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# Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:00:02 | 0:00:07 | |
# If you think we're on the run? | 0:00:07 | 0:00:12 | |
# We are the boys who will stop your little game | 0:00:12 | 0:00:17 | |
# We are the boys who will make you think again | 0:00:17 | 0:00:22 | |
# Cos who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
# If you think old England's done? | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
# Mr Brown goes off to town on the 8.21 | 0:00:31 | 0:00:36 | |
# But he comes home each evening and he's ready with his gun | 0:00:36 | 0:00:41 | |
# So who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:00:41 | 0:00:46 | |
# If you think old England's done? # | 0:00:46 | 0:00:51 | |
Before dismissal, Captain Mainwaring asked me to bring your attention to an item in yesterday's paper | 0:00:54 | 0:00:59 | |
about a member of the Home Guard in the Midlands was fined £5, for being drunk in charge of his rifle. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:06 | |
-Permission to speak? -Yes? | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
I'm sure you do not believe that one of us would behave in a like manner. It's a slurge on our integrity. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:16 | |
No offence was intended. I think the Captain just wanted it drawn | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
to your attention, so that we might all benefit from the lesson. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
-What lesson? -Don't take your gun to a party! | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
If the captain wants to insult us he should do it to our faces. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:35 | |
All right, I'm sure Captain Mainwaring didn't intend to offend any of you. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:41 | |
-Where is he, then? -He's here. -Doing what - hiding? | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
-Yes, I suppose he is! -It's not surprising! Calling us drunks! | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
My mum won't allow me to drink. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
I take an occasional drink, but calling us drunks is a bit of a liberty. | 0:01:52 | 0:02:00 | |
All right, all right. Captain Mainwaring is going to give us a surprise lecture. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
So when you fall out, I want you to all gather round in a little semicircle. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:10 | |
Is that quite clear? | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
Well, do that, then, will you? Fall out. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
Fall out... Captain Mainwaring? | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
The men are ready, sir. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
-You can announce me now. -All right. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
Captain Mainwaring is going to show you something...unusual. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:29 | |
-Is he going to do a comic turn? -What's unusual about that(?) | 0:02:29 | 0:02:34 | |
Evening, men. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
-You're wondering why I'm dressed like this? -Aye! -No(!) | 0:02:37 | 0:02:43 | |
As you see me like this, can you guess what my lecture is about? | 0:02:43 | 0:02:49 | |
Pruning fruit trees, sir? | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
No, Godfrey. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
It's camouflage. Now I want a volunteer to drop in the scenery. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:59 | |
I would like to volunteer to drop in the scenery. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
-It's a bit heavy. -It's all right. I'm used to this type of work, sir. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
I helped with the vicarage pantomime last year, sir. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:13 | |
-I done the beanstalk... -All right. Stand over on the side there. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
-We don't call it the side. It's the wings. -Right, stand in the wings. -Thank you, sir. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:24 | |
-Stand by the curtain. -Yes, sir. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
-The object of camouflage is to merge into one's background. Draw the curtain. -Right, sir. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:35 | |
Now you will observe how I stand out clearly against a plain background. Corporal? | 0:03:38 | 0:03:45 | |
-Yes, sir? -Drop in the scene with the woodland. -Coming down, sir. Woodland scene, sir. Right, sir. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:52 | |
Now you will observe how well I merge with my background. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
How could I improve the camouflage? | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
Disguise yourself as a coal scuttle. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
-Coal scuttle? -You'll burn your bum if you stand there! | 0:04:06 | 0:04:11 | |
Corporal! You put the wrong scene in! I want the woodland scene. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:18 | |
-Sorry. That's the baron's kitchen. -Yes, I know what it is. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
We had a lot of fun with that, didn't we, Joe? | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
-The horse brought the pumpkin... -Yes, yes! Put the woodland scene in. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:32 | |
-Now, as I was saying... -Excuse me, sir... | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
-We had a lot of trouble with the pony - just where you're standing. -Corporal! Get the woodland scene. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:44 | |
Woodland scene coming in now. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
-Ow! It's on my foot! -Sorry, sir! Sorry, sir. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
Jones, where are you? | 0:04:57 | 0:04:58 | |
Jones? | 0:05:01 | 0:05:02 | |
Mr Mainwaring? | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
Where's Mr Mainwaring? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
He went round the back, I think. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
-Are you there, sir? -Of course! Open this door! -It's stuck. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
Could you go round and help Captain Mainwaring? | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
-There you are! -Get the woodland scene! -Right. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
I'll just be a minute, sir. BANGING | 0:05:21 | 0:05:26 | |
-I can't get through, sir! -Well, hang on where you are! | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
Right-oh, sir. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
Where are you? | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
Get it down, Sergeant. You're no better than he is! | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
Sorry. I've never done a beanstalk. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
-Take it up. Are you all right? -Fit as a flea, sir! | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
-That was fun, wasn't it? -You better go and sit down. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:58 | |
-Right. Can you manage all right, sir? -Just about(!) | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
Now, what do you think of that? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
That's the best turn I've seen in years, sir! | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
All right, everybody! | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
Now, the points I want you to notice are... The face... | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
For this, we need corks. Champagne corks are best. Cook them right through under the grill, then... | 0:06:18 | 0:06:25 | |
Serve them on toast. Very tasty! | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
Walker, your very life may depend on this one day! | 0:06:28 | 0:06:33 | |
Grind them up, mix them with grease and apply them. Any questions? | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
Yes! Where do we get champagne corks? Remember, there's a war on! | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
I know! As usual, we'll improvise. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
-Permission to speak? -Yes? -Get an old cork bath mat and chop it up. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
-Good idea. Make a note of that. -You'd have a job getting one of them - very scarce. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:58 | |
-Why? -There's a war on. I do just happen to have one... | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
As it's for the platoon, 30 bob. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
Thank you(!) We'll find another source. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
-What about medicine bottle corks? I'll ask at the clinic. -Good idea. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:14 | |
Blackleg! | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
You'll also notice that I'm covered from head to foot in foliage. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
-JONES: Good job there's no squirrels about! -Who said that? | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
Any further questions? | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
Yes! What do you do in winter, when there's no foliage? | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
Yes, good question. Anybody got any thoughts on that? | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
What about holly, sir? There's an abundance of holly in winter. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:41 | |
-Cover ourselves in holly? -Or mistletoe. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
Well, our main task, men, is to blur the outline, break up the outline. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:55 | |
I'm going to dismiss you and I want you back here in an hour, fully camouflaged. | 0:07:55 | 0:08:01 | |
Understood? Right, off you go. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
# Thumbs up and say it's tickety-boo | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
# Cos tickety-boo means everything will be fine... # | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
Left, left, left, right, left. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
Turn... Halt! | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
Good. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
Left turn! | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
-Excellent turnout, men! Isn't it, Wilson? -Absolutely first-class, sir. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
Who's this? | 0:08:32 | 0:08:33 | |
-No idea, sir. -It's me, sir. I'm disguised as a small haystack. -Ah, Walker! Very good indeed. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:40 | |
A-choo! | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
-What's wrong with you, Pike? -Sorry, sir, it's my hay fever. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
-Well, go to the end of the line. -Thank you, sir. -What's this? | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
I tried several things on, but nothing seemed to suit me. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
-You're supposed to break up the outline. -I thought I was sufficiently broken up as it is. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:04 | |
-What's this? -My apiaristic mask. -Your what? | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
-Beekeeping, sir. -It's full of holes. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
I know. I should mend them, but my bees are quite friendly. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
Why this? You look as if you're on a cruise to the South Seas! | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
I had the idea from a picture I saw with my sisters. South Of Pago Pago. Dorothy Lamour and Victor Mature. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:28 | |
Was it good? I liked it, but my sisters thought Miss Lamour was a bit fast. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:34 | |
Ah. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
-What's this got to do with camouflage? -I don't know, | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
-but I thought it looked open-air. -I see. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
I rather agree, sir. It does look rather open-air. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
What have you been to see? Phantom Of The Opera? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
No. This is winter camouflage. You wear it in the snow. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:58 | |
Well done, Frazer(!) | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
-Why aren't you in camouflage? -I am, sir. As a butcher. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
-You are a butcher! -I know I am, sir, and you know I am, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
-but that don't mean the Germans know. -I don't quite follow this. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:24 | |
Well, I'll be standing outside my shop a bit nonchalant, | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
and along will come a German soldier | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
and he'll see me in this apparel. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
Just as he's beginning to treat me with ignore, I go whup with the old cold steel. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:38 | |
They cannot brook that sort of thing, they will not brook it. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
I'm aware of that, Corporal. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
-What's the meaning of this? -I've got a note for you from my mum. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
"I'm not having our Frank covered in a lot of damp leaves. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
"It will only set off his chest again." Right! That finishes it! | 0:10:59 | 0:11:05 | |
-I'd like a word with you! -Right. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
I've never heard anything like this in my life! | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
-The way she mollycoddles her son is absurd! -Yes, sir. -She's always interfering in the platoon. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:18 | |
-Yes, sir. -What if all our men came with notes from their mothers? | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
-It would look a bit odd! -It would - at their ages, yes! | 0:11:22 | 0:11:27 | |
-Someone's got to talk with her. -Yes. -You're friendly with her? -Yes. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:32 | |
Yes, I am sir. We go to the cinema every now and then. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
Sometimes she asks me back for a meal, that sort of thing. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
-What sort of thing? -Whatever she happens to be cooking at the time. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:45 | |
-I see. -She's got my ration book. It makes it easier. -I'm sure it does. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:51 | |
-You've got to speak to her. -Yes, sir. -I wouldn't let my own wife tell me how to run the platoon. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:57 | |
-A woman's place is at home. -Yes. -I wouldn't let her tell me what to do. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:02 | |
PHONE RINGS Hello? Mrs Mainwaring. Yes. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
Just a moment. Your wife, sir. On the phone. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
-Really? -Yes. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
Hello? | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
Elizabeth? | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
Well, I'm very busy. I can't get home for at least half an hour. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
I see. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
Well, I'll leave you to lock up, Wilson. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
-Speak to Mrs Pike. -Yes, sir. -There's only one way to deal with women. -Yes? -Be firm. -I'll be firm. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:40 | |
# I got no strings to hold me down To make me fret or make me frown | 0:12:40 | 0:12:45 | |
# I had strings but now I'm free... # | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
Frank! That's a week's butter! | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
-Oh, dear! -What's the matter? -It's from the WVS. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
They want us to take in a evacuee. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
We ought to do all we can to help. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
We could manage one all right. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
He can have the room at the back. I'll let them know tonight. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
-Isn't Uncle Arthur meant to be here? -He should be here in a minute. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:19 | |
-You don't mind, do you? -No. I quite like him. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:24 | |
-No, I mean about having a little evacuee to stay? -Oh, no, no. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:29 | |
The trouble is children grow up so quickly these days. It'd be nice to have a child about the house again. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:42 | |
-I wonder if it's a boy or a girl. -We'll just have to wait and see, won't we? | 0:13:42 | 0:13:49 | |
You know, Frank, it'll be funny being a mother again after all these years. | 0:13:54 | 0:14:00 | |
Don't say anything to Uncle Arthur about this just at the moment. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:05 | |
-I'll tell him in my own time. -All right, Mum. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
-There you are! You're late! -Yes. L-Late. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
-Hurry up or your tea'll get cold. -Thank you. Thank you. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:23 | |
-Frank. -Uncle Arthur. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
-You're ever so pale. Are you all right? -Yes, no, yes... I'm all right. -Doesn't he look pale? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:33 | |
You know what they say - pale and passionate! | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
Enough of that! Finish your tea! | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
-Something to eat, Arthur? -No, thanks, I'm quite all right. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
-I'm not really hungry. -You must eat something. I know, I got some nursery biscuits today. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:52 | |
Please don't bother. It's very kind. I'm just...I'm just not hungry. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:58 | |
You like nursery biscuits. They've got little icing children on them! | 0:14:58 | 0:15:03 | |
I know what they look like, but I don't want one at the moment. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
-No need to snap! -I'm not. -I used all me points to get them! | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
I'm sorry. I just seem... I just seem to have somehow lost my appetite. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:20 | |
I have to be very careful with everything on points. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:25 | |
-The only thing that isn't on points is a baby! -Frank! | 0:15:25 | 0:15:31 | |
Don't be so coarse! | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
Do you get this from some of those rough men in the Home Guard? | 0:15:33 | 0:15:38 | |
-I'll talk to Mr Mainwaring. -No! -No! | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
-Don't do that! -I'll go and put my uniform on. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:46 | |
What's wrong? It's not like you to look so miserable all the time. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:54 | |
Mavis, I couldn't help overhearing what you said to Frank just now. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
-Oh, you mean about the addition to the family? -Yes. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
-Why should you be worried? -But I do worry. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:08 | |
-How can you take it all so calmly? -Well, what do you expect me to do? | 0:16:08 | 0:16:13 | |
-What? -Well, I'm not the only woman in this situation. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
Couldn't you keep still just for a moment? | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
-I feel a bit responsible for this. -I don't see why you should. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
-I'm the one who decided to have the child. -Why? | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
Why? Because there's a war on! | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
-We must all do our bit! -What's the war got to do with it? | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
-I wouldn't be having the child if there wasn't a war on! -Well... | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
Stop trailing about after me! I'm trying to get on! | 0:16:43 | 0:16:47 | |
Hurry up, or you'll be late for your parade. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
-Could I speak to you? Oh, that boy! -Ready, Uncle Arthur! | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
I'll join you shortly. Tell them I'm coming. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
It is a little bit worrying, don't you think? | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
# Whose baby are you, dear?.. # | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
Now, men, as you will all have read on the noticeboard, | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
we're having a monthly competition for the best improvised weapon or method of defence. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:22 | |
A prize will come out of platoon funds. What is it, Corporal? | 0:17:22 | 0:17:27 | |
Two lamb chops and a quarter-pound of chitlings. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
Hear that? Two lamb chops and chitlings. What are chitlings? | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
-The secret part of a pig, sir. -Really. A worthy prize, indeed. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:41 | |
-We have three entrants. Wilson, Frazer and Walker. -Jonesy, give me a hand. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:47 | |
We'll ask Sgt Wilson to demonstrate his. Carry on, Sergeant. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:52 | |
-Sergeant! -Sorry. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
We're waiting for you to show us your grenade-firing crossbow. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
-My what? -Your crossbow. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
I really am terribly sorry, sir. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
-I left it at home. -You left it? | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
-What's the matter with you? -What? -You're in a dream. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
-Are you ill? -I'm quite all right. -Pull yourself together. I'll talk to you later. -Yes. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:22 | |
In the absence of the crossbow, let's see Frazer's anti-tank device. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:28 | |
Aye! | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
Well, sir, this is the road. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
I place a row of plates, upside down, in a line, | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
right along it, so. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
-It's an anti-tank device? -Aye. -Dinner plates? -Dinner plates. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
Please continue. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
The enemy tank comes along. He sees the line of plates in his path. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:56 | |
He disnae know what they are. He stops and gets out to have a look. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:02 | |
Meantime, we are hiding behind cover. As soon as he gets out his tank, we let him have it - bam! | 0:19:02 | 0:19:08 | |
-What do you think? -Not bad at all. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
Right, we better call on Private... | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
Oh... Private Walker! | 0:19:18 | 0:19:19 | |
Right, the greatest invention since the Spitfire! | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
-The most remarkable piece of personal protection. -You're not in the marketplace. Get on. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:32 | |
Oh, well, yeah. Well, it's a sort of shoulder protector. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
From ack-ack, you know, flack and shrapnel. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:43 | |
It'll protect you from that and any blow from a weapon. You all right? | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
Here you go. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:49 | |
-How's that? -Never felt a thing. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
It's a good idea. Very good, indeed, Walker. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
Well, two excellent ideas from Frazer and Walker. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:03 | |
We'll decide the winner by the usual show of hands. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
Hands up those who liked Frazer's device. One, two, three, four... | 0:20:06 | 0:20:11 | |
Now Walker's. One, two... | 0:20:11 | 0:20:12 | |
-Walker's the clear winner. -Pah! | 0:20:16 | 0:20:18 | |
Don't take it to heart. I'll give you some of me chitlings! | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
We shall equip the entire platoon. There are 17 of us, so we shall need nine old tyres. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:30 | |
Slight snag. Tyres are like gold dust now. Can't get them anywhere. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
-So why suggest it? Give Frazer the prize. -Hang on, hang on! | 0:20:34 | 0:20:41 | |
I do happen to have a few tyres in the yard! | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
-Ten bob apiece. How's that? -It's outrageous. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:45 | |
-My friend had got some old tyres. -He bleeding would have! | 0:20:45 | 0:20:51 | |
I'm sure he would let you have them for nothing. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
-That's better. I'll cut them up for you! -Be quiet! Sit down! | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
Sergeant, dismiss the parade. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
Sergeant. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
-I'll see you in my office now. -All right. -Dismiss the parade, Jones. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
Attention! | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
Dismissed! | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
-Come in, Wilson. -Right, sir. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
-Shut the door. -Sorry. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
-What's the matter? -The matter, sir? | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
You've been daydreaming, you haven't been listening when I spoke and you left your crossbow at home. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:40 | |
It's all rather difficult, sir. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
-You better sit down. -Thank you. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
-Are you in some sort of trouble? -It's not me, sir, it's not me. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
-It's Mrs Pike. -How do you mean? -What...? Well, she's...er... | 0:21:54 | 0:21:59 | |
Now, look, Wilson. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
I'm not only your commanding officer. I'm also your friend. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:06 | |
-Thank you. -I don't want you to feel any hesitation in confiding in me. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:12 | |
What's all this about Mrs Pike? | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
Well, er...you see, sir, she's... | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
-..going to have a baby. -Really? | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
That is good news. Her husband will be delighted. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:28 | |
Wait a minute! She's a widow! | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
-That's right. -How on Earth can she be having a baby? | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
I thought you only went round for meals. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
I did tell you, sir, that she's got my ration book. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
Yes. She's got something else now, hasn't she? | 0:22:52 | 0:22:57 | |
I can hardly believe my ears! | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
I've come to the conclusion I don't know you, Wilson. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
You're a cad, that's what you are. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
-How long have you known her? -Quite a few years now, sir. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
-Why didn't you ask her to marry you? -I never got round to it. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
You better get round to it! You can't behave like Errol Flynn! | 0:23:19 | 0:23:24 | |
What do you think the bank directors would say? | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
-I've no idea, sir. -I have! You must do the only honourable thing. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:33 | |
-Ask her to marry you. -Yes, quite, quite. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
-I'll speak to her in the next few days. -No, tonight! | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
-No time to lose. -It's Tuesday. -So? -She goes to bed early on a Tuesday. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:46 | |
-Why? -She always gets terribly tired on Mondays. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
-You'll just have to wake her. -Yes. -I want the whole thing settled by the morning. -Right. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:57 | |
-That's all. -Can I leave the room now? -Go. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
# If I should fall in love again | 0:24:01 | 0:24:08 | |
# I'd fall in love... # | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
DOORBELL RINGS | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
-WINDOW OPENS -Who's that? | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
It's me, Mavis. I want to talk to you. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
-What do you want at this time? -It's only ten. I must talk to you. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:37 | |
-What will the neighbours think? -I can't help that! -All right. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
-OK. I'll come down. -Do hurry up. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
What's going on here? | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
Sorry. I saw a shadowy figure and thought something fishy was going on. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:56 | |
Everything's quite all right. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
-She locked you out, has she? -No, she hasn't. It's quite all right. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:03 | |
-Lost your key? -I don't have a key. -I've got a bunch. Three bob. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:08 | |
I came here to remind young Pike about the parade tomorrow night. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
-You'll see him in the bank tomorrow. -And to remind him about that. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
Are you still there? | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
-Of course. -I'd only just got undressed. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
-Another minute and I'd have been asleep. -Mavis, please! | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
I'm a man of discretion. We all have our private lives to lead. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
-Mum's the word. -Just go away! | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
-Please, open the door. -I can't. I've locked up. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
-Besides my mother's here. What would she think? -I can't help that. Mavis, I must talk to you. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:53 | |
-Talk through the letterbox. -This is embarrassing. -What is it you want? | 0:25:53 | 0:25:58 | |
Mavis, look... I... | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
Will you marry me? | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
Arthur, darling! | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
Put that light out! > | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
I'm going to dismiss you a little earlier tonight. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
On Saturday, Sgt Wilson and Mrs Pike are getting married. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
We're to be the guard of honour. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
I want a little rehearsal. Assume that the door to the hall there represents the church entrance. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:37 | |
On fall out, form two ranks on either side of the church porch. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:42 | |
-Understand? -Yes. -Attention! | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
Platoon, fall out! | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
Quickly as you can. Two ranks down the side of the church. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:54 | |
On the appearance of the happy pair... | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
..I want you to draw bayonets and form an arch over them. You've seen the sort of thing in the papers. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:07 | |
-Sergeant, take your place. -Is this absolutely necessary? | 0:27:07 | 0:27:11 | |
-Yes! We want to do it properly. -It's a bit embarrassing. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:16 | |
We want someone to take Mrs Pike's place. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
-Permission to speak! -Yes? -I'll take Mrs Pike's place. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:24 | |
I thought you might. Go on. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
Right... | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
Present bayonets! | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
Not you, Corporal! Corporal, not you! | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
Put your arm through Sgt Wilson's. Right, down you come. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
THEY SING "The Wedding March" | 0:27:44 | 0:27:50 | |
-Smile! It's your wedding day! -Don't be nervous, Sergeant. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:01 | |
-Our little newcomer's arrived. -Oh, good heavens! | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
-It's a dear little boy. -Little boy? | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
-W-When? -Half an hour ago. -Half an hour? | 0:28:08 | 0:28:12 | |
You'll never guess - his name's Arthur, too! | 0:28:12 | 0:28:16 | |
This is the addition to the family. Our little evacuee. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:20 | |
-Are you my Uncle Arthur? -No, this is your Uncle Arthur. He'll be pleased to see you! | 0:28:20 | 0:28:26 | |
Absolutely delighted and somewhat relieved, curiously enough. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:32 | |
Subtitles by Martin Maguire BBC 1998 | 0:29:06 | 0:29:12 |