Is Mr. Browne still with us ? His interviews were always excellent. Actually I liked his the best out of all the I nterviews I have seen. His humor is wonderful
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:55 AM, PatFinn1940 <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings-- > > I'm wondering if any fellow Churchillians have seen the three-part > documentary *Churchill, *narrated by Sir Ian McKellen? It was shown on > my local PBS channel the past three Sundays. It featured interviews with > family members (Mary, Lady Soames, grandson Winston S. Churchill, and > granddaughter Celia Sandys), colleagues (Anthony Montague Browne, Evan > Davies), and descendants of colleagues (Lloyd George's great-grandson). I > noticed it was done back in 2003. > > I thought it was *very *well done. The person who read Churchill's > words was marvelous. It was like the great man had come back to life!! > > I must confess that I was very sad at the end, watching Churchill's > physical decline. There was wonderful clear footage of the funeral > procession from Parliament up through Whitehall. And when St Paul's > Cathedral choir was singing *The Battle Hymn of the Republic, *I 'lost > it'...and the tears really flowed during the procession on the River > Thames, as the dock cranes were lowered in tribute. > > I live not far from where Churchill's American grandfather, Leonard > Jerome, was born and raised. And that's a real honor to me. > > What are your thoughts on this documentary? Thanks. > > Patricia Finnegan > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
