É incongruente, mas seria aparecer que eles estavam apenas tentando surpreender Churchill com uma visão incomum ... e eles usaram o que tinham para entregar.
A remoção das máscaras de gás estava em o script mas parece não ter chegado ao corte final do filme junto com a reação de Churchill.
CLEMMIE and the CHURCHILL CHILDREN wear GAS-MASKS as they shout - CHURCHILL CHILDREN HURRAY! RANDOLPH CHURCHILL Hip Hip - CHURCHILL CHILDREN HURRAY! WINSTON enters - and stops, aghast, and stares at his family - WINSTON Good lord, what a frightful sight! CLEMMIE, SARAH CHURCHILL (26), DIANA CHURCHILL(31), RANDOLPH CHURCHILL (29) and his WIFE PAMELA (pregnant), and MARY CHURCHILL (18) all pull off their GAS MASKS, grab their glasses of CHAMPAGNE, then converge on him and kiss him. He stares at them, a SMILE FORMING AT LAST, deeply touched, actually. He is presented with a glass of champagne. CHURCHILL Thank you. Thank you.
Máscaras de gás (38 milhões delas) foram emitidas para a população britânica em 1939.
With 1939 and the outbreak of war, masks were issued to the public in cardboard boxes with strict instructions that they be carried at all times, without exception. Fines would be imposed if you were caught without your respirator. As such, many people replaced their cardboard boxes in time with privately available alternatives, as the government-issue cardboard boxes were prone to falling apart and were cumbersome.