When Churchill met Einstein


 

Chartwell House Pepper's Ghost, Imperial War Museums
April 2026
 

In September 1933, at Chartwell, Churchill's country estate in Kent, Churchill and Einstein met to talk about the increasing danger posed by Nazi Germany. Einstein had recently left Germany and was hoping to help Jewish academics and intellectuals who had been displaced.

Clay collaborated with the IWM and model makers Unusual Projects to bring to life three key moments from this historic meeting. Designing and animating custom 3D models and historically accurate physical room sets to create Pepper's Ghost animations, which are integrated into a scale model of Chartwell House.