The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Winston S. Churchill visits Fulwood and Preston, 27th June 1945

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North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University

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The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Winston S. Churchill visits Fulwood and Preston, 27th June 1945

North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University
Fulwood
1945-06-27
Silent
2m

Prime Minister and wartime leader Winston Churchill receives a rousing reception in Lancashire, particularly when addressing a crowd from the balcony of the Harris Free Library in Preston. Filmed shortly before the General Election, when Churchill's Conservatives were swept aside by a surprise Labour landslide, this is a glimpse of a war-weary Britain in the months between V.E. Day and V.J. Day.

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