Mr Churchill’s Boston Oration

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1035A
Date Released
7 Apr 1949
Date submitted
5 Apr 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Churchill Addresses Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DESCRIPTION: 14,000 people in the Boston Garden hear Mr Churchill address the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS audience seated. Churchill enters, audience arise & applaud. Churchill mounts rostrum. Cut-in cameraman. MS & SCU Churchill addressing 14,000 audience, on the future also speaks on Communism & finishes on the atom bomb. Cut-in audience listening & applauding.
Researcher Comments
ROUGH SPEECH: He has had no university education but has picked up a few things along the way etc. Expresses Europe’s thanks to America. Slates Russia and all its stands for. Glad US has the A bomb. Don’t underestimate Britain. United we stand, together we go forward fearing God and nothing else etc.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Boston
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
51752
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
359
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Mr Churchill’s Boston Oration', British Movietone News Issue No. 1035A, 7 Apr 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15670 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)