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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:00,542 --> 00:02:05,128 500 of them stark-naked, screamin' their heads off, all with spears. 2 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:07,792 Yes, they weren't very nice, those spears. 3 00:02:07,875 --> 00:02:09,510 Well, they say it's much worse now, 4 00:02:09,583 --> 00:02:13,092 but these young fellas nowadays, they haven't got the stomach for it. 5 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:15,549 There's not many has when it comes to a spear. 6 00:02:15,625 --> 00:02:19,880 Talk sense, man. All I say is, if there is a war, which God forbid, 7 00:02:19,958 --> 00:02:23,668 then you can say goodbye to England, home and beauty, 8 00:02:23,750 --> 00:02:27,258 because the young chaps now, they can't fight. 9 00:02:27,333 --> 00:02:28,543 Hello, Drummer. 10 00:02:28,625 --> 00:02:30,177 Well, what about us? 11 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:33,011 What about the Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, eh? 12 00:02:33,083 --> 00:02:35,051 What about the Dogs? 13 00:02:35,125 --> 00:02:38,088 But you said yourself the Dogs aren't what they were. 14 00:02:38,167 --> 00:02:43,002 It's all this education and machinery and goin' to the pictures. 15 00:02:43,083 --> 00:02:48,002 It's all right to have a good regiment but where are the men to fight in it? 16 00:02:48,083 --> 00:02:50,418 That's the point. 17 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:52,135 Where are they? 18 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,252 There you are. That ought to warm 'em up a bit. 19 00:03:13,333 --> 00:03:14,885 International crisis. 20 00:03:14,958 --> 00:03:17,376 I tell you, Fred, things are getting serious. 21 00:03:17,458 --> 00:03:20,883 Do you know what time I got home last night? Half past ten. 22 00:03:20,958 --> 00:03:24,668 - Winston's having another go at them upstairs. - Oh, well, that's something. 23 00:03:24,750 --> 00:03:27,926 You know that fellow Westlake, National Liberal, Bromwich East? 24 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,085 Do you know how long he went on last night? 25 00:03:30,167 --> 00:03:32,170 Hour and 40 minutes solid. 26 00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:33,969 I know. I know. You're dead right. 27 00:03:34,042 --> 00:03:35,713 It's the third time this week. 28 00:03:35,792 --> 00:03:38,293 I tell you, Fred, my missus is getting proper fed up. 29 00:03:38,375 --> 00:03:41,551 We're going to have a war. Right. Let 'em start one now. 30 00:03:41,625 --> 00:03:46,046 Let 'em get on with it. Let us get home early to our suppers for once in a change. 31 00:03:46,125 --> 00:03:50,593 War? Not a chance of it, madam, not this year. It's not in anybody's interests, is it, really? 32 00:03:50,667 --> 00:03:53,511 - Passage for California? - Yes. The end counter over there. 33 00:03:53,583 --> 00:03:56,215 Payable to the Agency, sir. Just "& Co". No "Limited" 34 00:03:56,292 --> 00:03:58,757 You'll arrive in Benghazi on the 20th... 35 00:03:58,833 --> 00:04:01,465 - Are we likely to run into any sandstorms? - No, madam. 36 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:04,469 The Italians haven't been very clever about their publicity. 37 00:04:04,542 --> 00:04:08,251 Libya's the only unspoiled playground in the Mediterranean. 38 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:11,048 War, that's the trouble. It may start at any moment. 39 00:04:11,125 --> 00:04:13,708 We'd like to do lots of repairs, but our hands are tied. 40 00:04:13,792 --> 00:04:16,719 - Not when it comes to taking the rent! - If times were normal, 41 00:04:16,792 --> 00:04:19,837 we'd be giving you a bath with a geyser and new paint. 42 00:04:19,917 --> 00:04:22,465 I don't want a geyser. I want the guttering put right. 43 00:04:22,542 --> 00:04:24,343 Drip, drip, drip! It drives you mad. 44 00:04:24,417 --> 00:04:27,877 We can't all be thinking of ourselves in times like these, Mrs Williams. 45 00:04:27,958 --> 00:04:30,720 And with summer coming on, it won't bother you so much. 46 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:35,178 I've only had it six months, now they're talking about a war. 47 00:04:35,250 --> 00:04:37,170 I won't be able to get any spares. Foreign. 48 00:04:37,250 --> 00:04:39,881 - You may not be able to get any petrol. - Don't talk silly. 49 00:04:39,958 --> 00:04:41,629 How am I going to get home? 50 00:04:41,708 --> 00:04:44,920 - It's nearly quarter past, Jim. - Won't be a moment. 51 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:48,799 You're in a bit of a hurry, aren't you? 52 00:04:48,875 --> 00:04:51,885 - Oh, that again. - I've got to be at the Drill Hall by half past. 53 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:54,755 Territorials! Look here, Jimmy boy, I was in the last lot. 54 00:04:54,833 --> 00:04:56,883 At the War Office. Nearly ruined my health. 55 00:04:56,958 --> 00:04:59,885 Don't start looking for trouble. If there is going to be a war, 56 00:04:59,958 --> 00:05:03,834 and if they hadn't told us to keep cool after Munich, I wouldn't have put new pumps up, 57 00:05:03,917 --> 00:05:07,425 but if there is going to be a war, the whole place goes over to munitions. 58 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:09,752 With that knack of yours and my good management, 59 00:05:09,833 --> 00:05:12,002 why, there'll be a packet in it for all of us. 60 00:05:12,083 --> 00:05:14,382 Enough for you to buy that place of your own. 61 00:05:14,458 --> 00:05:16,924 And it's patriotic, too. Hello, Mrs Perry. 62 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,968 Hello, Mr Jackson. Coming, Jim? 63 00:05:19,042 --> 00:05:22,088 - I can't go with my buttons like this. - Buttons! Listen to him. 64 00:05:22,167 --> 00:05:24,928 A man with your husband's brains playing at soldiers. 65 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,129 It isn't as if he's got any rifles or machine guns or any real things. 66 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:30,923 - But they have, haven't you? - Of course we have. Hurry up. 67 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,674 The trouble is to get them all clean. They've got so many new guns and tanks. 68 00:05:34,750 --> 00:05:37,677 - Tanks? I thought he was in the infantry. - Little tanks. 69 00:05:37,750 --> 00:05:39,172 You know, carriers. 70 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:42,095 Well, the papers say you haven't got a thing. Not a thing! 71 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:44,335 You don't want to believe everything you read. 72 00:05:44,417 --> 00:05:47,214 I wish I could take you to the Drill Hall. You'd be amazed. 73 00:05:47,292 --> 00:05:49,377 So much stuff there, we've nowhere to put it. 74 00:05:49,458 --> 00:05:51,296 It'd be a great eye-opener. 75 00:05:51,375 --> 00:05:53,592 Now, this is the 1914 type. 76 00:05:53,667 --> 00:05:55,504 When we get a gun - and we may any day now - 77 00:05:55,583 --> 00:05:58,261 we shall probably get the 1917 type with improvements. 78 00:05:58,333 --> 00:06:00,336 I used it myself in 1918. 79 00:06:00,417 --> 00:06:02,882 The main thing is, keep it clean. 80 00:06:02,958 --> 00:06:06,218 Mind you don't drop the magazines, and remember the eight stoppages. 81 00:06:06,292 --> 00:06:08,674 Get mud in the feed pawls and you'll have trouble. 82 00:06:08,750 --> 00:06:11,132 - A bent magazine, you got more trouble. - Hey! 83 00:06:11,208 --> 00:06:14,005 Shan't be a minute, old man. But it's a good old gun. 84 00:06:14,083 --> 00:06:17,213 In my humble opinion, the perfect answer to attacks from the air. 85 00:06:17,292 --> 00:06:19,709 So if hostile aeroplanes try to interfere with you, 86 00:06:19,792 --> 00:06:22,719 all you got to do is touch 'em up a bit with the old Lewis. Got it? 87 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,835 We ought to have dug trenches at Dunkirk, let the Germans through, 88 00:06:32,917 --> 00:06:36,377 - then taken them in the rear. - What can you do with a rifle against a tank? 89 00:06:36,458 --> 00:06:42,219 Oh, we had our troubles, in the Sudan and in Basutoland, but we got through all right. 90 00:06:42,292 --> 00:06:44,674 - The Dogs always do. - Ah... 91 00:06:44,750 --> 00:06:46,172 What was you in? 92 00:06:46,250 --> 00:06:49,794 The Dogs. D-O-Gs. Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry. 93 00:06:49,875 --> 00:06:51,795 You ought to know that, young fellow. 94 00:06:51,875 --> 00:06:54,044 - What you in? - Parachutes. 95 00:06:54,125 --> 00:06:55,760 Oh, the Umbrella Danglers. 96 00:06:55,833 --> 00:06:58,299 Who does your marching for you? 97 00:06:58,375 --> 00:07:00,259 They could have done with us in Greece. 98 00:07:00,333 --> 00:07:03,924 There's another bungled engagement for you. 99 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:10,885 Surrounded? All right, form square, same as what old General McNeill did at Suakin. 100 00:07:10,958 --> 00:07:14,668 - You'd be too old to remember that? - Mm. 101 00:07:14,750 --> 00:07:16,090 Times have changed, Dad. 102 00:07:16,167 --> 00:07:17,672 He's right, Bobby. 103 00:07:17,750 --> 00:07:22,918 I don't doubt they use bayonets nowadays, the like of which we've never seen. 104 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,552 Great long beggars. 105 00:07:24,625 --> 00:07:26,426 No, nothing's changed. 106 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:29,925 Except that life's much easier than it used to be. 107 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,709 Now all them battle courses. Lot of nonsense! 108 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:38,886 Anything to get out of marching. Cushy, compared to what we had to do. 109 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:43,628 Up to our knees in water to cross a stream. No time to take your boots off. 110 00:07:43,708 --> 00:07:46,043 No joke, it was. 111 00:07:46,125 --> 00:07:51,293 Nowadays, they're afraid of getting their feet wet Might get in a draught and catch cold. 112 00:07:51,375 --> 00:07:52,927 Lot of nonsense. 113 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:58,049 One sergeant we had used to shout and scream, just to make it sound like a real battle. 114 00:07:58,125 --> 00:08:00,626 Wouldn't like that sort of caper nowadays. 115 00:08:00,708 --> 00:08:05,259 Too worried about them fancy battle suits of theirs, these young fellas. 116 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:08,011 Keeping a crease in their trousers to go out with a girl. 117 00:08:08,083 --> 00:08:13,216 No buttons to clean like we had. They don't know what polishing is. 118 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:19,668 And another thing, we didn't get broke off for a cup of tea every five minutes like they do now. 119 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:21,302 We had to keep on marching, 120 00:08:21,375 --> 00:08:25,796 dressing properly by the right with bayonets gleaming and everything. 121 00:08:25,875 --> 00:08:27,676 Looked lovely it did. 122 00:08:27,750 --> 00:08:29,255 Didn't feel so lovely, though. 123 00:08:29,333 --> 00:08:32,379 No joke when you've got wet feet and the sergeant's watching you, 124 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:34,461 specially when it's hot. 125 00:08:34,542 --> 00:08:37,422 Didn't have no feelings, those old sergeants. 126 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:41,008 No taking it easy with them - "left right, left right" - 127 00:08:41,083 --> 00:08:43,300 had to watch your step, you did. 128 00:08:43,375 --> 00:08:49,088 If you made a mistake in the drill, you all had to go back and do it again. 129 00:08:49,167 --> 00:08:50,553 Much easier. 130 00:08:50,625 --> 00:08:54,631 I don't know why they don't call some of us up, some of the old Dogs. 131 00:08:54,708 --> 00:08:56,877 We'd show 'em. 132 00:08:56,958 --> 00:08:59,424 No need to, Dad. Look. 133 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:02,843 - Big new call-up. - Fat lot of good that'll do. 134 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:05,595 Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry. 135 00:09:05,667 --> 00:09:07,089 I know it's wrong. 136 00:09:07,167 --> 00:09:11,255 Mr Davenport said so himself. He said definitely they were going to get me deferred. 137 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:12,969 I was on the list. He said so himself. 138 00:09:13,042 --> 00:09:17,130 Eat your egg. I think you rely too much on Mr Davenport. 139 00:09:17,208 --> 00:09:19,425 Oh, you don't know him. He'll do something. 140 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,261 That's one thing about the firm, they never let you down. 141 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:26,386 I'm sorry, Parsons, but it's been agreed that Mr Thyrtle in the bargain basement 142 00:09:26,458 --> 00:09:30,511 will deal with all deferments in future, so if you'd care to go and see him... 143 00:09:30,583 --> 00:09:33,712 But you must realise, you know, there's a war on. 144 00:09:33,792 --> 00:09:35,510 Only key men are deferred now. 145 00:09:35,583 --> 00:09:40,300 I understand, but is there a chance that Mr Thyrtle might do something? You see, my wife... 146 00:09:40,375 --> 00:09:44,132 We've lost Collins from Refrigerators and Barker from Winter Sports this week. 147 00:09:44,208 --> 00:09:46,342 There was nothing Mr Thyrtle could do. 148 00:09:46,417 --> 00:09:48,301 - I see, sir. - I'm sorry, Parsons. 149 00:09:56,292 --> 00:09:59,006 Mr Thyrtle, please. Quickly. 150 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:05,834 No, thank you. 151 00:10:05,917 --> 00:10:09,342 By the way, Parsons, I think it might be less um... 152 00:10:09,417 --> 00:10:13,505 shall I say, embarrassing for both of us if we... 153 00:10:13,583 --> 00:10:21,500 forget... disregard any differences in status which may have existed at the... at the store. 154 00:10:21,583 --> 00:10:22,840 Yes, sir. Thank you. 155 00:10:22,917 --> 00:10:26,544 I must say, I think it very - to put it mildly - thoughtless 156 00:10:26,625 --> 00:10:30,216 of the powers that be to allow such a situation to arise. 157 00:10:30,292 --> 00:10:31,844 Oh, I do agree, sir. 158 00:10:31,917 --> 00:10:36,219 After all, it's not as if my activities were confined to toys. I was in charge of officers' kit. 159 00:10:36,292 --> 00:10:40,131 - Yes, and garden ornaments. - I know, but it's the officers' kit which makes... 160 00:10:40,208 --> 00:10:42,009 Well, never matter. 161 00:10:43,083 --> 00:10:46,793 - I must say, I think the Ministry are ill-advised. - About your case, sir? 162 00:10:46,875 --> 00:10:49,293 In general, Parsons. In general. 163 00:10:50,375 --> 00:10:52,425 - This free? - I believe so. 164 00:10:54,583 --> 00:10:58,341 Confidentially, I took the opportunity of suggesting to the Managing Director 165 00:10:58,417 --> 00:11:02,340 when I was saying au revoir, that Mr Thyrtle is no longer pulling his weight. 166 00:11:02,417 --> 00:11:04,633 That should do a lot of good, sir. 167 00:11:04,708 --> 00:11:08,927 At any rate, I have taken the matter out of the firm's hands and written direct to my MP. 168 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,583 - Who's he? - I beg your pardon. 169 00:11:11,667 --> 00:11:14,381 - Who's he, your MP? - Sir Henry Chalmers Thompson. 170 00:11:14,458 --> 00:11:18,417 Oh, old Liverlips. Talked for two hours and a half on the Brompton sewage scheme bill. 171 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:20,384 Couldn't hear hisself for snores. 172 00:11:20,458 --> 00:11:22,876 - Do you know Sir Henry? - I'm in the 'Ouse. 173 00:11:23,958 --> 00:11:26,044 - A member? - No, I work there on the boilers. 174 00:11:26,125 --> 00:11:27,926 They'll be sorry they let me go. 175 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,757 You wait till the winter. They'll be asking questions in the 'Ouse, all right. 176 00:11:31,833 --> 00:11:33,587 "Who let Ted Brewer go off to the Army?" 177 00:11:33,667 --> 00:11:36,345 No-one can work them dampers like I can. They'll freeze. 178 00:11:36,417 --> 00:11:38,502 Are you called up? So are we. 179 00:11:38,583 --> 00:11:41,878 All the same, I don't think you should refer to Sir Henry in that way. 180 00:11:41,958 --> 00:11:45,004 No? Listen, there's only one good man ever got into Parliament. 181 00:11:45,083 --> 00:11:47,466 - Who would that be? - Bleedin' Guy Fawkes. 182 00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:52,257 - I wonder what time we get to Hacklesfield. - I've no idea. 183 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:54,218 Three eleven. 184 00:11:54,292 --> 00:11:56,377 - Change at Crewe, don't we? - Can do. Can do. 185 00:11:56,458 --> 00:11:58,876 Or there's the Derby way. That's more comfortable. 186 00:11:58,958 --> 00:12:02,253 - Doesn't get you in till five seven. - We've got to be there by four. 187 00:12:02,333 --> 00:12:04,134 - What, you called up, too? - Yes. 188 00:12:04,208 --> 00:12:06,756 What, all of you? Go on! 189 00:12:06,833 --> 00:12:10,258 - It's all adventure, isn't it? - Depends on your previous occupation. 190 00:12:10,333 --> 00:12:13,545 Oh, I was very well situated. Big travel people. Butlers. Know them? 191 00:12:13,625 --> 00:12:15,509 I suppose you know all the trains, then? 192 00:12:15,583 --> 00:12:17,669 I don't think you'd catch me out in Europe. 193 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:21,756 Prewar, that is. I'm a bit continental myself. Swiss grandmother. 194 00:12:21,833 --> 00:12:25,756 - Your job's over for the duration. - I don't know. People have still got to travel. 195 00:12:25,833 --> 00:12:28,714 Pack up your troubles in your old kitbag, I always say. 196 00:12:28,792 --> 00:12:31,008 By the way, any of you in the Scouts? 197 00:12:33,375 --> 00:12:35,627 Hurry up. The two-twenty'll be here in a minute. 198 00:12:35,708 --> 00:12:38,423 All right, I've only got one pair of hands, haven't I? Yes? 199 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:40,882 If you're not too busy, we'd like the same again. 200 00:12:41,958 --> 00:12:45,253 I've had a wonderful life. I can't grumble. It's all been like that. 201 00:12:45,333 --> 00:12:46,839 - You got a car? - Yes. 202 00:12:46,917 --> 00:12:48,552 - What make? - It's a Jowett. 203 00:12:48,625 --> 00:12:51,340 There's a smashing little job. I've got a Lagonda. 204 00:12:51,417 --> 00:12:53,918 I'll race you, soon as we get out of this ruddy army. 205 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,761 - Can't last much longer, can it? - What, the war? I hope not. 206 00:12:56,833 --> 00:13:00,756 - Too much rent control. - And then I'll buy a new car. 207 00:13:00,833 --> 00:13:03,760 I'll buy a Mercedes. Rooaaar! Smashing. 208 00:13:03,833 --> 00:13:06,381 - Wonder how many more there'll be of us. - I don't know. 209 00:13:06,458 --> 00:13:10,465 I suppose some will come from London, poor mutts. What do you think of it all? 210 00:13:10,542 --> 00:13:12,545 - Very little. - Yes, I think you're right. 211 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,509 I was in two minds about coming at all. 212 00:13:14,583 --> 00:13:18,590 - Here's the two-twenty. Hurry, Maisie! - All right, all right, don't get all het up. 213 00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:21,511 - Well, anyway, cheers. - Cheers. 214 00:13:21,583 --> 00:13:26,798 This is Crewe. Crewe Station. Crewe. 215 00:13:26,875 --> 00:13:34,674 Passengers for Liverpool, Shrewsbury, Chester and Hacklesfield should change here. 216 00:13:35,875 --> 00:13:38,720 - Have we time for a cup of tea? - What about it, Mr Beck? 217 00:13:38,792 --> 00:13:41,968 Platform 7. We've got five minutes. Time for a quick cup. 218 00:13:42,042 --> 00:13:45,502 - Shall I run and get you a cup, Mr Davenport? - No, no. We'll all go. 219 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:52,261 Can you tell me, where does the Hacklesfield train start? 220 00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:55,130 - Platform 7. Over the bridge. - Are you going there too? 221 00:13:55,208 --> 00:13:58,302 I'll say. Duke of Glendon's Light footsloggers. Have a cup of tea. 222 00:13:59,167 --> 00:14:02,260 I'm a fellow with a very independent disposition. 223 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:05,011 Can't stand people telling me what to do. 224 00:14:05,083 --> 00:14:07,252 And if they try it, then I always want to be rude. 225 00:14:07,333 --> 00:14:09,668 In fact, I usually am. 226 00:14:09,750 --> 00:14:11,339 Here, I'll get 'em. 227 00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:14,261 The Army will have to put up with me and not me with the Army. 228 00:14:14,333 --> 00:14:16,751 - Stop shoving, mate, will you? - I'm sorry, old man. 229 00:14:16,833 --> 00:14:17,675 Tea? 230 00:14:17,750 --> 00:14:20,961 - China for me. - Get used to char. It's all they got in the Army. 231 00:14:21,042 --> 00:14:23,258 Oh, good old Army. The thin red line. Smashing! 232 00:14:23,333 --> 00:14:26,711 - I don't blame you for getting bottled. - You going to Hacklesfield? 233 00:14:26,792 --> 00:14:29,293 - Yes. You too? - Yes. 234 00:14:29,375 --> 00:14:33,298 My name's Stainer. Can I interest any of you in buying a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley? 235 00:14:33,375 --> 00:14:36,006 - Three teas and a bitter. - Four teas. 236 00:14:36,083 --> 00:14:37,635 All set for the last lap? 237 00:14:37,708 --> 00:14:40,671 - Looking forward to it, this bloke. - You can't look back on it. 238 00:14:40,750 --> 00:14:42,753 No. I wonder when we'll be able to. 239 00:14:42,833 --> 00:14:46,626 Mr Davenport was doing very important work at the time of his call-up. 240 00:14:46,708 --> 00:14:50,927 The Army's full of people who make you suffer because you're no good at polishing buttons. 241 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,544 It might have gone down with the last generation and even with some of you, 242 00:14:54,625 --> 00:14:57,340 but it won't go down with me, because I'm independent. 243 00:14:57,417 --> 00:15:01,044 - And if they don't like it, I'll walk right out. - Look out what you're doing. 244 00:15:02,125 --> 00:15:06,214 Don't you shout at me like that. I'm not in the Army yet, you know. 245 00:15:07,417 --> 00:15:09,918 - He didn't do it on purpose. - That's right. 246 00:15:14,792 --> 00:15:18,466 - There's a nasty piece of work for you. - That's the way to treat them, see. 247 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:21,635 Scared stiff, he was. They always are if you stand up for yourself. 248 00:15:21,708 --> 00:15:23,095 He looked like a regular. 249 00:15:23,167 --> 00:15:26,129 Fancy putting decent civilians under blokes like that. 250 00:15:26,208 --> 00:15:28,258 Hurry up with that bitter, miss. 251 00:15:28,333 --> 00:15:30,632 You can't eat by numbers and sleep by numbers. 252 00:15:30,708 --> 00:15:32,877 Have them yelling at you, day in and day out. 253 00:15:32,958 --> 00:15:34,843 By the left. Quick! Eat! 254 00:15:34,917 --> 00:15:37,334 Shut up, shut up. 255 00:15:41,250 --> 00:15:42,341 Oh, dear. 256 00:15:51,833 --> 00:15:55,128 There you are, you see. He's ashamed of himself. 257 00:15:55,208 --> 00:15:58,882 - Hurry up with that bitter, miss. - We haven't time for tea now. 258 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,428 Have a bite? 259 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:03,083 No, thank you. I'm rather worried about my digestion. 260 00:16:03,167 --> 00:16:07,006 - I have a very sensitive stomach. - Always did have, didn't you, Mr Davenport? 261 00:16:07,083 --> 00:16:08,837 - Where are you going? - To get a seat. 262 00:16:08,917 --> 00:16:12,295 - Good idea. - We were here before some of these people. 263 00:16:12,375 --> 00:16:14,259 Appalling service. 264 00:16:17,250 --> 00:16:19,419 Last journey without a pass for years. 265 00:16:23,667 --> 00:16:25,421 Ten Gold Flake, please. 266 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:27,005 Ten Gold Flake! 267 00:16:27,083 --> 00:16:33,459 Passengers for Hacklesfield, your train is leaving from Platform 7. 268 00:16:33,542 --> 00:16:37,334 Left right, left right, left right, left right, left right left! 269 00:16:46,875 --> 00:16:49,553 All right, jump down, lads. I'll be back in a minute. 270 00:16:53,167 --> 00:16:54,755 Doesn't seem such a bad bloke. 271 00:16:54,833 --> 00:16:57,168 They've got to be nice when you're in civvies. 272 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,921 Look at this. 273 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,343 Breathe natural, that's the idea. 274 00:17:02,417 --> 00:17:04,669 - Barbarian. - Hey, look. 275 00:17:04,750 --> 00:17:07,132 Keep those knees up. 276 00:17:07,208 --> 00:17:09,591 Nice big strides. Feel the benefit. 277 00:17:09,667 --> 00:17:11,172 Come on! Pick 'em up. 278 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:14,841 Are you the new intake? That's right. Nice tall fella should do well at PT. 279 00:17:14,917 --> 00:17:17,963 Stand up, now. Let's see a smile. Make the best of yourself. 280 00:17:18,042 --> 00:17:20,839 Come on, stand up, son. And look me straight in the eyes. 281 00:17:20,917 --> 00:17:23,714 That's right. You look a bit weedy at the moment. So do you. 282 00:17:23,792 --> 00:17:26,174 Too much town life. We'll soon build you up. 283 00:17:26,250 --> 00:17:28,668 Smile, nice smile. That's right. 284 00:17:28,750 --> 00:17:33,135 Come on, what's the matter with you, lad? Get a haircut first thing, make you feel better. 285 00:17:33,208 --> 00:17:34,548 And that's an order. 286 00:17:34,625 --> 00:17:37,043 Go on, you've only been four miles. 287 00:17:37,125 --> 00:17:38,677 Ought to feel fresh as a daisy! 288 00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:41,333 Look out, my lucky lads. I'm coming after you! 289 00:17:44,917 --> 00:17:47,465 Right! Pay attention! 290 00:17:47,542 --> 00:17:52,211 Then after I got back from Dunkirk I was sent to the training battalion as a Sergeant Instructor, 291 00:17:52,292 --> 00:17:55,919 - then to the Officers Training Unit. - Our job is to get up to strength again. 292 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,757 We'd hoped for trained men, but we've got civilians whether we like it or not. 293 00:17:59,833 --> 00:18:02,216 Some came in last week. 30 more expected today. 294 00:18:02,292 --> 00:18:06,428 You'll be looking after them. I expect you'll get pretty fed up with them at first. 295 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:08,633 They won't seem as... keen as you are. 296 00:18:08,708 --> 00:18:13,876 Then one day, you'll find you've got a platoon of some of the finest infantry in the world. 297 00:18:13,958 --> 00:18:16,673 I don't know how it happens, but it does. Oh, Edwards. 298 00:18:16,750 --> 00:18:19,049 - Sir? - This is Perry. 299 00:18:19,125 --> 00:18:21,459 - Hello. Very glad to have you. - Thank you, sir. 300 00:18:21,542 --> 00:18:24,090 You're lucky. You might have gone to another company. 301 00:18:24,167 --> 00:18:26,252 Perry was in France with the 12th Battalion. 302 00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:27,922 - NCO? - Sergeant, sir. 303 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,299 Oh, has the depot sent you your sergeant yet? 304 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:33,800 Due this afternoon, sir. Fletcher. Regular with seven years' service. 305 00:18:33,875 --> 00:18:36,720 - Let me know what you think of him. - Right, sir. 306 00:18:36,792 --> 00:18:39,589 Right, Perry. I'll leave Captain Edwards to look after you. 307 00:18:39,667 --> 00:18:41,302 Sir. 308 00:18:42,208 --> 00:18:45,005 - I'm giving him No.9 platoon, sir. - Fine. 309 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,968 I can feel my rheumatics coming back again. 310 00:18:48,042 --> 00:18:51,087 You'll have to get rid of those before we start on these courses. 311 00:18:51,167 --> 00:18:54,177 Jumping ditches of broken glass with bullets whistling by. 312 00:18:54,250 --> 00:18:55,885 - How do you know? - Picture Post. 313 00:18:55,958 --> 00:18:57,547 I can't understand it. 314 00:18:57,625 --> 00:19:01,050 The Government puts broken glass on top of walls to protect its property, 315 00:19:01,125 --> 00:19:03,922 then trains blokes to get across it at its own expense. 316 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:09,298 At our expense, man. We're just cogs in a great machine. We pay for our own discomfort. 317 00:19:09,375 --> 00:19:12,136 These living conditions are most insanitary. 318 00:19:12,208 --> 00:19:14,792 Not if we keep the doors and windows open. 319 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:17,921 - I can't sleep with the windows open. - How is your stomach? 320 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,003 - Acute. - Mm. That'll be the worry. 321 00:19:20,083 --> 00:19:23,674 That's your bowels. Driving my tractor for a week would put it right for ye. 322 00:19:23,750 --> 00:19:26,595 - What, are you a farmer, then? - I wouldn't be here if I was. 323 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:28,136 I worked on a farm, though. 324 00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:29,879 They have a lassie doing my job now. 325 00:19:29,958 --> 00:19:34,177 She's better-looking than me but not for that kind of work. 326 00:19:34,250 --> 00:19:36,419 What else did it say in Picture Post? 327 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:38,503 Oh, yes. When you come to the barbed wire, 328 00:19:38,583 --> 00:19:41,546 one fellow lays across it and all the others run over his back. 329 00:19:41,625 --> 00:19:44,091 - Oh, shut up, can't you? - I'm only telling them. 330 00:19:44,167 --> 00:19:48,801 Battle training they call it. Just to get you used to things. Real live bullets they use, too. 331 00:19:48,875 --> 00:19:52,253 Well, I won't be shot at merely to gratify some oafish, military whim. 332 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:55,509 Then there are these bayonet charges. Three miles long, uphill. 333 00:19:55,583 --> 00:19:57,503 They make you run all the way, too. 334 00:19:57,583 --> 00:20:01,423 And then you go swinging from tree to tree on ropes. You know, Tarzan-fashion. 335 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:03,585 - Should be interesting. - Oh, turn it up! 336 00:20:03,667 --> 00:20:05,883 You don't know what you're talking about, Beck. 337 00:20:05,958 --> 00:20:08,506 What have you got to smile about, Lloyd? 338 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:10,219 Oh, nothing. 339 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:12,377 What a tragedy it all is. 340 00:20:12,458 --> 00:20:16,630 I'll get my lumbago back again at this rate. I didn't ought to be in the Army. Not really. 341 00:20:16,708 --> 00:20:19,007 Any day now. Ha! 342 00:20:19,083 --> 00:20:20,553 Lumbago. 343 00:20:21,833 --> 00:20:24,050 Don't they give us sheets as well as blankets? 344 00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:26,507 Not in the Army. They do in the RAF. 345 00:20:26,583 --> 00:20:30,257 I'd never have believed that in a civilised country, doctors would permit... 346 00:20:30,333 --> 00:20:32,585 All right, stop talking. Now, pay attention. 347 00:20:35,792 --> 00:20:38,126 Now, you're going to be No.9 Platoon. 348 00:20:38,208 --> 00:20:40,756 Mr Perry will be your officer and I'm your sergeant. 349 00:20:40,833 --> 00:20:42,339 Fletcher's my name. 350 00:20:42,417 --> 00:20:44,502 Sergeant Fletcher. Got it? 351 00:20:45,583 --> 00:20:50,087 Now, I'm used to having the best platoon in the battalion and I'm going to have it again. 352 00:20:50,167 --> 00:20:54,255 This is the programme. You can take it easy tonight but no leaving the camp. 353 00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:58,126 There'll be hot supper served for you at seven. The canteen's open till nine. 354 00:20:58,208 --> 00:21:01,966 Lights out at ten. Corporal Robbins will tell you about the blackout. 355 00:21:02,042 --> 00:21:06,711 Tomorrow you'll be issued with your kit and get inoculated. On Monday we start work proper. 356 00:21:06,792 --> 00:21:08,427 Got it? 357 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:10,420 Right. Let's have your names. 358 00:21:11,542 --> 00:21:13,959 - Davenport. - Right. Yes? 359 00:21:14,042 --> 00:21:15,879 Parsons, sir. 360 00:21:18,792 --> 00:21:20,925 - Your name? - Beck, Sergeant. 361 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,050 - And yours? - Lloyd. 362 00:21:26,542 --> 00:21:27,881 You? 363 00:21:28,792 --> 00:21:29,918 Stainer. 364 00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:34,793 Yes? 365 00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:36,261 Luke. 366 00:21:36,333 --> 00:21:37,720 Yes? 367 00:21:37,792 --> 00:21:38,882 Brewer. 368 00:21:38,958 --> 00:21:40,380 Yes? 369 00:21:40,458 --> 00:21:42,508 Truscott. 370 00:21:43,917 --> 00:21:47,840 Squad will advance! About... turn! 371 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,631 Leave it, leave it. I'll tell you when to pick it up. 372 00:21:51,708 --> 00:21:54,635 Squad, stand at ease! 373 00:21:54,708 --> 00:21:57,043 That man in the front rank there. Stainer. 374 00:21:57,125 --> 00:21:59,424 Corporal, put him in the correct ease position. 375 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:02,676 Feet 12 inches apart, stomach in, arms straight. Brace yourself. 376 00:22:02,750 --> 00:22:04,421 All right, Corporal. 377 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,834 Squad, 'shun. 378 00:22:06,917 --> 00:22:10,674 As you were! Wake up! What's your name? Daventry? 379 00:22:10,750 --> 00:22:13,333 - Davenport. - You're too slow, five minutes behind. 380 00:22:13,417 --> 00:22:15,965 Think what you're doing. And you, too. 381 00:22:16,042 --> 00:22:19,467 And you, Lloyd, wait for the word of command before you move. 382 00:22:19,542 --> 00:22:21,675 - Look to your front! - Officer coming. 383 00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:24,002 All right, Corporal. Fall in. Pick it up. 384 00:22:24,083 --> 00:22:25,884 Squad, 'shun. 385 00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,752 - Stand at ease, please. - Sir. 386 00:22:30,833 --> 00:22:32,836 Squad, stand at ease. 387 00:22:38,625 --> 00:22:40,842 - What's your name? - Truscott, sir. 388 00:22:40,917 --> 00:22:42,635 Stand to attention. 389 00:22:42,708 --> 00:22:45,553 - Take these names for the tailor. - Sir. Look to your front. 390 00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:48,836 Do you think you're going to enjoy the Army, Truscott? 391 00:22:48,917 --> 00:22:50,836 Well, I put down for the Navy, sir. 392 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,635 - Your name? - Lloyd, sir. 393 00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:56,509 Go on. Stand at ease. 394 00:22:56,583 --> 00:22:59,215 This is far too big. Keep those trousers well hitched up. 395 00:22:59,292 --> 00:23:00,880 Yes, sir. 396 00:23:02,708 --> 00:23:05,174 - What's your name? - Herbert Davenport, sir. 397 00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:09,386 - What's the trouble with the boots? - They're a little tight in the toe, sir. 398 00:23:09,458 --> 00:23:13,049 - I've rather a high instep. - What was your job before you came here? 399 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,093 Rather an important one, actually, sir. 400 00:23:15,167 --> 00:23:19,385 I was in charge of three departments at Burbages, including officers' kit. 401 00:23:20,292 --> 00:23:21,761 Too big, Sergeant Fletcher. 402 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:24,548 And the trousers are a little loose in the seat. 403 00:23:24,625 --> 00:23:26,675 - Your name? - Parsons, sir. 404 00:23:29,167 --> 00:23:32,841 Filth! What do you think a barrack inspection is? A joke? Lay it out proper. 405 00:23:34,375 --> 00:23:36,592 You've got another five tons to shift yet. 406 00:23:36,667 --> 00:23:40,045 Come on! You'll do it properly if I have to keep you here all night. 407 00:23:40,125 --> 00:23:45,091 Six men to scrub out the cookhouse. You, you, you, you, you. And you. 408 00:23:45,167 --> 00:23:47,928 Eyes right! 409 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,589 Wake up, that man! 410 00:23:49,667 --> 00:23:51,421 No, you can't have 48 hours. 411 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,178 You've only been in a month. This isn't a holiday camp. 412 00:23:55,375 --> 00:23:57,343 Stand up! Pick up that step! 413 00:23:59,208 --> 00:24:01,425 You six are detailed for guard tonight. Got it? 414 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,418 This is a life, isn't it, eh? 415 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:08,672 A child of three doesn't take as much pleasure in making a noise as Sergeant Fletcher. 416 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:13,799 It's just like I said. Putting us under guys like that, it's criminal. Two guards in one week. 417 00:24:13,875 --> 00:24:16,720 - No, 13 days it is. - Oh, shut up. 418 00:24:16,792 --> 00:24:20,217 Who was it made him turn nasty in the first place, spilling his tea? 419 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,875 - He'll soon change his tune. - Who's going to make him? 420 00:24:22,958 --> 00:24:24,878 - I am. - When? 421 00:24:24,958 --> 00:24:29,260 - Soon as I know my way around a bit. - When'll that be? Ten years' time? 422 00:24:29,333 --> 00:24:33,505 We've only done six weeks so far. Will you look at that spud! 423 00:24:33,583 --> 00:24:36,878 - Throw it away. - Here, don't throw a perfectly good spud away. 424 00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:38,677 You're a nuisance, you are. 425 00:24:38,750 --> 00:24:41,428 I don't see how Fletcher could have remembered us all. 426 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:47,343 - I had my back to him. - It's just like I said in the first place. The Army! 427 00:24:47,417 --> 00:24:51,007 - Hey, that man! - Hello, what's that? 428 00:24:51,083 --> 00:24:52,470 That man! 429 00:24:52,542 --> 00:24:55,884 Take those hands out of your pockets. Yes, you! 430 00:24:55,958 --> 00:24:57,961 There's no parade. Hark at him shouting. 431 00:24:58,042 --> 00:24:59,298 Cad. 432 00:24:59,375 --> 00:25:01,757 You'd think he'd know those letters off by heart. 433 00:25:05,042 --> 00:25:06,796 I don't seem to get any letters. 434 00:25:06,875 --> 00:25:09,590 Come on. You're not getting out of it. We're saving yours. 435 00:25:10,625 --> 00:25:13,043 I'm going to shoot that rat the day we get live ammo. 436 00:25:13,125 --> 00:25:14,547 What was all the shouting? 437 00:25:14,625 --> 00:25:17,801 I'm walking back from the lats, quietly, committing no offence. 438 00:25:17,875 --> 00:25:21,715 All at once I feels my nose running, so my hand goes to my pocket to get the hankie out. 439 00:25:21,792 --> 00:25:25,715 Next thing I hear is his voice yelling at me across the square from the other NAAFI. 440 00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:28,754 "Take your hands out of your pocket, that man." 441 00:25:28,833 --> 00:25:30,718 "That man!" 442 00:25:30,792 --> 00:25:32,629 You wouldn't think we was human beings. 443 00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:34,509 You can't blow your nose now! 444 00:25:34,583 --> 00:25:37,049 - There. I warned you, didn't I? - You did, Geoffrey. 445 00:25:37,125 --> 00:25:41,178 It would have been the same if we hadn't spilled his tea. I wish I'd thrown it in his face. 446 00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:43,632 - Golly! - I'd love to have done it. It was boiling. 447 00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:46,635 You keep on saying that. I'd like to see you do it. 448 00:25:46,708 --> 00:25:48,260 Well, I would have done it. 449 00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:51,383 - Stainer, you make me sick. - Oh? 450 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:54,502 You keep on talking, you never do a damn thing. 451 00:25:54,583 --> 00:25:56,800 - Well, what can I do? - Go and see the officer. 452 00:25:56,875 --> 00:25:59,293 - Oh, don't be mad. - You'd be within your rights. 453 00:25:59,375 --> 00:26:00,880 Yes, and would they ever forget? 454 00:26:00,958 --> 00:26:03,803 I tell you, Lloyd, they've got you where they want you. 455 00:26:04,917 --> 00:26:06,505 I'm going to see the officer. 456 00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:09,593 - Never. - Is that wise? 457 00:26:09,667 --> 00:26:11,586 No, but I hate gasbags. 458 00:26:12,667 --> 00:26:14,504 What are you going to say, mate? 459 00:26:14,583 --> 00:26:16,384 I've got plenty to say. 460 00:26:16,458 --> 00:26:20,251 Be careful. Not mutiny. You know what that leads to. 461 00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:22,218 Look out, look out, here he comes. 462 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,757 All right. When you've done here, report down to the quartermaster's stores. 463 00:26:31,833 --> 00:26:33,587 He's got some scrubbing for you. 464 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:37,301 Oh, and by the way, 465 00:26:37,375 --> 00:26:41,547 the next man I catch around camp with his hands in his pockets will be put on a charge. 466 00:26:41,625 --> 00:26:43,011 Got it? Right. 467 00:26:43,083 --> 00:26:44,802 - Sergeant? - Yes. 468 00:26:44,875 --> 00:26:46,925 I want to see the officer, please. 469 00:26:48,292 --> 00:26:49,714 What for? 470 00:26:49,792 --> 00:26:51,795 My reasons are private. 471 00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:57,546 All right. Write out an application in the proper manner and let me have it. 472 00:26:57,625 --> 00:26:59,344 And I'll see if Mr Perry can see you. 473 00:26:59,417 --> 00:27:00,673 Thanks, Sergeant. 474 00:27:00,750 --> 00:27:01,923 Right. 475 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,299 When you all get through, go down to the stores. 476 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,425 - Look, Lloyd, I'll tell you what to say. - Go to hell, Stainer. 477 00:27:13,042 --> 00:27:15,009 If there hadn't been this trouble at Crewe, 478 00:27:15,083 --> 00:27:17,880 you think Sergeant Fletcher might have been easier on you? 479 00:27:17,958 --> 00:27:19,547 Yes, I do, sir. 480 00:27:19,625 --> 00:27:24,129 Now, these extra guard duties. According to the rosters you've done no more than anybody else. 481 00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:26,543 Do you think that because of the trouble at Crewe, 482 00:27:26,625 --> 00:27:29,303 you're blaming Sergeant Fletcher for doing his job? 483 00:27:29,375 --> 00:27:31,212 It isn't only the guards, sir. 484 00:27:31,292 --> 00:27:33,377 You've been in the Army, what, six weeks? 485 00:27:33,458 --> 00:27:37,049 Isn't that a short time to decide about a soldier like Sergeant Fletcher? 486 00:27:37,125 --> 00:27:40,135 I wouldn't have come to you, sir, if I hadn't felt justified. 487 00:27:40,208 --> 00:27:44,380 You've made a complaint. I must investigate it or refer it to the company commander. 488 00:27:44,458 --> 00:27:48,714 Do you want to refer it to Captain Edwards, make a complaint in front of Sergeant Fletcher? 489 00:27:49,833 --> 00:27:51,339 I'd rather leave it to you, sir. 490 00:27:51,417 --> 00:27:53,550 - Very well, Lloyd. - Thank you, sir. 491 00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:58,128 Sentries, pass! 492 00:27:59,750 --> 00:28:01,670 Quick march! 493 00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:21,254 Look here, Evan, I've been thinking. 494 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:24,427 If he didn't actually say nothing, he must have hinted. 495 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:28,423 For the 100th time, he said he'd look into it. That's all. 496 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,135 Now, for goodness' sake, shut up. 497 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:31,879 I told you it wouldn't do any good. 498 00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:33,926 But if he looks into it, like what he said... 499 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,719 Brewer, fetch the cocoa. 500 00:28:35,792 --> 00:28:37,510 Right, Sergeant. 501 00:28:37,583 --> 00:28:41,506 Won't be having cocoa at the sergeant's mess party. Wine, women and song. 502 00:28:43,417 --> 00:28:45,467 Lily Of Laguna 503 00:28:52,125 --> 00:28:54,128 Wait till the competitions. I'll bet... 504 00:28:54,208 --> 00:28:56,046 - Good evening. - Good evening, sir. 505 00:28:56,125 --> 00:28:58,507 - What'll it be? Bitter? - Have a sandwich, sir? 506 00:28:58,583 --> 00:29:02,257 - What's Sergeant Major betting on? - No.10 platoon, sir. Used to be his. 507 00:29:02,333 --> 00:29:06,589 - We don't mind taking his money, do we? - I should hope not, sir. 508 00:29:06,667 --> 00:29:11,585 My old battalion were all Territorials, so I haven't much experience of these men just called up. 509 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:13,504 Do they usually make complaints? 510 00:29:13,583 --> 00:29:14,840 Lloyd, sir? 511 00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:16,126 Yes. 512 00:29:16,208 --> 00:29:18,342 All soldiers like a bit of a grumble, sir. 513 00:29:18,417 --> 00:29:21,628 After all, it's not funny to have to run when you feel like walking, 514 00:29:21,708 --> 00:29:24,256 or stand up when you feel you could do with a sit down. 515 00:29:24,333 --> 00:29:27,545 Or to have someone shout at you when you're doing your best. 516 00:29:27,625 --> 00:29:30,587 No, I think it does a man good to let off steam a bit, sir. 517 00:29:30,667 --> 00:29:32,919 Yes, if that's all it is. 518 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,172 Well, they're new, sir. But there's some good men there. Lloyd for one. 519 00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:41,007 He hasn't got the hang of it yet, but he has the knack of handling men all right. 520 00:29:41,083 --> 00:29:44,343 He's a bit of a nuisance at the moment, but later on he'll make an NCO. 521 00:29:44,417 --> 00:29:47,048 - Now, Luke... - Got him onto that again, have you, sir? 522 00:29:47,125 --> 00:29:51,261 The adjutant is taking some of his men for the mortar platoon. The way Fletcher carried on... 523 00:29:51,333 --> 00:29:53,834 Well, you'd think someone was pinching his watch. 524 00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:57,970 He even said that professor bloke - Davenport - said he had the makings of a soldier. 525 00:29:58,042 --> 00:30:01,087 There's nothing wrong with him that the Army won't put right. 526 00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:02,719 - Stainer? - Yes, what about him? 527 00:30:02,792 --> 00:30:07,378 Same with him, sir. He was a bit of a mess when he first came in, but he'll shake down in time. 528 00:30:07,458 --> 00:30:11,132 - We haven't got a dud there, sir. - See what I mean? Optimistic. 529 00:30:15,083 --> 00:30:16,802 Same thing in France, too. 530 00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:20,798 If we'd only had the guns and planes and tanks and things, it might all have... 531 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:22,510 Well, anyway, that was that. 532 00:30:24,375 --> 00:30:27,800 There'll be no more of that nonsense. There'll be a big change. 533 00:30:27,875 --> 00:30:31,004 - Things are going to be different from now on. - Yes, sir. 534 00:30:31,083 --> 00:30:33,501 - Good evening, Brewer. - Good evening, sir. 535 00:30:36,250 --> 00:30:39,212 Here, he's giving it to him. He's giving it to him proper. 536 00:30:39,292 --> 00:30:41,425 - Who's giving what to who? - The old screamer. 537 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:44,380 - Perry's giving him a right dressing down. - What did he say? 538 00:30:44,458 --> 00:30:49,045 He said things will be different. He wants no nonsense. There's going to be a change. 539 00:30:49,125 --> 00:30:52,005 - What did the sergeant say? - He says, "Yes, sir." That's all. 540 00:30:52,083 --> 00:30:55,508 Very slow, with a silly look on his face. Almost human, he was. 541 00:30:55,583 --> 00:30:57,586 Had all the stuffing knocked out of him. 542 00:30:57,667 --> 00:30:59,504 Good for you, Evan. You're a plucky lad. 543 00:30:59,583 --> 00:31:01,503 - I owe you an apology. - I don't know... 544 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:06,467 From now on, he'll be as quiet as a little lamb. Tomorrow he'll be saying please. 545 00:31:06,542 --> 00:31:08,959 Come on! You're light infantry, not horse Marines! 546 00:31:09,042 --> 00:31:10,215 Truscott! 547 00:31:10,292 --> 00:31:13,136 Truscott, get that fat side over! 548 00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:17,126 - Parsons! - Come on. Come on. 549 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:18,595 Come on! Come on! 550 00:31:18,667 --> 00:31:21,547 Come on! Get out of it! Get out of it! 551 00:31:21,625 --> 00:31:23,758 Come on, Davenport! 552 00:31:23,833 --> 00:31:26,168 - Come on. 553 00:31:26,250 --> 00:31:28,632 - Come on, Davenport! - Wait a minute. 554 00:31:31,833 --> 00:31:33,339 Oi! 555 00:31:37,542 --> 00:31:41,548 Get on with it, Luke! What's the matter with you? 556 00:31:44,667 --> 00:31:46,800 Come on, Beck! Hurry up, hurry up! 557 00:31:46,875 --> 00:31:49,720 Come on, come on. Come on, Parsons! 558 00:31:49,792 --> 00:31:52,553 Come on! Come on, the rest of you! 559 00:31:52,625 --> 00:31:54,011 Come on, Truscott! 560 00:31:54,083 --> 00:31:56,501 - Can't you see I'm stuck? - Well, get unstuck. 561 00:31:57,083 --> 00:31:58,754 Now what have you done? 562 00:32:03,333 --> 00:32:07,505 Don't hang about there, Lloyd! Go back and take it in your stride! 563 00:32:07,583 --> 00:32:09,835 Quick as lightning you ought to be. 564 00:32:09,917 --> 00:32:12,418 Come on, Brewer, get some of that fat off! Get over! 565 00:32:14,458 --> 00:32:17,006 Come on, Parsons! You can do it, lad! 566 00:32:17,083 --> 00:32:19,217 Use your brains. What's the matter with you? 567 00:32:19,292 --> 00:32:21,010 Swing across! Don't fall! 568 00:32:25,125 --> 00:32:27,591 Brewer, double up, double up! 569 00:32:31,208 --> 00:32:33,626 Come on, Parsons. 570 00:32:33,708 --> 00:32:37,133 Right. You can use the mobile canteen. 571 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,129 - What about it, Sergeant Fletcher? - Not bad, sir. Not bad at all. 572 00:32:44,208 --> 00:32:46,543 Parsons held them up a bit at the second obstacle. 573 00:32:46,625 --> 00:32:49,173 - What is the matter with him? - I don't quite know, sir. 574 00:32:49,250 --> 00:32:52,794 Something's wrong. No grousing at all. As if there was something on his mind. 575 00:32:54,250 --> 00:32:56,087 "Tomorrow he'll be saying please." 576 00:32:56,167 --> 00:32:59,378 - I only said what I heard. - Well, you heard wrong. 577 00:32:59,458 --> 00:33:01,793 It's like I always said... Oh! 578 00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:04,506 The officer seemed to be enjoying the fun. 579 00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:06,337 Grinning he was. I saw him. 580 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:09,095 "Things have got to be different." That's what he said. 581 00:33:09,167 --> 00:33:12,094 - Oh, shut up. - Well, I've come to a conclusion. 582 00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:14,170 - What's that? - I don't like the Army. 583 00:33:14,250 --> 00:33:16,088 - Two flans, two teas. - Razor blades? 584 00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:17,458 Sorry, no razor blades. Yes? 585 00:33:17,542 --> 00:33:19,545 Tea, please. And a piece of Swiss roll. 586 00:33:19,625 --> 00:33:21,214 All right, pay attention. 587 00:33:21,292 --> 00:33:22,678 Go on eating. 588 00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:25,595 Oh, here he comes. He can't leave us alone for a minute. 589 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:30,004 I'm supposed to organise this regimental concert and I shall badly need some help. 590 00:33:30,083 --> 00:33:36,708 So, if any of you can play anything, dance, sing, pull things out of hats, can I have your names? 591 00:33:40,667 --> 00:33:42,219 I shall need all the help I can get. 592 00:33:42,292 --> 00:33:45,717 - I do recitations. Shall I put my hand up? - You do and I'll clock you. 593 00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:48,506 Well, think it over and let me know. 594 00:33:50,792 --> 00:33:52,795 Well, I nearly got knocked down by the rush. 595 00:33:52,875 --> 00:33:54,546 Oh, they'll be all right, sir. 596 00:33:54,625 --> 00:33:56,426 Why don't you want to help him? 597 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,337 He won't help us. Why should we help him? 598 00:33:58,417 --> 00:34:01,925 You don't seem to be having a very good time. Don't you ever get into town? 599 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,544 Occasionally, but there's only one cinema and we've seen the film this week. 600 00:34:05,625 --> 00:34:07,047 Why don't you come over to tea? 601 00:34:07,125 --> 00:34:09,803 - Oh, yes, please. - When? 602 00:34:09,875 --> 00:34:11,261 - Sunday. - What, all of us? 603 00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:13,253 - Well... - If we keep it down to seven. 604 00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:14,375 All right. 605 00:34:14,417 --> 00:34:16,467 - What time? - Four? Half past? 606 00:34:16,542 --> 00:34:18,094 - Four. - Who do we ask for? 607 00:34:18,167 --> 00:34:19,376 Marjorie Gillingham. 608 00:34:19,458 --> 00:34:20,928 Number 12 Ellmore Street. 609 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,589 12 Ellmore Street. 610 00:34:22,667 --> 00:34:24,006 Right. Fall in. 611 00:34:24,083 --> 00:34:26,798 - All right, we'll find it. - Goodbye. 612 00:34:26,875 --> 00:34:28,795 See you Sunday! 613 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:30,131 Ring the bell. 614 00:34:30,208 --> 00:34:32,674 Steady. She may be looking out of the window. 615 00:34:35,917 --> 00:34:37,505 Oh, hello, chaps. 616 00:34:37,583 --> 00:34:39,005 Mrs Gillingham? 617 00:34:39,083 --> 00:34:41,667 That's right. Come in, boys. How many of you are there? 618 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:44,511 - Just the seven, Sergeant. - Oh, quite a party. 619 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:48,303 - Last man in, shut the door, will you? - OK, Sergeant. 620 00:34:48,375 --> 00:34:50,544 Charming house you have here. 621 00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:52,628 Bit of a change after our barrack room. 622 00:34:52,708 --> 00:34:54,130 Less congestion. 623 00:34:54,208 --> 00:34:56,258 Yeah, more room, too. 624 00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:59,344 Sit down anywhere. Mrs Gillingham will be down in a minute. 625 00:34:59,958 --> 00:35:01,594 How are you liking the Army? 626 00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:03,966 - Need you ask? - I expect you'll get over that. 627 00:35:04,042 --> 00:35:06,127 Been in long? 628 00:35:06,208 --> 00:35:08,709 - Seven weeks. Seems like years. - I know. 629 00:35:08,792 --> 00:35:11,044 - What are you in? Bombers? - No, fighters. 630 00:35:11,125 --> 00:35:13,128 - On leave? - Sick leave. 631 00:35:13,208 --> 00:35:15,425 - You're lucky. - We could do with a bit of that. 632 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:17,633 - How do you wangle it? - Were you really sick? 633 00:35:17,708 --> 00:35:19,877 Well, shot up a bit. 634 00:35:19,958 --> 00:35:22,506 Oh, but I'm all right now, though. 635 00:35:22,583 --> 00:35:24,302 See this wristwatch? 636 00:35:24,375 --> 00:35:26,592 Amazing. It landed five miles from where I did. 637 00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:29,250 They told me it was still going when they picked it up. 638 00:35:29,333 --> 00:35:32,794 Some farmer chap found it. Bit of luck, eh? 639 00:35:32,875 --> 00:35:34,546 Of course, I didn't really mean... 640 00:35:34,625 --> 00:35:37,091 Hello. So, you got here all right. 641 00:35:37,167 --> 00:35:38,838 Mother will be down in a minute. 642 00:35:38,917 --> 00:35:41,595 Come on, Buster. Hurry or we'll miss the beginning. 643 00:35:41,667 --> 00:35:46,218 Well, so long, boys. Going to see that Merchant Navy picture. Marvellous job those chaps do. 644 00:35:46,292 --> 00:35:48,295 And they don't wear a uniform. Come on. 645 00:35:48,375 --> 00:35:49,418 Goodbye. 646 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:51,550 - Bye. - Bye. 647 00:35:57,667 --> 00:36:01,625 I wish we wore uniforms with a collar and tie. This makes you feel like a convict. 648 00:36:01,708 --> 00:36:03,546 Well, what do you think you are? 649 00:36:04,875 --> 00:36:07,458 Oh, how do you do? 650 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:09,011 I'm Marjorie's mother. 651 00:36:09,083 --> 00:36:11,549 I'm so glad she persuaded you to come along. 652 00:36:11,625 --> 00:36:14,671 The boys in the battalion before you always used to come. 653 00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:16,339 Oh, thank you so much. 654 00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:20,470 So did the boys from the ack-ack battery, until they moved. 655 00:36:20,542 --> 00:36:25,674 I always say, if Marjorie can have her canteen, I don't see why I shouldn't have mine. 656 00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:28,216 Now, do sit down, please, all of you. 657 00:36:28,292 --> 00:36:31,136 There, that's right. Yes, that's the comfortable chair. 658 00:36:31,208 --> 00:36:33,425 And you can put your plate on the table there. 659 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:35,717 This is extremely kind of you, Mrs Gillingham. 660 00:36:35,792 --> 00:36:38,209 That's right. Oh, dear. 661 00:36:38,292 --> 00:36:43,092 I'm afraid this place is rather untidy, but this house is really too big for me. 662 00:36:43,167 --> 00:36:45,300 Now, do make yourselves at home. 663 00:36:47,042 --> 00:36:49,459 Well, and how do you like the Army? 664 00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:50,881 We don't. 665 00:36:50,958 --> 00:36:55,296 Oh, dear, what a pity. Now, hands up for China tea and hands up for Indian. 666 00:36:58,875 --> 00:37:02,668 And then what does he do? He has us marching till our feet are nearly bleeding. 667 00:37:02,750 --> 00:37:05,511 I tell you he's a proper b... A very nasty fellow. 668 00:37:05,583 --> 00:37:09,802 And the officer just smiled and then asked for volunteers for the camp concert. 669 00:37:09,875 --> 00:37:13,466 Both the sergeant and the officer are as bad as each other, Mrs Gillingham. 670 00:37:13,542 --> 00:37:15,213 That's right, ma'am. It's true. 671 00:37:15,292 --> 00:37:19,168 Oh, dear, it is a shame, isn't it? Who'd like another chocolate biscuit? 672 00:37:19,250 --> 00:37:21,833 Well, they haven't taken your appetite away from you. 673 00:37:21,917 --> 00:37:24,548 The food's not good enough for that, Mrs Gillingham. 674 00:37:24,625 --> 00:37:28,003 Terrible. Since we've been in the Army, we haven't had a proper bath. 675 00:37:28,083 --> 00:37:30,133 - Well, a shower's quicker. - Shut up. 676 00:37:30,208 --> 00:37:32,970 You can always have one here if you bring your towels. 677 00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:36,052 Only, let me know in time. I have such trouble with the boiler. 678 00:37:36,125 --> 00:37:38,922 Oh? What do you burn? What sort of boiler is it? 679 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:43,136 I could probably show you a saving. I'll pop in sometime and have a look at it for you. 680 00:37:43,208 --> 00:37:46,633 I wish you would. Marjorie's friend Buster couldn't do anything with it, 681 00:37:46,708 --> 00:37:49,589 and, naturally, he knows all about engines and things. 682 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:52,345 You poor lads. Your life sounds terribly gloomy. 683 00:37:52,417 --> 00:37:55,214 It is, Mrs Gillingham, it is. 684 00:37:55,292 --> 00:37:57,674 But you said just now you have concerts and things. 685 00:37:57,750 --> 00:37:59,670 Yes, if we do the acting. 686 00:37:59,750 --> 00:38:02,547 There was a boy in the ack-ack used to recite a lot. 687 00:38:02,625 --> 00:38:05,505 There was one poem - The Lynching Of Black Maguire. 688 00:38:05,583 --> 00:38:07,503 How did it start? 689 00:38:07,583 --> 00:38:10,594 It was hot that summer in Kicking Horse... 690 00:38:10,667 --> 00:38:12,468 And the earth was parched and dry. 691 00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:15,090 Full of geographical licence, but exciting stuff. 692 00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:17,881 - Good old Sid. Why don't you volunteer? - Maybe I will. 693 00:38:17,958 --> 00:38:22,130 - You know what I told you. - Och, away, Ted. Let him do it if he wants to. 694 00:38:22,208 --> 00:38:24,709 Well, I thought I was joining the Army, not a circus. 695 00:38:24,792 --> 00:38:26,842 It's time we went. There's that fire picket. 696 00:38:26,917 --> 00:38:30,093 Do come again next week, and, don't forget, bring your towels. 697 00:38:30,167 --> 00:38:33,509 - You're not going already, are you? - They've got to fire-watch. 698 00:38:33,583 --> 00:38:36,464 Now, don't you let the other boys bully you. 699 00:38:36,542 --> 00:38:39,753 If you want to volunteer for the concert, you jolly well do. 700 00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:45,049 - Try it again without holding it. - Right, sir. 701 00:38:45,125 --> 00:38:47,377 Close them. 702 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:49,177 Now open. 703 00:38:49,250 --> 00:38:50,885 Oh, that's perfect. 704 00:38:50,958 --> 00:38:52,878 Everything all right? 705 00:38:52,958 --> 00:38:57,675 Yes, thank you, sir. We had a lot of trouble with the curtains, but they're working now. 706 00:38:57,750 --> 00:39:01,045 Old Colonel Walmsley's coming over and bringing a band, 707 00:39:01,125 --> 00:39:04,503 and he's also going to do some monologues. He's been very helpful, sir. 708 00:39:04,583 --> 00:39:07,345 Well, the brigadier's coming. What are our men doing? 709 00:39:07,417 --> 00:39:10,676 Well, Cook Sergeant Trubshaw is going to do his bird noises, sir. 710 00:39:10,750 --> 00:39:13,595 - Beck in my platoon's going to do something. - Good. 711 00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:17,294 "It was hot that summer in Kicking Horse, and the earth was parched and dry." 712 00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:19,592 - Why parched and dry? - It's parched and dry. 713 00:39:19,667 --> 00:39:21,219 "And the town was full..." 714 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:24,053 Get on with it, Sid. The exercise starts tomorrow. 715 00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:26,970 Exercise! Three days in the open, firing blanks. 716 00:39:27,042 --> 00:39:30,088 Questions ought to be asked in the 'Ouse about it. Waste of time. 717 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:34,588 Listen, listen. Look, would you do it like this just to make the earth seem parched and dry? 718 00:39:34,667 --> 00:39:37,084 "And the earth was parched and dry." 719 00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:38,755 Yes, that's good. 720 00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:40,255 No, it looks absurd. 721 00:39:40,333 --> 00:39:42,585 Make up your minds. I've got to do it in a minute. 722 00:39:42,667 --> 00:39:45,250 You ought to have thought of that. Serves you right. 723 00:39:45,333 --> 00:39:48,463 I'll laugh when you forget your words, with the brass hats there. 724 00:39:48,542 --> 00:39:50,379 I only did it because Mrs Gillingham... 725 00:39:50,458 --> 00:39:52,793 I know, I know. Come on, my lucky lads. 726 00:39:52,875 --> 00:39:55,127 Oh! After you, Mr Barrymore. 727 00:39:55,208 --> 00:39:59,464 Never mind them, son. Carry on. Black Maguire in town. Coming? 728 00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:01,675 - In a minute. - Go on, son. 729 00:40:01,750 --> 00:40:03,919 It might be better if you sing it, Sid. 730 00:40:09,708 --> 00:40:12,423 The first item tonight is a band. 731 00:40:17,292 --> 00:40:19,342 We are lucky to have with us the six Pollocks, 732 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:22,297 who have come all the way from Hacklesfield to entertain us. 733 00:40:26,042 --> 00:40:27,961 The men always like a dance band. 734 00:40:37,417 --> 00:40:39,751 One, two, three. 735 00:40:39,833 --> 00:40:42,417 ♪ Gentle pastoral tune 736 00:40:56,792 --> 00:40:58,676 Who are these people? 737 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:01,002 The Pollocks. 738 00:41:11,333 --> 00:41:13,052 Halt! 739 00:41:13,125 --> 00:41:16,219 Corporal Langley, Military Police, with prisoner and escort. 740 00:41:16,292 --> 00:41:18,591 Advance, prisoner and escort. 741 00:41:22,958 --> 00:41:26,253 I wonder why I do not care, 742 00:41:26,333 --> 00:41:29,628 For the things that are like the things that were. 743 00:41:29,708 --> 00:41:31,344 Does... 744 00:41:31,417 --> 00:41:37,295 Does half my heart lie buried there, down by the Rio Grande? 745 00:41:37,375 --> 00:41:40,172 - All ready, Beck? - Yes, sir. 746 00:41:45,333 --> 00:41:48,344 - Now, what do I announce? - The Lynching Of Black Maguire. 747 00:41:48,417 --> 00:41:50,218 Does the applause warrant an encore? 748 00:41:50,292 --> 00:41:53,385 - Well, there's Beck here, sir... - That's quite all right. 749 00:41:53,458 --> 00:41:55,213 Now, come along, come along. 750 00:41:55,292 --> 00:41:57,211 Yes, that's all right. That's all right. 751 00:41:58,667 --> 00:42:03,716 For an encore, I propose to give you that well-known dramatic poem, 752 00:42:03,792 --> 00:42:07,501 The Lynching Of Black Maguire. 753 00:42:12,292 --> 00:42:15,421 It was hot that summer... 754 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:17,752 I'll bet Perry knew this was going to happen. 755 00:42:17,833 --> 00:42:19,801 The earth was parched and dry. 756 00:42:19,875 --> 00:42:24,094 And the town was full of the frontier force... 757 00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:27,959 Though nobody seemed to know why. 758 00:42:29,042 --> 00:42:30,926 That was my piece, sir! 759 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,299 - Can you do anything else? - Nope. 760 00:42:33,375 --> 00:42:35,460 May I have a word with you, sir? 761 00:42:35,542 --> 00:42:37,177 What is it? 762 00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:43,046 Men looked with their eyes, nor was there a sound... 763 00:42:43,125 --> 00:42:44,168 Oh... 764 00:42:44,250 --> 00:42:46,751 For looks were as hard as knives. 765 00:42:46,833 --> 00:42:50,507 - If what? For looks were as hard as knives. 766 00:42:50,583 --> 00:42:53,594 For looks were as hard as knives. 767 00:42:53,667 --> 00:42:58,301 The MPs caught him trying to board the London train. I've got him outside now, sir. 768 00:42:58,375 --> 00:43:01,255 - I'll see him as soon as this thing's over. - Very good, sir. 769 00:43:01,333 --> 00:43:04,462 As the sun went down, all there could see, 770 00:43:04,542 --> 00:43:11,001 Against the glowing ball of fire, hanging from the highest tree, 771 00:43:11,083 --> 00:43:15,172 The body of Black Maguire. 772 00:43:18,208 --> 00:43:19,963 Go on, Parsons. 773 00:43:21,042 --> 00:43:25,130 Well, when we were married, we didn't think about a war and... 774 00:43:25,208 --> 00:43:27,840 and I got all the furniture on the hire purchase. 775 00:43:27,917 --> 00:43:33,380 Well, I was called up and with the money not coming in, we got behind with the payments. 776 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,674 They've been bullying the wife. Lawyers' letters and people at the door. 777 00:43:39,958 --> 00:43:43,253 Now they're going to take the furniture away. 778 00:43:43,333 --> 00:43:48,085 She's sick with worry, and with the baby coming and everything, she doesn't know where to turn. 779 00:43:49,167 --> 00:43:52,296 - So you were off home? - Yes, sir. 780 00:43:52,375 --> 00:43:55,006 How were you going to deal with all these lawyers? 781 00:43:55,083 --> 00:43:58,378 Well, they don't do that kind of thing when there's a man around. 782 00:43:58,458 --> 00:44:00,592 It's just because she's a woman. 783 00:44:00,667 --> 00:44:03,298 I don't think a deserter would be much help to her. 784 00:44:03,375 --> 00:44:05,923 I don't know what I was going to do, sir. 785 00:44:07,458 --> 00:44:09,461 May I see one of these letters? 786 00:44:18,583 --> 00:44:23,881 Being in the Army has a lot of disadvantages, but there is one compensation. 787 00:44:23,958 --> 00:44:26,044 You're not alone any more against anyone. 788 00:44:26,125 --> 00:44:28,886 Germans or furniture shops. 789 00:44:30,542 --> 00:44:33,339 - Do they know you're in the Army? - Well, yes, sir. 790 00:44:35,375 --> 00:44:38,136 Well, I can put your mind at rest about one thing, Parsons. 791 00:44:38,208 --> 00:44:42,759 This is not from a lawyer. It's a cheap debt collector's letter dressed up to look frightening. 792 00:44:42,833 --> 00:44:44,552 They can't touch your furniture. 793 00:44:44,625 --> 00:44:46,959 - But it says there, sir... - It's just a trick. 794 00:44:47,042 --> 00:44:49,459 I only wish you'd seen me about this before. 795 00:44:51,083 --> 00:44:54,710 Well, I'm sorry, sir. You know how... 796 00:44:55,833 --> 00:44:57,588 Yes? 797 00:44:57,667 --> 00:44:59,883 No, nothing, sir. 798 00:45:04,750 --> 00:45:07,084 Well, it's rather out of my hands now, Parsons. 799 00:45:07,167 --> 00:45:11,836 You'll go before the Colonel in the morning. In the meantime, you'll remain in close arrest. 800 00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:15,342 - What time is Orderly Room? - Eight, sir. We march the exercise half past. 801 00:45:15,417 --> 00:45:18,711 Right. I'll be there, Parsons. I'll do what I can for you. 802 00:45:18,792 --> 00:45:20,877 - All right, Sergeant Fletcher. - Sir. 803 00:45:20,958 --> 00:45:22,961 All right, Parsons, fall in. 804 00:45:32,125 --> 00:45:34,175 ♪ Highland Laddie 805 00:45:47,042 --> 00:45:49,009 I think Parsons is well out of this. 806 00:45:49,083 --> 00:45:51,169 I'd rather be here than in the glasshouse. 807 00:45:51,250 --> 00:45:53,383 I wonder why he didn't tell us about it before. 808 00:45:53,458 --> 00:45:56,753 Whatever it is, we won't recognise him when he gets out of that place. 809 00:45:56,833 --> 00:45:59,132 Persecuted for a few sticks of furniture. 810 00:45:59,208 --> 00:46:01,460 I reckon they'll give him field punishment. 811 00:46:02,583 --> 00:46:04,384 Having a nice time? 812 00:46:04,458 --> 00:46:06,924 Come down here and I'll tell you! Ruddy gunners. 813 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,252 I bet they slept in that lorry the last two nights. 814 00:46:09,333 --> 00:46:12,711 Actually, it's not as comfy as a ditch, if you put a groundsheet down. 815 00:46:12,792 --> 00:46:15,636 - I slept very well myself. - Oh, put a sock in it. 816 00:46:15,708 --> 00:46:17,463 Into the left. Keep into the left. 817 00:46:17,542 --> 00:46:19,047 Cor! Look. 818 00:46:27,375 --> 00:46:29,343 Why don't you look where you're going? 819 00:46:43,708 --> 00:46:48,923 And, remember, Perry, everything depends on your getting that bridge quickly and holding it. 820 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,418 Until you do, the Company can't get on with its job. 821 00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:53,384 - All right? - Right, sir. 822 00:46:54,750 --> 00:46:56,670 Section commanders, over here! 823 00:46:56,750 --> 00:47:00,128 Look at this! That's B Company. Where are they going? 824 00:47:01,250 --> 00:47:02,921 Out of it already, Corporal? 825 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,382 Umpire ruled us dead. We got caught in the open. 826 00:47:05,458 --> 00:47:08,173 - They had a Bren gun on us. - Oh, bad luck. 827 00:47:08,250 --> 00:47:10,134 Good luck, I call it. 828 00:47:10,208 --> 00:47:11,299 Yes. 829 00:47:11,375 --> 00:47:13,010 Now, listen carefully. 830 00:47:13,083 --> 00:47:16,094 Our job is to take the bridge, which lies just over that hill. 831 00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:19,794 We've got to get there without being seen, so make the best use of the ground. 832 00:47:19,875 --> 00:47:22,174 And whatever happens, keep your heads down. 833 00:47:26,125 --> 00:47:27,595 Not this way. They'll see us. 834 00:47:27,667 --> 00:47:31,009 Stop the section. I'll go round here to the right and have a look. 835 00:47:32,750 --> 00:47:34,302 This is too stupid for words. 836 00:47:34,375 --> 00:47:36,592 Think of the other blokes. They'll be home now. 837 00:47:36,667 --> 00:47:40,625 I am thinking of them. Why should we stay out here for hours? Why can't we get back? 838 00:47:40,708 --> 00:47:42,130 Easy said, mate. 839 00:47:42,208 --> 00:47:45,468 Easy done, too. We could get killed. It often happens on battlefields. 840 00:47:45,542 --> 00:47:48,220 - What, killed intentional? That's not fair. - Shut up. 841 00:47:52,417 --> 00:47:55,546 - This is all right. Tell them to come on. - Very good, sir. 842 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,050 Best use of ground. 843 00:48:04,917 --> 00:48:06,718 Lloyd, what do we do? 844 00:48:06,792 --> 00:48:09,340 Follow me. When I give the word, do as I do. 845 00:48:12,875 --> 00:48:14,712 Now! 846 00:48:24,750 --> 00:48:26,835 - Watch your front. - There they are, sir. 847 00:48:30,875 --> 00:48:33,553 ♪ Loch Lomond 848 00:48:35,417 --> 00:48:37,420 Won't be long now. 849 00:48:44,292 --> 00:48:46,211 Home sweet home. I wonder what's for tea. 850 00:48:46,292 --> 00:48:50,001 I don't care as long as there's pickles, then a lovely, long pint of beer. 851 00:48:50,083 --> 00:48:51,719 I'll come with you, mate. 852 00:48:51,792 --> 00:48:53,877 - Look who's here. - Where did you come from? 853 00:48:53,958 --> 00:48:55,380 Did they give you hell? 854 00:48:55,458 --> 00:48:57,544 - Or haven't you been? - Yes, I've been. 855 00:48:57,625 --> 00:48:59,842 - What did they do to you? - Gave me 48 hours. 856 00:48:59,917 --> 00:49:00,959 What to do? 857 00:49:01,042 --> 00:49:02,961 Go to London, get things straightened up. 858 00:49:03,042 --> 00:49:07,000 - There, you see. - I thought you weren't coming back till tonight. 859 00:49:07,083 --> 00:49:10,046 Oh, we did extra special well, so they said we needn't stay. 860 00:49:10,125 --> 00:49:13,965 We've Evan to thank for that. He should be the officer. We'd do all right, eh, boys? 861 00:49:14,042 --> 00:49:17,135 You'd better get your wet things off instead of talking. 862 00:49:22,333 --> 00:49:24,171 What happened with the Colonel? 863 00:49:24,250 --> 00:49:27,959 Of course, I had the wind up at first, but Perry was there and spoke for me. 864 00:49:28,042 --> 00:49:31,218 The Colonel chewed me up properly, but it wasn't too bad. 865 00:49:31,292 --> 00:49:35,168 Perry's fixing up about a War Emergency Grant for me. Hilda's ever so pleased. 866 00:49:36,458 --> 00:49:39,504 - How did you come to get back? - Influence. 867 00:49:39,583 --> 00:49:43,044 Well, we're home again, anyway. Oh, you lovely bed. 868 00:49:44,500 --> 00:49:46,585 I wonder what the others are doing. 869 00:49:46,667 --> 00:49:49,464 Probably still capturing bridges, covered with mud. 870 00:49:49,542 --> 00:49:51,296 Serves 'em right. 871 00:49:51,375 --> 00:49:53,378 Blimey. Look out. Here he is. 872 00:50:01,833 --> 00:50:05,507 Tea's ready in the cookhouse, sir. Shall I march them down, sir? 873 00:50:10,292 --> 00:50:13,053 Pity we didn't see it through, sir, eh? 874 00:50:18,667 --> 00:50:23,004 When this regiment was formed, our country was doing pretty badly. 875 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:28,338 Napoleon's armies were just across the Channel, getting ready to invade us. 876 00:50:28,417 --> 00:50:32,672 We'd had defeat after defeat and a great many people thought we were finished. 877 00:50:33,917 --> 00:50:37,010 We weren't, but not because we were lucky. 878 00:50:37,083 --> 00:50:41,385 When the first battalion of this regiment marched, it was against Napoleon. 879 00:50:41,458 --> 00:50:45,002 Talavera, 1809. That was the first battle they made their own. 880 00:50:45,083 --> 00:50:48,378 They marched 42 miles in 24 hours of a Spanish summer, 881 00:50:48,458 --> 00:50:52,085 and every man jack of them carried a 60lb pack. 882 00:50:52,167 --> 00:50:54,501 Talavera - it's on your cap badges. 883 00:50:54,583 --> 00:50:56,800 The other battles, too - Barossa, Sabugal... 884 00:50:56,875 --> 00:51:01,758 At Sabugal, with four companies of riflemen, they defeated five times Napoleon's troops. 885 00:51:01,833 --> 00:51:06,089 Salamanca, Orthez, Waterloo, Alma, Sebastopol, 886 00:51:06,167 --> 00:51:09,177 Tel el Kabir, Mons, Ypres, Somme. 887 00:51:09,250 --> 00:51:11,668 Those are battle honours. 888 00:51:11,750 --> 00:51:14,595 You're allowed to wear that badge with those names on it 889 00:51:14,667 --> 00:51:17,250 to show that you belong to the regiment that won them, 890 00:51:17,333 --> 00:51:20,214 and that when the time comes, you'll do as well as they did. 891 00:51:20,292 --> 00:51:22,793 Last year, that badge was in France. 892 00:51:22,875 --> 00:51:24,843 This year, in Libya. 893 00:51:24,917 --> 00:51:27,334 It hasn't been disgraced yet. 894 00:51:27,417 --> 00:51:29,467 Now you're wearing it. 895 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,133 I know what went wrong today. 896 00:51:35,208 --> 00:51:37,342 It so happens that Captain Edwards doesn't. 897 00:51:37,417 --> 00:51:39,550 You needn't worry. I'm not going to tell him. 898 00:51:39,625 --> 00:51:44,295 He's quite depressed as it is to think that it was his company that let the whole battalion down. 899 00:51:44,375 --> 00:51:46,212 But I just want to tell you this. 900 00:51:47,333 --> 00:51:51,505 If you ever get near any real fighting - I don't suppose you'll ever be good enough - 901 00:51:51,583 --> 00:51:56,004 but if you do, you'll find that you're looking to other men not to let you down. 902 00:51:56,083 --> 00:52:00,670 If you're lucky, you'll have soldiers like Captain Edwards and Sergeant Fletcher to look to. 903 00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:04,341 If they're lucky, they'll be with another company. 904 00:52:06,042 --> 00:52:08,803 All right, Sergeant Fletcher, they can have their tea. 905 00:52:08,875 --> 00:52:10,464 Platoon, 'shun! 906 00:52:12,917 --> 00:52:17,005 All right, get the rest of your stuff off and fall in outside in five minutes. 907 00:52:26,125 --> 00:52:28,009 What's up? 908 00:52:28,083 --> 00:52:30,928 To hear him talk, you'd think we'd lost the war. 909 00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:32,091 Yes. 910 00:52:32,167 --> 00:52:34,217 He'll be as bad as the sergeant now. 911 00:52:40,625 --> 00:52:44,003 Come on, Johnson! Come on! Mr Perry's miles ahead! Let's catch him up! 912 00:53:01,708 --> 00:53:04,091 One more go for the day you missed on the exercise. 913 00:53:22,042 --> 00:53:23,630 Was that any better, sir? 914 00:53:25,417 --> 00:53:27,882 - 17½. Sergeant Fletcher! - Sir? 915 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,884 - What was it this time, sir? - 17½. 916 00:53:34,958 --> 00:53:37,459 - That's better than the other platoons, sir. - Yes. 917 00:53:37,542 --> 00:53:42,176 Hoo! 17½ minutes. That doesn't sound humanly possible. 918 00:53:42,250 --> 00:53:44,798 You didn't do it in 17½. You were right behind. 919 00:53:44,875 --> 00:53:47,672 - So was Bert. Weren't you? - Just in front of you, though. 920 00:53:47,750 --> 00:53:51,341 Ah, what does it matter? He doesn't care if we break our perishin' necks. 921 00:53:51,417 --> 00:53:54,297 How much better do we have to be to get a thank-you out of him? 922 00:53:54,375 --> 00:53:55,927 - I don't blame him. - What? 923 00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,715 - Listen who's talking. - He's been jolly decent to me. 924 00:53:58,792 --> 00:54:01,174 You weren't there, you twerp, so shut up. 925 00:54:02,292 --> 00:54:04,342 We only did it for a joke, anyway. 926 00:54:04,417 --> 00:54:06,799 You'd think he'd be decent enough to see that. 927 00:54:06,875 --> 00:54:08,001 - Parsons! - Sergeant. 928 00:54:08,083 --> 00:54:09,256 Over here. 929 00:54:12,250 --> 00:54:17,382 Well, we've asked for it and we've got it. For the duration. 930 00:54:17,458 --> 00:54:19,508 Cunning little beggar, sucking up. 931 00:54:21,250 --> 00:54:24,260 - If Bill doesn't come soon, there'll be no tea. - Good. Serve him right. 932 00:54:24,333 --> 00:54:27,095 I wonder what he was sucking up to Perry and Fletcher for. 933 00:54:27,167 --> 00:54:29,335 Trying to get some more leave, I should think. 934 00:54:29,417 --> 00:54:31,254 - So long, boys. - Cheerio, Marjorie. 935 00:54:31,333 --> 00:54:33,716 - Steady on with that sugar. - Here are the scones. 936 00:54:34,833 --> 00:54:36,883 Isn't Bill down yet? 937 00:54:36,958 --> 00:54:39,092 I do hope the bath water's still hot. 938 00:54:39,167 --> 00:54:41,383 - How's the leg now, Bert? - Thank you. 939 00:54:41,458 --> 00:54:43,675 It's rather worse since I put the iodine on it. 940 00:54:43,750 --> 00:54:45,302 It'll be better later, I expect. 941 00:54:45,375 --> 00:54:49,084 You should see my leg, Mrs Gillingham. It's got a bruise as big as that plate. 942 00:54:49,167 --> 00:54:51,170 Just put those down there to keep hot, Ted. 943 00:54:51,250 --> 00:54:54,296 It's agony to move it. I did it on that perishing tree obstacle. 944 00:54:54,375 --> 00:54:57,255 Take it slower if you can't do it without hurting yourself. 945 00:54:57,333 --> 00:55:01,635 I didn't notice you taking it slower. You were so busy trying to impress our loving officer. 946 00:55:01,708 --> 00:55:03,379 - Look here! - Shut up, both of you. 947 00:55:03,458 --> 00:55:05,010 Boys, boys! 948 00:55:05,083 --> 00:55:07,086 I don't know what's come over you lately. 949 00:55:07,167 --> 00:55:09,881 - Well... - Now, stop quarrelling and eat your scones. 950 00:55:09,958 --> 00:55:11,926 You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. 951 00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:15,046 Ah, here's Bill. Now, he's not grumpy. 952 00:55:15,125 --> 00:55:17,459 - Sorry I've been so long. - That's all right. 953 00:55:17,542 --> 00:55:19,047 Ted, give Bill a scone. 954 00:55:19,125 --> 00:55:20,926 Oh, do have a scone, Lord Fauntleroy. 955 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:22,968 Oh, I wonder who that can be. 956 00:55:23,042 --> 00:55:25,839 Sure you wouldn't rather sit here, Bill? It's more comfy. 957 00:55:25,917 --> 00:55:27,718 Thanks, Geoff. Very nice of you. 958 00:55:29,167 --> 00:55:31,170 Oh, it's another soldier. 959 00:55:35,458 --> 00:55:38,090 - It's Fletcher. - What? 960 00:55:38,167 --> 00:55:39,719 Fletcher. 961 00:55:39,792 --> 00:55:41,842 He asked me about baths at the camp. 962 00:55:41,917 --> 00:55:43,422 So that's what it was. 963 00:55:44,958 --> 00:55:47,803 - And you told him about this place? - Yes. 964 00:55:47,875 --> 00:55:51,134 You... BF, you. 965 00:55:51,833 --> 00:55:52,875 Listen. 966 00:55:52,917 --> 00:55:54,635 - Mrs Gillingham? - Yes. 967 00:55:54,708 --> 00:55:58,797 I heard you were kind enough to let people have baths, and I wondered if... 968 00:55:58,875 --> 00:56:01,838 Oh, yes. Do come in. It's no trouble at all. 969 00:56:01,917 --> 00:56:05,093 I know how difficult it is for you boys at the camp. 970 00:56:06,167 --> 00:56:08,798 Perhaps you'd like some tea while the water heats up. 971 00:56:08,875 --> 00:56:10,759 Oh, thank you very much. 972 00:56:10,833 --> 00:56:13,168 - Er... What's your name? - Perry. 973 00:56:14,917 --> 00:56:16,967 This is Perry, boys. 974 00:56:19,292 --> 00:56:20,797 Oh, we have met. 975 00:56:20,875 --> 00:56:22,759 You know each other. That's splendid. 976 00:56:22,833 --> 00:56:26,377 I hope you haven't got the same dreadful officer these poor lads have got. 977 00:56:28,875 --> 00:56:30,427 Same one. 978 00:56:30,500 --> 00:56:33,297 Well, not really dreadful. 979 00:56:33,375 --> 00:56:36,670 - I suppose you find it very trying, too. - Yes. 980 00:56:38,542 --> 00:56:41,422 I'll pop down and tune up the boiler again. It's no trouble. 981 00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:44,594 Oh, dear. He doesn't really understand it very well. 982 00:56:44,667 --> 00:56:46,717 - Sugar? - Please. 983 00:56:46,792 --> 00:56:50,300 I...I think perhaps I'd better go down and see what he's doing. 984 00:56:52,208 --> 00:56:54,591 Charming woman, Mrs Gillingham, sir. 985 00:56:54,667 --> 00:56:56,053 Yes, she seems very nice. 986 00:56:57,125 --> 00:57:02,209 Aye. She... She lets us have baths here every week, sir. 987 00:57:02,292 --> 00:57:04,757 Oh, you're lucky. No thanks, I've got some. 988 00:57:04,833 --> 00:57:08,886 Any truth in the rumour, sir, that the sergeant major's got bronchitis? 989 00:57:08,958 --> 00:57:10,878 Just lost his voice on parade, I think. 990 00:57:10,958 --> 00:57:13,969 - Shouting, sir? - Just giving orders, Stainer. 991 00:57:14,042 --> 00:57:15,381 Yes, sir. 992 00:57:16,958 --> 00:57:19,839 - Will you have a cake, sir? - Oh, thank you. 993 00:57:22,167 --> 00:57:24,217 You shouldn't have bothered, Ted. 994 00:57:24,292 --> 00:57:26,010 - Here, Mrs G? - Yes? 995 00:57:26,083 --> 00:57:28,549 You know that officer we was talking about? 996 00:57:28,625 --> 00:57:30,593 - Who, the horror? - That's him. 997 00:57:31,667 --> 00:57:33,385 Perry? 998 00:57:34,417 --> 00:57:36,088 - Oh, what did I say? - I know. 999 00:57:37,167 --> 00:57:39,217 Oh, my goodness! 1000 00:57:39,292 --> 00:57:41,342 I wonder what I'd better do now. 1001 00:57:41,417 --> 00:57:44,379 Well, it'll take at least a half an hour for this to heat up. 1002 00:57:44,458 --> 00:57:47,385 - I wonder if we could tell him that... - That it's going out? 1003 00:57:47,458 --> 00:57:49,627 I'm sure the lads would appreciate it, Mrs G. 1004 00:57:49,708 --> 00:57:51,676 Oh, I don't quite like to do that. 1005 00:57:51,750 --> 00:57:55,210 Well, you see, it's very awkward. Him and us don't get on well together. 1006 00:57:55,292 --> 00:57:58,468 - Still... - This'll go out in any case. You see this? 1007 00:57:58,542 --> 00:58:00,461 - It don't work. - No. 1008 00:58:00,542 --> 00:58:03,422 I always do... this. 1009 00:58:05,250 --> 00:58:07,300 Yes, well, of course you can do that. 1010 00:58:07,375 --> 00:58:11,630 Well, of course, if you don't get on together, perhaps it would be better if he went. 1011 00:58:11,708 --> 00:58:13,463 - I'll tell him. - Thanks, Mrs G. 1012 00:58:14,958 --> 00:58:18,336 The thing I never discovered was who did lynch Black Maguire. 1013 00:58:18,417 --> 00:58:21,344 - Well, sir, I was just going to explain. - Oh, it was suicide. 1014 00:58:21,417 --> 00:58:25,174 It was not suicide, sir. The whole poem is really based on fact. 1015 00:58:25,250 --> 00:58:29,007 Actually, a lot of people believe that Black Maguire was never lynched. 1016 00:58:29,083 --> 00:58:31,667 Mr Perry, the water will be hot in a few minutes. 1017 00:58:31,750 --> 00:58:33,302 Oh, thank you. 1018 00:58:35,917 --> 00:58:40,053 Well, the next time we have a concert, sir, I expect Luke could play us the bagpipes. 1019 00:58:40,125 --> 00:58:41,879 Certainly. If they'd like it. 1020 00:58:41,958 --> 00:58:44,459 As long as he doesn't practise in the barracks. 1021 00:58:44,542 --> 00:58:47,125 - It's a bit near the company office. 1022 00:58:47,208 --> 00:58:48,418 I used to study jazz, sir. 1023 00:58:48,500 --> 00:58:52,293 If there is another concert, I could probably do some hot drumming or crooning. 1024 00:58:52,375 --> 00:58:53,797 Spare us that. 1025 00:58:53,875 --> 00:58:57,253 - What are you doing in the next concert, Ted? - Concert? Who, me? 1026 00:58:57,333 --> 00:58:58,839 Oh, I couldn't do nothing, sir. 1027 00:58:58,917 --> 00:59:02,674 We wouldn't want a shambles like last time. There must be something you can do. 1028 00:59:02,750 --> 00:59:05,251 Well, I might... tell a few of my stories. 1029 00:59:05,333 --> 00:59:07,550 I don't think the brigadier would like that. 1030 00:59:07,625 --> 00:59:11,963 Maybe he wouldn't like 'em in public, sir, but if I could get him alone, he'd be delighted. 1031 00:59:12,042 --> 00:59:13,712 I don't know. I tried that once. 1032 00:59:14,833 --> 00:59:17,511 Captain Edwards seems quite pleased with the platoon. 1033 00:59:17,583 --> 00:59:20,345 - What, with us, sir? - Apparently, we've improved a lot. 1034 00:59:20,417 --> 00:59:22,254 How do we compare with the others, sir? 1035 00:59:22,333 --> 00:59:24,834 Oh, they've been at it a good deal longer than we have. 1036 00:59:24,917 --> 00:59:27,216 - Well, we can do anything they can do, sir. - Yes! 1037 00:59:28,333 --> 00:59:29,755 I'll hold you to that. 1038 00:59:29,833 --> 00:59:32,844 By the way, I heard something else that might interest you. 1039 00:59:32,917 --> 00:59:34,339 Leave starts next week. 1040 00:59:34,417 --> 00:59:36,087 What, for all of us, sir? 1041 00:59:36,167 --> 00:59:37,802 Here, sir? 1042 00:59:37,875 --> 00:59:42,011 Have you heard that one about the old man with the long white beard in the nudist camp? 1043 00:59:44,375 --> 00:59:47,919 This is Crewe. Crewe Station. Crewe. 1044 00:59:47,958 --> 00:59:49,168 Jim! 1045 00:59:49,250 --> 00:59:51,419 Passengers for Liverpool, Shrewsbury... 1046 00:59:51,500 --> 00:59:52,673 Jim! 1047 00:59:52,750 --> 00:59:55,844 ..and Hacklesfield should change here. 1048 01:00:00,542 --> 01:00:01,632 Come on, London train. 1049 01:00:01,708 --> 01:00:04,209 - What will you do when you get home? - Put slippers on. 1050 01:00:04,292 --> 01:00:07,136 - What after that, Ted? - Send the kids off to the pictures. 1051 01:00:07,208 --> 01:00:08,760 - Hello. - Good afternoon, sir. 1052 01:00:08,833 --> 01:00:10,967 - Have a good leave. - Thank you, sir. 1053 01:00:11,042 --> 01:00:12,381 Two whiskies. 1054 01:00:12,458 --> 01:00:14,841 Are those the awful men you wrote to me about? 1055 01:00:14,917 --> 01:00:17,002 No, that's another lot. Quite different. 1056 01:00:18,875 --> 01:00:22,218 - So that's his missus, eh? A nice bit of stuff. - Turn it up, will you? 1057 01:00:22,292 --> 01:00:24,460 - Porter, Cardiff? - 10.43. This platform. 1058 01:00:24,542 --> 01:00:26,924 - What's happened to the old 10.31? - Took it off. 1059 01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:28,552 Go on! Lovely service, that was. 1060 01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:30,794 - Is the Glasgow train over the bridge? - Yes. 1061 01:00:30,875 --> 01:00:32,345 Is that us? 1062 01:00:32,417 --> 01:00:35,676 - Certainly is. - Kensal Rise, here I come! 1063 01:00:35,750 --> 01:00:40,585 - Come on, Ted. Ta-ta, Geoff. Ta-ta, Luke! - See you down there, eh? 1064 01:00:42,458 --> 01:00:44,378 Home sweet 'ome. 1065 01:00:44,458 --> 01:00:46,047 Workers' Playtime! 1066 01:00:46,125 --> 01:00:47,879 - Turn it off. - I want it on. 1067 01:00:47,958 --> 01:00:49,428 - Turn it off, I say. - No! 1068 01:00:50,542 --> 01:00:52,592 - Turn it off! - Ted! 1069 01:00:52,667 --> 01:00:56,294 She's your daughter. She's got a mind of her own, too. 1070 01:00:58,583 --> 01:01:00,468 All right. Turn it up a bit louder. 1071 01:01:01,542 --> 01:01:04,422 - I suppose the Army's still all potato-peeling. - No. 1072 01:01:04,500 --> 01:01:07,711 You should have joined the Welsh Guards. They sing beautifully. 1073 01:01:07,792 --> 01:01:10,837 Light Infantry move faster, Mrs Daniels. 1074 01:01:10,917 --> 01:01:12,884 - What's this on your cap? - Badge. 1075 01:01:12,958 --> 01:01:15,921 I know that, Evan, I'm not daft. But what does it say? Tala... 1076 01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,252 There you are. Talavera was a battle we fought. 1077 01:01:18,333 --> 01:01:21,011 - Did you win it? - Of course. Those are battle honours. 1078 01:01:21,083 --> 01:01:23,418 Look at the rest - Busaco, Barossa, Sabugal. 1079 01:01:23,500 --> 01:01:27,506 - You can't fight any war without infantry. - Infantry stuff's as old as the hills. 1080 01:01:27,583 --> 01:01:30,380 Air power, tanks - they're the new weapons. Engines of war. 1081 01:01:30,458 --> 01:01:33,967 The only engine the infantryman has is his body, which has limitations. 1082 01:01:34,042 --> 01:01:35,132 I don't agree. 1083 01:01:35,208 --> 01:01:36,844 - What I mean is... - Listen, Sam. 1084 01:01:36,917 --> 01:01:40,544 An infantryman is one of the most highly-skilled technical men in the Army. 1085 01:01:40,625 --> 01:01:45,010 He has to be a mechanic, a gunner, an explosives expert and an athlete, to begin with. 1086 01:01:45,083 --> 01:01:48,841 He has a greater variety of weapons than all the rest of the Army put together. 1087 01:01:48,917 --> 01:01:52,591 Then he has to be trained in not just one sort of tactics, but in every sort. 1088 01:01:52,667 --> 01:01:55,796 Street fighting, tank hunting, wood clearing, and all the rest. 1089 01:01:55,875 --> 01:01:57,960 That's what we're going onto when I get back. 1090 01:01:58,042 --> 01:02:01,004 Has the quality deteriorated, Mr Thyrtle? 1091 01:02:01,083 --> 01:02:03,761 Not really, Mr Davenport. It's old stock. 1092 01:02:03,833 --> 01:02:09,510 Of course, those cupid birdbaths that used to be two guineas, they come out at £4.10.0 now. 1093 01:02:09,583 --> 01:02:11,337 Purchase tax, of course. 1094 01:02:11,417 --> 01:02:14,427 If I were the public, Thyrtle, I'd do without a birdbath. 1095 01:02:14,500 --> 01:02:16,752 - That's what it does. - It does? 1096 01:02:16,833 --> 01:02:19,085 But the public must be made to buy. 1097 01:02:19,167 --> 01:02:22,047 Has the war completely deprived us of initiative? 1098 01:02:22,125 --> 01:02:23,334 Watch. 1099 01:02:23,417 --> 01:02:25,467 Yes, madam. What can we show you? 1100 01:02:29,333 --> 01:02:31,253 What happened to Betty and Joyce, then? 1101 01:02:31,333 --> 01:02:35,470 Betty's in munitions, Joyce is in the ATS. Got her commission. 1102 01:02:35,542 --> 01:02:38,339 Should've thought you'd have got yours by now. 1103 01:02:38,417 --> 01:02:40,882 Oh, they tried to get me to take one. I didn't want it. 1104 01:02:40,958 --> 01:02:45,379 No stripes, no pips, no responsibility. Just a nice easy life with the boys. 1105 01:02:53,542 --> 01:02:55,710 Ssh, Tracy! 1106 01:02:55,792 --> 01:02:58,968 Mummy, there's an enormous stickleback. 1107 01:03:02,958 --> 01:03:05,720 - She is sweet. - It's been such fun, Jim. 1108 01:03:05,792 --> 01:03:07,593 Yes. 1109 01:03:07,667 --> 01:03:09,302 Back tomorrow. 1110 01:03:10,375 --> 01:03:12,425 I wonder how much longer it'll last. 1111 01:03:19,708 --> 01:03:25,551 Stands to reason, Rommel or no Rommel. Attack Italy. That's what I say. 1112 01:03:25,625 --> 01:03:27,095 Only, let the Dogs do it. 1113 01:03:27,167 --> 01:03:33,093 Leave it to the Guards, or the Greencoats, or the Skirts, or the Umbrella Danglers, 1114 01:03:33,167 --> 01:03:34,553 and it ain't worth doing. 1115 01:03:34,625 --> 01:03:37,635 But put the old Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry... 1116 01:03:37,708 --> 01:03:39,130 I daresay, I daresay. 1117 01:03:39,208 --> 01:03:43,594 But the reason why we won't do it, is because Rommel's going to be in Cairo by Christmas. 1118 01:03:43,667 --> 01:03:48,171 In any case, Hitler intends to synchronise his Egypt push with a blitzkrieg on Gibraltar. 1119 01:03:48,250 --> 01:03:50,218 He'll have to do more than that, eh, Dicky? 1120 01:03:50,292 --> 01:03:53,136 It's all very well for you to laugh. You'll see. 1121 01:03:53,208 --> 01:03:56,633 This time next year, we'll have our back to the wall, and who's to blame? 1122 01:03:56,708 --> 01:03:58,711 The people at the top, what are they doing? 1123 01:03:58,792 --> 01:04:01,423 Sitting back and doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. 1124 01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:11,376 ♪ If you were the only girl in the world 1125 01:04:11,458 --> 01:04:17,420 ♪ And I were the only boy 1126 01:04:18,125 --> 01:04:23,838 ♪ Nothing else would matter in the world today 1127 01:04:24,292 --> 01:04:29,921 ♪ We would go on loving in the same old way 1128 01:04:30,333 --> 01:04:36,508 ♪ A Garden of Eden just made for two 1129 01:04:36,583 --> 01:04:42,011 ♪ With nothing to mar our joy 1130 01:04:42,500 --> 01:04:48,627 ♪ I would say such wonderful things to you 1131 01:04:49,125 --> 01:04:54,837 ♪ There would be such wonderful things to do 1132 01:04:54,917 --> 01:05:01,341 ♪ If you were the only girl in the world 1133 01:05:01,417 --> 01:05:07,757 ♪ And I were the only boy 1134 01:05:08,375 --> 01:05:10,425 Are we all here? 1135 01:05:10,500 --> 01:05:12,550 - Come on, Macready. - Sorry, sir. 1136 01:05:12,625 --> 01:05:16,548 Well, I've called this meeting because I've got some news for you. 1137 01:05:17,958 --> 01:05:19,677 The information I have is security, 1138 01:05:19,750 --> 01:05:22,713 so I know I can depend on you to keep your mouths shut about it. 1139 01:05:22,792 --> 01:05:24,462 - Is that understood? - Yes, sir. 1140 01:05:24,542 --> 01:05:28,251 I don't know very much about it myself, but we're going abroad. 1141 01:05:28,333 --> 01:05:31,842 The circumstances are rather unusual, because, for security reasons, 1142 01:05:31,917 --> 01:05:34,714 we're not getting ordinary embarkation leave. Instead... 1143 01:05:36,958 --> 01:05:39,673 - Are they still there, Sergeant Major? - I don't know. 1144 01:05:40,750 --> 01:05:43,251 It would be something if we got our marching orders. 1145 01:05:43,333 --> 01:05:44,885 Yes. 1146 01:05:44,958 --> 01:05:49,296 The lads need it. They're fully trained and fighting fit. They want action. 1147 01:05:49,375 --> 01:05:51,010 I don't blame 'em. 1148 01:05:51,083 --> 01:05:54,129 The papers may have forgotten Greece and Crete, but I haven't. 1149 01:05:54,208 --> 01:05:57,135 - What do you say? - Yes, I reckon you've earned it all right. 1150 01:05:57,208 --> 01:05:59,377 - Well, so have you. - I'm getting on, Ned. 1151 01:05:59,458 --> 01:06:01,094 Mobile war's a young man's job. 1152 01:06:01,167 --> 01:06:04,592 Office work's more in my line nowadays. I can see it in the old man's eye. 1153 01:06:04,667 --> 01:06:08,341 - Ah, you're kidding. Office work, you? - Well, I've got plenty of it, ain't I? 1154 01:06:08,417 --> 01:06:10,550 - Good evening. - Good evening, sir. 1155 01:06:10,625 --> 01:06:14,714 - Hello. I thought you'd be in the mess. - No, sir. Just clearing up one or two things. 1156 01:06:16,667 --> 01:06:18,800 Well, the Colonel's given us some good news. 1157 01:06:18,875 --> 01:06:21,802 Oh, yes, sir? What er... sort of good news, sir? 1158 01:06:21,875 --> 01:06:25,004 We're going on a two months' course, towards the end of October. 1159 01:06:25,083 --> 01:06:28,876 - What er... kind of course, sir? - Something new. 1160 01:06:28,958 --> 01:06:33,177 - Must be. We've done nearly everything now. - It's important. Leave's been put forward. 1161 01:06:33,250 --> 01:06:34,802 I see, sir. 1162 01:06:34,875 --> 01:06:37,885 Everybody has to have their seven days by the end of September. 1163 01:06:37,958 --> 01:06:41,965 Very well, sir. I'll see the sergeant major in the morning about the leave roster. 1164 01:06:43,042 --> 01:06:44,630 - Sergeant Fletcher? - Yes, sir? 1165 01:06:44,708 --> 01:06:48,761 When you tell the men... don't tell them what you're thinking. 1166 01:06:48,833 --> 01:06:51,168 - No, sir. Good night, sir. - Good night. 1167 01:06:52,417 --> 01:06:54,751 ♪ And I was the only boy 1168 01:06:55,833 --> 01:06:59,543 - Nothing like a good old sing-song. - Horrible noise coming from somewhere. 1169 01:06:59,625 --> 01:07:03,133 - I think it was Fletcher's lovely voice. - It's this lot, harmonising. 1170 01:07:03,208 --> 01:07:07,048 - I used to sing in a choir till my voice broke. - Aw, then they called you up. 1171 01:07:07,125 --> 01:07:10,005 - Just a moment. - Ten minutes till lights out, Sergeant. 1172 01:07:10,083 --> 01:07:12,003 All right, I haven't said a word, have I? 1173 01:07:13,125 --> 01:07:16,336 Now, listen. I've got some good news for you. 1174 01:07:17,750 --> 01:07:22,171 In October, we're all going off on a special course of two months' training. 1175 01:07:22,250 --> 01:07:26,007 And I should say... it's going to be very tiring. 1176 01:07:26,083 --> 01:07:28,715 So the CO has brought all leave forward a bit. 1177 01:07:28,792 --> 01:07:30,795 That's something, anyway. 1178 01:07:30,875 --> 01:07:34,419 Well, I thought you'd like to know, so that you can write home and so forth. 1179 01:07:35,583 --> 01:07:37,089 That's all. 1180 01:07:37,167 --> 01:07:40,177 The new leave list will be out tomorrow. Good night. 1181 01:07:40,250 --> 01:07:41,590 Good night, sarge. 1182 01:07:41,667 --> 01:07:44,961 - We get our leave early, anyway. - And the next later, don't forget. 1183 01:07:45,042 --> 01:07:48,171 I wonder what it is. We've done everything twice already. 1184 01:07:48,250 --> 01:07:51,758 Well, I can tell you what it is. They've got no real fighting for us to do. 1185 01:07:51,833 --> 01:07:54,511 So somebody says, "What shall we do with the 9th Dogs?" 1186 01:07:54,583 --> 01:07:58,885 Somebody else says, "Why not give them a bit of training? That always keeps them quiet." 1187 01:07:58,958 --> 01:08:00,759 Still, leave won't be so bad, will it? 1188 01:08:00,833 --> 01:08:05,669 I read in the paper the other day that we're not going to open a second front till 1947. 1189 01:08:05,750 --> 01:08:08,511 If we don't get some action soon, I want my cards back. 1190 01:08:08,583 --> 01:08:10,338 Perhaps we're going to be paratroops. 1191 01:08:10,417 --> 01:08:14,553 I'd like to see a battalion of motorised infantry dropped by parachute. 1192 01:08:15,750 --> 01:08:18,547 - Who's room orderly tomorrow? - I am. 1193 01:08:18,625 --> 01:08:21,719 Better clean out the inside of that stove. It's full of fag ends. 1194 01:08:21,792 --> 01:08:22,882 OK. 1195 01:08:24,583 --> 01:08:27,759 I wonder why the sergeant was so pleased with himself. 1196 01:08:27,833 --> 01:08:29,883 He wants to get home to his wife. 1197 01:08:30,958 --> 01:08:32,713 Yes, I suppose that's it. 1198 01:08:32,792 --> 01:08:36,134 She has my sympathy. Fancy seven whole days with him by numbers. 1199 01:08:36,208 --> 01:08:40,131 It's a funny thing, but there was a time when I couldn't imagine him having a wife. 1200 01:08:41,333 --> 01:08:43,383 Pity seven days is so short, eh? 1201 01:08:46,625 --> 01:08:49,303 - Goodbye, dear. - Goodbye, Bill. You'll be back soon. 1202 01:08:49,375 --> 01:08:51,010 That's right, Hilda. 1203 01:08:54,375 --> 01:08:57,172 - Hello, Ted. - Aye, aye. 1204 01:08:58,375 --> 01:09:01,006 - Hello, Bert. Have a nice leave? - Yes. Fine, thanks. 1205 01:09:01,083 --> 01:09:03,584 It's very nice of you to come and see me off, Thyrtle. 1206 01:09:03,667 --> 01:09:06,250 Pleasure, Davenport. Pleased to have seen you again. 1207 01:09:06,333 --> 01:09:08,881 Take your seats on the 10.40. 1208 01:09:11,875 --> 01:09:15,668 - Hello, Luke. Have a good leave? - Oh, grand, Sergeant, thanks. 1209 01:09:15,750 --> 01:09:17,800 - Will I take your coat? - Thanks. 1210 01:09:17,875 --> 01:09:19,629 - Well, goodbye, dear. - Bye-bye. 1211 01:09:19,708 --> 01:09:22,754 Funny sort of war, isn't it? Here one minute and gone the next. 1212 01:09:22,833 --> 01:09:25,381 That's right. Is that Mr Perry over there? 1213 01:09:27,625 --> 01:09:29,426 - Yes. - Looks all right. 1214 01:09:29,500 --> 01:09:31,585 Good as a regular... almost. 1215 01:09:31,667 --> 01:09:32,793 Goodbye, dear. 1216 01:09:32,875 --> 01:09:36,466 It's funny how much of our lives we seem to spend on platforms. 1217 01:09:36,542 --> 01:09:40,381 Yes, the amount of times we've said goodbye on this one in the last three years... 1218 01:09:40,458 --> 01:09:42,212 I wonder what we'll look like in 1970. 1219 01:09:47,042 --> 01:09:48,464 Darling, don't wait. 1220 01:09:48,542 --> 01:09:50,592 Jimmy, 1221 01:09:50,667 --> 01:09:53,796 if you should ever go away without saying goodbye to me... 1222 01:09:54,875 --> 01:09:56,546 ..I'd never forgive you, you know. 1223 01:10:02,750 --> 01:10:05,298 - You'd better get in, Geoff. We're due out. - OK, Sid. 1224 01:10:05,375 --> 01:10:09,049 Now, don't forget. Any special thing you want... It's your birthday soon. 1225 01:10:09,125 --> 01:10:12,254 - I'll let you know, Dad. - Bless you, son. Take care of yourself. 1226 01:10:12,333 --> 01:10:13,543 I will. 1227 01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:17,968 I won't wait. 1228 01:10:24,958 --> 01:10:28,134 Goodbye, darling. See you soon. Don't be too easy with Phyllis. 1229 01:10:29,542 --> 01:10:33,500 - Goodbye. Take care of yourself. - I will. See you in a fortnight's time. 1230 01:10:33,583 --> 01:10:35,135 - Goodbye, dear. - Goodbye. 1231 01:10:35,208 --> 01:10:37,377 - God bless you, dear. - God bless. 1232 01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:40,635 Blinds down! 1233 01:10:49,583 --> 01:10:50,875 Goodbye! 1234 01:11:13,167 --> 01:11:15,845 She won't half be wild. "See you in a fortnight," I said. 1235 01:11:15,917 --> 01:11:18,797 Don't worry, Ted. We're going abroad to a nice warm climate. 1236 01:11:18,875 --> 01:11:20,464 I can taste the bananas already. 1237 01:11:23,208 --> 01:11:24,630 - Hello, sir. - Hello. 1238 01:11:24,708 --> 01:11:27,423 - Any idea where it is we're going? - The rumour's Burma. 1239 01:11:27,500 --> 01:11:30,215 - Jungle fighting. - They say it takes a year to learn it. 1240 01:11:30,292 --> 01:11:31,761 Oh, not our platoon, sir. 1241 01:11:34,292 --> 01:11:36,544 Perhaps we're going for a trip round the world. 1242 01:11:36,625 --> 01:11:40,418 I don't care where we're going. I'm ready for anywhere, except maybe Iceland. 1243 01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:44,719 - We wouldn't go there with all this transport. - They've made mistakes before now. 1244 01:11:44,792 --> 01:11:47,044 Not that way. Put the ring over the hook. 1245 01:11:47,125 --> 01:11:49,175 I wonder where we are going. 1246 01:11:49,250 --> 01:11:50,720 Ssh! Listen. 1247 01:11:53,958 --> 01:11:55,713 We're moving. 1248 01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:02,754 One, two! 1249 01:12:03,250 --> 01:12:05,004 One, two! 1250 01:12:06,125 --> 01:12:09,585 Deep! Get that lovely fresh air in your lungs! 1251 01:12:10,708 --> 01:12:12,628 Come on, Mr Perry. I can see you. 1252 01:12:12,708 --> 01:12:14,758 Come on, sir. Come on. 1253 01:12:14,833 --> 01:12:16,836 Steady! Break off! 1254 01:12:16,917 --> 01:12:20,295 It's going round the ship that we passed Gibraltar during the night. 1255 01:12:20,375 --> 01:12:22,343 - Is there any truth...? - I have no idea. 1256 01:12:22,417 --> 01:12:26,505 - I think I saw the outline of the Rock, sir. - It was the shadow of that ship out there. 1257 01:12:26,583 --> 01:12:29,428 I haven't heard anything. When I do, I'll pass it on to you. 1258 01:12:29,500 --> 01:12:31,005 Where do you think we are, Beck? 1259 01:12:31,083 --> 01:12:34,757 Oh, I should say one... no er... two days from the Cape, sir. 1260 01:12:36,458 --> 01:12:37,928 All right, sit down. 1261 01:12:39,792 --> 01:12:41,960 Well, we've just had some very good news. 1262 01:12:42,042 --> 01:12:46,000 Major Edwards is telling the rest of the Company and I'm passing it on to you. 1263 01:12:46,083 --> 01:12:50,006 The 8th Army have just won a big victory at El Alamein and Rommel is in full retreat. 1264 01:12:52,208 --> 01:12:54,377 Whoa! You haven't heard half of it yet. 1265 01:12:54,458 --> 01:12:59,459 Now, we, in this convoy, are part of a big invasion force, American as well as British, 1266 01:12:59,542 --> 01:13:01,924 that is going to French North Africa 1267 01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:05,876 to remove the enemy from there and then cut Rommel's only line of retreat. 1268 01:13:06,958 --> 01:13:09,424 We land about 40 hours from now. 1269 01:13:09,500 --> 01:13:12,843 I can't quite tell you where yet, but I can tell you this. 1270 01:13:12,917 --> 01:13:15,418 This is the first step in the great offensive 1271 01:13:15,500 --> 01:13:19,636 that's going to make Hitler and Mussolini put up the shutters and go out of business. 1272 01:13:21,833 --> 01:13:25,211 Now, in the past, we've all had our ups and downs, 1273 01:13:25,292 --> 01:13:27,626 and many of us have been pretty fed up at times. 1274 01:13:27,708 --> 01:13:30,091 Not people like Brewer and Davenport, of course. 1275 01:13:31,542 --> 01:13:34,090 However, that's all behind us now, 1276 01:13:34,167 --> 01:13:39,251 and it looks as though all this training we did is going to come in pretty handy after all. 1277 01:13:39,333 --> 01:13:41,716 Now, I'll just give you what details I can. 1278 01:13:50,667 --> 01:13:52,717 Now, if we land at Phillipville, 1279 01:13:52,792 --> 01:13:55,754 there's a three-star hotel there with an American bar 1280 01:13:55,833 --> 01:13:57,836 which would doubtless have beer in stock. 1281 01:13:57,917 --> 01:14:02,172 Those who prefer more exotic beverages will find your curiosity amply satisfied 1282 01:14:02,250 --> 01:14:06,422 at the mysterious bazaars and coffeehouses of the kasbah, or Muslim Quarter. 1283 01:14:06,500 --> 01:14:08,669 They ought to make you a corporal for that. 1284 01:14:08,750 --> 01:14:12,886 We did a brochure on Algeria in '38. Of course, it's not the kind of beer we're used to. 1285 01:14:12,958 --> 01:14:16,088 He only started to drink ginger beer before we left home. 1286 01:14:16,167 --> 01:14:18,419 I can't see us having much time for beer. 1287 01:14:18,500 --> 01:14:22,008 No, action, eh? With all this equipment. 1288 01:14:22,083 --> 01:14:24,798 Yes, I shan't be sorry when we get going with it. 1289 01:14:26,083 --> 01:14:28,880 We won't half have something to write home about now, eh? 1290 01:14:40,833 --> 01:14:42,883 Jerries are round again. 1291 01:15:36,125 --> 01:15:39,219 - What's that noise, mate? Guns? - No, depth charges. 1292 01:15:39,292 --> 01:15:42,302 I shouldn't let anyone catch you smoking in here, if I were you. 1293 01:15:50,583 --> 01:15:52,717 - Good evening, sir. - Good evening. 1294 01:15:59,458 --> 01:16:01,508 - Good evening, sir. - Brewer. 1295 01:16:11,458 --> 01:16:13,508 - I'll be glad when... 1296 01:16:40,083 --> 01:16:41,423 Stand still! 1297 01:16:43,042 --> 01:16:45,092 Now, walk to your boat stations. 1298 01:16:54,250 --> 01:16:57,461 Do that up, Luke. Rifle, Sidley. Fletcher, go to the boat station. 1299 01:16:57,542 --> 01:16:59,794 No-one is to go near a boat till they're told to. 1300 01:16:59,875 --> 01:17:01,843 - All right here? - What was it? Torpedo? 1301 01:17:01,917 --> 01:17:03,126 Yes, on the port side. 1302 01:17:04,250 --> 01:17:07,047 Fire started in No.4 hold, sir. 1303 01:17:08,417 --> 01:17:11,960 Get that hose along! And tell the engineers! 1304 01:17:26,833 --> 01:17:30,294 Clear that gear away from the bridge! 1305 01:17:30,375 --> 01:17:32,378 - Hodges? - Sir! 1306 01:17:32,458 --> 01:17:33,631 - Woodward? - Sergeant! 1307 01:17:33,708 --> 01:17:34,834 Robinson? 1308 01:17:34,917 --> 01:17:37,002 - Livingstone? - Sir. 1309 01:17:38,458 --> 01:17:39,715 Call the roll. 1310 01:17:39,792 --> 01:17:41,877 - Stewart? - Sir. 1311 01:17:41,958 --> 01:17:43,594 - Jackson? - Sir. 1312 01:17:43,667 --> 01:17:45,504 - Peters? - Sergeant. 1313 01:17:48,083 --> 01:17:51,129 Get that hose over here! That hose! Look out! 1314 01:17:55,917 --> 01:17:58,761 - Are you all right over there? - OK! 1315 01:17:58,833 --> 01:18:00,220 Mr Mate! 1316 01:18:00,292 --> 01:18:02,674 Yes. What is it? 1317 01:18:02,750 --> 01:18:06,045 The cargo's shifting! Can I have some more hands below? 1318 01:18:06,125 --> 01:18:07,298 Right! 1319 01:18:07,375 --> 01:18:10,835 - You fellows there, come with me. - Leave your rifles here. Follow me. 1320 01:18:29,458 --> 01:18:30,501 Bosun? 1321 01:18:30,583 --> 01:18:32,551 Yes. What is it? 1322 01:18:32,625 --> 01:18:34,675 Starting on the upper twin deck. 1323 01:18:34,750 --> 01:18:36,469 Fire on the upper twin deck, sir. 1324 01:18:36,542 --> 01:18:38,959 Get below. Keep the magazine cool with the hoses. 1325 01:18:39,042 --> 01:18:40,547 You, you three, go with him. 1326 01:18:40,625 --> 01:18:44,631 The rest of you, lose as much weight as possible from this side of the ship. 1327 01:18:44,708 --> 01:18:48,845 - Start with this transport. - Over the side with these trucks! 1328 01:18:48,917 --> 01:18:52,425 Unship those rails! 1329 01:18:54,583 --> 01:18:57,594 - Can't we get that stuff out of the magazine? - 200 tons of it. 1330 01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:02,715 Come on, get a bloody move on! 1331 01:19:05,208 --> 01:19:07,258 - All our new stuff, eh, sir? - I know. 1332 01:19:07,333 --> 01:19:09,004 Right, brake off! 1333 01:19:25,417 --> 01:19:27,633 Take this rope! Make it fast there! 1334 01:19:27,708 --> 01:19:32,010 Make it snappy! Chuck that sling over them rails! Look out! 1335 01:19:36,292 --> 01:19:38,342 Chuck that rope round the back of it! 1336 01:19:54,833 --> 01:19:57,002 Now put a chock in front of that carrier. 1337 01:19:57,083 --> 01:19:59,964 Get another hose on that magazine! 1338 01:20:05,875 --> 01:20:08,755 That magazine'll save us the trouble in a minute! 1339 01:20:21,958 --> 01:20:25,668 - Hold it! Hold it! - She's going! She's going! 1340 01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:54,382 12 feet of water in No.4! 1341 01:20:54,458 --> 01:20:56,544 No.5 bulkhead's bulging! 1342 01:20:56,625 --> 01:20:58,177 Brake off! 1343 01:21:06,667 --> 01:21:09,215 Bosun! How's it going? What's the position? 1344 01:21:09,292 --> 01:21:12,468 - I can't hold it any longer. - Right, I'll tell the skipper. 1345 01:21:16,250 --> 01:21:20,007 The fire's out of control down there! We can't hold it any longer! 1346 01:21:20,083 --> 01:21:24,042 Right! Destroyer coming alongside! Abandon ship! 1347 01:21:25,333 --> 01:21:29,173 Abandon ship! Destroyer on starboard side! 1348 01:21:29,250 --> 01:21:31,965 Other side! Abandon ship! 1349 01:21:48,375 --> 01:21:50,295 That soldier there! 1350 01:22:16,333 --> 01:22:19,545 Destroyer calling trooper, am coming alongside. 1351 01:22:19,625 --> 01:22:21,675 Get your men down as fast as you can. 1352 01:22:23,250 --> 01:22:24,885 Look out for my heaving lines. 1353 01:22:29,875 --> 01:22:31,380 Let down your nets. 1354 01:22:36,250 --> 01:22:39,593 I'm sending some men aboard to help you. 1355 01:22:41,083 --> 01:22:44,212 Come on down, mate. Want to have a look at the bonfire? 1356 01:22:48,792 --> 01:22:50,048 Don't look down, Bert. 1357 01:22:56,083 --> 01:22:57,589 Keep clear of the nets. 1358 01:23:11,375 --> 01:23:14,718 Take it easy, men. Don't rush. Don't rush. 1359 01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:29,754 Get that rope! 1360 01:23:31,417 --> 01:23:33,467 Round the wheel! 1361 01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:45,091 Luke! 1362 01:23:53,375 --> 01:23:56,053 How many more men are there? Time we were leaving. 1363 01:24:04,375 --> 01:24:06,213 Right! 1364 01:24:38,750 --> 01:24:40,634 Come on, sir, it's time we were away. 1365 01:24:50,250 --> 01:24:52,502 Get your nets adrift. Get down, men. 1366 01:24:52,583 --> 01:24:54,882 Keep your heads down. She may go any minute. 1367 01:25:22,292 --> 01:25:25,302 I knew we needn't have bothered with them carriers. 1368 01:25:25,375 --> 01:25:27,757 She might have gone up sooner if we hadn't. 1369 01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:32,094 A nice lot of transport, that. The best we've had. 1370 01:25:32,167 --> 01:25:34,881 - All right here, boys? - Yes, thank you, sir. 1371 01:25:34,958 --> 01:25:36,547 How's the sergeant? 1372 01:25:36,625 --> 01:25:39,920 The doctor says he'll be all right in a week. He was lucky. 1373 01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,133 What happened to your hand, Stainer? A burn? 1374 01:25:42,208 --> 01:25:44,009 It's just a graze, sir. It's nothing. 1375 01:25:44,083 --> 01:25:47,213 - Take care of it. Have you got a dressing? - Yes, sir. 1376 01:25:47,292 --> 01:25:51,843 I expect the Colonel will be pretty disappointed when he finds himself with only half a battalion. 1377 01:25:51,917 --> 01:25:55,377 They can't start without us, though, can they, sir? 1378 01:25:55,458 --> 01:25:57,876 In this ship, we'll get there before them. 1379 01:25:57,958 --> 01:26:00,175 Yes, that's right. 1380 01:26:02,792 --> 01:26:05,470 I'm sorry, boys. I'm afraid we're out of it. 1381 01:26:06,542 --> 01:26:08,379 We're being taken back to Gibraltar. 1382 01:26:13,458 --> 01:26:14,668 The Hampshire Regiment, 1383 01:26:14,750 --> 01:26:18,175 the Lincolnshire Regiment and units of the Guards. 1384 01:26:18,250 --> 01:26:20,300 I don't know. 1385 01:26:20,375 --> 01:26:23,255 They seem to have forgotten all about us, they do. 1386 01:26:23,333 --> 01:26:26,011 No wonder they've made no progress in Tunisia. 1387 01:26:26,083 --> 01:26:30,718 There's not a sign of the Dogs anywhere. Not since Crete. 1388 01:26:30,792 --> 01:26:33,754 Too many Guardsmen up the top, that's the trouble. 1389 01:26:33,833 --> 01:26:36,299 Still, the 8th Army ain't doing so bad. 1390 01:26:36,375 --> 01:26:40,428 If the government only kept its eyes open and put the Dogs in when there was trouble, 1391 01:26:40,500 --> 01:26:41,886 the war'd be over by now. 1392 01:26:41,958 --> 01:26:44,044 It ain't the government's fault, Bobby. 1393 01:26:44,125 --> 01:26:47,052 That's who I blame. The government, the men at the top. 1394 01:26:49,417 --> 01:26:51,799 I wonder what they have done with the Dogs. 1395 01:27:00,750 --> 01:27:03,002 What does your husband say, Mrs Brewer? 1396 01:27:03,083 --> 01:27:05,133 He says things are still very dull. 1397 01:27:05,208 --> 01:27:07,258 Well, they all say that, don't they? 1398 01:27:07,333 --> 01:27:09,502 I don't care how dull it is as long as he's safe. 1399 01:27:09,583 --> 01:27:11,302 They're glad they've left the Rock. 1400 01:27:11,375 --> 01:27:14,883 Of course, he couldn't say Gibraltar because of the censor, but I know. 1401 01:27:14,958 --> 01:27:17,885 They must be either in Algeria or Tunisia, mustn't they? 1402 01:27:17,958 --> 01:27:19,380 If only we knew. 1403 01:27:19,458 --> 01:27:21,461 - Perhaps it's better we don't know. - Mm. 1404 01:27:21,542 --> 01:27:24,339 Ted says there's a stripe going, and old Perry... 1405 01:27:24,417 --> 01:27:26,716 He says your husband's certain to give it to him. 1406 01:27:26,792 --> 01:27:29,091 You've no more recent news than that, have you? 1407 01:27:29,167 --> 01:27:32,959 Bill says something about a stripe, too. He says he has a sporting chance. 1408 01:27:33,042 --> 01:27:35,543 - I wonder whether you... - I'm afraid I don't know. 1409 01:27:35,625 --> 01:27:37,675 All Jim writes about are the flies. 1410 01:28:37,208 --> 01:28:38,299 Where the hell are we? 1411 01:28:38,375 --> 01:28:40,176 - You're driving. - What a dump. 1412 01:28:40,250 --> 01:28:44,007 Not even a flick house with an army picture. I'd hate to be an Arab in peacetime. 1413 01:28:44,083 --> 01:28:45,423 How about them harems? 1414 01:28:45,500 --> 01:28:47,717 I haven't seen any yet. Nothing but flies. 1415 01:28:53,958 --> 01:28:55,547 Talk about "the mysterious East". 1416 01:28:55,625 --> 01:28:59,678 I reckon Lyons Corner House, Coventry Street's, got more mystery than what this has. 1417 01:28:59,750 --> 01:29:01,634 This isn't strictly speaking the East. 1418 01:29:01,708 --> 01:29:02,799 What is it, then? 1419 01:29:02,875 --> 01:29:05,838 You could call it the Middle East, or the Near East, at a pinch. 1420 01:29:05,917 --> 01:29:08,761 Heaven preserve us from the Far East, that's what I say. 1421 01:29:08,833 --> 01:29:12,626 Perry! That's your area over there. By Rispoli's cafe. 1422 01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:15,173 Right, sir. 1423 01:29:15,250 --> 01:29:16,506 You come with me. 1424 01:29:16,583 --> 01:29:17,756 Beck! 1425 01:29:30,250 --> 01:29:31,506 Good afternoon. 1426 01:29:31,583 --> 01:29:33,752 Beck, tell him that this is the platoon area, 1427 01:29:33,833 --> 01:29:36,417 and we hope he'll cooperate with us while we're here. 1428 01:29:36,500 --> 01:29:41,086 Monsieur le Lieutenant dit qu'ici est le centre de l'Arrondissement de notre platoon 1429 01:29:41,167 --> 01:29:44,627 et qu'il invite votre coopération pendant notre séjour. 1430 01:29:44,708 --> 01:29:46,546 - Ah, oui! - He laughs at the idea, sir. 1431 01:29:46,625 --> 01:29:50,583 Tell him we're going to kick the Germans out of his country. Maybe he'll like that. 1432 01:29:50,667 --> 01:29:54,127 Monsieur le Lieutenant dit que nous voulons vous désemparer des boches. 1433 01:29:54,208 --> 01:29:57,633 - Et sûrement vous voulez la même chose. - Je veux qu'on me fiche la paix. 1434 01:29:57,708 --> 01:29:59,095 Says he's a pacifist, sir. 1435 01:29:59,167 --> 01:30:03,255 Monsieur, il y a des batailles qui se déroulent dans le nord et dans le sud et dans l'est. 1436 01:30:03,333 --> 01:30:06,711 Ici, il n'y a rien. Allez là-bas dans les grandes villes, à Sutre. 1437 01:30:06,792 --> 01:30:09,636 Je n'ai pas le droit de vous permettre de rester ici. 1438 01:30:09,708 --> 01:30:13,715 Dites-lui, s'il veut des batailles, que je peux lui donner des renseignements. 1439 01:30:13,792 --> 01:30:18,426 He says to tell you, sir, that the fighting's in the north, in the south, in the east, but not here. 1440 01:30:18,500 --> 01:30:19,886 He's telling us. 1441 01:30:19,958 --> 01:30:22,210 And that he cherishes the peace in these parts. 1442 01:30:22,292 --> 01:30:25,136 He invites us to go to Sutre, where there are many Germans. 1443 01:30:25,208 --> 01:30:29,131 He says that Sutre's a bigger place than this. That is a fact, incidentally, sir. 1444 01:30:29,208 --> 01:30:31,294 If you wish, he can give us an address or two. 1445 01:30:31,375 --> 01:30:34,718 That's very cosy of him. Our orders are to stay here, and here we stay. 1446 01:30:34,792 --> 01:30:36,795 - Monsieur... - Je déteste les soldats! 1447 01:30:36,875 --> 01:30:38,594 Je déteste le bruit! Allez vous-en! 1448 01:30:38,667 --> 01:30:40,835 He's not very fond of noise, sir, or of troops. 1449 01:30:40,917 --> 01:30:43,251 Repeats that he's a pacifist and invites us to go. 1450 01:30:43,333 --> 01:30:44,590 Allez, filez! 1451 01:30:44,667 --> 01:30:47,712 - He says... - I've got it. Sergeant Fletcher, we'll move in. 1452 01:30:47,792 --> 01:30:49,261 Very good, sir. 1453 01:31:00,708 --> 01:31:02,379 Rock, nothing but rock. 1454 01:31:02,458 --> 01:31:04,627 Fancy having to farm this stuff, poor devils. 1455 01:31:04,708 --> 01:31:08,501 - Well, it ain't exactly a picnic for us. - Aye, but we haven't got to live here. 1456 01:31:08,583 --> 01:31:10,717 Why should the enemy want to take this place? 1457 01:31:10,792 --> 01:31:13,174 No such luck. We won't even see him from here. 1458 01:31:13,250 --> 01:31:16,130 Now who's worrying? It couldn't be you, could it, Brewer? 1459 01:31:16,208 --> 01:31:19,503 No, sir, it's Luke here. He's worrying about how the farmers get on. 1460 01:31:19,583 --> 01:31:22,084 Let's hope we won't be here long enough to find out. 1461 01:31:22,167 --> 01:31:25,426 - Are we moving, sir? - Not yet. That's what I'm here to tell you. 1462 01:31:25,500 --> 01:31:27,420 - All here, Fletcher? - Just coming, sir. 1463 01:31:27,500 --> 01:31:29,918 At the double, there! Hurry up! 1464 01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:31,920 Are we going to have an ENSA concert, sir? 1465 01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:35,046 No, I think the concert parties are a little further forward. 1466 01:31:35,125 --> 01:31:36,879 - All here, Fletcher? - Yes, sir. 1467 01:31:36,958 --> 01:31:40,170 I'll give you the full details later, but the form is roughly this. 1468 01:31:40,250 --> 01:31:42,668 Our battalion's in reserve in these villages here, 1469 01:31:42,750 --> 01:31:46,093 and a long way out in front, our troops are in contact with the enemy. 1470 01:31:46,167 --> 01:31:48,300 You may see the German Verey lights at night. 1471 01:31:48,375 --> 01:31:50,259 Well, we're still a long way from them, 1472 01:31:50,333 --> 01:31:53,545 but there's no reason why we shouldn't keep on our toes, is there? 1473 01:31:54,625 --> 01:31:56,344 Cheer up, Davenport. What's that? 1474 01:31:56,417 --> 01:31:58,633 Some sort of tortoise, sir. 1475 01:31:58,708 --> 01:32:01,340 There's a lot of them. Some of the men keep them as pets. 1476 01:32:01,417 --> 01:32:03,467 I'm glad somebody in the place is friendly. 1477 01:32:03,542 --> 01:32:06,386 Now, this cafe. The man there doesn't seem to like us much. 1478 01:32:06,458 --> 01:32:09,220 He may improve with care, so try not to break the place up, 1479 01:32:09,292 --> 01:32:11,425 and be on your best behaviour, right? 1480 01:32:11,500 --> 01:32:12,750 - Right, sir. - Very good, sir. 1481 01:32:31,167 --> 01:32:33,419 Nice, friendly country, this. 1482 01:32:33,500 --> 01:32:34,840 Look at him. What's up? 1483 01:32:34,917 --> 01:32:37,797 He hasn't read the Beveridge Report, that's what's wrong. 1484 01:32:37,875 --> 01:32:39,713 I haven't read it myself, come to that. 1485 01:32:39,792 --> 01:32:42,470 He wanted us to leave him alone, fight somewhere else. 1486 01:32:42,542 --> 01:32:45,635 - I don't blame him. I don't blame us, either. - Here. 1487 01:32:46,750 --> 01:32:49,084 What about this? Couldn't we have a game? 1488 01:32:49,167 --> 01:32:50,802 Go on, Sid, ask him. 1489 01:32:50,875 --> 01:32:53,838 Ahem! Er... Monsieur le patron! 1490 01:32:53,917 --> 01:32:58,302 Est-ce que vous serez très incommodé si nous jouons un peu de darts? 1491 01:33:03,208 --> 01:33:06,053 Vous avez de l'objection? 1492 01:33:08,417 --> 01:33:10,052 Go on, put it up and play. 1493 01:33:10,125 --> 01:33:12,673 Come on, Beck. It's time to go and get orders. 1494 01:33:15,208 --> 01:33:16,630 Och, come on. 1495 01:33:21,167 --> 01:33:23,252 Cor! Look at that! 1496 01:33:23,333 --> 01:33:24,755 Verey lights. 1497 01:33:26,500 --> 01:33:28,384 I wonder if they're ours. 1498 01:33:28,458 --> 01:33:30,259 Yeah. 1499 01:33:31,333 --> 01:33:32,625 Pretty near, too. 1500 01:33:33,708 --> 01:33:35,344 Kind of creepy, isn't it? 1501 01:33:36,792 --> 01:33:38,510 Come on. 1502 01:33:41,458 --> 01:33:43,378 Nothing like it. 1503 01:33:45,250 --> 01:33:47,300 21. 1504 01:33:47,375 --> 01:33:49,425 39. 1505 01:33:49,500 --> 01:33:51,338 Well done. 39. 1506 01:33:51,417 --> 01:33:53,669 Ah, well, it's been a nice game, boys. 1507 01:33:53,750 --> 01:33:55,172 Simple. 1508 01:33:56,250 --> 01:33:57,885 We'll court the audience. 1509 01:33:57,958 --> 01:33:59,084 9. 1510 01:33:59,167 --> 01:34:00,885 Er... 21. 1511 01:34:04,042 --> 01:34:06,507 - How do we stand, Bert? - You're 19 down. 1512 01:34:06,583 --> 01:34:08,918 - Hey, what's the idea? - Go on, let him have a go. 1513 01:34:09,000 --> 01:34:12,176 - Let him break up the game? - It doesn't matter. Let him have a go. 1514 01:34:16,708 --> 01:34:20,667 Look, he's taking cover. Thinks it's a spear. 1515 01:34:23,250 --> 01:34:25,170 Very good! Very good! 1516 01:34:25,250 --> 01:34:28,593 Sacré crétin! Tu veux voir ma maison en ruines? 1517 01:34:28,667 --> 01:34:31,961 Idiot, espèce d'andouille... Un grand trou. 1518 01:34:33,083 --> 01:34:35,133 Méchant. 1519 01:34:50,167 --> 01:34:52,383 - Well played, sir! - Beautifully played! 1520 01:34:52,458 --> 01:34:54,876 - Why can't you play like that? - Beginner's luck. 1521 01:34:54,958 --> 01:34:58,336 Vous voyez, il n'est pas nécessaire de désacrer les maisons d'autres. 1522 01:34:58,417 --> 01:35:00,669 Allez, filez, filez! C'est très désagréable! 1523 01:35:00,750 --> 01:35:06,095 Et vous, vous vous conduisez comme ça devant les Anglais... Une honte! C'est terrible, ça! 1524 01:35:09,958 --> 01:35:11,131 Continuez. 1525 01:35:19,375 --> 01:35:23,926 - Come on, George! Come on! - You can do it easily. That's the stuff. 1526 01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:26,880 Not bad, eh? Here, now what you want is double two. 1527 01:35:26,958 --> 01:35:29,175 - Two, two. - Two, two. 1528 01:35:31,042 --> 01:35:32,677 - Good job! - Oh, beautiful, eh? 1529 01:35:32,750 --> 01:35:36,009 What about beginner's luck? He's played like this for three weeks. 1530 01:35:36,083 --> 01:35:37,553 All right, all right. 1531 01:35:37,625 --> 01:35:40,635 - What's the lecture today, sarge? - Aircraft recognition. 1532 01:35:40,708 --> 01:35:43,589 ..has been as fine as anywhere in England. 1533 01:35:43,667 --> 01:35:46,547 Yes, it's been a good year all round in Berkshire. 1534 01:35:46,625 --> 01:35:49,801 The potatoes and sugar beet look like coming on nicely. 1535 01:35:49,875 --> 01:35:52,885 And other crops are also satisfactory. 1536 01:35:52,958 --> 01:35:58,719 Of course, Michaelmas has been considered for ages the termination of the farmers' year. 1537 01:35:58,792 --> 01:36:00,297 But things have altered. 1538 01:36:00,375 --> 01:36:04,843 Thousands of boys and girls on holiday from school have been helping in the fields, 1539 01:36:04,917 --> 01:36:08,128 and working like Trojans in the harvest camps. 1540 01:36:09,292 --> 01:36:12,551 It warms a farmer's heart to see a thing like I saw last week 1541 01:36:12,625 --> 01:36:14,675 in the village of Redshaw-by-Farrow. 1542 01:36:14,750 --> 01:36:18,045 A little girl, she couldn't have been older than five... 1543 01:36:18,125 --> 01:36:20,294 Switch it off. Platoon, 'shun! 1544 01:36:22,208 --> 01:36:24,543 All right, sit down. Smoke if you want to. 1545 01:36:27,458 --> 01:36:28,880 Afternoon. 1546 01:36:32,292 --> 01:36:35,882 I had hoped that we would have seen rather more enemy aircraft round here, 1547 01:36:35,958 --> 01:36:40,047 so you could have kept up with your aircraft recognition without using these models. 1548 01:36:40,125 --> 01:36:44,048 However, all we have seen is a couple of dreary-looking reconnaissance planes, 1549 01:36:44,125 --> 01:36:48,001 so we'll run through the German types, to make sure you haven't forgotten them. 1550 01:36:48,083 --> 01:36:50,086 We'll start off with a few questions. 1551 01:36:50,167 --> 01:36:52,798 What's this one? Davenport? 1552 01:36:52,875 --> 01:36:55,008 - Messerschmitt 109F, sir. - That's right. 1553 01:36:56,208 --> 01:36:57,963 This one? Luke? 1554 01:36:58,042 --> 01:36:59,713 - Stuka, sir. - That's right. 1555 01:37:01,000 --> 01:37:03,678 - Brewer? - Focke-Wulf 190, sir. 1556 01:37:06,167 --> 01:37:08,668 - Stainer? - Lysander, sir. 1557 01:37:10,708 --> 01:37:14,299 Parsons, what's the difference between a Lysander and a Henschel 126? 1558 01:37:14,375 --> 01:37:16,343 The wings of the Henschel are swept back, 1559 01:37:16,417 --> 01:37:19,131 and on the Lizzy they look as if they're swept forward. 1560 01:37:26,708 --> 01:37:29,505 - Steiner, have you got that machine of yours? - Yes, sir. 1561 01:37:29,583 --> 01:37:33,127 Well, play it. And the rest of you, for heaven's sake, sing. 1562 01:37:36,375 --> 01:37:38,425 ♪ Lily Of Laguna 1563 01:37:48,750 --> 01:37:51,630 ♪ ..lady love 1564 01:37:51,708 --> 01:37:56,793 ♪ She's no gal for sitting down to dream 1565 01:37:56,875 --> 01:38:02,588 ♪ She's the only queen Laguna knows 1566 01:38:02,667 --> 01:38:06,755 ♪ I know she likes me 1567 01:38:07,333 --> 01:38:10,011 ♪ I know she likes me 1568 01:38:10,083 --> 01:38:12,880 ♪ Because she says so 1569 01:38:12,958 --> 01:38:18,671 ♪ She is my lily of Laguna 1570 01:38:18,750 --> 01:38:24,510 ♪ She is my lily and my rose 1571 01:38:25,792 --> 01:38:30,010 ♪ She's my lady love 1572 01:38:30,083 --> 01:38:35,428 ♪ She is my dove, my baby love 1573 01:38:35,917 --> 01:38:41,049 ♪ She's no gal for sitting down to dream 1574 01:38:41,125 --> 01:38:46,257 ♪ She's the only queen Laguna knows 1575 01:38:46,333 --> 01:38:49,842 ♪ I know she likes me 1576 01:38:50,417 --> 01:38:52,799 ♪ I know she likes me 1577 01:38:52,875 --> 01:38:55,423 ♪ Because she says so 1578 01:38:55,500 --> 01:39:01,426 ♪ She is my lily of Laguna 1579 01:39:01,500 --> 01:39:09,833 ♪ She is my lily and my rose 1580 01:39:15,542 --> 01:39:17,592 I wonder what's up. 1581 01:39:17,667 --> 01:39:20,168 One hour's notice and then stand-to. 1582 01:39:21,667 --> 01:39:23,089 Look at it now. 1583 01:39:25,750 --> 01:39:28,251 I suppose that's what the papers call an inferno. 1584 01:39:29,917 --> 01:39:31,754 How many magazines have you got? 1585 01:39:47,792 --> 01:39:50,719 The Jerries have attacked and broken through up forward. 1586 01:39:56,417 --> 01:39:57,922 - All right here? - Yes, sir. 1587 01:40:05,208 --> 01:40:08,171 - Lummy, I could do with a fag. - Ssh! 1588 01:40:58,375 --> 01:40:59,761 I say, Corporal? 1589 01:40:59,833 --> 01:41:01,801 Quiet, Beck. 1590 01:41:22,708 --> 01:41:23,918 Thank you. 1591 01:42:01,417 --> 01:42:03,088 Watch your front! 1592 01:42:04,500 --> 01:42:07,427 Watch your front! 1593 01:42:11,292 --> 01:42:13,129 Listen. What's that? 1594 01:42:18,167 --> 01:42:20,335 - Sergeant Fletcher? - Sir? 1595 01:42:22,875 --> 01:42:25,044 Do you hear that? 1596 01:42:25,125 --> 01:42:26,547 Tanks. 1597 01:42:26,625 --> 01:42:28,959 I'll go over and have a look at that section. 1598 01:42:45,167 --> 01:42:46,719 Here they come. 1599 01:42:51,042 --> 01:42:53,803 Section! Enemy in front! 1600 01:42:55,875 --> 01:42:57,594 Rapid! 1601 01:43:05,208 --> 01:43:06,844 Come on, come on. 1602 01:43:09,042 --> 01:43:10,428 Fire! 1603 01:43:20,833 --> 01:43:22,006 Change! 1604 01:43:42,208 --> 01:43:44,046 - Your men all right? - Yes, fine, sir. 1605 01:43:44,125 --> 01:43:45,216 Good. Listen. 1606 01:43:45,292 --> 01:43:49,380 They've broken through behind B Company and we've been ordered back to the village. 1607 01:44:04,125 --> 01:44:05,926 - Maria, aux caves! - Mais... 1608 01:44:06,001 --> 01:44:07,127 C'est un ordre! 1609 01:44:19,750 --> 01:44:22,333 Ça y est! Ça y est! Au secours! 1610 01:44:27,833 --> 01:44:30,050 At the double! Davenport, Luke, over here! 1611 01:44:55,208 --> 01:44:56,250 Mortar. 1612 01:45:01,250 --> 01:45:03,467 - Where the hell is it? Can you see it? - No, sir. 1613 01:45:03,542 --> 01:45:05,461 Let's try down below. 1614 01:45:15,875 --> 01:45:17,261 I think I've spotted it! 1615 01:45:17,334 --> 01:45:21,672 - Where? - There! Firing from behind that wall. 1616 01:45:37,750 --> 01:45:39,220 Follow me, Beck. 1617 01:45:40,334 --> 01:45:41,756 Brewer, come on. 1618 01:45:46,292 --> 01:45:48,129 Come on, Fletcher! Luke! This way! 1619 01:45:56,833 --> 01:46:01,468 Fletcher, see that six-pounder across the street? I'm going to try and get it working. 1620 01:46:01,542 --> 01:46:03,545 Luke and Brewer will come with me as cover. 1621 01:46:03,625 --> 01:46:07,252 - I want you too, Beck. You take over. - Very good, sir. 1622 01:46:09,208 --> 01:46:13,131 - Now, across the street... and run like hell. - Good luck, chaps. 1623 01:46:19,334 --> 01:46:22,677 See that Vickers? Take it into Rispoli's and cover us from there. 1624 01:46:22,750 --> 01:46:26,175 If we keep their heads down on that hill it will be all right. Go on. 1625 01:46:46,125 --> 01:46:48,970 - Venez donc! - Non, laissez-moi! 1626 01:47:00,708 --> 01:47:02,297 Now, Beck. 1627 01:47:33,208 --> 01:47:35,591 What's the matter with it, Luke? 1628 01:47:36,668 --> 01:47:38,552 Dry. Bone dry. 1629 01:47:38,625 --> 01:47:40,628 And ruddy hot! 1630 01:47:41,708 --> 01:47:44,802 Pass auf! Pass auf! 1631 01:47:48,458 --> 01:47:49,928 Da! 1632 01:47:51,750 --> 01:47:52,923 Come on! 1633 01:47:56,792 --> 01:47:59,423 - Look who's here. - Attendez! Attendez! 1634 01:48:06,125 --> 01:48:07,251 Down! 1635 01:48:12,167 --> 01:48:15,094 - Ça va aller. - Here. 1636 01:48:57,001 --> 01:48:58,423 Right, Beck. 1637 01:49:11,708 --> 01:49:13,379 That's the last one, sir. 1638 01:49:22,917 --> 01:49:24,339 One of them gone, anyway. 1639 01:49:30,417 --> 01:49:32,882 - Are you both all right? - Right, sir! 1640 01:49:32,958 --> 01:49:34,961 Well, come on back with me, quick! 1641 01:50:01,042 --> 01:50:04,336 - Check the ammunition, Lloyd. - Yes, sir. 1642 01:50:04,417 --> 01:50:07,510 - What have you got, Geoff? - Four magazines and a bit. 1643 01:50:08,500 --> 01:50:11,380 - Luke, how much ammo? - About 25 rounds. 1644 01:50:11,458 --> 01:50:14,469 - Ted? - About 20. 1645 01:50:14,542 --> 01:50:16,924 - Davenport? - Only about ten. 1646 01:50:17,001 --> 01:50:19,051 - Beck? - About 20. 1647 01:50:19,125 --> 01:50:21,803 Four magazines and about 20 rounds a man, sir. 1648 01:50:21,875 --> 01:50:23,759 Right, well, go easy on it. 1649 01:50:25,292 --> 01:50:26,963 Something happening over there! 1650 01:50:30,958 --> 01:50:34,798 They've surrendered! Gosh, I didn't think it would be as easy as that. 1651 01:50:34,875 --> 01:50:36,843 It may be a trick. 1652 01:50:36,917 --> 01:50:38,173 Listen. 1653 01:50:39,750 --> 01:50:44,834 If you resist us more, you will be destroyed completely! 1654 01:50:44,917 --> 01:50:46,967 If you lay down your arms, 1655 01:50:47,042 --> 01:50:51,842 we promise you good treatment and food! 1656 01:50:51,917 --> 01:50:54,050 Who the hell does he think he's talking to? 1657 01:50:54,125 --> 01:50:55,879 - Yeah, that's right. - What a nerve! 1658 01:50:55,958 --> 01:50:58,424 I await your immediate reply! 1659 01:50:58,500 --> 01:50:59,922 I'd like to take a pot at him. 1660 01:51:00,001 --> 01:51:02,467 Beck, tell him in German to go to hell. 1661 01:51:03,792 --> 01:51:05,297 Can you hear me? 1662 01:51:05,375 --> 01:51:08,220 Yes! Your answer, quick! 1663 01:51:08,292 --> 01:51:11,717 Wollen Sie so gut sein in Dei... 1664 01:51:12,833 --> 01:51:13,876 In Dei... 1665 01:51:15,001 --> 01:51:18,628 Sorry, sir, I've forgotten the German for hell. I've never had to use it much. 1666 01:51:18,708 --> 01:51:20,048 He knows English. 1667 01:51:20,125 --> 01:51:22,093 Go to hell! 1668 01:51:23,208 --> 01:51:25,674 - Everybody OK? - Yes, thank you, sir. 1669 01:51:25,750 --> 01:51:27,670 Feeling a bit hungry, sir. 1670 01:51:27,750 --> 01:51:29,883 Breakfast may be a little late this morning. 1671 01:51:29,958 --> 01:51:32,257 All right, Brewer? Plenty to grumble about? 1672 01:51:32,334 --> 01:51:35,049 - Yes, thank you, sir. - Good. 1673 01:51:50,292 --> 01:51:52,674 Jimmy, this is what we're going to do. 1674 01:51:58,958 --> 01:52:00,168 - Is that clear? - Right. 1675 01:52:00,250 --> 01:52:03,841 Lloyd! Lloyd, we're going in! Start from here when the smoke comes down! 1676 01:52:03,917 --> 01:52:05,339 - Did you get that? - Yes, sir. 1677 01:52:05,417 --> 01:52:07,088 I'll go and see the other sections. 1678 01:52:20,542 --> 01:52:21,928 Here it is. 1679 01:52:40,792 --> 01:52:43,257 I'm sorry I forgot the German for hell, sir. 1680 01:52:44,583 --> 01:52:46,633 It's Hölle. 1681 01:52:46,708 --> 01:52:48,758 That's all right, Beck. 1682 01:52:57,208 --> 01:52:58,500 Come on, lads. 1683 01:52:58,583 --> 01:53:00,966 Once more for the day you missed on the exercise. 1684 01:53:13,417 --> 01:53:15,467 ♪ Military March 142848

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