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Aftermath — King George VI works with a speech therapist to overcome a stammer ahead of his 1939 broadcast declaring war on Germany
The King's Speech
Film · Released 2010 · United Kingdom
After his brother's abdication thrusts him unexpectedly onto the throne, King George VI enlists unconventional Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue to help him overcome a severe stammer. Their unlikely friendship culminates in the King's crucial 1939 radio address to the nation upon Britain's declaration of war.
King George VI became monarch after the 1936 abdication of Edward VIII and worked for years with speech therapist Lionel Logue; his September 1939 radio broadcast announcing Britain's entry into the war was a pivotal moment of wartime leadership and public reassurance.