0:01:50 > 0:01:54'This is the story of a ship.'
0:04:39 > 0:04:41WHISTLE
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Ship's company - 'shun!
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Turn aft - right and left - turn!
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Open Fire!- Open Fire!- Shoot!
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Look, sir. The Huns are jumping overboard in full marching order.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Cor - look at that. Come in, the water's lovely(!)
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Look at 'em. Somebody must have blown a whistle! Layer on.
0:05:48 > 0:05:55- There are some caiques to port, sir. - Shift to the big transport. - Aye, aye, sir.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Ship target right.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10- Can I fire torpedoes at the transports, sir?- All right, but no more than two at any transport.
0:06:10 > 0:06:18- Flags, make to the Division 'Train tubes to port'. - Main office - Tommy, Tommy - port.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26That's got 'em! Shoot when you see the whites of their eyes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Bingo!
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Fire one!
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Fire two!- Fire two!
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Torpedoes fired, sir.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Our fish have hit, sir. One transport blown up.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53There goes another. The rest of the Division's doing well.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- An enemy destroyer, sir. - Right. Engage her.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Check, check, check! Shift target left - follow TBI.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Take this.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Trainer on. - Layer on. 0-4-0. 1-0 left.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I'll lay you ten to one they're all Germans.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54The Macaronis wouldn't do that, not for love nor money.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- The Eyeties will do anything for money.- Anything but fight!
0:07:57 > 0:08:00That's why they were so lousy in the last war.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It's their warm, languorous, southern temperament.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- Cocoa, sir?- Thanks, Snotty. - Thanks.
0:08:13 > 0:08:21- The dawn of a new day, Flags... - Pretty sky, sir. I had a calendar like that.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26- Did it have a squadron of Dorniers in the corner?- No, sir.- That's when art parts company with reality.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Cigarette?- Thanks.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50Aircraft in sight astern, sir. Angle of sight 2-0.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Looks like Junkers 88s.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59- Starboard 20.- One blast on the siren.- Aye, aye, sir.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02SIREN BLASTS
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Aircraft in sight, bearing Green, 1-7-0. Angle of sight, 2-0.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Short range weapons - starboard. Stand by for dive-bombers.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Open fire!
0:09:31 > 0:09:35First wave are diving now. Hard a-port. Sound two blasts.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38SIREN BLASTS
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Down, everybody.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11We got one. We'll try and get two next time.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Guns shift to Red 1-4-0.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Midships!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Shift to the next wave, bearing Red, 1-4-0.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- Hard a-starboard. Sound one blast.- Aye-aye, sir.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44We've winged it. Down, everybody!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Midships.- Midships.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Another wave on the port side, sir.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21He's coming much lower, sir.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26He'll probably hit our mast!
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Well done. We've got him, but I'm afraid he's got us, too. Midships!
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Midships, sir.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Carry on firing. Here comes the next wave.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03All guns are still in action, sir.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Stop both!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27No answer from the engine room, sir. The telegraphs must be shot away.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31We're going over. Cast loose the Carley Floats.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Abandon ship!
0:13:29 > 0:13:33'I'll sign for her now. I'll sign for her now...'
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- Has Satterthwaite been sighted yet? - Not yet, sir. HAMMERING
0:13:56 > 0:14:02- Stop that hammering, Edgecombe. I can't hear myself think. - Aye, aye, sir.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Tell Number One to fall in the hands on the quarter deck.- Aye, aye, sir.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18- Shall we have it on the desk or the shelf, sir?- The shelf. Put the usual one on the desk.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Wedding dress, sir?- Yes.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- It's here, sir.- Good. Give it to me.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44- Mr Satterthwaite's coming on board, sir. - Hands all aft?- Yes, sir.- Good.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Good morning, Satterthwaite. - Good morning, Captain Kinross.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49- Everything in order?- Certainly.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- Well, we'll get the ceremony over. - Were you satisfied with the trial? - Yes. She's a well-found ship.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57We'll hoist the ensign in a couple of minutes, Edgecombe.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03- Now, then.- Are you prepared to take over the ship, sir? - Yes. I'll sign for her now.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15'Watch your head, sir.'
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Watch your head, sir.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- You can smoke if you like, Edgecombe.- Thank you, sir.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Will you have one, sir? - No, thanks, not at the moment.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Heard from your missus lately?
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- I had a letter last week. More trouble.- What's wrong? - Her mother's in hospital again.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45That old woman's always in trouble. I think she enjoys it.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- What's the matter with her? - It's her stomach. It seems she can't keep anything down.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51If I know her, it's not for want of trying.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- You'll be glad to get to sea again. - That's putting it mildly, sir.
0:16:02 > 0:16:10- Darling!- Hello, darling. - At last!- Everything under control? - No, we've been in uproar all day.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Daddy!
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Bobby!
0:16:16 > 0:16:21- We've been waiting for hours! - We wouldn't go to bed.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- We saw the ship.- It went by quite close.- Not 'it' - 'her'!
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- It was thrilling.- How fast was she going? About 40 knots?- About 20.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- But she can do more than that? - You bet she can.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Take the car round, Edgecombe.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- Aye, aye, sir. - Good evening, Edgecombe.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- Can I tell him what it is, Mummy? - It's a surprise!
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- How long have you got? - Only till morning.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Afraid you won't see her. It's a rush job.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- But Mummy promised...- That's enough.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- Can we come on board before you go away?- We'll make time somehow.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02When, Daddy, when?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Bobby! It's late. You'll both have to go to bed.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Oh, Mummy...
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Daddy will say goodnight to you if you're quick.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12But I want to hear about the ship.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17I'll tell you all about it in the morning...if you go to bed now.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Can I ask questions, too? - You never do anything else.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Off you go, both of you.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- I'll be up in ten minutes. - Promise?- Promise.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Come on, Lavvy, I'll race you.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38They've been wild with excitement all day. Can I get you a drink? Whisky and soda or a cocktail?
0:17:38 > 0:17:43- Let's have a Kinross special. - I guessed it. It's all ready.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46I thought you'd forget to lay in any Cointreau.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Wrong again.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Were the trials satisfactory, darling?
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- More than pleased. She's a lovely ship.- Why are you rushing the commissioning?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- I like doing things quickly. - Is that the only reason?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04We live in strange times, darling. It's as well to be prepared.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- I suppose so. - Nothing to worry about.- No.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13- Here, try this - it may be too sweet.- My love.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14My love.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- Just right. Missed me?- Of course not. I've been much too busy.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26- What's for dinner?- Grouse. Maureen sent us a brace.- Good.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- They're a bit high. I expect you'll like that.- New dress?
0:18:31 > 0:18:36No, darling, I've had it for ages! You've seen it about 20 times.
0:18:36 > 0:18:43- Perhaps it's you that looks new. As good as new, anyway. - Is there going to be a war?
0:18:43 > 0:18:51- Yes, I think there is.- Oh.- No good worrying about it till it comes.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54No.
0:18:54 > 0:19:00- Don't be sad.- I'm not sad. I'm just sort of... gathering myself together.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Any more Kinross special left? - Of course.
0:19:06 > 0:19:13However busy you are, I should like to come on board just once before you go to sea,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15just to give the ship my love.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- You'll have to make my cabin presentable.- Is the chintz all right?- First class.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25We better drink these up, and go up to the children.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Here we go.- Here we go.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Swim to the float! Swim to the float!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57HE SPLUTTERS
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I've got some brandy in my Gieves.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00HE SPLUTTERS
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Kath...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Kath...
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Kath...
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- Here's the paper, dear. - It's nearly half-past. Only time to look at the headlines.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38- There you are, then.- Doesn't look too good, does it?- Oh, you can't believe anything they say.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44Look at the fuss last year, everybody flying about in aeroplanes and making speeches.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- After all that, nothing happened. - Not to us, but it did to other people.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Do you really think we're going to have another war? - It looks like it to me.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52I'll believe it when I see it.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56You'll see it quicker than you've bargained for.
0:22:56 > 0:23:02- What would Hitler gain by having a war?- World domination. That's what the little rat's after.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05They haven't got enough to eat in Germany as it is.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10Mrs Blacket's nephew, the one who travels in underwear, came back from Berlin two months ago.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13said they was all half-starved.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18- I think we're for it. - If we have another war, I give up.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20After all we went through last time...
0:23:20 > 0:23:24All YOU went through?! You was too young and innocent to know about it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28You know perfectly well how old I am.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31You'll always be young and innocent to me.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35If you ask me you've got a hangover.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- I must be going now. Is Mother coming down.- I promised I'd call her. Wait a minute.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Mother!
0:23:42 > 0:23:46- Come down as you are. - That WILL be nice(!)
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- Will you get ashore again? - That all depends.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- You won't forget to put those bulbs in, will you?- You and your bulbs!
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Goodbye, old girl.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- Walter Hardy, anyone would think you was going away forever.- You never know.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05You ought to be ashamed of yourself, saying such things.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07...And give them a piece of my mind.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Here comes Mother.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17That spirit lamp blew up again... Frightened the wits out of me.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22You WILL put in too much methylated. What do you want to go fussing about with spirit for?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25You could pop down to the kitchen, nobody'd notice you.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I've made me own tea in me own bedroom all me life...
0:24:29 > 0:24:34But that's my spare, and if you go on blowing things up,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36it won't be fit to sleep in.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- I've got to go now.- Nice thing when me own daughter starts criticising me(!)
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Oh, shut up, Mother, say goodbye to Walter.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- Will you get ashore again? - It all depends on Hitler.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- Who does he think HE is? - That's the spirit! Goodbye, Mother.
0:24:52 > 0:24:59- Look after Kath for me. And you two stop naggin' each other.- Nagging?! I like that, I must say(!)
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Come on, Kath.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Goodbye, old girl.- Goodbye, dear.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16'Ship's company - 'shun!'
0:25:16 > 0:25:18WHISTLE
0:25:25 > 0:25:30- Ship's company present, sir. - Stand them at ease.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Ship's company, stand at...ease!
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Break ranks and gather round.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Can you hear me all right at the back?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50You all know it's the custom of the Service,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54for the Captain to address the ship's company on commissioning day.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59Now, my policy's easy. If there are any who served with me before, they'll know it.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Any old shipmates of mine here?
0:26:02 > 0:26:08Glad to see you, Reynolds... and Adams...and Blake...and Coombe.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Who is that hiding behind the chief stoker?- Parkinson, sir.
0:26:11 > 0:26:17- Coxswain of the All Comers whaler in the Valletta?- Yes, when we won the cup in the 1936 regatta.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20And fell into the ditch when you got to the ship.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Well, there are enough old shipmates to tell the others what my policy's always been.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Reynolds, Adams, Blake, Coombe, Parkinson,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30what sort of ship do I want the Torrin to be?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- A happy ship, sir.- That's right. - An efficient ship, sir.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38Correct. A very happy and a very efficient ship.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43You can't have one without the other.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48A ship can't be happy unless she's efficient and won't be efficient unless she's happy.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Now...our programme...
0:26:50 > 0:26:57Most of you have seen the commissioning programme... This allows the usual three weeks.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01You will also know that Ribbentrop signed a pact with Stalin yesterday.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04As I see it...
0:27:04 > 0:27:09that means war next week. So I will give you three days to get the ship ready to sail.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12None of us will turn in or take our clothes off or
0:27:12 > 0:27:14sling our hammocks till the job's finished.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Then we'll send Hitler a telegram saying, "The Torrin's ready. You can start your war."
0:27:23 > 0:27:28You four bring in the sugar... You six, gasmasks...and I'll join you and bring in the rum.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Wake up. You've had your hour. It's my turn now.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28RADIO: 'At 11.15, the Prime Minister will broadcast to the nation.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30'Please stand by.'
0:28:39 > 0:28:42VOICE OF NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN: 'I am speaking to you
0:28:42 > 0:28:48'from the Cabinet Room at 10, Downing Street.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52'This morning, the British Ambassador in Berlin
0:28:52 > 0:28:56'handed the German Government a final note...
0:28:56 > 0:29:02'stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock,
0:29:02 > 0:29:06'that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland,
0:29:06 > 0:29:10'a state of war would exist between us.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18'I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received,
0:29:18 > 0:29:23'and that, consequently, this country is at war with Germany.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32'You can imagine what a bitter blow it is to me...'
0:29:32 > 0:29:35It ain't exactly a Bank Holiday for us!
0:29:56 > 0:29:59She's still afloat.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09ALIX'S VOICE: 'God bless this ship and all who sail in her.'
0:30:21 > 0:30:24HYMN SINGING
0:30:39 > 0:30:45# From rock and tempest, fire and foe
0:30:45 > 0:30:50# Protect them whereso'er they go
0:30:52 > 0:30:57# Thus ever-more shall rise to Thee
0:30:58 > 0:31:04# Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09# Amen. #
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Let us pray.
0:31:17 > 0:31:23Oh, Eternal Lord God, Who alone spreads out the heavens and rules the raging of the sea...
0:31:23 > 0:31:30be pleased to received into Thy gracious protection the persons of us Thy servants.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Preserve us from the danger of the sea and from the violence of the enemy,
0:31:34 > 0:31:39that we may be a safeguard unto our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King George and his Dominions...
0:31:41 > 0:31:44That the inhabitants of our island may, in peace, serve Thee, our God.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46And that we may return in safety,
0:31:46 > 0:31:50to enjoy the blessings of the land with the fruits of our labours...
0:31:50 > 0:31:53and to praise and glorify Thy Holy Name.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord... - Amen.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00We will now sing the carol on the back of the hymn card.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08# Good King Wenceslas looked out
0:32:08 > 0:32:12# On the Feast of Stephen
0:32:12 > 0:32:16# When the snow lay round about
0:32:16 > 0:32:20# Deep and crisp and even
0:32:20 > 0:32:23# Brightly shone the moon that night
0:32:23 > 0:32:26# Though the frost was cruel
0:32:26 > 0:32:30# When a poor man came in sight
0:32:30 > 0:32:34# Gathering winter fu-u-el. #
0:32:37 > 0:32:39WHISTLING
0:32:42 > 0:32:44LAUGHTER
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Them kids have been at it all day... Beats me why their mothers allow it.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55- It's the Christmas spirit, Mum. - Comin' home with their feet sopping and getting colds...
0:32:55 > 0:33:02- Now then, Mother, can't have you grumbling as if it was an ordinary day.- Me grumble?!
0:33:02 > 0:33:06In the last war, we spent Christmas in the Red Sea.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Hot? You could have fried an egg on the deck.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11The Red Sea can be hot. So can the Persian Gulf.
0:33:11 > 0:33:16I was out there two years ago in the Worcestershire.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Certainly see life in the big ships.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22We don't do so badly in the small ones, you know.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25They're off again.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30A cruiser's more lively than a destroyer. Stands to reason!
0:33:30 > 0:33:36- You're a Marine! You don't know nothin' about destroyers.- What's the matter with the Marines?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38It's like this, Bert...
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- Without the Marines... - Without the Navy...
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Oh, shut up, you two. Who cares, anyway?
0:33:46 > 0:33:49That's a nice way to talk(!) You, the mother of a sailor.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50And mother-in-law of a marine!
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Pass the port wine. I'm as dry as a bone.
0:33:54 > 0:33:59- What's the sense in arguing? - It was a friendly discussion.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Like the friendly discussion in the Green Man last night(!) You had the place in uproar.
0:34:04 > 0:34:11Bert, a toast - to the Royal Marines. God bless 'em and a happy Christmas to 'em.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13ALL: The Royal Marines.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Thanks, Shorty, old man.
0:34:25 > 0:34:31On behalf of my Corps...I give you - all destroyers and the Torrin.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- May her shadow never grow less. - It never will.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36ALL: Destroyers and HMS Torrin!
0:34:39 > 0:34:45I should like to drink the healths of one and all present.
0:34:45 > 0:34:51And to thank a kindly fate for arranging that my ship needed boiler cleaning.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Little short of a bloody miracle.
0:34:55 > 0:35:01- Walter, you know I don't like you using that word. - That's a highly expressive word.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05That's naval tradition, that is.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07And the RAF.
0:35:07 > 0:35:14I would like to add that I consider we're all... VERY lucky...
0:35:15 > 0:35:18..to be all together today. Considering there's a war on,
0:35:18 > 0:35:23- and civilisation is trembling on the edge of an abyss.- There now!
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- What did you say, Kath?- There now.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Don't say it again. It puts me off.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35- What's so funny, Freda? - It's just the way you talk.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39You don't seem to realise this is a very important war.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43You like to listen to the sound of your own voice.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- Let him get on with it, Kath. - Try and stop him!
0:35:47 > 0:35:51I will treat these paltry interruptions with the contempt they deserve
0:35:51 > 0:35:55and propose the health of one who is very dear to me.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59She's a creature of many moods, and fads and fancies,
0:35:59 > 0:36:04very often uncertain and coy and hard to please...
0:36:06 > 0:36:10But I'm devoted to her with every fibre of my being,
0:36:10 > 0:36:16and I hereby swear to be true to her in word and deed, so help me God.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- Ladies and gentlemen, HMS Torrin. - ALL: HMS Torrin.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Ladies and gentlemen - the King.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27ALL: The King.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32HUBBUB OF CONVERSATION
0:36:34 > 0:36:38- Come on - pull.- Come on, old girl.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44- Enjoying yourself?- Very much. - That cap's absolutely wizard.
0:36:44 > 0:36:52- Doesn't the tree look sweet? - This is the best Christmas I've ever had.- Is it?
0:36:52 > 0:36:59- Stop whispering, you two. - We ought to drink to them. To the newly betrothed.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02ALL: To the newly betrothed.
0:37:05 > 0:37:11- What's "betrothed", Daddy? - The beginning of the end, my boy.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14On behalf of my fiancee and myself, thank you.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18I think you should make a speech, Alix.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Oh, no, honestly...I couldn't.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Oh, Teddy, I'll never forgive you... Oh, dear...
0:37:24 > 0:37:27What am I to say?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Silence. Her Worship, the Lady Mayoress
0:37:30 > 0:37:33is about to declare the bazaar open(!)
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Ladies and gentlemen,
0:37:35 > 0:37:41I'll begin by wishing you all a very happy Christmas.
0:37:41 > 0:37:47I'm sure Elizabeth and June will back me up when I deliver, on behalf of all Naval wives...
0:37:47 > 0:37:50a word of warning to Maureen,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54who's unwise enough to join our ranks.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Dear Maureen, we wish you all possible happiness,
0:37:57 > 0:38:02but I have to tell you what you're in for.
0:38:02 > 0:38:09The wife of a sailor is most profoundly to be pitied.
0:38:09 > 0:38:15Her home life, such as it is, has no stability whatever.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21She moves through a succession of other people's houses...
0:38:21 > 0:38:26has to grapple with domestic problems in Bermuda, Malta or Weymouth...
0:38:26 > 0:38:31We won't deal with the question of pay - it is too painful.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36But the most important disillusionment of all is...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38This is mutiny!
0:38:38 > 0:38:41That is, that wherever she goes,
0:38:41 > 0:38:46there is always a permanent and undefeated rival...
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Her husband's ship.
0:38:48 > 0:38:54Whether it be a battleship, sloop, submarine or destroyer,
0:38:54 > 0:38:59it comes before wife, home, children, everything.
0:38:59 > 0:39:07Some of us try to fight this. Others, like myself, resign themselves to the inevitable.
0:39:07 > 0:39:15That is what you will have to do, my poor Maureen...if you want peace of mind at all.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Ladies and gentlemen,
0:39:18 > 0:39:19I give you my rival.
0:39:21 > 0:39:29It's extraordinary that anyone could be so fond and so proud of their most implacable enemy.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33This ship.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39God bless this ship and all who sail in her.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Well, she did her stuff, sir.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Best ship I ever served in, sir.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Makes one feel sort of lost... doesn't it?
0:40:15 > 0:40:20- A very happy and a very efficient ship, sir.- Thank you.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- Wipe your face, Edgecombe. You don't want that oil fuel in your eyes.- Aye, aye, sir.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40You know what I'd like now? A nice hot cup of tea.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45Look out! Here come the bastards again!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Get down as low as you can!
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Missed, butter fingers.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Blimey! I spoke too soon.
0:41:20 > 0:41:27- Agh!- Did it get you badly? - Don't rightly know, sir. - Knife, somebody.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Cut his sleeve carefully.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Hit a mother with a baby in her arms, you would.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Look, boys. Shot through the artery.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I always did hate the sight of blood.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Give us a rag, somebody.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09FREDA'S VOICE: 'What's your name? What's your name?'
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Quite a loving cup, isn't it?
0:42:16 > 0:42:19You never know your luck.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24You keep your hands to yourself.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29- Want a drop, dear? Come on. - No, thanks.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Ever so sorry, I'm sure(!)
0:42:33 > 0:42:38- She said she didn't want it. - Who are you? Father Flanagan?
0:42:38 > 0:42:44Play a hymn. I didn't know we was in Sunday School(!)
0:42:44 > 0:42:49- Some people don't know when to stop.- What?- You heard.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- Here, Miss, you change places with me.- It's all right.- Go on.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01I'd be obliged if you'd change places with me too.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Me mother warned me about sailors.
0:43:05 > 0:43:12- She should've warned you about a few other things. - Forget it, pal. Life's too short.
0:43:15 > 0:43:20# If you were the only girl in the world
0:43:20 > 0:43:25# And I was the only boy
0:43:26 > 0:43:31# Nothing else would matter in the world today... #
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Comfy?
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Yes, thanks.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44- What's your name?- Freda.
0:43:44 > 0:43:49- Freda Lewis.- Freda... It's a pretty name.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52- Mind if I smoke?- Of course not.
0:43:52 > 0:43:58- Have one?- I don't mind.- These are special - HM's ships only.
0:43:58 > 0:44:03- My uncle's in the Navy. He's on a destroyer.- So am I!
0:44:09 > 0:44:12He's a Petty Officer. They call him by a funny name.
0:44:12 > 0:44:19- We often call them funny names. - It begins with a B. - It generally does.- You ARE awful.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22- What's his ship? - Oh...that's careless talk.
0:44:24 > 0:44:30- You can tell me.- Well... Chief Buffer, he's called. He's on the Torrin.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34Well, it's a small world. Joey!
0:44:34 > 0:44:38- Our Chief Buffer's 'er uncle. - Makes you Siamese twins!
0:44:38 > 0:44:42- This is my friend Joey Mackridge - Miss Lewis.- How do you do?
0:44:42 > 0:44:45Pleased to meet you, I'm sure.
0:44:45 > 0:44:46What's your name?
0:45:46 > 0:45:52- Funny us meetin' like that, eh? - Yes.- Sort of...unexpected.- Yes.
0:45:52 > 0:46:00- That long train... I had to pick on that one carriage.- It's fate.- Yeah, I feel that way too.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04- I suppose we ought to be going. - I suppose we ought.
0:46:04 > 0:46:11- Your family will be wondering what's happened to you. - I'm wondering that myself.
0:46:11 > 0:46:16- Does your aunt let you out much? - As long as I'm not too late.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19How about going dancing tomorrow?
0:46:19 > 0:46:25- Yes.- Right, 6.30 - under the clock, Victoria Station. - You don't waste much time.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27I've only got short weekend leave.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Not very long, is it?
0:46:39 > 0:46:46- Here we are. Come in and meet my mum and dad.- I'd rather not. They wouldn't want a stranger butting in.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50You're not a stranger - not any more.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53To them I would be. Give me my bag...
0:46:53 > 0:47:01- Not until you say it's OK about tomorrow night. - You ARE awful. All right.
0:47:01 > 0:47:08- Cross your heart and hope to die? - Cross my heart and hope to die.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12- So long, Freda.- So long, Shorty.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Mum!
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Shorty Blake!
0:48:07 > 0:48:15You ought to be ashamed of yourself! Your telegram only arrived half an hour ago.
0:48:15 > 0:48:23- Well, I'm here - sound in wind and limb.- You bad boy... May, Shorty's home!
0:48:23 > 0:48:24Dad!
0:48:26 > 0:48:29How's the war goin', son? Seen any submarines?
0:48:29 > 0:48:34- Hundreds! Sunk 14 last week(!) - Oh, Mum, he's fibbing, isn't he?
0:48:34 > 0:48:37In the last war...
0:48:37 > 0:48:42Put a sock in it, Fred. We don't want to hear it.
0:48:42 > 0:48:47- Dad?- Yes, old man? - Where did you first meet Mum?
0:48:47 > 0:48:50What made you ask that...?
0:48:50 > 0:48:53We was in a train, comin' back from Herne Bay.
0:48:53 > 0:48:59It's a small world. It was fate, wasn't it?
0:48:59 > 0:49:03You drink your tea up, and don't talk so soft.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09They're coming over again. Get down...keep your heads low!
0:49:09 > 0:49:11GUNFIRE
0:49:29 > 0:49:34Now, nice and still, everybody, please. Now, a nice smile...
0:49:34 > 0:49:40It seems only yesterday he was in his pram.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Hold it.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Bye, Ma...
0:49:44 > 0:49:47NOISY FAREWELLS
0:50:16 > 0:50:21Here's your little lot. Now then... Cheerio, Mrs Blake.
0:50:21 > 0:50:26- Oh, it does sound funny, doesn't it? - You'll get used to it.
0:50:26 > 0:50:31- I won't get used to you being away. - You WOULD marry a sailor.
0:50:31 > 0:50:39Can't trust 'em an inch. Comin' home unexpected and catchin' you havin' tea with the lodger.
0:50:39 > 0:50:44- I'LL be the lodger...living with Kath.- But not for a whole week yet.
0:50:44 > 0:50:50Seven whole days of glorious life! You'll like being with Kath?
0:50:50 > 0:50:55Yes. It's just you being away that I won't like.
0:50:55 > 0:51:00Orders - one, give us a kiss. Two, chuck us one of Mum's sandwiches.
0:51:00 > 0:51:05Three, remember this is a honeymoon, and four, give us another kiss. 'Shun!
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- Somebody will see us.- Who cares?
0:51:11 > 0:51:17- Hello, Blake, what are you doing here?- I'm on my honeymoon, sir.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19- Congratulations!- Er...
0:51:19 > 0:51:24- This is my wife.- How do you do? - Pleased to meet you, I'm sure. - Alix...
0:51:24 > 0:51:31- Ordinary Seaman Blake, Mrs Blake...my wife. - I hope you'll be very happy.
0:51:33 > 0:51:38We're old friends. He helped me when I slipped on the gangway.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- Do you remember?- Yes, ma'am.
0:51:40 > 0:51:41Are you going to live in Plymouth?
0:51:41 > 0:51:49- Yes...that is, when he goes to sea again.- Chief Petty Officer Hardy's her uncle, so she'll live there.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52We're spending a few days in Torquay.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56Very nice. Just you begin as you intend to go on, Mrs Blake.
0:51:56 > 0:52:00My wife rules me with a rod of iron.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Don't talk nonsense!
0:52:02 > 0:52:04We won't interrupt you any longer.
0:52:04 > 0:52:11- Report him to me if he doesn't behave himself. Goodbye.- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15- Enjoy your leave.- Thank you, sir.
0:52:17 > 0:52:22- Coincidence about them going to Torquay on honeymoon, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:52:22 > 0:52:28That first quarrel, remember? You were in tears...
0:52:28 > 0:52:33Because the band was playing The Blue Danube...I got emotional.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36That wasn't why you were in tears.
0:52:36 > 0:52:43Well, it was probably because I discovered what a disagreeable character you have...
0:52:43 > 0:52:49- Still, it was a good honeymoon. - It went awfully quickly.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53HE WHISTLES: "The Blue Danube"
0:52:53 > 0:52:58Stop it, Teddy. I refuse to be made sentimental in the middle of a Great Western lunch.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Eat up your delicious piece of railway fish and behave yourself.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05- Damn!- What's the matter?
0:53:05 > 0:53:08That thing positively haunts me.
0:53:09 > 0:53:14- I'd have given my eye teeth for the chance of a show like that.- Never mind, darling,
0:53:14 > 0:53:17there will be lots of other chances before the war's over.
0:53:37 > 0:53:43I believe some damned poet wrote a very appealing little piece about "the tiny feet of the rain".
0:53:43 > 0:53:48- I'd like to kill him.- Well, I'm going down to the Wardroom.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53Five on six...
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Two on three...
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Ten...just what the doctor ordered.
0:53:59 > 0:54:06The doctor hasn't ordered a damn thing, apart from a few doses of cascara...
0:54:06 > 0:54:09That's what's getting the doctor down.
0:54:09 > 0:54:16Years of expensive medical training resulting in complete atrophy.
0:54:16 > 0:54:17The doctor wishes he was dead.
0:54:17 > 0:54:21Mitchell, a glass of port for the doctor.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24There! Just the girl I wanted.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27You have the damnedest luck.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Skill, old boy - skill!
0:54:30 > 0:54:35- It's a stinking night.- Mitchell, a gin for the First Lieutenant.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38I've got the middle watch.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43- Hey, you should have put the ten on the nine.- Drat!
0:54:43 > 0:54:47Here's to peace... and loved ones far away.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55- Feeling all right, old man? - Yes - why?
0:54:55 > 0:55:02- Not running a temperature or anything?- No.- You're two minutes early.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05It won't occur again, sir.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08Vessel on fire!
0:55:15 > 0:55:18BELL RINGS
0:55:18 > 0:55:22- Yes?- Captain, vessel on fire, bearing Green 3-0.- Press alarm.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25ALARM SOUNDS
0:55:38 > 0:55:43I was dreamin' I was in a Turkish harem surrounded by gorgeous girls...
0:55:43 > 0:55:45I wondered why you was pinching me.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27Report to TS when closed up and cleared away.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42Looks like a line of destroyers.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53- Number one gun cleared away. - Number two gun cleared away.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55Number three gun cleared away.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58All guns closed up and cleared away, sir.
0:56:58 > 0:57:02- All quarters closed up to action stations, sir.- Open fire!
0:57:02 > 0:57:06- Star shell commence!- Commence!
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Well done, Guns, we've beaten them to it!
0:57:25 > 0:57:27They've fired now!
0:57:27 > 0:57:32Hold the leading destroyer. Right - four stars - go on!
0:57:34 > 0:57:37They've gone over!
0:58:28 > 0:58:30Layer on!
0:58:30 > 0:58:31Left gun ready.
0:58:31 > 0:58:33Right gun ready.
0:58:40 > 0:58:43We've hit. Keep it up! Stop star shell.
0:58:43 > 0:58:45Star shell - check, check, check!
0:58:47 > 0:58:49We've hit again.
0:59:23 > 0:59:26Torpedo tracks starboard, sir.
0:59:32 > 0:59:40Starboard - midships. Close all watertight doors. Flags, take over, continue chase.
0:59:40 > 0:59:42The power's off, sir.
0:59:43 > 0:59:47Number one and number two mountings - carry on firing!
0:59:53 > 0:59:57Number one and number two mountings - carry on firing!
1:00:08 > 1:00:11Number one and number two mountings - carry on firing!
1:00:19 > 1:00:23Number one and number two mountings - carry on firing!
1:00:37 > 1:00:41Number one mounting - carry on firing!
1:01:23 > 1:01:25Let me know when you're ready.
1:01:25 > 1:01:28Look out! Here she comes!
1:01:34 > 1:01:40- Well, number one? - The bulkheads are being shored up. There's a deal of damage aft, sir.
1:01:40 > 1:01:43We'll be a sitting target when it gets light.
1:01:53 > 1:02:00- Is the Captain alive? - Yes, old chap, I'm still in command.
1:02:00 > 1:02:06- What did you do to Jerry? - One was badly damaged.
1:02:06 > 1:02:12- Not too bad. Tell Tancred to take me in tow.- Aye, aye, sir.
1:02:12 > 1:02:15- How far are we from home? - About 120 miles, sir.
1:02:15 > 1:02:23- Get ready to tow for'ard. - We've got all the guns working, sir. - Good. We shall need them.
1:02:33 > 1:02:37- Don't move. How are you feeling? - Fine, sir, thank you.
1:02:37 > 1:02:40- Got concussed a bit, didn't you? - Yes, sir.
1:02:40 > 1:02:46- I believe you stood by the gun when the rest of the crew were knocked out.- Well...
1:02:46 > 1:02:48Somebody had to do it, sir.
1:02:48 > 1:02:51- I'm very proud of you. - Thank you, sir.
1:02:51 > 1:02:54I want to see my Captain.
1:02:54 > 1:02:58I'm here. Don't try to talk.
1:02:58 > 1:03:00Just rest.
1:03:06 > 1:03:10EXPLOSION
1:03:26 > 1:03:30- The bulkheads holding all right, number one?- Yes, sir.
1:03:30 > 1:03:36- How far have we made good, Pilot? - We're halfway there, sir.
1:03:58 > 1:04:04The RAF ought to be here soon. I wish they'd get a move on.
1:04:04 > 1:04:09I'm sick of wallowing about here like a sitting duck.
1:04:27 > 1:04:30WILD CHEERING
1:04:47 > 1:04:48Bravo!
1:04:59 > 1:05:02Make yourselves comfortable.
1:05:02 > 1:05:05There are one or two things I want to say to you.
1:05:05 > 1:05:12First, I will hold a short memorial service next Sunday for our 36 shipmates who lost their lives
1:05:12 > 1:05:17and give thanks that the old ship came safely through.
1:05:17 > 1:05:21The Germans claim to have sunk us.
1:05:21 > 1:05:28I also want to tell you that you all did pretty well.
1:05:28 > 1:05:34When a torpedo hits a destroyer, the result is bound to be fairly devastating.
1:05:34 > 1:05:40And I can understand the temptation to think of your own skin first.
1:05:40 > 1:05:45It's gratifying to feel that out of a company of 244 men,
1:05:45 > 1:05:49243 have behaved as I expected.
1:05:49 > 1:05:50One man, however, did not.
1:05:53 > 1:05:58That man has been brought before me charged with leaving his post without permission.
1:05:58 > 1:06:01I needn't tell you how serious an offence this is in a time of war.
1:06:01 > 1:06:04The punishment that follows is normally drastic.
1:06:04 > 1:06:08You will be surprised to learn I have let him off with a caution.
1:06:08 > 1:06:13Or two cautions - one to him,
1:06:13 > 1:06:17and one to me. In a way, it was my fault.
1:06:19 > 1:06:23This man has only been in the Navy for six months.
1:06:23 > 1:06:29Even so, I should have made it clear to him I would not tolerate such behaviour.
1:06:30 > 1:06:34I should have got that much of my creed across.
1:06:34 > 1:06:37But I failed.
1:06:37 > 1:06:42I will not punish a man for an action for which I hold myself largely to blame.
1:06:42 > 1:06:48But after this, there will be no more cautions.
1:06:48 > 1:06:53The next time you run into trouble, and we'll be in plenty more scraps,
1:06:53 > 1:06:58I know that no-one will fail to do his duty to the very end.
1:07:00 > 1:07:03Thank you all for making my task so easy...
1:07:03 > 1:07:07and the Torrin a ship to be so very proud of.
1:07:07 > 1:07:09- Carry on, number one.- Aye, aye, sir.
1:07:09 > 1:07:15Ship's company - 'shun! Dismiss!
1:08:03 > 1:08:08I've got to close up now. Drink up, it's after hours.
1:08:08 > 1:08:14- What about some music? - If you've got a penny, you can have it.
1:08:14 > 1:08:18- I have.- Put it in the slot, then.
1:08:25 > 1:08:30PIANO PLAYS: "Run Rabbit Run"
1:08:33 > 1:08:36Will you be requiring anything more?
1:08:36 > 1:08:42Look 'ere, miss. I ought to be drunk. I WANT to be drunk.
1:08:43 > 1:08:50I want to be drunk more than I've ever wanted anything in my whole life.
1:08:50 > 1:08:52Who says sailors never care?
1:09:00 > 1:09:04# Run rabbit, run rabbit Run, run, run
1:09:04 > 1:09:10# He'll get by without his rabbit pie
1:09:10 > 1:09:16# Run rabbit, run rabbit Run, run, run
1:09:16 > 1:09:19# Run rabbit, run rabbit... #
1:09:19 > 1:09:22Play another tune, for God's sake!
1:09:22 > 1:09:25Anything to oblige.
1:09:31 > 1:09:37# Roll out the barrel We'll have a barrel of fun
1:09:39 > 1:09:43# Roll out the barrel
1:09:43 > 1:09:48# We've got the blues on the run
1:09:50 > 1:09:53# Sing boom-te-ra-ra
1:09:53 > 1:09:59# Sing out a song of good cheer
1:09:59 > 1:10:02# Now it's time to roll the barrel
1:10:02 > 1:10:06# For the gang's all here
1:10:08 > 1:10:13# Roll out the barrel
1:10:13 > 1:10:16# We'll have a barrel of fun
1:10:17 > 1:10:21# Roll out the barrel
1:10:21 > 1:10:26# We've got the blues on the run
1:10:26 > 1:10:31# Sing boom-te-ra-ra
1:10:31 > 1:10:34# Sing out a song of good cheer
1:10:34 > 1:10:39# Now's the time to roll the barrel
1:10:39 > 1:10:42# For the gang's all here. #
1:10:45 > 1:10:48Bravo! Bravo!
1:11:03 > 1:11:08- Goodbye, Walter. - Don't over-exert yourself, Freda.
1:11:08 > 1:11:12- Cheerio, Kath.- Be good. Go on up to the gate, Freda. I'll wait here.
1:11:21 > 1:11:26- You shouldn't have come, really. It's bad for you. - It would be worse sitting at home.
1:11:26 > 1:11:34Besides, we've had an extra half-hour together. It doesn't seem so bad this time.
1:11:34 > 1:11:38- Come on. Give us a kiss and hop it. No sense hanging about.- All right.
1:11:46 > 1:11:48Now, then - none of that.
1:11:48 > 1:11:51Go on - be a good boy. Don't get your feet wet.
1:12:06 > 1:12:12- I'll get the mower mended.- Right. And if things get bad, you can go to Dorothy's.
1:12:12 > 1:12:16- They'd have to get really bad. - All right. Cheerio.- Cheerio.
1:12:38 > 1:12:43Packards and Cadillacs? No. Give me a Rolls-Royce every time.
1:12:43 > 1:12:49- You're old-fashioned.- What does the King have?- A Daimler.
1:12:49 > 1:12:54- Is that old-fashioned too? - Yes. Compared to a snappy Packard.
1:12:54 > 1:12:59- The King couldn't have a flash roadster.- Not a roadster...
1:12:59 > 1:13:05There's nothing to touch a British Daimler.
1:13:05 > 1:13:07You wanted a Rolls-Royce.
1:13:07 > 1:13:10You can't have both, you know! Looks like profiteering.
1:13:10 > 1:13:13- Look here, old man... - Oh, give it a rest.- I will!
1:13:16 > 1:13:22- How do you spell porpoise? - P-o-r-p-o-u-s, I suppose. Why?
1:13:22 > 1:13:25I'm telling my missus we're escorting 'em.
1:13:41 > 1:13:46- Anybody seen the Chief? - He hasn't been in to lunch yet.
1:13:46 > 1:13:50- Hello, Chief, we were just talking about you.- Really?
1:13:50 > 1:13:54- Been making any more filthy vapours?- Shut up, Guns.
1:13:54 > 1:13:57All those clouds of dense black smoke belching through the funnel.
1:13:57 > 1:14:00Lay off!
1:14:00 > 1:14:03At ten o'clock, I thought she was on fire.
1:14:03 > 1:14:10- Mitchell...- Have your "sparkers" any news about the war?- No.
1:14:10 > 1:14:13My brother's in the BEF. He was in Arras.
1:14:13 > 1:14:17- God knows where he is now. - The whole thing's been a lash-up.
1:14:20 > 1:14:26Now, you know what you've got to do. The BEF is falling back on Dunkirk...
1:14:26 > 1:14:30In peacetime, there's a lot of leg-pulling between the services.
1:14:30 > 1:14:35But the soldiers are our brothers-in-arms, and it's up to us to get them off.
1:14:35 > 1:14:39Let them see how much we admire the way they fought.
1:14:39 > 1:14:46Our success will be measured by the smallness of the military casualties.
1:14:46 > 1:14:50The soldiers' lives are in our hands.
1:15:10 > 1:15:16Gangway, gangway... Mind your backs.
1:15:16 > 1:15:19Here y'are, cock. It's wet and warm...
1:15:22 > 1:15:25Try dippin' the biscuit in the cocoa... It can save your teeth.
1:15:25 > 1:15:28The champagne will be along in a minute!
1:15:28 > 1:15:32Come on, Joey, up this way. Mind your backs, please. A woman's work is never done.
1:15:34 > 1:15:37Here y'are. Don't you want none?
1:15:37 > 1:15:39Can't hold it, son - me hand's wonky.
1:15:39 > 1:15:43Oh, 'arf a mo'. Joey, give us a couple of them biscuits.
1:15:49 > 1:15:55- 'Ere, don't gulp it now. You'll choke yourself.- Thanks, son.
1:15:56 > 1:15:58EXPLOSION
1:16:03 > 1:16:05This is damned good.
1:16:05 > 1:16:09It's just ordinary Bovril, heavily laced with sherry.
1:16:09 > 1:16:11Port 20.
1:16:11 > 1:16:16How's the old country looking now, sir? I feel I've been away for years.
1:16:16 > 1:16:22We put in up North every now and again to refuel. It looks much the same...
1:16:22 > 1:16:26Not exactly warlike.
1:16:26 > 1:16:30- There'll always be an England, eh? - As good a conviction as any.
1:16:30 > 1:16:33A good deal better than most, if I may say so.
1:16:40 > 1:16:42Here, chum - a nice cup of cocoa.
1:16:42 > 1:16:45- Want a biscuit?- Leave him one. He might fancy it later.
1:16:48 > 1:16:54I never thought I'd be so glad to see a cup of cocoa. It's better with your boots off.
1:16:54 > 1:16:57That's lovely. Have some more.
1:16:57 > 1:17:01The good old white cliffs of Dover.
1:17:01 > 1:17:05- Look better with the sun on them. - Damned lucky to see them at all.
1:17:05 > 1:17:10The Navy's put up a fine show, Kinross. We're very grateful.
1:17:10 > 1:17:15- Perhaps you'd care to dine with us one night.- I'd love to.
1:17:15 > 1:17:18We'd better get below, Jasper. Start lighting up the troops.
1:17:18 > 1:17:21I expect you'll be wanting to push off as soon as possible.
1:17:21 > 1:17:24- Well, goodbye for now. - Goodbye. Forgive me for not coming down with you.
1:17:24 > 1:17:28- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye. Good luck.
1:17:28 > 1:17:33- Just ordinary Bovril and sherry? - Yes.- Good. Thanks.
1:19:24 > 1:19:27Battalion - sling your arms.
1:19:33 > 1:19:37Battalion - 'shun!
1:19:37 > 1:19:41Move to the left in threes!
1:19:41 > 1:19:43Left - turn!
1:19:45 > 1:19:48By the right - quick march!
1:19:57 > 1:20:02If I wasn't so tired, I'd give 'em a cheer...no error.
1:20:27 > 1:20:30- Ready to slip, number one? - All ready, sir.
1:20:30 > 1:20:36Let her go aft. Hold on to your spring, for'ard. Slow ahead starboard, Pilot.
1:20:52 > 1:20:55You'd never think there was a war on, would you?
1:20:55 > 1:21:01There isn't - not for five days.
1:21:01 > 1:21:05Flat-calm...looks like a bit of grey silk, don't it?
1:21:05 > 1:21:09My auntie had a dress that colour. She sent it to the cleaners and it came back all spotty.
1:21:11 > 1:21:16Funny to think this is such a little island, innit?
1:21:18 > 1:21:19Mmm.
1:21:27 > 1:21:32He's got France now. And that's only 20 miles from England. Makes you think.
1:21:36 > 1:21:41- Mummy, Trafalgar won't eat sausage roll.- You spoil him.
1:21:41 > 1:21:43Look, Bobby, there's a Hurricane.
1:21:47 > 1:21:51No, it isn't. It's an ME109 - like the one they brought down last Tuesday.
1:21:51 > 1:21:53Don't speak with your mouth full.
1:21:58 > 1:22:05What a perfectly lovely day it's been. Lovely for us, I mean. I suppose that's selfish of me.
1:22:05 > 1:22:09- Extremely.- I can't believe it's so dreadfully wrong
1:22:09 > 1:22:12to forget the war now and again.
1:22:12 > 1:22:16It's very clever of you, with all hell breaking loose over our heads.
1:22:16 > 1:22:20I pretended it wasn't real at all.
1:22:20 > 1:22:26- They were toys having a mock battle. - That's sheer escapism.
1:22:26 > 1:22:34I don't care. It has been a lovely day. The country looks so green and peaceful.
1:22:36 > 1:22:38And you ARE on leave.
1:22:40 > 1:22:44Teddy, I wonder where we shall all be this time next year.
1:22:44 > 1:22:47A lot might happen between now and this time next year.
1:22:49 > 1:22:51WHISTLE BLOWS
1:22:51 > 1:22:57- Take care of yourself, darling. - It was a good honeymoon while it lasted.
1:23:15 > 1:23:18"Tweedledee smiled gently and began again.
1:23:18 > 1:23:22"The sun was shining on the sea Shining with all his might
1:23:22 > 1:23:27"He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright."
1:23:35 > 1:23:39- This cocoa gets thicker every night. - It lines the stomach anyway.
1:23:39 > 1:23:41It's practically porridge.
1:23:43 > 1:23:46There goes another lot, sir.
1:23:47 > 1:23:50Looks like Plymouth's going to get it again.
1:23:53 > 1:23:58That was a nice bit of fish - what there was of it.
1:23:58 > 1:24:02Freda gets round Mr Morgan.
1:24:02 > 1:24:05This morning, he comes with a chair as if we was royalty.
1:24:05 > 1:24:10He's all right. If only he wasn't quite so nosy.
1:24:10 > 1:24:13Did Shorty's letter cheer you up?
1:24:13 > 1:24:21I wish that ship would get just a little damage - so that he could get leave.
1:24:21 > 1:24:26Well, "Men must work and women must weep."
1:24:26 > 1:24:30- That sink's stopped up again. - Better get Mr Luton in.
1:24:30 > 1:24:34He was blitzed out last week. Don't know where he is now. Anybody seen my scissors?
1:24:34 > 1:24:37- Yes, I've got them.- Thanks, dear.
1:24:37 > 1:24:38AIR RAID SIREN
1:24:38 > 1:24:43Not again. A bit later than last night.
1:24:57 > 1:25:00I wish you'd go down to the shelter, Freda.
1:25:00 > 1:25:05You know I hate being shut up down there. It makes me feel sick.
1:25:05 > 1:25:07I'd rather stay up here.
1:25:07 > 1:25:09But in your condition...
1:25:09 > 1:25:12Leave her alone, Mother.
1:25:12 > 1:25:17Well, my nerves won't stand much more of this, night after night.
1:25:17 > 1:25:22YOU go down to the shelter, then. Nobody's topping you.
1:25:22 > 1:25:25Try as I may, I can't understand why you won't shut up the house and evacuate.
1:25:25 > 1:25:27I've told you why!
1:25:30 > 1:25:35When you could go somewhere quiet, it seems just plain silly to sit here and ASK for it!
1:25:35 > 1:25:41- Where could I go? - Well, Dorothy's got a spare room.
1:25:41 > 1:25:42Thanks for nothing,
1:25:42 > 1:25:45- I've slept in it.- It may be a bit poky, but it's safe.
1:25:45 > 1:25:50Mother, will you shut up about this? I've told you how I feel.
1:25:50 > 1:25:55This is Walter's home, and he expects to find me in it when he comes back on leave.
1:25:55 > 1:26:00What if he turned up unexpected one day and found the house locked up?
1:26:00 > 1:26:03Might only have a few hours. That'd be a nice thing, wouldn't it?!
1:26:03 > 1:26:09- You could let him know where we were.- Oh, it's "we" now(!)
1:26:09 > 1:26:13How can you say such a thing to your own mother?!
1:26:13 > 1:26:15EXPLOSIONS
1:26:21 > 1:26:26- I'm sorry, but you make me tired sometimes.- I'm only being sensible.
1:26:26 > 1:26:30Who'd look after the garden and Walter's bulbs?
1:26:30 > 1:26:34Bulbs don't need lookin' after.
1:26:38 > 1:26:40BOMBS FALLS QUITE CLOSE
1:26:40 > 1:26:45- Come on, Freda, under the stairs you go.- I'm fine here, Kath...
1:26:45 > 1:26:49Just do as you're told, there's a good girl.
1:26:49 > 1:26:51We'll leave the door open like we did before.
1:26:51 > 1:26:55Come on, I'll bring your sewing. Light's quite good in the hall.
1:27:04 > 1:27:08- LOUDER EXPLOSION - Oh, dear! That sounds like a land mine!
1:27:08 > 1:27:11No, just an ordinary HE.
1:27:14 > 1:27:21- I don't like it, Kathleen. - Nobody does, Mother. But there's no use making a fuss.
1:27:21 > 1:27:25Cheer up. Are you all right, Freda?
1:27:25 > 1:27:29- Yes, thanks.- Not cold, are you? - I'm quite warm.
1:27:29 > 1:27:33We'll have some tea in a minute.
1:27:34 > 1:27:37BOMB WHISTLE
1:27:42 > 1:27:44DEAFENING EXPLOSION
1:28:02 > 1:28:07Right you are...back. Whoa!
1:28:33 > 1:28:39Tell Walter... Tell him I didn't want to leave the house.
1:28:57 > 1:28:58Nurse...
1:29:00 > 1:29:01Nurse...
1:29:04 > 1:29:07- Is it all over?- Yes, dear. It's all over.
1:29:07 > 1:29:12Don't worry. Mother and child are doing well.
1:29:39 > 1:29:46This is the fourth time in three months we've put in to this dead-and-alive hole.
1:29:46 > 1:29:48I'm choc-a-bloc with this place.
1:29:48 > 1:29:55Where could you go if you COULD get ashore? Nought but sheep and seagulls.
1:29:55 > 1:30:02- What do you expect in the north of Scotland? - There must be one bottle of beer...!
1:30:02 > 1:30:04Here comes Posty.
1:30:04 > 1:30:07Edgecombe... Shorty...
1:30:07 > 1:30:13- Hollett...- Stick it on the table. I expect it's a bill from my tailor.
1:30:13 > 1:30:17- Only one?- That's right.
1:30:17 > 1:30:22After months in the North ruddy Sea, all I get is a letter from me young sister.
1:30:22 > 1:30:27- Cheer up.- Oh, dear. More trouble.
1:30:27 > 1:30:30My old woman fell down the coal hole.
1:30:30 > 1:30:32THEY LAUGH
1:30:32 > 1:30:38Joey! Joey! It's come! The baby's come! It weighs 7lb. It's a boy!
1:30:38 > 1:30:42"It was born in the middle of a blitz..."
1:30:46 > 1:30:48What's the matter?
1:30:50 > 1:30:57Kath Hardy... Kath and her mother. The whole house went and they got killed.
1:30:59 > 1:31:02My missus was living with them, you know.
1:31:06 > 1:31:09I wonder if anybody's told him.
1:31:09 > 1:31:13- They hadn't got any kids, had they? - No. They ain't got no kids.
1:31:17 > 1:31:19Well...
1:31:20 > 1:31:23..I suppose I'd better go and see...if I can find him.
1:32:04 > 1:32:05Hello, Shorty.
1:32:07 > 1:32:12I...er...just popped along to see if you had any news from home.
1:32:12 > 1:32:18Not so much as a postcard. I've never known Kath get a post right yet.
1:32:18 > 1:32:22- You heard from Freda?- Yeah. - How's she doing?
1:32:24 > 1:32:25She's all right.
1:32:28 > 1:32:30What's the matter?
1:32:31 > 1:32:33It's Kath, Walter.
1:32:33 > 1:32:36She and Mrs Lemon... You see...
1:32:38 > 1:32:43They was all in the house together, and...it got blitzed.
1:32:43 > 1:32:44What do you mean?
1:32:45 > 1:32:49Kath got killed. Both of them did.
1:32:51 > 1:32:55Freda was all right. She...she was under the stairs.
1:33:00 > 1:33:02Oh... I see.
1:33:04 > 1:33:09So...I thought I'd better come along and tell you, seeing that...
1:33:10 > 1:33:13Thanks, son. I'm much obliged. I'm much obliged.
1:33:18 > 1:33:22I think I'll just go out on deck for a bit.
1:33:22 > 1:33:23Righto.
1:33:29 > 1:33:32- I'm glad Freda's all right. - Yes - she's fine.
1:33:32 > 1:33:35We...we got a son.
1:33:38 > 1:33:41I'm glad. Congratulations.
1:34:28 > 1:34:30She's going, sir.
1:34:36 > 1:34:39- Three cheers for the ship! Hip...hip...- HOORAY!
1:34:39 > 1:34:43- Hip...hip...- HOORAY!
1:34:43 > 1:34:47Hip...hip... Look out! They're coming again!
1:35:11 > 1:35:14GUNFIRE
1:35:33 > 1:35:36Dark object floating off starboard bow, sir. Looks like a raft.
1:35:36 > 1:35:39You're right. Stand by to pick up survivors.
1:35:51 > 1:35:55Keep up your spirits. I believe they've arrived at last.
1:35:55 > 1:35:56LOUD CHEERS
1:35:58 > 1:36:01Looks like one of the old flotilla!
1:36:04 > 1:36:09# Roll out the barrel We've got a barrel of fun
1:36:09 > 1:36:16# Roll out the barrel We've got the blues on the run. #
1:36:16 > 1:36:18MORE LOUD CHEERS
1:36:19 > 1:36:22DESTROYER SIREN BLOWS
1:36:32 > 1:36:35Thank you.
1:36:39 > 1:36:43I'm damned glad to see you, sir. Captain sends his compliments and hopes you're all right.
1:36:43 > 1:36:49I'm fine. He won't get command of this flotilla yet.
1:36:49 > 1:36:52It was lucky we found you, sir.
1:36:52 > 1:36:56- How many of my men have you picked up?- 90, sir.
1:36:56 > 1:36:59- Where are they?- Between the decks.
1:36:59 > 1:37:04- ALARM SOUNDS - 'Ere we go again. Anybody got any Flit?
1:37:04 > 1:37:11- Where are we going?- Alexandria. Join the Navy and see the world.
1:37:11 > 1:37:13The next world(!)
1:37:15 > 1:37:16All right. Don't move.
1:37:16 > 1:37:18BOMB WHISTLES
1:37:23 > 1:37:27- Glad you're OK, sir.- Thanks, Fisher.
1:37:27 > 1:37:31- We were worried about you, sir. - I like a good swim before breakfast.
1:37:42 > 1:37:44Snotty, give me a piece of paper and a pencil.
1:37:47 > 1:37:48Right.
1:37:52 > 1:37:54It's number 17...
1:37:56 > 1:38:01Just as you turn... turn out of the High Street.
1:38:01 > 1:38:03All right. I've got the address. I'll let her know.
1:38:03 > 1:38:06Thank you, sir.
1:38:42 > 1:38:44Try it a little louder, son. I can't quite hear.
1:38:47 > 1:38:5024...
1:38:51 > 1:38:53..Greek Street.
1:39:00 > 1:39:04All right. Don't worry. I'll write and tell them they can be proud of you.
1:39:11 > 1:39:13BOMBS FALLING
1:39:15 > 1:39:19Of all the persistent bastards! You'd think they'd get tired.
1:39:19 > 1:39:25I'll tell you something. I'm scared stiff and it's no use pretending I'm not.
1:39:25 > 1:39:31This sittin' about and asking for it is beginning to get me down.
1:39:31 > 1:39:34- Remember Nelson. - Yeah - look what happened to him!
1:39:39 > 1:39:42BARREL ORGAN PLAYING: "If You Were The Only Girl In The World"
1:39:57 > 1:39:59DOORBELL RINGS
1:40:07 > 1:40:10Oh, all right!
1:40:17 > 1:40:21- Name of Blake?- Yes, name of Blake. - Here you are then.
1:40:31 > 1:40:34Oh! There's no answer!
1:40:34 > 1:40:39Freda! Dad! Freda! May! He's safe, he's all right!
1:40:42 > 1:40:45Freda! He's all right! He's safe!
1:40:47 > 1:40:51- What is it? It's not... - It's from him! He sent a telegram.
1:40:51 > 1:40:53It's from him himself.
1:40:53 > 1:40:59- My boy's all right!- But the ship went down. It said so in the papers.
1:40:59 > 1:41:01Look!
1:41:05 > 1:41:08"OK... Love..."
1:41:12 > 1:41:13SHE SOBS
1:41:13 > 1:41:18There, there, dear. There isn't nothing to cry about no more.
1:41:21 > 1:41:25- Shall I wait for an answer? - Just a minute, I'll see.
1:41:25 > 1:41:28Can we go down to the village after tea, Mummy?
1:41:28 > 1:41:32- On my bicycle?- I want to go on mine, too.- You've got a flat tyre!
1:41:35 > 1:41:37The girl's waiting for an answer, ma'am.
1:41:54 > 1:42:01There's no answer. Tell Mrs Bates and John, it's from the Captain and everything's all right.
1:42:01 > 1:42:03I'm so glad, ma'am.
1:42:10 > 1:42:17Darlings, it's from Daddy. He was picked up and taken to Alexandria.
1:42:17 > 1:42:18He's quite safe.
1:42:18 > 1:42:20BOTH: Oh, Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!
1:42:34 > 1:42:36Ship's company - 'shun!
1:42:36 > 1:42:41- Ship's company present, sir. - Thank you, Torps. Stand them easy.
1:42:41 > 1:42:44Stand at...ease!
1:42:44 > 1:42:45Stand easy.
1:42:53 > 1:42:54Come a little closer.
1:43:03 > 1:43:08I have come to say goodbye to the few of you who are left.
1:43:08 > 1:43:12We've had so many talks, and this is our last.
1:43:12 > 1:43:17I've always tried to crack a joke or two before...
1:43:17 > 1:43:22but today, I'm afraid I've run out of jokes.
1:43:22 > 1:43:25I don't suppose any of us feels much like laughing.
1:43:28 > 1:43:31The Torrin has been in one scrap after another,
1:43:31 > 1:43:35but even when we had men killed, we've brought the old ship back.
1:43:38 > 1:43:43Now she lies in 1,500 fathoms and, with her, more than half our shipmates.
1:43:45 > 1:43:49If they HAD to die, what a grand way to go...
1:43:49 > 1:43:55for now they lie all together with the ship we loved.
1:43:55 > 1:43:59We've lost her, but they are still with her.
1:44:02 > 1:44:04There may be less than half the Torrin left,
1:44:04 > 1:44:11but I feel we shall all take up the battle with even stronger heart.
1:44:11 > 1:44:14Each of us knows twice as much about fighting,
1:44:14 > 1:44:19and each of us has twice as good a reason to fight.
1:44:19 > 1:44:25You will replace men who have been killed in other ships,
1:44:25 > 1:44:29and the next time you're in action, remember the Torrin.
1:44:36 > 1:44:41I should like to add that there isn't one of you
1:44:41 > 1:44:46that I wouldn't be proud and honoured to serve with again.
1:44:49 > 1:44:52Goodbye. Good luck.
1:44:55 > 1:44:58And thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
1:45:08 > 1:45:10- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
1:45:12 > 1:45:14- Goodbye.- Goodbye.
1:45:14 > 1:45:16- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
1:45:18 > 1:45:22- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye, Rawlings.
1:45:22 > 1:45:25- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
1:45:25 > 1:45:27- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
1:45:28 > 1:45:30- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
1:45:31 > 1:45:34- Best of luck, sir.- Thanks, Harris. Goodbye.
1:45:34 > 1:45:37- Best of luck, sir.- Thanks.
1:45:39 > 1:45:42- Goodbye, sir.- Thank you.
1:45:42 > 1:45:45- Good luck, sir.- Thanks. Goodbye. - Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
1:45:45 > 1:45:49Goodbye, sir.
1:45:49 > 1:45:51Thanks, Reg. Goodbye.
1:45:51 > 1:45:55- Very best of luck, sir. - Thanks, Milne. Goodbye.
1:45:55 > 1:45:57- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye, Fisher.
1:45:57 > 1:46:00- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye, Moran.
1:46:01 > 1:46:03- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye, Hollett.
1:46:03 > 1:46:05- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye, Edgecombe.
1:46:07 > 1:46:11- Goodbye, sir. Bon voyage.- Thanks.
1:46:11 > 1:46:14- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
1:46:14 > 1:46:18- Good luck, sir.- Thanks, Blake. Goodbye.- Goodbye, sir.
1:46:18 > 1:46:20- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye, Hardy.
1:47:13 > 1:47:18'Here ends the story of a ship, but there will always be other ships.
1:47:18 > 1:47:21'For we are an island race.
1:47:21 > 1:47:26'Through all our centuries, the sea has ruled our destiny.
1:47:26 > 1:47:31'There will always be other ships, and men to sail in them.
1:47:31 > 1:47:37'It is these men, in peace or war, to whom we owe so much.
1:47:37 > 1:47:40'Above all victories, beyond all loss,
1:47:40 > 1:47:45'in spite of changing values in a changing world,
1:47:45 > 1:47:51'they give to us, their countrymen, eternal and indomitable pride.'
1:47:53 > 1:47:56CHEERING
1:47:59 > 1:48:01Open fire!
1:48:03 > 1:48:07'God bless our ships and all who sail in them.'