Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:02,402 --> 00:00:04,271
{\an7}[MISSILE ROARS]
2
00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:07,240
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: FOR CENTURIES,
AN EXTRAORDINARY WAR HAS RAGED
3
00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:11,879
{\an7}ACROSS THE WORLD’S OCEANS,
ABOVE AND BELOW THE WAVES.
4
00:00:11,912 --> 00:00:14,548
{\an7}\hMan: YOU COULD KILL HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE WITH ONE BROADSIDE.
5
00:00:14,581 --> 00:00:18,251
{\an7}THESE WERE EXTREMELY POWERFUL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAR MACHINES.
6
00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:21,354
{\an7}Narrator: SHIPBUILDERS DESIGNED
BIGGER AND FASTER VESSELS
7
00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:24,258
{\an7}TO OUTWIT AND CRUSH
\h\hTHEIR OPPONENTS.
8
00:00:24,291 --> 00:00:27,094
{\an7}Man: THAT NATION THAT HAS THE
MOST POWERFUL BATTLESHIP FLEET
9
00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:28,929
{\an7}CAN DESTROY THE ENEMY’S
\h\h\h\hBATTLESHIP FLEET
10
00:00:28,962 --> 00:00:30,597
{\an7}AND THEREFORE CONTROL THE SEAS,
11
00:00:30,631 --> 00:00:33,868
{\an7}AND IF YOU CONTROL THE SEAS,
\h\h\hYOU CONTROL THE WORLD.
12
00:00:33,901 --> 00:00:36,537
{\an7}Narrator: THEY CARRIED
\hTERRIFYING WEAPONS.
13
00:00:36,670 --> 00:00:37,738
{\an7}Man: THIS WAS GONNA BE
\h\h\h\hTHE FIRST TIME
14
00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:40,340
{\an7}THAT SOMEBODY HAD FIRED
\h\h\hA TORPEDO IN ANGER
15
00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:41,809
{\an7}SINCE WORLD WAR II.
16
00:00:41,842 --> 00:00:44,645
{\an7}THEY NEEDED TO GET IT RIGHT.
17
00:00:44,678 --> 00:00:46,880
{\an7}Narrator: BUT SHIPS
HAVE ALSO LIBERATED
18
00:00:46,914 --> 00:00:49,583
{\an7}AND RESCUED THOUSANDS.
19
00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:50,984
{\an7}Man: YOU COULD THINK
\h\h\h\hOF GERDA III
20
00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:53,988
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAS BASICALLY A LIFEBOAT
FOR PERSONS HUNTED BY THE NAZIS.
21
00:00:54,021 --> 00:00:56,390
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AND INSPIRED MEN AND WOMEN
22
00:00:56,423 --> 00:00:58,492
{\an7}TO ACTS OF INCREDIBLE BRAVERY.
23
00:00:58,525 --> 00:01:01,561
{\an7}Man: I WILL TAKE YOU THERE NOW,
TO YOUR CANNONS,
24
00:01:01,595 --> 00:01:05,532
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO YOUR DEATH,
WE WILL SINK BEFORE SURRENDER.
25
00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:07,401
{\an7}Narrator: THESE VESSELS
\h\h\h\hAND THEIR CREWS
26
00:01:07,434 --> 00:01:09,736
{\an7}HAVE SHAPED WORLD HISTORY.
27
00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:13,507
{\an7}\hMan: AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER
OF A MISSILE-CARRYING SUBMARINE,
28
00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:15,575
{\an7}I WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE
29
00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:19,246
{\an7}FOR HELPING TO PREVENT
\h\h\h\hWORLD WAR III.
30
00:01:19,346 --> 00:01:21,348
{\an7}[MISSILE ROARS]
31
00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:22,716
{\an7}Narrator: THIS TIME, WE VENTURE
32
00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:26,820
{\an7}\h\h\h\hINTO THE HEART
OF NAVAL COMBAT ZONES,
33
00:01:26,887 --> 00:01:29,456
{\an7}NOT TO FIGHT, BUT TO RESCUE.
34
00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:32,225
{\an7}Man: THESE WERE HEROES
\h\h\h\hSAVING LIVES,
35
00:01:32,259 --> 00:01:35,262
{\an7}TAKING A STAND AGAINST EVIL.
36
00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:37,564
{\an7}Narrator: THIS IS A STORY
\h\h\h\hOF UNIQUE VESSELS
37
00:01:37,664 --> 00:01:39,633
{\an7}AND THEIR DEDICATED CREWS.
38
00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:40,834
{\an7}Man: THEY GO DOWN BELOW,
39
00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:46,139
{\an7}\h\hAND THEY FIND THE CARGO OF
705 CAPTIVE AFRICANS ON BOARD.
40
00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:47,674
{\an7}Narrator: FOR TWO CENTURIES,
41
00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:50,277
{\an7}\hTHE HORRORS OF WAR
HAVE BEEN REPORTED,
42
00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:54,281
{\an7}BUT SO, TOO, HAVE THE STORIES
\h\h\h\hOF THOSE WHO RESCUED.
43
00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:55,849
{\an7}\hWoman: WHEN YOU’RE
IN A WAR LIKE THAT,
44
00:01:55,882 --> 00:01:58,218
{\an7}\h\h\h\hEVERYBODY DOES
WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
45
00:01:58,251 --> 00:02:02,188
{\an7}I WAS FORTUNATE IN BRINGING
\hTHE BOYS TO A SAFER PLACE.
46
00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:12,666
{\an7}♪
47
00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:14,701
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
48
00:02:14,735 --> 00:02:26,180
{\an7}♪
49
00:02:26,213 --> 00:02:27,781
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
FROM THE FIRST GREAT WARSHIPS
50
00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:29,683
{\an7}TO THE AGE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS...
51
00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:32,252
{\an7}[MISSILE ROARS]
52
00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:34,621
{\an7}...OUR COMBAT SHIPS
\h\h\hTELL A STORY,
53
00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:39,126
{\an7}\hNOT JUST OF TECHNOLOGY,
BUT OF HUMAN HISTORY, TOO.
54
00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:46,466
{\an7}AMONG THE GLITTER OF BALTIMORE’S
TRENDY INNER HARBOR,
55
00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,402
{\an7}THERE IS A VESSEL.
56
00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:51,438
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE REPRESENTS
THE END OF A MARITIME ERA
57
00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:55,776
{\an7}BUT ALSO A TIME WHEN WARSHIPS
\h\h\h\hBEGAN TO SAVE LIVES--
58
00:02:55,876 --> 00:02:58,946
{\an7}THE USS CONSTELLATION.
59
00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:09,523
{\an7}♪
60
00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:11,591
{\an7}AS THE CONSTELLATION
\hUNFURLED HER SAILS
61
00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:15,162
{\an7}FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1854,
62
00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:18,365
{\an7}THE WORLD WAS ALREADY TURNING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO ENGINE POWER.
63
00:03:18,398 --> 00:03:23,069
{\an7}SHE WAS THE LAST U.S. NAVY SHIP
TO RELY TOTALLY ON WIND.
64
00:03:23,136 --> 00:03:24,371
{\an7}Brian Auer: IT’S AN ARMS RACE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJUST LIKE TODAY,
65
00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:26,606
{\an7}SO, UM, EVERYBODY’S
TRYING TO MAKE SURE
66
00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,576
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY HAVE
THE NEWEST BEST THINGS,
67
00:03:28,608 --> 00:03:33,713
{\an7}AND SO THAT’S WHY THE NAVY
\h\hSTOPPED WITH ALL-SAIL.
68
00:03:33,747 --> 00:03:35,649
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT DESPITE BEING OUTCLASSED
69
00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:38,319
{\an7}BY ALMOST EVERY WARSHIP
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF HER ERA,
70
00:03:38,351 --> 00:03:41,421
{\an7}CONSTELLATION HAS GONE DOWN
\h\h\h\hIN HISTORY AS A SHIP
71
00:03:41,455 --> 00:03:44,858
{\an7}THAT SAVED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
\h\h\h\hFROM A TERRIBLE FATE.
72
00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:51,297
{\an7}♪
73
00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:53,233
{\an7}IN THE EARLY 1800s,
74
00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:56,069
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE UNITED STATES WAS
UNDER PRESSURE TO PUT A STOP
75
00:03:56,169 --> 00:04:00,807
{\an7}TO THE VAST NUMBERS OF AFRICAN
\hSLAVES ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
76
00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:03,276
{\an7}FOLLOWING THE LEAD
OF GREAT BRITAIN,
77
00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:06,513
{\an7}THE U.S. AGREED TO ABOLISH
\h\h\hTHE LUCRATIVE TRADE.
78
00:04:06,546 --> 00:04:11,184
{\an7}Auer: THE AMERICANS OUTLAW THE
ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE IN 1808,
79
00:04:11,218 --> 00:04:12,352
{\an7}AND IN 1820,
80
00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:15,121
{\an7}IT’S DECLARED AN ACT OF PIRACY
\h\h\h\h\hPUNISHABLE BY DEATH,
81
00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:16,790
{\an7}SO BY THE 1820s, IT’S ILLEGAL
82
00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:20,894
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR AMERICAN SAILORS
TO ENGAGE IN THE TRADE AS WELL.
83
00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:23,062
{\an7}Narrator: WHILE FOUR MILLION
\h\hSLAVES REMAINED CAPTIVE
84
00:04:23,130 --> 00:04:25,065
{\an7}ON UNITED STATES SOIL,
85
00:04:25,165 --> 00:04:27,167
{\an7}THE U.S. NAVY WAS GIVEN THE JOB
86
00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,171
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOF ENSURING
THAT NUMBER DIDN’T GROW.
87
00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:34,541
{\an7}\hA SMALL FLEET KNOWN
AS THE AFRICA SQUADRON
88
00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:37,744
{\an7}\hWAS FORMED TO HUNT DOWN
SLAVE SHIPS LEAVING AFRICA
89
00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:40,681
{\an7}AND BOUND FOR CUBA
AND SOUTH AMERICA.
90
00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:42,649
{\an7}Auer: WHEN YOU HAVE A PROFIT
\h\hMARGIN OF 1,000 PERCENT,
91
00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:45,685
{\an7}\hEVEN IF IT’S ILLEGAL,
PEOPLE ARE GONNA DO IT.
92
00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:51,691
{\an7}Narrator: IN SEPTEMBER 1860,
93
00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:53,627
{\an7}THE CONSTELLATION WAS PATROLLING
94
00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,662
{\an7}CLOSE TO THE CONGO RIVER DELTA.
95
00:04:58,732 --> 00:05:02,436
{\an7}FOR WEEKS, THERE HAD BEEN
\hNO SIGN OF SLAVE SHIPS.
96
00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:05,172
{\an7}THEN ON THE AFTERNOON
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE 25th,
97
00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:09,710
{\an7}ONE OF CONSTELLATION’S LOOKOUTS
SPOTTED A SAIL ON THE HORIZON.
98
00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:11,345
{\an7}Auer: SHE’S IN A SUSPICIOUS AREA
99
00:05:11,378 --> 00:05:13,380
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHERE WE KNOW
THERE’S SOME TROUBLE GOING ON.
100
00:05:13,547 --> 00:05:15,382
{\an7}\hCONSTELLATION’S
A VERY FAST SHIP.
101
00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:18,218
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWE FIRE A WARNING SHOT
THAT SAYS, "STOP YOUR SHIP"...
102
00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:19,352
{\an7}[CANNON FIRES]
103
00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:21,722
{\an7}...AND THE SHIP DOESN’T STOP,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKEEPS ON GOING,
104
00:05:21,755 --> 00:05:23,757
{\an7}PUTS UP MORE SAIL
AND STARTS TO RUN,
105
00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:26,526
{\an7}SO NOW WE KNOW SOMETHING’S UP.
106
00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,530
{\an7}Narrator: THE CONSTELLATION
GAINS ON THE FLEEING VESSEL.
107
00:05:29,563 --> 00:05:34,601
{\an7}\h\hAS IT DOES, IT BECOMES CLEAR
WHAT CARGO THE SHIP IS CARRYING.
108
00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:36,769
{\an7}Auer: SHE STARTS BY THROWING
\h\hOVER JETSAM AND FLOTSAM
109
00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:37,971
{\an7}INTO THE WATER,
110
00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:40,240
{\an7}\h\hTRYING TO LIGHTEN THE SHIP
TO MAKE IT GO A LITTLE FASTER.
111
00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:42,642
{\an7}THEN THEY EMPLOY A TACTIC
WHERE THEY START TO UNLOAD
112
00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:44,611
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSOME OF THEIR
MORE IMPORTANT CARGO,
113
00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,513
{\an7}THE HUMAN CARGO.
114
00:05:46,546 --> 00:05:48,381
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE HOPE IS
THAT THE CONSTELLATION,
115
00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:50,450
{\an7}\hGIVEN THAT ITS MISSION
IS TO SAVE THOSE PEOPLE,
116
00:05:50,483 --> 00:05:53,886
{\an7}WILL STOP TO RESCUE PEOPLE
\h\h\h\hOUT OF THE WATER.
117
00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,256
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FACED
WITH A HORRENDOUS DECISION,
118
00:05:56,289 --> 00:06:00,160
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE CONSTELLATION
PURSUES THE SLAVE SHIP.
119
00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:04,230
{\an7}\h\hIT FIRES SHOTS THROUGH ITS
RIGGING TO FORCE A SURRENDER.
120
00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:12,072
{\an7}\h\hTHE SHIP IS IDENTIFIED AS AN
AMERICAN VESSEL NAMED THE CORA.
121
00:06:12,105 --> 00:06:16,242
{\an7}\h\hA BOARDING PARTY FROM THE
CONSTELLATION IS SENT ACROSS.
122
00:06:16,276 --> 00:06:18,745
{\an7}Auer: THEY GO DOWN BELOW,
\hAND YOU OPEN THE HATCH,
123
00:06:18,778 --> 00:06:19,879
{\an7}AND YOU’RE IMMEDIATELY HIT
124
00:06:19,913 --> 00:06:22,816
{\an7}WITH THE STENCH AND THE MISERY
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF HUMAN SQUALOR,
125
00:06:22,849 --> 00:06:27,420
{\an7}AND THEY FIND THE CARGO OF 705
\h\hCAPTIVE AFRICANS ON BOARD.
126
00:06:27,454 --> 00:06:29,489
{\an7}[RIGGING CREAKING]
127
00:06:29,522 --> 00:06:31,524
{\an7}Narrator: CREW MEMBERS
\hOF THE CONSTELLATION
128
00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,194
{\an7}WERE HORRIFIED BY WHAT THEY SAW.
129
00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:36,162
{\an7}ONE MAN WROTE:
130
00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:50,477
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE CAPTAIN AND CREW
OF THE CORA WERE ARRESTED,
131
00:06:50,577 --> 00:06:52,546
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTRANSFERRED
TO THE CONSTELLATION,
132
00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:57,250
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND TAKEN BACK TO
THE UNITED STATES TO BE TRIED,
133
00:06:57,284 --> 00:06:59,887
{\an7}BUT JUSTICE WAS NOT DONE.
134
00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,155
{\an7}Auer: ALL OF THEM ARE ACQUITTED.
135
00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:05,858
{\an7}NO CONSEQUENCES ARE EVER, AS FAR
AS WE KNOW, GIVEN TO THAT CREW.
136
00:07:05,892 --> 00:07:07,327
{\an7}THEY ALL GOT OFF.
137
00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:13,166
{\an7}Narrator: NO LONGER DESTINED
\h\h\hFOR A LIFE OF SLAVERY,
138
00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:18,171
{\an7}\h\h\h705 AFRICANS WERE TAKEN TO
THE U.S. PROTECTORATE OF LIBERIA
139
00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:20,140
{\an7}AND WERE SET FREE.
140
00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:28,248
{\an7}♪
141
00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:32,318
{\an7}\hCONSTELLATION’S SLAVE RESCUE
EARNED HER A MOMENT OF GLORY,
142
00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,687
{\an7}AND WITHIN A FEW YEARS,
143
00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:37,357
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE BARBARIC TRADE
OF THE SLAVE SHIPS ENDED.
144
00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:45,065
{\an7}BUT THE ROLE OF RESCUE SHIPS
\hBECAME INCREASINGLY VITAL.
145
00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:50,470
{\an7}THE IDEA WAS NOTHING NEW.
146
00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:52,505
{\an7}HMS VICTORY’S GUN DECKS
147
00:07:52,539 --> 00:07:56,910
{\an7}\h\hHAD BEEN USED TO CARE
FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED.
148
00:07:56,943 --> 00:07:59,145
{\an7}BUT AS BATTLES BECAME BLOODIER
149
00:07:59,179 --> 00:08:01,481
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND WEAPONS
EVEN MORE TERRIFYING,
150
00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:04,417
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHERE WAS A NEED
FOR DEDICATED VESSELS TO RESCUE,
151
00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:07,554
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCARE FOR,
AND TRANSPORT THE INJURED.
152
00:08:10,724 --> 00:08:16,063
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE 20th CENTURY WAS
THE AGE OF THE HOSPITAL SHIP.
153
00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:20,334
{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
154
00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:23,269
{\an7}\h\h\hWITH THOUSANDS OF TROOPS
FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN FRONT
155
00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:25,272
{\an7}DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
156
00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:29,409
{\an7}IT WAS THE BRITISH WHO DEVELOPED
A NEW CATEGORY OF COMBAT SHIP.
157
00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,115
{\an7}THE WOUNDED WOULD BE RUSHED AWAY
FROM THE TRENCHES
158
00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:37,584
{\an7}BY LIGHT RAILWAY,
159
00:08:37,617 --> 00:08:39,519
{\an7}THEN BY AMBULANCE TRAIN,
160
00:08:39,552 --> 00:08:42,522
{\an7}\h\h\hAND FINALLY, FERRIED
ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
161
00:08:42,555 --> 00:08:45,558
{\an7}ABOARD DEDICATED HOSPITAL SHIPS.
162
00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:47,593
{\an7}Emily Mayhew: WE’RE CROSSING
\h\h\h\hHERE TO SOUTHAMPTON,
163
00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:50,163
{\an7}\h\h\hAND OF COURSE THIS WAS THE
BUSIEST ROUTE FOR HOSPITAL SHIPS
164
00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:51,364
{\an7}FROM THE WESTERN FRONT.
165
00:08:51,398 --> 00:08:53,333
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WASN’T
A PARTICULARLY LONG JOURNEY,
166
00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:56,102
{\an7}\h\hBUT IT COULD BE ROUGH,
AND IT COULD BE DANGEROUS.
167
00:08:56,136 --> 00:08:58,071
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWE KNOW
THAT 1.2 MILLION PATIENTS
168
00:08:58,171 --> 00:08:59,539
{\an7}WERE RECEIVED AT SOUTHAMPTON.
169
00:08:59,572 --> 00:09:01,374
{\an7}THAT’S 1.2 MILLION PATIENTS
170
00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:03,143
{\an7}IN WARDS THAT NEEDED
\hTO BE KEPT CLEAN,
171
00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:04,411
{\an7}THAT NEEDED TO BE OFFLOADED
172
00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:06,747
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS EASILY
AND AS PAINLESSLY AS POSSIBLE
173
00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:10,416
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEN SENT ON
TO THE RIGHT HOSPITALS.
174
00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:11,618
{\an7}Narrator: THE BRITISH PUBLIC,
175
00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:14,487
{\an7}\h\hWEARY FROM DEFEATS
ON THE WESTERN FRONT,
176
00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:17,724
{\an7}\h\hPREFERRED TO HEAR ABOUT
THOSE WHO HAD SAVED SOLDIERS
177
00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:21,427
{\an7}AND BROUGHT THEM HOME SAFELY.
178
00:09:21,461 --> 00:09:26,333
{\an7}IN 1917, KING GEORGE V PAID
TRIBUTE TO THE MEDICAL STAFF
179
00:09:26,499 --> 00:09:29,369
{\an7}ON THE FORMER P&O LINER PLASSIG.
180
00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:31,638
{\an7}Mayhew: LIKE ALL THE MEDICAL
\h\h\hINSTITUTIONS IN FRANCE
181
00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:32,772
{\an7}AND COMING BACK TO BRITAIN,
182
00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:34,141
{\an7}NONE OF IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE
183
00:09:34,174 --> 00:09:36,243
{\an7}WITHOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NURSES
184
00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:38,578
{\an7}WHO VOLUNTEERED TO GO OUT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SERVE.
185
00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:39,846
{\an7}NURSES PREPARED REALLY WELL
186
00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:42,548
{\an7}AND PARTICULARLY NURSES WHO WERE
GONNA BE ON HOSPITAL SHIPS.
187
00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:44,918
{\an7}THEY TOOK EXTENSIVE
LIFESAVING COURSES,
188
00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:46,653
{\an7}\h\hAND MOST OF THEM
LEARNED HOW TO ROW,
189
00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:49,322
{\an7}\h\h\h\hPARTICULARLY ROW
A VERY LARGE, HEAVY BOAT
190
00:09:49,355 --> 00:09:52,592
{\an7}THAT WOULD BE FULL
OF THEIR PATIENTS.
191
00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:55,528
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN THEORY,
THE NURSES AND THEIR PATIENTS
192
00:09:55,628 --> 00:09:59,532
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWERE PROTECTED
BY INTERNATIONAL LAW.
193
00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:01,601
{\an7}THE GENEVA CONVENTION STIPULATED
194
00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:04,403
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT HOSPITAL SHIPS
WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM ATTACK
195
00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:06,673
{\an7}IF THEY FOLLOWED CERTAIN RULES.
196
00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,508
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAndrew Gordon:
ONE WAS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT
197
00:10:08,541 --> 00:10:10,343
{\an7}BE CARRYING MUNITIONS.
198
00:10:10,376 --> 00:10:16,449
{\an7}\hTHEY SHOULD NOT BE OBSTRUCTING
THE ACTIONS OF AN ENEMY AT ALL,
199
00:10:16,483 --> 00:10:19,319
{\an7}\hAND THEY SHOULD
BE CLEARLY MARKED,
200
00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:23,489
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THE CLEAR MARKING
INVOLVED BEING PAINTED WHITE,
201
00:10:23,523 --> 00:10:27,527
{\an7}HAVING A BROAD GREEN STRIPE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALONG THE HULL
202
00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:31,697
{\an7}AND HAVING CLEAR RED CROSSES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMARKED ON THEM
203
00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:33,633
{\an7}AND BEING LIT AT NIGHT.
204
00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:37,403
{\an7}\h\hAND IF HOSPITAL SHIPS
CONFORMED TO THOSE RULES,
205
00:10:37,437 --> 00:10:42,809
{\an7}THEY WERE MEANT TO BE IMMUNE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM ATTACK.
206
00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:46,479
{\an7}Narrator: BUT GERMAN U-BOAT
\hCAPTAINS HAD OTHER IDEAS.
207
00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:48,548
{\an7}Gordon: ABOUT 24 HOSPITAL SHIPS
208
00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:50,917
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE SUNK
IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
209
00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:54,487
{\an7}QUITE A LOT OF THEM WERE SUNK
\h\h\h\h\h\hBY HITTING MINES,
210
00:10:54,521 --> 00:10:57,724
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH ISN’T PROOF
OF DELIBERATE TARGET SELECTION,
211
00:10:57,824 --> 00:11:01,361
{\an7}BUT ALSO QUITE A LOT OF THEM,
\hABOUT HALF, WERE TORPEDOED,
212
00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:05,832
{\an7}AND ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME IT
\h\h\h\hTO BE DELIBERATE.
213
00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:08,334
{\an7}THE GERMANS GOT IT
\hINTO THEIR HEADS
214
00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:11,304
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THE BRITISH
WERE USING HOSPITAL SHIPS
215
00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:13,339
{\an7}FOR WARLIKE PURPOSES.
216
00:11:13,439 --> 00:11:16,542
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY ALLEGED THE BRITISH
WERE USING THEM AS TROOPSHIPS,
217
00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:17,644
{\an7}WHICH THEY WEREN’T,
218
00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:21,381
{\an7}AND SO THEY CONDUCTED
\h\hA U-BOAT CAMPAIGN.
219
00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:27,453
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
NURSES ON BOARD THE SHIPS
220
00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:29,389
{\an7}\h\h\hMAKING THE RUN
ACROSS THE CHANNEL,
221
00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:31,557
{\an7}ADAPTED TO THE U-BOAT THREAT.
222
00:11:31,591 --> 00:11:32,725
{\an7}\h\h\hMayhew: IT WAS EASIER
TO KEEP YOUR LIFE JACKET ON
223
00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:33,727
{\an7}ALL THE TIME,
224
00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,528
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSO ON TOP
OF THEIR PROPER NURSES UNIFORM,
225
00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:36,830
{\an7}STARCHED NURSES UNIFORM--
226
00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:38,732
{\an7}THE LONG SKIRT AND THE BOOTS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE APRON--
227
00:11:38,765 --> 00:11:39,966
{\an7}THEY PUT A LIFE JACKET
228
00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:41,767
{\an7}AND PROBABLY A COAT
BECAUSE IT WAS COLD.
229
00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:45,138
{\an7}\h\hTHEY DID ALL THEIR NURSING,
AND THEY DID IT IN LIFE JACKETS.
230
00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,343
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ONE NURSE IN PARTICULAR
231
00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:53,813
{\an7}\h\h\hKNEW ALL ABOUT
THE DANGERS AT SEA.
232
00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:55,715
{\an7}\h\hSHE’D SURVIVED
THE MOST NOTORIOUS
233
00:11:55,748 --> 00:11:58,217
{\an7}OF ALL MARITIME DISASTERS.
234
00:11:58,351 --> 00:12:00,386
{\an7}NOW HISTORY WAS REPEATING ITSELF
235
00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:03,390
{\an7}ON THE LARGEST HOSPITAL SHIP
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE GREAT WAR.
236
00:12:03,423 --> 00:12:05,325
{\an7}Actor as Violet Jessop:
\h\h\h\hI TURNED AROUND
237
00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:08,628
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND, TO MY HORROR,
SAW BRITANNIC’S HUGE PROPELLERS
238
00:12:08,661 --> 00:12:11,130
{\an7}\hCHURNING AND MINCING
EVERYTHING NEAR THEM.
239
00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:15,402
{\an7}\h\h\hMEN, BOATS, EVERYTHING
WERE JUST ONE GHASTLY WHIRL.
240
00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:21,875
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
APRIL 15, 1912, IS A DATE
241
00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:26,546
{\an7}\hTHAT STANDS ALONE
IN MARITIME HISTORY.
242
00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:28,448
{\an7}JUST FIVE DAYS EARLIER,
243
00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:33,920
{\an7}\h\hTHE MIGHTY RMS TITANIC HAD
SET SAIL ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE,
244
00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:38,157
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA VOYAGE
SHE WOULD NEVER COMPLETE.
245
00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:40,393
{\an7}AT TITANIC’S SHIPYARD
\h\h\h\h\hIN BELFAST,
246
00:12:40,526 --> 00:12:45,364
{\an7}CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SHIP
\h\h\h\hSTOPPED ABRUPTLY.
247
00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:49,336
{\an7}\h\hTHIS WAS TO BE TITANIC’S
SISTER SHIP--THE BRITANNIC.
248
00:12:49,369 --> 00:13:03,650
{\an7}♪
249
00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:05,451
{\an7}Philip Cauley: WHAT WE’RE
\hACTUALLY LOOKING DOWN AT
250
00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:08,455
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIS THE SLIPWAYS
OF TITANIC AND BRITANNIC.
251
00:13:08,554 --> 00:13:11,891
{\an7}BRITANNIC WAS BUILT OVER
\hON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
252
00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:14,727
{\an7}Narrator: BRITANNIC’S OWNERS,
\h\h\h\h\hTHE WHITE STAR LINE,
253
00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:16,595
{\an7}BELIEVED THEIR SHIP TO BE
254
00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:19,732
{\an7}\h"AS PERFECT A SPECIMEN
OF MAN’S CREATIVE POWER
255
00:13:19,766 --> 00:13:22,135
{\an7}AS IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE."
256
00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:23,636
{\an7}\hCauley: THE HEIGHT OF THIS
BUILDING IS THE SAME HEIGHT
257
00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:26,806
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAS BRITANNIC
FROM KEEL TO BOAT DECK.
258
00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:28,874
{\an7}\h\h\hHOW DID BRITANNIC
GET INTO BELFAST LOUGH?
259
00:13:28,908 --> 00:13:31,677
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY USED 23 TONS
OF OIL, GREASE AND SOAP,
260
00:13:31,711 --> 00:13:32,912
{\an7}AND THEY SHOVED THEM IN.
261
00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:36,449
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEMPTY SHELLS
WEIGHING OVER 23,000 TONS.
262
00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:38,217
{\an7}AS THE SHIPYARD WORKERS
\h\h\h\hUSED TO CALL IT,
263
00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:41,421
{\an7}\h"WE BUILD THEM UP
AND SHOVE THEM OUT."
264
00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:47,260
{\an7}♪
265
00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:49,729
{\an7}Narrator: BUT FIVE MONTHS
AFTER BRITANNIC’S LAUNCH,
266
00:13:49,762 --> 00:13:53,633
{\an7}THE FIRST WORLD WAR BROKE OUT.
267
00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:58,838
{\an7}THE LUXURY WORLD OF OCEAN LINERS
WAS QUICKLY FORGOTTEN.
268
00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:00,539
{\an7}BRITANNIC WAS ABANDONED
269
00:14:00,606 --> 00:14:05,878
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND LEFT UNFINISHED
AT HARLAND AND WOLFF SHIPYARD.
270
00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:08,815
{\an7}BUT THEN, IN APRIL 1915,
271
00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:13,286
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE ALLIES ATTACKED
TURKEY’S GALLIPOLI PENINSULA.
272
00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:16,556
{\an7}THEY HOPED IT WOULD FORCE
THE TURKS OUT OF THE WAR,
273
00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:19,792
{\an7}\hBUT THEY’D UNDERESTIMATED THE
VAST AMOUNT OF MEN AND SUPPLIES
274
00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:23,163
{\an7}THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
275
00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:27,267
{\an7}THE SOLUTION WAS TO CONVERT
\h\h\h\hPREWAR OCEAN LINERS.
276
00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:31,237
{\an7}\h\h\hCUNARD’S MAURETANIA AND
THE WHITE STAR LINE’S OLYMPIC
277
00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:33,606
{\an7}BECAME TROOPSHIPS.
278
00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:35,608
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT TO BRING
THE CASUALTIES HOME,
279
00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:39,345
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY WOULD NEED
A MASSIVE HOSPITAL SHIP.
280
00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:42,549
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE VESSEL
SEEMED TO FIT THE BILL--
281
00:14:42,582 --> 00:14:45,185
{\an7}THE HALF-FINISHED BRITANNIC.
282
00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:49,489
{\an7}♪
283
00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:51,391
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSimon Mills:
MUCH OF THE SHIP WAS COMPLETE.
284
00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:53,159
{\an7}THERE IS DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE
\h\hOF A LOT OF NICE CABINS,
285
00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:55,762
{\an7}\h\hA LOT OF, UM, VERY,
VERY PLUSH DINING ROOMS
286
00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:58,264
{\an7}\h\h\h\hALL COMPLETED
AND READY FOR SERVICE.
287
00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:00,166
{\an7}BECAUSE SOME OF THESE CABINS
\h\h\h\hHADN’T BEEN PUT IN,
288
00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:01,734
{\an7}THERE WERE LARGE OPEN SPACES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE SHIP,
289
00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:02,769
{\an7}WHICH ODDLY ENOUGH,
290
00:15:02,869 --> 00:15:04,471
{\an7}\h\hMADE HER IDEAL
AS A HOSPITAL SHIP
291
00:15:04,504 --> 00:15:06,272
{\an7}BECAUSE THEY GAVE HER
\h\hMUCH LARGER WARDS,
292
00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:09,809
{\an7}MUCH EASIER TO OVERSEE.
293
00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:13,212
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ON DECEMBER 22, 1915,
294
00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:17,316
{\an7}\hHIS MAJESTY’S HOSPITAL SHIP
BRITANNIC, NOW PAINTED WHITE,
295
00:15:17,350 --> 00:15:19,252
{\an7}SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL.
296
00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:21,120
{\an7}IT WAS THE FIRST OF MANY TRIPS
297
00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:26,259
{\an7}TO RESCUE THE SICK AND WOUNDED
\h\hOF THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN.
298
00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:29,128
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE NEW SHIP
HAD TWICE AS MANY LIFEBOATS
299
00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:31,398
{\an7}AS THE ILL-FATED TITANIC.
300
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,333
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMills: INTERNALLY
THEY WERE QUITE DIFFERENT.
301
00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:34,601
{\an7}BRITANNIC HAD A DOUBLE SKIN
302
00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:36,836
{\an7}ALONGSIDE THE BOILER ROOMS
\h\h\hAND THE ENGINE ROOM.
303
00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:39,472
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY HAD HIGHER
AND STRONGER BULKHEADS.
304
00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:40,906
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE WHOLE IDEA
WAS THAT HAD BRITANNIC
305
00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,376
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHIT THE ICEBERG
WHICH SANK THE TITANIC,
306
00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:45,211
{\an7}SHE WOULD HAVE SURVIVED
\h\h\h\h\hTHE DISASTER.
307
00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:50,750
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ON NOVEMBER 21, 1916,
308
00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:53,286
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNINE MONTHS
AFTER HER FIRST VOYAGE,
309
00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:58,290
{\an7}BRITANNIC WAS SAILING EASTWARD
\h\h\hOFF THE COAST OF GREECE.
310
00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:02,161
{\an7}NEARLY 400 MEDICAL STAFF
\h\h\h\h\hWERE ON BOARD.
311
00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:05,098
{\an7}BRITANNIC ENTERED
\hTHE KEA CHANNEL,
312
00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:06,566
{\an7}BUT THREE WEEKS EARLIER,
313
00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:11,738
{\an7}\h\h\h\hGERMAN U-BOAT U-73
HAD MADE THE SAME JOURNEY.
314
00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:14,474
{\an7}THE U-BOAT’S COMMANDER,
\h\h\h\h\hGUSTAV SIESS,
315
00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:17,477
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAD LEFT BEHIND
A TRAIL OF DEADLY MINES.
316
00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:18,678
{\an7}Mills: KAPITANLEUTNANT SIESS
317
00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:22,114
{\an7}HAD A VERY SORT OF WILY PLOY
\hOF LAYING HIS MINES DEEP.
318
00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:23,716
{\an7}THAT WAY HE GOT A LARGER VESSEL.
319
00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:25,384
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE DIDN’T GO
FOR SMALL DESTROYERS
320
00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:26,653
{\an7}OR SMALL LITTLE FISHING BOATS.
321
00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:28,221
{\an7}HE WANTED TO GET A BIG SHIP.
322
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:29,589
{\an7}THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
\h\h\hA BATTLESHIP.
323
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:30,690
{\an7}IT COULD HAVE BEEN A TROOPER.
324
00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:33,259
{\an7}IT COULD HAVE BEEN
\hA HOSPITAL SHIP.
325
00:16:33,292 --> 00:16:34,693
{\an7}HE GOT A HOSPITAL SHIP.
326
00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:39,532
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: NOVEMBER 21st
WAS A TYPICAL SUNDAY MORNING
327
00:16:39,565 --> 00:16:41,534
{\an7}ON BOARD THE BRITANNIC.
328
00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:42,868
{\an7}Mills: UP IN THE LOUNGE,
329
00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:45,204
{\an7}THE MEDICAL STAFF ARE SITTING
DOWN, HAVING THEIR BREAKFAST.
330
00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:48,274
{\an7}\h\h\hDOWN BELOW, THE FIREMEN
AND THE STOKERS, THE TRIMMERS,
331
00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:50,142
{\an7}THEY WERE ALL CHANGING
\h\h\h\h\hTHEIR POSTS.
332
00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:53,079
{\an7}EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETELY
\h\h\hAND UTTERLY NORMAL.
333
00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:55,481
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEN SUDDENLY,
12 MINUTES PAST 8:00,
334
00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:59,119
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA HUGE BANG
ON THE STARBOARD SIDE,
335
00:16:59,218 --> 00:17:03,089
{\an7}FOLLOWED BY A VIOLENT SHUDDER.
336
00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:05,658
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ON BOARD WAS A 28-YEAR-OLD NURSE
337
00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:07,693
{\an7}NAMED VIOLET JESSOP.
338
00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:11,231
{\an7}\hFOR HER, THE SCENARIO
WAS PAINFULLY FAMILIAR.
339
00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:15,068
{\an7}FOUR YEARS EARLIER, SHE HAD BEEN
A STEWARDESS ON THE TITANIC
340
00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:17,403
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHEN IT STRUCK
THE INFAMOUS ICEBERG.
341
00:17:17,436 --> 00:17:20,639
{\an7}Jessop: AS ONE MAN, THE WHOLE
SALOON ROSE FROM THEIR SEATS.
342
00:17:20,673 --> 00:17:24,310
{\an7}DOCTORS AND NURSES VANISHED
\hTO THEIR POSTS IN A TRICE.
343
00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:26,445
{\an7}THE PANTRY, WHERE I STOOD,
344
00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:27,780
{\an7}HOLDING A TEAPOT IN ONE HAND
345
00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:29,448
{\an7}AND A PAT OF BUTTER
\h\h\hIN THE OTHER,
346
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:32,786
{\an7}\h\h\hWAS CLEARED, TOO, AS MEN
DROPPED WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
347
00:17:32,818 --> 00:17:36,121
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SECONDS,
NOT A SOUL WAS TO BE SEEN.
348
00:17:36,155 --> 00:17:37,356
{\an7}\hMills: DOWN BELOW
IN THE BOILER ROOMS,
349
00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:39,626
{\an7}\h\h\hPARTICULARLY FIVE AND SIX,
WHERE THE WATER WAS RUSHING IN,
350
00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:40,493
{\an7}THE STOKERS AND THE TRIMMERS
351
00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:42,495
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWERE FIGHTING
FOR THEIR LIVES ALREADY,
352
00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:43,796
{\an7}TRYING TO GET UP THE STAIRWAYS
353
00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:46,465
{\an7}BEFORE THEY WERE COMPLETELY
\hOVERWHELMED BY THE WATER.
354
00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:49,869
{\an7}Narrator: THE MINE RIPPED INTO
\hTWO WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTS.
355
00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,204
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE BRITANNIC
SHOULD HAVE CONTAINED IT,
356
00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:55,141
{\an7}BUT SOME OF THE WATERTIGHT DOORS
FAILED.
357
00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:57,643
{\an7}SEAWATER WAS NOW FLOODING
\h\h\h\hTHROUGH THE SHIP.
358
00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:05,251
{\an7}THE BRITANNIC WAS SINKING
\hFASTER THAN THE TITANIC.
359
00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:10,156
{\an7}NURSES, MEDICS, AND CREW ALIKE
SCRAMBLED INTO THE LIFEBOATS.
360
00:18:10,189 --> 00:18:12,792
{\an7}BUT AS VIOLET JESSOP’S BOAT
\h\h\h\h\h\hREACHED THE SEA,
361
00:18:12,825 --> 00:18:17,296
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHER COMPANIONS ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY JUMPED OVERBOARD.
362
00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:19,332
{\an7}SHE SOON FOUND OUT WHY.
363
00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:21,801
{\an7}Jessop: I TURNED AROUND TO SEE
\hTHE REASON FOR THIS EXODUS,
364
00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:26,172
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND, TO MY HORROR,
SAW BRITANNIC’S HUGE PROPELLERS
365
00:18:26,272 --> 00:18:29,008
{\an7}\hCHURNING AND MINCING
EVERYTHING NEAR THEM.
366
00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:34,079
{\an7}\h\h\hMEN, BOATS, EVERYTHING
WERE JUST ONE GHASTLY WHIRL.
367
00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:35,314
{\an7}Mills: AS THE LIFEBOAT
\h\h\h\hHIT THE WATER,
368
00:18:35,348 --> 00:18:36,482
{\an7}IT COULDN’T GET AWAY
369
00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:38,050
{\an7}FROM THE SIDE OF THE SHIP
MOVING THROUGH THE WATER.
370
00:18:38,084 --> 00:18:40,053
{\an7}\h\h\hIT BUMPED ALONG
THE SIDE OF THE SHIP,
371
00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:41,688
{\an7}\h\hPRACTICALLY TWO-THIRDS
OF THE LENGTH OF THE SHIP
372
00:18:41,721 --> 00:18:44,324
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND WAS DRAGGED INTO
THIS HUGE TURNING PROPELLER,
373
00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:45,658
{\an7}23-FOOT DIAMETER.
374
00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:46,625
{\an7}Jessop: IN ANOTHER MOMENT,
375
00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:48,228
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI WOULD BE
UNDER THOSE GLITTERING,
376
00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:50,496
{\an7}RELENTLESS BLADES, UNLESS...
377
00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:52,599
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI LOOKED
AT THE EQUALLY INEXORABLE SEA,
378
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:55,768
{\an7}AND, FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND,
HESITATED,
379
00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,370
{\an7}FOR I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
\h\h\hAFRAID OF WATER.
380
00:18:58,404 --> 00:19:00,406
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMills: SHE JUMPED.
SHE DIDN’T MANAGE TO GET CLEAR.
381
00:19:00,439 --> 00:19:03,575
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSHE WAS PULLED DOWN
BY THE FORCE OF THE PROPELLER.
382
00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:05,511
{\an7}Jessop: I FELT MYSELF RISING,
383
00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:08,547
{\an7}AND MY HEAD CAME INTO VIOLENT
CONTACT WITH SOMETHING SOLID,
384
00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,618
{\an7}SOMETHING THAT PREVENTED ME
\hFROM REACHING THE SURFACE.
385
00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:14,687
{\an7}THEN AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER
\h\h\hTERRIFIC CRASH ABOVE ME,
386
00:19:14,787 --> 00:19:18,157
{\an7}AND SOMETHING VERY SOLID STRUCK
THE BACK OF MY HEAD,
387
00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:20,192
{\an7}A RESOUNDING BLOW,
388
00:19:20,226 --> 00:19:24,697
{\an7}\hBUT HAPPILY ON THAT PART WHERE
MY PLENTIFUL HAIR WAS THICKEST.
389
00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:27,099
{\an7}Narrator: VIOLET FOUGHT HER WAY
TO THE SURFACE
390
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,502
{\an7}ONLY TO FACE A HORRIFIC SCENE.
391
00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:32,705
{\an7}30 PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED
\h\h\h\hBY THE PROPELLERS.
392
00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:41,347
{\an7}JUST AFTER 9:00 A.M.,
393
00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:44,283
{\an7}\h\hTHE BRITANNIC ROLLED
ONTO ITS STARBOARD SIDE,
394
00:19:44,316 --> 00:19:47,886
{\an7}BEFORE PLUNGING BOW-FIRST
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE SEABED.
395
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,689
{\an7}THE LARGEST SHIP LOST
IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
396
00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:54,594
{\an7}HAD SUNK IN JUST 55 MINUTES.
397
00:19:54,627 --> 00:20:00,266
{\an7}\hVIOLET AND THE OTHER SURVIVORS
WERE RESCUED BY THE ROYAL NAVY.
398
00:20:00,299 --> 00:20:03,469
{\an7}THE WRECK OF BRITANNIC
\hLIES 400 FEET DOWN,
399
00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:05,904
{\an7}\h\h\hAT THE BOTTOM
OF THE KEA CHANNEL,
400
00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:10,576
{\an7}AND WHILE THE TITANIC CRUMBLES
\h\h\hON THE ATLANTIC SEABED,
401
00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:13,812
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHER SISTER SHIP
IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION.
402
00:20:13,846 --> 00:20:15,781
{\an7}\hMills: IF YOU COMPARE
THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
403
00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:16,783
{\an7}WITH THE WRECK OF THE BRITANNIC,
404
00:20:16,816 --> 00:20:19,252
{\an7}THEY ARE JUST COMPLETELY
\hAND UTTERLY DIFFERENT.
405
00:20:19,285 --> 00:20:21,220
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE TITANIC
IS IN TWO MAIN SECTIONS,
406
00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:23,388
{\an7}WITH THE WHOLE MIDDLE THIRD
\h\h\hOF THE SHIP JUST GONE
407
00:20:23,422 --> 00:20:24,790
{\an7}IN FRAGMENTS ON THE SEABED.
408
00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:27,827
{\an7}BRITANNIC IS ALMOST
\hCOMPLETELY INTACT.
409
00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:30,363
{\an7}Narrator: THE MASSIVE PROPELLERS
THAT CAUSED THE CARNAGE
410
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:32,632
{\an7}ARE STILL IN PLACE.
411
00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:36,669
{\an7}\h\h\h\hEVEN THE CAPTAIN’S BATH,
WITH ITS FOUR TAPS, IS VISIBLE.
412
00:20:36,769 --> 00:20:37,737
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMills: I’VE BEEN
WATCHING THAT WRECK NOW
413
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:39,238
{\an7}FOR SOMETHING LIKE 20 YEARS.
414
00:20:39,271 --> 00:20:40,606
{\an7}I DON’T THINK IT’S CHANGED
\h\h\h\hIN ALL THAT TIME.
415
00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:42,208
{\an7}SHE’S INCREDIBLY STABLE,
416
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,376
{\an7}AND I THINK WILL BE AROUND
\h\hFOR A GOOD WHILE YET.
417
00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:51,817
{\an7}♪
418
00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:53,853
{\an7}Narrator: DESPITE THE LOSS
\h\hOF MANY HOSPITAL SHIPS
419
00:20:53,886 --> 00:20:55,721
{\an7}DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
420
00:20:55,755 --> 00:21:00,460
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHESE VESSELS BECAME
A VITAL PART OF THE EFFORT.
421
00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:05,732
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY ITS END,
THERE WERE 77 IN SERVICE.
422
00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:10,403
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT IN 1939,
THE WORLD WAS AT WAR AGAIN.
423
00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:11,604
{\an7}\hMayhew: I THINK
IF YOU TOOK A CREW
424
00:21:11,637 --> 00:21:13,472
{\an7}FROM A FIRST WORLD WAR
\h\h\h\hHOSPITAL SHIP
425
00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,841
{\an7}AND PUT THEM ON A SECOND
WORLD WAR HOSPITAL SHIP,
426
00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:17,410
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY’D REALLY
RECOGNIZE EVERYTHING
427
00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:18,678
{\an7}THAT THEY FOUND THERE.
428
00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:20,546
{\an7}THEY’D BE JEALOUS OF THE SPEED.
429
00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:22,381
{\an7}BUT THE SPACES ARE THE SAME.
430
00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:24,283
{\an7}AND WHAT BOTH OF THEM
\h\h\hWOULD RECOGNIZE
431
00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:27,319
{\an7}IS THIS UNSEEN THREAT
\h\h\hFROM SUBMARINES.
432
00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:29,055
{\an7}LIVING WITH THAT FEAR
433
00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:32,792
{\an7}IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY HOSPITAL
SHIP CREWS REALLY UNDERSTOOD.
434
00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:36,495
{\an7}HOW YOU DID THAT DAY AFTER DAY
\h\h\hAND VOYAGE AFTER VOYAGE
435
00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:38,798
{\an7}IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST
\h\h\hNEVER UNDERESTIMATE.
436
00:21:38,898 --> 00:21:44,070
{\an7}IT’S A TRULY REMARKABLE PART
\h\h\h\h\hOF THEIR SERVICE.
437
00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:47,807
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN 1945,
LOIS LANGHANS WAS JUST 21
438
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:52,712
{\an7}\h\hWHEN SHE SERVED AS A NURSE
ON AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL SHIP.
439
00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:55,615
{\an7}\h\h\hSHE AND HER COLLEAGUES
ROUNDED UP INJURED SOLDIERS
440
00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:58,351
{\an7}FROM THE PORTS OF CHERBOURG
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND LIVERPOOL
441
00:21:58,384 --> 00:21:59,452
{\an7}AND ATTENDED TO THEM
442
00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:03,789
{\an7}WHILE CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
\h\h\hTO THE UNITED STATES.
443
00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:05,925
{\an7}Lois Langhans: IT WAS TOWARD
\h\h\h\hTHE END OF THE WAR,
444
00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:09,228
{\an7}SO THEY WERE ALL THROUGH
GOING BACK INTO BATTLE,
445
00:22:09,361 --> 00:22:11,930
{\an7}AND WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT
ON BOARD A HOSPITAL SHIP,
446
00:22:11,964 --> 00:22:14,700
{\an7}IT WAS LIKE A REAL...
\h\h\h\h\h\h[EXHALES]
447
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:16,134
{\an7}TAKE A BIG BREATH.
448
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:19,538
{\an7}I’M OFF THE LAND.
\hI’M HEADED HOME.
449
00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:22,375
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: 20 YEARS
AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
450
00:22:22,408 --> 00:22:24,810
{\an7}THERE WAS NOW GREATER AWARENESS
OF INJURIES,
451
00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:28,214
{\an7}BOTH SEEN AND UNSEEN.
452
00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:29,882
{\an7}Langhans: FOR US NURSES,
453
00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:32,818
{\an7}PART OF IT WAS TRYING
\h\h\h\hTO UNDERSTAND
454
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,888
{\an7}SOME OF THE BOYS DIDN’T WANT
\h\hTO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
455
00:22:35,921 --> 00:22:38,924
{\an7}\h\h\hSOME WANTED TO TALK
AND GET IT OFF THEIR MIND,
456
00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:45,264
{\an7}AND OUR AIM WAS TO DO THE BEST
WE COULD TO KEEP THEM MOBILE,
457
00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:47,065
{\an7}INTERESTED IN GOING HOME,
458
00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:52,271
{\an7}\h\hAND NOT GOING BACK OVER
ALL OF THE BAD EXPERIENCES.
459
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:54,306
{\an7}IT REALLY MADE YOU FEEL LIKE
460
00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:56,542
{\an7}YOU NEEDED TO PAY ATTENTION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THESE KIDS,
461
00:22:56,575 --> 00:22:58,343
{\an7}AND THEY NEEDED HELP.
462
00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:07,920
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT WAS A TIME, A PERIOD
IN MY LIFE, THAT’S VERY SPECIAL.
463
00:23:07,953 --> 00:23:09,721
{\an7}WHEN YOU’RE IN A WAR LIKE THAT,
464
00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:11,824
{\an7}\h\h\h\hEVERYBODY DOES
WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
465
00:23:11,857 --> 00:23:14,460
{\an7}YOU DON’T SIT HOME AND WONDER.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU DO IT.
466
00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:19,198
{\an7}I WAS FORTUNATE IN BRINGING
\hTHE BOYS TO A SAFER PLACE.
467
00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:28,240
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ALONG WITH THE COUNTLESS ACTS
468
00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:32,445
{\an7}OF BARBARISM AND INHUMANITY
\h\h\h\hDURING WORLD WAR II,
469
00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:35,414
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHERE WERE FEATS
OF BRAVERY AND HEROISM.
470
00:23:35,447 --> 00:23:39,384
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE IS KNOWN
AS THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK.
471
00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:43,455
{\an7}IT INVOLVED THE MASS EVACUATION
OF BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS
472
00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:47,793
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHILE UNDER ATTACK
FROM THE GERMANS IN 1940.
473
00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:50,228
{\an7}BY CONTRAST, A FEW WEEKS LATER,
474
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:54,833
{\an7}ANOTHER EVACUATION TOOK PLACE
\h\h\h\hOFF THE FRENCH COAST.
475
00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:56,769
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THOUGH
IT’S RARELY DISCUSSED,
476
00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:59,605
{\an7}IT LED TO THE GREATEST
MARITIME LOSS OF LIFE
477
00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:01,773
{\an7}THE WORLD HAD EVER KNOWN.
478
00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:06,545
{\an7}♪
479
00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:11,516
{\an7}AFTER DUNKIRK, 150,000 BRITISH
\h\h\h\h\hTROOPS AND CIVILIANS
480
00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:14,787
{\an7}WERE STILL TRAPPED IN FRANCE.
481
00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:17,523
{\an7}THEY WERE TOLD TO MAKE THEIR WAY
TO A STRING OF PORTS
482
00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:22,494
{\an7}\h\hFROM CHERBOURG IN THE NORTH,
TO ST. JEAN DE LUZ IN THE SOUTH.
483
00:24:22,528 --> 00:24:26,532
{\an7}MEANWHILE, THE BRITISH ASSEMBLED
ANOTHER ARMADA OF RESCUE SHIPS,
484
00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:30,536
{\an7}CODE-NAMED OPERATION AERIAL.
485
00:24:30,569 --> 00:24:32,371
{\an7}AMONG THOSE STRANDED WAS
486
00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:36,108
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h26-YEAR-OLD
ROYAL ENGINEER WALTER HIRST.
487
00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:39,378
{\an7}HIS UNIT HAD BEEN BUILDING
\hAN AIRFIELD NEAR NANTES.
488
00:24:39,411 --> 00:24:40,545
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMark Hirst:
MY GRANDFATHER VOLUNTEERED
489
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:42,214
{\an7}\hBECAUSE HE WANTED
TO GO BACK TO FRANCE
490
00:24:42,247 --> 00:24:44,382
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO FINISH THE JOB
THAT HIS FATHER HAD BEGUN
491
00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:45,517
{\an7}IN WORLD WAR I.
492
00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:46,752
{\an7}AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
493
00:24:46,785 --> 00:24:50,822
{\an7}HE’S NOW BEING BASICALLY
\hCHASED OUT OF FRANCE.
494
00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:54,693
{\an7}IN JUNE, THEY STARTED TO REALIZE
THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON.
495
00:24:54,727 --> 00:24:57,730
{\an7}\hTHE RAF GROUND CREW
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED.
496
00:24:57,763 --> 00:24:59,331
{\an7}THEY, THEY’D LEFT BY TRUCKS.
497
00:24:59,365 --> 00:25:00,566
{\an7}THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION
498
00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:03,702
{\an7}BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
\h\h\h\hOF THE BRITISH FORCES,
499
00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:05,837
{\an7}AND IT WAS A REAL SHOCK.
500
00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:08,006
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: WALTER
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER TROOPS
501
00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:12,144
{\an7}\h\h\hMADE THEIR WAY BY TRUCK
TO THE PORT OF SAINT NAZAIRE.
502
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:16,114
{\an7}THEY ARRIVED ON JUNE 16, 1940.
503
00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:17,749
{\an7}\hHirst: WHEN THE COMPANY,
MY GRANDFATHER’S COMPANY,
504
00:25:17,783 --> 00:25:19,718
{\an7}ARRIVED IN SAINT NAZAIRE,
\h\h\h\h\hTHEY DISCOVERED
505
00:25:19,752 --> 00:25:21,721
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THERE WAS
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TROOPS
506
00:25:21,887 --> 00:25:23,555
{\an7}WAITING FOR EMBARKATION,
507
00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:26,058
{\an7}SO THEY WAITED OVERNIGHT
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN GANGWAYS.
508
00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:27,893
{\an7}THERE WASN’T ANY ACCOMMODATION,
THEY JUST SLEPT ROUGH,
509
00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:29,494
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THERE WAS
A VERY HEAVY AIR RAID
510
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,196
{\an7}THAT NIGHT BY THE GERMANS,
511
00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,132
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THAT WAS
THEIR FIRST SENSE OF PANIC,
512
00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:35,167
{\an7}\h\hFIRST SENSE THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING GOING WRONG
513
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,202
{\an7}WITH THE ENTIRE OPERATION.
514
00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:43,709
{\an7}Narrator: ABOUT 30 RESCUE SHIPS
WAITED OFFSHORE.
515
00:25:43,742 --> 00:25:45,877
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE OF THEM
WAS A FORMER LUXURY LINER
516
00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:48,914
{\an7}WHICH HAD BEEN CONVERTED
\h\h\hINTO A TROOPSHIP--
517
00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:51,316
{\an7}THE HMT LANCASTRIA.
518
00:25:51,350 --> 00:26:03,696
{\an7}♪
519
00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:06,432
{\an7}Hirst: THE LANCASTRIA
\h\hWAS A CUNARD SHIP,
520
00:26:06,465 --> 00:26:09,868
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND HER MAIN TRADE
WAS WITH AMERICAN TOURISTS.
521
00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:12,271
{\an7}INITIALLY, THE LANCASTRIA
\hWAS NAMED THE TYRRHENIA,
522
00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:14,740
{\an7}\hBUT IN 1924, THE COMPANY
DECIDED TO CHANGE THE NAME
523
00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:16,608
{\an7}BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PASSENGERS
524
00:26:16,642 --> 00:26:18,878
{\an7}HAD DIFFICULTY PRONOUNCING
\h\h\hTHE NAME TYRRHENIA.
525
00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:20,613
{\an7}AND IT’S ALWAYS SAID BY MARINERS
526
00:26:20,646 --> 00:26:23,549
{\an7}THAT CHANGING THE NAME OF A SHIP
BRINGS BAD LUCK,
527
00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:26,552
{\an7}AND SO IT WAS TO PROVE FOR,
\h\h\h\hFOR THE LANCASTRIA.
528
00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:31,423
{\an7}Gordon: LANCASTRIA WAS REALLY
\h\h\hORDERED BY THE ADMIRALTY
529
00:26:31,557 --> 00:26:34,593
{\an7}TO EVACUATE FROM SAINT NAZAIRE
530
00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:37,629
{\an7}AS MANY BRITISH PEOPLE
\h\h\h\hAS SHE COULD,
531
00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:42,067
{\an7}WITHOUT REGARD TO HER FORMAL
PASSENGER-CARRYING CAPACITY.
532
00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:50,075
{\an7}\hNarrator: THE GERMAN ARMY WAS
TOO FAR AWAY TO ATTACK BY LAND.
533
00:26:50,175 --> 00:26:52,878
{\an7}INSTEAD, THE STRIKE
\h\hON SAINT NAZAIRE
534
00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:55,414
{\an7}CAME FROM THE SKIES.
535
00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,249
{\an7}ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 17th,
536
00:26:57,282 --> 00:27:00,585
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS
AND CIVILIANS BROKE THEIR COVER
537
00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,287
{\an7}AND BOARDED THE SMALL BOATS
538
00:27:02,321 --> 00:27:05,758
{\an7}\hTHAT FERRIED THEM
TO THE RESCUE SHIPS.
539
00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:10,129
{\an7}\hWALTER HIRST AND HIS UNIT WERE
TAKEN TO THE MIGHTY LANCASTRIA,
540
00:27:10,162 --> 00:27:12,665
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMMANDED
BY CAPTAIN RUDOLPH SHARP.
541
00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:14,799
{\an7}Hirst: AND WHEN SHE ARRIVED,
\hTHE FRENCH PILOT CAME OUT
542
00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:17,703
{\an7}AND ADDRESSED THE CAPTAIN,
\h\h\h\h\h\hCAPTAIN SHARP,
543
00:27:17,736 --> 00:27:19,571
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SAID,
"DO YOU REALIZE, SIR,
544
00:27:19,605 --> 00:27:23,509
{\an7}\h\hYOU’RE PUTTING YOUR NECK
IN THE NOOSE BY BEING HERE?"
545
00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:26,879
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT THEY HAD
NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE.
546
00:27:26,912 --> 00:27:28,113
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
WALTER HIRST WAS SHOCKED
547
00:27:28,213 --> 00:27:31,349
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY THE MOB
ALREADY ON BOARD THE LINER.
548
00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:32,885
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHirst:
MY GRANDFATHER’S BEST FRIEND
549
00:27:32,918 --> 00:27:35,554
{\an7}\hHAPPENED TO SEE THE CHIEF
PURSER, AND HE STOPPED HIM.
550
00:27:35,587 --> 00:27:37,189
{\an7}HE SAID, "YOU’RE LOOKING
\h\h\h\hREALLY WORRIED,"
551
00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:38,557
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND HE SAYS, "WELL,
YOU WOULD BE REALLY WORRIED
552
00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:42,727
{\an7}\h\h\hWITH UPWARDS OF 6,000,
PROBABLY 7 OR 8,000 ABOARD,
553
00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:44,730
{\an7}\h\h\hAND WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH
LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT FOR THEM
554
00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:46,765
{\an7}IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
555
00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:52,504
{\an7}Narrator: THE EXHAUSTED TROOPS
\h\h\hMADE THEMSELVES AT HOME.
556
00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:55,808
{\an7}THEY ATE BREAKFAST SERVED
BY WHITE-JACKETED STEWARDS
557
00:27:55,908 --> 00:28:00,079
{\an7}IN THE LANCASTRIA’S
\h\h\hDINING SALOON.
558
00:28:00,112 --> 00:28:02,548
{\an7}\h\h\hTHERE WAS A CHANCE
TO TAKE A BATH OR A NAP
559
00:28:02,581 --> 00:28:05,084
{\an7}IN ONE OF THE CABINS.
560
00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:09,155
{\an7}800 RAF MEN WERE LED DOWN
\h\h\h\hINTO A LARGE HOLD,
561
00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:11,456
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHERE MATTRESSES
HAD BEEN LAID OUT FOR THEM.
562
00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:14,727
{\an7}[AIRPLANE APPROACHING]
563
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,696
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE QUIET
WAS SOON INTERRUPTED.
564
00:28:17,729 --> 00:28:19,364
{\an7}[ROARING]
565
00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:21,333
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHirst: THE KLAXONS
ON THE LANCASTRIA SOUNDED.
566
00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:23,501
{\an7}GERMAN AIRCRAFT
BEGAN AN ATTACK
567
00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:26,071
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND INITIALLY
CONCENTRATED THEIR ATTACK
568
00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:28,039
{\an7}ON THE SS ORONSAY,
\hWHICH WAS LYING
569
00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:31,744
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hROUGHLY A MILE
FROM THE LANCASTRIA’S POSITION.
570
00:28:31,843 --> 00:28:35,680
{\an7}Narrator: THE ORONSAY’S BRIDGE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTOOK A DIRECT HIT.
571
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:40,886
{\an7}SEVERAL MEN WERE KILLED,
BUT SHE REMAINED AFLOAT.
572
00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:44,523
{\an7}BUT THE GERMAN PLANES
\h\hWEREN’T FINISHED.
573
00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,159
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHirst: THE SIRENS
ON THE LANCASTRIA SOUNDED AGAIN,
574
00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:52,297
{\an7}SIGNALING A SECOND ATTACK,
\hAND QUICKLY AFTER THAT,
575
00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:56,035
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA GERMAN BOMBER,
A JUNKERS 88, APPEARED LOW,
576
00:28:56,068 --> 00:29:00,005
{\an7}AND HEADING FROM BOW TO STERN
\h\h\h\hACROSS THE LANCASTRIA
577
00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:02,841
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND DROPPED
FOUR 500-KILOGRAM BOMBS,
578
00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:05,543
{\an7}WHICH STRUCK THE SHIP
\hIN RAPID SUCCESSION.
579
00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,779
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
580
00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:13,252
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE 800 RAF MEN IN
THE HOLD WERE KILLED INSTANTLY.
581
00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:15,687
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE LANCASTRIA
STARTED TO SHUDDER,
582
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:18,557
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMAKING A NOISE
THAT SOUNDED TO CAPTAIN SHARP
583
00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:21,126
{\an7}"LIKE A WOUNDED ANIMAL."
584
00:29:21,159 --> 00:29:24,029
{\an7}Gordon: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
\hAN INDESCRIBABLE HORROR
585
00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:25,697
{\an7}BEING INSIDE THAT SHIP.
586
00:29:25,731 --> 00:29:29,235
{\an7}THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRES.
\h\h\hTHERE WOULD BE SMOKE.
587
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:32,772
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVERY FEW PEOPLE
WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE WAY OUT.
588
00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:35,607
{\an7}\hIT REALLY DOESN’T
BEAR THINKING ABOUT
589
00:29:35,641 --> 00:29:37,476
{\an7}THE SHEER PANIC AND CHAOS
590
00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:40,446
{\an7}OF WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
\h\h\h\h\hINSIDE THAT SHIP.
591
00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:43,115
{\an7}Hirst: ONE OF THE SURVIVORS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHO I SPOKE TO
592
00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:44,883
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSAID THAT
WHEN HE WAS IN THE WATER,
593
00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,619
{\an7}HE COULD SEE MEN DESPERATELY,
WHO WERE TRAPPED BELOW DECKS,
594
00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:50,389
{\an7}DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUT
THROUGH THE PORTHOLE WINDOWS,
595
00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:51,556
{\an7}AND HE SAID IT WAS JUST,
596
00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:54,393
{\an7}YOU COULD SEE TWO OR THREE MEN
\h\h\hIN FRONT OF EACH OTHER,
597
00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:56,428
{\an7}AND THEN BEHIND THEM, FIRE,
598
00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,863
{\an7}AND THAT IMAGE STAYED WITH HIM,
AND THEY WEREN’T GETTING OUT.
599
00:29:58,897 --> 00:30:02,501
{\an7}\h\h\hTHESE MEN WERE TRAPPED.
THEY WERE GOING TO THE BOTTOM.
600
00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:05,237
{\an7}Narrator: AS THE LANCASTRIA
\h\h\h\h\hBEGAN TO CAPSIZE,
601
00:30:05,270 --> 00:30:10,208
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN
SCRAMBLED ONTO THE ROLLING HULL.
602
00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:12,745
{\an7}\h\hSOME BEGAN SINGING
"ROLL OUT THE BARREL"
603
00:30:12,778 --> 00:30:15,648
{\an7}AND "THERE’LL ALWAYS
\h\hBE AN ENGLAND."
604
00:30:15,681 --> 00:30:18,150
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT THEIR SONGS
WERE SOON DROWNED OUT
605
00:30:18,183 --> 00:30:20,719
{\an7}AS THE PLANES RETURNED.
606
00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:22,587
{\an7}Hirst: NOT CONTENT WITH SINKING
607
00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:25,457
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHAT WAS OBVIOUSLY
A VERY LARGE BRITISH TROOPSHIP,
608
00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:27,225
{\an7}THE LUFTWAFFE CAME BACK
609
00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:29,528
{\an7}\hAND BEGAN STRAFING
THE MEN IN THE WATER
610
00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:32,597
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND ALSO TRYING
TO DROP INCENDIARY FLARES
611
00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:36,502
{\an7}\h\hTO LIGHT THE OIL WHICH WAS
ESCAPING FROM THE LANCASTRIA,
612
00:30:36,535 --> 00:30:38,704
{\an7}\h\hAND IT WAS A KIND
OF MACABRE SPECTACLE,
613
00:30:38,737 --> 00:30:40,239
{\an7}THESE MEN SINKING,
614
00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:43,308
{\an7}AND ALL THE TIME THE GERMANS
WERE CONTINUING THE ATTACK.
615
00:30:43,342 --> 00:30:47,279
{\an7}ALL AROUND THERE WAS MEN
\hSTRUGGLING, DROWNING.
616
00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:48,213
{\an7}Narrator: BY THAT POINT,
617
00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:50,448
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWALTER HIRST
WAS IN THE WATER, TOO.
618
00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:55,387
{\an7}HE WAS APPROACHED BY ANOTHER MAN
IN A STATE OF TOTAL PANIC.
619
00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:58,423
{\an7}Hirst: PERHAPS HE THOUGHT
\h\h\hMY GRANDDAD WAS DEAD
620
00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:00,158
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBECAUSE HE WAS TRYING
TO STAY AS STILL AS POSSIBLE.
621
00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:01,593
{\an7}HE WAS COVERED IN OIL,
622
00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:04,662
{\an7}AND HE WAS TRYING TO WRESTLE
\hTHE LIFE JACKET FROM HIM,
623
00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:08,366
{\an7}\hAND A BATTLE BROKE OUT
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM,
624
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,737
{\an7}AND EVENTUALLY THE MADMAN--
’CAUSE THAT’S ALL HE COULD,
625
00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:13,672
{\an7}HE WAS OUT OF HIS MIND,
\h\h\hAS YOU WOULD BE--
626
00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,707
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDISAPPEARED
BELOW MY GRANDFATHER,
627
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:19,244
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND I THINK
THAT AFFECTED HIM DEEPLY.
628
00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:26,418
{\an7}Narrator: THE LANCASTRIA SANK
\h\h\h\h\hIN JUST 20 MINUTES.
629
00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:28,553
{\an7}\hDUE TO THE CHAOS
OF THE EVACUATION,
630
00:31:28,587 --> 00:31:32,524
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE TRUE DEATH TOLL
HAS NEVER BEEN CONFIRMED,
631
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:35,360
{\an7}BUT AT LEAST 3,000
LOST THEIR LIVES.
632
00:31:35,394 --> 00:31:39,565
{\an7}\h\h\hIT MAY HAVE BEEN
ALMOST TWICE AS MANY.
633
00:31:39,598 --> 00:31:43,702
{\an7}BUT ALMOST TWO AND A HALF
\h\hTHOUSAND DID SURVIVE.
634
00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:46,838
{\an7}WALTER HIRST WAS PICKED UP
\hBY A FRENCH FISHING BOAT
635
00:31:46,872 --> 00:31:49,108
{\an7}AND WAS EVENTUALLY RETURNED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO PLYMOUTH
636
00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:51,644
{\an7}FOR A TRAUMATIC HOMECOMING.
637
00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:53,378
{\an7}Hirst: AND AS THEY WALKED
\h\h\h\hOFF THE GANGPLANK,
638
00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:55,513
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHERE WAS
A ROYAL MARINES BAND PLAYING
639
00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:57,315
{\an7}TO WELCOME THE MEN BACK,
640
00:31:57,349 --> 00:31:59,651
{\an7}AND THEY WERE PLAYING
"ROLL OUT THE BARREL,"
641
00:31:59,684 --> 00:32:01,686
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND FOR MY GRANDDAD,
FOR MANY OF THE OTHER SURVIVORS,
642
00:32:01,853 --> 00:32:03,321
{\an7}THEY COULDN’T STAND,
643
00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:04,857
{\an7}THEY COULDN’T TOLERATE THAT SONG
AFTER IT
644
00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:06,392
{\an7}BECAUSE THEY ASSOCIATED IT WITH,
645
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:08,794
{\an7}\h\h\hWITH THIS HORROR
ABOARD THE LANCASTRIA.
646
00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:14,499
{\an7}♪
647
00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,468
{\an7}Narrator: THE LINER THAT STARTED
AS A VESSEL
648
00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:18,636
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR RICH
AMERICAN VACATIONERS
649
00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:22,140
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hENDED WITH
A HEART-BREAKING RECORD--
650
00:32:22,174 --> 00:32:27,379
{\an7}THE LARGEST SINGLE LOSS OF LIFE
IN BRITISH MARITIME HISTORY.
651
00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:30,348
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBACK HOME,
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL
652
00:32:30,382 --> 00:32:32,284
{\an7}TURNED TO DAMAGE CONTROL.
653
00:32:32,317 --> 00:32:34,352
{\an7}HE KNEW NEWS OF THE DISASTER
654
00:32:34,386 --> 00:32:37,489
{\an7}WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT
ON THE BRITISH PUBLIC.
655
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,758
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWALTER HIRST
AND HIS FELLOW SURVIVORS
656
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:42,360
{\an7}WERE FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK OF IT.
657
00:32:42,394 --> 00:32:46,331
{\an7}\h\hGordon: THE COUNTRY WAS ON
A KIND OF STRANGE SORT OF HIGH
658
00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:48,333
{\an7}AFTER DUNKIRK,
659
00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:52,470
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAFTER WE’D GOT
THE MAIN BRITISH ARMY BACK,
660
00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:56,208
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND IT WAS FELT
THAT THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
661
00:32:56,241 --> 00:32:59,678
{\an7}WOULD HAVE SUCH AN EFFECT
\h\h\h\hON NATIONAL MORALE
662
00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:04,048
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT IT NEEDED TO BE
KEPT SECRET, AND SO IT WAS.
663
00:33:06,485 --> 00:33:09,254
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE SINKING
OF THE RESCUE SHIP LANCASTRIA
664
00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:11,856
{\an7}IS STILL RARELY DISCUSSED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN BRITAIN.
665
00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:16,628
{\an7}\h\hBUT IN SAINT NAZAIRE, THERE
IS A SIMPLE BEACHFRONT MEMORIAL.
666
00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:18,530
{\an7}Hirst: FOR THE SURVIVORS,
ONE OF THE HARDEST ASPECTS
667
00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:20,398
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS EVERYONE
TALKS ABOUT THE TITANIC,
668
00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:22,367
{\an7}\h\h\hEVERYONE TALKS
ABOUT THE LUSITANIA,
669
00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:25,671
{\an7}YET THE LANCASTRIA
CLAIMED MORE LIVES
670
00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:28,140
{\an7}THAN THOSE TWO DISASTERS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMBINED.
671
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:29,741
{\an7}AND THAT’S, THAT’S HURTFUL.
672
00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:31,576
{\an7}I MEAN, THEY FELT
THAT THE SACRIFICE
673
00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:34,646
{\an7}THAT THEIR COLLEAGUES HAD MADE
\h\h\h\hWAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED,
674
00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:35,747
{\an7}IT WAS FORGOTTEN,
675
00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:39,284
{\an7}\h\hAND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THEM.
676
00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:47,726
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: 1940 WAS
A TUMULTUOUS YEAR IN EUROPE.
677
00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:49,828
{\an7}IN JUST THREE MONTHS,
\h\h\hTHE GERMAN ARMY
678
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:54,099
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSWEPT THROUGH HOLLAND,
BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, AND FRANCE.
679
00:33:55,734 --> 00:34:00,472
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hON APRIL 9th,
HITLER TARGETED DENMARK.
680
00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:03,608
{\an7}THE COUNTRY SURRENDERED
\h\h\hIN JUST SIX HOURS.
681
00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:08,513
{\an7}\h\h\hAND ALTHOUGH RESISTING
THE GERMAN ARMY WAS FUTILE,
682
00:34:08,613 --> 00:34:13,384
{\an7}\h\h\hDENMARK STOOD FIRM AGAINST
ONE OF HITLER’S KEY OPERATIONS.
683
00:34:13,418 --> 00:34:14,419
{\an7}Howard Veisz: THEY INSISTED,
684
00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:16,354
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWE’RE GONNA KEEP
YOUR RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION OUT.
685
00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:18,590
{\an7}\h\h\hWE’RE NOT GONNA HAVE
YOUR WAR AGAINST THE JEWS
686
00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:21,360
{\an7}ENTER DANISH SOIL.
687
00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:22,527
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE COUNTRY WAS OPERATING
688
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:25,531
{\an7}AS A GERMAN PROTECTORATE,
689
00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:27,800
{\an7}BUT IT WAS STILL ABLE
TO DEFEND AND PROTECT
690
00:34:27,832 --> 00:34:31,436
{\an7}ITS 8,000 JEWISH CITIZENS.
691
00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:33,538
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVeisz:
AND SO FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS,
692
00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:35,841
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY’RE ABLE TO KEEP
THEIR JEWISH POPULATION SAFE
693
00:34:35,874 --> 00:34:37,476
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHILE JEWS
IN EVERY OTHER OCCUPIED COUNTRY
694
00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:39,211
{\an7}WERE BEING ROUNDED UP.
695
00:34:44,182 --> 00:34:46,818
{\an7}Narrator: BUT AT THE END
\h\h\hOF SEPTEMBER 1943,
696
00:34:46,851 --> 00:34:50,254
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWORD GOT OUT
THAT A MASS DEPORTATION OF JEWS
697
00:34:50,288 --> 00:34:53,258
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWOULD OCCUR
IN JUST THREE DAYS.
698
00:34:53,291 --> 00:34:55,493
{\an7}THE RESPONSE WAS REMARKABLE.
699
00:34:55,527 --> 00:34:58,764
{\an7}\hTHE DANISH PEOPLE
SPRANG INTO ACTION.
700
00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:01,066
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVeisz:
WITHIN THAT 72-HOUR PERIOD,
701
00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:04,636
{\an7}\h\h\hPRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE
JEWISH POPULATION OF DENMARK
702
00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:07,539
{\an7}WAS NOT JUST WARNED,
\h\h\hBUT SHELTERED,
703
00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:10,175
{\an7}GIVEN TEMPORARY HIDING.
704
00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:12,577
{\an7}Narrator: HITLER WAS FURIOUS.
705
00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:14,379
{\an7}HE SENT ADOLF EICHMANN,
706
00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,581
{\an7}\hCHIEF ORGANIZER
OF THE HOLOCAUST,
707
00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:21,019
{\an7}\hTO HUNT DOWN DENMARK’S JEWS
AND END THE NAZI HUMILIATION.
708
00:35:24,422 --> 00:35:27,392
{\an7}\h\h\hIN A COUNTRY AS SMALL
AND AS ISOLATED AS DENMARK,
709
00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:29,160
{\an7}IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EASY,
710
00:35:29,194 --> 00:35:30,562
{\an7}BUT THERE WAS ONE PLACE
711
00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:34,399
{\an7}\h\hWHERE DENMARK’S JEWS MIGHT
BE ABLE TO FIND A SAFE HAVEN--
712
00:35:34,432 --> 00:35:36,067
{\an7}NEUTRAL SWEDEN.
713
00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:38,436
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVeisz:
IT WAS THE ONLY UNOCCUPIED LAND
714
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:40,472
{\an7}WITHIN ABOUT 400 OR SO MILES,
715
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:44,709
{\an7}AND IT WAS SO TANTALIZINGLY
\h\hCLOSE, YOU COULD SEE IT.
716
00:35:44,743 --> 00:35:47,713
{\an7}\hNarrator: BUT THE ONLY WAY
TO REACH SWEDEN WAS BY BOAT.
717
00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:51,283
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONCE AGAIN,
THE DANISH PEOPLE RESPONDED.
718
00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:53,685
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVeisz:
WITHIN A MATTER OF A DAY OR TWO,
719
00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:56,888
{\an7}\h\h\hA RESCUE FLEET
BEGAN TO TAKE FORM,
720
00:35:56,921 --> 00:36:01,392
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ULTIMATELY
ABOUT 300 BOATS PARTICIPATED.
721
00:36:01,426 --> 00:36:04,095
{\an7}\hNarrator: THE FIRST ATTEMPTS
TO SMUGGLE JEWS OUT OF DENMARK
722
00:36:04,129 --> 00:36:05,831
{\an7}WERE A DISASTER.
723
00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:08,600
{\an7}BOATS WERE INTERCEPTED
\h\h\hBY THE GESTAPO.
724
00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:11,402
{\an7}THEIR PASSENGERS AND CREW
\h\h\h\h\hWERE IMPRISONED.
725
00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:21,646
{\an7}BUT ONE YOUNG WOMAN BELIEVED
SHE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
726
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:26,351
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1943,
HENNY SINDING WAS JUST 19.
727
00:36:26,384 --> 00:36:29,787
{\an7}THERE ARE NO KNOWN PHOTOS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF HER.
728
00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:31,656
{\an7}BUT IN JUST A FEW MONTHS,
729
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:36,461
{\an7}SHE HELPED DOZENS AND DOZENS
\h\h\hOF DANISH JEWS ESCAPE.
730
00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:40,198
{\an7}BASED IN COPENHAGEN, SHE TURNED
HER FATHER’S SMALL WORK BOAT
731
00:36:40,298 --> 00:36:44,769
{\an7}INTO THE MOST UNLIKELY RESCUE
SHIP OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
732
00:36:44,803 --> 00:36:48,407
{\an7}ITS UNASSUMING NAME
\h\h\hWAS GERDA III.
733
00:36:48,440 --> 00:37:02,187
{\an7}♪
734
00:37:02,253 --> 00:37:04,622
{\an7}HENNY SINDING’S FATHER
\h\h\h\hUSED GERDA III
735
00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:07,759
{\an7}TO CARRY SUPPLIES
\hTO A LIGHTHOUSE,
736
00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:10,495
{\an7}BUT FOR THREE YEARS,
SHE’D ALSO BEEN USED
737
00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:14,265
{\an7}TO SMUGGLE RESISTANCE FIGHTERS
\h\h\h\hIN AND OUT OF DENMARK.
738
00:37:14,299 --> 00:37:17,068
{\an7}Veisz: HENNY COULD NOT
\h\h\hABIDE THE NOTION
739
00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:19,104
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THE NAZIS
WOULD INTERFERE WITH PEOPLE
740
00:37:19,137 --> 00:37:21,439
{\an7}\h\h\hSHE CONSIDERED
SIMPLY FELLOW DANES,
741
00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:25,444
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHICH IS HOW THE COUNTRY
REGARDED THE JEWISH POPULATION.
742
00:37:25,477 --> 00:37:27,346
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAN ATTACK ON THEM
WAS AN ATTACK ON THE DANES,
743
00:37:27,378 --> 00:37:29,313
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THEY FELT
THEY NEEDED TO DO ANYTHING.
744
00:37:31,883 --> 00:37:34,319
{\an7}Narrator: HENNY’S SYSTEM
\hWAS STRAIGHTFORWARD--
745
00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:37,422
{\an7}USE GERDA III’s REGULAR RUNS
\h\h\hOUT TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
746
00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:42,193
{\an7}AS COVER FOR TRANSPORTING JEWS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO SWEDEN.
747
00:37:42,227 --> 00:37:47,265
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE CHALLENGE
WAS GETTING THE PEOPLE ON BOARD.
748
00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:48,666
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVeisz:
HENNY WOULD START EACH DAY
749
00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:51,069
{\an7}BEING GIVEN A LIST OF NAMES
\h\h\h\h\hOF PEOPLE TO MEET,
750
00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:52,137
{\an7}PLACES TO MEET THEM,
751
00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:53,438
{\an7}\h\h\h\hALL OF WHICH
HAD TO BE MEMORIZED.
752
00:37:53,471 --> 00:37:55,406
{\an7}\h\h\hYOU COULDN’T HAVE
ANY OF THIS IN WRITING.
753
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,811
{\an7}AND THEN AT 1:00 A.M. EACH DAY,
BEFORE THE BOAT’S NEXT SAILING,
754
00:37:59,911 --> 00:38:01,446
{\an7}SHE WOULD GO TO THE SAFE HOUSES,
755
00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:04,082
{\an7}ESCORT PEOPLE ALONG THE STREET
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE WAREHOUSE,
756
00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:07,218
{\an7}\h\h\hWHERE NAZI SENTRIES
WOULD MARCH BACK AND FORTH
757
00:38:07,252 --> 00:38:09,521
{\an7}\hAND WAIT FOR GAPS
IN THEIR CROSSINGS,
758
00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:12,124
{\an7}\hDURING WHICH THEY COULD
RUN PEOPLE ONE AT A TIME,
759
00:38:12,157 --> 00:38:16,561
{\an7}\hACROSS THE QUAY, ONTO GERDA,
AND DOWN INTO THE CARGO HOLD.
760
00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:18,129
{\an7}YOU COULD THINK OF GERDA III
761
00:38:18,163 --> 00:38:21,900
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAS BASICALLY A LIFEBOAT
FOR PERSONS HUNTED BY THE NAZIS.
762
00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:28,306
{\an7}Narrator: ABOUT 20 PEOPLE WOULD
BE SQUEEZED IN WITH THE CARGO.
763
00:38:28,339 --> 00:38:29,640
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVeisz:
A SMALL SPACE, AS YOU CAN SEE,
764
00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:32,210
{\an7}ABOUT 10 BY 12 FEET,
765
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:36,247
{\an7}NEVER MORE THAN 4 1/2 FEET HIGH
TO THESE, THESE BEAMS.
766
00:38:36,281 --> 00:38:39,317
{\an7}THE MOST THAT THEY EVER
\h\hATTEMPTED TO FIT IN
767
00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:41,586
{\an7}WAS ABOUT 15 PEOPLE,
768
00:38:41,753 --> 00:38:45,557
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND YOU COULD
ENVISION THEM PRETTY MUCH
769
00:38:45,590 --> 00:38:47,859
{\an7}AS FAR OUT AS THEY COULD GET,
770
00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:53,498
{\an7}PROBABLY PRESSED PRETTY MUCH
\h\hAGAINST THE HULL PLANKS.
771
00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:56,167
{\an7}Narrator: BUT BEFORE GERDA III
\h\h\hCOULD LEAVE COPENHAGEN,
772
00:38:56,201 --> 00:38:59,337
{\an7}SHE HAD TO BE INSPECTED
\h\h\hBY ARMED SOLDIERS.
773
00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:02,407
{\an7}\hIT WAS A TENSE MOMENT
FOR THOSE HIDING BELOW.
774
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,075
{\an7}Veisz: RIGHT ABOVE THIS
FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME,
775
00:39:04,108 --> 00:39:06,043
{\an7}YOU’D HAVE THOSE NAZI SENTRIES,
776
00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:09,147
{\an7}\h\hTHEIR BOOTS HOW MANY INCHES
ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE REFUGEES?
777
00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:10,181
{\an7}NOT MANY.
778
00:39:10,215 --> 00:39:12,484
{\an7}AND THEY’D BE CHATTING
\h\h\h\hWITH THE CREW,
779
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:15,687
{\an7}TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER,
\hEXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES.
780
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:23,695
{\an7}♪
781
00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:25,296
{\an7}\hIT MUST HAVE BEEN
A TREMENDOUS RELIEF
782
00:39:25,396 --> 00:39:27,398
{\an7}WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED ON.
783
00:39:27,432 --> 00:39:29,801
{\an7}IF YOU’RE SITTING NEXT TO IT
\hOR NEAR IT AS WE ARE NOW,
784
00:39:29,901 --> 00:39:31,669
{\an7}\h\h\h\hYOU’D HEAR KIND OF
A POP, POP, POP, POP, POP,
785
00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:33,605
{\an7}\h\hALMOST MORE LIKE
A, A RAPID HEARTBEAT
786
00:39:33,638 --> 00:39:35,540
{\an7}THAN THE DRONE OF A DIESEL.
787
00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:38,443
{\an7}\h\hAND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE
HOW EVERY ONE OF THOSE POPS,
788
00:39:38,476 --> 00:39:40,211
{\an7}YOU KNOW, TO THEM WOULD BE,
789
00:39:40,245 --> 00:39:44,716
{\an7}\h\hJUST SIGNIFY ANOTHER
FOOT OR TWO FEET PERHAPS
790
00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:46,184
{\an7}FURTHER FROM THE NAZIS,
791
00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:49,821
{\an7}\hCLOSER TO SALVATION
ON THE SWEDISH SHORE.
792
00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:52,156
{\an7}Narrator: THE AUTUMN SEAS
\h\h\h\hWERE OFTEN ROUGH.
793
00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:54,292
{\an7}CONDITIONS WERE STARK.
794
00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:55,293
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVeisz:
IF YOU THINK OF THE PEOPLE
795
00:39:55,326 --> 00:39:57,628
{\an7}OVER THE COURSE OF THE WAR
\h\h\h\h\hWHO WERE SITTING
796
00:39:57,729 --> 00:40:00,165
{\an7}\hIN, IN THIS SPACE
OR ALONG THIS PLANK
797
00:40:00,198 --> 00:40:01,399
{\an7}OR THE PLANKS OVER THERE
798
00:40:01,432 --> 00:40:04,135
{\an7}BRACED AGAINST THE MOVEMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE BOAT,
799
00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:07,204
{\an7}AND HERE THEY WOULD BE
IN THE, THE DARKNESS.
800
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,308
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNO PORTS.
NO OVERHEAD LIGHTS.
801
00:40:10,341 --> 00:40:11,442
{\an7}THIS WAS NEVER ENVISIONED
802
00:40:11,476 --> 00:40:15,780
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE WOULD TRAVEL.
803
00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:19,050
{\an7}Narrator: DESPITE GERMAN PATROLS
AND HOSTILE WEATHER,
804
00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:22,653
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S BELIEVED
THAT IN THE LAST MONTHS OF 1943,
805
00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:27,525
{\an7}\hHENNY SINDING AND HER CREW
CARRIED 300 JEWS TO SAFETY.
806
00:40:27,558 --> 00:40:29,260
{\an7}\h\hVeisz: AND THEY WERE
INCREDIBLY BRAVE PEOPLE,
807
00:40:29,294 --> 00:40:31,696
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEY HAD THIS,
THIS GREAT MORAL COMPASS.
808
00:40:31,729 --> 00:40:34,165
{\an7}\hAND AS A WHOLE, IT WAS
PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL.
809
00:40:34,198 --> 00:40:37,635
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hABOUT 94 PERCENT
OF DENMARK’S JEWISH POPULATION
810
00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:39,471
{\an7}WAS BROUGHT TO SAFETY,
811
00:40:39,504 --> 00:40:43,441
{\an7}BY LATEST BEST COUNT,
\h\h\h\h\h7,742 JEWS,
812
00:40:43,474 --> 00:40:47,278
{\an7}ANOTHER 686 LOVED ONES
\hOF OTHER RELIGIONS.
813
00:40:47,345 --> 00:40:49,280
{\an7}\h\h\hTHERE WAS JUST
NO PARALLEL TO THAT
814
00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:52,918
{\an7}\h\h\h\hANYWHERE ELSE
IN THE OCCUPIED WORLD.
815
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:56,421
{\an7}Narrator: TODAY, GERDA III
RESIDES IN NEW YORK CITY,
816
00:40:56,454 --> 00:41:00,124
{\an7}OWNED BY THE NEW YORK MUSEUM
\h\h\h\hOF JEWISH HERITAGE.
817
00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:02,861
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S A TRIBUTE
TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN
818
00:41:02,894 --> 00:41:06,831
{\an7}WHO HELPED SO MANY DANISH JEWS
\h\h\hESCAPE THE NAZI TERROR.
819
00:41:06,864 --> 00:41:09,266
{\an7}Veisz: THESE WERE HEROES
\h\h\h\h\hSAVING LIVES,
820
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,169
{\an7}TAKING A STAND AGAINST EVIL.
821
00:41:11,235 --> 00:41:12,770
{\an7}AND YOU LOOK AROUND HERE,
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND, YOU KNOW,
822
00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:15,240
{\an7}YOU CAN FEEL THE PRESENCE
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE REFUGEES
823
00:41:15,273 --> 00:41:16,608
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE BEING RESCUED,
824
00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:19,144
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT AS YOU SIT HERE,
AND YOU GO IN THE PILOT HOUSE,
825
00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:21,212
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND YOU LOOK
AROUND THE ENGINE ROOM,
826
00:41:21,245 --> 00:41:24,482
{\an7}THERE IS ALSO THE PRESENCE
OF THE, THE FOUR-MAN CREW,
827
00:41:24,515 --> 00:41:26,450
{\an7}OF HENNY SINDING.
828
00:41:26,517 --> 00:41:29,253
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hUM, THESE ARE PEOPLE
WHO SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN,
829
00:41:29,287 --> 00:41:33,625
{\an7}\h\h\hAND IT’S A, IT’S A GREAT
HONOR TO PRESERVE THIS VESSEL,
830
00:41:33,725 --> 00:41:36,361
{\an7}TO PRESERVE THEIR STORIES.
831
00:41:36,394 --> 00:41:39,764
{\an7}♪
832
00:41:41,699 --> 00:41:43,768
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
OVER THE PAST 200 YEARS,
833
00:41:43,801 --> 00:41:47,705
{\an7}\hSHIPS HAVE RESCUED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
834
00:41:47,805 --> 00:41:50,274
{\an7}NOT ALL MISSIONS
WERE SUCCESSFUL,
835
00:41:50,308 --> 00:41:54,479
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT EACH HAS LEFT A LEGACY
THAT INSPIRES FUTURE GENERATIONS
836
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,849
{\an7}\h\hTO SIMILAR ACTS
OF SELFLESS BRAVERY.
101197
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.