All language subtitles for The+Fourth+Arm,+Episodes+7+8+9,+1983.+BBC+Television+series,+1983

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hmm

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so

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so

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ah

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pilot to crew

now we're running up to d z drop in

approximately two minutes a dispatcher

i'll start the hook up and report when

team unload ready dispatch is a pilot

roger

two minutes

flip your static lines on and stand by

in jumping order all right

action stations

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these headlights anytime now i fancy

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red light on please

chuck feed

there they are

there's our life

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go

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let's go home

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everything all right i need trouble no

get some whining

come on quick

go straight through

wait wait

this is my wife marie

it's a dumplings

didn't think it'd be that easy

it isn't always

so far we've been lucky your men are

well trained yeah picked them carefully

everyone's reliable

no traitors no informers

are there many informers nope you

what happens if they could

they die

now eat you must be hungry oh that

smells good

cheers

who is it

everything all right yes

i'm glad you're here

good

where's your transmitter in the woods

quite safe will you send the landing

success signal all done right

let's go

in here

so

did the containers land on damage

yes all the weapons are safely in the

way but

i only wish we had more men to use them

and more time to train them

but in the meantime

i'll do what i can to help you there's

something that i do need your help with

now

the girl i wish i don't know no

i mean the other one

received cool enough after the draw yes

her nervous sound enough but i'm not

sure

if she's reliable

reliable

i wanted to be watched all the time

lambois will be here tomorrow he's gone

to paris to find out all he can about

her she used to work there in cabaret

i want you to keep her here tonight

here

but suppose there's a sudden sign a

shovel story will take care of her she

has all the necessary papers she won't

come out into the open yet

she still doesn't know

what the final target is

what do you intend to do with her

test her reliability

and if she is a double agent

then she'll have to be dealt with

all right

we'll keep her here for the night

right listen to me

in a few minutes we'll disperse to the

woods for the rest of the night except

you rossignol i want you to stay here

and act as courier if necessary

chardonnay will lead the rest of us

we must be careful remember the curfew

get as much rest as we can

tomorrow night we steal the plans from

the surveyor's office in the town hall

in sauling major what happens when they

find out that they're missing they won't

after we've taken the drawings the place

will catch fire

it's an old building

it should burn well

is the place guarded sir no

the germans don't attach much importance

to that building even though it houses

these plans that are so vital they're

only vital to us

is it a dead sir that they're there yes

one of my men has a friend in the

surveyor's office the reason chardonnay

flew out before us was to confirm all

this now

tomorrow morning in shuka you and i will

go into town and look around okay to

join

yeshuka case the joint then we all meet

here in the afternoon for the final

briefing

wait until you see washing hanging out

in the yard that'll be the all clear

signal uh one other thing no fires well

not until tomorrow night

right all finished let's go

fine so far so good at least they're

down safely no you're quite positive

this was chardonnay who was sick oh

absolutely certain sir we were trained a

lot together that was attached all right

all the correct mistakes yes every

eighth letter is agreed sir splendid

well done thank you sir good night good

night good night

here's to the success of the

mission nothing we can do now but wade

there's a nice hander standing by to go

over tomorrow night pick up two of them

plus the plans

the rest come back by brittany wakes up

at gallagher court oh

yeah i asked him to take another look at

the complex

and when may i ask can we expect him to

return

another lysander following now

tim

photo reconnaissance indicates that

those certainties are increasing

activity around that place all the time

do you think they suspect an attack

i don't know

i don't think so

tell me

honestly

how do you rate the chances for a final

success ah

it's difficult to assess

if they get into the place

they'll be lucky i don't see how they're

going to do it it's too well-guarded

they get hold of these old players

thereafter they must have a better

church no it's the mechanics of the

thing i just don't see how it is

feasible but in your experience of war

you must have seen some pretty

impossible attacks succeed against the

arts yes and i've seen a lot of good

lives thrown away trying to do the

impossible

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there is nothing certain

only suspicious contacts

and if you have a friend in the ab there

obviously arouses suspicion this friend

how friendly was he

it seems he was besotted with her

a dancer at the cadbury said he used to

visit her nearly every night and she

would often sit at his table she's very

attractive

you say he was young this officer

well good to have such a protector in

paris in those times huh yet she left

and escaped to england yes but a friend

in the gestapo could be very useful if

she wanted papers or travel permits and

so on her story is that she wanted to

fight in the war to help liberate her

country and why not stay in her own

country and join the underground

organization

come on she left over three years ago

that time there was hardly any

resistance so she came over to england

she continued to work in the theater not

in the forces but she did try to get

involved in the war and as you know

major she contacted the free french and

volunteered for special duties

that time everything was disorganized

and she was forgotten yes yes i checked

that

they admitted their mistake

does you have any relatives

a mother who now lives in the former

unoccupied zone

so if she is a double agent

well you brought her here to test her

how are you going to do it

i intend to give her the opportunity to

go off alone

if she wants to make contact with

someone she'll have the chance to do it

and jack and i will be following her yes

i'm not going to risk being betrayed

it's happened too often not always by a

frenchman does that make it any better

yeah

the girl's back

she must only have gone to the woods as

instructed she's not been long anyway

jacques was following her all the time

ah

everything all right yes they seem

pleased with the food i took them good

excuse me i have work to do

ferdi

how are you i'm fine it's good to see

you again

if there are no problems i won't contact

you until after the fire if you need me

you can leave a message at the cafe

raymond

thank you verdi

you want some coffee yes thank you

shuka will be here in one hour the rest

at four o'clock right

so how does it feel to be back in your

own country strange strange huh

well i don't feel as safe as i did in

england well not safe so long as france

is occupied

but

then you um have felt the same in paris

before you got away

it was different then

different how

i had friends there

and i was working any german friends

some

they're not all bad you know i was

treated well enough pretty girls usually

are

you're not being fair

the vermont treated all the people well

so long as they behaved themselves

of course

and you did

while i was there

but i got away as soon as possible with

the help of your friends

you know no one can move around without

the correct papers

i was able to get them by being friendly

i understand

no you don't understand

none of you english people really

understand

you don't understand what it's like to

have your country occupied and your life

regulated by an enemy army

you have to make compromises if you wish

to live even if other people might die

as a result what do you mean

i've done nothing to hurt other people

am i not here now trying to help free my

country

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thank you

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what did jack say

she went straight there

came straight back

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ah thank you

tim gonna be the camera it's all right i

have to look in at the warehouse anyway

uh coffee yes please a cup of coffee if

you've gone

yes sir okay

something uh

rather odd has happened it uh could be

important what

that uh french girl portal rossignol yes

what about it oh he just had an inquiry

about her from american intelligence

you know

what are they inquiring about oh do we

know her where was she now they'd like

to talk to her urgently

a bit awkward this moment yes yeah i

could hardly tell him she was on a job

in trout

do they give any idea why they want to

contact her nope i'm just that someone

who's interested

does this imply that their interest is

professional yes quite possibly

i see real question is

do we deny any knowledge of her

existence or do we admit that she's

working for us and in which case do we

tell them about our suspicions hmm

as i must say i'm very intrigued as to

their interest in the girl

you don't suppose she might be working

for them do you

gallaher could be heading for trouble oh

he's an experienced operator or you

won't take any risks taking her with him

was a risk that's a calculated risk he

has to find out for certain if she's a

double agent or not is there any chance

of letting him know about this american

inquiry

well not until oh 200 tomorrow morning

that's when we arranged our next wt

contact uh it'll be too late ben

i hope to god he's keeping her close

watch on

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right

now

let's get down to detail here's how you

all fit in

shuka and i go in and get the plans

we've already looked at the building the

lock's old-fashioned and should present

no problem

massage

you come in with us

and fix incendiary bombs fitted with

timer fuses all over the building

grief you stay outside on watch

it's a quiet little town grieve and i'd

like it to stay that way

sir

and me

pierre has a friend in the fire service

i want you to contact him and give him

this message tonight there is no hurry

come back here when you've delivered it

come on i'll show you the way see you

later good luck

to you

i remember

normally no civilian is allowed out

after 10 p.m i know you all have curfew

passes but your new faces around here

you don't want to be challenged right

last time tell me what you're doing

grief

i stay outside on what sir

the abattoir it's all right i know the

way

i used to live near here

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i'm here

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me don't let him out of your sight i'll

be just behind

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me

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find out why the americans are

interested

you throw me back

today

did the yanks trace portals through the

free french er they're not too pleased

you know the free french why are we

using one of their people they are

accusing us of stealing one of their

potential agents oh that is nonsense

they admitted the gala they've forgotten

all about it no only temporary anyway we

didn't ask they're published

touchy lot get any more out of the

americans only that they're making the

inquiry on behalf of a fellow country

so involved

did you believe them

i don't know what to believe

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what's happening i've just been watching

them through a window she wrote a letter

and she sealed it up and gave it to him

and still told me damn it a message for

the middle east

you must be stopped from delivering it

what about the girl

i'll look after her

you take care of him

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so

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i said there's been a change of plan

hold up

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don't move

all right where's the letter i have no

letter the code i just saw the girl give

it to you

i don't know what you're talking about

now you know what i'm talking about

i locked the door

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oh

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leave the bikes here

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where are we going

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patience mama

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but you said it would be easy

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these old locks are well made in heavy

beautiful

gonna spoil it really

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see you in a few minutes

keep outside

surveys offices on the first floor at

the end of the corridor take a look

right come on

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according to the groceries man they

should be in here they're all locked

with a bar

how long do you need

half a minute

all right start on the ground floor and

work your way up set the fuses for 15

minutes the first ones and shorten the

time as you go

right was opening better looks and this

is a school kid

which one

i'm not sure

try the top one first

oh

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next

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so

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so

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yes

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yes

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you all finished yes

i think this is it

yes

come on

come on sugar i must leave it as i find

it

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right off you go see the back

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two

minutes

good work

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i'll stay behind and make sure the

incendiaries go off have you got the

plan sir

yes then with respect sir you go

i'll stay in check

all right

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huh

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here

oh

oh

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wow

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so

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so

scramble please

operation successful

the town hall is still burning ah

it's actually

uh

now then

i've got a lysandre already taken off to

rendezvous arranged

i'll i'll get onto the admiralty and

confirm about the summary pickup for the

others oh no

oh it's a ghastly the more yeah

you're too desk you don't get enough

exercise sir you should come down to our

little place in the country for a couple

of weeks uh pt at six o'clock in the

morning it didn't kill me

oh by the way did you uh hear any more

about that american interest in

rossignol oh yes yes i did that's a

total waste of time

she's got a boyfriend in the american

air force when she started training with

us he lost touch with her

so he contacted a chump in american

intelligence he picked it up from her

yes well i suppose we'll have to tell

him something no i mean i've arranged

him to see her when she comes back

she was a traitor she would have

betrayed us all

it still seems wrong

women and children are being killed

every day for no reason for this there

was a reason

how badly is jack hurt

still unconscious

he lost a lot of blood

managed to cycle to the house of an old

friend then he collapsed

i'm sorry

it's tough

you'll be back

how is he he's about checking out but

he'll be fine now that maurice got him

some dry clothes

grief come here

sir

i want you to take charge of these

you hand them personally to colonel

guillen when you get back sir

well we got what we came for

but major there's something i have to

report to you

i killed a german officer he came

snooping around i didn't have any option

i don't believe it

what do you mean you didn't have any

option he found the door unlocked and

we're starting to investigate

i warned you grave

you've put the whole future operation at

risk

you may have signed a death warrant for

50 hostages

this is not the first mission that i

have been on whatever you may think of

me i am a professional soldier what had

to be done is dumb i'll have to go back

where did you leave the body major it's

all been done sir

according to the book

they will not find a thing i promise you

what rank was he lightning sir

one hundred and first lander shoots in

regiment i found this in his pocket

and the german is not all that it might

be but it seems to imply that he was

being sent to the eastern front he would

not be the first german to desert when

he received that posting

you're sure about the body absolutely

certain

right

there's not a lot of time

the pickup is scheduled for a 300. to

minimize any risk i want you all to lie

up in the wood nearby and wait

shuka new grief you're returning the

lizzie taking the plans with you sir

shut honorary you and 30 return by the

coastal pickup

i shall not be coming with you any news

of rossignol no not yet

perhaps she's with ferdi perhaps

if she comes back she'll join you in the

woods

all right

move

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what do you want

it's a massage

i killed him didn't i

it wasn't your fault

it was partly mine and partly his own

because he tried to help you

well if he hadn't

i'll be inside now having my fingernails

torn out yes

you've all been trained not to interfere

walk away from your mates when they're

in stuck

even my whole lot wouldn't do that it's

a dirty game well it's a different game

sugar

maybe

but i'm still a flaming liability and i

and what's it good at dragging me around

if i can't even speak to lingo

when we get home you stick me back in

the nick

screw your bonus i've added squires

let's not squire it sir now you listen

to me

in a very short time i'm gonna need you

for the most important job you've ever

done

come on

message was a good soldier

if he threw his life away don't let it

be for nothing

now

move foreign

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the fire officer will report there was

no evidence of sabotage it was an old

building unimportant there's no reason

for suspicion let's hope the germans

don't suspect him why should they

the fire engine wouldn't start well not

for a long time it's the war you see no

one can get any spare parts so

what about massage as his paper showed

him to be from a district south of here

no one seems very anxious to do much

about it they think he's some small time

thief good

right thirty you better rendezvous with

the others shukang grieve are flying out

at o300 i want you and chardonnay to go

back through brittany what about you i'm

gonna stay another day

i want another look at the complex

for my last chance to see it in daylight

thank you freddie i'll see you there

thank you

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i can't see how it would be possible to

get inside

it's a hell of a problem

i've seen enough

other trains running normally

not too bad

i want to go and visit someone

i should be back tomorrow in time to

pick up

take care

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bloody

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so

you're entertaining the luftwaffe these

days he was here on business

he wished to billet some of his offices

here in this house what did you tell him

what could i do

the request was made in a charming

manner but it was an order

so now you're going to be surrounded by

luftwaffe pilots

it seems likely yes

i shall have to be more careful when i

visit

oh look please you

don't come here until they've gone away

it would be too dangerous for you or for

me

both of us

oh no you mustn't think of it i'd be so

nervous nervous now why should you be

nervous

what could be more natural than a visit

from an old friend oh please you please

i beg you not to come here anymore

you don't understand

i live alone here

what's happened to your mother

i had no other company for so long

what are you trying to tell me

how delightful of you to visit us

i look forward so much to your visits

but i don't understand claudine

there was another officer here just now

yes mother but he's gone he was only

here a little while but but you are not

in uniform

oh i like your uniform much better than

the other officers i'm pleased to see

you looking so well madonna and you will

be staying with us just for a day or two

i'm afraid that will not be possible

madam oh i'm so sorry i was hoping you

would just for a little while

he is so much nicer than the other oh

please mother please go and get your

rest oh she's so strict with me

darling i don't forget le phil i need a

dress you know you need one in the

afternoon

thank you

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this is an unexpected visit from bamfira

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gary has you back tonight isn't he yes

sir

uh persistent people these americans

now i don't want to talk to captain

freud until after i've seen magic

gallagher i would tell freud i see him

15 30 tomorrow

yes sir thank you all right check on

gallagher's nice handle will you see if

it's taken off

yes

oh sir back

i've arranged for six of my men to mark

a flare path for your plate thank you

any more news about the town hall no

they still think it was an accident good

jacques

recovering well

i thought i ought to give you this

it's the letter the girl gave to

marcelluco

jacques took it off him and when he

collapsed he forgot all about it you

haven't opened it no

jacques tells me he found out that the

god and the cove were cousins

we were

right yes

proof is here

thank goodness

you only did what had to be done

in any case the responsibility for her

death is mine

you only carried out my orders

so

time to go i have plenty to catch

hold on

thank you for everything

thank you

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the american boyfriend is still here at

any minute

i said i'd see him i think it's my

responsibilities oh you're very tired

you've just come back from a difficult

operation no let me talk to him please

prepare the way i would much rather see

him myself

yes

captain floyd to see you sir

all right send you in

you go ahead you talk to him sir if you

need support i'll be outside

hi captain floyd my name is grim this is

major garage please meet you colonel

major captain

well major garrick has been working with

mr tiles recently he's in a position to

tell you about her

within the limits of security of course

i understand sir i'm just grateful for

the meeting that's all

i'll need to do it thank you

well i guess there's not a lot you can

say to me major

you're involved in some kind of secret

work is that right

yes

captain please sit down thank you

captain miss portals volunteered for

special duties that would make use of

her nationality

i needed a team she fitted the

requirements well she'd be happy about

that

she wanted to get into this war was

pretty upset when her own people didn't

use it

how did you meet her captain

caught a rack one night went backstage

got talking things sort of developed

from there

then she disappeared

well i'd been wearing a course and when

i got back she'd gone

take me right till now to find her

yes we're a bit secretive during our

training i understand

although i did think she'd try to

contact me once see currently i'm on a

staff attachment here in london my

landlady said she got a phone call from

a girl one night

i see

do you know much about ms portal's

background well she's a great girl sir

you know after the invasion of france

she continued working in paris and

cabaret

she met some german intelligence officer

and he fixed her up with a couple of

passes for her and her mother to go to

the unoccupied zone

after that she got away into spain and

eventually made it over here

i know she'd like to see her mother

again the old lady has poor health

but i guess she'll have to wait a while

yet

major can you tell me when she finishes

a training

she has finished training oh

then when do i see it

i'm afraid that won't be possible

come on major security ain't that tight

it's not a question of security now

great then when can i see her you can't

keep people locked away from the world

forever major i'm going to ask her to

marry me so it is important

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she's in france

in france yes

she may be there for some time

i'm afraid i'm not permitted to tell you

any more about her work

well major could you give me any idea

when she'll be back no i am sorry

okay you do realize captain of course

that there is a certain amount of danger

always attached to these operations

she's okay isn't she yes i was in

contact with her just a few days ago

look major i realize you can't say

anymore

but if you are going to speak to us soon

would you tell her i'm waiting for her

okay yes i will

thanks for helping major i appreciate it

captain

good day carol

i couldn't tell him

no

i wouldn't do any good

no

read that

what he told me about her all ties up

that letter really was to her mother i

don't doubt it

the grushie told me that lekoue

was a cousin of hers

she was completely innocent

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and the fourth arm continues at five

past twelve tomorrow night next tonight

it's the day of the triffids

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so

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so

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foreign

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morning sash morning at the breakfast

then yeah just finishing up all right

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i've got some misspells here stick them

in the duck it says i love you know

i've said it

he doesn't look very happy i thought the

mission went all right they lost two you

know yeah i know well maybe he takes it

to heart an old hand like him now

who's sad about rossignol she was a

cracker i really liked her i did

oh here we go

mess bill mom

no mail for anyone this morning mess

builder

oh it's not really fair is it some

getting bills others not does it matter

there's nowhere to spend any money my

prisoners here

oh look isn't it comforting to know that

the outside world still exists

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thinking of doing a bit of horticulture

no

never really had time for gardens a pity

i think

i do agree

everyone should have a garden cultivate

something it imposes a sense of truth

and order

instills a respect for patience

but like you i never really have much

time for it

doesn't stop me pontificating now

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you can't take it personally man

we've lost two i'm sorry but there is a

war that is what happens

yes of course

macaulay was a good man did a good job

made a small mistake and he's dead

rossignol made no mistake and she's dead

but that's what happens is it in war

people get killed it has to be oh fine

then it's all going according to plan

did you settle inquiry by the american

what america

now what is this interview with cameron

about is he on the carpet yes sir do you

want to know about this yes sir that's

why i called it in your office do you

mind

9 15 then

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good morning

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will be the job

better than i am

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now just one minute

since there have been losses sustained

i want you to regard this as a

preliminary for a possible board of

inquiry you'd be well advised to regard

yourself as being on earth

now carry on

i killed him sir

the german approached the place you were

guarding and you killed him you sir i

was the only one on guard sir

your orders clearly stated you were not

to make contact with the enemy if he

could possibly be avoided yes sir it was

not possible

you'll realize you could have signed the

death warrant for a dozen french

civilians once they find that body

there'll be reprisals they won't find

the body sir

how did you kill him goddard himself

disposal took him up the stairs and put

him right in the fire possible identity

no sir i stripped the body first all

clothing dog tag weapon buried outside

the town

could the body itself possibly be

identified no sir what about teeth

cameron told me about this as soon as he

could i accept that all i'm concerned

with is being satisfied that he covered

his tracks

and that the incident itself was totally

unavoidable

very well

well major i expect you'll want a word

with cameron on his own

should i be required i'll be watching

the unconvention

where from cameron

near my lake sir on the west coast

it can be a rough place sir especially

when the boys get off the boats with

money in their pockets

you fight first and ask questions

afterwards otherwise you can get a

broken bottle in your face

that's always the way it's been with me

sorry

in little more than a few days cameron i

have to select a team that is to go out

and do a job that is nearly impossible i

need one fighting man that is all bone

and sinew to back me up should we have

the trouble i anticipate that man should

be you

but for this last little salty i would

have selected you without hesitation

colonel squires is in no doubt that you

will wreck this and any other operation

sir i have to insist that i had no

alternative

i did my best to clear it up sir i swear

to you there was nothing left undone

i want to go on the job sir the real job

all right sit down cameron

you get this through your skull

if i do decide to chance it and take you

along

you will obey orders to the letter

if you share the slightest sign of

wavering

i'll kill you

i want your hand on it

thank you nature

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all right

push off

all right well done you two mel fetch me

towel please

so i see you patted him on the head told

him not to be naughty

i know we should rely upon rank but i do

have my say at this stage i haven't seen

trainers

remarks noted sir but he did have the

courage and the sense to admit what he'd

done no one need have known that argues

responsibility to me

you and i are going to fall out one of

these days you

look do come in i can't stop i'm in the

middle of an emergency

do you think you could lend a hand could

you bring me one more jar from the seat

yes of course

splendid you must get it in while it's

hot you see it needs the vacuum or

something as it cools

probably all right but my mother did it

this way and we're all children of habit

aren't we oh that'll do now would you be

a darling stick that on the stove while

i do the tops thank you so much

can't offer you a drink i'm afraid the

place is quite dry this wall really is

the end

do sit down and not that one it belongs

to the cat

are you a charm of knightless

i'm from the same unit

yes oh don't worry it won't ask frankly

hush hush i know it's awfully nice of

you to drop in like this we don't see

many of nigel's friends well i should

say i don't daddy isn't with us anymore

he was a bomb disposal boffin shall i

make us some tea

are you in the same unit as nigel oh of

course you've just said so how silly of

me mrs mccauley

i am nigel's commanding officer

oh dear how's he macaulay

your son is dead

he was killed in action

he he was saving the life of a comrade

and he died instantly

now you probably didn't know that nigel

had volunteered for special duties he

was

on an assignment in occupied territory

he was a very brave young man

i am so sorry

thank you for taking the trouble to come

yourself

can't be easy for you

i'm grateful

it's

a sort of contact

i shall arrange for nigel's things to be

returned here of course

i suppose there's no chance that he's

just

missing

mrs mcauley

none at all

no

would you go to the post office

and ask diana to come home

yes

of course

she's my daughter

oh yes i see

come in

excuse me sir there's a mr sutton to see

you he says he has an appointment thank

you mitch ask mr sudden to come in will

you sir

you come this way sir

major gallagher mr sudden

delighted you could come at such short

notice well don't often get a car sent

by the military do we

hey

often past this place

except me wondering

hey

your note didn't tell me much

but then wasn't supposed to was it

hush-hush stuff

hey

what do you want to know about my

tightrope artiste you are the proprietor

of the circus that's right

why are you interested in andy sortisak

what can you tell me about him mr sudden

not a lot

not on my business is it

well i mean you can't be too fuzzy these

days

there's only four circuses operating in

britain and believe me it's no joke no

sir can't get anything no replacements

nothing do help yourself mr said

oh hi yeah thanks

here do you know i'm employing local

blacksmiths to make new rings not even

chromed

no farriers to replace harness

not a thing

and salt easy

oh yeah

well uh he's been with us since 41

invalided out the polish forces

bit of a mess he was

he's good though oh yes very good best

we've ever had i don't mind telling her

i think his old man worked the rings in

europe

he don't say much

nice enough bloke

willing to lend a hand

what's all this about mr uh major

we may have a little job that we need

him for

now i can't tell you any more than that

i'm afraid

no no

don't want no secrets revealed do we hey

national services and all that no no no

no i understand you major you um

you want to borrow him for a charity

show

huh

something like that mr sudden

mind you

there's a loss of takings

oh yes he's a draw you know big draw

there will be proper compensation paid

and there's no problems is there all got

to pull together these days i'm

delighted to find you so cooperative mr

sudden my superiors will be in touch

over the compensation facts 100 a week

no it's not up to me i'm afraid but i

think you'll find the ministry eminently

fair thank you for coming mr sutton the

driver will show you back to your

caravan

is that all oh yes

oh

um

writer

thank you

thank you mr sutton

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the polish military authority in exile

has given me permission to cooperate so

how can i give assistance tell me about

him

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andre ignacio tejic born in santa

maria's october 4th 1911 trained as

trapeze artist and high wire walker with

his circus sambor

volunteered for polish cavalry in april

1939 after basic military training

commissioned lieutenant 17th kelly

regiment katowice

he was wounded to england in january

1940

invalided out of the polish forces in

march after several attempts to rejoin

active units serving in france

it would seem that he sustained

considerable wounds from shrapnel which

entered his body from behind

however

his discharge medical paper indicates

that although his general fitness was

more or less unimpaired periods of

prolonged service are quite intolerable

major he's fit enough for my purposes

what about security

i do not know what case you want of him

major nor do i wish to know

but if you're asking me if you can trust

him

i would say yes good

when can i meet him there are

formalities to be gone through first of

all a meeting will be arranged

officially here at polish forces hq at

which one polish officer must be present

i imagine to be myself

introductions will be made and bona fide

is established together with a statement

of conditions

and after that it is entirely between

strategic and yourself provided always

agree must be so formal and protracted

major i know where the man is now may i

not contact him myself no no we must go

into the question of pensions possible

disability rights temporary enlistment

the general rights of dependents he has

a wife in poland

my job is to look after the rights of

the polish expatriates and the polish

free forces i'm sure you understand

major yes major i understand i just have

so little time

perhaps

come on

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lieutenant carey put the best ones on an

advanced cyber course sir hirondel is

the only one who stayed the distance

how are we doing sergeant we're not

doing sergeant major we're done

i think that makes sense

not my stuff sir mr curry told me the

message just in case which he said

wasn't likely

brendell's got it dead right sir good

it was sneaky rather than difficult sir

all the other messages in this class

have been in german this one was in

french i see

herondale sir

lieutenant carey says that you're the

best cipher trainee he's ever known

does it interest you especially yes sir

it does in a way

it's just that

well i don't want to leave the team if

that's what you're thinking

i understand

has corbo done this exercise he packed

it in sir i don't think he fancies his

chances as a master spy unless uh we're

going back to using invisible ink

i don't think i fancy my chances much

either oh that's it

my girl that's it

you're talking to yourself again i don't

know if the others heard you'd be

chucked out of here

i don't know mel why is it that

i'm just i'm just no good at anything

that matters oh i wouldn't say that

rumor has it that a certain captain of

the mammals has been making extravagant

statements in the mess that give the lie

to what you've just said

you're landing well corbo

that's all i do

well the other bloke doesn't land what i

don't understand

do it by the book even kidney says i do

it right

i keep on landing well well you're not

quick enough you see come over here

your reactions are still a tiny bit

sluggish cobra do you drink much well

not too hard to wallop never a drop more

how's goody one how's miff i don't smoke

i don't do anything

lately kerry says you're wasting your

time with cipher i suggest you drop it

and concentrate on what you're good at

which is what i don't know you decide

but do it soon corbett

time's running out

sir

does that mean that we're going on the

job soon not necessarily corbett

but of course we have to be in readiness

for that being the case

out my way

i say this for you guys you're nothing

if not original

what is so special about this polish

circus artist he's a tightrope walker

sir

of considerable skill

i hope this isn't going to be the

forerunner of snake charmers and fire

eaters i we already have a safe cracker

wow because i can't think of another way

of getting the arms and explosives in

over the perimeter fence that is

a 30-yard tunnel would take too long

even if it was a practical possibility

going in at ground level the guard

patrol every 15 minutes is the killer we

would not stand a chance whatever method

we used would have to be abandoned every

15 minutes and they all leave traces

well

what do you suggest sir

what is tim squier's volunteer the book

of course we cross the minefield

according to established military

practice but it's sound as far as it

goes but it still leaves the electrified

wire fence it just is not possible

within the time

i see

well you better come back to time with

me

we'll talk some more about this polish

wire walker writer

meet your gallagher sir uh major

ganacher allow me to present exception

soltejk major gallahol lieutenant

major

i have outlined to left him strategic in

general terms his position and he fully

understands

for your part i have prepared an

engrossment of conditions after you've

read them i'll require you to sign on

behalf of your government i understand

from a colonel um

gilliam willem williams i understand

that you are empowered to sign please

major gallagher as an advocate i urge

you to read the engrossment most

carefully major i don't have the time

for niceties my government will agree to

whatever terms and conditions are laid

out

very well

then i will leave you two alone please

take as long as you wish thank you major

sit down henry

do you smoke of course i do everything

that is bad for me

what do you want what an old soldier who

now works in a circus exactly that i

want a good experienced soldier who just

happens to be a tightrope artist

is it dangerous very i never thought to

ask you now can you do your act in the

dark

i don't know

i never tried

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you're serious aren't you yes i am

but the whole idea is preposterous man

i flatter myself

i'm slightly imaginative but no i can't

take it seriously well colonel gwillam

didn't laugh

you actually proposed the charade to the

colonel yes sir

he said go ahead

when does he turn up this poll this

afternoon i hope he's been cleared by

both the polish forces and the

department and i think he's just what we

need

and you're going ahead anyway what else

do you suggest sir

i need some fresh air i'm going for my

little walk

why do we bother to train these people

if you're gonna pick a clown out of

they're the first words you said to me

all day

what's up jack you lost a ball b careful

i eat cockney sparrows for breakfast

hey meph says we've got some new bloke

joining the team a replacement for a

massage perhaps a bit late in the day

isn't it does that mean we're going to

have a girl to replace garcinia

mr war saucer

i'm corporal muffin if you follow me sir

i'll show you to your room thank you

it's foolish i wonder if that's ours nah

they wouldn't stick a foreigner in with

us

fine jude oh we have got a scotchman

what about the french there are three of

us

i'm sorry doesn't matter has anyone seen

30. i haven't seen them all morning no

here something's going on

me

what's happening who's the comic opera

waller is your new recruiter you mean

he's joining us that's correct major

gallagher signed him on the strengths

yesterday

my friends let me introduce you to our

new comrade

warso

he says there's no more where this came

from so you regard it with your life

i'll take it to your room oh no

glasses please

i like this major galley

come on in get to know everybody

he never gave me a bottle and i joined

up

shut up

where are you

will you open this please

definitely

you're joining us rather late warsaw or

are you a replacement replacement it is

not replacement

it's special purpose

it's me

it's tight rope

you're a tiger walker it's very good

the best wire fireman

in eastern europe

and maybe western europe too

maybe the whole world

why do we need a type road walker yes

why warso

well

maybe i'm so pretty

like these ladies

i think

i like it in here in this place

so

now we drink together

very well

good health

all right

sorry about that mr shuker i hope i

didn't hurt you unnecessarily

who's the other knight

here and uh let me borrow you for a

minute please

now i'm going to show you how to stick a

knife in someone from the back

each either from above

and down behind the collarbone

or up and under from the back itself

a good hard shove upwards

favoring the left of your victim

right

let's have a go

ebu your turn i think sir

in your own time

no um

i'm not going to do this

i'll go along with the rest of this

pantomime because i have to but i'm not

going to become an assassin

come along sir we've all got to do this

all part of the course well

not me

okay excuse me

all right

all right

now what you're gonna do ebook huh

pretend this knife isn't real

later

please

touch

it

well done sir

you see you're just as deadly as the

next man all it takes is the will well i

don't have it sergeant mate

i wasn't brought here to become a paid

killer if you persist on trying to turn

me into one i walk out of that door and

i do not come back do you understand you

can't just do that sir oh yes i can we

all can sergeant major make no mistake

about that unarmed combat

i'm sorry i didn't realize i was

interrupting sergeant major kidney this

is our new companion in arms known as

warso sir

sergeant major

well warsaw

will you be joining us for the rest of

this course

i think not

mr gary says there is only so much time

if i can interrupt these pleasantries

shall we get back to work

i go i come back

so warsaw

i have to get my team inside this german

defended position now it's surrounded by

a minefield and an electrified fence

uh how high is this fence 12 feet

and how far to walk roughly

38 feet 38 feet

right

multiplied by two

everybody is on tightrope

uh no also now i take my main team in

through the main gate now that

checkpoint they will be searched

thoroughly there's no way that i can

take detonating gear and explosives in

past the barrier

it's your job to take them in over the

fence

can you cope

how much weight do i carry uh the rough

guess i would estimate 40 pounds

it's a lot of weight major galley why

not throw it across

40 pounds of explosives over 38 feet i

don't think so warsaw

tell me about the guard

the germans have guards walking the

perimeter fence one passes every 15

minutes exactly

well it has been so far

good

you say 40 pounds right yes

this table

is about

40 pounds one pack is too heavy try it

well two good

there are two ways of doing this thing

slack rope and tightrope i cannot do

slack roper in dark to be absolute

certain who is minefield must be

absolute certain i do tightrope

right now what additional material will

you require

i want a balancing pill

is it possible to take yes we could have

a collapsible one made up telescopic

light no no good

it must be heavy

right

how do we get the wire across we use the

commando method the wire is attached to

a boat which is fired across the fence

into a tree on the other side

it's very accurate accurate now what

about boom

i think you'll find that it makes no

more firing noise than an air rifle

commandos tend to like things quiet

good

is it a big tree and it's big enough not

to bend yes

now do you need something to tighten the

wire with

i have a ratchet

a little heavy maybe well tell our

engineering division what you want we'll

have it made up for you i bring my own i

do this

i'm glad you're confident i wish i were

what about the dark it's no good

salties have never tried this thing

before

i try now

oh myth your report on the fish and

mammals can i have that tomorrow

and bring up my night cab in about ten

minutes

would you like your maxer there's a

light drizzle outside but you get wetter

than you think

now i'll be brief short circuit of the

grounds tonight

it's a private sales no

can i get you a drink already coming oh

man

there we are

thank you

thank you

i want you to consider leaving merle out

of the final selection

you do know the final selection's

entirely in my hand sir yes indeed look

i have no wish to infringe i simply want

to bring a point of view to your

attention

why

why merle

because she could ruin the entire

operation

how

because she's formed an emotional

attachment with monsieur lomboi and he

is taking it as seriously as she is

we often send over agents in pass

that is quite different we only do that

when they're to remain for a long period

and then it is better to have a girl you

know than when you don't what better

security that is this job is different

it is brief i don't have to take lombo

no indeed

you haven't forgotten we've got a fiver

on the ultimate selection area the

envelope still in my safe it's still

unopened

but as the days roll by i feel more more

confident that i shall inherit the earth

no i don't think so sir

i seem to remember it was the meek

so these are dye lines i had run off

from the original players that you

brought back from france and i think

they tell us what we wanted to know or

at least they uh proved that veda wasn't

stringing us along now this

here

is the significant element

the way

because as i see it

this uh sharp still exists

and runs very conveniently down to here

thank you tim

and that

is behind the power generator room

but we still don't know whether it's

bricked up or not sir no

it's a chance we have to take

yes

well how's the training going this uh

ponies check uh she's shaving him

i think he's going to prove him valuable

sir

but i have a request or what's that

it's the problem of the electrified

fencer

if our initial shot using the boat

misfires if the end trails touches the

top wire anything like that we've blown

the whole thing

so i want that fence inoperative for one

whole minute

how do you propose to manage there

the main grid supply is disconnected

automatically once the air raid warning

is activated it switches the underground

complex supply to its own generator but

it takes about a minute for that to

happen

and for that minute the fence is

unelectrified

well i want you to lay on an air raid

time to coincide with the operation

no bombs

just the presence

you don't want very much do you no sir

yes all right

i shall fix the authority too later i

imagine an intruder squadron would do

the trick

anything else

no sir

i assume i can take these with me yes

that's cool

all right hey gary yes you can take lamb

bro with you this time

it's very kind of you sir

i assume that's an order yes yes i'm

afraid sir well it's political you know

the sort of thing

i in degree share most of the men in the

area are ftp communist

and lamborgh so let's just try and keep

a balance shall we don't want the reds

taking over once we've liberated for

ours no sir

tim

everything all right

i'm not sure

he's getting on with it he's using his

brains i can't fault him there but

you know i sense there isn't something

quite right

he's taken the loss of macaulay and the

girl portales very much to heart blames

himself entirely that's a hard school

and i have a great respect for garga

i think if anyone can pull off this job

he can but if you don't agree will you

say so now no no like you i've learned

to respect him and to like him with no

real argument but

no he's the man for the job good

can we go ahead this is the s35 an empty

personnel mine

and this is the more recent with a mark

of 42 upwards it's affected by pressure

release of pressure tripwire and

electrical control

now jerry has a nasty habit of placing

one on top of another so the defusing of

one automatically triggers off the one

underneath the sergeant's holding a

standard pattern mine detector but for

the time being we're going to use

whatever comes to hand which is the way

it usually works out

now the mine's underneath this sawdust

alive but it's a non-lethal charge in

other words if you make a mistake you'll

get a shock

and the object of the exercise is evil

hmm

uh

dig them up without setting them off

right shall you try

yes

oh uh

do you think i could borrow what

happened

thank you

there we go

well there's a surprise

where have you done this before

there's a british version of these

anti-personnel mines the uh

gp426

well

i um

i designed it

so the perimeter lights will be below

you directed at the fence itself i want

you to get the same effect as you will

have on the job itself

right

you ready

ready

come on get used to it warsaw that's the

way it's going to be

german lights

are there all the way across the

minefield no they're directed at the

fence area only but you should have

enough light spill for most of the trip

you mean

i'm sitting duck

i try

we make the wire inclined

it's better to walk up

not to move into light still so quick

i stay alive three seconds more

saltizak is a very good artist you need

to be the whole show depends on it and

remember your nickname it's warsaw

okay maj you got it there's only one

little matter the soft shoe grips the

wire that's good

if there is rain the wire is wet the

show slips off

is kaput

you cannot cancel because of weather i

think no so we better light some candles

and start praying it doesn't rain

haven't we

made you gala go one moment please sir

i'm sorry we've got a bit of a panic sir

sergeant armstrong was issuing dummy

training minds for today's exercise when

he noticed the weight was different he

thinks at least one of the dummies is

live sir he put it on one side but it

has apparently been issued that's not

possible with respect sir the armorers

have checked it is just possible sir

sergeant with me at the dolphins check

the other one

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get out there sergeant

grievous with suka sir i'll trick [ __ ]

tension right come on

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oh no i'm just no good at this at all

my nerves are in turtles and these are

just dummies no not like that look it's

a good job that isn't one of my 426s

they explode at the touch of metal just

the contact

how can you make things like that eboo

how can you make things like that

yes that's it

move some of the sawdust away now not

too hesitant no everybody please there's

a chance we may have a like one

all out

you get on with the others major

leave this to dad with me sergeant

joseph a pair of knights

paraquaine

you've been there now come on

mine

out of the pit

that only leaves her on delta where is

she out on the third the soft earth pit

right stay here and check sir

one two

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one two three two one two one two one

two one

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ten

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you all right

yes i think so

that wasn't a dud was it

no

it wasn't

ah is everything all right no it isn't

myth

did you know some twit in ordinance is

passing out live minds with the trainers

calm down

now tell me simply what has happened

my team are doing their mind probing one

of them is blown off her feet

fortunately the mind contained no

shrapnel fortunately she was not hurt

how the hell can such a thing happen i

thought our checks were foolproof

so they are

there was no shrapnel in that mine big

sun was put in

what are you telling

me i should have thought it was simple

enough i sometimes have control charges

inserted in the standard trainers

looking he's no good pretending that

they don't know they're playing with

dummy minds they become careless and

when the real time comes they blow

themselves to pieces that's not my way

no your way is to kill them while

they're here

uh you're being stupid as well as in

support yes you can always pull rank on

me colonel it doesn't win any arguments

it just avoids them all right put right

to one side say what you want i will

even with a controlled charge one of my

team could have been blinded or deafened

assuming nothing more serious i will not

take it you will take it because it is

the only way i know of training these

people to stay alive it's all very well

for you to invent outlandish games but

somebody has to look after the pawns i

see so now the plan is an outlandish

game is it it is unmilitary in my book

that makes it unlikely yes your book

should have been thrown away with the

damned red uniforms if we stuck to your

book we'd still be on the beach at

dunkirk

i happen to know a little about that

beach ganache i was there then it's a

pity you didn't learn from the

experience

i learned enough to keep your guinea

pigs alive keep them alive we're killing

them off faster than the germans yes

well i didn't invent the operation you

did i see you're saying i'm unfit for

the job if the hat fits right well that

leaves just one option open to me then

doesn't it yes it does if the

alternative is you staggering about with

a bleeding heart blaming yourself every

time some soldier gets killed if you're

looking for that burden don't come

sniveling for sympathy put yourself

together man let's be realistic shall we

yes let's

i shall go to colonel guilham in the

morning and give him my resignation

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and don't forget the fourth arm

continues next monday at five past

midnight coming up tonight it's the

seventh victim do join us

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so

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so

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ah

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yes

sorry to disturb yourself major is here

to see you

all right cinnamon

good morning

good morning

i wish to be relieved of my commander

well now let me get this right

you wish to be relieved to the command

of this operation this and anything

similar sir

i'd like to request to transfer to other

duties

oh sit down man

now what the heck is all this about well

it's very simple sir i don't think i'm

the man to lead this operation well i

don't think they're very kindly here

considering i picked you for the

operation are you questioning my

judgment oh no sir mine

all right you

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now what precisely is all this about

well i lost two good people on this last

joint one was stupidity the other was

murder

was that all

no sir

there was the raid on breast last year

four men died unnecessarily there

no i've had enough

i remember that raid very well

now you had two courses of action open

to you both of which depended on support

groups which weren't there

you lost four men but you saved 16.

i don't see any fault in that

nevertheless an error of judgment was

involved

it could happen again and quite

obviously has your chair what was his

name

macaulay

nigel mcauley uh he got himself killed

or at least gone into your report

the girl poor tiles

oh that was a mistake

but it was mine as well as yours

we had no choice

it was done with the evidence that was

available to us at the time

i'm sorry about the way you feel you and

i do understand but i'm not going to

dutch uncle you this

because in this particular instance i'm

your commanding officer i'm not going to

stand for any knowledge i request

transfers

i insist upon my right as a serving

officer to request transfer to

alternative active service

now you take 24 hours leave

i don't care what you do that's up to

you

but i want you back in this office 09 40

hours tomorrow morning sorted out and

ready to get on with the job it isn't

going to make any difference that's an

ore damage huh

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hey move yourself

happened

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oh thirty are you alright of course i'm

all right oh you're not it's nothing

why don't you mind your own business

all right

oh my gosh

you're all right

it's sugars what's going on

oh nothing squirrel

only old ebu go in bar me i don't care

if what you say it wasn't cramp he was

getting up he was standing up i had to

pull him down again in the middle of

crossfire with live hammer yes

oh maybe you just weren't thinking you

know what he's like brainstorm

archimedes and all that rubbish i don't

know about that mate looked a bit scared

to me no he wasn't afraid you could tell

by the look in his eyes it was as if he

just didn't care yeah

anyway i'll get as he's shot after

reported a kernel right brass off he was

the man's a liability

shifter you're his roommate what is

going on oh don't ask me love

he's a queer and he's our eboo

i quite like him mind you but he gets

the sweats what do you mean oh

i've seen it before when i was inside

doing bird i give you the willies

enough for that i'm getting washed up

oh

isn't it lovely to be normal

come

you wanted to see me colonel ah eboo

yes take a seat

so major kidney tells me that you were

in some sort of difficulty on the battle

range today what was the problem

there was no problem

you give me a thought that was

overreaction

you stood up why

cramp is that all i finished the course

colonel yes but you didn't have very

much choice at that stage did you you

could have been badly wounded or even

killed perhaps the gunners would have

continued firing those were their orders

you knew that at the start and i never

doubted it

no i'm sure you didn't you're not a fool

thank you

was that all no will you kindly remain

seated

quite apart from today's incident

i have to tell you that you are causing

me concern generally you're not nearly

up to the mark on your training

well quite frankly your attitude is all

wrong

i'm sorry if i'm a disappointment to you

coach see what i mean

wrong attitude again

well it's hardly surprising is it

colonel i'm a physicist and engineer not

a soldier

and certainly not errol flynn there are

more important things i should be doing

at the moment there is nothing more

important than training to stay alive

lovell you have agreed to go on this

mission and you have a moral

responsibility to those who are going

with you when you're dropped into france

as you most assuredly will be

it won't just be your life at risk it

will be the lives of everyone around you

now i don't think you want their deaths

on your conscience do you

can i go now

yes

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yes i often walk around the grounds

trying to remember what life is like

beyond that fence

come now it hasn't been that long surely

not to you perhaps you can leave any

time you wish

nothing's changed either you know you

can testify to that colonel i can't

i envy you

yes you're feeling trapped all trainees

do i assure you you're running true to

type

haven't you noticed everyone's feeling a

bit edgy why do you think that is

jumping at the bit

then there's pre-selection nerves to

consider oh yes

we all have those

should i buy you a drink no thank you

would you like to accompany me on my run

neither thank you kenny i think i'll

sneak a shower while the others are in

above good night sir

any problems

not yet sir well none to speak of that

is there

attention's more than usual it's making

them very edgy

i've had quite a few breakages

who asked you for your opinion why don't

you keep your mouth shut

it's quite ridiculous

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all right

last could i borrow your soap please

yep

you may borrow my soap

not the toothbrush what's the matter

i'll give you a rabies dry rock sugars

not good for teeth leather dick

all right i love this monster's surface

how do they sleep on wink last night bad

conscience i matter now watch it laddie

i'm not in the mood for fact check

low flash point on it you think you're

clever don't you but you're just

arrogant and i kind of bought a bloody

luck mate

oh

nothing you ready even

all right yeah yeah i'm all right i'm

all right i didn't mean it's gonna do

all of this

let's get out donna

you all right yes i'm arrived

come in

reporting has ordered sir all right

gotta get curry shut the door

well

i haven't changed my mind sir

i do not withdraw my request

i see

well this is a vital operation garriga

and it has to succeed

i'm not in the habit of giving

assignments to people who lack the

necessary skill and judgment to pull

them off

and in this type of operation

doubt

is a luxury that you cannot afford

i will not consider your request simply

because of a few feelings of guilt i

don't give a damn what you feel what

gives you the special right to a clear

conscience

well you accepted this job garega you

pick the team and you'll see it through

i'm not asking you if you want to do it

you will do it

and that is a direct order

resignation refused

oh hugh

i haven't had your final report yet in

righty

gave it to your secretary

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what on earth do you find to say by the

time i finish with a few family

platitudes and talked about the weather

that's about it

we can't tell anybody what we're doing

or what the place is like

oh god

i wish they'd make up their ruddy minds

and get on with it um

well i've only got my father to write to

and uh he doesn't like small talk so i

have to write about something definite

that jazz

well actually i'm telling him what i

think about voltaire

i've been introduced to it because of

ferdie and uh

it's fascinating

dad will like this he reads a lot

himself you know you're a very nice

human being mal oh god that sounds awful

i should hate to be that i'm really

quite a [ __ ] when i want to be

sally

you're not supposed to know my real name

all right

how are you coping with the thought of

not being selected

would it bother you you're damn right it

would bother me wouldn't it bother you

yes i suppose so

not as much as all that

not now anyway yes well you've got other

compensations i haven't and it would

bother me like mad

temper

don't let it upset you ebu

she's just feeling the pinch

well some more than others

how about you

hello we military chaps when we get a

bit down in the dumps we just stick the

old bayonet in somebody

civilized isn't it

well i better go and sharpen my knives

move is the bar closed that's ten past

three man oh

you wouldn't consider opening it so that

i could buy a packet of [ __ ] would you

sorry man i can't do that

but you can have one of mine oh miss

you're a love thank you yeah

how you keep the packet oh thank you

nick what has happened to major

gallagher i've ever seen him around

he uh went up to london man

thank you business with the colonel i

imagine

i see

no sir

it's spring-loaded

i can't pretend to know much about it

because i've never seen one before

especially made up for this job

the gun is modified and reasonably quiet

so they say

now this is the grapple hook that we've

had some success with

rams itself into a wall or tree and is

forced open by the spring inside so that

any attempted extraction only tightens

its grip inside the hole it makes it's

good

but will it hold me

i should hold you sir

should it's not good

it must

down there is the minefield the wire

comes out walsa goes

well in the next couple of days we'll

try it on everything from

oak trees to cook house walls will that

suit you sir

ah

all right

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it's time for a special drink corporal

glasses why special water it's very

special punish vodka

it's my birthday it was your birthday

yesterday

it's possible i'm growing all so quickly

don't mind the reason is drink it

look i won't if you don't mind war so

i've got a letter to finish but uh save

me drop

oh

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this is very evil

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how are you i died in sunshine about as

ridiculous as usual

happy little soul he's been recently

isn't he yes that's the way it is at the

moment

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oh that was

except for warsaw he doesn't need it

he's all right for him he just sits on

his tightrope all day that's right i'll

tell you what shall we exchange places

huh yeah that's right yeah no i'll drive

forever in arms and a broken leg

then i've got the best queue in the

world for the muscles that hurt what's

that also it's vodka mixed with pig's

fat oh you gotta be joking i couldn't

swallow that not swallow you rub it in

it's even worse

i want to apologize for what happened

this morning

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i don't know what came over me

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hebu

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i've met your salt before mate

inside

but they were just plain illegitimate

whereas you are a right bastard and i'll

tell you something else friend

you watch your manners in future or i'm

gonna knock you around again like i did

this morning hey what's all this about

just a bit of national disharmony

sweetheart

can't help being a scot can he

go be a bit charitable with you

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30

ah

well i'm just finishing off letter

catch the post

uh i want you to be here

who are you writing to

my father

and what does he think you're doing

just another course in the ats

look i want you to be here fed

i've come to apologize for speaking to

you as i did yesterday

it doesn't matter it isn't important

it is to me

i think you must know that

i'm

sorry i'm very sorry

would you forgive me

of course

oh there's no need to apologize it was

entirely my fault i shouldn't have said

anything

how is your leg now

well

now it's fine

but i cannot pretend to you

there are times when it causes me pain

i do think you ought to let the doctor

have a look at it ferdi no i can't do

that why not because if i do it's

possible that major gallagher will stop

me going on this operation but you're

due to go anyway you've already been

selected

i doubt if the major things i'm

indispensable

and have you ever had the slightest

suspicion that i was a liability in any

way well are you likely to be no

i can do anything that is asked of me

no one will be in danger because of me

that i can promise you

you haven't said anything to anyone have

you yeah

and you won't will you

no it's just between us

thank you

you know exactly where

and when this operation is going to be

don't you

yes

but i cannot say anything but not even

to you

no i realize that

when i think about it i'm afraid

that's why i didn't

not too much anyway

it's best

we are all afraid

and being cooped up in this place

doesn't make it any easier no

no it's getting on everyone's nerves

how long do you think it's going to be

before this team has chosen

very soon i think

would you be very disappointed

if you were not selected

of course

such an anti-climax for one thing

and besides i want to go

very much

even though the thought of it makes me

afraid

why do you want to go

why merle

to prove something to myself

what do you want to prove

that i can do it

it's as simple as that

and as selfish

then i think you're going to hate me

because i must tell you that if i was a

praying man

i'd be on my knees again tonight

praying that you would not be chosen

how could i hate you for that

you know why i feel like that

yes

at least i hope i do

i haven't the right

in times like this no one has the right

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what's more to the point how did you

smuggle it into this establishment oh

it's private and confidential

i don't think any crime is committed

is it that remains to be seen excuse me

yes magic gallagher is just right don't

brighten excuse me would you

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did you see that

what he's back do you think this might

be it

well we'll know soon enough

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well

well i resigned and he threw it back at

me and is that it

yes

good

it never happened

so

so

how are things

evil

he behaved very strangely on the battle

range yesterday he's lagging behind the

others and almost everything he's simply

not up to this sort of thing well i

can't drop him sir

if anyone's vital to this operation here

i imagine it's a little more than stress

yes it's as if he's detached himself

totally from the whole business and he's

just going through the motions

also

i think he feels himself a prisoner here

and i don't much like that

i'll keep my eye on him sir sir i

believe it

yes

excuse me sir

the guard has run through colonel

williams car is through the gate and

he's just arriving

all right thank you miss sherman very

good

oh this has all the makings of a long

night

better if i turn in i think so

if it concerns me you know where i am

don't go gargah yep this is your

business too

sorry to descend on you tim mayer

uh germans have tightened their security

yet again

they've increased their patrol activity

they brought in a couple of half checks

as well

all of the groceries people reported it

first night's been confirmed by aria

fertilrecky

but if you take a close look at that

you'll see they've added additional

checkpoints

and quarter mile intervals along the

approach road

so as of now

it's going to be extremely difficult to

get within a mile of that complex

without being stopped and checked

there's been no backlash after our raid

sir i don't think so i think they're

being militarily prudent

colonel

thank you tim

the two half tracks sir they're on

regular patrol

no apparently not no i don't think jerry

has fuel to burn

no it's these uh additional checkpoints

i thought your original plan was

outlandish but at least it was feasible

no i don't know i really do

tim would you

i i've read your final report

and i'm not

very happy about it

no why sir

there are too many imponderables here

now what about these uh additional

checkpoints

well they're a head count only yes can

you guarantee that

and you risk the full treatment aren't

you going in at the main gate we shall

go in dressed as tote workers

well it's very well

that sort of improvisation shouldn't be

left to the spur at the moment

look uh take another video will you see

if you can come up with something and

we'll re-examine it tomorrow

well forgive me for saying so colonel

but i don't think that was all together

tactful

i've got time to be tactful tiff

uh gary has to be doubly sure what he's

doing

if we're gonna stop these damn rockets

then this operation has got to succeed

shall i organize a bed for you oh thank

you very much it did that's extremely

kind of him

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you've been away from us for two days

now won't you come and join us no thank

you oh please just one no not now

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around

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so

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i mean can we rely on the grocery to

provide the transport

we have too

surely the germans know how many

vehicles are going into the complex so

what happens when they spot there's one

extra well fortunately that's no problem

see all the documentation for the tote

worker convoys is done by french

civilian clerks and one of them is

apparently in the resistance yes workers

aren't going in there every day

no

not at regular intervals

but there haven't been any in for some

while

and the next patch will have to be

transferred very shortly

the grocery is going to tell us exactly

where exactly when

that means the operation is tied to a

specific date there's no flexibility

none whatsoever and then when we move we

have to move straight away

yes

morning kennel set

are you looking so you can't argue i

have sir

not so long ago so you told me i had no

alternative but to lead this operation

well i'm telling you

you have no alternative but to let me do

it my way

the plan stands sir

all right

you have your go ahead

sir

is that all

for the moment

hey he's right tim

is my car ready yes sir

hey you realize that

we're putting what remains of our

careers on the line i mean supporting a

mad cap scheme which stands at 50 chance

of succeeding yes sir

are you backing

yes sir

i'll put that in writing if you wish

you must be as mad as i am

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i was rude last night

i apologize

there's no need yes there is

i was preoccupied

and rather worried

but

that doesn't give me the right

i should have realized forgive me

i was being selfish

have your time off

now

until seven o'clock

then mel and i have a wt session but

you're free till then

free as a bird major

i'm going to the village

want to come

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um

could you wait

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three minutes

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this

three minutes

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uh

um

well i hope you won't get into trouble

for breaking the rules it's our secret

but what if colonel squires finds out

well that could be nasty caught marshall

i should think

you're not serious

as long as i can count on you to be my

defending officer of course

no you must marry on my account not over

this afternoon anyway

all the same i suppose we shouldn't

broadcast it around

the others might not

get us some tea

good afternoon

what do you think

well i'm sorry it was just that that

moment i was i was reminded of someone

else

oh

a good memory

yes mainly

her name is claudine

a french girl

yes

i met her in 39 when i was over there as

liaison officer to the french first army

corps

five years

not simply a wartime flirtation oh no it

was more than that

now we even thought of getting married

but you didn't

no

we decided to wait

she is still in france

yes

then you have not seen her for some time

no that's difficult

you must love each other very much

i didn't think so

no you doubted

yes

thank you

there is someone else

yes

i nearly ran into it and i was over

there last time

the point is

he's a german

oh i see

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and you think that her

sleeping with this germ

means she no longer loves you

oh you

you are one of the lucky ones

the man i loved is dead

we are so very lonely

well we better drink this up

or squires turns out for the search

party

can we go there again sometimes i think

it could be arranged yet

not for a while yet though

few other items on the agenda

that are beginning their first attack

now the doctor should come on it we

place your hair overhead now

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yes but

what will we do fatty

we should get married

isn't that what people do

yes of course

well i want to very much

but

but we would have to leave all this well

i don't think they permit us to stay

i don't think they'd like it very much

if they knew that we were lovers

we are

we could walk out of here tomorrow if we

wanted to

yes

i suppose we could

but we're not going to

are we

no

i must go through with this

you understand

yes of course

oh fuddy i'm so glad you said it

i don't think i had the courage to if

you hadn't but

that's what i mean as well

if we get

when we return from this mission we

won't volunteer for anything else will

we

we can always find something to live

somewhere to live something nice we

could

we could uh we could rent something

until we decided where we wanted to live

in england

i refuse to have our first quarrel

before we're married

in france i don't care i like france

and it's much more important to you i

think besides i can always go home to

mother can't i

my god

you've just proposed to me and you're

yawning oh well if this is a hint to say

it's time we went to bed i have to think

about the inference

how long did you say you were married

before

i didn't

but it was five months three weeks and

two days

and it was happy ferdi

you don't mind that do you

no

why should i

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thanks

it's all going to happen very soon isn't

it

yes

perhaps we won't be chosen

either of us

perhaps

ferdi

i'm happy for you

so now i've got a very

personal reason for wanting to go on

this operation

you're not alone

i believe we all have

even major gallagher

particularly the major i think

you're very fond of him aren't you

why not for god's sake

he's not going to be the ceo for the

rest of your life is he

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so many are called but few were chosen

then

i suppose you remember the little wager

we had on your final selection i do so

what did we have on it

tenno only a fiver sir

was it

how was it

nothing up my sleeves

warsaw isn't here warsaw arrived later

come on

and two tens

first round's on me when you go back

let's get it over with shall we oh hugh

i'm told that you took miss raw into the

village yesterday

come on it's part of my job to know

these things you broke the rules and

this is an official reprimand

am i a chat

heaven for fend

enjoy yourself did you

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take your places please ladies and

gentlemen

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sit down please everyone

i know this is the moment you've all

been waiting for congratulations on

getting through the course

postings or appointments or changes of

rank will be found in a list which will

remain on the notice board for exactly

10 minutes after we've finished here

major sir

you're all perfectly aware that i'm

selecting a team for a job to be done

almost immediately

the team is

grief

merle will be the wt contact at this end

those not selected will be reporting as

ordered to other units in the next few

days

thank you all

that's awesome

tonight

took my heart to a party

nobody asked me to play

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as we're gonna look at the postings

told you this whole thing wasn't asked

enough

would you mind terribly

of course i do

what does this mean i can open up now

with the likes of kidney sure thing lady

the shortest miss will be a home from

home for you from now on

and i suspect you'll get some very nice

mess buildings

now what can i get for you i'll tell you

no whatever everybody wants and stick

them on my mist bill would you call bro

no sooner said than done sergeant yeah

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come along as soon as they're free

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i'm sorry

it would have been good if we could all

are stuck together but i suppose there

just wasn't room

i only made it by the skin of my teeth

well we knew we were normally going from

the start didn't we that's right

it's okay not this time

looks like it was another chance

damn well blood alright

personally i'd rather not know what

you're saying it's not a question of

failure you have fast you know it's

short-listing

the major has just chosen those that

they think are best suited for this

particular operation that's all i know

well it might be nice to go somewhere

else new past years

it's my turn now thank you for watching

what do you have uh nothing for me i

mean uh to drink

no i'm not staying oh

come on evil cheer up

so you drew one of the short straws

we're all in it together i wouldn't

count

i insist all the drinks on water

but i mean well you are still a part of

it

but very much on the outside

and i would have liked to have had a

much closer environment

well

who has been decided at last now the

only questions are where and when

what's up okay

good morning

we just had a signal from degrushi

next batch of tote workers to be

transferred fifth jew

you have three days left gentleman

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and don't forget fourth arm is back at

the same time tomorrow night here on uk

gold that's at five past midnight

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you