0:02:03 > 0:02:09'Star, News, Standard! Late night final! Star, News, Standard...'
0:02:09 > 0:02:13This is Pauline Gower speaking, women's section of the ATA.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Put me through to the taxi pilot in charge of Anson N4469.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Oh, hello. Is that Mrs Crosbie?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I'm afraid things seem pretty bad.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30She must have run out of petrol by now.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Unless she's made a forced landing, there can't be much hope.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07ENGINE JUDDERS
0:03:24 > 0:03:26ENGINE CUTS OUT
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Mrs Johnson, your daughter must wear the hat. It's part of the uniform.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59I'm quite sure she'll benefit by the school curriculum as all our pupils have done.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02We move with the times.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06In spite of that, my girls learn to be modest and self-effacing
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and above all that a woman's place is the home,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12and always to be like the others.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Now, Amy, put it on.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Amy, love, put it on, do.- Amy!
0:05:25 > 0:05:30HEADMISTRESS: Very nice. Now, Amy, go to your classroom.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37The trouble with Amy is that she's original to a fault,
0:05:37 > 0:05:38but that can be dealt with.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Good morning, Miss Brand. - Come to my room.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00How often have I told you you must be like the others?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I am like the others, Miss Brand.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10What is the meaning of this?
0:07:10 > 0:07:15- If the others are like me. - Amy Johnson, this is rebellion.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Straw hats are old-fashioned and useless.- But it's the right thing.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23How can you hope to succeed in anything if you flout convention?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Vice Chancellor, I present to you Miss Amy Johnson,
0:07:31 > 0:07:37- whom I certify as worthy to receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts of this university.- Congratulations.
0:08:19 > 0:08:26- And ad valorem duty would be payable on the apportion consideration for the sale of the book debts.- Yes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32This analysis of yours is a really fine job.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35The detail in it might have puzzled many a trained man.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Thank you very much.
0:08:37 > 0:08:43- Have you ever thought of becoming a solicitor?- No, I can't say I have.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- Shall I speak to your father about it?- Well, I don't know what to say.
0:08:48 > 0:08:56- I don't think I know what I want. - It's bad.- I've been a worry to them at home with my restlessness.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58University seemed to lead nowhere,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01nor the business college, nor the drapery.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04This WOULD lead somewhere.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- I wonder.- Think it over.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- I'm going to have lunch. Back at 2.30.- Thanks very much.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37PIANO PLAYS
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Girlie!- Hello, Mother.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- Now, get your things off and I'll have Kitty make you a cup of tea. - Not just yet.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57- Just go on playing.- You look tired and worried. Anything the matter? - No.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- You're not ill?- No.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Nothing wrong at the office?
0:10:02 > 0:10:03No.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Not exactly.- What is it, love?
0:10:08 > 0:10:15Mother...I know it sounds silly, but I just can't stand four walls.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20I sit and look at them and I feel all shut in and I think, "Is this going to be my horizon?"
0:10:22 > 0:10:24And then I go out on the embankment...
0:10:26 > 0:10:30..and the sky and the wind and the gulls...
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I watch them and I envy them. There's no four walls about them.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I'm learning to fly
0:10:39 > 0:10:41and while I'm up in the air,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45my restlessness, it seems just to disappear.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I know now what it is I've always been seeking.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53I feel so free and so happy up there above the clouds.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36ENGINE REVS
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- Good afternoon, sir. - Afternoon, Redmond.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- Is that girl with the ground certificate about?- That's her.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Which one?- Johnnie!
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Oh, hello. Congratulations on your ground certificate.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54To be the first woman to get one, that's something.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Someone had to be first.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01You have your C licence for engines, your A for rigging and your pilot's licence?
0:12:01 > 0:12:07- Yes.- Pretty hard work. Do you do anything else?- I work in an office.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- Oh, really? What do you do with your spare time?- I spend most of it here.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17In the morning, from 7 till 9.15, and after the office, I come back,
0:12:17 > 0:12:22but two nights a week, I'm a typist for the British Empire Air League.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24You are enthusiastic about the air!
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Yes, I am. After all, it's "the uninterrupted navigable ocean
0:12:29 > 0:12:32"that comes to the threshold of every man's door."
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- Is that yours?- No, it's yours.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It's out of one of your speeches.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- Yes, of course. You've got a very good memory.- It's worth remembering.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47If I can ever be of any help, Miss Johnson, let me know.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Thank you very much, sir.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59It's fantastic, Amy. I shall write and tell your father my views.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- It's sheer folly. - Why should it be folly?
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Was it folly when my grandfather sailed around the Cape in a windjammer?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Or when my father left a comfortable job to join the Klondike gold rush?
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Don't trouble to write to Daddy. Nobody will listen.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I know he will understand.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Fly to Australia? That's a new stunt.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25- It's not a stunt. I don't want publicity.- Why come to a newspaper office?- I want help.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28You can make whatever use of it you like,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31but I want to do something for aviation.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33A crusader, eh?
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- It's not something to be ashamed of. - PHONE RINGS
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Hello. ..Yeah, let it go.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44It's an interesting idea.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- You really think so?- Very interesting, Miss...- Amy Johnson.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51..seeing the world at someone else's expense.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- I'm sorry I've wasted my time. - YOUR time?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Flying to Australia!
0:13:59 > 0:14:03They all tell me, Lord Wakefield, that it's not a job for a woman,
0:14:03 > 0:14:11but I've had you in mind ever since you said you hope one day to see a woman win the Schneider Trophy.
0:14:11 > 0:14:18- Well...- You see, my bosses have advised me to make a decision about my future.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Whether it's to be the office or aviation.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Well, I'm quite sure you mustn't go back to that office.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Let's see. There's a second-hand Moth Hope wants to sell.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36That would give you more experience in flying,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- then come back and see me again. - Thank you very much.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Goodbye.- Good day, sir.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47And no more about flying to Australia!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Did you say the name was Hope?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- Yes, Hope.- Thank you.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Flying to Australia!
0:14:56 > 0:15:01But, Amy, where do you get such ideas from?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's madness.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08- That's what they all say. I didn't think YOU would.- Well, I do!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10You're not going to do it.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I am going to do it, Daddy.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16No matter what anybody says, not even you, I shall do it.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Amy, I believe you will.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32- What did you say that fellow wanted for his plane? £600?- But, Daddy...!
0:15:33 > 0:15:37I know, I know. All right, don't fuss.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- Well, goodbye, Daddy. - Good luck, Amy.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Miss Johnson, we've had a weather report. There's fog over the Channel.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50That's all right. I don't want to see the Channel!
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- Now, don't worry.- Who said I was worried?- You go and get some sleep.
0:15:55 > 0:16:01- I'll be off home to your mother. - Give her my love.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45We need a new angle on Spain... PHONE RINGS
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Hello.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Amy Johnson? Who's she?
0:16:49 > 0:16:54What?! Broken the record to India? Halfway to...?
0:16:54 > 0:16:59Jackson, tell young Mason I want him here at once. Bill, tell Harvey to keep the front page open.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Where's Williams?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Hello. Send Williams to me at once!- Who's Amy Johnson?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Who's Amy Johnson?!
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- MUSIC PLAYS, PHONE RINGS - Hello. Mother, switch that off.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Speaking, yes. Amy, that's my daughter, yes.
0:17:22 > 0:17:29- She's there!- Where?- India.- Wh... - And she's broken the world record! - I don't believe it!
0:17:29 > 0:17:36And she should be in... Where did you say? She should be in Karachi tonight. Thank you. Yes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Goodbye.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Hee-hee!
0:17:40 > 0:17:45I'm going to send her a telegram. Now, then, what shall we put?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Do you remember, Dad, when she was a tiny? She wanted to go north.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52She started off without telling anybody.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58When she was quite tired out, a motorist picked her up and brought her home.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00She said she'd do it!
0:18:00 > 0:18:02She has, too, lass. How's this?
0:18:02 > 0:18:07"Good luck. Doing splendidly. Keep it up. Love..." There you are.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09"Mother...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11"..and Daddy."
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Terrific sensation, Wakefield.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11The whole world watching every mile of her flight.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16It isn't only because a girl is doing something extraordinarily courageous.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21She's driven a coach and four, or an aeroplane, through convention.
0:20:21 > 0:20:28In a few short hours, she's opened a gap in the fence that's surrounded our young women for generations.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Now others will pour through it after her.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33I can't see the end of it.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35What that young woman has done
0:20:35 > 0:20:37is the sort of thing that goes on for ever.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08WIND WHISTLES
0:21:22 > 0:21:25THUNDER RUMBLES
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Please, God, keep my girl safe.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- Excuse me, please. If you don't mind...- Congratulations, Mr Johnson. - Eh, what have- I- done? It's our Amy!
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Stand back. This man wants to get into his own home! LAUGHTER
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- It is my home and there's where I'm going to hang up my hat. - LAUGHTER
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- Dad, there's nothing for lunch. Kitty really ought to do some shopping.- She'd never get out.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- I'd never get back. - Order on t'phone.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- They haven't a line to spare. - I'd give 'em line to spare.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40The house is surrounded by a seething multitude.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42No-one can get in or out.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45What are they all doing here? Round the house, down the street.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- They want to know when she lands. - I said I'd let them know.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54- Will you go up on t'roof and shout? - I'll fly the Australian flag from her bedroom window.- Oh.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54LOUD CHEER
0:26:43 > 0:26:49- I want to finish filling in my log. Will you give me your name, please? - Mollison, Jim.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Thank you very much.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- My, you do fly well!- Do I?
0:26:54 > 0:26:58That's something I've got to settle down to when I get home again.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04- What's that?- Learning to fly.- Well, how did you get to Australia? Swim?
0:27:05 > 0:27:10- I did crash poor Jason at Brisbane. - You didn't have much of a chance.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- I thought there was an air pageant on.- They were all there to see you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17That's what I discovered later.
0:27:19 > 0:27:2310,000 miles alone in a Gypsy Moth.
0:27:23 > 0:27:29Do you realise now that there's not a place in this world that a man - or a woman - can't fly to?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35They used to talk about uncharted seas...
0:27:35 > 0:27:38but now it's uncharted skies.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41And somebody's got to chart them.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Oh, blimey, what a job, eh?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Oh, I'm sorry to keep chattering away.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54I never tire of listening to an air enthusiast. There aren't many of us.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58To be in at the beginning of all this,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01every new flight a voyage of discovery.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Do...?
0:28:11 > 0:28:16- I'm sorry. I didn't hear that. - You must be dead. - I'm not a bit tired, really.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- You've got an official reception tonight.- Will it be very posh?
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Yes, the whole of Sydney will be there. Most of Australia too, if they could.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- Will you be there?- Well, I'd like to be.- I hope you will be.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34- It's that part of it all that's so scary.- Could I have a dance?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- All right.- Make it two?
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Swell. Oh, good Lord, we've overshot the airfield.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45We're right over the harbour!
0:28:46 > 0:28:52I can assure you that all my life I shall remember the wonderful welcome Australia has given me,
0:28:52 > 0:28:57although I really feel that this great honour has yet to be earned.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02In return, I want to try and do something for England,
0:29:02 > 0:29:08so that out of my flight to Australia, I can get the youth of our country to become air-minded.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10APPLAUSE
0:29:14 > 0:29:17My message to youth is to abandon the slogan "Safety first."
0:29:22 > 0:29:25There are lots of things to come before safety.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Our country must come first.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31We must dream great dreams and see great visions.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36We've got to breed a race of airmen comparable to Drake's sea dogs,
0:29:36 > 0:29:43who'll go out to the skyways of the air and help to bind still closer the British Empire.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46APPLAUSE
0:29:49 > 0:29:53And I want to appeal to the youth of the Empire
0:29:53 > 0:29:58to join with me in furthering the great cause of aviation.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Everyone can help. I don't ask that you should all learn to fly...
0:30:03 > 0:30:05LAUGHTER
0:30:05 > 0:30:08..but I do ask for your enthusiasm.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE
0:30:14 > 0:30:22Our great sailors won the freedom of the seas and it's up to us to win the freedom of the skies.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- This is something new on me, Jim. She's amazing.- She's terrific.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30APPLAUSE
0:30:30 > 0:30:33You know, old boy, she does something to a man.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Makes one ambitious.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- It's disturbing.- Disturbing?- Mmm.
0:30:45 > 0:30:52- I wish I'd done what she's done. - You could.- But I didn't, you see. That's the point.
0:30:52 > 0:30:59She knew that she could do something and she did it. I know that I can do it, and what have I done?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01What are you GOING to do?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03I'm going to have that dance.
0:31:06 > 0:31:13Now, look, ladies and gentlemen, really! Now, now, please, please, let the lady have a rest.
0:31:13 > 0:31:19She must be very fatigued. Do let her have a rest. You'll see her later.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- What do YOU want? - A dance with Miss Johnson.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Miss Johnson's too tired to dance. - I think she'll dance with me.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- I don't want to argue.- I do. - That's enough, sir, what!
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- Jim, you can't argue with a general. - Can't I?- Oh, come and have a drink.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42I don't know how you did it.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Seems an extraordinary thing for a young girl to think of.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Oh, do you think so?
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- Would never have entered my head. - Wouldn't it?
0:31:51 > 0:31:58Sir Peter, the Air Marshal, said he wouldn't have gone up in that plane of yours for £1 million.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59That's a lot of money.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02It's not much use if you come a cropper, is it, what?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- But I didn't.- No, by Jove.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Yes, it makes you think.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13Look, I promised this dance to someone. Please excuse me.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Yes, it makes you think. The...
0:32:17 > 0:32:20BAND PLAYS
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Miss Johnson, this has just arrived.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02"You must be proud of her. We wish she were ours."
0:33:02 > 0:33:04That's the bit I like.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09"Her head refuses to swell. Governor General."
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Eh, come, Mother.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Here.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Never has a commoner had such a royal welcome.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Close on 5 million people are hoping for a glimpse of Amy Johnson.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27There's a plane passing the control tower.
0:33:27 > 0:33:33The plane taxis up. The crowd surges forward for a first glimpse of Amy.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38Her father and mother are greeting her. It's a marvellous day for them.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42There will be an official reception at the platform here.
0:33:42 > 0:33:49Here with me are Lord Thomson, the Minister for Air, Lord Wakefield, Mayor and Mayoress of Croydon...
0:33:49 > 0:33:56Oh, here she comes now with her father and mother and several very large policemen.
0:33:56 > 0:34:03She's looking very happy. The Mayor of Croydon is officially welcoming her.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Welcome and congratulations, Miss Johnson. A great achievement.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- My dear...- Thank you very much.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15CHEERING Here is Amy to say a few words to you herself.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I'm sorry to be late and to have kept you all waiting.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25I'm not a very good advertisement for aviation!
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- I'll try and do better next time. - LOUD CHEER
0:34:44 > 0:34:49She's starting an important lecture tour. It's absolutely impossible.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55- How can I cope with it all? - You can't, so don't try. There were over 2,000 letters this morning.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Her Ladyship wants you to address her girls' club.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03On the same day, you're wanted to open four bazaars...
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- Accepting just one is unfair. - ..and an evening invitation.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10If I say no, they'll think I'm stand-offish.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Flowers...- Put them with the others.
0:35:12 > 0:35:19They're from Australia. There's a message, "Two dances still owing."
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- Is that clear? - Yes, it's quite clear.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26- May I have that?- You should be on your way.- Put them in my room.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- There's a gentleman to see you. - She can't see anyone.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I've already given instructions. I think you should see him.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- I fancy he's from the Lord Chamberlain's office. - In that case, show him in.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Good morning, Miss Johnson. I must apologise for troubling you.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48- Not at all.- We want to help you on this anxious day...- That's very kind.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52May I interest you in a vacuum cleaner?
0:35:52 > 0:36:00- What?- Its performance on carpets... - I haven't got a carpet.- Oh, yes, Miss Johnson, a magic carpet.
0:36:00 > 0:36:06- I have an appointment...- The world at your feet...- I'm late.- ..demands a magic cleaner.- Excuse me.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14TYRES SCREECH
0:36:16 > 0:36:23- You're doing nearly 40mph.- I'm late for an appointment at Buckingham Palace.- Going to see the King(?)
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- Yes. If you'll excuse me...- Hey!
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- Can't escape the law, you know. - So it seems.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- Can I have your autograph, Amy? - Oh, yes!
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- Didn't expect that, did you? - I can't say I did.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Eh, that's very handsome.
0:37:25 > 0:37:32- How did you find the folks up at Buckingham Palace?- Oh, they were grand. They make you feel at home.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34There's nowt much wrong with them.
0:37:34 > 0:37:40Before I started out for Australia, I used to picture my homecoming.
0:37:40 > 0:37:45I thought I'd come back to the club, land in a corner of the aerodrome,
0:37:45 > 0:37:52creep into the sheds, during the lunch hour if possible, and surprise my engineering friends.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55I was going to allow myself one triumphant cry.
0:37:55 > 0:38:02I'd say, "I said I'd do it and I did it," put on my overalls and get back to work.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07You can't do as you please any more, Miss Amy Johnson, CBE.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13- You're somebody.- That means you can't always be yourself, or if you can, then you ARE somebody.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25This has started something.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Somebody wants to fly from Australia to England.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Why not?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34What shall I tell him?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Cable "Yes."
0:38:40 > 0:38:45- Is it here?- Yes. Would it be any good if I had a bet on it?- On what?
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- Mollison.- What does it say? - "Will back Mollison. Wakefield."
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Remember, Jim, you're carrying petrol for 2,000 miles,
0:38:56 > 0:38:59as much as she'd lift on a full-sized aerodrome.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- It's big enough, Mac. - Those telegraph wires on the edge of the field are your chief danger.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08You'll have to be off the ground well before them.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Don't you worry. So long, pal. - Good luck, Jim.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- A quick one for the road?- No, not another drop till I get to England.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- That WOULD be a record!- Let her go.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Goodbye, Australia. God bless Lord Wakefield. England, here I come.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39She's wickedly overloaded, sir.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Overloading cost me my leg.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- He wouldn't listen. - He's not a good listener.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52- He's certainly taking a chance. - He makes a habit of that.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Jim! Jim! Hang on, we'll have you out in no time.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- What happened, Jim?- I crashed.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Make it personal and urgent, Mick.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I hear Mollison was left at the post.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58- Yes, but you can put your shirt on him if he runs again. - I will that.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Congratulations, Mr Mollison. - Thanks.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Give her a bran mash and a rub down. She deserves it.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55- Magnificent flight, Mr Mollison. - Thank you.- May I say how glad we are to have you in England.
0:41:55 > 0:42:01- I'm glad to be here.- You must be tired.- A bit. Have you a light?- Yes.
0:42:01 > 0:42:08- We've reserved a suite at Grosvenor House.- Thanks.- The one Amy Johnson had.- She's not turned out for me?
0:42:08 > 0:42:13- Oh, no.- Is she still in the hotel? - Oh, no.- Well, where is she?
0:42:13 > 0:42:18We've just had the news through. She's broken the record to Tokyo.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Oh.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26At the moment, the world is noisy with the sound of breaking records.
0:42:26 > 0:42:33We've only just recovered from the shock of Amy. And she did shock us in a way that does us good.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37She flew east to Tokyo and the record went west!
0:42:37 > 0:42:44Here's another. From Australia, home, one and a half days inside record time.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53Everything that can be said about Amy's flights can be said about Jim's.
0:42:53 > 0:43:00They had the same difficulties to conquer and overcame them with the same unconquerable genius.
0:43:00 > 0:43:07So tonight, I ask you to drink to one of those shocking geniuses, Jim Mollison.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- ALL:- Jim Mollison.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Better keep talking. Here are the...
0:43:23 > 0:43:30- Good morning.- Oh, excuse me, Miss Johnson, but when you think of all the things you flew over -
0:43:30 > 0:43:33sharks and cannibals and bandits...
0:43:33 > 0:43:38I had a letter asking bandits to treat me kindly for a ransom.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42How very thoughtful. What about the cannibals?
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Oh, the cannibals. Yes, now, that was a risk.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49- I was afraid they couldn't read.- Oh.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Was there anything else, dear? No?
0:43:51 > 0:43:57I think that settles everything. Thank you so much. See you tomorrow.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59My dear, she seems quite intelligent!
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Oh, quite, quite.
0:44:02 > 0:44:07- I know they're impossible, Amy. - I feel like a monkey at the zoo.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10Why can't they just say that I flew to Australia and let it go at that?
0:44:10 > 0:44:14- You need this rest. - I'm not tired and I hate resting.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16- Radio, Miss Johnson.- Thank you.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39CHEERING
0:44:49 > 0:44:54- He'll be surprised when he sees you here, Miss Johnson.- I know how it feels to be met by someone you know.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03Magnificent flight, Mr Mollison. Welcome to Cape Town.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05Jim, you're wonderful!
0:45:05 > 0:45:08CROWD CHEER
0:45:14 > 0:45:19'The official time of the flight was 4 days 17 hours 30 minutes,
0:45:19 > 0:45:24- 'knocking four days off the previous record.'- Incredible!
0:45:24 > 0:45:29- He may be a good flyer...- He's a great flyer! Did you hear that?
0:45:29 > 0:45:32That's no reason why the press should marry him off to you.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40- I don't see any marriage lines about that.- I'm reading between the lines.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44Well, don't. And please get off that map. You're up to your knees in the Pacific.
0:45:48 > 0:45:53I came all that way and didn't even recognise her!
0:45:53 > 0:45:56- She'll understand. - Do you really think so?
0:45:56 > 0:46:01- Keep still, Mr Mollison.- Shut your mouth, or I'll knock your block off.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06- Shut YOUR mouth, or I'll cut your throat.- You win. - PHONE RINGS
0:46:06 > 0:46:07Mac, I'm in my bath.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15Hello. Oh, is that you, Miss Johnson? Oh, he's fine.
0:46:15 > 0:46:20- Mr Mollison! - He'd only had two hours' sleep...
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Hello.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Hello! I didn't expect to hear YOU.
0:46:24 > 0:46:30- When am I going to see you again? How about lunch?- I've just had tea!
0:46:32 > 0:46:36- It's 4.30.- I must have overslept. How about dinner?
0:46:36 > 0:46:41- Fine. 7.30?- No, make it 7 and we'll have a drink first.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44- That's grand.- But where are you?
0:46:44 > 0:46:47Well, I'm here in the hotel.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49Yes!
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Look, I'll come down right away!
0:46:52 > 0:46:55No, 7. Goodbye.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Mac...this calls for a celebration.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02Give me the waiter.
0:47:04 > 0:47:10- They look like a mechanic's. You can't lead a double life with your hands.- Don't worry.
0:47:10 > 0:47:15- He'd understand if anybody would. - I like to look nice for myself.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19- PHONE RINGS - I'll take it.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20Hello.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25Mr Mollison asked me to let you know he'll be 15 minutes late.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Good luck to you, Jim.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Good luck, Jim. Goodnight!
0:47:34 > 0:47:38He's really on his way this time. He's a card, isn't he?
0:47:38 > 0:47:39Card? He's a grand slam.
0:47:43 > 0:47:49I'm afraid I'm just a little late, but...would you tell Miss Johnson that I'm here?
0:47:49 > 0:47:53I'm afraid you're a little too late, Mr Mollison. She's out.
0:47:58 > 0:47:59Oh.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28You'd better grow yourself another leg, old pal.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30I need someone to kick me.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38SHIP'S HORN SOUNDS
0:48:55 > 0:48:56- Amy!- Hello, Kitty!
0:48:56 > 0:49:01- All the way from Africa! - And just in time for tea!
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Where are they? In here?
0:49:05 > 0:49:08- Hello, Mother.- Amy, love!
0:49:08 > 0:49:13- Hello, love. This is nice. Are you rested, lass?- Yes, I feel fine now.
0:49:13 > 0:49:20- I'm starving!- Good. We've got your favourite supper.- Not poached eggs on haddock?- Yes, love.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22- Well, now... - PHONE RINGS
0:49:25 > 0:49:29Yes, she's here. Amy, it's for you, love.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Oh, thank you.
0:49:31 > 0:49:32Hello.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Oh. Hello.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Hello. We never see each other except on the end of the telephone,
0:49:40 > 0:49:43but would you dine with me again?
0:49:43 > 0:49:46I can't very well, can I?
0:49:46 > 0:49:50We never have, have we? But will you?
0:49:50 > 0:49:53I've only just this minute arrived in Hull.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55I've only just arrived in Paris.
0:49:55 > 0:50:00Make it at Grosvenor House, 9 o'clock tonight.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06Er...well...I... Hello?
0:50:06 > 0:50:07Hello!
0:50:08 > 0:50:09Hello?
0:50:14 > 0:50:15Hello!
0:50:17 > 0:50:18Oh!
0:50:18 > 0:50:23- He's rung off. Wants me to have dinner with him tonight.- Who does?
0:50:23 > 0:50:26- Jim Mollison.- Ask him to put it off till tomorrow.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30- He's rung off and he's flying over from Paris.- Paris?
0:50:30 > 0:50:35- Sounds crazy to me. - That's the way he is.- Oh, I see.
0:50:35 > 0:50:40- Do you think he'll make it in time? - Oh, he'll make it.- Can you?
0:50:42 > 0:50:44I could if I started right now.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Well, you start right now.
0:50:46 > 0:50:51- Well, I'm sorry, Daddy. Goodnight. - Goodnight.- See you tomorrow.
0:50:53 > 0:51:00- Look at me. I came out just as I was.- So did I. I was just going to get something to eat.- So was I.
0:51:00 > 0:51:05Now, what would you like? Caviar or oysters? Grouse?
0:51:05 > 0:51:12- Poached eggs on haddock.- Seriously? - I was never more determined about anything.- That's saying something.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15I'll have the trout.
0:51:15 > 0:51:16Well...
0:51:16 > 0:51:19- Well?- Do I apologise?
0:51:20 > 0:51:24- What about? - The dinner that we didn't have.
0:51:24 > 0:51:32- Forget it.- I knew you would say that. You know, it's funny how one knows some things, isn't it?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36What are you smiling about?
0:51:36 > 0:51:41"God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures have two soul-sides,
0:51:41 > 0:51:45"one to face the world with, one to show a woman that he loves her!"
0:51:45 > 0:51:48- Where did you get that?- Browning.
0:51:48 > 0:51:53- Oh.- I'm afraid I'm not very good at saying things when I want to,
0:51:53 > 0:51:56but he's pretty good, don't you think?
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Yes, I suppose he is.
0:52:00 > 0:52:07- Those last lines, "One to face the world..."- Hors d'oeuvres, Mr Mollison?- Oh, yes. Thanks.
0:52:07 > 0:52:12It's all right, George. I'll see to that.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14- Would you like an olive?- Yes.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- Do you like sardines?- Please.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21- And do you like Russian salad? - Thanks.
0:52:21 > 0:52:26- Do you like me?- Well, I don't know. - Why don't you marry me and find out?
0:52:31 > 0:52:34Why did you say that?
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Shall we dance?
0:52:59 > 0:53:02You know, you dance beautifully.
0:53:02 > 0:53:09- Why did you say that?- Oh, that. After all, one's come quite a long way to say it. Australia...
0:53:09 > 0:53:13and when I got here, you weren't. And the Cape.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16And that dinner party.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20But we've forgotten all that, haven't we?
0:53:20 > 0:53:25Really, what I mean is... but I do, I mean it.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Now it's your turn to say something.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Let's sit down.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Well?
0:53:47 > 0:53:49I'll take a chance.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Waiter! Er...the wine list!
0:54:18 > 0:54:22You know, Amy, walking's quite a good way of getting about.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24Jim, you are a mad one!
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Oh, Jim, there's tea over here.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Eh?
0:54:31 > 0:54:33Oh, all right.
0:54:33 > 0:54:40- Ah, dear, I could do with a lot more of this.- Me too. It's marvellous to feel content.
0:54:40 > 0:54:44You know, Amy, I'm beginning to regret it.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Regret what?
0:54:48 > 0:54:51Oh, having to get ready.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Get ready? What for?
0:54:54 > 0:54:56America.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01- You mean flying to America?- Yeah.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06- East to west.- Uh-huh. - You'll be the first.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09That's the idea.
0:55:09 > 0:55:16- Jim, it's great. The Puss Moth, of course.- I've got enough petrol to do 3,000 miles.
0:55:16 > 0:55:23- 200 gallons won't do it.- I had the back-seat taken out and a special tank fitted.- That means no wireless.
0:55:23 > 0:55:31- 'Fraid so.- Are you taking a DG or a Sperry?- That's an idea. These new directional gyros are good.
0:55:31 > 0:55:36- More reliable than the old ones. Wish you'd get hold of one.- I will.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40Jim, I hope you'll be all right. Nobody's ever done it.
0:55:40 > 0:55:48- Lindbergh.- The other way, with the prevailing winds. Everyone who's tried east to west has disappeared.
0:55:48 > 0:55:54- Hocker was only picked up by chance. - I'm much too happy to go and commit suicide.
0:55:54 > 0:55:59- Where are you starting from? - Port Marnock, Thursday week.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03- I want you to christen the plane. What shall we call it? - We'll have to think about it.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05What shall we call it?
0:56:22 > 0:56:30- Jim, why do we do this?- To fly a long way in a very little time is a grand way of making a lot of dough.
0:56:30 > 0:56:35- If it was just that, I wouldn't let you go.- Wouldn't you? Right now, I'm not very keen,
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- but you wouldn't have me back out now, would you?- No.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43We do this because we have to.
0:56:43 > 0:56:48We're a couple. We're made that way. Keep that under your hat, won't you?
0:56:48 > 0:56:50So long.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55- Take care.- Good luck, Jim.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03CHEERING
0:57:33 > 0:57:41Now you realise what we felt like while you were off to Australia. That took 19 days with 18 landings.
0:57:41 > 0:57:48I'm living it all again now. If only I didn't know all the things that might happen to him.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51- I'm worrying about them all. - Would you like me to stay with you tonight?
0:57:51 > 0:57:55No, thank you. I'm better alone, then I can worry all I like!
0:57:56 > 0:58:01It's has just come through on the tape, Mrs Mollison. He is there.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03Oh, my dear, I am so glad!
0:58:03 > 0:58:10Oh, Pauline! He's the very first, east to west. I must go up to my room. He's ringing me.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12Soon I'll be talking to him.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22- PHONE RINGS - Hello.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24No delay? I can't understand it.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28This call should have been through two hours ago.
0:58:28 > 0:58:31Try the athletic club. Thank you.
0:59:10 > 0:59:12PHONE RINGS
0:59:13 > 0:59:14Hello.
0:59:14 > 0:59:16Hello!
0:59:16 > 0:59:18BAND IS PLAYING
0:59:18 > 0:59:21Mr Mollison, London.
0:59:24 > 0:59:26Hello.
0:59:27 > 0:59:29Hello, Amy!
0:59:29 > 0:59:32Hello. Jim!
0:59:32 > 0:59:36- Yes, it's Jim.- Hello, London!
0:59:36 > 0:59:38LOUD MUSIC ON PHONE
1:00:10 > 1:00:13Darling, I'm so sorry about that telephone call.
1:00:13 > 1:00:21That's all right, Jim. I won't pretend I wasn't hurt. I'd been anxious about you.
1:00:21 > 1:00:27- I was all in at the time and you know how hospitable Americans are.- Oh, I know.
1:00:27 > 1:00:35- But now you and I can have a lovely long, quiet evening together.- It may be long, but it won't be quiet.
1:00:35 > 1:00:39They've cooked up a Jim Mollison night at the hotel.
1:00:39 > 1:00:43BAND PLAYS "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
1:00:46 > 1:00:52Darling, do look what Jimmy's written. Isn't it too, too divine?
1:00:59 > 1:01:02PHONE RINGS
1:01:03 > 1:01:08Hello. No, he's not here at the moment. Can I give him a message?
1:01:08 > 1:01:10Who...? Queenie?
1:01:11 > 1:01:13Yes.
1:01:16 > 1:01:20Oh, by the way, this is MRS Mollison speaking.
1:01:20 > 1:01:21Yes.
1:01:25 > 1:01:28Darling, you know you look SO sweet.
1:01:28 > 1:01:34- Not now. We've got to get down. This is your night. - It's so good to be home.
1:01:34 > 1:01:39- Who was that you were talking to just now?- Oh, just a girlfriend.
1:01:42 > 1:01:49- Darling, I've got a great idea. - What's that?- A holiday. Just you and I. Sunshine, Italy, Spain.
1:01:49 > 1:01:57- I've got to be moving.- We've only just got here.- I know but I've got to get ready.- What for?- My flight.
1:01:57 > 1:02:04- Flight?- It will make your flight look like a trip across the Serpentine - the Cape and back.
1:02:04 > 1:02:06But...
1:02:06 > 1:02:08Why the Cape?
1:02:08 > 1:02:13- You flew to the Cape. - But only to see you. You know that.
1:02:13 > 1:02:18I shall fly there to break your record and then fly back to see you.
1:02:18 > 1:02:22I think my record's pretty safe, don't you?
1:02:22 > 1:02:24We shall see.
1:02:43 > 1:02:50- How does it feel having your record broken by a woman?- If it had to be beaten, I'd rather Amy did it.
1:02:50 > 1:02:56She's made a more difficult trip than any man's ever done. Skill and grit. And she's crossed the Sahara.
1:02:56 > 1:02:59That takes perfect navigation. You can take that from me.
1:03:01 > 1:03:03She's a great girl, Amy.
1:03:03 > 1:03:05CROWD CHEERS
1:03:07 > 1:03:11- Congratulations on still another triumph.- Thank you.
1:03:11 > 1:03:16I've got a line through to London. Who would you like to speak to?
1:03:16 > 1:03:21- Could you get my husband?- Locate Jim Mollison. Mrs Amy Mollison calling from Cape Town.
1:03:25 > 1:03:27PHONE RINGS
1:03:27 > 1:03:29Hello.
1:03:29 > 1:03:32Yes, yes. That's me.
1:03:32 > 1:03:34It's Amy.
1:03:34 > 1:03:36Put her through...
1:03:39 > 1:03:41..to my bedroom.
1:03:43 > 1:03:44Oh...
1:03:44 > 1:03:46Excuse me.
1:03:52 > 1:03:54Hello.
1:03:54 > 1:03:59Hello, Jim. This is Amy. I've broken your record by seven hours.
1:03:59 > 1:04:01I want you to be the first to know.
1:04:09 > 1:04:12CHEERING CONTINUES
1:04:47 > 1:04:52- Jim, I'm sorry about that telephone call.- Oh, that's all right.
1:04:52 > 1:04:54ENTHUSIASTIC CHEERING
1:04:56 > 1:05:04- Try and look a little bit pleased about my homecoming.- Homecoming? It's just another flying visit.
1:05:04 > 1:05:11- What do you mean by that?- It's not much fun, you being on one side of the world and me being on the other.
1:05:11 > 1:05:16Then when you come back, I fly off somewhere else.
1:05:16 > 1:05:20- I didn't know you felt like that about it.- Well, you know now.
1:05:20 > 1:05:25- What can we do?- Nothing we can do. We're paid for it. It's our living.
1:05:27 > 1:05:34- Can you tell us about your future plans?- That's my last long-distance, record-breaking, solo flight.
1:05:34 > 1:05:36- You're giving up flying?- Oh, no!
1:05:36 > 1:05:40- Then you'll fly with somebody? - Yes, my husband.
1:05:40 > 1:05:45- What will your first dual flight be? Where to?- America.
1:05:45 > 1:05:48- What do you say to that, Jim? - America?
1:05:48 > 1:05:55'This is Pendine Sands. Amy and Jim are about to start on their first dual flight.
1:05:55 > 1:06:00'Unparalleled as solo flyers, together they should be unbeatable.
1:06:00 > 1:06:07'The Atlantic east to west is considered the most difficult of all flights.
1:06:07 > 1:06:11'If they succeed, Amy will be the first woman ever to fly to America.
1:06:11 > 1:06:14'Seafarer is fully loaded with petrol.
1:06:14 > 1:06:18'Even so, they'll need to make a beeline for their objective.
1:06:18 > 1:06:25'They should land in New York in about 40 hours. What a beautiful, steady takeoff.
1:06:25 > 1:06:33'Here's hoping they can dodge the flyer's nightmare, fog, which would take them off course.
1:06:33 > 1:06:36'Goodbye, Seafarer. Bon voyage.'
1:06:45 > 1:06:47- What was that?- A cliff.
1:06:47 > 1:06:52- That was a close shave.- Yes.- Nearly a bad start.- And a quick finish.
1:06:56 > 1:07:03Bishop's Rock. Heavy fog bank moving in from the west. Seafarer went over here 3.05pm, flying low.
1:07:03 > 1:07:07Sure if they see land again, they'll never see it!
1:07:16 > 1:07:21- What are you reading, Jim?- A novel. I bought it for the trip.
1:07:21 > 1:07:28- What's it about? - I haven't the faintest idea. She's running smoothly.- Yes, so far.
1:07:29 > 1:07:31Wish this fog would lift.
1:07:34 > 1:07:36- I'll take a turn.- Thanks.
1:07:46 > 1:07:48ENGINE THUDS
1:07:48 > 1:07:51- What's that?- The second tank.
1:07:51 > 1:07:55- Switch over. - We can't afford to lose a drop.
1:07:56 > 1:08:00- ENGINE STOPS - Airlock.
1:08:00 > 1:08:02ENGINE STARTS UP
1:08:04 > 1:08:07- Let me take over for a bit.- Ta.
1:08:07 > 1:08:11Hello, hello. SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
1:08:11 > 1:08:14Hello, London. This is Greenland.
1:08:14 > 1:08:17Svertons Bay, Svertons Bay.
1:08:17 > 1:08:23No news. A cyclone has crossed their path about 2 o'clock. It must have hit them.
1:08:23 > 1:08:26Fog reported in all directions.
1:09:01 > 1:09:03Yes, Aquitania speaking.
1:09:03 > 1:09:08No, seen nothing of them. We're moving dead slow. Thick fog.
1:09:08 > 1:09:12Might be this way right through to Nantucket.
1:09:12 > 1:09:16Nantucket lightship. Say, this fog's getting past a joke.
1:09:16 > 1:09:23The old foghorn's been bellyaching for the last 24 hours. Any news?
1:09:30 > 1:09:32Will the dawn never come?
1:09:32 > 1:09:37Will you stop talking like a theme song? Here, have a draw.
1:09:38 > 1:09:41It's the longest night I ever spent.
1:09:41 > 1:09:44It always is, flying from the east.
1:09:44 > 1:09:46How high are we?
1:09:46 > 1:09:48Eight thousand.
1:09:48 > 1:09:51Do the flashes show up any water?
1:09:51 > 1:09:56- No. Shall I take her down a bit? - No, we can't afford the petrol.
1:09:56 > 1:09:59FOGHORN BLARES
1:09:59 > 1:10:03Drifter Daffodil speaking. 46 north, 37 west.
1:10:03 > 1:10:08Yes, fog here and a pretty bad 'un, too. You could cut 'im with a knife.
1:10:08 > 1:10:11Not a sight or sound of 'em.
1:10:11 > 1:10:13ENGINE HUMS
1:10:13 > 1:10:14Hold on.
1:10:26 > 1:10:31'Drifter Daffodil, 46 north, 37 west, just reported hearing plane directly overhead.'
1:10:31 > 1:10:37- Dead on course.- Dead on time flying blind.- Some flying.- Some navigation.
1:10:37 > 1:10:43If they keep it up, they'll be here about 12. 40 hours flying on dead reckoning!
1:10:43 > 1:10:45Gosh, some pigeons.
1:11:04 > 1:11:08We're too far north. We must be off our course.
1:11:18 > 1:11:19There must be land about.
1:11:23 > 1:11:26Jim, Newfoundland!
1:11:34 > 1:11:38Hello, Broadway! Here we come!
1:11:38 > 1:11:40- They've done it!- Lord love us!
1:11:40 > 1:11:41SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
1:11:41 > 1:11:43MORSE CODE BEEPS
1:11:52 > 1:11:56Petrol's getting low, Jim. What about putting down?
1:11:56 > 1:12:01- We're flying to New York.- We've done it, Jim. We can refuel at Boston.
1:12:01 > 1:12:08- I said we're flying to New York and we're flying to New York! I'll take over.- OK.
1:12:16 > 1:12:21- How far off's New York now? - A few minutes. - Think we'll make it?- Sure.
1:12:21 > 1:12:24ENGINE RUMBLES AND CUTS OUT
1:12:25 > 1:12:30Pipped on the post. We'll have to put her down. Can you see anything?
1:12:32 > 1:12:34No, not a thing.
1:12:34 > 1:12:36That looks like a landing field.
1:12:38 > 1:12:41We'll have to take a chance.
1:12:41 > 1:12:43- Are you scared?- Yes.
1:12:43 > 1:12:45So am I. Hang on.
1:13:09 > 1:13:11CRASH
1:13:45 > 1:13:46Jim!
1:13:47 > 1:13:49SIREN APPROACHES
1:13:49 > 1:13:51Jim!
1:13:53 > 1:13:55Jim!
1:13:55 > 1:13:57MUMBLING
1:14:08 > 1:14:10Jim!
1:14:13 > 1:14:14Looks like it's right over here.
1:14:14 > 1:14:16Hello!
1:14:16 > 1:14:18Hello there! Give a hand.
1:14:18 > 1:14:23- We've got to get him out of this swamp.- Bring a stretcher.- Go easy.
1:14:25 > 1:14:27Where are we?
1:14:27 > 1:14:28Connecticut.
1:14:30 > 1:14:35Get a plane. We're flying to New York.
1:14:35 > 1:14:39- Ssh, Jim.- Here's the doctor. Let him through there!
1:14:39 > 1:14:44- Show a light here. - He's badly cut about the head.
1:14:45 > 1:14:52- Mr Johnson...- Hello. I can't stop now. Amy's on t'radio.- How is she? - She's there and she can still talk.
1:14:58 > 1:14:59Mother!
1:15:02 > 1:15:05Mother, she's going to speak on t'wireless from America.
1:15:15 > 1:15:17Hurry up, darling, or we'll miss it.
1:15:17 > 1:15:24'By courtesy of the American broadcasting companies, we are taking you over to New York
1:15:24 > 1:15:28'where Amy and Jim Mollison are recuperating after their thrilling 39-hour flight across the Atlantic.'
1:15:28 > 1:15:34'New York calling. Here's Amy and Jim Mollison. Amy?'
1:15:34 > 1:15:37I want to send my love to everyone at home,
1:15:37 > 1:15:42'especially my mother and father. We're quite all right.'
1:15:42 > 1:15:45She's fine. You can't believe a word you hear!
1:15:46 > 1:15:51After all, long-distance flying must involve a few risks.
1:15:51 > 1:15:54It's bad luck that we failed in sight of our goal.
1:15:54 > 1:15:58OK, Amy. Thanks a million. And now, Jim.
1:15:58 > 1:16:02Don't worry him. He's got 107 stitches in his head.
1:16:02 > 1:16:05Your friends will be interested. C'mon, Jim?
1:16:06 > 1:16:09Er...I'm...
1:16:09 > 1:16:13I'm sorry that we didn't get to New York, but...
1:16:13 > 1:16:16here we are.
1:16:16 > 1:16:19It was a record and...
1:16:19 > 1:16:26Oh, yes, I'm glad that my wife was the first woman to fly to America...
1:16:26 > 1:16:32- The stitches.- Yes.- 107 stitches. - And 107 stitches.
1:16:32 > 1:16:36What stitches? Oh...what am I saying?
1:16:36 > 1:16:38Doctor, please.
1:16:41 > 1:16:43- Get out of here!- All right, Jim.
1:16:43 > 1:16:47Leave us alone! Get out! Take those faces out!
1:16:47 > 1:16:54'We regret that owing to a sudden atmospheric disturbance, we must discontinue the broadcast.'
1:16:54 > 1:17:01- Oh, there now, what a shame. Never mind, we did hear her.- Aye, she's all right. Course she is.
1:17:04 > 1:17:06At least, I hope so.
1:17:06 > 1:17:09What makes you say that?
1:17:09 > 1:17:10Eh, Mother, I'm worried about them.
1:17:10 > 1:17:16- Why?- I feel that things aren't right between them.- What do you mean?
1:17:16 > 1:17:20They aren't right. Somehow it seems inevitable.
1:17:20 > 1:17:23What are you talking about?
1:17:23 > 1:17:29You see, Mother, Amy and Jim are very remarkable people.
1:17:29 > 1:17:32There's something of genius in both of them.
1:17:32 > 1:17:37And they're both born to do their life's work...alone.
1:17:38 > 1:17:45Now, this trying to get together and escape that loneliness...
1:17:45 > 1:17:46They can't.
1:17:46 > 1:17:50Doctor, these flowers must be delivered at once.
1:17:50 > 1:17:52Oh. All right.
1:17:56 > 1:17:58I'll just get a vase.
1:18:00 > 1:18:03- Very sorry, darling. - It's all right, Jim. Don't worry.
1:18:09 > 1:18:12Jim...from President Roosevelt.
1:18:15 > 1:18:22Here's Amy and Jim, fully recovered from their crash, having their first taste of American hospitality.
1:18:22 > 1:18:28A ticker tape welcome down the great Manhattan Canyon. What a welcome!
1:18:28 > 1:18:32The whole of America is listening in to the crowd cheering the two flyers
1:18:32 > 1:18:36after their record-breaking hop from England.
1:18:48 > 1:18:53- Great girl, isn't she? - Yes, have this reply sent at once.
1:18:53 > 1:18:59You have my warmest wishes for your success in anything you may undertake. Stop.
1:18:59 > 1:19:04You will, I am sure, not make your bid for this further record
1:19:04 > 1:19:11unless you are absolutely fit and fully recovered from the strain of your recent achievement. Stop.
1:19:11 > 1:19:16You have done magnificently already. Wakefield of Hythe.
1:19:17 > 1:19:20Well, here we are at Wasaga Beach, Ontario.
1:19:20 > 1:19:28After several unsuccessful attempts to take off, Amy and Jim start their next adventure, Canada to Baghdad.
1:19:28 > 1:19:33Here's hoping that Seafarer II will have a happier fate than Seafarer I.
1:19:33 > 1:19:38If they do get away, they'll take with them the good wishes of millions
1:19:38 > 1:19:44and a much bigger load of gas than they should carry. They're off!
1:19:44 > 1:19:51It's a beautiful takeoff with that terrific load of gas. He's fighting to get her up.
1:19:51 > 1:19:53They're OK now...
1:19:53 > 1:19:57She's slipping towards the lake. Look out!
1:19:57 > 1:20:00They hit the ground with a whale of a crack.
1:20:00 > 1:20:03That must have done plenty of damage.
1:20:03 > 1:20:06Seafarer's hobbling to a standstill.
1:20:06 > 1:20:12Today was their deadline. The wind is due to change any minute.
1:20:12 > 1:20:14That looks like goodbye to Baghdad.
1:20:18 > 1:20:21Ace flyers from all over the world are lined up for the start of this
1:20:21 > 1:20:25great race from England to Australia.
1:20:25 > 1:20:30The Mollisons, Amy and Jim, after their bad luck in America and Canada,
1:20:30 > 1:20:35are out to try and prove the truth of the old saying, third time lucky.
1:20:35 > 1:20:38There they go now. Goodbye, Amy. Goodbye, Jim. Good luck.
1:21:36 > 1:21:39HE WHISTLES TO HIMSELF
1:21:44 > 1:21:50I'd like to take that judge who disqualified Pasha up for his first flight.
1:21:50 > 1:21:52He's cleaned me right out.
1:21:52 > 1:22:00- Jim, we've only a few hundreds left in the world.- That's a lot of dough. - It would be up in Edgeware Road.
1:22:00 > 1:22:05- In Park Lane, it'll be gone before we can turn round.- Don't turn round.
1:22:05 > 1:22:13- Everyone's in town. For our game, we've got to keep in with the right people.- Who are the right people?
1:22:13 > 1:22:20- I'm sick of the social whirl. I want to get back to work.- Never let work interfere with pleasure.
1:22:20 > 1:22:25- Jim, we can't go on like this.- Time, work and worry are made for slaves.
1:22:25 > 1:22:27We've got to think of the future.
1:22:27 > 1:22:33Amy, you've got a regular mind and you live in the future.
1:22:33 > 1:22:39I've got irregular habits and I live in the present. There's no contact.
1:22:40 > 1:22:42No, I'm afraid you're right.
1:22:46 > 1:22:49Jim, I'm going to fly solo again.
1:22:51 > 1:22:52What's that?
1:22:52 > 1:22:59We've never made a really successful flight together and never a failure apart. It just doesn't work.
1:23:01 > 1:23:02It's queer, you know.
1:23:04 > 1:23:09- What does that mean?- I was thinking of the time when you said you would never fly solo again -
1:23:09 > 1:23:15and the time when I flew 1,000 miles just to have dinner with you.
1:23:15 > 1:23:22You'd fly 10,000 miles for something you wanted, then when you got there, you'd want something else.
1:23:22 > 1:23:25- PHONE RINGS - Oh...do you mind?
1:23:27 > 1:23:28Hello.
1:23:28 > 1:23:31Yes.
1:23:31 > 1:23:33- It's for you.- Thank you.
1:23:33 > 1:23:34Hello.
1:23:38 > 1:23:40Oh, hello, darling.
1:23:49 > 1:23:53BIG BEN CHIMES
1:23:59 > 1:24:01AIR-RAID SIREN
1:24:20 > 1:24:24- Where were you born?- Sunderland. - What year?- 1921.
1:24:24 > 1:24:28- What kind of a job? - Anything that's in the air.
1:24:28 > 1:24:32- In the air? - That's where I can be of most use.
1:24:32 > 1:24:37I'm sorry, but flying in wartime's no job for a woman.
1:24:37 > 1:24:39I thought we'd killed that prejudice.
1:24:39 > 1:24:41I thought I'd helped kill it.
1:24:41 > 1:24:46- You've done magnificently, but in peacetime.- I see.
1:24:46 > 1:24:48I'm sure we can find you something in an office.
1:24:48 > 1:24:53- I'm not much good in an office. - I'm sorry.- Good day.
1:24:55 > 1:25:00- See who that is? Amy Johnson.- Who's Amy Johnson?- Who's Amy Johnson?!
1:25:00 > 1:25:03No, Mollison, you're not for us.
1:25:03 > 1:25:07Individualism's all very well, but it can be overdone.
1:25:07 > 1:25:13- Got to hunt with the pack. That means discipline.- Yes, but...
1:25:13 > 1:25:18You have ability and courage, but you'd be more nuisance than you're worth.
1:25:18 > 1:25:20Not the right example for the young pilots...
1:25:37 > 1:25:39- Amy!- Pauline!
1:25:39 > 1:25:46- What are you doing with that thing?- Driving it. - You ought to be with us in the ATA.
1:25:46 > 1:25:54- I was told that flying in wartime wasn't a woman's job.- I was told that by quite a lot of people,
1:25:54 > 1:26:01- but here we are, 25 of us, ferrying machines all over the place. You ought to be with us.- Sounds grand.
1:26:01 > 1:26:04You know, you'd be very useful.
1:26:04 > 1:26:07I'd love it, but how do you go to work?
1:26:07 > 1:26:14- I'll see to it, but I'm afraid you'll have to pass a test. - A flying test?- Yes.
1:26:14 > 1:26:18- You know, just another bit of red tape.- Yes, I understand.
1:26:18 > 1:26:23- Do you think I'll pass?- Well, you never know!- No, you never know!
1:26:26 > 1:26:31# Noel, Noel...Noel, Noel... #
1:26:31 > 1:26:37- Be a strange Christmas this year, darling.- Not much peace on Earth and goodwill about it.
1:26:38 > 1:26:41- Amy, love!- Hello, Mother.
1:26:41 > 1:26:46- Hello, Daddy.- I was just thinking about you. My, you're looking grand!
1:26:46 > 1:26:53- Aye, and she's looking happy, too. - I am happy. I'm doing a job. I can be myself. I'm not "somebody"!
1:26:53 > 1:26:59- How are you liking it? - It's grand. We've got women from all over the world.
1:26:59 > 1:27:06We're ferrying any aircraft any time anywhere - and navigation as it was in the old days on dead reckoning.
1:27:06 > 1:27:12No radio - too useful to jerry. It's a different machine every day. Every flight a voyage of discovery.
1:27:36 > 1:27:39AIR RAID SIREN
1:27:45 > 1:27:48AIR RAID BEGINS
1:28:04 > 1:28:10Yes, I know. I didn't think I had a ghost of a chance, an old crock like me, but they jumped at me.
1:28:10 > 1:28:12They've been losing a lot lately.
1:28:28 > 1:28:31- Have you seen Johnnie? - Oh, in the canteen.
1:28:38 > 1:28:45- Start again, Johnnie, and get that double one.- Is that what I'm after? It's easy!- Now, third time lucky.
1:28:45 > 1:28:49Stop talking and let me concentrate! Here she goes.
1:28:49 > 1:28:52- Johnnie! Miss Gower wants you. - Right.
1:28:52 > 1:28:54Hey!
1:28:54 > 1:28:56What did I tell you? It's easy!
1:28:58 > 1:29:02Oh, Amy, sit down. I want to talk to you.
1:29:02 > 1:29:06How do you feel about Jim? I mean, meeting him.
1:29:06 > 1:29:13- Why do you ask?- I've had word that he's joined the men's section of the ATA. You're sure to bump into him.
1:29:13 > 1:29:21- How's he making out?- He's doing a wonderful job.- I'm not going to have any nonsense about meeting him.
1:29:21 > 1:29:28- We need pilots. Jim's a magnificent pilot. Pretty good thing all round. - I thought you'd say that.
1:29:28 > 1:29:31- You didn't mind my asking? - No, of course not.
1:29:35 > 1:29:39- Johnnie aboard?- Not yet. - That's her third job this week!
1:29:39 > 1:29:42Don't worry about her. I remember her from the old Stag Lane days.
1:29:42 > 1:29:47They all laughed because she was a woman, but she stuck it!
1:29:47 > 1:29:51She got her own back and flew halfway round the world before they realised.
1:29:51 > 1:29:55- Aye. Have you got a weather report? - It's here.- She's in the canteen.
1:30:00 > 1:30:03- Oh, Jim!- Amy!
1:30:03 > 1:30:10- Well, well.- You're not looking so bad, either.- Thanks. - Good to be flying again?- Uh-huh.
1:30:10 > 1:30:11No fun being grounded.
1:30:11 > 1:30:16Your weather report. Congratulations, Mr Mollison.
1:30:16 > 1:30:21- They wouldn't have gied that job to anybody.- Thanks, Scottie.- New job?
1:30:21 > 1:30:24- Uh-huh.- You're leaving the ATA?
1:30:24 > 1:30:29- No, no, no.- Not the African job, flying the big ones over?
1:30:29 > 1:30:33You volunteered for that? That's grand.
1:30:33 > 1:30:35After all, I do know the way.
1:30:35 > 1:30:40I wouldn't say this if anybody was listening,
1:30:40 > 1:30:44but we did do a little to make it possible, didn't we?
1:30:44 > 1:30:46Yes, I suppose we did.
1:30:54 > 1:30:58Oh, I'll crack through and fly over the top.
1:31:00 > 1:31:02So long, Jim.
1:31:03 > 1:31:05So long, Amy.
1:31:14 > 1:31:18- Hello, Sam. Happy New Year.- Same to you, Amy, and many of them.- Thanks.
1:31:27 > 1:31:30Crack through and fly over the top.
1:31:30 > 1:31:32That's Amy Johnson.
1:31:46 > 1:31:50This is records officer, women's section, ATA speaking.
1:31:50 > 1:31:55Oxford V3457 has just left the ground at station 104.
1:31:55 > 1:31:57Pilot's name, Amy Johnson.
1:32:26 > 1:32:33This is the adjutant, women's section, ATA. We're advised weather unfit for flying. Heavy fog.
1:32:56 > 1:32:58Is that the duty pilot?
1:32:58 > 1:33:01Pauline Gower speaking, women's section, ATA.
1:33:01 > 1:33:06Can you tell me the exact time Oxford V3457 took off?
1:33:06 > 1:33:08Yes, Amy Johnson.
1:33:08 > 1:33:101305 hours.
1:33:43 > 1:33:45This is operations officer, women's section, ATA.
1:33:45 > 1:33:50Have you any news of an Oxford aircraft V3457?
1:33:52 > 1:33:54Oh. What's your weather like?
1:34:13 > 1:34:17Do you know how much petrol she carried? Both tanks full?
1:34:18 > 1:34:21I see. Just about enough to last her four and a half hours...
1:34:23 > 1:34:24..till 1730.
1:34:43 > 1:34:48Not having a radio makes you realise how important wireless is to flying.
1:34:48 > 1:34:50- What time is it?- 1730.
1:35:05 > 1:35:08ENGINE RATTLES AND CUTS OUT
1:35:40 > 1:35:42Final! Star, News, Standard!
1:35:42 > 1:35:46Star, News, Standard, late night final!
1:36:05 > 1:36:06Hello.
1:36:08 > 1:36:11Get me Mrs Johnson, please.
1:36:11 > 1:36:13Yes. Her mother.
1:36:14 > 1:36:16PHONE RINGS
1:36:23 > 1:36:25Hello.
1:36:25 > 1:36:26Yes, speaking.
1:36:32 > 1:36:33Oh.
1:36:39 > 1:36:40Mother...
1:36:50 > 1:36:51Hello.
1:36:52 > 1:36:53Yes.
1:37:01 > 1:37:03It was very kind of you to ring yourself.
1:37:14 > 1:37:19My message to youth is to dream great dreams and see great visions.
1:37:19 > 1:37:24To lift their eyes to the skies and to journey forth into the skyroads of the air
1:37:24 > 1:37:27and help to bind still closer the British Empire.
1:37:27 > 1:37:33Our great sailors won the freedom of the seas and it's up to us to win the freedom of the skies!