0:00:02 > 0:00:06This film contains some violent scenes, strong language
0:00:06 > 0:00:11and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25ORDERS ARE SHOUTED
0:02:25 > 0:02:27DISTANT EXPLOSIONS
0:02:29 > 0:02:31ENGINE ROARS OVERHEAD
0:02:33 > 0:02:35EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Two red jacks and a ginger lady, double claim, don't be shy.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Right, see your claim. J and Q on your four.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- You bastard! That's me out again. - Hey, Billy, lovely water for us!
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Lovely, cool spring water, eh? - Best money can buy.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Hi, Billy. What news from the real world?- Seen my brother?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Petticoat Lane.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Hi. Got any sugar, mate?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16There you go. Sergeant major's compliments.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Well done, our Billy.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26So...?
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- When's the fun and games? - Haven't got a clue.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34They're packed like sardines on Reserve. Still waiting, they say.
0:03:34 > 0:03:41- Amazing stuff, he had. I've never seen the like - men and women...- What?
0:03:41 > 0:03:46- Actually fucking...?- Actually going at it, yeah.- You lying bastard!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I'm telling you! They was really doin' it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52You know, you could see everything.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- You flogged this stuff? Ten bob a photo.- You mean,
0:03:56 > 0:04:02- a man and woman actually let themselves be photographed...? - Nobody would do that!
0:04:02 > 0:04:07- Liar!- You'd do it, wouldn't you? £100 to do it with a prosi?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Ah, see?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I'd have to have my face covered.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19She'd pay you to cover your face! I'll have you, bastard!
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- Sorry, Sarge. - Careful, Dennis. - Yes, Sarge.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31All right, boys?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34ALL: Yes, Sarge.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44So, um...did you buy any, then?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48No, they was too expensive, but, er...I did get some others.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Let's see 'em. - Yeah, you lying bugger!
0:04:51 > 0:04:56It's gonna cost you - penny each. And I want your fuckin' money too!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I'll pay for you, Billy.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05I want my money back if they're no good.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Well, let's have a look.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Now, be careful with these.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Pass it over.- All right.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Oh, she's a nice one.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Oh, look at her! Pass it over, Macfarlane.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30(Ed!)
0:05:30 > 0:05:32(Eddie!)
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Look at that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- She's a dead ringer, don't you think?- Very pretty, for a tart.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43No. Who's she like?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Think.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- If I knew someone like that... - That girl!
0:05:48 > 0:05:55- She came to work in the post office last year. What's her name? - Don't be daft.- No, I was teasing.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- Looks like her.- Hand it over. - What were her name?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- I don't know.- Time's up, sunshine.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Watch out, officer coming. - Look lively, boys.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Very good.- Sir.- At ease.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Don't disturb yourselves.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Carry on.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Sergeant, can I have a word?
0:06:36 > 0:06:41It's been postponed...for a day or two, and we're to stay here.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Here?- Mm-hm.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Oh, Jesus Christ!
0:06:47 > 0:06:53- And the rest of the battalion? - In Reserve. We're to hold the line until they come back up.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- That's just before we attack them. - Another two nights?- Yes, perhaps.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02But we won't be going over with the first wave. We're third wave.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- These lads won't last another... - My point exactly, which I made.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Forcefully.
0:07:08 > 0:07:15But, er...they say we'll get well rationed - hot food, you know. What do you think?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Third wave, you say?
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Yes.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21We'll be carrying supplies.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Good.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Good.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30DISTANT EXPLOSIONS
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Clear that mess up. - What mess, Sarge?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37That fuckin' mess!
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Bloody hell.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03I thought I was through digging when I left the fuckin' mine.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Where will you piss and shit, then? Bloody animal.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09What a way to fight a war.
0:08:09 > 0:08:15Make way! Make way there! Mind your backs! Get out the way.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Yep.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Gie's a hand.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- You're the professionals. - Fine body of men, huh?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Salt of the earth.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Bloody brass!
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Didn't want to help you, though, did they?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Macfarlane, Daventry, you're up.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Come on, chop-chop!
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Piss off, you two. Get some kip. - Thank you, Sarge.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04One up, one down. Turn about.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23BOMBS EXPLODE
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Here you are, sir.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Lovely. Thank you very much.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Not too bad, sir. I've seen worse. It's nice and dry, anyway.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Um...I'll have a sandwich, please. Anything you like, except for...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58except that bully beef.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03- Coming right up, sir. I've got some pilchards.- Thank you.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37GUNFIRE, DISTANT EXPLOSIONS
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Oi! Macfarlane.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Keep your head down.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04< ORDERS SHOUTED
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Right, you two, listen.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11No smoking, no sleeping.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Sarge?
0:11:16 > 0:11:21How far off are they, like? Cos I can't see anything from up there.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25About 400 yard. But they'll be watching you, my friend.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Last lot here had nine picked off.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Picked off?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Snipers.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Why do you think they dug these trenches so fuckin' deep?
0:11:36 > 0:11:42They'll have a sniper rifle fixed on that loophole. Every time it moves, they'll loose off a shot.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Listening's more important.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50- Don't play silly buggers.- All right, Sarge.- You've Jocks to the left,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Micks to the right. That's all you need to know for now.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Sarge?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00When's, um... when's the attack, like?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I'll let you know in plenty of time.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Billy.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Put one up.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- SQUEAKING - Pooffff!!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Pooffff!!!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54(Daventry.)
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Daventry.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Yes?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06How are you doin'?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Oh, couldn't be better.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19How are YOU doing?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Do you want me to take over?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I need a piss.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27So?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30What's your problem?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I don't know where to do it.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Do it in the trench. No-one will notice.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I promise I won't tell.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Er, you're all right. I think I'll hold on.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Very noble of you.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58How long is it since your Tommy was killed?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01December 1914.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Right, I remember now.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06God, nearly two years already!
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Ten days before Christmas.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14How, er...?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17How did he actually...cop it?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22As a matter of interest.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24It was a shell.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28It exploded right on top of him.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33His mate came to see us, you know. To see our mum.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38I talked to him afterwards. He said Tom had completely disappeared.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Gone.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Completely.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Well, almost completely.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53All they could find of him, all the bits and pieces, fitted in a sock.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Bloody hell.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01That's why I'm gonna kill as many Germans as I possibly can.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05When we go over. As many as I possibly can, for Tom.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- Did they bury that sock?- What sock?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16The sock they collected the bits of Tommy in.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I don't know. I suppose so.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- In a full-size grave?- I don't know!
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Why?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Bit of a waste of effort.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Daventry.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Daventry!
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- What is it?- I thought I heard something moving out there.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Ssh!
0:15:52 > 0:15:56It's probably one of our rodent friends.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59I thought I heard German voices.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Billy, you know those explosions?
0:16:05 > 0:16:10- Don't be daft.- That bombardment's been going on for five days now.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15- Thousands and thousands of shells dropping on the German trenches.- So?
0:16:15 > 0:16:20So...if you were a German, with all those shells dropping on you,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24would YOU leave your trench and wander around no-man's-land?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29No.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34I don't suppose I would, would I?
0:16:44 > 0:16:49- Right, get some sleep, Macfarlane. Stand to at six.- Right, Sarge.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54- Um, nothing to report, Sarge. It was all quiet, like.- Good.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I'll see you later, Daventry.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Aye. See you later.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03All right, mate?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Shit!
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Oh, you're there, sir.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Excellent, very good.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Everything all right?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09All quiet.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Most of them are asleep.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Right.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30Can't persuade you to have a snort to keep out the night chill?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Teetotal. Taken the pledge.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43That's fine. Very good. Very admirable.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Brave man, Sergeant. I don't know how you do it.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52I don't condemn. I don't judge others who take a drink.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54It's just...
0:18:54 > 0:18:56It's not for me.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59And I like the odd tipple...
0:18:59 > 0:19:04- in the wee small hours. Keeps me sane.- One man's meat.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Sorry?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11One man's meat...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13is another man's poison.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Yeah. Absolutely.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22- Well, I'm going to kip down. Are you, er...?- I'll take one last walk through and get back to Reserve.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Long day tomorrow, so...
0:19:25 > 0:19:29keep the men busy. Don't leave them idle.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31I'll make sure, sir.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Well, good night.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57HE SIGHS
0:20:12 > 0:20:15SHOT RINGS OUT
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Eddie.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Eddie?
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- What time is it?- Too fuckin' late to be woke up, for God's sake!
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Sorry.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44You know that girl?
0:20:44 > 0:20:49The one that worked in the post office.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Did you ever talk to her?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Once or twice. Come on, Billy, I'm knackered.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59How old was she?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I don't know - 19, 20.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Was she older than us, then? - Oh, brain's still working OK.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- I mean, she weren't married, was she?- Good night.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Where was she from?
0:21:19 > 0:21:25Jesus! Liverpool, I think. An Irish girl from Liverpool. Now put a fuckin' sock in it.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27An Irish girl from Liverpool?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37I'm 19 year old.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Billy.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45You don't...
0:21:45 > 0:21:49I mean, you're glad you joined up, aren't you?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Course I am.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Don't be daft.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Cos I were thinking that maybe I made you do it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- No, Ed. Couldn't have stopped at home, could I?- You could've.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07You could've stopped home another year.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09No.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Not with you out here, mate.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Look...
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Honestly, I wouldn't have missed it.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Not for the world.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Thanks, kid.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Night, Ed.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Stand to. Come on, now, stand to.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Stand to! Wakey-wakey!
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Come on, wake up!
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Stand to! Stand to, you dirty, bloody bastards!
0:23:59 > 0:24:02BOMBS EXPLODE CONTINUALLY
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Why are we doing this, Macfarlane?
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Explain. Why? Why?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It's stand to, innit?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15It's in case they attack.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Yeah, but we're gonna attack THEM!
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Tomorrow.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Or the day after. They know that.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28- Why would they attack us, when...? - Oi, you lot! Shut it down there.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- Some of these men are improperly dressed, Sergeant.- Yes, sir.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10What's he waiting for?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Pillock.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16The all-clear. Once we've got that, it's brekky.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22- Go on, have a look, Macfarlane. Tell us what you see.- Don't be daft.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Stand down.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29WHISTLES BLOW, ORDERS ARE SHOUTED
0:25:29 > 0:25:31For God's sake!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34THEY GRUMBLE
0:25:36 > 0:25:43- Go on, have a look, Macfarlane. Don't you wanna know what the German lines look like?- Go on, Eddie.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Just a quick look, eh? I tell you what, I'll give you two bob.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- YOU look if you want to.- I would, but it's right in front of YOU.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59- Two bob, mind. No tick. - Two bob's yours, Ed, it's yours.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Tell us what it looks like.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Nothing much. It's like a grassy hill.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I can see a bit of earth at the top.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- A bit of bare wire.- Is that all?
0:26:19 > 0:26:24It's like a hill going up to the lip of a quarry. Rough, like.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27A quarter of a mile.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Grass is growing.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34It's sort of calm, like a sloping meadow.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Sloping up.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41It's gentle.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46That ain't worth two bob, sunshine.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49SHOT RINGS OUT Jesus fuckin' Christ!
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Stretcher bearers!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- Eddie?- Stretcher bearer!
0:27:03 > 0:27:05NO!!
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Get him back!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Stretcher bearers!
0:27:11 > 0:27:12No!
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Eddie!
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Eddie!
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Get a fuckin' stretcher bearer now!
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Eddie!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Is he dead? Is he dead?!
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Up you go. ..Out of the way now.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Make way!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Man coming forward.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05He were fuckin' stupid. Fuckin' stupid!
0:28:07 > 0:28:12He was fuckin' stupid...because he didn't fuckin' listen to me!
0:28:12 > 0:28:14(He was fuckin' lucky.)
0:28:14 > 0:28:16(What did you say?)
0:28:18 > 0:28:20(Think about it, Billy.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22(He was lucky.)
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Was this your bright idea, Corporal?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I don't know what happened, Sarge.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41He heard the all-clear. He looked out of the loophole and then bang!
0:28:42 > 0:28:45You've got a cut there.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51It's a little present from Macfarlane.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58- Eddie'll be all right. - Aye, looks worse than it was. - Don't forget Dell's head wound.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Sure, a drop of blood now. THEY LAUGH
0:29:02 > 0:29:05I'll be bloody scarred for life.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- Dell, was it a molar or an incisor? - LAUGHTER
0:29:09 > 0:29:14Tell your grandchildren, "I was wounded by a flying tooth at the big push."
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- Why don't you fuck off! - It's your filthy pictures, Dell.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Brought us all bad luck.
0:29:23 > 0:29:29- Piss off back to Sunday School.- Your dirty pictures put a curse on us. Shouldn't have brought 'em here.
0:29:29 > 0:29:35- Aye, shouldn't have brought 'em. - God knows what you've got in your kit.
0:29:35 > 0:29:40It's just smutty pictures, that's all. Jesus!
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Just a little bit of fun.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46You bunch of fuckin' idiots!
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Tosser!
0:29:47 > 0:29:50MEN CHAT
0:29:54 > 0:29:59We can't let all standards go by the board, can we, Macfarlane?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Do you want any tea, Macfarlane?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Sorry about your brother.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24Think about it, though - could be a stroke of luck. Nice Blighty.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31- What?- You know, get home, rest up a few months, well out of this scrap.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34He doesn't want to go to Blighty.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Be sick to miss it.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44He was a nice bloke - easy-going...
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- not like some of the others... - He's not dead, Deamis.- I know.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I know. Sorry.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55But he...he asked me to keep an eye out for you,
0:30:55 > 0:30:57if anything happened to him.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- When did he speak to you?- He did.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Told me how he got you to sign up.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Listen...
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I've left school. I've got a job.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16I'm 18. All right?
0:31:18 > 0:31:23But if you ever need a chat...I...
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Bugger off, you poxy little...!
0:31:32 > 0:31:35I know you're upset.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39No hard feelings.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50We few...
0:31:50 > 0:31:52we happy few...
0:31:53 > 0:31:56..we band of brothers...
0:32:00 > 0:32:03How old did you say you were?
0:32:03 > 0:32:04Out!
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Who took it? Who fucking took it?!
0:32:07 > 0:32:11One of you bastards has been in my kit. Who fucking took it, eh?
0:32:11 > 0:32:14What're ye talking about, bampot?
0:32:14 > 0:32:19I had six photos in here, now there's five. One of you arsehole bastards has been in my kit.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Who fucking took it, eh?
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Her heart must belong to another.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Aye, she's buggered off home.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- It was you, weren't it, you big fat bumpkin?- Watch your lip, piss face!
0:32:31 > 0:32:35I saw you staring at 'em. Couldn't believe your big fat eyes.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40You've never seen the like. Big innocent eyes staring at titties.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46I'll fucking wallop you, Dell! I don't need your filthy pictures. I'm engaged to be married, me.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49You're what?!
0:32:51 > 0:32:54You have a fiancee, Beckwith?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- Yeah.- Yeah, well, who stole my photograph?- Shut it, Dell.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02When were you engaged? Jesus!
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Last leave.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Engaged?!
0:33:08 > 0:33:10You?!
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Who to?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Amy.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Amy.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- For God's sake, Horace, why didn't you tell me?- I was going to.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26It was just so sudden, like. It was last leave and all.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29She was a friend of mine too.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34- She said she'd write to you. - Oh, bloody fucking marvellous! And you just sitting there!
0:33:34 > 0:33:40- This is lovely and romantic, but we've got a fucking thief here! - Why don't you shut your wily gob?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42What have you got to hide, eh?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45On your feet! Colonel coming.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48On your feet! Colonel in the trench!
0:33:48 > 0:33:55Oi, smarten yourself up, you lot. You look like a bunch of fucking tinkies! Button that up!
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Deamis! Deamis, clear that fucking mess up.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08All right, gobshites...
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Attention!
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Sergeant. Sir!
0:34:15 > 0:34:18At ease, at ease.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- Sergeant, please allow the men to smoke.- Sir!
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Anyone got a light?
0:34:25 > 0:34:31- Now, then, what sort of thing were you after?- Well, sir, if you'd like to go over there...
0:34:46 > 0:34:51Um, excuse me...could you stand up and move in, please? Thank you.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54If you could step forward, Colonel.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- What do you, um, expect me to say? - Ah,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06sir...
0:35:06 > 0:35:12Well, the caption reads, "Senior officer addresses men on eve of the battle.
0:35:12 > 0:35:18"Morale is high." You can say anything you like, sir. Something...uplifting, perhaps.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Ready, Geoffrey?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Ready when you are, Harold.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Colonel Villiers?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Men, the battalion's objectives
0:35:29 > 0:35:33are the enemy lines in front of the village of Montespan.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- I want to tell you...- Sorry, sir, could we start again?
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- I knocked my hand. - Could we start again, sir?
0:35:41 > 0:35:45- I don't have to repeat myself?- No, sir, just start when you're ready.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- Would you give me a signal, please? - Geoffrey.- Ready when you are.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51In your own time, Colonel Villiers.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I want to assure you men
0:35:59 > 0:36:05that after the bombardment you have seen, you'll be able to go over the top with a walking stick.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09When you get to Montespan, you'll find the Germans are all dead.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Not even a...
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Not even a rat will have survived.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Shall I continue?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Please, sir.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23Now, we will have control of Montespan village by 11am.
0:36:23 > 0:36:28The field kitchens will follow to provide you all with a hot meal.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31I want to assure you men
0:36:31 > 0:36:34success is guaranteed.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Casualties are expected to be no more than 10%.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41When you set off over the top,
0:36:41 > 0:36:45you'll be able to light your pipes, cigarettes,
0:36:45 > 0:36:49and march all the way to Bapaume before you meet a live German.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Thumbs up.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Hats off. Big cheer.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59ALL: HURRAH!
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Thank you, Colonel. That was wonderful.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08We'll have you in the flickers yet.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Over my dead body!
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Here. Now, you fellows finished with me?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18One more thing, sir.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- Inspecting the casualty clearing station.- Fine. Shall we go?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Thank you, men. Good luck.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27We'll give them hell, sir!
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- Yes!- Well done.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Oh, and...look here,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35I want you to win as many medals for the battalion as possible.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Fine for you. You won't be there.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48No, I won't be,
0:37:48 > 0:37:51but you lot will.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- Stand up!- Thank you, Sergeant.- Sir.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Carry on, Sergeant.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Well done, boys.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Daventry,
0:38:22 > 0:38:25you come with me.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34You've had it, mate.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I'm watching you carefully, Daventry.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05You don't make one more mistake.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10Not one. And you never, ever say anything like that again,
0:39:10 > 0:39:12or I'll break you.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I'll fucking break you, Daventry.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46No, but what actually happened?
0:39:46 > 0:39:51Well, we're marching over this hill, right?
0:39:51 > 0:39:56About... Fuck! About a mile behind the lines, eh? That right?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58That's right. About a mile.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03You can actually see the German lines and we're walking along, chatting. Next thing...
0:40:03 > 0:40:08Bang! Out of the blue, boys start screaming, falling over,
0:40:08 > 0:40:10dying.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Jesus wept!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Bullets just whizzing by.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Boys just...screaming,
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- running everywhere.- What was it?
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Gerry. Fuckers seen us marching over the hill.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Put a machine gun on high elevation... Good night.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34EXPLOSION
0:40:37 > 0:40:43- Over a mile away. That's why we couldn't hear the shots. - Fuck me! What did you do?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Me and Rag here just ran like hell.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47We were lucky.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52- A lot of boys got it that day, a fucking lot.- We were fucking lucky.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58- I don't believe you! - It was so sudden. I told you.
0:40:58 > 0:41:05Well, come on, George, it was just so sudden, like we were just there and I was having to go back,
0:41:05 > 0:41:10a few days left of leave. We just thought... Half her family don't even know yet.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15You could have told ME! I'm your best bloody friend. Blurting it out like that!
0:41:15 > 0:41:19- How do you think I feel? - When you've finished, Hogg.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Ration party.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Ambrose, Rockwood, go with Hogg.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30And, you lot, fuck off.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Charlie, why d'you call him Rag?
0:41:35 > 0:41:38He's a raggedy-arsed sort of fella.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Know why you call him Charlie?
0:41:43 > 0:41:44Why?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Cos his name's Charlie.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54I'm not happy about this, Horace.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57I'm still not happy.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Come on, George! We'd been courting for a year!
0:42:05 > 0:42:10What do you mean, he owes you £2,000? For playing cards?!
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- That stupid game?!- That's me winnings, fair and square.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- Double or quits when I get back. - I'll be rich when this war's over.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Will you teach me to play?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34I was having quite a nice dream.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39I was in Southport, on the prom...
0:42:40 > 0:42:43..with a charming young lady.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Daventry?
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Do you think, right - sort of an idea...
0:43:06 > 0:43:10..that it's possible to meet someone just the one time
0:43:10 > 0:43:13and say, like, maybe...
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I don't know, two, three sentences, but...
0:43:16 > 0:43:23not anything important, like, but still for there to be something special in that?
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Sort of...thing.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Fascinating question, Macfarlane.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33You're talking nonsense, gibberish! Spit it out, man!
0:43:33 > 0:43:35I met someone once, right...
0:43:35 > 0:43:38and I only said a few words, but...
0:43:39 > 0:43:43..you know, I felt something special between us.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47Well...the phenomenon, Billy...
0:43:48 > 0:43:52- ..is known as love at first sight. - Yeah, I know that.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57But I'm pretty sure it were on both sides, like.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00The young lady reciprocated?
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Well, no.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07I just said, she...felt the same.
0:44:07 > 0:44:12And...what was said on this momentous encounter?
0:44:12 > 0:44:14I remember exactly.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17I said to her...
0:44:18 > 0:44:20I said...
0:44:20 > 0:44:24- "Could I have a shilling postal order, please, miss?"- Right...
0:44:24 > 0:44:29- And what did Juliet say to you? - No, she were called Maria.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Maria Corrigan.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36She said... I think this is right. She said...
0:44:36 > 0:44:38EXPLOSION
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Are they firing back?! I thought that wasn't allowed(!)
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Macfarlane,
0:44:44 > 0:44:48get down to Battalion Reserve and find that ration party.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50- Good man.- Sarge.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53To...to be continued, eh, Billy?
0:44:53 > 0:44:56Come on, hurry up!
0:44:56 > 0:44:59And you - go and relieve Digby.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22All right, Billy.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Hoggy?
0:47:03 > 0:47:06SAAARGE!
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Where the fuck have you been, Macfarlane?
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Get up!
0:47:43 > 0:47:48- What is it, lad?- Good God, what is it?- Come on, spit it out!
0:47:48 > 0:47:51Macfarlane... What is it, man?
0:47:51 > 0:47:52Come here.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Billy, Billy.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56What is it?
0:47:59 > 0:48:01He's all right.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Just shook him up a bit.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06Yes, I can imagine.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Bad business. Back luck.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14It all comes down to luck in the end, doesn't it?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17What do you mean?
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Well, everything.
0:48:23 > 0:48:28I chose those three for the ration party. Could have been anybody.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32Good luck on those I didn't choose, bad luck on those I did.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38Seems a bit brutal.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40It makes no sense.
0:48:40 > 0:48:44Who's to say what good luck's controlling me?
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Or you, sir. Us.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Don't suppose you expected to end up here.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04No.
0:49:04 > 0:49:09I was rather hoping to farm cotton in South Africa, actually.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13There you go.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16What about you?
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Doesn't come into it.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21I'm a professional soldier.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Oh, I see.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35- You all right?- Fine, just tired.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Do you like fishing, Sergeant?
0:49:44 > 0:49:48- Don't mind a spot of fishing. - It's what I miss.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53My people had a place in Scotland, did a lot of fishing then...
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Miss my fishing.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58Never been to Scotland.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01- Very bonny place, I'm told. - Oh, yes.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04You a married man, Sergeant?
0:50:04 > 0:50:07I am, yes.
0:50:08 > 0:50:09Children?
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Two girls, one boy.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18Excellent.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Handsome family.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Pretty girls.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Lucky man, Sergeant. Lucky man.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37Anything I can do for you, sir...
0:50:37 > 0:50:39Excuse me.
0:50:53 > 0:50:59Seems the Germans have dug a trench just forward, opposite us, a sort of listening post, perhaps.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03Captain's asked that we send out a patrol...
0:51:03 > 0:51:07to investigate, check the wire, take care of it if it's occupied.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12- Is that so? How many men?- As few
0:51:12 > 0:51:17or as many as we wanted. It's something we...I have to deal with,
0:51:17 > 0:51:19tonight, before the attack.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Well...
0:51:26 > 0:51:30you've done this sort of thing before, haven't you?
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Many times.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34- Hey.- What?
0:52:34 > 0:52:36You all right?
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Yeah.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Poor old Rag and Charlie, eh?
0:52:47 > 0:52:50"We were fucking lucky."
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Direct hit, was it?
0:52:56 > 0:52:58It were just...
0:52:58 > 0:53:00a mess.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Rag and Charlie...
0:53:04 > 0:53:06there was nothing left.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11Did you...did you see anything of Hoggy?
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Um...
0:53:13 > 0:53:16he were just lying to one side, like.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Upsets me, that...
0:53:21 > 0:53:24..we didn't get things sorted.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28- Your impending nuptials! - I know what that means, Daventry.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33- I'm sure you do.- You think it's funny to say that, it's clever.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37- On the contrary...- It's no' fucking funny! Hoggy's dead.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39You're alive.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Aye.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46But for how fucking long, eh?
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Macfarlane...come here.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03Sarcky bastard!
0:54:03 > 0:54:05He's a bit too full of himself.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10Poor old George.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Have to kill more Germans now.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17- You all right?- Yeah.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Yes, Sarge.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Your brother's in a base hospital.
0:54:22 > 0:54:27Going to talk funny for the rest of his life, but he's fine.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Be back home soon.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Thanks, Sarge.
0:54:31 > 0:54:36- That's good news.- You'd better get his kit together. Bundle it up.
0:54:36 > 0:54:37Beckwith,
0:54:37 > 0:54:39you come with me.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49Billy, were they really messed up?
0:54:49 > 0:54:53- Little pieces...?- I don't want to talk about it. Just fuck off.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Is that enough, Sarge?
0:55:32 > 0:55:36Black as the ace of spades, Beckwith.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46Give him your bombs.
0:55:48 > 0:55:53- When you see mine go off, chuck in yours after.- Right. Definitely.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57If this gets broken, head for home, otherwise you're with me.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Right, sir,
0:56:05 > 0:56:07we'll be off.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11Good luck.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14Thank you.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Good luck to you. Sir!
0:56:17 > 0:56:22Right, we...we need a password for coming back in.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25How about Shakespeare?
0:56:26 > 0:56:29- Victor ludorum.- Post office.
0:56:29 > 0:56:35Post office it is. Corporal, put up a flare every 15 minutes.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37- Got it?- Sarge.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Sarge.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47All right, Beckwith,
0:56:47 > 0:56:49let's sort this lot out.
0:56:53 > 0:56:57Every 15 minutes, we send up a green flare.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Every 15 minutes.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Yes, sir.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17- He's a bit of a fucking idiot, that Mr Harte, in't he?- Damn right.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20He can't help it.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- Why not?- Yeah, why not?
0:57:23 > 0:57:26They're bred that way.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28Oh, right!
0:57:35 > 0:57:38No, I can't see a thing.
0:57:48 > 0:57:53EXPLOSION What the fucking hell was that?! What's happening now?!
0:57:53 > 0:57:57SCREAMING AND SHOUTING
0:57:57 > 0:57:59- That's English.- It's not English!
0:57:59 > 0:58:04SCREAMING What if it's Beckwith and Winter?
0:58:04 > 0:58:06Jesus!
0:58:06 > 0:58:09SHOUTING AND EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE
0:58:19 > 0:58:21Fuck, I hope they're all right!
0:58:31 > 0:58:34GUNFIRE AND SHOUTING IN GERMAN
0:58:38 > 0:58:41Got two left now.
0:58:41 > 0:58:43< (Post office. Post office.)
0:58:43 > 0:58:46Post office! Here! Over here!
0:58:46 > 0:58:49They're back! Go and tell Harte!
0:58:49 > 0:58:52Post office!
0:58:53 > 0:58:56We've got a surprise for you, boys.
0:58:58 > 0:59:00Get in there!
0:59:01 > 0:59:03Nein!
0:59:04 > 0:59:07Nein...!
0:59:07 > 0:59:08Nein!
0:59:08 > 0:59:11Keep still! Keep still!
0:59:12 > 0:59:14Shut up!
0:59:17 > 0:59:20- Kamerad... - Shut your fucking mouth!
0:59:32 > 0:59:35Put a guard on him. I'll be back in a tick.
0:59:36 > 0:59:39Come on! Somebody put a gun on him!
0:59:43 > 0:59:44Nein!
0:59:44 > 0:59:49He was wandering about after Winter threw the bombs in.
0:59:49 > 0:59:53Didn't know where the fuck he was going. Ran right into us.
0:59:53 > 0:59:57Here you go. ..What about the noise - the man screaming?
0:59:57 > 1:00:01I couldn't hear fucking anything. I was deaf with all the bombs.
1:00:03 > 1:00:09Maybe it was one of the Huns. Winter threw the bombs in. I couldn't hear anything after the explosions.
1:00:09 > 1:00:16Funny thing, when we got close to their lines, I could hear them, like, singing,
1:00:16 > 1:00:21- like, underground, in their dugouts. - Singing?- Aye, well...
1:00:21 > 1:00:23keeping their spirits up.
1:00:23 > 1:00:27- It'd be fucking murder after five days.- Singing?
1:00:27 > 1:00:32- What about the wire? - Still a fuck of a lot of wire left.
1:00:32 > 1:00:37- Jesus, what's going on?- It must be fucking murder in those trenches.
1:00:37 > 1:00:40Aye, look at the state of that one. Shivering like a rabbit!
1:00:40 > 1:00:44- A fucking rat!- ..Jesus Christ!
1:00:46 > 1:00:48You're fools.
1:00:50 > 1:00:52What?
1:00:52 > 1:00:54Nothing's working.
1:00:56 > 1:00:58They're just sitting there...
1:00:58 > 1:01:00waiting for us.
1:01:00 > 1:01:04Oi. ..Oi!
1:01:05 > 1:01:07I'm talking to you.
1:01:07 > 1:01:10Was you singing?
1:01:10 > 1:01:14HE SPEAKS GERMAN
1:01:15 > 1:01:19- Get off him! - You won't be singing tomorrow!
1:01:19 > 1:01:25- There's no two ways about that! - Leave it!- It's all right. I got a rush of blood, that's all.
1:01:25 > 1:01:32- We should fucking kill him! What's the matter with you?! He's a fucking...!- Leave it.
1:01:35 > 1:01:37Here. Here.
1:01:38 > 1:01:44Have a gaspo. Don't worry about him. He's a nasty toerag. Go on, I've got loads.
1:01:47 > 1:01:49That's it.
1:02:02 > 1:02:05HE CHOKES AND COUGHS
1:02:09 > 1:02:11Dankeschon.
1:02:11 > 1:02:13Is good.
1:02:13 > 1:02:17English tobacco, mate. Best in the world.
1:02:19 > 1:02:21Wie ist Ihr Name?
1:02:21 > 1:02:24Zimmerman.
1:02:24 > 1:02:26Dieter...Zimmerman.
1:02:29 > 1:02:31Dieter.
1:02:32 > 1:02:35My name is Colin.
1:02:42 > 1:02:47- Come on. Steady on, Daventry. - Fraternising with the enemy?
1:02:47 > 1:02:52A terrible crime, isn't it, Beckwith(?)
1:02:52 > 1:02:55He's the lucky one, mate.
1:02:55 > 1:02:58We're the poor fucking idiots.
1:02:58 > 1:03:00You wait and see.
1:03:06 > 1:03:09- What's got into him?- Oh, God knows.
1:03:09 > 1:03:11He's an odd bugger.
1:03:11 > 1:03:13(Fuck, it's Winter!)
1:03:13 > 1:03:19Beckwith, we're taking him down the line. Come on, up! Go on.
1:03:19 > 1:03:21Goodbye. Thank you.
1:03:21 > 1:03:24- ALL: See you later. - Shut up!
1:03:24 > 1:03:26Fucking shut up.
1:04:48 > 1:04:50Billy.
1:04:51 > 1:04:56- Sarge?- What are you doing? - Just going to the latrine, Sarge.
1:04:56 > 1:05:00- Try and get some sleep, eh? - I'm trying.
1:05:02 > 1:05:04I just can't stop...
1:05:06 > 1:05:08My mind's...
1:05:08 > 1:05:12- I just can't stop thinking.- Yeah.
1:05:14 > 1:05:17Yeah, I know what you mean.
1:05:20 > 1:05:23Do you want some jam? My wife made it.
1:05:23 > 1:05:29I was trying to finish it off, but there's too much. Strawberry from my own garden. It's delicious.
1:05:29 > 1:05:37- No, thanks, Sarge. Thanks all the same.- Go on! Best jam in the word, my wife's jam. Whole strawberries.
1:05:37 > 1:05:43- Help yourself.- I don't like them, Sarge.- Everyone likes strawberries!
1:05:43 > 1:05:48No, I don't. They... The little pip things get stuck in your teeth.
1:05:58 > 1:06:00Go on. ..Go on.
1:06:06 > 1:06:10EXPLOSIONS IN THE DISTANCE
1:06:49 > 1:06:51HE MOUTHS
1:07:42 > 1:07:44- AAGH!- Jesus!
1:07:44 > 1:07:46Jesus fuck!
1:07:46 > 1:07:54- Come here!- He got the thieves to help him!- What're you doing in Eddie's pack?- He's a fucking thief!
1:07:54 > 1:07:58- He's got my photo in it! I know he has!- You fucking liar!
1:07:58 > 1:08:04- Calm down. What's going on? - Get off me! Get off me! He was stealing from our Eddie's pack!
1:08:04 > 1:08:10- Listen to me. His brother's got my fucking photo in there.- Right.
1:08:10 > 1:08:16- Search all you want, but don't apologise to me. Apologise to Eddie.- I'll fucking kill you!
1:08:16 > 1:08:21Go on, fuck off! Yeah, go on! ..I'm all right. I'm all right.
1:08:22 > 1:08:26I'm all right! Just having a look, boys.
1:08:26 > 1:08:31- No harm in that, is there, eh? - You prick, Dell. You fucking prick!
1:08:31 > 1:08:36What? Go on, fuck off then, the lot of you! I don't fucking need yous!
1:08:36 > 1:08:40Get out me fucking way! What are you looking at?!
1:09:45 > 1:09:48Come on, boys.
1:09:48 > 1:09:50Look sharp.
1:09:51 > 1:09:55- Wakey-wakey, Beckwith. - Sarge.- Rise and shine.
1:10:06 > 1:10:10- Where is he?- He's stood back in Reserve. Company orders.
1:10:10 > 1:10:15- Make sure that gets off, will you? - I'm going over with you lot.- What?!
1:10:15 > 1:10:20- Why?- Well, I think... I think Mr Harte would like it.
1:10:20 > 1:10:26- Have you told him? - No, it'll be a surprise. I'll make him a cuppa in German lines, eh?
1:10:26 > 1:10:28Right. Fine.
1:10:28 > 1:10:32It looks like it could be a lovely day.
1:10:33 > 1:10:38Well...you know... in any other circumstances.
1:10:43 > 1:10:47HE WHISTLES
1:11:09 > 1:11:11(7.30.)
1:11:12 > 1:11:16(7.30? But that's broad daylight.)
1:11:16 > 1:11:22(All to do with the timing of the barrage being the same for the past six days. Can't change it.)
1:11:25 > 1:11:30- Can we get this food out of here, please?!- Right away, sir.
1:11:36 > 1:11:39HE TAKES SHALLOW BREATHS
1:11:43 > 1:11:46I seem to have lost my appetite.
1:11:46 > 1:11:50- Well, you don't want a full stomach on a day like this.- No.
1:11:50 > 1:11:54- I never eat a thing.- ..Very wise.
1:11:54 > 1:11:57Oh, there's something else.
1:11:59 > 1:12:03There's been a change, change of order. A cock-up really, actually.
1:12:03 > 1:12:11One of the two companies managed to get lost in the night. It was a wrong communication. Ridiculous.
1:12:11 > 1:12:17So, we're short-handed... and the platoon is going over with the rest of the company...
1:12:17 > 1:12:20f-first wave.
1:12:24 > 1:12:26That's not good.
1:12:26 > 1:12:28Not with this lot.
1:12:29 > 1:12:33There is nothing... nothing we can do.
1:12:33 > 1:12:37There's been a change in the order...
1:12:37 > 1:12:41- and the men will have to... - HE LAUGHS
1:12:41 > 1:12:44The men will have to...
1:12:46 > 1:12:48Yes, there's one other thing.
1:12:52 > 1:12:55Captain Furnival has given each platoon...
1:12:55 > 1:12:57a football.
1:12:57 > 1:13:03The first platoon to kick it into German lines gets a barrel of beer.
1:13:03 > 1:13:08Captain Furnival thought it would be good for morale.
1:13:08 > 1:13:11"A bit of fun," he said.
1:13:13 > 1:13:15Smart idea.
1:13:15 > 1:13:18This lot ready by 7.00, then.
1:13:20 > 1:13:22We'll need that rum now, sir.
1:13:22 > 1:13:26Yes, of course. Will you see to it, Sergeant?
1:13:26 > 1:13:30- BANG! - What the fuck was that? - Where the fuck did that come from?!
1:13:30 > 1:13:32Jesus Christ! >
1:13:34 > 1:13:37Jesus!
1:13:37 > 1:13:41I was...I was... It was...
1:13:41 > 1:13:43It was an accident, Sarge!
1:13:43 > 1:13:48I was...I was propping my gun against the wall and it fell over!
1:13:50 > 1:13:53Oh...it was...an accident, Sarge!
1:13:53 > 1:13:55God!
1:14:00 > 1:14:03You're a dead man now, Cornwallis.
1:14:03 > 1:14:05Ooh!
1:14:06 > 1:14:11- I can't believe he'd do that. - They're all the same, these types.
1:14:11 > 1:14:15They're full of piss and vinegar, till it comes to the crunch.
1:14:15 > 1:14:22- Got to be a court martial.- Firing squad. There's no two ways about it.- Do you think he knew something?
1:14:22 > 1:14:24Why would he do a thing like that?
1:14:24 > 1:14:31Do you want me to tell you why? Cos he ain't a red-blooded hero like and me and you, mate, that's why.
1:14:31 > 1:14:38- Dell, get down company stores, draw the rum ration. Quick as you like. - What, now, Sarge?
1:14:39 > 1:14:43Corporal, I want you back here in 15 minutes. Double!
1:14:43 > 1:14:47Beckwith, I've got a little present for you.
1:15:19 > 1:15:23Billy, that barrel of beer is as good as won, pal!
1:15:25 > 1:15:30ARTILLERY SHELLS WHISTLE BY AND EXPLODE
1:15:30 > 1:15:33< Let's GO!
1:15:34 > 1:15:37THEY ALL CHEER
1:15:47 > 1:15:49LOUD EXPLOSION
1:15:49 > 1:15:52Jesus!
1:15:53 > 1:15:55Where do you think you're going?
1:15:55 > 1:16:01- I've got to get through. I've got the rum ration.- There's a battalion between me and there, mate.
1:16:01 > 1:16:04SHELLS EXPLODE OVERHEAD
1:16:11 > 1:16:14< Come on, boys! Mind your backs!
1:16:22 > 1:16:26HEAVY SHELLING CONTINUES
1:16:34 > 1:16:36Out of the way!
1:16:36 > 1:16:39Coming through! Mind your back!
1:16:39 > 1:16:42Come on! Move it! Coming through!
1:16:46 > 1:16:48Oh, shit!
1:16:58 > 1:17:02HEAVY SHELLING CONTINUES
1:17:08 > 1:17:11Jimmy, pick your feet up...! >
1:17:11 > 1:17:14INAUDIBLE SHOUTING CONTINUES
1:17:33 > 1:17:36HE CHOKES AND SPLUTTERS
1:17:46 > 1:17:49HEAVY SHELLING CONTINUES
1:18:00 > 1:18:05- Bone.- Sarge?- Are you sure you gave Dell the right directions?
1:18:05 > 1:18:11- He couldn't miss it, Sarge. Even in the dark, he couldn't miss it. - That shithead!
1:18:11 > 1:18:15Mr Harte - how much whisky has he got?
1:18:15 > 1:18:21- I wouldn't know, Sarge.- How much fucking whisky?- Two bottles, Sarge. Two and a bit.- Good lad.
1:18:33 > 1:18:35Sarge...
1:18:35 > 1:18:37Explosion, Sarge.
1:18:40 > 1:18:42Sergeant.
1:18:52 > 1:18:54S-Sarge.
1:19:00 > 1:19:03HE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS
1:19:06 > 1:19:09Now...you're coming with us, sonny.
1:19:09 > 1:19:11Beckwith!
1:19:13 > 1:19:16Come on! At the fucking double! Sort him out!
1:19:18 > 1:19:20Oi!
1:19:31 > 1:19:37- What do you want?- There's no rum. The ration's been lost. Permission to use your whisky, sir.
1:19:37 > 1:19:43- What are you talking about? Certainly not.- Fuck's sake! These men cannot go over without rum!
1:19:43 > 1:19:49- Give them all a totie of your whisky! Dutch courage! They won't go five yards without it!- Sergeant.
1:19:52 > 1:19:56Permission to use your whisky, sir. I will send Bone back to get it.
1:19:58 > 1:20:02No. Out of the question. Permission refused.
1:20:07 > 1:20:09I said, "No."
1:20:10 > 1:20:17- You know it works. Offer it! - I warn you...- With the Lieutenant's compliments!- I warn you...
1:20:17 > 1:20:21They'll follow you anywhere. To hell and back!
1:20:22 > 1:20:27At any other time, I would have you arrested and charged.
1:20:41 > 1:20:45HEAVY SHELLING CONTINUES
1:20:52 > 1:20:53Sarge?
1:20:53 > 1:20:55What?
1:20:58 > 1:21:02- Sarge, you've been over before, ain't you?- Yes.
1:21:04 > 1:21:06So, what's it like?
1:21:06 > 1:21:14- You don't want to think about it. Keep your mind on the job. - No, I mean...I mean, is it scary?
1:21:15 > 1:21:17Yes, it is.
1:21:19 > 1:21:23You don't have time to be frightened for long. It's too...
1:21:25 > 1:21:27It's too strange.
1:21:31 > 1:21:35When you go over the top, you're in another world.
1:21:35 > 1:21:39- It's a place where nothing... - With the Lieutenant's compliments.
1:21:39 > 1:21:41< With the Lieutenant's compliments.
1:21:41 > 1:21:44Thanks very much, sir!
1:21:47 > 1:21:50- <- Nice one. Thanks, sir.
1:21:50 > 1:21:53Cheers, sir.
1:21:58 > 1:22:01HE COUGHS
1:22:01 > 1:22:04HE COUGHS
1:22:04 > 1:22:06Jesus Christ!
1:22:10 > 1:22:15- A drink for you, Sergeant? Not even on a day like today?- No.
1:22:15 > 1:22:17Thank you, sir.
1:22:20 > 1:22:22- That's the lot, sir.- Good.
1:22:22 > 1:22:28- You can get back to Reserve. - No. I'm coming with you, sir.
1:22:28 > 1:22:32- How are you going to get your tea otherwise, eh, sir?- Fine. Good.
1:22:32 > 1:22:34Good.
1:22:34 > 1:22:36Thank you.
1:22:39 > 1:22:42Open up! Open up!
1:22:43 > 1:22:48Mind your legs! Mind your legs! Men are coming through here!
1:22:51 > 1:22:56HEAVY SHELLING CONTINUES AND ORDERS ARE SHOUTED OUT
1:22:56 > 1:22:59Ladders, up!
1:23:36 > 1:23:39< Fix bayonets!
1:23:44 > 1:23:45Fix...
1:23:48 > 1:23:50..bayonets!
1:24:08 > 1:24:13Otis...Otis...I'm in a really bad fucking way, Otis.
1:24:13 > 1:24:17Otis...I can't do it. I can't. I can't.
1:24:19 > 1:24:23- You'll be all right with me! - I can't.- Come on!
1:24:23 > 1:24:25- I can't.- OK.
1:24:33 > 1:24:34Come on!
1:24:41 > 1:24:44HEAVY SHELLING CONTINUES
1:24:49 > 1:24:52Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
1:24:52 > 1:24:57I will fear no evil. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me...
1:24:57 > 1:25:00Best of luck, Pete.
1:25:01 > 1:25:06HEAVY SHELLING CONTINUES AND ORDERS ARE SHOUTED OUT
1:25:17 > 1:25:21- When I'm up first, you're right behind me, Macfarlane.- Yes, Sarge.
1:25:25 > 1:25:28- You all right?- Yeah.
1:25:28 > 1:25:30Yeah. I feel good.
1:25:30 > 1:25:32Well, ready for it, anyway.
1:25:32 > 1:25:35Good and ready.
1:25:35 > 1:25:37That's the spirit.
1:25:50 > 1:25:53- Is that your sweetheart?- Yeah.
1:25:54 > 1:25:58She's called Maria. She works in Post Office.
1:26:00 > 1:26:03LOUD DISTANT EXPLOSION
1:26:07 > 1:26:10AEROPLANE BUZZES OVERHEAD
1:26:10 > 1:26:14ARTILLERY STOPS AND BIRDS CHIRP
1:26:15 > 1:26:17S...?
1:26:18 > 1:26:20Um, w...w...?
1:26:20 > 1:26:24- So, what do we do now, Sarge? - We wait.
1:26:30 > 1:26:32- Sarge?- What?
1:26:33 > 1:26:35One thing's worrying me, Sarge.
1:26:38 > 1:26:39What if...
1:26:43 > 1:26:45..something should happen?
1:26:45 > 1:26:48It might happen to me.
1:26:49 > 1:26:52It might even...
1:26:58 > 1:27:03I've got to say, Sarge, it's on my mind. ..It's bothering me.
1:27:06 > 1:27:09You'll get through. Don't worry, son.
1:27:11 > 1:27:13I can always tell.
1:27:13 > 1:27:16I know the type that gets through.
1:27:16 > 1:27:19- And you're... - WHISTLE BLOWS
1:27:19 > 1:27:21Come on! Out!
1:27:21 > 1:27:24Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Move it!
1:27:24 > 1:27:28WHISTLES BLOW Come on, lads! Forward!
1:27:28 > 1:27:31Move! Keep going! Out! Out!
1:27:34 > 1:27:36Up you go! Up you go!
1:27:36 > 1:27:39Out! Out! Out! Out!
1:27:39 > 1:27:42Keep going! Keep going! Out!
1:27:42 > 1:27:43Out!
1:27:44 > 1:27:48DISTANT MACHINE-GUN FIRE Out! Out!
1:27:57 > 1:27:59Come on, Billy, for fuck's sake!
1:28:09 > 1:28:13SARGE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS
1:28:16 > 1:28:21Get up here, Macfarlane, or I'll fucking shoot you! Get up here NOW!
1:28:22 > 1:28:26DISTANT MACHINE-GUN FIRE
1:28:39 > 1:28:41MACHINE-GUN FIRE RIPS THE AIR
1:28:58 > 1:29:00Aaagh!
1:30:00 > 1:30:03MACFARLANE BREATHES HEAVILY