London celebrates the end of WW2 +ARCHIVE+

Описание: (26 Apr 2020)   
UK VE DAY NEWS BULLETIN
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BRITISH MOVIETONE
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London - 8 May 1945
1.Newsreel slate - Victory
2.Big Ben chiming 3 o'clock.
3. Winston Churchill reading his address announcing end of hostilities in Europe
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
"Yesterday morning at 2:41 a.m. at General Eisenhower's Headquarters, General Jodl, the representative of the German High Command, and of Grand Admiral Doenitz, the designated head of the German State, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German Land, sea, and air forces in Europe to the Allied Expeditionary Force, and simultaneously to the Soviet High Command. Hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight (Tuesday, 8 May ), but in the interests of saving lives the "cease fire" began yesterday to be sounded all along the fronts. The German war is therefore at an end. (edit) We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing. Today is Victory in Europe Day."
5. Various of crowds listening to Churchill's speech
UPSOUND (English) British Movietone Newsreel Narrator
"This was the moment we'd all been waiting for. Enormous crowds had gathered outside the house and all over the centre of London to hear the end of the war in Europe officially announced by the Prime Minister."
6. Various of crowds listening to Churchill's speech
UPSOUND (English) Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
"Advance Britannia. Long live the cause of freedom. God save the King"
7. Wide of crowd
8. Various crowds gather to watch MPs parade to St. Margaret's Church.
9. Top shot of MPs leaving parliament, including Churchill and Arthur Greenwood, Leader of the Opposition
UPSOUND (English) British Movietone Newsreel Narrator
"After the Premier had repeated his announcement to the House of Commons, the speaker led a procession of members headed by Mr. Churchill and Mr. Greenwood, across to Saint Margaret's, for a victory of Thanksgiving service".
10. Various of people celebrating
UPSOUND (English) British Movietone Newsreel Narrator
"Meanwhile, of course, Londoners have begun their non-stop two day celebration. The end of the German war had come 11 months after the landings in Normandy. V-day came less than a year after D-Day, but it was the end of nearly six years of war in Europe. No wonder people went a bit crazy. And this was it in the West End. All over the capital, as indeed in towns and cities throughout the country, it was the same story".
11. Various of people in Lambeth
UPSOUND (English) British Movietone Newsreel Narrator
"This was it in Lambeth Walk."
12. Crowd of people singing the popular song 'Doing the Lambeth Walk'
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Man, name unknown
"You could always make, when the Lambeth people are about, that only be one winner. That the Lambeth people would fight anybody in the United Kingdom or outside the United Kingdom"
14. Various of people celebrating
15. Wide of Nelson's column
16. Billboard celebrating victory at foot of Nelson's column
UPSOUND (English) British Movietone Newsreel Narrator
"Almost right up to the end, London and southern England had been under fire. London certainly had as much right as anywhere to celebrate victory and London certainly did. "
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