Churchill The Man - Commonwealth Version - Reel 4 (1950-1959)

Reel 4. 01:50:26 C/U of Winston Churchill making a speech into radio microphone. He announces when hostilities will end. Pan of huge crowd of people gathered (in Trafalgar Square?) Crowd cheer and wave. (Possibly chanting - “We want Winnie...“) Churchill on Buckingham Palace balcony with the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) and Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II). 01:51:20 Far East - troops in Burma. Troops march with carts of supplies drawn by water buffalo. British Servicemen - young soldier by a washing line is given a letter. Shirt less soldiers vote in a makeshift voting booth. Polling Station. Soldiers and civilians enter polling booths. A policeman places ballot box on the table. Crowds outside at night as the results come in. Churchill leaves 10 Downing St. 01:52:08 L/S of Winston Churchill painting a landscape under a parasol. Churchill at London Zoo holding out a piece of meat on a stick for his own lion who grabs it through the bar
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