Британия
е в зенита при кралица Виктория.
6
"Британия влезе в 20-ти век
в хватката на война.
7
През Англо-бурската война
имаше подем на патриотизма
8
и ентусиазъм за каузата
на империята."
9
40 г. след нея Чърчил води народа
през Втората световна война.
10
"Да се бием до победа
стана единствената цел.
11
Силата на участващите народи
беше изумителна."
12
През 1944 г. съзира нова заплаха
за мощта на Британия.
13
Съюзниците СССР и САЩ
определят хода на войната.
14
През юни Антантата
прави успешен десант в Нормандия.
15
Чърчил предвижда
новия световен ред.
16
Той твърдо е решен да запази
мощта на Британия след войната
17
и своята роля
в бъдещата студена война.
18
"Пред нас се очертава нова фаза,
19
през която алиансът още веднъж
ще бъде пред изпитанието
20
да запази мира и свободата."
21
"Говори Ричард Димбълби.
Войските на Англия, Канада и САЩ,
22
които дебаркираха във Франция,
навлязоха няколко км в страната.
23
Първата фаза на атаката
в Западна Европа премина
24
не само според плана,
но невероятно добре."
25
Чърчил участва активно
в подготовката за Нормандия.
26
За ужас на всички,
желае да отпава с десантния флот.
27
Пита: "Няма ли да бъде забавно
да пристигна там преди Монти?"
28
Но кралят забранява. Чърчил
не бива да се излага на опасност.
29
Шест дни след десанта
Чърчил предприема авантюрата.
30
Качва се на борда на кораба
"Келвин" за Нормандия.
31
Наредиха ми да освободя
каютата си.
32
Не ми дадоха обяснение.
33
Възмутих се, защото свалиха
от стената снимката
34
на моя командващ офицер.
Чърчил се появи на борда.
35
При пътуването към Нормандия
каналът беше пълен с кораби.
36
Имахме флаг, който сигнализираше,
че Чърчил е на борда.
37
Приличаше на авантюра
в стил "Чърчил".
38
Той беше много развълнуван.
39
"Прекосих канала без инцидент.
40
Монтгомъри, усмихнат и уверен,
ме посрещна на брега.
41
Армията му вече беше навлязла
12-14 км навътре в сушата.
42
Обядвахме в палатка
с изглед към неприятеля."
43
След обяда Чърчил се връща
на "Келвин", за да се прибере.
44
Но когато чува, че английските
кораби още стрелят, не устоява.
45
Попитах: "Щом сме толкова близо,
не трябва ли да ги нападнем?"
46
След 1-2 мин всички наши оръдия
обстрелваха брега.
47
Бяхме в обсега на артилерията им.
48
Възхитих се от спортния дух
на адмирала."
49
Чърчил е изненадан, че германците
не отвръщат на огъня.
50
Но заключава:
51
"Въпреки това битката
беше интересна и забавна."
52
Същия ден
Чърчил посещава Нормандия.
53
Германия пуска летяща бомба
над Югоизточна Англия.
54
През следващите 3 седмици
са убити почти 3000 души.
55
Чърчил диктува паметна бележка,
настоява за възмездие.
56
"Трябва да бъда готов на всичко,
което да порази германците.
57
Ще ви помоля да ме подкрепите
да използвам отровен газ.
58
Можем да задимим
градовете им така,
59
че повечето хора да се нуждаят
от постоянна медицинска помощ.
60
Абсурдно е да се мисли за морал
по този въпрос."
61
Военните експерти отхвърлят
предложението на Чърчил.
62
Той ги нарича "пораженци
в униформи, пеещи псалми".
63
Началник-щабовете се съгласяват
бомбардировките да се засилят.
64
През последните 10 месеца
от войната в Европа
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от бомбардировки загиват
над 200 000 цивилни германци.
66
Въпреки страданията
на англичаните в блиц войната,
67
Чърчил е критикуван
за масовото убийство на германци.
68
Победата изглежда сигурна.
Чърчил се тревожи за бъдещето.
69
Страхува се Източна Европа
да не изпадне под контрол на СССР.
70
Въпреки вродената му омраза
към комунизма,
71
той е убеден, че може да повлияе
лично на Сталин,
72
като един велик водач на друг.
73
"Много добре си поговорихме
със Стария мечок.
74
Колкото повече се срещам с него,
толкова повече ми харесва.
75
Ако обядвах със Сталин веднъж
седмично, нямаше да има проблем.
76
Разбираме се бързо и лесно."
77
Чърчил очевидно беше заблуден
или поласкан.
78
Той се възхищаваше от таланта
на Сталин като ръководител.
79
На чувството му за история,
особено на военната.
80
Струва ми се,
че това го предразположи
81
да се възхищава от човека,
82
за когото Чърчил би трябвало
да знае, че е бил чудовище.
83
На конференцията в Ялта
през февруари 1945 г. властта му
84
е в зенита си. Червената армия
настъпва в Европа.
85
Обещава да поддържа демокрацията
в страните, които освобождава.
86
Но Чърчил се съмнява в обещанията
на "Стария мечок".
87
Заминава от Ялта
с лошо предчувствие.
88
"Никой не може да гарантира
бъдещето на света.
89
Трябва да има надежда.
90
Британците никога не са се
поддавали на отчаянието.
91
На 8 май 1945 г.
92
Уинстън Чърчил води
честванията за Деня на победата.
93
Казва на огромноно множество:
"Тази победа е ваша."
94
Но хората му отвръщат:
"Не, ваша е".
95
През цялата ни дълга история
96
не сме имали по-велик ден
от днешния.
97
"В тези дни на буйна радост
98
ме помолиха да говоря
пред народа.
99
Но малко хора
бяха по-разтревожени от мен.
100
Чърчил е притеснен
от съветската заплаха за Европа.
101
Както никой не бе слушал
предупрежденията му за Хитлер,
102
сега има чувството,
че само той се страхува от Сталин.
103
"Искаше ми се да ви кажа,
че мъките ни са приключили.
104
И щастливо да свърша петте си
години служба за държавата.
105
Ако решите, че съм ви омръзнал
106
и трябва да бъда отстранен,
ще го приема с готовност.
107
Но трябва да ви предупредя,
че има още много работа."
108
Двe седмици след победата
Либералната партия налага избори.
109
70-годишният Чърчил трябва
да започне тежка кампания.
110
Не е време да се церемоним,
да смекчаваме мерките
111
и да се мотаем
със слаби правителства.
112
Кампанията на торите се основава
на личната популярност на Чърчил.
113
Напълно съм уверен,
че ще спечелим.
114
Много избиратели се съмняват,
че е подходящ за целта.
115
Те искат по-добър живот в държава,
ръководена от лейбъристите.
116
Ще кажа, че някои тук се страхуват
да чуят думите ми.
117
По-добре слушайте,
защото ще ви бъде интересно.
118
Разбирам, че г-н Морисън има...
119
Чърчил отново
не е в крак с времето.
120
Той символизира
стария порядък и привилегии.
121
Първото му радиопредаване
за изборите е преценено погрешно
122
като шокиращо напомняне
за противоречивото му минало.
123
"Заявявам ви най-искрено,
124
че няма социалистическа система
без политическа полиция.
125
Те трябва да се ориентират
към някаква форма на Гестапо.
126
Несъмнено, първоначално
ръководено хуманно."
127
Използва думата "Гестапо".
128
Мама го помоли да махне
това изречение.
129
Той не пожела. Но после й каза,
че е била напълно права.
130
Явно е било е приспособяване
на татко към партийната политика.
131
Не беше мислил по въпроса
и установи,
132
че временно бе загубил
способността да се ориентира.
133
Ето резултатите за партиите
до 3 ч.
134
Консерватори - 180.
135
Лейбъристи - 364...
136
Лейбъристите печелят
съкрушителна изборна победа.
137
Когато Клементин казва:
"Може да е добро под маска",
138
Чърчил отговаря: "В момента
изглежда успешно маскирано."
139
В кабинета изобщо не очаквахме
140
той да не ни ръководи
и след войната.
141
Седеше там и изведнъж ми каза:
142
"Исках... Исках..." После спря.
Знаех какво имаше предвид.
143
Да ръководи в мирно време така,
както през войната.
144
Но сега не можеше.
Изпитваше горчива болка.
145
Попита ме:
"Ще дойдеш ли у г-н Кина?"
146
И се отдаде на спомени.
147
Изведнъж придоби много тъжен вид.
148
И замълча.
149
Каза:
"Англичаните вече не ме искат."
150
Сълзи се стъчаха по бузите му.
И по моите.
151
Никога не съм виждал
толкова съкрушен човек.
152
Не можеше да проумее,
че се беше случило такова нещо.
153
След войната
Чърчил се връща в Чартуел.
154
Утешава се с познатата програма -
разходка,
155
за да храни рибките
и любимите си черни лебеди.
156
"Един ден се разхождах
надолу от къщата.
157
Отделих се на около 5 м от дядо
158
и му направих снимка.
159
Изведнъж той се обърна ядосан:
"Как смееш да ме снимаш?"
160
Бях изумен.
161
Не знаех какво лошо бях направил.
Никога не ми беше крещял.
162
После хвърли бастуна на земята,
163
обърна се и ми каза с усмивка:
"Сега можеш да ме снимаш".
164
Беше от чиста суета. Не искаше
да бъде сниман с бастун."
165
На 75 г. Чърчил все още изпитва
силна амбиция към политиката.
166
Мечтае за важна роля
на международната сцена.
167
Често ядът му е насочен
към любимите му хора.
168
Понякога изпадаше
в ужасно настроение.
169
Почти с никого не разговаряше.
170
Дъщерите му казваха: "Обзет
е от "черното куче", оставете го.
171
Той наричаше така
мрачното си настроение.
172
Обикновено най-тревожно ставаше,
когато идваше Рандолф.
173
Той не можеше
да не ядосва баща си.
174
После 2 дни старецът беше в унил.
175
За да избяга от "черното си куче",
Чърчил пише мемоари за войната.
176
"Историята ще бъде добра към мен,
защото аз ще я опиша."
177
Надява се да работи нощем,
без прекъсване.
178
През 1950 г. стигна до 4-ти том.
Оставаха му 4-ти, 5-ти и 6-ти,
179
защото имаше предчувствие,
че правителството ще падне
180
и един ден той отново ще стане
мин.-председател.
181
Рекордните продажби на мемоарите
го правят милионер
182
и му донасят Нобелова награда
за литература.
183
Критикуват го, че подчертава
успехите и скрива грешките си.
184
Депутат-лейбърист казва,
че се е описал като главен герой.
185
Предлагам наградата
"Свободата на Портсмът"
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да бъде връчена
на най-великия мъж на света.
187
Където и да отиде, Чърчил
получава награди и почести.
188
Той все още е с ореола
на голям военен ръководител.
189
Беше позьорство.
190
Знаеше какво очакват от него
и го правеше.
191
Ако очакваха да вдигне 2 пръста
за поздрав, вдигаше ги.
192
Палеше пура, защото по комиксите
го рисуваха така.
193
Трябваше да бъде
с черно бомбе.
194
"В" означаваше победа.
195
Ето как беше,
но се смяташе за грубо.
196
Затова той винаги го правеше
ето така.
197
Не ни остава друго освен
да проявим воля да отхвърлим
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обезсилващите тенденции
и заблуди на социализма,
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да се освободим
от социалистическите норми
200
и волята и решимостта ни
никога няма да се изчерпят.
201
През 1951 г. Чърчил участва
за 14-ти път в общи избори.
202
Споделя: "Надявам се
да отмъстим за 1945 г."
203
Лейбъристите му слагат етикета
"войнолюбец".
204
"Трето лейбъристко правителство
или Трета световна война!"
205
Това засилва куража му да стане
миротворец в студената война.
206
На татко не му минаваше през ума
да се спре.
207
Предпочиташе да спечели избори,
отколкото да ги загуби.
208
Да бъде мин.-председател,
отколкото да не бъде.
209
Но не и да се откаже
от политическата борба. Никога.
210
Беше много развълнуван.
211
Винаги имаше чувството,
че ще спечели.
212
В ранните утринни часове
беше очевидно,
213
че следващото правителство
ше бъде на консерваторите.
214
Тълпите се събираха и викаха:
"Искаме Уини!"
215
Беше чудесно, вълнуващо.
216
Дами и господа,
три пъти "ура" за Чърчил!
217
Месец преди 77-ия си рожден ден
отново става мин.-председател.
218
През 1940 г. е избран
от Парламента, сега - от народа.
219
Най-после може да осъществи
желанието си за мир в света.
220
Той казва: "Това е последната
награда, която искам да спечеля."
221
Какво обещаха, ако бъде избрано
консервативно правителство?
222
Война. "Чърчил войнолюбецът"
ще ни въвлече във война."
223
Само преди година
говореха така.
224
Все още не се е случило.
225
През 1951 г. Чърчил отново
е мин.-председател. Той е на 77 г.
226
Вторият му мандат започва
както първия преди 11 г.
227
Той се назначава за министър
на отбраната
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и създава кабинет
от стари приятели и колеги.
229
Новите членове в екипа
бяха посрещнати с подозрение.
230
Когато се видяхме за първи път,
не продума. Посочи стол, седнах.
231
Не знаех дали да кажа,
че за мен е голяма чест...
232
Но реших,
че ще бъде най-добре да мълча.
233
Въпросът беше кой къде гледаше.
234
Гледах го смело в очите,
той отвърна на погледа ми.
235
После разфокусирах погледа си.
Сигурно съм имал вид на късоглед.
236
Накрая каза колебливо:
"Май ще се разбираме много добре."
237
От Шчечин на Балтика
до Триест на Адриатика
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се спусна желязна завеса
през континента...
239
През 1946 г. пред аудитория
във Фултън, щата Мисури в САЩ,
240
Чърчил възвестява
прословутата "студена война".
241
Отново на власт, той е решен
да вигне "желязната завеса"
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и да посредничи за среща на върха
между двете свръхсили САЩ и СССР.
243
На 5 март 1953 г.
сутрешният ритуал на Чърчил
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е прекъснат от новината
за смъртта на Сталин.
245
Нови хора идват на власт в Москва.
246
Друг вятър ли повява
над измъчения свят?
247
Веднага пише на Айзенхауер,
новия президент на САЩ.
248
Но Айзенхауер е против среща
с комунистическите ръководители.
249
Чърчил е обзет от черни мисли
за ужасите от атомната бомба.
250
Не подценяваше оръжието.
Смяташе, че е фатално.
251
Особено ядреното -
водородната бомба,
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за която чете в секретен доклад
на САЩ.
253
Остана изумен след хвърлянето
на експерименталната бомба.
254
Беше с огромна мощ.
Нашата също беше толкова мощна.
255
Каза:
"Може да унищожат целия свят.
256
Точно това
трябва да предотвратим.
257
Ще го постигнем с преговори
и с дипломация, не с война."
258
Премиерството му все по-често
е подложено на критики.
259
Ораторското му изкуство стига
предишните висоти. Депутат казва:
260
"От тази болнава планина
излиза блясък на вулкан."
261
Дори членове на кабинета смятат,
че се е вкопчил във властта.
262
Ние... Ние изграждаме отново...
263
... ценните резерви...
264
През лошите си дни
е колеблив и объркан.
265
Възстановихме суверенитета...
Платежоспособността.
266
Изграждаме отново...
267
Грешката е естествена.
Двете неща се съгласуват добре.
268
Личният му секретар
Джок Колвил пише:
269
"Настъпват бляскави интервали,
но възрастта започва да личи.
270
Мин.-председателят е потиснат
и смутен.
271
Тази вечер призна пред мен:
"Енергията намаля".
272
Чърчил лесно се разсейва
от вътрешната политика.
273
С възрастта става
все по-ексцентричен.
274
Особено внимание обръща
на менажерията с любими животни.
275
Той обожаваше животните.
276
Обичаше червеното си пуделче
Руфус.
277
Казваше ми:
"Руфи трябва да бъде изкъпан."
278
Беше станал "пу-пу",
защото беше пудел.
279
"Руфи е "пу-пу",
казваше той.
280
Ужасно куче. Беше хубаво,
но се мяташе като огнехвъргачка.
281
Той имаше голяма колекция
от тропически рибки.
282
Бяха в голям аквариум.
283
Чърчил сядаше
и ги гледаше известно време.
284
Чух,
че казва на едно черно гупи:
285
"Скъпа, обичам те.
Бих те любил, ако знаех как."
286
През юни 1953 г. Чърчил приема
италианския мин.-председател.
287
Той е в приповдигнато настроение.
288
Айзенхауер се е съгласил на среща
за разговори за отбраната.
289
Но по-късно вечерта става ясно,
че нещо никак не е наред.
290
Всички станаха,
за да излязат от трапезарията.
291
Тогава татко получи инсулт.
292
Не пролича веднага.
293
Изведнъж съпругът ми Кристофър,
294
който беше много близък с него,
забеляза,
295
че татко върви трудно
и речта му е завалена.
296
Кристофър ми каза: "Нещо става
с баща ти, отиди при него."
297
Тогава предупредиха мама.
298
Опитахме се да не допуснем
да дойдат хора при него.
299
Беше трудно, защото гостите
искаха да се сбогуват.
300
Той седеше,
не можеше да говори.
301
След като гостите си отидоха,
бе сложен в леглото.
302
Чърчил е закаран тайно в Чартуел.
303
По време на пътуването
състоянието му се влошава.
304
Придружава го
личният му секретар Джок Колвил.
305
Даде ми строги указания
никой да не разбере, че е зле
306
и да се погрижа администрацията
да работи нормално.
307
Положението беше изключително,
безпрецедентно.
308
Пътувах в полицейската кола
отзад.
309
Спомням си колко трудно
влезе в къщата.
310
Разбрах,
че положението е много сериозно,
311
защото той вече не можеше
да върви добре.
312
Беше под въпрос
дали ще оцелее през уикенда.
313
Колвил веднага събира в Чартуел
приятелите на Чърчил -
314
вестникарски магнати, лордовете
Камроуз, Бивърбрук и Бракън.
315
Те се уговарят да заблудят
журналистите.
316
Не е публикувана нито дума
за инсулта.
317
Обявено е, че мин.-председателят
страда от изтощение.
318
Чърчил обмисля дали да подаде
оставка. Той е на 78 г.
319
Но в типично свой стил
си поставя предизвикателство.
320
Ако произнесе реч на конференция
на торите, ще остане на поста.
321
През октомври 1953 г. Чърчил
излиза на подиума в Маргейт
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за речта, която ще реши
бъдещето му на политик.
323
Когато се изправи,
324
поех дъх и мислех, със стиснати
палци, че не мога да понеса това.
325
Преди години според социалистите
национализацията
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трябваше да излекува социалните
и икономическите трудности.
327
Сега, само за ваша информация...
328
Съществува всеобщо усещане,
че това е пълен провал.
329
Произнесе речта без грешка.
330
По лицата ни се стичаха сълзи
от облекчение и гордост,
331
че се представи толкова добре.
332
Той също беше доволен
от себе си.
333
Най-после Чърчил е в състояние
да пътува до Бермудските острови.
334
Но надеждите му да приключи
студената война угасват.
335
Айзенхауер отказва да обсъждат
мирни преговори с руснаците.
336
Чърчил съзнава, че не може да влияе
върху световните събития.
337
Той е изтощен,
изведнъж сякаш се състарява.
338
Все по-силно се чуват призиви
за оставка.
339
Прекият му наследник е чут
да вика: "Старецът да си отиде."
340
Понякога Антъни Идън
силно се разгневяваше.
341
Често Чърчил даваше обещания.
342
"Ще си отида пролетта...
Нека да приемем новия бюджет...
343
После ще има избори. Не вярвам
на правителства с безславен край.
344
Няма да е добре той да поеме поста
в края на моето правителство."
345
Три-четири пъти отложи
оттеглянето си.
346
Изчезва надеждата за среща
на върха между САЩ и СССР,
347
а с нея и причината Чърчил
да остане мин.-председател.
348
На 4.04.1955 г. Чърчил и Клементин
дават прощална вечеря.
349
На другия ден подава оставка
в Бъкингамския дворец.
350
Много повече остарявам...
351
Напуснаха ме стимулите
на отговорността и властта.
352
Вървя несигурно
в сянката на оставката."
353
През 1958 г. е завършил "История
на англоговорещите народи".
354
Приключва разказа преди края
на Първата световна война,
355
когато Британия и империята
са велика сила.
356
Беше в мрачно настроение.
Опитах се да го ободря с думите,
357
че никой на света не имал
такава кариера.
358
Той е водил е войни,
от които е излизал победител.
359
Отговори: "Това, което казваш,
е точно така.
360
Но аз съм се трудил цял живот.
361
Постигнах много,
което нарая се оказа нищо."
362
Сремеше се към Велика Британия
в мирен свят. Не успя.
363
Много тъжно.
364
Мислеше, че всичко,
което е направил, е било напразно.
365
Настроението му се подобрява
в топлия климат на Южна Франция.
366
Вилата на приятеля му Бивърбрук
се превръща в негов втори дом.
367
Цял ден е погълнат от рисуване,
любимото му занимание.
368
Казва: "Художниците са щастливи,
защото няма да бъдат самотни."
369
През 1958 г. Уинстън и Клементин
празнуват златна сватба
370
със сина си Рандолф
и внучката Арабела.
371
Чърчил и Рандолф отдавна
са в напрегнати отношения.
372
През последните години
срещите им завършваха с кавги.
373
Дядо беше мекушав
по отношение на сина си.
374
Това до голяма степен се дължеше
на натрупванията
375
от ужасните отношения
с баща му.
376
Опасявайки се да не прояви
пренебрежение като баща си,
377
Чърчил допринася синът му
да стане глезен и непоносим мъж.
378
Отношенията им се влошават
най-много на един круиз
379
с яхтата "Кристина"
на Аристотел Онасис.
380
Бяхме три поколения -
баща ми, дядо ми и аз.
381
След вечеря, баща ми,
добре пийнал уиски,
382
започна да напада с упреци
баща си
383
и да го обижда.
384
Рандолф пи много. Изведнъж
на вечерята избухна в ярост.
385
Баща му беше изключително
любезен към него.
386
Питаше го защо не е направил
нещо, защо не му говори... Ужасно.
387
После с Ари уредихме Рандолф
да слезе от яхтата на о-в Корфу.
388
Свалих го на брега. Той мълчеше.
Забелязах, че плачеше.
389
Сподели: "Винаги съм го обичал,
не мога да се разбирам с него".
390
Здравето на Чърчил
рязко се влошава.
391
Няколко поредни инсулта
и счупено бедро го обездвижват.
392
Негов приятел казва:
"Борбата го напусна."
393
През 1964 г. той се оттегля
от Парламента.
394
Трябваше да се кандидатира
за депутат от Удфорд,
395
но му казаха,
че местната организация
396
предпочита да избере
по-млад човек.
397
Никак не му стана приятно.
398
Каза:
"Ще отида и ще им дръпна една реч."
399
Но, разбира се, вече не беше
в състояние да произнася речи.
400
Така кариерата му на депутат
401
завърши след 60 години.
402
Моментът беше
изключително тъжен за него.
403
На 90-тия му рожден ден
пред дома му се събират хора.
404
Чърчил, неизменният шоумен,
ги поздравява.
405
След месец и половина
получава последен инсулт.
406
Играехме на карти.
Той свърши ръката, остави картите
407
и падна с лице напред
върху масата.
408
Позвъних за медицинска сестра.
Опитах се да премеря пулса му,
409
но изобщо не го усещах.
После малко дойде на себе си.
410
Преди да го извозят с количката,
защото не можеше да върви,
411
пое ръката ми и каза:
"Стига толкова".
412
Струва ми се,
че това бяха последните му думи.
413
Чърчил умира сутринта
на 24 януари 1965 г.,
414
70 г. след смъртта на баща си.
415
Животът му започва
в зенита на Британската империя.
416
Смъртта му съвпада
с нейната смърт.
417
Каза: "На погребението си искам
много военни оркестри." Имаше 9.
418
Чърчил бе заявил: "Готов съм
да се срещна с Твореца си.
419
Друг е въпросът дали Творецът
е готов за това изпитание."
420
С мама и Сара се качихме
в първата карета.
421
Тя беше с големи прозорци.
422
Ясно се виждаха лицата на хората.
423
Всички бяха изпълнени с почит.
Никога няма да забравя това.
424
Беше церемония на триумфа.
425
Поднасяхме благодарността си
за един изключителен живот.
426
В конгрегацията имаше усещане
за сила...
427
И гордост, че ние...
428
Че Уинстън Чърчил
бе представял нашата страна.
429
Стоях на пост. Когато минаваше
покрай нас, произведох салют.
430
Няма достатъчно голямо платно
за портрета на този мъж.
431
Младите хора сигурно са се чудили
на суматохата, но не и старите.
432
Спомените, които имам от този ден
на бликаща мъка, на обич...
433
После беше най-вълнуващото
пътуване с влак през живота ми.
434
Излязохме от Южен Лондон
по Голямата западна железница.
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Разбира се,
маршрутът беше добре огласен.
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На всеки прелез,
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на всяко място и градинка
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стояха хора.
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Дечица стискаха знаменца
на Обединеното кралство,
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стари войници бяха сложили
лентите си с ордени...
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Някои - в инвалидни колички...
Отдаваха последен поздрав.
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Беше изключително трогателно.
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Чърчил е положен до родителите си
в двора на черквата в Блейдън,
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с изглед към родното му място -
замъка Бленъм.
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"Лека нощ.
Спете, за да имате сили сутринта.
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Защото утрото ще настъпи.
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То ще грее ярко
над храбрите и преданите,
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нежно - над всички,
които страдат за каузата,
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славно -
над гробовете на героите.
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Така ще грее зората."
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Екатерина Георгиева
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Years of experience: 36. Registered at ProZ.com: Aug 2004.
Translation of feature and documentary films for subtitling and dubbing for TV, translation of fiction books, articles in history, geography,tourism and arts for different magazines.
Keywords: subtitling, dubbing
feature films, documentary films
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