Churchill - Speaking Notes for BBC Broadcast

When Winston Churchill gave a speech, or aired a broadcast, he used speaking notes set out in his distinctive "psalm form."  The phrased passages helped him to maintain the right cadence in his delivery.

This image depicts Churchill's speaking notes for his October 16, 1938 broadcast to the United States.  In the talk, he urged America and Britain to both arm and to come up with good ideas in the face of gathering war clouds.

Credits

Churchill's speaking notes, courtesy Churchill Papers, Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, U.K.  Online, courtesy Library of Congress, image wc0095s.