Winston Churchill

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Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s Prime Minister during the Second World War, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1953. The video shows scenes from his working life: Churchill speaking in Manchester, 1938; Churchill and party touring bombed buildings in London, 1940; Churchill in sun helmet in North Africa; Churchill landing in Normandy 1944, greeted by Montgomery; and Churchill walking in the garden, Chartwell, Kent.

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MLA style: Winston Churchill – Documentary. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. Sun. 16 Dec 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1953/churchill/documentary/>

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