Churchill: The Nation's Farewell
- Movies
- 2015-01-28
- EN
- Released
- 0h 59m
- GB
- Documentary - History
Production
Blakeway Productions, BBC
Storyline
On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of the send-off which Britain gave to the man who led the country to victory in the Second World War. More than a million people came to line the streets of London on the freezing day in late January to pay their respects as his coffin was taken from the lying-in-state at Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral. Millions more watched the state funeral on television. Churchill was the only commoner in the twentieth century to receive the honour of such a magnificent ceremony.
