1 00:01:24,919 --> 00:01:27,088 [footsteps] 2 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:30,758 Blake. 3 00:01:32,260 --> 00:01:33,261 Blake. 4 00:01:34,512 --> 00:01:35,513 Sorry, Sarge. 5 00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:39,684 Pick a man, bring your kit. 6 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:40,768 Yes, Sarge. 7 00:02:03,332 --> 00:02:04,333 [sergeant] Don't dawdle. 8 00:02:04,834 --> 00:02:05,835 No, Sarge. 9 00:02:15,303 --> 00:02:16,595 Did they feed us? 10 00:02:17,430 --> 00:02:18,973 No. Just mail. 11 00:02:20,766 --> 00:02:24,937 - [bell clanging] - [officer shouting, faint] 12 00:02:37,450 --> 00:02:38,659 [chuckles] 13 00:02:40,286 --> 00:02:41,704 Myrtle's having puppies. 14 00:02:44,707 --> 00:02:45,875 You get anything? 15 00:02:46,459 --> 00:02:47,585 No. 16 00:02:49,253 --> 00:02:51,172 I'm bloody starvin', aren't you? 17 00:02:52,298 --> 00:02:54,675 Thought we might get some decent grub out here. 18 00:02:55,301 --> 00:02:58,054 It was the only reason I decided against the priesthood. 19 00:03:03,934 --> 00:03:05,227 What you got there? 20 00:03:05,311 --> 00:03:06,312 Ham and bread. 21 00:03:07,021 --> 00:03:08,230 Where did you find that? 22 00:03:09,148 --> 00:03:10,441 I have my uses. 23 00:03:12,568 --> 00:03:13,569 Here. 24 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:19,116 [groans] 25 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,659 Tastes like old shoe. 26 00:03:21,452 --> 00:03:24,455 Cheer up. This time next week, it'll be chicken dinner. 27 00:03:25,790 --> 00:03:26,791 Not me. 28 00:03:28,084 --> 00:03:29,335 My leave got canceled. 29 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:31,253 They say why? 30 00:03:32,421 --> 00:03:33,422 No idea. 31 00:03:35,174 --> 00:03:36,884 It's easier not to go back at all. 32 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:40,429 [officer shouting] 33 00:03:40,513 --> 00:03:41,514 Coming through! 34 00:03:43,182 --> 00:03:47,019 [soldiers chattering, shouting] 35 00:03:48,354 --> 00:03:50,773 Something's up. Did you hear anything? 36 00:03:51,315 --> 00:03:52,316 No. 37 00:03:53,484 --> 00:03:54,777 Has to be the push, right? 38 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:58,697 Ten bob says we're going up. 39 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:00,741 I'm not taking that bet. 40 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:03,411 Why? 'Cause you know I'm right? 41 00:04:03,494 --> 00:04:06,372 - No, because you haven't got ten bob. - [Blake chuckles] 42 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:11,710 In your own time, gentlemen. 43 00:04:12,795 --> 00:04:15,256 - Is there any news, Sarge? - News of what? 44 00:04:15,339 --> 00:04:17,842 The big push. It was supposed to happen weeks ago. 45 00:04:17,925 --> 00:04:19,552 They told us we'd be home by Christmas. 46 00:04:19,635 --> 00:04:21,929 Yes, well, sorry to disrupt your crowded schedule, Blake, 47 00:04:22,012 --> 00:04:24,348 but the brass hats didn't fancy it in the snow. 48 00:04:24,432 --> 00:04:26,809 More's the pity, Sarge. I could've done with some turkey. 49 00:04:26,892 --> 00:04:29,854 Well, I'll make sure to relay your displeasure to command. 50 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:31,814 So, what's on the cards then, Sergeant? 51 00:04:31,897 --> 00:04:33,607 The Hun are up to something. 52 00:04:33,691 --> 00:04:34,733 Any idea what? 53 00:04:34,817 --> 00:04:37,528 No. But it's about to ruin our weekend. 54 00:04:44,994 --> 00:04:46,328 Now, listen. 55 00:04:46,412 --> 00:04:48,747 Erinmore is inside, so tidy yourselves up. 56 00:04:50,249 --> 00:04:53,461 Never know, might be mentions in dispatches for this one... 57 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:56,755 if you don't bugger it up. 58 00:05:00,009 --> 00:05:02,219 Must be something big if the general's here. 59 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,732 [sergeant] Lance Corporals Blake and Schofield, sir. 60 00:05:17,568 --> 00:05:19,111 Which one of you is Blake? 61 00:05:19,195 --> 00:05:20,196 Sir. 62 00:05:20,863 --> 00:05:23,532 You have a brother, a lieutenant in the 2nd Devons? 63 00:05:24,116 --> 00:05:26,327 Yes, sir. Joseph Blake. Is he... 64 00:05:26,410 --> 00:05:28,204 Alive. As far as I know. 65 00:05:29,288 --> 00:05:31,749 And with your help, I'd like to keep it that way. 66 00:05:32,583 --> 00:05:35,044 Sanders tells me you're good with maps. That true? 67 00:05:35,794 --> 00:05:36,795 Good enough, sir. 68 00:05:38,088 --> 00:05:39,089 So... 69 00:05:41,091 --> 00:05:43,010 we are here. 70 00:05:44,011 --> 00:05:46,889 The 2nd Devons are advancing here. 71 00:05:47,473 --> 00:05:49,350 How long will it take you to get there? 72 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:52,353 I don't understand, sir. 73 00:05:52,436 --> 00:05:55,231 - Sir, that land is held by the Germans. - Germans have gone. 74 00:05:56,607 --> 00:05:58,400 Don't get your hopes up. 75 00:05:58,484 --> 00:06:00,986 It appears to be a strategic withdrawal. 76 00:06:02,154 --> 00:06:06,033 They seem to have created a new line, nine miles back here by the looks of it. 77 00:06:06,617 --> 00:06:08,911 Colonel Mackenzie is in command of the 2nd. 78 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:13,582 He sent word yesterday morning he was going after the retreating Germans. 79 00:06:14,416 --> 00:06:16,877 He is convinced he has them on the run, 80 00:06:16,961 --> 00:06:19,922 that if he can break their lines now, he will turn the tide. 81 00:06:21,382 --> 00:06:22,383 He is wrong. 82 00:06:23,092 --> 00:06:27,638 Colonel Mackenzie has not seen these aerials of the enemy's new line. 83 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:29,139 Come around here, gentlemen. 84 00:06:31,392 --> 00:06:34,478 Three miles deep, field fortifications, defenses, 85 00:06:34,562 --> 00:06:37,147 artillery the like of which we've never seen before. 86 00:06:38,524 --> 00:06:41,652 The 2nd are due to attack the line shortly after dawn tomorrow. 87 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:44,238 They have no idea what they're in for. 88 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:46,323 And we can't warn them. 89 00:06:46,407 --> 00:06:49,410 As a parting gift, the enemy cut all our telephone lines. 90 00:06:50,369 --> 00:06:53,497 Your orders are to get to the 2nd at Croisilles Wood, 91 00:06:53,581 --> 00:06:56,125 one mile southeast of the town of Ecoust. 92 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:59,003 Deliver this to Colonel Mackenzie. 93 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:02,006 It is a direct order to call off tomorrow morning's attack. 94 00:07:02,673 --> 00:07:04,758 If you don't, it will be a massacre. 95 00:07:05,551 --> 00:07:09,430 We will lose two battalions, 1,600 men, your brother among them. 96 00:07:10,889 --> 00:07:12,891 Do you think you can get there in time? 97 00:07:12,975 --> 00:07:14,059 Yes, sir. 98 00:07:14,143 --> 00:07:15,519 Any questions? 99 00:07:15,603 --> 00:07:17,062 - No, sir. - Good. 100 00:07:17,479 --> 00:07:18,689 Over to you, Lieutenant. 101 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:23,110 [lieutenant] Supplies, gentlemen. 102 00:07:24,570 --> 00:07:28,657 Map, torches, grenades, and a couple of little treats. 103 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:32,828 Leave immediately. Take this trench west up on Sauchiehall Street. 104 00:07:32,911 --> 00:07:35,164 Then northwest on Paradise Alley at the front. 105 00:07:35,247 --> 00:07:38,083 Continue along the front line until you find the Yorks. 106 00:07:38,167 --> 00:07:39,710 Give this note to Major Stevenson. 107 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:42,463 He's holding the line at the shortest span of no-man's-land. 108 00:07:42,546 --> 00:07:43,881 You'll cross there. 109 00:07:44,465 --> 00:07:46,383 It'll be daylight, sir. They'll see us. 110 00:07:46,467 --> 00:07:48,218 [Erinmore] There's no need to be concerned. 111 00:07:48,302 --> 00:07:49,970 You should meet no resistance. 112 00:07:56,060 --> 00:07:58,604 Sir, is-- is it just us? 113 00:07:59,563 --> 00:08:04,026 "Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone." 114 00:08:04,985 --> 00:08:07,571 - Wouldn't you say, Lieutenant? - Yes, sir, I would. 115 00:08:10,115 --> 00:08:11,116 Good luck. 116 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:23,671 Blake, let's talk about this for a minute. 117 00:08:23,754 --> 00:08:24,755 Why? 118 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:26,882 [sighs] 119 00:08:32,429 --> 00:08:33,430 Blake! 120 00:08:40,813 --> 00:08:42,189 We just need to think about it. 121 00:08:42,272 --> 00:08:44,483 There's nothing to think about. It's my big brother. 122 00:08:44,566 --> 00:08:47,986 - We should at least wait until it's dark. - Erinmore said to leave immediately. 123 00:08:48,070 --> 00:08:50,114 Erinmore's never seen no-man's-land. 124 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:51,782 We won't make it ten yards. 125 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:52,783 If we just wait-- 126 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:55,452 You heard him. He said the Boche have gone. 127 00:08:55,994 --> 00:08:57,996 Is that why he gave us grenades? 128 00:08:59,123 --> 00:09:02,126 [soldiers chattering] 129 00:09:04,336 --> 00:09:05,462 [soldier exclaims] 130 00:09:09,133 --> 00:09:11,176 - Watch where you're going. - Sorry. 131 00:09:15,389 --> 00:09:16,390 [exhales] 132 00:09:20,394 --> 00:09:22,396 All I'm saying is that we wait. 133 00:09:22,855 --> 00:09:25,858 Yes, you would say that �cause it's not your brother, is it? 134 00:09:28,652 --> 00:09:32,281 Look, the last time I was told the Germans were gone, it didn't end well. 135 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,284 You don't know, Blake. You weren't there. 136 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,913 Excuse me. Excuse me. 137 00:09:39,997 --> 00:09:41,999 - [soldiers chattering] - Excuse me. 138 00:09:46,336 --> 00:09:48,422 You're going up the down trench, you bloody idiot. 139 00:09:48,505 --> 00:09:49,882 Orders of the general, sir. 140 00:10:02,853 --> 00:10:04,938 All right, say the Boche have gone. 141 00:10:05,606 --> 00:10:07,691 Nine miles would take us, what, six hours? 142 00:10:07,775 --> 00:10:09,276 Eight at the very most. 143 00:10:09,359 --> 00:10:11,403 So, we've got time to wait until the sun sets. 144 00:10:11,487 --> 00:10:12,821 - It's enemy territory. - Otherwise we'll be wide open. 145 00:10:12,905 --> 00:10:14,531 We've got no idea what we're walking into. 146 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:18,744 Blake, if we're not clever about this, no one will get to your brother. 147 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:20,829 I will. 148 00:10:23,415 --> 00:10:25,626 We're here. This is the front line. 149 00:10:28,337 --> 00:10:29,838 Now we need to find the Yorks. 150 00:11:15,050 --> 00:11:16,593 [Blake] Sorry, mate. 151 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:19,221 - Watch who you're shoving. - [Blake] Get out of the way. 152 00:11:19,304 --> 00:11:21,473 Who the fuck do you think you are, pushing wounded soldiers? 153 00:11:21,557 --> 00:11:22,933 I didn't know. Let go of me! 154 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:25,519 Arsehole knocked down our sergeant. The man's fucking wounded! 155 00:11:25,602 --> 00:11:27,688 All right, I'm sorry. All right? I'm sorry! 156 00:11:27,771 --> 00:11:28,981 - We're on commission. - Just let me through. 157 00:11:29,064 --> 00:11:31,108 - Orders from the general. - Just let me through. 158 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:33,443 Get out of the way. 159 00:11:35,237 --> 00:11:37,656 All right. Just watch where you're going. 160 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:08,478 It's bloody quiet. 161 00:12:09,897 --> 00:12:11,565 Was it like this before Thiepval? 162 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:13,400 Don't remember. 163 00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:15,861 You don't remember the Somme? 164 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:18,655 - Not really. - [soldier] Hey, mind us. Come on. 165 00:12:21,116 --> 00:12:22,826 Well, you did all right out of it. 166 00:12:23,785 --> 00:12:25,120 At least wear your ribbon. 167 00:12:26,204 --> 00:12:27,539 Don't have it anymore. 168 00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:31,043 What? You lost your medal? 169 00:12:31,126 --> 00:12:32,336 [soldier] Heads down, boys. 170 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:35,923 [officer] Come on, lads. Keep digging. 171 00:12:40,052 --> 00:12:41,053 Stay low. 172 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:49,853 For God's sake, careful there. 173 00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:51,563 You're stepping on the dead. 174 00:12:51,647 --> 00:12:52,731 That's our sergeant. 175 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:55,776 Be better washing them out of this dugout with a bloody hose. 176 00:12:55,859 --> 00:12:57,486 Do you know where the Yorks are? 177 00:12:57,569 --> 00:13:00,030 The next bend, you'll be standing on top of half of them. 178 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:01,531 Shot to hell two nights ago. 179 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:12,250 Yorks? 180 00:13:12,668 --> 00:13:13,752 Yes, Corp. 181 00:13:13,835 --> 00:13:15,045 Where's Major Stevenson? 182 00:13:15,587 --> 00:13:17,923 Was killed. Couple of nights ago, Corporal. 183 00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,133 Lieutenant Leslie has command. 184 00:13:20,676 --> 00:13:21,802 [Blake] Where can we find him? 185 00:13:22,552 --> 00:13:23,595 Next dugout. 186 00:13:31,770 --> 00:13:32,771 Here. 187 00:13:37,985 --> 00:13:38,986 Sir? 188 00:13:39,653 --> 00:13:41,780 - Lieutenant Leslie, sir? - What is it? 189 00:13:41,863 --> 00:13:43,740 We have a message from General Erinmore. 190 00:13:43,824 --> 00:13:45,534 - Are you our relief? - No, sir. 191 00:13:45,617 --> 00:13:47,536 Then when the fucking hell are they due? 192 00:13:47,619 --> 00:13:50,163 We don't know, sir, but we've got orders to cross here. 193 00:13:50,247 --> 00:13:52,040 That is the German front line. 194 00:13:52,124 --> 00:13:53,125 We know, sir. 195 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:55,168 If you'll just take the letter. 196 00:13:57,421 --> 00:13:58,964 Settle a bet. What day is it? 197 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:01,216 Friday. 198 00:14:01,299 --> 00:14:03,051 Friday? Well, none of us was right. 199 00:14:03,135 --> 00:14:05,846 - This idiot thought it was Tuesday. - [soldier] Sorry, sir. 200 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:09,850 Are they out of their fucking minds? 201 00:14:09,933 --> 00:14:12,936 One slow night, the brass think the Hun have just gone home? 202 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,646 Do you think they're wrong, sir? 203 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:18,275 We lost an officer and three men two nights ago. 204 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,027 They were shot to bits patching up wire. 205 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:22,946 We dragged two of them back here. Needn't have bothered-- 206 00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:26,158 Sir, the general is sure the enemy have withdrawn. 207 00:14:26,241 --> 00:14:28,243 - There are aerials of the new line-- - Shut up. 208 00:14:28,326 --> 00:14:30,829 We fought and died over every inch of this fucking place. 209 00:14:30,912 --> 00:14:33,290 Now they suddenly give us miles. It's a trap. 210 00:14:37,169 --> 00:14:39,337 But chin up. There's a medal in it, for sure. 211 00:14:39,421 --> 00:14:42,174 Nothing like a scrap of ribbon to cheer up a widow. 212 00:14:44,926 --> 00:14:46,344 All right. [clears throat] 213 00:14:49,181 --> 00:14:50,849 Where's the nearest way through, sir? 214 00:14:50,932 --> 00:14:53,810 Our wire's a mess, but there is a path through of sorts. 215 00:14:53,894 --> 00:14:55,854 Rushworth, let him look. 216 00:15:00,859 --> 00:15:02,986 Straight ahead to the left, past the dead horses. 217 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:04,780 There's a gap directly behind them. 218 00:15:05,781 --> 00:15:08,825 Useful because if it's dark, you follow the stench. 219 00:15:08,909 --> 00:15:12,704 When you get to the second wire, look out for the bowing chap. 220 00:15:12,788 --> 00:15:14,664 There's a small break just beside him. 221 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:17,459 The German line is 150-odd yards after that. 222 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:20,921 Watch out for the craters. They're deeper than they look. 223 00:15:21,004 --> 00:15:22,798 If you fall in, there's no getting out. 224 00:15:23,340 --> 00:15:24,341 This way. 225 00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:27,385 Wake up, Kilgour. 226 00:15:27,969 --> 00:15:29,304 Bloody waste of space. 227 00:15:29,387 --> 00:15:31,306 Any cover, sir? Anywhere to jump off from? 228 00:15:31,389 --> 00:15:33,558 No. The sap trench was blown to hell weeks ago. 229 00:15:33,642 --> 00:15:35,060 It was full of bodies, anyway. 230 00:15:35,143 --> 00:15:37,062 Your best bet is to pop over here. 231 00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:43,443 If you do get shot, try to make it back to the wire. 232 00:15:43,527 --> 00:15:45,529 We won't come after you, not till it's dark. 233 00:15:45,612 --> 00:15:49,741 And if by some fucking miracle you do make it, send up a flare. 234 00:15:49,825 --> 00:15:50,951 Don't have any, sir. 235 00:15:51,827 --> 00:15:54,204 Well, get him one, Kilgour. Make yourself useful. 236 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:55,288 Yes, sir. 237 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:01,753 Through this holy unction, may the Lord pardon you your faults 238 00:16:01,837 --> 00:16:03,672 and whatever sins thou has committed. 239 00:16:07,050 --> 00:16:09,010 I do hate losing these to the Hun. 240 00:16:09,094 --> 00:16:13,598 So, when they start shooting at you, could you be so kind as to throw it back. 241 00:16:13,682 --> 00:16:14,766 There's a good chap. 242 00:16:18,103 --> 00:16:19,104 Cheerio. 243 00:16:26,987 --> 00:16:27,988 You sure? 244 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:30,615 Yes. 245 00:16:36,913 --> 00:16:37,914 Age before beauty. 246 00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:19,080 [flies buzzing] 247 00:18:19,224 --> 00:18:20,308 [gasps] 248 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:26,940 You all right? 249 00:18:29,734 --> 00:18:30,735 Look for cover. 250 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,043 [grunts] 251 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:53,967 Sap trench. 252 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:15,989 - [grunts] - [Schofield gasps, groans] 253 00:20:15,006 --> 00:20:18,009 [planes approaching] 254 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:22,931 Stay still. 255 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:33,149 They're ours. 256 00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:36,694 Keep going. We're halfway. 257 00:21:27,579 --> 00:21:30,373 [squawking] 258 00:21:41,676 --> 00:21:43,678 There's a gap. In the wire. 259 00:22:41,778 --> 00:22:42,987 Sco. 260 00:23:07,095 --> 00:23:08,763 There. That's the front line. 261 00:23:30,994 --> 00:23:32,495 [both gasping, panting] 262 00:23:32,495 --> 00:23:33,538 [both gasping, panting] 263 00:23:34,539 --> 00:23:35,748 [Blake] Fuck me. 264 00:23:36,624 --> 00:23:38,001 They really have gone. 265 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:00,481 Your hand all right? 266 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:03,860 Put it through an effing German. 267 00:24:05,695 --> 00:24:06,738 Patch it up. 268 00:24:07,322 --> 00:24:09,157 You'll be wanking again in no time. 269 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:11,701 Wrong hand. 270 00:24:33,473 --> 00:24:36,100 [exhales, panting] 271 00:24:38,102 --> 00:24:39,896 [embers sizzling] 272 00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:43,608 They're not long gone. 273 00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:08,508 No good. 274 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,031 Blocked. 275 00:25:33,074 --> 00:25:34,492 This might be a way through. 276 00:25:44,544 --> 00:25:46,170 [switches click] 277 00:25:50,383 --> 00:25:51,592 [Blake] Jesus. 278 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:01,310 Look at this. 279 00:26:02,812 --> 00:26:04,021 It's massive. 280 00:26:07,108 --> 00:26:08,693 They built all this. 281 00:26:55,448 --> 00:26:56,824 Here's our way through. 282 00:26:57,366 --> 00:26:58,367 Sco. 283 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:01,245 How 'bout this? 284 00:27:06,042 --> 00:27:07,293 Bloody hell. 285 00:27:10,379 --> 00:27:12,381 Even their rats are bigger than ours. 286 00:27:19,597 --> 00:27:21,224 What do you think's in the bags? 287 00:27:22,391 --> 00:27:23,976 You cannot be that hungry. 288 00:27:30,483 --> 00:27:33,277 Look at him. Cocky little bastard. 289 00:27:34,403 --> 00:27:36,155 You could eat this, though. 290 00:27:36,239 --> 00:27:37,490 What is it? 291 00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:38,741 Boche dog meat. 292 00:27:40,910 --> 00:27:42,245 What's in the other boxes? 293 00:27:44,622 --> 00:27:46,666 - What's wrong? - Trip wire. 294 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:48,876 Don't move. 295 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:51,128 Where is it? 296 00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,299 Goes from here to the door. 297 00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:00,555 - Oh! Jesus! - Oh, no! 298 00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:08,020 [coughing] 299 00:28:10,064 --> 00:28:11,983 [Schofield grunting, muffled] - Sco! 300 00:28:12,066 --> 00:28:14,402 [rumbling, dirt falling] 301 00:28:14,485 --> 00:28:16,612 [Schofield groaning] 302 00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:20,533 - Sco? [Schofield cries out, muffled] 303 00:28:20,616 --> 00:28:23,077 [beams snapping, creaking] 304 00:28:23,911 --> 00:28:24,912 Sco! 305 00:28:28,249 --> 00:28:30,877 - Sco! Sco. - [Schofield groaning] 306 00:28:36,883 --> 00:28:37,884 Sco! 307 00:28:42,346 --> 00:28:44,265 Sco. Sco? 308 00:28:44,974 --> 00:28:47,310 Wake up. Wake up! 309 00:28:50,187 --> 00:28:51,606 Sco! Sco! 310 00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:54,400 [coughing, gasping] 311 00:28:54,483 --> 00:28:56,736 - Stand up! Stand up! - [gasping, coughing continues] 312 00:28:56,819 --> 00:28:58,571 Come on. Stand up! 313 00:28:59,363 --> 00:29:01,073 Up! Up! Up! 314 00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:03,367 Come on! 315 00:29:03,951 --> 00:29:04,952 Stand up! 316 00:29:09,665 --> 00:29:11,208 The whole thing's coming down. 317 00:29:17,632 --> 00:29:19,342 You keep hold of me! 318 00:29:32,855 --> 00:29:34,607 We need to keep moving. 319 00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:36,025 Come on! 320 00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:38,069 I can't see. I can't see! 321 00:29:39,654 --> 00:29:41,822 Stop! Stop, stop, stop, stop! Stop! 322 00:29:42,615 --> 00:29:43,908 It's a mine shaft. 323 00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:46,285 We'll have to jump. 324 00:29:46,994 --> 00:29:48,204 All right, come on. 325 00:29:51,165 --> 00:29:53,542 You're going to have to jump. Just jump. 326 00:29:53,626 --> 00:29:56,587 - l can't. I can't see! - You need to trust me. 327 00:29:56,671 --> 00:29:57,672 Jump! 328 00:30:04,595 --> 00:30:07,139 Don't let go of me! Don't let go! 329 00:30:10,685 --> 00:30:12,395 Light! There's light. 330 00:30:18,651 --> 00:30:21,320 [gasping, grunting] 331 00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:27,118 Stop, stop. [gasping] 332 00:30:27,201 --> 00:30:28,536 Just let me stand. 333 00:30:28,786 --> 00:30:32,039 - [coughing] - [loud rumbling] 334 00:30:32,123 --> 00:30:33,624 Dirty bastards! 335 00:30:39,463 --> 00:30:42,591 - [coughing continues] - Careful. They may have left other traps. 336 00:30:51,434 --> 00:30:52,768 [Blake] Jesus. 337 00:31:01,819 --> 00:31:03,487 - [canteen opens] - [water sloshing] 338 00:31:03,571 --> 00:31:06,532 Dust. So much dust in my eyes. 339 00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:17,334 Here. 340 00:31:17,418 --> 00:31:18,711 Have some of mine. 341 00:31:24,925 --> 00:31:26,844 I wish I'd shot that rat now. 342 00:31:28,054 --> 00:31:30,347 I wish you'd picked some other bloody idiot. 343 00:31:30,973 --> 00:31:33,851 - What? - Why in God's name did you choose me? 344 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:38,147 - I didn't know what I was picking you for. - No, you didn't. 345 00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,649 You never know. That's your problem. 346 00:31:44,195 --> 00:31:45,404 All right, then go back. 347 00:31:46,864 --> 00:31:49,492 Nothing's stopping you. You can go all the way bloody home if you want. 348 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:50,576 Don't. 349 00:31:50,659 --> 00:31:51,786 Just don't. 350 00:31:53,788 --> 00:31:55,873 I didn't know what I was picking you for. 351 00:31:56,582 --> 00:32:00,086 I thought they were going to send us back up the line or for food or something. 352 00:32:01,128 --> 00:32:04,423 I thought it was going to be something easy. All right? 353 00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:07,968 I never thought it would be this. 354 00:32:14,934 --> 00:32:16,560 So, do you want to go back? 355 00:32:20,731 --> 00:32:22,358 Just fire the fucking flare. 356 00:32:37,957 --> 00:32:39,500 Up yours, Lieutenant. 357 00:32:44,046 --> 00:32:46,715 [flare explodes, hisses] 358 00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:48,259 [exhales] 359 00:32:55,349 --> 00:32:56,642 Do you know where we are? 360 00:32:58,477 --> 00:33:01,897 Uh... Ecoust is directly southeast. 361 00:33:03,607 --> 00:33:05,151 And if we keep that bearing... 362 00:33:06,402 --> 00:33:07,695 we should make it. 363 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:12,658 Come on, then. 364 00:33:22,918 --> 00:33:25,671 [coughs, spits] 365 00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:38,726 Look at that. 366 00:33:39,602 --> 00:33:41,145 They destroyed their own guns. 367 00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:44,440 They destroyed their own trenches, too. 368 00:33:45,941 --> 00:33:47,610 What do you mean? 369 00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:50,154 Think they wanted us to go that way. 370 00:33:50,237 --> 00:33:51,864 They wanted to bury us. 371 00:33:56,035 --> 00:33:57,870 [rat skittering] 372 00:33:59,246 --> 00:34:01,123 You bastard rats. 373 00:34:02,625 --> 00:34:05,169 [spits, coughs, sniffs] 374 00:34:08,464 --> 00:34:12,259 Hey, did you hear that story about Wilko? 375 00:34:12,343 --> 00:34:14,678 - How he lost his ear? - I'm not in the mood. 376 00:34:15,262 --> 00:34:17,848 Keep your eyes on the trees. Top of the ridge. 377 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,145 Bet he told you it was shrapnel. 378 00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:26,565 [sighs] What was it, then? 379 00:34:27,650 --> 00:34:31,028 Well, you know his girl's a hairdresser, right? 380 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:35,699 And he was moaning about the lack of bathing facilities when he wrote to her. 381 00:34:36,492 --> 00:34:38,535 You remember those rancid jakes at Arras? 382 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:39,536 Yeah. 383 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:42,665 Anyway, she sends him over this hair oil. 384 00:34:44,124 --> 00:34:47,211 Smells sweet. Like Golden Syrup. 385 00:34:49,255 --> 00:34:54,510 Wilko loves the smell, but he doesn't want to cart it around in his pack. 386 00:34:55,594 --> 00:35:00,766 So he slathers it all over his barnet, goes to sleep, 387 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:04,061 and in the middle of the night he wakes up, 388 00:35:04,144 --> 00:35:09,191 and a rat is sitting on his shoulder, licking the oil off his head. 389 00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:10,484 [chuckles] 390 00:35:10,567 --> 00:35:13,112 - Wilko panics, and he jumps up. - [Schofield laughing] 391 00:35:13,195 --> 00:35:16,657 And when he does, the rat bites clean through his fucking ear 392 00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:19,076 - and runs off with it! - No! [laughing] 393 00:35:19,159 --> 00:35:22,871 He made a hell of a fuss, yellin', screamin'. 394 00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:27,001 The best of it was, he'd put so much bloody oil on himself 395 00:35:27,084 --> 00:35:28,669 that he couldn't wash it off. 396 00:35:28,752 --> 00:35:30,587 He was like a magnet. 397 00:35:30,671 --> 00:35:33,340 Rats left us alone, but they couldn't get enough of him. 398 00:35:33,424 --> 00:35:34,425 Poor bastard. 399 00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:43,600 Heading back home. 400 00:35:44,727 --> 00:35:46,145 I wonder what they saw. 401 00:35:48,522 --> 00:35:49,773 Watch the ridgelines. 402 00:35:54,945 --> 00:35:56,822 Well, that's your medal sorted, then. 403 00:35:58,157 --> 00:35:59,158 What do you mean? 404 00:36:00,034 --> 00:36:04,580 "Lance Corporal Blake showed unusual valor rescuing a comrade from certain death." 405 00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:05,914 Blah, blah, blah. 406 00:36:07,583 --> 00:36:08,584 You reckon? 407 00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:10,669 I do. 408 00:36:13,589 --> 00:36:16,383 Well, that'd be nice, since you lost yours. 409 00:36:17,259 --> 00:36:18,594 I didn't lose mine. 410 00:36:20,095 --> 00:36:21,430 What happened to it, then? 411 00:36:21,889 --> 00:36:23,432 Why do you care? 412 00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:24,767 Why do you not? 413 00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:29,063 I swapped it with a French captain. 414 00:36:29,146 --> 00:36:31,315 - Swapped it? - Mm-hmm. 415 00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:32,649 For what? 416 00:36:32,733 --> 00:36:33,817 Bottle of wine. 417 00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:36,820 What did you do that for? 418 00:36:36,904 --> 00:36:38,155 I was thirsty. 419 00:36:40,199 --> 00:36:41,367 What a waste. 420 00:36:43,786 --> 00:36:45,746 You should have taken it home with you. 421 00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:48,290 You should have given it to your family. 422 00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:52,169 Men have died for that. 423 00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:55,631 If I got a medal, I'd take it home. 424 00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:59,218 - Why didn't you just take it home? - Look, it's just a bit of bloody tin. 425 00:36:59,301 --> 00:37:00,886 It doesn't make you special. 426 00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:02,888 Doesn't make any difference to anyone. 427 00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:04,932 Yes, it does. 428 00:37:06,183 --> 00:37:07,893 And it's not just a bit of tin. 429 00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:09,103 It's got a ribbon on it. 430 00:37:09,186 --> 00:37:10,396 [chuckles] 431 00:37:14,358 --> 00:37:15,859 I hated going home. 432 00:37:16,902 --> 00:37:18,112 I hated it. 433 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:21,782 When I knew I couldn't stay... 434 00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:25,661 when I knew I had to leave and they might never see m-- 435 00:37:43,262 --> 00:37:45,139 [exhales] 436 00:37:56,984 --> 00:37:57,985 Jesus. 437 00:38:01,363 --> 00:38:02,739 They chopped them all down. 438 00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:08,036 Cherries. 439 00:38:12,207 --> 00:38:13,208 Lamberts. 440 00:38:17,087 --> 00:38:18,297 They might be dukes. 441 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:21,091 Hard to tell when they aren't in fruit. 442 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,177 What's the difference? 443 00:38:24,428 --> 00:38:26,346 Well, people think there's one type. 444 00:38:27,264 --> 00:38:28,474 But there's lots of them. 445 00:38:28,557 --> 00:38:33,187 Cuthberts, Queen Annes, Montmorencys. Sweet ones, sour ones. 446 00:38:33,270 --> 00:38:34,938 Why on earth would you know this? 447 00:38:35,647 --> 00:38:37,232 Mum's got an orchard back home. 448 00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:39,318 Only a few trees. 449 00:38:40,611 --> 00:38:42,946 This time of year, it looks like it's been snowing. 450 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:45,032 Blossom everywhere. 451 00:38:46,658 --> 00:38:49,203 And then in May, we have to pick them. 452 00:38:50,537 --> 00:38:51,538 Me and Joe. 453 00:38:53,415 --> 00:38:54,666 Takes the whole day. 454 00:38:56,043 --> 00:38:57,753 So, these ones all goners? 455 00:38:58,504 --> 00:39:01,673 Oh, no. They'll grow again when the stones rot. 456 00:39:02,508 --> 00:39:04,635 You'll end up with more trees than before. 457 00:39:10,265 --> 00:39:11,975 It looks abandoned. 458 00:39:12,059 --> 00:39:13,268 Let's hope so. 459 00:39:14,311 --> 00:39:15,646 We have to make sure. 460 00:39:48,762 --> 00:39:50,347 I'll take front, you take back. 461 00:40:33,265 --> 00:40:34,349 Anything? 462 00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:36,226 Nothing. 463 00:40:55,287 --> 00:40:56,705 Did you find any food? 464 00:40:56,788 --> 00:40:57,789 No. 465 00:40:59,416 --> 00:41:00,626 I don't like this place. 466 00:41:29,071 --> 00:41:30,739 [cow moos] 467 00:41:47,339 --> 00:41:49,758 [mooing continues] 468 00:42:05,816 --> 00:42:08,068 [sighs] 469 00:42:08,985 --> 00:42:14,533 Map says get over that ridge and it's a straight shot to Ecoust. 470 00:42:16,118 --> 00:42:17,327 Good. 471 00:42:27,379 --> 00:42:31,383 [planes approaching] 472 00:42:51,611 --> 00:42:53,447 [machine gun fire] 473 00:42:57,826 --> 00:43:00,036 [machine gun fire continues] 474 00:43:01,705 --> 00:43:03,039 Is that our friends again? 475 00:43:04,166 --> 00:43:05,375 Looks like it. 476 00:43:06,626 --> 00:43:07,627 Dogfight. 477 00:43:09,337 --> 00:43:11,214 Who's winning? 478 00:43:11,298 --> 00:43:12,340 Us, I think. 479 00:43:13,675 --> 00:43:14,676 Two on one. 480 00:43:16,636 --> 00:43:18,597 [explosion] 481 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:19,681 They got him. 482 00:43:32,986 --> 00:43:34,988 [engine sputtering] 483 00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:48,210 [pilot screaming] 484 00:43:55,008 --> 00:43:57,719 [shouting in German, screaming] 485 00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:15,612 [grunts, muttering in German] 486 00:44:18,740 --> 00:44:22,452 - We should put him out of his misery. - No. Get him some water. He needs water. 487 00:44:23,578 --> 00:44:25,622 [Blake] It's all right. It's all right. 488 00:44:26,540 --> 00:44:28,083 Steady. Stay still. 489 00:44:37,384 --> 00:44:38,969 [Blake] Stop. Stop! 490 00:44:39,803 --> 00:44:41,680 - [Blake groans] - No. No, no! 491 00:44:41,763 --> 00:44:44,266 [Blake screaming] 492 00:44:47,644 --> 00:44:50,605 You bastard! [groans] 493 00:44:50,689 --> 00:44:54,276 You bloody bastard. [groaning continues] 494 00:44:56,069 --> 00:44:58,697 - [gasps] Oh, God, no. - [Schofield gasps] 495 00:44:58,780 --> 00:45:00,282 Oh, God, no! 496 00:45:00,365 --> 00:45:01,867 [groans] 497 00:45:01,950 --> 00:45:03,785 Jesus. Jesus, no! 498 00:45:05,078 --> 00:45:07,205 - We have to stop the bleeding. - [screams] 499 00:45:07,289 --> 00:45:08,832 Stop. Stop it! Stop it! 500 00:45:08,915 --> 00:45:10,792 It's all right. It's going to be all right. 501 00:45:11,793 --> 00:45:12,961 We're going to stand up. 502 00:45:13,044 --> 00:45:15,005 - Okay, yes. Yes. - Right? 503 00:45:19,551 --> 00:45:22,012 No, I can't, I can't. Ow! 504 00:45:23,597 --> 00:45:25,765 - We have to get to an aid post. - l can't. 505 00:45:25,849 --> 00:45:28,810 - I'll carry you. It isn't very far. - Just bring a doctor here. 506 00:45:28,894 --> 00:45:30,562 We can't. We have to go together. 507 00:45:32,272 --> 00:45:33,398 We're going to get up. 508 00:45:34,024 --> 00:45:35,233 We're going to get up. 509 00:45:38,153 --> 00:45:41,364 [grunts] 510 00:45:41,448 --> 00:45:43,199 - Stop! - Come on. 511 00:45:43,283 --> 00:45:44,284 Please stop! 512 00:45:45,076 --> 00:45:48,538 Put me down! Put me down, you bastard, please! 513 00:45:48,622 --> 00:45:49,623 Put me down! 514 00:45:50,749 --> 00:45:53,460 - [Schofield panting, gasping] - [groaning] 515 00:45:57,422 --> 00:45:59,215 - [groaning continues] - Oh! 516 00:46:00,383 --> 00:46:02,135 You have to try to keep moving. 517 00:46:02,218 --> 00:46:03,720 Let's just sit. 518 00:46:03,803 --> 00:46:05,472 - Let me sit. - No, we can't. 519 00:46:05,555 --> 00:46:07,265 We have to find the 2nd, remember? 520 00:46:07,349 --> 00:46:08,975 Your brother. We have to go now. 521 00:46:09,059 --> 00:46:10,977 You can start on without me. I'll catch up. 522 00:46:11,061 --> 00:46:12,979 No. You can't stay here. 523 00:46:13,855 --> 00:46:16,107 We have to move. All right? 524 00:46:16,191 --> 00:46:18,485 We have to move. Now, come on. 525 00:46:18,568 --> 00:46:20,612 - Come on! - [grunts] 526 00:46:20,695 --> 00:46:22,405 Come on. That's it. 527 00:46:22,489 --> 00:46:25,241 Come on, come on. Come on. 528 00:46:26,910 --> 00:46:29,955 [screaming, whimpering] 529 00:46:31,081 --> 00:46:33,792 Your brother. We have to find your brother. 530 00:46:36,836 --> 00:46:37,921 You'll recognize him. 531 00:46:39,923 --> 00:46:41,633 He looks like me. 532 00:46:41,716 --> 00:46:44,344 And he's a bit older. 533 00:46:44,427 --> 00:46:46,012 [beam creaking] 534 00:46:57,190 --> 00:46:58,191 What are they? 535 00:47:00,986 --> 00:47:02,445 Are we being shelled? 536 00:47:04,072 --> 00:47:06,324 They're embers. The barn is on fire. 537 00:47:11,705 --> 00:47:12,914 I've been hit. 538 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:16,209 What was it? 539 00:47:17,669 --> 00:47:18,878 You were stabbed. 540 00:47:24,843 --> 00:47:26,428 [whimpers] Am I dying? 541 00:47:35,270 --> 00:47:36,271 Yes. 542 00:47:38,023 --> 00:47:39,274 Yes, I think you are. 543 00:47:56,958 --> 00:47:59,461 - This? - Inside. 544 00:48:23,485 --> 00:48:25,779 Will you write to my mum for me? 545 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:28,281 I will. 546 00:48:31,409 --> 00:48:32,869 Tell her I wasn't scared. 547 00:48:37,373 --> 00:48:38,374 Anything else? 548 00:48:41,419 --> 00:48:42,712 I love them. 549 00:48:45,131 --> 00:48:46,132 I wish that... 550 00:48:48,802 --> 00:48:50,053 I wish that... 551 00:48:56,351 --> 00:48:57,560 Talk to me. 552 00:49:00,271 --> 00:49:01,981 Tell me you know the way. 553 00:49:05,568 --> 00:49:06,736 I know the way. 554 00:49:08,530 --> 00:49:11,282 I'm going to head southeast until I hit Ecoust. 555 00:49:12,283 --> 00:49:13,785 I'll pass through the town 556 00:49:13,868 --> 00:49:16,704 and out to the east all the way to Croisilles Wood. 557 00:49:17,747 --> 00:49:19,374 It'll be dark by then. 558 00:49:20,458 --> 00:49:21,543 That won't bother me. 559 00:49:22,836 --> 00:49:24,629 I'll find the 2nd. 560 00:49:24,712 --> 00:49:26,756 I'll give them the message, 561 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,259 and then I'll find your brother. 562 00:49:29,342 --> 00:49:32,095 Just like you, a little older. 563 00:51:10,485 --> 00:51:11,653 [exhales] 564 00:51:25,416 --> 00:51:28,378 [grunting] 565 00:51:35,468 --> 00:51:36,761 You all right, mate? 566 00:51:37,971 --> 00:51:40,139 Hey, it's all right. It's okay. 567 00:51:41,140 --> 00:51:42,433 Come on. Help him. 568 00:51:47,939 --> 00:51:49,941 [both grunt] 569 00:51:51,776 --> 00:51:52,777 Jesus. 570 00:51:53,278 --> 00:51:54,362 What happened to him? 571 00:51:56,197 --> 00:51:59,117 Was it the plane? We saw the smoke. 572 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:00,201 Yeah. 573 00:52:17,218 --> 00:52:18,928 Go and fetch his things. 574 00:52:19,012 --> 00:52:20,013 - Sir. - Sir. 575 00:52:24,225 --> 00:52:25,226 A friend? 576 00:52:28,813 --> 00:52:30,023 What are you doing here? 577 00:52:31,024 --> 00:52:33,568 I have an urgent message for the 2nd Devons. 578 00:52:33,651 --> 00:52:35,737 Orders to stop tomorrow morning's attack. 579 00:52:36,362 --> 00:52:38,156 And where are they stationed? 580 00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:39,490 Just beyond Ecoust. 581 00:52:40,616 --> 00:52:41,617 Come with me. 582 00:52:48,416 --> 00:52:50,418 Come with me, Corporal. That's an order. 583 00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,629 We're passing through Ecoust. We can take you some of the way. 584 00:52:56,049 --> 00:52:57,050 Sir. 585 00:53:17,570 --> 00:53:19,280 [coughing] 586 00:53:19,364 --> 00:53:22,241 [engine idling] 587 00:53:22,325 --> 00:53:23,910 [officer] Oh, come on, Sergeant. 588 00:53:23,993 --> 00:53:25,661 Put more men at the base. 589 00:53:26,371 --> 00:53:28,498 At the trunk! It'll be heavier there. 590 00:53:29,582 --> 00:53:30,792 Might be a tight squeeze. 591 00:53:30,875 --> 00:53:33,461 [officer] No, you're not going to be able to just lift it. 592 00:53:33,544 --> 00:53:35,797 Pivot the front end to the left. 593 00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:38,341 Jesus, they don't make things easy, do they? 594 00:53:38,424 --> 00:53:42,011 They could at least have retreated with a bit of grace. Bastards. 595 00:53:42,095 --> 00:53:43,096 Sir. 596 00:53:43,679 --> 00:53:45,598 - You're not one of mine. - No, sir. 597 00:53:45,681 --> 00:53:48,684 He has an urgent message to deliver to the 2nd Devons, sir. 598 00:53:48,768 --> 00:53:49,852 [officer] Can you get past it? 599 00:53:49,936 --> 00:53:51,437 - No, sir. - Oh, for God's sake. 600 00:53:51,521 --> 00:53:52,772 Just move it! 601 00:53:53,856 --> 00:53:56,025 There's room in the casuals' truck, sir. 602 00:53:56,567 --> 00:53:58,778 - He has orders. - Yes, yes, all right. 603 00:53:58,861 --> 00:54:01,406 Come on, now. You can get through there sideways. 604 00:54:06,202 --> 00:54:07,537 How did you get here, sir? 605 00:54:08,204 --> 00:54:11,082 Crossed no-man's-land just outside Bapaume. 606 00:54:11,999 --> 00:54:13,209 Took us the whole night. 607 00:54:13,709 --> 00:54:15,795 Bumped into a couple of Hun stragglers on the way 608 00:54:15,878 --> 00:54:17,588 who made a nuisance of themselves. 609 00:54:18,172 --> 00:54:20,716 - You going up to the new line? - Attempting to. 610 00:54:21,551 --> 00:54:24,929 The Newfoundlands have pushed forwards and requested reinforcements. 611 00:54:27,014 --> 00:54:28,558 I'm sorry about your friend. 612 00:54:30,184 --> 00:54:32,979 May I tell you something that you probably already know? 613 00:54:34,981 --> 00:54:36,691 It doesn't do to dwell on it. 614 00:54:37,942 --> 00:54:39,068 No, sir. 615 00:54:40,111 --> 00:54:43,072 - Hop on. - [soldiers chattering] 616 00:54:43,156 --> 00:54:44,407 Make some space there. 617 00:54:46,826 --> 00:54:47,952 Come on. In you get! 618 00:54:51,539 --> 00:54:54,250 [engine starts] 619 00:55:04,802 --> 00:55:07,221 All right. Here we go again, boys. 620 00:55:10,183 --> 00:55:13,394 Welcome aboard the night bus to fuck knows where. 621 00:55:17,190 --> 00:55:18,399 Is that a dead dog? 622 00:55:20,401 --> 00:55:22,320 - You got a fag? - Yeah. There you go. 623 00:55:38,961 --> 00:55:42,215 - Butler, oi. Carry on with that story. - Oh, yeah. 624 00:55:42,298 --> 00:55:45,134 Right, so, when we get off the train, 625 00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:48,638 Beaufoy comes up to us and he's having a right go. 626 00:55:49,889 --> 00:55:53,267 "Lance Corporal, whatever one does, one never lets standards slip." 627 00:55:53,351 --> 00:55:55,311 Then Scott comes out the latrine. 628 00:55:55,394 --> 00:55:57,855 He wipes his hand on the back of Beaufoy's jacket. 629 00:55:57,939 --> 00:56:00,316 Shit all down his back. 630 00:56:00,399 --> 00:56:04,070 - Was that meant to be Captain Beaufoy? - Piss off, you. You can't do any better. 631 00:56:04,904 --> 00:56:07,448 [lisping] "Men, your rifle stocks are an embarrassment 632 00:56:07,532 --> 00:56:09,408 to the entire expeditionary force!" 633 00:56:09,492 --> 00:56:10,701 - Nah. - No. 634 00:56:10,785 --> 00:56:12,411 You're both bloody awful. 635 00:56:12,495 --> 00:56:14,914 You don't know. You barely even speak the bloody language. 636 00:56:14,997 --> 00:56:16,791 He's got a better grasp of it than you, Cooke. 637 00:56:16,874 --> 00:56:18,251 Go on, Jondalar. Give it a go. 638 00:56:18,334 --> 00:56:20,920 - Let's hear it, Jonny. - Let's hear it. Go on. 639 00:56:21,379 --> 00:56:25,049 "Rossi! Never in my 200 years as a soldier 640 00:56:25,132 --> 00:56:27,718 have I seen such a sorry excuse for a latrine pit!" 641 00:56:27,802 --> 00:56:30,846 - [all laughing] - Shite. That is total shit. 642 00:56:31,764 --> 00:56:35,518 - Could've taken my teeth out with that. - You could do with a new set. 643 00:56:40,731 --> 00:56:42,400 You got somewhere you need to be? 644 00:56:43,818 --> 00:56:45,069 - [loud crash] - [soldiers groan] 645 00:56:45,152 --> 00:56:47,405 - No. - Arsehole needs driving lessons. 646 00:56:47,488 --> 00:56:50,866 [truck horn honking] 647 00:56:50,950 --> 00:56:54,078 - [officers shouting, faint] - [horn honking] 648 00:56:57,623 --> 00:56:59,792 [engine revving] 649 00:57:03,170 --> 00:57:05,006 - He should reverse. - Yeah. 650 00:57:06,591 --> 00:57:07,758 Try it in reverse. 651 00:57:08,676 --> 00:57:10,261 - Reverse! - [gears grind] 652 00:57:17,518 --> 00:57:20,021 - No. Stop. Stop! - [revving stops] 653 00:57:20,104 --> 00:57:21,564 Everyone needs to get out. 654 00:57:22,690 --> 00:57:23,691 All out! 655 00:57:25,526 --> 00:57:27,403 - Come on! - All right, all right. 656 00:57:27,486 --> 00:57:28,821 Keep your bloody hair on. 657 00:57:29,864 --> 00:57:30,865 Right. 658 00:57:31,490 --> 00:57:34,160 One, two, three! 659 00:57:34,243 --> 00:57:36,245 [engine revving] 660 00:57:38,956 --> 00:57:40,082 [grunts] 661 00:57:41,292 --> 00:57:43,169 We need to get some wood, put it under the wheels. 662 00:57:43,252 --> 00:57:45,713 No, we haven't got the time. We all need to push. 663 00:57:45,796 --> 00:57:47,423 Come on. Come on! 664 00:57:48,883 --> 00:57:50,551 Come on! 665 00:57:54,430 --> 00:57:57,433 Please! I have to go now. Please. 666 00:57:59,810 --> 00:58:02,063 All right, come on, lads. Come on. 667 00:58:02,146 --> 00:58:03,314 Come on, boys. 668 00:58:03,397 --> 00:58:05,816 One, two, three. 669 00:58:10,655 --> 00:58:13,491 [grunting, shouting] 670 00:58:17,536 --> 00:58:19,580 Come on, boys! One last push, yeah? 671 00:58:19,664 --> 00:58:21,749 One, two, three! 672 00:58:23,376 --> 00:58:26,379 [all grunting] 673 00:58:29,340 --> 00:58:32,343 [chattering, cheering] 674 00:58:34,887 --> 00:58:38,265 Back in. Get back in. Go. 675 00:58:39,850 --> 00:58:40,976 Are you all right? 676 00:58:42,228 --> 00:58:45,481 Here, driver, how about you try to keep it on the bloody road for a change? 677 00:58:45,564 --> 00:58:46,899 [driver] Oh, piss off! 678 00:59:06,127 --> 00:59:07,503 So, where are you going? 679 00:59:09,255 --> 00:59:11,757 I have to get to the 2nd Devons, just past Ecoust. 680 00:59:13,092 --> 00:59:14,093 Why? 681 00:59:15,094 --> 00:59:16,887 They're attacking at dawn. 682 00:59:16,971 --> 00:59:18,556 I have orders to stop them. 683 00:59:18,639 --> 00:59:19,682 How come? 684 00:59:21,225 --> 00:59:23,936 - They're walking into a trap. - How many? 685 00:59:25,062 --> 00:59:27,148 Sixteen hundred. 686 00:59:28,566 --> 00:59:29,567 Jesus. 687 00:59:32,027 --> 00:59:33,738 Why did they send you on your own? 688 00:59:35,197 --> 00:59:36,198 They didn't. 689 00:59:36,907 --> 00:59:38,325 There were two of us. 690 00:59:39,410 --> 00:59:40,703 So, now it's down to you. 691 00:59:41,746 --> 00:59:42,747 Yes. 692 00:59:44,123 --> 00:59:45,249 You'll never make it. 693 00:59:49,879 --> 00:59:51,046 Yes, I will. 694 00:59:57,887 --> 00:59:58,888 Thank you. 695 01:00:01,766 --> 01:00:02,767 Look at it. 696 01:00:03,726 --> 01:00:04,852 Fucking look at it. 697 01:00:06,437 --> 01:00:08,022 Three years fightin' over this. 698 01:00:09,273 --> 01:00:11,400 We should've just let the bastards keep it. 699 01:00:12,234 --> 01:00:15,738 - I mean, who machine-guns cows? - Huns with extra bullets. 700 01:00:16,530 --> 01:00:17,740 Bastards. 701 01:00:18,949 --> 01:00:20,117 Clever. 702 01:00:20,201 --> 01:00:22,244 They know if they don't shoot the cow... 703 01:00:23,287 --> 01:00:24,914 you will eat it. 704 01:00:24,997 --> 01:00:26,248 Still bastards. 705 01:00:26,332 --> 01:00:28,417 Yeah, it's not even our bloody country. 706 01:00:29,001 --> 01:00:31,462 - How long gone do you reckon they are? - [Jondalar] Why? 707 01:00:32,213 --> 01:00:35,090 - Worried we'll catch up with them? - [chuckles] Yeah. 708 01:00:35,174 --> 01:00:37,384 Right. Be a bloody miracle at this rate. 709 01:00:37,468 --> 01:00:39,678 Yeah, they're probably right round the next corner. 710 01:00:39,762 --> 01:00:41,347 Piss off. No, they're not. 711 01:00:42,598 --> 01:00:45,476 Why don't they just bloody well give up? Eh? 712 01:00:46,769 --> 01:00:50,064 - Don't they wanna go home? - They hate their wives and mothers. 713 01:00:50,147 --> 01:00:53,400 - And Germany must be a shithole. - [soldiers chuckling] 714 01:00:54,235 --> 01:00:55,778 They're retreatin'. 715 01:00:55,861 --> 01:00:57,446 They're miles back. 716 01:00:57,530 --> 01:00:59,114 Got 'em on the ropes, at least. 717 01:01:00,157 --> 01:01:02,910 [Jondalar] No. We don't. 718 01:01:03,619 --> 01:01:05,371 [horn honks] 719 01:01:05,454 --> 01:01:07,206 Oh, bollocks. What's up now? 720 01:01:07,289 --> 01:01:10,334 - Not another bloody tree. - [driver] The bridge is down. 721 01:01:10,417 --> 01:01:12,753 Oh. That's a shame. 722 01:01:12,837 --> 01:01:14,880 Looks like I'll be getting out here. 723 01:01:14,964 --> 01:01:15,965 Good luck. 724 01:01:16,757 --> 01:01:18,801 Keep some of that luck for yourself, pal. 725 01:01:18,884 --> 01:01:20,511 - Think you'll be needing it. - Good luck, mate. 726 01:01:20,594 --> 01:01:23,055 Good luck, guv. Don't balls it up. 727 01:01:23,973 --> 01:01:25,391 I hope you get there. 728 01:01:26,851 --> 01:01:27,852 Thank you. 729 01:01:31,689 --> 01:01:34,900 The next bridge is six miles. We'll have to divert. 730 01:01:34,984 --> 01:01:37,444 I can't, sir. I don't have the time. 731 01:01:38,362 --> 01:01:39,530 Of course. 732 01:01:41,490 --> 01:01:42,491 Best of luck. 733 01:01:43,576 --> 01:01:44,577 Thank you, sir. 734 01:01:48,330 --> 01:01:49,331 Corporal? 735 01:01:50,499 --> 01:01:52,793 If you do manage to get to Colonel Mackenzie... 736 01:01:54,295 --> 01:01:55,838 make sure there are witnesses. 737 01:01:57,256 --> 01:01:59,258 - They are direct orders, sir. - I know. 738 01:02:01,010 --> 01:02:03,012 But some men just want the fight. 739 01:02:05,764 --> 01:02:06,891 Thank you, sir. 740 01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:14,398 Driver! Move off! 741 01:02:20,613 --> 01:02:23,741 [ravens squawking] 742 01:03:39,441 --> 01:03:42,444 [gunfire] 743 01:03:52,663 --> 01:03:54,039 - [gunshot] - [gasps] 744 01:03:57,710 --> 01:03:59,712 [gunfire continues] 745 01:04:24,153 --> 01:04:25,404 [gunshot] 746 01:04:39,001 --> 01:04:43,589 [inhaling, exhaling] 747 01:04:50,721 --> 01:04:53,932 [exhaling, inhaling] 748 01:06:27,359 --> 01:06:30,904 [water dripping] 749 01:06:47,963 --> 01:06:50,966 [thunder rumbling in distance] 750 01:07:09,610 --> 01:07:11,195 [groans] 751 01:07:14,114 --> 01:07:15,407 [grunts] 752 01:07:30,130 --> 01:07:31,340 [grunting] 753 01:07:52,236 --> 01:07:55,280 [flare fires, explodes] 754 01:08:28,480 --> 01:08:30,482 [flare fires] 755 01:08:38,365 --> 01:08:41,576 [flare explodes, hisses] 756 01:08:49,584 --> 01:08:53,130 [gunfire] 757 01:08:53,213 --> 01:08:56,883 [soldiers shouting in German] 758 01:09:28,874 --> 01:09:32,377 [flare fires, explodes] 759 01:09:40,886 --> 01:09:43,013 - [gasps] - [flare fires] 760 01:09:43,096 --> 01:09:45,098 [flare explodes] 761 01:09:51,021 --> 01:09:54,024 [flare hissing] 762 01:10:02,157 --> 01:10:03,700 [hissing stops] 763 01:10:25,847 --> 01:10:27,432 [rifle cocks] 764 01:10:34,231 --> 01:10:37,234 [rumbling] 765 01:10:45,659 --> 01:10:49,246 - [faint crashing] - [rumbling continues] 766 01:11:36,376 --> 01:11:38,378 - [gunshot] - [gasping] 767 01:11:42,549 --> 01:11:44,176 [gunshot] 768 01:11:50,474 --> 01:11:52,058 [gunshot] 769 01:11:53,059 --> 01:11:56,730 [soldier shouting in German] 770 01:12:03,111 --> 01:12:04,321 [running footsteps] 771 01:12:04,321 --> 01:12:06,114 [running footsteps] 772 01:12:47,489 --> 01:12:51,701 [woman speaking French] 773 01:12:52,702 --> 01:12:54,829 Anglais. 774 01:12:54,913 --> 01:12:56,706 Not German. 775 01:12:56,790 --> 01:12:57,791 Friend. 776 01:12:58,625 --> 01:12:59,834 I'm a friend. 777 01:13:03,213 --> 01:13:05,382 This place, this town... 778 01:13:06,216 --> 01:13:07,217 Ecoust? 779 01:13:08,510 --> 01:13:11,179 - [repeats question in French] - [responds in French] 780 01:13:17,310 --> 01:13:18,311 Others? 781 01:13:18,979 --> 01:13:20,730 No. Just me. 782 01:13:23,483 --> 01:13:24,693 Only me. 783 01:13:27,946 --> 01:13:29,447 I need to be somewhere. 784 01:13:30,865 --> 01:13:33,868 I need to find a wood to the southeast. 785 01:13:35,912 --> 01:13:37,747 Uh, trees. 786 01:13:37,831 --> 01:13:39,416 [repeats word in French] 787 01:13:41,918 --> 01:13:43,128 Croiset? 788 01:13:43,211 --> 01:13:44,379 Croisilles? 789 01:13:44,462 --> 01:13:45,463 Yes. 790 01:13:49,593 --> 01:13:50,927 River. 791 01:13:51,011 --> 01:13:54,055 River. It go there. 792 01:13:54,973 --> 01:13:56,975 Trees. Croisilles. 793 01:14:04,774 --> 01:14:06,026 [groans] 794 01:14:08,945 --> 01:14:10,614 [groans, gasps] 795 01:14:12,907 --> 01:14:14,492 [speaks French] 796 01:14:20,915 --> 01:14:23,209 [panting] 797 01:14:28,548 --> 01:14:31,134 [groans] 798 01:14:34,387 --> 01:14:35,764 Shh. 799 01:14:36,806 --> 01:14:37,849 Shh. 800 01:14:58,244 --> 01:14:59,454 [gasps quietly] 801 01:15:15,595 --> 01:15:17,138 [sighs] 802 01:15:18,515 --> 01:15:19,724 [exhales] 803 01:15:21,768 --> 01:15:25,188 [exhaling] 804 01:15:29,943 --> 01:15:30,944 Thank you. 805 01:15:32,821 --> 01:15:34,823 [baby fussing] 806 01:15:43,581 --> 01:15:45,208 [baby cooing] 807 01:15:56,886 --> 01:15:58,638 [speaking French] 808 01:15:58,722 --> 01:16:00,056 A girl? 809 01:16:18,450 --> 01:16:19,659 What is her name? 810 01:16:24,622 --> 01:16:25,999 Who is her mother? 811 01:16:35,049 --> 01:16:36,217 I have food. 812 01:16:38,011 --> 01:16:39,012 Here. 813 01:16:42,599 --> 01:16:43,600 I have these. 814 01:16:45,351 --> 01:16:48,438 But you can have them. Here, take them all. 815 01:16:48,521 --> 01:16:50,565 For you and the child. Here. 816 01:17:01,701 --> 01:17:02,911 Milk? 817 01:17:23,389 --> 01:17:24,516 Merci. 818 01:17:27,644 --> 01:17:30,688 [cooing continues] 819 01:17:32,899 --> 01:17:34,150 Bonyour. 820 01:17:36,236 --> 01:17:38,112 - Bonjour. - [baby coos] 821 01:17:41,741 --> 01:17:43,743 Children? You? 822 01:17:43,827 --> 01:17:46,246 - [baby fusses] - Shh. 823 01:17:47,163 --> 01:17:48,331 It's all right. 824 01:17:48,915 --> 01:17:50,542 [baby quiets] 825 01:17:55,505 --> 01:17:57,215 Continuez. 826 01:18:03,137 --> 01:18:05,265 "They went to sea in a Sieve, they did... 827 01:18:06,641 --> 01:18:08,768 In a Sieve they went to sea: 828 01:18:10,186 --> 01:18:12,647 In spite of all their friends could say... 829 01:18:13,690 --> 01:18:16,359 On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, 830 01:18:17,318 --> 01:18:19,404 In a Sieve they went to sea! 831 01:18:20,655 --> 01:18:23,700 Far and few, far and few, 832 01:18:23,783 --> 01:18:26,119 Are the lands where the Jumblies live; 833 01:18:27,745 --> 01:18:31,332 Their heads are green, and their hands are blue... 834 01:18:33,918 --> 01:18:36,170 And they went to sea in a Sieve." 835 01:18:40,925 --> 01:18:44,929 [bell tolling, faint] 836 01:18:45,763 --> 01:18:47,765 [baby fusses quietly] 837 01:18:49,809 --> 01:18:53,813 [tolling continues] 838 01:18:57,734 --> 01:18:59,736 [tolling stops] 839 01:19:13,666 --> 01:19:15,168 [baby fussing] 840 01:19:23,551 --> 01:19:27,096 Stay. Stay. Please. 841 01:19:27,180 --> 01:19:28,389 I have to go. 842 01:19:38,066 --> 01:19:39,359 Please. 843 01:19:39,442 --> 01:19:40,443 I'm sorry. 844 01:20:27,281 --> 01:20:28,950 [bottle clinks] 845 01:20:33,913 --> 01:20:37,041 [vomiting, gasping] 846 01:20:37,125 --> 01:20:40,461 [spits, coughs, groans] 847 01:20:54,017 --> 01:20:55,435 [groans] 848 01:20:55,518 --> 01:20:57,729 [gasping, panting] 849 01:21:00,314 --> 01:21:01,774 Shh. 850 01:21:12,201 --> 01:21:13,494 [shouts in German] 851 01:21:28,384 --> 01:21:31,429 [man speaking German] 852 01:21:35,558 --> 01:21:38,561 - [bottles clink] - [man laughs] 853 01:21:38,644 --> 01:21:39,979 [gasps, groans] 854 01:21:40,063 --> 01:21:42,106 [shouts in German] 855 01:21:42,190 --> 01:21:45,818 - [soldier groaning] - [man continues speaking German] 856 01:21:49,989 --> 01:21:51,199 Baumer? 857 01:21:52,617 --> 01:21:54,035 [German] 858 01:21:55,078 --> 01:21:56,245 Baumer? 859 01:21:58,498 --> 01:22:00,666 Baumer. [German] 860 01:22:03,169 --> 01:22:04,295 [groans] 861 01:22:05,421 --> 01:22:06,506 Baumer! 862 01:22:09,884 --> 01:22:13,471 - [man shouting in German] - [gunfire] 863 01:22:28,569 --> 01:22:31,656 - [gunfire continues] - [shouting in German continues] 864 01:23:04,480 --> 01:23:06,482 [gasping] 865 01:23:42,810 --> 01:23:45,813 [gasping continues] 866 01:24:48,084 --> 01:24:51,462 [gasping] 867 01:25:06,102 --> 01:25:09,146 [panting] 868 01:25:25,663 --> 01:25:29,083 [gasping, coughs] 869 01:26:40,654 --> 01:26:43,657 [gasping] 870 01:27:00,132 --> 01:27:04,220 [grunting] 871 01:27:13,479 --> 01:27:17,274 [groaning] 872 01:27:23,781 --> 01:27:27,493 [sobbing] 873 01:27:43,300 --> 01:27:45,719 [panting] 874 01:27:48,681 --> 01:27:52,685 [voice singing, faint] 875 01:28:25,801 --> 01:28:30,264 [singing continues, faint] 876 01:28:49,158 --> 01:28:53,162 [singing continues, faint] 877 01:29:05,257 --> 01:29:11,764 > I am a poor wayfaring stranger 878 01:29:12,640 --> 01:29:19,271 ? I'm traveling through This world of woe ? 879 01:29:20,231 --> 01:29:26,904 ? Yet there's no sickness Toil nor danger ? 880 01:29:28,197 --> 01:29:34,870 ? In that bright land fo which I go ? 881 01:29:36,330 --> 01:29:43,170 ? I'm going there fo see my Father ? 882 01:29:44,338 --> 01:29:51,303 ? I'm going there no more to roam ? 883 01:29:52,888 --> 01:29:59,728 ? I'm only going over Jordan ? 884 01:30:00,854 --> 01:30:07,778 ? I'm only going over home ? 885 01:30:09,280 --> 01:30:16,203 ? I know dark clouds Will gather round me ? 886 01:30:17,663 --> 01:30:24,628 ? I know my way is rough and steep ? 887 01:30:26,130 --> 01:30:33,095 ? But golden fields lie just before me ? 888 01:30:34,638 --> 01:30:41,604 ? Where God's redeemed shall ever sleep ? 889 01:30:43,272 --> 01:30:50,237 ? I'm going home to see my mother ? 890 01:30:52,197 --> 01:30:59,163 ? And all my loved ones who've gone on ? 891 01:31:00,748 --> 01:31:07,630 ? I'm only going over Jordan ? 892 01:31:08,797 --> 01:31:15,596 ? I'm only going over home ? 893 01:31:16,847 --> 01:31:23,687 > I am a poor wayfaring stranger 894 01:31:24,688 --> 01:31:31,654 ? I'm traveling through This world of woe ? 895 01:31:32,821 --> 01:31:39,787 ? Yet there's no sickness Toil nor danger ? 896 01:31:40,663 --> 01:31:47,628 ? In that bright land fo which I go ? 897 01:31:48,504 --> 01:31:55,469 ? I'm going there fo see my Father ? 898 01:31:56,178 --> 01:32:03,143 ? I'm going there no more to roam ? 899 01:32:04,269 --> 01:32:11,235 ? I'm only going over Jordan ? 900 01:32:12,027 --> 01:32:18,992 ? I'm only going over home ? 901 01:32:20,786 --> 01:32:24,915 - [light applause] - [soldiers chattering] 902 01:32:24,998 --> 01:32:27,501 [officer] D Company, move out! 903 01:32:27,584 --> 01:32:28,669 You all right, pal? 904 01:32:30,045 --> 01:32:31,213 Where you from? 905 01:32:31,296 --> 01:32:33,632 - He's probably got the wind up. - He's not one of ours. 906 01:32:33,716 --> 01:32:34,967 He's bloody soaked. 907 01:32:35,634 --> 01:32:37,928 Fuck it. Let's just pick him up and take him with us. 908 01:32:38,011 --> 01:32:39,847 Have to find the Devons. 909 01:32:41,014 --> 01:32:42,015 What's he saying? 910 01:32:42,099 --> 01:32:43,726 What's that, mate? 911 01:32:43,809 --> 01:32:45,018 The Devons. 912 01:32:45,978 --> 01:32:47,980 I have to find the Devons. 913 01:32:49,398 --> 01:32:50,482 We're the Devons. 914 01:32:54,820 --> 01:32:55,988 You're the Devons? 915 01:32:56,071 --> 01:32:57,072 Yes, Corp. 916 01:32:59,199 --> 01:33:00,743 Why haven't you gone over? 917 01:33:00,826 --> 01:33:03,954 - We're the second wave. - They don't send us all at once. 918 01:33:04,037 --> 01:33:05,581 Yeah, we're D Company. 919 01:33:05,664 --> 01:33:08,250 We spent the night diggin' in. We go last. 920 01:33:10,544 --> 01:33:12,087 Are you all right? 921 01:33:12,171 --> 01:33:13,380 Mackenzie. 922 01:33:13,464 --> 01:33:14,673 Where's Colonel Mackenzie? 923 01:33:14,757 --> 01:33:16,175 Well, he's down at the line. 924 01:33:16,884 --> 01:33:18,051 - Which way? - This way. 925 01:33:18,135 --> 01:33:19,470 We're headed up there now. 926 01:33:20,262 --> 01:33:22,264 Steady on, mate. Where you going? 927 01:33:43,660 --> 01:33:44,661 Move! 928 01:33:48,957 --> 01:33:50,042 Let me by! 929 01:33:54,546 --> 01:33:55,714 Let me through! 930 01:33:55,798 --> 01:33:59,092 [officer] Remember, follow your platoon commander. 931 01:33:59,802 --> 01:34:02,805 Stay spread out and watch for his orders. 932 01:34:02,888 --> 01:34:05,891 - Where is your commanding officer? - He's in the holding pen. 933 01:34:05,974 --> 01:34:09,853 Raise your signal flags or fire the signal flares 934 01:34:09,937 --> 01:34:12,481 when you've taken your section of the Hun line. 935 01:34:12,564 --> 01:34:15,526 B Company, stand to. Now listen and listen well. 936 01:34:15,609 --> 01:34:17,611 On the first mark, A Company will advance. 937 01:34:17,694 --> 01:34:19,822 B Company will then move to the front line. 938 01:34:19,905 --> 01:34:22,115 Sir. I have a message from General Erinmore. 939 01:34:22,199 --> 01:34:24,660 - Who the fuck are you? - The attack has been called off. 940 01:34:24,743 --> 01:34:26,620 General Erinmore has called off the attack. 941 01:34:26,703 --> 01:34:29,706 Balls, man. We're about to go over. We've got them on the run! 942 01:34:29,790 --> 01:34:31,542 You don't. Please don't send your men over. 943 01:34:31,625 --> 01:34:32,584 Get out of the way! 944 01:34:32,668 --> 01:34:35,712 These are direct orders from army command! Where is Colonel Mackenzie? 945 01:34:35,796 --> 01:34:38,507 Jesus Christ, man! Go and see the captain! 946 01:34:38,590 --> 01:34:40,843 [officer] Now, I want us up there quickly, you understand? 947 01:34:40,926 --> 01:34:43,554 - Do you understand? - [soldiers] Yes, sir! 948 01:34:44,680 --> 01:34:47,391 NCOs collect flares and signal flags. Keep to your stations. 949 01:34:47,474 --> 01:34:48,892 Oi. Oi! 950 01:34:57,401 --> 01:34:59,945 Nine and ten section at the ready! 951 01:35:00,696 --> 01:35:03,949 We will advance on the first whistle blast! 952 01:35:06,326 --> 01:35:08,537 The man next to you falls, keep moving. 953 01:35:08,620 --> 01:35:10,789 Your orders are to break the lines. 954 01:35:10,873 --> 01:35:13,208 - Where is the captain? - He's over there. 955 01:35:15,586 --> 01:35:17,588 Sir! Sir! 956 01:35:17,671 --> 01:35:19,006 [whimpers] 957 01:35:19,089 --> 01:35:21,341 Captain, I have a message. 958 01:35:21,425 --> 01:35:22,843 This attack is called off. 959 01:35:22,926 --> 01:35:25,262 You have to stop. You have to stop. 960 01:35:29,182 --> 01:35:30,642 Where is Colonel Mackenzie? 961 01:35:31,268 --> 01:35:33,437 - [shouts] Where is Mackenzie? - [explosions] 962 01:35:59,379 --> 01:36:03,258 [soldiers shouting] 963 01:36:03,342 --> 01:36:05,469 Back! Hold fast! 964 01:36:07,930 --> 01:36:11,099 Sir, I have orders to stop this attack! 965 01:36:11,183 --> 01:36:12,184 What? 966 01:36:12,267 --> 01:36:14,603 - Where is Colonel Mackenzie? - [explosions continue] 967 01:36:14,686 --> 01:36:16,396 He's further up the line. 968 01:36:16,480 --> 01:36:17,397 How far? 969 01:36:17,481 --> 01:36:20,025 Three hundred yards. He's in a cut-and-cover. 970 01:36:20,108 --> 01:36:22,819 You'll have to wait until the first wave goes over. 971 01:36:22,903 --> 01:36:24,863 No. No, I can't. 972 01:36:32,621 --> 01:36:36,041 Seven platoon, 30 seconds! 973 01:36:41,463 --> 01:36:42,965 [explosion] 974 01:36:47,761 --> 01:36:51,056 You can't possibly make it that way, man! Are you bloody insane? 975 01:36:55,686 --> 01:36:57,854 What the hell are you doing, Lance Corporal? 976 01:36:58,313 --> 01:37:00,065 No! No, no, no, no! 977 01:37:05,988 --> 01:37:08,782 - [whistle blowing] - [soldiers shouting] 978 01:38:01,626 --> 01:38:03,879 [officer shouting] 979 01:38:04,880 --> 01:38:06,381 Get ready! 980 01:38:06,465 --> 01:38:08,633 - Colonel Mackenzie! - He's in there. 981 01:38:10,385 --> 01:38:11,470 [officer] Two minutes! 982 01:38:11,970 --> 01:38:12,971 Let me through! 983 01:38:13,055 --> 01:38:14,723 Hey! Hey! 984 01:38:14,806 --> 01:38:17,642 Let me through! I have to get through! 985 01:38:17,726 --> 01:38:18,935 I have to see Colonel Mackenzie! 986 01:38:19,019 --> 01:38:20,687 - What are you doing? - I have to stop this attack! 987 01:38:20,771 --> 01:38:21,938 Colonel, we've seen flares. 988 01:38:22,022 --> 01:38:24,149 Men on the left flank have made it to the German line. 989 01:38:24,232 --> 01:38:26,526 - Colonel! Colonel! - Hold him! Hold him! 990 01:38:26,610 --> 01:38:28,862 Listen to me. Listen to me. I have a letter. 991 01:38:28,945 --> 01:38:30,530 I need to see Colonel Mackenzie. 992 01:38:30,614 --> 01:38:32,240 There's no bloody way you're gettin' in there! 993 01:38:32,324 --> 01:38:33,950 Sergeant, send the next wave! 994 01:38:34,034 --> 01:38:35,160 No! 995 01:38:35,243 --> 01:38:37,287 Second wave, prepare yourselves! 996 01:38:37,370 --> 01:38:39,289 - Colonel Mackenzie! - Concentrate everything there. 997 01:38:39,372 --> 01:38:41,625 This attack is not to go ahead! 998 01:38:41,708 --> 01:38:44,419 You have been ordered to stop! You have to stop! 999 01:38:44,503 --> 01:38:45,837 Who the hell are you? 1000 01:38:46,379 --> 01:38:48,715 Lance Corporal Schofield, sir, 8th. 1001 01:38:48,799 --> 01:38:51,551 I have orders from General Erinmore to call off this attack. 1002 01:38:51,635 --> 01:38:53,053 You're too late, Lance Corporal. 1003 01:38:53,136 --> 01:38:56,640 Sir, these orders are from army command. You have to read them. 1004 01:38:56,723 --> 01:38:59,726 - Shall we hold back the second wave, sir? - No, Major. Hesitate now and we lose. 1005 01:38:59,810 --> 01:39:02,020 - Victory's only 500 yards away. - Sir! 1006 01:39:02,104 --> 01:39:03,271 Please, read the letter. 1007 01:39:03,355 --> 01:39:06,316 I have heard it all before. 1008 01:39:06,399 --> 01:39:08,485 I'm not gonna wait until dusk or for fog. 1009 01:39:08,568 --> 01:39:11,321 I'm not calling back my men only to send them out there again tomorrow, 1010 01:39:11,404 --> 01:39:12,906 not when we've got the bastards on the run. 1011 01:39:12,989 --> 01:39:15,617 - This is their last stand. - The Germans planned this, sir. 1012 01:39:17,035 --> 01:39:20,372 They've been planning it for months. They want you to attack. 1013 01:39:21,581 --> 01:39:22,833 Read the letter. 1014 01:39:22,916 --> 01:39:25,919 [explosions continue] 1015 01:39:27,087 --> 01:39:30,090 [soldiers shouting, faint] 1016 01:39:43,562 --> 01:39:45,188 - Major? - Yes, sir? 1017 01:39:47,774 --> 01:39:48,984 Stand them down. 1018 01:39:49,776 --> 01:39:51,236 - Yes, sir. - Call up the orderlies. 1019 01:39:51,319 --> 01:39:52,654 Tend the wounded. 1020 01:39:52,737 --> 01:39:54,322 Hold the line in case they counter. 1021 01:39:54,406 --> 01:39:55,907 [officers] Yes, sir! 1022 01:39:55,991 --> 01:39:58,410 [major] Stand down! Stand down! 1023 01:39:59,369 --> 01:40:01,454 [whistle blowing] 1024 01:40:01,538 --> 01:40:04,749 - Stand down! - [whistles continue blowing] 1025 01:40:04,833 --> 01:40:08,086 - Cease fire! Cease fire! - Stand down! 1026 01:40:12,048 --> 01:40:14,426 I hoped today might be a good day. 1027 01:40:16,761 --> 01:40:19,097 Hope is a dangerous thing. 1028 01:40:21,224 --> 01:40:24,561 That's it for now, and then next week command will send a different message. 1029 01:40:25,562 --> 01:40:26,813 "Attack at dawn." 1030 01:40:30,734 --> 01:40:32,736 There is only one way this war ends. 1031 01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:37,073 Last man standing. 1032 01:40:42,787 --> 01:40:44,414 Have someone see to your wounds. 1033 01:40:47,500 --> 01:40:49,586 Now, fuck off, Lance Corporal. 1034 01:40:55,467 --> 01:40:58,762 [officer] Bearers! Stretcher bearers! 1035 01:40:59,804 --> 01:41:02,933 Bearers! Stretcher bearers! 1036 01:41:03,600 --> 01:41:04,809 Well done, lad. 1037 01:41:06,019 --> 01:41:07,145 Thank you, sir. 1038 01:41:09,606 --> 01:41:11,524 Do you know where Lieutenant Blake is, sir? 1039 01:41:12,067 --> 01:41:13,610 Blake? 1040 01:41:13,693 --> 01:41:15,528 There were two of us. 1041 01:41:15,612 --> 01:41:17,864 I was sent here with his brother. 1042 01:41:17,948 --> 01:41:19,074 Ah. 1043 01:41:20,158 --> 01:41:23,703 Well, knowing Lieutenant Blake, he would have gone over with his men. 1044 01:41:23,787 --> 01:41:25,330 He was in the first wave. 1045 01:41:26,957 --> 01:41:28,833 How could I find him, sir? 1046 01:41:28,917 --> 01:41:32,170 You can try the casualty clearing station behind the line. 1047 01:41:33,797 --> 01:41:35,006 Otherwise... 1048 01:41:38,468 --> 01:41:39,636 Thank you, sir. 1049 01:41:40,512 --> 01:41:41,846 [soldier] Major Hepburn, sir! 1050 01:42:15,380 --> 01:42:19,050 [chattering, shouting] 1051 01:42:25,390 --> 01:42:28,393 [grunting] 1052 01:42:33,273 --> 01:42:36,276 Just keep movin'. Keep movin', keep movin'. 1053 01:43:01,426 --> 01:43:04,763 Sergeant, I have to find Lieutenant Blake. Do you know where he is? 1054 01:43:04,846 --> 01:43:05,847 No. 1055 01:43:10,435 --> 01:43:13,521 [chattering, shouting continue] 1056 01:43:26,034 --> 01:43:27,160 Clear the way. 1057 01:43:27,744 --> 01:43:31,206 - Sir, is Lieutenant Blake here? - No idea. 1058 01:43:32,665 --> 01:43:33,833 Move along, Corporal. 1059 01:43:35,418 --> 01:43:37,504 If you can walk, move to the triage area. 1060 01:43:39,672 --> 01:43:42,634 - Help me! - [sobbing, groaning] 1061 01:43:45,387 --> 01:43:46,513 Lieutenant Blake! 1062 01:43:50,016 --> 01:43:53,353 - [screaming, groaning] - [soldier] Sir, he's out. 1063 01:43:55,980 --> 01:43:57,524 Out of the bloody way! 1064 01:43:58,900 --> 01:44:00,151 [Schofield] Blake? 1065 01:44:02,779 --> 01:44:04,864 Has anyone seen Lieutenant Blake? 1066 01:44:06,741 --> 01:44:09,702 [officer] He's hemorrhaging. Go quickly. He needs a surgeon. 1067 01:44:12,914 --> 01:44:16,418 - [officer shouting] - [soldiers groaning] 1068 01:44:16,501 --> 01:44:18,545 Amputation. Straight to surgery. 1069 01:44:18,628 --> 01:44:21,131 [groaning continues] 1070 01:44:23,383 --> 01:44:24,551 My leg! 1071 01:44:27,679 --> 01:44:29,389 I need some help here! Quickly! 1072 01:44:34,227 --> 01:44:36,312 I need something now! 1073 01:44:40,150 --> 01:44:41,568 [soldier] Coming through! 1074 01:44:55,457 --> 01:44:57,292 All right, come on, boys. 1075 01:44:57,375 --> 01:45:00,295 He's taken one in the leg. He's lost a lot of blood. 1076 01:45:00,378 --> 01:45:01,296 [soldier] Sir. 1077 01:45:01,379 --> 01:45:03,465 - Lieutenant Blake? - Yes? 1078 01:45:05,341 --> 01:45:06,926 Do you need medical assistance? 1079 01:45:08,511 --> 01:45:11,514 No, sir. I'm from the 8th. 1080 01:45:11,598 --> 01:45:13,266 What the hell are you doing here? 1081 01:45:14,225 --> 01:45:17,103 - I was sent here to deliver a message. - The 8th? 1082 01:45:17,187 --> 01:45:18,563 You must know my brother. 1083 01:45:19,898 --> 01:45:22,901 - l was sent here with him. - Tom's here? Where is he? 1084 01:45:29,574 --> 01:45:30,950 It was very quick. 1085 01:45:33,578 --> 01:45:34,787 I'm sorry. 1086 01:45:58,937 --> 01:46:00,104 What's your name? 1087 01:46:01,272 --> 01:46:02,398 Schofield, sir. 1088 01:46:05,860 --> 01:46:07,111 Sorry, what? 1089 01:46:07,904 --> 01:46:09,697 It's Schofield, sir. 1090 01:46:09,781 --> 01:46:10,990 William Schofield. 1091 01:46:12,367 --> 01:46:13,451 Will. 1092 01:46:15,870 --> 01:46:18,998 Well, you need some food. Get yourself to the mess tent. 1093 01:46:34,013 --> 01:46:35,014 If I may... 1094 01:46:36,099 --> 01:46:37,767 I'd like to write to your mother. 1095 01:46:38,851 --> 01:46:40,853 Tell her that Tom wasn't alone. 1096 01:46:44,399 --> 01:46:45,400 Of course. 1097 01:46:48,236 --> 01:46:49,237 He was... 1098 01:46:51,197 --> 01:46:52,532 He was a good man. 1099 01:46:54,742 --> 01:46:56,327 Always telling funny stories. 1100 01:46:59,497 --> 01:47:00,832 He saved my life. 1101 01:47:05,003 --> 01:47:07,005 I am glad you were with him. 1102 01:47:13,261 --> 01:47:14,387 Thank you, Will.