0:00:04 > 0:00:09On the very beginning of the war, one of Germany's principle aims has been Britain's starvation.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14Yet today, Britain can claim to be the best fed country in Europe, and girls as we know are playing their
0:00:14 > 0:00:19part on the land just as faithfully as in the workshops, and although a picture of farming
0:00:19 > 0:00:22may look like a holiday, believe me, it's one of the toughest war jobs there is.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26The Women's Land Army, and farmers all over Britain, have fought
0:00:26 > 0:00:30and are still fighting their hardest to win the battle of supplies.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35When the last battle has been won, that's a fact we mustn't forget.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Oh, just smell that fresh air!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Mmm, isn't it awful? Oh.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- Thank you, General.- It's Private.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I won't tell anyone.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Well, where's he going?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45You didn't expect him to carry them all the way to the farm, did you?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Stay and get the later train. We could have two more hours together.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Two more hours of you bending my ear?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00You can't wait to get away, can you?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04You'd never have spoken to me like this before you joined up.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Shame you didn't stand up to your father the same way.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I'm grateful that you helped us.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11But?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14But... we need to talk about this, Harry.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16I've said all I'm going to say, Annie.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I mean it.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Isn't someone supposed to collect our bags?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26They're supposed to collect us.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- We carry our own bags. - Do you think he'll be dishy?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Not unless Annie Barratt's a man, no.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Now according to this, Helmstead is only two miles away, so we could just walk.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40You expect me to lug all this, in these heels?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42For goodness' sake.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Where you going... Oh!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Aren't you supposed to be meeting some girls?- This is more important.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57You've got to be strong, Annie.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00You know where I'm going, what I'm heading into.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Yet you waste money dragging me up here to tell me there's no baby.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06WHISTLE BLOWS
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I'm sorry if I've failed you.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Promise me you'll write.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- I don't know where I'll be.- Please.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Take care of yourself.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34It's a beautiful day.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37We'll sleep well tonight.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Well, it would help if there were some signs or something.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43What, and give the Germans directions?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Come on, it can't be far now.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47AEROPLANE HUMS
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Is it a Spitfire?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I can't see.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Enemy plane, take cover!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19THEY SCREAM
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Hold your positions!
0:04:32 > 0:04:33He's coming around!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Keep in position!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Come back! Nancy!
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Get down, woman!
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Open fire!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Hold your fire!
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Are you all right?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30My outfit... it's ruined.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35THEY LAUGH
0:05:35 > 0:05:37All clear!
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Anyone hit?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41No, sir.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Chose a bad day for a walk in the country, ladies.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- We're looking for the Manor House. - We're joining the land girls.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Oh. Well, I'll take you there.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Look at me. I'm covered in mud.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Well, better get used to that.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Tucker?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Brought you two more soft-handed city girls.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It's like a castle.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Looks like we've landed on our feet.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Maybe this isn't going to be so bad after all.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Right, names.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Oh, er, Nancy Morrell and Jean...
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Joyce... Fisher. Joyce Fisher.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Nice to meet you. I'm Esther and I'm your warden.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57- Take yourselves through. If Lady Hoxley sees you here, there'll be hell to pay.- Sorry, miss.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- What happened to you? - Oh, it's a long story.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02So, are we staying here?
0:07:02 > 0:07:03You're in the west wing.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Bea!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29That is nothing, Billy! Watch this.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Go on.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39That is nothing. Watch this.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Easy.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Billy?
0:08:02 > 0:08:07- When you're in town, give this to the ol' pharmacist, will you? - What is it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:13- Honestly! You give a woman trousers and she asks more questions than a copper.- Is it black market?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Do you think I'm that sort...
0:08:15 > 0:08:18It's pork chops, if you must know.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20They are black market. He told me they was.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Yeah, and do you remember when I told you, I did the zippy mouth thing.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Do you remember what that means?
0:08:26 > 0:08:31Careless talk costs. Hefty fine and a criminal record.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I'm not sure I should be involved in this.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- Er, them breakages'll need paying for.- But it was an accident...
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Er, unless you want me to do the...
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- For the pharmacist?- Ah, good girl.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59One green V neck jumper, two fawn shirts and one brown slouch hat.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- Any questions?- Can we wear a skirt?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Mmm, if you don't mind rats crawling up your legs.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Now, you get one diamond for your armband after every six months of service.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I hope I'm not here that long.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16You want to buck your ideas up.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Girls, let me introduce Lady Hoxley.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Two pieces of advice.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Forget about your silly town lives. Things are very different here.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38And give total devotion to your duties.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Remember those and everything will be fine. Clear?
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Yes, Lady Hoxley.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Yes, Lady Hoxley.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52Young lady, you'll soon be too tired to carry a feather, let alone that chip on your shoulder.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Now, I've got work to do.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57The Spitfire Fund won't run itself.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Now, get changed and I'll see you both at the farm house.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Where are the new girls? - I must've missed them.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22How did it go with Harry?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Well, you know what he's like.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26What was on that tray?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Pork chops. Finch got me to deliver 'em.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31What have I told you about running errands for Finch?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- Well, he said he'd dock me wages if I didn't. - That's blackmail.- No.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40I got distracted and broke some eggs. He would've taken money for breakages.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Right, and were you distracted because of a certain farmer's son?
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Well, Billy isn't interested in me. Here, maybe he'll go to the dance.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Who says you'll be going? - Like you're going to stop me.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Just slow down, Bea.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56You've got your whole life ahead of you.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- What does that mean?- It means, let's get these trays delivered.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- It's itchy.- It's warm.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Come on, we should get to the farm.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11What are they going to do if we're late, shoot us?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Actually, Lady Poxley probably would.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16"The Spitfire Fund won't run itself."
0:11:16 > 0:11:22- Lady Poxley? I haven't heard her called that in a while. - Oh, no, she didn't mean...- I did.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I like a lady who speaks her mind.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- What's it like working for her? - Working for her?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- Well, um... - She must be a pain in the neck.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Full of her own self-importance?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Nancy!- What? - I see you've met my husband.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Though why he's got time to dilly-dally is anyone's guess.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- Have you organised the garlands for the dance, Lawrence? - My top priority.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44You ladies know about the dance, of course? Everyone is welcome.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47There's more important things for them to worry about.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- I'm sorry. I just assumed you were...- What, the gardener?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Head gamekeeper at least.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56So about this dance, sir?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Hm?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Yes. Well, yes. It's in a few days.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05A chance for everyone to let their hair down.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Sounds smashing.- Certainly does.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15This has got to be a joke.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17I've seen worse.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23- Mum!- You tell Mr Finch the new girls have arrived. Go on. - You can't keep being off with folk.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I can, because I don't want to be here.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Do you think any of us do? But we're all stuck here at cold comfort farm.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31We've got to do our bit, else the country'll starve.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Chamberlain!
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Chamberlain! Come back here with my supper!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Hey, come here.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Oh, welcome to Pasture Farm.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Frederick Finch. Ladies, this is where you get your hands dirty.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Is this your husband?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53No, he is not!
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Hey, easy mistake to make. Ooh, that looks heavy.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00I'd help you, but I've got a bad back. You can manage, can't you?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- These are the girls you're gonna be sharing with.- Sharing?!
0:13:04 > 0:13:10Right, Nancy and Joyce, Bea and Annie, the girl who should have been picking you up.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Right, let me show you where you're gonna be sleeping.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Come on, follow me.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Here you go.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Just like the Savoy.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Well, I had to think fast because the plane flew right at us.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Shooting at us.- What did you do?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I pushed Joyce into a ditch and jumped on top of her.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Quick thinking.
0:13:37 > 0:13:43- Only when she comes back, don't mention it. She's a bit embarrassed. - Have I missed anything?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- No, um...- I was just asking if there was anything else to eat.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49And there's not.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I can't believe this place.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Last week I was in a nice, warm recruiting office, five minutes away from home.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Daddy could get us steak sometimes. He's a civil servant.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- Oh, we haven't had steak since... - So why did you join the Women's Land Army?- She was conscripted.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04I can talk for myself.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09I wouldn't be here if I could help it... No offence.
0:14:09 > 0:14:121938. We had it for Mum's birthday. Remember?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- And what does your husband do? - He's in the RAF.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- Wow.- Well, he's training at the moment but he will be a navigator.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21And where are you from?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Er, from Coventry.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31The bombings have flattened most of it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33My whole street's gone.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Whole houses, you know, just...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39And the salon where I worked, that's...
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- What about your family?- Er...
0:14:47 > 0:14:51So, what happens for entertainment in this dump?
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Well, seeing as though we've got a five o'clock start tomorrow, I reckon we should get an early night.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- There must be something to do! - Oh, yeah, yeah there is.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03I'll wash and, er, you can wipe.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10# You should see me out in France
0:15:10 > 0:15:11# Wearing my tin hat... #
0:15:11 > 0:15:15'I know it's soppy, but I'll say it again, I miss you.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20'Without you, I feel completely alone.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25'Despite being with a great bunch of mates.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27'The days are long and the training's tough.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30'You have to be alert at all times.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37'It's been hard work, but I've learnt lots of new skills so I can be top notch in my job.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51'In some ways, I wish training didn't have to finish.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53'But then, all things must end.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57'With love always, John.'
0:15:57 > 0:15:59# Down on the Maginot line. #
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Hey. Can I get one of those?
0:16:08 > 0:16:09They're rationed. Sorry.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- Oh, how about if I just borrow it? - How does that work?
0:16:16 > 0:16:20That's amazing! Make the whole cart disappear!
0:16:20 > 0:16:21There are a limit to my talents.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Make me disappear.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Bea! Sorry if she's bothering you. - He's just made an egg vanish.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Like Farmer Finch at breakfast. Can we have it back, please? - It's just a trick.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36- You can't flirt with every man you meet. Egg. Please. - Take it easy. It's just a trick.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39There's no flirting. She reminds me of my daughter.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Deliver these.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Oh, no, no, no. Let me. It's the least I can do.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- And no, before you ask, I can't make her disappear.- It's not your fault.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52She's just down in the dumps cos her husband's gone to fight.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Oh, thank you.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57You're welcome.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59What?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Can't you read?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Urgh!
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Martin! Martin!
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- What am I supposed to be looking at?- The sign.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45So? It's segregation. Black troops can only go to certain places at certain times.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- But it's wrong.- I don't make the rules. Take it up with the Yanks.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51I can't believe the Americans do that to their own troops.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56You're head of the home guard. You could stand up to them, Mr Tucker. They'd listen to you.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Yes, I know I could.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02But I've got far more important things to do than picking fights with our allies.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04And so have you.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Bea! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you earlier.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18- I just don't want you making a show of yourself, that's all. - You're the one making a show of me.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I just don't want you to jeopardise anything here.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24As if I'd do anything that'd get us sent back home.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Well, just remember what it was like there.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Look, I'm not stupid.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I wish everyone would stop telling me what to do.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Come on.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Why are you all watching?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- We just want to make sure you're OK, sweetheart.- Quite a bash.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54My arm's fractured, like a casualty of war, Mum.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55I'm proud of you, lad.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59You know how soldiers get medals when they're brave. Can I have one?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I've got something better than that.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Can I just... Ow!
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Brave soldiers only.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18All I know is that Lord Hoxley said everyone was welcome.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Anyway, I've worked out how to stop all the segregation.- Hm?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23I've started a petition.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- And as you've got a pen in your hand...- Oh, yep, go on then.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- All yours, Joyce.- Aren't I next? - Oh, no we've changed the rota.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38No-one wanted to go after you.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Not our fault you fell in a cow pat.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Twice.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I think some went up my nose.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49You can keep your bath. I've got a better idea.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Where's she going?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10BICYCLE BELL RINGS
0:20:10 > 0:20:11'Scuse me, sir.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Would you like to sign my petition? - No, no.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Hello, sir. Would you sign my petition?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Shouldn't you be at the farm?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Fancied some air, Mrs Gulliver. - What, hanging around the pub?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32As if you land girls haven't got enough of a reputation.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Farmer Finch, would you like to sign my petition?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Oh, now, would you take umbrage if I said no?
0:20:43 > 0:20:48- But you don't even know what it's about. It might be for free whisky. - Is it?- No.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I'll sign it.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52What are you doing?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Remember what happened to your Uncle Eddie?
0:20:55 > 0:21:01He signed a form, and before he knew it, his cart horse belonged to the local butcher.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Oh, free whisky!
0:21:05 > 0:21:07That would have been nice.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09It's not about free whisky.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Come on, Billy.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I'm sorry, Bea.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Goodnight.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Can I fix you one?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I need a clear head.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Now, I'm using a different band this time.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57The last lot practically murdered Moonlight Serenade.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I don't know why you agonise over it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03You've got soldiers, land girls and alcohol all in the same room.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05None of them are going to care what the music's like.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09I'm not organising an orgy.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Does it hurt?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Nothing I can't cope with.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Brave soldier.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23I'm thinking of having drinks with the mayor before things really get going.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Am I invited to that part?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Don't be ridiculous. Of course you are.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Honestly, sometimes you are so taxing.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Will you be well enough to dance?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Well, it rather depends who with.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I think I might go up to my room.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I wasn't aware we'd finished.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Will you run me a bath first?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02I'm sorry.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Well. We meet again.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Lawrence? Lawrence!
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- Darling. - There's no need to put in any oil.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- In fact, I can finish. Good night, Lawrence.- Right-o.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21What are you doing?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I just, I don't think there's any clean towels in there.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Nonsense. The maid put some out fresh this morning.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33What has got into you?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35I was wondering if
0:23:35 > 0:23:41- maybe we should tell the maid not to warm both beds tonight.- Oh.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Is it our anniversary or something?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Perhaps you could fix us some drinks?
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Right.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Sorry, didn't mean to startle you.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Smoke?- I don't know you.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28I'm wearing this uniform. That makes us friends.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36You know which end to put in your mouth?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I know what I'm doing.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47SHE COUGHS
0:24:50 > 0:24:53You didn't ask me to sign your petition.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55You won't want to.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I'd love to, but I can't. There's a difference.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Is that because you can't write?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Hey, I can do joined up and everything.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09No, we're not allowed to get involved in political activities.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13You done good.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Some of the names don't count.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23I've had a Mickey Mouse, a Clark Gable and a Charlie Chaplin and I'm sure none of them live in Helmstead.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27You want a present?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29It's not another cigarette, is it?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Wow. Thanks.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37So, you going to the dance tomorrow night?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40My sister probably won't let me.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45You always do everything your sister says?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Where've you been?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08It's before curfew.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13- Want some gum? - An Australian gave it to you?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Don't worry, I didn't have to do anything untoward.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18You don't know the effect you have.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- Who was he?- Just a rather nice GI.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23You don't even know his name?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Well, he was wearing a US army uniform. That makes us friends.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Well, you don't need that sort of friend.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- Why are you always trying to control me?- Because I have to look after you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Do you? Or is it easier than having a life of your own?
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Right well, if that's the way you feel, then I'll let you make your own mistakes.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Well, maybe you should.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43At least I won't settle down and marry the first man who shows
0:26:43 > 0:26:45the slightest bit of interest in me.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49A man I don't even love, and then spend the rest of my life regretting it.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- Right, that's it, you can forget about going to the dance. - You can't stop me!
0:27:18 > 0:27:22- Deliveries are in the kitchen. - No, sorry, I've got something else.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24It's a petition.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Against what?
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- I think it's wrong that black and white troops can't go the same places.- Do you?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Yes, I want the signs taken down.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36The ones saying whites only.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39There must be, what, 24 names here?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Look, I'm sure there's a lot more people who feel the same way.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Thank you for this.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49I'm sure the State Department back in Washington are going to realise the error of their ways now.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52You can't just sweep it under the carpet.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56I'm waiting here till you take it seriously. And I can wait a long time, you know.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02OK, I'll make sure this gets seen by the relevant people.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06- Really?- We'll give the matter our full consideration.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Hey!
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Hey.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26What are you doing tonight?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30You're very forward for an English girl.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32I'm not asking you out, silly.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Not like that, anyway. It's the dance at the Manor House.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I've already got a date, but you can come if you like.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- We're not invited. - That's where you're wrong.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45I've just delivered a petition saying that we won't have segregation in Helmstead.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Impressive. But that don't mean we can come tonight.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Wrong again. Lord Hoxley said everyone was invited.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Even Farmer Finch.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54Really?
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- Trust me.- Sure.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Well, she's always been reckless.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07She gets an idea in her head and then that's it. No stopping her.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09She can't do any harm with you looking after her.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13No, but she's only a child.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14- Young in her ways, yeah.- Oh, no.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17She's, she's only 17.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20She lied about her age so she could join up.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22I should have done that!
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Said I was 41 so they wouldn't let me in.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27It's all right, your secret's safe with me.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Oh, smoked salmon?- Sliced beetroot.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35Right, I've got to work for Lady Hoxley tonight so I need someone to look after Martin for me.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Annie?
0:29:37 > 0:29:38I need to go to the dance.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43What, like you needed to be with your husband instead of collecting Nancy and Joyce?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I think you owe me a favour, don't you?
0:29:51 > 0:29:54It's called the contrast look.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- It's all the rage.- Let me try.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01OK, try this one. Come on. You're done.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Now, put it above your top lip.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Gives it a fuller look.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- Oh, yeah. You're right. - Oh, that's a bit too much.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- No-one asked you. - Don't worry, I'll watch her.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Now, show me what to do with my eyes.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39It feels odd coming to a dance without my John.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Well, don't worry. No-one's going to proposition YOU.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45I should hope not. Why not?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Ladies.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Allow me to buy you a beverage.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Isn't it free?- Oh, well observed.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I swear we'd have winged it if we'd had more armoury.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01But it is hard to shoot a plane from the ground.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Of course, we didn't have to deal with that in the Great War, did we, sir?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08This is more like it.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Beats being face down in a ditch.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13That must have been so frightening. When the plane attacked.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Where's Finch with those drinks?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18You shouldn't be embarrassed about Nancy saving you.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Saving me?- Aren't the band good?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23No, I enjoy working for the Spitfire Fund.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Oh, and that's not your only charity, your ladyship.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Putting up with those common girls.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31It'd drive a saint to drink.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34I must mingle. Have you seen the mayor?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47Bea, wow... You look... You look...
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- Nice?- Nice.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53He forgets the simplest of things if I'm not there to guide 'im.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Wow, look at you.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Sure beats the hell out of overalls.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Excuse me.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06I've seen that look before.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Leave it.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09You're not out of the game yet, son.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14She's like a sheep being rounded up by two collies.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15You've just got to be the better dog.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Oh, that's a great help that is, Dad.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Perhaps he'll get distemper.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Yeah, good.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Hey, Bea.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Glad you came. The bar's inside.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Oh, my goodness.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42What do you think you're doing, Corporal?
0:32:42 > 0:32:47Coming to the dance. Is that OK? Ma'am?
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Leave now.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Without a fuss. And we won't take this any further.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52You can't do this.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Look, we were told everyone was welcome.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59- No prizes for guessing who gave you that idea.- He's my guest.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- You said you'd fix things.- Grow up.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- Take them away. - You said it'd be fine.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- Wait.- So you can humiliate me again?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Now, next time, just stay out of things that don't concern you.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Hey.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Let's get you a drink.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Don't you wish you were dancing?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Not really.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Is your husband a good dancer?
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Yes.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I rather let him down.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Two left feet.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Can you fix it?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I don't...know.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- Better?- No.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15It's nice coming to these things when you're happily married,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18cos I can just relax and not be worried about men.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Where's the fun in that?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Shouldn't we keep an eye on Bea?
0:34:24 > 0:34:28You can watch her. I'll watch the handsome men in uniform, thank you very much.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33It's a difficult situation.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38But then, hey, I don't make the laws. Drink up.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Would you, er, care to dance?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51It's never too late, son.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Remember Aunt Jessie? She waited till the "just cause an impediment"
0:34:56 > 0:35:00bit before shouting her love from the back of the church.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Shame it were the wrong wedding.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08Don't get your hopes up.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Just look as if you're enjoying dancing with me.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25And this is my John. First day in his RAF uniform.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Doesn't he look smart?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30I have an uncle who works at MGM.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32I could give him a call about you.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36You kinda remind me of a young Greer Garson.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Don't be daft.- What's daft?
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Silly. Stupid. It's a British word. I don't know the American for it.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Right.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Mrs Butler told me that Farmer Finch has a pig running loose in the house.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Is that true?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55What would she know about it?
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Ah, so you're not denying it then?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01He's called Chamberlain, if you must know.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Ow! That was my foot. Concentrate.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Sorry. Is this really worth the effort?
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Trust me. You're dancing with a woman who accepted a marriage proposal to make someone jealous.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Where are you from?- Idaho.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Well, if you don't know, who does?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24We went to Lyme Regis for our honeymoon.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28They had fresh daffs in the room and a full English breakfast every morning.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Can I cut in?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- You know, I'm not sure that... - Oh, well, too late.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39I wanted to say thank you for saving my neck the other night.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Well, if I hadn't, we both would have been in hot water.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45I already was.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Must be lonely in that farmhouse?
0:36:47 > 0:36:49A woman like you.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51What are you insinuating?
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Well, your husband's stuck in a Prisoner of War camp and Farmer Finch,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58well, he has a man's appetites.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02That is an awful...
0:37:02 > 0:37:08- How could you even...? - I'm just saying what it looks like from the outside, that's all.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11There's no other option.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14If the Germans win, they'll take everything.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Besides, I wouldn't be here dancing with a beautiful girl.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Beautiful?
0:37:19 > 0:37:25It's an American word. I don't know the British for it.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Sometimes beer is the only answer.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Fifteen of these and you won't remember your own name, let alone hers.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37My dad says the Americans should have got involved sooner.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39If only your dad had spoken to President Roosevelt.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Would your dad approve of us?
0:37:46 > 0:37:49We're just two friends having a dance.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10I thought you wanted to come outside to kiss.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Right, I felt a connection.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16That's not all you were feeling.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Sorry.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I haven't had much experience around girls before.
0:38:21 > 0:38:27So I meet someone special and I get ahead of myself cos I don't know how to behave.
0:38:27 > 0:38:33- Someone special?- So much for playing my cards close to my chest.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35It's OK.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38I think it's good to be honest. Especially with the war on.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41We could all be dead tomorrow.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I could be grounded tomorrow.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47See, you've learnt some American after all.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54Why don't you come here and show me how special I am.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58# In every lovely summer's day
0:39:00 > 0:39:06# In everything that's light and gay
0:39:06 > 0:39:12# I'll always think of you that way
0:39:15 > 0:39:22# I'll find you in the morning sun
0:39:22 > 0:39:28# And when the night is new
0:39:30 > 0:39:35# Ill be looking at the moon
0:39:35 > 0:39:40# But I'll be seeing you. #
0:39:44 > 0:39:47You should be getting home.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Your friends will be worried. - Let them.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53I want this to last forever.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55There's so much I want to know.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57What your favourite food is.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59What your home town's like.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02How many brothers and sisters you've got. Loads of things.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05There's plenty of time for that.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I should get back to the barracks.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I've got an early start in the morning, so...
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- What's your favourite colour? - Er, what's yours?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- Red.- Hey, mine too.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Now, come on, we gotta go.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21So, are we courting now?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24I don't know what that is.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Come on.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Ooh!
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Annie? How's he been?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Fine. How was the dance?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Oh, yeah, it's still going strong.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Everyone's having a gay old time.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- And Bea?- Um...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Well, to be honest, I didn't see much of her.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58She was dancing with a good-looking Yank.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01I'd better go and check everything's all right. You don't mind, do you?
0:41:01 > 0:41:03No, course I don't.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Thank you.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Somebody obviously has a late call in the morning.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Making the most of it, ma'am. - You deserve it.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Thanks for the tip-off.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Just wanted everyone to have a good time.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Goodnight, Corporal.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43John put in a bath next to the kitchen, and it was such a small room you had to climb over the taps.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Oh, must be tired.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51I think it's time Lord Hoxley changed partners. Don't be shy.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Chop, chop.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Bea.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Forgot my handbag. You all right?
0:42:03 > 0:42:05I need to tell you something.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09That American woman, she knew the black soldiers would be here.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14- What are you talking about?- That friend of yours, he tipped her off.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16It's a cheap trick, Billy.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Cal and I are courting, if you must know.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Really? That's good.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Why don't you tell that to Casanova.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33What are you doing?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36I thought we were courting.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37What about your early start?
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Er, no, I can explain.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Oh, this'll be good. What, you fell on her mouth by accident?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Or perhaps you listen to what people say with your lips?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Well, honey, you never heard of lip reading?
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Nice punch.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57I prefer the beer.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59What did you do that for?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01It was an accident. I was aiming for...
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Aiming? You shouldn't have been aiming for anyone!
0:43:03 > 0:43:06I'm really sorry if she's... What's happened?
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I won't tolerate this behaviour. Get out!
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Please, don't make us go home.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Oh, Annie, what are we gonna do?
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