Some Chicken - Some Neck

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

42/6

Date Released

19 Jan 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Red Army Parade
2. 2General Sikorski in Russia and Return to Britain
3. 3Inter-Allied Conference in London
4. 4Some Chicken - Some Neck
5. 5Sneezing Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

Mr Churchill in Ottawa talks of the military leaders of France at the time of the French collapse who reported to their Prime Minister that in three weeks Britain would have her neck wrung like a chicken - some chicken - some neck.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

Canada; Ottawa

Length of story (in feet)

300

Story extras:

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