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-SOLDIER: -By the left, quick march! | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
Left, right, left, right... | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
LAIDBACK SWING MUSIC | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
..left, right, left, right... | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
..left, right, left, right, left, right... | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right... | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
NEWSREEL VOICEOVER: 'Meanwhile, on the home front, | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
'the war has come to the kitchen. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:30 | |
'Up and down the country, | 0:01:30 | 0:01:31 | |
'housewives are showing the enemy what they're made of. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
'Well done, Mrs Jones. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:35 | |
'Who would've guessed that a turnip could go so far?' | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
HEROIC MUSIC | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
'The German pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
'are still hiding in the port of Brest,' | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
'dodging the Allied bombing raids. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
'The Atlantic won't be safe | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
'until they're once and for all beneath the waves. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
'As the Prime Minister is piped aboard one of our finest naval destroyers, | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
'Winston Churchill is proud to thank | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
'the boys who have been keeping our convoys safe.' | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
-Excuse me. -'Thank you, able seamen. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
'Keep up the good work and keep Britannia ruling...' | 0:02:10 | 0:02:11 | |
Excuse me. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
'Lord Louis Mountbatten salutes his heroes home. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
'Following the extraordinary bravery shown by his newly formed commandos, | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
'Lord Louis is pleased to shake the hand | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
'of the men who have shaken Jerry's rigging.' | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
GUNFIRE ON NEWSREEL SOUNDTRACK | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
'Their valiant raid on the western isles of Norway | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
'have been a triumph of military strategy. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
'One grenade in the right place and bang goes another Jerry HQ. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
'So watch out, Adolf. Who knows where our boys will strike next?' | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
By the right, quick march! | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
Left, right, left, right, left, right, | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
left, right, left, right... | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
MAN: 'Fighting a war means doing one's job. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
'And in the field of battle, gentlemen, | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
'every second counts. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
'One mistake, one small miscalculation, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
'and the results can be catastrophic.' | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
Let me tell you a story. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
I was sitting in a shell hole, surrounded by the enemy, | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
with not much left of the chap to the right of me. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
Chap to the left was no better off. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
Sitting beside me was a young soldier in screaming agony. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:27 | |
Never seen anything like it. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
Rocking like a child, clutching his head and calling for his mother. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
Believe me, gentlemen, toothache in the field is no joke. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:41 | |
Know what I did? | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
I made a stopper out of some brackish mud, | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
a shell case from my .38 and a clove of garlic. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
Chap was back on his feet and back in action in under two minutes. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
And the enemy ran like buggery when they smelled him coming. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
But I'm serious, gentlemen. What we do here is front-line stuff. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
PLANES DRONE OVERHEAD | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
Alright, alright, we've all seen the RAF before. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:01 | |
We all know what they do. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
While they do their bit, we'll do ours | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
with an impression tray, a clear head | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
and poli-pliers - the only weapons you need. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
So, let's get started, shall we? | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
Three reasons why we use potassium sulphate... | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
PLANES CONTINUE DRONING OVERHEAD | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
SERGEANT YELLS | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
What are you looking at? You haven't seen a Lancaster before? | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
-Pay attention to me. -PLANES CONTINUE DRONING | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
Move! | 0:04:29 | 0:04:30 | |
Wouldn't you say, Cuthbertson? | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
Sir? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:38 | |
Your war effort is here in this room, Private. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
So let's not waste any time, all right? | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
An army marches on its stomach, Cuthbertson. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
And an army that can't bite is an army that can't fight. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
What's an army that can't bite?! | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
-ALL: -An army that can't fight, sir. -Very good. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
Well, upward and onward. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
The use of china clay in the shade matching of dentures. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
JOLLY 1940S MUSIC | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
# If you want to feel lucky | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
# Like a baby with a silver spoon | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
# Just turn your money in your pocket | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
# Whenever you see a new moon | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
# If you want to be happy | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
# Like a baby with a toy balloon | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
# Just turn your money in your pocket | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
# Whenever you see a new moon | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
# Oh, yeah Whenever you see a new moon. # | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
-SOLDIER 1: -Want a cup of tea? | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
-SOLDIER 2: Yeah. -Give us a hand. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:01 | |
'Ere, is this your mug? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
Look at the state of that. That's mould that is, mould! | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
You could grow mushrooms in that. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
Ah, just get on with it. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
"Captain Cuthbertson to the rescue." | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
MIMICS GRENADE TOSS AND EXPLOSION | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
"Ah, you saved us!" | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
Cuthbertson! | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
What the bloody hell are you doing in here?! | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
-Nothing, Sergeant. -Don't lie to me, soldier! | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
Stand to attention. What is that? | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
-It's a hand grenade, Sergeant. -I know what it is. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
What I don't know is what it's doing in your hand! | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
Well, uh... | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
Give it to me. I said give it to me, Private. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
-I'll put...put it back. -GRENADE PIN RELEASES | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
W-What do we do now? | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
-Will it go off? -Uh, no. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
No. Not while I'm holding the clip. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
I'll go and get some help, Sergeant. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:14 | |
No, don't! Wait! | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
Put the pin back in. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
-I can't. -Why not? | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
'Cause it's bent. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
-It's meant to be bent. -No, I-I know that. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
But this one's bent...bent. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
-SOLDIER 1: -Bloody cold in here! | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
Did you leave the door open? | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
I've got an idea. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:34 | |
You better not break it. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
WHIMPERS What? | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
I think I broke it. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
No. No, it's all right. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:47 | |
< You twit! Anybody could walk in! | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
(Come on, Cuthbertson. We've got company.) | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
Do you think it'll hold now I've bashed it? | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
SIREN WAILS | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
-Follow me. -Get on down here! | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
-Where did that come from? -Bloody nowhere, sir. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
-The whole building's gone. -Anyone hurt? | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
-Don't know, sir. -Move yourselves! | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
What was it?! | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
Pull your feet up! | 0:08:50 | 0:08:51 | |
-What do you reckon, then? -Looks like a thousand-pounder. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
No, this is a fly in the bath compared to a thousand-pounder. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
That was a 550-pound bomb dropped from the port rack of a Junkers 88. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
How do you know that, Regimental Sergeant Major? | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
Because I saw it. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
Now, don't just stand there gawping! | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
Start getting this lot cleared up now! | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
All accounted for, Regimental Sergeant Major, sir. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
Casualties? | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
A few cuts from glass, nothing serious. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
Colonel's wife swallowed a prune stone. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:22 | |
Sir! | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
-Everybody alright? -All present and correct, sir. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
Colonel's wife apparently swallowed a prune stone, sir. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
Bit of a mess, isn't it? | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
Attention! | 0:09:31 | 0:09:32 | |
Stand easy. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
Hmm, bit of a mess, all this. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:38 | |
Any idea what it was? | 0:09:38 | 0:09:39 | |
Hut 29, sir. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
-What dropped it? -Oh, Junkers 88, sir. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
Must've had one left over, sir. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
So you don't think they were actually aiming at us? | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
No, no, right. Point taken. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
That was a bloody hand grenade, Cuthbertson! | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
You could've blown the whole bloody place to kingdom come! | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
Saved Adolf the bother of dropping that bomb! | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
-Yes, Sergeant! -You'd have seen yourself on the Pathe bloody news then, wouldn't you? | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
-Wouldn't you, Private?! -Y-Yes, Sergeant. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
Yes, Sergeant! | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
Our services are not required except for... | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
and exclusively for the pulling of teeth. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
Is that clear? | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
I just wanna fight for my country, Sergeant. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
Your country does not need you. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
But you've seen action. You know what it's like. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
All I want is a posting, Sergeant. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
All the army wants is for you to do as you're told. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
I joined up to fight. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
You joined up to follow orders like the rest of us. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
That's what we do, Private. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:54 | |
It's known as doing our bit. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
But I don't wanna spend the rest of my war | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
sat on my bum, making dentures. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
Get out. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION, GENTLE SWING MUSIC PLAYS | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
-Congratulations. -Cheers. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
SOLIDER LAUGHS | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
King! Heard the news? | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
Mowat's got the posting. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:11:39 | 0:11:43 | |
Congratulations. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
Thank you, Sergeant. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:46 | |
I'll have a whisky. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
Whisky. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
Sorry, Sergeant. Mess Rules. You're out of credit. | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
Then make it a double. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
So they chose Mowat. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
It was your...age apparently, not your experience. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:15 | |
On me, sir. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
Where are they sending him? | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
Egypt, I believe. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:26 | |
It's all very hush-hush, of course, | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
like everything else round here that's common knowledge. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:12:30 | 0:12:31 | |
My money was on you. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
Looks like you're here for the duration. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
-Good luck. -Cheers, mate. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
Uh, why don't you stay and join us? | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
Cheers(!) | 0:13:01 | 0:13:03 | |
SONG ON GRAMOPHONE: # Maybe | 0:13:03 | 0:13:08 | |
# You'll think of me | 0:13:08 | 0:13:13 | |
# When you are | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
# All alone... # | 0:13:15 | 0:13:21 | |
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH | 0:13:23 | 0:13:25 | |
W-W-What time is it? | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
Main gate. Five minutes. Full battle dress. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
UPBEAT 1940S MUSIC | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
Move! | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
# We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
# Have you any dirty washing, Mother dear...? # | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
Here comes the Kaiser. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:01 | |
# We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line... # | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
Poor little bugger. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
# 'Cause the washing day is here | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
# Whether the weather may be wet or fine | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
# We'll just rub along without a care | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
# We're going to hang out the washing on the... # | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
Where are we going, Sergeant? Gunning and back? | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
-The station. -The station? Why? | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
# Whether the weather may be wet or fine | 0:14:27 | 0:14:32 | |
# We'll just rub along without a care | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
# We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line | 0:14:36 | 0:14:41 | |
# If that Siegfried line's still there. # | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
Halt. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:45 | |
BOTH PANT | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
Bring your knee up to your chest. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
You got your pay book? | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
-Yeah, why? -Give it to me. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
HE GRUNTS | 0:14:59 | 0:15:00 | |
What are you doing? | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
Posting it. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
-Who to? -Prime Minister. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:12 | |
Come on. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
Miss our train. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
STEAM HISSES | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
Where are we going, Sergeant? | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
Mohammed must go to the mountain. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
What mountain? | 0:15:35 | 0:15:36 | |
Cornwall, then France. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
But I got dental anatomy in an hour. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
Fair enough. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
Just tell the CO that your pay book is with Winston Churchill, | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
together with a letter explaining you're on your way to invade France. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
Invade France?! | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
-MAN: -All aboard! | 0:15:57 | 0:15:58 | |
By the bye, Private, just in case you're wondering, | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
you are absent without leave as from now. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE TOOTS | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
TRAIN WHISTLE TOOTS | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
HE PANTS | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
I hate dental anatomy. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
"Dear Prime Minister, By the time you receive this letter | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
"we shall, God willing, have landed safely | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
"on the coast of occupied France. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
"From behind enemy lines we will carry out a land-based assault | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
"on the port of Brest. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:24 | |
"Our objective is to destroy | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
"the pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:30 | |
"We are trained soldiers, proud to be in the service of His Majesty | 0:17:30 | 0:17:33 | |
"and willing, if necessary, | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
"to lay down our lives for our country. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
"As proof of identity and evidence of good faith, | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
"we enclose our army pay books | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
"and conclude with the Army Dental Corps' regimental motto, | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
"Ex Dentibus Ensis - from the teeth comes strength. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
"We are, sir, your obedient servants, | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
"Sergeant Peter King and Private Leslie Cuthbertson." | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
Just one grenade in the right place is all it takes. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
-What's the right place? -Right in the belly of the ship. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
Liners, destroyers - they're all the same. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
Oil-driven steam turbine. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
One explosion - bang! - the whole bloody lot goes up. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
Just going for a jimmy riddle. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
This is the Queen Mary, Sergeant. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
-SOLDIER: -Pass and travel warrant, please, Private. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
Oh, uh... | 0:18:39 | 0:18:40 | |
-Got a problem, have we, Private? -No...Corporal. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
Is this what you're after, Corporal? | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
Private Cuthbertson. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
Sergeant King. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
-Where are you off to then, gents? -Plymouth. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
Weekend leave, is it? | 0:19:13 | 0:19:14 | |
-Yes. -Yes. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:15 | |
Sergeant and private travelling together. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
It's a bit unusual, isn't it? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Is it, Corporal? | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
H-He's my uncle. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
Yeah, uh...we're, uh... we're staying with my aunt. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
His wife. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
L-L-Linda. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:33 | |
Linda. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
Have a nice trip. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:39 | |
From now on, you leave the talking to me, all right? | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
-But he believed it. -That's not the point. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
Would either of you gentlemen be interested | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
in a pair of silk stockings? | 0:19:54 | 0:19:55 | |
That'll be 1s 4d. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
Thank you. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:05 | |
I've thrown one in for good measure. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
-Thanks very much. -That's all right. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
Goodbye. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:10 | |
What are those? | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
Supplies. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:13 | |
Don't know when we're gonna eat next, do we? | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
Ain't this abroad. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
-Do you want one now? -No. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:18 | |
And stop waving those stockings about. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
How long do you reckon we're gonna be? | 0:20:22 | 0:20:23 | |
Once we get a boat, four days. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
What if the letter doesn't get to Mr Churchill? | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
I mean, I sent a birthday card to my sister in Durham, | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
it took six weeks. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:32 | |
I'll tell you something, though. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:34 | |
She ain't half a fibber. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:35 | |
They're not the only German battleships. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
No. We'll find other ones. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
St Nazaire. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
-What? -South of Brest. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
Full of U-boats. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
U-boats? Yeah, even better. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
Sure you don't want one of these? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
No. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
Look, we don't want to do anything to draw attention to ourselves. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:34 | |
Right, sorry. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
So put those in the bag. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:38 | |
I can't. They're full of... (something else.) | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
Give them here, then. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
# When the twilight is gone | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
# And no songbird is singing | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
# When the twilight is gone | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
# You come into my heart | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
# And here in my heart you will stay | 0:22:03 | 0:22:08 | |
# While I pray... # | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
SOLIDER YELLS ORDERS | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Left, right, left, right... | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
COLONEL: Well, has anyone got any ideas? | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
Because I'm running out of patience here! | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
I will not have deserters in my regiment. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
We don't actually know they are deserters... | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
Don't interrupt me, Major! I want these men found and punished. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
I absolutely will not have this kind of behaviour in a time of war. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
I want you to find them and throw the book at them! | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
Do I make myself clear? | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
-Yes, sir. -Sir! | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
# My prayer | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
# Is to linger with you | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
# At the end of the day... # | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
What if we're caught? | 0:22:52 | 0:22:53 | |
We're in uniform. We'll be prisoners of war. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
Not by the Germans, by the English. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
They'll already be looking for us, won't they? | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
-WOMAN: -Can I help? | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
Uh...we're fine, thanks. We're just looking for the harbour. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
Follow me, I'll show you. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
That's a bit of luck. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
Do you want a hand? | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
Thanks. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Not much here. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:31 | |
What with rationing, I'm lucky to get anything at all. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
# May they still be the same | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
# For as long as we live | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
# That you'll always be there at the end... # | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
-On holiday, are you? -Uh, sort of. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
-Where are you from? -Uh... | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
I'm afraid I'm not allowed to say. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
I meant, where do you live? | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
Oh, uh, London. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
Must be horrible with all those bombs. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
Yeah. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:09 | |
You're better off staying down here. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
Two of our boys were killed by mines last week. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
Oh. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:18 | |
Your friend doesn't look very happy. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
-No, well, uh...he's a sergeant. -So? | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
They have their sense of humour removed at birth. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
HE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:24:31 | 0:24:32 | |
BOTH LAUGH | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
So, where are you staying? | 0:24:36 | 0:24:37 | |
Oh, I don't know. We haven't decided yet. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
The pub's got rooms. You should stay there. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
Oh, right. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
Thanks very much. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:51 | |
Oh, that's all right. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
'Bye. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:56 | |
'Bye. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
Uh, which boat, then, Sergeant? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
-We need to get closer. -Yeah. Yeah. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
Any of those will do. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:28 | |
We'll wait till it's dark, then requisition one. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
I've spoken to Mum! She says it's fine! | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
To anyone else, we're booked up, | 0:25:35 | 0:25:36 | |
but I'm not having our brave boys going short. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
I've got a very nice double with a sea view. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
If you'd like to step inside. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
-It's very kind of you, madam. -Don't you mention it, Colonel. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
Shall I take this in for you? | 0:25:47 | 0:25:48 | |
What have you got in here, then? The family silver? | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
Now...hot water's on between 6:00 and 7:00. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
When you're finished, let me know, and I'll use it for the turnips. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
# The sun shines bright and the world's all right | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
# It's a happy, happy, happy day. # | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
It's not a problem. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:08 | |
No. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:10 | |
It's almost dark. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:13 | |
Give it 10 more minutes. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
I brought you some towels. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
When you're ready, Mum says she's kept back a couple of nice pilchards. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
-All right? -Yes. Thanks a lot. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
Thanks. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
Towels! | 0:27:11 | 0:27:12 | |
DOGS BARK IN THE DISTANCE | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
By the jetty with the what's-his-name sticking up. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
The mast. Got it. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
(I'll check the fuel. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
(Look for the crank handle.) | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
(I got it!) | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
(Tank seems full to me.) | 0:28:06 | 0:28:07 | |
ENGINE SPUTTERS AND FIRES | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
Are we completely cast off, Cuthbertson? | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
We are, Sergeant. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
MOTOR CHUGS AND GRINDS | 0:28:31 | 0:28:35 | |
MOTOR GRINDS AND FADES | 0:28:38 | 0:28:40 | |
Is there a brake or something? | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
Oh, the tide's going out. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:49 | |
You'll have to get off and shove. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:51 | |
MOTOR CHUGS MORE POWERFULLY | 0:29:04 | 0:29:08 | |
MOTOR DIES DOWN | 0:29:12 | 0:29:14 | |
I'm afraid you're going to have to get in too, Sergeant! | 0:29:14 | 0:29:17 | |
SNIFFS: When was he last seen? | 0:29:19 | 0:29:22 | |
0500 hours, sir, | 0:29:22 | 0:29:23 | |
leaving the barracks with Private Cuthbertson, sir, | 0:29:23 | 0:29:25 | |
heading in the direction of the railway station. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
Stationmaster thinks they might have taken the train to Plymouth, sir. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:31 | |
Hmm. Plymouth. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:33 | |
Tell me, Regimental Sergeant Major, what kind of spirits was he in? | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
Fine and dandy, sir. First-class soldier, sir. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:39 | |
Yes, yes, yes, quite. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:40 | |
-And off the record? -Barking mad, sir. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
It's not a problem. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
No. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
We'll wait until the tide's back in and then we'll give it another go. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
SCRAPES GENTLY | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
It's a good thing we got the room, Sergeant. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:30:17 | 0:30:19 | |
Mum says, "How do you like your pilchards?" | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:30:36 | 0:30:37 | |
RADIO: 'We've been getting a lot of letters from listeners | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
'who advise cooking with steamers and...' | 0:30:40 | 0:30:41 | |
-MAN: -Two pints of stout, Brenda! | 0:30:41 | 0:30:43 | |
Be with you in a minute, Ross. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
More potatoes, Private? | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
I'm...fine, thanks, Mrs Fraser. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
Are you sure the Colonel doesn't want something on a tray? | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
He, uh...he says he's not hungry. | 0:30:56 | 0:30:57 | |
OCEAN ROARS | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
Better? | 0:31:33 | 0:31:35 | |
Much. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
You smell like a damp dog. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:41 | |
I'm sorry about that. I fell in the harbour. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:44 | |
That's all right. I like dogs. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:46 | |
What were you doing in the harbour? | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
Oh, I'm afraid I'm not allowed to tell you that. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
You could be anyone. You could be a spy. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
That's right. I could. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
And...walls have ears, don't they? | 0:32:03 | 0:32:05 | |
That's right, they do. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:08 | |
Is it very...dangerous, what you do? | 0:32:12 | 0:32:16 | |
Oh, yes. Very. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
And are you going somewhere dangerous now? | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
Oh, uh...yeah. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:22 | |
(Yeah.) | 0:32:22 | 0:32:24 | |
You will be careful, won't you, Leslie? | 0:32:24 | 0:32:27 | |
Of course I will...Emma. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
I'll be fine. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:31 | |
-RADIO REPORT: -'British commandoes have done substantial damage | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
'to the submarine pens and dry docks. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
'It will be months before St Nazaire is operational again.' | 0:32:37 | 0:32:41 | |
Did he say St Nazaire? | 0:32:41 | 0:32:43 | |
BRASS BAND PLAYS ON RADIO | 0:32:43 | 0:32:46 | |
-I don't care. I'm not interested. -It's not my fault. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
It'll be high tide soon. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
Get out of here, get a boat and go. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
-Well, where to now, Sergeant? -France. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
We'll sleep during the day, travel by night. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
The whole place will be crawling with men and machinery. Move! | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
There's a war on. Or had you forgotten? | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
-MUMBLES: -Right. "Travel by night. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
"Crawling with men and machinery"? | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
-CRANK HANDLE WHIRRS -Leslie! What are you doing? | 0:33:18 | 0:33:22 | |
Oh, for Christ's sake. Get her sorted out! | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
What are you doing? You can't do that! | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
E-Emma, we're on a secret and very dangerous mission. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
You can't tell anyone we're here, all right? | 0:33:37 | 0:33:38 | |
I'll have to tell Aaron. It's his boat! | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
No, you don't. We told him already. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
Cuthbertson! | 0:33:42 | 0:33:44 | |
I've got to go. I'm sorry. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
Sorry. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
MOTOR CHUGS | 0:33:59 | 0:34:01 | |
Take care of yourself, Leslie. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
BAG CRUNCHES AND RUSTLES | 0:35:14 | 0:35:17 | |
-Morning, ladies. -ALL: -Morning, Arthur. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
-How's the allotment? -Oh, potatoes are coming on well. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
Might have a cabbage by Christmas. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:39 | |
And how are the lovely Garden Room girls this morning? | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
-ALL: -Good morning, Major. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
-Morning, Arthur. -Morning, sir. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:46 | |
And what has our Prime Minister received today | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
from the great unwashed? | 0:35:50 | 0:35:51 | |
Nothing for the PM's eyes yet, Major Merton. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
Oh, anything good in the potty pile, Daphne? | 0:35:54 | 0:35:57 | |
Eight death threats, | 0:35:57 | 0:35:59 | |
three requests to open air-raid shelters, | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
7s 6d in postal orders, | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
and... | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
..a cigar. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
-Ah! -Probably poisoned. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
God bless the lunatics. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
Do you know, without them, this war could be really...quite serious. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
MOTOR CHUGS, GULLS CRY | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
-Were you ever married, Sergeant? -Why would I want to do that for? | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
Did you ever ask anyone? | 0:36:29 | 0:36:30 | |
Why do you want to know? | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
I'm only interested. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:34 | |
Sorry. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:36 | |
Gladys. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:41 | |
Nurse. Gladys Potter. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | |
Stitched up my leg. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:47 | |
Field hospital, Passchendaele. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
Tucked me in of a night, | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
plumped up my pillow. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:54 | |
-I asked her. -Really? | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
Really. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:57 | |
Do you... Do you want a bun? | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
-They're a bit stale. -No, thank you. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
So what'd she say, then, this Gladys? | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
She said that she'd spent too much of her life trying to mend people | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
to spend the rest of it with someone who smashed them up for a living. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
That wasn't very nice of her. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:22 | |
Ach! Did me a favour. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
TELEPHONE RINGS | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
TELEPHONES RING | 0:37:35 | 0:37:38 | |
Morning, Faith. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:43 | |
Is he in? | 0:37:44 | 0:37:45 | |
-He hasn't left, Major. -Well, it's chucking it down outside. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
-WISTFULLY: -Outside. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
Remind me again - where is that exactly? | 0:37:53 | 0:37:56 | |
What's this doing here? This ought to be upstairs. | 0:37:56 | 0:37:59 | |
Give it to me. He's been on one of his wanderings again. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
-CHURCHILL: -And don't come back until you have something. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
It's not been a good morning. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
Rommel advancing, Tobruk falling, | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
Roosevelt telling him how to run the war, | 0:38:18 | 0:38:19 | |
and it's not even 10 o'clock. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
Merton, get in here! | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
Faith, you look terrible. Get some sleep. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:28 | |
-I can't see a sodding thing. -Shh! | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
(Keep looking.) | 0:38:52 | 0:38:53 | |
MAST CREAKS | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
Do they always shoot deserters? | 0:39:00 | 0:39:02 | |
We're NOT deserters! | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
Well, WE know that, but do they, Sergeant? | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
-Do you think he's got it yet? -Has who got what? | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
-The Prime Minister, got the letter. -Course he has. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:16 | |
TELEPHONE RINGS | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
MOTOR FADES AND DIES | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
Oh! Oh! | 0:39:54 | 0:39:55 | |
Sarge! I...I w-wasn't asleep. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
Shh. Listen. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
WAVES LAP GENTLY | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
FAINT RUMBLING APPROACHES AND INTENSIFIES | 0:40:02 | 0:40:05 | |
What's that? | 0:40:09 | 0:40:11 | |
What's that? | 0:40:15 | 0:40:16 | |
RUMBLING AND METALLIC CLANKING | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
Arggh! | 0:40:24 | 0:40:25 | |
Ooh. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:29 | |
I'm so bored of powdered egg. Aren't you? | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
Gives me the most frightful dreams. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
Yes, but we all have to do our bit. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
Any word from Ken? | 0:41:04 | 0:41:06 | |
Still on convoys...as far as I know. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
Well, you know what they say - | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
no news is good news. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
These are soldier's pay books, aren't they? | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
How much further, do you think? | 0:41:42 | 0:41:44 | |
-Two or three hours. Got to be. -HE SIGHS | 0:41:44 | 0:41:47 | |
Take the controls! | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
Keep your head down. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
GULLS CRY | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
BIRD TWITTERS | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
HE PANTS | 0:42:58 | 0:43:00 | |
We need to find a land marking. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
WOMAN'S VOICE RAMBLES | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
-WOMAN: -Then you turn it onto a flat plate... | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
What the hell's that? | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
When it's cold, cut it into... | 0:43:13 | 0:43:15 | |
Oh, it's...it's just some women. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:17 | |
Going on about some recipe. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:21 | |
What did you say? | 0:43:21 | 0:43:23 | |
Down there somewheres. | 0:43:23 | 0:43:25 | |
Just some women going on about a recipe or something. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:27 | |
-WOMAN 2: -Oh, that sounded very tasty. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:30 | |
From my grandma. Have you met her? | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
-What? -Speak French, do you? | 0:43:33 | 0:43:35 | |
No, they're speaking English. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:39 | |
SHEEP BLEAT | 0:43:39 | 0:43:42 | |
HE INHALES SHARPLY HE SIGHS | 0:43:42 | 0:43:44 | |
-Bugger! -Welcome home, Private. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
GULLS CRY | 0:43:47 | 0:43:49 | |
How could that happen? | 0:43:49 | 0:43:51 | |
We... We'd have known, wouldn't we? | 0:43:51 | 0:43:53 | |
We'd have known if we were going round in circles. | 0:43:53 | 0:43:55 | |
At least Mohammed found the right sodding mountain. | 0:43:55 | 0:43:58 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:43:58 | 0:44:00 | |
Well, at least we tried, Sergeant. | 0:44:02 | 0:44:04 | |
Lot of people would've packed it in in Cornwall. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
This is Cornwall! This is bleeding Cornwall! | 0:44:06 | 0:44:09 | |
WOMEN'S VOICES CONTINUE | 0:44:09 | 0:44:11 | |
We'll be the laughing stock of the regiment. | 0:44:11 | 0:44:14 | |
Well, we can explain, can't we? | 0:44:14 | 0:44:16 | |
HE GUFFAWS | 0:44:16 | 0:44:17 | |
We can explain alright. We'll have to! | 0:44:17 | 0:44:19 | |
Bloody court martial! | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
I don't mind dying, Cuthbertson. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:26 | |
But I won't be...humiliated! | 0:44:26 | 0:44:29 | |
What a complete bloody fiasco! | 0:44:31 | 0:44:33 | |
W-W-We still got the boat. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:35 | |
Well, I don't mind giving it another go. | 0:44:36 | 0:44:38 | |
Do you want to give it another go? | 0:44:38 | 0:44:40 | |
PLANE DRONES OVERHEAD | 0:44:40 | 0:44:43 | |
-WOMAN ON RADIO: -'And then stir in half a leek, | 0:44:51 | 0:44:53 | |
'one teaspoon of mixed herbs and one teaspoonful of salt. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:57 | |
'You got that?' | 0:44:57 | 0:44:59 | |
WOMAN 2: 'Half a leek, one teaspoon of mixed herbs | 0:44:59 | 0:45:02 | |
'and a teaspoonful of salt.' | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
'Yes, and then stir two ounces...' | 0:45:04 | 0:45:06 | |
Psst! | 0:45:06 | 0:45:08 | |
Psst! | 0:45:08 | 0:45:10 | |
Arggh! | 0:45:13 | 0:45:15 | |
Sergeant! | 0:45:15 | 0:45:17 | |
WOMEN'S VOICES CONTINUE | 0:45:17 | 0:45:19 | |
Was that you, Sergeant? | 0:45:21 | 0:45:23 | |
What are you doing? | 0:45:30 | 0:45:31 | |
-What are you...? -PANTS: A German. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:35 | |
There's a German. | 0:45:35 | 0:45:36 | |
# Run, rabbit, run, rabbit | 0:45:36 | 0:45:38 | |
# Run, run, run | 0:45:38 | 0:45:41 | |
# Run, rabbit, run, rabbit Run, run... # | 0:45:41 | 0:45:44 | |
Shouldn't we go back and kill him? | 0:45:44 | 0:45:45 | |
-What for, eh? -Well, he's a German! | 0:45:45 | 0:45:47 | |
I haven't come all this way to shoot a kraut that likes cooking. | 0:45:47 | 0:45:50 | |
He's probably gone by now, anyway. | 0:45:52 | 0:45:54 | |
-PANTS: -At least we're here. | 0:45:54 | 0:45:58 | |
That's the main thing. | 0:45:58 | 0:45:59 | |
# Run, run, run | 0:45:59 | 0:46:01 | |
# Don't give the farmer... # | 0:46:01 | 0:46:03 | |
Open wide, Adolf. The dentists are coming! | 0:46:03 | 0:46:06 | |
Cuthbertson! | 0:46:06 | 0:46:08 | |
Sorry, Sergeant. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:11 | |
# So run, rabbit, run, run, run. # | 0:46:11 | 0:46:15 | |
PHEASANTS CRY | 0:46:16 | 0:46:17 | |
-CUTHBERTSON: -Well, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:21 | |
Well, if you must know, it's cold, wet, | 0:46:23 | 0:46:26 | |
with more rats than you can shake a stick at. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:29 | |
Blimey. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:31 | |
28 days, you're bored out of your senses, | 0:46:31 | 0:46:34 | |
then, on the 29th, boof! | 0:46:34 | 0:46:37 | |
Sky lit up. | 0:46:37 | 0:46:39 | |
You got your head down, ran like the clappers and... | 0:46:39 | 0:46:42 | |
hoped some other poor bastard got it, not you. | 0:46:42 | 0:46:44 | |
Now go to sleep. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:47 | |
But didn't you save the life of a general or something? | 0:46:49 | 0:46:52 | |
Oh, yes. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:54 | |
General Sir William Hyde. | 0:46:55 | 0:46:58 | |
I was his driver. | 0:46:58 | 0:46:59 | |
-What happened? -Nothing. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:02 | |
Go to sleep. | 0:47:02 | 0:47:03 | |
My dad was in the trenches. | 0:47:08 | 0:47:10 | |
At Amiens. | 0:47:12 | 0:47:14 | |
He was one of the lucky ones. He...came home in one piece. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:19 | |
DRUMS WITH HANDS | 0:47:24 | 0:47:27 | |
What are you doing? | 0:47:28 | 0:47:30 | |
Tapping. Sorry. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:34 | |
-It's a habit when I'm nervous. -Well, stop it. | 0:47:34 | 0:47:36 | |
Did he... | 0:47:43 | 0:47:45 | |
..say much... | 0:47:47 | 0:47:48 | |
your dad, about the trenches? | 0:47:48 | 0:47:51 | |
-My dad? -Yeah. | 0:47:52 | 0:47:53 | |
I thought you wanted to go to sleep. | 0:47:56 | 0:47:58 | |
I do. | 0:47:58 | 0:48:00 | |
But I'd rather you talked than tapped. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:03 | |
Not much. | 0:48:07 | 0:48:09 | |
He was killed by a tram when I was three. | 0:48:09 | 0:48:11 | |
So I never really knew him. | 0:48:12 | 0:48:14 | |
He was just a face at my bedroom door. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
My mum always showed me pictures. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:26 | |
And I think about him sometimes. | 0:48:26 | 0:48:28 | |
He tells me off in my head. | 0:48:32 | 0:48:34 | |
Not always, though. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
Sometimes I make him laugh. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
HE LAUGHS QUIETLY | 0:48:41 | 0:48:43 | |
Can I ask you something? | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
What now? | 0:48:47 | 0:48:48 | |
Why did you choose me? | 0:48:54 | 0:48:56 | |
Who else would be daft enough to carry the ruddy grenades? | 0:48:56 | 0:49:01 | |
HE LAUGHS SOFTLY | 0:49:06 | 0:49:07 | |
He'd like this. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:14 | |
It'd make him smile. | 0:49:16 | 0:49:18 | |
-Can you reach it? -I would if you stood still! | 0:49:37 | 0:49:40 | |
Here... | 0:49:41 | 0:49:42 | |
Here...you do it. | 0:49:45 | 0:49:48 | |
-It's your idea. -Really? | 0:49:48 | 0:49:50 | |
Thanks. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:52 | |
-How many shall I cut? -Cut them all. | 0:50:02 | 0:50:05 | |
For gawd's sake, keep your voice down. | 0:50:05 | 0:50:07 | |
It's a lot harder than you think. | 0:50:13 | 0:50:15 | |
-PING! -Hoo! Did you see that? | 0:50:16 | 0:50:19 | |
Could have your eye out with one of those. | 0:50:19 | 0:50:22 | |
I got a good idea. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
We make a list of all the things we do | 0:50:24 | 0:50:26 | |
and then we can hand it in at the end as proof. | 0:50:26 | 0:50:29 | |
WIRE ZINGS | 0:50:30 | 0:50:31 | |
We could even tot up the damage. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:34 | |
How much do you reckon these lines are worth? | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
Five quid each? | 0:50:36 | 0:50:38 | |
Well, that's... | 0:50:38 | 0:50:40 | |
Well, there's... That's 25 quid, the lot. | 0:50:40 | 0:50:43 | |
Depends what's on the other end. | 0:50:43 | 0:50:45 | |
That's a point. I hadn't thought of that. | 0:50:46 | 0:50:49 | |
Just supposing that these go to, like, the hospital | 0:50:49 | 0:50:51 | |
or...or the Resistance, even! | 0:50:51 | 0:50:54 | |
Just suppose you get on with it. | 0:50:54 | 0:50:56 | |
PING! | 0:50:56 | 0:50:57 | |
Still... | 0:51:00 | 0:51:02 | |
25 quid's 25 quid, isn't it? | 0:51:02 | 0:51:05 | |
HE PANTS | 0:51:10 | 0:51:12 | |
Well, it's not, actually. It's...only 20. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:16 | |
What do you mean? | 0:51:16 | 0:51:18 | |
-I left one. -What for? | 0:51:18 | 0:51:21 | |
Well, in case of emergencies! | 0:51:21 | 0:51:26 | |
-How much does cement cost? -What? | 0:51:31 | 0:51:34 | |
Well, if we were gonna blow up a gun emplacement, | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
I was trying to work out how much it's worth. | 0:51:37 | 0:51:40 | |
-What for? -Well... | 0:51:40 | 0:51:42 | |
We put the damages we do in the left-hand column | 0:51:42 | 0:51:45 | |
and what we think it's worth in the right. | 0:51:45 | 0:51:47 | |
So what are you, an accountant now? | 0:51:47 | 0:51:49 | |
No. No, listen. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:52 | |
I had a mate who bought a Riley Roadster before the war, right? | 0:51:52 | 0:51:55 | |
Now, he was out there every Sunday polishing it | 0:51:55 | 0:51:57 | |
but the birds kept crapping all over the bonnet. | 0:51:57 | 0:51:59 | |
So what he did was, he bought a garage. | 0:51:59 | 0:52:02 | |
Only problem is, he reckons the garage cost more than the car. | 0:52:02 | 0:52:06 | |
Has this got a point, Private? | 0:52:06 | 0:52:09 | |
Yeah, yeah, the point is | 0:52:09 | 0:52:10 | |
I reckon that two garages costs the same as one gun emplacement. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:17 | |
Sergeant... | 0:52:18 | 0:52:20 | |
Or to put it another way, | 0:52:20 | 0:52:22 | |
one gun emplacement costs the same as three Riley Roadsters. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:25 | |
You've got an 'ead like a toy box, Cuthbertson. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:29 | |
When are we gonna eat, Sergeant? | 0:52:33 | 0:52:35 | |
-Hello? Hello? -PHONES RING | 0:52:35 | 0:52:37 | |
Africa, Merton. That's where we stand or fall. | 0:52:37 | 0:52:41 | |
I've got him, Prime Minister. He's on the line now. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:43 | |
About time. Put him through. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:44 | |
I want answers yesterday, Merton. | 0:52:44 | 0:52:47 | |
Lose Africa and we lose the Med. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:50 | |
Hello? | 0:52:50 | 0:52:52 | |
No-one here, Faith. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:54 | |
One moment, Prime Minister. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
We lose the Med, then Malta's down the drain. | 0:52:56 | 0:52:58 | |
He's on line three, Prime Minister. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
Hello, Monty! How are you, old cocker? | 0:53:00 | 0:53:03 | |
Jolly good. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:05 | |
Now, tell me something, General, | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
what do you knees look like in shorts? | 0:53:07 | 0:53:11 | |
"Sleep during the day, travel by night," you said. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:19 | |
That's alright. So far it hasn't been necessary. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:23 | |
"Crawling with men and machinery," you said. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:27 | |
Thanks, Private. | 0:53:27 | 0:53:29 | |
All we need do is find a road or a signpost. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:32 | |
To where? | 0:53:32 | 0:53:33 | |
There's nothing to do. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:35 | |
That's fine. It's not a problem. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
There'll be plenty to do when we get there. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:42 | |
Get where? | 0:53:42 | 0:53:44 | |
There's no-one around. The whole place is shut. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:46 | |
Hello? | 0:53:49 | 0:53:51 | |
Anyone?! | 0:53:51 | 0:53:52 | |
We're here! | 0:53:52 | 0:53:54 | |
-We've invaded! -Shut up! | 0:53:54 | 0:53:56 | |
I'm starving. | 0:53:59 | 0:54:01 | |
I'm Sergeant King. How do you do? | 0:54:01 | 0:54:02 | |
Well, maybe we could get something to eat or something? | 0:54:02 | 0:54:07 | |
Maybe we could steal a car, Sergeant. | 0:54:07 | 0:54:09 | |
Oh, yes! Good idea. | 0:54:09 | 0:54:11 | |
Which one of the many fine vehicles you see before you | 0:54:11 | 0:54:15 | |
would you care to requisition(?) | 0:54:15 | 0:54:16 | |
First rule of survival behind enemy lines, Private, | 0:54:22 | 0:54:26 | |
live off the land. | 0:54:26 | 0:54:28 | |
GUN CLICKS | 0:54:39 | 0:54:41 | |
Oh, sorry! Er... | 0:54:44 | 0:54:46 | |
Um, I'm English. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:48 | |
Um, er, English? | 0:54:48 | 0:54:51 | |
I'm really sorry. I'm just so hungry. | 0:55:12 | 0:55:14 | |
I'll put it back. | 0:55:14 | 0:55:16 | |
Look, see? | 0:55:16 | 0:55:18 | |
SHE SPEAKS IN FRENCH | 0:55:32 | 0:55:34 | |
Wrap it? | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
Do you want me to wrap it? | 0:55:49 | 0:55:52 | |
Can I go now? | 0:56:05 | 0:56:07 | |
Thank you. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:17 | |
Thanks very much. | 0:56:17 | 0:56:19 | |
I was only getting some food. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:47 | |
I don't know what the problem is. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:50 | |
I did what you asked. | 0:56:50 | 0:56:53 | |
You said, "Get some food," so I did. | 0:56:53 | 0:56:54 | |
-Anyone could have been in that house. -But they weren't, were they? | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
The whole bloody Third Reich could have been in that house. | 0:56:57 | 0:56:59 | |
-We should be so lucky. -What? | 0:56:59 | 0:57:02 | |
Nothing. Can we eat the pie now? | 0:57:02 | 0:57:04 | |
Don't you get lippy with me. Don't you get lippy with me, son! | 0:57:04 | 0:57:07 | |
I should knock the living daylights out of you. | 0:57:07 | 0:57:09 | |
I said, "Can we eat the pie now?" | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
You've jeopardised every step of this operation. | 0:57:11 | 0:57:13 | |
You've been like a kid on a school outing | 0:57:13 | 0:57:15 | |
buying buns, waving stockings about, | 0:57:15 | 0:57:18 | |
cosying up to your little Cornish pastie. | 0:57:18 | 0:57:20 | |
Now I'm a deserter. | 0:57:20 | 0:57:22 | |
I've nearly been drowned. | 0:57:22 | 0:57:25 | |
And I'm tired and I'm hungry. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:27 | |
And whether you like it or not, I'm gonna eat this pie. | 0:57:27 | 0:57:31 | |
I can't believe you done that. | 0:57:36 | 0:57:38 | |
No, I take that back. | 0:57:43 | 0:57:46 | |
I CAN believe it. | 0:57:46 | 0:57:48 | |
Look at you. | 0:57:48 | 0:57:50 | |
You know why everybody calls you the Kaiser? | 0:57:52 | 0:57:54 | |
'Cause you're a jumped up, washed up, | 0:57:55 | 0:57:58 | |
over-the-hill has-been. | 0:57:58 | 0:57:59 | |
-Finished? -No! | 0:57:59 | 0:58:01 | |
You know what? Back home... | 0:58:02 | 0:58:05 | |
I thought you had guts and a head on your shoulders | 0:58:05 | 0:58:08 | |
but you know what? | 0:58:08 | 0:58:09 | |
The only thing you're good at is whingeing. | 0:58:09 | 0:58:11 | |
It's a good thing your dad died when he did! | 0:58:11 | 0:58:13 | |
ENGINES ROAR | 0:58:13 | 0:58:17 | |
Can you...can you see anything? | 0:59:04 | 0:59:06 | |
Nothing. | 0:59:06 | 0:59:08 | |
A sign or something? | 0:59:08 | 0:59:10 | |
No. | 0:59:10 | 0:59:12 | |
We've got to find out where we are. | 0:59:12 | 0:59:16 | |
I'll see what I can find. | 0:59:34 | 0:59:36 | |
I...didn't mean what I said about your dad. | 0:59:41 | 0:59:47 | |
I'll stand guard then. | 0:59:51 | 0:59:52 | |
And, Sergeant, | 0:59:55 | 0:59:57 | |
they don't all, er, call you the Kaiser. | 0:59:57 | 1:00:00 | |
Yes, you stand guard. | 1:00:00 | 1:00:02 | |
(OK, Sergeant.) | 1:00:04 | 1:00:05 | |
(OK, Sergeant.) | 1:00:09 | 1:00:10 | |
DOOR OPENS | 1:00:50 | 1:00:52 | |
DOOR CLOSES | 1:00:54 | 1:00:56 | |
FOOTSTEPS RETREAT | 1:00:56 | 1:00:58 | |
BUZZING | 1:01:32 | 1:01:36 | |
I'm sorry, Sergeant. | 1:02:06 | 1:02:07 | |
I missed him. He just got past me. | 1:02:07 | 1:02:10 | |
TRAIN CHUGS | 1:02:10 | 1:02:14 | |
Train! | 1:02:19 | 1:02:20 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 1:02:20 | 1:02:23 | |
It's stopping. Let's wave the signal. | 1:02:23 | 1:02:26 | |
Well, which one is it? | 1:02:27 | 1:02:29 | |
BRAKES SCREECH | 1:02:29 | 1:02:31 | |
Must be one of these. | 1:02:31 | 1:02:33 | |
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN | 1:02:47 | 1:02:49 | |
HE CONTINUES SHOUTING | 1:02:55 | 1:02:57 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 1:03:14 | 1:03:16 | |
They're on their way up. | 1:03:24 | 1:03:25 | |
No, wait. It's gotta be a lock. | 1:03:26 | 1:03:29 | |
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN | 1:03:30 | 1:03:33 | |
Now try. | 1:03:34 | 1:03:35 | |
HE GRUNTS | 1:03:38 | 1:03:39 | |
SOLDIERS SHOUT | 1:03:48 | 1:03:51 | |
Danke! | 1:03:52 | 1:03:54 | |
Supplies. | 1:04:31 | 1:04:33 | |
What should we do with him? He'll tell someone he's seen us. | 1:04:33 | 1:04:38 | |
Drunk in charge of a signal box. | 1:04:45 | 1:04:47 | |
No-one will believe a word he says. | 1:04:47 | 1:04:50 | |
BUZZING CONTINUES | 1:04:53 | 1:04:57 | |
SUSTAINED BUZZ | 1:05:01 | 1:05:04 | |
Mind the string. | 1:05:20 | 1:05:22 | |
How much do you reckon a railway line's worth? | 1:05:23 | 1:05:26 | |
-About 70 quid? -More. | 1:05:26 | 1:05:28 | |
80. | 1:05:28 | 1:05:30 | |
Put that away. | 1:05:30 | 1:05:32 | |
Ready? | 1:05:35 | 1:05:38 | |
DISTANT EXPLOSION | 1:05:42 | 1:05:44 | |
What was that? | 1:05:44 | 1:05:45 | |
What was what? | 1:05:46 | 1:05:48 | |
I think I heard something. | 1:05:48 | 1:05:50 | |
SOLDIERS SHOUT IN GERMAN | 1:05:50 | 1:05:54 | |
No. It's nothing. | 1:05:56 | 1:05:59 | |
-Bloody hell! -Gordon Bennett! | 1:06:09 | 1:06:11 | |
I think I've gone deaf. | 1:06:16 | 1:06:17 | |
Have you gone deaf? | 1:06:17 | 1:06:19 | |
Looks buckled to me. | 1:06:22 | 1:06:23 | |
Does it look buckled to you? | 1:06:23 | 1:06:26 | |
Yeah, definitely. | 1:06:26 | 1:06:28 | |
Loose as old knickers, that is. | 1:06:29 | 1:06:32 | |
I wouldn't fancy travelling on it. | 1:06:32 | 1:06:35 | |
One grenade in the right place. | 1:06:35 | 1:06:37 | |
Yeah. | 1:06:37 | 1:06:38 | |
-Just like you said. -Come on. | 1:06:38 | 1:06:41 | |
# Whether the weather may be wet or fine | 1:06:52 | 1:06:57 | |
# We'll just rub along without a care | 1:06:57 | 1:07:01 | |
# We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line | 1:07:01 | 1:07:05 | |
# If that Siegfried line's still there. # | 1:07:05 | 1:07:10 | |
Let's find out where we are. | 1:07:11 | 1:07:13 | |
You've got the matches. | 1:07:13 | 1:07:15 | |
Ergh! Is that cheese off? | 1:07:20 | 1:07:22 | |
Nah. It's French. | 1:07:22 | 1:07:23 | |
-SNIFFS: -Do you want some? | 1:07:23 | 1:07:26 | |
No, I want you to strike a match so that I can see what I'm doing. | 1:07:26 | 1:07:30 | |
Closer. That's better. | 1:07:36 | 1:07:37 | |
Now, then, there's the railway line. | 1:07:39 | 1:07:41 | |
So we went... PLANE ENGINES DRONE | 1:07:41 | 1:07:44 | |
Lancasters. | 1:07:44 | 1:07:46 | |
I'll be buggered. | 1:07:46 | 1:07:48 | |
Hold it still. | 1:07:48 | 1:07:50 | |
Sitting down to bacon and eggs in half an hour. | 1:07:50 | 1:07:52 | |
Hold it still. You and your belly! | 1:07:52 | 1:07:54 | |
HE GASPS | 1:07:54 | 1:07:56 | |
SIREN WAILS | 1:07:58 | 1:08:01 | |
BOMBS EXPLODE IN DISTANCE | 1:08:10 | 1:08:12 | |
Oh, you're still here. | 1:08:27 | 1:08:29 | |
So are you. | 1:08:29 | 1:08:31 | |
We're all still here. | 1:08:33 | 1:08:34 | |
Faith, you look terrible. | 1:08:34 | 1:08:36 | |
-Is HE still here? -No. | 1:08:36 | 1:08:38 | |
He's at a meeting with the joint chiefs. | 1:08:38 | 1:08:41 | |
A chance to make a break for it. | 1:08:41 | 1:08:42 | |
Ah! Good luck. | 1:08:42 | 1:08:44 | |
Thanks. | 1:08:44 | 1:08:45 | |
A little more light reading for you, Major. | 1:08:45 | 1:08:47 | |
Oh, sorry about the cigar ash. | 1:08:47 | 1:08:49 | |
He was on one of his nocturnals again. | 1:08:49 | 1:08:51 | |
Oh, and this belongs up here, I think. | 1:08:51 | 1:08:54 | |
I don't know how we're supposed to run a war | 1:08:54 | 1:08:56 | |
when the Prime Minister keeps interfering. | 1:08:56 | 1:08:59 | |
-DOOR SLAMS CHURCHILL: -Nobody listens! | 1:08:59 | 1:09:02 | |
-Faith! -DOOR SLAMS | 1:09:06 | 1:09:08 | |
Oh, bad luck, Faith. 10ft short of the wire. | 1:09:08 | 1:09:11 | |
DOGS BARK | 1:09:16 | 1:09:18 | |
MEN CONVERSE IN GERMAN | 1:09:18 | 1:09:20 | |
-CUTHBERTSON: -They look like teacups. | 1:09:20 | 1:09:21 | |
-What do you think? -Ahh, too risky. | 1:09:25 | 1:09:29 | |
What's that flyswat thing? | 1:09:31 | 1:09:32 | |
Flyswat? | 1:09:32 | 1:09:34 | |
Looks like an aerial or some sort of listening device. | 1:09:34 | 1:09:39 | |
That must be worth a fortune. | 1:09:39 | 1:09:42 | |
Come on. We wouldn't make it to the fence. | 1:09:42 | 1:09:44 | |
Move. | 1:09:44 | 1:09:46 | |
But it's just over there. | 1:09:46 | 1:09:48 | |
You can see for yourself, it's crawling with bleedin' Germans. | 1:09:48 | 1:09:52 | |
Well, course it's crawling with Germans. | 1:09:52 | 1:09:55 | |
That's why we came. | 1:09:55 | 1:09:56 | |
I don't believe this. | 1:09:59 | 1:10:00 | |
You were gonna blow up the Scharnhorst with one grenade. | 1:10:00 | 1:10:04 | |
Destroy St Nazaire single-handed. | 1:10:04 | 1:10:08 | |
Now we find one piddly observation post | 1:10:08 | 1:10:11 | |
and you say it's too risky. | 1:10:11 | 1:10:12 | |
Keep your voice down! Move yourself. | 1:10:12 | 1:10:14 | |
"One hand grenade," you said. | 1:10:14 | 1:10:16 | |
Once it's dark and I'm inside, | 1:10:43 | 1:10:46 | |
I'll attach some grenades to the flyswat, | 1:10:46 | 1:10:49 | |
move straight to the ops room with the remainder of the grenades, | 1:10:49 | 1:10:52 | |
then up it go. | 1:10:52 | 1:10:53 | |
Just a minute. Where am I? | 1:10:53 | 1:10:55 | |
-You're that pebble there? -What pebble? | 1:10:55 | 1:10:57 | |
By the fence where we cut through the wire. | 1:10:57 | 1:10:59 | |
Well, what am I doing there? | 1:10:59 | 1:11:00 | |
Standing guard. | 1:11:00 | 1:11:02 | |
I don't want to stand guard. | 1:11:02 | 1:11:03 | |
I didn't come all the way here to stand guard. | 1:11:03 | 1:11:05 | |
I can stand guard back in Aldershot. | 1:11:05 | 1:11:07 | |
Cuthbertson, I am giving you an order! | 1:11:07 | 1:11:09 | |
Well, I'm disobeying it. | 1:11:09 | 1:11:10 | |
-I'm younger and I'm faster and -I -want to blow up the flyswat. | 1:11:10 | 1:11:14 | |
-You can't. -Why not? | 1:11:14 | 1:11:15 | |
Because whoever goes in there is gonna die. | 1:11:15 | 1:11:18 | |
Then what's the point in standing guard? | 1:11:18 | 1:11:20 | |
Here. Take the grenades. Blow your arse off. | 1:11:24 | 1:11:29 | |
-Can't stop being a hero, can you? -I wasn't a hero. | 1:11:29 | 1:11:31 | |
-Don't give me all that tosh. -It's not tosh. | 1:11:31 | 1:11:34 | |
I changed a tyre, Cuthbertson, that's all I did. | 1:11:34 | 1:11:37 | |
What? I don't understand. | 1:11:39 | 1:11:41 | |
The General was in the back seat. | 1:11:41 | 1:11:44 | |
I didn't know where we were. A bombardment went up. | 1:11:44 | 1:11:47 | |
Piece of shrapnel caught the front tyre and we got a puncture. | 1:11:47 | 1:11:50 | |
And? | 1:11:51 | 1:11:52 | |
And General Sir William Hyde told me to get out and change it | 1:11:52 | 1:11:55 | |
which I did very quickly. | 1:11:55 | 1:11:57 | |
A shell exploded to the right of us, the jack slipped, | 1:11:57 | 1:12:00 | |
the car fell on my foot. | 1:12:00 | 1:12:01 | |
I drove some 10 mile with a smashed heel. | 1:12:01 | 1:12:05 | |
So you were decorated for changing a tyre? | 1:12:07 | 1:12:10 | |
Yes, I know. RAC patrolmen do it every day. | 1:12:10 | 1:12:15 | |
Can we now get on with the weapons check? | 1:12:16 | 1:12:19 | |
Two revolvers | 1:12:21 | 1:12:23 | |
and 20 rounds. | 1:12:23 | 1:12:27 | |
Grenades? | 1:12:27 | 1:12:29 | |
Five in the bag and five in the nylons. | 1:12:29 | 1:12:33 | |
So how long was it until you saw action again? | 1:12:33 | 1:12:36 | |
I didn't. I was invalided out, I joined the medical corps. | 1:12:36 | 1:12:40 | |
So you haven't done anything like this before, have you? | 1:12:42 | 1:12:44 | |
No. | 1:12:44 | 1:12:46 | |
Well, I hate to say it, Sergeant, but I wish you hadn't told me that. | 1:12:48 | 1:12:54 | |
That's fine. It's not a problem. | 1:12:54 | 1:12:56 | |
Four for the flyswat, the rest for the ops room. | 1:13:00 | 1:13:04 | |
And no-one stands guard. Agreed? | 1:13:04 | 1:13:06 | |
Agreed. | 1:13:10 | 1:13:12 | |
Hope you've got a handbag to go with them stockings. | 1:13:14 | 1:13:17 | |
-You ready? -Yeah. | 1:14:23 | 1:14:25 | |
Through you go. | 1:14:26 | 1:14:28 | |
Wait! MEN CHATTER IN GERMAN | 1:15:08 | 1:15:10 | |
Cuthbertson. Mirror. | 1:15:10 | 1:15:13 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:15:20 | 1:15:22 | |
Right. | 1:15:29 | 1:15:31 | |
-HE SNIFFS: -I can smell beef. | 1:15:31 | 1:15:35 | |
And onions. | 1:15:35 | 1:15:37 | |
Now. | 1:15:37 | 1:15:38 | |
DOG GROWLS AND YAPS | 1:15:56 | 1:15:58 | |
MAN: Tiger! Komm hier! | 1:15:58 | 1:16:01 | |
Komm hier! | 1:16:01 | 1:16:04 | |
DOG WHIMPERS | 1:16:04 | 1:16:07 | |
Komm hier! | 1:16:08 | 1:16:11 | |
KOMM! | 1:16:14 | 1:16:17 | |
When you're ready, I'll be in position. Good luck. | 1:16:40 | 1:16:44 | |
DOG BARKS | 1:17:22 | 1:17:25 | |
MEN CHATTER | 1:17:31 | 1:17:34 | |
ALARM BELL RINGS, SHOUTING | 1:19:24 | 1:19:27 | |
Bugger! | 1:19:32 | 1:19:33 | |
HE MUTTERS SOFTLY | 1:19:48 | 1:19:50 | |
TRIUMPHANT MUSIC | 1:20:19 | 1:20:23 | |
MEN SHOUT | 1:20:37 | 1:20:40 | |
-SOLDIER: -Halt! | 1:21:13 | 1:21:15 | |
MACHINE-GUN FIRE | 1:21:15 | 1:21:18 | |
SHOUTS ECHO HOLLOWLY | 1:21:23 | 1:21:26 | |
SIREN BLARES | 1:21:33 | 1:21:35 | |
Pack it in! | 1:21:42 | 1:21:44 | |
TYRES SCREECH | 1:21:44 | 1:21:46 | |
Sergeant Mohammed, it's Private Mountain. | 1:21:46 | 1:21:50 | |
What kept you? | 1:21:54 | 1:21:56 | |
GUNFIRE, WHISTLE BLOWS | 1:22:06 | 1:22:08 | |
We did quite a good job there, eh?! | 1:22:40 | 1:22:42 | |
Keep your eyes on the road! | 1:22:42 | 1:22:44 | |
Have you driven one of these before? | 1:22:44 | 1:22:47 | |
It's not a problem! | 1:22:47 | 1:22:48 | |
GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE | 1:22:57 | 1:23:01 | |
We couldn't have done all that, could we? | 1:23:03 | 1:23:06 | |
Let's get the hell out of here! | 1:23:06 | 1:23:07 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 1:23:49 | 1:23:51 | |
(Leslie!) | 1:23:51 | 1:23:53 | |
Sorry to trouble you. I'm looking for a Miss Emma Fraser. | 1:23:57 | 1:24:00 | |
Now, Africa is the absolute priority. | 1:24:03 | 1:24:08 | |
PHONE RINGS | 1:24:08 | 1:24:10 | |
No... Oh, what the hell did I do with that thing? | 1:24:10 | 1:24:13 | |
I want to know everything that is going on out there. | 1:24:13 | 1:24:16 | |
And when I say everything, I mean everything. | 1:24:16 | 1:24:20 | |
I don't want a camel to so much as break wind | 1:24:20 | 1:24:23 | |
without it ending up on my desk. | 1:24:23 | 1:24:25 | |
Oh, here it is. | 1:24:25 | 1:24:27 | |
Uh...no, it isn't. | 1:24:27 | 1:24:29 | |
What the hell is this? | 1:24:29 | 1:24:33 | |
Oh, funny. | 1:24:34 | 1:24:36 | |
Now, I don't want another shambles like Singapore, gentlemen. | 1:24:36 | 1:24:41 | |
BOAT ENGINE SPUTTERS | 1:24:41 | 1:24:44 | |
Hold up. | 1:24:48 | 1:24:50 | |
We're out of petrol. | 1:24:53 | 1:24:55 | |
Cop a hold of that oar, Cuthbertson. | 1:25:04 | 1:25:06 | |
(Oar?) | 1:25:08 | 1:25:09 | |
We're not gonna row, are we? | 1:25:26 | 1:25:28 | |
No, we're gonna knit a jumper(!) | 1:25:28 | 1:25:31 | |
It'll give you an appetite. | 1:25:31 | 1:25:33 | |
One, two, three. | 1:25:33 | 1:25:36 | |
He's depressed. He won't get out of his cot. | 1:26:12 | 1:26:15 | |
You try Clemmie? | 1:26:15 | 1:26:17 | |
She's at dinner with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor. | 1:26:17 | 1:26:20 | |
He's an old man. He needs a holiday. | 1:26:21 | 1:26:24 | |
Failing that, a victory. | 1:26:24 | 1:26:25 | |
Anything. | 1:26:25 | 1:26:28 | |
Something to lift his spirits. Good luck. | 1:26:28 | 1:26:30 | |
-Whose turn is it? -Yours. | 1:26:32 | 1:26:34 | |
I sat with him for an hour last night... | 1:26:34 | 1:26:36 | |
-BOTH: -Reading Kipling. | 1:26:36 | 1:26:38 | |
Why don't you go home, Faith? | 1:26:39 | 1:26:41 | |
Yes, I know. | 1:26:41 | 1:26:43 | |
I look terrible. | 1:26:43 | 1:26:45 | |
HE SIGHS AND KNOCKS | 1:26:45 | 1:26:48 | |
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT | 1:26:54 | 1:26:57 | |
I promised the King victory, Merton. | 1:27:00 | 1:27:03 | |
Gave my word to the country. | 1:27:05 | 1:27:08 | |
Don't know if I can do it. | 1:27:10 | 1:27:13 | |
Well, uh...would you like a whisky, sir? | 1:27:15 | 1:27:17 | |
No, Merton, I don't want a whisky. | 1:27:19 | 1:27:21 | |
I want a wander. | 1:27:23 | 1:27:25 | |
I don't know if this rabbit is going to come out of the hat. | 1:27:30 | 1:27:34 | |
Cuthbertson... | 1:27:42 | 1:27:45 | |
we got company. | 1:27:45 | 1:27:47 | |
It's following us! | 1:27:59 | 1:28:00 | |
Throw something! | 1:28:06 | 1:28:07 | |
I bet it's one of ours. | 1:28:31 | 1:28:33 | |
It can't be one of ours! | 1:28:33 | 1:28:36 | |
That's not fair! | 1:28:36 | 1:28:38 | |
Not after what we done. Now, that's not fair! | 1:28:38 | 1:28:40 | |
Come on! Blow, you sod! | 1:28:46 | 1:28:48 | |
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN | 1:29:07 | 1:29:09 | |
7536394. | 1:29:09 | 1:29:13 | |
Sergeant King. | 1:29:13 | 1:29:15 | |
MAN CONTINUES IN GERMAN I don't speak German. | 1:29:16 | 1:29:19 | |
HE SHOUTS Sergeant King. | 1:29:19 | 1:29:22 | |
7536394. | 1:29:22 | 1:29:27 | |
MAN SIGHS | 1:29:27 | 1:29:29 | |
10511436. | 1:29:31 | 1:29:35 | |
Private Cuthbertson. | 1:29:35 | 1:29:38 | |
We're dentists. | 1:29:41 | 1:29:42 | |
MAN SIGHS | 1:29:42 | 1:29:44 | |
HE SIGHS | 1:29:48 | 1:29:49 | |
Have we got the girl? | 1:29:49 | 1:29:51 | |
-She's on her way. -Good. | 1:29:51 | 1:29:53 | |
Is there any tea in this pot? | 1:29:55 | 1:29:56 | |
Stewed, I'm afraid. | 1:29:56 | 1:29:58 | |
Right. | 1:29:58 | 1:30:00 | |
-Yes, that's Leslie. -Are you sure? | 1:30:07 | 1:30:09 | |
Positive. Where were they? | 1:30:09 | 1:30:11 | |
Reconnaissance spotted them in the Channel. | 1:30:11 | 1:30:14 | |
-Floating on some wood. -That was lucky. | 1:30:14 | 1:30:17 | |
Well, that rather depends on how you look at it, doesn't it? | 1:30:17 | 1:30:19 | |
I mean, we don't take too kindly to spies. | 1:30:19 | 1:30:21 | |
Spies? | 1:30:21 | 1:30:23 | |
Yes. Or deserters. | 1:30:23 | 1:30:24 | |
Don't worry. We'll find out soon enough. | 1:30:26 | 1:30:29 | |
-MAN: -Out! | 1:31:07 | 1:31:09 | |
Prisoners and escort, sharp! | 1:31:24 | 1:31:27 | |
Quick march! | 1:31:27 | 1:31:29 | |
-EMMA: -No, he said that he had to do something dangerous. | 1:31:48 | 1:31:51 | |
But he couldn't talk about it, you see, on account of it being secret | 1:31:51 | 1:31:55 | |
and that I might be a spy. | 1:31:55 | 1:31:57 | |
So the point is, I know they're not spies because they borrowed a boat | 1:31:57 | 1:32:03 | |
and said they were going somewhere, | 1:32:03 | 1:32:05 | |
which must have been France, which is where the war is, | 1:32:05 | 1:32:08 | |
so they can't be deserters either, can they? | 1:32:08 | 1:32:11 | |
Sorry, do I sound a bit...muddled? | 1:32:14 | 1:32:16 | |
Not at all. Thank you, Miss Fraser. You may sit down. | 1:32:16 | 1:32:20 | |
Well, gentlemen. | 1:32:28 | 1:32:30 | |
Let me tell you, I've presided over many a court martial in my time - | 1:32:30 | 1:32:33 | |
too many, if I'm honest. | 1:32:33 | 1:32:35 | |
It's not a task I relish. | 1:32:35 | 1:32:37 | |
But never before have I been asked to listen to such appalling drivel. | 1:32:37 | 1:32:42 | |
You're deserters. You know it. I know it. | 1:32:43 | 1:32:47 | |
Everyone in this room knows it. | 1:32:47 | 1:32:50 | |
You ran away for a coward's chance on easy street | 1:32:50 | 1:32:52 | |
and when your boat sank on the way to Ireland | 1:32:52 | 1:32:56 | |
you invented this...fairytale to save yourselves. | 1:32:56 | 1:33:01 | |
And what sticks in my throat more than anything else | 1:33:01 | 1:33:03 | |
is that even after you've failed to produce | 1:33:03 | 1:33:05 | |
one shred of evidence in your defence, | 1:33:05 | 1:33:08 | |
you still persist in this ridiculous boy's-own adventure | 1:33:08 | 1:33:13 | |
of some personal invasion of France. | 1:33:13 | 1:33:16 | |
You, Private Cuthbertson, have brought shame on the uniform | 1:33:19 | 1:33:23 | |
worn so bravely by so many. | 1:33:23 | 1:33:24 | |
You, Sergeant King... you're beyond contempt, frankly. | 1:33:26 | 1:33:30 | |
Not only have you duped an impressionable... | 1:33:30 | 1:33:32 | |
DOOR OPENS | 1:33:32 | 1:33:34 | |
Begging the court's pardon, sir. | 1:33:36 | 1:33:38 | |
Who is this? What does he want? | 1:33:38 | 1:33:40 | |
I'm so sorry, Colonel, | 1:33:40 | 1:33:42 | |
but if I might crave the court's indulgence for a few moments? | 1:33:42 | 1:33:47 | |
Who are you? | 1:33:48 | 1:33:50 | |
I'd like to interview the prisoners. | 1:33:50 | 1:33:52 | |
What?! | 1:33:52 | 1:33:53 | |
I'm Major Desmond Merton - | 1:33:53 | 1:33:55 | |
Chief Intelligence Advisor to Mr Churchill. | 1:33:55 | 1:33:59 | |
Now, I have here... | 1:34:00 | 1:34:04 | |
a ground plan... | 1:34:04 | 1:34:07 | |
of some buildings. | 1:34:07 | 1:34:09 | |
Major, these are official proceedings! | 1:34:09 | 1:34:11 | |
Now, these buildings that you see here, gentlemen... | 1:34:11 | 1:34:13 | |
..do you know what they are? | 1:34:15 | 1:34:17 | |
Yes, sir. That's a listening post, sir. | 1:34:17 | 1:34:19 | |
A, uh...Cap de la Hague, sir. | 1:34:19 | 1:34:22 | |
Interesting. How do you know that? | 1:34:22 | 1:34:25 | |
Well, it...says so at the top, sir. | 1:34:25 | 1:34:27 | |
Does it? | 1:34:30 | 1:34:32 | |
Well, so it does. | 1:34:34 | 1:34:35 | |
-Major! -One moment, please, Colonel. | 1:34:35 | 1:34:38 | |
Now, would you say you were familiar with these buildings? | 1:34:38 | 1:34:41 | |
Uh...yes, sir. I think so, sir, yes. | 1:34:41 | 1:34:43 | |
Good. What can you tell me about them? | 1:34:43 | 1:34:45 | |
Well, that's the flyswat thing, sir. | 1:34:45 | 1:34:47 | |
The...the what? | 1:34:47 | 1:34:50 | |
The signal receiver thing, sir. | 1:34:50 | 1:34:52 | |
It appeared, to the uninitiated eye, | 1:34:52 | 1:34:55 | |
to be a giant emblem for the swatting of flies. | 1:34:55 | 1:34:58 | |
I see. What about these chaps here? | 1:34:58 | 1:35:01 | |
They're the two teacup things. | 1:35:01 | 1:35:03 | |
That is to say they have the general appearance | 1:35:03 | 1:35:05 | |
of teacups placed on their side, sir. | 1:35:05 | 1:35:08 | |
They were outside the perimeter, so we left them alone. | 1:35:08 | 1:35:11 | |
Excellent. Right. | 1:35:11 | 1:35:13 | |
Now, what exactly was it you say you did? | 1:35:13 | 1:35:16 | |
Blew up the ops room, sir, with grenades. | 1:35:16 | 1:35:19 | |
Major! BANGS GAVEL | 1:35:19 | 1:35:20 | |
These men are disgraced. | 1:35:20 | 1:35:22 | |
They are guilty of theft, deceit and desertion. | 1:35:22 | 1:35:25 | |
You're not suggesting there's any substance to their story, are you? | 1:35:25 | 1:35:28 | |
I'm not suggesting anything, Colonel. | 1:35:28 | 1:35:30 | |
I'm merely trying to ascertain the facts. | 1:35:30 | 1:35:32 | |
Now, this, uh...operations room. | 1:35:32 | 1:35:34 | |
Did anything strike you as unusual about it? | 1:35:34 | 1:35:37 | |
No. Nothing, sir. | 1:35:37 | 1:35:40 | |
-Apart from the smell. -The smell. | 1:35:41 | 1:35:43 | |
The smell? What smell? | 1:35:43 | 1:35:45 | |
Uh...beef and onions, sir. | 1:35:45 | 1:35:47 | |
-Beef and onions? -Burned beef and onions. | 1:35:47 | 1:35:49 | |
Major, I really must insist. | 1:35:49 | 1:35:52 | |
BURNED beef and onions! Ah! | 1:35:52 | 1:35:56 | |
Thank you, Colonel. | 1:35:57 | 1:35:58 | |
I've heard all I need to hear. | 1:35:58 | 1:36:01 | |
Well, thank God for that. | 1:36:01 | 1:36:02 | |
And in your opinion, Major, are they telling the truth? | 1:36:02 | 1:36:06 | |
No, sir. They are not. | 1:36:06 | 1:36:09 | |
They didn't destroy the operations room at all. | 1:36:12 | 1:36:14 | |
They destroyed the cookhouse. | 1:36:14 | 1:36:17 | |
LAUGHTER | 1:36:17 | 1:36:21 | |
BANGS GAVEL: I'm sorry. I'm not putting up with this. | 1:36:21 | 1:36:24 | |
You can wave what letters you like, Major, | 1:36:24 | 1:36:26 | |
but unless you can substantiate that claim, I intend to pass sentence. | 1:36:26 | 1:36:29 | |
Oh, I'm sure that I can, Colonel. | 1:36:29 | 1:36:31 | |
How? You're not going to tell me you were there, are you? | 1:36:31 | 1:36:34 | |
-HE CHUCKLES: -Not personally. No, sir. | 1:36:34 | 1:36:37 | |
But the 2nd Parachute Regiment were. | 1:36:37 | 1:36:40 | |
-The Paras were there? -Be quiet! | 1:36:40 | 1:36:42 | |
119 of them, to be exact. | 1:36:42 | 1:36:45 | |
They were after those two teacup things | 1:36:45 | 1:36:47 | |
which you were good enough NOT to blow up. | 1:36:47 | 1:36:50 | |
Their task was to break bits off and bring them home | 1:36:50 | 1:36:53 | |
for our boffins to play about with, which they did. | 1:36:53 | 1:36:55 | |
There were reports of an unexpected and very useful diversion. | 1:36:55 | 1:37:00 | |
But until now, no-one's been able to confirm it. | 1:37:00 | 1:37:03 | |
Initially, we put it down to the French, | 1:37:03 | 1:37:06 | |
but, uh...it just didn't tally. | 1:37:06 | 1:37:09 | |
Anyway, there we are. And well done, gents. | 1:37:09 | 1:37:12 | |
And thank you, Colonel, for allowing me to clear up that little puzzle. | 1:37:12 | 1:37:16 | |
Oh, yes. And I nearly forgot. | 1:37:17 | 1:37:20 | |
Message from the Prime Minister. | 1:37:20 | 1:37:22 | |
He thanks you very much for the letter. It cheered him up no end. | 1:37:22 | 1:37:27 | |
He apologises for the delay in replying, | 1:37:27 | 1:37:30 | |
but he has had rather a lot on. | 1:37:30 | 1:37:32 | |
However, next time you're in Whitehall, | 1:37:32 | 1:37:34 | |
he'd be delighted to see you for a cup of tea. | 1:37:34 | 1:37:37 | |
Uh...that is tea for King and Cuthbertson, sir, | 1:37:38 | 1:37:41 | |
not, um... | 1:37:41 | 1:37:43 | |
well... | 1:37:43 | 1:37:45 | |
Uh...oh, yes, and, um... | 1:37:45 | 1:37:48 | |
here are your pay books back, | 1:37:48 | 1:37:51 | |
which he has signed. | 1:37:51 | 1:37:53 | |
He didn't want you to go short. | 1:37:53 | 1:37:56 | |
And as he said to me, "A few..." | 1:37:56 | 1:37:59 | |
A few more lunatics, like those dentists, Merton, | 1:37:59 | 1:38:02 | |
and I could win this war by Christmas. | 1:38:02 | 1:38:05 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 1:38:05 | 1:38:06 | |
Cookhouse. The bloody cookhouse. | 1:38:25 | 1:38:28 | |
-Well done! -SOLDIERS CHEER | 1:38:48 | 1:38:51 | |
SOLDIERS CONTINUE CHEERING | 1:39:09 | 1:39:11 | |
I'll see you in 28 days, Sergeant! | 1:39:41 | 1:39:43 | |
I'll be here, Private! | 1:39:44 | 1:39:47 | |
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