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          the britannia                                                                                                          churchill’s bid to abolish britain




          For more than four decades, the Britannia served as the floating                Duration                               An astonishing true story from Britain’s ‘Finest Hour’.                         Duration
          embassy of the British Empire, a royal retreat and a family ‘love boat’.        1 x 60’                                                                                                                1 x 60’
                                                                                                                                 Uncover one the of most remarkable political stories of the Second World War, featuring
          ‘The Britannia’ delves deep into the secrets of the ship and uses previously unknown   Credits                         huge historical characters and startling discoveries. In a desperate effort to keep   Credits
          archive material to tell the story of the ‘power and magic’ associated with the royal   Wendlemann Films               France in the war against the Nazis, Winston Churchill’s government in London made   Mercury Productions
          yacht. To this day, the 126-metre-long state ship is considered the mother of all large                                an amazing declaration: “France and Great Britain shall no longer be two nations,
          yachts and an extraordinary style icon.  The film documents the unique  history and   YOP                              but one Franco-British Union”. Experts from Britain, France, the US and Australia explain   YOP
          charisma of the Britannia, which has been moored as a museum ship in Edinburgh,   2025                                 the  background  to  this  ambitious,  astonishing  plan  –  and  explain  why  it  backfired   2024
          Scotland, since 1997.                                                                                                  spectacularly, triggering the final fall of France to the Nazis.
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