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[weak, gasping breaths]

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Here, have one of these.

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Fuck me.

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Right.

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Are you sure there's time?

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There's time.

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- Thank you.
- [sighs]

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[sighs]

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Did they say how long
you'll be gone for?

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No, they didn't say.

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I'm very proud
they chose you, Jim.

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I'll be fine.

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Go.

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Okay.

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♪ ♪

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[door closes]

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Morning, sir.

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Sir.

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Group Captain Dr. James Stagg,

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chief meteorological officer,
reporting for duty.

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I.D. card and pass, please, sir.

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Right this way, sir.

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Welcome to Southwick House, sir.

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I'm Andrew Carter
with the Met Office.

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I'll be your ADC.

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- Mm-hmm.
- [gate slams shut]

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[busy chatter]

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I must admit it's a great honor
to meet you, Dr. Stagg.

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I so enjoyed your paper
on terrestrial magnetism.

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It's a fascinating subject.

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It is, yes.

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[soldiers shouting indistinctly]

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And here we are, sir.

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- [phones ringing]
- [busy chatter]

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Operations rooms
are upstairs, sir.

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Teleprinters are in the cellars.

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And our forecast room
is just through here.

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[busy chatter continues]

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[loud hammering]

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- Where can I put this down?
- Anywhere, sir.

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We'll have someone
take it to your tent.

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What are these?

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ANDREW: They're historical
analog charts.

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I know what they are,
but what are they doing here?

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Colonel Krick,
he requested them.

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[loud hammering continues]

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Well, which one is he?
Introduce me.

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[muffled under hammering]:
I believe he's with General...

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Can you stop!
Stop the banging, please.

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[hammering stops]

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ANDREW: I believe
he's with General Eisenhower

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at the moment, sir.

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MAN:
I'll call you back.

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Sir.

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What's coming through?

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Soundings at 53 north,
35 west, sir.

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Mm-hmm. Weather ship Hoste, yes?

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Yes, sir.

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Uh, Casey and Bryant here
are linked directly

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to the teleprinter ops
at Dunstable and Bushy Park.

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- Which one are you?
- I'm Casey, sir.

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That's wrong, Casey.

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Our American contingent, sir.

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This is Flight Officer Murray,
Flight Officer Hamilton.

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- Good to meet you, sir.
- They're on surface weather.

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What, both of you?
Who's on upper air?

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Uh, no one, sir.

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No one's on upper air?

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So that data just goes
unrecorded, does it?

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I'll need both of you
on upper air at all times.

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Uh, we were told to use
historical analog charts, sir.

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Not by me.
Those weren't my instructions.

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It's just, Colonel Krick
instructed us otherwise, sir.

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Did he? Do I have an office?

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Yes, sir.
It's just through here.

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Ah.

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Good afternoon, sir.

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Uh, this is Group Captain Stagg.

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He's just transferred
from Dunstable.

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We've been very much
looking forward to his...

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him joining us here.

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Lieutenant Kay Summersby.

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Motor Transport Corps.
Welcome to Southwick House.

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Are we sharing an office,
or what?

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No. I was just using it
temporarily.

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Good, because I'll need it
exclusively.

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Well, very good.

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Can you see to it that
General Eisenhower knows

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that I'm here?

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And that I apologize
for my late arrival?

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Yes, sir.

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Sir.

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[sighs] Right.

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OPERATOR [over phone]:
Hello. Signals Department.

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Switchboard speaking.

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Yes, um,
Richmond 1-9-3-7, please.

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I'm sorry, but all
outgoing calls are forbidden

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without prior authorization,
sir.

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Uh, no, no, I-I-I...
I need to speak with my wife.

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- I'm sorry, sir.
- [line disconnects]

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- Hello?
- [knocking at door]

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Yes? Hello?

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[hangs up phone]

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If you'd like to follow me,
please,

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General Eisenhower
will see you now.

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♪ ♪

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I wouldn't keep him waiting any
longer than you already have.

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- [busy chatter]
- [phones ringing]

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Group Captain Dr. James Stagg,

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here at the express request
of General Eisenhower.

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[hushed chatter]

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And all 265 vessels arrived
without issue, sir.

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And we've assigned, uh,
five patrol craft

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and three destroyers.

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DWIGHT "IKE" EISENHOWER:
Let's get the job done.

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Glad to hear it.

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Lieutenant Summersby?

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Sir, may I introduce
Group Captain James Stagg,

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who finally made it in
from London?

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Well, it's good to meet you,
Group Captain Stagg.

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Welcome aboard.

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Nice to finally put
a face to the name.

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Have you got all the equipment
you need downstairs?

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Equipment is not
the problem, sir.

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What's the problem?

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Um, well, it's time, sir.
I haven't really had any...

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any time to establish
any clear picture.

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Have a look, Group Captain.

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I got 7,000 naval vessels,

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130,000 ground troops,

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200,000 naval personnel,
15 hospital ships,

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8,000 doctors,
three airborne divisions

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and a partridge in a pear tree.

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Largest seaborne invasion force
in history.

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Is it?

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And do we have a date yet
for the invasion, sir?

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We invade France Monday.

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- This Monday?
- Correct.

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Monday, June 5th, 0630.

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That is D-Day,
which is in 61 hours from now.

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Fate of the war hinges on this.

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All the pieces of the jigsaw
are in place.

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There's only one imponderable
that remains.

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I need a forecast.

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I'm... Yes, I'm concerned
that what you're asking me is

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scientifically impossible, sir.

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Uh, long-term forecasting is

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really only ever
educated guesswork.

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Monday is not long-term,
for Christ's sake.

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Does Monday sound like long-term
to you, Lieutenant Summersby?

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No, it certainly does not, sir.

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Well, this is
Northern Europe, sir.

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Anything over 24 hours is-is...
is considered long-term,

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meteorologically speaking.

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But I'll...

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I'll do my best.

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I don't want your best.

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I already expect that.

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I need certainty.

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Churchill tells me

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you're the best meteorologist
in the country

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and that I should rely on you
over Colonel Krick.

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You know him?

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Only by reputation.

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Well, Krick's been with me
since '42.

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He's never steered me wrong,
so...

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let's see how you measure up.

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I need a forecast for Monday.

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I need it first thing
tomorrow morning.

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Y-Yes, sir.

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Don't let me down.

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♪ ♪

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Group Captain.

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[clears throat] Let's go.

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Group Captain.

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[playing
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"]

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♪ He had a boogie style
that no one else could play ♪

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♪ He was the top man
at his craft ♪

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♪ But then his number came up ♪

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♪ And he was gone
with the draft ♪

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♪ He's in the Army now
a-blowing reveille ♪

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♪ He's the boogie-woogie
bugle boy of Company B ♪

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♪ They made him blow a bugle
for his Uncle Sam ♪

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♪ It really brought him down
because he couldn't jam ♪

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♪ The captain seemed
to understand ♪

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♪ Because the next day
the cap went out ♪

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- ♪ And drafted a band ♪
- Kay!

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♪ And now the company jumps... ♪

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Ladies and gentlemen,
Kay Summersby. Take over.

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- Come on, Kay.
- KAY: Oh.

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- Dance with me.
- [man whoops] -[Kay laughs]

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Like old times.

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- [laughter]
- [music continues]

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There you go.

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- There you go.
- [man whistling]

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KAY:
Oh, stick to piano, Irv.

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- [music concludes]
- [laughter, applause]

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I-I don't believe you've met,
uh, Group Captain Stagg.

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Only by telephone.

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Dr. Stagg, so nice
to finally meet you.

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You're younger than I imagined.

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You're shorter than I imagined.

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[person coughs]

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Analogs.

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I realize that, yes.

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Every single weather chart
for Northern Europe since 1900.

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Mm. Um, in my experience,

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the weather never replicates
its own history.

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Ah, well, try telling that
to a movie producer.

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Remember Selznick, Kay?

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[scoffs]:
Oh.

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July '39.

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David Selznick calls me up.

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He's making a movie.
He wants a forecast

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for a three-day period
in Beverly Hills.

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- The scene is...
- [plays drumroll on lap]

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the burning of Atlanta.

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"I don't want to see
a drop of rain, Irv.

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Not a drop. Not a drop."

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Well, MGM calls me up.
They give me the dates.

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I give 'em the forecast.

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[sighs] Beautiful weather.

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I mean, just gorgeous.

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Not a cloud in the sky.

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Movie's a hit.
I get to meet Clark Gable.

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Little picture-- I-I don't know
if you heard of it.

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Called <i>Gone with the Wind.</i>

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- You seen it, Stagg?
- No.

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No? That...

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That's crazy. Who hasn't seen
<i>Gone with the Wind?</i>

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Me. I haven't seen it.

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Well, you must.
I mean, it's a great picture.

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It's great. I saw it with Ike.

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Kay drove us...
to the London premiere.

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- KAY: This is true.
- Great night.

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So, did you meet Vivien Leigh?

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Oh, we sure did.

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- BRYANT: What was she like?
- What was she like?

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Uh, she was cute.
[laughs, mutters]

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The Allied High Command
has requested

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our forecast
by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.

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Time and date of the invasion
to France

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has been confirmed for Monday.
Monday. Monday.

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June 5th, 6:30 a.m.,
so can we start, please?

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Get rid of the piano. Thank you.

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00:15:36,125 --> 00:15:37,836
Is it bothering you, Dr. Stagg?

257
00:15:37,878 --> 00:15:39,922
- It's inappropriate.
- [phone ringing]

258
00:15:41,509 --> 00:15:43,679
[quiet chatter]

259
00:15:43,721 --> 00:15:46,433
Call this extension
if you need to speak

260
00:15:46,476 --> 00:15:48,729
to General Eisenhower anytime,
day or night.

261
00:15:48,772 --> 00:15:51,025
Is this his direct line?

262
00:15:51,067 --> 00:15:52,987
Oh, no.
It's a direct line to me.

263
00:15:53,029 --> 00:15:55,658
I handle all communication
with the general.

264
00:15:57,703 --> 00:15:59,790
[quiet chatter continues]

265
00:16:04,758 --> 00:16:06,260
Can I have your attention,
please?

266
00:16:06,302 --> 00:16:08,556
[Bryant continues chattering
over phone]

267
00:16:08,598 --> 00:16:10,976
Bryant, can you put
the phone down, please?

268
00:16:11,978 --> 00:16:13,481
Is that his name? Bryant?

269
00:16:13,522 --> 00:16:15,318
BRYANT:
Okay, go ahead.

270
00:16:19,950 --> 00:16:21,912
[slams piano shut]

271
00:16:26,002 --> 00:16:28,256
I needn't, I hope,
have to stress to you

272
00:16:28,298 --> 00:16:30,969
how crucial this forecast is,
but I do want to stress

273
00:16:31,012 --> 00:16:34,058
one thing to you all
and one thing only:

274
00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:35,519
Get me the data.

275
00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:37,105
That's what counts.

276
00:16:37,146 --> 00:16:39,233
Get me the latest readings
from every single base

277
00:16:39,276 --> 00:16:41,780
within 2,000 miles of Normandy.

278
00:16:41,822 --> 00:16:43,909
That's Paris, Galway, Reykjavík,

279
00:16:43,950 --> 00:16:46,580
Boston, Washington, Lisbon...

280
00:16:47,706 --> 00:16:49,878
...New York, Newfoundland.

281
00:16:49,919 --> 00:16:51,296
You get the idea.

282
00:16:51,338 --> 00:16:53,133
Get me the data
from every Met station,

283
00:16:53,175 --> 00:16:55,220
every weather balloon,
every reconnaissance flight.

284
00:16:55,262 --> 00:16:57,265
That's upper air.
That's surface air.

285
00:16:57,306 --> 00:16:59,018
That's radar soundings.
That's sea temperature.

286
00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:00,396
That's salinity. Everything.

287
00:17:00,438 --> 00:17:02,482
If we've measured it,
then I want it.

288
00:17:06,656 --> 00:17:08,993
That room there...

289
00:17:09,036 --> 00:17:10,538
that's where I'll be.

290
00:17:10,580 --> 00:17:12,542
Get me the data.

291
00:17:13,836 --> 00:17:15,713
That's what counts.

292
00:17:20,096 --> 00:17:22,685
♪ ♪

293
00:17:31,073 --> 00:17:33,078
[radio buzzing]

294
00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,331
OFFICER:
700 millibars.

295
00:17:35,373 --> 00:17:37,836
210. 28.

296
00:17:37,878 --> 00:17:39,546
[over radio]:
<i>650 millibars.</i>

297
00:17:39,589 --> 00:17:42,802
<i>- [overlapping radio chatter]</i>
<i>- Plus 19.</i>

298
00:17:42,845 --> 00:17:44,472
OFFICER 2: Observations
coming in from Spain.

299
00:17:44,513 --> 00:17:46,225
OFFICER 3:
Sea surface temp: 18 degrees.

300
00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:48,562
OFFICER 4: <i>Ten-tenths</i>
<i>stratocumulus and altocumulus</i>

301
00:17:48,605 --> 00:17:49,815
<i>now rising in zero-two.</i>

302
00:17:49,856 --> 00:17:52,569
OFFICER 5:
<i>1-0-1-5 millibars.</i>

303
00:17:52,611 --> 00:17:54,698
<i>[indistinct, overlapping</i>
<i>radio chatter]</i>

304
00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,075
OFFICER 6:
<i>Northwest wind, force five.</i>

305
00:17:56,118 --> 00:17:57,536
OFFICER 7:
<i>6-0-0 millibars.</i>

306
00:17:57,578 --> 00:18:00,249
OFFICER 5:
<i>Wind southwest, force four.</i>

307
00:18:00,291 --> 00:18:02,045
OFFICER 8: South Iceland
seven-tenths, 30,000 feet.

308
00:18:02,086 --> 00:18:03,129
Southeast, force six.

309
00:18:03,171 --> 00:18:06,009
<i>[indistinct radio chatter]</i>

310
00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:07,929
OFFICER 9:
<i>1-0-1-8 millibars.</i>

311
00:18:07,971 --> 00:18:09,515
Say that again, please.
Repeat that.

312
00:18:09,558 --> 00:18:10,976
- Are you getting the
L front temp? -No, I have...

313
00:18:11,018 --> 00:18:12,771
<i>[overlapping radio chatter</i>
<i>continues]</i>

314
00:18:12,813 --> 00:18:14,900
OFFICER 10:
<i>Seven-tenths, stratocumulus,</i>

315
00:18:14,942 --> 00:18:17,279
<i>3,000 feet, force six.</i>

316
00:18:17,321 --> 00:18:18,740
Southwesterly, force six.

317
00:18:18,782 --> 00:18:20,075
We're still waiting on
the Greenland data, sir.

318
00:18:22,246 --> 00:18:23,790
Just-just leave that.
Just leave that be.

319
00:18:23,832 --> 00:18:24,875
JAMES:
What speed is L3 moving at?

320
00:18:24,918 --> 00:18:26,503
25 knots.

321
00:18:26,545 --> 00:18:29,008
- ANDREW: Finished with that?
- [busy chatter continues]

322
00:18:29,049 --> 00:18:33,182
Ten StratoCu 3,000 feet,
southeast, force four.

323
00:18:33,223 --> 00:18:35,352
OFFICER 5:
<i>1-0-1-3 millibars.</i>

324
00:18:35,393 --> 00:18:36,813
OFFICER 2:
Radar soundings from 0930.

325
00:18:36,855 --> 00:18:38,273
<i>[busy chatter continues]</i>

326
00:18:38,315 --> 00:18:39,859
There's been no movement
from the main course.

327
00:18:39,902 --> 00:18:42,448
Sir, the weather conditions
in Normandy.

328
00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:43,825
[busy chatter continues]

329
00:18:43,866 --> 00:18:45,286
These are from yesterday's
12 o'clock, sir.

330
00:18:45,328 --> 00:18:46,663
Humidity reports.

331
00:18:46,705 --> 00:18:48,625
And we have those folders
you requested...

332
00:18:48,666 --> 00:18:50,586
- [thunder crashes]
- [busy chatter continues]

333
00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:52,131
There's nothing there.

334
00:18:56,179 --> 00:18:58,809
Carter. It's done.

335
00:19:00,688 --> 00:19:02,106
Good man.

336
00:19:02,149 --> 00:19:04,778
[indistinct radio chatter]

337
00:19:04,819 --> 00:19:06,739
[busy chatter continues]

338
00:19:12,208 --> 00:19:13,293
Sir.

339
00:19:16,089 --> 00:19:17,842
The latest completed maps.

340
00:19:21,891 --> 00:19:23,811
♪ ♪

341
00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:41,091
IRVING:
Oh, come on.

342
00:19:41,133 --> 00:19:42,552
Look at the analogs.

343
00:19:42,593 --> 00:19:44,305
It's as plain as day:
calm, sunny weather.

344
00:19:44,346 --> 00:19:46,225
Those analogs prove
absolutely nothing.

345
00:19:46,266 --> 00:19:47,769
How can you say that?
It's right here.

346
00:19:47,811 --> 00:19:48,855
- Are you blind?
- [taps paper]

347
00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:50,065
Look at it.

348
00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:51,233
I don't need to look at it.

349
00:19:51,275 --> 00:19:52,611
The chart is 19 years old.

350
00:19:52,653 --> 00:19:55,575
Fine, that's-that's
40 years old,

351
00:19:55,616 --> 00:19:59,790
27 years, uh, 15 years old.

352
00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:03,171
That's-that's the point:
patterns over time.

353
00:20:03,213 --> 00:20:05,008
Okay. Thank you.

354
00:20:05,049 --> 00:20:07,262
I think what we need to do
is establish

355
00:20:07,303 --> 00:20:09,933
what we already know today,
here and now.

356
00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:14,315
Um, we have
two aggressive storms

357
00:20:14,358 --> 00:20:16,528
stretching themselves
across the Atlantic

358
00:20:16,569 --> 00:20:18,448
from Newfoundland to Normandy.

359
00:20:18,489 --> 00:20:20,118
Agreed.

360
00:20:20,159 --> 00:20:22,705
There is an area of
high pressure above the Azores.

361
00:20:22,746 --> 00:20:24,041
That's what interests me.

362
00:20:24,082 --> 00:20:26,002
But it's moving lethargically
and...

363
00:20:26,044 --> 00:20:27,296
Your word, not mine.

364
00:20:27,338 --> 00:20:29,299
I'm sorry, would you like
the floor again?

365
00:20:29,342 --> 00:20:31,638
Me? No, it's your floor.
Go ahead.

366
00:20:34,183 --> 00:20:37,522
We can't just base the forecast
on surface air

367
00:20:37,564 --> 00:20:39,902
and, uh, analog charts.

368
00:20:39,943 --> 00:20:42,072
We must also consider
the jet stream, which...

369
00:20:42,113 --> 00:20:43,158
The jet stream?

370
00:20:43,199 --> 00:20:44,576
Yes, the jet stream

371
00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:46,121
currently hurtling its way
towards Europe

372
00:20:46,162 --> 00:20:47,582
and dragging
both the storms with it,

373
00:20:47,623 --> 00:20:48,833
likely spawning a third storm.

374
00:20:48,875 --> 00:20:49,878
That jet stream.

375
00:20:49,919 --> 00:20:51,463
Okay.

376
00:20:54,176 --> 00:20:56,848
Which will inevitably mean
stormier conditions

377
00:20:56,889 --> 00:20:59,728
over the next few days--
tomorrow, Sunday, into Monday.

378
00:20:59,769 --> 00:21:02,983
Disastrous conditions
for an invasion.

379
00:21:03,025 --> 00:21:04,652
Okay, thank you so much,
Dr. Stagg.

380
00:21:04,695 --> 00:21:08,535
Now, this is a chart
for June 2, 1925.

381
00:21:08,576 --> 00:21:10,455
Nearly identical conditions
to today.

382
00:21:10,496 --> 00:21:11,915
Same depressions
in the Atlantic,

383
00:21:11,957 --> 00:21:13,793
same high pressures
over the Azores.

384
00:21:13,835 --> 00:21:15,755
Move ahead... three days

385
00:21:15,797 --> 00:21:19,971
to June 5, 1925,
D-Day if you will.

386
00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:23,728
Calm. Sunny weather.

387
00:21:23,769 --> 00:21:26,524
1925 is entirely irrelevant
to what we're talking about.

388
00:21:26,566 --> 00:21:31,282
I could've just as easily picked
June 2, 1904, or 1929.

389
00:21:31,324 --> 00:21:33,077
You know as well as I do

390
00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,499
that atmospheric conditions
can never be identical ever.

391
00:21:36,542 --> 00:21:39,964
What I do know is who nailed
the forecast at Alamein

392
00:21:40,006 --> 00:21:41,508
for the Western Desert campaign,

393
00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:44,012
for the Tunisian campaign,
for Operation Torch.

394
00:21:44,055 --> 00:21:47,226
I know who got it right
every goddamn time in Cairo.

395
00:21:47,268 --> 00:21:50,065
In Tripoli, Algiers,
Oran, Casablanca.

396
00:21:51,735 --> 00:21:53,362
Do you know?

397
00:21:53,404 --> 00:21:54,531
You?

398
00:21:55,491 --> 00:21:57,995
Yeah. Me.

399
00:21:58,037 --> 00:22:00,792
This isn't Casablanca,
Colonel Krick.

400
00:22:00,833 --> 00:22:02,252
This is Northern Europe.

401
00:22:02,295 --> 00:22:05,049
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.

402
00:22:05,091 --> 00:22:07,846
When the atmospheric conditions
are a match,

403
00:22:07,888 --> 00:22:10,517
the weather follows suit.

404
00:22:12,979 --> 00:22:15,108
Mark my words.

405
00:22:15,150 --> 00:22:16,986
D-Day will be calm and sunny.

406
00:22:18,030 --> 00:22:20,159
Nighty night, gentlemen.

407
00:22:21,161 --> 00:22:22,204
Nobody move.

408
00:22:26,461 --> 00:22:27,839
Back to work.

409
00:22:27,881 --> 00:22:29,801
[others murmuring]

410
00:22:34,099 --> 00:22:35,728
What do you make of Stagg?

411
00:22:36,979 --> 00:22:38,273
Hmm.

412
00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:41,237
Scottish.

413
00:22:42,239 --> 00:22:43,783
Churchill says he's a genius.

414
00:22:43,825 --> 00:22:45,912
Hmm.

415
00:22:45,953 --> 00:22:47,873
Yeah, well...

416
00:22:47,915 --> 00:22:50,128
men are too fond of that word.

417
00:22:53,925 --> 00:22:55,845
[quiet chatter]

418
00:22:55,888 --> 00:22:58,266
♪ ♪

419
00:23:04,319 --> 00:23:06,615
OFFICER [over radio]:
<i>Three-tenths Cu and StratoCu</i>

420
00:23:06,656 --> 00:23:09,411
<i>at 2,000 feet,</i>
<i>cloud extending to West Wales.</i>

421
00:23:09,452 --> 00:23:11,372
<i>[overlapping radio chatter]</i>

422
00:23:19,428 --> 00:23:21,223
MONTY:
Inflatable Shermans,

423
00:23:21,265 --> 00:23:24,019
Spitfires, Long Toms

424
00:23:24,061 --> 00:23:25,939
and troop carriers.

425
00:23:25,981 --> 00:23:28,861
Just rubber and air, gentlemen.

426
00:23:28,903 --> 00:23:30,906
But to a Nazi
reconnaissance plane,

427
00:23:30,948 --> 00:23:33,703
utterly indistinguishable
from the real thing.

428
00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:36,666
In North Africa,
I proved this time and again

429
00:23:36,708 --> 00:23:40,548
with victory after victory
after victory.

430
00:23:40,590 --> 00:23:43,679
Of course, it's not just about
crushing the enemy, gentlemen.

431
00:23:43,721 --> 00:23:46,976
It's about deceiving him, too,
and deceive him we will.

432
00:23:47,018 --> 00:23:51,108
We've conjured up phantom armies
across all of East Anglia,

433
00:23:51,149 --> 00:23:53,529
thousands of fake supply depots,

434
00:23:53,571 --> 00:23:56,785
false radio transmissions,
empty tents

435
00:23:56,826 --> 00:23:58,288
and decoy campfires.

436
00:24:00,583 --> 00:24:02,837
On D-Day,

437
00:24:02,879 --> 00:24:05,592
dummy paratroopers
weighted with sand

438
00:24:05,633 --> 00:24:10,266
will be dropped 15 to 20 miles
inland from the Normandy coast.

439
00:24:10,308 --> 00:24:12,645
They explode on impact.

440
00:24:14,858 --> 00:24:17,571
Only the chute remains.

441
00:24:17,612 --> 00:24:20,159
With any luck, the enemy will
think our boys are running wild

442
00:24:20,201 --> 00:24:21,745
through the French interior,

443
00:24:21,786 --> 00:24:23,789
drawing great chunks
of their forces

444
00:24:23,832 --> 00:24:26,419
right away from the beaches.

445
00:24:26,461 --> 00:24:29,717
It's a little small,
don't you think, Monty?

446
00:24:29,759 --> 00:24:31,679
Small?

447
00:24:31,721 --> 00:24:33,515
It's a joke, Monty.

448
00:24:34,433 --> 00:24:36,228
[smacks lips]

449
00:24:36,269 --> 00:24:37,397
Yes.

450
00:24:37,439 --> 00:24:41,112
What's small is our window.

451
00:24:41,153 --> 00:24:44,451
The 12th SS Panzer
is already near Caen.

452
00:24:44,492 --> 00:24:48,416
The 352nd Infantry Division
are heavily entrenched.

453
00:24:49,418 --> 00:24:53,049
If we delay beyond Monday,

454
00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:55,637
they will see right through
all of this.

455
00:24:55,679 --> 00:24:57,515
Everything that we have done,

456
00:24:57,557 --> 00:25:01,397
all our meticulous efforts,
will be for naught.

457
00:25:05,905 --> 00:25:08,993
MONTY: He's doubled his defenses
in as many weeks.

458
00:25:09,035 --> 00:25:13,084
Every passing hour
makes our task more perilous.

459
00:25:13,125 --> 00:25:14,878
Ideally, we bring D-Day forward.

460
00:25:17,968 --> 00:25:19,303
Can't be done.

461
00:25:19,345 --> 00:25:21,181
We are two days out.

462
00:25:23,143 --> 00:25:27,985
The more prepared the enemy,
the more ruthless I must become.

463
00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:29,321
Though it's not my wish,

464
00:25:29,362 --> 00:25:30,906
if it means getting
more men ashore,

465
00:25:30,948 --> 00:25:32,368
I may have to sacrifice

466
00:25:32,409 --> 00:25:34,621
every last member
of my advance brigade.

467
00:25:34,663 --> 00:25:36,165
Well, if I didn't
know you better, Monty,

468
00:25:36,208 --> 00:25:38,085
I would've thought
you enjoyed saying that.

469
00:25:38,128 --> 00:25:39,546
Yes.

470
00:25:39,588 --> 00:25:40,965
But then again,
I've actually been to war.

471
00:25:43,219 --> 00:25:46,058
Be that as it may,
you're the boss.

472
00:25:46,099 --> 00:25:48,269
I am.

473
00:25:48,312 --> 00:25:51,985
And the final decision on the
timing of D-Day will be mine...

474
00:25:52,026 --> 00:25:53,905
and mine alone.

475
00:25:58,162 --> 00:25:59,456
Pray for good weather.

476
00:25:59,498 --> 00:26:01,376
The weather is irrelevant.

477
00:26:01,418 --> 00:26:03,045
We must go,
whatever the weather.

478
00:26:07,386 --> 00:26:09,348
[door opens]

479
00:26:12,312 --> 00:26:14,106
♪ ♪

480
00:26:14,148 --> 00:26:15,859
[birds chirping]

481
00:26:18,989 --> 00:26:20,534
<i>[jovial chatter]</i>

482
00:26:20,576 --> 00:26:22,454
George said that
she came over to him.

483
00:26:22,496 --> 00:26:25,042
She came over to him, right?

484
00:26:26,712 --> 00:26:28,673
[chatter continues indistinctly]

485
00:26:31,302 --> 00:26:33,265
♪ ♪

486
00:26:38,649 --> 00:26:40,152
Ah.

487
00:26:40,193 --> 00:26:42,113
Thought I'd pop in
and identify myself.

488
00:26:42,155 --> 00:26:43,699
Bernard Montgomery.

489
00:26:44,701 --> 00:26:46,329
Oh, yes. [clears throat]

490
00:26:47,498 --> 00:26:49,918
Hello. Uh, James Stagg.

491
00:26:50,962 --> 00:26:52,422
All looking good for Monday?

492
00:26:52,465 --> 00:26:54,176
Um, no.

493
00:26:54,218 --> 00:26:55,428
No, no, no.

494
00:26:55,469 --> 00:26:57,014
Can't say that we are, sir.

495
00:26:58,182 --> 00:27:00,061
Well, can't be that bad, surely.

496
00:27:00,102 --> 00:27:02,732
JAMES: Well, you know
this country, sir.

497
00:27:02,774 --> 00:27:04,611
Looks can be deceiving.

498
00:27:04,652 --> 00:27:06,489
Hmm.

499
00:27:06,531 --> 00:27:09,452
Do not sow doubt, Group Captain.

500
00:27:09,494 --> 00:27:12,708
Battles are lost
when doubt enters the mind.

501
00:27:12,749 --> 00:27:14,127
We'll cross the Channel
on Monday.

502
00:27:14,169 --> 00:27:15,588
That is definite.

503
00:27:17,925 --> 00:27:21,682
If D-Day is canceled,
we will lose this war.

504
00:27:21,724 --> 00:27:23,435
Do you want to be
personally responsible

505
00:27:23,477 --> 00:27:25,522
for losing this war,
Group Captain Stagg?

506
00:27:26,607 --> 00:27:27,985
No, sir.

507
00:27:43,136 --> 00:27:44,597
For Christ's sake.

508
00:27:44,638 --> 00:27:45,891
Okay.

509
00:27:45,932 --> 00:27:47,185
We ready to go?

510
00:27:47,226 --> 00:27:48,395
Go where?

511
00:27:48,437 --> 00:27:50,941
To the meeting.

512
00:27:50,982 --> 00:27:54,781
And when we get to the meeting,
what will we be saying exactly?

513
00:27:54,822 --> 00:27:57,911
Monday will be calm and sunny.

514
00:27:57,953 --> 00:28:00,749
The barometer at Foynes
has been falling all morning.

515
00:28:00,791 --> 00:28:02,044
Yeah, I saw it.

516
00:28:02,085 --> 00:28:03,505
Minimal drop, insignificant.

517
00:28:04,465 --> 00:28:06,551
I think it's significant.

518
00:28:09,891 --> 00:28:11,894
Listen, pal.

519
00:28:11,935 --> 00:28:14,273
I've been working with Ike
for three years.

520
00:28:14,315 --> 00:28:16,735
- I know the guy.
- Mm-hmm. And?

521
00:28:16,778 --> 00:28:19,115
He won't want uncertainty.

522
00:28:19,157 --> 00:28:22,120
Right. Well, then I better
attend the meeting alone.

523
00:28:22,162 --> 00:28:23,372
[Irving chuckles]

524
00:28:23,414 --> 00:28:24,708
Are you kidding?

525
00:28:24,749 --> 00:28:26,127
You can't do that.

526
00:28:27,671 --> 00:28:29,091
That's not how that works.

527
00:28:29,132 --> 00:28:30,718
Uh, you can't do that.

528
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,309
The responsibility for
the D-Day forecast is mine,

529
00:28:35,351 --> 00:28:37,564
and it's not one that
I'm going to take lightly.

530
00:28:37,605 --> 00:28:39,066
It's not yours.

531
00:28:39,108 --> 00:28:40,318
Okay? It's ours.

532
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:41,946
Ours, jointly.

533
00:28:41,988 --> 00:28:44,951
No, no. There's one
chief meteorological officer,

534
00:28:44,993 --> 00:28:46,412
and it's not you.

535
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:49,960
You won't be attending
the meeting.

536
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,261
Is there anything else?

537
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,148
IRVING:
Asshole.

538
00:29:02,189 --> 00:29:03,775
KAY:
Irv.

539
00:29:13,334 --> 00:29:15,504
- How much time do I have?
- It's time.

540
00:29:16,548 --> 00:29:17,925
What happened
with Colonel Krick?

541
00:29:17,967 --> 00:29:19,595
Never mind Colonel Krick.

542
00:29:26,691 --> 00:29:28,569
Well, they won't like this.

543
00:29:29,695 --> 00:29:31,449
Well, I don't like this.

544
00:29:35,205 --> 00:29:38,002
They're waiting for you,
Group Captain Stagg.

545
00:29:42,009 --> 00:29:43,929
♪ ♪

546
00:30:02,962 --> 00:30:04,882
[quiet chatter]

547
00:30:12,228 --> 00:30:14,482
- IKE: Yes?
- KAY: Sir, he's here.

548
00:30:15,818 --> 00:30:17,695
[whispers]:
Excuse me, gentlemen.

549
00:30:20,951 --> 00:30:22,746
Group Captain Stagg.

550
00:30:24,374 --> 00:30:26,711
This is
General Bernard Montgomery,

551
00:30:26,753 --> 00:30:28,715
commander in chief,
Allied land forces.

552
00:30:28,757 --> 00:30:30,593
And here we have

553
00:30:30,635 --> 00:30:32,262
Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory,

554
00:30:32,304 --> 00:30:35,685
commander in chief,
Allied Expeditionary Air Force.

555
00:30:35,727 --> 00:30:37,355
This is Admiral Ramsay,

556
00:30:37,397 --> 00:30:39,400
commander in chief,
Allied naval forces,

557
00:30:39,442 --> 00:30:42,113
and Lieutenant General
Omar Bradley,

558
00:30:42,155 --> 00:30:44,784
commander of
the U.S. First Army.

559
00:30:47,915 --> 00:30:49,375
Where's Colonel Krick?

560
00:30:49,418 --> 00:30:50,544
JAMES:
He's not attending, sir.

561
00:30:50,586 --> 00:30:51,964
Why not?

562
00:30:52,005 --> 00:30:53,508
Well, I believe it's my duty
to brief you all

563
00:30:53,549 --> 00:30:56,054
on the forecast for Monday.

564
00:30:56,095 --> 00:30:58,349
- He should be here.
- Shall I have him fetched?

565
00:30:58,391 --> 00:31:00,144
My forecast will be the same

566
00:31:00,186 --> 00:31:01,898
whether Colonel Krick
attends or not.

567
00:31:01,939 --> 00:31:03,442
IKE:
All right.

568
00:31:03,484 --> 00:31:05,904
Going forward, I want him here.

569
00:31:05,946 --> 00:31:07,240
Is that understood?

570
00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:09,285
- Certainly, sir.
- IKE: Good.

571
00:31:09,327 --> 00:31:10,704
What have you got?

572
00:31:16,798 --> 00:31:18,718
[quiet murmuring]

573
00:31:25,855 --> 00:31:26,941
[man clears throat]

574
00:31:35,122 --> 00:31:37,334
Regrettably, we are faced
with a succession

575
00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:41,091
of two aggressive storms
in the Atlantic

576
00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:44,680
of unprecedented intensity
for this time of year.

577
00:31:44,722 --> 00:31:47,226
My forecast, therefore...
[clears throat]

578
00:31:49,271 --> 00:31:50,899
Uh, excuse me. [clears throat]

579
00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:56,117
My forecast, therefore,

580
00:31:56,158 --> 00:31:58,788
for Monday, June 5th,
the proposed D-Day,

581
00:31:58,829 --> 00:32:00,499
is as follows.

582
00:32:00,541 --> 00:32:03,838
Wind, west-northwest, strong,

583
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,468
reaching force six,
possibly force seven.

584
00:32:06,509 --> 00:32:07,887
Force seven? Are you sure?

585
00:32:07,928 --> 00:32:09,055
[officers murmuring]

586
00:32:09,097 --> 00:32:10,642
No.

587
00:32:10,684 --> 00:32:12,269
It's an estimate.

588
00:32:15,024 --> 00:32:17,278
Cloud low.

589
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,031
Visibility poor.

590
00:32:19,949 --> 00:32:22,412
Rain very likely.

591
00:32:22,454 --> 00:32:25,000
Waves eight to 12 feet,

592
00:32:25,041 --> 00:32:27,712
possibly with an increase
to 15 feet.

593
00:32:28,881 --> 00:32:31,887
Confidence... poor.

594
00:32:34,224 --> 00:32:35,685
Monday, June 5th

595
00:32:35,727 --> 00:32:38,148
through at least
Tuesday, June 6th, falling...

596
00:32:40,277 --> 00:32:41,946
...to very poor.

597
00:32:41,988 --> 00:32:43,657
- [officers murmuring]
- [Ike chuckles]

598
00:32:43,699 --> 00:32:45,368
IKE:
Stagg, I-I'm no weatherman,

599
00:32:45,411 --> 00:32:47,915
but have you looked
out a window lately?

600
00:32:47,957 --> 00:32:49,626
Well, the weather
in this part of Europe, sir,

601
00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:51,588
can change very rapidly.

602
00:32:51,629 --> 00:32:55,011
This poor visibility-- how poor?

603
00:32:55,052 --> 00:32:57,389
Less than a mile,
or thereabouts.

604
00:32:58,808 --> 00:33:02,732
Our paratroopers
require a full moon

605
00:33:02,774 --> 00:33:04,568
to land on target.

606
00:33:04,611 --> 00:33:07,574
Spring tides are essential
for landing our watercraft.

607
00:33:07,615 --> 00:33:09,869
Do you realize,
Group Captain Stagg,

608
00:33:09,911 --> 00:33:13,084
that Monday, June 5th is
the only date this calendar year

609
00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:15,379
upon which these conditions
perfectly coincide?

610
00:33:15,421 --> 00:33:16,840
I do realize. Of course, sir.

611
00:33:18,635 --> 00:33:21,181
So, when exactly
do you suggest we go?

612
00:33:21,222 --> 00:33:22,975
JAMES: Well, as it relates
to the weather,

613
00:33:23,017 --> 00:33:24,561
it's impossible to say.

614
00:33:24,604 --> 00:33:26,815
As to the moon and the tides,

615
00:33:26,857 --> 00:33:29,779
the next opportunity
would be June 18.

616
00:33:29,821 --> 00:33:31,198
[officers murmuring]

617
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,494
Two more weeks? Are you mad?

618
00:33:33,535 --> 00:33:36,165
We can't keep our preparations
secret for that long.

619
00:33:36,207 --> 00:33:37,250
It's just not possible.

620
00:33:37,292 --> 00:33:38,585
Of course it isn't.

621
00:33:38,628 --> 00:33:40,840
The enemy will be ready
and waiting.

622
00:33:40,881 --> 00:33:43,845
They'll slaughter
every single last one of us.

623
00:33:43,887 --> 00:33:47,268
That's an extremely
pessimistic forecast.

624
00:33:48,269 --> 00:33:49,688
Are you absolutely certain?

625
00:33:49,730 --> 00:33:51,358
No.

626
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,821
I'm not certain.

627
00:33:53,862 --> 00:33:56,617
I'm confident
that the storms will come.

628
00:33:56,659 --> 00:33:58,997
I can't be absolutely certain
as to when.

629
00:33:59,038 --> 00:34:00,958
Not good enough.

630
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,377
If the storms come tonight,

631
00:34:02,419 --> 00:34:04,589
then they may burn
themselves off by Monday.

632
00:34:04,631 --> 00:34:07,761
If they come tomorrow,
then the weather will be...

633
00:34:07,804 --> 00:34:09,139
exactly as I described.

634
00:34:09,181 --> 00:34:10,975
We must go regardless.

635
00:34:11,017 --> 00:34:13,564
[clock ticking]

636
00:34:13,605 --> 00:34:15,484
This moment demands judgment

637
00:34:15,525 --> 00:34:18,197
shaped by
actual battlefield experience.

638
00:34:18,238 --> 00:34:20,701
We can't risk another
Exercise Tiger.

639
00:34:22,704 --> 00:34:27,087
My men are ready and primed
for the big match.

640
00:34:27,128 --> 00:34:29,925
Get them onto the beaches
somehow, anyhow.

641
00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:31,887
Leave the rest to me.

642
00:34:32,930 --> 00:34:35,768
♪ ♪

643
00:34:35,810 --> 00:34:38,440
[officers murmuring]

644
00:34:41,695 --> 00:34:42,989
IKE:
Reload me, please.

645
00:34:43,031 --> 00:34:45,368
Let's go. It's time.

646
00:34:48,791 --> 00:34:49,877
Monty.

647
00:34:54,175 --> 00:34:55,804
You can think what you like,

648
00:34:55,845 --> 00:34:59,101
and you can say what you like
to my face,

649
00:34:59,142 --> 00:35:02,524
but don't you ever undermine me
in front of the men again.

650
00:35:02,565 --> 00:35:04,360
Relax, old chap.

651
00:35:04,401 --> 00:35:05,988
It's not as if
I'm telling them anything

652
00:35:06,029 --> 00:35:07,865
they don't already know.

653
00:35:12,124 --> 00:35:14,252
IKE:
<i>Tiger was a training op.</i>

654
00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:19,010
<i>Dress rehearsal for D-Day.</i>

655
00:35:21,348 --> 00:35:25,688
<i>Half those boys were</i>
<i>fresh out of the draft.</i>

656
00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:30,447
So I called in
live artillery to...

657
00:35:32,117 --> 00:35:33,661
...toughen them up.

658
00:35:35,872 --> 00:35:39,754
<i>Naval command was</i>
<i>supposed to bomb the beach</i>

659
00:35:39,797 --> 00:35:42,175
<i>an hour before we landed.</i>

660
00:35:44,054 --> 00:35:48,937
<i>There were delays, so we had to</i>
<i>push the start time back.</i>

661
00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:57,118
<i>Our radios had a different</i>
<i>frequency from the Brits.</i>

662
00:35:59,288 --> 00:36:01,501
<i>Our boys never got the message.</i>

663
00:36:03,921 --> 00:36:05,841
<i>They walked right into it.</i>

664
00:36:08,304 --> 00:36:09,974
<i>One mistake.</i>

665
00:36:11,184 --> 00:36:13,145
Just that one mistake.

666
00:36:19,198 --> 00:36:20,408
Ike.

667
00:36:21,452 --> 00:36:23,497
Ike, look at me.

668
00:36:27,921 --> 00:36:31,469
You have to stop doing this
to yourself.

669
00:36:31,511 --> 00:36:33,181
What's done is done.

670
00:36:34,558 --> 00:36:36,227
When I close my eyes...

671
00:36:38,815 --> 00:36:40,902
...all I can see is failure.

672
00:36:42,781 --> 00:36:45,661
- [typewriter keys clacking]
- [phones ringing]

673
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,542
Well, look what the cat
dragged in.

674
00:36:49,584 --> 00:36:51,128
IRVING:
Evening, sir.

675
00:36:51,170 --> 00:36:53,048
Evening, Irv.
You doing all right?

676
00:36:53,090 --> 00:36:54,677
IRVING:
Yeah. Can we talk?

677
00:36:54,718 --> 00:36:56,512
IKE:
What's on your mind?

678
00:36:56,554 --> 00:36:58,558
IRVING:
Well, sir, I'm not sure

679
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,478
- if you're aware of...
- KAY: Ike!

680
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,398
Associated Press
have just announced

681
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,527
that we're landing
in France tomorrow.

682
00:37:06,447 --> 00:37:09,201
CBS, Radio Moscow,
they've already picked it up.

683
00:37:10,537 --> 00:37:12,207
- Get General McClure on this.
- Yep.

684
00:37:12,248 --> 00:37:14,127
I want this cleaned up now.

685
00:37:14,168 --> 00:37:15,421
And I want names.

686
00:37:15,462 --> 00:37:16,923
Understood.

687
00:37:18,801 --> 00:37:20,345
[slams table, picks up bottle]

688
00:37:20,387 --> 00:37:21,890
IKE:
You were saying?

689
00:37:21,932 --> 00:37:22,934
[drink pouring]

690
00:37:22,975 --> 00:37:24,102
[bottle thuds on table]

691
00:37:24,144 --> 00:37:26,481
[busy chatter]

692
00:37:26,523 --> 00:37:28,025
IKE:
Stagg!

693
00:37:30,655 --> 00:37:32,825
- Stagg!
- [chatter quiets]

694
00:37:36,749 --> 00:37:38,251
Everyone out!

695
00:37:45,097 --> 00:37:46,516
Move!

696
00:37:49,688 --> 00:37:51,942
Close the door behind you.

697
00:37:54,029 --> 00:37:57,410
That, uh, forecast you gave...

698
00:37:59,163 --> 00:38:02,585
...was that the view
of the British

699
00:38:02,627 --> 00:38:05,215
and the American teams?

700
00:38:05,257 --> 00:38:07,594
It was the view of
the Allied Meteorological Unit.

701
00:38:07,636 --> 00:38:10,432
Don't give me
that mealymouthed crap!

702
00:38:10,474 --> 00:38:12,770
Krick told me--
he just told me!--

703
00:38:12,811 --> 00:38:14,857
the weather on Monday
is gonna be fine.

704
00:38:14,898 --> 00:38:17,695
Just fine. Sunny and beautiful!

705
00:38:19,323 --> 00:38:21,702
Well, Colonel Krick had no right
to speak on behalf of...

706
00:38:21,744 --> 00:38:24,248
IKE: Wrong!
Colonel Krick has every right

707
00:38:24,290 --> 00:38:28,381
to speak up if he thinks
that that will affect

708
00:38:28,422 --> 00:38:30,551
the outcome of the invasion!

709
00:38:31,678 --> 00:38:32,847
Is that clear?!

710
00:38:35,768 --> 00:38:37,354
Is it?!

711
00:38:37,396 --> 00:38:38,607
Yes, sir.

712
00:38:40,234 --> 00:38:43,240
IKE: Who do you think
you are, anyway?

713
00:38:43,281 --> 00:38:44,867
Who?

714
00:38:46,287 --> 00:38:49,417
Ordering my man to stand down?

715
00:38:49,458 --> 00:38:53,507
Pestering my staff
so that you can phone home?

716
00:38:56,763 --> 00:38:58,767
May I respond, sir?

717
00:38:59,935 --> 00:39:01,521
I'm all ears.

718
00:39:04,401 --> 00:39:07,907
As chief meteorological officer,

719
00:39:07,949 --> 00:39:09,869
I take full responsibility

720
00:39:09,911 --> 00:39:12,207
for the recommendation made
at the meeting.

721
00:39:14,627 --> 00:39:18,634
And it was precisely because
Colonel Krick and I disagreed

722
00:39:18,676 --> 00:39:22,600
that I decided it would be
clearer and simpler

723
00:39:22,641 --> 00:39:24,352
if I spoke alone.

724
00:39:24,394 --> 00:39:27,734
Krick's forecasts have saved

725
00:39:27,775 --> 00:39:30,112
thousands of lives.

726
00:39:30,154 --> 00:39:34,244
Why on God's green earth
should I trust you?

727
00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:39,087
Because Colonel Krick
has been lucky.

728
00:39:39,128 --> 00:39:40,756
Good.

729
00:39:41,924 --> 00:39:44,011
I like luck.

730
00:39:44,054 --> 00:39:46,641
Why was he lucky?

731
00:39:46,683 --> 00:39:48,770
He's been lucky because
he's been tasked

732
00:39:48,811 --> 00:39:53,611
with forecasting
stable weather systems.

733
00:39:53,654 --> 00:39:56,784
When patterns are predictable,
then yes, of course,

734
00:39:56,825 --> 00:39:58,996
analog charts can be useful.

735
00:39:59,038 --> 00:40:02,084
In North Africa,
he never made a mistake.

736
00:40:02,127 --> 00:40:04,214
- Not once.
- Well, of course he didn't.

737
00:40:04,255 --> 00:40:06,175
He was safe as houses there.

738
00:40:07,385 --> 00:40:09,723
The conditions here, sir...

739
00:40:09,764 --> 00:40:11,351
they're not comparable.

740
00:40:11,392 --> 00:40:13,438
Look at the charts, sir.

741
00:40:18,071 --> 00:40:20,450
Here, there are two--
not one but two--

742
00:40:20,491 --> 00:40:23,330
major storms advancing towards
the Normandy coast

743
00:40:23,371 --> 00:40:24,791
even as we speak.

744
00:40:24,832 --> 00:40:27,337
That's nowhere near France.

745
00:40:27,378 --> 00:40:28,840
No, sir.

746
00:40:30,091 --> 00:40:31,552
Not yet.

747
00:40:37,897 --> 00:40:40,276
I want a forecast
the two of you agree on.

748
00:40:42,028 --> 00:40:43,114
Clear?

749
00:40:44,074 --> 00:40:45,076
Yes, sir.

750
00:40:48,164 --> 00:40:50,377
KAY:
OPW confirmed full retraction.

751
00:40:50,418 --> 00:40:52,088
IKE:
Thank you.

752
00:40:52,130 --> 00:40:53,841
Not at all, sir.

753
00:41:00,895 --> 00:41:02,188
[sighs]

754
00:41:07,114 --> 00:41:10,287
I didn't tell him about
you trying to call home.

755
00:41:10,328 --> 00:41:13,500
Someone downstairs must have
leaked it, I'm afraid.

756
00:41:14,961 --> 00:41:16,171
Okay.

757
00:41:17,215 --> 00:41:19,594
He gets like that sometimes.

758
00:41:19,636 --> 00:41:21,264
Just let it wash over you.

759
00:41:21,305 --> 00:41:23,601
He won't even remember
what he said.

760
00:41:23,643 --> 00:41:25,271
That how you deal with him?

761
00:41:26,231 --> 00:41:28,108
Ah, he's nothing.

762
00:41:28,151 --> 00:41:30,738
I was an ambulance driver
during the Blitz.

763
00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:32,200
There were so many dead bodies,

764
00:41:32,241 --> 00:41:34,120
we had to use a cinema
as a morgue.

765
00:41:35,413 --> 00:41:38,251
- You just grow a thick skin.
- Hmm.

766
00:41:41,340 --> 00:41:43,051
From ambulance driver

767
00:41:43,093 --> 00:41:45,431
to aide
to the supreme commander.

768
00:41:45,472 --> 00:41:47,392
Mm-hmm.

769
00:41:47,434 --> 00:41:49,938
Driver, secretary,

770
00:41:49,980 --> 00:41:52,151
aide, nurse.

771
00:41:52,192 --> 00:41:53,487
Everything, really.

772
00:41:56,367 --> 00:41:59,163
We've been together
for three years now.

773
00:42:00,373 --> 00:42:04,297
I've been to Morocco, Algeria.

774
00:42:09,472 --> 00:42:10,850
Must be exciting.

775
00:42:13,980 --> 00:42:16,025
It has its moments.

776
00:42:25,208 --> 00:42:27,628
So, these storms
you keep talking about--

777
00:42:27,671 --> 00:42:30,175
how are you so certain
that they're coming?

778
00:42:32,387 --> 00:42:33,890
I'm not certain.

779
00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:38,021
You can't be certain
about the weather.

780
00:42:38,064 --> 00:42:40,568
All we can do is
look to the evidence.

781
00:42:40,610 --> 00:42:45,618
Do you know that weathermen are
traditionally a little boring?

782
00:42:47,621 --> 00:42:50,335
- How dare you say that?
- [laughs]

783
00:42:52,547 --> 00:42:55,928
Weathermen, maybe, but how can
the weather be boring?

784
00:42:57,180 --> 00:42:59,058
It feeds us.

785
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:00,853
The weather.

786
00:43:01,855 --> 00:43:03,858
Can destroy us.

787
00:43:03,900 --> 00:43:06,112
Controls our daily life.

788
00:43:08,074 --> 00:43:09,827
I don't think that's boring.

789
00:43:14,961 --> 00:43:18,592
People ask, "When will it rain?
When will the sun come out?"

790
00:43:20,846 --> 00:43:22,641
But what about,
"Why does it rain?"

791
00:43:24,811 --> 00:43:26,481
"Why does the wind blow?"

792
00:43:27,984 --> 00:43:29,361
"What's the wind?"

793
00:43:31,657 --> 00:43:34,036
[phone ringing]

794
00:43:34,077 --> 00:43:35,914
Excuse me. [clears throat]

795
00:43:35,956 --> 00:43:37,625
Yes. Stagg.

796
00:43:37,667 --> 00:43:39,086
Yes, go ahead. Repeat that.

797
00:43:39,128 --> 00:43:40,171
Zero, zero, one, zero, four...

798
00:43:41,632 --> 00:43:43,677
OFFICER [over radio]:
<i>StratoCu at 2,000 feet.</i>

799
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,556
<i>Tops at 5,000 feet.</i>

800
00:43:45,597 --> 00:43:48,603
<i>[overlapping weather reports</i>
<i>over radio]</i>

801
00:43:48,644 --> 00:43:51,148
[quiet chatter]

802
00:43:51,190 --> 00:43:53,528
♪ ♪

803
00:43:57,660 --> 00:43:59,538
IKE:
Good news or bad?

804
00:43:59,580 --> 00:44:01,041
We're looking good, sir.

805
00:44:01,083 --> 00:44:03,003
I couldn't disagree
with that more.

806
00:44:03,044 --> 00:44:04,630
We're not looking good at all.

807
00:44:04,672 --> 00:44:06,384
You know what, I am done

808
00:44:06,425 --> 00:44:09,764
with this Scotch pessimism
of yours, this Highland gloom.

809
00:44:09,806 --> 00:44:11,184
I'm not from the Highlands.

810
00:44:11,225 --> 00:44:12,644
IRVING:
Well, your Lowland gloom, then.

811
00:44:12,686 --> 00:44:14,773
I'm neither from the Highlands
nor the Lowlands.

812
00:44:15,858 --> 00:44:17,027
Well, wherever it is he's from,

813
00:44:17,068 --> 00:44:18,446
we're in good shape
for Monday, sir.

814
00:44:18,488 --> 00:44:20,032
You see this?

815
00:44:20,074 --> 00:44:21,994
This ridge of high pressure
has already moved in

816
00:44:22,036 --> 00:44:25,291
from the Azores,
just as it did on June 3, 1925.

817
00:44:25,333 --> 00:44:26,836
JAMES:
This is moronic.

818
00:44:27,796 --> 00:44:30,300
This is actually moronic.

819
00:44:30,341 --> 00:44:31,720
Oh, so I'm moronic now?

820
00:44:31,761 --> 00:44:33,180
That's great, Stagg.
That's just great.

821
00:44:33,221 --> 00:44:34,641
Just insult me right to my face.

822
00:44:34,683 --> 00:44:36,144
I'm not insulting you.
I'm just describing you.

823
00:44:36,185 --> 00:44:37,480
As a moron?

824
00:44:37,521 --> 00:44:38,564
IKE:
All right, enough.

825
00:44:38,606 --> 00:44:40,192
As a confident moron, yes.

826
00:44:40,234 --> 00:44:41,611
Oh, go to hell, Stagg.
You come in here,

827
00:44:41,653 --> 00:44:42,947
- you think you're better
than us? -Hey! All right,

828
00:44:42,988 --> 00:44:44,157
all right, all right,
that's enough.

829
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,620
Jesus Christ.

830
00:44:46,661 --> 00:44:49,374
We have three hours.

831
00:44:49,417 --> 00:44:52,756
Three hours until we
take this up with the C-in-Cs.

832
00:44:54,926 --> 00:44:56,345
Now...

833
00:44:57,723 --> 00:44:59,977
...go or not go?

834
00:45:00,018 --> 00:45:01,396
Sir, what we need to consider...

835
00:45:01,437 --> 00:45:03,399
No, no. No, no more considering.

836
00:45:03,441 --> 00:45:04,734
No.

837
00:45:04,777 --> 00:45:07,657
Go or don't go? Go or don't go?

838
00:45:07,698 --> 00:45:09,326
- That's it. Which is it?!
- [phone ringing]

839
00:45:09,368 --> 00:45:10,494
We should go, sir.

840
00:45:11,454 --> 00:45:12,624
Stagg.

841
00:45:12,665 --> 00:45:15,837
[phone continues ringing]

842
00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:17,424
ANDREW [quietly]: I'm sorry,
we'll have to call you back.

843
00:45:17,465 --> 00:45:19,468
Understood.

844
00:45:19,510 --> 00:45:21,180
Uh, uh, I-I'm sorry, sir.
It's for you.

845
00:45:21,221 --> 00:45:22,766
Not now.

846
00:45:22,808 --> 00:45:24,436
They say it's extremely urgent.

847
00:45:28,901 --> 00:45:30,613
Yes. Stagg.

848
00:45:30,654 --> 00:45:32,408
[over phone]: Sir, this is
Private Amy Haig from Signals

849
00:45:32,450 --> 00:45:34,787
relaying a message from
the Dunstable Met Office.

850
00:45:34,828 --> 00:45:37,166
Your wife was taken to the
maternity ward of St. Mary's.

851
00:45:37,208 --> 00:45:39,378
- She is pregnant, yes?
- Yes.

852
00:45:39,420 --> 00:45:40,588
Yes, that's correct.

853
00:45:40,630 --> 00:45:41,883
Is the baby here?

854
00:45:41,924 --> 00:45:43,468
Have I missed it?

855
00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:45,597
Well, sir,
they felt you should know:

856
00:45:45,639 --> 00:45:47,977
St. Mary's Hospital was bombed
earlier tonight.

857
00:45:48,018 --> 00:45:50,606
There have been casualties,
sir, and they're...

858
00:45:50,648 --> 00:45:52,734
they're still looking
for your wife.

859
00:45:59,079 --> 00:46:00,790
Group Captain Stagg?

860
00:46:07,594 --> 00:46:09,472
Is there any more information?

861
00:46:09,514 --> 00:46:11,350
Not at this point, sir.

862
00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:14,481
But there's been casualties?

863
00:46:14,523 --> 00:46:15,900
Yes, sir.

864
00:46:23,163 --> 00:46:25,333
Okay. Well, um...

865
00:46:26,836 --> 00:46:29,632
Well, if you have any more...

866
00:46:29,674 --> 00:46:31,928
information,
then let me know-- anything.

867
00:46:31,970 --> 00:46:33,556
Of course, sir.

868
00:46:36,561 --> 00:46:37,980
Thank you.

869
00:46:38,021 --> 00:46:39,566
You're welcome, sir.

870
00:46:42,321 --> 00:46:44,116
IKE:
There a problem, Stagg?

871
00:46:52,714 --> 00:46:54,967
No. It's irrelevant.

872
00:46:55,010 --> 00:46:57,097
IKE:
Good.

873
00:46:57,138 --> 00:46:59,058
So, can I give the order?

874
00:47:01,396 --> 00:47:03,316
What?

875
00:47:03,357 --> 00:47:05,152
The order.

876
00:47:05,194 --> 00:47:06,905
For Monday.

877
00:47:08,450 --> 00:47:09,952
No.

878
00:47:11,538 --> 00:47:13,041
N-No?

879
00:47:13,083 --> 00:47:16,547
I mean, so you're saying
don't give the order?

880
00:47:16,588 --> 00:47:18,676
Is that it?

881
00:47:18,717 --> 00:47:20,596
Yeah, that... Yes.

882
00:47:22,641 --> 00:47:26,147
Yes. I'm saying that...
I'm saying...

883
00:47:26,188 --> 00:47:30,279
that the weather on Monday
will be extremely poor.

884
00:47:32,450 --> 00:47:34,494
IKE: Let me tell you
my problem, Stagg.

885
00:47:36,290 --> 00:47:39,337
Even I can see that

886
00:47:39,378 --> 00:47:43,636
Krick's anticyclone
is on the move,

887
00:47:43,677 --> 00:47:47,934
because it's right here
on the goddamn map.

888
00:47:50,271 --> 00:47:54,738
Now, our final meeting
is at 0400 hours,

889
00:47:54,780 --> 00:47:57,618
and that will be
the absolute last opportunity

890
00:47:57,660 --> 00:47:59,997
to change anything,

891
00:48:00,039 --> 00:48:04,171
so unless you can prove
these storms are inbound,

892
00:48:04,213 --> 00:48:06,508
we invade as planned

893
00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:11,100
Monday, June 5th, 0630 hours.

894
00:48:12,060 --> 00:48:13,980
Yes, sir.

895
00:48:14,021 --> 00:48:15,858
Three hours, gentlemen.

896
00:48:15,900 --> 00:48:17,861
♪ ♪

897
00:48:24,831 --> 00:48:27,170
[quiet chatter]

898
00:48:34,683 --> 00:48:36,603
♪ ♪

899
00:48:43,740 --> 00:48:45,034
SOLDIER:
You ready? You ready?

900
00:48:45,076 --> 00:48:46,828
["Hi De Ho Man" by Cab Calloway
playing]

901
00:48:46,870 --> 00:48:48,790
[Cab Calloway scatting in song]

902
00:48:48,831 --> 00:48:50,961
[laughter]

903
00:48:56,846 --> 00:48:59,058
- [soldiers exclaiming]
- Yeah!

904
00:48:59,100 --> 00:49:01,020
[laughter]

905
00:49:07,323 --> 00:49:09,367
[singing along]:
♪ Oh... ♪

906
00:49:11,788 --> 00:49:16,254
♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪

907
00:49:16,296 --> 00:49:19,636
♪ How'd you like
to blow your top? ♪

908
00:49:19,677 --> 00:49:22,181
♪ Dig yourself
some fine rebop? ♪

909
00:49:22,223 --> 00:49:25,354
♪ Hi-de-hi, he-de-he ♪

910
00:49:25,396 --> 00:49:28,108
♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man,
that's me ♪

911
00:49:28,150 --> 00:49:29,861
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

912
00:49:29,903 --> 00:49:31,406
♪ Hi-de, hi-de,
hi-de-hi ♪

913
00:49:31,447 --> 00:49:33,034
♪ Hey-de, hey-de, hey-de-hey ♪

914
00:49:33,076 --> 00:49:34,453
♪ Hey-de, hey-de,
hey-de-hey ♪

915
00:49:34,494 --> 00:49:36,373
♪ He-de, he-de, he-de-he ♪

916
00:49:36,414 --> 00:49:37,876
♪ He-de, he-de,
he-de-he ♪

917
00:49:37,917 --> 00:49:39,336
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

918
00:49:39,378 --> 00:49:40,714
♪ Hi-de, hi-de,
hi-de-hi ♪

919
00:49:40,756 --> 00:49:42,300
♪ Say, I hepped 'em in London ♪

920
00:49:42,341 --> 00:49:43,970
♪ I hepped 'em in Holland ♪

921
00:49:44,011 --> 00:49:46,265
♪ I hepped 'em in gay Paris ♪

922
00:49:46,307 --> 00:49:49,896
♪ Yes, sirree, yes, sirree ♪

923
00:49:49,938 --> 00:49:53,068
♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man,
that's me ♪

924
00:49:53,110 --> 00:49:55,030
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

925
00:49:55,071 --> 00:49:56,283
♪ Hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

926
00:49:56,324 --> 00:49:58,160
♪ Oh-ho, de-ho-de ♪

927
00:49:58,203 --> 00:49:59,454
♪ Ho, de-ho-de ♪

928
00:49:59,496 --> 00:50:01,374
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

929
00:50:01,416 --> 00:50:03,336
♪ Hi-de, hi-de,
hi-de-hi ♪

930
00:50:04,547 --> 00:50:06,800
[scatting in song]

931
00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:22,453
[soldiers hollering]

932
00:50:22,494 --> 00:50:24,707
♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me. ♪

933
00:50:24,748 --> 00:50:26,836
- [song ends]
- [insects chirping]

934
00:50:29,214 --> 00:50:31,218
<i>[chirping grows louder]</i>

935
00:50:41,486 --> 00:50:42,863
[voice muted]

936
00:50:47,663 --> 00:50:49,416
- KAY: Dr. Stagg.
- [chirping quiets]

937
00:50:55,260 --> 00:50:57,221
Come with me.

938
00:50:57,263 --> 00:50:58,640
Come on.

939
00:50:59,893 --> 00:51:01,980
We need you back there.

940
00:51:02,021 --> 00:51:04,526
♪ ♪

941
00:51:04,567 --> 00:51:05,987
Come on.

942
00:51:09,409 --> 00:51:11,329
You'll be all right.

943
00:51:12,331 --> 00:51:13,959
- Yes.
- Mm-hmm.

944
00:51:18,300 --> 00:51:19,844
Anything at all.

945
00:51:19,886 --> 00:51:21,221
Yeah.

946
00:51:25,020 --> 00:51:27,064
Uh, this just came through, sir.

947
00:51:34,828 --> 00:51:36,748
- [quiet chatter]
- [insects chirping]

948
00:51:43,468 --> 00:51:45,054
[knocking]

949
00:51:56,324 --> 00:51:57,618
I want to say something.

950
00:51:57,660 --> 00:51:59,747
Yeah, what's that?

951
00:51:59,788 --> 00:52:02,209
I think the way
you're treating Stagg is wrong.

952
00:52:03,420 --> 00:52:04,756
I think if you keep it up,

953
00:52:04,797 --> 00:52:06,676
he's gonna crack
and you'll lose him.

954
00:52:06,717 --> 00:52:08,720
Then I'll work with Krick.

955
00:52:08,763 --> 00:52:11,976
You know I like Irv,
but he-he's no match for Stagg.

956
00:52:12,017 --> 00:52:13,396
Since when are you an expert?

957
00:52:13,437 --> 00:52:15,023
Don't talk to me like that.

958
00:52:15,064 --> 00:52:16,901
His wife is in the hospital.

959
00:52:16,943 --> 00:52:18,362
- She's pregnant.
- In labor.

960
00:52:18,404 --> 00:52:19,990
Hospital's bombed, yes.

961
00:52:20,031 --> 00:52:21,701
I know. What else?

962
00:52:21,743 --> 00:52:25,374
He doesn't know if his
pregnant wife is dead or alive.

963
00:52:25,416 --> 00:52:26,919
Uh-huh. Yes.

964
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:28,756
- Let me find out.
- Find out what?

965
00:52:28,797 --> 00:52:30,926
I can make it to the hospital
and back in a couple of hours.

966
00:52:30,967 --> 00:52:32,804
- How are you gonna do that?
- It'll give him clarity.

967
00:52:32,846 --> 00:52:34,181
No. No, I need you here.

968
00:52:34,223 --> 00:52:35,517
It's just a couple of hours.

969
00:52:35,559 --> 00:52:36,853
No.

970
00:52:40,359 --> 00:52:41,987
Dismissed.

971
00:52:46,119 --> 00:52:47,537
Dismissed, Lieutenant.

972
00:52:47,580 --> 00:52:49,541
♪ ♪

973
00:52:54,591 --> 00:52:57,513
[door opens, slams shut]

974
00:52:59,308 --> 00:53:00,727
OFFICER:
<i>South Iceland,</i>

975
00:53:00,769 --> 00:53:02,564
<i>seven-tenths StratoCu,</i>
<i>3,000 feet,</i>

976
00:53:02,606 --> 00:53:04,108
<i>- southeast force six.</i>
<i>- [overlapping weather reports]</i>

977
00:53:04,150 --> 00:53:05,527
OFFICER 2:
<i>...ten-tenths at 1,500 feet.</i>

978
00:53:05,569 --> 00:53:07,489
[busy chatter]

979
00:53:15,837 --> 00:53:18,007
ANDREW: So we have warm sector
conditions over Ireland,

980
00:53:18,049 --> 00:53:20,177
and low 9-9-6 is off
the northwest of Scotland.

981
00:53:20,220 --> 00:53:21,304
It's the secondary low.

982
00:53:21,346 --> 00:53:22,933
That's causing a low cloud base.

983
00:53:22,974 --> 00:53:25,144
It's very high dew points
in that warm sector upstream.

984
00:53:25,186 --> 00:53:26,480
No sign of frontal systems
moving north.

985
00:53:26,522 --> 00:53:28,276
BRYANT:
Not yet.

986
00:53:28,317 --> 00:53:29,777
- They're about to start, sir.
- Just a couple more minutes.

987
00:53:29,820 --> 00:53:31,280
Please.

988
00:53:31,322 --> 00:53:33,910
I have the 1300 and 1800
surface air maps. Bryant.

989
00:53:33,951 --> 00:53:35,537
It's okay.

990
00:53:38,668 --> 00:53:40,630
We don't need the charts.

991
00:53:42,133 --> 00:53:44,011
We still have
a little time, sir.

992
00:53:44,053 --> 00:53:46,014
♪ ♪

993
00:53:48,060 --> 00:53:50,021
[busy chatter]

994
00:54:08,386 --> 00:54:10,516
[chatter quiets]

995
00:54:18,780 --> 00:54:21,409
Irving, why don't you
start us off, please?

996
00:54:21,450 --> 00:54:22,995
Yes, sir.

997
00:54:23,037 --> 00:54:24,540
Gentlemen...

998
00:54:24,581 --> 00:54:28,337
this is a chart
for June 3, 1925.

999
00:54:28,380 --> 00:54:30,257
You'll notice here and here

1000
00:54:30,300 --> 00:54:33,346
a temporary weakening
of pressure over the Azores,

1001
00:54:33,388 --> 00:54:35,308
just as we're seeing today.

1002
00:54:35,350 --> 00:54:39,816
Now, within 24 hours,
that pressure reasserted itself,

1003
00:54:39,857 --> 00:54:42,529
and it cleared the storm
threatening Northern Europe.

1004
00:54:42,570 --> 00:54:45,409
As you can see...

1005
00:54:45,450 --> 00:54:50,167
...nearly identical patterns
occurred in 1904 and 1925,

1006
00:54:50,209 --> 00:54:52,087
and I can give you
plenty of others,

1007
00:54:52,129 --> 00:54:54,800
but the bottom line is this:

1008
00:54:54,842 --> 00:54:59,475
Tomorrow, Monday, June 5th,
is good to go.

1009
00:54:59,517 --> 00:55:01,562
[officers murmuring]

1010
00:55:03,566 --> 00:55:05,444
Thank you.

1011
00:55:05,486 --> 00:55:07,406
[murmuring quiets]

1012
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:12,915
Stagg?

1013
00:55:13,875 --> 00:55:15,169
You've got the floor.

1014
00:55:20,929 --> 00:55:23,767
Nobody here likes me very much.

1015
00:55:24,977 --> 00:55:27,315
I realize that,
and that's all right.

1016
00:55:27,357 --> 00:55:29,360
I don't expect you to like me,

1017
00:55:29,402 --> 00:55:32,490
but I do want you
to listen to me.

1018
00:55:34,035 --> 00:55:36,873
Um, I could stand here
and provide you

1019
00:55:36,915 --> 00:55:41,173
with yet more, uh, data--

1020
00:55:41,214 --> 00:55:43,886
the latest barometric readings,
the wind speeds,

1021
00:55:43,927 --> 00:55:46,807
the new upper-air soundings
that we've collated--

1022
00:55:46,849 --> 00:55:50,355
but none of it is going to make
a lick of difference, is it?

1023
00:55:52,567 --> 00:55:53,653
Is it?

1024
00:55:55,573 --> 00:55:59,120
Because you want
to believe that--

1025
00:55:59,162 --> 00:56:02,626
what Colonel Krick's just said,
that it's going to be safe

1026
00:56:02,668 --> 00:56:05,548
to land in Normandy tomorrow--
and so that's what you believe.

1027
00:56:05,590 --> 00:56:08,553
But everything
that he's just said

1028
00:56:08,595 --> 00:56:11,517
is pure, unadulterated...

1029
00:56:11,559 --> 00:56:13,437
horseshit.

1030
00:56:13,479 --> 00:56:15,399
[officers murmuring]

1031
00:56:16,859 --> 00:56:19,864
You can muster
all the tanks and soldiers

1032
00:56:19,906 --> 00:56:22,577
and ships that you like.

1033
00:56:22,619 --> 00:56:26,417
You can assemble the greatest
armada that ever there was,

1034
00:56:26,459 --> 00:56:30,424
but if you invade tomorrow,
they're going to be washed away.

1035
00:56:32,887 --> 00:56:36,853
Because the storms that
I'm talking about are real,

1036
00:56:36,894 --> 00:56:38,773
and the jet stream
that's propelling them

1037
00:56:38,814 --> 00:56:42,028
towards the Normandy coast
is real,

1038
00:56:42,070 --> 00:56:44,157
and the wrath of nature...

1039
00:56:47,746 --> 00:56:49,416
...is real.

1040
00:56:49,457 --> 00:56:51,837
And if you ignore it,

1041
00:56:51,879 --> 00:56:55,843
then countless men
and countless boys...

1042
00:57:05,527 --> 00:57:06,654
That's it.

1043
00:57:06,696 --> 00:57:08,616
[officers murmuring]

1044
00:57:11,413 --> 00:57:12,999
He's lost his bloody mind.

1045
00:57:15,503 --> 00:57:18,299
Why is it horseshit?

1046
00:57:18,341 --> 00:57:19,843
Yes, the weather was
as he described

1047
00:57:19,886 --> 00:57:23,726
in 1904 and 1925,
but he fails to mention 1916.

1048
00:57:23,767 --> 00:57:25,646
June 5th,
the Battle for Mount Sorrel.

1049
00:57:25,687 --> 00:57:27,941
Then, as now, there were
areas of high pressure

1050
00:57:27,983 --> 00:57:30,487
above the Azores,
but the storms came anyway.

1051
00:57:30,529 --> 00:57:32,699
Many people here will remember
that battle.

1052
00:57:32,741 --> 00:57:35,370
Chaos. Absolute chaos!

1053
00:57:35,412 --> 00:57:37,123
Thousands of lives lost!

1054
00:57:37,166 --> 00:57:39,127
Hell on earth! Torrential rain!

1055
00:57:39,169 --> 00:57:42,007
He's selecting the data
that suits him

1056
00:57:42,049 --> 00:57:44,595
and ignoring the rest,
and we must face the facts.

1057
00:57:44,637 --> 00:57:46,473
The facts!

1058
00:57:46,515 --> 00:57:48,435
However frightening they may be!

1059
00:57:51,732 --> 00:57:53,777
Well, if...

1060
00:57:53,819 --> 00:57:56,657
if not Monday, when?

1061
00:57:59,746 --> 00:58:01,666
Not before June 18.

1062
00:58:01,707 --> 00:58:04,546
Christ on a bike, he's still
talking about the 18th.

1063
00:58:04,587 --> 00:58:06,007
- The 18th?
- [officers murmuring]

1064
00:58:06,049 --> 00:58:07,510
There is no 18th.

1065
00:58:07,551 --> 00:58:10,097
No 18th. No 18th!

1066
00:58:10,139 --> 00:58:11,266
None!

1067
00:58:11,307 --> 00:58:12,393
None, none, none, none, none!

1068
00:58:12,435 --> 00:58:14,730
The 18th is not an option!

1069
00:58:14,772 --> 00:58:16,233
Montgomery.

1070
00:58:27,711 --> 00:58:29,756
Bertie...

1071
00:58:29,799 --> 00:58:33,012
what is the worst

1072
00:58:33,054 --> 00:58:35,183
we can tolerate?

1073
00:58:35,224 --> 00:58:38,396
Waves of four to six feet
would be tolerable.

1074
00:58:39,983 --> 00:58:42,403
Anything over six feet...

1075
00:58:42,446 --> 00:58:44,407
impossible.

1076
00:58:45,910 --> 00:58:47,329
Stagg?

1077
00:58:47,370 --> 00:58:48,915
I'm estimating waves
of eight to ten feet.

1078
00:58:48,956 --> 00:58:50,876
[officers murmuring]

1079
00:58:55,927 --> 00:58:57,763
Trafford, worst case?

1080
00:58:57,806 --> 00:58:59,559
Cloud base can't be lower
than a thousand feet,

1081
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:01,812
or we're flying blind.

1082
00:59:01,854 --> 00:59:04,692
Cloud base will be
at least eight to ten-tenths

1083
00:59:04,734 --> 00:59:06,153
below a thousand feet.

1084
00:59:06,195 --> 00:59:07,906
Then don't fly.

1085
00:59:07,947 --> 00:59:09,701
Ramsay, you get us ashore,
our men will handle the rest.

1086
00:59:09,743 --> 00:59:11,412
- Without air cover?
- With or without.

1087
00:59:11,454 --> 00:59:12,999
Shut up, Monty.

1088
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:14,960
We need to land,
is what we need to do.

1089
00:59:15,002 --> 00:59:17,089
If we don't land,
we have no fourth front,

1090
00:59:17,130 --> 00:59:18,759
- and without a fourth front...
- RAMSAY: For God's sake, Monty.

1091
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:21,304
With waves of ten feet,
we won't be landing anywhere.

1092
00:59:21,346 --> 00:59:22,849
Well, then, let's just start

1093
00:59:22,890 --> 00:59:24,351
the blasted Kraut lessons now,
then, shall we,

1094
00:59:24,393 --> 00:59:25,729
and all the goose-stepping?

1095
00:59:25,770 --> 00:59:27,566
And then maybe one day
years from now,

1096
00:59:27,607 --> 00:59:29,486
we can all yodel about
the time that we didn't...

1097
00:59:29,527 --> 00:59:31,447
- [loud thud]
- Enough!

1098
00:59:37,707 --> 00:59:39,252
[drops object on table]

1099
00:59:40,671 --> 00:59:42,883
Krick, do you have
anything to add?

1100
00:59:42,925 --> 00:59:45,387
I'm telling you, sir, next week
is nothing but clear skies.

1101
00:59:45,430 --> 00:59:48,351
If you choose to postpone,

1102
00:59:48,393 --> 00:59:50,480
you'll regret it
for the rest of your lives.

1103
00:59:50,522 --> 00:59:52,442
[clock ticking]

1104
00:59:53,443 --> 00:59:55,196
I maintain my position.

1105
00:59:59,787 --> 01:00:01,875
And I maintain mine.

1106
01:00:05,214 --> 01:00:06,967
[sighs]

1107
01:00:07,009 --> 01:00:08,887
Then so be it.

1108
01:00:08,929 --> 01:00:10,515
D-Day will be postponed.

1109
01:00:10,556 --> 01:00:12,226
[officers murmuring]

1110
01:00:12,267 --> 01:00:14,271
♪ ♪

1111
01:00:20,699 --> 01:00:22,660
[indistinct chatter]

1112
01:00:24,831 --> 01:00:26,376
Ike.

1113
01:00:26,417 --> 01:00:27,836
I hate to bring this up,

1114
01:00:27,879 --> 01:00:29,506
but we have hundreds
of thousands of troops

1115
01:00:29,547 --> 01:00:31,009
ready to deploy down there.

1116
01:00:31,050 --> 01:00:32,386
Now, they've obviously
been briefed

1117
01:00:32,427 --> 01:00:34,014
<i>as to the invasion plans.</i>

1118
01:00:34,056 --> 01:00:35,892
BRADLEY: <i>Yeah,</i>
<i>that's a lot of loose lips.</i>

1119
01:00:35,934 --> 01:00:37,562
- Secure all troops.
- [phones ringing]

1120
01:00:37,603 --> 01:00:39,023
- I repeat, secure all troops.
- OPERATOR 2: I repeat,

1121
01:00:39,064 --> 01:00:40,650
<i>all troops must be</i>
<i>detained at once.</i>

1122
01:00:40,692 --> 01:00:41,986
OPERATOR 3: <i>No one leaves</i>
<i>until further notice.</i>

1123
01:00:42,027 --> 01:00:44,073
No one leaves
until further notice.

1124
01:00:44,115 --> 01:00:46,369
I repeat, all troops
must be detained at once.

1125
01:00:46,410 --> 01:00:47,787
All troops must be
detained at once.

1126
01:00:47,829 --> 01:00:49,875
Secure them on board,
no exceptions.

1127
01:00:52,671 --> 01:00:54,633
♪ ♪

1128
01:01:08,073 --> 01:01:10,035
[footsteps approaching]

1129
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:19,384
You did the right thing.

1130
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:35,496
Jesus.

1131
01:01:38,751 --> 01:01:40,420
Should've gone.

1132
01:01:40,463 --> 01:01:41,882
Ike.

1133
01:01:47,976 --> 01:01:50,480
<i>[church bell tolling]</i>

1134
01:01:54,027 --> 01:01:55,947
[bell continues tolling
in distance]

1135
01:02:02,876 --> 01:02:04,796
[second bell tolling
in distance]

1136
01:02:09,847 --> 01:02:12,143
[bells tolling loudly]

1137
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:27,920
[tolling continues]

1138
01:02:36,518 --> 01:02:38,438
[tolling stops]

1139
01:02:41,276 --> 01:02:43,196
[birds chirping]

1140
01:02:48,831 --> 01:02:51,043
[playing "All Creatures
of Our God and King"]

1141
01:02:56,553 --> 01:03:02,187
CONGREGATION: ♪ All creatures
of our God and King ♪

1142
01:03:02,229 --> 01:03:07,530
[in distance]: ♪ Lift up
your voice and with us sing ♪

1143
01:03:07,572 --> 01:03:14,292
♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪

1144
01:03:14,333 --> 01:03:17,297
♪ Thou burning sun ♪

1145
01:03:17,339 --> 01:03:20,427
♪ With golden beam ♪

1146
01:03:20,469 --> 01:03:22,640
♪ Thou silver moon ♪

1147
01:03:22,682 --> 01:03:26,146
♪ With softer gleam ♪

1148
01:03:26,187 --> 01:03:31,864
♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪

1149
01:03:31,906 --> 01:03:37,707
♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪

1150
01:03:37,749 --> 01:03:43,760
♪ Alleluia ♪

1151
01:03:45,346 --> 01:03:51,106
♪ Thou rushing wind
that art so strong ♪

1152
01:03:51,147 --> 01:03:56,616
♪ Ye clouds that sail
in heaven along ♪

1153
01:03:56,657 --> 01:04:02,417
♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪

1154
01:04:02,459 --> 01:04:08,177
♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪

1155
01:04:08,219 --> 01:04:17,151
♪ Alleluia. ♪

1156
01:04:17,193 --> 01:04:18,946
[hymn ends]

1157
01:04:18,987 --> 01:04:21,075
[birds chirping]

1158
01:04:26,417 --> 01:04:29,715
God, grant to the living...

1159
01:04:30,675 --> 01:04:32,803
...grace.

1160
01:04:32,845 --> 01:04:35,892
To the departed, rest.

1161
01:04:35,933 --> 01:04:38,313
<i>To the nation,</i>

1162
01:04:38,355 --> 01:04:41,902
<i>peace and concord.</i>

1163
01:04:41,944 --> 01:04:44,198
[voice fading]:
<i>To us all, your servants,</i>

1164
01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:47,286
<i>the promise of eternal life.</i>

1165
01:04:48,497 --> 01:04:50,459
[wind gusting]

1166
01:04:56,052 --> 01:04:58,013
♪ ♪

1167
01:05:03,940 --> 01:05:08,030
Your blessing to unite us all
in your service

1168
01:05:08,073 --> 01:05:12,163
to our God
and to this, our country.

1169
01:05:13,749 --> 01:05:15,920
[thunder rumbling]

1170
01:05:18,466 --> 01:05:21,304
- Light to guide us...
- [thunder crashing]

1171
01:05:21,346 --> 01:05:23,725
guide us on our way.

1172
01:05:27,732 --> 01:05:29,777
[rain falling heavily]

1173
01:05:32,323 --> 01:05:36,706
Courage to support us
and your blessing to unite us...

1174
01:05:36,747 --> 01:05:39,335
- in service to you.
- [thunder crashes]

1175
01:05:42,340 --> 01:05:44,302
♪ ♪

1176
01:06:06,590 --> 01:06:08,135
Amen.

1177
01:06:08,177 --> 01:06:10,306
CONGREGATION:
Amen.

1178
01:06:23,329 --> 01:06:25,249
♪ ♪

1179
01:06:44,615 --> 01:06:46,577
[rain pattering]

1180
01:06:48,079 --> 01:06:49,999
[thunder rumbling]

1181
01:07:02,522 --> 01:07:05,109
[wind howling]

1182
01:07:13,457 --> 01:07:16,420
We can't keep the men
locked up like this, Ike.

1183
01:07:16,462 --> 01:07:18,132
Not for two more weeks.

1184
01:07:20,135 --> 01:07:22,389
Well, what do you want me to do?

1185
01:07:22,430 --> 01:07:25,436
Furlough 300,000 men
with the playbook for D-Day?

1186
01:07:26,646 --> 01:07:28,900
We might as well
tell the Nazis ourselves.

1187
01:07:29,860 --> 01:07:32,030
It's just an observation.

1188
01:07:34,035 --> 01:07:36,079
We will find a way, Trafford.

1189
01:07:37,039 --> 01:07:38,542
Hang in there.

1190
01:07:39,836 --> 01:07:40,879
Yes.

1191
01:07:41,923 --> 01:07:43,050
Sir.

1192
01:07:45,512 --> 01:07:46,890
[door opens]

1193
01:07:48,226 --> 01:07:49,352
[door closes]

1194
01:07:51,272 --> 01:07:53,192
CASEY: So L2 and 3
have merged into one system.

1195
01:07:53,235 --> 01:07:54,612
BRYANT:
Mm. And a new low

1196
01:07:54,653 --> 01:07:55,947
has intensified
east of Newfoundland.

1197
01:07:55,989 --> 01:07:57,450
ANDREW:
Uh, sir?

1198
01:07:57,492 --> 01:07:58,786
Excuse me, Dr. Stagg?

1199
01:08:00,455 --> 01:08:03,168
The cold front appears to be
clearing western Ireland.

1200
01:08:05,839 --> 01:08:07,217
What?

1201
01:08:07,259 --> 01:08:08,678
It's clearing, sir.

1202
01:08:12,142 --> 01:08:14,187
What's the geostrophic gradient?

1203
01:08:14,229 --> 01:08:17,860
Uh, 40 knots north, sir.

1204
01:08:17,902 --> 01:08:20,030
So it's slowing.

1205
01:08:20,072 --> 01:08:22,159
Well, you can't be sure, sir.
We've only had one reading.

1206
01:08:22,202 --> 01:08:23,912
- Where'd it come from?
- Northwest Ireland.

1207
01:08:23,955 --> 01:08:25,749
Tell me specifically,
who... who recorded it?

1208
01:08:25,790 --> 01:08:27,210
What weather base?

1209
01:08:27,252 --> 01:08:30,382
A Miss Maureen Sweeney, sir.

1210
01:08:30,423 --> 01:08:32,093
- Blacksod Point.
- Show me.

1211
01:08:34,682 --> 01:08:36,392
[thunder rumbling softly]

1212
01:08:36,435 --> 01:08:38,355
Well, call her back.
Double-check it.

1213
01:08:38,396 --> 01:08:39,815
- Triple-check it.
- Sir.

1214
01:08:39,856 --> 01:08:40,900
Right now, please.

1215
01:08:43,112 --> 01:08:44,782
Can you ask, uh, Teleprinter Ops

1216
01:08:44,823 --> 01:08:46,493
to get me readings
from every base

1217
01:08:46,535 --> 01:08:48,830
within 500 miles
of Blacksod Point? Right now.

1218
01:08:48,872 --> 01:08:51,335
BRYANT: Can I get the latest
climate readings, please?

1219
01:08:51,376 --> 01:08:53,255
[busy chatter]

1220
01:08:53,296 --> 01:08:55,259
♪ ♪

1221
01:09:03,856 --> 01:09:06,069
[knocking]

1222
01:09:06,110 --> 01:09:07,655
Yeah?

1223
01:09:09,075 --> 01:09:10,368
Um...

1224
01:09:12,539 --> 01:09:15,543
This just came in
from Blacksod Point.

1225
01:09:23,349 --> 01:09:24,559
Was it checked?

1226
01:09:24,601 --> 01:09:27,189
They're checking it now.

1227
01:09:27,230 --> 01:09:30,110
Could mean something,
could mean nothing.

1228
01:09:31,196 --> 01:09:32,949
Yes, but which?

1229
01:09:32,990 --> 01:09:34,118
What do you think?

1230
01:09:35,245 --> 01:09:36,872
[chuckling]:
Why are you asking me?

1231
01:09:36,915 --> 01:09:39,001
Look out the goddamn window,
Stagg.

1232
01:09:39,043 --> 01:09:41,506
I'm asking you because
I need your expertise.

1233
01:09:46,515 --> 01:09:47,808
Please.

1234
01:09:51,648 --> 01:09:53,235
It's the fifth reading.

1235
01:10:05,172 --> 01:10:06,549
IRVING:
It is unusual.

1236
01:10:06,590 --> 01:10:09,053
Mm-hmm. Yeah, it is.

1237
01:10:11,683 --> 01:10:13,603
It's worth looking into.

1238
01:10:14,605 --> 01:10:16,190
Good.

1239
01:10:16,232 --> 01:10:18,570
OFFICER [over radio]:
Heavy frontal cloud, west of 35.

1240
01:10:18,612 --> 01:10:20,323
OFFICER 2: Blacksod Point
barometer fell overnight,

1241
01:10:20,365 --> 01:10:22,243
then slight rise by afternoon,
front offshore.

1242
01:10:22,285 --> 01:10:24,455
[busy chatter]

1243
01:10:24,496 --> 01:10:27,168
OFFICER 3:
1-0-1-1 millibars.

1244
01:10:27,210 --> 01:10:29,088
JAMES: Who do you got now?
Who are you speaking with?

1245
01:10:29,130 --> 01:10:30,256
HAMILTON:
I was just asking him about...

1246
01:10:30,299 --> 01:10:33,136
So, what are you doing now?

1247
01:10:33,179 --> 01:10:36,435
And get the result
for that one, please.

1248
01:10:36,476 --> 01:10:38,145
The low is moving
in the right direction, but...

1249
01:10:38,187 --> 01:10:41,025
- It's too close.
- Yeah.

1250
01:10:41,067 --> 01:10:43,029
Hamilton, when's the next chart
coming out?

1251
01:10:43,070 --> 01:10:44,365
HAMILTON:
Within the hour, sir.

1252
01:10:44,406 --> 01:10:45,742
Within the hour
is not good enough.

1253
01:10:45,783 --> 01:10:47,412
Can we get...
can we get Dunstable...

1254
01:10:47,453 --> 01:10:49,499
a result from Dun-Dunstable in,
please, soon?

1255
01:10:49,540 --> 01:10:51,209
It should've been with us
an hour ago.

1256
01:10:51,252 --> 01:10:52,755
IRVING: What's the movement
on the cold front?

1257
01:10:52,796 --> 01:10:54,632
CASEY:
Still 30 knots, sir.

1258
01:10:54,675 --> 01:10:56,636
Have you ever seen
a progression like this?

1259
01:10:56,678 --> 01:10:59,265
Never. Winter, maybe.

1260
01:10:59,307 --> 01:11:00,976
Never this time of year.

1261
01:11:01,019 --> 01:11:02,521
OFFICER [over radio]: StratoCu
lifting above 2,000 feet.

1262
01:11:02,563 --> 01:11:03,856
OFFICER 2: Sea surface
temperature, 15 degrees.

1263
01:11:03,899 --> 01:11:05,109
OFFICER 3: Data points up
to 400 millibars.

1264
01:11:05,150 --> 01:11:06,945
IRVING:
What are you looking for?

1265
01:11:06,987 --> 01:11:08,782
A gap,
because there's one there.

1266
01:11:08,823 --> 01:11:10,285
You call that a gap?

1267
01:11:10,326 --> 01:11:11,912
Yes, I call that a gap.

1268
01:11:11,954 --> 01:11:13,289
IRVING:
That's a very narrow gap.

1269
01:11:13,332 --> 01:11:14,959
A narrow gap is still a gap.
Thank you.

1270
01:11:15,001 --> 01:11:16,379
Do you see a gap?

1271
01:11:16,420 --> 01:11:17,714
I believe there's one
forming, sir, yes.

1272
01:11:17,756 --> 01:11:18,925
Yes, a gap. Thank you.

1273
01:11:22,765 --> 01:11:25,812
So, if this was a normal
forecast, would you call it?

1274
01:11:25,853 --> 01:11:27,105
Yeah.

1275
01:11:27,147 --> 01:11:29,234
I don't know. Uh, probably.

1276
01:11:30,486 --> 01:11:31,655
Yeah.

1277
01:11:32,865 --> 01:11:34,869
The only difference is
it's D-Day.

1278
01:11:36,663 --> 01:11:38,041
Big difference.

1279
01:11:41,630 --> 01:11:43,467
Call Eisenhower.

1280
01:11:43,509 --> 01:11:45,846
♪ ♪

1281
01:11:45,888 --> 01:11:48,350
[thunder crashes]

1282
01:11:52,859 --> 01:11:54,820
[phones ringing]

1283
01:12:00,830 --> 01:12:01,916
[knocking]

1284
01:12:01,958 --> 01:12:04,212
IKE:
You wanted to see me?

1285
01:12:04,253 --> 01:12:05,505
Yes, sir.

1286
01:12:07,383 --> 01:12:09,429
There's been a development, sir.

1287
01:12:09,470 --> 01:12:12,225
It seems the storm
at Newfoundland is slowing.

1288
01:12:12,267 --> 01:12:15,732
We believe it's enough
to provide a... a...

1289
01:12:15,773 --> 01:12:18,445
a window
in the disruptive weather.

1290
01:12:19,488 --> 01:12:20,865
Um...

1291
01:12:22,952 --> 01:12:24,872
Well, if I may,
th-the cigarettes

1292
01:12:24,914 --> 01:12:27,252
are the Newfoundland storm,

1293
01:12:27,293 --> 01:12:29,798
the larger one of three.

1294
01:12:29,839 --> 01:12:31,676
My glasses here are
the two smaller storms.

1295
01:12:31,718 --> 01:12:34,472
Currently, the larger storm is
dragging the two smaller storms

1296
01:12:34,514 --> 01:12:37,436
away from the Normandy coast,
leaving a...

1297
01:12:37,478 --> 01:12:39,689
a gap in the weather of sorts

1298
01:12:39,732 --> 01:12:43,863
just long enough for us to land
in Normandy on Tuesday morning.

1299
01:12:43,905 --> 01:12:45,283
Tuesday?

1300
01:12:45,325 --> 01:12:49,332
As in 26 hours from now,
Tuesday?

1301
01:12:49,373 --> 01:12:51,001
Sir, if you just look
at the latest charts...

1302
01:12:51,043 --> 01:12:52,963
I don't want to look
at your damn charts.

1303
01:12:53,005 --> 01:12:55,175
It's a bunch of gobbledygook.

1304
01:12:55,216 --> 01:12:57,596
What I want is for you
to get down on your knees

1305
01:12:57,638 --> 01:12:59,182
and look me in the eye
and tell me,

1306
01:12:59,223 --> 01:13:01,561
"Tuesday morning, sir,
the sun's got his hat on."

1307
01:13:01,602 --> 01:13:03,481
Because in case
you haven't noticed,

1308
01:13:03,522 --> 01:13:05,526
there's a goddamn hurricane
blowing out there!

1309
01:13:05,568 --> 01:13:07,238
Technically, it's not
a hurricane, sir.

1310
01:13:09,992 --> 01:13:12,830
Sunny weather, you say stop.
Hurricane, you say go.

1311
01:13:12,872 --> 01:13:14,082
Well, no. Well, yes, sir.

1312
01:13:14,125 --> 01:13:15,252
Yes, that's exactly
what I'm saying.

1313
01:13:18,549 --> 01:13:22,305
Send my men into...

1314
01:13:22,347 --> 01:13:24,893
into the storm?

1315
01:13:28,316 --> 01:13:29,818
Yeah.

1316
01:13:33,074 --> 01:13:34,660
They'll never see it coming,
sir, never.

1317
01:13:34,702 --> 01:13:36,914
A gap like this
in the storm-- never.

1318
01:13:42,758 --> 01:13:45,387
- [rain pattering]
- [thunder rumbling]

1319
01:13:51,606 --> 01:13:53,401
You're absolutely sure of that?

1320
01:13:57,282 --> 01:14:01,206
Are you absolutely sure
about that, Group Captain Stagg?

1321
01:14:03,502 --> 01:14:05,422
I'm sure there'll be a gap.

1322
01:14:06,506 --> 01:14:08,886
The weather won't be perfect...

1323
01:14:08,928 --> 01:14:10,681
but it'll do.

1324
01:14:12,309 --> 01:14:14,270
This is your official position?

1325
01:14:17,985 --> 01:14:21,241
My official position is this.

1326
01:14:23,536 --> 01:14:25,081
Go.

1327
01:14:28,462 --> 01:14:30,256
You should go, sir.

1328
01:14:31,258 --> 01:14:32,594
[takes deep breath]

1329
01:14:33,679 --> 01:14:35,140
Okay, we'll go.

1330
01:14:37,895 --> 01:14:40,023
D-Day is Tuesday, June 6.

1331
01:14:50,125 --> 01:14:52,962
- [thunder crashing]
- [rain falling heavily]

1332
01:15:09,742 --> 01:15:13,790
- [paper rustling]
- This is my statement...

1333
01:15:13,832 --> 01:15:17,213
- if all goes well tomorrow.
- Mm-hmm.

1334
01:15:17,255 --> 01:15:19,926
And...

1335
01:15:19,968 --> 01:15:21,554
this one if not.

1336
01:15:23,933 --> 01:15:25,686
[Ike sighs]

1337
01:15:27,063 --> 01:15:28,106
- Hey.
- Hmm?

1338
01:15:28,149 --> 01:15:29,776
I've got a surprise for you.

1339
01:15:30,903 --> 01:15:32,782
[Ike chuckles]

1340
01:15:32,823 --> 01:15:34,702
Rare as nylons.

1341
01:15:38,709 --> 01:15:40,128
[Ike sighs]

1342
01:15:46,598 --> 01:15:48,809
I have a good feeling
about tomorrow.

1343
01:15:48,851 --> 01:15:50,562
[Ike sighs]

1344
01:16:01,456 --> 01:16:03,251
- You should get some sleep.
- Yes.

1345
01:16:03,293 --> 01:16:04,712
Yeah?

1346
01:16:09,136 --> 01:16:11,682
- 0630 hours.
- 0630 hours.

1347
01:16:14,813 --> 01:16:19,946
My men did all that bravery
and devotion to duty could do.

1348
01:16:19,989 --> 01:16:25,582
If any blame or fault
is attached to the attempt,

1349
01:16:25,623 --> 01:16:29,296
it is mine and mine alone.

1350
01:16:31,718 --> 01:16:33,011
That's what I wrote.

1351
01:16:34,681 --> 01:16:37,269
In case we fail tomorrow.

1352
01:16:38,896 --> 01:16:40,441
We won't.

1353
01:16:45,074 --> 01:16:46,994
[footsteps receding]

1354
01:16:49,749 --> 01:16:51,710
♪ ♪

1355
01:17:03,063 --> 01:17:07,696
IKE [amplified]:
<i>Soldiers, sailors and airmen</i>

1356
01:17:07,738 --> 01:17:10,576
<i>of the Allied</i>
<i>Expeditionary Force...</i>

1357
01:17:21,095 --> 01:17:24,684
<i>...you are about to embark</i>
<i>upon the Great Crusade,</i>

1358
01:17:24,726 --> 01:17:27,439
<i>upon which we have striven</i>
<i>these many months.</i>

1359
01:17:31,404 --> 01:17:34,535
<i>The eyes of the world</i>
<i>are upon you.</i>

1360
01:17:34,576 --> 01:17:36,121
The hope and prayers

1361
01:17:36,162 --> 01:17:40,086
of liberty-loving people
everywhere march with you.

1362
01:17:43,425 --> 01:17:45,595
<i>In company with our brave allies</i>

1363
01:17:45,638 --> 01:17:48,559
<i>and brothers-in-arms</i>
<i>on other fronts,</i>

1364
01:17:48,601 --> 01:17:50,270
<i>you will bring about</i>
<i>the destruction</i>

1365
01:17:50,312 --> 01:17:51,856
<i>of the German war machine...</i>

1366
01:17:53,568 --> 01:17:57,408
<i>...the elimination</i>
<i>of Nazi tyranny</i>

1367
01:17:57,449 --> 01:17:59,828
<i>over the oppressed peoples</i>
<i>of Europe</i>

1368
01:17:59,870 --> 01:18:03,961
<i>and security for ourselves</i>
<i>in a free world.</i>

1369
01:18:07,675 --> 01:18:09,470
You get any sleep?

1370
01:18:09,512 --> 01:18:10,764
Not a wink.

1371
01:18:11,808 --> 01:18:13,059
You?

1372
01:18:13,102 --> 01:18:14,270
Nope.

1373
01:18:14,312 --> 01:18:16,691
♪ ♪

1374
01:18:24,162 --> 01:18:25,915
[thunder rumbling]

1375
01:18:25,957 --> 01:18:28,670
IKE [amplified]: <i>Your task</i>
<i>will not be an easy one.</i>

1376
01:18:28,712 --> 01:18:31,968
<i>Your enemy is well trained,</i>

1377
01:18:32,009 --> 01:18:36,225
<i>well equipped</i>
<i>and battle-hardened.</i>

1378
01:18:37,268 --> 01:18:38,979
He will fight savagely.

1379
01:18:43,321 --> 01:18:45,324
60 seconds to H hour.

1380
01:18:46,326 --> 01:18:51,168
Radio silence ends in...
60 seconds.

1381
01:18:52,712 --> 01:18:55,342
IKE [amplified]:
<i>But this is the year 1944.</i>

1382
01:18:55,383 --> 01:18:56,635
Where you from?

1383
01:18:56,677 --> 01:18:58,138
Bracken Mountain,
North Carolina, sir.

1384
01:18:58,179 --> 01:18:59,474
- Bracken Mountain,
North Carolina? -Yes, sir.

1385
01:18:59,515 --> 01:19:01,394
IKE [amplified]:
<i>The tide has turned.</i>

1386
01:19:01,435 --> 01:19:03,022
<i>The free men of the world</i>

1387
01:19:03,063 --> 01:19:06,110
<i>are marching together</i>
<i>to victory.</i>

1388
01:19:06,152 --> 01:19:07,571
What's your name?

1389
01:19:07,612 --> 01:19:09,616
- Uh, Oiler, sir.
- Oiler. Where you from, Oiler?

1390
01:19:09,658 --> 01:19:11,369
[amplified]:
<i>I have full confidence in</i>

1391
01:19:11,411 --> 01:19:15,668
<i>your courage, devotion to duty</i>
<i>and skill in battle.</i>

1392
01:19:20,677 --> 01:19:25,101
<i>We will accept nothing less</i>
<i>than full victory.</i>

1393
01:19:26,019 --> 01:19:27,898
Good luck,

1394
01:19:27,939 --> 01:19:31,154
<i>and let us beseech the blessing</i>
<i>of Almighty God</i>

1395
01:19:31,195 --> 01:19:34,201
<i>upon this great</i>
<i>and noble undertaking.</i>

1396
01:19:34,242 --> 01:19:36,204
[clock ticking]

1397
01:19:44,677 --> 01:19:46,722
[ticking continues]

1398
01:19:56,656 --> 01:19:58,326
- [ticking stops]
- [static crackling]

1399
01:20:02,583 --> 01:20:04,586
Utah. Come in, Utah.

1400
01:20:06,465 --> 01:20:07,926
Utah, come in.

1401
01:20:09,762 --> 01:20:11,474
SHAEF main to Utah.

1402
01:20:14,395 --> 01:20:16,941
- [heavy gunfire]
- [soldiers yelling]

1403
01:20:21,532 --> 01:20:22,994
Come in, Utah.

1404
01:20:25,415 --> 01:20:28,085
TELEPHONIST 2: Omaha Beach
control, do you read?

1405
01:20:28,128 --> 01:20:30,882
- [heavy gunfire]
- [soldiers yelling]

1406
01:20:32,426 --> 01:20:34,388
♪ ♪

1407
01:20:37,143 --> 01:20:39,063
TELEPHONIST 1:
<i>Utah, come in.</i>

1408
01:20:40,983 --> 01:20:42,152
TELEPHONIST 2:
<i>Utah, do you read?</i>

1409
01:20:44,990 --> 01:20:46,952
♪ ♪

1410
01:20:48,914 --> 01:20:51,794
[static crackling over radio]

1411
01:20:51,835 --> 01:20:55,175
[fractured, indistinct voice
speaking under radio static]

1412
01:20:55,216 --> 01:20:57,345
[over radio]: Utah... hit by
machine-gun fire. Casualties...

1413
01:20:57,386 --> 01:20:58,889
Heavy incoming fire
at Utah Beach.

1414
01:20:58,931 --> 01:21:00,475
What about the other beaches?

1415
01:21:00,517 --> 01:21:01,811
TELEPHONIST 3: Serious
casualties at Omaha Beach.

1416
01:21:01,852 --> 01:21:03,481
How many casualties?

1417
01:21:03,522 --> 01:21:05,234
OFFICER: Westerly winds
causing course corrections.

1418
01:21:05,275 --> 01:21:06,652
TELEPHONIST 1: Westerly winds
causing course corrections.

1419
01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:08,114
OFFICER 2:
Visibility two miles,

1420
01:21:08,155 --> 01:21:09,908
ceiling falling to 1,500 feet.

1421
01:21:09,949 --> 01:21:12,914
[overlapping chatter]

1422
01:21:12,955 --> 01:21:14,416
TELEPHONIST 1: Landing craft
swept off course at Utah.

1423
01:21:14,458 --> 01:21:15,709
TELEPHONIST 2:
Visibility two miles.

1424
01:21:15,752 --> 01:21:17,714
Ceiling falling to 1,500 feet.

1425
01:21:17,755 --> 01:21:19,425
[overlapping chatter]

1426
01:21:19,466 --> 01:21:21,094
TELEPHONIST 2:
Omaha sky still overcast...

1427
01:21:21,136 --> 01:21:22,138
OFFICER 3 [over radio]:
...unable to locate batteries

1428
01:21:22,179 --> 01:21:23,724
lying on south beach.

1429
01:21:23,765 --> 01:21:25,894
- [heavy gunfire, explosions]
- [soldiers yelling]

1430
01:21:28,106 --> 01:21:29,692
- SOLDIER: Keep moving!
- SOLDIER 2: Keep pushing!

1431
01:21:29,734 --> 01:21:31,154
SOLDIER 3:
Move! Move!

1432
01:21:33,866 --> 01:21:36,454
SOLDIER 4:
Incoming! Take cover!

1433
01:21:36,496 --> 01:21:37,874
OFFICER 4 [over radio]: Cannot
unload due to heavy shellfire.

1434
01:21:37,915 --> 01:21:39,418
OFFICER 5:
L1 section lost in water.

1435
01:21:39,459 --> 01:21:40,921
Second half moving forward.

1436
01:21:40,962 --> 01:21:42,715
TELEPHONIST 2:
...800 yards off the beach.

1437
01:21:42,757 --> 01:21:44,385
OFFICER 6 [over radio]:
Omaha winds 14 knots west.

1438
01:21:44,426 --> 01:21:47,306
[soldiers yelling]

1439
01:21:49,644 --> 01:21:52,065
[heavy gunfire]

1440
01:21:53,108 --> 01:21:54,736
[screams]

1441
01:21:54,778 --> 01:21:56,781
TELEPHONIST 1: Taking heavy fire
at Gold and Omaha.

1442
01:21:56,823 --> 01:21:59,411
- [yelling and gunfire continue]
<i>- [indistinct radio chatter]</i>

1443
01:22:05,379 --> 01:22:06,715
OFFICER 7 [over radio]:
Many wounded at Dog Red,

1444
01:22:06,757 --> 01:22:07,968
needing immediate evacuation.

1445
01:22:08,009 --> 01:22:09,971
♪ ♪

1446
01:22:18,152 --> 01:22:19,696
OFFICER 8 [over radio]: Cloud
ceiling low, around 500 feet.

1447
01:22:19,738 --> 01:22:21,365
TELEPHONIST 3: Cloud ceiling
low, around 500 feet.

1448
01:22:21,408 --> 01:22:23,118
OFFICER 9: <i>...find no targets</i>
<i>of opportunity...</i>

1449
01:22:23,161 --> 01:22:24,788
TELEPHONIST 3: <i>Can find</i>
<i>no targets of opportunity</i>

1450
01:22:24,829 --> 01:22:26,332
<i>without endangering own landing.</i>

1451
01:22:26,374 --> 01:22:28,921
We can't see a bloody thing!

1452
01:22:28,962 --> 01:22:31,801
<i>[overlapping radio chatter]</i>

1453
01:22:35,139 --> 01:22:37,477
OFFICER 10 [over radio]:
Wind 18 knots, west, southwest.

1454
01:22:37,518 --> 01:22:38,979
TELEPHONIST 3: Wind 18 knots,
west, southwest.

1455
01:22:39,021 --> 01:22:40,357
OFFICER 11: Clouds 800 feet,
beginning to rise.

1456
01:22:40,398 --> 01:22:41,859
- You're good. You're good.
- Am I gonna die?

1457
01:22:41,901 --> 01:22:43,696
No, we'll get you home.
You're good. You're good.

1458
01:22:43,738 --> 01:22:46,368
OFFICER 12: <i>Waves moderating </i>
<i>at Utah, now two to three feet.</i>

1459
01:22:46,409 --> 01:22:47,912
OFFICER 13:
<i>Ceiling lifting to 1,500 feet.</i>

1460
01:22:47,954 --> 01:22:49,289
<i>Clearer skies inland.</i>

1461
01:22:49,331 --> 01:22:50,917
Keep pushing!

1462
01:22:50,958 --> 01:22:53,672
- I don't care! Go!
- [busy chatter]

1463
01:22:53,714 --> 01:22:55,634
[soldiers shouting]

1464
01:22:58,221 --> 01:23:00,183
♪ ♪

1465
01:23:01,685 --> 01:23:03,146
[rapid, overlapping chatter]

1466
01:23:03,188 --> 01:23:05,776
- [heavy gunfire]
- [soldiers yelling]

1467
01:23:05,818 --> 01:23:07,028
OFFICER 14 [over radio]:
Utah cloud ceiling clear.

1468
01:23:07,069 --> 01:23:09,866
♪ ♪

1469
01:23:09,908 --> 01:23:11,536
[gunfire and yelling continue]

1470
01:23:13,414 --> 01:23:16,294
SOLDIER:
Move up!

1471
01:23:16,336 --> 01:23:18,548
OFFICER 15: Two U.S. destroyers
are within one...

1472
01:23:18,589 --> 01:23:20,677
[heavy gunfire and yelling
continue]

1473
01:23:24,768 --> 01:23:26,269
[speaks German]

1474
01:23:27,564 --> 01:23:29,525
[airplane engines buzzing]

1475
01:23:29,567 --> 01:23:30,986
[yells]

1476
01:23:31,028 --> 01:23:33,741
- [thumping repeatedly]
- [continues yelling]

1477
01:23:36,204 --> 01:23:37,957
Move up!

1478
01:23:37,998 --> 01:23:40,921
[muffled explosions and gunfire]

1479
01:23:40,962 --> 01:23:43,425
♪ ♪

1480
01:23:43,466 --> 01:23:46,221
<i>[indistinct,</i>
<i>overlapping radio chatter]</i>

1481
01:23:49,894 --> 01:23:51,814
[airplane engines buzzing]

1482
01:24:02,625 --> 01:24:04,085
Yes?

1483
01:24:05,379 --> 01:24:06,381
Mm-hmm.

1484
01:24:07,801 --> 01:24:08,761
What?

1485
01:24:16,022 --> 01:24:17,317
Thank you.

1486
01:24:27,668 --> 01:24:29,505
Footholds established
on all the beaches.

1487
01:24:29,546 --> 01:24:31,549
[others murmuring, sighing]

1488
01:24:31,591 --> 01:24:34,972
Our men are ashore,
with full air and naval support.

1489
01:24:45,449 --> 01:24:47,411
♪ ♪

1490
01:24:57,637 --> 01:24:59,932
[voices muted]

1491
01:25:09,616 --> 01:25:11,578
♪ ♪

1492
01:25:19,675 --> 01:25:22,262
♪ ♪

1493
01:25:36,621 --> 01:25:38,582
♪ ♪

1494
01:25:53,400 --> 01:25:55,237
[birds chirping]

1495
01:25:56,739 --> 01:25:58,242
OPERATOR [over phone]:
Hello. Signals Department.

1496
01:25:58,284 --> 01:26:00,705
Yes, St. Mary's Hospital
in Clapham, please.

1497
01:26:00,746 --> 01:26:02,749
I'm sorry, sir, but there are
still no outgoing calls

1498
01:26:02,791 --> 01:26:04,711
until security restrictions
have been officially lifted.

1499
01:26:04,754 --> 01:26:06,506
- I believe...
- [hangs up phone]

1500
01:26:18,402 --> 01:26:20,572
I've arranged a car to take you
straight to the hospital.

1501
01:26:20,614 --> 01:26:22,534
Thank you very much.
I appreciate that.

1502
01:26:27,626 --> 01:26:29,505
♪ ♪

1503
01:26:29,546 --> 01:26:31,508
[birds chirping]

1504
01:26:32,844 --> 01:26:36,308
Well, congratulations, Stagg.

1505
01:26:36,349 --> 01:26:38,144
Congratulations to you, too.

1506
01:26:45,157 --> 01:26:46,451
Good luck.

1507
01:26:55,007 --> 01:26:57,178
Thank you so much
for everything.

1508
01:26:57,219 --> 01:26:58,638
Ah, don't be silly.

1509
01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:00,015
I'm sorry I couldn't
have done more.

1510
01:27:00,058 --> 01:27:01,142
No, no, no.

1511
01:27:01,184 --> 01:27:03,355
We were busy.

1512
01:27:03,397 --> 01:27:04,941
[James chuckles]

1513
01:27:11,327 --> 01:27:13,164
[Kay chuckles]

1514
01:27:18,089 --> 01:27:20,927
[driver's door opens and closes]

1515
01:27:25,769 --> 01:27:27,688
[quiet chatter]

1516
01:27:38,875 --> 01:27:40,795
♪ ♪

1517
01:27:51,688 --> 01:27:52,982
JAMES:
Thank you.

1518
01:28:02,541 --> 01:28:05,087
WOMAN [sobbing]:
No, no. You can't.

1519
01:28:05,128 --> 01:28:07,048
[sobbing continues]

1520
01:28:11,515 --> 01:28:13,018
No! No!

1521
01:28:15,981 --> 01:28:18,026
[quiet chatter]

1522
01:28:22,242 --> 01:28:24,162
[quiet chatter continues]

1523
01:28:40,648 --> 01:28:42,611
♪ ♪

1524
01:28:53,004 --> 01:28:54,339
Hello, Jim.

1525
01:28:57,011 --> 01:28:58,429
Hello, Liz.

1526
01:29:11,160 --> 01:29:13,706
[both crying]

1527
01:29:21,845 --> 01:29:23,014
Are you all right?

1528
01:29:31,278 --> 01:29:32,781
You okay?

1529
01:29:32,822 --> 01:29:34,033
Yeah?

1530
01:29:39,292 --> 01:29:41,421
[baby cooing]

1531
01:29:44,551 --> 01:29:45,761
LIZ:
Your son.

1532
01:29:46,805 --> 01:29:48,057
Oh.

1533
01:29:52,022 --> 01:29:54,193
[baby fussing]

1534
01:30:02,081 --> 01:30:04,252
[fussing quiets]

1535
01:30:06,047 --> 01:30:07,633
[baby coos]

1536
01:30:10,764 --> 01:30:12,641
[fussing]

1537
01:30:16,189 --> 01:30:18,735
- [blowing softly]
- [fussing quiets]

1538
01:30:22,033 --> 01:30:24,037
[softly]:
Hello.

1539
01:30:24,078 --> 01:30:25,331
Hello, beautiful.

1540
01:30:25,372 --> 01:30:27,334
♪ ♪

1541
01:30:56,301 --> 01:30:58,262
♪ ♪

1542
01:31:08,530 --> 01:31:10,492
♪ ♪

1543
01:31:39,250 --> 01:31:41,212
♪ ♪

1544
01:32:09,970 --> 01:32:11,932
♪ ♪

1545
01:32:40,690 --> 01:32:42,652
♪ ♪

1546
01:33:11,410 --> 01:33:13,372
♪ ♪

1547
01:33:36,328 --> 01:33:38,248
♪ ♪

1548
01:33:59,368 --> 01:34:01,288
♪ ♪

1549
01:34:18,568 --> 01:34:20,488
♪ ♪

1550
01:34:33,928 --> 01:34:35,848
♪ ♪

1551
01:35:04,648 --> 01:35:06,568
♪ ♪

1552
01:35:31,528 --> 01:35:33,448
♪ ♪

1553
01:35:54,568 --> 01:35:56,488
♪ ♪

1554
01:36:10,847 --> 01:36:12,767
[music fades]