The State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill

[@pjmoseley243]

I once saw Winston Churchill in Downing Street when is was about 6 years of age.maybe 5 years old and I watched his funeral on TV when i was one day off my 16th birthday from a hospital bed. i have always been a strong admirer of the really Great Man!! I did Visit his grave some years ago and it looked sad and neglected empty crisp pkts and coca cola cans. I cleaned them up. RIP. who is watching this in March 2020?

[@Richard19551]

I did in November. I also went to Bladon and saw his grave- in 1976 - I hope someone maintains it now! (It's so near Blenheim Palace, where he was born, that I hope tourists make the walk to the modest grave). For all his own humorous comments about his fame and glory - he was in truth deeply modest. His grave is not in Westminster Abbey (He did not want it), he was not ennobled (he did not want it) and his deep pleasure in being made a knight of the garter is that there was "no damned merit to it" - it was purely a mark of royal favor). I was 10 when I watched his funeral on television - so deeply moving and so due him.

[@nicolelawless3199]

I visit the graves of those who died in the war and it’s a pretty private area but I’m allowed on it

[@jplattet]

A person can’t watch this without tears. There will never be another Churchill.

[@marcusskidmore6913]

We could do with one now!

[@meirwise1107]

Age 8, when the cranes bowed I cried realising that a great man has passed. Constantly voted the greatest Englishman of all. Not an academic, won the Nobel prize for literature. Bi-polar, wrote the greatest speeches ever given. An insomniac, had a team of secretaries who took turns by his bed. A heavy smoker and drinker, overworked he lived to 90. His life defies logic. RIP.

[@legalvampire8136]

Lived to 90. 1874 - 1965

[@garymitchell5899]

Utter BS. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[@dariowiter3078]

Yes, it is true that he was not an academic, yet, he had great intelligence and outdid the academics with his prose on history and politics that no one touched him, let alone approached. His masterpiece about the Second World War that was published in a period of five years(1948-53) was what got Churchill the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, along with his speeches, articles, and discourses on international politics, and those fantastic addresses he gave to the British people through the BBC during the war which inspired Britain to victory. His strong belief in the human spirit was also an inspiration to all who experienced dark days in their lives and helped them to see the light at the end of the tunnel. He also had a sharp, acerbic wit that was widely admired, and as an orator, he had no equal. He loved politics and politics loved him; the Palace of Westminster, the site of the British Parliament, was a home for him from 1900 to 1964, along with his beloved Chartwell that cost him a fortune to buy. A man of great courage and self-assuredness, he was also a man of peace who wanted a better world for Britain and for humanity. To say anything less than "extraordinary" to this man, dead for the past 57 years, would be an insult to his memory and to posterity.

[@dariowiter3078]

@@garymitchell5899 You are the one who should be ashamed for making such a stupid, boorish statement like that. 😠😠😠😠😠

[@carolannemckenzie3849]

That moron isn't fit to light Churchill's cigar.

[@davidrose213]

I was a young Police Officer drafted in as a contingent from Romford, Essex to assist the City Police in lining the route. I recall the occasion as though it were yesterday. We were on the street by 6 a.m. and I’ll certainly never forget how cold it was that day. The greatcoat weighed very heavily on young shoulders. This was one of the memorable highlights of my 30 years in Essex Police.

[@marcusskidmore6913]

Thank you for your service.

[@davidrose213]

@@marcusskidmore6913 Hello Marcus - that’s a very kind thought. Best wishes

[@kommimaniteja7790]

His CRITICAL Leadership saved the world from disarray no matter HOW HARD the REVISIONST HISTORIANS😢 SPIN Iam an Indian SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL IS A LEGEND

[@malcolmpalmer569]

Did they give him the Cannon Salute as well?

[@Bruce-1956]

And this week (June 2020) his statue damaged by holigans. They have no idea what this man (and people like my father) did for Britain and Europe.

[@suziecreamcheese211]

I’m what they call a boomer and it’s a disgrace what is happening in the world right now. The young have no idea that they are sprinting to their doom and I’m glad that I won’t be around when they wake up and realize what they have done to themselves. But as the writers of the good book said, the meek shall inherit the earth. I guess they were right.

[@coastie1961]

And unfortunately until they face the tyranny the people of Europe faced in the 30s and 40s, until they see the camps at Dachau, Belsin and the rest will never realise how fortunate they are.

[@johnstevenson1709]

I'm mean he did send armoured cars out onto the street during the general strike and do a lot of terrible things I'm glad he was voted out in 45 and that was almost entirely because of the votes of the armed forces, though non of that is to deny that what good he did was absolutely important just to say he was a very mixed bag his bad points nearly as great as his good

[@DerekLyons]

OUR HERO ALWAYS!

[@Mark-yy2py]

Britain would have fallen to the Nazis in 1940 if it weren’t for Sir Winston’s leadership and resolve.

[@jeffreylombardo782]

The Man of the Century. The British always know how to do it up right. Proud to be their cousins.

[@paulhill3106]

I was 17 when he died, and remember it to this day. My father, who was 6 years in the war, cried that night...Thank you, Sir.

[@paulhill3106]

@Alex Edmund this was about my father. I do not want your stupidity and senselessness

[@kieronicsmoke]

@Alex Edmund britian invaded poland ? he told germany if they invaded poland he was declaring war , it was to keep peace with the threat of war and it didnt work, he had to declare war

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

@@kieronicsmoke bit of a crazy mixed up comment there mate.You ought to read up on things B4 commenting.Also you've muddled up the spelling of "Britian". Its spelled like this BRITAIN.Also it was Neville Chamberlain who declared war on Germany,not Churchill.

[@kieronicsmoke]

@@Anglo_Saxon1 i never said winston churchill , i know chamberlain declared war but im not wrong he threatened war to sustain peace it sometimes works and i dont know why but i always spell britain like that haha my bad

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

@@kieronicsmoke yeah, your right about Poland.And not long after war was declared, parliament realised that Chamberlain didn't have what it takes to fight a war.It had to be Churchill.

[@josephpodohertysaleh4912]

He had his flaws, but his determination and the spirit of Britain saved us from tyranny in Europe.

[@wilsthelimit]

MrAeronuk1 Germany invaded Poland. Britain went to defend Poland. Poland, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, and France fell, UK refused to surrender. Britain did not declare War, they protected one of their allies against Germany and saw hideous bombing campaigns that Neville Chamberlain would’ve surrendered at the first thought of, but not Churchill, and in the end the Axis fell, Britain’s empire fell, and Britain owes their thanks to Churchill for this fate

[@michaelheeheejackson7255]

MrAeronuk1 So you are suggesting surrendering to Nazis, even in hindsight?

[@patriciabrenner9216]

@@wilsthelimit oh a neo Nazi.

[@NathanB2002]

@@patriciabrenner9216 what??

[@suziecreamcheese211]

I’m American and I remember his funeral. I was about 7 years old and although I didn’t put his passing in these exact words at the time, I remember that I felt as though a great mountain had crumbled and come down, the like of which would never to be seen again.

[@bradfordearlof]

I will never forget it, as I was one of the groundkeepers from Harrow School, a privilege to have been there.

[@janesmith9024]

I was 3. We lost of our greatest leaders. RIP.

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nanny was about 15

[@herondelatorre4023]

RIP Winston Spencer Churchill : November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965 ; One of the great figures of the 20th Century.

[@loiba]

He was a great man, despite his flaws, which all men have. I often listen to his words of think of them when I am going through a tough time and they give me great courage.

[@nicholasgrichards]

It has become quite fashionable to criticise Churchill for his Victorian feelings, but he was born in 1874 and was Victorian. He was born 25 years before Queen Victoria died. His conservative views were very much part of his upper class upbringing; while we may view them critically today, no one should ever forget this simple fact: Had it not been for Churchill, and Churchill alone, we would all be speaking German today. So to the revisionists who revile him, get over your priggish sensibilities. Just as you are of your times, so was Churchill a man of his times.

[@kjcsomerville]

Back of the net ! ✌️

[@Mediumal]

A man of his time, a great man. Moulded by events and creator of events. He was a true patriot, we owe him and his generation more than we can ever repay.

[@hoatattis7283]

AlexanderLaurie Birchley: Not to the working class Australian or the diggers he was a fat slug

[@legalvampire8136]

@@hoatattis7283 a fat slug without whom Europe and the Middle East might now be Nazi, the Jewish people exterminated and democracy seen around the World as discredited in comparison to fascism by military defeat. And you would probably not enjoy the privilege of free speech to be able to write such things.

[@Gypseygirls]

Wow...nice read..ty...

[@Gypseygirls]

@@legalvampire8136 Free Speech ? Dont see it...

[@legalvampire8136]

@@Gypseygirls If you live in a country that could have been conquered by Germany, Italy or Japan in World War II you would not have free speech. Even if not, democracy and freedoms like free speech became the norm for countries to preserve or aspire to because they were seen as having been proved successful by winning against fascism. How things would have looked and developed otherwise may be seen from what happened in France after defeat by Germany in 1940. It looked as though Fascism had been proved a stronger and more effective system than liberal democracy. The democratically elected French Parliament voted to abolish democracy and establish the dictatorship of Marshal Petain, under which there was no question of free speech. As around the same time the Indian nationalist leader Bose became attracted to Fascism as a model for an independent India because it looked for a time as the winner in competition with democracy.

[@Jesse2ful]

Thank you for this marvellous post. As a ten year old I watched it with my Parents in Australia. As his son Randolph said from the Launch on the Thames, 'The Cranes (saluting) did us in !' Never to be forgotten.

[@juliajanssens8432]

☆„¸¸„☆☆☆ ♡♡♡☆☆☆„¸¸„☆ He was truly a Church on a Hill, raised up by God to perform a great task in his lifetime. ☆„¸¸„☆☆☆♡♡♡☆☆☆„¸¸„☆ Winston Churchill was indeed a great man who served his country with great diligence, shaped history and secured peace for many years to come. Whatever may change as years roll by, we shall remember this man with great respect for the great legacy which he left to the benefit of millions of people throughout the world.

[@Arnold-vf9cg]

"Let us there fore brace ourselves to our duty, beneath the British empire and it's common wealth last for a thousand years. Many still say, This was their finest hour." - Sir Winston Churchill

[@markh2736]

I just cant get over how impeccable the drill was, even the Navy. Much much respect. Not 1 person moved. Highly discipled.

[@shamirpatel3569]

There are a few people who for me can truly be classed as the greatest Britons and for there are few that stand out like our lady sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill KG PC OM CH. The latter whom many would say is the greatest Briton and it’s hard to disagree with that as without his resolute and steadfast leadership, the war would’ve been lost and for that we shall all be indebted to him. Yes, Sir Winston had some views that could be seen in the 21st century as out of touch or racist but what people must remember is the time that Sir Winston lived in.

[@pjmoseley243]

his views are interpreted by those sat in a peaceful place through his leadership Shamir!

[@rastafari2109]

@@pjmoseley243 100%

[@bijupallickal4672]

He negative ideas were negative even by the standards of first century 😊Privileged people who still lives in the nostalgia colonisation and exploitation just based on purely racist views can find 10 things to justify him. His leadership qualities were great and helped the world ( the world because of the colonial rule only!) during a crisis. But the other side of his views is just pathetic and nothing can justify .

[@VirgoCatleesi]

I was born 9 months after he died. His legacy will be known to and respected by many generations that were born after his passing. Rest easy, Sir Winston Churchill and thank you. 🙏🏽💗

[@pauldurkee4764]

The trumpeters sounding the cavalry last post and reveille, absolutely superb.

[@juliantimothy8945]

I was 11 when Sir Winston Churchill died and with my father, mother and younger brother we filed past his coffin during his Lying in State and waited outside St Pauls Cathedral overnight for his funeral so we could say goodbye to the great man - My brother doesn't remember as he was just 5 BUT I remember and the grief and espect of not just my parents BUT eveyone around us in both the Lying in State and the Funeral and the tears in everyones eyes. I will also never forget several family outings in 1966, 1967 and 1968 on the anniverary of Sir Winston Churchill's death to Blaydon Church yard to pay our respects at his grave and having to wait in line to file past his grave just like we did at his Lying in State. We moved from London in June 1968 BUT my father kept visiting Blaydon Chuchyard and kept going to the Remembrance Day paade as an onlooker standing with other former aircrew outside the old Air Ministry. I will never forget those experiences or the debt of gratitude the UK, the British Commonwealth and world owe this man because without him the UK would probably accepted Hitler's peace offer after the fall of France leaving all of Europe prostrate before Nazi Germanys 1000 year 3rd Reich. When we lived in London my father also used to take me and then my brother as well to the Remembrance Day Parade and until I went to University in 1971 I always used to go to London with him. I alsways asked him why he didn't join the march and he always replied that he just did his dutu and the real heroes didn't come back and he was there for them. When my father was terminally ill with cancer and living with me we also went to Remembrance Day Parade together again and, the last time, we were accompanied by my 4 year old son. I had left the car at our hotel and after the parade we returned to the hotel to collect the car and drive to Lincoln and driving north on the Edgware road to link up with the A1 when my father saw a signpost for the RAF Museum at Hendon and asked if we could stop off there and we did visiting the Battle of Britain hall first and then the main hall - 2 things stand out from the trip and thatw as he gave us a tour of a Short Sunderland sea plane which he piloted during a stint in the RAF's Coastal Command and the time he spent looking at an Motor Launch in RAF blue. He seemed upset so I asked him if anything was wrong and he replied the true heroes of World War 2 were the RAF Boatmen who went out every night in unarmed motor launches hunted by German E-Boats to retrieve downed bomber crew and bring them home - He said it meant that if you (as a pilot) could get your plane back to the coast you knew the RAF boatmen would be there waiting for you. My father never talked about the war except the first time he was shot down. He had survived the Battle of France as a Blenheim pilot and on his return to the UK was transferred to an RAF Coastal Command seaplane to rescue Battle of Britain fighter pilots shot down over the sea and RAF Bomber Command aircrew shot down whilst bombing the German invasion barges gathering in French ports - He sea plane was shot up whilst he was on the sea picking up a battle of Britain fighter pilot - He used to say he and his aicrew were the only aircrew shot down over the North Sea without getting their feet wet!!! After the Battle of Britain he returned to RAF Bomber Command and in late 1941 transferred back to AF Coastal Command to fly long range bombers that could drop torpedoes, depth charges and mines to protect the artic convoys - After PQ17 was scattered his squadron was transferred to Murmansk with an RAAF squadron to join the RAF Fighter Squadrons defending the Port of Murmansk. After he died my aunt told me that his plane was shot down carrying his ground crew on hammocks over the bomb bay doors and he was the sole survivor found unconcious lying on the wing of his plane suffering severe exposure and severe smoke inhilation damage to his lungs. I finally understood why he always attended Remembrance day parade BUT never marched - Survivor guilt that he came back whilst his aircrew and ground crew didn't and that he survived as he landed his burning plane on the sea instead of bailing out and climbed out onto his wing before the fuselage broke off and sank. We have no idea what the WW2 Generation went through and how it affected them or how much Sir Cinston Churchill and his words meant to them. We also have no idea what the sound of Sir Winston Churchills words and the sound of RAF Bomber Crew engines meant those hearing them in Occupied Europe meant to those occupied by the Germans. I recall a program on the effectiveness of RAF Bomber Commands Berlin offensive was BUT I also remember the words of German Jews living in Berlin said - Jews were not allowed into the Bomb Shelters and yet they cheered on the RAF Bombers as they brought salvation. Finally, as an aside, my fathers family knew the evil of the Nazis in 1938 and when the war started my Uncle left his Parish and became an Army padre eventually serving with the Paratroopers and my father joined the RAF instead of taking his place at Lampeter Theological college - Knew because their cousin was married to an Austrian and together they helped German Jews escape Nazi Germany and Europe via Austria. When Germany invaded and annexed Austria in the Anschluss on 12 March, 1938 their cousins Austrian husband was arrested by the Gestapo along with 30,000 other Austrians named in the Nazi Black Book for Austria - Some were shot out of hand and the rest put into concentration camps. Their cousin's husband was put into a concentration camp were he contracted TB and was released terminally ill and died just after his release. My fathers cousin continued helping German and Austrian Jews escape Greater Germany expecting to be arrested BUT was protected from the Gestapo and SS by being a British Citizen and married to a German she could not be deported - She eventually returned to the UK when her husband died. She lived in London like us after the war and I was bought up to call her aunt Maggie and she brought up on stories of her husband who she idolised and how he gave his life saving Jews from the Nazis and, that no matter how small you are, you can make a difference by standing up and saying 'Not in my name' like she and her husband did.!!!!!

[@errolcostin631]

Thanks for posting this it’s something that I have been looking for for years.I was one of the Scots guards pipers and remember the funeral well .It was a lump in the throat time.

[@nicolelawless3199]

I bet this must’ve been an huge honour to take part in

[@s1lveer187]

Un gran honor

[@tarhunta2111]

A great hero and man of destiny who will be enshrined in the great annals of History.

[@Moralityadvocate23]

Sir Winston, though not a Crowned European Monarch was given an Emperor's funeral

[@admiralcraddock464]

A scene from a different planet, I'm afraid we'll never see anything as dignified as this again.

[@AmberPanda]

Yes we will, the Queen will get a full state funeral, not been one since Winston Churchill's.

[@admiralcraddock464]

@@AmberPanda Yes but I fear we will see a repeat of the wailing and throwing of flowers as the coffin passes by as we saw with Diana`s funeral

[@AmberPanda]

@@admiralcraddock464 I sincerely hope not, that was way ott.

[@cherylthomas1268]

We did. HMQEII

[@onekitten9007]

@Admiral Craddock and we did see the flowers but it was an historic day. May she rest in peace and God Save the King.

[@florencequintana3092]

God Bless Sir Winston Churchill !

[@SouthernMaineFoamer]

The service that proved the greatest British Prime Minister had died. Thanks old warrior, from your best friend, the US.

[@francescahamilton6856]

When fascism was showered and forced upon us, we were lucky. We had Winston Churchill. I was 18 years old, born in a faraway land called New Zealand ; whose family was practically wiped out during WW1 & WW2. The fragments left behind that came home, traumatised and wounded, shared in our grief. Without Churchill, we, the generation born on the edge of the second World War, would never have known freedom. May you, the great man Winston Churchill, live in our hearts forever. R.I.P.

[@joshslater2426]

R.I.P Winston Churchill. I don’t know much about you, and I never met you, but I know you were a true leader and a war hero. You will forever be missed.

[@tomascarvalho7514]

I may not have the right to even comment here since i'm not even a british citizen, but every time i watch a video of Sir Winston Churchill State Funeral, tears begin to fall from the eyes, uncontrollably. For me he was the Greatest Politician of the XXth century, no human has ever given so much of his time for the public cause.

[@ruthgoebel723]

I am an American but still have great admiration for such a unique, brave and brilliant man. When I discovered that Sir Winston and I share a common ancestor, I was reduced to tears. I was 7 years old when he passed and feel honored to have been alive, even for a few years, at the same time as he lived.

[@4kmonkey200]

He was a racist and no better than Hitler

[@thecurlew7403]

My brother was in Guard i of honour Irish Guards great honour for the regiment.

[@The_Butler_Did_It]

@@germanhipster6391 Congratulations on writing the world's shortest ever autobiography.

[@chrismaskell5702]

Winston Churchill's famous speech never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few we shall never surrender rest in peace Winston Churchill never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so few to so many 🇬🇧🇬🇧🌹😭😢😢😭😭😭😭

[@vivelaliberte9467]

When Churchill is dead France did 3 min of silence.

[@legalvampire8136]

The death of Sir Winston Churchill is the first historical event I can remember, from when I was a very small child aged about 3. I was too young to know what a Prime minister was, but I understood that someone important had died 'like the Queen only not the Queen'. The more I read about him now, the more remarkable things I discover. That Britain invented the tank was down to him. As First Lord of the Admiralty he was responsible for the navy, but when he learned that the army was not pursuing the proposal for the tank he had the navy develop it as an armoured 'landship' and then handed it over to the army. Also, as a schoolboy he was the Public Schools Fencing Champion of England, at a time when fencing was not just a sport. When he joined the Cavalry soon after they still had sabres and still used them.

[@vedagirishanmugasundaram494]

Dr Prof Vedagiri Shanmugsundaram Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister lead the II World War to make the world safe for democracy.Later day Prime MinisterClement Attlee,Labour Party leader and Dr Sir Arcot Ramaswami Mudaliar,the Brain of the Justice Party of Madras Presidency, were in Churchill's War Cabinet (1942-45). I served as Inspector of Indian Army Ordnance Corps in Madras along with my elder brother Vedagiri T Sambandan, to check the supply of Jerry Cans to drop petrol in Egyptian War and Leather Coats for supply to Russian Army of Josef Stalin during 1942-45 . During Sir Winston Churchill'funeral I was in Linacre College,Oxford University in 1963-65, on deputaion as Professor of Indian Economics from Madras University.My respectul memory of the great leader Sir Winston who lead the allied forces to defeat dictatorial Nazi and Fascist forces ushering independent democracies of India and many more democracies of the world since 1945..

[@stephendunmore6487]

i still weep when I watch his funeral.

[@nicolelawless3199]

My grandmother (my 2nd Nanny) was 14 almost 15 back then. My first Nanny was 14 and she is now 71. My 2nd Nanny is turning 71 this April

[@siaosikupu192]

Thanks be to God for the servantship of this Great man of Great Britain and its Allies and the World.

[@timacoata7456]

Awesome footage... I have the 1965 National Geographic that has the small plastic record insert that records his famous speeches. First time seeing the funeral. Thank you for posting it. After all these years watching this i was moved of how great a man he was and a leader to be admired.

[@theresavazquez5471]

Me too

[@Richard19551]

@@theresavazquez5471 Me too :)

[@moboutmen]

It amazes me that I still get a lump in my throat every time I see those massive loading crane arms bow down in salute. Elegance of a bygone day. I believe that the one last old school state funeral of generational consequence will occur when H.R.H. Elizabeth II kicks the Royal Bucket.

[@alexrobisnon6288]

that will be a sad day if we can t phll d 1st

[@ginskimpivot753]

The dockers, militant as ever, didn't want to do it voluntarily. They had to be paid.

[@VirgoCatleesi]

I don't even want to think about her dying! It breaks my heart every time we lose people from the WW2 era. They don't make them like that anymore. I weep for the future, going to be "led" by snowflakes and spineless sycophants.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

The bowing cranes is something that would have made Churchill smile. The dockworkers hated Churchill. So the crane operators refused to work the cranes on the Saturday, unless they got overtime pay. So they were paid.

[@tedcrim560]

Sir Winston, a giant for England and for the world as well. His life continues to reverberate throughout mankind providing a source of pride and reflection on the life of a true statesman whose leadership came at a time of global strife when it was not certain if humanity would survive the onslaught of dictatorial whims. It did and in no small part by the monumental contributions of a man who will forever be an example of what statesmanship and a sense of personal honor and purpose can accomplish.

[@johndunnigan6168]

a Great man has passed into glory long will he be rembered

[@grahamparr3933]

A commoner, I think not, remarkably uncommon.

[@Phello123]

just turn off comments, the comment section of these vids are always filled with haters who can't acknowledge that the british were important in their country's history and in human history. kudos to the brits, from your former colony

[@pjmoseley243]

The haters and their comments speak their ill informed words from a place of comfort and peace won by that most heroic generation led by the Greatest Briton of us all, I fully agree with your words HUX!

[@hoatattis7283]

General Hux: He wanted the Australians kept in Europe, Curtin said NO Churchill then tried to have the ships bringing our men home diverted to Burma The PM said NO. He was so vindictive that the Brits sent us clapped out Spitfire Vs instead of the VIIIs as promised No to the Australian Digs he was a slug

[@COJASh1]

Hoa Tattis K.M.A. again..

[@thisscepteredisle9482]

Let them hate. Churchill was a complex character like any other great leader, but almost single-handedly saved the Free World and was the personification of our glorious country. I despair of what modern generations are doing with the liberty he defended, however.

[@tapanbhattacharjee9180]

Absolutely, the brits though licked India dry created a united monster called India which can crush England any time with both economical and military might.. Its time India flexes her muscle and make this England her slave..

[@djbobhoskins]

Laurence Olivier - never knowingly understated.

[@Arnold-vf9cg]

Let us think not of sterner days. Let us think of better days. These are not dark days, these are great days, the greatest our country has ever lived. And we must all thank God in accordance of our factual. To play a part in the memory of the history of our race. - Sir Winston Churchill

[@biancakarteron5620]

He had God as a partner. God bless England and America

[@dempsey9554]

Lovely made me cry and I'm a old fashioned type bloke

[@adayinthelifeofawheelchair2261]

r.i.p Winston Churchill

[@shoh1149]

36:29 I like how alot of them salute in tribute!

[@altfactor]

If I had the chance to to back into time and meet just one historical figure, I'd meet Winston Churchill. Although I'm an American, I first learned about him as a small youngster when he died, and read more about him in school. The more I've learned abiut him, the more I admire him and what he did.

[@Thanosbreak]

I hope you don’t admire him after what he did in the Bengal

[@Nebulasecura]

@@Thanosbreak typhoon and japs did that. Winston didn't do shit other than divert supplies to Europe so that it couldn't be taken over by the Japanese. And natural famine didn't help matters much along with allied supply ships sinking

[@da90sReAlvloc]

​@@Thanosbreak stop making stuff up

[@pinedelgado4743]

This is an amazing post!!! Thanks lots for posting this!!! :) :) :) God Bless Sir Winston (1874-1965)!!! :) :) :)

[@alle9389]

:) :) :)

[@thisscepteredisle9482]

You're welcome! I really should do more with this channel.

[@garyhunt8067]

They gave him a huge send off.

[@robloxdev9359]

13:19 *Salutes Churchill for last time* 1874-1965

[@123brownjames]

RIP Churchill 🇬🇧

[@hmybritannia]

Winston Churchills Most Famous Speech. I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty's Government-every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

[@aerialexplorer772]

A grand ceremony, full of pageantry. I think we should have one every 57 years..

[@patriciachandler9472]

I stood in that crowd by St. Paul’s Cathedral for hours and hours in the freezing cold. I would not have missed it for the world.

[@hectorbrown656]

What a terrific video , thank you very much .

[@cluny]

I had heard about Telstar, some years before. But this was the first time I saw a live picture on TV from Europe. One Saturday morning in Phoenix AZ.

[@pjmoseley243]

The Shadows wrote a musical composition to TELSTAR its on youtube and its called "TELSTAR"

[@tschainikthomas2700]

i was 10, when Churchill died. In my youth, a lot of Germans were angry about him, but as an adult, I realised, how important he was for us all. His motivation for the British and people against Hitler and the Nazis was fantastic. Thank you very , Sir Winston, and thank you very much as well for your words like :

[@jec1ny]

Memory eternal!

[@gordonhopkins1573]

I was 13 pushing 14 and my English parents watched it from the SF Bay Area, yes the funeral could be seen in the US, never mind the time zone difference

[@nicolelawless3199]

My grandmother was 14 then and she is still alive now, aged 70

[@gordonhopkins1573]

@@nicolelawless3199 Now 70 also cheers

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@gordonhopkins1573 Your welcome. I’m only almost 20

[@angelomeda9517]

Onore e gloria al più grande statista indomito per un grande paese inchiniamoci e onoriamo sempre Winston Churchill

[@williamhicken1206]

Such an elevated dignified commentary. You don't get this these days.

[@CaliWeHo]

This was fascinating, thank you. I never knew he had an honorary American citizenship!

[@Happyladybug143]

His mother was American.

[@rescyou]

@@Happyladybug143 He would have given his citizenship back January 6th, 2021

[@wor53lg50]

His mum was from brooklyn and old money..

[@da90sReAlvloc]

​@@Happyladybug143 butch cassidys mom was from Newcastle upon Tyne England

[@paulwright9749]

I read that the actual pallbearers had not realised that the coffin would be lead lined and you can see them really struggling up the steps of St Paul’s. Great efforts! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kjcsomerville]

That lead lined coffin weighed just over a quarter of a ton, quite a carry !

[@justonecornetto80]

A very moving arrangement of Our Home at a higher than usual tempo with drum and fife that saw him piped onto the barge at the Thames. Very fitting for a former Colonel in the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers and MP for Dundee.

[@Sword_of_justice103]

A great man and warrior. He will always be my favorite world leader

[@ginabrierley9925]

I was 11yrs old and dad hired a tv for the day and returned it afterwards

[@johnturner1073]

A lovely memory. What a different world it was then, in so many ways. I was almost seven, and have never watched this before in so much detail. This was probably around the last time when Britain could be truly proud of its standing in the world. Now, I look around in bemusement at what my country has become. What on earth would Churchill have made of the depths we are in now?

[@virginiafry9854]

I was at school when the news came of his death - in what was then Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.

[@bruceghent8776]

Appropriate music for him, FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN, by the American composer, Aaron Copland.

[@marcusskidmore6913]

Thank you for this video.

[@Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

"I have nothing to offer other than blood, tears, sweat and toil". Great man. He was captured in the Boar War and managed to escape to safety. An officer colleague needed a skin graft and Churchill donated the skin off his backside, without any anaesthetic.

[@Bruce-1956]

When the Guards had to be 6 foot, not the mini guards that they have nowadays.

[@johndurrant9144]

Perfect marching by the Royal Navy.

[@Leaden-plural0]

I've just saw Winston Churchill battle of Britain class #34051 hulling the funeral train

[@johnmercury2272]

Nothing finer than a smartly dressed British Matelot.

[@virginiafry9854]

The fact that the gun carriage was pulled by members of the Royal Navy is very significant! This makes it a true state funeral!

[@ianaldus4981]

the last lion !

[@RPMZ11]

All wee us....the from away...always us the Commonwealth....the first ones in.... all TOGETHER!

[@AkashitheCapitalist]

31:58 The Battle Hymn of the Republic was requested by winston churchill at his funeral

[@alexgunderson1422]

Thank you Winston churchill for saving the world 🌎 🙏 ❤

[@christinelivesey9077]

And now the left wing snowflakes can’t miss an opportunity to put him down-absolute disgrace

[@rescyou]

I'm left wing, this man is a hero because he fought Nazi's with all he had in him, not invited them into his parliament in hopes of overthrowing a democracy and murder of his rivals.

[@Denis303]

Well, if we want to try and associate some actual history with your banal comment - it actually can be said that the British people, the left and the working class had a history of tearing down Churchill. He did after all lose the first election after the war basically because he opposed Universal Healthcare and the creation of the NHS. The cranes shown lowering in tribute in this lovely video doesn't reveal the full picture. It was highly contested among the Dock workers given that Churchill was quite naturally regarded as their class enemy. Many refused on principle, the ones who agreed to operate the cranes that day were paid to do so. This video may be black and white, but the world isn't, nor should your mind be.

[@davidalexander8649]

A great man. Some say flawed. I say what man is not is not flawed? These days he is a target for the wokerati. To them I would say, ‘who will remember you?’ A great man of his time. And we are all people of our time , and so should never pass judgement on those that are not.

[@johnshaibujnr5925]

Sir Winston Churchill was a competent leader

[@JamesSperbeck]

GOORBYE WINSTON...AND THANKS.

[@christersvensson4948]

Regarding criticism of Churchill and why he was voted out of office put up by someone below, I felt that I had to contribute the following: Actually, people wanted Winston Churchill and the Labour party but that was not an equation to be solved, people were afraid of stagnate conservative policies from the 1930s and therefore voted for Labour, but it is wrong to say that people did not want Churchill, he was enormously popular but was ousted when the Conservatives lost the election (many Labour voters expressed their wish that they wanted Churchill in the Labour party-but again that arrangement and relationship wasn't on the table) C

[@raywhite5068]

Why on earth is the Star Wars theme playing at the funeral of this great man?

[@quad1327]

It's Richard Strauss's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, composed a century ago and used by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey.... NOT Star Wars.

[@ebojfmdboojoh4023]

28.32 was a close call, coffin was almost dropped

[@thisscepteredisle9482]

There's a brilliant BBC documentary about the day, one of the Guardsmen says they felt him slipping off their shoulders.

[@rah62]

@@thisscepteredisle9482 Is that documentary available for viewing anywhere?

[@racheldemain1940]

The Soldiers who bore Diana had problems with the Leather soles of their shoes on the floor of Westminster Abbey and her Lead Lined Coffin.

[@thisscepteredisle9482]

@@rah62 It's here my friend kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKrFloyHaNuHhdk&feature=emb_err_woyt

[@thisscepteredisle9482]

@@racheldemain1940 The Guards wear ammo boots with metal studs in them. Incredibly dodgy on tiled flooring.

[@fietsvriend]

I was at that time five when this came on television in the Netherlands. I thought it was Queen Wilhelmina's funeral

[@racheldemain1940]

This happened 5 years before I was born.

[@nicolelawless3199]

1968?

[@josephdominguez4219]

We would never had a chance to get drunk 😢😢😢

[@seansmith445]

That first funeral march 13:09 (I can't remember what it's called) was also played at the funeral of King George Vl but for some reason not at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth ll. Does anyone know why it wasn't?

[@altfactor]

For a few seconds, you thought that with this theme music, you were going to go live via satellite to Cape Canaveral for live coverage of a space launch.

[@racheldemain1940]

I didn't know he was half American.

[@macampbell784]

LHe said to the Congress “I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British , instead of the other way round, I might have gotten here on my own”.

[@hurricanecamille8089]

What is "half American"?

[@Alex-yy5wo]

@@hurricanecamille8089 his mother was an American citizen from the State of New York.

[@quad1327]

This happened three years before 2001:A Space Odyssey. Maybe we know where Kubrick got one of his music ideas?

[@shoh1149]

This is incomplete! There is more footage of his funeral!

[@Sheila02181]

I think this is an edited package that was probably broadcast later that night, not the live coverage.

[@biancakarteron5620]

The National Hym of the Republic gets me. The sovereign Lord God was with Britaia and 🇺🇸