Page 31. End of Empire

Page 31f. In Memoriam












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                                               In Memoriam
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Douglas MacArthur
 
1880  -  1964
 
 
General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964) with
aide Col. Lloyd Lehrbas in Lingayen Gulf in
January 1945
 
 
 
The Douglas MacArthur Story
 
Documentary from The Big Picture series narrated  by Walter Cronkite
 
 
 

Gen. Douglas MacArthur as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army

 

Documentary (1936) (22 min.)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTEEIN-T8U

 

 

Douglas MacArthur - Return of a Legend
 
Documentary from the Biography series 
 
 

American Caesar
 
1983 documentary series about presented by film director John Huston; based on a 1978 biography by author William Manchester (4 hrs., 3 min.)
 
 
 
 
MacArthur
 
1999 American Experience PBS documentary series
 
Part 1. Destiny
 
N. A.
 
Part 2. The Politics of War (1 hr. 52 min.)
 
 
or
 
 
 
MacArthur
 
1977 movie with Gregory Peck (2 hrs. 10 min.)
 

Note: In the movie, Leyte Beach is presented as a spot on the west coast of Luzon Island. Leyte Beach is actually far to the south, on the east coast of Leyte Island.  

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFEJcX5S1w

 

Movie

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tesXvzIMWbQ

 

 

 

MacArthur Goes to Rest in Virginia (1964)

 

British Pathé newsreel

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMSDNpGLMiU

 
Nation Mourns MacArthur
 
Newsreel
 
 
 
Impressive Tribute to MacArthur
 
Newsreel
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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Winston Churchill
 
1874  -  1965

 
 
 
 
 

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

1874 - 1965
 
 
 
Winston Churchill
 
A Giant of the Century
 
Documentary
 
 
 
Churchill's First War
 
Young Winston at War with the Afghans
 
1898
 
Lecture by Con Coughlin
 
 
 
British cavalry charge at Omdurman
 
(In the Sudan in 1898)
 
Excerpt from the 1972 movie Young Winston
 
 
Preview for the 1972 movie Young Winston
 
 
 
Winston Churchill
 
First Lord of the Admiralty
 
Episode from the series The Great War
 
 
 
Winston Churchill
 
The Wilderness Years, 1929 - 1939
 
Documentary
 
 
 
The Forgotten Years 1945 - 1965
 
Documentary with David Reynolds
 
 
 
Churchill
 
4-part 1992 documentary from Biography with Martin Gilbert
 
Part 1. Renegade and Turncoat
 
 
or
 
 
or as
 
1. The Maverick Politician
 
With intro by Biography host
 
 
Part 2. To Conquer or to Die
 
 
or
 
 
With intro by Biography host
 
Part 3. The Beginning of the End
 
 
or
 
 
With intro by Biography host
 
 
Part 4. Never Despair
 
 
or
 
 
 
Winston Churchill
 
The Wilderness Years
 
With Robert Hardy (1981)      
 
8 parts
 
1. Down and Out
 
 
2. Politics are Foul
 
 
3. High Places
 
 
4. A Menace in the House
 
 
5. The Flying Peril
 
 
6. His Own Funeral
 
 
7. The Long Tide of Surrender
 
 
8. What Price Churchill?
 
 
 
The Gathering Storm
 
With Richard Burton (1974)
 
 
 
The Gathering Storm
 
2002 movie with Tom Hiddleston   
 
Part 1.
 
 
Part 2.
 
 
 
Into the Storm
 
2009 sequel to The Gathering Storm, about Churchill and the Second World War
 
In 10 clips:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Churchill and the Generals
 
3-part 1979 documentary
 
 
 
 
 
Churchill - The Man Behind the Myth
 
3-part documentary from the program Britography
 
1. The Path to Power
 
 
2. The War Years
 
 
3. Victory and Defeat
 
 
 
Winston Churchill
 
Four Score Years and Ten
 
Documentary (09:22)
 
 
 
The Valiant Man  
 
State funeral (TV broadcast)
 
 
 
Winston Churchill Lying in State
 
 
 
The State Funeral of Winston Churchill
 
Brief
 
 
 
This Was A Man
 
British Pathé
 
 
 
 
The Legacy of Winston Churchill

Lecture by Vernon Bogdanor

Gresham College

January 2015 






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Dwight David Eisenhower
 
1890  -  1969
 
Dwight David Eisenhower (1890
 - 1969)
 
 
 
Death of Dwight Eisenhower (1969)
 
Huntley-Brinkley NBC News
 
 
 
 
 

Ike

 

American Experience biography of Dwight Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) narrated by David McCullough

 

Eisenhower was a beloved grandfather figure and the most popular president in memory

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJB4nG-3mB0

 

or in 2 clips:

 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF-Ir3cKgkI

 

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sKfM9iKg_c

 
 
 
 
 
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President Eisenhower



State Funeral



Washington D.C.



1969



British Pathé



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaYAPSTcM3c


The Dwight D. Eisenhower Story

The Big Picture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2P5rSxuBU

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pja_hBTJjbA




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Charles De Gaulle
 
1890 - 1970


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Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
 
 
 
The Death of Charles De Gaulle (1970)
 
ABC-TV announcement
 
 
 
Obsèques du général de Gaulle
 
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
 










 
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Statue of Charles de Gaulle in Paris, France
 
 
 

De Gaulle, rebelle visionnaire 

 

Documentaire

 

(2 clips) 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8kIiLJUYCY

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKlGwBBR58

 

Rétrospective Charles de Gaulle

Hommage (1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGGZpI1VlkE

 

BIOGRAPHIE - LE GENERAL DE GAULLE

. . . Dakar . . . 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj6v3mSWkwA

 

 

 
Charles De Gaulle
 
Henri Guillemin
 

. . . Jean Moulin, Chaban-Delmas, Von Choltitz . . . 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYRxRFmEjfg

 

CONFERENCE DE PRESSE DU GENERAL DE GAULLE A L'ELYSEE

5 septembre 1961

- la position de la FRANCE à l'égard du GPRA

- BIZERTE et l'OTAN

- La souveraineté de la France sur le SAHARA

- L'action de l'ONU au KATANGA

- la GRANDE BRETAGNE et le MARCHE COMMUN

- La suspension des essais nucleaires dans l'atmosphere

- L'agriculture: reforme et modernisation des structures politique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZprDRpof3UQ

 

The Enigma of Charles DeGaulle

A Timely Report

Documentary (1965)

(17:38)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buWxzTrUETI

 

DeGaulle

From the biographical documentary series Portraits of Power  -  Those Who Shaped the 20th Century

1. Force of Character

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17mjfbXWW4g

2. Republican Monarch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXBDaiDjmzM

 

Le Grand Charles

2006

Episode 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwC_OflXeTw

Episode 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et3rYFqZCn8

 

 

 
 
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Lord Louis Mountbatten
 
1900  -  1979


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Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten,
1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 
(1900 - 1979)

 

 
Lord Louis Mountbatten
 



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Funeral of Mountbatten (1979)
 
 
 
Wedding of Lord Louis Mountbatten and Edwina Ashley
 
Pathe newsreel (1922)
 
 
 
 
Lord Mountbatten Receives Freedom of City Of London
 
1946 Pathé newsreel
 
 
 
 
Lord Mountbatten Speaks on Antisubmarine Warfare  
 
Pathé newsreel, Canada (1958)
 
 
 

Mountbatten
.
The Life and Times of Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Earl Mountbatten discusses the 12-part television programme in an interview

First transmitted on 20 March 1969

12 programmes (50 min. each) 

Start here: 


1, The Kings Depart

2. The King's Ships were at Sea 

3. Azure Main

4. The Stormy Winds

5. United We Conquer

6. The Imperial Enemy

7. The March to Victory

8. The Meaning of Victory

9. The Last Viceroy

10. Fresh Fields

11. Full Circle

12. A Man of this Century


27th August 1979
 
Pathé newsreel from the series A Day that Shook the World
 
 
 
 
Mountbatten: Death of a Royal
 
Documentary about the assassination of Lord Mountbatten by the IRA
 
 
or
 
 
 

Lord Mountbatten's Ceremonial Funeral
 
 
 
 
Mountbatten
 
Episode from the documentary series Secret Lives
 
 
 





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