Menzies & Churchill at war

Resource Information

The work Menzies & Churchill at war represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Menzies & Churchill at war

Title variation

Menzies and Churchill at war

Contributor

• Film Victoria
• Jodrell, Steve
• King, Matthew
• trueMoore, John
• Tingwell, Charles, 1923-

Subject

• Australia -- Foreign relations -- 1939-1945
• trueAustralia -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
• Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
• trueDocumentary films -- Australia
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Australia
• Historical films
• Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history

Genre

• Documentary films
• Historical films

Language

eng

Summary

"Using Robert Menzies' World War II diaries and remarkable 16 mm film, this dramatised documentary lifts the lid on a bitter behind-the-scenes battle between Winston Churchill and the Australian Prime Minister as the fate of Australia hangs in the balance. It follows Menzies to London during the dark months of 1941 as he takes on the British Prime Minister over the strategic direction of the war, telling the story of Menzies' political epiphany from his own point of view. The film introduces the controversial theory that Menzies became so alarmed by flaws in Churchill's leadership that he considered taking over himself. With Australia under threat of a Japanese attack, Menzies struggled to convince the autocratic British leader to send reinforcements to Singapore. The unequal struggle eventually cost Menzies his prime ministership, but out of it he developed a new vision for Australia and built a constituency of middle-class voters who swept him back to power" --Container

Cataloging source

VHOB

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Writers John Moore, Mick Cummins, Steve Jodrell ; director Steve Jodrell ; producer John Moore

Dewey number

940.5322

Intended audience

Censorship classification: PG

Language note

In English with English captions

PerformerNote

Matthew King, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Runtime

55

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action