The Great Smog of London | The Crown (Claire Foy, John Lithgow)
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- My dears, as a great smog blankets London, claiming thousands of lives and hospitalizing many more over several days, Elizabeth's (Claire Foy) advisors urge her to request Churchill's (John Lithgow) resignation, as he refers to the event as an 'act of God'.
🔎The Crown Season 1, Episode 4, 'Act of God'.
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Everytime I rewatch these clips I can’t help but think: what a grumpy old man who isn’t getting his way 😂
Reelecting Churchill in 1951 was one of the dumbest things England ever did.
Churchill had no plan to lead, he just wanted to be Prime Minister again.
Angry old man shouting at sky really shouldn’t be applied to the great Winston Churchill but if the shoe fits….
One of the best scenes to help the average person understand the temperament of Churchill. lol
Only Churchill could behave and react like this in front of the queen
In reality, he probably didn’t…..
@@LongJumpingSurprise There is absolutely NO WAY that anyone ever spoke to The Queen like this, even when her father was The King. It is beyond out of line, disrespectful and wouldn’t have been tolerated.
the ego of a "war hero"@joshuacoldwater
He probably never did but the episode implies he realized he shouldn't underestimate her and so never did after this point.
@@LongJumpingSurprise Churchill? LMAO! I’m sure he did. He was always egotistical but after defeating the Nazis he was insufferable!
“Winning a world war and prevailing over fascism, tyranny, and evil” - the kind of cred you drop when you want to be taken extra seriously
Or when you need to keep falling back on something you did years ago to dodge the issues you’re facing now 😅
For context Elizabeth was 30 year old and had been queen for 4 years. Churchill was 82, dealing with several health and political issues, and has been in some form of political leadership for over 30 years. So while he could have been more respectful he's clearly at that point of "I don't have time for this non-sense, especially from someone that was in diapers when I first met them".
As for the great smog, it would take decades to resolve. Enviromental laws would have to me made, technologies would need to be discovered, natural gas deposits would need to be found, and country wide infrastructure would need to be improved. It wasn't until the 1980s when winter smog became a thing of the past.
The year was 1952.
Elizabeth had been Queen 10 months that week and Winston was 78.
@@justinanthony0890My mistake. But it makes the point. A 26 year old in the job for 10 months talking to one the most senior members of government.
@@socalrefrigeration548 the head of state speaking to one of her subjects. it really is disrespect to the realm itself.
From what I have read I can't imagine her ever spoke so rudely to her. He would also not have ended the meeting himself, she would have had to dismiss him. This is nonsense.
He’s so cute as he grumbles his way out of the room 😂. I’m on the queens side but I’m not mad at Winston. He means well.
I mean, he was a genocidal maniac who, certainly globally, was not nearly as anti-fascistic as his admittedly valiant struggle against Hitler would have one believe. Not sure how 'well' he meant.
December 1952. At this point, Churchill was not in good health, having suffered from a series of minor strokes, which were kept secret from the public. This may account for his irascibility in front of the Queen.
I would love to be included in her box tomorrow
Churchill was a real SOB but did his Job well.
he was England's greatest Britain!
Having no heat or power would be worse. Like cleaning up the Thames, it took decades and huge investments to clean the air. Not something done overnight.
He adored the monarchy and her personally. I find this rendering overdone.
More than 4000 people died from the 1952 London smog disaster.
@@hanstun1Due to the combination of thousands of coal burning household chimneys on cold winter days. So 4000 dead due to pollution or 40,000 dead due to freezing to death? It took decades of laws and infrastructure improvements to change this. London now uses mostly wet central heating. This technology wasn't even invented until the 1960s and wasn't commonly used until the 1980. Natural gas, which fuels these systems, didnt' start to replace coal until the late 1970s.
@@socalrefrigeration548 40000 freezing to death, lol. how on earth did anyone survive before the invention of coal burning? pretending to believe that even a single person was saved from freezing to death by the coal burning is silly. No one need freeze to death in england because it's not the arctic and there are garments, mr cratchit. burning coal is simply a matter of comfort.
Several actors have played Churchill. Seriously. John Lithgow plays Churchill better than Churchill played himself.
Gary Oldman?
Uhh sir? This is the Queen. Can we be a little less condescending?
London is famous for fog but this was deadly