Churchill, Clementine (Lady), 1885-1977

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: McKenzie, J S (Private), active 1940

Reference: PA1-q-293

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel in New Zealand, England and Egypt, taken 1939-1940 and compiled for official use. Most of the images have good captions, and most of the names noted are listed above. The album includes a number of British Official Photographs. Scenes include New Zealanders in the advance party sailing from Melbourne in December 1939; shipboard scenes of the First Echelon arriving in Egypt; Freyberg welcoming the troops on arrival with Anthony Eden (Secretary of State for the Dominions) and Sir Miles Lampson; the train service between the NZ camp and Cairo; Egyptian workmen helping construct the camp, and women doing the laundry; Divisional Signallers lined up on motor bikes. Battle practice and army life in the desert: anti-tank & anti-aircraft practice; bren guns; vehicle maintenance; blacksmiths; operating the telephone exchange; engineering work; sorting mail; manufacturing field oven; chopping wood for the oven; food preparation; boot mending; camp cinema; various games including cards, bowls, cricket, swimming, boxing; disinfecting plant for killing pests in soldiers' blankets; digging trenches; erecting tents. Opening of the Kiwi Club at Helwan, formed through the efforts of Lady Lampson. Three photographs taken by a sergeant of the Royal Marines, showing action related to the battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Battle of the River Plate (p 65, 111, 133) New Zealanders resident in England who volunteeered at the outbreak of war are shown training with the Eastern Command; manoevres with the 2nd Echelon in Britain, and the opening of a new club for New Zealanders in Charing Cross Road; Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops in 1940; NZ armourers and wireless operators working for the RAF; information about the longest non-stop reconnaisance flight made in a Vickers Wellington bomber, piloted and crewed by members of the RNZAF Bomber Squadron (5 crew + 1 officer from the Navy to assist in ship identification); and Winston Churchill visiting Australian and New Zealand troops. In Libya scenes show a motor rail car which patrolled the rail to Matruh; "Whare Kiwi" dugout in the Libyan Desert; The first air raid experienced in a small village in the Cairo area. NZ airmen arrive in Canada for training in the Empire Air Trianing Scheme; haka led by Pine Takarangi. Transportation of troops and equipment across inland water, use of collapsible assault boats and building bridges. Western Desert battle; Italian and Libyan prisoners of war; captured tanks and vehicles; view of the Italian defence line; also the surrender of Traghen when the whole population of the Libyan Fort marched out in surrender. Various hospital scenes, both in England and in Egypt, including occupational therapy activities. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1930 - 1959

From: [New Zealand ephemera of quarto size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]

Reference: Eph-B-INTERNATIONAL-1930/1959

Description: Includes: 1935: An invitation from Friends of Soviet Union National Committee The International situation, by the Rev W Pascoe Goard. Flier [1935] Late 1930s: Boycott Japanese goods; actively support Federation's decision; help Chinese against aggressors [ca 1937] Close the fingers ... not a penny for Japanese goods! 1938: New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. Wellington Branch. Minutes of meeting 1 December 1938 Women of England! You who are still free ... refusing to buy any German goods. ... Join the Women Shoppers League [non-New Zealand item found in "Tomorrow" NZ periodical, vol 4 no 9, 2 March 1938] 1939: New Film Distributors Ltd. "Professor Mamlock", something more than just a picture. Now show at New Opera House [1939]. Flier 1940: New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. Wellington Branch. Notice of meeting - speaker Dr R M Campbell, economic advisor to the New Zealand High Commission in London. Flier 1941: New Zealand Society for Closer relations with Russia. Dinner in honour of guests from the USSR. Hotel St George Wellington, 10 October 1941. Menu 1942: Educational lectures on Russia. Flier [1942] Miramar Current Topics discussion. The Soviet Union and Japan.12 March 1942. Yellow flier 1944?: New Zealand Society for Closer relations with Russia. "Mrs Winston Churchill Aid to Russia Fund". Flier [1944?] ca 1945?: New Zealand Society for Closer relations with Russia. "Girl 217" Soviet film. Summary of film story 1945-1946: British-American Co-Operation Movement. 3 circular letters 1945-1946 1947: Script for Social Justice session, by Mrs Ruby E Watson, direct from the microphone, 1ZB Auckland, 27 July 1947, at 6 pm. 1950: United Nations Association of New Zealand. Wellington Branch. Annual report 1949-50 1951: United Nations Association of New Zealand. Wellington Branch. Newsletter 1 August 1951 re lecture on Abadan 1950s: Demands in the cause of peace: Hands off Hungary; Withdrawal of Soviet troops from satellites; Allow UN observers into Hungary; Free democratic elections in satellites; Cease deportation of Hungarian youth; Repudiation of Warsaw pact; No Russian "volunteers" in Middle East; Cease shipment of arms to Middle East [Flier. 1950s] 1957: League of Empire Loyalists. Newsletter 1957 [Non-NZ item] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 25 September 1987 - 25 Sep 1987

By: Moiseiwitsch, Boris Stanislav, 1932-

Reference: OHColl-0537/1

Description: Boris Stanislav Moiseiwitsch born in London in 1932. Gives family background. Earliest memories include watching King George V jubilee parade in 1935, and father singing 'Volga boat song'. Mentions parents' marriage in China, 1929. Mentions overseas trips and recalls that father usually gave concerts when travelling by ship. Other memories of childhood include: parents' method of childrearing; observance of Jewish rituals, though not practising Jews; father's practice routine on `big' piano; mother's daily routine; meeting Clementine Churchill in 1956 and refers to letters from Clementine to father; lunch with Indian Prime Minister; meeting two princesses in late 1940s at father's concert at which Princess Margaret was the pianist; own piano tuition, giving reasons why lessons stopped; feelings about boarding school. Mentions musicians who visited parents' house: Sergei Rachmaninov, Malcolm Sargent, Jascha Haifitz and others. Refers to Sir Thomas Beecham and Kathleen Ferrier who became friend of family. Describes `Proms' and father's involvement with proms. Briefly mentions Feodor Chaliapin, Toscanini and Jascha Haifitz. Refers to father's friendship with Victor Borge. Briefly describes effect of mother's death on father and self, father's stroke in 1963 and his death. Briefly discusses own career in broadcasting in New Zealand, with reference to Ann Redding in Wellington and and Bob Irvine for NZBC in Auckland. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Megan Hutching Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007752-007754; OHLC-003762-003764 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2039.