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♪ Blow the man down,
bullies, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪
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♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪
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♪ Blow the man down,
bullies, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪
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♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪
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That ditty takes me back
to the days of the Bounty.
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Days in hell, nights in paradise.
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Then, days in hell again.
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Michael, tell us the
story of the Bounty.
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I've never heard the truth of it.
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Yes, Michael, you ole son of a gun,
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I'd sell me britches to hear
the truth of that mutiny.
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You remember.
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You said the tune you played just now,
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brought back memories.
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♪ Blow the man down,
bullies, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪
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♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪
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Storms from hell strained the bounty,
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and the temper of Bligh.
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And soon we became only a cargo of gloom.
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The heat of the equator
burnt through our very hides.
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And always, Bligh found fault.
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I know that Cooper to
be a damned infernal liar.
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Now take these orders, Mr. Christian,
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and see that they are carried out.
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Groans, aye? Groans.
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And we've only just begun.
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Well, your ship for
adventure, young cocko.
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Adventure.
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Lord what blimey fools we are.
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Aye. You're right, Fighting Jack.
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There's been black and bloody
doings these last few days.
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But if Bligh don't find his cheese,
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well, things'll get no better.
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And on the next banyan day,
butter only will be served
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to your low-deck swabbers.
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There'll be no more cheese
until May is returned to me.
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Your choice of seamen
surprises me, Mr. Christian.
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You've picked a bunch
of thieving jellyfish.
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There is a feeling on this
craft like creeping murder.
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Don't you feel it yourself?
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Something in the wind,
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something in the creek, on the timbers.
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Our bread rations were then cut down,
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and we were flogged for
the slightest of things.
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I remember quite early in the voyage,
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the lashing of poor Quinton.
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Enough.
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Come on, water.
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My god, look what the
swine's done. Damn you.
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Blasted swine.
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- Oh, the great...
- Damn him.
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God, if I can only live
to see him suffer like,
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like we've been suffering.
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The grub allowed us was so meagre
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that we drew lots to see
who should take it all.
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Many times we fought like wild beasts.
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Give it to me!
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Steward.
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Steward.
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Steward.
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What's that confounded noise out there?
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If I may beg to say, sir,
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the allowance of food is so small
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that the men are drawing lots
and, and fighting for it.
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The damned infernal scoundrels.
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I'll make them eat grass
or anything they can catch,
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before I'm done with them.
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Send Mr. Christian to me.
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For weeks, we battled
against the seas of Cape Horn,
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before Bligh decided to
turn from that course.
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Hey boys, we're leaving the cape.
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Ole redcoat's turning the ship 'round.
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Well, we'll be out of
this hell hole, anyhow.
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We're filling them up
again, aren't we lads?
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We bet it, we are.
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Of course.
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Ooh, I can feel the
cold wind of the horn
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blowing us on and on to the
warm fairy land of Tahiti.
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Oh, the memory of those
nights, as we skimmed the sea
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all silver with moonlight, and
then at last saw land birds
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coming to meet us.
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And then, one day...
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Tahiti!
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Tahiti!
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Tahiti!
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Tahiti!
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Tahiti! Tahiti!
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Tahiti!
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Come on, boys. Tahiti!
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Crown gods, sculptured
in a primitive time,
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carried great canoes to the waterfront.
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Princess Teatia, decked
with garlands of frangipani,
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passes on her way to greet
the men of the Bounty.
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Their muscles that are
shaped by the rippling pools
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they swim in.
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From every little day,
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Tahiti's people were running to meet us.
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Come, let us drink to those
Tahiti days, to those girls.
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Me lads, what girls,
what days, what nights.
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A new world strayed before us,
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a soft land between heaven and Earth,
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of gentle beaches and waving palms,
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fascinating our eyes that were
tired of the eternal scene.
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The crews of Wallace and Cook were right
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when they told strange tales
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of this paradise beneath the sun.
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Aye, me lads, they were right.
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Great slumbering valleys cut their way
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through the jagged heart
of this lotus land.
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In the heart of Tahiti, we
heard the song of birds,
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as great waterfalls lept from
precipice to turn to mist.
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Mischievous brown girls,
whose pleasing souls
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were one in laughter,
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played the hours away
in cool, mountain pools.
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Their voices sang to us a song of freedom,
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and we listened, thinking like misers,
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we could snatch for
ourselves this most priceless
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of all man's wishes.
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It took us six
months to gather bread fruit
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in Tahiti.
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We oughta get 'em
in here before we're off.
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By God, I won't.
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I don't think Christian will either.
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You know, he's mad about a girl.
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He's not the only man mad about a girl.
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Well, come on mates.
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Here's to further months in hell.
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Yes, hell. Think of it.
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Mr. Christian, sit down.
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For the desertion of Churchill me lad,
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I hold the mate of the watch responsible.
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You will have Hayward
turned before the mast
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and put in irons for this.
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Sir, as an officer, I caution you.
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As a man, I ask you to
bear more with the men.
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Six months was too long in Tahiti.
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Your sailors have left their hearts there
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at the cost of their reason.
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You are well informed, Mr. Christian.
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Are you stating the case of
your men or that of yourself?
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Sir, I...
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Shut up.
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Your merry infatuation with
the half-cast girl, Isabel,
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is the talk of the ship.
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It's a lie!
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Mr. Christian, you dare?
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Yes, sir. I dare.
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That night while we slept,
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Fletcher Christian, aided
by only a handful of men,
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quietly seized the Bounty.
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Not a shot was fired,
not a sound was heard.
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Are you with me in this
adventure, Edward Young?
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Yes, sir.
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Then break out the arms, immediately.
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It's a desperate act, Mr. Christian.
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Are you sure of what you're doing?
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Yes, all the starboard watch are asleep,
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and my men are already in Bligh's cabin.
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Be gone.
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Ah! What's the meaning of this?
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Hey there, governor, come on, come on.
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Come on, get outta there.
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Come on.
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Look here, you scoundrels.
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Treacherous fools.
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Come on here.
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I'll have you...
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Come on. Up on deck with him.
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Put that rope on. Up on deck.
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Mates, mates. Wake up, wake up.
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Damn you, rouse yourself, Fighting Jack.
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Turn out, men, turn out. Rouse up.
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Now listen, all hands on deck.
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Mr. Christian has taken
Lieutenant Bligh prisoner.
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- Prisoner?
- Aye, prisoner.
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And he's now in command of the Bounty.
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Take it up, men.
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Steady, boys. Steady.
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Hold it, Jack, or I'll bust
your head. Now get on deck.
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All of ya, get on deck.
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Come on, go on.
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Come on. Get up.
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You, Christian.
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An Englishmen and an
officer, to have sunk so low.
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The Admiral Lee will see you
all hang for this reason.
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Like madmen bewitched
by Tahiti's soft guile,
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we sent Bligh and 18 of
his loyal men adrift,
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to suffer thirst and
hunger on that endless sea.
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Then, as the darkness engulfed them,
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we turned to our young commander,
calling, "Tahiti, Tahiti."
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Boo-ya, boo-ya, hooray, Tahiti, Tahiti.
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Gentlemen, I will carry you
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and land you wherever you please.
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I desire none to stay with me.
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I have only one favour to beg,
that you grant me the Bounty.
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Make fast the foresail, and
leave me to run before the wind.
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I have done such an act that
I cannot stay at Tahiti,
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and I'll never live to be carried home
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a disgrace to my family.
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Go where you will, Mr. Christian.
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We shall never leave you.
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Aye, aye, aye!
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We tried to make a colony
on an island called Tubai.
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And what happened there?
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We drank heavily and
fought over the women,
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until Christian decided
at the risk of his life
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to drive us from those accursed islands.
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We formed two parties,
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one to remain on Tahiti and risk capture,
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and the others to join Christian,
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who planned to take the
Bounty into uncharted seas.
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Christian left Tahiti
with eight of his mates,
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nine native men, and 10 native women.
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♪ Blow the man down,
bullies, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪
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♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪
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♪ Blow the man down,
bullies, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪
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♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪
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♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪
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We have become self-made villains.
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So long as we live, we are hunted men.
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You exaggerate, sir.
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There be lovely islands of plenty,
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where we can never be found.
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Aye, but unfortunately we
cannot escape from ourselves,
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nor from our own contempt.
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The dye has been cast, Edward Young,
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and there is no turning back.
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The future holds the most
awful adventure of all,
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worse than the gallows.
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Mutiny,
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piracy, and lust.
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Oh God, where will it all end?
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And so, Christian and
his hearties disappeared.
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20 years have passed, and never a sound
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has been heard of 'em.
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Perhaps someday a lonely
island will be found
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with a strange people living there.
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Then, the rest of my story can be told.
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Tahiti today is
a beautiful dream of the past.
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Along its golden strands,
moving across its limpid pools,
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crooning down through
its damp-scented forest,
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come the songs of yesterday,
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when this strange land below the sun
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was a world of one dreams,
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when its forests echoed to the
maddening dance of primitives
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or to the laughter and
blasphemy of the ruthless pirate
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and carefree time.
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00:31:14,109 --> 00:31:17,150
These are still the scenes,
which in the roaring days,
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made many an old shellback gasp.
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The great molten mountains,
the glamorous lagoons,
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the valleys of shadow and cloud.
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00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,452
This great lagoon is now
the harbour of Tahiti,
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Paris of the Pacific,
where passionate pleasure
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00:31:33,245 --> 00:31:36,246
and scheming commerce mix in a melting pot
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00:31:36,247 --> 00:31:37,571
of colour and creed.
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00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:43,289
A divine creator has massed
great clouds up on the island
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all year.
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Through the rigging of our
ship we can see Tahiti,
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sleeping under the noon day's spell.
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Upon calm harbours of reflection,
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lie the luxury yachts of
millionaire and wealthy trader.
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Like mounds of snow the tropic hidden,
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great cloud banks mass behind spool stars.
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We move along the fringe
of Tahiti's great lagoon.
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A haven without wave or tide,
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only warm winds to make a music ripple
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and impress one's mind with
memories that never fade.
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Along a lazy coral key, the
schooners large and small,
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which plough their tracks to
every corner of the vast Pacific,
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00:33:12,147 --> 00:33:16,320
bringing home priceless pearls
from the dangerous atolls,
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tortoise shell, copra, and vanilla,
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00:33:19,473 --> 00:33:22,475
taking clothes and food
to lonely outposts,
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many leaving their skeletons to bleach
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00:33:25,298 --> 00:33:26,893
upon forgotten strands.
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00:33:39,890 --> 00:33:42,547
This schooner, the White
Feather, is being provisioned
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to take you down through
the dangerous archipelago,
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upon the same trail taken
by Fletcher Christian
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00:33:49,108 --> 00:33:52,200
when he left Tahiti with his mutineers,
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never to be seen again.
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00:33:58,266 --> 00:34:01,658
A following wind filled the
sails of the White Feather,
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00:34:01,659 --> 00:34:05,054
as the showgirls left Tahiti
to follow the Bounty's trail.
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00:34:07,033 --> 00:34:10,575
We have now entered the doldrums,
now running by motor power
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through a silver sea of sleep.
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00:34:17,572 --> 00:34:19,797
The first of the continental shows up,
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00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:23,640
a little fantasy of reef and sand.
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00:34:25,288 --> 00:34:29,130
The fate of the Bounty remained
a mystery until a whaler,
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00:34:29,131 --> 00:34:32,914
blown from its course, stumbled
across a grim little island
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00:34:32,915 --> 00:34:35,766
thousand miles south of Tahiti.
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00:34:35,767 --> 00:34:39,729
The discoverer of this island
called it Pitcairn's Island,
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00:34:39,730 --> 00:34:44,293
and found it to be inhabited
by a strange race of half casts
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00:34:44,294 --> 00:34:47,029
the descendants of the Bounty mutineers.
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00:34:47,867 --> 00:34:51,109
These atolls, which are generally
termed the dangerous isles
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00:34:51,110 --> 00:34:53,245
are 80 in number.
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00:34:54,413 --> 00:34:57,354
With waving palms and
beds of brilliant coral,
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they extend for a distance
of nearly a thousand miles
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00:35:00,267 --> 00:35:01,622
south from Tahiti.
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00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,592
As dense shadows of palm, they
pass by upon a heated sky.
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00:35:07,593 --> 00:35:09,484
Many are large and populous.
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00:35:09,485 --> 00:35:12,761
Others have only sand and
strutting bosun birds.
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00:35:15,490 --> 00:35:19,993
Solitude succeeds
solitude, and lonely wrecks
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00:35:19,994 --> 00:35:22,905
by bleaching under devouring sun,
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00:35:22,906 --> 00:35:25,818
grim reminders that we are traversing
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00:35:25,819 --> 00:35:29,391
the most dangerous sea trek on the globe.
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00:35:29,392 --> 00:35:31,883
The miracle is that Fletcher Christian
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00:35:31,884 --> 00:35:35,305
was able to keep clear of
these treacherous isles.
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00:35:46,806 --> 00:35:49,087
The shipping line to England by Panama
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00:35:49,088 --> 00:35:53,291
runs within 200 miles of
lonely Pitcairn Island.
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00:35:53,292 --> 00:35:57,644
By arrangement, the showgirls
transferred to an ocean liner,
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00:35:57,645 --> 00:36:01,908
which was deflected from its
course to call at Pitcairn.
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00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:05,661
After 10 lonely days, Pitcairn
appeared on the horizon.
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00:36:05,662 --> 00:36:08,393
For the first time, a
motion picture camera
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00:36:08,394 --> 00:36:12,150
was to record its shape
and rugged outline.
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00:36:13,228 --> 00:36:16,920
Soon we'll be with the
descendants of the mutineers,
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00:36:16,921 --> 00:36:20,918
living their life and
sharing their hardships.
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00:36:39,170 --> 00:36:42,260
Young Pitcairners have sited the steamer.
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00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:53,701
The arrival of a ship
marks a red letter day
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00:36:53,702 --> 00:36:57,184
for these isolated people,
who hurry to the waterfront
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00:36:57,185 --> 00:36:58,209
to man their boats.
328
00:36:59,106 --> 00:37:01,537
They will take out fruit and souvenirs
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00:37:01,538 --> 00:37:04,810
with which to barter for
flour and any small comfort
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00:37:04,811 --> 00:37:06,736
the steamer can spare.
331
00:37:09,285 --> 00:37:11,746
From the timber of wrecked ships
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00:37:11,747 --> 00:37:14,238
and the small trees of Pitcairn,
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00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,134
they have fashioned wonderful boats.
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00:37:17,572 --> 00:37:19,462
Throughout four generations,
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00:37:19,463 --> 00:37:22,495
the art of boat building
has been handed down
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00:37:22,496 --> 00:37:24,150
from the sailors of the Bounty.
337
00:37:31,563 --> 00:37:35,526
This tiny inlet is the
only safe landing place
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00:37:35,527 --> 00:37:36,937
on the rugged little island.
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00:37:36,938 --> 00:37:41,140
The first boat bounds
to sea, manned by a crew
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00:37:41,141 --> 00:37:43,306
of the best oarsman in the Pacific.
341
00:37:48,708 --> 00:37:52,417
For a brief hour, the steamer
will link this lonely island
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00:37:52,418 --> 00:37:54,732
to our civilization.
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00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,529
Having shift oars, the first island boat
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00:38:27,530 --> 00:38:29,395
slides to the steamer's side.
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00:38:34,496 --> 00:38:38,458
Like a piece of cargo,
Mrs. Chauvel was swung
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00:38:38,459 --> 00:38:40,287
to the Pitcairn boat.
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00:38:40,288 --> 00:38:42,842
She will be the first Australian woman
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00:38:42,843 --> 00:38:45,248
ever to land on Pitcairn Island.
349
00:39:05,992 --> 00:39:08,213
As we move in closer to the island,
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00:39:08,214 --> 00:39:11,846
with its foaming seashore
and precipitous wall,
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00:39:11,847 --> 00:39:14,008
and hear the crash of the surf,
352
00:39:14,009 --> 00:39:16,950
we realise how well Fletcher Christian
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00:39:16,951 --> 00:39:19,440
had chosen his hiding place.
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00:39:24,397 --> 00:39:28,180
A narrow passageway between
rocks has to be negotiated
355
00:39:28,181 --> 00:39:32,113
before a landing can
be made at Bounty Bay.
356
00:39:32,114 --> 00:39:36,196
Even during the calmest
weather, a heavy surf rolls in
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00:39:36,197 --> 00:39:40,010
and boats have to await their
turn to ride from the back
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00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:41,455
of an incoming wave.
359
00:39:56,374 --> 00:39:59,256
After their battle with Old Man Sea,
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00:39:59,257 --> 00:40:03,909
the island boats are drawn into
sheds above the landing ramp
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00:40:03,910 --> 00:40:05,715
to be safe from further onslaught.
362
00:40:06,913 --> 00:40:11,055
A community spirit not to be
excelled elsewhere in the world
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00:40:11,056 --> 00:40:14,989
makes light work of
every task on Pitcairn.
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00:40:14,990 --> 00:40:16,520
In their exile,
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00:40:16,521 --> 00:40:20,033
these people cling very
closely to each other,
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00:40:20,034 --> 00:40:22,375
sharing their joys and sorrow,
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00:40:22,376 --> 00:40:24,390
and making light of their difficulties.
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00:40:26,549 --> 00:40:28,260
From the outskirts of their village,
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00:40:28,261 --> 00:40:30,696
we look down upon Bounty Bay.
370
00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:35,796
Ship's dunnage, traded to
the islanders for fruit,
371
00:40:35,797 --> 00:40:37,988
is being carried to their village,
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00:40:37,989 --> 00:40:40,900
500 feet above the crashing surf.
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00:40:40,901 --> 00:40:44,593
This timber will be used to
build their homes and boats,
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00:40:44,594 --> 00:40:48,020
and will be equally divided
among those who need it most.
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00:40:49,218 --> 00:40:52,550
Adamstown's only village
sprawls upon a ledge
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00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:55,012
500 feet above the sea.
377
00:40:55,013 --> 00:40:57,264
It is significant that this little village
378
00:40:57,265 --> 00:41:00,957
should look towards the sea,
as everything has come to it
379
00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:02,548
from the sea.
380
00:41:02,549 --> 00:41:04,999
Its homes have been built
mostly from ships dunnage
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00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,592
and the timber of wrecks.
382
00:41:07,593 --> 00:41:11,376
Every Pitcairn baby's born
with a tang of salt water
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00:41:11,377 --> 00:41:15,563
in its nostrils, and the boom
of the surf in its yearn.
384
00:41:18,746 --> 00:41:22,335
A little village where
life moves lazily by
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00:41:22,336 --> 00:41:26,208
without rates or taxes,
or the need of money.
386
00:41:26,209 --> 00:41:29,541
Simple homes, within
whose walls are hearts
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00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:33,384
that know of peace, un-shaken
by the distant rumblings
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00:41:33,385 --> 00:41:34,493
of the world.
389
00:41:37,879 --> 00:41:41,311
This is Andy Warren,
the grandson of a whaler
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00:41:41,312 --> 00:41:44,167
who joined the Pitcairners 60 years ago.
391
00:41:45,725 --> 00:41:49,147
Mrs. Chauvel quickly entered
into the life of the village,
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00:41:49,148 --> 00:41:51,549
helping the women with their children,
393
00:41:51,550 --> 00:41:55,757
regardless of youthful protest.
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00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,781
Pitcairn is a little utopia,
with its luscious fruits
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00:42:05,782 --> 00:42:07,432
and tropic flowers.
396
00:42:07,433 --> 00:42:10,165
The Bounty brought the
bread fruit to Pitcairn
397
00:42:10,166 --> 00:42:12,146
instead of to the West Indies,
398
00:42:12,147 --> 00:42:14,638
and sea captains have added their share
399
00:42:14,639 --> 00:42:17,368
to the buried collection of plants.
400
00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:23,787
This Pitcairn girl is weaving a straw hat
401
00:42:23,788 --> 00:42:25,940
from the dried leaves
of the pandanus palm.
402
00:43:04,322 --> 00:43:06,341
In this village of primitive ways,
403
00:43:06,342 --> 00:43:09,434
girls with long hair still carry pitchers
404
00:43:09,435 --> 00:43:11,145
to fill at the wells.
405
00:43:11,146 --> 00:43:14,839
This girl, a descendant
of midshipman Young,
406
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,836
is carrying a jar, which came
to Pitcairn on the Bounty.
407
00:43:26,789 --> 00:43:28,110
Under the community system,
408
00:43:28,111 --> 00:43:31,592
all rations from passing
steamers are divided equally
409
00:43:31,593 --> 00:43:34,355
among the 52 families of the island.
410
00:43:34,356 --> 00:43:35,646
At the courthouse,
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00:43:35,647 --> 00:43:38,738
flour received from our
steamer is being rationed.
412
00:43:38,739 --> 00:43:41,201
Here, you get a good
peak at the descendants
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00:43:41,202 --> 00:43:43,122
of the Bounty mutineers.
414
00:43:43,123 --> 00:43:46,665
In the majority of cases,
the Tahitian type prevails.
415
00:43:46,666 --> 00:43:50,358
They are thin and strong, and
speak a language of their own,
416
00:43:50,359 --> 00:43:52,524
a mixture of Tahiti and broken English.
417
00:43:57,775 --> 00:44:01,167
The peace of Pitcairn today
makes it hard to realise
418
00:44:01,168 --> 00:44:04,505
how terribly it was stained
with crime and bloodshed
419
00:44:04,506 --> 00:44:08,433
by the early struggle for
supremacy between the mutineers
420
00:44:08,434 --> 00:44:12,577
and the men of Tahiti, when
all excepting two mutineers,
421
00:44:12,578 --> 00:44:14,352
succumbed to the clash of colour.
422
00:44:15,850 --> 00:44:17,501
This is William Christian,
423
00:44:17,502 --> 00:44:20,083
the great grandson of Fletcher Christian.
424
00:44:20,084 --> 00:44:22,635
Fletcher Christian's
son afterwards married
425
00:44:22,636 --> 00:44:26,328
a pure native girl, who as
a baby, was brought ashore
426
00:44:26,329 --> 00:44:28,070
from the Bounty in a barrel,
427
00:44:28,071 --> 00:44:31,316
and so the dark blood of
the Christians predominate.
428
00:44:32,184 --> 00:44:34,345
William Christian is hoeing the same plot
429
00:44:34,346 --> 00:44:37,561
where Fletcher Christian was
killed by the Tahitian men.
430
00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:41,821
These are the family plots of Pitcairn,
431
00:44:41,822 --> 00:44:45,574
in little fertile valleys,
1,000 feet above the sea.
432
00:44:45,575 --> 00:44:47,986
Here the mutineers and
their pagan companions
433
00:44:47,987 --> 00:44:51,909
fought and killed each
other until only one,
434
00:44:51,910 --> 00:44:53,891
John Adams, remained.
435
00:44:53,892 --> 00:44:57,074
He, by the aid of the Bounty's
Bible, preached the gospel
436
00:44:57,075 --> 00:44:58,876
to the remaining women and children.
437
00:45:00,468 --> 00:45:04,400
Upon this site, stood Fletcher
Christians' first cabin.
438
00:45:04,401 --> 00:45:07,617
We now turn back the pages of history.
439
00:45:12,087 --> 00:45:16,320
I wonder how much longer
it'll be before those black dogs
440
00:45:16,321 --> 00:45:18,155
put a knife in our backs.
441
00:45:19,533 --> 00:45:21,135
Why cannot have it be tonight.
442
00:45:22,506 --> 00:45:24,276
Death would be a release from the remorse
443
00:45:24,277 --> 00:45:28,660
which dogs my footsteps day
and night, night and day.
444
00:45:28,661 --> 00:45:31,727
Who do you torture
yourself about? Bligh? Ah.
445
00:45:33,165 --> 00:45:35,055
He deserved his fate.
446
00:45:35,056 --> 00:45:35,900
No, my friend.
447
00:45:36,918 --> 00:45:41,030
Whatever Bligh's faults, he
was a brave British officer.
448
00:45:41,031 --> 00:45:41,962
And in my presence,
449
00:45:41,963 --> 00:45:44,164
I would still have you
speak of him as such.
450
00:45:59,947 --> 00:46:03,043
John Adams has made a strange request.
451
00:46:06,042 --> 00:46:07,667
He has asked for the Bible,
452
00:46:09,405 --> 00:46:13,247
believing he can cleanse
this spawning hell
453
00:46:13,248 --> 00:46:15,744
by preaching the gospel.
454
00:46:20,184 --> 00:46:25,188
Oh, blessed Lord, look with
mercy on Pitcairn Island,
455
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,031
and upon the fathers of
these little children
456
00:46:30,032 --> 00:46:32,377
who died in shameful strife.
457
00:46:33,215 --> 00:46:35,710
By the shedding of their blood, oh Lord,
458
00:46:36,698 --> 00:46:41,342
strengthen us for the
trials for the future
459
00:46:41,343 --> 00:46:42,946
in this isolation.
460
00:46:43,814 --> 00:46:48,053
People of Pitcairn,
remember the Lord said,
461
00:46:48,054 --> 00:46:51,587
"Come unto me all ye that suffer."
462
00:46:53,392 --> 00:46:56,998
And little children, the Lord said,
463
00:46:57,932 --> 00:47:02,937
"Suffer little children to come unto me."
464
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,402
From the humble
services held by John Adams
465
00:47:18,403 --> 00:47:21,524
in a hut, has sprung
the present-day church,
466
00:47:21,525 --> 00:47:23,596
a large building of two stories,
467
00:47:23,597 --> 00:47:25,968
the most pretentious in the village.
468
00:47:25,969 --> 00:47:28,250
There is no labour on the sabbath,
469
00:47:28,251 --> 00:47:31,522
and church is held three
times during the day.
470
00:47:31,523 --> 00:47:33,714
Every man who possesses the naval uniform
471
00:47:33,715 --> 00:47:35,095
wears it to church,
472
00:47:35,096 --> 00:47:38,279
when clothes of all descriptions are worn.
473
00:48:04,761 --> 00:48:07,883
Most of the timber for this
church was cut from the trees
474
00:48:07,884 --> 00:48:10,889
of an island 200 miles from Pitcairn.
475
00:48:20,644 --> 00:48:24,637
These are three prominent
church people, Roy Clark,
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00:48:24,638 --> 00:48:27,943
Aunt Anne McCoy, and Dora Warren.
477
00:48:28,811 --> 00:48:31,542
Edwin Christian, the Beau
Brummell of Pitcairn,
478
00:48:31,543 --> 00:48:34,339
talks with his wife after
the morning service.
479
00:48:35,837 --> 00:48:39,049
In Pitcairn smithy, old Benjamin Young,
480
00:48:39,050 --> 00:48:41,811
the great grandson of midshipman Young,
481
00:48:41,812 --> 00:48:44,243
is turning the Bounty's vice,
482
00:48:44,244 --> 00:48:47,516
which is still doing
service on the island today.
483
00:48:47,517 --> 00:48:50,488
Benjamin Young is 84 years of age
484
00:48:50,489 --> 00:48:53,401
and is one of the keenest men on Pitcairn.
485
00:48:53,402 --> 00:48:56,914
Aunt Anne McCoy, descendant
of mutineer McCoy,
486
00:48:56,915 --> 00:48:58,265
is busy making a basket
487
00:48:58,266 --> 00:49:01,267
from the leaves of the pandanus palm.
488
00:49:01,268 --> 00:49:03,235
Her old fingers are almost as deft
489
00:49:03,236 --> 00:49:05,539
as those of the young people.
490
00:49:13,996 --> 00:49:17,773
A woman of the large Christian
family spends her spare time
491
00:49:17,774 --> 00:49:21,058
hand painting souvenirs
made from coconuts.
492
00:49:22,976 --> 00:49:26,819
Edwin Christian is the
spiritual leader of Pitcairn,
493
00:49:26,820 --> 00:49:30,155
his sterling qualities
being an inspiration to all.
494
00:49:31,053 --> 00:49:33,604
When death comes to the Pitcairner,
495
00:49:33,605 --> 00:49:37,868
a tombstone is cut from the
rocks washed smooth by the sea.
496
00:49:37,869 --> 00:49:42,191
Edwin Christian is here seen
hewing a tombstone from a rock
497
00:49:42,192 --> 00:49:43,456
below the landing place.
498
00:49:44,324 --> 00:49:46,155
The stones ovens of the island
499
00:49:46,156 --> 00:49:48,905
are also made from these rocks.
500
00:50:04,784 --> 00:50:08,542
As long as the sea shall
break upon Pitcairn,
501
00:50:08,543 --> 00:50:12,306
there is a name whose
glory will never die,
502
00:50:12,307 --> 00:50:15,673
and whose works will
always remain, John Adams.
503
00:50:17,682 --> 00:50:21,884
Necessity has taught Pitcairn
to be entirely self-supporting
504
00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:25,547
as the possibility of a steamer
calling becomes more remote,
505
00:50:25,548 --> 00:50:27,503
as modern commerce is speeded up.
506
00:50:28,371 --> 00:50:31,342
Here we see Pitcairners making their salt.
507
00:50:31,343 --> 00:50:35,155
Each family owns its saltwater
pools on the seafront,
508
00:50:35,156 --> 00:50:38,518
where in rough shelters
the water is boiled off,
509
00:50:38,519 --> 00:50:40,714
leaving a coarse-grained salt.
510
00:50:44,825 --> 00:50:48,096
This is the crude sugar
mill of the island,
511
00:50:48,097 --> 00:50:51,579
which is used by each family
to manufacture the juice,
512
00:50:51,580 --> 00:50:53,895
which takes the place of refined sugar.
513
00:51:00,227 --> 00:51:03,192
Every member of each family
takes a turn of the wheel,
514
00:51:03,193 --> 00:51:07,042
and the only horse on the
island is available to all
515
00:51:07,043 --> 00:51:08,367
under the community rule.
516
00:51:15,780 --> 00:51:17,965
Two families are busy
at the arrowroot mill.
517
00:51:18,928 --> 00:51:20,613
The roots of the plants are being grated,
518
00:51:20,614 --> 00:51:23,467
preparatory to being ground to pulp.
519
00:51:23,468 --> 00:51:26,558
Arrowroot is one of
Pitcairn's staple foods,
520
00:51:26,559 --> 00:51:29,681
and the young children are
practically reared upon it
521
00:51:29,682 --> 00:51:30,796
and coconut milk.
522
00:51:35,957 --> 00:51:38,475
Little Viola Christian is a worthy example
523
00:51:38,476 --> 00:51:40,524
of Pitcairn's youngest generation.
524
00:51:41,482 --> 00:51:43,883
The roots are ground
and the pulp is squeezed
525
00:51:43,884 --> 00:51:47,640
of its precious juices,
which, when set become arable.
526
00:51:48,658 --> 00:51:51,963
The dried pulp goes back
onto the land as fertiliser.
527
00:51:54,392 --> 00:51:56,523
Each family has its saw blade.
528
00:51:56,524 --> 00:51:59,800
This is the only method of
sawing timber on the island.
529
00:52:00,931 --> 00:52:04,300
For community work, such as
boat building and case making,
530
00:52:04,301 --> 00:52:07,961
each family does its share,
and more than 30 saw blades
531
00:52:07,962 --> 00:52:11,266
will be in action at
once, making light work.
532
00:52:11,267 --> 00:52:14,809
There are no slackers
upon this little island.
533
00:52:14,810 --> 00:52:17,511
Every man does his bit.
534
00:52:17,512 --> 00:52:20,423
One of the large canoes
from the fishing fleet
535
00:52:20,424 --> 00:52:22,626
is being carried to the
village for repairs.
536
00:52:23,787 --> 00:52:26,969
The Pitcairners take great
pride in their boats,
537
00:52:26,970 --> 00:52:29,899
which are kept in excellent order.
538
00:52:47,627 --> 00:52:49,577
A young boat builder,
539
00:52:49,578 --> 00:52:54,115
they go to the sea in ships at
a very early age on Pitcairn.
540
00:52:55,854 --> 00:52:58,045
The large canoe is being corked,
541
00:52:58,046 --> 00:53:01,317
ready for its battle against a tyrant sea,
542
00:53:01,318 --> 00:53:05,040
and the uncertain currents
of the Pitcairn fishing bank.
543
00:53:05,041 --> 00:53:08,343
The Pitcairners make their own violins,
544
00:53:08,344 --> 00:53:12,967
and the girls give their
hair as strings for the bows.
545
00:53:12,968 --> 00:53:16,090
There are no music masters on Pitcairn,
546
00:53:16,091 --> 00:53:18,225
they are all self-taught.
547
00:53:32,741 --> 00:53:37,746
Here's Pitcairn's Don Bradman,
making his own cricket bat.
548
00:53:37,979 --> 00:53:41,548
An attempt is made to
educate the young Pitcairner,
549
00:53:41,549 --> 00:53:46,055
who only goes to school for
two hours before breakfast,
550
00:53:46,056 --> 00:53:49,271
and then spends the
remainder of the day at play.
551
00:53:53,472 --> 00:53:57,674
The young men of Pitcairn
are of excellent physique,
552
00:53:57,675 --> 00:54:00,256
and although they climb and swim,
553
00:54:00,257 --> 00:54:04,190
they are great believers
in physical culture.
554
00:54:04,191 --> 00:54:07,462
These young men are the
product of inbreeding
555
00:54:07,463 --> 00:54:09,388
for a period of 160 years.
556
00:54:11,521 --> 00:54:15,239
Realising this, the physique
and mental capabilities
557
00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:18,377
of these people surprise one.
558
00:54:30,282 --> 00:54:34,035
We now leave the village,
to visit the rough coastline
559
00:54:34,036 --> 00:54:35,059
of Pitcairn.
560
00:55:04,689 --> 00:55:08,503
A fine salt mist drives in from the surf,
561
00:55:08,504 --> 00:55:10,939
sweeping past mountain and palm.
562
00:55:12,047 --> 00:55:15,859
For thousands of miles, a lonely sea
563
00:55:15,860 --> 00:55:18,802
develops huge land swells,
564
00:55:18,803 --> 00:55:23,246
which break upon little
Pitcairn with giant force,
565
00:55:23,247 --> 00:55:26,758
shaking the island from end to end.
566
00:55:26,759 --> 00:55:31,764
The roar of Pitcairn surf can
be heard for many miles at sea
567
00:55:31,921 --> 00:55:34,989
and ships will give it a wide berth.
568
00:56:18,523 --> 00:56:23,527
Sheltered from the winds, the
surf rolls in more lightly
569
00:56:23,627 --> 00:56:25,938
upon Bounty Bay.
570
00:56:25,939 --> 00:56:29,781
In all kinds of weather, rough or calm,
571
00:56:29,782 --> 00:56:32,874
Pitcairn's fishing fleet goes out.
572
00:56:32,875 --> 00:56:36,417
All together, there are
30 large fishing canoes,
573
00:56:36,418 --> 00:56:38,252
all built on Pitcairn.
574
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:47,406
A Pitcairner is returning
home with his fish.
575
00:56:47,407 --> 00:56:49,158
He will have to shoot the breakers.
576
00:56:50,289 --> 00:56:52,304
A great wave rushes to envelop him.
577
00:56:53,232 --> 00:56:54,912
He's on its back.
578
00:56:54,913 --> 00:56:56,365
Will he make it?
579
00:56:56,366 --> 00:56:57,211
No.
580
00:56:57,212 --> 00:56:58,549
Ah! He's over.
581
00:56:59,547 --> 00:57:01,194
So are the fish.
582
00:57:06,049 --> 00:57:09,208
Another man comes in.
He has his battle too.
583
00:57:10,448 --> 00:57:12,611
But succeeds, as they generally do.
584
00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:19,232
Bounty Bay, where the
Bounty, after being fired
585
00:57:19,233 --> 00:57:22,775
by mutineer Quintel, sank in flames,
586
00:57:22,776 --> 00:57:26,352
burying her shame from the
eyes of man forevermore.
587
00:57:29,292 --> 00:57:31,122
Hearing from the Pitcairners
588
00:57:31,123 --> 00:57:33,044
that a portion of the Bounty's skeleton
589
00:57:33,045 --> 00:57:36,166
could still be seen at
the coral bed of this bay,
590
00:57:36,167 --> 00:57:38,025
the Chauvels searched with cameras
591
00:57:38,026 --> 00:57:39,803
set in glass-bottomed boxes.
592
00:57:41,091 --> 00:57:44,513
Seaweed shall grow,
the coral shall spread,
593
00:57:44,514 --> 00:57:47,760
and man, his work shall cease.
594
00:57:48,688 --> 00:57:51,093
So spoke the old priest of Polynesia.
595
00:57:52,681 --> 00:57:55,262
The Bounty from its rotting timbers,
596
00:57:55,263 --> 00:57:58,329
we seem to hear spirit voices.
597
00:58:08,167 --> 00:58:11,386
And so, the seaweed-covered
memories of a day
598
00:58:11,387 --> 00:58:16,391
when man went straight to
pleasure, glory, or fortune,
599
00:58:16,491 --> 00:58:18,055
without much meditation.
600
00:58:28,441 --> 00:58:33,124
Now we will land, and this
time climb the steep cliffs
601
00:58:33,125 --> 00:58:37,812
above the sea, to visit the
great swimming pool on Pitcairn.
602
00:58:39,220 --> 00:58:43,002
Through a giant gateway,
the blue Pacific surges
603
00:58:43,003 --> 00:58:45,854
to refresh the waters
of the most beautiful
604
00:58:45,855 --> 00:58:49,762
and fantastic swimming
pool in all the world.
605
00:58:51,530 --> 00:58:55,913
A mirror of cool waters, set
behind great fairy casements
606
00:58:55,914 --> 00:59:00,918
of battle, a sublime
fantasy of rock and sea.
607
00:59:00,943 --> 00:59:03,033
The gift of the gods to Pitcairn.
608
00:59:23,917 --> 00:59:28,220
As specs in a foaming sea,
the news of the fishing fleet
609
00:59:28,221 --> 00:59:33,024
lied by the devils' gateway as
they returned to Bounty Bay.
610
00:59:33,025 --> 00:59:36,120
We climbed to a great wall
of rock above the pool.
611
00:59:37,138 --> 00:59:39,924
A thousand years of
pagan history is buried
612
00:59:39,925 --> 00:59:44,073
in a bed of coral rubble
and shattered idols
613
00:59:44,074 --> 00:59:45,375
at the base of this cliff.
614
00:59:46,326 --> 00:59:49,087
There were men here in a Stone Age,
615
00:59:49,088 --> 00:59:52,150
making hammerheads and chisels of stone,
616
00:59:52,151 --> 00:59:54,582
and etching their histories and beliefs
617
00:59:54,583 --> 00:59:56,563
upon the mountainsides.
618
00:59:56,564 --> 01:00:00,046
On this wall, Charles Chauvel discovers
619
01:00:00,047 --> 01:00:03,859
what is perhaps the
heathen story of creation,
620
01:00:03,860 --> 01:00:08,723
as the sacred birds of old
Polynesia are plainly outlined
621
01:00:08,724 --> 01:00:12,567
with the fruitful tree,
the stars of the sky,
622
01:00:12,568 --> 01:00:13,952
and the fishy of the sea.
623
01:00:15,930 --> 01:00:19,052
We climb on to the higher
peaks of the island,
624
01:00:19,053 --> 01:00:22,629
and look down to the rugged
coastline we have left behind.
625
01:00:26,439 --> 01:00:29,140
Each family owns its block of goats,
626
01:00:29,141 --> 01:00:32,928
and they are ear-marked just
as we ear mark our sheep.
627
01:00:34,546 --> 01:00:38,469
This is Goat House Mountain,
on which can be seen
628
01:00:38,470 --> 01:00:40,674
Fletcher Christian's cave.
629
01:00:44,784 --> 01:00:46,315
By the aid of ropes,
630
01:00:46,316 --> 01:00:49,111
the camera party is now nearing the cave.
631
01:00:50,459 --> 01:00:53,641
In this cave, far above the sea,
632
01:00:53,642 --> 01:00:57,244
Fletcher Christian as a
hunted and distracted man,
633
01:00:57,245 --> 01:00:59,976
spent long periods away from the village,
634
01:00:59,977 --> 01:01:02,438
longing for the sight of a sail.
635
01:01:02,439 --> 01:01:05,201
Back in the village, we come to Pitcairn's
636
01:01:05,202 --> 01:01:09,138
public notice board, where
all announcements are posted.
637
01:01:10,043 --> 01:01:13,668
"If any person can give a
reason why Allan Christian
638
01:01:13,669 --> 01:01:16,640
should not marry Eva Christian,
639
01:01:16,641 --> 01:01:19,821
let him now speak or
forever hold his peace."
640
01:01:21,925 --> 01:01:23,906
A Christian man desires to keep
641
01:01:23,907 --> 01:01:26,038
another Christian's daughter.
642
01:01:26,039 --> 01:01:28,586
Hence, the shout of rose petal,
643
01:01:28,587 --> 01:01:31,833
and the passing of Pitcairn's
admiral, chief engineer,
644
01:01:31,834 --> 01:01:36,838
and steward, in the uniform
of numerous shipping lines.
645
01:01:46,846 --> 01:01:50,152
The second notice is a very different one.
646
01:01:51,447 --> 01:01:55,402
"David Young's first
born is failing hourly.
647
01:01:55,403 --> 01:01:59,456
The ship Matapopa is
now due in these waters
648
01:01:59,457 --> 01:02:02,428
and its doctor can save David's child.
649
01:02:02,429 --> 01:02:05,262
Volunteers are needed to
keep the beacon alight
650
01:02:05,263 --> 01:02:07,530
and to take turn at the wireless."
651
01:02:10,566 --> 01:02:14,528
Sometimes, an expected
steamer will pass by,
652
01:02:14,529 --> 01:02:17,480
not bothering to call
at the little island,
653
01:02:17,481 --> 01:02:20,864
and a Pitcairn life in
need of medical attention
654
01:02:20,865 --> 01:02:22,279
will pass away.
655
01:02:23,387 --> 01:02:28,391
This night on the cliffs, a
little band will watch and hope.
656
01:02:30,055 --> 01:02:32,093
Oh magnify the Lord with me
657
01:02:32,094 --> 01:02:34,559
and let us exalt his name together.
658
01:02:35,397 --> 01:02:37,629
I found the Lord and he heard me...
659
01:02:37,630 --> 01:02:38,665
David.
660
01:02:38,666 --> 01:02:39,899
And...
661
01:02:39,900 --> 01:02:43,623
David, do you think the ship will call?
662
01:02:43,624 --> 01:02:47,376
We can only hope and pray, Martha.
663
01:02:47,377 --> 01:02:49,471
As the good Lord wills, so shall it be.
664
01:02:53,346 --> 01:02:54,882
So shall it be.
665
01:02:54,883 --> 01:02:58,429
This poor man cried
and the Lord heard him.
666
01:02:59,369 --> 01:03:01,397
Any fireworks on deck tonight?
667
01:03:01,398 --> 01:03:03,856
No, it's as dead as a
doornail down there tonight.
668
01:03:03,857 --> 01:03:06,291
The blonde's off colour
and has had to see old doc.
669
01:03:06,292 --> 01:03:07,853
Oh.
670
01:03:07,854 --> 01:03:09,474
Thanks.
671
01:03:09,475 --> 01:03:13,467
I always did prefer medicine to wireless.
672
01:03:13,468 --> 01:03:16,324
You know, I should have
been a doctor, Jim.
673
01:03:17,462 --> 01:03:20,449
You don't do so badly for
yourself, you ole blighter.
674
01:03:45,055 --> 01:03:47,069
Can you call the ship, Edgar?
675
01:03:50,129 --> 01:03:51,633
I don't think so, Mother.
676
01:03:53,131 --> 01:03:55,683
And even if I did reach them,
677
01:03:55,684 --> 01:03:58,660
I don't think they'd come near Pitcairn.
678
01:03:58,661 --> 01:04:02,352
Oh Edgar, I'm afraid the baby's failing.
679
01:04:13,548 --> 01:04:17,421
The angel of the Lord
encampeth around all them
680
01:04:17,422 --> 01:04:20,153
that fear him, and deliverth them.
681
01:04:20,154 --> 01:04:22,160
- All fear the Lord...
- David, stop that.
682
01:04:22,161 --> 01:04:22,994
For he is good.
683
01:04:22,995 --> 01:04:24,267
I can't stand anymore.
684
01:04:24,268 --> 01:04:25,839
Fear the Lord, ye of faint heart.
685
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,733
I want a doctor. Do you
hear, David? A doctor.
686
01:04:28,734 --> 01:04:30,052
Martha.
687
01:04:36,367 --> 01:04:37,358
Anything to report?
688
01:04:37,359 --> 01:04:40,570
Oh, nothing important.
Someone was trying to get us.
689
01:04:40,571 --> 01:04:44,143
I think it was Pitcairn Island,
but they faded right out.
690
01:04:44,144 --> 01:04:45,614
And I haven't heard them since.
691
01:04:45,615 --> 01:04:47,055
Oh, Pitcairn is always bothering us
692
01:04:47,056 --> 01:04:48,047
about something or other.
693
01:04:48,048 --> 01:04:50,478
Well, it's no use than
bothering us anyway.
694
01:04:50,479 --> 01:04:52,730
The old man wouldn't venture
near that lonely rock.
695
01:04:52,731 --> 01:04:54,385
Besides, we are pressed for time.
696
01:04:55,343 --> 01:04:59,486
Well, castle's yours,
old man. Goodnight, Jim.
697
01:04:59,487 --> 01:05:00,320
Goodnight.
698
01:05:10,326 --> 01:05:13,031
They seem to be getting
further away every minute.
699
01:05:14,860 --> 01:05:19,036
And even if I got them
now, they wouldn't come.
700
01:05:20,384 --> 01:05:22,519
They'd lose too much time.
701
01:05:25,128 --> 01:05:28,494
Sorry, old man, but I've
done my best, David.
702
01:05:57,486 --> 01:06:01,990
Dear Father, thou has seen
fit to pluck this blossom
703
01:06:03,770 --> 01:06:04,604
from our garden.
704
01:06:06,322 --> 01:06:11,129
Let us spare our burden
as atonement for the past,
705
01:06:12,438 --> 01:06:16,260
and help us to lift up our eyes to be
706
01:06:16,261 --> 01:06:21,265
with true Pitcairn
courage, and to echo daily
707
01:06:23,467 --> 01:06:27,523
thy holy will be done.
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