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"THE CHURCHILLSBOSTON, FEB. 21ST—A 2 1/2-hourAmerican adaptation of the 1995British television documentary onthe Churchill family from LordRandolph to Winston was scheduledto air over PBS-TV at 8PMeastern time (check local listingsfor times and stations).By editing out thirty minutes ofthe worst original misrepresentations,WGBH has made a majorimprovement on the British version'sturgid parade of half-truths,leaving a film we don't have towatch in fear of some nasty slur onWSC's character or falsification ofthe record inserted by some extremistproducer or historian.Lord Randolph is still not allowedto die without mention ofsyphilis, but only a single mentionsurvives, and Prof. Foster qualifiesit, saying no one can be sure. PartII still asserts that in 1919 "whileLloyd George was at the Parispeace conference, Churchill senttroops to Russia." (14,000 Britishtroops and seven generals were inRussia when Churchill becameMinister of War in 1919; while hedid wish to oppose the Bolsheviks,he did not wish to do so withBritish troops. He stayed in touchwith Lloyd George on this issuewhenever they were separated andnever countermanded his chief. Sothis statement is entirely false.)On the whole, though, WGBH isto be congratulated. World War IIand the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalinrelationship are described well andhonestly; family triumphs andtragedies are handled with sensitivity.The sad majesty of the funeralis conveyed memorably injust a few moments. The filmingand narration are marvelous, andRobert Hardy as Churchill's voiceis superb as usual. -RMLALEC DOUGLAS-HOMESCOTLAND, OCTOBER 9TH—Akind and gentle Scot, Sir Alec Douglas-Homedied today. He becamePrime Minister upon the resigna-tion of Harold Macmillan in 1963,but held the post a shorter timethan any other PM this centuryexcept Andrew Bonar Law, losingto Harold Wilson's Labour Partythe following year.Alas at least one obituary(American) stated that Alec Homeprotested, as a backbench MP,"Churchill's betrayal of the Polesat Yalta," a popular but inaccurateconception. We now know thatChurchill (and Roosevelt) leftYalta with Stalin's promise of freePolish elections. When thatpromise was broken, Churchillwas among the first to warn of theimminent loss of Polish freedom. IfAlec Home also did so, kudos forhim; but he was also a lifetimeChamberlain apologist who wroteregularly that Munich gave GreatBritain an extra year to arm.Hitler, of course, armed muchfaster, and used the year to digestCzechoslovakia, the last strongdemocracy in central Europe,which had, recent historians nowsuggest, a fighting chance of resistingthe Nazis. -RMLFRENCH EXHIBITVTLLEJEAN, BRITANNY, DEC. 2-17TH—A unique exhibition of Churchill'slife and works featured a massivecollection of photos and documents.Included were comic booksby Calvo, a 1940s French sketchartist,who used animals to portrayWSC (a bulldog) and Hitler (awolf). Propaganda leaflets andChurchill's paintings were shown;"Churchill on the Internet" showedthe ICS Homepage. A multimediacomputer housed events, soundsand images about WSC from a CDromdisk called "200 Personnalites,"made with the assistanceof the CCETT (Joint Centre for Researchin Telecommunications andBroadcasting).Finest Hour congratulates theorganizer, M. J. Foulon, for thisambitious exhibition. For informationcontact M. Foulon, telephone(033) 99.12.43.75 or by e-mail tofoulon@ccett.frFINEST HOUR 89/8The London back-up variant: only 40 exist.RARE ICS COVERSFor the first time in twenty-fiveyears, ICS cover #42 (WSC's visitto Normandy 12Jun44) was lost.Happily, forty back-up covers withthe London WSC one-day silhouettecancellation and D-Day stampwere issued on the right day,12Jun94. Point is, first come, firstserved. ICS Friends may order therare London cover with a copy ofthe replacement cover postmarkedaboard USS Normandy for $20/£13or the Can/Aus equivalent. Chequespayable to "ICS" should be sent toBox 385, Hopkinton NH 03229 USA.PROF. RAMSDENLECTURES ON WSCSAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY20TH—John Ramsden, FulbrightVisiting Professor of British Historyat Westminster College, Fulton,Mo., delivers a lecture entitled,"The Road from Fulton:Churchill as Icon 1946-1955" atStanford University here today at4:15PM. This issue will not be outby the time you read this, but localFriends were notified. ProfessorRamsden is also to speak at the50th Anniversary Sinews of PeaceChurchill Conference at JeffersonCity, Mo. on March 8th. For informationon the Stanford lecturecontact Prof. Peter Stansky at(415) 723-2663. For information onFulton contact Judith Pugh at(314) 642-6648.STIRRED, NOT SHAKENLONDON, JAN. 1st—Victor Gowercelebrated his MBE in usual style,serving drinks to everyone at thebar at Simpson's in the Stranduntil 4:30AM. Gower, 67, had receivedhis award for services to »
RECORD MEETING OF THE ICS LEADERSHIP: The Boston Conference (page 20) saw the largest-ever meeting ofSociety leaders worldwide, all but one ICS/USA director and all but two trustees. SEATED: USA Chairman Paul Robinson,USA Director John Mather, UK I USA I Canada Patron Lady Soames, ICS/Canada Secretary John Plumpton,ICS I Canada President Randy Barber, ICS I USA President Richard Langworth and USA Director Alan Fitch. STAND-ING: USA directors David Simpson, Douglas Russell, James Mutter and Parker Lee; UK I USA Trustee Celia Sandys;USA Directors Bill Ives, George Lewis & Cyril Mazansky; UK Chairman David Boler, USA Director Jonah Triebwasser.tourism, having worked with theSavoy Group for more than fiftyyears. He began aged 16 as awaiter in the Savoy Grill, where,one day, Churchill called him overto serve Turkish coffee and askedhim what he wanted to be in life.Gower answered, "A barman,Sir." WSC replied, "That's a fineprofession, my boy," and tippedhim a 10 shilling note. ThoughGower was earning only 3/6(17.5p) a week and 10/ was a magnificentgift, he kept the note andstill has it. He has served everyPrime Minister since Churchill exceptJohn Major, and offers tothank Mr. Major with one of hisseasonal creations, his hangovercure, "The Corpse Reviver."HERITAGE FUNDANOTHER SUCCESSICS United States is once againdeeply grateful to the hundreds ofFriends who responded to its annualend-of-year Heritage FundAppeal, which supports the basicoperations of the Society includingthis journal. The result is immediatelyevident, as this is the largestissue of Finest Hour ever published.ICS cannot do all it does onsubscriptions alone. If you havenot contributed to the HeritageFund, please consider doing so bysending a donation of any amountto ICS c/o George Lewis, Treasurer,268 Canterbury Road, WestfieldNJ 07090. Donations are taxdeductiblefor US citizens.To the many who have alreadydonated, you cannot be thankedenough, but we have acknowledgedyour kindness personallyand will also do so herein.FINEST HOUR 89/9HELP WANTED:CHURCHILLTRIVIABarbara Langworth has declaredher intent to retire from ourpopular Trivia department nolater than Question #800, so as topursue other Churchill interestsincluding cookery. (In October, sheand Lady Soames went overRecipes from Number Ten byChurchill cook Mrs. Landemare,with a view to "translating" themfor modern kitchens.)We need a person interested informulating Q&As to continue thiscolumn. Our original intent was toproduce at least 1,500 Q&As asthe minimum needed to create(with permission) a Churchill versionof "Trivial Pursuits." If youare interested, contact the editorat (603) 746-4433.ICS STORESAfter many years of service,Alan Fitch has stepped down fromICS Stores. Taking up this taskafter the 1990 San Francisco Conference,Alan built Stores from aback issue department to a broadmail order Churchilliana service.Proceeds contribute to the work ofICS, which is grateful to Alan andhis wife Pat for their efforts.Gail Greenly, a Friend of ICSand FH editorial assistant, is to bethe new ICS Stores manager, operatingfrom her home in Contoocook,New Hampshire. She willbe offering Visa/Mastercard andtelephone answering and fax service,which will make orderingmore convenient, especially fromoutside USA. Domestic shipmentsof perishables will be by UPS. Ms.Greenly's address is on page 2 andback issues and publications maybe ordered immediately, butplease allow until next issue forher to inventory and catalogue therest of the stock.continued overleaf»>
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