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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE FALKLANDS WAR, 1982.
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{\an7}HIGH ON A REMOTE GLACIER,
\h\hSPECIAL FORCES TROOPS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE TRAPPED
BY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.
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{\an7}RISKING CATASTROPHIC
\h\hENGINE FAILURE,
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{\an7}ROYAL NAVY HELICOPTER PILOTS
\h\h\hSTAGE A DARING RESCUE.
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{\an7}\hMan: IT’S NO GOOD
PUTTING ON A UNIFORM
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{\an7}AND SAYING, "YEAH,
\hI’M IN THE NAVY,
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{\an7}\h\hOF COURSE I CAN
GO TO WAR TOMORROW."
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{\an7}YOU DON‘T KNOW.
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{\an7}Narrator: IN A LETHAL MAZE
\h\h\h\h\hOF ICE AND ROCK,
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{\an7}THE ONLY WAY OUT IS BY RADAR.
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{\an7}Stanley: YOU CAN‘T SEE.
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{\an7}IT‘S LIKE BEING IN THE DARK--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT IT‘S WHITE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THREE HELICOPTERS
\h\h\h\hHEAD INTO THE VOID.
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{\an7}ONLY ONE WILL COME BACK.
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{\an7}SOUTH GEORGIA--A REMOTE
\hAND FORBIDDING OUTCROP
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{\an7}IN THE FAR SOUTH
OF THE ATLANTIC.
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{\an7}SEVEN AND A HALF THOUSAND MILES
FROM LONDON,
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE ISLAND IS
A BRITISH TERRITORY,
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{\an7}DATING BACK MORE THAN 200 YEARS.
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{\an7}11 MOUNTAINS SOAR
OVER 6,000 FEET--
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{\an7}WITH MAJESTIC GLACIERS
\h\hSPANNING THE GAPS.
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{\an7}FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER,
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{\an7}ONLY SCIENTISTS BRAVE
\hTHE HOSTILE WINTER.
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{\an7}BUT ON MARCH 19, 1982,
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{\an7}ARGENTINEAN FORCES
INVADE THE ISLAND,
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{\an7}OCCUPYING THE FEW
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.
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{\an7}THEN, 14 DAYS LATER, ARGENTINA
\h\h\hANNEXES THE FALKLANDS--
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{\an7}860 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST.
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{\an7}THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
\h\hRESPONDS IN FORCE.
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{\an7}A HEAVILY ARMED TASK FORCE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSPEARHEADED BY
TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS,
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{\an7}SETS SAIL FOR THE FALKLANDS.
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{\an7}BUT ANOTHER, SMALLER FORCE
\h\h\h\hGATHERS IN SECRET.
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{\an7}JUST FOUR SHIPS--WITH ORDERS
\h\hTO RETAKE SOUTH GEORGIA.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hANTRIM,
ONE AGING HELICOPTER
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{\an7}IS DESTINED TO FIRE
THE OPENING SHOTS--
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{\an7}A WESTLAND WESSEX 3,
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{\an7}AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN
\h\h\h\hAS HUMPHREY.
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{\an7}19 YEARS OLD EVEN THEN,
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{\an7}IT‘S NOW HOUSED IN THE NAVY‘S
\h\h\h\hFLEET AIR ARM MUSEUM.
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{\an7}AS THE VETERAN CREW RECALLS,
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{\an7}THE HUMPHREY HAD A SINGLE ENGINE
WITH A WORRYING FAILURE RATE.
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{\an7}Man: THE ONE THING I ALWAYS
\hTHINK ABOUT IN RETROSPECT.
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{\an7}HOW MANY FAILURES THEY’D HAD
\h\h\h\hON WESSEX 3 ENGINES
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{\an7}BEFORE WE WENT UP THERE.
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{\an7}Second man: WELL, I‘D HAD TWO.
\h\h\h\hTWO, ONE IN THE WATER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFirst Man:
YOU WERE WESSEX 3 AS WELL?
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{\an7}\h\h\hThird man: YEAH, I HAD
QUITE A FEW HEAVY LANDINGS.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: BUT HUMPHREY IS
A MUCH LOVED OLD WORKHORSE.
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{\an7}THE PILOT--LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
IAN STANLEY.
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{\an7}Stanley: YOU GET TO THE EDGES OF
A FLIGHT ENVELOPE QUITE OFTEN.
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{\an7}IT’S WHEN YOU GET
\hTOO CLOSE TO IT
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{\an7}OR YOU’RE BEING PUSHED
\h\h\hBY CIRCUMSTANCES
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{\an7}TO GET TOO CLOSE TO IT,
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{\an7}THAT LIFE GETS A LITTLE BIT
\h\h\h\h\hMORE INTERESTING.
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{\an7}Narrator: STANLEY’S CREW--
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{\an7}CHRIS PARRY, STEWART COOPER,
\h\h\h\hAND DAVE FITZGERALD.
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{\an7}FOUR MEN--AND THE MACHINE
THAT CARRIED THEM TO WAR.
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{\an7}APRIL 1982.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hANTRIM,
THE GRAPEVINE BUZZES
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{\an7}ABOUT A MYSTERIOUS TROOP
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SOLDIERS.
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{\an7}Parry: WE ALL SORT OF WHISPERED
TO EACH OTHER, DIDN‘T WE?
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{\an7}ARE THESE GUYS IN THE S.A.S.?
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{\an7}I MEAN, WHY HAVE THEY
\h\h\h\hGOT LONG HAIR,
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{\an7}AND WHY ARE THEY SPEAKING
\h\h\hWITH IRISH ACCENTS?
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{\an7}Fitzgerald: WE HAD THEM
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN OUR MESS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND THEY BROUGHT
ALL THEIR GUNS WITH THEM.
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{\an7}AND THEY ACTUALLY KEPT
THEIR GUNS WITH THEM,
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{\an7}THEY SLEPT WITH THEIR GUNS.
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{\an7}Narrator: THIS IS THE ELITE
\h\h\h\hSPECIAL AIR SERVICE,
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{\an7}\h\hHARDENED BY YEARS OF COVERT
OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNOW THEY HAVE
A SPECTACULAR PLAN--
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{\an7}TO RETAKE SOUTH GEORGIA
\h\h\h\h\hBY HELICOPTER.
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{\an7}Parry: THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD
\h\h\h\h\hABOUT IT, OF COURSE,
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{\an7}WAS WHEN WE ARRIVED
\hOFF SOUTH GEORGIA.
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{\an7}AND THEY SAID WE WANT TO GO--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHERE!
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{\an7}AND WE WENT--YOU WHAT?
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{\an7}Narrator: THE FLIGHT PLAN
VERGES ON THE IMPOSSIBLE.
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{\an7}THE GATEWAY TO SOUTH GEORGIA
\hIS THE FACE OF A GLACIER--
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{\an7}\h\hTHREE QUARTERS THE HEIGHT
OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
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{\an7}HIGHER STILL, THE ROUTE
\h\h\hTWISTS AND CLIMBS
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{\an7}BETWEEN HUGE MOUNTAINS,
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{\an7}WHILE THE TEMPERATURE PLUMMETS.
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{\an7}THE DROP ZONE IS THE VERY TOP
\h\h\h\h\hOF FORTUNA GLACIER,
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{\an7}2,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
AND -4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
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{\an7}FROM THERE, THE SPECIAL FORCES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWILL COVER
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{\an7}THE LAST 9 1/2 MILES ON FOOT.
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{\an7}THEIR OBJECTIVE--
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{\an7}THE ARGENTINEAN GARRISON
\h\h\hAT LEITH HARBOUR.
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{\an7}Parry: I REMEMBER YOU SAYING,
\h"WHY ARE WE GOING UP THERE?"
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{\an7}AND THIS CHAP SAID TO YOU,
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{\an7}\h"WELL, THEY WON‘T EXPECT US
TO COME FROM THAT DIRECTION!"
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND YOU SAID, "WELL,
THEY WON’T EXPECT YOU TO COME
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{\an7}BY POLARIS MISSILE EITHER,
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{\an7}IT‘S NO GOOD REASON TO DO IT!"
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{\an7}AND I REMEMBER THINKING "THAT‘S
A REALLY GUTSY CALL, THAT!"
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{\an7}Narrator: ON APRIL 21st,
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{\an7}THE SPECIAL FORCES
\hMAKE THEIR MOVE.
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{\an7}THE STRIKE TEAM--
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{\an7}\h16 HIGHLY TRAINED SPECIALISTS
IN ARCTIC AND MOUNTAIN WARFARE.
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{\an7}\h\hTHREE HELICOPTERS
HEAD FOR THE GLACIER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMOST OF THE TROOPS GO
IN TWO WESSEX TROOP CARRIERS--
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{\an7}\h\h\hEACH WITH AMPLE ROOM
FOR FULLY KITTED SOLDIERS.
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{\an7}HUMPHREY TAKES THE LEAD--
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{\an7}ACTING AS THE MISSION‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\hPATHFINDER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINSTEAD OF TROOPS,
THE BULK OF THE CABIN IS FILLED
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{\an7}WITH RADAR NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT.
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{\an7}THE RADAR’S TRANSMITTER
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{\an7}\h\hGIVES THE WESSEX 3
ITS DISTINCTIVE HUMP.
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{\an7}HUMPHREY AND ITS CREW
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{\an7}\h\h\hNORMALLY SPECIALIZE
IN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE.
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{\an7}BUT FOR THIS MISSION,
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{\an7}LIEUTENANT CHRIS PARRY
\h\h\hWILL IMPROVISE,
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{\an7}ADAPTING HUMPHREY‘S RADAR
\h\h\h\h\hFOR NAVIGATION.
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{\an7}Parry: WHAT WE WERE
BEING REQUIRED TO DO
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{\an7}WAS FLYING BETWEEN MOUNTAINS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN CLOUD,
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{\an7}BECAUSE MOST OF THE DAYS
\h\h\h\hIN SOUTH GEORGIA
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{\an7}THE WEATHER WAS ATROCIOUS--
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{\an7}\h\hHEAVY CLOUD, SNOWSTORMS
AND VERY HIGH WINDS INDEED,
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{\an7}\hAND POSSIBLY CHARTS THAT
WEREN‘T ENTIRELY ACCURATE.
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{\an7}Narrator: CO-PILOT
\h\hSTEWART COOPER
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{\an7}\hIS AN EXTRA PAIR
OF EYES AND EARS,
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{\an7}MONITORING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL
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{\an7}\hAND THE DAUNTING
MOUNTAIN TERRAIN.
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{\an7}AS FLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER,
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{\an7}HE ALSO CAPTURES A UNIQUE RECORD
OF THE MISSION.
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{\an7}\hCooper: YOU COULD SEE
THE SCALE OF THE CLIFFS
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{\an7}BEHIND THE HELICOPTER.
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{\an7}HUGE, OVER A THOUSAND FEET, JUST
IMMEDIATE RISE FROM THE SEA.
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{\an7}Narrator: AIRCREWMAN
\h\hDAVE FITZGERALD
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{\an7}KEEPS A DOORWAY LOOKOUT,
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{\an7}IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION
\h\h\h\h\hWITH HIS PILOT.
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{\an7}EVEN THIS BARREN LANDSCAPE MIGHT
BE PATROLLED BY THE ENEMY.
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{\an7}Fitzgerald: YOU’RE ALWAYS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLOOKING OUT
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{\an7}TO SEE THE FLASH OF SMALL ARMS
\hFIRE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
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{\an7}AND IN FACT THE WEATHER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS SO BAD
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{\an7}IF THEY HAD ANY SENSE
THEY WERE ALL INDOORS,
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{\an7}AND THAT‘S WHAT WE
\hWERE BANKING ON.
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{\an7}Narrator: THERE‘S NO SIGN
\h\h\h\h\hOF ARGENTINEANS.
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{\an7}\hBUT THE REAL ENEMY
IS ABOUT TO STRIKE.
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{\an7}\hParry: WE SOON HIT A REAL,
A REALLY BAD WEATHER FRONT.
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{\an7}WE GOT BUFFETED ON THE WAY IN,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hQUITE SEVERELY.
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{\an7}WE WERE WORKING PRETTY HARD
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{\an7}TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN‘T GOING
\h\h\hTO CRASH INTO SOMETHING.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE GLACIER LOOMS
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{\an7}THROUGH THICKENING CLOUD
\h\h\hAND DRIVING SNOW.
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{\an7}WITH SOLID ICE AND ROCK
\h\h\h\h\hON ALL SIDES,
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{\an7}IAN STANLEY IS FLYING BLIND.
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{\an7}THE TWO TROOP CARRIERS
\h\h\h\h\hSTAY CLOSE--
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{\an7}ANXIOUS TO MAINTAIN
\h\h\hVISUAL CONTACT
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{\an7}AS HUMPHREY LEADS THE WAY
\h\h\h\hTO THE DROP SITE.
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{\an7}USING RADAR, HUMPHREY’S
\hNAVIGATOR CHRIS PARRY
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{\an7}STRUGGLES TO FIND THE NARROW
GAPS BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS.
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{\an7}Parry: I WAS DESPERATELY TRYING
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{\an7}TO FIX THE HELICOPTER‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPOSITION.
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{\an7}AND ON THE RADAR, I COULD SEE
\hTHESE MASSIVE SORT OF EDGES
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{\an7}AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS.
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{\an7}\hAND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
WE WERE GETTING A MISMATCH
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{\an7}BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING
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{\an7}WAS OUT IN FRONT
OF THE AIRCRAFT,
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{\an7}\h\h\hWHAT WAS ON THE RADAR,
AND WHAT WAS ON THE CHARTS.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE PROBLEM IS--
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{\an7}\hHUMPHREY‘S RADAR IS REALLY
DESIGNED TO HUNT SUBMARINES.
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{\an7}THE RADAR BEAM BOUNCES BACK
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{\an7}\hWHEN A SUBMARINE BREAKS
THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN.
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{\an7}\h\h\hSO IT WORKS BEST
IN A FLAT ENVIRONMENT.
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{\an7}WITH SKILL, IT CAN BE USED
\h\h\h\h\hFOR NAVIGATION.
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{\an7}THE ECHOES FROM THE LANDSCAPE
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{\an7}\h\h\hGIVE A ROUGH IDEA
OF THE CHANGING TERRAIN.
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{\an7}BUT IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE RADAR
BOUNCES IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
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{\an7}FALSE ECHOES CAN CAUSE A FATAL
\h\hCOLLISION WITH SOLID ROCK.
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{\an7}WITH VISIBILITY CLOSE TO ZERO,
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{\an7}CHRIS PARRY CROSS-CHECKS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE RADAR
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{\an7}WITH THE CREW‘S VERBAL UPDATES.
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{\an7}Parry: WE’RE PICKING UP CLUES,
\hGLIMPSES OF A MOUNTAIN HERE,
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{\an7}GLIMPSES OF A BIT
OF GLACIER THERE,
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{\an7}AND WE‘RE TRYING TO PIECE IT ALL
TOGETHER LIKE A GIANT JIGSAW.
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{\an7}Narrator: AIRCREWMAN
\h\hDAVE FITZGERALD
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{\an7}GIVES PILOT IAN STANLEY FEEDBACK
FROM THE SIDE DOORWAY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFitzgerald:
YOU’RE REPORTING BACK
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{\an7}EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN SEE,
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{\an7}\h\hESPECIALLY ANYTHING
COMING IN FROM THE SIDE.
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{\an7}\hI‘M TELLING HIM, YES, YOU‘RE
AT 40 FEET, 50 FEET WHATEVER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
CO-PILOT STEWART COOPER
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{\an7}SENSES DANGER ALL AROUND.
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{\an7}Cooper: AS WE FLEW
\h\hUP THE GLACIER
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{\an7}I WAS AWARE THAT
THERE WERE ROCKS
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{\an7}AND IN FACT MOUNTAINS
\h\h\hON EITHER SIDE.
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{\an7}I COULDN’T SEE IT BECAUSE
\hIT WAS SHROUDED IN MIST,
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{\an7}BUT THE FACT THAT YOU KNEW
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS THERE
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{\an7}WAS ENOUGH TO FOCUS THE MIND,
\h\h\h\hNEVER MIND YOUR EYES.
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{\an7}Narrator: 25 MINUTES
\h\hFROM THEIR SHIP,
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{\an7}THEY REACH THE DROP ZONE NEAR
\hTHE TOP OF FORTUNA GLACIER.
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{\an7}THE TWO TROOP CARRIERS
\h\h\h\h\hSTAY CLOSE,
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{\an7}\h\hWAITING TO UNLOAD
THEIR CARGOES OF MEN.
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{\an7}BUT IAN STANLEY WILL TEST
\h\h\h\hTHE GROUND FIRST.
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{\an7}HE AND CREWMAN DAVE FITZGERALD
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{\an7}\hMUST SOMEHOW FIND
A SAFE LANDING SPOT.
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{\an7}THE ONLY TROUBLE IS
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY CAN‘T SEE MORE THAN
A FEW YARDS IN ANY DIRECTION.
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{\an7}LOCH LOMOND, SCOTLAND.
\h\h\h26 YEARS LATER.
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{\an7}IAN STANLEY COMES
OUT OF RETIREMENT
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{\an7}TO FACE THE SAME CHALLENGE HE
HAD ON TOP OF FORTUNA GLACIER.
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{\an7}HE WILL RECREATE THE WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS BY WEARING A HOOD--
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{\an7}A TRAINING DEVICE
\hTHAT FORCES HIM
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{\an7}\h\hTO RELY ON HIS
INSTRUMENT PANEL.
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{\an7}Man: YOU HAVE CONTROL.
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{\an7}Stanley: OK, I HAVE CONTROL.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: FLYING BLIND,
HE MUST REACH THE DROP ZONE--
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{\an7}A TINY ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE LOCH.
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{\an7}[RADIO CHATTER]
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{\an7}LIKE HUMPHREY, THE HELICOPTER
\h\hHAS A BUILT-IN INSTRUMENT
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{\an7}TO GUIDE HIM--
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{\an7}DOPPLER RADAR.
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{\an7}IT CALCULATES HIS DIRECTION
\h\h\h\hAND SPEED OF TRAVEL
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{\an7}RELATIVE TO THE DROP ZONE.
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{\an7}IAN STANLEY MUST MANEUVER
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE HELICOPTER
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{\an7}TO KEEP THE CROSSHAIR
\hWITHIN THE CIRCLE...
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{\an7}UNTIL FINALLY HE’S DIRECTLY
\h\h\h\hOVER THE DROP ZONE.
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{\an7}Stanley: DOPPLER‘S INDICATING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE MIDDLE.
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{\an7}Narrator: CLOSE ENOUGH
\hFOR VISUAL CONTACT--
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{\an7}EVEN IN A BLIZZARD.
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{\an7}\h\h\hON FORTUNA GLACIER,
STANLEY PREPARES TO LAND.
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{\an7}BUT ONE OF HIS INSTRUMENTS
\h\h\h\h\h\hHAS A PROBLEM.
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{\an7}THE RADAR ALTIMETER, OR RAD-ALT,
MEASURES HEIGHT
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{\an7}USING A BEAM OF RADAR WAVES.
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{\an7}IF THE HELICOPTER GOES UP,
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{\an7}AN ON-BOARD COMPUTER BRINGS IT
\h\h\hBACK DOWN AUTOMATICALLY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN THEORY, THE PILOT
CHOOSES THE HEIGHT HE WANTS,
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{\an7}AND THE COMPUTER
KEEPS HIM THERE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT ON FORTUNA GLACIER,
SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOING ON.
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{\an7}\h\hCooper: THE RAD-ALT
IS JUMPING AND JERKING,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND ONE MINUTE
IT’S INDICATING 50 FEET,
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{\an7}THE NEXT MINUTE 200 FEET.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE DROP ZONE
IS SCARRED BY CREVASSES,
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{\an7}HUNDREDS OF FEET DEEP.
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{\an7}Cooper: I REMEMBER LOOKING OUT
THAT WINDOW ON THE OTHER SIDE
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{\an7}AND LOOKING DOWN AND THINKING,
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{\an7}[beep] THAT JUST GOES
\h\hALL THE WAY DOWN.
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{\an7}Parry: THAT’S RIGHT, BECAUSE
\h\hAS I WAS SAYING TO YOU,
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{\an7}THIS IS REALLY DARK BLUE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT’S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT THE INSIDE OF GLACIERS,
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{\an7}IT‘S REALLY DARK BLUE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE RADAR ALTIMETER
\h\h\hTHINKS THEY‘RE UP HIGH.
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{\an7}IF THEY FLY USING
\hAUTOMATIC HOVER,
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{\an7}IT WILL DRAG THEM
\hINTO THE ABYSS.
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{\an7}\hSO STANLEY STAYS
ON MANUAL CONTROL.
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{\an7}HIS RAD-ALT AND DOPPLER READINGS
MUST BE CONFIRMED BY HUMAN EYES.
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{\an7}Fitzgerald: I’M TELLING HIM,
\h\hYES, YOU’RE AT 40 FEET,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h50 FEET, WHATEVER,
SO HE’S ALSO BALANCING THAT
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{\an7}WITH WHAT HE’S SEEING
AND WHAT HE’S HEARING
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{\an7}FROM THE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM.
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{\an7}Stanley: HE SAID YOU KNOW
YOU’VE GOT A BIG CREVASSE
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{\an7}JUST OUT THE WINDOW HERE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU KNOW,
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{\an7}YOU’D BETTER MOVE OVER,
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{\an7}AS WE WERE COMING DOWN I MOVED
LEFT AND TOOK UP A NEW HOVER.
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{\an7}Fitzgerald: YOU‘RE GOING DOWN,
\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU‘RE GOING DOWN!
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{\an7}Fitzgerald: AND I DID SAY
\hTO THE PILOT, YOU KNOW,
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{\an7}YOU‘RE GOING DOWN,
YOU‘RE GOING DOWN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND IN THE END HE SAID,
I AM NOT BLOODY WELL GOING DOWN.
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{\an7}SHUT UP!
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{\an7}I SAID NO, YOU’RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
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{\an7}YOU’RE NOT GOING DOWN--
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{\an7}IT’S JUST THE GROUND
\h\h\h\hON THE RIGHT
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{\an7}IS COMING UP TO MEET US.
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{\an7}Narrator: STANLEY DECIDES
\h\h\h\hTO RISK A LANDING.
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{\an7}Stanley: THE AIRCRAFT’S
\h\h\h\h\h\hQUITE HEAVY,
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{\an7}\hSO THERE’S QUITE
A LOT OF PRESSURE
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{\an7}GOING ON ONE OF THOSE WHEELS
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{\an7}WHICH MIGHT JUST HAVE PUNCHED
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{\an7}THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE
\h\h\h\hA SNOW BRIDGE.
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{\an7}SO IT WAS A LONG TIME
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{\an7}BEFORE I PUT ALL THE WEIGHT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE WHEELS.
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{\an7}Narrator: WITH HUMPHREY
\h\h\h\h\h\hSAFELY DOWN,
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{\an7}THE TWO TROOP CARRIERS GO NEXT.
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{\an7}LIEUTENANT MIKE TIDD
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{\an7}HAS THE LIVES OF SEVEN SOLDIERS
IN HIS HANDS.
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{\an7}Tidd: INSTEAD OF HAVING,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU KNOW,
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{\an7}A ROCK FACE OR SOMETHING
\hTO GIVE YOU REFERENCES
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{\an7}AS YOU, AS YOU LET YOURSELF
\h\h\hDOWN ONTO THE GLACIER,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hYOU WERE, YOU WERE
LOOKING OUT OVER NOTHING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE TWO TROOP CARRIERS
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{\an7}\h\hHAVE VERY LITTLE
GUIDANCE EQUIPMENT.
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{\an7}TIDD HAS NO DOPPLER TO TELL HIM
WHICH WAY HE‘S MOVING.
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{\an7}Tidd: YES, YOU CAN TELL
\h\hWHAT YOUR HEIGHT IS,
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{\an7}BUT WHAT YOU CAN’T TELL
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{\an7}IS WHAT YOUR RELATIVE MOVEMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE GROUND IS,
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{\an7}AND YOU ALSO CAN’T TELL
\h\h\h\h\hIF, YOU KNOW,
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{\an7}20 YARDS IN FRONT OF YOU
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{\an7}THERE IS A 3,000-FOOT
\hGRANITE CLIFF FACE.
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{\an7}Narrator: BUT WITH IAN STANLEY
\h\h\h\hBELOW HIM ON THE ICE,
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{\an7}TIDD DOES HAVE A WAY
TO GET HIS BEARINGS.
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{\an7}THE FLIGHT SIMULATOR
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{\an7}AT ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION
\h\hCULDROSE IN CORNWALL.
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{\an7}MIKE TIDD IS ABOUT TO RELIVE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS EXPERIENCE
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{\an7}TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY
\h\h\hIN A SNOWSTORM.
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{\an7}IT WILL BE HIS FIRST HELICOPTER
LANDING IN SIX YEARS.
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{\an7}IAN STANLEY‘S GOING TO GIVE HIM
A FEW PROBLEMS.
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{\an7}\h\hStanley: JUST GOING TO CRANK
THE VIZ DOWN A LITTLE BIT, MIKE.
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{\an7}LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW THERE.
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{\an7}\h\hTidd: I‘D SAY MY VIZ IS
PROBABLY 100 YARDS AT MOST.
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{\an7}Tidd: NOT A LOT TO SEE
\h\h\h\hAT THE MOMENT.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: TIDD’S LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING ON THE GROUND
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{\an7}TO GIVE HIM THE REFERENCE POINT
HE NEEDS.
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{\an7}AND HERE‘S HIS CHANCE.
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{\an7}\h\hTidd: LET‘S TAKE A PATCH
OVER HERE BETWEEN THE TREES.
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{\an7}Stanley: THAT‘S PRETTY GOOD
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hISN‘T IT?
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{\an7}YOU‘VE GOT REFERENCES THERE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTidd: YEAH, I‘VE GOT
SOME REFERENCES THERE. OOPS!
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{\an7}Stanley: NOW WE‘RE
\hGETTING TRICKY.
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{\an7}Narrator: ON THE WAY DOWN,
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{\an7}\hTIDD KEEPS THE SAME TREE
IN HIS RIGHT-HAND WINDOW.
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{\an7}WHEN THE ROTORS KICK UP
\h\h\h\hA CLOUD OF SNOW,
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{\an7}\h\hHE USES THE TREE
TO GET HIS BEARINGS.
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{\an7}Tidd: COME ON, GIRL, COME ON.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT’S IT.
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{\an7}Stanley: THERE YOU ARE.
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{\an7}LIFE IS A BIT EASIER
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{\an7}WHEN YOU‘VE GOT A GREAT BIG TREE
TO LOOK AT, ISN‘T IT?
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{\an7}Tidd: YEAH, IT DOES HELP.
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{\an7}Stanley: GOOD LANDING,
\h\h\h\h\h\hEXCELLENT.
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{\an7}Narrator: ON FORTUNA GLACIER,
\h\hCONDITIONS ARE FAR WORSE.
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{\an7}BOTH TROOP CARRIERS
\h\h\hMAKE IT DOWN,
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{\an7}\h\hBUT THE PILOTS ARE
FIGHTING FOR CONTROL.
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{\an7}Tidd: THE WIND WAS SUCH
\hTHAT IT WAS MOVING US
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{\an7}ACROSS THE SURFACE
\h\hOF THE GLACIER
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH WHEN "A,"
YOU’RE TRYING TO UNLOAD TROOPS,
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND "B," YOU’RE TRYING
NOT TO FALL INTO CREVASSES,
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{\an7}CAN BE QUITE DISCONCERTING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREALLY.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE SPECIAL FORCES
\h\hFACE A 9 1/2 MILE MARCH
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{\an7}TO THE ARGENTINEAN POSITION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE COAST.
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{\an7}THE TROOPS CAN NOT BE IDENTIFIED
FOR SECURITY REASONS.
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{\an7}\hMan: THE VISIBILITY WAS DOWN
TO ZERO, BECAUSE THE BLIZZARDS
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{\an7}WERE WHIPPING UP ICE
\hFROM THE GLACIER.
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{\an7}IT WAS COLDER THAN ANYTHING
\h\h\h\h\hI‘VE EVER BEEN IN.
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{\an7}WHEN I CHECKED MY WEAPON,
\hIT WAS TOTALLY ICED UP.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT THE MOUNTAIN TROOPS
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{\an7}ARE TRAINED TO OPERATE
IN HOSTILE CONDITIONS.
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{\an7}Parry: AT THE END OF THE DAY
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEY SEEMED TO HAVE
THE RIGHT KIT, THEY HAD SKIS,
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{\an7}\hTHEY HAD MOUNTAIN AND
ARCTIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT
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00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:24,930
{\an7}AND THEY SHOULD KNOW
WHAT THEY‘RE DOING.
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{\an7}Cooper: THEY’D WALKED
A FEW YARDS, YOU KNOW,
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{\an7}AND THEY WERE DISAPPEARING INTO
THE SWIRLING SNOW AND THE MIST.
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{\an7}AND I REMEMBER THE FACE
LOOKING UP AND THE WAVE,
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{\an7}AND THEN WE WENT.
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{\an7}Stanley: THAT WAS THE JOB DONE
\hAS FAR AS WE WERE CONCERNED.
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{\an7}\h\h\hWE WERE VERY HAPPY
TO GET OFF THE GLACIER,
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{\an7}VERY HAPPY TO GET
BACK TO THE SHIP.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: BUT BEHIND THEM,
THE TROOPS ARE GOING NOWHERE.
351
00:20:05,705 --> 00:20:07,674
{\an7}IAN STANLEY AND HIS TEAM
352
00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:10,643
{\an7}HAVEN‘T HEARD THE LAST
FROM FORTUNA GLACIER.
353
00:20:25,324 --> 00:20:28,394
{\an7}AS NIGHT FALLS, THE SOLDIERS
\hFACE THE FEROCIOUS REALITY
354
00:20:28,427 --> 00:20:30,996
{\an7}OF WINTER ON SOUTH GEORGIA.
355
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,069
{\an7}IN THE GATHERING STORM,
356
00:20:36,102 --> 00:20:39,339
{\an7}\h\hTHE TEMPERATURE DROPS
TO -4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
357
00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:42,641
{\an7}WINDS REACH 115 MILES AN HOUR.
358
00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:45,211
{\an7}HURRICANE FORCE.
359
00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:50,282
{\an7}\hMan: IT WAS SO COLD THAT
I COULDN‘T THINK STRAIGHT.
360
00:20:50,316 --> 00:20:52,285
{\an7}\h\hI COULD EVEN FEEL
THE PAIN IN MY TEETH,
361
00:20:52,318 --> 00:20:54,720
{\an7}AND WE WERE ALL LOOKING
FOR SIGNS OF FROSTBITE.
362
00:20:58,023 --> 00:20:59,858
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: HAMPERED
BY THE DEEP CREVASSES,
363
00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:01,894
{\an7}\hTHE TROOPS COVER
LESS THAN A MILE.
364
00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:04,997
{\an7}THEY ARE STILL NINE MILES
\h\h\h\hFROM THEIR TARGET.
365
00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:06,431
{\an7}THEY TRY TO MAKE CAMP--
366
00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:09,535
{\an7}BUT THE TENTS ARE RIPPED
FROM THEIR FROZEN HANDS.
367
00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:15,475
{\an7}SHIVERING IN BARE SLEEPING BAGS,
368
00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:18,778
{\an7}THEY‘RE RAPIDLY SEALED
\hIN A SHROUD OF SNOW.
369
00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:26,618
{\an7}IN RELATIVE SAFETY ABOARD SHIP,
370
00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:31,891
{\an7}EVEN THE HELICOPTER CREWS
\hARE STRUGGLING TO SLEEP.
371
00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:34,660
{\an7}Parry: WE WERE SO WORRIED
\h\hABOUT THE RISING SEA,
372
00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,628
{\an7}NOT ONLY THE VERY CHOPPY WATER
373
00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:39,899
{\an7}BUT ALSO VERY, VERY LONG
\h\h\h\hAND HIGH SWELL.
374
00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:42,535
{\an7}WE’RE BEING ROLLED AROUND
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN OUR BUNKS,
375
00:21:42,568 --> 00:21:46,405
{\an7}THE SHIP WAS PITCHING AROUND
\hREALLY, REALLY VIOLENTLY.
376
00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:55,515
{\an7}Narrator: BY FIRST LIGHT,
377
00:21:55,548 --> 00:22:00,019
{\an7}THE SITUATION ON THE GLACIER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS DESPERATE.
378
00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:01,654
{\an7}THE SOLDIERS HAVE NO DEFENSE
379
00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:04,356
{\an7}AGAINST FROSTBITE
\hAND HYPOTHERMIA.
380
00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:08,161
{\an7}Man: NO ONE WANTED TO ADMIT IT,
381
00:22:08,194 --> 00:22:10,029
{\an7}BUT WE WERE STRUGGLING
\h\h\h\h\hTO SURVIVE--
382
00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:15,868
{\an7}LET ALONE GET UP THE GLACIER
\h\hAND ON TO THE OBJECTIVE.
383
00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:18,203
{\an7}Narrator: THE TROOP CAPTAIN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hADMITS DEFEAT.
384
00:22:18,237 --> 00:22:22,541
{\an7}\h\hHE CALLS OFF THE MISSION TO
AVOID HIS MEN FREEZING TO DEATH.
385
00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:27,713
{\an7}THEIR ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL--
TO GO OUT THE WAY THEY CAME IN.
386
00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:29,715
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hParry: THESE WERE
VERY HIGH QUALITY SOLDIERS,
387
00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,683
{\an7}\h\hONES WE NEEDED
FOR THE FALKLANDS,
388
00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:33,819
{\an7}AND WE KNEW THE SITUATION
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY WERE IN,
389
00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,188
{\an7}WE KNEW IT WAS DESPERATE.
390
00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:37,724
{\an7}\h\h\hWE’D SEEN IT FIRST-HAND
WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE LIKE,
391
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:39,291
{\an7}AND WE DIDN’T NEED
\h\hANY CONVINCING
392
00:22:39,325 --> 00:22:41,294
{\an7}\hTO GO BACK UP THERE,
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
393
00:22:41,327 --> 00:22:43,529
{\an7}IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE US
\h\h\hTHAT TOOK THEM OFF.
394
00:22:46,732 --> 00:22:49,768
{\an7}Narrator: ALL THREE HELICOPTERS
HEAD BACK TO SOUTH GEORGIA--
395
00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:53,539
{\an7}THIS TIME IN THE FURY
\h\h\h\hOF THE STORM.
396
00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:54,873
{\an7}Parry: ON THE SECOND DAY
397
00:22:54,907 --> 00:22:57,109
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE WINDS WERE
INFINITELY MORE VIOLENT
398
00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:59,511
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THEY WERE
MORE UNPREDICTABLE AS WELL.
399
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:05,017
{\an7}\hNarrator: THE CREW
IS ON MAXIMUM ALERT.
400
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,819
{\an7}\hSTEWART COOPER KNOWS
THE SLIGHTEST MISTAKE
401
00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:10,856
{\an7}COULD BE FATAL.
402
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:14,026
{\an7}IAN STANLEY FACES A CLIMB
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF 900 FEET
403
00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:17,262
{\an7}WITH A SINGLE SUSPECT ENGINE.
404
00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:21,066
{\an7}\h\hTHE VIOLENT WINDS COULD
SMASH HIM BACK INTO THE SEA.
405
00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,503
{\an7}Cooper: IF YOU ARE TOO CLOSE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO A CLIFF,
406
00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:26,505
{\an7}YOU WILL GET PUSHED DOWN.
407
00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:30,008
{\an7}IT COULD BE INCREDIBLY
\h\h\h\h\h\hDANGEROUS.
408
00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:32,978
{\an7}Fitzgerald: AS THE AIRCREWMAN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE DOORWAY,
409
00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:35,848
{\an7}MY MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREALLY,
410
00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:37,750
{\an7}WAS TO WATCH THE TAIL ROTOR,
411
00:23:37,783 --> 00:23:40,019
{\an7}BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT
\h\h\h\hTHE TAIL ROTOR
412
00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:41,620
{\an7}EVEN SLIGHTLY TOUCHING SOMETHING
413
00:23:41,654 --> 00:23:45,291
{\an7}BECAUSE IT WILL THROW YOU
INTO A BIT OF A TAILSPIN.
414
00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:48,761
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMan:
YOU’RE ALL CLEAR ON THE DISC,
415
00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:49,862
{\an7}ALL CLEAR ON THE TAIL...
416
00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:55,401
{\an7}YOU’VE GOT A BIG ROCK...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h15 YARDS.
417
00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:58,270
{\an7}Narrator: 26 YEARS LATER,
\h\h\h\hPILOT IAN STANLEY
418
00:23:58,304 --> 00:24:02,408
{\an7}\h\h\hEXPERIENCES THE DANGERS
OF MOUNTAIN FLYING ONCE AGAIN.
419
00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,610
{\an7}\hNEAR LOCH LOMOND
HE BRACES HIMSELF
420
00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:06,879
{\an7}FOR UNPREDICTABLE BLASTS OF WIND
421
00:24:06,912 --> 00:24:10,182
{\an7}AS HE SQUEEZES THROUGH
\h\h\h\hA NARROW PASS.
422
00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:13,452
{\an7}THE ROTORS ARE JUST A FEW FEET
\h\h\h\hFROM THE MOUNTAINSIDE.
423
00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:16,722
{\an7}[RADIO CHATTER]
424
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:26,832
{\an7}Man: DISC CLEAR, TAIL CLEAR...
425
00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:28,867
{\an7}Narrator: STANLEY MUST LOOK OUT
FOR SUDDEN CHANGES
426
00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:30,970
{\an7}IN WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.
427
00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:34,039
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMan: WE’RE IN RISING AIR
AT THE MOMENT, I BELIEVE, SO...
428
00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:42,882
{\an7}\hNarrator: RIGHT NOW, STANLEY’S
HITCHING A RIDE ON AN UPDRAFT--
429
00:24:42,915 --> 00:24:45,050
{\an7}WARM AIR RISING FROM BELOW.
430
00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:48,354
{\an7}Man: NINE O’CLOCK, 40 YARDS...
431
00:24:48,387 --> 00:24:52,191
{\an7}Narrator: THIS MEANS HE CAN USE
MUCH LESS ENGINE POWER.
432
00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:56,862
{\an7}Man: WE’RE PULLING AROUND ABOUT
80% AT THE MOMENT, QUITE HAPPY.
433
00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:03,368
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S VITAL
TO HAVE POWER IN RESERVE,
434
00:25:03,402 --> 00:25:05,571
{\an7}IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
435
00:25:10,009 --> 00:25:12,178
{\an7}ON COLD MOUNTAINS AND GLACIERS,
436
00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:15,614
{\an7}THE MOST DANGEROUS WIND
\h\hSTRIKES FROM ABOVE.
437
00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:17,883
{\an7}COLD AIR IS HEAVIER
\h\h\hTHAN WARM AIR,
438
00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:21,186
{\an7}SO IT FALLS AT HIGH SPEED
\h\hDOWN ANY STEEP SLOPE.
439
00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:28,727
{\an7}THIS IS CALLED A KATABATIC WIND.
440
00:25:28,761 --> 00:25:30,830
{\an7}ON THE FACE OF A GLACIER,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA HELICOPTER
441
00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:34,233
{\an7}\h\h\hIS IN CONSTANT DANGER
OF THESE SUDDEN DOWNDRAFTS.
442
00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:37,970
{\an7}\h\hTHE PILOT MUST BE READY TO
FIGHT BACK WITH MAXIMUM POWER.
443
00:25:43,642 --> 00:25:44,977
{\an7}Stanley: THIS IS TRUE
444
00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:47,279
{\an7}OF ANY SORT OF VERY STEEP CLIFF
OR HILLSIDE,
445
00:25:47,312 --> 00:25:50,148
{\an7}DEPENDING WHERE THE WIND‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMING FROM.
446
00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:53,953
{\an7}\h\h\hIF YOU’VE GOT
AN ENORMOUS UPDRAFT
447
00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:55,254
{\an7}YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF
\h\h\h\hIN A SITUATION
448
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:58,023
{\an7}WITH NO POWER ON AT ALL.
449
00:25:58,057 --> 00:25:59,492
{\an7}AND THEN IT MIGHT CHANGE,
450
00:25:59,525 --> 00:26:01,594
{\an7}AND YOU’LL SUDDENLY HAVE TO TAKE
A GREAT BIG HANDFUL OF POWER
451
00:26:01,627 --> 00:26:04,130
{\an7}TO ARREST THE RATE OF DESCENT.
452
00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:06,332
{\an7}YOU‘VE GOT TO FIGHT
\h\h\hAGAINST THAT.
453
00:26:06,365 --> 00:26:08,367
{\an7}Narrator: IN SOUTH GEORGIA
\h\h\h\h\hALL THREE PILOTS
454
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,271
{\an7}\h\hRIDE A ROLLER COASTER
OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WINDS.
455
00:26:14,473 --> 00:26:16,742
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE DOWNDRAFTS PUT
HUMPHREY’S SINGLE ENGINE
456
00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:18,644
{\an7}UNDER MAXIMUM STRAIN.
457
00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,213
{\an7}\h\hStanley: WHAT WAS GOING
THOUGH ALL OF OUR MINDS WAS,
458
00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,881
{\an7}OH, MY DEAR, I WONDER
WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
459
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,116
{\an7}IF THE ENGINE STOPS NOW,
460
00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:27,152
{\an7}YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE
\h\h\h\hGO FROM HERE?
461
00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:30,256
{\an7}\hWE’D NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT,
462
00:26:30,289 --> 00:26:32,124
{\an7}LOOKING AT A SOLID WALL OF ICE
463
00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:33,992
{\an7}\h\h\hAND GOING HIGHER
AND HIGHER AND HIGHER,
464
00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:36,495
{\an7}UP INTO THE CLOUD
AND ON TOP OF IT.
465
00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:44,603
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: BUT AT LAST,
THEY MAKE IT OVER THE FACE.
466
00:26:44,636 --> 00:26:46,271
{\an7}HUMPHREY LEADS THE FORMATION,
467
00:26:46,305 --> 00:26:49,842
{\an7}\h\hWITH CHRIS PARRY‘S RADAR
SEEKING OUT THE ROUTE AHEAD.
468
00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:56,182
{\an7}THEY SOON LOCATE THE SOLDIERS--
469
00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:59,819
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBARELY ADVANCED
FROM THE ORIGINAL DROP ZONE.
470
00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:05,491
{\an7}AFTER 26 HOURS ON THE ICE,
471
00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:09,261
{\an7}EVEN SPECIAL FORCES TROOPS
\hARE DESPERATE TO ESCAPE.
472
00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:13,265
{\an7}Stanley: MIKE TIDD HAD GOT
HIS GUYS IN QUITE QUICKLY.
473
00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:16,935
{\an7}HE COULD SEE DOWN THE GLACIER,
\h\h\hHE COULD SEE A WAY OFF,
474
00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:20,840
{\an7}AND BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE,
\h\h\h\hHE WAS READY TO GO.
475
00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:22,141
{\an7}Narrator: AS FLIGHT COMMANDER,
476
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:24,309
{\an7}\h\h\hSTANLEY MAKES
A FATEFUL DECISION.
477
00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:25,644
{\an7}Stanley: AND HE THOUGHT,
478
00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:26,845
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWELL, THERE’S A GOOD
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY HERE,
479
00:27:26,879 --> 00:27:28,147
{\an7}YOU KNOW, I SHOULD GRAB THIS.
480
00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:30,115
{\an7}AND HE ASKED, CAN I GO,
\hI CAN SEE MY WAY OFF,
481
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:32,084
{\an7}AND I SAID YEAH, OK,
\h\h\h\hAWAY YOU GO.
482
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,689
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IN THESE FEROCIOUS WINDS,
483
00:27:36,722 --> 00:27:40,559
{\an7}VISIBILITY COMES AND GOES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SECONDS.
484
00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:42,961
{\an7}Tidd: AND I HEADED OFF
\h\h\hDOWN THE GLACIER
485
00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:47,700
{\an7}\h\hAND I GUESS I GOT ABOUT
HALF A MILE DOWN THE GLACIER
486
00:27:47,733 --> 00:27:50,169
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEN THE WIND JUST
KICKED ROUND AS IT DOES THERE,
487
00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:53,505
{\an7}KICKED ROUND BY I DON’T KNOW,
\h\h\h\h30, 40 DEGREES OR SO,
488
00:27:53,539 --> 00:27:57,843
{\an7}AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS
\hINTO INSTANT SNOWSTORM.
489
00:27:57,876 --> 00:28:00,679
{\an7}Narrator: MIKE TIDD IS CAUGHT
\h\h\hIN A TOTAL WHITE-OUT...
490
00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:03,648
{\an7}WITH NO RADAR AND NO HUMPHREY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO GUIDE HIM.
491
00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:07,085
{\an7}Tidd: YOU WERE LOOKING OUT
\h\h\h\h\h\hOVER NOTHING.
492
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,254
{\an7}IT WAS LIKE SORT OF
\hFLOATING IN SPACE.
493
00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:15,460
{\an7}Narrator: AND THEN DISASTER.
494
00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:19,798
{\an7}Tidd: TAIL HIT, CRASHED DOWN
ONTO THE, ONTO THE, THE ICE.
495
00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:27,372
{\an7}AND I REMEMBER LYING THERE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN MY STRAPS
496
00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:30,576
{\an7}THINKING MRS. TIDD‘S NOT GOING
\h\h\h\hTO LIKE BEING A WIDOW.
497
00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:35,314
{\an7}Narrator: AS THE SUDDEN SQUALL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDIES AWAY,
498
00:28:35,347 --> 00:28:40,219
{\an7}STEWART COOPER LOOKS ON
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN HORROR.
499
00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:41,887
{\an7}Cooper: I REMEMBER
\hA FEW EXPLETIVES
500
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,257
{\an7}BEING UTTERED IN THE COCKPIT
\h\h\h\hAS WE WATCHED THIS--
501
00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:49,161
{\an7}IN SLOW MOTION, ALMOST.
502
00:28:49,194 --> 00:28:51,530
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: THEY RUSH
TO CHECK FOR CASUALTIES.
503
00:28:54,866 --> 00:28:57,936
{\an7}COOPER GRABS A UNIQUE SNAPSHOT.
504
00:28:57,970 --> 00:28:59,405
{\an7}Cooper: THE ENGINE’S
\h\h\hSTILL RUNNING,
505
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:01,440
{\an7}SO THERE’S STILL SOME STEAM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOR EXHAUST
506
00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:03,041
{\an7}COMING OUT FROM THAT AREA.
507
00:29:03,141 --> 00:29:05,310
{\an7}THE CREW ARE STILL
\hIN THE AIRCRAFT,
508
00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:06,846
{\an7}THE GUYS ARE STILL IN THE BACK,
509
00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:09,214
{\an7}\h\h\hAND THE DOOR HASN‘T
ACTUALLY YET BEEN OPENED.
510
00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:10,983
{\an7}AND AS YOU CAN SEE
511
00:29:11,016 --> 00:29:14,219
{\an7}THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE S.A.S.
FROM THE OTHER HELICOPTER
512
00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:17,323
{\an7}\h\h\hARE COMING OVER
TO RENDER ASSISTANCE.
513
00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:19,758
{\an7}\h\h\hMYSELF AND IAN STAYED
IN THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT
514
00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:22,627
{\an7}BECAUSE...THAT’S WHY I HAD TIME
TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH.
515
00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:23,862
{\an7}WE COULD DO NOTHING ELSE
516
00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:26,164
{\an7}\hOTHER THAN JUST HOLD ON
TO THE CONTROLS AND WAIT,
517
00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:28,934
{\an7}BECAUSE TO LET GO
\hOF THE CONTROLS
518
00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:32,304
{\an7}\hOR LEAVE THE AIRCRAFT
WOULD HAVE BEEN SUICIDE,
519
00:29:32,337 --> 00:29:35,674
{\an7}BECAUSE THE WIND WAS SO STRONG
ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
520
00:29:37,643 --> 00:29:40,546
{\an7}Narrator: THE ONLY INJURIES
\h\h\h\h\h\hARE MINOR CUTS.
521
00:29:42,748 --> 00:29:45,284
{\an7}SIX SOLDIERS, MIKE TIDD
\h\h\h\hAND HIS CREWMAN
522
00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:48,520
{\an7}\h\hSQUEEZE INTO HUMPHREY,
IAN STANLEY‘S HELICOPTER.
523
00:29:48,553 --> 00:29:50,789
{\an7}\hTidd: BLESS HIM, HE SAID,
GOD, YOU’RE A MESSY BUGGER,
524
00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:52,123
{\an7}HE SAID, AREN‘T YOU?
525
00:29:52,157 --> 00:29:54,593
{\an7}\h\h\hHE SAID YOU‘VE LEFT
YOUR WINDSCREEN WIPER ON.
526
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,461
{\an7}AND I SAID IF YOU CAN
\h\h\hFIND THE SWITCH,
527
00:29:56,495 --> 00:29:58,797
{\an7}\h\h\hYOU GO AND TURN
THE BLOODY THING OFF.
528
00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:07,372
{\an7}\hNarrator: THE OTHER 10 TROOPS
PILE INTO THE THIRD HELICOPTER.
529
00:30:07,406 --> 00:30:09,308
{\an7}ITS PILOT, IAN GEORGESON,
530
00:30:09,341 --> 00:30:15,280
{\an7}KNOWS WHITE-OUT COULD STRIKE
\h\h\h\hAGAIN AT ANY MOMENT.
531
00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:18,751
{\an7}\h\h\hWITH NO RADAR, GEORGESON
MUST STAY ON HUMPHREY’S TAIL,
532
00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:22,087
{\an7}ALL THE WAY OFF THE GLACIER.
533
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:26,725
{\an7}[RADIO CHATTER]
534
00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:29,728
{\an7}IN THE SIMULATOR, MIKE TIDD
\h\h\h\h\hIS ABOUT TO RELIVE
535
00:30:29,761 --> 00:30:32,631
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHAT HAPPENED
TO THE THIRD HELICOPTER.
536
00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:34,699
{\an7}IAN STANLEY PROGRAMS
\h\h\hTHE CONDITIONS
537
00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:37,202
{\an7}TO BE JUST LIKE THEY WERE
\h\h\hON FORTUNA GLACIER.
538
00:30:37,235 --> 00:30:38,770
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hStanley: AS WE HEAD
UP THE VALLEY, WHAT WE’LL DO IS,
539
00:30:38,804 --> 00:30:43,609
{\an7}WE’LL JUST REDUCE THE VISIBILITY
DOWN STEADILY
540
00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:46,178
{\an7}\h\h\hAND PROBABLY INCREASE
THE TURBULENCE A LITTLE BIT.
541
00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:49,448
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMAKE IT LITTLE BIT MORE
HARD WORK, REGRETTABLY, FOR YOU.
542
00:30:49,481 --> 00:30:50,682
{\an7}Tidd: THANKS, MATE.
543
00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:59,925
{\an7}\h\h\hStanley: THERE SHE GOES,
THAT‘S THE VIZ REDUCING DOWN.
544
00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:04,796
{\an7}THAT‘S BETTER, THAT‘S A BIT MORE
LIKE THE REAL THING.
545
00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:08,734
{\an7}Tidd: THAT‘S PRETTY REALISTIC,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI‘D HAVE SAID.
546
00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:10,802
{\an7}Narrator: TO MAINTAIN
\h\h\hVISUAL CONTACT,
547
00:31:10,836 --> 00:31:14,606
{\an7}\h\hTIDD MUST KEEP WITHIN
JUST THREE ROTOR LENGTHS.
548
00:31:14,639 --> 00:31:15,807
{\an7}Stanley: RIGHT, FRED.
549
00:31:15,841 --> 00:31:18,110
{\an7}Narrator: NOW STANLEY
\h\h\hDOES HIS WORST.
550
00:31:18,143 --> 00:31:19,544
{\an7}Stanley: HOLD THAT
\h\hHEADING THERE,
551
00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:21,613
{\an7}AND WE‘LL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY
A BIT FURTHER.
552
00:31:21,646 --> 00:31:23,047
{\an7}IF WE CAN.
553
00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:32,324
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOK, AND INCREASING THE
TURBULENCE IF WE CAN DO THAT.
554
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,629
{\an7}IT‘S GETTING A BIT MORE
REALISTIC NOW, ISN‘T IT?
555
00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:41,032
{\an7}Tidd: YEAH, ALL I‘VE GOT IS HIM.
556
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:44,069
{\an7}Stanley: YOU’VE STILL GOT
\h\hA BIT OF GROUND THERE
557
00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:46,938
{\an7}TO LOOK AT, DON‘T YOU?
558
00:31:46,972 --> 00:31:51,577
{\an7}CAN WE REDUCE THAT GROUND VIZ
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA BIT MORE?
559
00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:54,646
{\an7}\hNarrator: TIDD‘S FIGHTING
TO JUDGE SCALE AND DISTANCE.
560
00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:55,747
{\an7}Tidd: I’M HAVING
GREAT DIFFICULTY
561
00:31:55,781 --> 00:31:59,318
{\an7}IN HANGING ON TO HIM NOW.
562
00:31:59,351 --> 00:32:02,287
{\an7}\h\hStanley: YOU‘VE GOT
VIRTUALLY ZERO VIZ NOW.
563
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,254
{\an7}Tidd: YEAH.
564
00:32:05,991 --> 00:32:08,494
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IT‘S A TOTAL WHITE-OUT.
565
00:32:08,527 --> 00:32:11,397
{\an7}Tidd: THAT MUST BE WHAT IAN HAD.
566
00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:18,637
{\an7}Tidd: I‘VE LOST HIM.
567
00:32:20,906 --> 00:32:24,109
{\an7}Stanley: WHERE ARE YOU?
\hSTILL ABOUT 30 KNOTS.
568
00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:25,610
{\an7}Tidd: STILL ABOUT 30 KNOTS.
569
00:32:25,644 --> 00:32:27,546
{\an7}LET’S SEE IF I CAN
PICK IT UP AGAIN.
570
00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:30,916
{\an7}IT‘S THE GROUND! OH!
571
00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:32,417
{\an7}Narrator: ON FORTUNA GLACIER,
572
00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,887
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIAN GEORGESON,
FLYING THE THIRD HELICOPTER,
573
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,556
{\an7}BECOMES THE NEXT VICTIM
\h\h\hOF THE WHITE-OUT.
574
00:32:37,589 --> 00:32:40,258
{\an7}Cooper: AT THE VERY MOMENT
\hWHEN I PUT MY HEAD ROUND
575
00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:41,794
{\an7}INTO THE GLASS BUBBLE
\h\h\h\hOF THE WINDOW
576
00:32:41,827 --> 00:32:43,962
{\an7}ON THE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT
577
00:32:43,995 --> 00:32:47,198
{\an7}\hI SAW HIM PLOW
INTO THE GROUND.
578
00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:59,778
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE CRASH SITE
RAPIDLY DISAPPEARS FROM VIEW
579
00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:01,479
{\an7}IN THE WHITE-OUT.
580
00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:04,483
{\an7}ALREADY OVERLOADED, IAN STANLEY
HAS NO CHOICE
581
00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:06,084
{\an7}BUT TO HEAD BACK TO THE SHIP.
582
00:33:06,117 --> 00:33:08,653
{\an7}\hStanley: IT HAD GONE HORRIBLY
WRONG AT THAT STAGE OF THE GAME,
583
00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:13,792
{\an7}AND I MUST ADMIT I WAS,
I WAS FEELING IT A BIT,
584
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:15,026
{\an7}JUST GOING OVER IN MY HEAD
585
00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:16,929
{\an7}IF WE COULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
586
00:33:19,531 --> 00:33:22,100
{\an7}Narrator: 12 MEN ARE MISSING,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPOSSIBLY DEAD,
587
00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:24,435
{\an7}SOMEWHERE ON THE GLACIER.
588
00:33:24,469 --> 00:33:26,104
{\an7}\hParry: WHAT WE WERE
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
589
00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:28,640
{\an7}IS THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED
AND EVERYBODY HAD BEEN KILLED.
590
00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:29,874
{\an7}WE JUST DIDN’T KNOW
\hWHAT HAD HAPPENED,
591
00:33:29,908 --> 00:33:32,411
{\an7}WE KNEW IT HAD CRASHED
\h\hINTO THE GLACIER.
592
00:33:32,444 --> 00:33:34,546
{\an7}AND I CAME UP ON THE RADIO
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE SHIP
593
00:33:34,579 --> 00:33:35,547
{\an7}AS SOON AS WE WERE CLEAR
594
00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:36,981
{\an7}AND SAID WE’RE HEADING BACK,
595
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:39,584
{\an7}WE’VE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON BOARD,
596
00:33:39,618 --> 00:33:42,688
{\an7}\h\hBUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU
WE‘VE LOST OUR TWO CHICKS.
597
00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:47,793
{\an7}Tidd: IAN GEORGESON AND HIS TEAM
598
00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:51,029
{\an7}WERE REALLY GOOD BUDDIES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF MINE.
599
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,901
{\an7}I FELT AS THOUGH I‘D BEEN
\h\hKICKED IN THE STOMACH.
600
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:06,678
{\an7}Narrator: BUT THEIR WORRIES
\h\hPROVE TO BE SHORT LIVED.
601
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,746
{\an7}Tidd: THERE WAS A CALL
\hUP FROM THE OPS ROOM
602
00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:11,249
{\an7}ON THE TACTICAL INTERCOM,
603
00:34:11,283 --> 00:34:14,353
{\an7}TO SAY THEY’D MANAGED
TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT
604
00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:17,389
{\an7}WITH IAN GEORGESON AND CO,
605
00:34:17,422 --> 00:34:20,125
{\an7}AND THAT THEY WERE ALL ALIVE.
606
00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:25,496
{\an7}Narrator: WITH THE TEMPERATURE
\h\hAT -4 DEGREES AND FALLING,
607
00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:29,300
{\an7}THE DOWNED MEN TAKE SHELTER
\hIN A HELICOPTER LIFE RAFT.
608
00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:33,071
{\an7}ALREADY FREEZING, THE TROOPS
609
00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:35,807
{\an7}FACE ANOTHER NIGHT
\hON THE GLACIER.
610
00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:43,314
{\an7}\h\h\hPARRY AND STANLEY GO
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
611
00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:48,953
{\an7}\h\hHUMPHREY IS NOW THE ONLY
HELICOPTER LEFT FOR THE JOB
612
00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:51,756
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE ENTIRE
SOUTH GEORGIA TASK FORCE.
613
00:34:53,658 --> 00:34:56,227
{\an7}Parry: WE THOUGHT WE’D ACTUALLY
RUN OUT OF LIVES THE DAY BEFORE,
614
00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:57,929
{\an7}AND WE WONDERED WHETHER
\hWE HAD ANY LIVES LEFT
615
00:34:57,963 --> 00:35:00,466
{\an7}FOR ANOTHER MISSION
UP ON THAT GLACIER.
616
00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:06,637
{\an7}Narrator: ANOTHER RESCUE ATTEMPT
MEANS ENORMOUS RISK.
617
00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:09,140
{\an7}THEY HAVE TO SOMEHOW PACK 16 MEN
618
00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:12,544
{\an7}INTO AN AGING HELICOPTER
\h\h\h\hBUILT FOR FOUR.
619
00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:16,614
{\an7}Stanley: WE DECIDED WE‘D GIVE IT
ONE MORE GO BEFORE IT GOT DARK.
620
00:35:21,686 --> 00:35:24,355
{\an7}Parry: I WROTE A LETTER
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO MY WIFE,
621
00:35:24,389 --> 00:35:29,060
{\an7}I ENCLOSED MY WEDDING RING.
622
00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:31,263
{\an7}\h\hA LOT OF THINGS WERE
GOING ROUND IN MY HEAD.
623
00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:33,431
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHAT HAD HAPPENED
TO THE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT,
624
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:37,402
{\an7}THE FACT WE WERE A SINGLE ENGINE
HELICOPTER, OLD AIRCRAFT,
625
00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:41,105
{\an7}I‘D SEEN THE CONDITIONS AND...
626
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:43,575
{\an7}JUST IN CASE, JUST IN CASE.
627
00:35:51,583 --> 00:35:53,552
{\an7}Narrator: STANLEY PLANS
\h\h\hTO COME IN HIGH--
628
00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:56,421
{\an7}THE BEST VANTAGE POINT
\h\h\hFOR THE SEARCH.
629
00:35:59,924 --> 00:36:02,226
{\an7}BUT NOW HE’S ABOVE
\hTHE CLOUD LAYER,
630
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:05,563
{\an7}\h\hHOPING AGAINST HOPE
FOR THE CLOUDS TO PART.
631
00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:13,839
{\an7}Stanley: AND AS WE CAME
\h\h\h\h\h\hOVER THE TOP
632
00:36:13,872 --> 00:36:15,540
{\an7}OF WHERE THE GLACIER WOULD BE,
633
00:36:15,573 --> 00:36:17,775
{\an7}\h\hI DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS,
BUT WE LOOKED DOWN AND THERE,
634
00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:22,213
{\an7}BIG HOLE IN THE CLOUD,
\h\h\h\hA RED DINGHY.
635
00:36:22,247 --> 00:36:24,983
{\an7}Parry: WE COULD LOOK DOWN,
THROUGH SOME OF THE CLOUD,
636
00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:27,485
{\an7}THROUGH WHAT WE CALL
\h\h\hSUCKER‘S GAPS.
637
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,287
{\an7}IT‘S WHERE GAPS APPEAR
\h\h\h\hIN THE CLOUD.
638
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,488
{\an7}YOU GO FOR THEM OF COURSE
639
00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:32,257
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IT CLOSES UP
AS YOU‘RE GOING THROUGH IT.
640
00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:36,961
{\an7}THAT‘S WHY IT‘S CALLED
\h\h\hA SUCKER‘S GAP.
641
00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:38,597
{\an7}Stanley: WE JUST THOUGHT HERE’S
A CHANCE, LET’S GO FOR IT,
642
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:40,665
{\an7}AND WE DIVED STRAIGHT DOWN
\h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH THE HOLE
643
00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:42,701
{\an7}AND LANDED ALONGSIDE THEM.
644
00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:51,809
{\an7}Parry: IT’S ONLY A SUCKER’S GAP
645
00:36:51,843 --> 00:36:54,045
{\an7}\h\h\hIF IT CLOSES UP
AS YOU GO THROUGH IT.
646
00:36:54,079 --> 00:36:55,514
{\an7}IT’S AN INSPIRED PIECE
\h\h\h\hOF AIRMANSHIP
647
00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:57,949
{\an7}IF YOU TAKE YOUR CHANCES.
648
00:36:57,982 --> 00:36:59,951
{\an7}Narrator: TO SAVE WEIGHT,
649
00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:03,287
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE CREW MUST PERSUADE THE
SOLDIERS TO ABANDON THEIR GEAR,
650
00:37:03,321 --> 00:37:06,357
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT THEY INSIST
ON KEEPING THEIR GUNS.
651
00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:08,026
{\an7}\hFitzgerald: I SAID, OK,
YOU CAN KEEP YOUR WEAPONS,
652
00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:10,995
{\an7}BUT JUST MAKE SURE
\hYOU UNLOAD THEM.
653
00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:17,669
{\an7}\h\hParry: WELL, GETTING 12 GUYS
INTO AN ANTI-SUBMARINE WESSEX 3
654
00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:19,137
{\an7}IS RATHER LIKE THE COMPETITION
655
00:37:19,170 --> 00:37:22,807
{\an7}TO GET HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO A MINI.
656
00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:24,843
{\an7}\h\h\hAND A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF COOPERATION IS REQUIRED
657
00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:25,944
{\an7}TO GET ALL THESE PEOPLE.
658
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:30,448
{\an7}AND THESE WERE BIG GUYS
\h\h\h\h\hIN MOST CASES.
659
00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:32,451
{\an7}Stanley: WE JUST KEPT
\h\h\hCRAMMING THEM IN
660
00:37:32,484 --> 00:37:34,786
{\an7}WHEREVER WE COULD FIND A SPACE.
661
00:37:34,819 --> 00:37:38,189
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE 4 CREWMEN,
10 SOLDIERS, AND 2 DOWNED AIRMEN
662
00:37:38,223 --> 00:37:41,560
{\an7}\h\hSQUEEZE IN AROUND
THE VITAL RADAR GEAR.
663
00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:50,001
{\an7}\h\h\hHUMPHREY IS NOW
MORE THAN 1,400 POUNDS
664
00:37:50,034 --> 00:37:52,703
{\an7}OVER THE MAXIMUM
TAKEOFF WEIGHT.
665
00:37:55,573 --> 00:37:58,309
{\an7}\hBUT IAN STANLEY KNOWS
THAT THE WIND, FOR ONCE,
666
00:37:58,343 --> 00:38:00,512
{\an7}IS BLOWING IN HIS FAVOR.
667
00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:06,918
{\an7}Stanley: THE FACT IT WAS WINDY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IT WAS COLD
668
00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:08,786
{\an7}WAS TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
669
00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:10,455
{\an7}Parry: WELL, I MEAN, THE FACT
\h\h\hWE WERE A TON OVERWEIGHT
670
00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:11,856
{\an7}WHEN WE TOOK OFF,
671
00:38:11,890 --> 00:38:13,725
{\an7}I REMEMBER THINKING AT THE TIME,
AND WE DISCUSSED IT, OF COURSE,
672
00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:15,660
{\an7}\h\h\hWE ACTUALLY HAD TO WAIT
FOR SOME OF THE WIND TO GET UP
673
00:38:15,693 --> 00:38:18,329
{\an7}BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY LIFT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SAFETY.
674
00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:26,171
{\an7}\hNarrator: HUMPHREY DRAGS
ITS TIRED OLD BONES ALOFT.
675
00:38:28,907 --> 00:38:31,943
{\an7}\hFOR THE FIRST TIME
IN ALMOST 30 HOURS,
676
00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:35,246
{\an7}THE SOLDIERS CAN DRAW
\h\h\h\hA WARM BREATH.
677
00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:39,584
{\an7}Parry: AND I WAS SURE
I COULD SMELL BURNING.
678
00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:42,186
{\an7}HALF A DOZEN OF THEM HAD
LIT UP THEIR CIGARETTES.
679
00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:43,588
{\an7}AND I’M THINKING HANG ON,
680
00:38:43,621 --> 00:38:46,791
{\an7}WE’RE SITTING ON A HALF A TON
\h\h\h\hOF AVIATION FUEL HERE,
681
00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:50,662
{\an7}AND THESE GUYS ARE LIGHTING UP.
682
00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:54,165
{\an7}I SAID TO THE PILOTS,
CAN YOU SMELL BURNING?
683
00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:57,536
{\an7}Narrator: BUT EVEN THE PILOTS
\h\h\hARE FEELING THE TENSION.
684
00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:05,977
{\an7}THE GREATEST DANGER
\hIS STILL TO COME--
685
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:07,778
{\an7}LANDING BACK ON DECK.
686
00:39:10,315 --> 00:39:11,783
{\an7}THE STANDARD PROCEDURE...
687
00:39:11,816 --> 00:39:13,451
{\an7}HOVER ALONGSIDE,
688
00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:16,020
{\an7}THEN MATCH THE UP AND DOWN
\h\hRHYTHM OF THE DECK...
689
00:39:16,054 --> 00:39:19,791
{\an7}\hBEFORE TIMING THE LANDING
AT THE SHIP’S HIGHEST POINT.
690
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,697
{\an7}\hHEAVILY OVERLOADED, STANLEY
FEARS HUMPHREY’S SINGLE ENGINE
691
00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:28,132
{\an7}WILL FAIL AT THE WORST
\h\h\hPOSSIBLE MOMENT.
692
00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:30,268
{\an7}Stanley: YOU NEED MORE POWER
TO COME ALONGSIDE THE SHIP,
693
00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:32,837
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE YOU’RE USING IT
TO STAY IN TUNE WITH THE SHIP
694
00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:34,940
{\an7}BEFORE YOU LAND.
695
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:36,875
{\an7}\hParry: WITH ALL THOSE
S.A.S. GUYS IN THE BACK,
696
00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:39,210
{\an7}WE WERE THINKING IF WE DID DITCH
OVER THE SEA,
697
00:39:39,244 --> 00:39:40,645
{\an7}ARE ANY OF US GOING
TO GET OUT OF THIS,
698
00:39:40,678 --> 00:39:43,347
{\an7}\hBECAUSE IT WOULD BE A REAL
BUN FIGHT INSIDE TO GET OUT.
699
00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:45,516
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND THE WESSEX 3
DIDN’T HAVE A GREAT RECORD
700
00:39:45,550 --> 00:39:47,819
{\an7}FOR STAYING ON THE SURFACE
\h\h\hONCE YOU‘D DITCHED.
701
00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:49,821
{\an7}\h\h\h\hStanley: NO, WELL,
IT INVARIABLY ROLLS OVER,
702
00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:53,257
{\an7}AND WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
\h\h\h\hWHO WERE IN THE BACK,
703
00:39:53,291 --> 00:39:56,294
{\an7}I WOULDN’T HAVE PUT
\h\h\hANY CONFIDENCE
704
00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:59,063
{\an7}IN EVERYONE GETTING OUT,
\h\h\h\h\hTO BE HONEST.
705
00:40:01,266 --> 00:40:03,368
{\an7}Narrator: THE NIGHTMARE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPROSPECT--
706
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:05,703
{\an7}DITCHING IN THE FREEZING
\h\h\h\hSOUTH ATLANTIC.
707
00:40:11,809 --> 00:40:14,979
{\an7}THIS IS THE ROYAL NAVY‘S
UNDERWATER ESCAPE UNIT.
708
00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:16,348
{\an7}THE DREADED DUNKER--
709
00:40:16,381 --> 00:40:20,752
{\an7}WHERE AIRCREW ARE TRAINED
\h\h\hTO ACT FAST, OR DIE.
710
00:40:24,389 --> 00:40:27,359
{\an7}CHRIS PARRY AND IAN STANLEY
\h\hARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE
711
00:40:27,392 --> 00:40:30,562
{\an7}THE ORDEAL OF A DECK LANDING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGONE WRONG.
712
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:39,170
{\an7}A FLOODED HELICOPTER...
713
00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:41,305
{\an7}IN NEAR TOTAL DARKNESS...
714
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:48,647
{\an7}ROLLING INTO THE DEEP.
715
00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:05,863
{\an7}Parry: IT ENABLES YOU TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOURSELF.
716
00:41:05,897 --> 00:41:09,534
{\an7}HAVE I GOT THE BOTTLE FOR IT?
717
00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:12,070
{\an7}ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO
\h\hANSWER IN WARTIME AS WELL,
718
00:41:12,103 --> 00:41:13,905
{\an7}HAVE I GOT THE BOTTLE?
719
00:41:19,911 --> 00:41:21,913
{\an7}Narrator: OFF SOUTH GEORGIA,
720
00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:24,615
{\an7}THIS WOULD BE A FREEZING,
\h\h\h\hSTORM-TOSSED SEA.
721
00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:28,253
{\an7}Cooper: IT HOPEFULLY IS
AN INSTINCTIVE REACTION
722
00:41:28,286 --> 00:41:30,121
{\an7}TO GET YOURSELF OUT.
723
00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:31,455
{\an7}BUT WHETHER YOU’D SURVIVE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE SEA
724
00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:33,691
{\an7}IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMATTER.
725
00:41:35,626 --> 00:41:38,062
{\an7}Cooper: I THINK FOUR MINUTES
\h\h\h\hAND YOU’D BE DEAD--
726
00:41:38,096 --> 00:41:40,165
{\an7}NOT MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
727
00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:50,108
{\an7}Narrator: THE LIVES OF 16 MEN
\h\hIN THE HANDS OF ONE PILOT.
728
00:41:50,141 --> 00:41:53,478
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIAN STANLEY IS ABOUT
TO RELIVE THE TROOP RESCUE--
729
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:56,681
{\an7}WITH HIS FIRST DECK LANDING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 23 YEARS.
730
00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:01,753
{\an7}JOINING HIM AGAIN, CHRIS PARRY.
731
00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:07,192
{\an7}THE TEAM THAT FLEW HUMPHREY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hANTRIM.
732
00:42:08,826 --> 00:42:10,428
{\an7}Parry: JUST LIKE THE OLD TIMES?
733
00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:11,462
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hStanley:
JUST GETTING THE EYEBALLS
734
00:42:11,496 --> 00:42:12,464
{\an7}MOVING AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
735
00:42:12,497 --> 00:42:14,132
{\an7}GET THEM BACK UP TO SPEED AGAIN.
736
00:42:19,771 --> 00:42:22,107
{\an7}Narrator: APPROACHING THE SHIP,
HUMPHREY’S PASSENGERS
737
00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:26,911
{\an7}STEEL THEMSELVES FOR LANDING
\h\h\h\hON THE HEAVING DECK.
738
00:42:26,944 --> 00:42:28,379
{\an7}\h\h\hFitzgerald: I KNEW
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
739
00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:31,283
{\an7}A BIT OF A HEAVY LANDING,
740
00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:35,019
{\an7}OR AS IAN LIKED TO CALL IT,
MORE OF A CONTROLLED CRASH.
741
00:42:35,053 --> 00:42:38,957
{\an7}[RADIO CHATTER]
742
00:42:43,728 --> 00:42:45,763
{\an7}Parry: AND YOU’VE GOT TO
\h\h\h\h\h\hBEAR IN MIND
743
00:42:45,797 --> 00:42:47,065
{\an7}\h\hTHAT QUITE A FEW
OF THOSE S.A.S. GUYS
744
00:42:47,098 --> 00:42:49,334
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAD ALREADY BEEN
IN TWO CRASHES THAT DAY,
745
00:42:49,367 --> 00:42:51,836
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEY WERE IN
THE THIRD AIRCRAFT NOW.
746
00:42:51,869 --> 00:42:53,504
{\an7}DOES LIGHTNING STRIKE
\h\h\h\h\hTHREE TIMES,
747
00:42:53,538 --> 00:42:56,107
{\an7}\hI RECKON SOME OF THEM
MUST HAVE BEEN THINKING.
748
00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:07,251
{\an7}Narrator: IF HUMPHREY’S
\h\h\h\h\hENGINE FAILS,
749
00:43:07,285 --> 00:43:10,722
{\an7}STANLEY WILL HAVE TO DITCH
\h\h\hIN THE FREEZING SEA.
750
00:43:19,997 --> 00:43:21,632
{\an7}Stanley: I’M CLEAR TO MOVE OVER.
751
00:43:26,370 --> 00:43:29,106
{\an7}Cooper: GOD FORBID, IF ONE WHEEL
GOES OVER THE SIDE OF THE DECK,
752
00:43:29,140 --> 00:43:31,009
{\an7}THE AIRCRAFT IS GONE.
753
00:43:41,052 --> 00:43:43,021
{\an7}Fitzgerald: SMACKED IT
\h\h\h\h\hON THE DECK,
754
00:43:43,054 --> 00:43:48,259
{\an7}SLAMMED THE BRAKES ON
\h\hAND WE WERE THERE.
755
00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:50,060
{\an7}QUITE A RELIEF.
756
00:43:50,094 --> 00:43:53,631
{\an7}Man: WELL, FOR THE FIRST ONE
FOR AGES, THAT WAS SPOT ON.
757
00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:55,099
{\an7}NO PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH THAT.
758
00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:56,368
{\an7}Parry: ENJOYED THAT?
759
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:57,468
{\an7}SO DID WE.
760
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:10,781
{\an7}Narrator: BY SAVING THE LIVES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF 16 SOLDIERS
761
00:44:10,815 --> 00:44:12,450
{\an7}AND FOUR FELLOW AIRMEN,
762
00:44:12,483 --> 00:44:14,719
{\an7}STANLEY’S CREW AVERTS
\h\hA SHATTERING BLOW
763
00:44:14,752 --> 00:44:16,420
{\an7}TO BRITISH MORALE.
764
00:44:16,454 --> 00:44:17,889
{\an7}Stanley: AND AT THAT STAGE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE GAME,
765
00:44:17,922 --> 00:44:21,692
{\an7}I MUST ADMIT IT DAWNED ON ME--
WELL, THAT WAS JOLLY EXCITING.
766
00:44:21,726 --> 00:44:23,561
{\an7}LET‘S NOT HAVE ANY MORE OF THAT.
767
00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:25,396
{\an7}LET‘S DO SOMETHING VERY BORING.
768
00:44:25,429 --> 00:44:27,932
{\an7}AND IT DIDN‘T HAPPEN.
769
00:44:27,965 --> 00:44:32,470
{\an7}[LAUGHTER]
770
00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:35,272
{\an7}Narrator: HUMPHREY AND ITS CREW
GO ON TO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE
771
00:44:35,306 --> 00:44:37,875
{\an7}IN THE WAR WITH ARGENTINA.
772
00:44:37,909 --> 00:44:43,248
{\an7}\h\hTWO DAYS LATER, THEY‘RE BACK
IN THE ANTI-SUBMARINE BUSINESS.
773
00:44:43,281 --> 00:44:46,584
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY FIRE THE FIRST SHOTS
OF THE SOUTH GEORGIA CAMPAIGN--
774
00:44:46,617 --> 00:44:50,387
{\an7}DEPTH CHARGES, DISABLING
\hA VITAL ENEMY VESSEL.
775
00:44:53,024 --> 00:44:55,093
{\an7}THE BRITISH SHIPS ARE NOW FREE
776
00:44:55,126 --> 00:44:59,230
{\an7}TO BOMBARD THE ARGENTINEANS
\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO SURRENDER.
777
00:44:59,263 --> 00:45:02,199
{\an7}\h\hTHEY MAKE A FAMOUS SIGNAL TO
PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER
778
00:45:02,233 --> 00:45:04,068
{\an7}IN DOWNING STREET.
779
00:45:04,101 --> 00:45:05,669
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hJohn Nott:
THE WHITE ENSIGN FLIES
780
00:45:05,703 --> 00:45:08,806
{\an7}ALONGSIDE THE UNION JACK
\h\h\hIN SOUTH GEORGIA.
781
00:45:08,839 --> 00:45:11,809
{\an7}GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
782
00:45:11,842 --> 00:45:14,712
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMargaret Thatcher:
JUST REJOICE AT THAT NEWS,
783
00:45:14,745 --> 00:45:17,648
{\an7}AND CONGRATULATE OUR FORCES
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE MARINES!
784
00:45:17,682 --> 00:45:19,417
{\an7}GOOD NIGHT, GENTLEMEN.
785
00:45:23,654 --> 00:45:25,623
{\an7}Narrator: 26 DAYS LATER,
786
00:45:25,656 --> 00:45:27,858
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHUMPHREY JOINS
THE FULL-SCALE INVASION
787
00:45:27,892 --> 00:45:31,629
{\an7}THAT BRINGS THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
BACK INTO BRITISH HANDS.
788
00:45:31,662 --> 00:45:35,699
{\an7}BUT THE SUCCESS OF THE ENTIRE
\hWAR BEGAN ON SOUTH GEORGIA--
789
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:39,103
{\an7}WITH ONE HELICOPTER
\h\h\hAND ITS CREW.
790
00:45:39,136 --> 00:45:41,105
{\an7}Stanley: AFTERWARDS
\h\h\hYOU MIGHT SAY,
791
00:45:41,138 --> 00:45:42,573
{\an7}MY GOD, THAT WAS FRIGHTENING.
792
00:45:42,607 --> 00:45:45,710
{\an7}BUT JUST THE ABILITY TO GET ON
\h\h\hAND DO THE JOB, I THINK,
793
00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:47,812
{\an7}IS TESTAMENT TO TRAINING.
794
00:45:47,845 --> 00:45:49,146
{\an7}Parry: I THINK THE CHEMISTRY
\h\h\h\hWAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
795
00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:50,481
{\an7}BETWEEN THE FOUR OF US.
796
00:45:50,514 --> 00:45:51,615
{\an7}Stanley: I THINK IT WAS
\h\h\h\h\hEXTRAORDINARY
797
00:45:51,649 --> 00:45:52,450
{\an7}LEADERSHIP, PERSONALLY.
798
00:45:52,483 --> 00:45:53,651
{\an7}Parry: IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
799
00:45:53,684 --> 00:45:55,119
{\an7}I THINK ALL OF US CAN SAY
800
00:45:55,152 --> 00:45:57,955
{\an7}\hIT WAS EXTRAORDINARY,
YOU‘RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
96209
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