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Jimmy, how are you?
Billy, it's good
to see you.
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Admiral Sims,
General Mitchell.
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We've met.
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Mitchell,
you know Admiral Gage?
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We've exchanged
correspondence.
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This is Commander Landsdowne
of our lighter-than-air service.
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His dirigible
will patrol the area
during maneuvers.
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I know
the commander.
General Mitchell.
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I'd like to
clearly state, Billy,
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that I'm extremely
and utterly impartial...
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in your dispute
with the navy.
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That's why
the general staff
assigned me...
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to decide whether
to allow you to
carry out this mission.
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I assume you have
no objection to me.
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I wouldn't want
a fairer judge.
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Very well, then.
Admiral, will you state
the navy's position?
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That battleship
is the primary target
of our maneuvers.
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The air service believes
that it can be sunk
by aerial bombardment.
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The navy denies this...
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and asks that they
be allowed to sink it
with naval gunfire.
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Why does the navy feel
the ship can't be sunk
from the air?
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That ship
was once the pride
of the German navy--
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the battleship
Ostfriesland.
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The British called her
"the unsinkable Dreadnought."
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Are you aware
of these facts, General?
Yes, sir.
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Would you care to fly
back to Langley Field?
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I'll show you exactly
how I intend to sink her.
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Yes, I'll be glad to.
Gentlemen.
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What'd you think of that?
All hits or near misses.
Quite impressive.
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We'll send that scow
to the bottom
in nothing flat.
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Somebody's burning!
Someone's burning!
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Look! He's burning!
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Call out the crash truck
and the ambulance!
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Why doesn't he
use his parachute?
We have no parachutes.
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[ Siren Wailing ]
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[ Siren Continues ]
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[ Coughing ]
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Are you all right,
Bob?
Yeah, I--
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I guess so.
I'm a little singed
around the edges.
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Here.
What happened?
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It's that fuel line.
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I smelled gas
in the cockpit
when I took off.
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Why'd you go up
when you knew
something was wrong?
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General,
if it isn't one thing,
it's another.
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Today it was that fuel line.
Yesterday
it was an oil pump.
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And last week
I almost lost a wing.
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And yet I'm luckier
than a lot of the guys.
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Now you see, Jimmy,
why I need money so badly.
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She certainly could
use some improvements.
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But that's not
an impressive weapon,
any way you take it.
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It can be. Come here.
I'd like to show you
something.
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Halt!
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Sentry, this is
General Guthrie.
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Give me a hand,
will you.
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Where'd you get those?
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I had Ordnance
make it up for me.
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One ton
of cast T.N.T.
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You're not trying to tell me
that your planes can carry
a 2,000-pound bomb.
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Of course they can.
They'll sink the battleship
as though it were a tin can.
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Let's be realistic,
Billy.
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A 2,000-pound bomb
is not practical
under wartime conditions.
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Maybe you'll
get it in the air,
but never to the target.
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That's exactly
what I want to do.
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Give me a chance,
and I'll show you
it can be done.
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On a staged exhibition, maybe,
but never in combat.
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How high do you want to fly?
I'd like to come in
at a thousand feet.
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You know as well as I do that
anti-aircraft will knock down
any planes lower than 5,000.
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Anti-aircraft?
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In a real fight,
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our pursuit ships
would be in there
strafing their decks.
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I have to be realistic
in this, Billy.
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After all,
we have performance figures
on our guns.
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But the airplane
is an unproved weapon.
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I'll prove it to you
if you'll let me.
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One of these days,
half the world will be
in ruins from the air.
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I want this country
to be in the other half.
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If I sink that ship,
we may have
a real air force.
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Where's the money coming from?
There's not enough to go around
for the army and navy now.
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Forget them.
The next war will be fought
in the sky anyway.
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No war is won
until a bayonet is put
to the throat of the enemy.
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The foot soldiers
won the last war,
and they'll win the next.
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In the end,
it's the infantry
who will lead the way.
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Yes, and we'll
blast the road for them.
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Your attitude isn't
helping your case any.
I'm sorry, sir.
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Well, then,
let's forget the next war.
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I'm in a war right now.
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My boys are dying
every week...
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in these obsolete,
moth-eaten, antiquated
flying machines.
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Let me get in there
and prove that
we're entitled to live.
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Billy, this test
is supposed to simulate
wartime conditions.
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If you come in
at a low level...
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and drop a bomb too big
ever to be practical,
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you're simply
staging an exhibition
for your own purposes...
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and you'll give
the wrong impression.
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Now, in order to be fair
to both sides, I'm going to
give you two cracks at her.
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But you'll have to come in
at 5,000 feet and carry
only the thousand-pound bombs.
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Five thousand feet?
Why, that'll rig it all
in favor of the navy.
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I'm sorry.
Those are your orders.
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Have you a car
available to take me back?
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Yes, sir.
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I'd like somebody
to tell me...
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why the taxpayers
of this country should
throw their money away...
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on a useless
military toy
called the airplane.
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The theory is, Senator,
it might come in handy
in time of war.
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War is a serious business,
Congressman Reid,
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and it's got to
be taken seriously.
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The taxpayers don't want
their money wasted on
a lot of silly kite-flyers.
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One six-inch naval gun
is worth the entire
air service.
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Exactly, and I think
it should be reduced to
its realistic proportions--
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an entertainment unit
for holiday parades
and state fairs.
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[ Laughing ]
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If we have another war,
Senator, I hope
you fight it personally.
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Gen. Mitchell has signaled,
requesting permission
to commence bombing.
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Has he reported his altitude?
He's at the
5,000-foot level, sir.
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[ Bombs Whistling ]
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[ Explosions ]
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[ Laughing ]
He didn't even scratch her.
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I knew he couldn't sink her.
Sink her? He didn't
even touch her.
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- After all, the British fleet
couldn't sink it.
- I knew he could never do it.
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General,
I want new orders
for tomorrow.
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In what way?
I want to use
2,000-pound bombs.
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We've been
over that before.
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Request denied.
You're dismissed,
gentlemen.
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But, Jimmy,
with 2,000-pounders...
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I don't have to
hit the ship.
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Water concussion will
blow her bottom out.
I can prove it.
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A 2,000-pound bomb
is an unrealistic weapon.
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Make your run
as before.
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I'm not going out there
and make a fool
of the air service...
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in front of
40 foreign nations
and the world press.
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You will carry out
your orders.
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Let's--
Let's postpone the run.
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Let me off the hook
till I can figure something out.
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I think it would be
most unfortunate if you
were to sink that ship.
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What?
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Twice during my lifetime
this country's
gone to war...
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with an army untrained,
unequipped and unready.
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I don't want to go to war
that way again.
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But I might have to
if you can make Congress believe
this country can be defended...
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by airplanes alone.
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You will attack
from 5,000 feet
with 1,000-pound bombs.
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Good day, Billy.
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Go on, go on.
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What's going on,
boys?
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We've been talking.
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What about?
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We've come
to the conclusion...
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that we're just not
getting anyplace.
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I see.
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And?
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And...
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there just doesn't seem
to be any future, sir.
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Everything seems
kind of hopeless.
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So we've decided
to ask your advice...
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if we should resign
from the service.
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You want me to tell you
to quit flying?
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Sure, the planes
are no good and--
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and the pay is small,
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but 20 years from now
San Francisco will be
just a few hours from New York,
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and New York
will be a bombing run
from Berlin.
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The whole--
The whole world
will be in the air.
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[ Airplane Passing Overhead ]
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Go ahead and quit
if you want to,
but don't ask me about it.
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[ Buzzes ]
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Oh. Billy.
Come in.
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Oh, I-- I didn't think
you'd gone to bed yet.
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I'm sorry I woke you.
Go on back to sleep.
No, no, come in.
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Billy!
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What are you doing
in Washington?
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Well, I-- I didn't
mean to disturb you.
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I've just been
driving around,
thought you might be up.
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I'd better go.
Don't be silly.
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Can I get you
anything?
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No, thank you,
Margaret.
[ Chuckles ]
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I wouldn't be
very good company
tonight.
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You look tired.
Why don't you sit down.
I'll get you a glass of milk.
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I know how you feel,
Billy.
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It was tough luck
about the ship.
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Well, it's not only
the ship.
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The whole thing
has fallen apart.
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My boys came to me tonight.
They want to quit.
All of them.
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I'm not surprised.
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We all get a little discouraged
at one time or another.
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I've been thinking
maybe I've been wrong
about everything.
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Maybe men
weren't meant to fly.
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That doesn't sound
like you, Billy.
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When I got
to be a general,
I thought,
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Now I'll be able
to do things,
change the whole works.
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But they're
out to stop me.
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There's always
a bigger general.
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[ Scoffs ]
General Yesterday.
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No, thank you, Margaret.
I really don't care
for anything.
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You go back to bed,
and I'll go where I belong.
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Now, Billy,
drink this
and relax.
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You can't
possibly sleep
the way you are.
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Sleep?
[ Chuckles ]
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There's a little job
I have to figure out
for tomorrow--
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how to sink
a great, big, steel-covered,
unsinkable battleship...
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when my commanding officer
has made it impossible.
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You can't blame Guthrie
for that, Billy.
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He's just going
according to rules.
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That's the way we all
have to work-- by the book.
You know that.
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Sure.
We go by the book.
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Suppose some other country
throws away the book.
Then where are we?
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I've got to open their eyes
to what can happen.
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I've got to
sink that battleship.
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You can't do
the impossible.
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I can try.
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Zach, will you
call Langley Field,
ask for Russ Peters,
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tell him to get the boys up
and say I'm on my way
back there now.
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Now? Oh, can't you
wait till morning?
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No, there's--
there's something
I've got to do tonight.
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And you know what?
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I'm scared to death.
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But Zach'll tell you
that's normal
for a flyer.
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Billy, what are you
going to do?
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You'll hear about it.
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Don't forget that call,
will you, Zach?
Good night, kids.
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Good night, Billy.
Night, Billy.
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What is this
all about?
I don't know.
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Call came
from Washington.
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What's up,
General?
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There's been a change
in orders, boys.
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We go in at low level today
with 2,000-pound bombs.
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Hey, now you're talkin'!
That's more like it!
When do we start?
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How did you work it,
General?
Never mind.
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Get the ordnance men out
and start loading.
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General.
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Is this really
on the level, sir?
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00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,700
Did new orders
really come through?
232
00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,200
You heard what I said,
didn't you?
Yes, sir.
233
00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:46,200
General.
234
00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,700
This is a strange
time of night for orders
to come out, sir.
235
00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:55,200
Are you sure
you're not just
doing this on your own?
236
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,200
Don't you worry
about that, Russ.
237
00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,700
You just get out there
on the field
and get those planes ready.
238
00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:03,200
Okay?
Yes, sir.
239
00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,800
What are they doing?
They're dropping down
for a low-level attack.
240
00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,800
But that's
against the rules!
241
00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,300
Did you
authorize this?
Absolutely not.
242
00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:50,300
[ Shouting ]
[ Explosions ]
243
00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:53,800
[ Bombs Whistling ]
244
00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,300
[ Explosions ]
245
00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:08,000
How was that for
a military toy, Senator?
[ Laughing ]
246
00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:13,500
[ Airplanes Passing ]
247
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,500
"General Mitchell's
whole course
has been so lawless,
248
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,500
"so lacking
in reasonable teamwork,
249
00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:34,000
"so indicative of
a personal ambition for
his branch of the service...
250
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,500
"at the expense
of everyone with whom
he is associated...
251
00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:41,000
"that his actions
render him unfit for a high
administrative position...
252
00:19:40,900 --> 00:19:42,900
"such as he now occupies.
253
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,400
"The secretary of war
hereby directs...
254
00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:48,400
"that Brigadier General
William Mitchell...
255
00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,900
"be relieved
of his command
in the air service...
256
00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:53,900
"and be assigned to duty
at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
257
00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:55,900
"To accommodate
his new duties,
258
00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:58,900
General Mitchell
will revert
to the rank of colonel."
259
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,400
Would you excuse us,
gentlemen?
260
00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,900
Progress is necessary...
261
00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:18,400
in an army, Billy,
262
00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,900
but you've first
got to have an army.
263
00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:24,900
There's no progress...
264
00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,300
if your officers
are undisciplined.
265
00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:31,800
I put my star on the line
for something I believe in,
266
00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,800
and I lost.
267
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,300
Your contribution
is on record, Colonel.
268
00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,800
It won't be lost.
I hope not, sir.
269
00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:41,300
But there's more
at stake than me.
270
00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:44,400
It's the air service.
271
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,900
It's a new weapon,
a big one.
272
00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:48,900
The biggest
in the world.
273
00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:52,400
Put me down
another step.
274
00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:56,400
Make me a captain, sir,
but let me stay
in the air with my boys.
275
00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:00,400
[ Sighs ]
276
00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:02,900
Sorry, Billy.
277
00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:08,800
Anything else?
278
00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:11,300
No, sir.
279
00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,300
It's not so bad
in Texas, Billy.
280
00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,800
I've been there.
281
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000
Yes, sir,
General.
282
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,000
Without a doubt,
your fort ranks
at the top of the list...
283
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,000
of the military
establishments we've
visited on our tour.
284
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000
That's right,
General.
285
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,100
That's mighty fine
of you gentlemen.
286
00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:36,600
A little more,
Congressman?
No, thank you, General.
287
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,600
There's a request I'd
like to make though.
Certainly, Mr. Reid.
288
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,600
There's one of your officers
I'd like to talk to.
Could I see Col. Mitchell?
289
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,600
Mitchell? Why, of course.
I'll send for him
right away.
290
00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,600
No need to take him
away from his duties.
I just want to say hello.
291
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,500
If somebody could
show me where he is,
I can find my way back.
292
00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:54,500
Why, of course,
of course.
293
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,500
It is recommended...
294
00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,500
that said shed be located
within 20 yards
of the machine shop...
295
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000
and be of
sufficient capacity...
296
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,500
for the storage
of spare parts as well.
297
00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:09,500
Suggested dimensions are--
298
00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:13,000
Thanks very much.
I'll find my way back.
299
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,000
Frank!
What are you doing here?
300
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,000
I'm on a junket.
Thought I'd drop around,
see how you are.
301
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,500
[ Chuckles ]
Well, I lost my stars,
but I still have all my buttons.
302
00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:26,500
Gee, I'm glad to see you.
How are things in Washington?
Give me the news.
303
00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:29,000
There hasn't been any
since you left.
304
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000
Sergeant, take these
to Major Anderson.
305
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000
Tell him
they're okay.
Yes, sir.
306
00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:36,900
How are all my boys?
Have you seen them?
307
00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:39,400
The ones that are left
are all right.
308
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,400
Have you seen Russ Peters?
I haven't heard
from him lately.
309
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,400
He's all right.
310
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,400
He's better off
than you are.
311
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,900
This climate must remind you
of your Philippines campaign.
312
00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:52,900
Nobody's shooting
at me here.
313
00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:55,900
The heat should be great
for your malaria.
314
00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:58,400
I haven't had
a chill all summer.
315
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,900
Say, Frank, do you know
if the army's ordered any of
those new Ford Tri-motors?
316
00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:04,900
I know. No.
317
00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:06,900
They're a wonderful
airplane.
318
00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:10,400
Isn't there something
you can do about it?
They won't listen to me.
319
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,400
What areyou
gonna do about it?
320
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,500
All I can do.
I'll write another letter
to headquarters.
321
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,400
I write one every day.
Sometimes two.
Ah.
322
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,900
Billy, they just put up
a new building in Washington
for letters like that.
323
00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:24,900
It's built in the shape
of a wastepaper basket.
324
00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:26,900
I'm the man
that can fill it.
325
00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:29,400
It's disgraceful
what they're doing
to you, Billy.
326
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,400
You may not know it,
but you've got
plenty of friends,
327
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,400
and I'm speaking
for all of them.
328
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,900
Give us the word, and--
I'm sorry, Frank, but politics
and the army don't mix.
329
00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:42,400
All right, if you can't
tolerate politics in the army,
how about outside the army?
330
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,900
Why don't you quit
and run for the Senate?
Wisconsin would elect you.
331
00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:47,900
You could take
your father's old seat.
332
00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:50,900
He was a great senator,
and you'd be
every bit as good.
333
00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:53,900
With you in the Senate
and me in the House,
334
00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,900
we'd squeeze an air service
out of them that'd
blacken the sky with planes.
335
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,800
I'm not a politician,
Frank.
336
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,300
I don't want to
turn the air service
into a political football.
337
00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:05,300
Besides, how would I look
in a winged collar
and a frock coat?
338
00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:07,300
I'd look great,
wouldn't I?
339
00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:10,300
Billy Mitchell,
I don't know why
I bother with you.
340
00:24:10,300 --> 00:24:13,300
You won't do anything
that makes sense.
We're both professional men.
341
00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:16,300
You work by your rules.
Let me work by mine.
Some rules.
342
00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:19,800
It's the same set of rules
that has your boys falling out
of the sky in flaming coffins.
343
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,800
They're dying
by those rules.
344
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,300
But at least
they go quick.
345
00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:28,300
You're just
sitting around here
rotting away.
346
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,800
[ Chuckles ]
I must be too stupid
to understand the military mind.
347
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,300
I guess you have to be
born with one.
348
00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:36,300
[ Door Opens,
Closes ]
349
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,300
Well...
350
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,200
so long, Billy.
351
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,200
Don't get
writer's cramp.
352
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:56,300
Sergeant,
cancel my reservation
to Milwaukee.
353
00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:59,800
Yes, sir.
Check the train schedules
to Washington, D.C.
354
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,800
I'm taking my leave
there.
355
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,700
Good afternoon, sir.
356
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,200
How do things look
today?
Not very good, I'm afraid.
357
00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,700
Now, listen here.
358
00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:33,700
For two weeks
I've been trying
to see General Pershing,
359
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:38,200
and for two weeks you've been
telling me to come around again
in a couple of days.
360
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,200
I want
a definite appointment
with the general,
361
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,700
and I want to
talk to him today.
362
00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,700
I'm sorry, sir.
General Pershing
has been very busy.
363
00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:52,700
If I may suggest you try
some other department--
You told me that before.
364
00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:54,700
And I've tried.
365
00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:56,700
They've all referred me
back here.
366
00:25:56,700 --> 00:25:59,200
Gen. Pershing
is the only one
who can help me.
367
00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:02,200
Colonel, a great many people
want to see the general.
368
00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:05,200
You must realize his time
is extremely valuable.
369
00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:09,100
I'm here to try to
save lives, not time.
370
00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:12,100
And if you'll forgive me
for saying so, Colonel,
371
00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:17,100
I think the lives of flyers
are equally as important
as the general's time.
372
00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:21,600
Gen. Pershing has an important
staff meeting scheduled
for the remainder of the day.
373
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,600
Thank you, Colonel.
374
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,600
You're welcome, sir.
375
00:26:45,700 --> 00:26:47,700
Hello,
General Pershing.
376
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,600
I'm glad
I ran into you.
377
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,600
I have nothing
to say to you, Billy.
378
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:09,100
[ Doorbell Buzzes ]
379
00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:19,100
Billy!
380
00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,100
Hello, Margaret.
381
00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:27,100
Well, there's been
a few improvements.
382
00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:30,100
Including you.
You're prettier than ever.
383
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000
How's Zach?
He's fine.
He'll be home later.
384
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,000
Oh, my, it's good
to see you again.
We've missed you.
385
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000
And needed you.
386
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,500
I'll set another place.
Can't stay for dinner.
387
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:44,000
I have to catch a train
for Texas.
We heard you were in Washington.
388
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:48,500
I tried to drop around sooner,
but I couldn't
get off the flypaper.
389
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:53,500
I hope our army
is as invincible in the field
as it is in its offices.
390
00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:55,500
Yes, I know.
391
00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:58,000
Zach's been after
the navy department...
392
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000
about theShenandoah.
393
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,000
They want him
to take it
to Detroit,
394
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000
to a state fair.
395
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,000
Is that old river cow
still around?
[ Door Opening ]
396
00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:10,000
Hi, honey.
Hello, darling.
397
00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:12,000
Billy!
398
00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:15,100
Gee, I'm glad to see you.
I called the club.
How are you?
399
00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:17,500
You're looking
great.
Feeling fine.
400
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,500
Except for a couple
of sore feet
and a slightly sore head.
401
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000
Yeah, I heard.
It's a shame.
402
00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:26,000
How do you happen
to be home so early, Zach?
403
00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:28,000
Orders came through.
404
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,500
What orders?
405
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:34,500
We're taking theShenandoahup
in the morning.
Oh, no!
406
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:37,000
It'll be all right, honey.
Don't worry.
407
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000
But you said you wouldn't
take her up again.
I did everything I could.
408
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,000
I kept arguing
till the order came through.
You can't stop now.
409
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,500
You said you'd never take
her up this time of year.
Honey, I've got my orders.
410
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,500
I'd understand
if it were a war
or even a maneuver,
411
00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:52,000
but they're
just doing it
for publicity.
412
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,000
The publicity's
supposed to make Congress
vote us money.
413
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,000
Please tell him not to go.
You're the only one
he'll listen to.
414
00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:00,400
Margaret, please--
Don't worry about it,
Margaret.
415
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,400
It's a lousy balloon,
but it'll have
a good crew aboard...
416
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,900
and a good skipper.
417
00:29:05,900 --> 00:29:10,400
Besides, if the navy's
not worrying about it,
why should you?
418
00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:13,900
Look, I've got
to run now.
419
00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:16,900
I'll be back for another
crack at Washington
in a few months,
420
00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:20,400
and we'll-- we'll have
a real reunion then, hmm?
421
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,900
Do you have
a car outside?
No.
422
00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:24,900
I'll help you
flag a cab.
423
00:29:24,900 --> 00:29:27,400
Good-bye,
Margaret.
424
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,900
[ Zach ]
Be right back, honey.
[ Door Opens ]
425
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:35,900
How bad is
theShenandoah?
426
00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:40,400
In this weather,
it's a deathtrap.
427
00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:43,800
Then why do you
take it up?
I've got my orders.
428
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,400
You could disobey them.
Are you
out of your mind?
429
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,400
No.
430
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,900
But you are, if you
follow orders that send you
and your crew to your deaths.
431
00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:54,900
Billy, you know
better than that.
432
00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:58,900
If I refuse to go up,
then I'm relieved of command
and get a general court.
433
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,400
Someone else takes her up.
What have I accomplished?
434
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:05,400
At least you'll have
brought attention to the fact
that the flight is unsafe.
435
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,400
That isn't the point.
Drawing attention to it
isn't gonna save the men.
436
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:13,400
And I'm better qualified
to fly my ship than
any replacement would be.
437
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,400
Zach, don't you see?
438
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,400
If you refuse to take
that thing up,
439
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,400
there'll be
such an unholy row
that it might never take off.
440
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,400
Yeah, maybe.
441
00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,300
But why should I
stick my neck out...
442
00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:27,300
on the improbable chance
that they might
ground the ship?
443
00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:30,800
No, it doesn't make sense.
What's your neck compared to
the whole future of aviation?
444
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,800
How much are you doing
for the future of aviation
buried in Texas?
445
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,800
Never mind about me.
446
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,800
We're talking
about you.
Mm-hmm.
447
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,800
Well, there's not much
I could do...
448
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,300
if I were court-martialed
and dismissed
from the service.
449
00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:45,300
There'll be
no service left...
450
00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:47,800
unless people know
how bad things are,
451
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,800
unless it's shown to them.
452
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,800
You must think that over.
453
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,800
I don't have to
think it over.
I've got my orders.
454
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,800
This flight
has been studied out.
455
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,800
They're taking
a calculated risk.
456
00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:01,300
"Calculated risk"?
Uh--
457
00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:06,700
You're staking
the lives of your crew...
458
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,200
to protect your career
in the navy.
459
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,800
Oh, hello, Billy.
460
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,800
Sit down.
Sit down.
461
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,800
Terrible thing,
thisShenandoahbusiness.
462
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,800
It's all over
the front pages.
463
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,800
Makes all the services
look bad.
464
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,300
Tough enough
getting recruits
as it is.
465
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,200
What did you want to
see me about, Billy?
466
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,200
I request
the general's
permission...
467
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,700
to attend the funeral
of Cmdr. Zachary Lansdowne
at Arlington Cemetery.
468
00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:57,700
Was he a friend of yours?
A close friend, sir.
469
00:31:57,700 --> 00:31:59,700
Why, sure, sure.
Go ahead.
470
00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:01,700
Emergency leave
granted.
471
00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:03,700
Thank you, sir.
472
00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:09,700
Oh, wait a minute, Billy.
473
00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:12,200
You're one of
those flyboys yourself.
474
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,200
I don't know
how headquarters
is reacting to this.
475
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,700
Public opinion may be
running very high.
476
00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:19,700
Reporters running
all over the place...
477
00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:22,200
covering the funeral
and asking questions.
478
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,200
Better let me
get a confirmation
from Washington...
479
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,200
before you take off.
480
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:31,200
May I ask
the general's permission
to withdraw my request, sir?
481
00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:34,100
You mean you don't want me
to get a confirmation?
482
00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,100
No, sir.
483
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,100
Whatever you say.
484
00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:40,200
Thank you, sir.
485
00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:44,700
???? [ Radio:
"Tea for Two" ]
486
00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:48,700
Heard the news? Those planes
making the nonstop to Mexico
are reported lost.
487
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:50,700
[ Tuning Frequencies ]
Where'd you get that?
488
00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:53,700
My gunny says he heard it
over the radio.
489
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:56,700
How does he know they're lost?
He didn't know.
That's all he told me.
490
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:58,700
Wait a minute.
[ Tuning Continues ]
491
00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:00,700
[ Announcer ]
We interrupt
this broadcast...
492
00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:02,700
to bring you
a news bulletin.
493
00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:05,200
In the greatest disaster
in aviation history,
494
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,700
six planes en route from
San Diego to Fort Huachuca
have crashed.
495
00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:12,200
The flight was composed
of members of the famous
Billy Mitchell squadron...
496
00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:15,100
which, in 1921,
bombed and sank
the battleshipOstfriesland.
497
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,100
Ground parties
have been dispatched...
498
00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:20,100
to the rugged
mountain area near
the Mexican border...
499
00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:22,100
to search for
possible survivors.
500
00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:25,600
We now return you
to our program.
???? [ Orchestra ]
501
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,400
I've asked you gentlemen
of the press to come here...
502
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,900
because I want to
make a statement.
503
00:33:38,900 --> 00:33:41,900
Flying is a very
dangerous business,
504
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,400
and a normal
amount of accidents
are to be expected.
505
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:52,400
But these
recent disasters...
506
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,900
of theShenandoah...
507
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,800
and the planes of the army
of the Mexican flight...
508
00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:01,800
are outside the range
of normal accidents.
509
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,800
I would not be keeping faith
with my dead comrades...
510
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,800
if I kept quiet
any longer.
511
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:12,300
These--
These accidents...
512
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:14,800
are the direct result of--
513
00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:17,800
of incompetence,
514
00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:20,300
criminal negligence...
515
00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:25,800
and the almost
treasonable administration
of our national defense...
516
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,800
by the navy...
517
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,300
and the war department.
518
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,300
That is my statement.
519
00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:36,300
Well, that's
sure somethin'.
520
00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:38,300
Is this off the cuff?
You want us to print it?
521
00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,200
It's a statement
for publication.
522
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:42,700
Baby, is this gonna
blow some brass tops off.
523
00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:44,700
Would you mind
initialing that?
524
00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:46,700
Colonel, my editor's
an ex-army man.
525
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,700
He may call you
to verify this.
Do you mind?
No.
526
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,700
I don't know anything about
army procedure, Colonel,
527
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:54,700
but couldn't you
be court-martialed for this?
528
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,200
That's exactly
what I want.
529
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:37,200
Colonel Mitchell?
530
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,200
Major.
531
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,200
By order of
the secretary of war,
532
00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:43,700
you've been placed
in arrest, sir.
533
00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:46,700
I've been ordered to
serve on you the charge sheet
and court-martial papers.
534
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:48,700
Thank you.
535
00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:51,700
I'm instructed to tell you
that you're restricted
to the Washington area.
536
00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:54,700
You will remember at all times
that you are in arrest
and deport yourself accordingly.
537
00:35:54,700 --> 00:35:56,700
I understand, Major.
538
00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:59,700
Report to the office
of the adjutant general
by noon tomorrow,
539
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:01,200
where your quarters
will be.
540
00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:03,700
Is that all?
Yes, sir.
541
00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:07,600
Now that that's over,
will you gentlemen join me
in a cup of coffee?
542
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,100
Thank you, sir.
I really don't quite--
543
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,600
That's okay, Major.
Carry on.
544
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,100
Mitchell.
545
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,600
Good morning,
General Guthrie.
546
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,100
I don't suppose
it's occurred to you
to resign.
547
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:41,100
Resign under fire?
Not a chance, sir.
548
00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:43,600
I must say
I'm sorry, Mitchell.
549
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,600
Sorry for the army.
550
00:36:53,900 --> 00:36:54,900
Good afternoon,
Colonel Mitchell.
Hello.
551
00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:56,900
I'll send it
right up.
552
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,400
Welcome back. It's good
to see you again, sir.
Thank you, Phil.
553
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,400
Can I have
my old room?
It's ready for you, sir.
554
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,400
Excuse me.
You're Col. Mitchell,
aren't you?
Yes.
555
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,400
I'm Lt. Col. White.
556
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,400
I've been appointed
your defense counsel
by the judge advocate general.
557
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,400
I'm glad to see you.
Come up to my room.
We can talk there.
558
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,400
Fine.
559
00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:28,000
I assume, sir,
that you've been served.
560
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:29,900
Got them right here.
561
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:33,400
I don't think there'll
be much for you to do.
It's an open-and-shut case.
562
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,400
Is it?
563
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,400
Oh, yes, I'm guilty.
564
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,400
Definitely.
565
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,400
You'll plead guilty?
566
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,900
No, I guess I'll have to
plead not guilty
if I want my day in court.
567
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,400
You mean, you, uh--
you did it
deliberately?
568
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,400
I had to make somebody
listen to me.
569
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,900
You chose the hard way,
Colonel.
570
00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:03,400
I know it,
and I haven't
got a chance,
571
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,400
but I want to
go through with it
anyway.
572
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,900
Sound crazy,
don't I?
No, sir.
573
00:38:08,900 --> 00:38:11,400
No, I, uh,
I think I understand.
574
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:13,800
Have the members
of the court
been announced?
575
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,800
Just came through.
I saw General Guthrie
downstairs.
576
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,800
So did I.
577
00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:22,800
What does he
have to do with it?
578
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,800
He's been appointed
the president of the court.
579
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,300
Who are
the other members?
[ Chuckles ]
580
00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:33,800
A regular who's who
of the army.
581
00:38:36,300 --> 00:38:39,300
"Maj. Gen. George L. Irwin,
Gen. Slade, Gen. Graves,
582
00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:42,300
Gen. Ford.,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
Gen. Bolling."
583
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,300
There's not
a flying officer
among them.
584
00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:49,300
Sir, have you considered
taking on a civilian counsel?
585
00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:52,300
You're entitled to one,
you know.
586
00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:54,300
Could use
the heavy artillery, huh?
587
00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:58,200
Well, honestly, sir,
I don't think we can afford
to overlook any possibility.
588
00:38:58,700 --> 00:39:00,700
Big name?
The biggest possible.
589
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,800
I've never had to go
outside the army before.
590
00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:25,800
Why, Col. Mitchell!
It's so good to see you
again, sir.
591
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,800
You look as well
as ever, Mrs. Sturges.
Is Congressman Reid in?
592
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,300
Yes, he is.
Go right in.
Thank you.
593
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,300
Hello, Frank.
594
00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:38,300
Billy! It's about time
you showed up.
595
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,200
Well, you finally did it.
You kicked 'em
where it really hurts.
596
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,200
I'm proud of you.
597
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,700
I hope you're here
for the reason I think.
Gonna let me handle this?
598
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:49,200
You're stuck with me.
I've been
counting on it.
599
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,200
Been preparing since you
got in your jam. I'm ready
to go to court tomorrow.
600
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,200
Let's see what section
they've thrown at you.
601
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,200
I thought so.
Article 96,
the catch-all clause.
602
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:03,200
Covers everything
from kicking a horse
to kissing a sergeant.
603
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,700
"Conduct prejudicial to
the good of the service,"
my eye!
604
00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:08,700
This is the way
I see it.
605
00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:12,700
We won't wait for the
court-martial to start in on us.
We'll open up on them first.
606
00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:17,200
We'll call a press conference,
we'll issue a statement,
blast the navy out of the water.
607
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:19,700
Then we'll take on
the general staff
of the army--
608
00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:21,600
No, Frank, no.
What's the matter?
609
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:24,600
I don't like it.
I don't want it.
I won't fight that way.
610
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:27,600
This is what
you've been fighting for
all these years--
611
00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:30,600
a chance to get recognition
for the air service,
612
00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:33,600
to tell the people about
the importance of air power.
613
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,600
You haven't changed
your mind about that,
have you?
614
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,600
No, I haven't.
I want a new air program
and a new air service.
615
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,700
But I don't want
to wreck the army to get it,
or the navy either.
616
00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:47,700
I don't understand you, Billy.
In a fight like this,
it's all or nothing.
617
00:40:48,700 --> 00:40:50,700
[ Sighs ]
618
00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:53,700
I don't see it that way.
I see.
619
00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:56,700
You want to kick
the army in the pants,
but do it politely.
620
00:40:56,700 --> 00:40:59,700
All I want is a chance to tell
the whole tragic story...
621
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,700
of this country's
air defense.
622
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:03,600
All I want
is my day in court.
623
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:05,600
And that's exactly
what you'll get--
624
00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:08,600
one day, with Gen. James Guthrie
as president of the court.
625
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:10,600
Have you heard
about Guthrie?
626
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:14,100
What do you think I do
around Washington,
warm a chair?
627
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:16,100
What can I do?
628
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:19,600
Challenge him for prejudice
and kick him off the court.
629
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:24,100
I'll not be a party to anything
that casts aspersions
on the integrity of an officer.
630
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:26,600
[ Scoffs ]
The old school tie, huh?
631
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,600
The army took me in
when I was a raw kid.
It taught me everything I know.
632
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,100
I'm not at war
with the army.
633
00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:36,100
Billy Mitchell,
you're not talking
like your father's son.
634
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:39,600
That great old man would be
fighting with everything he had
to get a fair trial.
635
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:43,600
I'm being court-martialed
by officers of
the United States Army.
636
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,500
I'll get a fair trial.
637
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,000
Unless you believe that, Frank,
don't take the case.
638
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,000
All right.
You've handcuffed me,
but I'll try to get you off.
639
00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:57,500
If I do,
it'll be quite a trick.
640
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,900
This looks like
a warehouse.
Itwasa warehouse.
641
00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:43,400
Last night
they converted it
into a courtroom.
642
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,400
[ Photographer ]
Just one second,
Colonel, please.
643
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,400
Thank you.
644
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,300
Good morning, Colonel Moreland.
I see we're tangling again.
645
00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:17,800
Yes.
Well, good luck.
646
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,800
It's a fine place
to hide a trial.
647
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,800
I would say they want
as little public attention
as possible...
648
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,300
for your day in court.
649
00:43:30,300 --> 00:43:33,800
Colonel Mitchell?
My name is Carlson.
650
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,800
I'm reporter
for this court.
651
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,300
George Carlson.
Yes?
652
00:43:38,300 --> 00:43:40,800
My son served
under you.
653
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,800
He was shot down
over the Argonne.
654
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,300
Do you mean
Glen Carlson?
Yes, sir.
655
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,800
Well, I'm very glad
to meet you.
656
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:52,800
Glen was a fine boy.
657
00:43:52,700 --> 00:43:55,700
Looked a lot like you,
as a matter of fact.
658
00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:58,700
I've always wanted
to thank you for
the letter you wrote.
659
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:01,200
It was such
a great comfort
to us.
660
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,200
I wish I could've
done more.
661
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,200
Well, I'm sorry
about all this.
662
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,700
I'd just like to say...
663
00:44:08,700 --> 00:44:10,700
Stand up when
the court enters!
664
00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:12,700
good luck.
665
00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:34,300
The court
will come to order.
666
00:44:34,300 --> 00:44:36,300
Colonel Moreland.
667
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:39,200
The prosecution is
ready to proceed
with the trial...
668
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:42,200
ofThe United States
against William Mitchell,
Colonel.
669
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,700
Whom does the accused
wish to introduce
as counsel?
670
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:47,700
As counsel,
the Honorable Frank R. Reid,
671
00:44:47,700 --> 00:44:50,700
and as associate counsel
the regularly appointed
defense counsel,
672
00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:52,700
Lt. Col. Herbert A. White.
673
00:44:55,700 --> 00:44:58,200
Before this court
is sworn,
674
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:03,200
I would like to state
that it will be conducted
as a military tribunal.
675
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,700
I expect
the fullest cooperation
from both sides...
676
00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:10,700
to bring it to
the speediest possible
conclusion.
677
00:45:10,700 --> 00:45:14,200
The trial judge advocate
will now swear in the court
and read the charge.
678
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,300
"Further, that the accused
did conduct himself...
679
00:45:17,700 --> 00:45:20,200
"to the prejudice
of good order
and military discipline,
680
00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:22,200
"and in a way
to bring discredit upon
the military service.
681
00:45:22,700 --> 00:45:24,400
"Further, that the accused,
682
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,400
"with intent to discredit
the administration
of the war department,
683
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:31,900
did make a statement highly
contemptuous and disrespectful
of said administration."
684
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:35,400
Colonel Mitchell,
you have heard the charge
and the specifications.
685
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,400
How do you plead?
686
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,400
Not guilty.
687
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,400
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
The prosecution
may proceed.
688
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,900
The prosecution
does not desire to make
any opening statement.
689
00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:48,900
If the court please,
690
00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:51,400
I wish to withhold
my opening argument...
691
00:45:51,900 --> 00:45:53,400
until the government
states its case.
692
00:45:53,900 --> 00:45:56,400
However, we intend to
show that Col. Mitchell's
statement was justified...
693
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,900
by the deplorable conditions
in the army and navy.
694
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,400
Justification
is not an issue here.
695
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:03,300
This is a very simple case.
696
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:07,300
Did or did not the accused
make the newspaper statements
attributed to him?
697
00:46:07,300 --> 00:46:10,800
- If he did, he's guilty.
- Not if the statement's true.
We want a--
698
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,800
You will have an opportunity
to develop that point later,
Mr. Reid.
699
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,800
The trial judge advocate
will call the first witness.
700
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,800
The prosecution
calls Carl Tuttle.
701
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,800
Carl Tuttle!
702
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,800
Mr. Tuttle, are you
the author of this article...
703
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,800
which contains
an alleged statement
by the accused?
704
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:36,400
Yes, sir, I am.
705
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:39,400
At this time I ask
that this newspaper
be received...
706
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,400
as the prosecution's
exhibit number one.
707
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,400
It will be
so received.
708
00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:45,300
Now, Mr. Tuttle,
709
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:49,300
who gave you this statement
which later appeared in
the columns of your newspaper?
710
00:46:49,300 --> 00:46:50,800
Col. Mitchell, sir.
711
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:53,800
And it was printed exactly
as he gave it to you?
Yes, sir.
712
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,300
Where did Col. Mitchell
give you this statement?
713
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,300
In his office
in Fort Sam Houston.
714
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,300
How did you happen
to be there?
715
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,300
Col. Mitchell telephoned
my editor and asked him
to send over a reporter.
716
00:47:04,300 --> 00:47:06,300
No further questions.
717
00:47:06,300 --> 00:47:08,800
Does the defense desire
to cross-examine?
718
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,800
Mr. Tuttle,
719
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,800
did your paper
make any effort...
720
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,800
to find out the truth
or the untruth of
Col. Mitchell's statement?
721
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:18,800
Yes, sir.
I was put on the story.
722
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:20,800
What did you do?
723
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,800
I called up 50 officers
in the various branches
of the service...
724
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,800
and asked their opinion--
725
00:47:25,700 --> 00:47:27,700
Objection.
This is hearsay.
Sustained.
726
00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:30,700
Did the 50 officers
you interviewed all agree...
727
00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:34,700
that the conditions
in the army and the navy,
as described by Col. Mitchell--
728
00:47:34,700 --> 00:47:36,700
Objection!
729
00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:39,700
This is irrelevant
and calls for a conclusion
on the part of the witness.
730
00:47:39,700 --> 00:47:43,200
Sustained.
You must stop when you hear
the court's ruling, Mr. Reid.
731
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,200
I'll put the question
another way, General.
732
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:48,200
The question
is irrelevant
in any form.
733
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:52,200
The court directs you
to confine yourself to evidence
permissible under its rulings.
734
00:47:52,700 --> 00:47:54,700
Col. Moreland,
call the next witness.
735
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:58,700
The prosecution
calls Howard Millikan.
736
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:03,700
Mr. Millikan, did your paper
receive any letters from
your readers in this matter?
737
00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:05,700
Yes, many.
738
00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:08,700
What would you say
was the general tone
of these letters?
739
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,200
Objection.
Question is irrelevant.
Sustained.
740
00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:13,200
Were your readers
shocked?
741
00:48:13,700 --> 00:48:16,700
What was their feeling
about Col. Mitchell and his
devotion to his country?
742
00:48:16,700 --> 00:48:18,700
Objection.
Question is immaterial.
743
00:48:18,700 --> 00:48:21,200
Do not answer,
Mr. Millikan.
744
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,200
Mr. Reid, my patience
is nearing its end.
745
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:28,200
My belief
in military justice
is also nearing its end.
746
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:32,700
We have a right to prove
the defendant was justified
in saying what he did.
747
00:48:32,700 --> 00:48:34,700
In a military court,
Mr. Reid,
748
00:48:34,700 --> 00:48:38,200
there is no justification
for disobedience,
insubordination or treason.
749
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,200
I don't agree,
General.
750
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,700
It's one thing when a man
accuses another of being
a murderer without cause.
751
00:48:43,700 --> 00:48:46,700
- It's something else
when he can prove it.
- I object!
752
00:48:46,700 --> 00:48:48,700
Mr. Reid
is arguing his case.
753
00:48:48,700 --> 00:48:52,200
The issue here is,
did the accused make the
statements attributed to him?
754
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:54,600
And did he make them
without authority?
755
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:58,100
On this point,
uncontradicted proof
has been presented.
756
00:48:58,100 --> 00:49:01,100
And on this point,
the prosecution rests.
757
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:03,600
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
[ Guthrie ]
You may step down.
758
00:49:05,100 --> 00:49:07,100
Is the understanding
of the court correct?
759
00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:09,100
The prosecution has
no further witnesses?
760
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:12,600
That is correct, sir.
761
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,100
The defense may summon
its first witness.
762
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,600
[ Whispering ]
We got anybody
on deck?
No.
763
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,100
I had no idea
they'd finish so quickly.
764
00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:24,600
If it please the court,
witnesses for the defense
are still en route.
765
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:26,600
They're not present
in Washington?
766
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:31,100
The brevity
of the prosecution's case
has upset our timetable.
767
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:34,100
These witnesses
should be standing by,
Mr. Reid.
768
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,000
That would've been difficult
for most of our witnesses,
769
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,000
because they're officers
in the armed forces...
770
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,000
and need special permission
to leave their posts.
771
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,500
Who are these officers?
772
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:48,000
"Major H.H. Arnold,
Major--"
Just a moment, Mr. Reid.
773
00:49:48,500 --> 00:49:51,100
What would be the nature
of these witnesses' testimony?
774
00:49:51,100 --> 00:49:54,600
- To prove the truth
of Col. Mitchell's statement.
- The prosecution objects.
775
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:58,100
The truth or falsity
of Col. Mitchell's statement
is not an issue here.
776
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:01,100
Was this Major Arnold
present...
777
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,100
when the accused made
the alleged statements
to the press?
778
00:50:04,100 --> 00:50:06,600
- No, sir,
but he'll prove justification.
- Objection.
779
00:50:07,100 --> 00:50:10,100
- The court has already
ruled on that issue.
- Sustained.
780
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:12,100
Who are
your other witnesses,
Mr. Reid?
781
00:50:12,100 --> 00:50:15,600
"Major Carl Spaatz,
Capt--"
Objection!
782
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,600
May I see that list,
please, Mr. Reid?
783
00:50:23,500 --> 00:50:26,000
"Captain E.V. Rickenbacker,
784
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,000
"Congressman
Fiorello La Guardia,
785
00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:31,500
Admiral William S. Sims"?
786
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,500
Were any of these people
present in Texas
at the stated time?
787
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:38,500
No, sir, they were not.
Then, I regret to say,
they're inadmissible.
788
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:40,500
Without them,
I haven't any case.
789
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:42,500
Then the court
will stand adjourned...
790
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,000
and give you time
to prepare one.
791
00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:47,500
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
792
00:50:52,900 --> 00:50:55,900
What do you think
about the day's doings,
Col. White?
793
00:50:55,900 --> 00:50:57,900
It's court
procedure.
794
00:50:57,900 --> 00:51:00,400
My dear friend,
that's not a court.
795
00:51:00,300 --> 00:51:03,300
A man's allowed to
defend himself in court,
even a triple murderer.
796
00:51:03,300 --> 00:51:05,300
They're operating
under army rules,
Frank.
797
00:51:05,300 --> 00:51:10,300
You stay out of this.
I got to figure out something,
or we're through, licked.
798
00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:12,800
No way of changing
the procedure, Mr. Reid.
799
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,800
You call that
procedure?
[ Chuckles ]
800
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,300
The accused is permitted to
give his name and address,
then off with his head.
801
00:51:18,300 --> 00:51:20,300
We'll get our innings.
802
00:51:20,300 --> 00:51:22,300
We'll get nothing.
803
00:51:22,300 --> 00:51:25,300
You don't have a chance
if they don't let us try to
prove you were justified...
804
00:51:25,300 --> 00:51:27,300
in making
that big pronouncement
of yours.
805
00:51:27,300 --> 00:51:30,300
It's like refusing
to allow a defendant
to present an alibi.
806
00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:33,300
I'll give them
what you call my alibi.
807
00:51:33,300 --> 00:51:37,300
I'll testify and give them
my story in full, for the court
and for the whole country.
808
00:51:37,300 --> 00:51:39,800
And I'll bring up
all the justification
there is.
809
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:43,800
You're talking through your hat.
You be asked, "Did you make
that statement? Yes or no?"
810
00:51:43,700 --> 00:51:46,200
Am I right, Colonel?
That's right.
811
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,800
Colonel, what do you think
the chances are...
812
00:51:50,300 --> 00:51:52,800
of our getting
one justification witness
into this trial?
813
00:51:53,300 --> 00:51:56,800
Nonexistent.
If they let one on the stand,
they'd have to let them all.
814
00:51:57,300 --> 00:52:00,800
Then I've got to stall
till I can get an idea.
815
00:52:02,300 --> 00:52:05,300
Do you know
what a filibuster is?
816
00:52:05,300 --> 00:52:10,300
When a politician can't
think of anything to say,
he talks.
817
00:52:10,300 --> 00:52:12,300
I'm going home and gargle.
818
00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:18,300
And now,
if the court please,
819
00:52:18,300 --> 00:52:20,800
I ask permission
to read into the record...
820
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,300
newspaper comments
concerning this trial.
821
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,200
These are editorials...
822
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:29,700
which have been
printed in newspapers
from coast to coast.
823
00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:31,700
I wish at this time
to have them entered...
824
00:52:31,700 --> 00:52:34,200
as evidence
for the accused.
825
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,200
What is your purpose,
Mr. Reid?
826
00:52:36,700 --> 00:52:38,700
Are you seeking to delay
the proceedings
of this court?
827
00:52:38,700 --> 00:52:42,700
I believe public opinion has
a bearing on the deliberation
of this court.
828
00:52:42,700 --> 00:52:44,700
Objection.
Irrelevant
and immaterial.
829
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:46,700
Sustained.
830
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:50,700
You are obviously addressing
the ears of the press,
Mr. Reid.
831
00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:53,200
You are instructed to make
your publicity statements...
832
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,200
outside the precincts
of this courtroom.
833
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:04,200
[ Clears Throat ]
I have here...
834
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:08,700
a copy of theManual
of Courts-Martial,1921.
835
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:11,600
It states that under
the procedure governing
trial by court-martial,
836
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,100
a charge having been made
must first be referred...
837
00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:16,600
to the immediate
commanding officer
of the accused,
838
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:19,100
and, thereafter, the person
who preferred the charges,
839
00:53:19,100 --> 00:53:22,100
together
with available witnesses,
shall appear before him,
840
00:53:22,100 --> 00:53:26,600
and the accused shall then
be given a chance to defend
himself before that officer.
841
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:28,700
The court is aware
of all that.
842
00:53:28,700 --> 00:53:31,700
You're referring
to paragraph 76-A
of theManual.
843
00:53:31,700 --> 00:53:34,700
Well, if
the trial judge advocate
is aware of that clause,
844
00:53:34,700 --> 00:53:38,200
I ask why this opportunity
was never afforded
to Col. Mitchell.
845
00:53:38,700 --> 00:53:42,700
I ask the name of the officer
who preferred charges
against Col. Mitchell.
846
00:53:42,700 --> 00:53:44,700
That name is not
presently available.
847
00:53:44,700 --> 00:53:47,700
It shouldn't be
so hard to find.
848
00:53:47,700 --> 00:53:50,700
Wouldn't he be Col. Mitchell's
immediate commanding officer
at Fort Sam Houston?
849
00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:54,100
- Not necessarily.
- Then according to
the chain of command,
850
00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:57,600
wouldn't he be the commanding
general of the core area
in which Col. Mitchell served?
851
00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:00,100
That need not be so.
852
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:04,100
Well, then he'd certainly
be the chief of staff
of the army, wouldn't he?
853
00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:05,600
He would not have to be.
854
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:09,600
Well,somebodymust have
preferred these charges
against Col. Mitchell.
855
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,600
And since we can't
seem to locate him,
856
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:15,600
I'm left no alternative
but to name the one officer
in the army...
857
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:20,100
who's the commander
of every soldier serving
under the American flag.
858
00:54:20,100 --> 00:54:22,100
I name the president
of the United States.
859
00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:24,100
[ Spectators Murmuring,
Talking ]
860
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:27,100
Order in the court.
861
00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:30,600
For the court's convenience,
I have prepared here
a subpoena...
862
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:34,600
calling upon President Coolidge
to appear before
this tribunal...
863
00:54:34,500 --> 00:54:38,000
and to testify as to
his personal knowledge
of the facts of this case.
864
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:41,500
I call upon the court
to issue this subpoena
and have service made upon him.
865
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:50,000
This will be considered
in closed session.
Court will adjourn.
866
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,500
[ Spectators Chattering ]
867
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,000
[ Man ]
Congratulations, Frank.
Congratulations.
868
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,000
[ Overlapping Dialogue ]
869
00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:03,300
[ Knocking ]
It's open.
870
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,800
Morning.
I'm disappointed.
871
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:09,800
I thought it would
be President Coolidge.
[ Chuckling ]
872
00:55:10,300 --> 00:55:12,800
Had your breakfast?
Yes, thanks.
873
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:14,800
They're all
in a dither.
874
00:55:14,700 --> 00:55:17,200
Who's that, Colonel?
The newspaper boys.
875
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:19,700
That Cal Coolidge thing
has them all agog.
876
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:22,700
The newspapers
aren't gonna help us.
877
00:55:22,700 --> 00:55:26,200
They're good for
crying at a funeral
or a... hanging.
878
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,200
They've never yet
stopped one.
Hmm.
879
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:31,700
[ Knocking ]
Come in. It's open.
880
00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:36,200
Gentlemen,
we can make a deal.
881
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,200
A what?
A compromise.
882
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:40,700
Now, this isn't official
yet, but my connections
assure me...
883
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,700
that if you'll retract
your Texas statement, they'll
pressure the War Department...
884
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,200
into letting you off
with a reprimand.
885
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:48,700
I have a draft
of a statement here
I think they'll accept.
886
00:55:48,700 --> 00:55:50,700
Can I see it?
887
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:55,200
Hey, this isn't bad, Frank.
In fact, it's very good.
888
00:55:55,700 --> 00:55:57,800
Dignified, no crawling.
889
00:55:57,700 --> 00:55:59,700
Oh, "I errored
through overzealousness."
890
00:55:59,700 --> 00:56:02,700
That's fine.
Excellent.
891
00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:05,200
Have you got a moment,
Billy?
I can't do it.
892
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:09,200
How's that?
I can't retract
what I've said.
893
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:13,200
For heaven's sake, why not?
You only said it
to get your day in court.
894
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:15,700
You found out you can't have
a day in court where you're
allowed to prove anything.
895
00:56:15,700 --> 00:56:18,200
So you're
losing nothing.
The trial isn't over yet.
896
00:56:18,700 --> 00:56:20,700
Maybe I'll get a chance
to say what I've got to say.
897
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:23,200
What are you expecting,
a miracle?
898
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:25,200
Day after day, you've
sat in that courtroom.
899
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:27,200
You know you'll
never be allowed
to open your mouth...
900
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,200
on anything other
than the charges
brought against you.
901
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,700
Don't be a fool, Billy.
This is no good. Get out
of it while you can.
902
00:56:32,700 --> 00:56:36,200
I can't think of myself alone.
There's all the rest of them.
903
00:56:36,700 --> 00:56:39,200
There's the whole future
of this country in the air.
904
00:56:39,700 --> 00:56:43,200
I've got to go on with it
while there's any chance
this trial will break open.
905
00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:45,100
And you must go on trying
to win for me, Frank.
906
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:49,100
I never said I'd win for you.
I hoped I'd get you off.
907
00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:52,100
That's just what I've done.
I've saved your career for you.
908
00:56:52,100 --> 00:56:56,100
I've made it possible for you
to stay in that precious
uniform of yours.
909
00:56:56,100 --> 00:56:59,100
That's the best I can do.
That's the best anybody can do.
910
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:08,100
Now sign this.
911
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,600
I can't do it,
Frank.
912
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,600
[ Pen Clatters ]
913
00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:24,600
As I don't believe
in miracles,
914
00:57:24,500 --> 00:57:28,000
I should tell you to get
yourself a new lawyer.
915
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:32,000
But I do believe a man
should be buried
by his friends,
916
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:35,500
so I'll stay
for the funeral.
917
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:40,600
Come on, Colonel.
918
00:57:49,100 --> 00:57:51,600
Ah, why don't I give up?
919
00:57:52,600 --> 00:57:54,600
What am I
struggling for?
920
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,100
If we could only get
one witness on the stand...
921
00:58:02,100 --> 00:58:05,100
to punch one air disaster
into the record,
922
00:58:05,100 --> 00:58:07,600
we'd punch a hole
in the dike.
923
00:58:07,500 --> 00:58:09,500
Impossible.
924
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,000
Margaret Lansdowne.
925
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:27,000
It's against procedure.
926
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:30,500
It's perfect.
It's the other half
of our case.
927
00:58:30,500 --> 00:58:33,500
Don't you see? It wasn't
only the army Billy accused.
It was the navy too.
928
00:58:33,500 --> 00:58:35,500
The navy wouldn't
listen to Lansdowne...
929
00:58:35,500 --> 00:58:38,000
any more than the army
would listen to Mitchell.
930
00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:40,500
Perfect justification.
931
00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:43,000
Mr. Reid, the court
has ruled repeatedly
on this.
932
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,500
They won't allow her
to take the stand.
The widow of a naval hero?
933
00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:49,500
Huh. When the papers
print her story...
934
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:51,400
and spread it in headlines
across the country,
935
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:55,400
no court on earth can refuse
to put her on the stand.
936
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:01,400
I'll see you in court
tomorrow.
937
00:59:16,700 --> 00:59:19,700
Mrs. Lansdowne?
Yes.
938
00:59:19,700 --> 00:59:21,700
I'm Congressman Reid.
I know.
939
00:59:21,700 --> 00:59:25,700
I've seen your picture
in the papers.
May I come in?
940
00:59:25,700 --> 00:59:29,200
I know what
you're here for, sir,
and my answer is no.
941
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:33,200
I'm sorry.
May I talk to you
a minute, please?
942
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:37,100
If you wish.
943
00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:42,100
Do I understand you
correctly, that you...
944
00:59:42,100 --> 00:59:44,600
don't want to testify
for Col. Mitchell?
945
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:47,600
That's right.
But why?
946
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:51,100
You must have a reason.
947
00:59:51,100 --> 00:59:53,100
I wish you'd tell me
what it is.
948
00:59:53,100 --> 00:59:55,100
I'm sorry. I can't.
949
00:59:56,600 --> 00:59:58,600
May I sit down,
please?
950
00:59:58,600 --> 01:00:02,100
I don't think
we have very much to say
to each other, Mr. Reid.
951
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:05,100
I think we have
quite a bit to say.
952
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:09,200
Please?
953
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:16,600
All right, if you don't
want to tell me,
954
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:18,600
I won't ask you why
you don't want to testify.
955
01:00:19,100 --> 01:00:22,600
Maybe you have a reason.
Maybe somebody got to you
and convinced you not to talk.
956
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:24,600
Maybe you think you ought
to protect somebody.
957
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:27,100
I don't know,
and I don't care.
958
01:00:27,100 --> 01:00:30,100
But one thing
I must know though.
959
01:00:30,100 --> 01:00:33,600
Please don't think
I'm impertinent,
Mrs. Lansdowne.
960
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:38,000
- I assume that you loved
your husband. Am I right?
- Of course.
961
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:41,500
All right. And you know that
he died fighting for a cause.
Yes.
962
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,000
That his sense of duty
was so strong...
963
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:46,500
that he took up a ship
that he knew was unsafe...
964
01:00:46,500 --> 01:00:50,500
and that he fought
in every way possible
to keep grounded.
965
01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:53,000
- How do you know
all this?
- That's immaterial.
966
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,000
I'm trying to tell you
that Billy Mitchell...
967
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:57,000
is fighting the same fight
your husband fought.
968
01:00:56,900 --> 01:00:58,900
And if your husband
were alive today,
969
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:01,900
he'd be right in there
with Billy helping him
in every way he could.
970
01:01:01,900 --> 01:01:03,900
[ Crying ]
Please, I wish
you wouldn't.
971
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:08,900
The only way to avoid such
needless, futile sacrifices
as your husband made...
972
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:10,900
is for the people
to know the truth.
973
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:14,000
[ Crying ]
974
01:01:15,500 --> 01:01:19,500
Billy Mitchell has staked
his entire military career
to get it to them.
975
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:24,500
And I know that your husband
would want you to help him.
976
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:29,500
[ Sniffling ]
You know he would too.
977
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:34,500
Mrs. Lansdowne, may I ask
why you have waited until now...
978
01:01:34,500 --> 01:01:37,500
to spread this tale
in the newspapers?
979
01:01:37,500 --> 01:01:41,000
- Nobody asked me before.
- And who asked you now?
980
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:45,400
It was my own decision.
981
01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:47,400
As I understand it,
Mrs. Lansdowne,
982
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:51,400
you and Col. Mitchell
have been close friends
for a long time.
983
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:52,900
That's right.
984
01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:57,400
Isn't it possible
that you came here
to aid an old friend...
985
01:01:57,900 --> 01:02:00,400
at the expense
of the exact truth?
986
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:03,400
- I object!
- Sustained.
987
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:06,900
Very well.
988
01:02:06,900 --> 01:02:10,400
You say, Mrs. Lansdowne,
that Col. Mitchell did not
ask you to testify here.
989
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:12,900
That's right.
Did someone else ask you?
990
01:02:12,900 --> 01:02:14,900
Yes.
Who?
991
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:21,400
Congressman Reid.
Congressman Reid?
992
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:23,900
And did Congressman Reid
suggest...
993
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:26,800
that you tell the story
as it actually happened,
994
01:02:27,300 --> 01:02:30,800
or did he perhaps suggest
that you emphasize
elements in it...
995
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:32,800
which would prove favorable
to Col. Mitchell?
996
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:35,300
I object!
I object most violently...
997
01:02:35,300 --> 01:02:37,800
the suggestion that I
suborned this witness.
998
01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:40,300
I am only trying to find out
why this witness--
999
01:02:40,300 --> 01:02:42,800
You are trying to imply
that I put pressure
on Mrs. Lansdowne...
1000
01:02:43,300 --> 01:02:44,800
to come here
and perjure herself.
1001
01:02:45,300 --> 01:02:47,800
I think, sir, that
my reputation in the Congress
of the United States--
1002
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:51,300
- I am not impugning
your reputation.
- Order in the court.
1003
01:02:53,900 --> 01:02:56,400
Allow me
to rephrase my question.
1004
01:02:57,900 --> 01:03:01,900
Prior to your appearance here,
was pressure brought to bear
on you?
1005
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:06,900
Yes.
Very strong pressure.
1006
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:08,800
Well.
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
1007
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:12,300
Suppose you tell us
about it.
1008
01:03:12,300 --> 01:03:15,800
- I was told
not to testify.
- Not-- By whom?
1009
01:03:17,300 --> 01:03:19,300
I'd rather not say.
1010
01:03:21,300 --> 01:03:23,300
Go ahead. Tell them.
1011
01:03:23,300 --> 01:03:26,300
Tell them who told you
not to testify.
1012
01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:31,800
Some friends of my husband--
naval officers.
1013
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:35,300
- Objection! I withdraw--
- Let her speak.
Let her speak.
1014
01:03:35,300 --> 01:03:38,800
Tell the court what they said.
[ Guthrie ]
Just a moment, Mr. Reid.
1015
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:44,300
Mrs. Lansdowne,
you're making
a very serious charge.
1016
01:03:44,300 --> 01:03:48,800
Are you telling this court
that you were approached
by naval officers...
1017
01:03:48,700 --> 01:03:51,200
who asked you
to withhold information?
1018
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:54,200
Yes, sir.
Tell the court
who they were.
1019
01:03:54,700 --> 01:03:57,200
I object! This is irrelevant
and-and immaterial!
1020
01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:59,200
Objection overruled.
1021
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:02,200
I would rather not
identify them.
1022
01:04:03,700 --> 01:04:05,700
They thought
they were doing it
for the good of the navy.
1023
01:04:05,700 --> 01:04:10,200
- What did they say?
- They said it was the duty
of a navy wife...
1024
01:04:10,700 --> 01:04:13,200
to protect the service
at all costs.
1025
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:15,200
Didn't you
agree with that?
1026
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:18,200
Yes.
1027
01:04:18,200 --> 01:04:21,700
They told me that my husband
was a naval hero...
1028
01:04:21,700 --> 01:04:23,700
and that I owed it
to his memory...
1029
01:04:23,700 --> 01:04:25,700
not to drag his name
through the mud of a trial.
1030
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:28,700
Then what made you
change your mind?
1031
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:32,700
Because
I realized...
1032
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,700
that by
telling the truth,
1033
01:04:35,700 --> 01:04:39,200
I would be doing my duty
to the navy and to Zach.
1034
01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:45,200
If Zach were alive,
he would be here to
testify for Col. Mitchell.
1035
01:04:45,700 --> 01:04:48,700
I am testifying
in his place
and telling the truth.
1036
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:52,700
He tried everything.
1037
01:04:54,200 --> 01:04:56,200
He wrote letters,
made phone calls,
1038
01:04:56,700 --> 01:04:58,700
protested to everyone.
1039
01:04:59,700 --> 01:05:02,200
He knew it wasn't safe
to take that ship up.
1040
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:08,200
On the last day, I drove out
to the mooring mast with him
to say good-bye.
1041
01:05:09,700 --> 01:05:12,200
Everything was ready
for the takeoff,
1042
01:05:12,100 --> 01:05:15,100
but he kept delaying
the departure.
1043
01:05:15,100 --> 01:05:18,100
He was waiting, hoping
for some last-minute word
from Washington.
1044
01:05:20,100 --> 01:05:23,100
We walked to the communication
shack together,
1045
01:05:23,100 --> 01:05:26,100
and he asked the chief on duty
if a message had come for him.
1046
01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:31,600
There was none.
And when the ship was ready,
1047
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:34,600
he kissed me good-bye
and climbed into the cabin.
1048
01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:40,600
He waved to me
through the window once,
1049
01:05:42,100 --> 01:05:44,600
and then he gave the order
to cast off.
1050
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:50,100
I never saw him again.
1051
01:05:53,100 --> 01:05:56,600
Zach and his men were
sent to their deaths
by indifference!
1052
01:05:57,000 --> 01:06:00,500
Zach was too young
to be insubordinate,
1053
01:06:00,500 --> 01:06:04,000
too young and too brave
to save his own life.
1054
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:11,000
I see no need
of prolonging
your appearance here.
1055
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:14,100
Thank you, madame.
You are excused.
1056
01:06:36,100 --> 01:06:38,600
The prosecution moves
that Mrs. Lansdowne's
testimony...
1057
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:40,500
be stricken from the record
as irrelevant...
1058
01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:45,000
and as a violation of
the court's previous ruling
on justification witnesses.
1059
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:51,000
The defense considers
Mrs. Lansdowne's testimony
to be of extreme relevance.
1060
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:54,500
Moreover, I request
the court to reconsider...
1061
01:06:54,500 --> 01:06:57,000
its prior ruling about
justification witnesses...
1062
01:06:57,000 --> 01:07:01,000
and allow the defense
to call the witnesses whom
it has previously requested.
1063
01:07:02,500 --> 01:07:06,000
In my opinion,
the entire court should
vote on this objection.
1064
01:07:07,500 --> 01:07:10,000
Court will be closed.
[ Bailiff ]
Stand up!
1065
01:07:19,500 --> 01:07:23,500
Sit tight.
Keep your fingers crossed.
1066
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:30,400
Thank you.
1067
01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:32,900
I'd say
that this changes
the whole picture.
1068
01:07:32,900 --> 01:07:34,900
I don't see how.
She's just
an emotional woman.
1069
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:37,500
Emotional or not,
I think we ought
to listen to her...
1070
01:07:37,500 --> 01:07:39,500
and to anyone else who may
have pertinent testimony.
1071
01:07:39,500 --> 01:07:42,000
I agree with MacArthur.
Well, I don't.
1072
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:44,000
We're here to try Mitchell
for insubordination.
1073
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,500
We're not here to listen
to a lot of wailing
about the navy...
1074
01:07:46,500 --> 01:07:49,500
or to hear people try to
justify his behavior.
1075
01:07:49,500 --> 01:07:52,000
You just said it.
We're here to try Mitchell.
1076
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:54,500
And to give him a fair trial,
we have to listen
to every bit of evidence...
1077
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:58,000
whether or not it's
technically called
a justification.
1078
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,500
Did you hear
what that girl said
about theShenandoah?
1079
01:08:00,500 --> 01:08:02,500
Suppose other witnesses
had equally positive
testimony.
1080
01:08:02,500 --> 01:08:06,000
The trial would go on for weeks,
and the publicity would be bad
for everybody.
1081
01:08:05,900 --> 01:08:08,400
Well, that's the chance
we have to take.
1082
01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:11,400
The whole foundation
of our legal system
and of our country...
1083
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:13,900
rests
on the right of a man
to defend himself,
1084
01:08:13,900 --> 01:08:15,900
on his right
to use every means
to defend himself.
1085
01:08:15,900 --> 01:08:18,900
He may be wrong, but
at least he's entitled
to tell his story.
1086
01:08:18,900 --> 01:08:21,900
And the minute
we forget that,
we're in grave danger.
1087
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:24,900
I mean that, gentlemen.
Very grave danger.
1088
01:08:24,900 --> 01:08:27,400
I agree wholeheartedly
with General MacArthur.
1089
01:08:28,900 --> 01:08:31,400
Anybody else
have any thoughts?
I haven't.
1090
01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:33,900
No.
I think not.
1091
01:08:34,400 --> 01:08:36,400
Then I suggest
we vote on it.
1092
01:08:49,300 --> 01:08:51,300
[ Guthrie ]
Court will
come to order.
1093
01:08:54,300 --> 01:08:58,300
Under the 31st
Article of War,
it's the court's ruling...
1094
01:08:58,300 --> 01:09:03,300
that the motion to strike
Mrs. Lansdowne's testimony
is overruled...
1095
01:09:03,300 --> 01:09:06,300
and that the defense
may proceed with
its witnesses.
1096
01:09:06,300 --> 01:09:09,300
[ Spectators Chattering ]
1097
01:09:09,300 --> 01:09:11,800
Order in the court.
1098
01:09:13,800 --> 01:09:17,900
- Are your witnesses
present?
- Yes, sir.
1099
01:09:17,900 --> 01:09:20,900
One witness, Mr. Reid,
will not be here.
1100
01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:24,900
The president has declined
your kind invitation
to appear at this court.
1101
01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:28,400
The defense wishes
to thank Mr. Coolidge...
1102
01:09:28,300 --> 01:09:31,300
for his gracious
consideration
of our request.
1103
01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:33,800
Our other witnesses,
however, I'm sure,
1104
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:36,800
will compensate
for his absence.
1105
01:09:41,300 --> 01:09:45,000
[ Man ]
Major Hap Arnold.
1106
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:47,500
Major Arnold,
how many pilots have we lost
in peacetime flying?
1107
01:09:47,500 --> 01:09:50,000
The total is 517,
sir.
1108
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,500
That is from
January 1919
to date.
1109
01:09:52,500 --> 01:09:55,000
How many of them
met their deaths
in modern planes?
1110
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:57,000
In machines built
since the war,
12 were killed.
1111
01:09:57,500 --> 01:09:59,500
To your knowledge, Major,
have there been
any recommendations...
1112
01:09:59,500 --> 01:10:03,500
made to the general staff
with respect to safety measures
for the air service?
1113
01:10:03,500 --> 01:10:06,600
Yes, sir. Dozens of them,
most of them
by Col. Mitchell.
1114
01:10:07,100 --> 01:10:09,100
Do you know
what became of them?
1115
01:10:09,100 --> 01:10:11,600
Yes, sir.
They've beenfiled.
1116
01:10:11,500 --> 01:10:14,000
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
1117
01:10:14,500 --> 01:10:16,500
Captain Rickenbacker,
will you tell the court...
1118
01:10:16,500 --> 01:10:19,000
how many enemy planes
you brought down
in the last war?
1119
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:21,000
Yes, sir.
Twenty-six.
1120
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:24,500
Approximately how many hours
did you spend flying
over enemy lines?
1121
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:28,500
About 300.
Now, based on your experiences
in the World War,
1122
01:10:28,500 --> 01:10:30,500
I should like to ask you
three questions.
1123
01:10:30,500 --> 01:10:35,000
First, is it proper
to send an aviator up
without a parachute?
1124
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:39,000
It's suicidal. It's like
sending a man to sea
without a life preserver.
1125
01:10:39,500 --> 01:10:44,500
Second, what is your opinion
of the aircraft presently
being used by our flyers?
1126
01:10:44,500 --> 01:10:47,500
The graveyards
around our airfields
prove their worth.
1127
01:10:47,500 --> 01:10:50,500
Third, do you happen to know
what the aviation rank
of the United States is...
1128
01:10:50,500 --> 01:10:52,500
in comparison
with other nations?
1129
01:10:52,500 --> 01:10:56,000
According to the latest
information I have,
we're now in eighth place.
1130
01:10:55,900 --> 01:10:57,900
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
Thank you,
Capt. Rickenbacker.
1131
01:10:57,900 --> 01:11:00,900
Your witness.
Would it surprise you
to know, Captain,
1132
01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:03,400
that the latest
official reports contradict...
1133
01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:06,900
most of your so-called
informedstatements?
1134
01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:12,900
I wouldn't be surprised
at anything in the official
reports you refer to.
1135
01:11:12,900 --> 01:11:14,900
I would be surprised
if anybody believed them.
1136
01:11:14,900 --> 01:11:17,900
No further questions.
1137
01:11:17,900 --> 01:11:20,900
Major Spaatz,
what is your present
military assignment?
1138
01:11:20,900 --> 01:11:23,400
I am chief of the
tactical unit section
of the training command.
1139
01:11:23,400 --> 01:11:25,400
Now, Major Spaatz,
can you inform this court...
1140
01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:29,400
as to how many planes
our armed forces presently
have for combat purposes?
1141
01:11:29,400 --> 01:11:31,400
Yes, sir. Nine.
1142
01:11:31,900 --> 01:11:35,900
But the War Department
carries on the army list
1,800 planes.
1143
01:11:35,900 --> 01:11:38,400
That is technically
correct, sir.
1144
01:11:38,300 --> 01:11:41,300
But of that number,
1,400 are museum pieces...
1145
01:11:41,300 --> 01:11:43,300
which are obsolete
and of little
serviceable use.
1146
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:45,900
And the remaining 400?
1147
01:11:45,900 --> 01:11:49,400
331 of those
were flown in France
in 1917...
1148
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:51,900
and have not
been modified
or improved since.
1149
01:11:51,900 --> 01:11:53,900
And the remaining 69?
1150
01:11:54,400 --> 01:11:56,400
Sixty are used
for training purposes.
1151
01:11:56,400 --> 01:11:59,900
That leaves nine
for use against
a possible enemy.
1152
01:11:59,900 --> 01:12:03,400
And of that number, not one
pursuit ship is equipped
for wartime service.
1153
01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:06,400
So you believe the organization
of the tactical unit
of the air service...
1154
01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:08,900
is being retarded
by the War Department.
1155
01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:13,400
- I do.
-Thank you, Major.
Thank you very much.
1156
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:16,400
Is it your experience,
Mr. La Guardia,
as a member of the Congress,
1157
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:20,900
that younger officers
invariably want to carry out
the wishes of the general staff?
1158
01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:22,800
Well, let me put it
this way.
1159
01:12:23,300 --> 01:12:25,300
When the army testifies
before Congress,
1160
01:12:25,300 --> 01:12:28,800
it operates like
a self-greasing axle.
[ Spectators Laugh ]
1161
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:30,800
Thank you, Congressman.
Your witness.
1162
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:34,300
Mr. La Guardia, is it true
you made a speech in New York...
1163
01:12:34,300 --> 01:12:38,800
in which you said Col. Mitchell
is not being tried
by a jury of his peers?
1164
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:42,800
- That is correct.
- By what logic do you
arrive at the conclusion...
1165
01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:47,300
that general officers
in the United States Army
are not equals to Col. Mitchell?
1166
01:12:47,800 --> 01:12:51,300
That's easy. Their feet
are stuck in the mud.
[ Spectators Laugh ]
1167
01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:54,300
Not one of them has ever
flown in an airplane.
1168
01:12:54,300 --> 01:12:57,800
Isn't it possible, Congressman--
having flown a plane yourself--
1169
01:12:57,800 --> 01:13:01,300
that your judgment is clouded
by the natural sympathy
you feel...
1170
01:13:01,300 --> 01:13:04,300
for another man
who also flies a plane?
1171
01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:08,200
I have no more
natural sympathy
for an airplane pilot...
1172
01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:10,700
than I do for some
of my colleagues
in Congress.
1173
01:13:10,700 --> 01:13:14,700
[ Spectators Laugh ]
Yet you say that officers
who have never flown...
1174
01:13:14,700 --> 01:13:16,700
are not equals
to Col. Mitchell.
1175
01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:20,700
In that respect only.
It's as reasonable
to have them judge him...
1176
01:13:20,700 --> 01:13:22,700
as it is for you
to run for Congress.
1177
01:13:22,700 --> 01:13:26,300
[ Spectators Laughing ]
No further questions.
1178
01:13:26,300 --> 01:13:29,800
Admiral Sims, how does
the United States Navy
handle its aircraft?
1179
01:13:29,800 --> 01:13:33,300
What is its policy?
Well, it has no policy.
1180
01:13:33,300 --> 01:13:35,800
It bumps along
from day to day.
[ Spectators Laugh ]
1181
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:39,300
Does the navy
consider the airplane
a major weapon?
1182
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:43,300
The Navy Department
is ignoring the airplane...
1183
01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:46,800
in the hope that,
if they don't notice it,
maybe it'll disappear.
1184
01:13:46,700 --> 01:13:49,200
[ Laughter ]
Thank you, Admiral.
Your witness.
1185
01:13:50,700 --> 01:13:53,700
Admiral, how do you account for
this difference of opinion...
1186
01:13:53,700 --> 01:13:56,200
between you and your
colleagues of the navy?
1187
01:13:56,200 --> 01:14:00,200
Well, they are just not
educated about the air.
1188
01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:02,200
Surely,
they're capable officers...
1189
01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:05,200
who can inform themselves
on the problems of aviation.
1190
01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:09,200
Reading a lot of golf books
doesn't make a man
a good golf player.
1191
01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:14,700
[ Laughter ]
As I understand it, Admiral, you
are no longer in active service.
1192
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:18,200
- Is that right?
- Yes, sir.
I am retired.
1193
01:14:18,700 --> 01:14:23,700
But I can still think for
myself, and I'd like to tell
this court one thing, sir.
1194
01:14:23,700 --> 01:14:27,200
This row on air power
is not a row between
the army and navy.
1195
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:31,600
It is a clash between
men who love to fly
and men who don't,
1196
01:14:32,100 --> 01:14:34,600
men who think
in terms of air power...
1197
01:14:34,600 --> 01:14:38,100
and men who can't
think at all.
1198
01:14:38,600 --> 01:14:42,100
Col. Moreland,
this Mitchell business
is getting out of hand.
1199
01:14:42,600 --> 01:14:44,600
It looks as though
he's put the army on trial.
1200
01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:47,600
Mr. President, the army
has no intention of being
on the defensive.
1201
01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:50,600
You may depend on that.
The prestige
of our armed forces...
1202
01:14:51,100 --> 01:14:53,100
is being affected
all over the world.
1203
01:14:53,100 --> 01:14:56,100
The sooner this is over with,
the better it'll be
for the whole country.
1204
01:14:56,100 --> 01:15:01,200
I can assure you, sir,
the complexion of the trial
is going to change very shortly.
1205
01:15:01,200 --> 01:15:03,700
Thank you.
Yes, sir.
1206
01:15:10,100 --> 01:15:13,600
Where's the--
[ Men ] ?? Come, Josephine
in my flying machine ??
1207
01:15:13,600 --> 01:15:17,600
?? Going up, she goes
Up she goes ??
1208
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:20,100
?? Balance yourself
like a bird on a beam ??
1209
01:15:20,100 --> 01:15:24,600
?? In the air, she goes
Hey, here she goes ??
1210
01:15:24,600 --> 01:15:28,100
?? Up, up
a little bit higher ??
1211
01:15:28,100 --> 01:15:31,100
?? Oh, my
the moon is on fire-- ??
Hey! There's Mr. Reid.
1212
01:15:31,100 --> 01:15:34,600
[ All Cheer ]
What's the matter
with Congressman Reid?
1213
01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:36,600
[ All ]
He's all right.
1214
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:39,600
Who's all right?
[ All ]
Congressman Reid!
1215
01:15:39,600 --> 01:15:43,100
Hello, fellas.
George, bring Congressman Reid
a couple of brass hats on toast.
1216
01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:47,600
They're not very good.
They're hard to digest.
Give you gas.
1217
01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:51,600
Gentlemen, I move that
we appoint Congressman Reid
President of the United States.
1218
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:54,100
[ All Cheering ]
Thank you, gentlemen.
1219
01:15:54,500 --> 01:15:57,500
I promise to move
the White House
into a bomber.
1220
01:15:57,500 --> 01:15:59,500
First, I'd like
to talk to my client.
Where's Col. Mitchell?
1221
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:02,500
He's still in his room.
Come on, Mr. Reid.
Let's go get him.
1222
01:16:02,500 --> 01:16:06,000
?
?? Come, Josephine
in my flying machine ?
1223
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:09,500
?? Going up, she goes
Up she goes ????
1224
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,000
[ Knocking ]
Yes?
1225
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:16,000
Billy?
1226
01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:21,000
You all right?
Me? Sure. I'm--
1227
01:16:21,000 --> 01:16:23,000
Just a little headache.
1228
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:25,500
Well, forget the party
and get a good night's sleep.
1229
01:16:25,500 --> 01:16:28,000
I want you fresh
on the witness stand
in the morning.
1230
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:30,100
Look at me, sir.
1231
01:16:30,100 --> 01:16:32,100
Go away, Russ.
I'm all right.
1232
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,500
I thought so.
It's his malaria.
1233
01:16:38,500 --> 01:16:42,000
He needs more
than this quinine.
I'd better get a doctor.
1234
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:44,000
You'll do nothing
of the kind.
1235
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:46,500
Come back here, Russ.
1236
01:16:46,500 --> 01:16:49,000
You can't go on the stand
in this condition.
1237
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:52,000
I'll be all right tomorrow.
I've had these attacks
before.
1238
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:56,500
I've got to go
on the witness stand.
1239
01:16:56,500 --> 01:16:58,500
Why do you want to do it?
You don't have to.
1240
01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:03,500
I haven't testified yet.
But you don't have to.
We won.
1241
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:07,000
I haven't won,
not till we get
an air force.
1242
01:17:08,500 --> 01:17:10,500
Listen.
I'm listening.
1243
01:17:10,500 --> 01:17:14,000
Frank... are you
gonna put me on?
1244
01:17:17,500 --> 01:17:19,500
If you insist.
1245
01:17:26,900 --> 01:17:30,400
Better get that doctor, Russ.
Ask him to stand by
in court tomorrow.
1246
01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:32,400
He may be needed.
1247
01:17:45,700 --> 01:17:48,200
Court will come to order.
1248
01:17:48,200 --> 01:17:52,200
Col. Mitchell, at this time,
I remind you that under
the Articles of War,
1249
01:17:52,700 --> 01:17:55,700
you have three choices
as to procedure.
1250
01:17:55,700 --> 01:17:58,200
You may remain silent,
and, if you do so,
1251
01:17:58,200 --> 01:18:01,700
no inference
will be drawn
one way or the other.
1252
01:18:01,600 --> 01:18:05,100
You may, if you wish,
make a statement
not under oath.
1253
01:18:05,600 --> 01:18:07,600
Or you may be sworn,
1254
01:18:07,600 --> 01:18:10,600
in which case,
you'll be subject
to cross-examination.
1255
01:18:10,600 --> 01:18:12,600
The rights of the accused
have been explained to him,
1256
01:18:12,600 --> 01:18:15,100
and he elects
to testify under oath.
1257
01:18:23,100 --> 01:18:26,600
Do you swear the testimony
you shall give in
the proceedings now before us...
1258
01:18:27,100 --> 01:18:31,100
shall be the truth,
the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?
1259
01:18:31,100 --> 01:18:33,100
I do.
1260
01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:38,600
May it please the court,
I should like to note
the addition...
1261
01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:42,600
of Major Allan Gullion
to my staff.
1262
01:18:42,600 --> 01:18:45,100
He shall conduct
the cross-examination
of Col. Mitchell.
1263
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:48,500
Who's he?
One of the best legal minds
in the army.
1264
01:18:48,500 --> 01:18:50,500
I didn't know
he was in Washington.
1265
01:18:55,500 --> 01:18:58,000
And now, Colonel,
as an aviation expert,
1266
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:00,600
as a flyer who's been
highly honored
by his government...
1267
01:19:00,600 --> 01:19:03,100
for his services
in war and in peace,
1268
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:05,600
is there something you wish
to say in conclusion?
1269
01:19:08,600 --> 01:19:12,100
As an officer
in the United States Army,
1270
01:19:12,100 --> 01:19:14,600
I had to choose between
my duty to the army...
1271
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:17,600
and what I considered
to be my duty
to my country.
1272
01:19:19,100 --> 01:19:22,600
I chose the distasteful
method of inviting
my own court-martial...
1273
01:19:22,600 --> 01:19:27,100
because I felt
in no other way
could I focus attention...
1274
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:29,500
upon a desperately
urgent problem.
1275
01:19:29,500 --> 01:19:33,500
I hope I've made it clear
that our country needs
an adequate air force.
1276
01:19:33,500 --> 01:19:38,500
But above and beyond that,
it needs immediate
consideration...
1277
01:19:38,500 --> 01:19:41,000
for the safety
of our flyers.
1278
01:19:44,500 --> 01:19:47,000
[ Chattering ]
Order in the court.
1279
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:50,500
Order in the court.
Thank you, Colonel.
1280
01:19:50,500 --> 01:19:54,500
I know your words
will not go unheeded
by the people of this country.
1281
01:19:54,500 --> 01:19:57,300
You may cross-examine.
1282
01:20:01,300 --> 01:20:05,300
[ Knocks ]
Col. Mitchell, I've been
studying your war record,
1283
01:20:05,300 --> 01:20:08,800
and I must confess
it overwhelms me.
1284
01:20:08,700 --> 01:20:12,200
Those ribbons on your breast,
sir-- would you mind stating
what decorations they represent?
1285
01:20:14,200 --> 01:20:18,200
The Distinguished Service Medal,
the Distinguished Service Cross,
the Legion of Honor,
1286
01:20:18,200 --> 01:20:20,700
the Crown of Italy,
1287
01:20:20,700 --> 01:20:23,200
the Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George
and the Croix de Guerre.
1288
01:20:23,200 --> 01:20:26,200
That's very interesting, sir.
Now, Colonel,
to your knowledge,
1289
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:29,700
are you the only American
officer in the army today
that wears such decorations?
1290
01:20:29,700 --> 01:20:31,700
Of course not.
Many other officers
wear them.
1291
01:20:32,200 --> 01:20:34,700
I see.
Now, tell me this.
1292
01:20:34,700 --> 01:20:37,700
Have any of these
other officers
ever been court-martialed?
1293
01:20:37,700 --> 01:20:41,700
Objection. That's immaterial.
You needn't answer that,
Colonel.
1294
01:20:41,700 --> 01:20:45,700
I was merely trying
to establish what
a unique officer you are.
1295
01:20:45,700 --> 01:20:47,700
But you are.
You are very,
very different...
1296
01:20:47,700 --> 01:20:49,700
and a special
sort of man.
1297
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:54,600
I assume, Col. Mitchell,
you share with me
the respect I have...
1298
01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:56,600
for those officers
in the American army...
1299
01:20:56,600 --> 01:20:59,100
who wear as distinguished
decorations as your own?
1300
01:20:59,100 --> 01:21:01,100
Of course.
They earned them.
1301
01:21:01,100 --> 01:21:04,100
By risking their lives
in combat in the defense
of their country?
1302
01:21:04,100 --> 01:21:07,600
Yes.
Then why did you
call such men traitors?
1303
01:21:08,100 --> 01:21:11,100
Objection.
That question assumes
facts not in evidence.
1304
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:14,600
Objection overruled.
1305
01:21:14,600 --> 01:21:17,100
To repeat the question,
1306
01:21:18,100 --> 01:21:20,100
in your statement
in San Antonio,
1307
01:21:20,100 --> 01:21:23,100
why did you call
such men traitors?
1308
01:21:23,100 --> 01:21:26,100
I wasn't referring
specifically to any officer.
1309
01:21:26,100 --> 01:21:28,100
But you certainly must
have had some men in mind...
1310
01:21:28,100 --> 01:21:31,700
when you accuse
the general staff of conduct
that was virtually treasonable.
1311
01:21:33,700 --> 01:21:37,700
I was thinking of the system,
the system of administering
air power...
1312
01:21:37,600 --> 01:21:39,600
in the army
and the navy.
1313
01:21:39,600 --> 01:21:43,600
I see. You were speaking
in generalities.
Yes.
1314
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:47,600
But isn't it possible, sir,
that many of your statements
have been generalities?
1315
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:50,100
No, sir.
1316
01:21:50,100 --> 01:21:55,100
And am I to understand,
when you use a phrase,
1317
01:21:55,100 --> 01:21:59,100
"guilty of criminal
negligence,"
that you meant that?
1318
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:03,600
That statement was
and is accurate.
1319
01:22:03,600 --> 01:22:05,600
Negligence
of the ordinary--
No. Forgive me--
1320
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:08,100
Forgive me
for interrupting, Colonel,
1321
01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:12,100
but I'm sure the court
would like to be clear
on this point.
1322
01:22:14,100 --> 01:22:18,100
You do then reiterate
your accusation...
1323
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:23,500
that certain high-ranking
officers in the American
army are criminals.
1324
01:22:23,500 --> 01:22:25,500
You're twisting my words.
1325
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:31,500
Col. Mitchell,
did your public attack
on the army...
1326
01:22:31,500 --> 01:22:35,000
start after
a series of accidents
involving your friends,
1327
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:38,500
in which some
of your friends were--
were killed?
1328
01:22:38,500 --> 01:22:41,000
Yes.
Isn't it possible, sir,
1329
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:46,500
that the sense of grief
that you felt
over their loss...
1330
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:49,500
inspired you
to make your statement?
1331
01:22:49,500 --> 01:22:53,000
It did not.
Then why didn't you
attack your superiors...
1332
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:56,500
before the accidents
involving your friends?
1333
01:22:56,500 --> 01:22:58,500
I wasn't ready.
1334
01:22:58,500 --> 01:23:01,500
You mean
you didn't think the iron
was hot enough to strike?
1335
01:23:03,400 --> 01:23:05,400
I recall no such thought.
1336
01:23:05,400 --> 01:23:09,500
And don't you mean
that you wanted to wait
until you felt sure...
1337
01:23:09,500 --> 01:23:13,000
that the newspapers
would be on your side?
1338
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:15,500
On the side of a bigger
and better air service.
1339
01:23:15,500 --> 01:23:19,000
You consider the press qualified
to influence and dictate
to the armed forces?
1340
01:23:19,500 --> 01:23:23,000
I object to this whole
line of questioning
as irrelevant and immaterial.
1341
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:27,000
The matter before this court
is the facts behind
the alleged offense.
1342
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:31,000
May it please the court.
1343
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:36,000
The accused is attempting
to establish justification
for the offense,
1344
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:39,000
and I'm trying to prove
that there's no
justification.
1345
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:41,000
[ Guthrie ]
Sustained.
1346
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:45,500
Colonel, I have here
original letters
written by you...
1347
01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:49,900
to the War Department
over the period
of the last two years.
1348
01:23:50,900 --> 01:23:53,900
You recognize them?
They're mine, all right.
1349
01:23:53,900 --> 01:23:56,400
I've read them
with great interest.
1350
01:23:56,400 --> 01:24:00,400
I'm glad somebody did.
[ Laughs ]
1351
01:24:00,400 --> 01:24:02,900
I should like to question you
about some of the statements...
1352
01:24:02,900 --> 01:24:05,400
you make
in these communications.
1353
01:24:05,400 --> 01:24:07,400
You say here that
"In future wars,
1354
01:24:07,400 --> 01:24:09,900
"soldiers will invade
peaceful lands...
1355
01:24:09,900 --> 01:24:14,400
by leaping in parachutes
from airplanes in the sky."
1356
01:24:14,400 --> 01:24:16,900
Would you care to reveal
who gave you
this startling information?
1357
01:24:16,900 --> 01:24:18,900
Nobody gave it to me.
1358
01:24:18,900 --> 01:24:22,900
It's quite obvious
to anyone with
the slightest foresight.
1359
01:24:22,900 --> 01:24:26,900
I see. Then do you mean
that the chiefs of staff
of the army and navy...
1360
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:29,300
are not only treasonable
and incompetent...
1361
01:24:29,300 --> 01:24:31,800
but are lacking
in foresight as well?
1362
01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:34,800
You said that.
I didn't.
[ Spectators Laugh ]
1363
01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:37,300
Now, in this letter,
you recommend that
the armed forces...
1364
01:24:37,300 --> 01:24:39,300
be separated
into three branches--
1365
01:24:39,300 --> 01:24:43,800
the army, navy
and the air force.
1366
01:24:43,800 --> 01:24:46,300
Is that your opinion?
It is.
1367
01:24:46,800 --> 01:24:49,300
Why did you seek to divide
the fighting forces
of this country?
1368
01:24:49,800 --> 01:24:51,800
I didn't mean
to divide them.
1369
01:24:51,800 --> 01:24:53,800
I recommended that
they all be combined...
1370
01:24:53,800 --> 01:24:56,300
under a single Department
of National Defense...
1371
01:24:56,300 --> 01:24:58,300
with specialists
in command of each branch.
1372
01:24:58,300 --> 01:25:01,300
And did you see yourself, sir,
1373
01:25:01,300 --> 01:25:04,300
in the role of the specialist
in command of the air force?
1374
01:25:04,300 --> 01:25:07,900
Objection. The line
of questioning up to now
is a familiar one...
1375
01:25:07,800 --> 01:25:10,300
seeking to falsely
characterize
the accused...
1376
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:13,300
by the clever
manipulation
of semantics.
1377
01:25:14,300 --> 01:25:16,300
Sustained.
1378
01:25:18,300 --> 01:25:22,300
You state here that "The army
should investigate methods
of protection against air raids,
1379
01:25:22,300 --> 01:25:24,800
including alarm signals
and bomb shelters."
1380
01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:26,800
[ Chuckles ]
Bomb shelters.
1381
01:25:27,300 --> 01:25:31,800
Is it your actual belief that
this country is vulnerable
to attack from the air?
1382
01:25:31,800 --> 01:25:35,800
It is my belief, if not now,
at least within
the foreseeable future.
1383
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:39,300
Col. Mitchell, do you have
any idea of the width
of the Atlantic Ocean?
1384
01:25:39,300 --> 01:25:41,300
Approximately 3,000 miles.
1385
01:25:41,300 --> 01:25:45,300
And the Pacific Ocean?
I know what you're
getting at, and I tell you,
1386
01:25:45,300 --> 01:25:49,800
it won't be long before
an airplane will fly
nonstop across both oceans.
1387
01:25:50,200 --> 01:25:52,200
Carrying bombs.
Carrying bombs.
1388
01:25:52,200 --> 01:25:56,700
Col. Mitchell, do you realize
that your declarations,
if taken seriously,
1389
01:25:56,700 --> 01:26:00,700
could result in creating
panic among the people
of our country?
1390
01:26:00,700 --> 01:26:04,700
I'd rather have the people
scared than dead.
[ Spectators Laugh ]
1391
01:26:06,200 --> 01:26:08,200
Now, here's one
in which you propose
that the government...
1392
01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:10,700
build an academy
like West Point for airmen.
1393
01:26:10,700 --> 01:26:12,700
What do you have
against West Point?
1394
01:26:13,200 --> 01:26:15,200
I have nothing
against West Point.
1395
01:26:16,700 --> 01:26:19,200
It's a fine school
for infantrymen.
1396
01:26:19,200 --> 01:26:21,700
There should be
an equally good school
for flyers.
1397
01:26:23,200 --> 01:26:25,700
Now, in this one, you make
the statement that, quote,
1398
01:26:25,700 --> 01:26:27,700
"Airships traveling
a thousand miles an hour...
1399
01:26:28,200 --> 01:26:32,700
will fight each other
in the stratosphere."
Unquote.
1400
01:26:32,600 --> 01:26:37,100
Col. Mitchell, do you have
any comprehension how fast
a thousand miles an hour is?
1401
01:26:37,100 --> 01:26:40,600
Of course I do.
Do you know that it's faster
than the speed of sound?
1402
01:26:40,600 --> 01:26:44,700
It's approximately
250 miles faster
than the speed of sound.
1403
01:26:44,700 --> 01:26:48,200
Are there any airplanes today
that can go 250 miles an hour?
1404
01:26:49,700 --> 01:26:51,700
Wedon't have any.
I can tell you that.
[ Laughter ]
1405
01:26:51,700 --> 01:26:56,700
But you said, sir, that
they wouldn't only go
250 miles an hour,
1406
01:26:56,700 --> 01:26:59,700
but they would go
250 miles...
1407
01:26:59,700 --> 01:27:02,200
faster than
the speed of sound.
1408
01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:05,200
That's correct.
Well, now, would it be
asking too much...
1409
01:27:05,700 --> 01:27:08,700
if I could learn from you
what crystal ball...
1410
01:27:08,700 --> 01:27:11,200
you got
these astounding facts from?
1411
01:27:11,200 --> 01:27:14,700
Objection. The prosecutor's
attempting to ridicule
the witness.
1412
01:27:14,700 --> 01:27:17,700
I'll answer that question.
There is no crystal ball.
1413
01:27:18,100 --> 01:27:20,100
Anyone with any knowledge
of the air knows...
1414
01:27:20,100 --> 01:27:25,100
that the ultimate speed
of aircraft
is almost unlimited.
1415
01:27:25,100 --> 01:27:27,600
It depends only
on technical developments.
1416
01:27:29,600 --> 01:27:32,600
Amazing.
1417
01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:35,600
Here's a letter
to headquarters you wrote
after a short trip to Hawaii.
1418
01:27:35,600 --> 01:27:39,600
You say, quote,
"The army and navy commands
here are concerned...
1419
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:42,100
"principally with the question
of jurisdiction.
1420
01:27:42,100 --> 01:27:44,100
"There is so much
petty bickering between them...
1421
01:27:44,100 --> 01:27:47,600
that the Islands are virtually
undefended." Unquote.
1422
01:27:47,600 --> 01:27:50,100
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
Do you consider that
a proper observation...
1423
01:27:50,100 --> 01:27:53,100
to be made by an officer
about his superiors?
1424
01:27:53,100 --> 01:27:55,100
That was written
in connection
with my belief...
1425
01:27:55,100 --> 01:27:58,100
that air power
will control the Pacific.
1426
01:27:58,000 --> 01:28:01,500
It's very important that
the missions of the army,
the navy and the air...
1427
01:28:01,500 --> 01:28:04,500
be-- be sharply defined.
1428
01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:08,000
Thank you.
1429
01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:11,500
You seem to have quite a bit
to say about Hawaii, Colonel.
1430
01:28:11,500 --> 01:28:14,000
For example,
you write that...
1431
01:28:14,000 --> 01:28:19,500
"Pearl Harbor has no adequate
defense against air attack--
1432
01:28:19,500 --> 01:28:23,000
It hasn't.
"and that a foreign power
could attack...
1433
01:28:23,000 --> 01:28:26,600
and reduce the Hawaiian Islands
in a matter of minutes."
1434
01:28:26,600 --> 01:28:29,100
Do you actually
believe that?
I not only believe it,
1435
01:28:29,100 --> 01:28:32,100
if you'll look into
those letters, you'll find
my specific observations...
1436
01:28:32,100 --> 01:28:35,100
on how it can be done.
1437
01:28:35,100 --> 01:28:37,100
I was coming to that.
1438
01:28:37,100 --> 01:28:40,100
Oh, yes. Here it is.
1439
01:28:41,500 --> 01:28:46,500
Your letter dated
December 14, 1923.
1440
01:28:46,500 --> 01:28:48,500
I'll read this slowly
and distinctly...
1441
01:28:48,500 --> 01:28:52,500
because I want the court
to know that you are
second to none,
1442
01:28:52,500 --> 01:28:56,500
that you are an expert
in palmistry,
1443
01:28:56,500 --> 01:29:00,100
table-tipping
and the reading of tea leaves.
1444
01:29:00,100 --> 01:29:03,100
I object!
The prosecutor's
being abusive.
1445
01:29:03,100 --> 01:29:07,600
- Objection sustained.
- My apologies, Colonel.
1446
01:29:07,600 --> 01:29:10,100
I'll let your words
speak for themselves.
1447
01:29:11,600 --> 01:29:14,100
"Preceded by
scouting submarines,
1448
01:29:14,600 --> 01:29:18,600
"enemy aircraft carriers
will lay off
the island of Oahu...
1449
01:29:18,600 --> 01:29:22,100
"at a distance
of about 150 miles.
1450
01:29:22,100 --> 01:29:25,600
"The attack will be
launched in two waves
and without warning.
1451
01:29:26,000 --> 01:29:28,000
"The first wave will strike
at Pearl Harbor,
1452
01:29:28,500 --> 01:29:32,000
"Schofield Barracks,
and the Ford Island airdrome...
1453
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:35,000
"and the naval
fuel and ammunition dumps.
1454
01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:39,000
"This attack will be followed
by a second shortly thereafter,
1455
01:29:39,000 --> 01:29:43,000
its objectives being
the city and wharfs
of Honolulu."
1456
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:45,500
[ Spectators Murmuring ]
1457
01:29:45,500 --> 01:29:47,500
Colonel--
1458
01:29:47,500 --> 01:29:49,500
[ Chuckling ]
Colonel, what was
your condition--
1459
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:53,000
What was your state of mind
when you wrote this?
1460
01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:56,500
If you mean was I crazy,
the answer is no.
1461
01:29:56,500 --> 01:30:00,500
And you still cling
to this, uh, prediction?
1462
01:30:00,500 --> 01:30:04,500
Unless we repair
our defenses, we can
certainly be attacked.
1463
01:30:05,000 --> 01:30:08,000
I see. Now, there's
one piece of information...
1464
01:30:07,900 --> 01:30:09,900
I couldn't seem to find
in your communications.
1465
01:30:09,900 --> 01:30:11,900
Perhaps you could
enlighten us.
1466
01:30:11,900 --> 01:30:15,900
Does your crystal ball
reveal by what enemy...
1467
01:30:15,900 --> 01:30:17,900
this mythical attack
will be made?
1468
01:30:17,900 --> 01:30:20,900
Objection! The prosecutor
is goading the witness.
By whom, Colonel? By whom?
1469
01:30:20,900 --> 01:30:23,900
Will the court
instruct the witness
not to answer that question?
1470
01:30:24,400 --> 01:30:26,400
I'll answer that question.
1471
01:30:26,400 --> 01:30:28,900
The attack will be made
by the Japanese.
1472
01:30:28,900 --> 01:30:31,400
[ Spectators
Chattering Loudly ]
1473
01:30:35,400 --> 01:30:38,500
The prosecution would like
to submit these documents...
1474
01:30:38,500 --> 01:30:40,500
as the exhibit
next in order.
1475
01:30:40,500 --> 01:30:42,500
They will be received.
1476
01:30:42,500 --> 01:30:47,000
Col. Mitchell,
what explanation
the War Department...
1477
01:30:47,000 --> 01:30:49,500
will have to make
to the Japanese
ambassador...
1478
01:30:49,400 --> 01:30:51,900
is beyond the province
of this court.
1479
01:30:51,900 --> 01:30:54,900
However, now that you
have said your say,
1480
01:30:54,900 --> 01:30:59,400
now that you have done
your-- your little piece,
1481
01:30:59,900 --> 01:31:02,900
now that you have, uh,
proclaimed your vision,
1482
01:31:03,400 --> 01:31:05,900
might you not say
that you have
overstated your case,
1483
01:31:05,900 --> 01:31:10,900
and, upon sober reflection,
things aren't as bad
as you said?
1484
01:31:10,900 --> 01:31:12,900
Most certainly not.
1485
01:31:13,400 --> 01:31:15,900
I meant every word of it,
and I still do.
1486
01:31:15,900 --> 01:31:18,900
Then I submit,
Col. Mitchell,
1487
01:31:18,900 --> 01:31:23,900
that you are guilty
of the most flagrant
disorder...
1488
01:31:23,900 --> 01:31:26,900
to the prejudice
of good
military discipline.
1489
01:31:26,900 --> 01:31:29,400
I don't agree.
1490
01:31:30,400 --> 01:31:33,400
Col. Mitchell,
is it, uh,
1491
01:31:33,300 --> 01:31:35,800
is it your desire today
to remain in the army?
1492
01:31:35,800 --> 01:31:39,300
- It is.
- And should the occasion
arise in peace or war,
1493
01:31:39,300 --> 01:31:41,300
and you thought
your superiors wrong,
1494
01:31:41,800 --> 01:31:43,300
would you rush
to the newspapers...
1495
01:31:43,800 --> 01:31:45,800
with attacks
against their behavior?
1496
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:49,300
Objection. That question
is ridiculous and outrageous.
1497
01:31:49,300 --> 01:31:53,800
The witness is being asked to
speculate on his future conduct.
1498
01:31:53,800 --> 01:31:55,800
Why not? Why not,
if the witness
can speculate...
1499
01:31:55,800 --> 01:31:58,800
on the future conduct
of the world
and its armies?
1500
01:31:59,300 --> 01:32:01,800
The issue bears
on the only question
before this court--
1501
01:32:02,300 --> 01:32:05,800
Col. Mitchell's
qualifications to remain
in the United States Army.
1502
01:32:05,800 --> 01:32:07,800
I'll answer that, Major.
1503
01:32:09,300 --> 01:32:11,800
I don't know
what I would do tomorrow.
1504
01:32:11,800 --> 01:32:15,800
Then you don't know
if you could behave
as an army man.
1505
01:32:16,200 --> 01:32:18,800
- I didn't say that.
- Are you ready...
1506
01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:22,800
to give
unquestioned obedience
to your superiors,
1507
01:32:22,800 --> 01:32:27,300
even though you may
consider their conduct
negligent and incompetent?
1508
01:32:27,300 --> 01:32:30,300
I consider myself
a good soldier.
1509
01:32:30,300 --> 01:32:32,800
Oh. Well, now,
1510
01:32:34,300 --> 01:32:37,300
then you
have changed from
that William Mitchell...
1511
01:32:37,300 --> 01:32:40,300
who denounced
his superiors in Texas.
1512
01:32:40,300 --> 01:32:42,800
- I have not changed.
- Oh, then you still
insist upon...
1513
01:32:42,800 --> 01:32:45,300
your right
to break an army rule.
1514
01:32:45,300 --> 01:32:49,300
- I didn't say that either.
- I am merely trying
to establish...
1515
01:32:49,300 --> 01:32:53,800
your exact feelings
on the question
of insubordination.
1516
01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:58,300
Col. Mitchell,
1517
01:32:58,200 --> 01:33:00,700
what is
the first duty...
1518
01:33:00,700 --> 01:33:03,200
of a soldier
to his superior?
1519
01:33:05,200 --> 01:33:08,700
- We've been over that.
- Are you afraid
of the word, sir?
1520
01:33:10,200 --> 01:33:13,200
- What word?
- The word that
answers my question,
1521
01:33:13,700 --> 01:33:16,200
in all
the armies of the world,
1522
01:33:16,200 --> 01:33:18,700
is the word "obedience."
1523
01:33:18,700 --> 01:33:21,700
You're trying to quibble me
out of the army.
1524
01:33:22,200 --> 01:33:24,200
You know better than
to call me disobedient.
1525
01:33:24,200 --> 01:33:27,700
Col. Mitchell,
why didn't you
resign from the army...
1526
01:33:27,700 --> 01:33:30,700
and conduct your campaign
legitimately
from a civilian position?
1527
01:33:30,700 --> 01:33:33,700
Because
I'm an army man, sir.
1528
01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:38,700
And do you consider
your statement in Texas
justified?
1529
01:33:39,200 --> 01:33:42,200
Objection.
The witness is being asked
to pass judgment on himself.
1530
01:33:42,600 --> 01:33:47,600
- I'll answer. My--
- Col. Mitchell, you don't
have to answer that question.
1531
01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:50,100
Objection sustained.
1532
01:33:52,100 --> 01:33:56,100
In view, then, of your
present opinion...
1533
01:33:56,600 --> 01:34:01,200
that your superiors
are negligent
and incompetent,
1534
01:34:01,200 --> 01:34:04,700
could you give them
unquestioned obedience...
1535
01:34:04,700 --> 01:34:06,700
should you be
returned to duty?
1536
01:34:06,700 --> 01:34:10,700
I ask the court
to instruct the witness
not to answer that question.
1537
01:34:10,700 --> 01:34:13,200
I'll answer
that question too.
1538
01:34:13,200 --> 01:34:16,200
You have asked me
to state that I am unfit
to remain in the army...
1539
01:34:16,200 --> 01:34:21,700
because I have
incurred the hostility
of my superior officers.
1540
01:34:21,700 --> 01:34:25,700
I can't admit that,
and I won't.
1541
01:34:27,600 --> 01:34:30,600
I've been wearing the uniform
of the United States Army...
1542
01:34:31,100 --> 01:34:33,600
most of my adult life,
1543
01:34:33,600 --> 01:34:36,100
and I've worn it
with pride.
1544
01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:41,600
But if being a good soldier
is your kind
of good soldier,
1545
01:34:41,600 --> 01:34:46,600
of being unable
to think for himself
and say what he thinks,
1546
01:34:46,600 --> 01:34:50,600
of being narrow
and blind...
1547
01:34:50,600 --> 01:34:52,600
and insensible
to a higher duty,
1548
01:34:55,100 --> 01:34:58,100
you can have the uniform
and all that goes with it.
1549
01:34:58,100 --> 01:35:00,600
[ Spectators
Chattering Loudly ]
1550
01:35:02,600 --> 01:35:05,100
If trying to do something
for your country,
1551
01:35:06,500 --> 01:35:09,500
if fighting
to correct injustice...
1552
01:35:09,500 --> 01:35:12,000
is being a bad soldier,
1553
01:35:12,000 --> 01:35:15,000
then I'm glad
I'm a bad soldier.
1554
01:35:16,500 --> 01:35:21,000
This issue goes far beyond
being a good soldier in--
1555
01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:23,000
in his sense of the word.
1556
01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:25,000
It goes beyond
blind obedience...
1557
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:29,000
and depends on--
on a man's faith...
1558
01:35:29,000 --> 01:35:33,000
in his knowledge
of what is right.
1559
01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:39,100
If being
a good soldier is...
1560
01:35:39,600 --> 01:35:44,100
submitting dumbly
and passively to--
1561
01:35:44,100 --> 01:35:48,100
to injustice, indecision
and complacency, then I'm--
1562
01:35:51,500 --> 01:35:53,500
[ Voice Breaking ]
I'm glad I'm a bad one.
1563
01:35:53,500 --> 01:35:56,000
[ Spectators
Chattering Loudly ]
1564
01:35:57,500 --> 01:35:59,500
Billy.
1565
01:36:03,500 --> 01:36:06,500
Thank you, Col. Mitchell.
1566
01:36:08,500 --> 01:36:11,500
That's all. No further
cross-examination.
1567
01:36:11,500 --> 01:36:13,500
The army rests its case.
1568
01:36:15,000 --> 01:36:18,000
Does the defense
wish to make
a closing statement?
1569
01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:21,000
The defense
has nothing further.
1570
01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:23,500
The court will retire
to consider its finding.
1571
01:36:35,900 --> 01:36:38,300
[ Spectators Chattering ]
1572
01:36:39,800 --> 01:36:42,800
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
1573
01:36:49,800 --> 01:36:51,800
Stand up when
the court enters!
1574
01:37:10,800 --> 01:37:12,800
The court
will come to order.
1575
01:37:14,200 --> 01:37:16,200
The accused will stand.
1576
01:37:24,200 --> 01:37:26,700
Col. William Mitchell,
1577
01:37:26,700 --> 01:37:28,700
the court,
in closed session...
1578
01:37:28,700 --> 01:37:31,200
and upon secret
written ballot,
1579
01:37:31,200 --> 01:37:33,800
two-thirds of the members
present at the time
this vote was taken...
1580
01:37:33,800 --> 01:37:35,800
concurring therein,
1581
01:37:35,800 --> 01:37:39,800
finds you, of all specifications
and the charge, guilty.
1582
01:37:39,800 --> 01:37:41,800
[ Spectators
Chattering Loudly ]
1583
01:37:43,800 --> 01:37:45,800
Order in the court.
1584
01:37:50,300 --> 01:37:52,300
The court,
again in closed session...
1585
01:37:52,800 --> 01:37:54,800
and upon secret
written ballot,
1586
01:37:54,800 --> 01:37:58,300
two-thirds of the members
present concurring therein,
1587
01:37:58,200 --> 01:38:03,200
sentences you to be
suspended from rank,
command and duty...
1588
01:38:03,200 --> 01:38:07,200
with forfeiture of all pay
and allowances for a period
of five years.
1589
01:38:07,200 --> 01:38:12,200
The court is thus lenient
because of your military
record during the World War.
1590
01:38:14,200 --> 01:38:16,200
The court has adjourned.
1591
01:38:26,200 --> 01:38:28,700
Do you have a statement
to make, Colonel?
Will you remain in Washington?
1592
01:38:29,200 --> 01:38:31,700
[ Reporters Shouting ]
1593
01:38:31,700 --> 01:38:34,700
No comment.
How do you feel about
the army now, Colonel?
1594
01:38:36,700 --> 01:38:40,700
The army owes me nothing.
I owe the army everything.
1595
01:38:40,600 --> 01:38:43,100
What do you intend
on doing--
[ Shouting Continues ]
1596
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Ten-hut!
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Thank you, gentlemen.
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Russ.
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Carry on.
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