Adolf Hitler (0:01)
Title: “Hitler has invaded Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark and Norway.” (0:01)
Winston Churchill smokes his cigar in bed. (0:06)
Churchill’s wife Clementine tells his secretary Elizabeth, “I think you were nervous...” (0:10)
Chamberlain tells King George stutters as he talk to Chamberlain: “Winston lacks judgement.”
”He was right about Hitler.” (0:15)
Churchill answers Sir Anthony Eden that George is “Anxious.” (0:19)
One French leader tells another, referring to Churchill, “He’s delusional, completely delusional.” (0:35)
A minister, referring to Churchill’s father: “Until he lost his mind to syphilis.”
Another minister tells another”... we have a drunkard at the wheel.” (0:36)
Minister, referring to Churchill’s plan: “It’s suicide.”
Churchill: “With Hitler holding the whip hand, do you really think...”
”The only thing to do is to show that maniac that he cannot conquer this island...” (0:51)
Lord Halifax asks Churchill, “What is to stop Herr Hitler then...?” (0:55)
Halifax tells Churchill, “Hitler will not insist on outrageous terms.” (1:09)
Chamberlain sets down a bottle labeled “Morphine sulphate” (1:10)
Newsreel of Hitler (1:20)
Churchill stutters. (1:21)
Churchill: “If Hitler’s peace terms are overlordship of central Europe...” (1:22)
Newspaper headline: “HITLER DEFIANT” over photograph of Hitler (1:25)
Elizabeth tells Churchill, referring to her soldier brother, “... he never made it.” (1:27)
Churchill tells George, “The War Cabinet is drafting a letter to Mussolini, asking him to broker talks with Herr Hitler.”
George: ”And the mood of Parliament?”
Churchill: “Fear, panic.”
George: ”None dreaded it like Adolf Hitler.” (1:32)
KIds on the street in London wear Hitler masks. (1:36)
Churchill asks his fellow subway riders, “You, the British people, what is your mood?”
”What if we... get very favorable terms from Mr. Hitler...” (1:42)