Mr Churchill In Moscow (1942)

Titles read: “MR CHURCHILL IN MOSCOW - FIRST PICTURES OF THE PREMIER’S HISTORIC VISIT TO THE KREMLIN “. Moscow, Russia (17/08/1942). Several shots of the Liberator Commando carrying Prime Minister Winston Churchill arriving in Moscow. Churchill leaves the plane and is greeted by Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian Foreign Minister. Averell Harriman is in Churchill’s party as US representative; Sir Alexander Cadougan and others also present. M/S of the American crew of the Liberator. M/S Guard of Honour. (Few very brief sections of spacing / missing footage.) Molotov, Harriman and Churchill stand together while the three national anthems are played. Good C/U of Churchill looking straight into the camera with his hat off during Russian anthem. M/S of Churchill as he takes the microphone and starts to speak (Russian subtitles over his speech). He talks of continuing hand in hand, whatever our sufferings and toils, like comrades and brothers until every vestige of the Nazi re
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