1 00:01:06,728 --> 00:01:09,728 2 00:01:09,752 --> 00:01:12,752 stay away from the bay 3 00:01:12,776 --> 00:01:15,776 4 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,200 for rinsing the dishes 5 00:01:19,224 --> 00:01:22,524 6 00:01:22,577 --> 00:01:25,277 7 00:01:25,302 --> 00:01:29,102 8 00:01:30,952 --> 00:01:33,752 9 00:01:33,776 --> 00:01:36,776 stay away from the bay 10 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,800 11 00:01:39,824 --> 00:01:43,024 for shirts that need shrinking 12 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,176 13 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,000 14 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,635 15 00:01:52,759 --> 00:01:56,015 16 00:01:56,039 --> 00:01:59,276 that we stand on is durable 17 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:02,175 18 00:02:02,199 --> 00:02:06,599 that's almost incurable 19 00:02:06,623 --> 00:02:09,423 20 00:02:09,447 --> 00:02:12,847 stay away from the bay 21 00:02:12,871 --> 00:02:16,271 22 00:02:16,274 --> 00:02:19,274 that we might return for 23 00:02:19,299 --> 00:02:22,916 24 00:02:22,940 --> 00:02:25,740 25 00:02:25,764 --> 00:02:28,964 26 00:02:28,988 --> 00:02:33,027 27 00:02:38,255 --> 00:02:40,255 28 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,016 While the mighty U.S Navy thundered through the battles of Midway, 29 00:02:44,061 --> 00:02:46,577 the Solomons, the Coral Sea, 30 00:02:46,601 --> 00:02:48,997 here on the island of Tulura, 31 00:02:49,021 --> 00:02:52,517 the public relations section was fighting a battle of its own. 32 00:02:52,541 --> 00:02:55,627 This is the story of some of these dry land sailors. 33 00:02:55,651 --> 00:02:59,096 The only deck they trod was the floor of a Quonset hut. 34 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,226 Their only battle sounds, 35 00:03:01,241 --> 00:03:03,317 the roar of typewriters. 36 00:03:03,341 --> 00:03:05,407 The only salt they tasted, 37 00:03:05,431 --> 00:03:06,855 from peanuts. 38 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:09,697 The fearless sea dog in charge of this operation 39 00:03:09,721 --> 00:03:12,017 was Lieutenant Commander Nash, 40 00:03:12,141 --> 00:03:14,417 known affectionately to his men as 41 00:03:14,441 --> 00:03:16,141 Marblehead. 42 00:03:54,510 --> 00:03:56,910 BELL RINGING 43 00:04:03,985 --> 00:04:05,185 Phew. 44 00:04:05,209 --> 00:04:06,709 Made it. 45 00:04:10,060 --> 00:04:12,697 Been looking all over this fool island looking for a mate 46 00:04:12,721 --> 00:04:14,777 for that pet canary of Nash's. 47 00:04:14,801 --> 00:04:18,007 I don't even know whether it's a male or a female. 48 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:22,276 Yeah, how do you tell? 49 00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:25,276 Well, it's been so long, I don't remember. 50 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:29,567 What's old Marblehead doing in there, thinking big or playing with his sextant? 51 00:04:29,681 --> 00:04:32,097 He was reading one of his books. 52 00:04:32,121 --> 00:04:34,416 I think it was 'How to Abandon Ship'. 53 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,457 How to abandon one? He's never been on one. 54 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,717 Ross, why isn't my three inch shell full of paper clips? 55 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,956 Sorry, Commander. 56 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,937 Where's the music? What happened to my record? 57 00:05:00,971 --> 00:05:02,657 The men turned it off, sir. 58 00:05:02,681 --> 00:05:05,017 But what for, don't they know that it builds morale? 59 00:05:05,041 --> 00:05:06,757 The men don't seem to think so, sir. 60 00:05:06,781 --> 00:05:09,636 They're under the impression that the only thing that builds morale 61 00:05:09,660 --> 00:05:11,497 isn't available on the island. 62 00:05:11,521 --> 00:05:13,017 That's nonsense. 63 00:05:13,041 --> 00:05:15,516 Statistics show that even Rhode Island hens 64 00:05:15,540 --> 00:05:18,596 lay 10 percent more eggs when listening to music. 65 00:05:18,620 --> 00:05:21,117 Well, yes, sir, but the men don't lay eggs. 66 00:05:21,141 --> 00:05:23,960 - They say they don't... - That will be all, Pratt. 67 00:05:28,420 --> 00:05:30,497 I wish he'd knock it off. 68 00:05:30,521 --> 00:05:32,621 I gotta date with a nurse. 69 00:05:32,951 --> 00:05:36,037 How do you like that? 12 nurses on the whole island and he's got 3 of them. 70 00:05:36,061 --> 00:05:38,536 Why don't you open your own hospital? 71 00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:39,900 Ross! 72 00:05:39,924 --> 00:05:42,024 There's Marblehead again. 73 00:05:43,639 --> 00:05:45,216 Aye, sir. 74 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,080 Two Bells, pipe them aboard. 75 00:05:49,404 --> 00:05:51,604 WHISTLE SOUNDS 76 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,096 - Captain. - Commander. 77 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,420 Commander. 78 00:05:56,444 --> 00:05:58,244 Evening, Commander. 79 00:06:08,220 --> 00:06:09,816 All right, sailors, 80 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:12,277 let's up anchor and get underway. 81 00:06:12,301 --> 00:06:14,527 Everything ship-shape in your department, Pendleton? 82 00:06:14,551 --> 00:06:16,827 Well, frankly Commander, I've run across a slight snag. 83 00:06:16,851 --> 00:06:19,277 Nothing, of course, that I can't lick. 84 00:06:19,301 --> 00:06:21,901 Nothing that we in this department can't lick. 85 00:06:21,991 --> 00:06:25,097 As Admiral Perry always said: "don't give up the ship". 86 00:06:25,121 --> 00:06:29,027 Didn't Perry say, uh, "we've met the enemy and they're ours"? 87 00:06:29,101 --> 00:06:31,501 He probably said that, too. 88 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,647 What seems to be the trouble? 89 00:06:33,671 --> 00:06:35,815 Well, those pictures you wanted for the news reel, 90 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:37,657 the jungle stuff and native colours? 91 00:06:37,681 --> 00:06:39,976 I couldn't find any natives wearing loin cloths. 92 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,527 It seems there are no loin cloths on the island. 93 00:06:42,551 --> 00:06:45,047 - You try the ship's store? - Naturally. 94 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:47,717 They had face cloths, dish cloths, but... 95 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,307 no loin cloths. 96 00:06:49,331 --> 00:06:50,997 Well then, adapt them. 97 00:06:51,021 --> 00:06:53,106 As we used to say in the brokerage firm 98 00:06:53,130 --> 00:06:55,886 of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane, use your head. 99 00:06:55,910 --> 00:06:57,747 I tried that, Commander. 100 00:06:57,771 --> 00:07:01,597 Unfortunately, the face cloths were too small and the dish cloths were too big. 101 00:07:01,661 --> 00:07:04,467 You, uh, have no idea of the variants in loins. 102 00:07:04,491 --> 00:07:06,520 Oh, live and loin, man. 103 00:07:06,544 --> 00:07:08,136 LAUGHTER 104 00:07:08,460 --> 00:07:09,735 Sailors... 105 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:12,796 this increased levity that I've observed lately... 106 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,347 frankly, I don't like it. 107 00:07:15,371 --> 00:07:18,377 Correspondence Liaison Officer, any report on Admiral Boatwright? 108 00:07:18,401 --> 00:07:22,047 Yes, sir. He refused to grant the Times and Newsweek interviews. 109 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,626 The Admiral is one of those old-fashioned naval types 110 00:07:24,650 --> 00:07:27,676 who seems to believe that the navy is merely a collection of ships. 111 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:30,400 - Remarkable attitude. - Isn't it? 112 00:07:31,341 --> 00:07:33,747 What did he say, exactly? 113 00:07:33,771 --> 00:07:36,657 Well, he said that the public relations outfit 114 00:07:36,681 --> 00:07:39,917 was a, uh, collection of oddballs and freaks. 115 00:07:39,941 --> 00:07:42,467 Doesn't he realise our importance? 116 00:07:42,491 --> 00:07:45,097 The invaluable contribution that we're making? 117 00:07:45,121 --> 00:07:46,575 I'm afraid not, sir. 118 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:49,097 Matter of fact, he suggested we load all the correspondence 119 00:07:49,121 --> 00:07:51,157 and public relations oddballs on one ship 120 00:07:51,181 --> 00:07:53,657 and steer that one ship right into the middle of Tokyo bay. 121 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,896 As he figures this would drive the enemy nuts 122 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,195 and get the war over with one year earlier. 123 00:07:58,219 --> 00:07:59,596 Very funny. 124 00:07:59,620 --> 00:08:01,836 Well, I thought it was kind of funny, sir. 125 00:08:01,860 --> 00:08:04,316 Whose side are you on, Siegel? 126 00:08:04,340 --> 00:08:06,976 The public relations side, sir. 127 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,075 I mean naturally, but... 128 00:08:09,099 --> 00:08:11,795 well, having served on a ship myself I... 129 00:08:11,819 --> 00:08:15,087 Do you have to keep throwing your sea duty up to us? 130 00:08:15,111 --> 00:08:18,137 I'm very sorry, sir, I-I... it just slips out sometimes. 131 00:08:18,201 --> 00:08:21,297 Sometimes I have the feeling that you don't belong here, Siegel. 132 00:08:21,321 --> 00:08:22,777 You know something? 133 00:08:22,801 --> 00:08:25,376 You know, sometimes I get that very same feeling. 134 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,475 Well, you're going to be here for the duration, mister. So forget it. 135 00:08:28,539 --> 00:08:31,497 I'd like to report some difficulty with a correspondent, sir. 136 00:08:31,521 --> 00:08:34,026 Gordon Ripwell, Chicago Gazette. 137 00:08:34,050 --> 00:08:35,947 What is it this time? 138 00:08:35,971 --> 00:08:39,436 Well, he claims he isn't getting his sheets changed often enough. 139 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:42,315 Someday I'm gonna tell him what he can do with them. 140 00:08:42,339 --> 00:08:45,416 Now don't forget, ensign, Ripwell has 2 million readers. 141 00:08:45,501 --> 00:08:48,317 He's in a position to do the Navy a lot of good. 142 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,016 He has been getting his sheets changed weekly. 143 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,527 Yes, but he claims it isn't good enough. 144 00:08:53,551 --> 00:08:56,167 He wants them changed every day. 145 00:08:56,191 --> 00:08:58,817 I don't suppose you could ask him why? 146 00:08:58,941 --> 00:09:01,397 Might be something quite personal. 147 00:09:01,421 --> 00:09:03,621 Some sort of skin ailment. 148 00:09:03,641 --> 00:09:06,037 A lot of crud in the Pacific. 149 00:09:06,061 --> 00:09:08,617 Yes sir, I hope that's it, sir. 150 00:09:08,641 --> 00:09:10,997 That's a negative attitude, Tyson. 151 00:09:11,021 --> 00:09:14,467 If daily sheets will make Ripwell write good press for the Navy 152 00:09:14,491 --> 00:09:16,276 I say he should have them! 153 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:19,177 You'll just have to take them down to that navy base laundry yourself 154 00:09:19,201 --> 00:09:21,001 and have them done there. 155 00:09:21,021 --> 00:09:24,497 Me carry dirty laundry? But I'm an Ensign, Commander. 156 00:09:26,119 --> 00:09:29,776 Now, quote: "Ensigns shall perform such duty 157 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,667 as may be assigned them in order to broaden their experience" unquote. 158 00:09:33,691 --> 00:09:35,091 Oh! 159 00:09:35,261 --> 00:09:38,117 How, in blazes, does carrying Ripwell's 160 00:09:38,141 --> 00:09:40,677 cruddy sheets broaden my Naval experience? 161 00:09:40,701 --> 00:09:42,056 Now knock it off. 162 00:09:42,180 --> 00:09:45,617 I try not to run a taut ship here but you're getting my bilge up. [BELL SOUNDS] 163 00:09:45,671 --> 00:09:48,800 Three bells, 5:30. Conference dismissed. 164 00:09:51,020 --> 00:09:52,577 - Oh, Siegel. - Yes, sir. 165 00:09:52,601 --> 00:09:54,977 Two members of Congress are arriving tomorrow, 166 00:09:55,071 --> 00:09:56,960 I want you to give them our best tour. 167 00:09:56,984 --> 00:09:59,396 - Yes, sir. - Your enthusiasm is overwhelming. 168 00:09:59,431 --> 00:10:01,607 Well, I'm sorry but when you've seen one conference... 169 00:10:01,631 --> 00:10:03,831 - You may leave, Siegel. - Yes, sir. 170 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:07,376 Oh, Pratt, 171 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,227 take the braid off my cap and soak it in seawater. 172 00:10:10,251 --> 00:10:12,451 It's losing its green. 173 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:27,616 All ready, sir. 174 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,677 They're waiting in the Jeepster. 175 00:10:29,701 --> 00:10:32,077 Representative Jansen of New Jersey, Republican 176 00:10:32,101 --> 00:10:34,457 and representative Smithfield of North Carolina. 177 00:10:34,481 --> 00:10:35,860 Democrats. 178 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:41,876 Sir, I... 179 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:46,317 I think I ought to tell you something; I'm requesting... transfer to sea duty. 180 00:10:46,341 --> 00:10:47,437 Yeah. 181 00:10:47,461 --> 00:10:50,155 It's been great being a yeoman, Mr Siegel, you've been swell to me 182 00:10:50,179 --> 00:10:52,797 but it's just that... well, frankly, I'd like to get my feet wet. 183 00:10:52,841 --> 00:10:54,876 Yeah, I know what you mean. I know. 184 00:10:54,900 --> 00:10:58,117 - You think Marblehead would.. I mean Commander Nash would OK it... - No. 185 00:10:58,141 --> 00:10:59,956 - But, sir. - Garrett, there isn't a chance. 186 00:10:59,980 --> 00:11:03,597 The last man who requested a transfer to sea duty was sent to the psycho ward. 187 00:11:03,641 --> 00:11:04,667 No. 188 00:11:04,691 --> 00:11:07,696 Nash figured he had bats in his vinegar or something. 189 00:11:07,781 --> 00:11:09,817 - Congressman Jansen? - Yes. 190 00:11:09,841 --> 00:11:11,318 How do you do, sir? 191 00:11:11,342 --> 00:11:13,217 - Uh, Congressman Smithfield? - Howdy. 192 00:11:13,241 --> 00:11:15,187 Well, gentlemen, I would like to take you 193 00:11:15,211 --> 00:11:17,187 on an orientation tour of our very lovely island. 194 00:11:17,211 --> 00:11:19,887 Our first stop will be at the typical native village at Tanalolo. 195 00:11:19,911 --> 00:11:21,957 - That's at the far end. - How far? 196 00:11:21,981 --> 00:11:24,237 Yeoman here said there were a number of men 197 00:11:24,261 --> 00:11:26,817 from New Jersey stationed at the Seabee Battalion. 198 00:11:26,841 --> 00:11:29,657 I believe you also said some of my boys from North Carolina are here. 199 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:32,127 Said he would like to drop by and say howdy to them. 200 00:11:32,151 --> 00:11:34,617 Certainly. Well, I appreciate your concern, gentlemen, 201 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:37,197 but we must not forget that these Tulurans are more or less 202 00:11:37,220 --> 00:11:39,717 wards of the United States government. 203 00:11:39,741 --> 00:11:41,841 And to these very simple people... 204 00:11:41,871 --> 00:11:45,337 well, a congressman is a fairly important person. 205 00:11:45,860 --> 00:11:48,737 So, I think we ought to spend a few minutes at the native Village 206 00:11:48,761 --> 00:11:51,776 and then we'll go on to visit with your perspective-- 207 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,779 208 00:11:56,500 --> 00:11:58,927 Today's Tulurans are the result of 209 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:01,617 early marriages between the native women and the ancient Spaniards 210 00:12:01,641 --> 00:12:04,137 starting with the passionate sailors of Magellan. 211 00:12:04,161 --> 00:12:06,636 The modern Tulurans are usually short, slender, 212 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:09,137 light brown in colour with round heads. 213 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:11,660 What other kind of heads are there? 214 00:12:14,979 --> 00:12:16,837 The majority of the natives 215 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:20,156 live in rectangular wooden houses with thatched roofs. 216 00:12:20,201 --> 00:12:22,467 Observe the camp that's on your left. 217 00:12:22,491 --> 00:12:24,780 Oh, that's very interesting. 218 00:12:26,839 --> 00:12:30,875 Nowadays, many of the Native males wear nothing but loincloths! 219 00:12:35,659 --> 00:12:38,687 They say you're two very distinguished gentlemen and they want to thank you 220 00:12:38,711 --> 00:12:41,411 for lifting the yoke of oppression from their shoulders. 221 00:12:41,435 --> 00:12:43,535 All that in four words? 222 00:12:43,601 --> 00:12:46,177 Let's go. All right, boys. 223 00:12:51,734 --> 00:12:54,334 Now look, young man, this is all very instructive. 224 00:12:54,359 --> 00:12:57,037 What do you say, let's get over and see that Seabee Battalion. 225 00:12:57,061 --> 00:12:58,537 Presently, gentlemen, presently, 226 00:12:58,561 --> 00:13:01,336 just as soon as we have a little bit of liquid refreshment. 227 00:13:01,850 --> 00:13:04,139 Good morning, Mr Seguro. 228 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,456 What a lovely native flower. 229 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,356 Who is she, Miss Pacific? 230 00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:18,600 I've never seen her before. 231 00:13:21,940 --> 00:13:24,817 Say Lieutenant, uh, maybe you could fix it up with the young lady 232 00:13:24,841 --> 00:13:27,798 to enjoy one of those five hour Tuluran dinners you were talking about. 233 00:13:27,822 --> 00:13:30,622 - I thought you said you were having dinner with the Admiral? - Huh? 234 00:13:30,661 --> 00:13:33,337 - The Admiral, remember? - Oh, oh that's tomorrow night. 235 00:13:33,361 --> 00:13:34,897 Isn't it, Arthur? 236 00:13:34,921 --> 00:13:36,596 Do you know, I believe you're right. 237 00:13:36,620 --> 00:13:39,007 One loses all track of time here in the Pacific. 238 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,536 Yeah. Go ahead and tell the young lady we're free. 239 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,977 Gentlemen, as important as I believe the Tulurans to be, 240 00:13:44,001 --> 00:13:47,576 I don't think that you gentlemen ought to neglect your own constituents, do you? 241 00:13:47,671 --> 00:13:49,495 Maybe she has a sister. 242 00:13:51,119 --> 00:13:53,319 Go ahead, make the date. 243 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:59,067 And then ask her if she has a sister for Arthur here. 244 00:14:05,619 --> 00:14:08,257 I'm afraid you're out of luck, gentlemen. 245 00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:10,747 Yeah, it seems that she's married. 246 00:14:10,771 --> 00:14:12,947 And has three children. 247 00:14:12,971 --> 00:14:14,847 - Three children? - Yep. 248 00:14:14,871 --> 00:14:16,747 Oh, she couldn't have. 249 00:14:16,771 --> 00:14:19,207 Well, Tulurans marry very young, you know. 250 00:14:19,231 --> 00:14:21,697 Three children, well I declare. 251 00:14:21,721 --> 00:14:23,980 Actually, I have four. 252 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,737 I'm Lieutenant Max Siegel of the United States Navy. 253 00:14:38,251 --> 00:14:40,127 Oh, I'd like you to meet, um, 254 00:14:40,151 --> 00:14:42,977 representative Jansen of the United States Congress. 255 00:14:43,001 --> 00:14:45,247 - How do you do? - I'm pleased to know you. 256 00:14:45,271 --> 00:14:47,757 - Oh, this is representative Smithfield. - How do you do? 257 00:14:47,780 --> 00:14:48,917 How do you do, ma'am? 258 00:14:48,941 --> 00:14:51,207 Our island is honoured to have two distinguished 259 00:14:51,231 --> 00:14:53,907 - members of Congress plan a visit. - Thank you, ma'am. 260 00:14:53,981 --> 00:14:57,037 - What states do you represent? - New Jersey, ma'am, 17th district. 261 00:14:57,061 --> 00:14:59,461 Uh, North Carolina, 16th District. 262 00:14:59,485 --> 00:15:01,985 Both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. 263 00:15:01,991 --> 00:15:04,436 - This is an honour. - Thank you, ma'am. 264 00:15:04,460 --> 00:15:06,357 So you speak Tuluran? 265 00:15:06,381 --> 00:15:08,476 No, I... 266 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:12,115 Yes. Yes, yes. I-I... a little bit. 267 00:15:12,239 --> 00:15:14,797 I'm sorry to leave this enjoyable conversation, gentlemen 268 00:15:14,821 --> 00:15:17,907 but you know how it is with four children. 269 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,207 You two look as if you are parents yourselves. 270 00:15:22,231 --> 00:15:24,787 Oh, yes, I have three. 271 00:15:25,261 --> 00:15:26,907 Yes, ma'am... 272 00:15:27,031 --> 00:15:28,507 five. 273 00:15:28,631 --> 00:15:31,060 I live at the bachelor officer's quarters. 274 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,557 I'm sorry I didn't bring my children, 275 00:15:34,581 --> 00:15:37,081 all four of them along to meet you. 276 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:38,826 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 277 00:15:38,950 --> 00:15:40,799 Hasta luego. 278 00:15:43,899 --> 00:15:46,575 Tulurans are presumably civilised 279 00:15:46,599 --> 00:15:49,099 and completely unpredictable. 280 00:15:50,540 --> 00:15:51,796 Well! 281 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,887 Well, all right, guys, let's get on to that Seabee Battalion man. 282 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,896 If you'll excuse me. 283 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,087 You know, it would appear, Admiral Boatwright, 284 00:16:12,111 --> 00:16:15,607 that you underestimate the great weight of American public opinion. 285 00:16:15,608 --> 00:16:18,526 Now, I'm nothing myself, 286 00:16:18,621 --> 00:16:21,987 but I do represent two and one half million Gazette readers. 287 00:16:22,011 --> 00:16:24,617 I consider myself the watchdog of their interests. 288 00:16:24,641 --> 00:16:28,256 Looks like Ripwell has got old Admiral Boatwright cornered over there. 289 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,137 We better send out a rescue party if we know what's good for us. 290 00:16:31,161 --> 00:16:33,417 So, did you or did you not 291 00:16:33,501 --> 00:16:36,556 call a public relations outfit a bunch of oddballs and freaks? 292 00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:39,037 Look mister, why don't you go peddle your papers? 293 00:16:39,061 --> 00:16:41,016 Whoa, now just a minute, Admiral, 294 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,523 when you start pushing Gordon Ripwell around, 295 00:16:43,547 --> 00:16:46,876 you're pushing around two and one half million Americans. 296 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:48,100 Ah! 297 00:16:48,924 --> 00:16:50,924 Tell me, Boats, 298 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,996 do you visualise Okinawa as being the last assault landing 299 00:16:54,020 --> 00:16:56,797 before we hit the home Japanese Islands? 300 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,676 I would call that top secret information. 301 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:01,816 This is not a private war, 302 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,677 this war is the property of the American people. 303 00:17:04,701 --> 00:17:08,416 Then why don't they keep you correspondents home and let us fight it? 304 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,616 - Oh, well... - Excuse me, sir, uh, Mr Ripwell, 305 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,397 the ensign here has your sheets all squared away. 306 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:15,776 Oh, good boy. 307 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:20,017 Bartender, whisky sour for the ensign here. You take good care of me, kid. 308 00:17:20,041 --> 00:17:22,916 - Went to Harvard didn't you, junior? - Princeton. 309 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:25,397 Six of one, half a dozen of the other. 310 00:17:25,421 --> 00:17:27,047 They're both pantywaist factories. 311 00:17:27,071 --> 00:17:29,537 I wouldn't go within spitting distance of a college myself. 312 00:17:29,561 --> 00:17:31,196 I sensed that. 313 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,017 Say, how about that date you're going to fix me up with? 314 00:17:34,041 --> 00:17:36,497 That's a little out of his line, isn't it? 315 00:17:36,521 --> 00:17:39,580 His line is servicing the correspondent. 316 00:17:40,461 --> 00:17:43,177 So get the lead out and scout around Fleet Hospital. 317 00:17:43,201 --> 00:17:45,677 Oh, and while you're on the way, get me one of those 318 00:17:45,701 --> 00:17:48,277 Frank Buck helmets like Nash is always wearing. 319 00:17:48,441 --> 00:17:50,857 Any special size, Mr Ripwell? 320 00:17:50,881 --> 00:17:53,467 Mm... seven and five eighths. 321 00:17:53,591 --> 00:17:56,800 About the same size in dames. Ha-ha! 322 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:06,816 Hey, Garrett. 323 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:08,126 Yes, sir. 324 00:18:08,150 --> 00:18:10,850 How'd you like to earn a fifth of bourbon once a month? 325 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,757 Well, I'd like it fine, sir. 326 00:18:12,781 --> 00:18:15,181 Provided, of course, it's OK with Mr Siegel. 327 00:18:15,211 --> 00:18:17,217 Petunias, giant ruffled. 328 00:18:17,241 --> 00:18:20,416 Why not? All you have to do is act as convoy duty when I have a date. 329 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,536 Back the old '45. 330 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,816 Well that sounds like an interesting proposition, sir, but... 331 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,856 well, I thought the rule was you had to have an armed officer along. 332 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:31,597 Don't let it worry you, I fixed all that with Nash. 333 00:18:31,621 --> 00:18:33,517 However, before we close the deal, 334 00:18:33,541 --> 00:18:36,416 there are one or two rather important details to get settled. 335 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,636 I, uh, don't want any peeping Toms around 336 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,547 when I'm telling the lady goodnight. 337 00:18:40,571 --> 00:18:42,837 Or I hope showing her the beach by the moonlight. 338 00:18:42,861 --> 00:18:44,417 I could wear blinders. 339 00:18:44,441 --> 00:18:47,687 That's hardly necessary but I'm glad you catch the spirit of the thing. 340 00:18:47,741 --> 00:18:50,617 Of course, Garrett, you realise this, uh, Miss Tomlen is a lieutenant. 341 00:18:50,651 --> 00:18:54,457 As an enlisted man I'm sure you're aware of the non-fraternisation orders. 342 00:18:54,461 --> 00:18:57,057 You're not even supposed to speak to her. 343 00:18:57,081 --> 00:19:00,667 Yes, sir. Well, I... can see now why you prefer me to a fellow officer. 344 00:19:00,691 --> 00:19:02,100 Exactly. 345 00:19:08,596 --> 00:19:10,596 LAUGHTER 346 00:19:17,292 --> 00:19:19,292 LAUGHTER 347 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,166 Now listen to me you fur-bearing limey, 348 00:19:24,190 --> 00:19:26,387 I've already got a date for the dance. 349 00:19:26,411 --> 00:19:28,627 - Matter of fact, I've got six offers. - Six? 350 00:19:28,651 --> 00:19:30,837 Why not, you've heard of the law supply and demand? 351 00:19:30,861 --> 00:19:32,947 There's no supplies so I'm the demand. 352 00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:34,797 You'll just have to wait your turn. 353 00:19:34,821 --> 00:19:37,477 Well, put me name down at the bottom of the list, me love, 354 00:19:37,501 --> 00:19:39,901 - and I'll work me way up. - OK. 355 00:19:40,281 --> 00:19:44,577 Ah, that's no way to treat his Majesty's public relations liaison officer, Janie. 356 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:47,097 Takes a man to grow a muff like that. 357 00:19:47,121 --> 00:19:49,377 I'll get around to him when the weather cools off. 358 00:19:49,401 --> 00:19:51,456 Who's the lucky lady tonight? 359 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,516 Lieutenant Alice Tomlen. 360 00:19:53,540 --> 00:19:55,958 Ah, kindly inform her of her good fortune. 361 00:19:55,981 --> 00:19:58,267 Lieutenant Alice Tomlen, wanted in the lobby. 362 00:19:58,291 --> 00:20:01,457 Why do you have to pick on Alice? She's a nice kid. 363 00:20:01,481 --> 00:20:03,497 Well, I'm a nice kid, too. 364 00:20:03,521 --> 00:20:05,967 Figured it was time we got together. 365 00:20:05,991 --> 00:20:08,800 Get your overrated carcass off my desk. 366 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,995 Ah, good evening, Lieutenant. 367 00:20:12,019 --> 00:20:13,495 Hey... 368 00:20:13,619 --> 00:20:15,819 you look ravishing. 369 00:20:16,219 --> 00:20:18,075 What's that perfume? 370 00:20:18,099 --> 00:20:21,317 Parabolic acid. She just scrubbed the operating room. 371 00:20:21,541 --> 00:20:23,567 Janie's incurably romantic. 372 00:20:23,591 --> 00:20:25,637 What are the plans for tonight, Lieutenant? 373 00:20:25,661 --> 00:20:28,276 Well, I thought we'd get a bite to eat, take in a movie and... 374 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:31,377 - maybe go for a drive along the ocean. - Watch out for that last one. 375 00:20:31,441 --> 00:20:34,741 Lieutenant Alice Tomlen, logging out at 19:45. 376 00:20:34,765 --> 00:20:37,565 - Curfew's at 24:00. - Don't wait up. 377 00:20:48,860 --> 00:20:50,095 Ooh! 378 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,395 Careful, that's valuable merchandise. 379 00:20:52,419 --> 00:20:55,080 6-Pack Three Officers Club. 380 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,536 Garrett? 381 00:20:58,860 --> 00:21:01,320 Well, yes sir, right away, sir. 382 00:21:07,580 --> 00:21:10,255 Hey, Garrett, why don't we pull up here? 383 00:21:10,279 --> 00:21:12,566 I think Lieutenant Tomlen might like to see the beach. 384 00:21:12,590 --> 00:21:15,016 Oh I've seen the beach, Lieutenant. 385 00:21:15,101 --> 00:21:17,817 Ah, but you haven't seen the beach by the moonlight. 386 00:21:17,941 --> 00:21:20,516 Oh, I've seen it at the full of the moon, Lieutenant. 387 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:23,597 Not by the full of the moon when the Grunion are running. 388 00:21:23,641 --> 00:21:25,767 Running from whom, Lieutenant? 389 00:21:25,791 --> 00:21:28,436 Grunion, my dear, are a species of silvery little fish. 390 00:21:28,460 --> 00:21:30,076 You can catch them with your bare hands. 391 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:32,576 - Sounds fascinating. - Ah, it is. 392 00:21:32,599 --> 00:21:34,607 Stop right here, Garrett. 393 00:21:34,631 --> 00:21:37,867 During this time of the year the slippery little creatures come up on the beach 394 00:21:37,891 --> 00:21:40,297 stop, spawn, then go out to sea again. 395 00:21:40,301 --> 00:21:42,777 Sounds like some naval officers I know. 396 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,987 Alice, dear, this cynicism doesn't become you. 397 00:21:47,159 --> 00:21:49,756 - You better take shoes off. - Oh, I'm all right. 398 00:21:49,780 --> 00:21:52,299 You can't catch Grunion with your shoes on. 399 00:22:01,355 --> 00:22:03,355 400 00:22:03,380 --> 00:22:05,655 Where does she live? 401 00:22:05,679 --> 00:22:08,376 What for you wish to know, huh? 402 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,840 Well, I just figured I'd... go call on her. 403 00:22:12,655 --> 00:22:14,155 Mr. Seguro, 404 00:22:14,180 --> 00:22:16,456 she's not married, is she? 405 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,680 No. Melora no marry. 406 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,836 Alba old family. 407 00:22:20,860 --> 00:22:23,460 Very, very particular. 408 00:22:23,799 --> 00:22:27,087 Well, I'm an officer in the United States Navy. 409 00:22:27,111 --> 00:22:29,657 - Make even worse. - What do you mean? 410 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:31,937 Melora very, very smart girl. 411 00:22:31,961 --> 00:22:34,361 She too much for our children. 412 00:22:34,371 --> 00:22:36,596 Your-your children? 413 00:22:36,620 --> 00:22:39,587 I not know how it is in United States, Lieutenant 414 00:22:39,611 --> 00:22:44,317 but in Tulura, school teacher very interested in children. 415 00:22:44,961 --> 00:22:48,176 Do you mean to say that all the time we've been sitting here talking, 416 00:22:48,261 --> 00:22:50,937 she's been down the road there in that schoolhouse? 417 00:22:50,961 --> 00:22:54,377 Where else would a school teacher be but in school? 418 00:23:02,939 --> 00:23:04,447 Do you happen to know 419 00:23:04,471 --> 00:23:07,307 how far the first automobile could go on a tank of gasoline? 420 00:23:07,331 --> 00:23:10,417 Not offhand but put that down on your list and I'll get it for you tomorrow. 421 00:23:10,441 --> 00:23:11,841 Thank you. 422 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:14,196 What... 423 00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:16,916 literature... what is a raven? 424 00:23:16,940 --> 00:23:18,576 Literature? 425 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,296 We've been reading Edgar Allen Poe. 426 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,035 Oh, it's a... it's a great big black bird. 427 00:23:24,259 --> 00:23:25,816 How big? 428 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,516 It's, uh... 429 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:29,116 it's pretty big. 430 00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:31,546 I can see you've never taught children, Mr Siegel. 431 00:23:31,570 --> 00:23:33,807 You've got to be much more definite than that 432 00:23:33,901 --> 00:23:36,777 or they'll push you right up against the wall and nail you to it. 433 00:23:36,801 --> 00:23:37,876 Mm. 434 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,937 I'm sorry, Miss Alba, you put that down on your list there. 435 00:23:41,859 --> 00:23:44,697 How high is the Empire State Building? 436 00:23:44,721 --> 00:23:47,500 Oh, I know that one. I know that one. That one is, uh... 437 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,776 the answer to that is, uh, 1,250 feet. 438 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,876 - That high? - You bet you that high. 439 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:56,397 I was right up on the top of it one time, right at the top. 440 00:23:56,421 --> 00:23:58,756 - You've been a big help, Mr Siegel. - Oh, yeah? 441 00:23:58,850 --> 00:24:02,457 I never knew how hard it would be to teach without any reference books. 442 00:24:02,521 --> 00:24:06,016 Always glad to further the cause of education, Miss Alba. 443 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:07,476 Always glad. 444 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,757 Look around your feet there. Hm? 445 00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:11,481 Wanna raise your feet? 446 00:24:11,505 --> 00:24:12,976 That's it. 447 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,076 OK. 448 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:17,256 I'm glad your ships have such excellent marksmanship, Mr Siegel. 449 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,676 But I do wish their shells had missed my schoolhouse. 450 00:24:20,681 --> 00:24:22,957 Allow me to remind you, Miss Alba, 451 00:24:22,981 --> 00:24:26,676 that this Schoolhouse was used as a storage place for enemy bombs. 452 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:29,737 Oh, you were quite within your rights, Mr Siegel. 453 00:24:29,761 --> 00:24:32,977 But it was such a nice School House. 454 00:24:34,319 --> 00:24:37,647 You know, you should have spoken to those congressmen about it. 455 00:24:37,671 --> 00:24:41,087 You mean the day you gave me a husband and four children? 456 00:24:41,821 --> 00:24:45,067 No three, that fourth one was your idea. 457 00:24:45,991 --> 00:24:47,657 Hey... 458 00:24:47,781 --> 00:24:50,536 I've been spending more time at the base Library lately 459 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,636 than I have been working for the Navy. 460 00:24:52,660 --> 00:24:54,660 - Oh, I'm sorry, Mr Siegel. - Ah... 461 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,197 - Of course, if you'd rather not... - Oh, no, no, no, that's- 462 00:24:57,221 --> 00:25:00,837 that's perfectly all right. It's been a good liberal education for me. 463 00:25:01,361 --> 00:25:02,856 Besides, 464 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,757 it's been the only way I've been able to see you. 465 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,759 Here's the... the list, Mr Siegel. 466 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,616 Oh, no questions? 467 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,080 No. 468 00:25:13,304 --> 00:25:14,516 Oh. 469 00:25:14,540 --> 00:25:17,957 Well, then do you mind if I ask you a question, Miss Alba? 470 00:25:17,981 --> 00:25:19,627 Of course not. 471 00:25:19,651 --> 00:25:21,737 How long does it take for a Tuluran girl 472 00:25:21,761 --> 00:25:24,197 to get around to calling a man by his first name? 473 00:25:24,221 --> 00:25:25,997 I've been coming here one month now. 474 00:25:26,021 --> 00:25:28,077 That depends, if she were brought up with him 475 00:25:28,101 --> 00:25:30,297 she'd call him always by his first name. 476 00:25:30,321 --> 00:25:32,537 But when they've only recently become acquainted, 477 00:25:32,561 --> 00:25:35,417 I'm afraid it might take three or four years. 478 00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:37,476 Three or four years? 479 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:41,366 Well, well, how do you folks ever manage to get married then, 480 00:25:41,390 --> 00:25:43,196 let alone have children? 481 00:25:43,271 --> 00:25:45,677 - Why, Mr Siegel... - Wait a minute, wait a minute, 482 00:25:45,701 --> 00:25:48,677 - where I come from, it takes 5 minutes. - To have children? 483 00:25:48,701 --> 00:25:50,307 No... for... 484 00:25:50,331 --> 00:25:53,957 no, for two people to call each other by their first names. 485 00:25:54,021 --> 00:25:56,457 Customs different, Mr Siegel. 486 00:25:56,481 --> 00:25:59,357 And some of yours are just as strange to us. 487 00:25:59,381 --> 00:26:01,876 I saw an American Motion Picture once; 488 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:04,497 the girl permitted the man to kiss her 489 00:26:04,521 --> 00:26:07,377 - after knowing him for only a few months. - Mm. 490 00:26:07,401 --> 00:26:09,817 Is that customary there? 491 00:26:09,941 --> 00:26:12,347 Well... it happens. 492 00:26:12,471 --> 00:26:14,647 Later in the picture, 493 00:26:14,671 --> 00:26:18,307 she permitted similar liberties, with different men. 494 00:26:18,331 --> 00:26:19,907 Quite a few men. 495 00:26:19,931 --> 00:26:22,417 What was the name of that picture? 496 00:26:22,660 --> 00:26:26,536 I thought that behaviour quite, uh, eccentric. 497 00:26:26,660 --> 00:26:28,619 Hm. You did, huh? 498 00:26:28,643 --> 00:26:30,643 - Yes. - Hm. 499 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:33,916 You see, here in Tulura, 500 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:37,136 even though a girl is not married 501 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,216 she is still the property 502 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,240 of the man who will someday claim her. 503 00:26:42,420 --> 00:26:45,576 And she must hold herself for that man 504 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,060 and that man only. 505 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,579 Actually, isn't that more civilised? 506 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,835 I don't know. 507 00:26:57,859 --> 00:27:01,100 There were quite a few things you didn't know this week. 508 00:27:03,448 --> 00:27:04,848 Well... 509 00:27:04,872 --> 00:27:07,072 I know now. 510 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,840 Well, goodbye, Miss Alba. 511 00:27:19,136 --> 00:27:21,336 Goodbye, Mr Siegel. 512 00:27:21,937 --> 00:27:24,445 BELL RINGING 513 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:30,176 That's what it is, rank ingratitude! 514 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,997 After all we've done for that Ripwell. 515 00:27:33,021 --> 00:27:35,477 Like having his sheets changed daily. 516 00:27:35,501 --> 00:27:37,877 Listen to this libellous bilge: 517 00:27:37,901 --> 00:27:41,097 "while homesick, underprivileged, enlisted men 518 00:27:41,121 --> 00:27:43,721 "huddled in their cheerless barracks, 519 00:27:43,771 --> 00:27:46,797 "I witnessed ground being broken today 520 00:27:46,821 --> 00:27:50,577 on a spectacular new officer's club and recreation palace." 521 00:27:50,601 --> 00:27:54,017 "Including a kidney-shaped tile lined swimming pool." 522 00:27:54,041 --> 00:27:56,497 Well, now, that's a downright lie. 523 00:27:56,521 --> 00:27:59,017 That swimming pool is to be lined with cement. 524 00:27:59,041 --> 00:28:00,256 - Yeah! - Yeah. 525 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,980 What's he trying to do, incite the enlisted men to mutiny? 526 00:28:03,059 --> 00:28:05,516 We could give up the swimming pool? 527 00:28:05,540 --> 00:28:08,395 - But we'd still have the beach. - Never. 528 00:28:08,419 --> 00:28:10,687 Officers are entitled to a club. 529 00:28:10,711 --> 00:28:12,760 Are there any other ideas? 530 00:28:12,784 --> 00:28:14,984 KNOCKING ON DOOR - Argh! 531 00:28:15,508 --> 00:28:17,008 Ahem. 532 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,295 Well, it's you Rip, so good to see you. 533 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:27,177 Won't you come in? 534 00:28:27,201 --> 00:28:30,657 I'm not coming any place, Nash, I have a deadline to meet. 535 00:28:30,681 --> 00:28:33,267 You do know what a deadline is, don't you? 536 00:28:33,291 --> 00:28:36,427 All right then. Do you or do you not have a statement 537 00:28:36,451 --> 00:28:40,036 on what the Navy intends to do about the new officer's bath house, 538 00:28:40,059 --> 00:28:43,636 swimming pool, dance hall and nightclub bar. 539 00:28:43,721 --> 00:28:45,556 Two bars. 540 00:28:46,180 --> 00:28:49,877 Or do I file a story for my two and one half million readers 541 00:28:49,901 --> 00:28:52,737 that the Navy refuses to comment? 542 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,896 You know what I wish at times like this? 543 00:29:10,420 --> 00:29:13,156 I wish I were back with Merrill Lynch, 544 00:29:13,180 --> 00:29:15,656 Pierce, Fenner and Beane. 545 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,756 Don't give up the ship, sir. 546 00:29:17,780 --> 00:29:19,556 Think big, sir. 547 00:29:19,580 --> 00:29:22,055 What would John Paul Jones have done? 548 00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:25,279 What John Paul would have done. 549 00:29:33,699 --> 00:29:36,596 Gentlemen, I have come through. 550 00:29:36,620 --> 00:29:40,435 I have dredged up a piece of daring strategy. 551 00:29:40,519 --> 00:29:42,996 We, the officers, 552 00:29:43,020 --> 00:29:45,520 will build this club ourselves. 553 00:29:45,580 --> 00:29:48,977 You mean put up the club with our own hands? 554 00:29:48,991 --> 00:29:50,497 Sounds a bit drastic 555 00:29:50,521 --> 00:29:54,416 but no one, not even Ripwell, could object if we build our own club. 556 00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:57,077 The Seabees have done most of the groundwork. 557 00:29:57,101 --> 00:29:59,336 All we have to do is borrow their tools. 558 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:00,676 So, gentlemen, 559 00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:03,276 any officer who volunteers to lend a hand 560 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:06,037 will report at the club site, in fatigues 561 00:30:06,061 --> 00:30:08,637 at 0800 tomorrow morning. 562 00:30:09,061 --> 00:30:11,837 And that includes everybody. 563 00:30:13,355 --> 00:30:16,155 'I've Been Working On The Railroad' MUSIC 564 00:30:17,180 --> 00:30:18,616 Tyson! 565 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,040 Tyson, 566 00:30:20,064 --> 00:30:22,564 these vent pipes, get them up there! 567 00:30:22,564 --> 00:30:23,964 Yes, sir. 568 00:30:24,388 --> 00:30:25,788 Urgh! 569 00:30:29,012 --> 00:30:31,612 CLATTERING AND HAMMERING 570 00:30:38,308 --> 00:30:40,808 CRASHING AND BANGING 571 00:30:44,079 --> 00:30:46,936 Lively, sailor, to the cement mixer. 572 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,579 - But, sir... - On the double! 573 00:30:51,059 --> 00:30:54,337 Oh, Gladstone, we need that plank over there. 574 00:30:54,401 --> 00:30:57,047 Go up there and help Pendleton with the block. 575 00:30:57,071 --> 00:30:59,097 Scorecard names and numbers. 576 00:30:59,121 --> 00:31:01,277 Can't tell the players without the scorecard. 577 00:31:01,301 --> 00:31:03,101 Where's the cement? 578 00:31:03,131 --> 00:31:05,960 Tyson, what's holding up the cement? 579 00:31:05,979 --> 00:31:07,616 Achoo! 580 00:31:09,340 --> 00:31:12,340 I'm sorry, sir, but I can't help but I... 581 00:31:12,375 --> 00:31:14,375 I'm allergic to this stuff. 582 00:31:14,399 --> 00:31:15,675 Allergic? 583 00:31:15,676 --> 00:31:16,874 Achoo! 584 00:31:16,899 --> 00:31:20,186 How did you get a commission with a disability like that? 585 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,876 I couldn't say, sir. Well, evidently, the 586 00:31:22,901 --> 00:31:26,501 Navy doctors didn't figure that an ensign would be mixing cement. 587 00:31:26,995 --> 00:31:28,695 CLANGING 588 00:31:28,919 --> 00:31:30,919 CRASHING AND BANGING 589 00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:33,116 Tyson, you're... 590 00:31:33,140 --> 00:31:35,200 Don't try to avoid me. 591 00:31:36,684 --> 00:31:38,536 I'm sorry, sir. 592 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,197 If you don't know what to do with that plank, drop it. 593 00:31:42,221 --> 00:31:43,940 - Yes, sir. - Ah! 594 00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:45,677 Or do something. 595 00:31:45,701 --> 00:31:47,977 - What do you want me to do, sir? - Anything! 596 00:31:48,041 --> 00:31:49,617 Come down from there! 597 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,477 Help me with that ladder. 598 00:31:52,001 --> 00:31:54,079 Be careful now. 599 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,779 All right now, come on. 600 00:31:58,803 --> 00:32:00,616 CRASHING 601 00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:03,935 Siegel, the roofing paper. 602 00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:06,927 Can I have some of that tar paper up here? 603 00:32:09,479 --> 00:32:12,000 Hey, watch out. Hey! 604 00:32:12,024 --> 00:32:14,024 CRASHING AND BANGING 605 00:32:16,772 --> 00:32:18,472 CLANGING 606 00:32:19,359 --> 00:32:22,615 - Who is it? - It's Hereford, sir, he's out. 607 00:32:22,639 --> 00:32:24,899 Well, bring him to. 608 00:32:25,523 --> 00:32:27,323 HAMMERING 609 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:32,087 Now look alive, lads. Don't stand there thinking, get some planks. 610 00:32:32,111 --> 00:32:33,737 Yes, sir. 611 00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:36,907 Did you hear me? I said move! 612 00:32:36,931 --> 00:32:39,917 I can't, sir, someone nailed my shoes to the floor. 613 00:32:39,941 --> 00:32:41,419 Skylarking. 614 00:32:42,479 --> 00:32:43,960 Achoo! 615 00:32:43,984 --> 00:32:45,616 Bless you. 616 00:32:46,340 --> 00:32:48,396 Little more... 617 00:32:48,620 --> 00:32:50,640 little more... 618 00:32:57,570 --> 00:32:59,570 CRASHING 619 00:33:01,420 --> 00:33:03,479 too much. 620 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,507 I need a hammer, somebody toss me a hammer. 621 00:33:08,631 --> 00:33:09,867 Hey... 622 00:33:09,891 --> 00:33:12,567 That's it, man could get hurt down here! 623 00:33:12,591 --> 00:33:14,077 I'm sorry, sir. 624 00:33:14,101 --> 00:33:16,177 - You all right, Brad? - Fine, sir, fine. 625 00:33:16,201 --> 00:33:17,601 Good boy. 626 00:33:18,025 --> 00:33:20,425 CLANGING AND CRASHING 627 00:33:21,295 --> 00:33:22,695 Oh... 628 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,736 Help! Help! 629 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,636 Help, get me out of here! 630 00:33:26,660 --> 00:33:29,147 Don't just stand there, get up and help him. 631 00:33:29,171 --> 00:33:30,747 - Yes, sir. - Hurry up. 632 00:33:30,771 --> 00:33:32,600 - Help! - Come on, come on. 633 00:33:32,624 --> 00:33:33,856 Help! 634 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,560 No, no, not my head, push the rocks apart. 635 00:33:38,584 --> 00:33:39,584 Oh. 636 00:33:41,432 --> 00:33:43,432 CRASHING 637 00:33:43,656 --> 00:33:45,476 BANGING 638 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:47,947 Well, help me get this stuff off him. 639 00:33:47,971 --> 00:33:50,177 Look, I've been wounded in action. 640 00:33:50,201 --> 00:33:52,880 - Siegel, the roofing paper. - Yeah. 641 00:33:57,452 --> 00:33:59,452 WHOOSHING 642 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,100 THUD 643 00:34:07,072 --> 00:34:08,672 Whoa! 644 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:11,720 Thanks. 645 00:34:11,844 --> 00:34:13,844 646 00:34:14,468 --> 00:34:15,868 Hey! 647 00:34:15,892 --> 00:34:17,492 Oh, oh... 648 00:34:17,516 --> 00:34:19,056 Oh! 649 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,555 Brad, why are you lying down on the job? 650 00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:25,976 Why aren't you at your station? 651 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:28,947 The heat, sir, I feel a little giddy. 652 00:34:29,071 --> 00:34:31,777 We're all feeling the heat, just ignore it. 653 00:34:31,801 --> 00:34:33,877 Tell yourself it's nothing, nothing at all. 654 00:34:33,901 --> 00:34:35,400 Roger? 655 00:34:35,424 --> 00:34:37,024 Help! Help! 656 00:34:37,548 --> 00:34:40,048 YELLING AND SHOUTING 657 00:34:40,696 --> 00:34:42,696 658 00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:44,320 Get away! 659 00:34:45,244 --> 00:34:46,844 Get away! 660 00:34:46,868 --> 00:34:48,868 661 00:34:48,892 --> 00:34:50,892 662 00:34:52,216 --> 00:34:53,816 Whoa! 663 00:34:57,334 --> 00:34:59,434 Commander, you better call this off. 664 00:34:59,459 --> 00:35:02,107 - Who are you? - State of Florida, Navy construction. 665 00:35:02,131 --> 00:35:04,276 I suggest you get all your men off this building. 666 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:06,539 Oh, you do. Now look here... Ohhh! 667 00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:08,963 Help! Help! Help! 668 00:35:08,987 --> 00:35:10,787 Stop! Stop this! 669 00:35:10,811 --> 00:35:12,311 Help...! 670 00:35:12,335 --> 00:35:13,576 PLOP 671 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,080 This is worse than Dunkirk. 672 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,480 Why don't you just give up and... 673 00:35:20,504 --> 00:35:22,104 Listen... 674 00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:27,007 - What is your date of commission? - April 1st. 675 00:35:27,031 --> 00:35:31,097 I outrank you by three days, this is under my command. 676 00:35:31,141 --> 00:35:33,097 Man, I was just trying to advise you. 677 00:35:33,121 --> 00:35:35,637 I do not need your advice nor do I need your help. 678 00:35:35,661 --> 00:35:37,687 This operation is going ahead flank speed! 679 00:35:37,711 --> 00:35:39,759 Flank speed, do you hear? 680 00:35:39,783 --> 00:35:41,483 SPLAT 681 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:47,956 Gentlemen, 682 00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:50,137 we may have lost the battle 683 00:35:50,161 --> 00:35:52,361 but the victory is ours. 684 00:35:52,601 --> 00:35:55,057 Ripwell has killed his story. 685 00:35:55,081 --> 00:35:57,677 I've also heard from sink pack Fleet they, uh, 686 00:35:57,701 --> 00:36:00,917 they suggest that in the future we allow these Seabees to take care of 687 00:36:00,940 --> 00:36:05,007 construction and that we limit ourselves to public relations. 688 00:36:05,231 --> 00:36:07,867 I believe, sir, that the exact phrase was: "tend to our knitting." 689 00:36:07,891 --> 00:36:09,397 Speaking of knitting, sailors, 690 00:36:09,421 --> 00:36:11,977 you not only have not been tending to your knitting, 691 00:36:12,001 --> 00:36:14,437 you have not been knitting very...! 692 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:20,337 Do you realise there has not been a Navy story on the front page for weeks. 693 00:36:20,501 --> 00:36:23,076 The Army's been getting all the publicity. 694 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,546 They have showmen in the army. 695 00:36:25,621 --> 00:36:28,077 What we need is a personality, a hero. 696 00:36:28,101 --> 00:36:30,256 What about Admiral Boatwright? 697 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:31,697 Oh, no, no. 698 00:36:31,721 --> 00:36:35,197 The people back home, they're not interested in big brass and heroes, 699 00:36:35,221 --> 00:36:37,557 they want to read about the enlisted men. 700 00:36:37,581 --> 00:36:40,996 You know, the little guy who jerks sodas at the corner drugstore? 701 00:36:41,020 --> 00:36:43,456 - That's right, Siegel. - Ah. 702 00:36:43,491 --> 00:36:45,917 That's exactly who they're interested in. 703 00:36:45,941 --> 00:36:48,017 The civilian in uniform. 704 00:36:48,041 --> 00:36:50,817 Somewhere out on that vast blue Pacific is the- 705 00:36:50,841 --> 00:36:53,641 the typical young Navy man. 706 00:36:53,841 --> 00:36:57,677 Every mother's son, every daughter's sweetheart. 707 00:36:57,721 --> 00:36:59,139 Gentlemen, 708 00:36:59,163 --> 00:37:01,663 I propose to find him. 709 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,256 Sailors, 710 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:08,280 this is the most explosive idea I've ever dreamed up. 711 00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:20,176 Garrett? 712 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,776 Yes, sir. 713 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,056 Hey. 714 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:24,956 You off today? 715 00:37:24,980 --> 00:37:27,035 No, sir, I... 716 00:37:27,059 --> 00:37:31,127 was gonna go into the office but thought I'd come down and look at the ship. 717 00:37:31,241 --> 00:37:34,057 - Pretty nice view, huh? - Yeah. 718 00:37:35,081 --> 00:37:37,497 Still hoping for sea duty aren't you, Garrett? 719 00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:39,120 Yes, sir. 720 00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:41,875 Sir... 721 00:37:42,199 --> 00:37:43,516 Hm? 722 00:37:43,540 --> 00:37:45,957 Sir, can I speak to you man to man? 723 00:37:45,981 --> 00:37:48,456 Why sure, sit down. 724 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,900 Well... 725 00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:54,776 it's about... 726 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,436 Lieutenant Alice... Tomlen, sir. 727 00:37:59,619 --> 00:38:02,487 I just don't think I can take it anymore. 728 00:38:02,511 --> 00:38:04,296 Take what? 729 00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:07,315 Just being around her, sir. 730 00:38:07,839 --> 00:38:11,847 Smelling her perfume, watching her put on lipstick. 731 00:38:12,781 --> 00:38:14,867 The way she smiles... 732 00:38:14,891 --> 00:38:17,397 the way she... crosses her legs. 733 00:38:17,421 --> 00:38:20,717 Why in blazes don't you get Pendleton to get somebody else? 734 00:38:20,741 --> 00:38:22,877 No sir, I couldn't do that! 735 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:24,407 Well, I mean... 736 00:38:24,431 --> 00:38:27,006 it's torture being with her, sir... 737 00:38:27,030 --> 00:38:28,817 with them. 738 00:38:28,841 --> 00:38:31,580 It's even more torture when I'm not. 739 00:38:33,220 --> 00:38:36,387 Even Battleship Mary looks good to you right now, hm? 740 00:38:36,411 --> 00:38:39,057 Oh no, sir, it's not like that at all. 741 00:38:39,061 --> 00:38:41,107 She's a good girl, sir. 742 00:38:41,131 --> 00:38:43,647 Well... running around with a married man... 743 00:38:43,671 --> 00:38:45,897 But she doesn't know he's married, sir. 744 00:38:45,921 --> 00:38:47,717 Besides he's... 745 00:38:47,741 --> 00:38:51,237 well, he's kind of the glamour boy of the island. 746 00:38:51,801 --> 00:38:54,297 She's flattered, that's all. 747 00:38:54,421 --> 00:38:57,317 - You want to know something, sir? - What? 748 00:38:57,341 --> 00:38:59,557 I think she likes me. 749 00:38:59,681 --> 00:39:02,287 You know what happened last night? 750 00:39:02,311 --> 00:39:05,147 Well, I have a pretty good idea. 751 00:39:06,271 --> 00:39:08,076 Mr Siegel. 752 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:09,216 Well... 753 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:10,956 well, anyway, last night 754 00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:13,387 we stopped at what looked like a pretty good beach 755 00:39:13,411 --> 00:39:16,427 but just to make sure, Mr Pendleton got out to check it. 756 00:39:16,611 --> 00:39:19,657 It was the first time we'd ever been alone. 757 00:39:20,101 --> 00:39:22,520 You know what she said to me? 758 00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:25,176 She said: 759 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,196 "Garrett, 760 00:39:27,220 --> 00:39:29,316 "I just want you to know, 761 00:39:29,340 --> 00:39:32,600 "I realise this is a little hard for you." 762 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,575 She has a sense of humanity, sir. 763 00:39:37,699 --> 00:39:41,977 Well, no, she-she thought about how all this was affecting me. 764 00:39:42,001 --> 00:39:43,850 Me, sir. 765 00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:49,157 And I can't even date her, no matter how I feel. I can't even touch her hand. 766 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:53,796 Well, it's probably one of the most ancient of Navy rules, you know, Garrett. 767 00:39:53,820 --> 00:39:56,157 What would happen to discipline if 768 00:39:56,181 --> 00:39:58,807 enlisted men started necking with officers, huh? 769 00:39:58,831 --> 00:40:01,317 Oh, please, Mr Siegel, I'm going nuts! 770 00:40:01,341 --> 00:40:03,777 Look, if this were peace time, 771 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:06,287 Lieutenant Alice Tomlen, and a matter of fact anyone, 772 00:40:06,311 --> 00:40:08,956 would prefer you to that creep Pendleton. 773 00:40:09,021 --> 00:40:11,060 But as it is... 774 00:40:12,584 --> 00:40:15,084 Ah, you know how it is. 775 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,296 You know something? 776 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,320 Hey, you know maybe, uh, 777 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:25,567 I can do a little public service and upset his little gravy train. 778 00:40:26,081 --> 00:40:28,697 You think you can hold out for a few more days? 779 00:40:28,721 --> 00:40:31,957 I mean, I mean nights, huh, you think you can? 780 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,155 I'll try, sir. 781 00:40:35,179 --> 00:40:36,740 Good boy. 782 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,847 All together now. Make it real bloodthirsty. All right. 783 00:40:47,871 --> 00:40:50,671 Yankee soldier, you die! Yankee soldier, you die! 784 00:40:50,776 --> 00:40:52,776 Whoo! GUNSHOT 785 00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:55,316 SCREAMING - It's a trap, sir, they've hit a tyre! 786 00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:57,336 Take her through, get her to the barracks! 787 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,436 - Yankee soldier, you die! SCREAMING 788 00:40:59,460 --> 00:41:01,660 - Yankee soldier, you die! CRASH 789 00:41:01,684 --> 00:41:04,284 SCREAMING - Yankee soldier, you die! 790 00:41:06,532 --> 00:41:09,732 Yankee soldier, you die! Yankee soldier, you die! 791 00:41:09,756 --> 00:41:10,956 GUNSHOTS 792 00:41:10,980 --> 00:41:14,080 That's what they're doing. They're gonna kill us. Garrett, what are we gonna do? 793 00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:16,204 What do you mean, Garrett? I'm senior in command. 794 00:41:16,252 --> 00:41:19,252 - I know, but Garrett's got the gun. - You better give me your side arm. 795 00:41:19,276 --> 00:41:21,356 Did you ever fire a .45, sir? 796 00:41:21,380 --> 00:41:23,419 Well, I have. 797 00:41:27,676 --> 00:41:31,323 Well, why doesn't somebody do something? Why doesn't something happen? 798 00:41:31,347 --> 00:41:33,856 Yankee soldier, you die! Yankee soldier, you die! 799 00:41:33,980 --> 00:41:35,780 GUNSHOTS 800 00:41:36,004 --> 00:41:38,004 Whoo-hoo! GUNSHOTS 801 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,477 - Fire, for Pete's sake, fire. - In what direction, sir? 802 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,837 How should I know, just fire. 803 00:41:45,861 --> 00:41:48,061 GUNSHOTS 804 00:41:53,780 --> 00:41:56,279 They've gone, ma'am. 805 00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,997 But why did they take him? Why did they take him and leave us? 806 00:42:01,501 --> 00:42:04,617 Well, I don't know ma'am... sir, senior command, I guess. 807 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,857 Well, we've got to do something about that. We... 808 00:42:07,921 --> 00:42:09,960 we've got to get help. 809 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,036 Yes, ma'am. 810 00:42:15,575 --> 00:42:18,075 WAVES BREAKING 811 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,496 - Garrett. - Yes, ma'am? 812 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,755 I don't think I can go any further. 813 00:42:26,079 --> 00:42:29,157 Do you think it would make any difference if we... 814 00:42:29,181 --> 00:42:31,267 sat down for a minute? 815 00:42:31,371 --> 00:42:34,757 Yes, ma'am, I think it'd be all right but just for a minute. 816 00:42:35,581 --> 00:42:38,397 I know of a nice big ledge over there. 817 00:42:38,421 --> 00:42:40,860 Yes, ma'am, I know you do. 818 00:42:45,432 --> 00:42:47,632 WAVES BREAKING 819 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,700 I'm sorry you're so upset, ma'am. 820 00:42:57,579 --> 00:43:01,587 Not a very good example for an officer to set an enlisted man, is it? 821 00:43:02,090 --> 00:43:04,737 I wouldn't let that worry you, ma'am, I... 822 00:43:04,761 --> 00:43:07,557 after all I'm a man and you're a woman. 823 00:43:07,581 --> 00:43:09,507 I'm also a naval officer. 824 00:43:09,531 --> 00:43:11,456 Yes, ma'am. 825 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,977 In the dark I couldn't see those bars on your collar. 826 00:43:15,961 --> 00:43:18,120 It is dark, isn't it? 827 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,080 You know, I can hardly see your face. 828 00:43:23,759 --> 00:43:27,199 I can't see you very well either, ma'am. 829 00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:31,716 I know you're there, I can smell your perfume. 830 00:43:32,659 --> 00:43:34,916 We better get going. 831 00:43:35,140 --> 00:43:37,540 Do you love him, ma'am? 832 00:43:38,519 --> 00:43:41,337 It's not quite a proper question, is it? 833 00:43:41,361 --> 00:43:43,460 No, it isn't. Do you? 834 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,576 I gotta know, ma'am. 835 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,396 Because if you don't, 836 00:43:48,420 --> 00:43:50,816 you're making a terrible mistake. 837 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,017 Staying out half the night with him, 838 00:43:53,041 --> 00:43:55,141 letting him show you the Grunion running. Why, 839 00:43:55,165 --> 00:43:57,901 if I was your father, I-I'd smack your bottom for you... 840 00:43:57,925 --> 00:43:59,516 ma'am. 841 00:43:59,540 --> 00:44:02,596 You know, I could put you on report for this? 842 00:44:02,651 --> 00:44:05,407 Yes, ma'am, I know you could. 843 00:44:05,431 --> 00:44:07,455 I think I will. 844 00:44:07,579 --> 00:44:10,997 You just do that, ma'am, that's what you want, you go ahead. 845 00:44:11,021 --> 00:44:14,027 Tell them I was insubordinate to you. 846 00:44:14,281 --> 00:44:15,727 Tell them... 847 00:44:15,751 --> 00:44:19,047 tell them I fell in love with a naval officer. 848 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,147 And while you're at it tell them about the raid tonight, 849 00:44:22,171 --> 00:44:24,397 tell them it was a fake, a put up job. 850 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,757 Those Japs weren't Japs, they were Tulurans. 851 00:44:26,781 --> 00:44:29,181 The whole lousy thing was a frame. 852 00:44:29,981 --> 00:44:31,575 You... 853 00:44:31,599 --> 00:44:34,297 you mean that raid didn't really happen? 854 00:44:34,321 --> 00:44:35,740 That's right. 855 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:39,580 You did it just so you could... 856 00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:46,416 Don't you have anybody out here, Garrett? 857 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,287 I'm an enlisted man, what chance have I got? 858 00:44:49,311 --> 00:44:51,987 Well, there must be somebody at home waiting. 859 00:44:52,011 --> 00:44:54,359 There was, she didn't wait. 860 00:44:56,740 --> 00:44:59,616 How long have you been out here? 861 00:45:00,340 --> 00:45:02,400 Two years. 862 00:45:04,659 --> 00:45:06,675 It's a long time. 863 00:45:07,399 --> 00:45:09,619 You have no idea. 864 00:45:12,667 --> 00:45:14,267 Ma'am... 865 00:45:14,980 --> 00:45:18,587 you just don't know how miserable it's been for me the past couple of weeks. 866 00:45:18,601 --> 00:45:20,587 Being around you... 867 00:45:20,711 --> 00:45:22,682 looking at you... 868 00:45:22,706 --> 00:45:25,216 watching you smile at him. 869 00:45:27,740 --> 00:45:29,916 What's your first name? 870 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:31,616 Adam. 871 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,507 You don't really think I cared about him, do you, Adam? 872 00:45:36,380 --> 00:45:38,796 Oh, ma'am, I know you're a lieutenant JG 873 00:45:38,820 --> 00:45:41,017 and I'm just a yeoman second class but... 874 00:45:41,041 --> 00:45:42,887 Not second class. 875 00:45:42,911 --> 00:45:45,220 Never second class, Adam. 876 00:45:46,744 --> 00:45:48,644 Oh, ma'am. 877 00:45:51,692 --> 00:45:53,292 Adam... 878 00:45:53,316 --> 00:45:55,416 take this off. 879 00:46:05,416 --> 00:46:07,416 Throw it away. 880 00:46:16,436 --> 00:46:18,436 Oh, ma'am. 881 00:46:20,584 --> 00:46:22,784 Stop calling me ma'am. 882 00:46:26,756 --> 00:46:28,756 CANON BLAST 883 00:46:35,428 --> 00:46:37,128 Morning, Garrett. 884 00:46:37,752 --> 00:46:39,552 Morning, sir. 885 00:46:40,020 --> 00:46:42,055 Well, did it work? 886 00:46:42,079 --> 00:46:43,679 Yes, sir... 887 00:46:43,703 --> 00:46:45,503 it worked. 888 00:46:45,919 --> 00:46:48,356 Yeah, well, I figured it would. 889 00:46:48,780 --> 00:46:51,056 She has so much humanity. 890 00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,619 - Oh, indeed she does, sir. - Mm. 891 00:46:54,260 --> 00:46:55,956 - Sir? - Hm? 892 00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:59,647 What are we gonna do now? We can't very well stage a raid every night. 893 00:46:59,671 --> 00:47:02,757 I know, Pendleton will catch on after the first dozen or so. 894 00:47:02,781 --> 00:47:04,547 On the other hand, though, Garrett, 895 00:47:04,571 --> 00:47:07,271 we get we mustn't let the Navy nurse corps down here. 896 00:47:07,361 --> 00:47:09,159 - Oh, no sir. - Oh, no. 897 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:14,257 Maybe I'll start dating Lieutenant Tomlen myself. 898 00:47:15,505 --> 00:47:17,005 Sir? 899 00:47:33,701 --> 00:47:35,701 ENGINE STARTS 900 00:47:44,559 --> 00:47:46,559 ENGINE STOPS 901 00:47:52,159 --> 00:47:54,660 - Watch relieved. - Thank you, sir. 902 00:47:54,684 --> 00:47:56,284 Carry on. 903 00:48:06,635 --> 00:48:08,635 BRAKES SQUEAKING 904 00:48:08,660 --> 00:48:10,936 Good afternoon, Miss Alba. 905 00:48:11,060 --> 00:48:13,076 I brought you a present. 906 00:48:13,100 --> 00:48:17,187 That's very kind of you, Mr Siegel, but I couldn't possibly accept. 907 00:48:17,201 --> 00:48:20,017 Well, I sent all the way to San Francisco for this. 908 00:48:20,041 --> 00:48:23,687 That was very thoughtful, unfortunately, I can't accept it. 909 00:48:23,781 --> 00:48:26,657 Well, you know I went to an awful lot of trouble. 910 00:48:26,681 --> 00:48:29,697 I'm sorry, Mr Siegel but no one asked you to. 911 00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:32,127 Oh, they didn't, well you know that's just too bad 912 00:48:32,151 --> 00:48:34,977 because, by golly, you're at least going to look at it. 913 00:48:35,481 --> 00:48:36,687 Come here. 914 00:48:36,711 --> 00:48:39,297 Mr Siegel, I cannot accept a gift from you. 915 00:48:39,321 --> 00:48:41,557 It may be different in America 916 00:48:41,581 --> 00:48:45,027 but in Tulura young women are not allowed to accept gifts from men, 917 00:48:45,051 --> 00:48:47,120 unless they're, uh... 918 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,495 Unless what, Miss Alba? 919 00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,616 It... just isn't done. 920 00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:54,496 That's all. 921 00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:57,219 No use you altering it. 922 00:48:57,743 --> 00:48:59,743 Oohh! 923 00:48:59,900 --> 00:49:03,317 Come here. Oh, come on, take a look, eh? 924 00:49:03,411 --> 00:49:07,017 It's not going to violate any Tuluran custom just to look. 925 00:49:07,041 --> 00:49:09,641 ALL: Please, Miss Alba. Please. 926 00:49:10,759 --> 00:49:14,127 Very well, Mr Siegel, for the children's sake, I look. 927 00:49:14,151 --> 00:49:16,807 Oh, yeah, for the children's sake. 928 00:49:18,979 --> 00:49:22,427 Well, come around here, I think you can see better, eh? 929 00:49:23,060 --> 00:49:26,307 Oh, come on, relax, Miss Alba, it's not going to bite you. 930 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:30,760 Go ahead, open it up. 931 00:49:33,659 --> 00:49:35,836 ------ 932 00:49:35,860 --> 00:49:38,356 Why, it's the Encyclopedia Britannica. 933 00:49:38,380 --> 00:49:41,119 Yeah, well, now you can do your own homework. 934 00:49:41,143 --> 00:49:42,743 Oh, Max. 935 00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,876 I'm glad you like it, Melora. 936 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:49,136 Like it? It's wonderful! 937 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,536 Children, look, all these words 938 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,060 and the pictures, the beautiful pictures! 939 00:49:54,060 --> 00:49:56,937 It was wonderful of you to do this for the children. 940 00:49:56,961 --> 00:49:59,756 Well, I-I didn't do it only for the children. 941 00:49:59,780 --> 00:50:01,196 You see... 942 00:50:01,220 --> 00:50:03,297 you see, I-I figured that, uh... 943 00:50:03,321 --> 00:50:05,936 if I didn't have so many questions to look up, 944 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,637 maybe you and I could get around to more... 945 00:50:08,661 --> 00:50:11,061 you know, personal matters? 946 00:50:12,339 --> 00:50:15,407 Would you like to come home with me out of school, Max? 947 00:50:15,431 --> 00:50:17,431 Meet my father? 948 00:50:17,641 --> 00:50:19,700 I'd be delighted. 949 00:50:21,439 --> 00:50:24,196 Must have cost a great deal. 950 00:50:24,420 --> 00:50:27,260 That's the best investment I ever made. 951 00:50:35,860 --> 00:50:37,899 What's wrong? 952 00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,735 Page 36 in the guidebook: 953 00:50:41,759 --> 00:50:45,647 Native Tulurans live in rectangular houses with thatched roofs. 954 00:50:46,071 --> 00:50:48,099 Many of us do. 955 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,880 It's beautiful. 956 00:50:50,904 --> 00:50:53,004 It was beautiful. 957 00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:56,869 I should have worn a tie. 958 00:51:02,340 --> 00:51:04,775 Good afternoon, Papa. 959 00:51:04,799 --> 00:51:07,235 You're early, my dear. 960 00:51:07,559 --> 00:51:10,647 This is Lieutenant Siegel of the United States Navy. 961 00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:13,447 - How do you do, sir. - How do you do. 962 00:51:13,471 --> 00:51:16,157 - Melora has mentioned you, Mr Siegel. - She has? 963 00:51:16,181 --> 00:51:19,277 But she neglected to tell me how strong you were. 964 00:51:19,361 --> 00:51:22,257 Oh, I beg... I beg your pardon. 965 00:51:22,381 --> 00:51:24,027 Won't you sit down. 966 00:51:24,051 --> 00:51:25,620 Thank you. 967 00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:30,639 Would you care for a cigar? 968 00:51:35,263 --> 00:51:36,763 Thank you. 969 00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:41,680 - Gracias, Senor. - Oh, you speak Spanish. 970 00:51:41,904 --> 00:51:44,104 SPEAKS IN SPANISH 971 00:51:47,140 --> 00:51:49,736 Oh, you don't speak Spanish. Ahem. 972 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,916 Tell me, Mr Siegel, what part of the United States do you come from? 973 00:51:52,940 --> 00:51:55,417 Well, I come from Boston, sir. 974 00:51:55,460 --> 00:51:59,677 I was born in Ohio but my family moved to Boston when I was very young. 975 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:02,597 Now my family lives in New York City. 976 00:52:03,021 --> 00:52:05,780 Americans are quite restless, aren't they? 977 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:11,097 Ah, Boston is often referred to as the first cradle of democracy. 978 00:52:11,121 --> 00:52:13,517 - Is that so? - Yes, sir. 979 00:52:13,541 --> 00:52:16,757 I was under the impression it was ancient Greece. 980 00:52:17,757 --> 00:52:18,957 Oh. 981 00:52:18,981 --> 00:52:22,027 Well, maybe it was the second cradle? 982 00:52:22,051 --> 00:52:24,920 - I believe Mr Siegel's right, Papa. COUGHS 983 00:52:26,168 --> 00:52:28,568 COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING 984 00:52:30,100 --> 00:52:32,717 Is the cigar too strong for you, lieutenant? 985 00:52:32,741 --> 00:52:36,377 Oh, no, it's a very-very good cigar, sir. Quite good. 986 00:52:37,061 --> 00:52:39,257 COUGHING CONTINUES 987 00:52:39,481 --> 00:52:41,887 - Would you like a glass of water? - No, no. 988 00:52:41,911 --> 00:52:43,947 No, no, it's all right, sir. 989 00:52:43,971 --> 00:52:45,369 I, uh... 990 00:52:45,371 --> 00:52:48,597 just that I'm not used to such, uh, good cigars as these. 991 00:52:48,621 --> 00:52:50,267 You see my... 992 00:52:50,291 --> 00:52:52,691 at the Navy Store the cigars 993 00:52:52,715 --> 00:52:55,415 aren't of such an excellent quality. 994 00:52:56,259 --> 00:52:59,116 As a matter of fact, I found Boston quite enjoyable. 995 00:52:59,140 --> 00:53:02,196 - Oh, you've been to Boston, sir? - Only once. 996 00:53:02,220 --> 00:53:05,666 I went there, uh, with the remote thought of putting Melora, for a year or two, 997 00:53:05,681 --> 00:53:08,776 into one of those schools, uh, Radcliffe or Wellesley. 998 00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:10,796 I decided not to. 999 00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:12,836 I'm a Harvard man myself. 1000 00:53:12,860 --> 00:53:14,537 Ah, yes, Harvard. 1001 00:53:14,561 --> 00:53:16,936 It is perhaps one of the better schools. 1002 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:19,260 In the United States, that is. 1003 00:53:19,260 --> 00:53:22,417 I've even heard people from Europe say it's a good school, Papa. 1004 00:53:22,441 --> 00:53:25,497 There's some very charitable people in Europe, my dear. 1005 00:53:25,521 --> 00:53:27,056 SPLUTTERS 1006 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:29,776 - You look a bit pale, Mr Siegel. - Hm? 1007 00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:32,617 Perhaps the blend does not agree with you? 1008 00:53:32,641 --> 00:53:34,810 Oh, no, no, it's just-just fine. 1009 00:53:34,834 --> 00:53:36,596 It's just fine. 1010 00:53:36,620 --> 00:53:38,857 Speaking of Radcliffe and Wellesley 1011 00:53:38,881 --> 00:53:41,517 from the looks of some of the young ladies there, 1012 00:53:41,541 --> 00:53:44,936 I wasn't quite sure whether it was co-educational or not. 1013 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:47,786 I had the strange feeling that one of the purposes 1014 00:53:47,810 --> 00:53:50,257 of the Eastern colleges in the United States 1015 00:53:50,281 --> 00:53:53,337 was to change American women into men! 1016 00:53:53,401 --> 00:53:56,877 You know, I've had the same feeling about that myself sometimes, sir. 1017 00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:00,867 Ah, then you too, prefer the European educational system. 1018 00:54:00,991 --> 00:54:02,056 Oh... 1019 00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:05,680 well, I couldn't very well say, sir. I've never been to Europe. 1020 00:54:05,681 --> 00:54:08,097 Is that so? But how... 1021 00:54:08,121 --> 00:54:12,187 There is a war on, Papa, how could the lieutenant possibly go? 1022 00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:14,656 Ah, yes, the war. 1023 00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,080 Ah, Tulura was quite the ---- 1024 00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:20,740 How do you find our island, Mr Siegel? 1025 00:54:21,764 --> 00:54:24,580 Oh, um, I find this, um... 1026 00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:27,040 one of the most... 1027 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:30,364 interesting places that I've ever... been. 1028 00:54:30,388 --> 00:54:31,456 Good. 1029 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:34,667 I have a deep love for Tulura, naturally, 1030 00:54:34,691 --> 00:54:37,277 and certainly my family will always be part of it 1031 00:54:37,300 --> 00:54:41,337 but the love is better preserved if mixed with frequent stays in Europe. 1032 00:54:41,381 --> 00:54:42,460 Yeah. 1033 00:54:42,484 --> 00:54:44,076 LAUGHS 1034 00:54:44,100 --> 00:54:47,547 Well, it's been very interesting having someone from the Navy call on us. 1035 00:54:47,571 --> 00:54:49,357 Why don't you take it with you? 1036 00:54:49,381 --> 00:54:51,990 Possibly you'll enjoy it more in the open air. 1037 00:54:52,014 --> 00:54:53,795 Mm... thank you very much. 1038 00:54:54,119 --> 00:54:56,156 Oh, uh, Mr Alba, 1039 00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:59,080 I wonder if I could invite you and Melora 1040 00:54:59,104 --> 00:55:01,920 to be my guests tomorrow night at the Officers Club. 1041 00:55:02,011 --> 00:55:04,096 You see, there's a dance. 1042 00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:06,977 That's very thoughtful of you, Mr Siegel, but I don't dance. 1043 00:55:07,001 --> 00:55:11,097 And I'm afraid I don't allow Melora to appear in places of that nature. 1044 00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:14,719 Yes, sir. 1045 00:55:16,519 --> 00:55:18,380 Yes... sir... 1046 00:55:20,428 --> 00:55:21,828 Max. 1047 00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:28,656 I'm sorry. 1048 00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:30,995 Thank you for asking me. 1049 00:55:31,019 --> 00:55:34,475 - I appreciate you coming to meet Papa. - Well... 1050 00:55:34,499 --> 00:55:37,237 I don't think your father feels the same way. 1051 00:55:37,261 --> 00:55:39,536 You have to get used to Papa. 1052 00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:43,007 It doesn't look like I'm gonna get the opportunity. 1053 00:55:44,306 --> 00:55:45,706 Well... 1054 00:55:46,031 --> 00:55:48,331 goodbye, Miss Alba. 1055 00:55:53,460 --> 00:55:55,476 This is magnificent. 1056 00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:56,676 Ah. 1057 00:55:56,700 --> 00:55:59,216 - You know chess sets? - Oh, yes sir. 1058 00:55:59,340 --> 00:56:03,177 Yes, my father and I, any spare money we had we spent on chess sets. 1059 00:56:03,201 --> 00:56:06,217 We've had some very fine ones in our home but nothing... 1060 00:56:06,241 --> 00:56:08,337 nothing compared to these. 1061 00:56:08,361 --> 00:56:10,896 Would you like to see them more closely? 1062 00:56:10,951 --> 00:56:13,480 Yes, sir, I consider that a rare privilege. 1063 00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:19,996 This is my masterpiece. A Medici. 1064 00:56:20,020 --> 00:56:22,917 She closely resembles the Ruben's portrait in the Louvre. 1065 00:56:22,931 --> 00:56:25,027 Done in the same period. 1066 00:56:25,051 --> 00:56:28,067 - Here, take it. - Oh, no, no, I wouldn't dare. 1067 00:56:28,091 --> 00:56:30,440 No, no, it's quite all right. 1068 00:56:32,364 --> 00:56:34,264 It's beautiful. 1069 00:56:34,388 --> 00:56:36,388 Do you play? 1070 00:56:37,140 --> 00:56:38,856 Yes, sir. 1071 00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:41,577 As a matter of fact, I was College champion. 1072 00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:45,200 Would you care for a game, Mr Siegel? 1073 00:56:45,919 --> 00:56:48,727 I'd be most happy to have a game with you, sir. 1074 00:56:48,751 --> 00:56:50,846 Melora, tell ---- we have a guest? 1075 00:56:50,870 --> 00:56:52,827 - You'll stay, won't you? - Yes, sir, I'll stay. 1076 00:56:52,851 --> 00:56:54,080 Good. 1077 00:57:07,700 --> 00:57:10,700 PIANO MUSIC PLAYS 1078 00:57:24,260 --> 00:57:26,676 Good evening, lieutenant. Enjoying yourself? 1079 00:57:26,700 --> 00:57:28,777 Oh, immensely, thank you. 1080 00:57:28,801 --> 00:57:32,277 - I was addressing Miss Tomlen. - Oh, sorry, wrong lieutenant. 1081 00:57:32,701 --> 00:57:34,101 Psst. 1082 00:57:35,299 --> 00:57:37,760 - Yeah? - Not so close... 1083 00:57:37,784 --> 00:57:39,584 - Oh, yeah. - ...sir. 1084 00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:49,457 Hey, I hear they got the roof on the new officer's club today. 1085 00:57:49,481 --> 00:57:53,087 - The Officer's Club? That's where I got my purple heart. - Ha ha ha! 1086 00:57:53,141 --> 00:57:55,207 This is not a private war. 1087 00:57:55,231 --> 00:57:58,667 This war is the property of the American public. - Another beer, bartender. 1088 00:57:58,691 --> 00:58:01,217 Oh, hi there, buddy bud. Come on, I'll buy you a little drink. 1089 00:58:01,241 --> 00:58:04,057 Rig up a drink for the Admiral, will you? Here, take it out of this. 1090 00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:06,996 - Oh, oh, wrong bill. - Jeepers, a thousand dollar bill. 1091 00:58:07,020 --> 00:58:08,646 Wanna feel it? 1092 00:58:08,870 --> 00:58:12,556 Go ahead, look at it. Look what it says on the back. 1093 00:58:12,731 --> 00:58:14,947 Read it out loud. 1094 00:58:15,071 --> 00:58:17,877 - "To my favourite..." - Favourite war correspondent... 1095 00:58:17,901 --> 00:58:19,557 Yeah, I'm trying, Mr... 1096 00:58:19,581 --> 00:58:22,081 "...for service above and beyond the call of duty, 1097 00:58:22,081 --> 00:58:25,777 "namely a perilous black frot raid and a B-29 over Tokyo Japan 1098 00:58:25,791 --> 00:58:29,177 resulting in the destruction of critical Japanese War Industry." 1099 00:58:29,251 --> 00:58:31,127 - How about that, huh? - Yeah, very nice. 1100 00:58:31,151 --> 00:58:32,587 That's the kind of guy I work for. 1101 00:58:32,611 --> 00:58:35,107 Tell me, Mr Ripwell, what's a man like who'll do a thing like that? 1102 00:58:35,131 --> 00:58:37,177 What's he like? He's a newspaper man. 1103 00:58:37,201 --> 00:58:39,467 He's got that sixth sense about what the public wants. 1104 00:58:39,491 --> 00:58:42,117 Hard-working, generous. He's really a good egg. 1105 00:58:42,141 --> 00:58:45,227 Of course, personally, he's a puritan, he doesn't drink or smoke. 1106 00:58:45,321 --> 00:58:47,167 He once fired a great city editor 1107 00:58:47,191 --> 00:58:49,936 because the guy was fooling around with dames. 1108 00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:51,377 You gonna cash it here, sir? 1109 00:58:51,401 --> 00:58:54,796 Cash it? I'll never cash it. That's a souvenir I'm gonna keep. 1110 00:58:54,820 --> 00:58:56,517 Cigarettes, please. 1111 00:58:56,541 --> 00:58:59,737 That's a pretty expensive souvenir to be carrying around, isn't it? 1112 00:58:59,761 --> 00:59:00,736 Mm. 1113 00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:02,567 Why don't you take it over to the airstrip 1114 00:59:02,591 --> 00:59:04,657 and show it to some of those PFC crewmen 1115 00:59:04,681 --> 00:59:07,357 who make the same rate 10 times a month for 100 bucks? 1116 00:59:07,381 --> 00:59:08,557 Oh, watch it, buster. 1117 00:59:08,581 --> 00:59:11,781 I may transfer my dirty laundry detail from junior here over to you. 1118 00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:14,556 Don't get excited, I just changed my mind. 1119 00:59:14,580 --> 00:59:18,477 So, you get around this island quite a lot don't you, Seagull? 1120 00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:20,617 Enough. 1121 00:59:20,641 --> 00:59:23,516 Yeah, but when you're jungle hopping around why don't you line me up 1122 00:59:23,540 --> 00:59:26,777 with one of these Tuluran belles? You know, not too old or too fat. 1123 00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:28,217 Well, I'm sorry, 1124 00:59:28,241 --> 00:59:31,927 but procuring supplies comes under the head of another department. 1125 00:59:34,175 --> 00:59:36,575 PARTY MUSIC PLAYING 1126 00:59:37,979 --> 00:59:40,627 Stop trying to lead will you, you're the dame. 1127 00:59:40,651 --> 00:59:42,240 All right. All right. 1128 00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:47,675 Ready, Garrett? 1129 00:59:47,699 --> 00:59:50,499 - Ready, willing and able, sir. - Let's go. 1130 00:59:55,355 --> 00:59:57,755 RAIN AND THUNDER 1131 00:59:57,980 --> 01:00:01,076 - Problem four is 200. - 200. 1132 01:00:01,100 --> 01:00:03,800 I had 198, that's wrong. 1133 01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:05,695 200. 1134 01:00:05,719 --> 01:00:06,916 Next. 1135 01:00:06,940 --> 01:00:10,236 Uh, problem five is 1,000. 1136 01:00:10,260 --> 01:00:11,860 1,000. 1137 01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:14,560 One... 1138 01:00:15,620 --> 01:00:18,446 Have you ever seen a $1,000 bill, Melora? 1139 01:00:18,470 --> 01:00:20,296 No. Why? 1140 01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:21,756 Quite a sight. 1141 01:00:21,780 --> 01:00:23,355 You've seen one? 1142 01:00:23,379 --> 01:00:24,876 Yeah, last night. 1143 01:00:24,900 --> 01:00:27,516 Ripwell's publisher sent him one. 1144 01:00:27,540 --> 01:00:30,526 What I couldn't do with a $1,000. 1145 01:00:30,601 --> 01:00:33,617 Why, it's enough to build a whole new school house. 1146 01:00:33,871 --> 01:00:36,517 You don't think he'd care to donate it? 1147 01:00:36,541 --> 01:00:39,197 Well, I don't think that, uh, Gordon Ripwell 1148 01:00:39,221 --> 01:00:42,477 considers himself a patron of Tuluran education. 1149 01:00:42,541 --> 01:00:44,747 Besides, the publisher, he autographed it. 1150 01:00:44,771 --> 01:00:47,217 You know, like a... souvenir? 1151 01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:49,976 Ripwell says he's going to carry it with him all his life. 1152 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:52,676 Well, that means he doesn't need the money. 1153 01:00:52,700 --> 01:00:56,767 Don't you think a school house is more important than a souvenir? 1154 01:00:56,791 --> 01:00:59,377 What difference does it make what I think? Hm? 1155 01:00:59,461 --> 01:01:01,817 I don't have a 1,000 bucks. 1156 01:01:01,841 --> 01:01:05,116 Well, it wouldn't hurt to ask him, would it? 1157 01:01:05,140 --> 01:01:09,267 If you knew Gordon Ripwell, you'd know it's ridiculous to even think about it. 1158 01:01:09,341 --> 01:01:12,557 - We need another bucket. - Or another school. - Yeah. 1159 01:01:13,241 --> 01:01:15,287 You know, Max, maybe here in the village 1160 01:01:15,311 --> 01:01:18,407 could do something for him in return for the $1,000. 1161 01:01:18,421 --> 01:01:21,557 What in the world could a girl like you do for a man that keeps 1162 01:01:21,581 --> 01:01:24,347 $1,000 bills as souvenirs? 1163 01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:28,396 Ohhh... 1164 01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,536 No. No, no, no, it's uh... 1165 01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:34,787 What is it? - No, no, on the other hand... 1166 01:01:34,811 --> 01:01:37,375 - What? What's the matter? - Why not... eh? 1167 01:01:37,399 --> 01:01:39,756 Well... can I be- 1168 01:01:39,780 --> 01:01:42,276 can I be real frank with you, Melora? 1169 01:01:42,300 --> 01:01:44,976 - Of course you can, Max. - I can? - Yes. 1170 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,097 - All right then, do you have a girlfriend? - Yes. 1171 01:01:47,121 --> 01:01:48,816 - Is she pretty? - Very. 1172 01:01:48,840 --> 01:01:50,666 Do you think your girlfriend will do me a favour? 1173 01:01:50,739 --> 01:01:52,957 Something that maybe gets you a new school house and also 1174 01:01:52,981 --> 01:01:55,657 gets my friend out of carrying Ripwell's dirty laundry. - Of course. 1175 01:01:55,681 --> 01:01:58,357 All right, now listen very carefully. Here's what your girlfriend... 1176 01:01:58,381 --> 01:02:00,581 THUNDER 1177 01:02:10,650 --> 01:02:12,650 WHISTLING 1178 01:02:13,851 --> 01:02:15,651 KNOCKING 1179 01:02:15,675 --> 01:02:17,175 Mr Ripwell? 1180 01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:20,976 That's me baby, Gordon Ripwell of the Chicago Gazette. 1181 01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:22,376 Open up. 1182 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:25,900 Come in, Mr Ripwell, I've been expecting you. 1183 01:02:28,700 --> 01:02:30,400 Hi, baby. 1184 01:02:36,596 --> 01:02:38,596 KNOCKING 1185 01:02:39,919 --> 01:02:42,387 What do you guys think you're doing? 1186 01:02:42,411 --> 01:02:44,597 You guys gone crazy or something? 1187 01:02:44,621 --> 01:02:48,237 Mr Ripwell, I should like to present to you with your laundry. 1188 01:02:48,611 --> 01:02:50,977 So you have gone crazy. 1189 01:02:51,001 --> 01:02:53,627 I could have you busted for this. And you too. 1190 01:02:53,651 --> 01:02:57,896 Wait a minute. Wait a minute, before you have us busted... buster, 1191 01:02:57,920 --> 01:03:00,535 we'd like to entertain you with a little rendition 1192 01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:03,367 especially recorded for this occasion. 1193 01:03:03,621 --> 01:03:05,057 And now... 1194 01:03:05,081 --> 01:03:08,027 as a public service the Tuluran broadcasting system 1195 01:03:08,051 --> 01:03:10,136 presents another episode 1196 01:03:10,260 --> 01:03:13,860 in the Romantic Adventures of Gordon Ripwell. 1197 01:03:13,884 --> 01:03:16,084 Yay! CLAPPING 1198 01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:18,116 Mr Ripwell? 1199 01:03:18,140 --> 01:03:19,716 Yeah, baby. 1200 01:03:19,740 --> 01:03:22,977 Gordon Ripwell of the Chicago Gazette. Open up. 1201 01:03:23,101 --> 01:03:26,919 Come in, Mr Ripwell, I've been expecting you. 1202 01:03:27,540 --> 01:03:30,035 Baby, are you built. 1203 01:03:30,159 --> 01:03:32,376 Sit down, Mr Ripwell. 1204 01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:34,680 Enjoy the programme. 1205 01:03:34,754 --> 01:03:36,554 What do you want, Mr Ripwell? 1206 01:03:36,579 --> 01:03:38,976 You know darn well what I want, baby. 1207 01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:40,676 You turn that thing off! Turn it off! 1208 01:03:40,700 --> 01:03:43,107 I think you should hear just a little bit more, don't you, Max? 1209 01:03:43,131 --> 01:03:44,977 Yeah, just a little bit more. 1210 01:03:45,011 --> 01:03:47,677 Oh, baby, are you built. How old are you, honey? 1211 01:03:47,781 --> 01:03:50,280 17. I'm just 17. 1212 01:03:50,304 --> 01:03:51,876 17, huh? 1213 01:03:51,900 --> 01:03:54,697 That's just the way I like 'em, young and tender. 1214 01:03:54,721 --> 01:03:57,376 Come on, baby, let's stop horsing around, 1215 01:03:57,400 --> 01:03:59,237 -have a little kiss. - OK. 1216 01:03:59,261 --> 01:04:01,536 But before we kiss, I think I should tell you, 1217 01:04:01,560 --> 01:04:03,457 they are putting me in quarantine tomorrow. 1218 01:04:03,481 --> 01:04:05,577 Quarantine? What for? 1219 01:04:05,601 --> 01:04:07,401 Haemaclosis. 1220 01:04:07,425 --> 01:04:09,325 Haemaclosis. What's that? 1221 01:04:09,349 --> 01:04:12,349 Oh, just a little native disease we have here on the island. 1222 01:04:12,473 --> 01:04:14,873 Get away from. Don't touch me! 1223 01:04:14,897 --> 01:04:17,116 You let me outta here! CRASH, BANG 1224 01:04:17,140 --> 01:04:19,435 Ooh, poor Rip, 1225 01:04:19,459 --> 01:04:21,735 he tripped over the bucket. 1226 01:04:21,759 --> 01:04:25,177 All right, you rats, how much do you want for the tape? 1227 01:04:25,201 --> 01:04:28,637 Well, I just don't want to have to carry your dirty sheets anymore. 1228 01:04:28,660 --> 01:04:31,696 OK, junior. All right, give me the tape. 1229 01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:33,256 Wait a minute. 1230 01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:35,975 You haven't asked me what I want. 1231 01:04:36,499 --> 01:04:38,899 All right, what's yours? 1232 01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:43,736 You know that school house where you held your romantic interlude? 1233 01:04:43,801 --> 01:04:46,537 It's pretty shabby, isn't it? 1234 01:04:46,561 --> 01:04:48,057 How would I know?! 1235 01:04:48,081 --> 01:04:49,957 Well, I've been doing a little bit of checking 1236 01:04:49,981 --> 01:04:53,796 and I find that the materials to build a brand new school house will cost 1237 01:04:53,820 --> 01:04:56,856 approximately 1,000 bucks. 1238 01:04:57,939 --> 01:05:01,036 The Seabees, they'll do the work free. 1239 01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:03,396 That's blackmail! 1240 01:05:03,820 --> 01:05:05,355 Sure is. 1241 01:05:05,379 --> 01:05:07,879 Yep, just plain, little old blackmail. 1242 01:05:07,879 --> 01:05:09,947 Well, you won't get away with it! 1243 01:05:09,971 --> 01:05:11,996 Headquarters will be happy to learn that 1244 01:05:12,020 --> 01:05:15,757 you've been using Navy recording machines for blackmail correspondence. 1245 01:05:15,841 --> 01:05:19,557 Headquarters will be so happy they'll probably dream up a court-martial! 1246 01:05:19,621 --> 01:05:21,716 Yes, oh, they probably will. 1247 01:05:21,740 --> 01:05:25,415 But in the meantime, that great American puritan, 1248 01:05:25,439 --> 01:05:28,539 the publisher of the Chicago Gazette, 1249 01:05:28,599 --> 01:05:32,207 oh, he's going to be most interested in hearing about the 1250 01:05:32,331 --> 01:05:34,387 Romantic Adventures 1251 01:05:34,411 --> 01:05:37,211 of his Ace Pacific correspondent 1252 01:05:37,211 --> 01:05:40,537 with 17 year old Tuluran girls. 1253 01:05:41,260 --> 01:05:43,316 And you know something? 1254 01:05:43,340 --> 01:05:46,777 He might even dream up a new correspondent. 1255 01:05:48,925 --> 01:05:50,525 Well? 1256 01:05:50,949 --> 01:05:52,349 Hmph. 1257 01:05:53,340 --> 01:05:56,617 You think you got me by the tail, don't you? 1258 01:05:57,181 --> 01:05:59,759 That's where we think we've got you. 1259 01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:02,400 So do I. 1260 01:06:03,060 --> 01:06:05,696 Tell me, you two no-good lice, 1261 01:06:05,720 --> 01:06:08,216 where did you hide that mic? 1262 01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:11,677 For a 1,000 bucks, I think I got the right to know. 1263 01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:19,900 "Oh baby, are you beautiful." 1264 01:06:19,924 --> 01:06:21,924 LAUGHTER 1265 01:06:26,815 --> 01:06:28,715 BELL RINGING 1266 01:06:28,739 --> 01:06:30,739 SEAGULL SQUAWKING 1267 01:06:31,040 --> 01:06:33,796 Now, hear this! Hear this! 1268 01:06:33,820 --> 01:06:37,056 Farragut Jones will hit Tulura tomorrow. 1269 01:06:37,180 --> 01:06:38,616 I can see it now, 1270 01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:42,440 lean limbs, clear eyes, rosy cheeks. 1271 01:06:42,520 --> 01:06:45,916 The epitome of fine, young Navy manhood. 1272 01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:48,335 - Excuse me, commander... - Excuse me, command... 1273 01:06:48,359 --> 01:06:50,776 Excuse me, commander, who is Farragut Jones? 1274 01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:54,956 Who is he? He's our typical young Navy man, that's who he is. 1275 01:06:54,980 --> 01:06:57,796 Ocean's mate, second class, Farragut Jones 1276 01:06:57,820 --> 01:07:00,220 of the USS Ankletooth. 1277 01:07:00,221 --> 01:07:03,697 Obviously named after two of our greatest naval heroes. 1278 01:07:03,991 --> 01:07:07,135 David Farragut... John Paul Jones. 1279 01:07:07,459 --> 01:07:10,876 I personally selected him from all the candidates submitted. 1280 01:07:10,900 --> 01:07:13,916 We're going all out on this boy, sailors. 1281 01:07:13,940 --> 01:07:16,496 Now, first we'll have him here for a few days orientation 1282 01:07:16,501 --> 01:07:18,401 on the purpose of his trip. 1283 01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:21,896 Which in broad terms is to sell the Navy's story back home. 1284 01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:23,757 Then I've arranged a big celebration 1285 01:07:23,781 --> 01:07:26,237 in his hometown of Appleton, Nebraska, 1286 01:07:26,260 --> 01:07:28,167 where he'll be greeted by the governor. 1287 01:07:28,191 --> 01:07:30,357 From there he'll be flown to Washington 1288 01:07:30,381 --> 01:07:33,057 where he'll address a joint session of Congress. 1289 01:07:33,081 --> 01:07:35,097 Next stop, the White House. 1290 01:07:35,121 --> 01:07:37,707 This page is devoted to Farragut Jones in Hollywood. 1291 01:07:37,731 --> 01:07:40,177 He'll be paraded down Sunset Boulevard, 1292 01:07:40,201 --> 01:07:42,817 sitting among a bevy of movie queens 1293 01:07:42,841 --> 01:07:47,357 atop a royal float fashioned in the shape of a minesweeper. 1294 01:07:47,921 --> 01:07:51,737 Yeah, there's more in the same vein, men, but those are the highlights. 1295 01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:56,197 All we need now is an officer to chaperone Jones around the island. 1296 01:07:56,221 --> 01:07:58,697 Be a wet nurse to the boy. 1297 01:07:59,421 --> 01:08:01,220 Volunteers? 1298 01:08:03,339 --> 01:08:05,856 No one wants to volunteer, eh? 1299 01:08:05,980 --> 01:08:08,516 He'll be diaper changing the whole crowd. 1300 01:08:08,540 --> 01:08:10,920 I heard that, Siegel. 1301 01:08:13,340 --> 01:08:17,436 Do you know what we might do back at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane? 1302 01:08:17,460 --> 01:08:19,960 I haven't the slightest idea, sir. 1303 01:08:20,060 --> 01:08:23,337 We might just give a job to the very man who opposed it. 1304 01:08:23,361 --> 01:08:25,836 That's a very interesting policy, sir. 1305 01:08:25,860 --> 01:08:28,317 What's the philosophy behind it? 1306 01:08:28,341 --> 01:08:30,917 No philosophy, we just did it. 1307 01:08:30,941 --> 01:08:32,441 Siegel, 1308 01:08:32,465 --> 01:08:34,965 Farragut Jones is yours. 1309 01:08:35,189 --> 01:08:37,189 1310 01:08:46,734 --> 01:08:48,534 Hey, Jones? 1311 01:08:49,659 --> 01:08:53,340 Oceans mate, second class, Farragut Jones? 1312 01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:57,116 He doesn't look like the typical young Navy man? 1313 01:08:57,140 --> 01:08:59,060 Are you Farragut Jones? 1314 01:08:59,084 --> 01:09:00,384 No, sir. 1315 01:09:00,408 --> 01:09:01,896 Too bad. 1316 01:09:02,820 --> 01:09:05,875 Anybody here seen Farragut Jones? 1317 01:09:06,099 --> 01:09:08,155 Who wants to know? 1318 01:09:08,379 --> 01:09:10,199 Watch yourself. 1319 01:09:11,460 --> 01:09:13,256 You're... 1320 01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:15,719 you're Farragut Jones? 1321 01:09:15,743 --> 01:09:19,423 I'd like to know what [HORN BLOWS] is all about, sir. 1322 01:09:20,499 --> 01:09:23,757 - Watch your language. - What's the matter with my language? 1323 01:09:23,820 --> 01:09:27,477 All's I said was, I'd like to know what [HORN BLOWS] is all about. 1324 01:09:27,491 --> 01:09:30,917 I got rights. I got rights to know what gives. 1325 01:09:30,941 --> 01:09:34,027 I've been in the Navy a long time, you know, I ain't... [HORN BLOWS] 1326 01:09:34,051 --> 01:09:37,077 - Now, we gathered that. - I think we better get him out of here. 1327 01:09:37,101 --> 01:09:39,776 - Yeah, get in the jeep. - Where are we goin'? 1328 01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:42,500 Wait a minute... watch-watch the shirt, I'm an enlisted man. 1329 01:09:42,548 --> 01:09:44,748 All right, just get in the jeep. 1330 01:09:46,279 --> 01:09:48,437 Now let's get this straight: 1331 01:09:48,461 --> 01:09:52,086 you weren't sent here as a punishment and you're not gonna be put in the brig. 1332 01:09:52,110 --> 01:09:54,610 [HORN BLOWS] too right I ain't. So? 1333 01:09:54,751 --> 01:09:58,397 You're gonna be sent on a nice long trip back to the States. 1334 01:09:58,461 --> 01:10:01,837 You're gonna visit the war plants, you're gonna talk to the workers there. 1335 01:10:01,861 --> 01:10:03,097 Yeah? 1336 01:10:03,121 --> 01:10:05,937 It's about time somebody told off those [HORN BLOWS] 1337 01:10:05,961 --> 01:10:08,416 Well, that's not exactly the purpose of your visit. 1338 01:10:08,440 --> 01:10:11,637 OK, if I take off the [HORN BLOWS] it's [HORN BLOWS] hot in here. 1339 01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:14,897 Now look, if you're going to make speeches you got to stop using that word. 1340 01:10:14,921 --> 01:10:18,156 Now, you gotta just forget it, you gotta just completely forget it. 1341 01:10:18,250 --> 01:10:20,767 How can I forget it? I know it. 1342 01:10:20,791 --> 01:10:23,260 Yes, I know you know it. 1343 01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:26,136 Now, what's that? 1344 01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:30,057 That's the Battle Lake Erie. I had that done in Seattle. 1345 01:10:30,801 --> 01:10:34,076 That's a dame. I had that done in San Diego. 1346 01:10:34,100 --> 01:10:35,997 Oh, she's lovely. 1347 01:10:36,021 --> 01:10:38,467 That's a mermaid. See, you can tell by the tail. 1348 01:10:38,491 --> 01:10:40,537 Yeah, well, I thought she looked different. 1349 01:10:40,561 --> 01:10:43,117 See the heart? "Mother." 1350 01:10:43,140 --> 01:10:45,917 As long as you got one of them, you can never drown. 1351 01:10:45,941 --> 01:10:48,277 Well, I'll have one done tomorrow. 1352 01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:52,996 What's this? 1353 01:10:53,120 --> 01:10:55,580 "Hot" and "Cold." 1354 01:10:59,899 --> 01:11:02,560 - Get Marblehead. - Right. 1355 01:11:09,020 --> 01:11:11,235 'Hot' and 'Cold.' 1356 01:11:11,359 --> 01:11:13,855 We're sending him to Hollywood... 1357 01:11:13,879 --> 01:11:17,095 to be photographed with movie stars... 1358 01:11:17,219 --> 01:11:19,576 in swimming pools. 1359 01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:22,677 Well, if I were you, I'd think twice about that, sir. 1360 01:11:22,701 --> 01:11:24,767 You are not me, Tyson. 1361 01:11:24,791 --> 01:11:27,091 And it's a pretty repulsive idea. 1362 01:11:27,091 --> 01:11:28,616 Yes, sir. 1363 01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:30,667 Get back in there and work on him. 1364 01:11:30,691 --> 01:11:32,691 Teach him how to speak. 1365 01:11:32,715 --> 01:11:34,541 Freshen him up. 1366 01:11:34,565 --> 01:11:37,027 Look, this is not a case of freshening up, sir. 1367 01:11:37,051 --> 01:11:39,707 This is a case of a... a complete overhaul. 1368 01:11:39,731 --> 01:11:42,377 Well then, get back in there and do it. 1369 01:11:42,431 --> 01:11:46,217 We can't change course now, we've got our backs to the bulkhead. 1370 01:11:46,261 --> 01:11:48,257 If we don't produce a decent Farragut Jones 1371 01:11:48,281 --> 01:11:51,357 the Navy department will think we're all as loony as gay birds. 1372 01:11:51,380 --> 01:11:53,856 We'll have a board of Admirals out here... 1373 01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:54,956 Shh. 1374 01:11:54,980 --> 01:11:57,837 We'll have a board of Admirals out here investigating us 1375 01:11:57,860 --> 01:11:59,875 to say nothing of Admiral Boatwright. 1376 01:11:59,899 --> 01:12:03,757 Who mistakenly thinks that we are not too vital to the war effort, anyhow. 1377 01:12:03,781 --> 01:12:06,027 Now get back in there and go to work. 1378 01:12:06,051 --> 01:12:07,827 And keep him locked up. 1379 01:12:07,851 --> 01:12:09,917 You have exactly 3 days. 1380 01:12:09,941 --> 01:12:11,687 - Tyson. - Yes, sir. 1381 01:12:11,711 --> 01:12:13,287 Three days? 1382 01:12:13,311 --> 01:12:17,097 I never can understand how a man can allow himself to be tattooed. 1383 01:12:17,121 --> 01:12:20,377 Oh, you see, sir, one of them keeps him from drowning. 1384 01:12:23,854 --> 01:12:25,854 BRAKES SQUEAKING 1385 01:12:25,879 --> 01:12:28,016 - Oh, sir? - Yes? 1386 01:12:28,740 --> 01:12:30,916 Ready for escort duty, sir. 1387 01:12:30,940 --> 01:12:32,616 Oh... yes. 1388 01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:34,116 Well... 1389 01:12:34,140 --> 01:12:38,017 Garret, something's come up, I don't think I'm gonna be able to make it tonight. 1390 01:12:38,361 --> 01:12:40,447 No, sir. Well... 1391 01:12:40,471 --> 01:12:43,557 when do you suppose you might be able to? 1392 01:12:43,891 --> 01:12:45,975 I don't know. 1393 01:12:45,999 --> 01:12:48,199 I got troubles. 1394 01:13:08,920 --> 01:13:11,396 Is that drinking whisky, sir? 1395 01:13:11,420 --> 01:13:13,656 Well, it ain't rubbing alcohol. 1396 01:13:13,680 --> 01:13:18,575 I ain't seen none of that [HORN BLOWS] stuff in two [HORN BLOWS] years. 1397 01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:26,727 All right, now look Farragut, I'll make a deal with you. 1398 01:13:26,751 --> 01:13:30,357 You stop using that word and I'll give you a drink of this, all right? 1399 01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:34,876 Come on. Let's see if you can talk for one minute without using that word. 1400 01:13:34,900 --> 01:13:36,256 Starting... 1401 01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:38,080 right now. 1402 01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:44,276 Well, don't just sit there, 1403 01:13:44,300 --> 01:13:46,576 come on, say something. 1404 01:13:46,600 --> 01:13:49,096 - What'll I say? - Well, anything. 1405 01:13:49,120 --> 01:13:52,356 No, I tell you what, now look, you repeat after me: 1406 01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:55,495 the Ankletooth is a great ship. 1407 01:13:55,519 --> 01:13:59,119 The Ankletooth is a great... that's a [HORN BLOWS] lie. 1408 01:13:59,139 --> 01:14:01,616 Now, you're not trying, now, you're-you're not trying. 1409 01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:04,497 You could do it if you really try. Now come on, come on. 1410 01:14:04,540 --> 01:14:07,506 The Ankletooth is a great ship. 1411 01:14:07,630 --> 01:14:10,219 The Ankletooth is... 1412 01:14:13,243 --> 01:14:14,943 a great ship. 1413 01:14:14,967 --> 01:14:16,836 That's a boy. 1414 01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:18,960 That's enough. 1415 01:14:19,919 --> 01:14:21,240 Oh. 1416 01:14:21,264 --> 01:14:23,864 Blimey, that's great [HORN BLOWS] stuff. 1417 01:14:23,888 --> 01:14:25,288 Jones! 1418 01:14:28,712 --> 01:14:30,712 WHEELS SQUEAK. 1419 01:14:35,295 --> 01:14:37,295 Psst. Psst. 1420 01:14:37,319 --> 01:14:38,596 Hey. 1421 01:14:38,620 --> 01:14:40,096 Adam. 1422 01:14:40,120 --> 01:14:42,520 Come on. Come on, let's go. 1423 01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:46,697 - Where's Lieutenant Siegel? - He couldn't make it. 1424 01:14:46,711 --> 01:14:49,111 Adam, we shouldn't do this. 1425 01:14:50,235 --> 01:14:52,235 CAR REVS 1426 01:14:58,859 --> 01:15:01,140 I think they saw us. 1427 01:15:02,279 --> 01:15:04,695 All right, let's... ahem. 1428 01:15:04,719 --> 01:15:06,996 Let's try it again, come on. 1429 01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:09,556 Fellow war winners, 1430 01:15:09,580 --> 01:15:12,675 we boys in the ships consider you 1431 01:15:12,699 --> 01:15:15,295 the lifeline of the Navy. 1432 01:15:15,419 --> 01:15:19,496 Fellow war winners... What does that there mean? 1433 01:15:19,500 --> 01:15:22,697 Never mind what it means, just say it! 1434 01:15:22,721 --> 01:15:25,157 Look Farragut, if you don't want to learn this, 1435 01:15:25,181 --> 01:15:27,696 you just say so and we'll get somebody else! 1436 01:15:27,719 --> 01:15:30,136 I mean, there's a lot of guys that would give their eye teeth 1437 01:15:30,160 --> 01:15:32,247 to horse around out there in Hollywood. 1438 01:15:32,271 --> 01:15:33,927 - Ahh! - Yeah! 1439 01:15:34,351 --> 01:15:37,156 Think of all the dames out there, Farragut. 1440 01:15:37,179 --> 01:15:40,197 And how would you like to be out there right now, 1441 01:15:40,201 --> 01:15:43,479 sitting on a couch with one of them? Hm? 1442 01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:46,296 Nice blonde, 1443 01:15:46,620 --> 01:15:48,816 with long hair, 1444 01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:52,559 you know, kind of young, one of those... 1445 01:15:53,620 --> 01:15:56,476 tight fitting dresses on. 1446 01:15:56,500 --> 01:16:00,037 Yeah, she's sitting right beside you, Farragut. 1447 01:16:00,911 --> 01:16:04,397 And she puts her head right down on your shoulder. 1448 01:16:04,591 --> 01:16:06,837 And then she reaches up 1449 01:16:06,861 --> 01:16:09,461 and she nibbles at your ear. 1450 01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,747 And then she looks right up into your eyes, Farragut. 1451 01:16:13,821 --> 01:16:17,577 She looks right into your eyes and she puckers up her lips. 1452 01:16:18,591 --> 01:16:21,280 Puckers them up for you, Farragut. 1453 01:16:21,304 --> 01:16:22,635 For you. 1454 01:16:22,659 --> 01:16:24,347 Don't get nobody else, sir. 1455 01:16:24,371 --> 01:16:26,455 I'll do anything you want, anything you want. 1456 01:16:26,479 --> 01:16:28,367 All right, say it: The Ankletooth is a great ship! 1457 01:16:28,391 --> 01:16:29,867 The Ankletooth is a great ship! 1458 01:16:29,891 --> 01:16:31,787 - And I'll be good to war workers! - And I'll be good to war workers! 1459 01:16:31,811 --> 01:16:33,857 - And stop scratching your chest! - I'll stop scratching my chest! 1460 01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:35,497 And don't take your jumper off in public! 1461 01:16:35,521 --> 01:16:37,197 And don't ever take my jumper off... 1462 01:16:37,221 --> 01:16:39,767 Not even when I'm horsing around with those Hollywood tomatoes? 1463 01:16:39,791 --> 01:16:43,257 That's not in public, you idiot. At least I hope not. 1464 01:16:43,281 --> 01:16:45,957 Here, go ahead, have another drink. 1465 01:16:46,041 --> 01:16:47,576 Go ahead. 1466 01:16:47,600 --> 01:16:49,676 Go ahead, go ahead. 1467 01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:52,835 Fellow war winners, I want you to know 1468 01:16:52,859 --> 01:16:55,896 that we boys out on the ships 1469 01:16:55,920 --> 01:16:59,136 consider you the lifeline of the Navy. 1470 01:16:59,460 --> 01:17:04,036 Today's Navy is not just a collection of ships. 1471 01:17:05,100 --> 01:17:08,136 Today's Navy is a team. 1472 01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:12,040 We must work together like a team. 1473 01:17:14,399 --> 01:17:17,276 In closing, I just want to say 1474 01:17:17,300 --> 01:17:20,876 the U.S Navy is the greatest Navy in the world 1475 01:17:20,900 --> 01:17:24,340 and I'm proud to be part of it. 1476 01:17:26,388 --> 01:17:28,388 APPLAUSE 1477 01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:35,176 Excellent, Nash, excellent. 1478 01:17:35,200 --> 01:17:38,276 Just the right blend of wholesomeness and humility. 1479 01:17:38,300 --> 01:17:40,116 Thank you, sir, thank you. 1480 01:17:40,240 --> 01:17:42,256 Well done, sailor. 1481 01:17:42,480 --> 01:17:43,716 Thanks. 1482 01:17:43,740 --> 01:17:45,996 May I say a word of my own, sir? 1483 01:17:46,020 --> 01:17:48,996 - Oh, no. - Why certainly my boy, what is it? 1484 01:17:49,020 --> 01:17:52,117 I just want you to know that the man that learned me that speech 1485 01:17:52,141 --> 01:17:54,357 is Lieutenant Max Siegel. 1486 01:17:54,461 --> 01:17:57,136 The best [HORN BLOWS] officer I ever served under. 1487 01:17:57,160 --> 01:17:59,239 LAUGHTER 1488 01:18:02,615 --> 01:18:04,615 BELL RINGS 1489 01:18:10,440 --> 01:18:11,915 Sailors, 1490 01:18:11,939 --> 01:18:16,039 the most serious thing in my entire Naval command has happened. 1491 01:18:16,100 --> 01:18:19,777 One of the most unusual problems I've ever had to cope with. 1492 01:18:19,801 --> 01:18:21,801 What is it, commander? 1493 01:18:21,980 --> 01:18:24,536 An enlisted man is dating an officer. 1494 01:18:24,560 --> 01:18:27,356 - What? - No, no, no, a nurse officer. 1495 01:18:27,404 --> 01:18:29,420 Great Scott, who is it? 1496 01:18:29,420 --> 01:18:31,667 Yeoman second class Garrett 1497 01:18:31,691 --> 01:18:34,587 has been secretly dating Lieutenant Alice Tomlen. 1498 01:18:34,611 --> 01:18:37,267 Hey there, Ross, isn't that the babe you used to go with? 1499 01:18:37,291 --> 01:18:39,527 Oh, I may have had a date or two with her. 1500 01:18:39,551 --> 01:18:42,337 Oh, come now, you were given the big rush. 1501 01:18:42,341 --> 01:18:45,437 So, the great lover had a woman taken away from him, huh? 1502 01:18:45,461 --> 01:18:47,097 And by an enlisted man. 1503 01:18:47,121 --> 01:18:49,677 I'm not the only one. How about Siegel? 1504 01:18:49,701 --> 01:18:53,577 - You were dating her too, Siegel? - I'm afraid I was, sir. 1505 01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:57,176 As if my own yeoman would do a thing like this behind my back. 1506 01:18:57,200 --> 01:19:00,447 Well, I guess if Pendleton here wasn't good enough for her, 1507 01:19:00,471 --> 01:19:03,167 obviously she considered me equally lacking. 1508 01:19:03,191 --> 01:19:05,877 Lacking? Who's lacking? 1509 01:19:05,901 --> 01:19:08,876 Any woman who thinks I'm lacking needs a psychiatrist. 1510 01:19:08,900 --> 01:19:10,537 Now knock it off! 1511 01:19:10,561 --> 01:19:14,017 An enlisted man has been dating an officer. 1512 01:19:14,841 --> 01:19:16,641 Siegel... 1513 01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:20,997 have you noticed Garrett acting strangely lately? 1514 01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:22,287 No. 1515 01:19:22,311 --> 01:19:25,711 No, no, not any more than any of the rest of us. 1516 01:19:25,791 --> 01:19:27,497 But as a matter of fact, lately 1517 01:19:27,521 --> 01:19:30,596 I have noticed that he has been much more relaxed. 1518 01:19:30,620 --> 01:19:33,377 Lieutenant Tomlen would relax the tar out of me. 1519 01:19:33,401 --> 01:19:35,557 You mind your rudder, Tyson. 1520 01:19:35,581 --> 01:19:37,687 You don't think it could be a psycho case? 1521 01:19:37,711 --> 01:19:40,457 Oh, no, no, no, I know Garrett pretty well, commander 1522 01:19:40,481 --> 01:19:43,376 and I'm sure whatever he did, it isn't because he's nuts. 1523 01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:44,537 No, no. 1524 01:19:44,661 --> 01:19:46,707 - He just wanted a woman, that's all. - Woman? 1525 01:19:46,731 --> 01:19:49,499 He's taken a naval officer! 1526 01:19:51,100 --> 01:19:53,416 This could call for court martial! 1527 01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:56,047 Oh, I'd be very careful if I were you, sir. 1528 01:19:56,071 --> 01:19:58,857 I mean, can you imagine what would happen with a story like this, 1529 01:19:58,881 --> 01:20:00,537 if it got into the hands of a, uh, 1530 01:20:00,561 --> 01:20:03,336 - a man like, say, Gordon Ripwell? - Ripwell? What do you mean? 1531 01:20:03,340 --> 01:20:06,107 Well, you know you know how sentimental correspondents are, Commander. 1532 01:20:06,131 --> 01:20:08,697 You know, I mean the first thing you know it they'd have it that 1533 01:20:08,720 --> 01:20:10,997 - the Navy was crucifying the enlisted. - Crucify? 1534 01:20:11,021 --> 01:20:13,517 That's right. You know, I can see it now, sir: 1535 01:20:13,641 --> 01:20:16,057 Navy Torpedoes Cupid. 1536 01:20:16,081 --> 01:20:18,517 He'd do it, too. He'd do it! 1537 01:20:18,541 --> 01:20:20,017 He certainly would. 1538 01:20:20,041 --> 01:20:22,477 You're not gonna let Garrett get away with this? 1539 01:20:22,500 --> 01:20:25,207 Why, he's not going to do anything of the kind, Ross. No, sir. 1540 01:20:25,231 --> 01:20:28,676 This, the commander, he has a much better punishment in mind. 1541 01:20:28,681 --> 01:20:32,137 Yes, and you know something, I think I know exactly what it is, sir. 1542 01:20:32,161 --> 01:20:33,961 You do? 1543 01:20:34,459 --> 01:20:37,307 What is the worst punishment the United States Navy 1544 01:20:37,399 --> 01:20:40,136 could give a man in this, uh, section here? 1545 01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:41,337 Hm? 1546 01:20:41,361 --> 01:20:44,467 Oh, you said it yourself, sir, many times, many times. 1547 01:20:44,491 --> 01:20:46,036 I have? 1548 01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:48,059 What's that? 1549 01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:50,896 Sea duty. 1550 01:20:50,920 --> 01:20:52,180 Hm? 1551 01:20:52,404 --> 01:20:53,604 Hm? 1552 01:20:54,580 --> 01:20:56,696 Well, of course. 1553 01:20:57,120 --> 01:20:59,536 Sea duty. Heh, heh. 1554 01:20:59,660 --> 01:21:02,440 - Exactly what I had in mind. - Yeah. 1555 01:21:03,264 --> 01:21:05,464 - Huh-huh. - Yeah. 1556 01:21:09,519 --> 01:21:11,300 Adam. 1557 01:21:15,580 --> 01:21:17,200 Adam! 1558 01:21:17,324 --> 01:21:19,124 Adam! 1559 01:21:28,580 --> 01:21:31,720 I had to see you again, I just had to. 1560 01:21:32,380 --> 01:21:35,837 I'll write to you every day, I promise I will. 1561 01:21:38,380 --> 01:21:40,940 You won't forget me. 1562 01:21:41,380 --> 01:21:43,259 Adam? 1563 01:21:45,040 --> 01:21:48,660 Adam, you haven't heard a thing I've said. 1564 01:21:49,900 --> 01:21:53,240 I've never seen you in the daylight before. 1565 01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:56,180 So lovely. 1566 01:21:58,380 --> 01:22:00,880 I love you, Alice. 1567 01:22:33,990 --> 01:22:35,990 PLANE ENGINES START 1568 01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:41,727 And now before we break ground for this magnificent structure, 1569 01:22:41,751 --> 01:22:43,617 it is my pleasure to present to you 1570 01:22:43,641 --> 01:22:45,717 the man whose sublime generosity 1571 01:22:45,741 --> 01:22:48,997 has made the plans for this new school possible. 1572 01:22:49,071 --> 01:22:51,517 That's the great humanitarian, 1573 01:22:51,541 --> 01:22:55,317 that dedicated representative of the Free Press, Mr Gordon Ripwell. 1574 01:22:55,341 --> 01:22:57,440 APPLAUSE 1575 01:23:01,639 --> 01:23:04,535 Ladies and gentlemen and kiddies, 1576 01:23:04,559 --> 01:23:08,387 I had once thought of keeping as a lifelong souvenir, 1577 01:23:08,411 --> 01:23:11,237 a thousand dollar bill that was presented to me 1578 01:23:11,261 --> 01:23:14,497 by the great publisher I am proud to serve. 1579 01:23:14,621 --> 01:23:17,220 TRANSLATING 1580 01:23:19,816 --> 01:23:21,516 Ohhh. 1581 01:23:21,540 --> 01:23:23,736 I happened to hear, 1582 01:23:23,760 --> 01:23:25,360 indirectly, 1583 01:23:25,384 --> 01:23:28,384 of Tanalolo's need for a school house. 1584 01:23:28,460 --> 01:23:31,227 Since the happiness and welfare of little kiddies 1585 01:23:31,251 --> 01:23:34,057 has always been near and dear to my heart, 1586 01:23:34,081 --> 01:23:37,357 I considered it a rare privilege to make this donation. 1587 01:23:37,401 --> 01:23:41,777 However, the real credit for this edifice belongs not to me 1588 01:23:41,861 --> 01:23:44,157 but to this charming lady, 1589 01:23:44,181 --> 01:23:47,577 one of your own school teachers, Miss Melora Alba, 1590 01:23:47,601 --> 01:23:51,697 whom I met one memorable evening right here in this very school house. 1591 01:23:51,721 --> 01:23:53,721 APPLAUSE 1592 01:23:55,419 --> 01:23:57,676 No one knows better than I, 1593 01:23:57,700 --> 01:23:59,776 Gordon Reapwell, 1594 01:23:59,800 --> 01:24:02,862 how diligently she worked for its fulfilment. 1595 01:24:02,886 --> 01:24:05,086 APPLAUSE, CHEERING 1596 01:24:22,575 --> 01:24:24,175 Hello. 1597 01:24:25,600 --> 01:24:29,297 Why didn't you tell me you were gonna meet Ripwell? 1598 01:24:29,471 --> 01:24:33,757 I couldn't trust anyone else, Max, I had to do it. 1599 01:24:34,171 --> 01:24:36,307 It meant so much to the children. 1600 01:24:36,331 --> 01:24:39,357 You sure have some peculiar customs on this island. 1601 01:24:39,381 --> 01:24:42,797 You can't call a man by his first name, you can't accept a gift 1602 01:24:42,881 --> 01:24:46,517 but you can go out and meet some crumb in the middle of the night alone. 1603 01:24:46,851 --> 01:24:49,337 You realise what could've happened? 1604 01:24:49,361 --> 01:24:53,057 - It was your own idea, Max. - It wasn't my idea for you. 1605 01:24:53,705 --> 01:24:56,251 But Max, I did nothing wrong. 1606 01:24:56,275 --> 01:24:58,927 And if my friend could do it, why couldn't I? 1607 01:24:58,951 --> 01:25:00,997 What is different, I... 1608 01:25:01,021 --> 01:25:04,321 I don't know your friend. I'm not in love with your friend. 1609 01:25:05,480 --> 01:25:08,896 Don't you understand? You're my girl, Melora. 1610 01:25:08,920 --> 01:25:10,956 You're my girl. 1611 01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:13,336 Am I Max? 1612 01:25:13,360 --> 01:25:15,540 Am I your girl? 1613 01:25:42,611 --> 01:25:45,111 You're gonna love New York. 1614 01:25:45,300 --> 01:25:47,947 There's no place in the whole world like it. 1615 01:25:47,971 --> 01:25:49,397 I know. 1616 01:25:49,421 --> 01:25:51,957 Papa took me there when I was a child. 1617 01:25:51,981 --> 01:25:54,527 I'd like very much to go back there again. 1618 01:25:54,551 --> 01:25:57,377 We're gonna go back there as soon as the war is over. 1619 01:25:57,400 --> 01:26:00,127 I've got a good job waiting for me there. 1620 01:26:00,251 --> 01:26:01,747 Family... 1621 01:26:01,871 --> 01:26:03,440 friends. 1622 01:26:05,775 --> 01:26:07,775 What's the matter? 1623 01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:09,296 I... 1624 01:26:09,320 --> 01:26:12,596 I-I can't live in New York, Max. 1625 01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:16,720 I belong here on the island. 1626 01:26:22,460 --> 01:26:26,327 The way I heard it, a woman belongs with the man she loves. 1627 01:26:29,180 --> 01:26:31,856 You could always stay here. 1628 01:26:32,180 --> 01:26:33,840 Sure. 1629 01:26:35,339 --> 01:26:37,515 I could always stay here, 1630 01:26:37,539 --> 01:26:40,757 I could give up everything I've worked for, my whole future. 1631 01:26:40,781 --> 01:26:44,136 Spend the rest of my life lying around on the beach out there. 1632 01:26:44,340 --> 01:26:46,376 That's not for me, Melora. 1633 01:26:46,400 --> 01:26:49,020 I want the things back home. 1634 01:26:49,520 --> 01:26:52,916 There are things for me here too, Max. 1635 01:26:52,940 --> 01:26:55,619 The school, the children. 1636 01:26:57,180 --> 01:27:00,235 We could have children of our own. 1637 01:27:00,259 --> 01:27:03,216 But the children here need me, Max. 1638 01:27:03,240 --> 01:27:06,387 There have always been Albas on the island. 1639 01:27:06,501 --> 01:27:09,737 We've always had responsibility toward it. 1640 01:27:10,061 --> 01:27:12,316 I was the only child. 1641 01:27:12,340 --> 01:27:15,495 Took Papa as me as he would a son. 1642 01:27:15,719 --> 01:27:19,057 Sent me abroad to study, gave me every advantage. 1643 01:27:19,141 --> 01:27:22,877 They expect me to share these things with our people. 1644 01:27:23,491 --> 01:27:26,380 There'll be much to be done here, Max. 1645 01:27:33,915 --> 01:27:35,615 I see. 1646 01:27:36,540 --> 01:27:40,017 You want to remain here and I go back home alone. 1647 01:27:40,041 --> 01:27:42,120 Is that what you want? 1648 01:27:42,144 --> 01:27:44,744 No, that's not the way I want it. 1649 01:27:47,139 --> 01:27:49,196 I'm sorry. 1650 01:27:49,520 --> 01:27:52,540 If I'd known you'd felt that way. 1651 01:27:53,800 --> 01:27:55,836 I'm sorry. 1652 01:27:56,260 --> 01:27:58,316 I'm not. 1653 01:27:58,840 --> 01:28:01,080 I'll never be. 1654 01:28:05,260 --> 01:28:07,476 I understand. 1655 01:28:10,300 --> 01:28:12,940 Come on, let's go back up. 1656 01:28:19,719 --> 01:28:22,456 - Sir, I request a transfer. - Oh, Siegel... 1657 01:28:22,480 --> 01:28:25,517 Sir, I request to transfer most urgently. 1658 01:28:25,641 --> 01:28:27,767 Siegel, you have been trying to get off this island 1659 01:28:27,791 --> 01:28:29,657 ever since the day you arrived. 1660 01:28:29,681 --> 01:28:31,667 Frankly, I don't understand it. 1661 01:28:31,691 --> 01:28:33,907 Why do you want to leave this tropic paradise? 1662 01:28:33,931 --> 01:28:37,617 Don't you appreciate the important function that we fulfil here? 1663 01:28:37,630 --> 01:28:39,137 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 1664 01:28:39,161 --> 01:28:42,816 It's just that I feel that I can function a little better in another area. 1665 01:28:42,840 --> 01:28:44,598 Well, torpedo that thought. 1666 01:28:44,622 --> 01:28:46,597 I have problems. Serious problems. 1667 01:28:46,621 --> 01:28:50,337 - You're going to stay right here and help me solve them. - Yes, sir. 1668 01:28:50,341 --> 01:28:52,327 Frankly, you can start right now. 1669 01:28:52,351 --> 01:28:55,577 A woman correspondent is arriving today from Madame magazine. 1670 01:28:55,601 --> 01:28:57,617 I want you to keep the old girl happy. 1671 01:28:57,641 --> 01:29:01,137 - And just what does that entail, sir? - Now, how should I know? 1672 01:29:01,221 --> 01:29:03,707 Sharpening her pencils, filling her hot water bottle. 1673 01:29:03,731 --> 01:29:06,540 - Whatever it entails, you do it. - Mm. 1674 01:29:07,043 --> 01:29:08,743 Yes, sir. 1675 01:29:11,660 --> 01:29:14,877 May I suggest you try it right side up, sir? 1676 01:29:21,635 --> 01:29:23,235 Ahh... 1677 01:29:24,160 --> 01:29:25,856 Yeah, we heard. 1678 01:29:25,880 --> 01:29:28,096 Too bad, old man, tough break. 1679 01:29:28,120 --> 01:29:30,997 You remember that old battleaxe we had out here about 2 years ago? 1680 01:29:31,021 --> 01:29:33,117 How old was she anyway? 1681 01:29:33,140 --> 01:29:36,017 I think there's a law says you have to be over 65. 1682 01:29:36,041 --> 01:29:37,967 She sure wasn't breaking it. 1683 01:29:37,991 --> 01:29:40,257 I knew a lady correspondent once. 1684 01:29:40,281 --> 01:29:42,567 - She had a beard. - You're kidding? 1685 01:29:42,601 --> 01:29:45,277 No. So help me, she had to shave twice a day. 1686 01:29:45,301 --> 01:29:47,200 Oh, great, great. 1687 01:29:47,224 --> 01:29:49,224 CAR HORN BEEPS 1688 01:29:49,648 --> 01:29:51,648 Well, now... 1689 01:29:52,172 --> 01:29:53,572 Huh. 1690 01:30:07,339 --> 01:30:10,727 I'm Deborah Aldrich, correspondent for Madame magazine. 1691 01:30:10,751 --> 01:30:12,957 Where can I find Commander Nash? 1692 01:30:12,981 --> 01:30:14,481 - Oh, right in here... - This way... 1693 01:30:14,505 --> 01:30:15,576 Hold it! 1694 01:30:15,600 --> 01:30:18,839 - Right this way, Miss Aldrich. - Thank you. 1695 01:30:22,380 --> 01:30:24,439 Tough luck, old man. 1696 01:30:29,160 --> 01:30:31,017 You know, she knows darn well 1697 01:30:31,041 --> 01:30:34,477 that little piece of black lace is showing up above her shirt. 1698 01:30:34,511 --> 01:30:37,257 You know what she is? A sadist. 1699 01:30:37,381 --> 01:30:40,807 I know those black underwear kind of women. 1700 01:30:41,660 --> 01:30:43,756 And just why not? 1701 01:30:43,780 --> 01:30:45,056 Now look...! 1702 01:30:45,080 --> 01:30:48,097 Now look, Miss Aldrich, I've told you 10 times now, 1703 01:30:48,121 --> 01:30:50,177 it is not customary for a woman correspondent 1704 01:30:50,201 --> 01:30:52,157 to go along on a combat operation. 1705 01:30:52,181 --> 01:30:54,587 It so happens I've come 5,000 miles 1706 01:30:54,611 --> 01:30:57,937 - to do something that is not customary. - It's impossible. 1707 01:30:58,021 --> 01:31:00,817 - You mean you won't even help? - What can I do? 1708 01:31:00,841 --> 01:31:04,116 I'm a lieutenant JG that's next to the lowest form of Navy life. 1709 01:31:04,140 --> 01:31:06,540 I'll just have to go higher. 1710 01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:11,280 What is he? 1711 01:31:12,080 --> 01:31:14,576 Well, that is a little higher, yes. 1712 01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:17,615 - That's-that's an admiral. - Introduce me. 1713 01:31:17,639 --> 01:31:20,837 I can't introduce you to an admiral. - Why not? 1714 01:31:20,961 --> 01:31:23,507 You're both in the same war. 1715 01:31:23,931 --> 01:31:25,607 Pardon me. 1716 01:31:25,631 --> 01:31:27,677 Haven't we met somewhere? 1717 01:31:27,701 --> 01:31:29,927 I don't believe so, miss. 1718 01:31:29,951 --> 01:31:32,596 Well, this is one of the correspondents, sir. 1719 01:31:32,620 --> 01:31:35,147 Admiral Junius Boatwright, Miss Debbie Aldrich. 1720 01:31:35,171 --> 01:31:36,177 Hello. 1721 01:31:36,201 --> 01:31:38,736 It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Aldrich. 1722 01:31:38,760 --> 01:31:41,196 Won't you join us for a few moments, Admiral? 1723 01:31:41,220 --> 01:31:43,396 I'd be delighted. Thank you. 1724 01:31:43,420 --> 01:31:47,117 Admiral, Lieutenant Siegel and I have just been discussing something. 1725 01:31:47,140 --> 01:31:49,115 - Perhaps you can help. - Yes. 1726 01:31:49,139 --> 01:31:50,615 Now tell me juniors... 1727 01:31:50,639 --> 01:31:54,137 Oh, you don't mind me calling you Juniors, do you? 1728 01:31:54,161 --> 01:31:57,167 - When can I go on a combat operation? - On a ship? 1729 01:31:57,191 --> 01:31:59,337 Well, of course, how else can I get there? 1730 01:31:59,361 --> 01:32:01,997 Well, I explained to Miss Aldrich that it was impossible, sir. 1731 01:32:02,021 --> 01:32:04,557 I'm afraid it is, miss. Quite impossible. 1732 01:32:04,581 --> 01:32:05,681 Why? 1733 01:32:05,681 --> 01:32:09,237 Well, you see, miss, there are no arrangements on ship for carrying ladies. 1734 01:32:09,260 --> 01:32:12,755 There are no, uh, separate facilities, so to speak. 1735 01:32:12,779 --> 01:32:15,496 Then, I just have to take potluck. 1736 01:32:15,620 --> 01:32:19,257 Juniors, why don't you be a good boy and write me up some orders? 1737 01:32:19,301 --> 01:32:21,376 Miss Aldrich, there's a strict rule 1738 01:32:21,400 --> 01:32:25,197 against permitting women to reside or take passage on any ship 1739 01:32:25,221 --> 01:32:28,937 without special permission from the secretary of the Navy. 1740 01:32:29,291 --> 01:32:31,717 You mean that's all I have to do? 1741 01:32:31,741 --> 01:32:35,037 Why Juniors, why didn't you say so in the first place? 1742 01:32:35,061 --> 01:32:36,580 Excuse me. 1743 01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:41,636 I believe mister, 1744 01:32:41,660 --> 01:32:45,796 you're familiar with my views on the public relations outfits 1745 01:32:45,820 --> 01:32:47,896 and the lunatics who run it? 1746 01:32:47,920 --> 01:32:49,755 Oh, yes, sir. 1747 01:32:49,779 --> 01:32:52,276 Yes, I'm-I'm very familiar, sir. 1748 01:32:52,300 --> 01:32:55,355 Then here's a piece of advice for you: 1749 01:32:55,379 --> 01:32:57,716 stay in your loony bin 1750 01:32:57,740 --> 01:32:59,940 and stay away from me! 1751 01:32:59,940 --> 01:33:01,540 Yes, sir. 1752 01:33:02,164 --> 01:33:04,164 DRAMATIC MUSIC 1753 01:33:14,920 --> 01:33:17,797 Oddballs and freaks, that's what they are, 1754 01:33:17,821 --> 01:33:20,397 the whole blasted public relations. 1755 01:33:20,421 --> 01:33:21,947 Here I am again. 1756 01:33:21,971 --> 01:33:23,420 GRUNT 1757 01:33:23,944 --> 01:33:25,544 GRUNT 1758 01:33:26,679 --> 01:33:28,976 Delighted. 1759 01:33:29,000 --> 01:33:31,200 It's a lovely boat. 1760 01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:35,200 Escort Miss Aldrich to her quarters. 1761 01:33:37,348 --> 01:33:39,748 MARCHING MUSIC 1762 01:33:45,744 --> 01:33:47,744 CHEERING 1763 01:33:47,768 --> 01:33:49,768 WHISTLING 1764 01:33:53,316 --> 01:33:56,316 WHISTLING AND CHEERING CONTINUE 1765 01:34:01,615 --> 01:34:04,215 Man overboard! Man overboard! 1766 01:34:04,240 --> 01:34:07,017 What kind of a war do you think we're fighting out here? 1767 01:34:07,041 --> 01:34:09,557 I didn't assign her here, sir, I'm just in charge of her. 1768 01:34:09,581 --> 01:34:12,296 Don't tell me who assigned her you impudent pup. 1769 01:34:12,319 --> 01:34:16,295 Do you know how many men there are on a Heavy Cruiser? 1770 01:34:16,320 --> 01:34:18,556 1,712, sir. 1771 01:34:18,580 --> 01:34:19,656 Yeah! 1772 01:34:19,680 --> 01:34:23,467 And do you realise how long this ship has been in the Pacific? 1773 01:34:23,541 --> 01:34:26,187 31 months and 13 days, sir. 1774 01:34:26,211 --> 01:34:29,577 And do you have any notion what the sight of a woman, 1775 01:34:29,581 --> 01:34:31,357 any woman, 1776 01:34:31,381 --> 01:34:33,557 but especially that woman, 1777 01:34:33,581 --> 01:34:36,657 can do to men who haven't even seen a woman 1778 01:34:36,681 --> 01:34:38,357 in all that time? 1779 01:34:38,381 --> 01:34:39,947 Yes, sir. 1780 01:34:39,971 --> 01:34:43,087 Yes, I minored in Psychology at Harvard, sir. 1781 01:34:43,111 --> 01:34:45,407 Oh, you did, hey? 1782 01:34:45,431 --> 01:34:49,257 Well, I'm placing a 24-hour watch on her cabin. 1783 01:34:49,391 --> 01:34:51,426 No one is allowed up there. 1784 01:34:51,450 --> 01:34:53,897 Well, sir, there are certain coverage problems 1785 01:34:53,920 --> 01:34:56,977 which makes it necessary for me to confer with Miss Aldrich. 1786 01:34:57,001 --> 01:34:59,847 You can confer with her between watches. 1787 01:34:59,871 --> 01:35:02,355 We've no room for deadheads on this ship! 1788 01:35:02,379 --> 01:35:04,956 Oh, excuse me, I'm afraid I need this. 1789 01:35:04,980 --> 01:35:07,427 I have a few little things to rinse out. 1790 01:35:07,451 --> 01:35:10,737 Oh, pardon me, are there some soap flakes on board, Admiral? 1791 01:35:12,320 --> 01:35:14,320 GRUNTING 1792 01:35:15,899 --> 01:35:17,136 Uh, 1793 01:35:17,160 --> 01:35:19,360 I'll have some shipped up for you from the laundry. 1794 01:35:19,360 --> 01:35:21,577 Oh, thank you, that's very sweet. 1795 01:35:21,601 --> 01:35:23,457 Come on boys. 1796 01:35:27,595 --> 01:35:29,595 1797 01:35:29,620 --> 01:35:31,436 You know what? 1798 01:35:31,460 --> 01:35:34,327 Them things were soaking in the Admiral's basin 1799 01:35:34,351 --> 01:35:36,351 when I took the soap chips in. 1800 01:35:36,375 --> 01:35:37,975 Yow! 1801 01:35:38,181 --> 01:35:39,997 What things! 1802 01:35:52,779 --> 01:35:56,436 - NATO Shinto bearing 2732, sir, just in seven miles. - Right. 1803 01:35:56,460 --> 01:35:59,467 - Our battle station's manned and ready, sir. - Good. 1804 01:35:59,491 --> 01:36:01,500 The 29's overhead, sir. 1805 01:36:01,924 --> 01:36:04,424 JETS ROARING OVERHEAD 1806 01:36:17,980 --> 01:36:19,236 Hepburn, 1807 01:36:19,260 --> 01:36:21,560 am I going blind 1808 01:36:21,560 --> 01:36:23,936 or are we flying from the mast, 1809 01:36:23,960 --> 01:36:26,015 a pair of something 1810 01:36:26,039 --> 01:36:29,257 that no one on this ship has seen for 31 months? 1811 01:36:29,281 --> 01:36:30,681 Yes, sir. 1812 01:36:30,721 --> 01:36:34,217 I mean, no, sir, no, no, you're not going blind. 1813 01:36:34,391 --> 01:36:38,037 Yes, sir, you've... correctly identified the object. 1814 01:36:39,161 --> 01:36:40,336 Well? 1815 01:36:40,360 --> 01:36:44,007 Well, well, sir, uh, I believe we're the first ship 1816 01:36:44,031 --> 01:36:47,437 in Naval history, ever to carry a woman into combat, sir. 1817 01:36:47,761 --> 01:36:51,187 Well, the crew had the idea of... flying her pennant. 1818 01:36:51,211 --> 01:36:53,256 Who got them from her? 1819 01:36:53,280 --> 01:36:55,517 Oh, nobody, sir, she-she heard about the idea 1820 01:36:55,541 --> 01:36:57,557 and offered them to the crew willingly, sir. 1821 01:36:57,581 --> 01:37:00,157 Anyhow, sir, that's what we're fighting for. 1822 01:37:08,360 --> 01:37:10,196 OK men, 1823 01:37:10,220 --> 01:37:13,430 let's go in and give 'em hell! 1824 01:37:13,454 --> 01:37:15,854 CANNONS BLASTING 1825 01:38:06,070 --> 01:38:08,270 Can't see a thing. 1826 01:38:08,295 --> 01:38:10,595 There's a lot of smoke. 1827 01:38:10,620 --> 01:38:13,676 Is this the closest we can get? 1828 01:38:13,800 --> 01:38:17,296 Well, they don't drive heavy cruisers up on the beach. 1829 01:38:17,471 --> 01:38:20,000 It's bad for the paint job. 1830 01:38:22,048 --> 01:38:24,048 EXPLOSIONS 1831 01:38:42,140 --> 01:38:44,576 Now, look over there. 1832 01:38:46,624 --> 01:38:48,024 Debbie? 1833 01:38:53,935 --> 01:38:54,935 Debbie! 1834 01:38:55,059 --> 01:38:56,136 Debbie! 1835 01:38:56,260 --> 01:38:57,336 Debbie! 1836 01:38:57,460 --> 01:39:00,176 Oh, hey, have you seen that blonde, uh... 1837 01:39:00,500 --> 01:39:02,595 EXPLOSIONS 1838 01:39:02,619 --> 01:39:04,619 Have you...? 1839 01:39:04,794 --> 01:39:06,794 Get away! 1840 01:39:10,889 --> 01:39:12,089 Debbie! 1841 01:39:13,814 --> 01:39:15,214 Debbie! 1842 01:39:19,586 --> 01:39:21,386 Debbie! 1843 01:39:24,095 --> 01:39:25,295 Debbie! 1844 01:39:25,319 --> 01:39:27,719 What do you mean she's not on the ship? 1845 01:39:27,740 --> 01:39:30,447 I've had a detail searching, sir. She's disappeared. 1846 01:39:30,471 --> 01:39:31,546 Disappeared? 1847 01:39:31,570 --> 01:39:33,847 - Why, how in blazes...? - I don't know, sir. 1848 01:39:33,940 --> 01:39:37,397 Well, one of the gunners mates said he thought he saw her getting on an LCP. 1849 01:39:37,471 --> 01:39:39,797 Get me that public relations oddball. 1850 01:39:39,821 --> 01:39:41,697 Bring me that freak. 1851 01:39:41,721 --> 01:39:43,357 Yes, sir. 1852 01:39:51,939 --> 01:39:55,336 Thanks a lot, boys. It couldn't have been lovelier. 1853 01:39:55,360 --> 01:39:57,859 I enjoyed every moment of it. 1854 01:39:57,983 --> 01:39:59,383 Bye. 1855 01:40:02,331 --> 01:40:04,831 HOLLERING AND CHEERING 1856 01:40:07,875 --> 01:40:09,375 Quiet! 1857 01:40:09,400 --> 01:40:10,916 Oh, hello. 1858 01:40:10,940 --> 01:40:14,336 - Where have you been?! - To the war, sweetie. 1859 01:40:14,360 --> 01:40:17,455 Now I need a nice hot bath. Excuse me. 1860 01:40:17,479 --> 01:40:20,555 CHEERING AND SHOUTING - Get this ship underway! 1861 01:40:20,579 --> 01:40:24,276 And haul down those... those bloomers! 1862 01:40:24,400 --> 01:40:26,100 Yes, sir. 1863 01:40:26,124 --> 01:40:28,124 1864 01:40:43,040 --> 01:40:44,456 Max... 1865 01:40:44,480 --> 01:40:47,247 I'm worried I haven't heard from Adam in 3 weeks. 1866 01:40:47,271 --> 01:40:49,896 He used to write every day and now he hasn't written a line. 1867 01:40:49,920 --> 01:40:53,177 When a man's on a ship, honey, he's... he's busy. 1868 01:40:53,251 --> 01:40:55,537 I'm worried. You don't know what it's like 1869 01:40:55,561 --> 01:40:58,416 to have an ocean between you and someone you love. 1870 01:40:58,640 --> 01:41:00,315 I guess I don't. 1871 01:41:00,439 --> 01:41:04,257 Hey, wait a minute, sonny, come here, I'll buy you a drink. Not too strong. 1872 01:41:04,300 --> 01:41:06,707 No thank you, bartender, I don't want a drink. 1873 01:41:06,731 --> 01:41:10,577 You see the war is over now and I don't have to drink with Mr Ripwell anymore. 1874 01:41:10,600 --> 01:41:13,616 You know, you may be a great guy to your publisher, sir, 1875 01:41:13,700 --> 01:41:15,357 but to me 1876 01:41:15,381 --> 01:41:18,081 you're the most repulsive, objectionable, 1877 01:41:18,105 --> 01:41:20,357 loudmouthed human being 1878 01:41:20,381 --> 01:41:23,181 that I've ever had the misfortune of meeting up with. 1879 01:41:23,620 --> 01:41:25,256 Junior... 1880 01:41:27,180 --> 01:41:29,616 today you are a man. 1881 01:41:29,940 --> 01:41:31,636 - Yeah? - Yeah. 1882 01:41:31,660 --> 01:41:34,136 Give us a couple of drinks here, will ya? 1883 01:41:38,859 --> 01:41:41,307 Why, what's the matter my little blossom? 1884 01:41:41,331 --> 01:41:43,377 This is an occasion for rejoicing. 1885 01:41:43,401 --> 01:41:45,537 Not to me. For me the fun's over. 1886 01:41:45,561 --> 01:41:47,797 Supply's caught up with the demand. 1887 01:41:47,821 --> 01:41:50,869 Oh, lovey, to me you'll always be in demand. 1888 01:41:50,893 --> 01:41:52,593 - I will? - Yes. 1889 01:41:52,617 --> 01:41:53,817 Oh! 1890 01:41:55,041 --> 01:41:57,041 GIGGLES 1891 01:41:57,265 --> 01:41:59,065 LAUGHTER 1892 01:41:59,089 --> 01:42:00,326 Debbie. 1893 01:42:00,550 --> 01:42:02,551 - Hey! - Darlings.... 1894 01:42:03,800 --> 01:42:06,497 When you get to New York, give me a ring. 1895 01:42:06,521 --> 01:42:08,937 Ross Pendleton, I'm in the book. 1896 01:42:08,961 --> 01:42:12,636 Pendleton? Oh, any relation to the artist, Phyllis Pendleton? 1897 01:42:12,660 --> 01:42:14,256 Yeah... that's, uh, 1898 01:42:14,280 --> 01:42:15,816 that's my wife. 1899 01:42:15,840 --> 01:42:19,437 Oh, charming. I met her on a double date a couple of months ago. 1900 01:42:19,501 --> 01:42:20,596 - Date? - Mm-mm. 1901 01:42:20,620 --> 01:42:22,857 - Phyllis? - Yes. - With whom? 1902 01:42:22,881 --> 01:42:26,927 I don't remember but he was tall, dark and handsome and, uh, loaded. 1903 01:42:37,220 --> 01:42:39,879 What a beautiful girl. Who is she? 1904 01:42:42,719 --> 01:42:45,116 Her name is Melora. 1905 01:42:45,840 --> 01:42:48,840 1906 01:42:52,025 --> 01:42:53,225 Max? 1907 01:42:53,250 --> 01:42:54,350 What? 1908 01:42:54,375 --> 01:42:56,975 If I were you, I do something about that. 1909 01:42:57,100 --> 01:43:00,180 You know something? Maybe I will. 1910 01:43:08,299 --> 01:43:09,936 Ah, Commander Nash? 1911 01:43:09,960 --> 01:43:11,996 Commander Nash, sir? 1912 01:43:12,020 --> 01:43:15,037 I wonder would you mind stepping up to the microphone here. 1913 01:43:15,061 --> 01:43:17,061 APPLAUSE 1914 01:43:17,285 --> 01:43:20,285 * For He's a Jolly Good Fellow tune * 1915 01:43:26,340 --> 01:43:29,427 I think I speak for every man in the section when I say 1916 01:43:29,451 --> 01:43:32,806 there never was a commanding officer quite like our commanding officer. 1917 01:43:32,830 --> 01:43:34,696 LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE 1918 01:43:34,720 --> 01:43:35,816 Always... 1919 01:43:35,911 --> 01:43:38,407 Always, always full of surprises. 1920 01:43:38,431 --> 01:43:41,707 But tonight he has even a bigger surprise for you. 1921 01:43:41,731 --> 01:43:43,426 - I have? - Yes. 1922 01:43:43,450 --> 01:43:46,126 I am thinking, sir, of your, uh, plan 1923 01:43:46,250 --> 01:43:49,627 and your idea about the conversion of this Officers Club. 1924 01:43:49,651 --> 01:43:52,096 You see, I know your secret, sir. 1925 01:43:52,120 --> 01:43:53,520 - You do? - Yes. I am... 1926 01:43:53,611 --> 01:43:55,377 I'm speaking, sir, 1927 01:43:55,401 --> 01:43:58,097 of your plan to request sync pack fleet 1928 01:43:58,121 --> 01:44:00,597 to dedicate this Officers Club 1929 01:44:00,621 --> 01:44:04,277 as a recreation centre for the people of Tulura. 1930 01:44:04,301 --> 01:44:06,301 Yay! 1931 01:44:06,325 --> 01:44:08,325 APPLAUSE 1932 01:44:13,639 --> 01:44:15,476 Ladies and gentlemen, 1933 01:44:15,500 --> 01:44:19,255 I am proud to leave this magnificent edifice behind me 1934 01:44:19,279 --> 01:44:22,156 as a monument to public relations. 1935 01:44:22,180 --> 01:44:24,480 CHEERING, APPLAUSE 1936 01:44:24,579 --> 01:44:27,115 I want you to know that I will retain 1937 01:44:27,139 --> 01:44:30,876 fond memories of each and every one of you, 1938 01:44:31,231 --> 01:44:34,457 when I return to my old desk at the brokerage firm 1939 01:44:34,481 --> 01:44:37,777 of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, Beane. 1940 01:44:38,281 --> 01:44:41,337 One parting thought I would like to leave: 1941 01:44:41,391 --> 01:44:44,397 can you honestly say that you have had an expert 1942 01:44:44,421 --> 01:44:47,967 go over your Investment Portfolio recently? 1943 01:44:47,991 --> 01:44:49,791 Ha ha ha ha! 1944 01:44:49,815 --> 01:44:51,715 CHEERING, LAUGHTER 1945 01:44:51,739 --> 01:44:54,739 * For He's a Jolly Good Fellow tune * 1946 01:44:56,780 --> 01:44:59,407 Nobody knows any better than I do, 1947 01:44:59,431 --> 01:45:02,956 how much this building is going to mean to the people of Tulura. 1948 01:45:03,281 --> 01:45:06,097 Miss Alba assures me there's still a lot of work to be done 1949 01:45:06,121 --> 01:45:09,996 and because of that she feels she can't leave the island. 1950 01:45:10,020 --> 01:45:13,477 So, it seems that, uh, I have no other choice 1951 01:45:13,501 --> 01:45:15,601 but to remain here. 1952 01:45:17,600 --> 01:45:18,896 And perhaps, 1953 01:45:18,920 --> 01:45:21,235 we can do our part towards 1954 01:45:21,259 --> 01:45:24,119 keeping the island supplied with Albas. 1955 01:45:27,739 --> 01:45:31,457 - My dear, I believe the young man is proposing to you. - Yes. 1956 01:45:31,481 --> 01:45:33,357 Is it all right, Papa? 1957 01:45:33,381 --> 01:45:36,127 Yes, my dear. I don't feel that I have lost a daughter 1958 01:45:36,151 --> 01:45:39,017 rather, I have gained a chess partner. 1959 01:45:39,041 --> 01:45:40,841 LAUGHTER 1960 01:45:41,465 --> 01:45:44,265 PARTY MUSIC 1961 01:46:27,355 --> 01:46:29,155 MUSIC STOPS 1962 01:46:29,180 --> 01:46:32,016 Gentlemen, I should like to propose a toast. 1963 01:46:32,040 --> 01:46:35,707 So, if you will step to the bar and raise your glasses in the toast 1964 01:46:35,731 --> 01:46:38,596 to that battle-scarred flag of public relations. 1965 01:46:38,620 --> 01:46:40,296 Gentlemen. 1966 01:46:46,492 --> 01:46:48,492 Hooray! 1967 01:47:01,964 --> 01:47:03,564 {\an3}K