Janus: The Papers of Jack Le Vien

Churchill/LEVN contains:
1	Correspondence
2	"The Valiant Years"
3	"The Finest Hours"
4	"The Other World of Winston Churchill"
5	"Walk with Destiny"
6	Churchill Centenary Film
7	"Churchill and the Generals"
8	"The Last Hero"

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The Papers of Jack Le Vien

Title	"The Valiant Years"
Reference	LEVN 2
Covering Dates	Aug 1958-Oct 1970
Extent and Medium	5 files

Content and context

Includes correspondence and papers about "The Valiant Years" (television series) and photographs of JDLV with Sir Winston Churchill. Also includes later legal correspondence about the valuation of Churchill's film and television contracts at his death and the rights to Churchill's speeches on film and television which were owned by JDLV.

Churchill/LEVN 2 contains:

Correspondence. Correspondence with Sir Winston Churchill and Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill]; subjects covered include the success of JDLV's television series "The Valiant Years" and "The Black Fox". Includes copies of papers on the proposal and copy of the agreement between Churchill and JDLV. . Also includes letter from JDLV to Ernest Nives querying an entry for costs in Columbia Pictures' statement re "The Finest Hours".
2 files.

13 Aug 1958–05 Nov 1969

Contracts. Copies of legal agreements between JDLV and Sir Winston Churchill re the television and other rights in Churchill's memoirs. Also includes powers of attorney for Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill] to act for Churchill in negotiations with JDLV.
1 file.

Jul 1959-Jan 1963

Photographs. Photographs taken on the yacht Christina, Monte Carlo Harbour, when the agreement between Churchill and JDLV was signed and sealed. Photographs show Aristotle Onassis, JDLV, his daughter Nicole Le Vien, Diana Sandys, Sir Winston Churchill, Tina Onassis, Maria Callas and her husband, Giovanni Battista Meneghini, July 1959. Photographs of Sir Winston Churchill and JDLV on Churchill's birthday, taken for publicity purposes (some in colour), November 1960.
1 file.

Jul 1959-Nov 1960

Correspondence with A F Moir. Correspondence with A F Moir (of Fladgate & Co, lawyers) re valuation of Churchill's television and film contracts at the time of his death (re "The Valiant Years", "The Finest Hours" and "The Other World of Winston Churchill"), payments by JDLV to the estate and correspondence with J A McCracken (of Fladgate & Co, lawyers) and other companies re the use of Churchill's speeches in film and television.
1 file.

12 Apr 1966–05 Oct 1970