0:01:29 > 0:01:31LIVELY TUNE PLAYS
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Could I speak to Mrs Friese-Greene, please?- Was it about a room?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03No. If she's not too busy, I'd like to see her.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- I'll find out. What name is it? - I'm her husband.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Oh, well, I'm sure she'll...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I'll go and see.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Would you wait there, please? - Thank you.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34CLOCK CHIMES GENTLY
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Hello, Willie.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Hello, Edith.
0:02:42 > 0:02:48- Are you feeling better? - I hope you don't mind my coming to see you here.- Of course not.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50You see, there's a reason.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Let's sit down.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- The children were asking after you, Willie.- Were they? Bless them.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- How's Vincent's cold? - It's better now.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06I must send him something. There's a nice letter from Claude.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- He is doing well, isn't he?- Yes. Are you sure you're well enough to be out?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13You know what the doctor said.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17I'm perfectly all right. I've never felt better.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Edith, I've got some news for you.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23News?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Colour. There's no doubt about it this time. I've got it at last.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33- The colours are better than I ever got them before.- That's wonderful.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35It's true, Edith. You'll see.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I'm glad you're happy about it.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I knew you would be. That's why I came.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I wanted you to be the first to hear it.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52You know what it'll mean, my dear, don't you? We can be together again, a home of our own.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Willie...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57It wouldn't work.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01We shall have all the money we need this time. This is the real thing.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It's practically perfect. There's a fortune in this.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Neither of us will ever have to work again. We shall be the idle rich.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11SHE LAUGHS
0:04:11 > 0:04:13You idle, Willie?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17You're very beautiful, my dear.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26Sorry to interrupt you, Edith. Would you check the luncheon menu? Chef's waiting.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Yes.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Sorry, Willie.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33That's all right, my dear.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I've got rather a lot to do today myself.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40There's a big film industry meeting on this afternoon. I must be there.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- Oughtn't you to rest instead of...? - No, this is something I must go to.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50The film industry has grown so quickly. The people in it just don't realise how important it is.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53If they're not careful, they're going to spoil it all.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Yes, of course.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Well, goodbye, Willie.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Goodbye.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Give my love to the children.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Yes, I will.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- Good morning. Thank you very much. - Not at all.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31What a charming man!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I know.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- You're still very fond of him, aren't you?- Yes.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Why don't you go back to him?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Things are better left as they are.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46And I should mind my own business.
0:05:46 > 0:05:52There's nothing secret. Willie's not the sort of person who should have other people to worry about.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54He must have been very handsome.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Yes, he was.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Successful.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06At the time when I met him, I was working in a glove shop for 15 shillings a week.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I wanted security.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29CHEERING
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Come on, there's something I want to show you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Look, this is it.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08Come and see the thrill of the century - pictures that move. Come and have the thrill of a lifetime.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Admission - one penny. One copper coin.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15A train entering a station so real that it'll terrify you!
0:07:15 > 0:07:17BACKGROUND PIANO MUSIC
0:07:46 > 0:07:49SCREAMS
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- It's wonderful.- Did your Mr Friese-Greene really invent it? - Yeah, of course he did.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06- Lots of other things too. You'd be amazed at all the patents he's got. He's a grand chap.- Is he married?
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- He was. She died two years ago. - It must be very exciting to work for someone like that.- It is.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17- Would you like to see the laboratory? I've got a key.- It's too late.- No, it isn't. Come on, we'll get a bus.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- Are you sure it's all right? - Yes, of course it is. Only, don't talk too loud. This way.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38We have electric light in the lab. We need the current for our experiments.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Mind the steps. I'll put on the light.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Turn that light out!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Oh...
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Turn it on again.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Hello, Jack.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08I'm terribly sorry, sir. I had no idea you were still here.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- I just wanted to show someone the laboratory.- Oh, that's all right.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Someone?
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Oh, I beg your pardon, sir. My fiancee Miss Jones and Miss Harrison.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- How do you do?- How do you do? - How do you do? Please come in.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30- We're very sorry to intrude upon you like this. - We thought you'd be in bed.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Oh! No, no, you're not intruding. I'm very glad of an excuse to stop.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40- Besides, this is Jack's laboratory just as much as it is mine, isn't it?- Oh...- Yes, of course it is.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- We work together very closely. - What were you doing in the dark?
0:09:44 > 0:09:50- We're trying to design something to produce X-rays that doctors can use.- X-rays?
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Hmm. Tell them about it, Jack. He's so much better at explaining things than I am.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- Well, sir...- And the press. Don't forget the press. Show them everything.- Yes, sir.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Well, er... There's the press.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Well, that's it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- What does it do? - It prints without using ink.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Oh.- Electrochemically.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14What's this box?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19- Don't touch that, please! - No, you mustn't touch that. May, come and look at the X-rays.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I'm sorry, I'm sure!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28What is this?
0:10:28 > 0:10:34A souvenir. It doesn't look much, but I wouldn't part with this for anything in the world.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- It's my first moving picture camera. - You've done so many things.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43- When I was making this, I was single-minded. It was the only thing that mattered.- Isn't it any more?
0:10:43 > 0:10:48I wanted to capture movement because movement is part of the beauty of things.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Didn't it come right? - Yes, it came all right in a way.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54But you see, I lost someone.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56And I suppose I lost interest.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00In the beauty of things?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Possibly.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05No, it wasn't that. Of course it wasn't that.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I think that's something no-one quite loses.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Don't you?
0:11:13 > 0:11:18'The following day, he came into the shop where I worked to buy some gloves.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20'And he came in the day after that,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23'and yet again two days later.'
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Three pairs in four days. He's fond of gloves, isn't he, dear?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29INAUDIBLE
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- A glass of port?- No, thank you.
0:11:52 > 0:11:58- That was a lovely dinner. - Good. Will you dine with me again? - Yes, Mr Friese-Greene, I'd like to.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04- People call me Willie. Funny sound, isn't it?- Mr William Friese-Greene is very imposing.- That was the idea.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09When I was a photographer, you had to impress the sitters. Willie Green wasn't enough.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14I tacked my wife's name on to it and I put an E on to the Green just to make it balanced.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Do you know, when you came into the laboratory the other night,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I had the most discourteous idea about you.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26I can imagine. We interrupted your work.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Oh, no, not that. I thought you were lonely.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32That isn't discourteous.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Of someone young and attractive? Of course it is.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It was clever of you to see it.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42That must be because you know about loneliness yourself.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Yes, that must be it.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- Your bill, sir.- Thank you.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52'Three months later, we were married
0:12:52 > 0:12:55'and at first, everything was perfect.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00'You couldn't have found a happier married couple anywhere in the world.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04'Willie's inventions brought in money and everything seemed secure.'
0:13:04 > 0:13:06ENGINE BACKFIRES
0:13:06 > 0:13:12'We bought a new house at Dovercourt and it was there that Claude, our first son, was born.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20'Soon after, Willie began working on colour film. He spent all his time on those colour experiments.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23'They became an obsession with him.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29'Everything we had went into those experiments and a great deal we didn't have.
0:13:29 > 0:13:36'As the family increased, we began to have money troubles, but Willie was single-minded.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38'He had this mission in life.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43'He lived in a world of lenses and arc lights and filters.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47'And those, I found out, are very expensive things.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51'We went bankrupt twice and had to take a smaller house in Brighton,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55'but it was the same story there - debts all the time.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58'We seemed to owe money to everyone,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01'but Willie's colour experiments still went on.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05'Not that I really minded. You see, we loved one another.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12'I believed in what he was trying to do. In fact, I think I would have gone on with Willie for ever.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15'Only, one day... It was soon after King Edward died.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18'One day, something happened.'
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Tea, Willie!
0:14:20 > 0:14:25- Shall I turn on the other lights? - No, thank you, Kenneth. We can manage with these.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- Hello, boys. - ALL: Good afternoon, Father.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- God bless this food which now we take and make us good for Jesus' sake.- Amen.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Ah! Maurice...
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Amen. - ALL: Amen.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41There you are, Maurice, all alive and kicking.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46- Ants' eggs, fit as fleas now. - Put them on the floor until you've had your tea.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Mother, our christening mugs have gone again.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- Yes, Kenneth.- Have we lent them to Father's friend again?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Have we, dear?
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Hmm? Oh, yes. An uncle of mine is very kindly looking after them for us.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Oh, I nearly forgot. Look, what do you think of this?
0:15:07 > 0:15:13- What about that?- I say!- Look at that sage green. That's a difficult colour to get.- This one's pink.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Let me see. So it is.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Mine's a beauty. Lovely.- It's those new filters. I must buy some more.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- Now get on with your tea, boys. - Yes, come along. Give them back.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29- Mother?- Father, when can we have the money for our new railway season tickets? You said to remind you.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34- So I did. Let me think. - When do they run out, Claude? - They ran out two weeks ago.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- How have you been going?- At this end, they never look at our tickets.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- At the other end, we get out before the train gets into the station. - While the train's moving?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46It's quite safe, dear. I had a good look myself.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50The train slows down almost to a standstill on the bend.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- There's practically no risk at all. I did it myself.- You did what?
0:15:55 > 0:16:00- I don't see why we need tickets at all.- No, that would be cheating the railway company.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05As soon as I get a cheque, the tickets will be renewed and backdated. Yes.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Where's Graham?- He's not in yet. Now, Willie!
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Perhaps the ticket collector's caught him.- Quiet, Kenneth!
0:16:11 > 0:16:18- Until they get their new tickets, I think they ought to walk to school.- Do you? Perhaps.- Oh, Father!
0:16:18 > 0:16:23- BELL RINGS - That's Graham now. Kenneth, open the door. He's very late. Very late.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27I must talk to that young man. Is that you, Graham?
0:16:27 > 0:16:32Hello. You're late. I say, what's up? What's the matter? Good Lord, look at your face!
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Look at your clothes!
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Graham, what's happened?
0:16:36 > 0:16:40No, dear, let me. Go back to your tea, Kenneth.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Go back to your tea, boys.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Was it a fight?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Yes, Father.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Did you win?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22No, Father.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I expect you will next time.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Now, what about coming downstairs and having some tea?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I'm not very hungry...
0:17:31 > 0:17:33thank you, Father.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41What was it all about?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46HE STARTS SOBBING
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Graham...
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Well, well, there now...
0:17:55 > 0:17:58They have knocked you about!
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Here...
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Come over here and sit down. You're tired out.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09It's not as bad as all that, is it?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Tell me all about it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18He... He said you were a liar and a thief.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Oh, did he?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Yes.- Did he give any reason?
0:18:24 > 0:18:31Yesterday, we were talking about moving pictures and I said you invented them.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Yes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39Well, this morning, he said he looked it up at home in an encyclopedia.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43It said that Edison invented them.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46You weren't mentioned at all.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49And then he said that...
0:18:49 > 0:18:53his father said that you owed everybody money and never paid.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57And that made you a thief as well.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Oh.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03You did invent the moving pictures, didn't you, Father?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Yes, I think I did.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10I wasn't the only one, but I think I was the first.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Mine was the first patent, anyway.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16There was a Frenchman called Le Prince a year or so before me
0:19:16 > 0:19:20who produced a camera working on a different principle to mine,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24but it's not like the one they use today and the one I invented is.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28And in that sense, I was the first.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30But the encyclopedia...
0:19:31 > 0:19:34He said it didn't even mention your name.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Well...
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Perhaps it isn't a very good encyclopedia.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44That's what I said.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51We do owe people money. Don't we, Father?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Yes.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I'm afraid we do.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01But owing money isn't the same as being a thief.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Is it?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10No. Not really.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Well...
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Your face needs washing again, old chap.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21You'd better tidy up a bit and come down and have your tea.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Ask Mother if there's a piece of cake.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27All right, Father.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Father...- Yes?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38He was much bigger than I am
0:20:38 > 0:20:40or I would have beaten him.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I know you would. Thank you, Graham.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Did you hear?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Yes, darling.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00But you mustn't take any notice.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I think I'll go for a walk.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07LAUGHTER Oh, give me that back, Claude!
0:21:07 > 0:21:09No, I'm keeping it.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18They could have mentioned my name, couldn't they? They could just have mentioned my name.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20It wouldn't have hurt anybody.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40'That night, I realised something that perhaps I had known for quite a long time,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43'that although Willie might work as usual
0:21:43 > 0:21:48'and make plans for the day when everything was going to be successful,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50'that day was never going to come.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54'We weren't going to be successful. We weren't going to be rich.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57'As a family, we'd be lucky if we survived.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03'It wasn't until 1915 that the inevitable happened.'
0:22:03 > 0:22:06WHISTLING: "It's A Long Way To Tipperary"
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- Mr Friese-Greene?- I'm Mrs Friese-Greene. Can I help you?
0:22:12 > 0:22:18- I'm the broker's man. The landlord wants the rent.- Today my husband's in London, but he'll be back later.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- You're new, aren't you? - Yes, just helping out.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26Your regular man's got the Spanish influenza. Very nasty thing, I'm told.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30I like to save all the fuss I can. Makes things pleasanter all round.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35You know the legal position. The landlord can seize goods to the value of the rent owing.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41The law protects you too. Certain goods can't be seized - wearing apparel, bedding, ordinary fixtures.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46If you had any crops growing in the garden ripe for picking, they wouldn't count.
0:22:46 > 0:22:53What a nice, big sunny room this is! Property belonging to the ambassador of a foreign power is exempt.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55We'll put it to the vote. Those in favour?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Against? Carried unanimously. We'll do it right away.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Not you, Maurice. You're not old enough.- I want to.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- So do I.- You can't. You two stop here and look after Mother.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Let's take a peep upstairs, shall we? Pure formality, of course.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- These are three of my sons. - Really? Well behaved, I hope, ma'am. No practical jokes or funny business.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21- No, there's no need to worry. - I'm glad of that. I've had some unpleasant experiences in my time.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Age?- 17.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- I didn't get it, son.- 18.- 18.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- And you?- 18.- 18.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47- And you're 18?- Yes, sir. - All right, left turn. Next!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Age?
0:23:50 > 0:23:56- That's your lot.- Don't we get uniforms?- All in good time. Report at the barracks tomorrow at 10.30.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Bring your shaving kit, soap, spare socks. Call me Sergeant. Got it?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Yes, Sergeant. - Yes, Sergeant.
0:24:02 > 0:24:0616, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
0:24:06 > 0:24:1222 pounds and I have to give you five shillings for your fee. That's right, isn't it?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- You know your way about. There's your receipt.- Thank you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21- I thank you for your courtesy. Good afternoon to you, sir.- Goodbye. - Good day, sir. Good day, ma'am.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I won't say "au revoir".
0:24:27 > 0:24:29HE CHUCKLES
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Two pounds and eight shillings.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36That's all that's left. You'd better keep it, dear.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Willie, where did you get this money?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You didn't borrow again?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44My dear, I know nobody will lend me money any more.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- Willie, please tell me.- I sold something. It's not important.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What did you sell?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53All right...
0:24:54 > 0:24:57It was the old camera.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Oh, Willie!
0:25:02 > 0:25:07It's done now. Anyhow, all my stuff's colour nowadays. I'm finished with black and white.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11There, two pounds and eight shillings. There you are, my dear.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- Call me Sergeant! Got it?- Those boys are always playing soldiers!
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Left, right, left, right, left, right, halt!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Left turn!
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Not now, boys.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Squad, present boots!
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Oh, no.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Claude!
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Oh, no!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Oh, no!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51BRASS BAND PLAYS
0:25:54 > 0:25:57MUSIC: "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit-Bag"
0:27:06 > 0:27:09They'll send them back, won't they?
0:27:09 > 0:27:13They must send them back when they know they're under age.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19I must find their birth certificates. They're up here somewhere.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24They had to grow up some time, dearest.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27It's what they wanted to do.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It's not true.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Darling...- It's not true.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38I made Kenneth tell me, but I knew it already.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43They went because they didn't want to be a burden to us any longer,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- so that we wouldn't have to feed and clothe them.- Oh, Edith!
0:27:47 > 0:27:52It's the truth, Willie! And you'd have known it was the truth if you weren't so blind.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54But you don't see other people.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57You see colours, filters, little bits of machinery.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59And that's the world for you.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03What happens outside it is nothing.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09Children who ask to be clothed and fed, greengrocers, landlords who want their money...
0:28:09 > 0:28:12They're all the same to you. They're all creditors.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17And all that matters is to keep them quiet, so that you can go on with your work.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19That's not fair, Edith!
0:28:19 > 0:28:22I don't care whether it's fair or not, Willie!
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I've done with being fair.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- I've done! - SHE SOBS
0:28:36 > 0:28:42Soon after that, I got a job and I took a place for the children and myself.
0:28:42 > 0:28:48I knew that I had to leave him because he couldn't take the responsibility of us any longer.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Won't you ever go back to him?
0:28:52 > 0:28:56- You see, I know the truth about Willie and me now.- The truth?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Look at the paper. There on the City page.
0:28:58 > 0:29:04This big film meeting that he talked about. You heard what he said - he has to be there.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08He doesn't have to be there. It doesn't matter if he's there or not.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Nobody knows him any more.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12At least, nobody that matters.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Nobody cares for his opinion.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19What Willie Greene thinks hasn't mattered for years.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21But he doesn't know that.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24He thinks he still belongs.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31I think the truth is that when I first met him, his real life was already over.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I never knew the real Willie.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39He was before my time.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44I, um... I wish to impress upon you strongly
0:29:44 > 0:29:49that there has been no behind-the-scenes attempt
0:29:49 > 0:29:53to prejudice the results of our deliberations here today.
0:29:53 > 0:30:00Now, the, um...the reason that we're met here today is so that the, uh...the cinema owners
0:30:00 > 0:30:05and the people who rent and produce films can work out and agree a common policy
0:30:05 > 0:30:07for the film industry as a whole.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12Lord Beaverbrook, we're in the hands of foreigners. British screens must be used for British films.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18Mr Chairman, nobody is more patriotic than I am, but our cinemas can't run without foreign films.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20SHOUTING Sit down!
0:30:20 > 0:30:26Mr Chairman, we're in this business to make money, not lose it. And don't you forget it!
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It's going to end in a riot. You'll see.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Order!
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Gentlemen, I propose that we forget the past.
0:30:34 > 0:30:40If we forget the past, we shall perhaps be able to persuade some of these angry gentlemen
0:30:40 > 0:30:43that the committee is not a bunch of crooks...
0:30:43 > 0:30:45'Forget the past. Forget the past.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50'Forget the past. Forget the past. Forget the past.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53'Forget the past. Forget the past.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57'Forget the past. Forget the past. Forget the past.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00'Forget the past. Forget the past.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05'Forget the past. Forget the past. Forget the past. Forget the past...'
0:31:05 > 0:31:07One, two.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Three, four.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Good.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Six.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Perfectly...still...please.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Ten, eleven.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Twelve, thirteen.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Fourteen, fifteen.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Sixteen. Steady.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Eighteen, nineteen.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Twenty. Steady.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Twenty-two. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- KNOCK AT DOOR Hurry up, hurry up! - Just a moment, sir.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Now, is it finished?- I've only just put it in.- All right, all right.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Hmm. Uh-huh.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Yes, I'm a good photographer, the best in Bristol.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10They all look terribly stiff, though, don't they, sir?
0:32:10 > 0:32:16In Germany, they're working on a photographic plate with an exposure of less than one second.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- One second! What would Fox Talbot say to that?- Fox Talbot!
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Why not send for some of this stuff, Mr Guttenberg, and see if it works?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27If it does, people wouldn't have to keep so still. They could move.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31If they move, they blur. What is this nonsense that you speak?
0:32:31 > 0:32:37- I didn't mean...- Don't waste my time. There's the broom. Sweep up the darkroom floor.- Yes, Mr Guttenberg.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41RINGS
0:32:43 > 0:32:48- Good morning, my lady.- Mr Guttenberg, did you take that photograph?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- My lady?- Look at it, man, look at it!
0:32:50 > 0:32:53This is your own work. Now then...
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- No, no, no, my lady.- What's that? - That is not my work, my lady.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02What nonsense! My daughter told me distinctly. This is her friend, Miss Helena Friese.
0:33:02 > 0:33:08This is where the photograph was taken. It's excellent and I want my daughter photographed the same way.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13My lady, I will take the photograph of your daughter, but this is not by me. I would have my name on it.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- Miss Friese told my daughter. - The composition is not such as I use.
0:33:17 > 0:33:23Miss Friese told my daughter that she came here. I am not accustomed to having my word questioned.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I assure you, my lady...
0:33:30 > 0:33:34Mr Guttenberg, what is this nonsense? Look!
0:33:34 > 0:33:36That is the very background.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Ah, yes...
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I think I understand.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Willie!
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Willie!
0:33:53 > 0:33:54Willie!
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Yes, Mr Guttenberg?
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- You permit, my lady? - What is the matter with you?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04You took this?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Yes, Mr Guttenberg, I think I did.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13I see. My lady, I apologise. This photograph was taken in my studios.
0:34:13 > 0:34:19- That's what I said.- Sometimes my assistant takes unimportant sitters, children, domestic servants.
0:34:19 > 0:34:25Miss Friese is neither a child nor a domestic servant. She is a friend of my daughter's from Switzerland.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- My lady, I did not mean...- I'm not interested in what you meant.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34If this young man took this portrait, then he shall photograph my daughter.
0:34:34 > 0:34:40She will be here for a sitting on Tuesday at three o'clock. Kindly see that everything is ready for her.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- Allow me.- Thank you.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51If you make a good likeness, young man, I shall require you to photograph me.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Good morning.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Come here!
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Well?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- Well, Mr Guttenberg...- Silence! - Yes, Mr Guttenberg.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22This young Swiss lady, she's a friend of yours, eh?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Yes.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27That's very nice.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30She is pretty, you think?
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Oh, yes, she is. But she's very delicate. She's been ill a lot.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Her mother died and she's living over here with relatives now.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41You hope perhaps some day to marry her?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Well...
0:35:45 > 0:35:50If you do not wish to beg your bread in the gutter, you will obey me when I speak!
0:35:50 > 0:35:55You'll take no more photos in these studios that I do not order you to take!
0:35:55 > 0:36:00I am the photographer here and if you will not obey me, you will go.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03You understand? Speak!
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Yes, Mr Guttenberg.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Helena!
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Willie!
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Hello.- Hello.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24- Mrs Joster says you're better today.- Oh, yes. I'll soon be very strong.- Good.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- What have you got there?- You look absolutely perfect like that.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32I'd like to photograph you just as you are now on this wicker couch.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37- Oh, Willie, you can't take the couch to the studio.- No, I can't take you any more either.
0:36:37 > 0:36:43- Lady Pond came to see Mr Guttenberg and showed him that photograph I took of you.- Willie, I am sorry.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Was he very angry?
0:36:45 > 0:36:51He was a bit upset. Do you know, Helena, sometimes I almost think he must be jealous.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Why do you smile?
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Oh, Willie, it's so like you. It's obvious to everyone.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- What do you mean? - That you are a better photographer than Mr Guttenberg and he knows it.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Do you really think that?
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Oh, this is for you.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20- Thank you, Willie. And the other one? - That's just a German book on lenses.
0:37:20 > 0:37:26- I wondered if you'd translate some of it for me?- Of course, but I have something for you too.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Thank you very...- Look.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31"The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine."
0:37:31 > 0:37:34That must be very interesting. Thank you.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Oh, no, not to read. Look, someone has made little drawings in it.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Look.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43By Jove!
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Do that again.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- Isn't that wonderful? - I thought it might interest you. - This is much more than interesting.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58This demonstrates the most amazing principle - persistence of vision.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Is it new?- No, it's as old as the hills. The Romans knew about this.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05When you see those pictures apparently moving,
0:38:05 > 0:38:10the nerves at the back of the eye, the retina, are flashing each picture into the brain.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15But the brain retains each picture a fraction of a second after it's flicked past the eye,
0:38:15 > 0:38:20so if you remove one picture, the brain still has an image of it a fraction of a second later.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26- If you replace it with a slightly different picture, it will seem like the same one moving. Simple?- Yes.
0:38:26 > 0:38:32If it's ever possible to make a camera to photograph movement, this is the principle that will be used.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Willie...- Hmm?
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Why do you work for Mr Guttenberg?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Why?
0:38:40 > 0:38:41Yes. Why?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44You are an experimenter.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- Somebody who tries out new things. - I've got to earn a living.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53- Then why don't you open a studio yourself?- Oh... - No, Willie, I'm serious.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58- And annoy old Guttenberg? That'd be wonderful.- Why not? - Money. I haven't got a farthing.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- There's the money your grandfather left.- I don't think that'd be enough. - Are you sure?- I don't...
0:39:03 > 0:39:06I don't know. I must think about that.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10You are a wonderful photographer. All you need is a little courage.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12You'd give me that, wouldn't you?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Do you know, I believe you're right!
0:39:16 > 0:39:19But I shall have to choose the right moment.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Moments of importance choose themselves.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26The sun's just touching your hair.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28It's perfect.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- I don't want my picture taken!- Come along, Victoria. Do be a good girl.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- Turn round, dear. - I don't want my photograph taken!
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Oh, now, come along, Victoria.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45- Do turn round. - But she'll be so disappointed. She wants to see the dickybird.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Yes, show her the dickybird.
0:39:48 > 0:39:54That's the idea. Now, you hold her there gently but firmly. A little lower. That's the idea.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Now, quite comfy. Now, Nanny, are you comfy too?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01There now, Nanny look at Victoria. Harry, look at me.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Now, where's the dickybird? Oh, he's fine. He's all ready to pop out.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09He's very quick, so you must watch very carefully.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- Now then, quite happy, quite still...?- One moment.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Now.- I said, "One moment!"
0:40:15 > 0:40:19The girl holds her rag. We cannot have that rubbish in the picture.
0:40:19 > 0:40:25- Most of it is not in the picture. I can paint it out.- What is this nonsense?- She won't pose without it.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29With children, one has to be firm. Gentle, but firm. See!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Oh, no, please, Mr Gutten...
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Now, little girl, give that to me.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- Give that to me.- No, don't!
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- SHE CRIES - You beast!
0:40:43 > 0:40:44Aagh!
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Oh!
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Oh, Harry, you come here! You are a bad boy!
0:40:49 > 0:40:51SHOUTING AND CRYING
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Victoria, let go! Harry, how dare you!
0:40:53 > 0:40:58I don't know what's come over them. They're so good as a rule. Behave yourself, Harry.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Victoria, do stop crying. It's all right.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04HARRY SCREAMS I think I'll have to take them home.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08- Now come along.- But the photograph... The photograph.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10SCREAMING AND CRYING CONTINUES
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Such children...
0:41:16 > 0:41:18..should be beaten soundly
0:41:18 > 0:41:21for wasting the time!
0:41:28 > 0:41:31You are a clumsy fool now, aren't you?
0:41:31 > 0:41:35You're stupid too. You're always talking about your experience,
0:41:35 > 0:41:40but you haven't even realised yet that some people don't like being photographed.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45- I will not be spoken to like this. I am the photographer here.- No, you're a clumsy fool, Mr Guttenberg.
0:41:45 > 0:41:51- And you're no photographer.- How dare you speak to me like this! You are finished.- I'm telling you the truth.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54You're finished, finished!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57You're wrong, Mr Guttenberg. I'm only just beginning.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59BELLS RING
0:42:32 > 0:42:38Your wife has a list of the things she needs. If the child is to be born here, call the midwife for tomorrow.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43- Tell me this evening what you've decided, so I may make the necessary arrangements.- I will, Doctor.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- Look after yourself too. Are there no relations or friends who might help? - No, not here.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Let me know what you've decided. - Of course. Thank you, Doctor.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Goodbye.- Goodbye.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Oh, it's cold enough to snow!
0:43:12 > 0:43:16- Not a very cheerful man, the doctor.- No.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21When the shop bell went, I thought it might be a customer.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23There hasn't been a customer for two days.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30I don't mind going into the infirmary.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33- No, no.- But if it's better for the baby?- No.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35I've seen inside that place.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38- Is this the doctor's list?- Yes.
0:43:49 > 0:43:54Darling, I've got to go out now. I shan't be long. Will you be all right?
0:43:54 > 0:43:56- Yes.- Are you sure?
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Yes.
0:43:59 > 0:44:00Goodbye.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47- Good afternoon.- Hello, Mr Friese-Greene.- How's the rheumatism?
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Darling...
0:45:00 > 0:45:02- Helena!- Hmm?
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- Look.- What?
0:45:04 > 0:45:07All the things the doctor ordered.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11But Willie, how?
0:45:11 > 0:45:17I went to see the bank manager. He said I was a steady young fellow and he gave me the key to the safe.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20- Oh, Willie!- I'm going to make you some hot milk right away.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22DOORBELL RINGS
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Good afternoon, madam.
0:45:31 > 0:45:36- Good afternoon. I wish to have a photograph taken.- Certainly, madam.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Let me see. What day would you care to make an appointment?
0:45:39 > 0:45:42- I rather want it done today. - Today?- Yes.
0:45:42 > 0:45:48I must have the finished portraits by tomorrow. I'm leaving for India to join my husband the day after.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51- My sister wants a likeness of me as a keepsake.- I see.
0:45:51 > 0:45:56- If you're not able to do it, I shall go elsewhere. - No, madam, I quite understand.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59Would you kindly step into the studio? Thank you.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03Would you care to sit down and tidy your hair?
0:46:03 > 0:46:05May I take your cape?
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Would you like me to remove my hat?
0:46:09 > 0:46:13I don't think so. No, it makes the most charming frame for the face.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Excuse me one moment, please.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24- Darling, a customer! - Oh, Willie, how wonderful!
0:46:24 > 0:46:28- But I've got no plates.- What do you mean?- Nothing. Don't worry.
0:47:12 > 0:47:18- Thank you, Mr Friese-Greene. I can collect those photographs tomorrow morning?- Certainly.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22- I wonder if I might have your name and address just for the books? - Of course.
0:47:22 > 0:47:26- Mrs Stukely.- Mrs Stukely...- Yes.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28The Copse.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31- The Copse.- Wells Road.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33Wells Road?
0:47:33 > 0:47:39- And I see that it's usual to leave a deposit.- Just a professional custom. A guinea or something like that.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43- A guinea?- I never charge for the sitting, of course.- No, of course.
0:47:43 > 0:47:49- Well, then...- Thank you very much, Mrs Stukely.- First thing tomorrow morning?- Yes. Good afternoon, madam.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51Good afternoon.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13KNOCK AT DOOR
0:48:13 > 0:48:17- Hello. I was just closing up.- Those plates, I want to redeem one box.
0:48:17 > 0:48:23- But you've only just put them in. - I've just had a customer. She paid. I've got enough for one box.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26I can't split up the pledge like that. It means altering my book.
0:48:26 > 0:48:31I thought those were all the plates you had. How did you do the job?
0:48:31 > 0:48:36I just pretended to do it. When she comes back, I'll tell the lady I had an accident.
0:48:36 > 0:48:42Then I'll take her properly. She'll get her photographs if you'll let me have one box. Please, just one box.
0:48:42 > 0:48:48If you were half as good at getting customers as you are at getting round me, you wouldn't be in here at all.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51- All right, give us the ticket. - Thank you.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08It's all right, darling. I've got the plates back! Darling...
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Quick, get the doctor.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Anything I can do? No.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22HORSE NEIGHS
0:50:13 > 0:50:15BABY CRIES
0:50:16 > 0:50:18CRYING CONTINUES
0:50:31 > 0:50:34- Well, Mr Friese-Greene, you're a father.- I know.
0:50:34 > 0:50:40- Is Helena all right?- She's had a bad time. You'll have to look after her. It's a girl.- That's wonderful.
0:50:40 > 0:50:46Some people always seem to want the first one to be a boy, but I always say that girls bring good fortune.
0:50:46 > 0:50:52- Congratulations, Mr Friese-Greene. - Thank you, Doctor, very much.- I hope I'm right about the good fortune.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56DOORBELL RINGS
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Doctor, I think you are!
0:51:01 > 0:51:07- Good morning.- Mr Friese-Greene, I want my family photographed. - Certainly, sir. All together?
0:51:07 > 0:51:12- All together and separately. Eight photographs in all.- We've decided to start a family Bible.
0:51:12 > 0:51:18- Splendid. I know exactly how you feel, sir. I'm a family man myself. Will you step this way?- Come on.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Hold it.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24Quite still, all of you.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55You have a very charming daughter, Mr Friese-Greene.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57And I have a very clever husband.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13# He's gone away! Oh, where is he? He's gone away! Oh, where is he?
0:52:13 > 0:52:15# He's gone away! Oh, where is he?
0:52:15 > 0:52:18# Oh, where is he? Oh, where is he...?
0:52:20 > 0:52:24# No sign of him, no sign of him that I can see
0:52:24 > 0:52:26# Oh, where is he?
0:52:26 > 0:52:30- # Oh, where...- Oh, where... - Oh, where is he...?
0:52:30 > 0:52:32PIANO MUSIC
0:52:32 > 0:52:35# My true love has forsaken me
0:52:35 > 0:52:38# Where can he be? Where can he be?
0:52:38 > 0:52:42# Oh, whe-e-ere can he be?
0:52:44 > 0:52:46# Tell us, tell us
0:52:46 > 0:52:49# Where, oh, where is he?
0:52:49 > 0:52:53# I know not, I know not Do... #
0:52:53 > 0:52:58Early, Mr Friese-Greene. You came in a little too soon.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Only just a little, but it makes all the difference.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05"Brum-da-dum, brum-da-dum, I know not..." Simple?
0:53:05 > 0:53:10Couldn't be simpler. Let's try it again, shall we? Letter... Letter F.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13# Tell us, tell us
0:53:13 > 0:53:17# Where, oh, where is he?
0:53:18 > 0:53:20# I know not, I know not
0:53:20 > 0:53:24# Do not ask of me
0:53:26 > 0:53:30# Sorry words we hear him speaking High and low we have been seeking
0:53:30 > 0:53:34# Sorry words we hear him speaking High and low we have been seeking... #
0:53:34 > 0:53:36THEY SING IN HARMONY
0:53:36 > 0:53:38# High and low
0:53:39 > 0:53:42# High and low
0:53:42 > 0:53:45# Sorry words we hear him speaking... #
0:53:46 > 0:53:51Ladies and gentlemen, I've just received a most important piece of news.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55I have to tell you that for our performance of this great work,
0:53:55 > 0:54:01no less a person than Sir Arthur Sullivan himself has consented to come down to Bath to conduct us.
0:54:05 > 0:54:11Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you're aware of the signal honour that is being conferred upon us.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15We must see that Bath does its best to rise to this momentous occasion.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18As time is very short,
0:54:18 > 0:54:23I suggest that Mrs Claire and Mrs Friese-Greene of the ladies' committee go at once
0:54:23 > 0:54:27into the question of special dresses for this concert.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Is that agreeable?
0:54:29 > 0:54:34The general committee will notify you in due course of the other arrangements.
0:54:34 > 0:54:39Mr Friese-Greene, our only male soloist, watch Sir Arthur's baton...
0:54:39 > 0:54:41LAUGHTER
0:54:41 > 0:54:43That will be all.
0:54:47 > 0:54:53- Well, well, well, Helena! It's up to the pair of us. We shall need your help, Mr Friese-Greene.- Of course.
0:54:53 > 0:54:58- We must talk about it this evening. - You'll have to excuse me. I promised to look in on Rudge.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02- Do you think you and Mrs Claire...? - Willie, not tonight, surely!
0:55:02 > 0:55:08- I did say I'd look in. We've got the new machine assembled.- If I were you, I'd be jealous of Mr Rudge.
0:55:08 > 0:55:13- Oh, I am. But don't be too late. - No, no, I'll be home almost as soon as you are.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15- Goodbye, love. Mrs Claire.- Goodbye.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18- Oh, it's so exciting, isn't it? - It is.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34You're right about that condenser lens, Willie. It does make a difference.
0:55:34 > 0:55:39In fact, I think we might re-design the optical system completely.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42- Isn't that going to be rather expensive?- Yes, I dare say.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44But I think we ought to try it.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50- Glass of port, Willie?- Yes, please.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55By the way, I saw Fox Talbot today. He wants to meet you.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58Fox Talbot?
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Helena!
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Helena!
0:56:07 > 0:56:11- Helena...- Oh, Willie, you just came in at the right time.
0:56:11 > 0:56:16- Mrs Claire must go now and we can't decide on the colour for the sashes. - For the concert.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20- What colour are the dresses?- White. - Darling, should it be red or blue?
0:56:20 > 0:56:23- Or do you think this is rather nice?- Let me see.
0:56:23 > 0:56:29- Well, forgive me. You could hardly do better than that with white, could you?- Wine. Of course!
0:56:29 > 0:56:34Helena, you have a brilliant husband and so artistic too. The wine it shall be.
0:56:34 > 0:56:39- I must get back to Mr Claire. Goodbye, my dear.- Allow me.- Good night. I'll see you tomorrow.- Yes.
0:56:39 > 0:56:45- I'm so glad you're here to guide us. It's a tremendous responsibility on your wife and me.- Yes, indeed.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49- I'll see myself out.- Are you quite sure?- Yes.- Good night, Mrs Claire.
0:56:49 > 0:56:54- Wonderful news.- Isn't it? - No, not the concert. Rudge has some really big news.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58He's going to stay with Fox Talbot and I'm invited over on the 20th.
0:56:58 > 0:57:04Darling, Fox Talbot is the man who actually invented photography. Isn't it wonderful?
0:57:04 > 0:57:06But Willie, the concert is on the 20th.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Oh... Oh, yes.
0:57:09 > 0:57:13That'll be all right. Fox Talbot's place isn't very far out.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17I'll hire a carriage to take me there and bring me back.
0:57:17 > 0:57:22I'll be there in plenty of time for the concert. I'll go straight to the Assembly Rooms.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25I'm actually going to meet Fox Talbot. I can't believe it.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50MURMUR OF CONVERSATION
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Mr Friese-Greene, sir.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54CONVERSATION CONTINUES
0:58:04 > 0:58:06- Yes, indeed.- Ah, Willie!
0:58:06 > 0:58:12- This is Mr Friese-Greene whom I spoke to you about, Fox Talbot.- Oh, yes. How do you do?
0:58:12 > 0:58:16I was just telling Rudge here how interesting I find this Phantoscope.
0:58:16 > 0:58:21He tells me that quite a lot of the work on it was yours. It's very interesting.
0:58:31 > 0:58:35Your problem is that the images, although presented in succession,
0:58:35 > 0:58:39- are not presented separately in succession, so they blur.- Yes.
0:58:39 > 0:58:43That is because the divisions between the pictures pass
0:58:43 > 0:58:46at the same speed as the pictures themselves.
0:58:46 > 0:58:52- You want some sort of intermittent action.- That's what Friese-Greene has been on to me about.
0:58:52 > 0:58:57I'm going to the concert now, Maggie. Ethel is sound asleep. I don't think she will wake.
0:58:57 > 0:59:03- Thank you, ma'am. The master will return before the concert?- No, he will dress at the Assembly Rooms.
0:59:03 > 0:59:08- You do look lovely. I hope everything goes all right. - Yes, it will. Good night, Maggie.
0:59:08 > 0:59:13What I've been thinking of is something that could pass in front of the lens, stop, be exposed,
0:59:13 > 0:59:17- then go on to make way for another piece to be exposed.- Paper perhaps.
0:59:17 > 0:59:23- That's possible. People in London could help him.- I tell Willie, for this work, he ought to be in London.
0:59:23 > 0:59:25BUZZ OF CONVERSATION
0:59:25 > 0:59:28She's wearing a very odd style, you see.
0:59:57 > 1:00:00PLAYS INTRODUCTION
1:00:02 > 1:00:04CHOIR STARTS SINGING
1:00:13 > 1:00:18I see a face and it is alive. I photograph it and I have a likeness, but something has gone.
1:00:18 > 1:00:22Human beings are not still. Their movements are part of them.
1:00:22 > 1:00:24SOLOIST SINGS
1:00:29 > 1:00:32CHOIR SINGS IN HARMONY
1:00:35 > 1:00:38# Such cruel words this day profane
1:00:38 > 1:00:42# Such cruel words this day profane
1:00:42 > 1:00:45- # Watching...- Watching - And waiting...- Waiting... #
1:00:45 > 1:00:48SINGING IN HARMONY CONTINUES
1:00:55 > 1:00:59# Such cruel words this day profane
1:00:59 > 1:01:02# Such cruel words this day profane... #
1:01:03 > 1:01:05PIANO INTERLUDE
1:01:05 > 1:01:10# He's gone away! Oh, where is he? He's gone away! Oh, where is he?
1:01:10 > 1:01:14# He's gone away! Oh, where is he? Oh, where is he? Oh, where is he?
1:01:16 > 1:01:19# No sign of him that I can see
1:01:19 > 1:01:21- # That I can see - Oh, where is he?
1:01:21 > 1:01:24- # Oh, where...- Where is he? #
1:01:24 > 1:01:28Your husband hasn't come. Who is going to do the solo?
1:01:28 > 1:01:31# My true love has forsaken me
1:01:31 > 1:01:34# Where can he be? Where can he be?
1:01:34 > 1:01:38# Oh, whe-e-ere can he be?
1:01:40 > 1:01:42- # Tell us!- Tell us! - Tell us!- Tell us!
1:01:42 > 1:01:46# Where, oh, where, oh, where is he?
1:01:46 > 1:01:50# I know not, I know not
1:01:50 > 1:01:53# Do not ask of me... #
1:01:53 > 1:01:55WHISPERED MUTTERING
1:01:58 > 1:02:00PIANO PLAYS
1:02:02 > 1:02:05# Watching, waiting
1:02:06 > 1:02:11# Sorry words we hear him speaking High and low we have been seeking... #
1:02:12 > 1:02:16I want to make a camera that will photograph movement.
1:02:18 > 1:02:22Oh, I'm so sorry. I've been talking too much.
1:02:22 > 1:02:25No, no, no, most interesting, Mr Friese-Greene.
1:02:25 > 1:02:30- You won't mind me giving you a word of advice?- No, indeed, sir.
1:02:30 > 1:02:36The original thinker, the innovator mustn't mind seeming a little foolish to his contemporaries.
1:02:36 > 1:02:40- He must always look to his star. - I understand.
1:02:40 > 1:02:43In the end, he may still fail. That's unimportant.
1:02:43 > 1:02:48If he's true to himself, he won't be too unhappy or embittered, even in failure,
1:02:48 > 1:02:51and will still speak for what's good.
1:02:51 > 1:02:54- You remember that, young man.- Yes.
1:03:18 > 1:03:20SOUND OF HOOVES APPROACHING
1:03:25 > 1:03:27DOOR CLOSES
1:03:28 > 1:03:31BELL RINGS
1:03:36 > 1:03:38Helena!
1:03:39 > 1:03:44- Darling!- Willie... - I've got so much to tell you and I don't know where to begin.
1:03:44 > 1:03:50Sit down, keep calm and I'll try and tell you all about it. Now, where to begin, where?
1:03:50 > 1:03:56The laboratory, absolutely amazing, as big as all these rooms in one with everything you could wish for.
1:03:56 > 1:04:02- Must have cost thousands! And Fox Talbot, the man himself.- Willie...- I can't tell you how exciting it was.
1:04:02 > 1:04:07We talked and talked. He was really interested in my ideas, the man who invented photography.
1:04:07 > 1:04:10I was so proud. But one thing sticks out a mile.
1:04:10 > 1:04:14Making pictures move will be a bigger job than ever I dreamed of.
1:04:14 > 1:04:20There are problems I hadn't even thought of. We've got to get rid of glass. Glass plates are no good.
1:04:20 > 1:04:24We must find something entirely different. We have to go to London.
1:04:24 > 1:04:29Yes, London. You see, the instrument makers alone, the finest craftsmen on Earth.
1:04:29 > 1:04:34- Do you realise I've never even been to the Photographic Society?- Willie!
1:04:34 > 1:04:39Darling, let me finish. I'll tell you how it can be done. I thought it all over in the cab.
1:04:39 > 1:04:44You remember that chap Arthur Collings, the one who wanted me to go into partnership in London?
1:04:44 > 1:04:48Only yesterday, isn't it strange, he wrote to me again - Collings.
1:04:48 > 1:04:55Friese-Greene and Collings, London. Wouldn't it be wonderful? I'll put everything into this. Everything...
1:05:02 > 1:05:04What's the time?
1:05:06 > 1:05:08Oh, my dear!
1:05:08 > 1:05:10Oh, my darling!
1:05:10 > 1:05:14SOBBING Oh, Willie, you are detestable!
1:05:14 > 1:05:19You promised to be there. Faithfully, you promised. I was so ashamed.
1:05:19 > 1:05:25You think of nobody but yourself. The whole world can wait if you have other things to do!
1:05:25 > 1:05:28As long as Willie Greene is happy, nothing matters.
1:05:28 > 1:05:32You are a child, a stupid, clumsy child!
1:05:36 > 1:05:38Darling!
1:06:07 > 1:06:12Dearest, I know it's no use apologising, but I would like to try to explain.
1:06:12 > 1:06:14You see, I just didn't think.
1:06:14 > 1:06:20That sounds horribly selfish, I know, but it's the truth.
1:06:21 > 1:06:23I know how it happened.
1:06:23 > 1:06:26You see, I've never met men like that before.
1:06:26 > 1:06:32Talking to them, all the problems in my mind that had seemed like blurred images before,
1:06:32 > 1:06:36they suddenly stood out in sharp focus.
1:06:37 > 1:06:41It was like coming out of a fog into the sunlight.
1:06:42 > 1:06:46I suppose I just got carried away and I forgot everything.
1:06:46 > 1:06:49I forgot the concert. That's how it was.
1:06:49 > 1:06:51I forgot your new dress.
1:06:52 > 1:06:55And I even...forgot you.
1:07:08 > 1:07:12It will seem strange in London after here.
1:07:41 > 1:07:47- Good morning, Miss Tagg.- Good morning, Mr Friese-Greene.- Where's Mr Collings?- He's in Piccadilly.
1:07:47 > 1:07:50- Harold's taking Colonel Parker now. - Good. Good.
1:07:50 > 1:07:53Oh, Mr Friese-Greene...
1:07:53 > 1:07:59- Good morning, Harold. - Good morning, Mr Friese-Greene. - Good morning, Colonel.- What's that?
1:08:07 > 1:08:10Mr Friese-Greene, Mr Collings said to remind you not to forget
1:08:10 > 1:08:13about tonight for you and Mrs Friese-Greene.
1:08:13 > 1:08:19- Eight o'clock, evening dress. - Isn't that lovely? These instrument makers...- Mr Friese-Greene...
1:08:19 > 1:08:24The idea behind this machine is that in this camera I'll build, instead of pulling the paper through,
1:08:24 > 1:08:30I can perforate the edges with these punches and roll it through, then it shouldn't tear so easily.
1:08:30 > 1:08:36- I think it'll work.- Very clever. Mr Collings said not to forget about tonight.- Tonight? I won't forget.
1:08:36 > 1:08:40- Isn't it a lovely piece of work, Miss Tagg?- Yes, it's wonderful.
1:08:42 > 1:08:47A toast to Friese-Greene & Collings and the second year of our partnership.
1:08:47 > 1:08:50- May it continue to prosper! - I hope so.
1:08:50 > 1:08:54- Ladies, we've got a little surprise for you.- And what is it?
1:08:54 > 1:08:57- We're going to open two new studios.- That's grand!
1:08:57 > 1:09:00- Willie, you didn't tell me. - We wanted to keep it a surprise.
1:09:00 > 1:09:03We only completed today, my love.
1:09:03 > 1:09:09- How wonderful! Where are they going to be?- Grosvenor Street and Sloane Street. Why? I'll tell you.
1:09:09 > 1:09:11Mrs Willie, your husband is a very clever chap.
1:09:11 > 1:09:17He comes to London hardly able to find his way from Leicester Square to Hyde Park Corner.
1:09:17 > 1:09:21He's on his way to being the most fashionable photographer in London.
1:09:21 > 1:09:26If it's going to be the thing to have Friese-Greene on your pictures, we'll make it easy.
1:09:26 > 1:09:31- Expensive, but easy. We'll make a fortune.- That's right.- Willie can't be in four studios at once.
1:09:31 > 1:09:37- He'll just do the important sitters, the titled ones. The rest, he'll supervise.- Not all the time.
1:09:37 > 1:09:41Don't forget my experimental work. That's part of the agreement too.
1:09:41 > 1:09:46Of course. But you'll soon be making so much money, you won't be bothering with experiments.
1:09:46 > 1:09:52- That's right, isn't it, Mrs Willie? - That's right.- Waiter, fill up the glasses. We'll order some dinner.
1:09:54 > 1:09:57That's celluloid, Mr Friese-Greene.
1:09:57 > 1:10:00I want this in very thin strips, about a 64th of an inch.
1:10:00 > 1:10:05- We can't get it that thin. - If you can't, I will. Let me have some of the stuff.
1:10:05 > 1:10:10I had an appointment with Mr Friese-Greene at three o'clock. I've been waiting half an hour.
1:10:10 > 1:10:17- This is most aggravating. Where is Mr Friese-Greene?- Mr Collings, he must be at one of the other studios.
1:10:17 > 1:10:20- Where is Mr Friese-Greene?- I'm sorry, Mr Collings. I don't know.
1:10:20 > 1:10:24- Where is Mr Friese-Greene? - I haven't seen him, Mr Collings.
1:10:24 > 1:10:29- You were told to find out where he was going. - When I asked him, he only smiled.
1:10:29 > 1:10:34- The Viscountess has been waiting for 25 minutes. Try Piccadilly. - He told them he was here.- What?
1:10:34 > 1:10:38We're trying to find out where Mr Friese-Greene is, my lady.
1:10:38 > 1:10:40- Where is this fellow?- Miss Tagg!
1:10:40 > 1:10:46- It's absolutely disgusting.- I agree, my lord. Find out what's happened to Mr Friese-Greene.- Nobody knows.
1:10:52 > 1:10:55Nearly right, Bob. Put plenty in this time.
1:10:57 > 1:11:00- It smells just like... - Yes, stir it up, stir it up.
1:11:02 > 1:11:06Now, Mrs Friese-Greene, I must be getting on my rounds.
1:11:06 > 1:11:10- It was very good of you to call, Doctor.- It's a pleasure, ma'am.
1:11:10 > 1:11:14Remember what I told you. You're very delicate. You always have been.
1:11:14 > 1:11:17You need plenty of rest and, above all, no worry.
1:11:17 > 1:11:19Leave the worrying to your husband.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21I'll remember, Doctor.
1:11:21 > 1:11:24Doctor, don't mention anything to him about...
1:11:24 > 1:11:28Well, about what you've just said. It will only upset him.
1:11:28 > 1:11:31I won't have to as long as you do as I tell you.
1:11:32 > 1:11:35Forgive me, what is that strange smell?
1:11:36 > 1:11:41Oh, it's only my husband. He's got his laboratory down in the basement.
1:11:41 > 1:11:43Oh. I thought he was a photographer?
1:11:48 > 1:11:51Well, give him my kind regards.
1:11:51 > 1:11:53BELL RINGS I will. Will you excuse me?
1:11:53 > 1:11:57Hello, Mrs Willie. Where is he? All right, I know. Pardon me.
1:11:59 > 1:12:01My husband's partner.
1:12:01 > 1:12:03Indeed.
1:12:03 > 1:12:05Well, goodbye, Mrs Friese-Greene.
1:12:08 > 1:12:14Don't be ridiculous. I can't be everywhere at once. I've told you how important this work is to me.
1:12:14 > 1:12:18Let me tell you something. I've reasoned, I've pleaded with you.
1:12:18 > 1:12:21I've tried to be understanding, but enough's enough.
1:12:21 > 1:12:26Eight cancellations in 48 hours, including that duchess and a Russian princess!
1:12:26 > 1:12:31- I couldn't have made a decent portrait of her anyway!- You're ruining the business.- Rubbish!
1:12:31 > 1:12:37I'm a businessman. I won't be losing money while you do crackpot experiments like this. Do you hear?
1:12:37 > 1:12:43Yes, I hear. Give that to me. Let me tell you something, Mr Collings. You big businessmen are all the same.
1:12:43 > 1:12:46Just because you can read a profit and loss account,
1:12:46 > 1:12:49you think you can tell the rest of the world what to do.
1:12:49 > 1:12:53Anything that isn't busy making money for you is a waste of time.
1:12:53 > 1:12:57Anything you can't understand is a crackpot experiment,
1:12:57 > 1:13:00but if it weren't for them and the people who make them,
1:13:00 > 1:13:05- most businessmen wouldn't exist at all, except as market place pedlars.- That's enough.
1:13:05 > 1:13:07- Oh, I'm a pedlar, am I?- Yes!
1:13:07 > 1:13:11And I've got some work to do, real work. Get out of my way!
1:13:11 > 1:13:15I can see it's hopeless. I'm dissolving the partnership.
1:13:15 > 1:13:19- But Arthur, why? - I can't afford it. Look at that lot!
1:13:19 > 1:13:23Bills for all this rubbish, but charged to the business.
1:13:23 > 1:13:26I'm not stingy, but I'm not a fool either. I've had enough.
1:13:26 > 1:13:32- There's £1,200 owing there. Pay it out of your own pocket. I'm going to see a lawyer.- Oh, Arthur!
1:13:34 > 1:13:35Well!
1:13:37 > 1:13:39That's that.
1:13:41 > 1:13:45- Can we pay them? - £1,200? Just about, but there's as much again to come in.
1:13:45 > 1:13:48And so much still to be done.
1:13:48 > 1:13:53- I can't stop now, Helena. I can't. - Of course you can't, but the money...
1:13:53 > 1:13:56We'll find the money somehow. We'll find a way.
1:13:57 > 1:13:58Yes.
1:14:01 > 1:14:03- Willie...- Hmm?
1:14:05 > 1:14:07We own this house, don't we?
1:14:11 > 1:14:13Of course, Mr Friese-Greene.
1:14:13 > 1:14:17We never mind an overdraft secured against bricks and mortar.
1:14:17 > 1:14:23That's a very nice house you've got. If you'd mind just signing there at the bottom...
1:14:24 > 1:14:26Are you opening another branch?
1:14:26 > 1:14:31Tom, it's got to fit much more snugly into the ratchet. We're getting too much play there.
1:14:31 > 1:14:35As you're my only relative in London, Alfred, I thought of you.
1:14:35 > 1:14:40- Shall we make money out of it? - We're certain to. There's nothing else like it.- I suppose not.
1:14:40 > 1:14:44But do you think people really want to see moving pictures?
1:14:51 > 1:14:53INAUDIBLE
1:15:14 > 1:15:17Here we are, Mr Friese-Greene. Finished at last.
1:15:24 > 1:15:26You've done a good job here, Tom.
1:15:26 > 1:15:30- I think it's pretty fair, sir. - How's the celluloid going?
1:15:30 > 1:15:36Terrible stuff. Makes the most awful smell. My wife can't stand it, so I had to fit up a lab in the city.
1:15:36 > 1:15:39- Do you think it will work? - I don't know, Mr Lege.
1:15:39 > 1:15:44To tell you the truth, I've put so much into this, I hardly have the courage to make the test.
1:15:46 > 1:15:50- Ah, well...- Oh, by the way, Mr Friese-Greene, the account...
1:15:50 > 1:15:55Just send it to me at the lab - 24 Brooke Street, Holborn. Thanks, Tom. Good day, Mr Lege.
1:15:55 > 1:15:58Good day, Mr Friese-Greene.
1:16:00 > 1:16:02CHURCH BELLS RING
1:16:06 > 1:16:09Come along, Ethel. We're just going.
1:16:21 > 1:16:24You're not ready. Aren't you coming to church?
1:16:24 > 1:16:30- No, not this Sunday.- Don't you feel well?- Yes, I feel all right. I just don't feel like going to church.
1:16:30 > 1:16:32I may see Cousin Alfred.
1:16:32 > 1:16:37- Oh, dear. Has he written again? - No, I just invited him to come for a stroll in the park.
1:16:37 > 1:16:40You invited HIM?
1:16:40 > 1:16:44Yes, just to keep him in touch with progress and so forth.
1:16:46 > 1:16:48Oh, well...
1:16:55 > 1:16:58- Have you got the prayer books?- Yes. - Don't be late for lunch.
1:16:58 > 1:17:01No, no. Goodbye. Enjoy yourselves.
1:17:01 > 1:17:04- We are going to church, Willie! - What? Oh, yes. Goodbye.
1:17:10 > 1:17:12FRONT DOOR CLOSES
1:18:13 > 1:18:18Bertie, we're going to meet your Uncle Willie. Ten to one he's after money again.
1:18:18 > 1:18:22I don't want you repeating anything you've heard me say to your mother.
1:18:22 > 1:18:27Put your cap on straight. Walk like a little gentleman. And keep your mouth shut.
1:18:41 > 1:18:47- Hello, Cousin Willie. What have you got there? What are you turning that handle for?- Just an experiment.
1:18:47 > 1:18:52- How are you, Cousin Alfred? - Not so badly, thanks.- Hello, Bertie. - Is that the new camera?
1:18:52 > 1:18:58- Yes. I thought you'd like to see it first.- Does it work?- I don't know. It may want some more work.
1:18:58 > 1:19:03- More work? That'll mean more money, I suppose.- Well, yes, possibly.
1:19:03 > 1:19:08- I want to take some pictures of the parade. Would you bring the tripod?- I don't mind doing that.
1:19:08 > 1:19:10Mind your fingers.
1:19:17 > 1:19:19BELL CHIMES
1:21:22 > 1:21:24BELL CHIMES
1:21:30 > 1:21:35- Hello.- Hello, Charlie. - Well, everything's quiet, nothing to report.
1:21:35 > 1:21:38- Who won the skittles? - Sergeant Prescott.- Oh.
1:21:38 > 1:21:43- What's that light on there?- I don't know. It's been on all evening.
1:21:43 > 1:21:45- Oh.- Well, I'll be getting along now.
1:23:07 > 1:23:09LOUD MIAOW
1:23:09 > 1:23:13- Now then, where are you off to? - Come quickly. Come and see.
1:23:13 > 1:23:18- Just a minute. What is all this? - I've got something to show you. You must come and see.
1:23:18 > 1:23:21- Something you've done? - Yes, come on and I'll show you.
1:23:21 > 1:23:25It's only a little way. I've only just this minute done it.
1:23:25 > 1:23:28I was frightened out of my wits, but I've done it.
1:23:28 > 1:23:31It's very foolish of me, but I've got to show someone.
1:23:31 > 1:23:37Cousin Alfred didn't even know what I was doing. He just stared and said, "What have you got there?"
1:23:37 > 1:23:41There he is. You can see him almost as if he were alive!
1:23:41 > 1:23:43Here we are now.
1:23:45 > 1:23:48- It's upstairs.- Just a minute...
1:23:48 > 1:23:50- What?- Are you...
1:23:50 > 1:23:52Are you the owner of these premises?
1:23:52 > 1:23:58- No, I'm just one of the tenants. I'm the one that makes the smells. Friese-Greene's my name.- I see.
1:23:59 > 1:24:02Is there...anyone else on the premises?
1:24:02 > 1:24:05No, not at night. I'm here on my own.
1:24:05 > 1:24:07Oh, I see.
1:24:07 > 1:24:10You lead the way, Mr Friese-Greene.
1:24:10 > 1:24:12It's not far up.
1:24:41 > 1:24:43Where is it?
1:24:43 > 1:24:48- Where's what?- What you've done. - Just sit down there. You'll see.
1:25:05 > 1:25:08Now then, would you mind turning out your lamp?
1:25:14 > 1:25:17Good. Now, watch that white sheet.
1:26:30 > 1:26:32That was Hyde Park.
1:26:33 > 1:26:36I recognised it.
1:26:45 > 1:26:48Where's it come from? Where's it gone to?
1:26:48 > 1:26:50It's all here. Here, look.
1:26:50 > 1:26:53That's where the Hyde Park you saw is.
1:26:55 > 1:26:59- Like a magic lantern.- But it moved. - Yes, it moved, didn't it?
1:26:59 > 1:27:05Look at this strip of celluloid film. It's taken me years to get to that, years.
1:27:05 > 1:27:08That's the secret - dozens of snapshots of Hyde Park.
1:27:08 > 1:27:15Only, in one picture, the carriage is here, the next, it's here, the next, it's here and so on.
1:27:15 > 1:27:21Look at the mechanism. The film, that's what it's called, comes from this spool over these rollers...
1:27:21 > 1:27:24That's the tension. ..on to this second spool down here.
1:27:24 > 1:27:27Now look in the middle. It's a bit like a magic lantern.
1:27:27 > 1:27:33But instead of one picture at a time, you see eight or more pictures every second.
1:27:33 > 1:27:37That's what you see on that sheet there - eight pictures every second
1:27:37 > 1:27:42and they all merge together into one moving, living picture! See?
1:27:43 > 1:27:47Of course, there's a bit more to it than that.
1:27:47 > 1:27:50I'm not saying it's perfect. Far from it.
1:27:50 > 1:27:54But it works. God be praised, it works, doesn't it? You can see that.
1:27:58 > 1:28:02You know, it's a quite extraordinary feeling,
1:28:02 > 1:28:07something you've been wondering about and reading about for 15 years
1:28:07 > 1:28:11and then all of a sudden, it's there!
1:28:11 > 1:28:13It's in your hands.
1:28:14 > 1:28:17With a life of its own.
1:28:21 > 1:28:27You must be...a very happy man, Mr...Friese-Greene.
1:28:49 > 1:28:50Darling...
1:28:50 > 1:28:52Darling...
1:28:55 > 1:28:57It works.
1:28:57 > 1:29:00Yes. It works!
1:29:02 > 1:29:05A moving picture on a sheet!
1:29:05 > 1:29:09Old Alfred and his boy, bless him, walking in Hyde Park!
1:29:11 > 1:29:13Oh, my dear!
1:29:13 > 1:29:18Of course, it's only a beginning, but it does work. You do get movement.
1:29:18 > 1:29:23All the people in the world will want to see moving pictures because movement is life.
1:29:23 > 1:29:29Listen to me. All the people in the world. In a couple of years' time, we'll be millionaires! Millionaires!
1:29:35 > 1:29:39Mr Friese-Greene, this invention of yours may be very ingenious.
1:29:39 > 1:29:42But the fact remains that you cannot pay your debts.
1:29:42 > 1:29:47Everybody wanted their money back at once. They wouldn't give me time.
1:29:47 > 1:29:48Time?
1:29:48 > 1:29:51Yes, time to develop the camera commercially.
1:29:51 > 1:29:57But these heavy expenditures went on long after you'd sold your rights and the patent.
1:29:57 > 1:30:01I've already told you. The work could not stop. I had to carry on.
1:30:01 > 1:30:07I don't pretend to be a businessman. All I know is that people will want to see moving pictures.
1:30:07 > 1:30:12Mr Friese-Greene, this is an accounting and we are concerned with facts,
1:30:12 > 1:30:14not with your faith in a camera.
1:30:14 > 1:30:16Now...
1:30:16 > 1:30:18How do you explain this?
1:30:18 > 1:30:22Very well, madam, if you make a decision within the next 48 hours,
1:30:22 > 1:30:26I'm sure our client will let you have the house on those terms.
1:30:26 > 1:30:32- Thank you. May I keep the keys for the present?- Yes, madam, by all means.- Thank you very much.
1:30:36 > 1:30:37Madam!
1:30:38 > 1:30:40Madam!
1:30:41 > 1:30:43Mr Wilson! Mr Wilson!
1:30:48 > 1:30:53I think I ought to warn you now that your heart is in a very serious condition.
1:30:57 > 1:31:00Tell me, Doctor, what this means exactly.
1:31:01 > 1:31:05Well, it means that there is very little that medicine can do for you.
1:31:05 > 1:31:08The cure is mainly in your own hands.
1:31:08 > 1:31:13- I see.- If you were my patient, you would go straight to your bed and stay there for at least a year.
1:31:13 > 1:31:16Your own doctor will advise you, of course.
1:31:16 > 1:31:19Perhaps you will be kind enough to give him this.
1:31:19 > 1:31:24I had an opportunity of examining you during an attack. This will be helpful to him.
1:31:24 > 1:31:28Wait a minute. Mrs Smith, will you call a four-wheeler for this lady?
1:32:02 > 1:32:05Helena, I've got a nice cup of tea for you.
1:32:05 > 1:32:07Thank you.
1:32:07 > 1:32:09How did it go?
1:32:09 > 1:32:12Not very well, but it's all over.
1:32:13 > 1:32:15This house is to be sold on the 7th.
1:32:20 > 1:32:22Has everything gone?
1:32:22 > 1:32:25Yes, the studios,
1:32:25 > 1:32:27the house, everything.
1:32:30 > 1:32:34Cheer up, my dear. It's not as bad as all that, is it?
1:32:39 > 1:32:41Aren't you having any tea?
1:32:41 > 1:32:43No, thank you.
1:32:43 > 1:32:47There's a little whisky left on the shelf over there.
1:32:47 > 1:32:49Yes, that's a good idea.
1:32:53 > 1:32:57We'll have to find some rooms somewhere.
1:32:57 > 1:32:59What about a place to work?
1:32:59 > 1:33:02I'm bankrupt now, you see.
1:33:02 > 1:33:07That means nobody will let me have a place without cash in advance and I haven't any cash.
1:33:08 > 1:33:12I'll just have to find someone to give me a job.
1:33:12 > 1:33:14I could get a place, Willie.
1:33:14 > 1:33:17How do you mean?
1:33:17 > 1:33:20I am not bankrupt. I have seen a house in Chelsea.
1:33:20 > 1:33:25The ground floor would make a studio. There are three rooms that we could sub-let.
1:33:25 > 1:33:28But Helena, who is going to lend us money?
1:33:28 > 1:33:30We've got the money.
1:33:32 > 1:33:38I sold the jewellery you gave me and I had a little put by too for a rainy day.
1:33:39 > 1:33:42And now it's the rainy day, isn't it?
1:33:42 > 1:33:44Oh, no. No, darling.
1:33:44 > 1:33:48You mustn't stop me. I have made up my mind.
1:34:04 > 1:34:07I thought it might be the laboratory.
1:34:14 > 1:34:18There's space, all the space in the world.
1:34:18 > 1:34:22No running water, though. Yes, there is, the very thing.
1:34:22 > 1:34:25I'll put a sink in there. I'll put the shelves over there
1:34:25 > 1:34:28and the cupboards for the chemicals and the books.
1:34:28 > 1:34:32We'll run a bench along there and another bench here down the middle.
1:34:32 > 1:34:37When these skylights are clean, there'll be all the light in the world.
1:34:37 > 1:34:39Willie, I nearly forgot.
1:34:39 > 1:34:41I bought you a present.
1:34:41 > 1:34:43You did what?
1:34:43 > 1:34:45It's your birthday.
1:34:45 > 1:34:47By Jove, so it is!
1:34:47 > 1:34:50I saw it in the place where I sold the jewellery.
1:34:50 > 1:34:55I remembered you saying before this trouble started that it was something you wanted.
1:34:55 > 1:34:57A prism, darling! Look...
1:34:57 > 1:35:00Oh, there's no light now. Never mind.
1:35:00 > 1:35:04I'll show you... But dearest, these things are expensive.
1:35:04 > 1:35:07I spoke softly to the man.
1:35:10 > 1:35:13It's the most wonderful present.
1:35:16 > 1:35:18- Willie...- Hmm?
1:35:19 > 1:35:23Do you remember the night of the Choral Society concert
1:35:23 > 1:35:26when you went to see Fox Talbot?
1:35:27 > 1:35:30Will I ever forget? I don't think they ever forgave me.
1:35:30 > 1:35:32No, they didn't.
1:35:33 > 1:35:36But I wasn't thinking of the concert.
1:35:36 > 1:35:41It was something you told me much later that I always remember.
1:35:42 > 1:35:44Something Fox Talbot said.
1:35:44 > 1:35:46It was about inventors.
1:35:46 > 1:35:52Oh, yes. The inventor must never mind seeming a little foolish to his contemporaries.
1:35:52 > 1:35:56- Hmm? He must always look to his star.- Mm-hm.
1:35:57 > 1:36:02In the end, he may still fail, but this is unimportant.
1:36:02 > 1:36:04If he is true to himself,
1:36:04 > 1:36:07he will not be too unhappy
1:36:07 > 1:36:10or embittered, even in failure...
1:36:11 > 1:36:14..and will still speak for what is good.
1:36:16 > 1:36:20You won't forget that, Willie, will you?
1:36:22 > 1:36:24ANIMATED CONVERSATION
1:36:29 > 1:36:31GAVEL BANGS
1:36:32 > 1:36:34CONVERSATION CONTINUES
1:36:37 > 1:36:40Gentlemen, please! GAVEL BANGS
1:36:40 > 1:36:42Gentlemen, please!
1:36:42 > 1:36:44Order, order!
1:36:44 > 1:36:46Gentlemen!
1:36:48 > 1:36:54I don't think that any useful purpose can be served by prolonging this meeting.
1:36:54 > 1:36:58- Mr Chairman!- I therefore propose... - Mr Chairman, could I...?
1:36:58 > 1:37:03Let the old man speak. Give them time to simmer down.
1:37:03 > 1:37:08Will you come up to the platform, please? I'm afraid you can't be heard there.
1:37:15 > 1:37:17Gentlemen, I...
1:37:17 > 1:37:21- Just speak up a little louder, will you, please?- Oh, yes.
1:37:21 > 1:37:24Gentlemen, I am not a businessman. No...
1:37:24 > 1:37:29- Well, sit down then. - You know, when this business was a fairground sideshow,
1:37:29 > 1:37:34I suppose you could only speak of it in terms of pounds, shillings and pence.
1:37:34 > 1:37:38- Oh, sit down! - Only a few of us could see then
1:37:38 > 1:37:42it would become a sort of universal language.
1:37:42 > 1:37:45And it has become that, you see.
1:37:45 > 1:37:52And this universal language that could say great things...
1:37:53 > 1:37:59Oh, dear, it so often babbles and drivels so foolishly...
1:37:59 > 1:38:05It does, you know. ..that in time, the world will, well, it will tire of it.
1:38:05 > 1:38:06Rubbish!
1:38:06 > 1:38:10If the film does not grow up with its audience, then it will die.
1:38:10 > 1:38:13You know,
1:38:13 > 1:38:20it's only in the nursery that children fight and destroy the things in their hands.
1:38:21 > 1:38:24The film is in your hands
1:38:24 > 1:38:28and you may not behave like children.
1:38:28 > 1:38:30You must not destroy it!
1:38:30 > 1:38:32Don't!
1:38:38 > 1:38:42It's... It's very easy to be good businessmen.
1:38:43 > 1:38:46It's so difficult to grow up.
1:38:46 > 1:38:48So difficult.
1:38:51 > 1:38:56And so...I ask you...
1:38:56 > 1:39:00I...ask you
1:39:00 > 1:39:02to work together.
1:39:02 > 1:39:03Yes.
1:39:03 > 1:39:07- MUTTERING - All my life, gentlemen,
1:39:07 > 1:39:09I have tried.
1:39:11 > 1:39:14There's so much to hope for.
1:39:14 > 1:39:16So much.
1:39:17 > 1:39:19I have tried.
1:39:19 > 1:39:22Are you all right, sir?
1:39:23 > 1:39:24Hmm?
1:39:24 > 1:39:27Oh, I'm perfectly all right.
1:39:27 > 1:39:29Perfectly...
1:39:30 > 1:39:34There's something I wanted to say to my wife.
1:39:35 > 1:39:38Something I wanted... to say to my wife.
1:39:40 > 1:39:42GAVEL BANGS
1:39:42 > 1:39:49In view of that appeal, I think we might make some endeavour to adjust our differences
1:39:49 > 1:39:52and seek a solution of the problem...
1:39:52 > 1:39:55- Can I get you a glass of water, sir? - I'm perfectly all right.
1:39:55 > 1:40:02After all, each of us seeks the same end - a prosperous industry. I would urge you...
1:40:02 > 1:40:05'The children were asking after you, Willie.'
1:40:05 > 1:40:09'But you did invent the moving pictures, didn't you, Father?'
1:40:09 > 1:40:13HELENA: 'You are an experimenter, somebody who tries out new things.
1:40:13 > 1:40:16'All you need is just a little courage.'
1:40:16 > 1:40:18'Squad, present boots!'
1:40:18 > 1:40:21'They'll send them back, won't they?
1:40:21 > 1:40:25'They must send them back when they know they're under age.'
1:40:25 > 1:40:29'You are a child, a stupid, clumsy child!'
1:40:30 > 1:40:32'It's the truth, Willie!'
1:40:32 > 1:40:34'But the encyclopedia...
1:40:35 > 1:40:39'He said it didn't even mention your name.'
1:40:40 > 1:40:45POLICEMAN: 'You must be a very happy man, Mr Friese-Greene.'
1:40:56 > 1:40:58ANXIOUS MUTTERING
1:41:13 > 1:41:15Do you know his name?
1:41:15 > 1:41:19- I'm afraid he's dead.- Poor old chap. - We must notify the police.
1:41:19 > 1:41:24- What about his family? Does anybody know where he lives? - No, I'll try and find out.
1:41:24 > 1:41:27Let me see. There must be some identification.
1:41:28 > 1:41:30Would you take that, please?
1:41:30 > 1:41:33Here we are. "Mr W Friese-Greene."
1:41:36 > 1:41:39Hear, hear! Hear, hear! APPLAUSE
1:41:43 > 1:41:45Pawn ticket for some cuff links.
1:41:51 > 1:41:53A prism.
1:42:01 > 1:42:03One and ten pence.
1:42:03 > 1:42:06Just the price of a seat at the pictures.
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