Brief Contextual Research

 

Churchill was born on the 30th of november 1874 and died 24th of january 1965.
Prime minister twice (1940-1945, 1951-1955)
we shall fight on the beaches speech issued to the house of commons on the 4th of June 1940 to boost moral, reassure the public, ensure a united front between France and Britain as well as rallying the troops.

churchill quotes:“Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.”
Churchill: “If I were your husband I would take it.”

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."


"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."

"Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all of Europe may be free and life of the world may move forward into broad sunlit uplands. But if we fall then the whole world will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister."

The last quote seems particularly relevant and really displays what people were afraid of, Churchill makes Britain sound so noble which is continued in the fight on the beaches speech and the references to "the knights of the round table and the crusaders".

The most famous section of the speech and part of the section i plan on using in my video.

"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

Again this contextual research has reinforced my previous ideas regarding patriotism, there is a sense of righteousness, loyalty and is so distinctly British that it has to be explored. although i want my video to be abstract i definitely want to incorporate this britishness as a running theme.