0:00:16 > 0:00:19MUSIC HALL PIANO
0:00:27 > 0:00:31'Ever since man started to think, he has wanted to fly.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35'But flying was strictly for the birds...
0:00:37 > 0:00:41'..and continued to be so for thousands of years.'
0:00:45 > 0:00:47CLINK OF METAL
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'Man, eternally optimistic, kept trying.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51'Encouraged by his many successes - man kept trying.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57'Through his genius, he managed to get his machines off the ground,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01'and sometimes he brought them down again.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15'All over the world, early pioneers were making flying history.
0:03:15 > 0:03:23'In Italy, Count Emilio Ponticelli made what many people claim was the first long-distance flight.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40'There was no doubt about it - by 1910, flying had become the rage.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45'Man had conquered the air and people everywhere were all agog about...
0:03:45 > 0:03:49'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines.'
0:04:00 > 0:04:04# Those magnificent men in their flying machines
0:04:04 > 0:04:08# They go up diddly-up up They go down diddly-own down
0:04:08 > 0:04:11# They enchant all the ladies and steal all the scenes
0:04:11 > 0:04:16# With their up diddly-up up And their down diddly-own down
0:04:16 > 0:04:20# Up, down, flying around
0:04:20 > 0:04:23# Looping the loop and defying the ground
0:04:23 > 0:04:27# They're all frightfully keen
0:04:27 > 0:04:31# Those magnificent men in their flying machines
0:05:05 > 0:05:09# They can fly upside down with their feet in the air
0:05:09 > 0:05:13# They don't think of danger, they really don't care
0:05:13 > 0:05:17# Newton would think he had made a mistake
0:05:17 > 0:05:20# To see those young men and the chances they take
0:05:24 > 0:05:28# Those magnificent men in their flying machines
0:05:28 > 0:05:30# They go up diddly-up up
0:05:30 > 0:05:32# They go down diddly-own down
0:05:32 > 0:05:36# They enchant all the ladies and steal all the scenes
0:05:36 > 0:05:38# With their up diddly-up up
0:05:38 > 0:05:40# And their down diddly-own down
0:05:40 > 0:05:41# Up...
0:05:41 > 0:05:42# Down...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44# Flying around
0:05:44 > 0:05:48# Looping the loop and defying the ground
0:05:48 > 0:05:52# They're all frightfully keen
0:05:52 > 0:05:58# Those magnificent men in their flying ma-chines. #
0:06:14 > 0:06:17DOG BARKING
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Hello, Richard!
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Oh, Richard! Please take me up!
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Oh...no, not today. Much too windy.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Come on, let's swing her round. Anyway, I'm still on duty. Lift!
0:07:00 > 0:07:03It isn't too windy for YOU to fly!
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Give a hand.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Oh, Richard!
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Look!
0:07:10 > 0:07:15That bird can go wherever it likes whenever it like. You're so lucky.
0:07:15 > 0:07:22- I know.- I'd like to soar through the air and look down on the world...- Let her down!
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- I think I'd make a very nice bird. - Yes, I dare say.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Thank you, Carter.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Richard, isn't the rigging a bit tight?
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- It's stretching the fabric.- You're getting good at noticing things.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- I should jolly well hope so! - Thank you.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45After all the work I've done on this contraption.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Patricia, did you talk to your father about my idea?
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- Yes. He's very interested, but you must talk to him.- Right.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Tell him it will increase the circulation of his newspaper.
0:07:58 > 0:08:05- Wave the flag - "Britannia rules the sea, but she doesn't rule the sky."- I know what to say.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Then...you're to ask him if you can take me flying.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Mmm. Yes, I might.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13This afternoon?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- All right.- Oh!
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- Oh, Patricia, not now. I'm in uniform.- Oh, don't be so silly.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- Follow me in your motor car. I'll try not to go too fast!- Oh...
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- What's the trouble?- Nothing. Father doesn't know about this.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Won't be a minute.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Well?
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Very nice. You look just like a girl.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Thank you.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- One of these days, your father's going to find you out.- I know.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Exciting, isn't it?
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Too many good ideas are being dissipated in too many aeroplanes.
0:09:53 > 0:10:00We need to bring together all the different types from all over the world.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- All over the world? - Yes, Lord Rawnsley.
0:10:02 > 0:10:10- The French and Americans are ahead of us.- I didn't know.- No Englishman flew until three years ago.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Really?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Britannia may rule the waves, sir, but she doesn't rule the skies.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Not yet.- More Madeira? Oh, you haven't finished.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Damn it! We should rule the sky.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I can see you're going to be a real enthusiast, sir.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- If you'd care to come up...? - No, thank you, Mays.
0:10:33 > 0:10:40I may be an old fogey, but I think if the Lord had intended me to fly, he'd have given me wings.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44You travel by train, Father, but you haven't any wheels.
0:10:46 > 0:10:52- Do you really mean no Englishman flew until three years ago? - Yes, sir.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Mmmm.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Come and see me soon. I'll discuss your idea with my circulation people.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Thank you, sir. Thank you very much.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11MOUTHS SILENTLY
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Er...by the by, sir. There's one other thing.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I wonder if I might take Patricia up this afternoon.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Up where?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Into the sky, Father...
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Flying.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Certainly not! I absolutely forbid you to go up.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37And I absolutely forbid you to take my daughter flying. Is that understood?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Yes, sir. Absolutely, sir.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Thank you, sir.
0:11:54 > 0:12:01"I absolutely forbid you to take my daughter flying. Is that absolutely understood?" "Oh, yes, sir!"
0:12:01 > 0:12:07- Three bags full, sir!- You can't blame your father for thinking flying is dangerous, it is.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12When he gets enthusiastic about the idea, he'll change his mind.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- Oh, Patricia... - No, Richard. You're in uniform!
0:12:18 > 0:12:23If you won't take me flying, I shall find someone who will.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Oh! All right.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29I suppose you wouldn't like to have lunch at Windsor?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33You can drive the car, if you like.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37- Me?- Yes.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Oh!
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Come on!
0:12:45 > 0:12:52That's my idea, gentlemen. Not a festival, but something that will fire the imagination of the world.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56It will bring together different types of flying machines
0:12:56 > 0:13:00and, at the same time, increase the circulation of my newspaper.
0:13:02 > 0:13:08An air race, gentlemen - initiated, sponsored and rewarded by the Daily Post.
0:13:08 > 0:13:15An air race which will show that Britannia not only rules the waves, but intends to rule the skies.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21An air race between the two most important capitals of the world -
0:13:21 > 0:13:24London and Paris.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Flying across the English Channel?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Of course. That's the whole idea, Gasgoyne.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35A French fellow did it last year. I presume progress has been made since.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Of course, sir.- Very well.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43I'll leave the details to my staff and you gentlemen of the Royal Aero Club.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48You, Gasgoyne, will be my liaison officer and air correspondent.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I'll expect you to go aloft...often!
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Yes, sir. And what's the prize, sir?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58£10,000.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04£10,000! That will attract fliers from all over the world.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06That's the idea.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Nevertheless, I expect the prize to be won by an Englishman.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22"Great London-Paris Air Race. Daily Post offers £10,000 prize.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26"Competitors will fly across English Channel."
0:14:26 > 0:14:32- Not bad.- Add "Foreign newspapers please copy."- That's at the bottom.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Here are some more invitations.
0:14:34 > 0:14:40With invitations and the newspapers, we'll reach every flying man in the world.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Emilio Ponticelli, Italy.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Pierre Dubois, Dieppe, France.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52MUSIC: "The Marseillaise"
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Mademoiselle! >
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Monsieur Dubois! Monsieur Dubois!
0:15:04 > 0:15:08AEROPLANE WHIRS Monsieur Dubois! Une lettre!
0:15:33 > 0:15:36CRASH!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Il est mort.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Oh...am I dead or am I dreaming?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56Merveilleux. You are so charming. What's your name?
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Brigitte.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Brigitte! Oh, formidable!
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Concussion.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08- Monsieur?- Plus tard, plus tard. - Perhaps it is important.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10It's from England.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Mon Dieu!
0:16:15 > 0:16:17250,000 francs!
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- You?- We must get down the machine. - Me?- Yes, you.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28MUSIC: "Deutschlandlied"
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Schauen Sie was da los ist.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59ORDERS SHOUTED
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Read it, please.
0:17:15 > 0:17:22"His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser commands that a German officer wins...the London-Paris Air Race.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26"You will make arrangements accordingly."
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Rumplestrosse.- Herr Colonel? - Order another flying machine.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Jawohl, Herr Colonel! But there's no-one else who can fly.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41It cannot be difficult or Winkler couldn't have done it.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Not that he was any good!- Of course!
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- So, Rumplestrosse...- Herr Colonel? - You will fly the new machine.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Jawohl, Herr Colonel...
0:17:54 > 0:17:58But how will I learn to fly?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Same way that the German Army
0:18:00 > 0:18:03learns everything - from the instruction book.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Come on!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14WIND HOWLS
0:18:17 > 0:18:21It's OK you being interested in the ladies - that's natural.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25But it ain't OK to stand up and wave when you fly past them!
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I lost my head.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Yeah. You lost most of my investment, too.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I can fix it.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39Maybe we'd better just call it a day, Orvil. Go back to work like ordinary people.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43George, you just don't have the flying bug.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47You don't know what it's like up there.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53It's not the going up, it's the different ways you find of coming down!
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Boy, when you're up there you get a sense of freedom and power...
0:18:59 > 0:19:02that you just don't get from anything else.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I'm never going to give up flying.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Hey, Orvil, look at this!
0:19:14 > 0:19:17"The London to Paris Air Race.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- "First prize - 50,000." - Oooh-wheee!
0:19:20 > 0:19:24"For further details, turn to page six."
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Whoa!
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Somewhere out there is page six.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Where is the great Ponticelli?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Signor, signor, have you heard the news?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Papa, va bene? - Pensori, cari.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55No..niente, niente, Sofia. Niente, cara.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Emilio, now you give up flying, huh?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I promise, cara.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04No more flying. Finito.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06< Emilio!
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Are you all right?
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- Every bone in my body is broken. - Have you seen this?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Sofia... Look.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I shall enter. I shall win.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26For Italia.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31- But you promised!- Is postponed. Come. We go and make the planes.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35I'll buy the best flying machine in the world.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Like Caesar, we go to England!
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Bambini, andiamo.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Bravo! Bravo!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48EXCITED SHOUTING
0:20:54 > 0:20:59THEY SHOUT EXCITEDLY
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Nanda. Tu is ta?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Yamamoto!
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Yamamoto... SPEAKS JAPANESE
0:21:23 > 0:21:26REPLIES IN JAPANESE
0:21:51 > 0:21:55CLIPPED ENGLISH ACCENT: £10,000!
0:21:56 > 0:22:00We've had 83 entries - 40 from the continent alone!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Interest in the race is world-wide.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06It's one of the best ideas I've ever had.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09SHE GASPS
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Your go, Patricia.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Another entry! From Phoenix...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Arizona, milord. Arizona.
0:22:22 > 0:22:29Arizona? Well, to come all that way he must be very rich or very confident.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31As an American, he's probably both.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- I say!- >
0:22:33 > 0:22:40- You didn't invite that bounder Sir Percy, did you?- Of course not.- Then what's he doing here?- I don't know.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Hello, Miss Rawnsley.- Hello. - Rawnsley. Mays.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Popped in for a form for that little junket of yours to Gay Paris.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55If you're referring to an official entry form, my office will send you one.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01As I'm one of Britain's foremost aeroplanists, they should have sent me one before.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06If you hold your mallet like this, you'll play much better.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- I'll hold my mallet as I always have! - Then you'll miss the shot.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15What did I say? Missed the shot.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20I expect we'll see you soon, Sir Percy. Glad you're joining the race.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I won't just join it, I'll win it.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Do you really think you have a chance, Sir Percy?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Miss Rawnsley, I never leave ANYTHING to chance.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Hang on to the tail, I'm revving up.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Hey, Orvil, look at that!
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Wow!
0:24:29 > 0:24:31That's what you've gotta beat.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Oooh-eee!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I'll be right back.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Are you all right?- Yes, of course.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Oh, dear.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Thank you. No, no! The other way.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- This way.- No, it's the other way.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Look what you've done!
0:24:57 > 0:24:58What I'VE done?
0:24:58 > 0:25:03- Haven't you ever seen legs before?! - Sure I have. Lots of times.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08When you take girls flying as often as I do, you get to see lots of legs.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11And bloomers too.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14None as pretty as yours though.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18If that's supposed to be a compliment, I'm not flattered.
0:25:19 > 0:25:26- Did you say you take girls flying? - Sure, all the time. Only back home. I'm here to race.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Oh, you're one of the Americans.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Uh-huh.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Well, THAT explains everything. My bicycle, please?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Oh, sure.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Say, do you work around here?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42No! Why?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Well, I thought that... Well, I'd like to see more of you.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49You could have worded that better!
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Impossible. I'm not being stuffy, but we haven't been introduced.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Do we have to be?
0:25:56 > 0:26:01But of course. English girls don't care to be "picked up".
0:26:01 > 0:26:06So, until we are properly introduced, goodbye.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Ah, there you are, Mays!
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- Oh, hello, sir. - I want a word with you.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Certainly, sir. Inside or out?- Out.
0:26:40 > 0:26:47- I expect you know what I want to talk about.- Yes, sir, the race. - No, not the race. Patricia.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50She's getting rather keen on you.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Well, are you intending to propose to her?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59With your permission, sir.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05My dear fellow, you can take that for granted. Your father was at school with me.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- There's just one snag, sir.- Oh?
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- It's finding the time for married life.- What do you mean?
0:27:15 > 0:27:19I soldier all day and I'm rather busy in the evenings.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Monday, I dine in. Tuesday's card night at Whites.
0:27:23 > 0:27:29Wednesday, I play snooker with the adjutant. Thursday...we end up at Romano's.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- That only leaves Friday. - What about the weekends?
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Oh, that's for flying, sir. It's the only time I've got.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41I could give up my card night.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Oh, no. We don't want to spoil the girl. You do love her, don't you?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- I do, sir, very much.- I thought so.
0:27:49 > 0:27:56Glad we had this little talk. Nice to know you're serious, so few young people are these days.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Goodbye.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Bye, sir.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06CHILDREN CHATTER EXCITEDLY
0:28:07 > 0:28:13There are the hangars. You can put your plane in the one nearest us.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17A first-class plane! Wait till you see it!
0:28:17 > 0:28:22Come, my darling, it's wonderful. I'm going to be very happy here.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24I'm very happy for you.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26What is all that water?
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- Actually, it's the sewage farm. - What is sewage?
0:28:30 > 0:28:34It's rather nasty - drains and all that.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- It's jolly useful. Most of the pilots crash there...- Crash?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41They aren't aeroplanists till they have.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Er...you'll want to know all about the practice times.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50- You are scheduled for 7.30 am and 4.00 pm. How's that?- First class!
0:28:50 > 0:28:53You follow the French.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58I no follow the French. Italy come first or not at all. We go.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Finito. Andiamo casa.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08Sir! Sir! If you feel so strongly, you can go before the French.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12I can?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Masterclass!
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Sofia, we go before the French. Who is this?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Lord Rawnsley.
0:29:22 > 0:29:28Ah, the English Lord. Good morning, milord!
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- Good heavens, he's brought his whole family!- Who is he?- Emilio Ponticelli.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38He's one of the richest men in Italy. He's always buying flying machines.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41A great enthusiast...for everything.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Morning, milord.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Morning, sir!
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Right ho, lads. Heave ho! On to the field.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Drei!
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Drei! Vier!
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Vier! Funf!
0:30:01 > 0:30:02Funf!
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Sechs!
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Sechs!
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Sieben! < Sieben!
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Achtung!
0:30:32 > 0:30:37Brigitte! Oh, wonderful. Every time I see you, my heart sings.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Brigitte, no. Ingrid. I am Swedish.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45- Swedish? But didn't I see you on the beach in Normandy?- Possibly.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49- Come. Teach me to fly. - Voulez-vous apprendre a piloter?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Il n'y a rien de plus facile.- Oh!
0:30:52 > 0:30:54C'est pour commander les ailes.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56En arriere.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Oh!
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Look! He's teaching her to fly!
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Ridiculous. Anyone can see she isn't in the least mechanically minded.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11She does 35mph.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14A wingspan of 30 feet.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18When you get up to about 40 flaps per minute,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21use the top car and you're away.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Are you sure it will fly? - Of course it'll fly!
0:31:25 > 0:31:29This has the power of an eagle, the grace of a swan.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31It's a bargain for 350 guineas.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- Emilio! - Don't worry. - Put it on, please.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40- I don't want that. It's guaranteed. - Emilio, put it on for me, please!
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Aaahh...Sofia!
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Eh!
0:31:52 > 0:31:54All right!
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Take it away!
0:31:58 > 0:32:01RHYTHMIC SQUEAKS AND WHOOSHES
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Up! Up!
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Up! Up!
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Oh, Gawd!
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Oh, well. We all make mistakes.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- BICYCLE BELL RINGS Morning, sir.- Morning, madam.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Morning, Sir Percy.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I hope your hands are clean.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Come on, Courtney!
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Switches off, sir.- Switches off.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- Switches on, sir.- Switches on.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19..Contact, sir.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Contact, Courtney.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29ENGINE SPLUTTERS AND ROARS
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Come on, Courtney!
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Hang on, I haven't revved up yet, you useless lot!
0:33:38 > 0:33:43Hey, you! Yes, YOU! Give my chaps a hand, will you?
0:34:05 > 0:34:08He's not supposed to carry passengers.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Oh, 'eck!
0:34:18 > 0:34:19BELL CLANGS
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Stand by, lads. It's Sir Percy!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Make for the sewage farm!
0:34:29 > 0:34:31REVS DIP
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Er? Oh!
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Bug off!
0:34:57 > 0:34:59What the hell are you doing?
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Oh! Get your backside out of my face!
0:35:04 > 0:35:06What the hell are you doing?!
0:35:09 > 0:35:11I can't drive the plane.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17BELLS CLANG
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Back to the sewage farm!
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- He's going to crash!- Yeah!
0:35:53 > 0:35:54CRASH!
0:36:03 > 0:36:08You bounder. Look what you've done to my aeroplane! I'll kill you!
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- Come on, Courtney!- Ow!
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Infantry!
0:36:30 > 0:36:31March!
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Links...links...
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Links!
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Halt!
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Links...
0:36:39 > 0:36:42CONTINUES TO SHOUT ORDERS
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Lager, achtung!
0:36:54 > 0:36:57BUGLE PLAYS
0:36:59 > 0:37:01GRAMOPHONE PLAYS "Frere Jacques"
0:37:01 > 0:37:05BUGLE AND GRAMOPHONE COMPETE
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Le drapeau!
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Le drapeau! Voyons!
0:37:23 > 0:37:26THE FRENCH LAUGH
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- Is this where the Yankee fellow hangs out?- Yes, guvnor.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Are you quite certain he's smaller than me?- Oh, yes, guvnor.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Right. Stay there.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Are you there, Yankee chap?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Oh, howdy.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- Do you want me?- I certainly do.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52You caused me to crash my flying machine.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56I therefore intend giving you a jolly good thrashing. Ready?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- NASALLY: - I suppose you think that's funny?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Pardon me.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11You might want to thrash someone else with this.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Yes.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Got a cold, guvnor?
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Ooh-ooh.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30You're late.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Oh, Richard! You taste of castor oil.- Eeurgh!
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Did you fix the extra petrol tank?
0:38:45 > 0:38:50Yes. And changed the oil. It did need changing, you were quite right.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Of course. I'm always right.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00And now you're going to help me... grease the undercarriage!
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Come on.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Right. You begin greasing here.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09On the axle?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Mmm. It could do with it.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Say, you've really got something here!
0:39:21 > 0:39:28- Anything I can do for you? - I was hoping that you might let me borrow a monkey wrench.
0:39:28 > 0:39:34A monkey wrench? Oh... I can let you have an adjustable spanner, if that's it.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38I guess that's what they call it in England.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- You're Orvil Newton?- Yes. - I'm Richard Mays.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43How do you do?
0:39:44 > 0:39:46I'll get it for you.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Oh, may I present Miss Patricia Rawnsley.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Well, how do you do?
0:39:59 > 0:40:04Now, doesn't this constitute a formal introduction?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Yes...I suppose so.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Do you have to do that every time we meet?!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Well...I...
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Hurry up!
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Thank you.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- Your monkey wrench, Mr Newton. - Well, thank you.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40I'll bring it back just as soon as I'm through.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- Where did you meet that fellow? - Oh, I met him here.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Oh!
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Good-looking chap, isn't he?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Is he? Oh, I didn't notice.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Come on. On with the greasing.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04LAUGHTER Thanks, dear.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Just a wee dram to warm me up, eh?
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Oh!
0:41:16 > 0:41:21- Ingrid! You are working here! - My name is Marlene. I'm German.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- I've met you somewhere before, I'm sure.- Possibly.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Never mind. We have met now.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31I would like you to know - I adore Germans.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Howdy.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41May I sit down?
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Let me make quite sure my skirt's out of the way.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48How is the food?
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Everything's off but the chop and chips.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Well, that's what I'll have then.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Can I order you anything? - No, thank you. I'm just going.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Not bad, huh?
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Yes. It's a very beautiful aeroplane.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- No, I meant me.- Oh!
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Oh, is that you?
0:42:19 > 0:42:22I don't normally carry my photo around,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25but Mr Gasgoyne of the Daily Post wanted it...
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Please, begin...
0:42:28 > 0:42:31That's a Wright bi-plane, isn't it?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33No, that's a Curtis.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- Is that the one you take passengers up in?- Mm-hmm.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42It's got an Anzani engine in it - 70 horse power.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47- And you brought it from Arizona? - Mmm-hmm.- You must be very rich.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52Sorry to disappoint you, ma'am, but we came across by cattle boat.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54We're in hock up to our eyebrows.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59If I don't win that race, I'll lose my plane and everything.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Say, do you know that you are very beautiful?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Oh, yes, I know I am.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12I also have a very good figure,
0:43:12 > 0:43:17I'm rich, and I'm in love with an extremely handsome man.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Mmm. Is he in love with you?
0:43:20 > 0:43:23- I think so.- Hasn't he told you?
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Well...not exactly.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28I mean, yes...yes, he has.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Let's talk about you.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35All right. What about me?
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- Would you take me up? - Well, sure, any time.
0:43:44 > 0:43:45Tomorrow?
0:43:45 > 0:43:48All right. First thing in the morning.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56Say, you have flown before, haven't you?
0:43:58 > 0:43:59Yes.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Yes. Hundreds of times.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05I just love it. I...
0:44:07 > 0:44:10I have to go now. Till tomorrow.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13I'll see you outside my hangar.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17Sorry to keep you waiting. I've brought the car to the door.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Been sitting with that American?
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Yes. He was telling me about Arizona.
0:44:23 > 0:44:27You were quite right, Richard. He is VERY good looking.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34I didn't fancy the way he was looking at you.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36I do believe you're jealous!
0:44:36 > 0:44:42Me? Jealous? Never! If I catch him looking at you again like that...
0:44:42 > 0:44:44..I'll give him a good hiding.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46Don't be so pompous!
0:44:49 > 0:44:52BUGLE PLAYS REVEILLE
0:44:55 > 0:44:58GRAMOPHONE PLAYS "Frere Jacques"
0:45:15 > 0:45:18Who's first off this morning, Courtney?
0:45:18 > 0:45:20Mr Dubois, sir.
0:45:20 > 0:45:26- He's a danger.- I know. He's got a better flying machine than you.
0:45:26 > 0:45:31I don't admit that. But if he has, it'll have to be nobbled.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32You're not...?
0:45:32 > 0:45:35You're not going to sabotage it?
0:45:35 > 0:45:37I certainly am not.
0:45:37 > 0:45:38YOU are.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Get back. Get back.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53Bonne chance, Pierre!
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Bon voyage, Pierre!
0:46:06 > 0:46:09I see the Frenchie's taking off.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Shall I call the lads out?
0:46:15 > 0:46:19No, he'll be all right. He knows what he's doing.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43You all right, Chief?
0:46:45 > 0:46:49SHOUTS ORDERS IN GERMAN
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Today we fly, Rumplestrosse.
0:46:55 > 0:47:00You will taxi across the field, take off, fly around, and return.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Understood. Taxi across the field...
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Aaargh!
0:47:11 > 0:47:14METALLIC CRASH
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Schwein Hund! Take up your flying machine at once!
0:47:18 > 0:47:23Show those French idiots what a German officer can do.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Colonel!
0:47:24 > 0:47:27An der Maschine! Marsch! Marsch!
0:47:28 > 0:47:33Links! Links! Links! Links!
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Zwei, drei, vier...links! Zwei, drei, vier...links!
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Zwei, drei, vier...links!
0:47:40 > 0:47:41Links! Links!
0:47:41 > 0:47:45TRUMPETS A MARCH
0:47:52 > 0:47:56- Ready to fly? - Ready to fly.- At the double!
0:47:56 > 0:47:59ENGINE REVS UP
0:47:59 > 0:48:02Eins, zwei, drei...
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Rumplestrosse!
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Come back!
0:48:12 > 0:48:15MEN SHOUT: Herr Rumplestrosse! Komm!
0:48:19 > 0:48:21You fool!
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Stop flying!
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Oh!
0:48:28 > 0:48:30How can I stop?
0:48:34 > 0:48:36Out of the way! I can't stop!
0:48:42 > 0:48:46- BELLS CLANG - Oh, go away!
0:48:47 > 0:48:48Damn instructions!
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Stop here!
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Come back!
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Go faster!
0:49:30 > 0:49:32Leave my fire engine alone!
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Hey! No!
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Somebody do something!
0:50:16 > 0:50:17No, Rumplestrosse, no!
0:50:17 > 0:50:19For the Kaiser!
0:50:21 > 0:50:26Hey, Orvil, where're you going? You're supposed to be practising!
0:50:38 > 0:50:41COLONEL: Follow that flying machine!
0:50:44 > 0:50:50- Herr Colonel, what shall I do now? - Look at the book!- I already did so!
0:50:54 > 0:50:59- What's he trying to do? - Stop it, I suppose.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Oh, isn't he brave!
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Oh, well done!
0:51:05 > 0:51:06Whoops!
0:51:18 > 0:51:20We're heading for the wall.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Come on. We've gotta jump!
0:51:24 > 0:51:27ENGINE SPLUTTERS AND DIES He's stopped him!
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Three cheers for the American! Hip, hip...
0:51:30 > 0:51:33- Orvil, whaddya think you're doing? - Somebody had to.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38Put that man down!
0:51:38 > 0:51:39Bravo, Orvil!
0:51:39 > 0:51:41Well done!
0:51:41 > 0:51:43It's another German!
0:51:43 > 0:51:44Help!
0:51:48 > 0:51:50Herr Colonel! Come back!
0:51:52 > 0:51:58MUSIC: Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyrie"
0:51:58 > 0:51:59Rumplestrosse!
0:52:12 > 0:52:16Hey, Orvil. What's that contraption you're sticking on?
0:52:16 > 0:52:20It's a scoop. Produces more pressure in the engine.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Yeah, well, it might blow up the engine, ever think of that?
0:52:23 > 0:52:26You ever think that cigar might, too?
0:52:27 > 0:52:32I need the speed. The mono planes are faster than this old buzzard.
0:52:32 > 0:52:36I've been looking around. Getting some new ideas.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Yeah.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40May I come in?
0:52:40 > 0:52:43Oh! How d'ya do?
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Boy, you sure are pretty.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54I waited as long as I could this morning.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58I wanted to apologise, but I just couldn't get away.
0:52:58 > 0:53:03- Why not?- My father insisted on coming to watch everyone practise.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06What's he got to do with it?
0:53:06 > 0:53:08- He's Lord Rawnsley.- Lord who?
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Oh, didn't you know?
0:53:11 > 0:53:12No.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15But this is HIS race.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19Ha! I guess he's got every right in the world to watch it, then.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Oh, I get it.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26He won't allow you to...to fly, will he?
0:53:27 > 0:53:31So why did you ask me? You want me kicked out of the race?
0:53:31 > 0:53:35Why didn't you ask that fella you're in love with?
0:53:35 > 0:53:41I couldn't. He gave my father his word. Richard's a man of principle.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42Yeah?
0:53:43 > 0:53:48I asked you to take me flying... because I like you.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Oh?
0:53:52 > 0:53:54I like you very much.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59And I'm DYING to fly!
0:54:02 > 0:54:04I have to go now.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Just a second.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10I'm going all out to win. Do you think I have a chance?
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Well, that's entirely up to you.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Isn't it?
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Well, yeah. I guess it is.
0:54:24 > 0:54:25I'll see you tomorrow at Dover.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Now for the route, gentlemen.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32First leg - London to Dover.
0:54:32 > 0:54:36Emergency landing fields - here, here and here.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39First aid stations - here, here and here.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42Refuelling points - here and here.
0:54:42 > 0:54:47What a fuss! Why do we have to go to Dover by road? Why can't we fly?
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Heavens! You can't expect these machines to fly 62 miles nonstop!
0:54:50 > 0:54:55You've got to reconnoitre by road!
0:54:57 > 0:55:00On my left, landmark number seven...
0:55:01 > 0:55:05..the level crossing five miles west of Tonbridge.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09Mark it on your maps and follow the railway line to Dover.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17ORVIL: It's a helluva long way to the other side.
0:55:17 > 0:55:22- What do you think? - What do YOU think?- Can you swim?
0:55:22 > 0:55:23Look, you can see France!
0:55:23 > 0:55:26Yes, but there's an awful lot of water in between.
0:55:26 > 0:55:32- It is impossible to cross.- Nothing is impossible for the Fatherland.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40Aren't you afraid of getting drown-ded, guvnor?
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Sorry to disappoint you,
0:55:43 > 0:55:46but if anyone's going to get his feet wet, it won't be me.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49- LAUGHTER - I say...
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Pardon moi, monsieur.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Est-ce qu'il y a... un landing field...
0:55:55 > 0:55:56in Calais?
0:55:58 > 0:55:59What's going on?
0:55:59 > 0:56:03WOMEN GIGGLE
0:56:03 > 0:56:04Oh, I say!
0:56:07 > 0:56:09BRASS BAND PLAYS
0:56:35 > 0:56:40- They're all enjoying themselves, sir.- I hope so! It's costing enough.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56Hey, waiter.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Thanks.
0:57:03 > 0:57:04Mr Newton!
0:57:04 > 0:57:06Orvil!
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- Want to drink to my health? - What? In sea water?
0:57:09 > 0:57:12No, I mean champagne.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17That's a very charming gesture.
0:57:25 > 0:57:30It's most strange. I've been to every seaside resort all over the continent,
0:57:30 > 0:57:33but never have I seen a German dive.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Perhaps their skulls are too thin.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40Come, Rumplestrosse. We are going to dive.
0:57:40 > 0:57:44THE COLONEL TRUMPETS A MARCH
0:57:54 > 0:57:57Come in, Colonel. The water is magnificent.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12You don't like our little joke, Colonel?
0:58:12 > 0:58:14O-o-oh!
0:58:21 > 0:58:24- Newton, may I have a word with you? - Sure.
0:58:27 > 0:58:28What's on your mind?
0:58:28 > 0:58:32If you continue to make advances to MY fiancee,
0:58:32 > 0:58:35I shall knock your block off. Champagne?
0:58:38 > 0:58:42Well, she's not officially engaged to you.
0:58:42 > 0:58:45It's an understood thing between Lord Rawnsley and myself.
0:58:47 > 0:58:49But Patricia hasn't agreed,
0:58:49 > 0:58:51and until she does, well...
0:58:51 > 0:58:54I'll make all the advances I want.
0:58:54 > 0:58:57You really are being most tiresome.
0:59:04 > 0:59:07What ARE you doing?
0:59:07 > 0:59:09Are you two fighting over me?
0:59:09 > 0:59:11Oh, good!
0:59:11 > 0:59:13I say! I say! The Japanese chap has arrived.
0:59:17 > 0:59:18It's Yamamoto!
0:59:23 > 0:59:26He's flown all the way from Japan.
0:59:26 > 0:59:30- We don't have the facts yet, sir. - Don't argue with me.
0:59:30 > 0:59:33We must go and welcome him. Come along, everyone.
0:59:37 > 0:59:40- Lieutenant Parsons.- How do you do?
0:59:40 > 0:59:44- Mr Richard Mays.- Excuse me.
0:59:44 > 0:59:48- Yamamoto, first class flying machine.- Thank you.
0:59:48 > 0:59:50Children!
0:59:50 > 0:59:52- May I?- Of course.
0:59:52 > 0:59:55Now that the Japanese are here, no-one stands a chance.
0:59:57 > 0:59:59He's right. This is the one to beat, guvnor.
0:59:59 > 1:00:03Then we'll have to nobble the man and not the machine.
1:00:05 > 1:00:08Perhaps a little cascara in his chop suey.
1:00:08 > 1:00:10Shut up!
1:00:10 > 1:00:14Excuse me, sir. You must have had a remarkable journey.
1:00:14 > 1:00:1710,000 miles! Did you fly at all?
1:00:17 > 1:00:20Of course. I came by mule train to Yokohama,
1:00:20 > 1:00:25then by ship to Vladivostock to catch the Trans-Siberian Express...
1:00:25 > 1:00:26Good heavens!
1:00:26 > 1:00:30..from Moscow overland to Paris, then to Dieppe,
1:00:30 > 1:00:32where I took the cross-Channel ferry to Folkestone.
1:00:32 > 1:00:34A remarkable journey!
1:00:34 > 1:00:39At Folkestone, I boarded my machine and flew ALL the way here!
1:00:39 > 1:00:41Four miles! Amazing!
1:00:44 > 1:00:45Orvil.
1:00:45 > 1:00:49- I've been looking all over for you. - Well, here I am.
1:00:49 > 1:00:54I've an idea. As everyone's still here, do you know what we could do?
1:00:54 > 1:00:58I know what we COULD do and what I'd like to do, but do we dare do it?
1:01:00 > 1:01:03- Motor cycles go very much faster than motor cars.- Mmmm.
1:01:03 > 1:01:07If we left now, we could be back at Brookley first.
1:01:07 > 1:01:09And then?
1:01:09 > 1:01:10Then...
1:01:11 > 1:01:14..you could take me up in your flying machine.
1:01:14 > 1:01:18You're really determined to get me into trouble.
1:01:18 > 1:01:19Don't you think I'm worth it?
1:01:22 > 1:01:24All right. Come on.
1:01:45 > 1:01:47Bonjour, mon capitaine.
1:01:49 > 1:01:51Oh! Colonel!
1:01:51 > 1:01:53The name of your second?
1:01:53 > 1:01:55My second?
1:01:55 > 1:01:57Who wishes to be my second?
1:01:57 > 1:01:59Jean Pasquale.
1:02:06 > 1:02:11Colonel Manfred Von Holstein demands satisfaction. Dawn tomorrow?
1:02:11 > 1:02:12Anything you wish.
1:02:14 > 1:02:17But you are not serious. This is 1910, you know?
1:02:17 > 1:02:19I'm aware of the date.
1:02:22 > 1:02:24Tell the idiot I agree.
1:02:26 > 1:02:28He agrees.
1:02:28 > 1:02:30The choice of weapons is yours.
1:02:30 > 1:02:34Do you wish to use pistols, sabres or rapiers?
1:02:43 > 1:02:45Balloons.
1:02:47 > 1:02:48Balloons?
1:02:48 > 1:02:53- And blunderbusses.- You are trying to make fools of us again!
1:02:53 > 1:02:58On the contrary, there is an historical precedent. N'est ce pas?
1:02:58 > 1:03:03- A similar duel between a Frenchman and a German took place in...- 1817.
1:03:03 > 1:03:06Right... 1817.
1:03:10 > 1:03:12The Frenchman won.
1:03:18 > 1:03:21In that case, I accept.
1:03:24 > 1:03:28THE FRENCH LAUGH
1:03:28 > 1:03:33Come along! Back to the motors. I expect you'll be flying back.
1:03:33 > 1:03:35Come along, Richard.
1:03:35 > 1:03:39- Where's Patricia?- I thought she was with you, sir.- She isn't.
1:03:41 > 1:03:44What the devil is she doing in that contraption?
1:03:44 > 1:03:47- Going to Brookley, I think, sir.- She hasn't persuaded him to take her up?
1:03:47 > 1:03:51I absolutely forbid it. Stop him! Stop him at once!
1:03:59 > 1:04:01Faster, Richard, faster.
1:04:01 > 1:04:04I'm doing nearly 40mph as it is, sir!
1:04:15 > 1:04:17Come down at once! I forbid it!
1:04:17 > 1:04:20- Marvellous!- It's fun, isn't it?- Yes.
1:04:20 > 1:04:22Oh, look! There's Father.
1:04:24 > 1:04:27Let's give him a fright.
1:04:40 > 1:04:42TWANGING
1:04:42 > 1:04:43Oh, rats!
1:04:43 > 1:04:44Broke a wing strap.
1:04:44 > 1:04:49- You take over the stick and keep it steady, will you?- Oh, no. I can't.
1:04:49 > 1:04:50OK?
1:04:58 > 1:05:01I said, keep it steady!
1:05:02 > 1:05:05ENGINE SPLUTTERS
1:05:11 > 1:05:13Orvil, help!
1:06:14 > 1:06:16Orvil!
1:06:17 > 1:06:19I can't keep it straight!
1:06:24 > 1:06:25Orvil!
1:06:25 > 1:06:27Help me!
1:06:27 > 1:06:29ENGINE SPLUTTERS
1:06:35 > 1:06:38I can't do it. Hurry!
1:06:57 > 1:06:59FIRE BELLS CLANG
1:07:08 > 1:07:09He's lost his trousers!
1:07:09 > 1:07:11So he has.
1:07:11 > 1:07:13EXCITED SHOUTING
1:07:16 > 1:07:19- Are you all right, Patricia? - Of course!
1:07:19 > 1:07:22- How dare you take my daughter up? - He isn't to blame!
1:07:22 > 1:07:25This race was organised to help flying,
1:07:25 > 1:07:30- not for brainless nincompoops to give joyrides!- It was my fault.
1:07:30 > 1:07:32It didn't occur to you that crashing with a woman on board
1:07:32 > 1:07:35would have put flying back 20 years?
1:07:35 > 1:07:37You might have killed her!
1:07:37 > 1:07:39Now, look, I knew exactly what I was doing.
1:07:39 > 1:07:40And I know what I'm doing!
1:07:42 > 1:07:44Oh, Richard!
1:07:44 > 1:07:46Patricia, come with me.
1:07:48 > 1:07:50Yes, Father.
1:07:51 > 1:07:55- Niven, have that machine scratched from the race.- Not now, Father.
1:07:55 > 1:07:58- I am entirely to blame.- I know that.
1:07:58 > 1:08:01This is the last time you'll fly
1:08:01 > 1:08:04- and the last time you'll ride a motorcycle.- Yes, Father.
1:08:04 > 1:08:08- That includes the one you have hidden in the garden.- But...
1:08:08 > 1:08:10- Get into the motor!- Oh!
1:08:18 > 1:08:21MOTORCYCLE BACKFIRES
1:08:23 > 1:08:26She's at it again. Disobeying my instructions.
1:08:26 > 1:08:29I don't think so. It's the American.
1:08:29 > 1:08:33What's he doing in my garden? Do you suppose he has a gun?
1:08:33 > 1:08:37- Why should he have a gun? - He's from the Wild West!
1:08:37 > 1:08:40- It's only a motorcycle, sir.- Oh!
1:08:40 > 1:08:44He's trying to get back into the race.
1:08:44 > 1:08:50Well, he's not going to. Nothing will make me change my mind. Nothing!
1:08:50 > 1:08:54Well, go and tell him so. Don't just stand there!
1:08:59 > 1:09:02I'm sorry, Newton, but Lord Rawnsley's quite adamant.
1:09:02 > 1:09:06Not only are you out of the race, but he expects you to move yourself
1:09:06 > 1:09:09and your flying machine from Brookley as soon as possible.
1:09:09 > 1:09:10Did you tell him I had to see him?
1:09:10 > 1:09:14If I don't get back in the race, I'll lose everything.
1:09:14 > 1:09:18We don't even have enough money to get to London, much less Arizona!
1:09:20 > 1:09:22You should have thought of that before.
1:09:22 > 1:09:24- He only has one daughter. - Yes, but...
1:09:29 > 1:09:32Thank you for trying to help me.
1:09:32 > 1:09:36- What will you do? - I don't know.
1:09:36 > 1:09:38I guess I'll have to sell my flying machine.
1:09:38 > 1:09:43I'm sorry. But at least you're in the right place to do that.
1:09:43 > 1:09:47Well, goodbye and the best of luck.
1:09:47 > 1:09:49- You know the way out.- Thanks.
1:10:00 > 1:10:03Orvil. I'm...I'm terribly sorry.
1:10:03 > 1:10:05Oh, well.
1:10:05 > 1:10:07You were worth it.
1:10:09 > 1:10:12Winning the race meant a great deal to you, didn't it?
1:10:15 > 1:10:18If I'd won it, I'd have been somebody.
1:10:18 > 1:10:23I could have gone up to any girl - even a rich and beautiful one -
1:10:23 > 1:10:26and say to her what I wanted to say,
1:10:26 > 1:10:29and ask her what I wanted to ask.
1:10:32 > 1:10:34Only it can't happen now.
1:10:34 > 1:10:37Oh! Please forgive me.
1:10:37 > 1:10:40I've been very, very selfish.
1:10:40 > 1:10:42I'll never forget you, Patricia.
1:10:47 > 1:10:50- Goodbye.- Oh, no! No, wait.
1:10:50 > 1:10:52I'm going to talk to Father.
1:10:52 > 1:10:57It won't be easy, but I'm going to get you back into the race.
1:11:00 > 1:11:02He'll soon change his mind
1:11:02 > 1:11:06when he hears what the American Ambassador has to say!
1:11:06 > 1:11:10- Does he know the American Ambassador? - No.
1:11:11 > 1:11:13Neither do I.
1:11:14 > 1:11:16Father doesn't know that!
1:11:27 > 1:11:31ORDERS SHOUTED IN GERMAN
1:11:45 > 1:11:48You gentlemen of the international press know that...
1:11:48 > 1:11:52BUGLE SOUNDS REVEILLE
1:11:58 > 1:12:02GRAMOPHONE PLAYS "La Marseillaise"
1:12:05 > 1:12:10- I gather a lot of innovations have been introduced by competitors.- Yes.
1:12:10 > 1:12:12Take young Parsons of the Royal Navy, for instance.
1:12:12 > 1:12:14The fellow alighting now.
1:12:14 > 1:12:18He's got a marvellous new naval idea for stopping his flying machine.
1:12:32 > 1:12:34What's that?
1:12:40 > 1:12:44It's a flying machine, I think. Yes, it must be - it's got propellers.
1:12:51 > 1:12:53Any other questions?
1:12:56 > 1:12:59You guarantee this one will fly better than the last?
1:12:59 > 1:13:05There was nothing wrong with my ornithopter. Just rotten piloting!
1:13:08 > 1:13:12You'll like this one. Just start the engine and you're off. Right?
1:13:15 > 1:13:16Contact.
1:13:16 > 1:13:18Mr Hathewell?
1:13:52 > 1:13:55Gentlemen, prepare your weapons!
1:13:55 > 1:14:00THE COLONEL TRUMPETS NERVOUSLY
1:14:06 > 1:14:11HE WHISTLES "Frere Jacques"
1:14:19 > 1:14:25Gentlemen, I count ten and then you will fire.
1:14:25 > 1:14:28One...
1:14:28 > 1:14:29Two...
1:14:29 > 1:14:31Three...
1:14:31 > 1:14:33Four...
1:14:33 > 1:14:36- WIND WHISTLES - Five...
1:14:36 > 1:14:37Six...
1:14:39 > 1:14:41Seven...
1:14:41 > 1:14:43Ici!
1:14:43 > 1:14:44Eight...
1:14:44 > 1:14:46Nine...nine...
1:14:46 > 1:14:50Get back to your position, Monsieur Dubois!
1:14:50 > 1:14:53You are not following the rules!
1:14:53 > 1:14:59- We always follow the rules!- No, you didn't!- Vive la France! Aaagh!
1:14:59 > 1:15:04This time I count to five. One, two, three...
1:15:04 > 1:15:05Four...
1:15:05 > 1:15:07Five... Fire!
1:15:15 > 1:15:17Sabotage! Sabotage!
1:15:20 > 1:15:23You insult Italy!
1:15:23 > 1:15:26WHOOSH OF ESCAPING AIR
1:15:26 > 1:15:28Ooh la!
1:15:28 > 1:15:31Ooh la! Ooh la la!
1:15:32 > 1:15:34LAUGHS
1:15:43 > 1:15:47WHOOSH OF ESCAPING AIR Rumplestrosse!
1:15:55 > 1:15:58MUSIC: "The Can Can"
1:16:05 > 1:16:09GENERAL PARTY CHATTER
1:16:23 > 1:16:26Hello. "With only 16 hours to go
1:16:26 > 1:16:29"before the start of the greatest race of all time,
1:16:29 > 1:16:33"temperatures have reached boiling point here at Brookley.
1:16:33 > 1:16:35"Not surprising, perhaps,
1:16:35 > 1:16:39"when so many different nationalities are involved.
1:16:39 > 1:16:43"You will be glad to know that the slight technical difficulty
1:16:43 > 1:16:46"which it was thought would keep Orvil Newton out of the race
1:16:46 > 1:16:48"has now been ironed out.
1:16:48 > 1:16:51"Tonight, along with the other competitors, he is attending
1:16:51 > 1:16:55"a small eve-of-the-race reception - a gathering which, one hopes,
1:16:55 > 1:17:00"may foster a spirit of peace and goodwill amongst the aeronautists."
1:17:00 > 1:17:05If you could just turn round too, sir, for your photograph.
1:17:05 > 1:17:08Hand to hand. Hands across the sea. That's it.
1:17:08 > 1:17:13Let's have a big smile. That's the idea. Hold it.
1:17:13 > 1:17:17I always thought the English were noted for their sense of fair play.
1:17:17 > 1:17:20Oh, we are indeed, yes, I'm ready, gentlemen.
1:17:20 > 1:17:22You punched me when I wasn't looking.
1:17:22 > 1:17:25My dear fellow, if you continue to pursue her,
1:17:25 > 1:17:27I'll take pleasure in punching you when you are looking.
1:17:27 > 1:17:29Gentlemen, I wonder if I could just...
1:17:29 > 1:17:33Well, I'm going to MARRY her.
1:17:33 > 1:17:35That will be rather awkward, old chap,
1:17:35 > 1:17:37because I'm going to marry her, also.
1:17:37 > 1:17:39Could we have a nice smile, please?
1:17:43 > 1:17:44Thank you so much.
1:17:50 > 1:17:52I beg your pardon.
1:18:05 > 1:18:07- WHISPERS:- Buzz off!
1:18:16 > 1:18:18Hello! Care for a glass of wine?
1:18:18 > 1:18:22No, thanks, old chap. I only drink whisky and water.
1:18:22 > 1:18:24Sir Percy, very kind! Thank you.
1:18:28 > 1:18:31Serve him right, the greedy blighter!
1:18:34 > 1:18:39- We've got work to do.- We can't do nothing. There's guards everywhere.
1:18:39 > 1:18:42And everyone's sleeping by their planes.
1:18:42 > 1:18:45Not everyone. Yamamoto's inside
1:18:45 > 1:18:49and I've given the Frenchman the address of a lovely young lady.
1:18:49 > 1:18:51- Oh, I bet she's a bit of all right! - You should know.
1:18:51 > 1:18:53She's your daughter.
1:18:53 > 1:18:57But she's an innocent young girl!
1:18:57 > 1:19:00Not "is", Courtney, "was".
1:19:00 > 1:19:03- DOOR SLAMS - Come on.
1:19:08 > 1:19:10Drop me at the American's hangar,
1:19:10 > 1:19:14then pop into Yamamoto's and use this.
1:19:14 > 1:19:18- What are you going to do to the Yankee?- That's no business of yours,
1:19:18 > 1:19:23but I'm going to arrange for one of his wheels to fall off.
1:19:23 > 1:19:25That's a bit dirty!
1:19:25 > 1:19:27If he can't land on one wheel, he shouldn't be in the race.
1:19:27 > 1:19:29He might kill himself!
1:19:29 > 1:19:32Well, there are plenty more Americans where he comes from.
1:20:36 > 1:20:40- Now one without your cap. - Certainly not! I'm a naval officer.
1:20:40 > 1:20:44- Perhaps a bit of a smile, sir? - Very well. Just a bit of one.
1:20:44 > 1:20:47Lt Parsons, where have you been?
1:20:47 > 1:20:51You've not got your log book filled in or anything!
1:20:51 > 1:20:53Meet Nelson, my passenger.
1:20:53 > 1:20:54- You can't take that.- Why not?
1:20:54 > 1:20:56It'll muck up my forms, for one.
1:20:56 > 1:20:59And for another, no-one's taken an animal up.
1:20:59 > 1:21:03- If Nelson doesn't go, neither do I. - Out of the question.- Oh, go on.
1:21:03 > 1:21:06Oh, very well. Fill in these forms.
1:21:07 > 1:21:09That's everybody.
1:21:10 > 1:21:12All 14 of you. Oh, no, it isn't.
1:21:12 > 1:21:16- Where are those blasted Germans? - Over at the hangars, old man.
1:21:16 > 1:21:18I don't think they know anything about your forms.
1:21:23 > 1:21:26Rumplestrosse, the great moment has arrived. Come.
1:21:26 > 1:21:28Herr Colonel.
1:21:28 > 1:21:33It is no good. I am a sick fellow. I cannot fly.
1:21:34 > 1:21:36YOU MUST FLY!
1:21:36 > 1:21:38For the Emperor and the Fatherland!
1:21:38 > 1:21:41For the Emp... Excuse me.
1:21:52 > 1:21:54It's going to be a busy day for our lads.
1:21:54 > 1:21:57All spectators away from the flying machines!
1:21:57 > 1:22:00Away from the flying machines, please!
1:22:00 > 1:22:03We ought to be starting them, sir.
1:22:03 > 1:22:07Nonsense. I haven't wished everyone luck yet. What is it in Japanese?
1:22:07 > 1:22:11I have it, sir. One moment.
1:22:11 > 1:22:14Here we are. Co-od o-oi canu.
1:22:14 > 1:22:16Thank you, sir.
1:22:21 > 1:22:22Good luck.
1:22:29 > 1:22:30Get out of it!
1:22:33 > 1:22:37- Aren't you sitting the wrong way round?- Of course I'm not.
1:22:37 > 1:22:39Do you take me for an idiot?
1:22:39 > 1:22:42This is my latest invention.
1:22:44 > 1:22:47It's an idea I had in the bath, when sitting with my back to the taps.
1:22:47 > 1:22:51You see, the wind resistance on the tail
1:22:51 > 1:22:53is less than it would be on the wings.
1:22:53 > 1:22:58I shall probably be in Paris before this lot have got to Calais!
1:22:59 > 1:23:04- I don't know what he's talking about!- Neither does he, sir.
1:23:04 > 1:23:08Well, let's see now... What was the French for "Give us the money"?
1:23:10 > 1:23:14- Bonne chance, Monsieur Dubois. - Merci, Monsieur.
1:23:15 > 1:23:18Wrong frog, sir.
1:23:18 > 1:23:20Bonne chance, Monsieur Dubois.
1:23:23 > 1:23:25Bonjour, Mademoiselle.
1:23:31 > 1:23:33Monsieur Dubois!
1:23:35 > 1:23:37Forgive me. I was carried away.
1:23:37 > 1:23:41The spirit of the occasion - the entente cordiale.
1:23:41 > 1:23:44If you ask me, too much entente and far too cordiale.
1:23:47 > 1:23:49The trouble with these international affairs
1:23:49 > 1:23:51is that they attract foreigners.
1:23:52 > 1:23:54Achtung!
1:23:56 > 1:23:58COLONEL SHOUTS ORDERS
1:24:04 > 1:24:08LORD RAWNSLEY: I thought Captain Rumplestrosse was your pilot.
1:24:08 > 1:24:11I am taking his place. He is indisposed.
1:24:11 > 1:24:13I didn't know you could fly.
1:24:13 > 1:24:16There's nothing a German officer cannot do!
1:24:18 > 1:24:21"Number one, sit down."
1:24:22 > 1:24:26- CHILDREN TALK EXCITEDLY - Children! Children!
1:24:26 > 1:24:30You're not taking your family with you?
1:24:30 > 1:24:34You always make-a the joke! They come to wish Papa goodbye.
1:24:34 > 1:24:38- Emilio! Cara...- Sofia. No...
1:24:38 > 1:24:42I see you have another new flying machine.
1:24:42 > 1:24:45It was sent to me personally by His Majesty the King of Italy.
1:24:45 > 1:24:49- Generale Paolo...- Vada, Generale.
1:24:49 > 1:24:55- Good luck to you and the King of Italy.- Thank you, my Lord.
1:24:55 > 1:24:57No, Sofia, no, no...
1:24:57 > 1:25:01- Can you tell me where you come from? - Phoenix, Arizona.
1:25:01 > 1:25:04If it wasn't for my daughter's persuasiveness
1:25:04 > 1:25:07and my native sporting instinct, you'd be out of this race.
1:25:07 > 1:25:11Fortunately, I am a very reasonable man. Good luck to you.
1:25:13 > 1:25:16At least if he breaks his neck, my daughter won't be with him.
1:25:16 > 1:25:18- Good luck, Orvil!- Oh, thank you.
1:25:18 > 1:25:23Say, will I see you in Paris? I want to talk to you about something.
1:25:23 > 1:25:25Something very important.
1:25:25 > 1:25:26Oh, yes... I'll be there.
1:25:28 > 1:25:31We're going over on Father's yacht.
1:25:31 > 1:25:33Richard!
1:25:33 > 1:25:34Oh, well...
1:25:36 > 1:25:40I'm not going to wish you luck, my boy. I expect you to win without it.
1:25:40 > 1:25:42I'll do my best, sir.
1:25:43 > 1:25:46- Well, good luck, my dear fellow. - Thank you, sir.
1:25:48 > 1:25:50Good luck, Richard.
1:25:51 > 1:25:53Thanks. And thanks for all your help.
1:25:53 > 1:25:56Listen, Patricia. As soon as I get to Paris, I've got to talk to you.
1:25:56 > 1:25:59It's very important. You will be there?
1:25:59 > 1:26:02Yes. I'll be there. Bye-bye.
1:26:06 > 1:26:09- There you are. - I did everything you said.- Good.
1:26:09 > 1:26:12Now get down to Dover and do the rest.
1:26:12 > 1:26:15Can't I wait and see the Nip take off, sir?
1:26:15 > 1:26:20All right, but don't think you can get treats like this all the time.
1:26:22 > 1:26:25BRASS BAND PLAYS
1:26:25 > 1:26:28The wind's getting up.
1:26:28 > 1:26:31We're 20 minutes late! We must start!
1:26:31 > 1:26:34ENGINE PHUT PHUTS
1:26:39 > 1:26:41I can't start without Lord Rawnsley.
1:26:41 > 1:26:43Can you start it quickly when he does arrive?
1:26:43 > 1:26:46Of course, I've only got to do this to start it!
1:26:48 > 1:26:51CROWD ROARS
1:26:53 > 1:26:55They're off!
1:26:55 > 1:26:57I didn't tell them they could start!
1:27:07 > 1:27:09TWANG!
1:27:12 > 1:27:14CROWD GASPS
1:27:30 > 1:27:32A knife.
1:27:32 > 1:27:34Get me a knife.
1:27:34 > 1:27:37You ain't going to commit hari-kari?
1:27:37 > 1:27:40Of course not, you bloody fool, I've got to cut my way out!
1:27:44 > 1:27:48- All right, Courtney. You've had your treat.- But...
1:27:48 > 1:27:49Go on!
1:27:59 > 1:28:01Away you go!
1:28:01 > 1:28:04Maschine 'rein!
1:28:31 > 1:28:35- Mama, he's up. - Yes, but he's got to get down!
1:30:11 > 1:30:14ROAR OF ENGINE DROWNS HIS WORDS
1:30:38 > 1:30:43HE SINGS ITALIAN OPERA
1:30:51 > 1:30:55ENGINE SPLUTTERS AND STUTTERS
1:30:59 > 1:31:02ENGINE CUTS OUT
1:31:02 > 1:31:05Oh, dear! Oh mamma mia!
1:31:23 > 1:31:25Catastrophe!
1:31:41 > 1:31:45HE MUTTERS ANGRILY IN ITALIAN
1:31:45 > 1:31:49This is indeed an unwarranted intrusion into our privacy.
1:31:49 > 1:31:53Be good enough to remove yourself and your machine immediately.
1:31:53 > 1:31:54Sisters, return to your work!
1:31:54 > 1:31:56- Una momenta.- What is it?
1:31:56 > 1:31:59I cannot leave,
1:31:59 > 1:32:00unless I have some help.
1:32:00 > 1:32:04I need the men to hold down the tail, so I can take off.
1:32:04 > 1:32:05Men are not permitted here.
1:32:06 > 1:32:08No men, no take-off.
1:32:10 > 1:32:12Mother...
1:32:12 > 1:32:15Perhaps the Sisters...?
1:32:15 > 1:32:16Certainly not!
1:32:16 > 1:32:21A pity. We are the first aviators to race from London to Paris.
1:32:21 > 1:32:24We are not interested in worldly matters.
1:32:24 > 1:32:26I understand, Mother.
1:32:26 > 1:32:31But it is a pity that the race will now be won by a Protestant.
1:32:32 > 1:32:33Protestant?
1:32:33 > 1:32:35PLANE WHIRS OVERHEAD
1:32:37 > 1:32:41Sisters, don't stand around gaping. This good Catholic needs our help!
1:32:42 > 1:32:43Brava!
1:34:02 > 1:34:04ENGINE STUTTERS AND SPLUTTERS
1:34:40 > 1:34:41Don't push!
1:34:45 > 1:34:47COWS MOO
1:35:05 > 1:35:08What's the idea? Damn silly thing to do!
1:35:08 > 1:35:10Nearly frightened the life out of the memsahib.
1:35:10 > 1:35:13I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I had no alternative.
1:35:13 > 1:35:14Fuel pipe's blocked.
1:35:14 > 1:35:18You haven't got a pipe cleaner I could run through it?
1:35:18 > 1:35:20- I don't think so.- No.
1:35:20 > 1:35:24Wait a minute... Would that do?
1:35:24 > 1:35:27That's just the thing. Thank you, madam.
1:35:28 > 1:35:31I'm in the Daily Post Air Race. I suppose you've read about it?
1:35:31 > 1:35:34- No. Only read The Times. - That's right.
1:35:36 > 1:35:40AEROPLANE CHUGS OVERHEAD
1:35:53 > 1:35:55HE BURSTS INTO SONG
1:36:06 > 1:36:07Hold on, please!
1:36:25 > 1:36:27I think I'll get one of those.
1:36:27 > 1:36:31I shouldn't. You're near enough to your wings as it is.
1:36:32 > 1:36:34Come on.
1:37:31 > 1:37:34CROWD CHEER
1:37:34 > 1:37:37Could we have a photo, sir?
1:37:37 > 1:37:39I say, there's the French chappie!
1:37:46 > 1:37:48Well done, sir. We'll take care of the machine.
1:37:52 > 1:37:54- Well done!- Congratulations!
1:38:08 > 1:38:10Hey, you! Hey!
1:38:31 > 1:38:33ENGINE STOPS
1:38:34 > 1:38:36Oh, danke schoen.
1:38:37 > 1:38:39Danke schoen.
1:38:43 > 1:38:45Hey, hey!
1:38:45 > 1:38:50GIBBERS EXCITEDLY IN FRENCH
1:38:55 > 1:38:56- You fool!- Look...
1:39:12 > 1:39:14CROWD CHEERS
1:39:14 > 1:39:15Woo!
1:39:18 > 1:39:20Are you all right?
1:39:20 > 1:39:23Yeah, but it's the flying machine I'm worried about.
1:39:23 > 1:39:26- Looks like you're out of the race. - I wouldn't say that.
1:39:26 > 1:39:29Do you think they got any spare wheels on this landing field?
1:39:29 > 1:39:32Possibly, but it'll take all night to repair that!
1:39:32 > 1:39:35Is it against the rules to work all night?
1:39:35 > 1:39:38- No...- Right, then.
1:39:38 > 1:39:39Good luck.
1:39:41 > 1:39:43Any more to come?
1:39:43 > 1:39:45Let's see, now.
1:39:45 > 1:39:49Of the 14 starters, eight have landed, two crashed on take-off,
1:39:49 > 1:39:52three crashed on the way here,
1:39:52 > 1:39:53and one...
1:39:54 > 1:39:57..is on his way to Scotland?
1:39:58 > 1:40:01SCOTTISH REEL PLAYS
1:40:06 > 1:40:11QUARTET ELEGANTLY PLAYS THEME TUNE
1:40:45 > 1:40:48- Oh!- Marlene! What are you doing here?
1:40:48 > 1:40:51Marlene? No. Francoise. I am Bulgarian.
1:40:51 > 1:40:54But aren't you...? I mean...
1:40:54 > 1:40:57- Haven't I met you somewhere before?- Possibly.
1:40:57 > 1:41:00I see. Have a drink?
1:41:02 > 1:41:05Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
1:41:05 > 1:41:08I have a sensational announcement.
1:41:08 > 1:41:11Sir Percy Ware-Armitage has taken off for France.
1:41:11 > 1:41:14He is crossing the Channel even now in the dark!
1:41:16 > 1:41:18Stop mucking about!
1:41:18 > 1:41:19Useless lot!
1:41:25 > 1:41:29Evening, sir. Great honour having Your Eminence aboard.
1:41:29 > 1:41:32Careful of that wing! Courtney!
1:41:34 > 1:41:36I say... I hope it isn't going to be rough.
1:41:36 > 1:41:39Smooth as a billiard table, sir.
1:41:39 > 1:41:43- You did bring the money?- You'll have to take that up with my man.
1:41:43 > 1:41:45Courtney...
1:41:45 > 1:41:50- Are these people to be trusted?- Yes. If you give them ten guineas each.
1:41:50 > 1:41:54Ten guineas! That pays for a chambermaid for a year!
1:41:54 > 1:41:58- Do they guarantee to get me to France before dawn?- Yes, guvnor.
1:42:00 > 1:42:03Courtney, there are ten of them!
1:42:03 > 1:42:07Do you realise this will cost me 100 guineas?
1:42:07 > 1:42:11110. You'll be paying me the same, I fancy.
1:42:11 > 1:42:15Well, you fancy wrong, Courtney. Ignorant oaf!
1:42:15 > 1:42:19Any more of this blackmail and I'll have you thrown out of your cottage!
1:42:19 > 1:42:22- Off you get!- Sorry. It was a joke.
1:42:22 > 1:42:28- Courtney?- Yes, guvnor.- You'll be hearing more of this when I return.
1:42:33 > 1:42:37QUARTET PLAYS AN ELEGANT WALTZ
1:42:37 > 1:42:42Good heavens! Sir Percy is flying the Channel at this moment.
1:42:42 > 1:42:45- In the dark?- He won't be able to see the railway lines.
1:42:45 > 1:42:47What railway lines?
1:42:47 > 1:42:49I never thought he had the courage.
1:42:49 > 1:42:52We might hear him pass.
1:42:52 > 1:42:54Or drop into the sea!
1:43:07 > 1:43:10MUSIC: "La Marseillaise"
1:43:10 > 1:43:13Five guineas each, wasn't it?
1:43:13 > 1:43:16Ten...or we go straight back to England.
1:43:16 > 1:43:18Outrageous!
1:43:18 > 1:43:19I shall never hire your boat again.
1:43:21 > 1:43:24Hey! The tide's in!
1:43:24 > 1:43:26It'll be out in a couple of hours.
1:43:26 > 1:43:30- Back on board!- I'm not waiting till daylight to be caught by the French.
1:43:30 > 1:43:34You'll have to get your feet wet.
1:43:34 > 1:43:35You dirty rotter!
1:43:37 > 1:43:41I had hoped that I should be dealing with a gentleman.
1:43:41 > 1:43:42So had I!
1:43:42 > 1:43:44All ashore!
1:44:54 > 1:44:57Just look at those magnificent men!
1:44:57 > 1:45:00Daring the elements, challenging the Gods.
1:45:00 > 1:45:02Trying...
1:45:02 > 1:45:06..nay, hoping...to fly their machines across no less than 22 miles...
1:45:06 > 1:45:10Yes, that's what I said. 22 miles of sea!
1:45:14 > 1:45:16Welcome to Calais, monsieur!
1:45:16 > 1:45:19Give me a hand, will you?
1:45:19 > 1:45:21No, no. Put me down!
1:45:21 > 1:45:26Go away! I've got to get to Calais. Put me down, you ruddy idiots!
1:45:26 > 1:45:29I haven't got the time.
1:45:29 > 1:45:32I've got to get to Calais!
1:46:03 > 1:46:06ENGINE STUTTERS
1:46:42 > 1:46:45WOMAN: Bon voyage, monsieur!
1:46:58 > 1:47:01FROM RESCUE BOAT: Are you all right, Lt Parsons?
1:47:01 > 1:47:04Don't worry. We'll soon have you out.
1:47:09 > 1:47:12GULL SHRIEKS
1:48:11 > 1:48:13Can you swim?
1:48:13 > 1:48:17There is nothing a German officer cannot do!
1:49:28 > 1:49:31Steady on, mes amis! The race isn't over yet.
1:49:31 > 1:49:33They've got to get to Paris.
1:49:52 > 1:49:53Richard Mays...
1:49:55 > 1:49:57Orvil Newton...
1:49:57 > 1:50:01Away from Calais at...8.50.
1:50:10 > 1:50:13They can leave when they like - they don't have a chance.
1:50:13 > 1:50:19Sir Percy took off for Paris two hours ago. Nothing can stop him.
1:50:19 > 1:50:23Vive Sir Percy! What am I saying? He's a most ghastly person.
1:50:34 > 1:50:35Buzz off!
1:50:37 > 1:50:39Buzz off!
1:50:46 > 1:50:48GOOSE HONKS
1:53:10 > 1:53:12Blast it!
1:53:16 > 1:53:18Driver!
1:53:32 > 1:53:35Driver! Stop the train!
1:53:38 > 1:53:41Arretez la train!
1:53:51 > 1:53:54WHISTLE BLOWS
1:54:21 > 1:54:22Blast!
1:54:27 > 1:54:30ENGINE STUTTERS
1:55:03 > 1:55:05Look! Go!
1:55:09 > 1:55:12Hey, you! Where can I get some...?
1:55:13 > 1:55:16Francoise! What are you doing here?
1:55:16 > 1:55:20- Pardon, monsieur?- You are not Francoise?- No, Yvette. Why?
1:55:24 > 1:55:27Where can I get some gasoline?
1:55:27 > 1:55:30At Amiens. It is 5km.
1:55:32 > 1:55:36Be a good fellow and bring me as much as possible.
1:55:36 > 1:55:39The honour of France is at stake.
1:55:39 > 1:55:41MONEY CLINKS
1:55:41 > 1:55:43- But, Yvette...?- You must go.
1:55:43 > 1:55:45- Go!- All right.
1:55:45 > 1:55:49But I will be a good 30 minutes.
1:55:55 > 1:55:57We have 30 minutes.
1:56:03 > 1:56:06BOAT HORNS TOOT
1:56:12 > 1:56:14CROWD TALK AND CHEER
1:56:30 > 1:56:33AN ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE CAN CAN
1:56:42 > 1:56:45Excuse me? Can you see anyone yet?
1:56:46 > 1:56:49Yes! Ponticelli is first round the Eiffel Tower.
1:56:51 > 1:56:52There are two more on his tail.
1:57:11 > 1:57:14ANNOUNCER: This is going to be a very close finish.
1:57:14 > 1:57:20Count Ponticelli is ahead, followed by Orvil Newton and Richard Mays.'
1:57:26 > 1:57:27WHOOSH!
1:58:20 > 1:58:21Jump!
1:58:44 > 1:58:47Here they come now. Here's the winner...
1:58:50 > 1:58:53It's Richard Mays! Richard Mays of England!
1:59:02 > 1:59:05CROWD GASPS
1:59:08 > 1:59:10Get ready to jump now.
1:59:33 > 1:59:37- Ponticelli! Are you all right? - Eh?- Are you all right?
1:59:37 > 1:59:41- I'm all right.- Emilio!
1:59:41 > 1:59:43Emilio! Emilio!
1:59:43 > 1:59:46ENORMOUS CHEERS
1:59:50 > 1:59:52CHEERS DROWN HIS WORDS
1:59:53 > 1:59:55Patricia!
1:59:56 > 1:59:58Oh, Richard!
1:59:58 > 2:00:00Oh, Richard! You won!
2:00:00 > 2:00:05Oh, Richard. You won, you won, you won! I'm so pleased!
2:00:05 > 2:00:07What happened to Ponticelli?
2:00:07 > 2:00:10His machine caught fire. Orvil stopped to pick him up.
2:00:12 > 2:00:14He could have won, though.
2:00:15 > 2:00:17Hey, Richard!
2:00:17 > 2:00:20Richard! Richard... Congratulations.
2:00:21 > 2:00:24Well done, Richard. Congratulations.
2:00:24 > 2:00:28You deserve it more than I do. It was a wonderful thing you did.
2:00:28 > 2:00:30You'd have done the same thing if you'd seen him.
2:00:30 > 2:00:35Well... YOU did it. Let's call it a tie. We'll share the prize.
2:00:35 > 2:00:37Ah-ha!
2:00:39 > 2:00:43ANNOUNCER: The City of Paris salutes the gallant victor.
2:00:47 > 2:00:50Pierre Dubois is coming!
2:00:54 > 2:00:57THEY PLAY: "La Marseillaise"
2:01:21 > 2:01:23Pierre!
2:01:26 > 2:01:29ENGLISH ACCENT: You remember me, don't you?
2:01:29 > 2:01:32Yes, of course. You are...
2:01:32 > 2:01:34- You are...- Betty.
2:01:34 > 2:01:36Betty, of course! How could I ever forget?
2:01:36 > 2:01:39- Every time I look at you, my heart sings.- Oh!
2:01:43 > 2:01:48Pardon me. I'd better look at my undercarriage. It's taken a beating.
2:01:52 > 2:01:57- We ought to put this somewhere... - Come and have your photograph taken.
2:02:00 > 2:02:03- Now, you stop flying?- Do I have to?
2:02:03 > 2:02:08- You have to. Not for me, but for bambinos.- They are used to it.
2:02:11 > 2:02:14- Another one?- Uh-huh.
2:02:14 > 2:02:16In that case, I give up.
2:02:16 > 2:02:18- Emilio!- Sofia!
2:02:20 > 2:02:22Turn around.
2:02:22 > 2:02:24CROWD LAUGHS
2:02:42 > 2:02:44Ooops!
2:02:48 > 2:02:52NARRATOR: So ended the 1910 Air Race.
2:02:52 > 2:02:56The winner's time - 25 hours, 11 minutes.
2:02:56 > 2:02:59JET ENGINES ROAR
2:03:02 > 2:03:05Today, the same distance can be covered by supersonic jets
2:03:05 > 2:03:07in seven minutes.
2:03:09 > 2:03:12But it CAN take longer...'
2:03:16 > 2:03:18May I have your attention, please?
2:03:18 > 2:03:21We regret to announce that all planes from London to Paris
2:03:21 > 2:03:24have been delayed again owing to bad weather.
2:03:24 > 2:03:28Buses are outside to take you back to your hotels.
2:03:28 > 2:03:30Will you all follow me?
2:04:08 > 2:04:12# Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines,
2:04:12 > 2:04:13# They go up diddly-up up
2:04:13 > 2:04:15# They go down diddly-own down
2:04:15 > 2:04:19# They enchant all the ladies and steal all the scenes
2:04:19 > 2:04:21# With their up diddly-up up
2:04:21 > 2:04:23# And their down diddly-own down
2:04:23 > 2:04:25# Up...
2:04:25 > 2:04:26# Down...
2:04:26 > 2:04:28# Flying around
2:04:28 > 2:04:31# Looping the loop and defying the ground
2:04:31 > 2:04:35# They're all frightfully keen
2:04:35 > 2:04:38# Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
2:04:43 > 2:04:46# They can fly upside down with their feet in the air
2:04:46 > 2:04:50# They don't think of danger, they really don't care
2:04:50 > 2:04:54# Newton would think he had made a mistake
2:04:54 > 2:04:57# To see those young men and the chances they take
2:05:02 > 2:05:05# Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
2:05:05 > 2:05:07# They go up diddly-up up
2:05:07 > 2:05:09# They go down diddly-own down
2:05:09 > 2:05:13# They enchant all the ladies and steal all the scenes
2:05:13 > 2:05:15# With their up diddly-up up
2:05:15 > 2:05:17# And their down diddly-own down
2:05:17 > 2:05:18# Up...
2:05:18 > 2:05:20# Down...
2:05:20 > 2:05:21# Flying around
2:05:21 > 2:05:25# Looping the loop and defying the ground
2:05:25 > 2:05:28# They're all frightfully keen
2:05:28 > 2:05:33# Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
2:05:42 > 2:05:46# Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
2:05:46 > 2:05:48# They go up diddly-up up
2:05:48 > 2:05:50# They go down diddly-own down. #
2:05:58 > 2:05:59# Those Magnificent Men
2:05:59 > 2:06:01# Those Magnificent Men
2:06:01 > 2:06:03# Those Magnificent Men
2:06:03 > 2:06:08# In their Flying Machines! #