Movies often portray Sir Winston’s speeches as bombastic and emphatic, but in reality his tone was reserved and deliberate. Gary Oldman did a fantastic Churchill, but he, like many others before him, fell into the trap of delivering a Churchill speech with vigor and shouting. In reality, Winston’s words spoke for themselves, they rode in on a wave of pure prose, not of emphatic noise. That was the true brilliance of his tongue.

@ElliotBrownJingles

5 жыл бұрын

I humbly submit my contrary view. I believe that what we are used to hearing are recordings done years after the initial delivery to Parliament. I have been led to believe that the original submissions were more vivacious than the later recordings.

@secallen

5 жыл бұрын

He spoke with a calm resolution that must have inspired the country at the time. It certainly inspires me today. What a generation they were.

@Saephaan

4 жыл бұрын

Some recordings we have were made 9 years after he made the speeches, he obviously wouldn’t feel or give the speech in the same manner as if the enemy was days away from taking the island.

@Liam.2000

4 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@ADAMSIXTIES

4 жыл бұрын

True. Winnie had to shout to be heard; Parliament didn't have sound systems then.

“He mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle”. John Kennedy.

@Debre.

4 жыл бұрын

Not-so-fun fact: Churchill outlived Kennedy.

@ericcolvin3546

3 жыл бұрын

So does #Blass Hollingsworth, below, with his offensive use of "literally."

3:22 for those who want that precise moment...

@darlzchriz1320

4 жыл бұрын

lol thanks

@terencemarsh4849

3 ай бұрын

Yes, but let's remember the Greatest Briton was Half American.

@CubeUP049

Ай бұрын

Thanks

I owe my freedom to this man. The Greatest Briton.

@roelkomduur8073

5 жыл бұрын

And 30 millions russians….

@secallen

5 жыл бұрын

@@roelkomduur8073 We fought the Communists for a further 45 years after the war. While the Germans were threatening to invade the UK, Hitler was allied with Stalin. Russian oil was fueling the Luftwaffe. Fuck the USSR.

@juhomannela2160

4 жыл бұрын

@@secallen without russia being In the war germany could very likely have invaded britain. It was the war on two fronts that ended germany In the end.

@secallen

4 жыл бұрын

@@juhomannela2160 Like I said, when Germany was actually trying to invade the UK, Russia was a nazi ally and supplying the Germans with raw materials. Russia did nothing to stop Germany invading the UK - quite the opposite. The whole Russian strategy was to encourage war among the western powers that would wear them all down - and pave the way for communism.

@kry9324

4 жыл бұрын

Juho Mannela without the USSR Supplying Germany they wouldn’t even have enough oil for their tanks or even their LuftWaffe! Fuck the USSR and Communism

Any student of public speaking, debating or seeking a career in the law should study the techniques of Sir Winston Churchill's speeches. There is much to learn. Notice how Churchill's journalism training forms the backbone of all his speeches. I shall recommend this speech to all NZIBS students and graduates. Brian Morris, Principal.

@lotzkaren

10 жыл бұрын

Excellent skills...a man of legend!

@SCiENCE_CHURCHiLL

9 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU graceful charming MAN of iNFiNiTe WiSDOM. WINSTON CHURCHILL = iLLUMiNATiON (The Ancient Technique of the WRiTTEN and SPOKEN WORD). That's 3 "i" or 3rd EYE 666, which is the TRUE HOLY TRINITY. also see 369 NIKOLA TELSA. The Number of the BEAST = BEAST MODE. (A MAN OF POWER). also see GHOST RIDER MYTH, PHOENIX MYTH, JESUS MYTH, BACK TO BLACK, DUMBLEDORE etc etc etc. 33

@LattiMonstaaa

9 жыл бұрын

Brian Morris We're doing his speech in class :)

@markchristmas743

8 жыл бұрын

+PhillipedeJousseneau your sick in the head

@markchristmas743

8 жыл бұрын

+PhillipedeJousseneau your mad

From France, respect and admiration to you, Sir Winston ! Long live England, long reign to the Queen !

A speech which still can drive audience to tears almost 8 decades after it was delivered. A true statesman both GB and the world should be proud to have had.

@MarkHarrison733

Жыл бұрын

Churchill was bribed to destroy Europe and the British Empire.

Man of the Century. The Good Lord in his wisdom saw fit to place this man at the crossroads of history and he played his part magnificently. No man in the world at the time was better fitted for the role he was given. Every person in the world breathing free air owes a deep debt of gratitude to Lord Churchill and the entire British nation.

@michaelram3411

Жыл бұрын

that fatso,called churchill,was a bloodthirsty r@cist,zi@nist rabid d@g that killed tens of millions of innocent people and the main responsible for ww2

My mother remembered listening to Mr. Churchill's speech on the oversees radio broadcast.

As a 64 year old Englishman born in 1957, I was not born until after World War 2. But my parents lived through the war and as children we were told by our parents and taught in school about the War and in particular Winston Churchill's part. His speeches to the nation and stoicism were very widely regarded as responsible for keeping the moral of this country up when it was on its knees. It saddens me that this hero is not fully appreciated by most of the millennial generations. That most of them don't realise that they owe their freedom to Winston Churchill and that generation who gave their lives . A time when freedom meant more than safety.

@honestguy7764

2 жыл бұрын

Its easy to keep up the moral bein english during the war. Being bombed but not being invaded as other european nations had to endure. Never suffering an invasion such as Poland

@Eastcyning

7 ай бұрын

One must imagine that he is similarly "not fully appreciated" in Bengal. Young people are more knowledgeable than you think.

It gives me goosebumps, listening to this speech.

@bardamu1716

5 жыл бұрын

Me too ; and I am french

@ianmac3648

2 жыл бұрын

Me too but am not a racist 🙈

@lukerocco3385

Жыл бұрын

@@ianmac3648 Me too and I am racist

This is what makes me get up every morning.

He made the Great Britain great. And humanities proud.

@christophermcguire5385

5 жыл бұрын

A war of light v dark thank God we won

@christophermcguire5385

5 жыл бұрын

@MrAeronuk1 I repeat Churchill saved British from a new dark age as in this was Their finest hour

@wabaki780

5 жыл бұрын

ya yayya. After the war he was fired from government ( so lost the election.

@roelkomduur8073

5 жыл бұрын

Huh?, you must be living under a rock mate! The man is long gone… So the "decline' is of you own making. @MrAeronuk1

FROM GERMANY! I LOVE THIS HERO!

I owe my freedom that I enjoy now to Winston Churchill

@docastrov9013

3 жыл бұрын

What freedom?

@joeseagull2698

2 жыл бұрын

@@docastrov9013 Is freedom too hard for you to understand?

Absolutely breathtaking.

This truly was their finest hour.

The world owes this man a debt we can never repay. God bless you sir.

@Made_In_Heavenn

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Clark Clark im sorry idk about him but what did he do? Why do people today hates him??

@Made_In_Heavenn

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Clark Clark ok ok its nice to hear that information because i learn from people like you instead of just search through internet and has many details. Thx sir have a nice day 🙂👌

@Made_In_Heavenn

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Clark Clark yeah, they kinda butthurt even though they aren't born that time, in fact that people today have great life today.

@Made_In_Heavenn

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Clark Clark true

@sdbrahm2294

4 жыл бұрын

He caused a famine in India that killed millions...he's a murderer no better than Hitler himself

FROM THE USA WE LOVE THIS HERO!

@Garrett1240

8 жыл бұрын

+hiya Im American and I believe Churchill is the greatest hero of the western world.

@scottferris6309

7 жыл бұрын

Ed, well said. Winston Churchill was truly one of the most consequential figures of the 20th century. His courage and leadership were instrumental in the allies triumph against the forces of evil that sought to conquer and enslave all freedom loving people.

@viola229

7 жыл бұрын

what about his ally Stalin? He made him strong. Churchill war not far-sighted enough. A big mouth. Nothing heroic about him. He was like he looked. By the way Hitler, too. Both were without any vision for the future. Hitler destructive and narrow-minded

@infernolord5796

7 жыл бұрын

viola229 you are avoiding the point and you obviously don't understand how how he was brought to power Churchill called into power because he was the only figure that England saw as warmongery enough to get us through the war. War is a cruel place and do we needed somebody who would do cruel things but Churchill got us through the war he was not brought to power to look forward he was brought into power because he was a bully in some ways and would do anything in his power so save democracy no matter what people thought of him for it . He was not brought to power to look into the future he was there for the war and only that and he did is job very well.

@Porcelanix

6 жыл бұрын

For you, he's a hero, for the others he's a traitor

And, every year, as I hear the repeated speeches of Winston, I smile inwardly, as Day of Remembrance approaches, for he is carried in the hearts of the women & men, that have fought for our Nation...I'M NY Toms very British future wife, America/British, Veteran, Middle East & Continent of Africa

What a Giant of a man...

Reading William Manchester's bio on Churchill and I have just reached this section of the third volume. I am more than a little grateful that this is available for all of us to hear.

Felt the need to come here today

@timpmurph71

2 жыл бұрын

You’re not alone, my friend. 🇺🇦

It is a great mind, without which the course of history may have been different.

The greatest leader of the last century. The man without whom, western civilization as we know it would have ended.

@obaidaserdar1780

2 жыл бұрын

Funny enough that he is again needed now ....the rise of the far right in Europe and UK ... the destruction of Syria and now Ukraine ...the absolute impotence of USA ...the rise of the tyrannical dragon That man is needed again nowadays frankly since 2010

@bassilal-oboudi435

2 жыл бұрын

Mass murderer..king of thieves

Always a tear that comes out for you mr sir churchill. Not enough respect and love could possibly be given to you.. so much love

I love this legendary hero!!!!!

Gave me goose bumps

A speech like that take your fear away a speech like that you put youre head uphigh walking confronts death itself without fear this is magic wow

Only wicked people would give a thumbs-down to this speech. He was a great man, a great mind, and a great command of the glories of the English language.

எத்தனை முறை கேட்டாலும் அத்தனை முறையும் ஊக்கபடுத்தும் பேச்சு 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thank you, Sir Winston.

Simply GREAT.

We need you now Winnie

Germany thanks you for your courage to stand up against Hitler. Without you, Europe - maybe the whole World wouldn't be the same. Respect, Sir.

@sichere

3 жыл бұрын

Or a World according to Billiam Gates

@Sh4dowbanned

2 жыл бұрын

I'm assuming you're European, probly German, or Germanic.

@frankatcheson5019

2 жыл бұрын

What would I have done if I lived in Germany back then and knew or heard of the Concentration Camps, would I have spoken out knowing I could be killed. Now as far as Germany standing up to Hitler, I am not sure most did, there was a weakness in the people, but then that purposelessness became strength, became stronger by following someone as captivating as Hitler, inspired by his voice, his Speeches, Winston was different, not crazy, well, may he drank too much, loved women too much, he was flawed, ok...... but he knew that there was only one way out and that was Onward, Straight Ahead, there was no looking back, just Marching onward and believing in, hoping for Victory! Never, Never, Never Give Up! And I think when Hitler heard his voice, his speeches, he may have been taken aback, someone was actually standing up to him where so many had folded like a house of cards. We need great men and women today, strong warriors as the battle wages on!

Winston Churchill is one of the finest renegades humanity has ever produced. I can only wish we had many like him in the entire world, but particularly in the USA.

@tasinal-hassan8268

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck Winston Churchill. He was evil.

@tasinal-hassan8268

6 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Clark Clark And if Osama Bin Laden hadn't terrorised America and some other western countries,then Middle Eastern people would've been suffering even more today. See how that sounds?

@tasinal-hassan8268

6 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Clark Clark It's called an analogy.

@tasinal-hassan8268

6 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Clark Clark No I don't. I live in the same shithole Winston Churchill stole food supplies from. Both him and Laden are seen as Heroes.

@tasinal-hassan8268

6 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Clark Clark And where's your evidence?

a great man! from France

Danm what a leader !!!

We must never forget.

Thank you churchilll and more importantly thank you british people You stood up against tyranny when nobody was willing to. I will always be grateful for the opportunities you and your grandfathers provided for me ..... 80 yeaes later and brexit drama be dammed.... From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat never has their been a strength of such character been needed more at this time and of course then to lead and unite not just one nation but all who fought the tehorney of such ungodly evil in the world as we knew it then to differing battles now. Sir Winston Churchill I tip my hat to you good sir

"I have nothing to offer, but blood, toil, tears and sweat." 3:29

I'm like ricky Gervais. Churchill is one of my heroes. Born Lancashire, emigrated to the USA at three. My father was english, mother American. Just like churchill. I'm such a nerd I've memorized some of churchill's speeches and have read his biographies. What courage, what leadership that man had to stand alone in parliament knowing the task at hand in stead of choosing terms with hitler and allowing a swastika to fly over Buckingham palace.

Mr Winston Churchill grateful person and grate leader. ⌚👌👌❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

God Bless this honourable gentleman I hope his spirit sweeps parliament

He could see what was happening years before and warned about it repeatedly. For this he was demonized. He was entirely correct. An eccentric and a genius.

Never have so many owed so much to one man

A man whose speech you could actually trust, what he said would happen, was executed on, unlike today's political doubletalkers

Greatest Leader of all time.

A Man For all Seasons a Great Man.

The Free World owes its freedom and survival to this man and his country.

I give you Norway, those ceragoes people I give Norway my Love from Scotland, you gave your lives from a common cause and my friends I give for ever more my love. Norway will never die as long as Scotland will Prevail, God Bless those who gave their lives for freedom. Norway I love you. xxxxxx

Note how he underpinned his rhetoric with details and facts. Sadly, this hasn't happened in a while.

Fighting words? At least. Impossible odds? Maybe. Unlimited resolve? No question. Absolute inspiration? QED.

@adambosnialalo

5 жыл бұрын

Hotel? Trivago.

we shall not see his like again

@adelarsen9776

9 жыл бұрын

+lollllfol Nigel Farage. He runs close.

@jackofswords7

8 жыл бұрын

+PhillipedeJousseneau That is your opinion, but by no means is it a majority opinion.

@jackofswords7

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark christmas Forget him he's an ugly troll. His comments show that if he had another brain it would be lonely.

@thepenguin8092

8 жыл бұрын

+PhillipedeJousseneau No, he was the loudest cheerleader for stopping Germany. Difference

@tasinal-hassan8268

6 жыл бұрын

Which is a good thing.

Nothing is for me now to offer but sweat and tears as well. Not to fight for the external world tough but the inner on a personal basis.

Before the days of DNA studies my wife did a genealogy study of her family and turns out she is related to Churchill through his mother who was an american how bout dat.

France loves you Winston, you true legend

What a gigantic figure! Rest in peace, Sir.

@michaelram3411

Жыл бұрын

that fatso,called churchill,was a bloodthirsty r@cist,zi@nist rabid d@g that killed tens of millions of innocent people and the main responsible for ww2.May he burn in hell

made us free for a while great man

@iainmair485

3 жыл бұрын

I fear all that was fought for, and won, is disappearing. Fascism is re-emerging, more reason to remember these words.

Strong Man. Great Speech.Don´t mess with Tommy´s ;-)

Amazing.

Tears get in my eyes.

The voice is not Churchill's. The speech was originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which, at that time, was not wired for sound recording. Churchill privately recorded several of his war time speeches after the war for posterity at his Chartwell home in Kent. Radio actor Norman Shelley's voice was used to broadcast some of Churchill's speeches - including 'We shall fight them on the beaches' and "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat", Shelley would take his own false teeth out for the part. At the height of the war the British Council had additionally asked Shelley to impersonate Churchill for broadcasts in America. In 1990 an American speech research group called Sensimetrics tested 20 of the speeches that Decca and EMI sell under Churchill's name. The speech patterns on three recordings were found to be different. They were the disputed speeches originally made in Parliament in 1940: the Dunkirk speech, the 'Finest Hour' speech, and the one made on 13 May, when Churchill promised 'blood, toil, tears and sweat'.

he saved the world

@ixtoc999

5 жыл бұрын

HE MADE EUROPE MUSLIM, THE FUCK.

@tyakasiuol9912

5 жыл бұрын

@@ixtoc999 just say ur islamophobic and go

@brammiejo

5 жыл бұрын

@MrAeronuk1 wtf?

@captainfirebug341

4 жыл бұрын

@MrAeronuk1 Sounds a whole lot better than Fascist or Communist control to me.

@carlT1986

4 жыл бұрын

I cannot say he saved the world. I might say that without him there would not have been a free world left to save.

Oh the world needs him again since 2010 more and more every year ..... that was a great man.... truly their finest hour

if you want the background of this speech then you must read his first book on ww2 , "the gathering storm " and "blood toil tears and sweat" by john lukacs. did sir winston have his little character traits that some people loathed ? YES ! ....BUT there was NO ONE associated with british government that could have done what he did to pull things together for england and the world AT THAT TIME.

@infernolord5796

7 жыл бұрын

Pamela Jaussi true because for the first time in the British empires history it was fully united under one cause as they realised England was not fighting for imperial glory but to save its culture, democracy, free trade and everything it had spent 300 years building. In someways Churchill made one of the biggest sacrifices ever made in history because what country as ever given up all the territory it owned to give the world something good (and no other country before that time has given up everything it owned for the good of other nations even enemy's)

The greatest Briton of the 20th century -> Sir Winston Churchill

विजय का एक ही आधार पहले खुद विश्वास करो हम जीतेंगे

“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, Victory however long and hard the road may be, for without victory, there is no survival.” 4:12

Sadly lacking in the country today

So inspiring

Awesome!

so word of wisdom; full of strength against tyrrany, fumar matar

Знову слухаю цю промову і думаю про те, наскільки схожими є ситуації тоді а Британії і зараз в Україні Великий і сильний ворог, мало зброї і ресурсів, опора на велику але недостатню допомогу союзників.. біль втрат.. бомбардування міст.. і розуміння того, що це війна за саме існування нашої держави і того, у що ми віримо..

He was a gentleman and a soldier.

Legend

We need a man like him today!!

@hughjainisis1683

2 жыл бұрын

We have one and his name is Volodymyr Zelenskyy

@rodionpohodnia3905

2 жыл бұрын

@@hughjainisis1683 we actually have 2, Zelenski and Arestovich

@nemo6686

Жыл бұрын

Good luck with that; Britain booted him out for Labour and statism before the war was even over.

3:27 This is the kind of leader South Korea needs right now.

With all thats going on in ukriane i really needed to hear this right now so inspiring. We all owe this man our freedom sad to think our goverments become corrupt and a joke

So I'm here from the Peppa Pig Borris Johnson speech. Someone in the comments had referenced this speech comparing the competence of the two PMs. After hearing this speech, I think I will have to say , point taken.

he understood the moment in history and spoke the truth.

Saved the world on his own for a time KBO

he s amazing

A Great Man

1:39 :I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat and tears."

Britain and so many countries were so... suprisingly... so very unprepared... So dastardly exposed.. that I still feel today... how could it be... that there must have been... what only they know.. so many questions later.. and unanswered... as we remain... in the abyss...

churchill es un ejemplo para los politicos de todos los paises. Aprendan de el, que no prometia nada mas que esfuerzo, trabajo, y sufrimiento, nada de palabras vacias, por eso inspira confianza,,,,

Winston Churchhill stood up, publicly to tyranny. He was not afraid to say what needed to be said and he said it, he said it in the face of great odds stacked against him and the British Empire. But he stood strong and never gave up, he decided freedom whatever the cost was worth fighting for. If we do not develop that sort of back bone, and if we are not prepared to stand up for our Rights and Freedoms, where ever you are in the world, you will loose them, make no mistake and you will live in tyranny and regret. That day will come.

Some of our corporate managers and politicians, who consider themselves leaders, should take an example on how to motivate people for whom they are responsible.

A nation in despair, weakened by war, defeated Lost their pride in Versailles A former prisoner, with a vision or a grand delusion Rise to power in the Reich

Goosebumps!

Wow! I’ve never thought of it that way honestly…

Love Sir Wiston Churchill ❤❤

Thank you for posting this, and for posting the text of the speech as worded when he delivered it in the Commons. I wonder why he changed some of the words of the speech when he made this recording of it.

We had to start somewhere...

as a PROUD AMERICAN, I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!!! the greatest Statesman since Abraham Lincoln.

@mr.freshsr.1871

7 жыл бұрын

please tell me your not serious

@glenmendoza7053

7 жыл бұрын

Purge LOA take that fucking stupid ass mask off your fave you liberal fascist pile of shit. anonymous SUCKS and pile of shits like you

@mr.freshsr.1871

7 жыл бұрын

I wasn't saying he was a bad man, I admire him plenty... I am saying he was not a God Damn American statesman he was Great Britain's Prime Minister.

@mr.freshsr.1871

7 жыл бұрын

FYI Prime Ministers are not statesmen

@joehiggins7830

7 жыл бұрын

Glen Mendoza you're an idiot 😂

Who’s here following Darkest Hour?

The quickness of technology today has made us increasingly more distant from our neighbor and tragically more distant from our Creator.

He is criticized for his crimes, but people don’t understand that is thanks to men like him, that today we are able to say our opinion whenever and wherever we want.