Darkest Hour | Churchill's Rousing Speech

[@aaronjerome1409]

"You cannot negotiate with a tiger while your head is in its mouth" - Sir Winston Churchill NO SURRENDER 🙏🏻👌🏻🇬🇧

[@Prsheri]

Minute Churchill dropped Mosley's name, that one PM looked ready to swim his way back to Dunkirk with a knife between his teeth.

[@MisterHowzat]

"Minute Churchill"?!? 🤔

[@ShaggyRogers1]

Just a pedantic correction, but the acronym would be MP. PM is Prime Minister, MP is member of Parliament. Churchill would have been the first to volunteer for the draft if he was in fighting shape lol.

[@Bernd-f5s]

From a german guy I am glad and deeply thankful that we had Sir Winston Churchill in one of the most desperate and dangerous moments in history. He stood up not only for the people of Great Britain but for all people in Europe who wanted to live in freedom and not in facism under a dictator who was the scum of mankind. He was firm and determined to save democracy, to preserve freedom, to protect his people, defend his country and fight against tyranny. In doing so he opened a new chapter for Germany and Europe together with President Roosevelt. He was a giant in history. I wish that we all remember his courage and follow his example.😊❤🎉🇬🇧

[@tommyl3207]

Good man.

[@davidsymonds7730]

One man, Mr. Winston Churchill, when all seemed lost in 1940, stood tall, didn’t give in or give up. He rallied the British people and those of the Empire and its commonwealth to resist the tyranny of Nazi Germany. If not for Winston Churchill and his iron will the war would have most probably taken a very different turn, and the result would have been terrible.

[@Billpeterson4785]

Apparently you haven’t been to Europe lately…

[@Pittip2]

@@Billpeterson4785 he wrote WOULD have been terrible.

[@jimreilly917]

This never happened. But someone once said of Churchill that he marshaled the English language, and sent it into battle. His actual speech to Commons…blood sweat and tears. His speech after Dunkirk…we shall fight on the beaches. His speech after the Battle of Britain, praising the utter courage and devotion and determination of the RAF…never has so much been owed by so many to so few. It’s been 80 years. I’m a Yank. I still get chills when listening to those speeches.🇺🇸🦅🇬🇧

[@MarioStahl1983]

I know what you mean. This exact speech never occured. However there were instances compareable to this scene in which Churchill indeed gave spontaneous short statements infront his parliamentary collegues constantly trying to reaffirm his stance and their loyalty. This scene therefor is quite realistic in the scense that compareable moments indeed occured.

[@Phaaschh]

This did indeed happen, and Hugh Dalton, one of those present, had the foresight to write down Churchill's words. This occurred in between two meetings of the war cabinet that day, Churchill seeing it as an opportunity to get the full cabinet onside, thereby putting impossible pressure upon the war cabinet, which up until that point had been advocating peace talks with the axis. It was probably the exact moment when the course of the war was decided

[@jimreilly917]

@@Phaaschh I had no idea. Reality is stranger than drama sometimes.

[@dashcan8479]

Well listen to what he said and wrote when American naval forces beat back the Japanese at Midway after Pearl.

[@Lorrdd]

@@dashcan8479 that the Americans were idiots for still not sending their Europe bound ships in convoys, resulting is thousands of pointless deaths?

[@Paul1958R]

I truly believe that Winston Churchill was the single most important person of the twentieth century.

[@judyl5260]

The more you learn, the more you realize the part he played…

[@pattyamato8758]

He and FDR together. The world would not have survived WWII without them

[@kavoosbasmenji-qp3um]

My friend, to be fair, Hitler was the most important and influential figure of the 20th century. It was Hitler who created the Churchill as we know.

[@ocelotcake9359]

Teddy was pretty important 2

[@pattyamato8758]

@@ocelotcake9359 Yes, TR was. But he was a mixed bag. Bloodthirsty, pro war when there was no reason for war, more for his own glory and enjoyment

[@chrismac2234]

The heart and soul of our nation.

[@57harrierstrikes]

And now the Brits are being replaced and "grooming-ganged" by imports due to their 'victory' in WW2.

[@Kevin-ws6ek]

Words can change beliefs !

[@57harrierstrikes]

And now the Brits are being replaced and "grooming-ganged" by imports due to their 'victory' in WW2.

[@johnashworth4094]

Brave move by a great man

[@jonathanmedina417]

‘Who dares. Wins’

[@OleksandrRodynenko]

Watching this in Ukraine, just a few days after they bomber our children hospital. It gives me strengths.

[@blaze87b]

Why are you on KZbin and not on the front lines defending your country?

[@pattyamato8758]

I am so sorry that half of the American people chose as they did

[@duaneadams5210]

I wish we had a Winston Churchill here in the United States. He was a hero not only in his own country, but the entire world.

[@jaylinn416]

Russia has one. Vladimir Putin.

[@andrewmerzke5482]

Churchill once joked to a joint session of the House and Senate that had things been slightly different, he might have been there as an elected member. His mother, Jenny Jerome, was American by birth.

[@torarildhenriksen371]

​@@jaylinn416 putin is no churchill

[@thomasbootham2707]

He was the leader Britain needed but we would be lying if we said he was perfect as a peacetime leader he was awful

[@anderson._.._.8801]

​@@jaylinn416 Putin is more like Hitler

[@Geojr815]

I can’t wait until the Peaky Blinders movie and see what Tommy Shelby has to do with all this

[@Prawnsly]

lmao

[@scsutton1]

I'm waiting for an Oppenheimer cameo in that one.

[@russcoleman2338]

Love the score to this scene

[@AquitaineIronOak]

How relevant this is to this day is terrifying

[@JoanBeauregard-w3o]

Glad to witness this whether it occurred as portrayed or not, on a bleak day after a terrible US election. Reminds me of that other speech: “We shall fight them on the beaches…” No, we shall never give up. At substance, we Americans have many times fought tyranny, even within our own land. We shall prevail, for we shall nevah, nevah, nevah give up until right prevails once more!

[@DrScooterJones]

😒

[@alexanderleach3365]

Winston Churchill is one of the greatest world leaders of all time.

[@cakecakeham5823]

Just imagine politicians asking the public what they thought about anything.

[@KSMike1]

And the majority being intelligent enough to have an opinion worth considering.

[@Ghosts1129]

@@KSMike1 That's the hardest part, alot of people have opinions but they do not have any fixes. "riot about immigration" okay... But how do you fix it? Spend more money on it? What about the health service? Spend more money on it? THe police? Spend more... You get the point... Sooo to fix it we tax you? No... You just magically fix it with the money you do not have. ^>^

[@nathanharris4105]

Churchill mentions a "Mosley" during this scene. For context, he's referring to Oswald Mosley. The leader of a British fascist group at the time. He was also a pompous unmitigated jackass as well as a Nazi sympathizer, that would go on to have a career in British politics if remember correctly. Look him up, he was a really sleazy individual.

[@neilchamberlain2731]

You sir are a jackass. This was the leader needed during a world War.

[@scsutton1]

And as for his son, Max, well, let's just say the apple didn't fall that far from the tree.

[@harrygleed423]

I was only 10 when Winston Churchill died and that was the only time in my life when I have seen Great Britain united in memory of one man! A man who I believe if was cut would shed red, white and blue blood. Someone said he was the great ever Englishman and that in my opinion was true. If he was only alive today the world would be a better place for all the peoples of the world.

[@williambilly8110]

I'm a English gipsy hated by most people I to whud fhit to defend my island for I love the soel that cradles is bones

[@stephenoneill245]

Symptomatic that I clicked on this when so much of what we know is being questioned, threatened and torn down in fire and blood.

[@andypandywalters]

I've got dust in my eyes again !

[@VegasViking420]

Id rather die on my feet than live on my knees!!! NEVER!!!!

[@davidwicks7543]

Brilliant movie. Brilliant acting.

[@nichieflair]

my most favorite scene of the movie :)

[@a.d.clarke4990]

3:53 “… the swastika FLYING over Buckingham Palace!” 😂😂😂

[@Fess999]

What a great movie

[@vikinghex]

were should we be how relevant is that to today

[@Naza_44]

What is the Outer Cabinet?

[@Phaaschh]

The full cabinet, minus the War Cabinet.

[@roogoculus2885]

Basically everyone outside the War Cabinet. In US example, war cabinet is like the White House and Outer Cabinet is Congress. Today War Cabinet doesn't exist since it is only formed when said nation is at direct war

[@frankbalistreri5171]

The right man at the right time.

[@hieronymusjacabusprincepso5060]

'And this is how I will give away our 500 year old empire.'

[@markwest7928]

Every time I watch this I seriously have to remind myself that this is NOT Churchill, but Gary Oldman playing Churchill. This is awesome acting.I also tihnk of Zelensky and Ukraine.

[@theopinion9452]

Madness always has an indicator.

[@radspencer8187]

0:29 "I'm jijuadressargeekiem"

[@maxdecphoenix]

"i'm due to address the outer cabinet."

[@Eye_of_a_Texan]

Not as good as the original. In the original... you get a real sense of the man. He sounds so doggedly tired, but resolute.

[@tomburton8239]

So (in tis dramatisation), having asked an open question in the tube conversation, and got a powerful unambiguous answer from the common people, here Churchill manipulates his party back-benchers into agreeing - so setting up for over-ruling the War Cabinet (the decision-making body)

[@samuelmyers5084]

I’m more of a leftist but I still respect Churchill I’ve got a poster of him and Vladimir Lenin in my bedroom

[@Hacienda_27]

Still waiting for the sequel, The Lightest Hour

[@skate103]

Dude pretty sure we're living in it right now...🫤

[@Hungrydingo]

2 Dark 2 Hour

[@a.d.clarke4990]

Don’t bother Churchy. Just look at what a pathetic shell of a country exists in 2024. May as well have not bothered.

[@tajabdullah.malaysia]

❤Masy'Allah Allahuakbar Permudahkan urusan kami semuanya aamiin 🎉❤

[@cherylclough1804]

Zelensky and others might want to watch this scene and choose their side. All those others who choose to stand against sociopathic empire builders and those who grovel for some crumbs from the sociopaths before their nations, religions, traditions, families, and communities in the hope of being "safe". This scene, in history and the movie was the turning point when righteousness said "no" to sociopathic greed, corruption, and aggression.

[@ChristopherMGoffigon-dp4rv]

Was slow To Speak

[@prophetic0311]

Mistitled movie. Should have been called 'Their Finest Hour.'

[@devastatn]

The greatness of that speech, I am sorry to say, would be labeled racist today. I'm thankful I've lived more years than I have left on our planet. How any free nation thinks it's OK to allow millions that have no desire to embrace the culture that they have fled to deserves what ever comes it's way.

[@ryangoodrich4148]

Times change ma boi

[@anon17472]

@@ryangoodrich4148 war never changes

[@philipmain5701]

No such thing as Race - who inculcultated you into believing that homo sapiens who left Africa 120000 years ago evolved into different races whatever that means

[@Rick-jf6sg]

"Racist?" How so? I'm not picking a fight. I'm just curious. Also, does anybody know who writes the copy for the subtitles? It contains so many errors, I wonder what film they were watching when they typed it up.

[@stephenwormsley3468]

You're comment is so bad, it reads like an ai wrote it. If you're human, bless your heart.

[@WDKimball]

This is the most ridiculous scene in any film I have seen. 1. Churchill never used the Underground. People of his class wouldn't be seen dead using public transport like the Underground or Omnibus, let alone the Prime Minister. Obviously the screen writer never used the District and Circus line or they would know that St. James Park to Westminster only takes a couple of minutes. Churchill could have walked it in less time that it took him to deliver the speech. 😆

[@ReasoningThroughTheBible]

True, but Churchill did spend a lot of time out among the people, especially during the blitz. He regularly communicated with commoners. So yeah, maybe not on the underground, but the spirit of the train scene is accurate. The speech given to the outer cabinet was recreated from notes from attendees since it wasn't formal nor recorded.

[@billwatkins8227]

Oh come on, it’s a movie device.

[@Nunyobidne55]

We yanks always say you couldn’t threat a spiders web up the arse of an Englishman. LOL. But we defeated this machine together. God bless the USA and Long live England

[@MatthewL.Mattingly]

You must not watch many films, then.

[@Jonesyb90]

@@Nunyobidne55 long live the United Kingdom not just England

[@WayneGray-m6e]

Thank God that the United States saved their AZZ, yet again!

[@starsailor49]

Without Britain giving the Americans Radar, the Jet engine, computers and breaking the enigma code I very much doubt they would have done so well either.

[@ryanj610]

Thanks for making American look bad

[@stephenblackburn3321]

Don’t forget the massive cost the soviets paid. The yanks think they did it all.

[@kurtjk01]

Families bicker, fight, and live in separate houses . . . But if anyone challenges even one in the family, they lock ranks and stand strong. The US and the UK are family, for good or for worse.

[@malcolmsleight9334]

@@starsailor49 Don't forget that Britain was also way ahead in atomic research. That data got the American atomic bomb program started.

[@jodythomas4324]

Love Oldman but John lithgow, an American, was a better Churchill than Gary. They’ll look back on this one as one of the weaker best actor Oscar’s forsure

[@Bruce-1956]

John Lithgow was good, but physically he was far to tall. Don't forget Churchill was half American.

[@martinshepherd626]

I disagree but a fair coment

[@davidwilkinson4102]

Absolute rubbish. Lithgow was good Oldman was brilliant.

[@Geojr815]

@@Bruce-1956American isn’t exactly an ethnicity lol

[@Bruce-1956]

@@Geojr815 His mother was American, so it does make him half American. It's very much like Americans also think they are,Irish, Scottish or whatever which they are not they are American.

[@ben-c5t]

If one declare a war he has to face the consequences. After his war, britan was ruined, funtoosh and the british worker as poor as ever,

[@robertbennett7731]

War was declared by Neville Chamberlain on 3rd September 1939. Chamberlain did so, knowing full well what the cost would be. Germany had been given many opportunities to avoid war with Britain. Churchill had nothing to do with declaring war.