Chasing Churchill

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Winston Churchill's quest for his inner self took two forms: a constant thirst for exotic travel and a passion for the exuberance of painting and the beauty of words. His granddaughter Celia Sandys traveled extensively with Churchill towards the end of his life. Now, in this intimate portrait, she follows in her grandfather's footsteps. From England to Egypt, from Hollywood to Havana, from Virginia to France and South Africa, this documentary follows Sandys around the world as she retraces her grandfather's ...
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Overview

Winston Churchill's quest for his inner self took two forms: a constant thirst for exotic travel and a passion for the exuberance of painting and the beauty of words. His granddaughter Celia Sandys traveled extensively with Churchill towards the end of his life. Now, in this intimate portrait, she follows in her grandfather's footsteps. From England to Egypt, from Hollywood to Havana, from Virginia to France and South Africa, this documentary follows Sandys around the world as she retraces her grandfather's footsteps to reveal the man behind the famous façade. Featuring newly discovered archival footage, photographs and private letters, diaries, and paintings from the Churchill archives.
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Special Features

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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/19/2008
  • UPC: 841887009652
  • Original Release: 2007

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  • Source: Pbs (Direct)
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Wide Screen
  • Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Language: English
  • Time: 3:00:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Technical Credits
Stephen Moore Director, Editor
Stewart Binns Producer
Joanna Ford Production Manager
Mike Parker Cinematographer
James Saligari Cinematographer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Chasing Churchill
2. Introduction (Sandhurst) [3:36]
3. New York - American Roots [3:00]
4. The Home(s) of Churchill's Mother, Jenny Jerome [4:00]
5. Winston Falls in Love With America [1:04]
6. Rudy Giuliani [4:13]
7. Churchill 'The Journalist' in Havana & The Cuban Revolt [6:46]
8. La Reforma - Winston's First Battle [4:47]
9. In Search of thw Churchill Cigar [4:21]
10. In Pursuit of Glory - South Africa and the Boer War [4:18]
11. Captured by the Boers [3:32]
12. Escape From Pretoria [5:50]
13. Adulation At Last [2:24]
14. Churchill, Botha, Ghandi and the Battle of Spion Kop [5:03]
15. The Return and the Great War [2:19]
16. In Memory of David Rattray & End Credits [:41]
2. Introduction (The Lincoln Memorial) [5:01]
3. California, The Golden Age - Winston and William Randolph Hurst [3:51]
4. "The Place God Would Have Built" - Hurst Castle [5:53]
5. Chaplin and Churchill - The Bolshevik and the Tory [6:48]
6. Guest of the Governor in Richmond & Senator Harry Bird Jr [3:49]
7. The Nile, Egypt and Lawrence of Arabia [2:44]
8. "Crimson Sunsets" - Painting thw Pyramids [5:52]
9. Churchill & Roosevelt - Inseparable Allies [3:04]
10. Jane Plakias Remembers 'The Secret Visit' [3:29]
11. Churchill's 'American Girlfriend', Diana Halsted [2:21]
12. Cairo - The British Embassy and Wartime Strategies [3:56]
13. The Mena House Hotel At Giza [2:33]
14. George Washington's Church - Two Leaders United in Prayer [4:44]
15. Dark Days and 'The Special Relationship' [1:02]
16. End Credits [:45]
2. Introduction (The Houses of Parliament, London) [3:30]
3. Churchill and Roosevelt in Morocco [4:05]
4. The Mamounia Hotel [4:13]
5. Painting Marrakech [3:34]
6. The Pasha of Marrakech [2:33]
7. Majorlelle Gardens - Artist, Thomas Saliot and Churchill's Paintings [3:53]
8. Winston's Painting Expeditions in Ourika Valley [2:23]
9. The Love Affair With France - Painting in Provence [3:31]
10. Philippe's Restaurant - Chocolate the Donkey [4:26]
11. In 'Pausa-Land' With Anthony Montague-Browne [4:15]
12. Monaco, Monte Carlo and the Hotel De Paris [3:20]
13. The Christina - Aboard the Onassis Yacht [5:28]
14. The Dying Stag [3:29]
15. "Ready to Meet My Maker" - Winston's Final Journey [6:31]
16. End Credits [:41]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- Chasing Churchill
   Play Movie
   Scene Selections
      Wanted Dead or Alive
      The Other Country
      Worth Doing Once
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