0:01:56 > 0:01:58HORN TOOTS
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Hello, Hugh!- Well, of all things! How are you?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Roped you in again, have they? - Certainly have!
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Up! Down!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Up! Down! Up! Down!
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Come on, men, get your backs into it!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Up to your standard? - They're pretty fair. Are they mine?
0:02:25 > 0:02:30- Er, no.- Tell me, this, er, this Major Stringer...
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Forget what you've heard.- I haven't heard anything. I'm open-minded.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35You'll need to stay that way.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45This officer claims he's a major of Marines.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48He was arrested by the patrol boat canoeing in a restricted area.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Sergeant, I'm Major Stringer, under orders to report for duty.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I believe a Captain Thompson is my administrative officer.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57No doubt he could set your mind at rest about me.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Yes, "sir"...
0:02:59 > 0:03:01That's correct, sir.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Oh, I see, sir.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Very well, sir. I'll send the guard over with Major Stringer.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Sorry, sir.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Sorry, sir. Would you come this way, please, sir?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24BUGLE PLAYS, DRILL SERGEANT SHOUTS
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Close order!
0:03:35 > 0:03:41- Who are you?- Hello! I'm Stringer. You must be Thompson.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43How do you do, sir?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I'm afraid my arrival was rather informal.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I was stopped by the patrol boat, actually.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- I'll get an orderly to take your kit to your quarters. - No, this is stuff I want here.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I see.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Er, which is my desk?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Here.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I suppose I shouldn't have come by kayak, really,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05but there I was, just up the river,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08and what with the flood tide setting up and the wind south of west,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10it seemed the obvious thing to do.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Look, would you like to smoke? I'm afraid I...
0:04:14 > 0:04:15No, thank you.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19How long have you been in the service?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I joined in February 1918.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- But good heavens, you're only... - I've been a captain for 11 years.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Well, I hope this isn't going to be too embarrassing for both of us.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32You see, I'm only playing at being a Marine.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Actually, I joined up in a fit of boyish enthusiasm,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and they're rash enough to make me an acting major
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- and put me in charge of this unit. - Jolly good.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43What I'm trying to say is,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47isn't it going to be difficult to get used to taking orders from me?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50No, no. I'm quite used to the normal service chain of command.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Good. Now, how much do you know about all this?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I don't know anything, sir.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Well, in that case - this is all most secret, of course -
0:05:02 > 0:05:05it seems German ships are running in and out of Bordeaux,
0:05:05 > 0:05:06getting past our blockade
0:05:06 > 0:05:10and bringing vital raw materials to the German war machine.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12No-one else seems to be able to do anything about it,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15so our job is to get all the way up there
0:05:15 > 0:05:17and blow up those ships in the docks.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18How do you propose to get there?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20By canoes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23We'd be travelling at night and hiding in the day.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27We'll be dropped out here, somewhere outside the minefield,
0:05:27 > 0:05:2975 miles to the target.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Should be able to make it in three or four nights of paddling. - Interesting.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I sent in this scheme some time ago, and it was thrown out.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Now it's boiled up again, and here we are.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41It's rather a long way to paddle, isn't it?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Yes.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47I've never really thought of a canoe as being particularly invisible.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Neither have I. I'm only hoping the Germans won't notice us.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53On the theory that the only time a German looks down
0:05:53 > 0:05:56is to see if his boots are properly polished?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58You're not bubbling over with enthusiasm for this.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I'm afraid I'm not qualified to comment
0:06:01 > 0:06:04on the technical possibilities of your plan.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Well, what's the next step?- 43 men are due in the morning for training.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- What sort of men? - Volunteers for hazardous service.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Should be good chaps. - Probably deadbeats.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Good men are never encouraged to volunteer.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Right! Fall in in three ranks facing me!
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Party, 'shun!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38My name's Sergeant Craig.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I've had the misfortune to be put in charge of you lot.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44You might as well know that I've got a suspicious nature.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49I suspect all volunteers. Happens to be a little weakness of mine.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Right! Party, stand at ease!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Answer out when your name's called.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- Corporal Stevens.- Sergeant.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- Marine Bradley.- Here, Sergeant.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Marine Wilby.- Here, Sergeant.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Marine Clarke.- Here, Sergeant.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Don't I know you?- I believe we have had the pleasure, yes, Sergeant.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- 2nd Battalion.- Yes, Sergeant.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- I remember you. - I remember you, too, Sergeant.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I'm a sergeant now. That makes a big difference,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- doesn't it? - It certainly does...Sergeant.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27What's the matter with your cap badge?
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Er...the wind blew me beret off this morning. It went under a...bicycle.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Yes?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38You're coming back to me like a song, you are.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42You stand fast when the rest dismiss. We'll have a little talk.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Yes, Sergeant.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45(Bighead!)
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Marine Newville.- Here, Sergeant.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- Marine Steadman.- Here, Sergeant.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50- Marine Vanner.- Sergeant.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- Marine Hodgson.- Sergeant.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Marine Dodds.- Here, Sergeant.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Party, 'shun!
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Carry on.- Very good, sir. Stand at...ease!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Good morning!- Good morning, sir. - I see the men have arrived.- Yes.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I'm going through their conduct sheets, and Sergeant Craig is drilling them.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- We should be able to separate the sheep from the goats.- Quite.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I think I shall want to interview the men myself.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I've got a pretty good idea of the sort of chaps I need.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Let's have them in one at a time, shall we?- Very good, sir.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Marine Bellamy!
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Stand easy. Why did you volunteer for hazardous service, Bellamy?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35To see some action, sir.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Wouldn't you have got that if you'd stayed in 40 Commando?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's just that I like a change of scenery, sir.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Were you on the Dieppe raid? - No. I was sorry to miss that, sir.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47They kept me back. I was an instructor at the time.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53- Just my luck! I've always wanted to have a crack, sir.- Right. Thank you.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Left turn!
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Quick march! Wait outside.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Marine Lomas.- Marine Lomas!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Why did you volunteer for hazardous service?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Kids, sir. I need the extra money.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I wasn't getting enough exercise.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09My mother died in an air raid, sir.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I didn't know what I was signing, sir.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Well, sir, with me coming from a long line of natural-born fighting men,
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I said to meself, "Cooney..."
0:09:18 > 0:09:20It's funny you should ask me that, sir.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Yes, well, er...
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I'm not quite sure of the meaning of the word "volunteer", sir.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Here! Here, George, you know what he said to me?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33He said, "I'm curious to know why you volunteered."
0:09:33 > 0:09:36HE'S curious? I'M curious!
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Why DID I volunteer?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40What did you say?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Well, I said, "I believe the good die young, sir,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45"and I don't want to disappoint anybody."
0:09:45 > 0:09:48If you just tell me which men you've selected,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I'll start licking them into some sort of shape for you.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Aside from the obvious rejects, I haven't quite made up my mind.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58You see, I'm looking for a special sort of man,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01an individualist, one who can think for himself,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03who'll do the job for its own sake
0:10:03 > 0:10:06rather than because some sergeant is shouting at him.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11And while we're on the subject, I'm not sure that I want you
0:10:11 > 0:10:13"licking them into shape", as you put it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Try to force them into a mould
0:10:15 > 0:10:17and you destroy the very qualities I'm looking for.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23I think I'll just dream up a little test for these men,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25see what sort of stuff they're made of.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Gentlemen, as you can see, our ranks have thinned since our first meeting.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Before I make my final selection,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I want to put you all to a practical test,
0:10:34 > 0:10:35and it's a difficult one.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Tonight, we will be dropped by parachute up here.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41That's 380 miles away.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44And our task will be to get back to these barracks within 48 hours.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47We will be dressed as German soldiers
0:10:47 > 0:10:49and carry no money, no identification.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52The Home Guard haven't been informed, so watch out.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- He's barmy!- Don't break the law unless you have to,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59and if you have to, don't get caught.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Any questions?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Right. See you in the aircraft.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Party, 'shun!
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Fall in outside.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I think we've got a good lot of boys there.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Some of them may be good material.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Even so, it's not customary to call them gentlemen.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Do you mean to imply that only an officer can be a gentleman?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I mean to imply that in the service,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24one does not address the rank and file as gentlemen,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26even if they ARE gentlemen.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I stand corrected.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38800 feet this time, skipper. Twenty men in one stick.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Nearly there. Better get ready for action.- Roger.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Who does that Stringer think we are, an aerial circus?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46You could be right there. If you ask me, he's nuts.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Stand up and hook up!
0:11:52 > 0:11:54'Ere, Ted, two days' pay I'll beat you in.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I'm not a betting man.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57I'll take you on.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Bless you, Paddy, darlin'.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Nine OK.- Eight OK.- Seven OK.- Six OK.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Five OK.- Four OK.- Three OK.- Two OK.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06One OK. Stick OK.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Action stations.- Action stations!
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Red on. Stand in the door. - Sure you don't want to come along?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Green on. Go!
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Change my next of kin from Clarke to Churchill!
0:12:21 > 0:12:26- Go!- What would be the German for "me parachute didn't open"?- Go!
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Trust the RAF to drop you in it!
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Nob! Paddy!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Nob! Paddy!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37THEY LAUGH
0:13:37 > 0:13:38What are you laughing at? Cut me down!
0:13:38 > 0:13:40What are you doing up there?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43What does it look like? Bird-watching? Go on, do us a favour.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I'd help you, but I've got a train to catch! >
0:13:46 > 0:13:50- Good luck to you!- Innit marvellous? You wait till I get back to barracks!
0:14:31 > 0:14:33DOG BARKS
0:14:33 > 0:14:34TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- Going far?- I'm terribly sorry, I don't speak English.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Pity. Neither do I.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07DOG BARKS
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Will you give us a lift, mate? - Sure! Hop in.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26I've hitch-hiked all the great way from your fine city of Liverpool
0:15:26 > 0:15:30and hope and pray that I'll soon be proudly wearing the King's uniform.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34What's that uniform you're wearing just now?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Irish Salvation Army.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Oh, course! I should have known. Very smart. Very smart!
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Lovely morning.- Morning.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08KNOCK ON DOOR
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- Who is it?- Surprise!
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- You beast!- B-B-But, Myrtle, I...
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Get out of here, you lousy bum!
0:16:19 > 0:16:20You're not a gentleman,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23so don't think you can come here any time you happen to be passing
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- and think you can take up where you left off.- Myrtle!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I've learnt things since you was last here,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32and I don't want to see your dirty face looking around my door again!
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I don't have to go with you perishing Marines any more.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I'm a respectable working girl. Don't you forget it!
0:16:38 > 0:16:40So you can just get right back to Queen's Street.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43That's the sort of girl you need!
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Only they're too good for you, you dirty, stinkin',
0:16:45 > 0:16:48rotten, double-faced sidekick!
0:16:48 > 0:16:49That's what you are!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52So you can get out of here, otherwise I'll come for you,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I really will.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Queer-looking customer.- Yes, I was just thinking the same thing.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34WHISTLE BLOWS
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Get a wriggle on!
0:18:45 > 0:18:47HE SNIFFS
0:18:55 > 0:18:57HE SNIFFS
0:19:05 > 0:19:08All tickets, please.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Get your tickets ready, please.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Your tickets, please.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37All tickets, there, please.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Just a moment.- Pass it under the door, then, sir, would you?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Thank you!
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Next stop Portsmouth. >
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Well, this is the end of the line.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27It's been an exhilarating experience meeting you.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I always say physical fitness is the first bastion of democracy.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32My husband wouldn't agree with me on that.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35He was a slugger, and he died in his bed.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Well, Godspeed.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I only wish I was breasting the tape with you!
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Any reports, Sergeant?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Not yet, sir. But I've got my fingers crossed.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Hm.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- One moment, please.- I'm afraid it's me again, Sergeant.- Very good, sir.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Yes, sir.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Sergeant?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Major Stringer's back. Give me full details of the others as they arrive.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Very good, sir. I'll go and tick off the stormtroopers as they come in.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Aye-aye, what's going on here? You boys delivering or collecting?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- Delivering, Sergeant. Marine Lomas.- Marine Lomas?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39He was dead before he left here. What's he got?
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Well, it's what he hasn't got. Sign here, please, will you?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- Apparently, he gave four pints of blood and he passed out.- Yeah?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50How many does that leave him? Because I'm going to do a bit of extracting now.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52LOMAS!
0:21:53 > 0:21:54COME 'ERE!
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- I want you back in 15 minutes. Dressed!- Yes, Sergeant.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Carry on.- Yes, Sergeant.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- Keep the change.- Thank you, sir!
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Good day, Sergeant.- Good day(!) And who do you think you are?
0:22:21 > 0:22:2310934, Marine Bradley, Sergeant.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Travelling incognito? - Carrying out orders, Sergeant.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Now you can carry out another one.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31You can get dressed and report back here in 15 minutes.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33And then write out a statement for me.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35That wouldn't be asking too much, would it...sir?
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Not at all, Sergeant. I'm quite familiar with statements.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00- Is here the garrison Kommandant? - CLARKE!
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Come here!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- So you like to play at soldiers, do you?- Yes, Sergeant! I...
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Get that uniform off, come back in ten minutes' time in full marching kit
0:23:13 > 0:23:17and we'll both have a little game. 'Shun! Quick march!
0:23:17 > 0:23:20And get your hair cut!
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Quick march!
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Good evening, Sergeant.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Some of you mugs'll be late for your own funeral.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- I made it! - You're not finished yet, Jesse Owen.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Come on, double up. Pick 'em up. Up, two, three, four! Pick 'em up!
0:23:55 > 0:23:59PICK 'EM UP! Up, two, three, four, up, two, three, four, pick 'em up!
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Close order...march!
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Stand at...ease!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Stand easy!
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Pay attention. You've taken quite a few liberties during the past few days.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23From now onwards, you're under King's regulations, and don't forget it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25If you do, I'll read the riot act
0:24:25 > 0:24:28in a language that'd make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I've got me eye on some of you.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Bet he picks on you.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I'm looking at you, Ruddock.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35He's looking at you, Ruddock.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Stop talking. You're going in for a lecture now, so pin your ears back.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41SQUAD! SQUAD...
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Wait for it! 'SHUN!
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Good morning.- Good morning, sir.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- Come along and let me have the latest reports, would you?- Yes, sir.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Eleven captured by the Home Guard,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- three with gunshot wounds, one serious.- Bad luck.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Two placed under arrest by military police,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05one drunk in charge, one married,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07six still unaccounted for.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I received complaints from the police of five counties,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14a considerable quantity of equipment has been lost
0:25:14 > 0:25:17and we shall almost certainly be faced with a court of inquiry.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Do I detect a faint note of disapproval?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24It may interest you to know that this ridiculous exercise,
0:25:24 > 0:25:26which seems to have given you much satisfaction,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30has caused me more trouble than five years' ordinary service.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32All right, Thompson, let's clear the air a little.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Ever since we met, you've given me a hard time.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Now, just what the hell is eating you?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41It's just that I'm a professional Marine.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I don't like temporary officers.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47I don't like volunteers for hazardous service.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I don't like musical-comedy operations
0:25:49 > 0:25:53designed to win the Victoria Cross for somebody.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I suppose I just don't like heroes.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Well, I hope that makes you feel better.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Party...'shun!
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Party present, sir. - Thank you. Let them sit down.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Stand at ease!
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Stand easy!
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Sit down.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Now then, of the original group who volunteered for this job,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23you are the final selection.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Together with Sergeant Craig and me, you are the operational team.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31You have been selected for your initiative and because you gave every indication
0:26:31 > 0:26:35of being men who would think for themselves. This is what I was looking for.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38We are now going to start intensive training on the job itself.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I think you will find it interesting.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44To begin with, let me introduce you to the two-man canoe.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08I've never seen such an appalling exhibition. I'm going to the office.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Very good, sir.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Watch it, fellas, watch it! Shh!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Watch my heels, Jock.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Party...halt!
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Corporal Stevens?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Do you usually let your men slouch about in that fashion?
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- No, sir. We've just finished... - I'm not interested in what you've finished.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- Sergeant Craig?- Sir! - Smarten these men up.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Get them into battle dress and give them an hour's drill. - Very good, sir.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Left, right, left, right, left!
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Right!
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Turn! Turn, pause, swing!
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Clarke! If you could tell your left from your right, you'd be a good marine!
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Right!
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Turn! Turn, pause, swing!
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Lift up! Hold your heads up!
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Left!
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Turn!
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Left!
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Turn, turn, pause, pause, swing.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Keep your arms swinging!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Left, right, left, right, left!
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- Sergeant Craig?- Squad, halt!
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Just in time.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38- Yes, sir?- What are you doing? - Close-order drill, sir.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- Close-order drill wasn't on my training programme.- No, sir.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44- Why close-order drill? - Captain Thompson's order, sir.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- I see. Dismiss the men. - Very good, sir.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Squad...dismiss!
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Come into my office, please.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11You ordered Sergeant Craig to give the men close-order drill.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- Yes, sir, I did.- Why?
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I ordered it because I think they need it.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Presenting arms and advancing in columns of threes
0:29:18 > 0:29:19won't help these men
0:29:19 > 0:29:22at the docks of Bordeaux in canoes full of high explosives.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Your men appear to be an ill-disciplined rabble.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27They'll never get to Bordeaux that way.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Thompson, I'm training these men, not you.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I'm responsible for the success or the failure of this project,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35so we'll do it my way.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39It may not be the right way or the Marine way or the professional way,
0:29:39 > 0:29:42but it is my way, the way I want it. Is that clear?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Now, understand this,
0:29:44 > 0:29:47in future, no disciplinary action is to be taken in this unit
0:29:47 > 0:29:48by anybody except me.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56We'll go through this narrow channel and then up the river.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Canoes will proceed independently
0:29:58 > 0:30:01and try to get to the objective up here, Deptford.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04All the defences have been alerted, so if you're challenged,
0:30:04 > 0:30:07reply with the code word Waterbabies and give yourselves up.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10I'm confident you won't have to do this.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13This is our big chance to prove that we can penetrate
0:30:13 > 0:30:14a heavily defended river,
0:30:14 > 0:30:18but Combined Operations headquarters will be keeping an eye on us,
0:30:18 > 0:30:20so our entire future may depend on the outcome.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23I know you won't let me down.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Carry on, Sergeant Craig.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Halt! Who goes there?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Halt, or I'll fire!
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Hey, what are you doing?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Paddle towards us. And don't try anything.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47We know what we're doing. Waterbabies.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49I don't know anything about that. Do as you're told!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Halt! Who goes there?
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Waterbabies.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Waterbabies, eh?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- That's right. - We've been waiting for you. Come on.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Hello? This is Stringer checking in. Got any news for me?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11I'm afraid you've had it.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Your other four canoes were arrested before midnight.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Your entire force is wiped out.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20I see. Right, thanks very much. We'd better call the whole thing of.
0:31:23 > 0:31:24"Waterbabies"!
0:31:38 > 0:31:43Well, it's my turn to listen to you, for a change.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45What do you mean by that?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48I mean let me have it. What did I do wrong?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53You did everything wrong.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58You made just about every mistake it's possible to make.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02You're a rotten leader. In fact, you're no leader at all.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07You don't begin to understand your men. You think they're enthusiasts.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10They're not. They're not in the least bit interested in all this.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12They're like schoolboys with a lenient master,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15pretending to lap it all up but not doing any work at all.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19From the day you started, they've been laughing at you behind your back.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- So now what do I do?- What do you do?
0:32:22 > 0:32:24You become an officer.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30You take this sloppy lot and you whip them into a team,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33pitch into them until they learn to do exactly as they're told,
0:32:33 > 0:32:34whether they like it or not.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41You told me once that I was a military machine
0:32:41 > 0:32:43with no feeling for the men.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Well, you've just killed the whole lot off.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Not a man would have survived.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Not a man would have reached his objective
0:32:50 > 0:32:53if this exercise had been the real thing.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56That's where your kindness has got you. They despise you for it.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Well...that tells me what I want to know.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04And there's just one more thing.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06It concerns me.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11I'm not accustomed to being associated with this kind of a mess.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13I want you to know that I'm thoroughly ashamed
0:33:13 > 0:33:15to be a member of your unit.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Every one of you is guilty of most of the faults which I have listed here.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28This wasn't just a small exercise gone slightly wrong,
0:33:28 > 0:33:32this is a prize example of complete and total bog-up.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34We not only failed to reach our objective,
0:33:34 > 0:33:38theoretically we were wiped out a few hours after we started to paddle.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43I blame myself. I failed you just as surely as you failed me.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46I gave you credit for having some intelligence,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48so I treated you with kindness,
0:33:48 > 0:33:49and you let me down.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54I'm not going to fail you again, and you're not going to let me down.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Any man guilty of committing the slightest breach of any nature
0:33:58 > 0:33:59will be brought on a charge.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Who does he think he is?
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Clarke, Lomas?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Stand up.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Straighten up there.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11When I am talking, I want your undivided attention.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Sergeant Craig?- Sir!
0:34:13 > 0:34:16These two men are to be given one hour's close-order drill
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- after working hours this evening. - Sir.- Sit down.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20We're going to start training again,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23and this time we're going to do it right.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28You're going to work and think twice as hard as you ever did.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Get moving! The last man up buys a round, and I'm thirsty!
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Now I'll show you the quickest way down bar one.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Rows, 'shun!
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Quick march!
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Pick up canoes!
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Quick march!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29This is the limpet mine.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Four powerful magnets are attached to the outer frame
0:36:32 > 0:36:35so that with a steel plate such as this...
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Our job will be to attach these bombs
0:36:45 > 0:36:48to the hull of ships below the water line, like this.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07The mine is detonated by this fuse, which goes in like this.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15To start the fuse, you...
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Here you are, Sergeant. Pass it round.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27By the way, that's not a dummy.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29I wanted you to get used to the feel of the real thing.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33We'll dispose of it at sea. It's set for 15 minutes,
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- so we've plenty of time.- Clarke, hang on to this for 15 minutes.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Thank you, Sergeant.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I hope your clock's right, sir!
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Go on, take it!
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Hey, steady!
0:37:59 > 0:38:01You hold it. I've seen it.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03He's mad.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09Sergeant, just a little token of our respect and admiration.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13You've got just 12 minutes to get rid of that thing, Cooney.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26HALT!
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Let's go!
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Clarke, you again?!
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Ooh!
0:38:48 > 0:38:50MARCHING BAND PLAYS
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Kneeling position!
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Targets!
0:39:14 > 0:39:18One...two...
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Catch it!- Nobby!
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Fire!
0:39:25 > 0:39:26HALT!
0:39:37 > 0:39:40We've only got a minute to go, boys!
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Right, Clarke, give it to me!
0:39:46 > 0:39:47I bet you nothing happens.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- I'll take you on a dollar. - Your dollar, and up two.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- This man's plumb crazy! - I'm getting out of this lot.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Urgent, Sergeant.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Confidential, sir.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Sir.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Well...
0:41:38 > 0:41:40..let's get drunk.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53All Marines, our family, right back to the 18th century.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58My father was a general, and so was his father.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02When I was a boy, I just couldn't wait to get into action,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05to show I was as good as any of them.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08In 1918, I was with the 1st Battalion.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12We got up to the front line in time for the Battle of Cambrai.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16I was a brand-new officer in a brand-new uniform
0:42:16 > 0:42:19with a platoon of trusting young men behind me.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24When the big advance started, I was ordered to capture
0:42:24 > 0:42:28what I was told was an isolated German machine-gun post
0:42:28 > 0:42:30on the right flank.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34The fog lifted early that day, and we hadn't got halfway there
0:42:34 > 0:42:37before we began to get pasted good and proper.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41It suddenly dawned on me that my intelligence was all wrong
0:42:41 > 0:42:44and that the Boche position was far too strong
0:42:44 > 0:42:46to be taken by my platoon alone.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50We were just getting wiped out without doing any good.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52The funny thing was, I...
0:42:52 > 0:42:55I wasn't really frightened.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58I knew that the job I'd been given was...impossible,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00so I used my common sense, got my men down behind cover
0:43:00 > 0:43:04and sent a runner to headquarters with a report on the situation.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06That's when everything went wrong.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10My runner got hit, and the message never got there.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13My company commander didn't like me much.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17When he got hauled over the coals for not reaching his objective,
0:43:17 > 0:43:20he managed to pass most of the blame on to me...
0:43:21 > 0:43:25..said I should have pressed on regardless of casualties.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28"You don't seem to realise that in the Royal Marines
0:43:28 > 0:43:31"we don't grovel the moment someone points a rifle at you."
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Hm! Well, what was I to say? For all I knew, he was right.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37I couldn't tell.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39All I knew was that the next time,
0:43:39 > 0:43:40I wouldn't stop for anything,
0:43:40 > 0:43:42no matter what they put me up against.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46But there never was a next time.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48They pulled me out of the battalion
0:43:48 > 0:43:51and then suddenly the war was over and it was too late.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53I was just Lieutenant Thompson,
0:43:53 > 0:43:57the promising young officer who couldn't be trusted under fire.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00That was 22 years ago.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04Since then, I've been promoted just once.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07I've been handed every lousy administrative job in the corps.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10And I've done them as well as they can be done.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Now it's too late for me to have a second chance.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Well, perhaps just as well.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18Probably wouldn't know what to do with it if I did.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21In a way, I suppose I should hate you
0:44:21 > 0:44:25for having something which I no longer can have.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28In another way, I'm trying to say good luck to you.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33This is your chance.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36It doesn't come to all men, but it's come to you.
0:44:37 > 0:44:38Don't fail yourself.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Come along, hero.
0:45:12 > 0:45:18# Deep in my heart I keep recalling
0:45:18 > 0:45:24# The London I love
0:45:24 > 0:45:30# Small, cosy bars and cheerful greeting
0:45:30 > 0:45:36# Long line of cars and lovers meeting
0:45:36 > 0:45:42# Under the stars, her heart is beating
0:45:42 > 0:45:47# The London I love
0:45:47 > 0:45:51# Breathless and fast, the crowd hurries past
0:45:51 > 0:45:55# There's a glow in the London sky
0:45:55 > 0:45:59# Velvety dark, the trees in the park
0:45:59 > 0:46:06# Touch my heart, and I don't know why... #
0:46:06 > 0:46:09If she touched me, I'd know what, eh, George?
0:46:09 > 0:46:13- What's the matter with your friend? - Don't worry about him. He's in love.
0:46:13 > 0:46:19# Chiming of bells, the river gleaming
0:46:19 > 0:46:25# You're my dream I'm always dreaming
0:46:25 > 0:46:31# The London I love
0:46:31 > 0:46:34# Bright-coloured lights, Palladium nights
0:46:34 > 0:46:38# And a world that is always gay
0:46:38 > 0:46:43# All you have been will stay evergreen
0:46:43 > 0:46:50# In my heart till another day
0:46:51 > 0:46:57# Taxis that hoot and costers crying
0:46:57 > 0:47:04# World that awakes when daylight's dying
0:47:04 > 0:47:11# You're my dream from which I'm sighing
0:47:11 > 0:47:21# The London I love. #
0:47:21 > 0:47:24CHEERING
0:47:24 > 0:47:26All right, if you Marines were responsible
0:47:26 > 0:47:30for getting half the ruddy Army out of Dunkirk, what are you doing here?
0:47:30 > 0:47:33You should be somewhere getting covered in glory.
0:47:33 > 0:47:34We're on a special mission.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36What's that? Chaperoning the Free French?
0:47:36 > 0:47:40If you must satisfy your idle curiosity, we're the boom patrol.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43The boom patrol? You're one of the jokers who paddle round the harbour
0:47:43 > 0:47:45looking like the Swiss navy.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48Hey, listen, everybody, we've got the mermaids with us!
0:47:48 > 0:47:50- Hey, mister, what's your name? - Claridge. Why?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52I never hit strangers.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Up the Marines!
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Hey, watch it!
0:48:05 > 0:48:08WOMAN SCREAMS
0:48:28 > 0:48:30WOMAN SHRIEKS
0:48:38 > 0:48:41'Ere, take him home. It's past his bedtime.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49< Go and get 'em, boys.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52WOMEN SCREAM
0:48:52 > 0:48:55Now, on this glorious occasion
0:48:55 > 0:49:00of the splendid defeat and complete victory over the Royal Navy
0:49:00 > 0:49:03by Stringer's canned... I mean carefree canoeists,
0:49:03 > 0:49:06we are gathered here to say a farewell
0:49:06 > 0:49:07to some of our fellow Marines
0:49:07 > 0:49:11before they depart for, er, foreign shores.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14I want the Marines to step forward when I call their names.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Marine Bradley.
0:49:16 > 0:49:17Sir!
0:49:17 > 0:49:20Marine Cooney, who came to us from the IRA.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Sir!
0:49:22 > 0:49:24Marine...Lomas.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29- Sir.- Order of the Belch.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32- Marine Innes.- Sir! - Our member for West Glasgow.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35Marine Ruddock, better know as Atlas because of his mighty fr...
0:49:37 > 0:49:40I say again, Marine Ruddock.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Gor blimey, where's Ruddock? He's ruining me act!
0:49:42 > 0:49:46He's blown. Gone. Absent without leave.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Stand by your beds!
0:49:48 > 0:49:50'Shun!
0:49:53 > 0:49:57Well, one of you must have some idea.
0:49:57 > 0:50:02- Where's Stevens?- Here, sir.- Stevens, you were his friend, weren't you?
0:50:04 > 0:50:07- I said you were his friend. - Yes, sir.- Where's he gone?
0:50:07 > 0:50:08I don't know, sir.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14- Bradley, do you know anything? - No, sir.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19You realise what this means, don't you?
0:50:19 > 0:50:23All the training, the planning and the sweat will all go for nothing.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27We're not only fighting a war, we're fighting time.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Now, one of you must have some idea where he's gone, and I want to know.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33I've reason to believe he's got trouble at home, sir.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36Oh, you have "reason to believe". Don't you KNOW?
0:50:37 > 0:50:41You fight a private war with the Navy, but you can't look after your own kind.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44- Sergeant Craig?- Sir!- These men are confined to barracks.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48- See that they have an escort to and from the mess hall.- Very good, sir.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50Stand easy.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Sergeant?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I'm not going to mince matters,
0:50:56 > 0:50:58because you and I talk the same language.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00We both know we have a commanding officer
0:51:00 > 0:51:04who doesn't know King's Regulations from the telephone book.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06I've tried my best, but I can't be everywhere.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09It was up to you to get wind of anything like this.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12It's a big enough bog-up already.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14I shall go after Ruddock. I want you to cover for me.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16I don't want anything like this again.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20If there's a single button missing from any man when I get back,
0:51:20 > 0:51:22- I'll carve you up. - There won't be, sir.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25Get down to Transport, grab me a car. Tell them I'll drive myself.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Very good, sir.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58DOORBELL RINGS
0:52:01 > 0:52:04- Yes?- Has he been here? - You can't come in here!
0:52:05 > 0:52:08- Where is he?- Where's who? I don't know what you're talking about!
0:52:08 > 0:52:13Don't let's waste each other's time. Have you seen your husband in the last 24 hours?
0:52:13 > 0:52:16My husband? Well, of course not, he's not on leave.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18I don't need you to tell me that.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Look, if you don't get out of here, I'm going to call the police.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25- I'm waiting.- What do you want to know for, soldier?
0:52:25 > 0:52:28- What business is it of yours? - Don't say anything. Keep quiet.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31Oh, I'm not in the Army. I don't have to take orders.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34We don't know nothing. Why don't you go away?
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Satisfied, soldier?
0:52:36 > 0:52:40You make me sick. Both of you.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46If he's deserted, I shall have to turn him in.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50- I'm a good citizen. - Relax, he's probably in some pub getting stinking.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53That captain's got a nerve, coming here like that.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56- Anyone would think there was a war on.- You'll tear my dress!
0:52:56 > 0:52:58So what? I paid for it, didn't I?
0:53:05 > 0:53:08Good evening. Whisky, please. Large one.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- No whisky. I can manage you a gin. - That'll do.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14- You home for long?- Not long. Got a spot of special leave.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17- Got to clear up some business. - Neither one thing nor the other, is it?
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- Er, 3/6, please, sir. - Good evening, Ruddock.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24- Good evening, sir. - Would you care to join me?- Yes, sir.
0:53:32 > 0:53:37- Well, Ruddock...- Well, sir. It's a bit of a liberty, I know,
0:53:37 > 0:53:40but there's a celebration on at home, a big family do,
0:53:40 > 0:53:42what you might call a free-for-all.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46I dropped in to get a couple of bottles so I didn't go empty-handed.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50It's my grandmother's golden wedding. I should have said. Forget me own name next!
0:53:50 > 0:53:54I didn't want to miss it because she thinks a lot of me and I do of her.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57And you never know in wartime, do you?
0:53:57 > 0:54:00After the do the other night, it seemed we'd be splitting up,
0:54:00 > 0:54:06so I thought maybe I could chance it. Well, I chanced it. Took a chance.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Yes, well, that's me lot, isn't it?
0:54:08 > 0:54:11It's not quite your "lot", as you put it.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14I know why you're here, Ruddock. I've been home before you.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17- I'm not going to stop you. - I beg your pardon, sir?
0:54:17 > 0:54:20I said I'm not going to stop you.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25This sort of situation is not uncommon, you know.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28It once happened to me. Not that that's of any consolation to you.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31- How long will you need? - About three minutes, sir.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35That's not long enough. I'll give you 15 minutes when we get there.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37And make a good job of it. That's an order.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40- Very generous, sir.- Have a drink? - No, I don't need a drink, sir.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Let's go, then.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02- Have you got your key?- Yes, sir. - Then what are you waiting for?
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Oh, and give my regards to Maurice.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17- Good evening, Officer. - PUNCHING >
0:55:17 > 0:55:20WOMAN SCREAMS
0:55:20 > 0:55:22What's going on in there?
0:55:22 > 0:55:25Oh, one of my men's having a little trouble with the lodger.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Pity to break it up too soon.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30He's, er... acting under orders, I take it.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Oh, yes, strictly under orders.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36What I mean to say is, er, he can't possibly disobey orders, can he?
0:55:36 > 0:55:38No, that would be very tricky.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40COMMOTION
0:55:40 > 0:55:42No way of hurrying him, I suppose?
0:55:45 > 0:55:47No... No, I suppose not.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52Well, can't stop here chatting with you all night.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56- Time for me to check in at the station.- Anything doing tonight?
0:55:59 > 0:56:01No, very quiet.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12Well, he won't be such a popular boy with the girls for a while.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14- Feeling better, Ruddock?- Yes.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18But it doesn't solve anything, does it, sir? But I feel better.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33All ready, sir.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18All right, boys, all out.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Come on, hurry it up, now.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26SHIP'S HOOTER BLASTS THREE TIMES
0:57:27 > 0:57:30- How do you do? I'm Stringer. - How are you? I'm Grieves.
0:57:30 > 0:57:31This is Lieutenant McClory.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35This is Captain Thompson, my admin officer. He's come to see us safely off.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37Right, let's have it.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56At the moment, we are passing Land's End.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59We have left our escort. From now on, we will be on our own.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03We will be diving during daylight to avoid enemy air reconnaissance.
0:58:03 > 0:58:07The submarine will drop us here, right at the edge of the minefield.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11It's roughly 75 miles from there to the Bordeaux docks.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13This is a lighthouse at the mouth of the river.
0:58:13 > 0:58:18As far as we know, they only switch it on to let ships go in and out of the harbour.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22We expect rough water about here caused by the tide running over the shallows.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24It's called a tide race.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28Just like the rapids in a river, really, but be prepared for it.
0:58:32 > 0:58:35Each canoe will carry six limpets.
0:58:35 > 0:58:39One on each enemy ship is enough if you attach it in the right place.
0:58:39 > 0:58:42Now, about this thing. Each canoe will carry one of these.
0:58:42 > 0:58:48I call it Little Nell. It goes off 15 seconds after you start the fuse.
0:58:48 > 0:58:50It has to be fast, because its purpose
0:58:50 > 0:58:53is to blow up the canoe and its cargo if capture becomes inevitable.
0:58:53 > 0:58:57Now, 15 seconds will give you time to get clear of the explosion,
0:58:57 > 0:58:59so don't imagine that I'm suggesting
0:58:59 > 0:59:02that anyone commit suicide, because I'm not.
0:59:06 > 0:59:08After it's all over,
0:59:08 > 0:59:11we will withdraw to a quiet part of the river around here
0:59:11 > 0:59:12and make our escape in pairs,
0:59:12 > 0:59:16travelling across country north-east towards Ruffec.
0:59:16 > 0:59:18The French resistance know to expect us
0:59:18 > 0:59:22and will pick us up, I hope. They'll know the best way of getting us home.
0:59:22 > 0:59:26Now, there's just one more thing.
0:59:26 > 0:59:29Any canoe getting itself into trouble
0:59:29 > 0:59:32will have to work out its own salvation.
0:59:32 > 0:59:35The other canoes will not stop for it.
0:59:35 > 0:59:38They will press straight on up the river.
0:59:38 > 0:59:43Only one thing matters on this job - blowing up enemy ships.
0:59:43 > 0:59:44That's what we've come here to do.
1:00:08 > 1:00:11Action stations! SIREN BLARES
1:00:17 > 1:00:19What's up? No idea, chum.
1:00:19 > 1:00:22Shut off for depth-charge attack.
1:00:22 > 1:00:24Shut off for depth-charge attack.
1:00:28 > 1:00:29Coming in fast, sir.
1:00:29 > 1:00:32- Silent routine.- Silent routine.
1:00:36 > 1:00:40All compartments shut off for depth-charge attack, sir.
1:00:40 > 1:00:43Schnell, schnell, laden die Kanonen!
1:00:47 > 1:00:49Achtung, achtung!
1:01:00 > 1:01:03Feuer!
1:01:10 > 1:01:13Better sit down before you get knocked down.
1:01:34 > 1:01:37RUMBLING APPROACHING
1:01:42 > 1:01:44RUMBLING RECEDES
1:01:49 > 1:01:52- For'ard, sir, getting fainter.- Good.
1:02:05 > 1:02:07Coming in on the port beam, sir.
1:02:14 > 1:02:15Feuer!
1:02:35 > 1:02:38- How is he? - I'm afraid he's no use to us, sir.
1:02:41 > 1:02:44Right, that's over. Prepare to surface.
1:02:44 > 1:02:47Canoe launching must be completed in 15 minutes.
1:02:47 > 1:02:49Ruddock can't manage alone in his canoe.
1:02:49 > 1:02:53We'll have to leave Coalfish behind. The rest of you, get ready.
1:02:53 > 1:02:55Four canoes instead of five...
1:02:55 > 1:02:58- Let me take his place.- What? - Let me take Lomas's place.
1:02:58 > 1:03:01- It's out of the question. - May I ask why?
1:03:01 > 1:03:05- You haven't been trained for this job.- I could pick it up easily.
1:03:05 > 1:03:08I'd be in Ruddock's canoe. He could carry me along.
1:03:08 > 1:03:11We can't afford to lose a canoe now, before we even start.
1:03:11 > 1:03:15I'm prepared to sit behind Ruddock and take my orders from him.
1:03:19 > 1:03:21- Ruddock?- Sir!
1:03:21 > 1:03:24Get Lomas's gear ready for Captain Thompson.
1:03:24 > 1:03:26- He's going along as your number two. - Yes, sir.
1:03:28 > 1:03:30- Stand by to surface. - Stand by to surface.
1:03:30 > 1:03:33Check main vents, open numbers one, two, three and five.
1:03:48 > 1:03:53- Glad you're coming along, sir. I hope you enjoy the trip.- Thank you!
1:04:00 > 1:04:04- Allen?- We're now in launching position. We'd better start.
1:04:07 > 1:04:10- OK.- Right.
1:04:10 > 1:04:12Open hatch.
1:04:12 > 1:04:13Up canoes.
1:04:22 > 1:04:23Conger crew away!
1:04:43 > 1:04:45Crayfish crew away.
1:04:56 > 1:04:58Cuttlefish crew away.
1:05:06 > 1:05:07Coalfish crew away.
1:05:10 > 1:05:13- Goodbye, Jeffrey. Very best of luck. - Thanks, Allen.
1:07:47 > 1:07:49Swim to another canoe!
1:08:14 > 1:08:18- Ee'll have to let you go here.- Sorry we've made a mess of it, sir.
1:08:18 > 1:08:21- God bless you. - Good luck, sir!- Good luck.
1:09:26 > 1:09:28- How's it going?- Fine, thanks, sir.
1:09:31 > 1:09:33- Craig?- We're all right, sir.
1:09:38 > 1:09:41- Cooney?- It's OK, sir. - Todd?- All right, sir.- Good.
1:09:42 > 1:09:46I'll take the first watch. The rest of you try and get some sleep.
1:10:01 > 1:10:02Aufstehen, Schweinhunde!
1:10:05 > 1:10:07Woher kommt ihr?
1:10:09 > 1:10:13Herein, Englander.
1:10:20 > 1:10:21Who are you?
1:10:22 > 1:10:24I ask you again, who are you?
1:10:26 > 1:10:27How many were you?
1:10:29 > 1:10:32I should like to remind you, you can be treated as saboteurs
1:10:32 > 1:10:35and, as such, executed in front of a firing squad.
1:10:36 > 1:10:39Now, do you still refuse to answer my questions?
1:10:41 > 1:10:43But I was forgetting, it isn't done, is it,
1:10:43 > 1:10:47for an Englishman to split in front of his friends?
1:10:47 > 1:10:48I have here a questionnaire.
1:10:48 > 1:10:51You will each be conducted to a separate room,
1:10:51 > 1:10:54where, in complete privacy, you can fill in these forms.
1:10:54 > 1:10:58I give you my word, no man shall know what the other man has written.
1:10:58 > 1:11:00That's fair play, is it not?
1:11:00 > 1:11:03In return for this co-operation, I shall give instructions
1:11:03 > 1:11:07that you are to be treated as bona fide prisoners of war.
1:11:07 > 1:11:10Take your time. There's no hurry.
1:11:10 > 1:11:12We are winning the war.
1:11:13 > 1:11:15Take them out.
1:12:18 > 1:12:20DOG BARKS
1:12:28 > 1:12:32- I'm going over there. Cover me, just in case.- OK.
1:12:54 > 1:12:58Je suis un officier anglais. Nous sommes les amis de la France.
1:12:58 > 1:13:00On vous demand de ne pas nous trahir.
1:13:00 > 1:13:03Promettez-nous de ne pas nous trahir.
1:13:03 > 1:13:06Je te dis que je ne crois pas. C'est encore des Allemands.
1:13:06 > 1:13:10- I wonder what he's saying.- He's telling them not to give us away.
1:13:10 > 1:13:13Anglais ou allemand, on a tort, de toute facon.
1:13:13 > 1:13:16On fera de son mieux, mais on ne peut rien promettre.
1:13:16 > 1:13:18Viens.
1:13:28 > 1:13:30All right.
1:13:30 > 1:13:31They'll be all right.
1:13:36 > 1:13:37Keep your fingers crossed.
1:13:37 > 1:13:40MORSE CODE
1:13:41 > 1:13:43- Here are the questionnaires, sir.- Ah!
1:13:47 > 1:13:48Fools!
1:13:51 > 1:13:54- OK. Craig?- All right, sir.
1:13:54 > 1:13:56- Ruddock, Cooney? - Right, sir.- OK, sir.- Let's go.
1:14:15 > 1:14:19When the tide went out, someone forgot to put the plug in!
1:14:45 > 1:14:49- I'll go through first. Craig, you bring up the rear.- Right, sir.
1:14:49 > 1:14:50Single paddle.
1:15:16 > 1:15:19Away you go.
1:15:24 > 1:15:26Come on, come on.
1:15:48 > 1:15:50Halt! Halt!
1:15:50 > 1:15:52Halt!
1:15:52 > 1:15:54SIREN WAILS
1:15:54 > 1:15:56Halt!
1:16:21 > 1:16:23Here's a present for you!
1:16:23 > 1:16:26Achtung! Explosiv!
1:16:28 > 1:16:30Let's go.
1:17:06 > 1:17:08I'm glad we're in the balcony.
1:17:49 > 1:17:52Now you know why they called you Waterbabies!
1:19:33 > 1:19:35Down, sir!
1:19:50 > 1:19:52Do you think he's looking for us, sir?
1:19:52 > 1:19:54Yes, they're looking for us, all right.
1:20:00 > 1:20:04Cooney and Todd, you go first. We'll follow at five-minute intervals.
1:20:04 > 1:20:07I'll come along last in case of complications. See you soon.
1:20:07 > 1:20:08Right, sir.
1:20:41 > 1:20:43Halt! >
1:20:45 > 1:20:48If they get the others, the whole thing goes up the spout.
1:20:48 > 1:20:51- Start your Little Nell and we'll make a dash for it.- OK.
1:21:02 > 1:21:04Halt!
1:21:12 > 1:21:14Come on!
1:21:16 > 1:21:18Yes, sir, at once.
1:21:18 > 1:21:19Mueller, Hoffmann!
1:21:20 > 1:21:24I want the search intensified at once. Saturate the area!
1:21:24 > 1:21:27They must be after those ships lying in the inner basin,
1:21:27 > 1:21:30the ones carrying the secret radar equipment.
1:21:30 > 1:21:32We must stop them at all costs!
1:21:45 > 1:21:47SHIP'S HOOTER BLARES
1:22:27 > 1:22:30Hallo da!
1:22:35 > 1:22:38Hallo da!
1:22:39 > 1:22:42- Hast du was Verdaechtiges gesehen? - Nein! Nein.
1:22:42 > 1:22:45- Schau dich gut um!- Ja, ja...
1:22:50 > 1:22:51Drop dead, Adolf.
1:22:53 > 1:22:55All clear. Come on. Over here, come on.
1:22:59 > 1:23:02Hurry up. This is where you change into your frogman suits.
1:23:14 > 1:23:16Fuse your limpets.
1:23:25 > 1:23:27Start your fuses.
1:23:34 > 1:23:36They should go off at 7am.
1:24:00 > 1:24:03- Sir?- Yes?- Urgent message from area Kommandant.
1:24:03 > 1:24:06"British frogmen must be taken alive."
1:24:06 > 1:24:08SHIP'S HOOTER BLARES
1:26:23 > 1:26:25SIRENS WAIL
1:26:37 > 1:26:39Gewehre vom Patrouillenboot ausnutzen!
1:27:32 > 1:27:36Look. There's a juicy, fat cargo boat.
1:27:36 > 1:27:39- We'll follow that through the lock into the basin.- Right.
1:28:07 > 1:28:09Achtung!
1:28:31 > 1:28:32Halt! Halt!
1:28:32 > 1:28:34GUNFIRE
1:29:46 > 1:29:48Captain Thompson, I have warned you.
1:29:48 > 1:29:51If you do not tell me the facts of what you and your men were doing,
1:29:51 > 1:29:54you will be shot with the others at 7am.
1:29:54 > 1:29:58But if you give me a complete statement, your lives will be spared.
1:30:29 > 1:30:31Halt!
1:30:35 > 1:30:36Halt! Halt!
1:31:14 > 1:31:16Good luck!
1:31:16 > 1:31:18Bon voyage, mes amis!
1:31:23 > 1:31:27Captain Thompson, I am sorry you will not co-operate.
1:31:27 > 1:31:29Do you wish to change your mind?
1:31:39 > 1:31:41Firing squad, present!
1:31:45 > 1:31:47Keep the line straight, boys.
1:31:47 > 1:31:49Aim!
1:31:49 > 1:31:51Fire!
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