Speech by Winston Churchill. ".. We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing.." Crowds outside Buckingham Palace singing God Save the King and chanting we want the King. Shots of crowds in Trafalgar Square and Picadilly. Winson Churchill looking from balcony in Whitehall. Shots of Royal family with Churchill from Palace Balcony. Shots of people partying into the night.

Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Josef Stalin seated together on bench at Yalta

General Election in UK: Clement Attlee walking; Winston Churchill; cheering crowds in Trafalgar Square; Churchill after victory with wife

Lord Moran announces to press that Sir Winston Churchill has suffered a cerebral thrombosis.

Winston Churchill lying in State as people file past.

Queues from Lambeth Bridge to see Winston Churchill.Disabled men and women visit.

Ex-President Eisenhower arrives for Winston Churchill's funeral.

Sir Winston Churchill's funeral- extract only:Coffin's journey from St.Paul's Cathedral to Waterloo station.Shots of grave at Bladon and queues.

Winston Churchill, UK prime minister: with George VI and cabinet; Churchill speech: '...the hammers and lathes of the United States signal the arising hum of their message of encouragement and their promise of ever growing aid ...' and '...we shall not flinch from the supreme trial. Lift up your hearts, all will come right. Out of the depths of sorrow and of sacrifice will be born again the glory of mankind...'

Winston Churchill, UK prime minister: Tribute to Civil Defence: '...having been defeated on his (Hitler) invasion plans by the Royal Air Force...' and '...we ask no favours of the enemy, we seek from them no compunction, on the contrary, if tonight the people of London were asked to cast their votes as to whether convention should be entered into to stop the bombing of all cities, an overwhelming majority would cry. no, we will mete out to the Germans the measure - and more than the measure - that have meted out to us...' and 'you do your worst, we will do our best..' and '...that province of Germany, which used to be called Italy...'

Winston Churchill, UK prime minister: 1943 speech: 'in 1941, I gave a solemn warning to the Japanese Government that if they went to war with the United States, we should immediately declare war on them. Well, there's nothing wrong with that...'

Winston Churchill, UK prime minister: : Victory speech: 'Yesterday morning...signed the act of unconditional surrender...' and '...hostilities will end officiallly at one minute past midnight...' and '...we may allow ourselves a small period of rejoicing...tomorrow is Victory in Europe day' and 'Advance Britannia. Long Live the cause of freedom...'

Winston Churchill MP:: Iron Curtain speech in US: (sound and vision is very bad, sadly): '...from Stettin....to Trieste...an iron curtain has descended'

Newsreel compilation of material on the retirement of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek: Shows chinese landcape and peasants at work in fields. Tomb of Sun Yat Sen. Chiang giving speech. Chinese armies in trenches firing cannons. Planes dropping bombs and exploding. Chinese fleeing with belongings. Chiang and wife with Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Rows of armaments. Communist armies firing from trenches. Packed Chinese street, people moving belongings in rickshaws. Crowds with hands outstetched for food.

Irish Peace Treaty (1921): 'The Dawn of a Brighter Day in Irish History': HM The King (George V) holds a Privy Council - photographed at Buckingham Palace with his ministers on the occasion of the signing of the Irish Peace Treaty (including David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill).

Atlee and Churchill -1945: PM Winston Churchill says goodbye to his wartime coalition cabinet. Shows deputy PM Clement Atlee walk down Downing St. garden steps with Churchill followed by Ernest Bevin and Anthony Eden for photocall.

Wrecked German tanks and transport. Shots of graves with german helmets on top; UK troops in desert; tanks unloaded from ships; convoy in Western Desert; airview convoy; more unloading; German officers; bombs dropped; guns fired by ship at sea; UK submarine interiors; German troops in desert; German artillery; German planes in flight; German plane attack; British response; Winston Churchill amongst troops; UK tanks in desert; dogfights; plane hits ground; UK planes; more artillery; Red Cross area; dead bodies; German prisoners; Montgomery with binoculars; more artillery and wreckage; massed troops walking; tanks in desert convoy

London: Middlesex Hospital: Sir Winston Churchill is recovering from broken thigh after fall in Monte Carlo: ambulance arrives: Sir Winston out on stretcher: waves as into hospital.

London: Middlesex Hospital: Sir Winston Churchill leaves: Sir Winston carried down steps in wheelchair and into ambulance as smokes cigar and waves: ambulance surrounded by crowds: away through crowd: Hyde Park Gate: crowds outside Sir Winston's home: applause as ambulance arrives: Sir Winston carried out of ambulance.

England: Harrow: Sir Winston Churchill visits his old school: Sir Winston with Lady Sarah along and into school: along inside past Harrow boys: out onto balcony with Lady Sarah and waves to boys below.

Paris: Ground of the Hotel Matignon: Sir Winston Churchill in Paris to receive the Cross of the Liberation: Sir Winston Churchill and General De Gaulle arrive by car: both along as band play: they inspect troops: Citation then De Gaulle presents medal (camera's view is blocked by pillar): into reception: Sir Winston and Gen De Gaulle sit together.