Eden Resigns, Macmillan Successor.
Eden Resigns, Macmillan Successor.
Clip: 354550_1_1
Year Shot: 1957
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1626
Original Film: 030-005-02
HD: N/A
Location: London, England, UK
Timecode: 00:31:15 - 00:32:04
Eden Resigns, Macmillan Successor. Sir Anthony Eden, long-time foreign minister and protege (prot g ) of Winston Churchill, resigns as prime minister after twenty-one stormy months in office. His successor is Harold Macmillan, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Flashback (library footage) of Winston and Clementine Churchill with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of the end of Churchill's career in politics. Sir Anthony Eden exits door, smiles and waves for cameras. Exterior Buckingham Palace. Show of Harold Macmillan surrounded by some other men, waving, at an airport somewhere. Politics, transition.