1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:02:14,885 --> 00:02:16,375 Will you tell the wing commander 4 00:02:16,386 --> 00:02:18,342 that commander Lindsay would like to see him? 5 00:02:18,347 --> 00:02:19,883 - Is he expecting you, sir? - No. 6 00:02:19,890 --> 00:02:20,970 I'm sorry, sir, he's very busy. 7 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:22,680 Will you tell him it's very urgent? 8 00:02:22,684 --> 00:02:24,049 If you can explain what the business is... 9 00:02:24,061 --> 00:02:26,222 I'll explain to him, personally. 10 00:02:26,229 --> 00:02:27,469 I'll try, sir. 11 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:28,846 There's the air traffic controller, sir. 12 00:02:28,857 --> 00:02:30,126 - Perhaps he can help you. - I'm sorry, 13 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:31,435 I know you're busy this morning. 14 00:02:31,443 --> 00:02:32,933 I'm commander Lindsay. 15 00:02:32,944 --> 00:02:34,775 I'd like to see the wing commander urgently. 16 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:36,896 I'm sorry, sir. Anytime but now. 17 00:02:36,907 --> 00:02:38,363 You've heard the news this morning, haven't you? 18 00:02:38,367 --> 00:02:39,982 I have. That's why I'm here. 19 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:42,279 - You've got some information? - I have something to say. 20 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:44,118 Something that the wing commander must know. 21 00:02:44,122 --> 00:02:46,078 I see. Would you come this way? 22 00:02:50,712 --> 00:02:52,873 Come in. 23 00:02:52,881 --> 00:02:55,918 Commander Lindsay to see you, sir. 24 00:02:55,926 --> 00:02:58,508 I'm sorry to break in on you like this, but I had to see you. 25 00:02:58,512 --> 00:02:59,718 That's all right, commander, 26 00:02:59,721 --> 00:03:01,928 if you've something important to tell me. 27 00:03:01,932 --> 00:03:03,888 Perhaps I ought to explain something about myself. 28 00:03:03,892 --> 00:03:06,008 You don't have to, commander. I know you well by reputation. 29 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:07,759 Well, I hope that's good enough for you to trust me 30 00:03:07,771 --> 00:03:09,731 because what I'm going to ask you to believe is... 31 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:14,399 Was air marshal sir John hardie in this missing Dakota? 32 00:03:14,403 --> 00:03:16,359 I'm not at Liberty to give the names of the passengers. 33 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:17,728 Was he? 34 00:03:19,491 --> 00:03:20,981 Have you any further news of it? 35 00:03:20,992 --> 00:03:22,107 No. 36 00:03:22,119 --> 00:03:23,700 It was last known to be flying northward 37 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,444 over the mainland of Japan. 38 00:03:25,455 --> 00:03:27,537 Do you know the coastline of Japan well 39 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:28,951 and the surrounding islands? 40 00:03:28,959 --> 00:03:31,917 I flew most of the air routes in the east for 20 years. 41 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:36,380 Do you know of a small bay, wild, rocky, with steep cliffs, 42 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,499 a headland with a small lighthouse on it, 43 00:03:38,510 --> 00:03:41,001 a straggling line of fishing huts on the beach, 44 00:03:41,012 --> 00:03:44,049 and two or three big, twisted rocks in the sea 45 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,594 - around the headland? - Why do you ask me this? 46 00:03:46,601 --> 00:03:50,093 Do you know any part of the Japanese coast like that? 47 00:03:50,105 --> 00:03:53,268 It might apply to a great many parts of the coast. 48 00:03:58,113 --> 00:04:00,775 Wild and rocky up here, but that's the northwest. 49 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:03,444 But are there lighthouses, small fishing villages? 50 00:04:03,452 --> 00:04:06,694 Lighthouses, certainly, because it's a treacherous coast. 51 00:04:06,705 --> 00:04:08,946 And fishing villages, plenty of them. 52 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:10,948 Have you searched that area? 53 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:13,996 My dear fellow, it's miles out. 54 00:04:14,004 --> 00:04:18,122 The last signal was at 1328 from here over the mainland. 55 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:20,795 They were flying northeast direct for Tokyo. 56 00:04:20,802 --> 00:04:22,667 For all that, will you search that area, 57 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:23,885 send everything you can? 58 00:04:23,889 --> 00:04:25,675 Aircraft, naval units, search parties, 59 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:27,718 and comb that northwest coast at once. 60 00:04:27,726 --> 00:04:30,593 But I must have some reason, commander. 61 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:33,767 If I did tell you, you'd laugh at me and do nothing. 62 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:35,810 You've got to trust me and do what I say. 63 00:04:35,817 --> 00:04:38,559 But the last radio message was from here! 64 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:41,562 There was heavy cloud and they were approaching high mountains. 65 00:04:41,573 --> 00:04:44,440 Everything suggests a crash in these mountains. 66 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:46,316 The lives of all these people may be saved 67 00:04:46,328 --> 00:04:47,363 if you do what I ask. 68 00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:49,861 I'm not mad, I'm not a crank. 69 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:52,956 I implore you to do this before it's too late. 70 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,040 Ask the controller to come in, will you? 71 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:03,417 Very good, sir. 72 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:11,258 - Yes, sir? - That message from ss dollfuss 73 00:05:11,269 --> 00:05:12,805 that came in this morning, 74 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:15,054 where did they report seeing this aircraft? 75 00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:21,275 Way out here, sir, more than 60 miles out in the sea of Japan. 76 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:22,894 - Then it was seen! - I think for certain 77 00:05:22,906 --> 00:05:25,022 it was a naval aircraft off a carrier. 78 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:27,194 - Did they give its direction? - No, sir, there was heavy mist. 79 00:05:27,202 --> 00:05:28,988 - What time was this report? - 1610. 80 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:31,202 Then it's possible it could've been! 81 00:05:32,791 --> 00:05:34,247 All right. 82 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:36,458 Send this message to Tokyo. 83 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:38,622 Search area: Sado island 84 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:42,919 and northwest coast from akita to toyama. 85 00:05:42,926 --> 00:05:45,292 Very good, sir. 86 00:05:45,303 --> 00:05:48,136 Well, commander, the message is gone. 87 00:05:48,139 --> 00:05:50,972 Would you explain things to me now? 88 00:05:50,976 --> 00:05:53,058 If I did, you'd cancel it. 89 00:05:53,061 --> 00:05:55,143 If this turns out to be a waste of time, 90 00:05:55,146 --> 00:05:57,102 I shall have a good deal to answer for. 91 00:05:57,107 --> 00:05:58,893 And if they do find them up there, 92 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,607 perhaps I'll come back and explain everything. 93 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:04,436 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 94 00:06:07,117 --> 00:06:09,199 - Good day, sir. - Good day. 95 00:06:11,621 --> 00:06:13,862 I got that away, sir. 96 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:16,115 They tell me commander Lindsay flew in from Singapore 97 00:06:16,126 --> 00:06:18,617 with the air marshal in this Dakota last Monday. 98 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:20,038 Did he? 99 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,331 So he did. 100 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:25,124 You know, in a sense, this is my last lap. 101 00:06:25,135 --> 00:06:27,501 After this, I'm carrying on in a liberator. 102 00:06:27,512 --> 00:06:29,423 You're going the long way home, aren't you? 103 00:06:29,431 --> 00:06:31,422 Oh, yes, well, I met a lot of friends 104 00:06:31,433 --> 00:06:32,969 when we were operating in the pacific, 105 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:35,513 some of them Americans who are now in Tokyo and Washington. 106 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:36,976 I just thought it'd be a good idea 107 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:38,345 to look them up on the way home. 108 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:39,721 We'll be landing very soon, sir. 109 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:40,813 Good. 110 00:06:46,948 --> 00:06:50,657 Oh, by the way, we'll be coming in on runway 1-3. 111 00:06:50,660 --> 00:06:52,446 If you've never flown into Hong Kong before, 112 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:54,661 you'll be amazed at the approach we have to make. 113 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:56,074 What does he mean by that? 114 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:59,199 Runway 1-3, 13, ominous. 115 00:06:59,210 --> 00:07:02,122 You naval types seem to thrive on superstition. 116 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:05,748 All the same, runway 1-3 has a very dicey approach. 117 00:07:11,264 --> 00:07:12,845 Bit of a corker, isn't it? 118 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:14,180 Piece of cake. 119 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,634 - Hello, sir. - How are you? 120 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:57,849 Mr. robertson's called for you, sir. 121 00:07:59,396 --> 00:08:01,261 - Hello, Robbie. - Hello, John, how are you? 122 00:08:01,272 --> 00:08:02,557 - Fine. - Did you have a good trip? 123 00:08:02,565 --> 00:08:04,521 Yes, perfect, thanks. This is commander Lindsay. 124 00:08:04,526 --> 00:08:05,982 An old friend of mine, Mr. robertson. 125 00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:07,192 - How do you do? - How do you do? 126 00:08:07,195 --> 00:08:08,435 Lindsay, you're the new man 127 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:09,819 - on the naval staff. - That's right. 128 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,939 This is flight lieutenant McKenzie, my personal assistant. 129 00:08:11,950 --> 00:08:12,985 - How do you do? - How do you do, sir? 130 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:14,108 I'll go and see about the luggage. 131 00:08:14,119 --> 00:08:15,780 - Right you are, Mac. - Where are you staying? 132 00:08:15,787 --> 00:08:17,903 I've got a room at the officer's club for the time being. 133 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:19,996 Well, thanks for the lift, John. Very enjoyable flight. 134 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,911 Don't mention it. I'll see you again before I go. 135 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,454 What about lunch tomorrow? “Well... 136 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:25,619 Are you doing anything for dinner tomorrow night? 137 00:08:25,630 --> 00:08:27,541 - No, nothing. - Why not dine with us? 138 00:08:27,549 --> 00:08:28,664 I'd like to very much. 139 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:30,381 Just the family, my wife and daughter. 140 00:08:30,385 --> 00:08:32,216 I'll send a car to pick you up at the club. 141 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:35,087 - 7:00 suit you? - Fine! I'll be ready. 142 00:09:03,001 --> 00:09:04,992 Strange people, the Chinese. 143 00:09:05,003 --> 00:09:07,039 The oldest civilization on earth, 144 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:09,834 yet even today, so many of them allow their lives 145 00:09:09,841 --> 00:09:12,503 to be controlled by fears and superstitions 146 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:15,343 that we laugh at as childish, medieval. 147 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:20,889 What on earth's all that about? 148 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:23,180 It's the ceremony of the returning spirit. 149 00:09:23,188 --> 00:09:24,769 For one night, the dead come back 150 00:09:24,773 --> 00:09:26,764 to spend a few hours in their old home. 151 00:09:26,775 --> 00:09:28,606 The relations do everything in their power 152 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:30,350 to make it a happy return. 153 00:09:48,463 --> 00:09:50,374 Sounds like they're driving it away. 154 00:09:50,381 --> 00:09:53,088 No, no, they're driving the evil spirits away 155 00:09:53,093 --> 00:09:55,675 so that the good one may return in peace. 156 00:09:55,678 --> 00:09:58,044 How do they know when it's coming back? 157 00:09:58,056 --> 00:10:00,297 They're told through dreams and omens. 158 00:10:00,308 --> 00:10:01,923 Times have changed in China, 159 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:04,517 but many families still cling to the old beliefs, 160 00:10:04,521 --> 00:10:06,728 customs that go back thousands of years. 161 00:10:06,731 --> 00:10:09,848 And do they believe what their dreams tell them? 162 00:10:09,859 --> 00:10:11,565 Well, they don't regard them as dreams 163 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,147 quite in the way that we do. 164 00:10:13,154 --> 00:10:15,941 They regard them as visions of things to come. 165 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:18,782 They believe that everything in their lives is preordained 166 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:20,867 and a dream is a glimpse into the future 167 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:23,156 sent for their guidance. 168 00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:25,325 Good thing the commander isn't a chinaman. 169 00:10:25,333 --> 00:10:27,073 Why, what's the commander been doing? 170 00:10:27,085 --> 00:10:30,077 He had the weirdest dream last night. 171 00:10:30,088 --> 00:10:31,578 It wasn't anything. 172 00:10:31,589 --> 00:10:33,079 Gave me the willies. 173 00:10:33,091 --> 00:10:35,127 Tell us what happened. 174 00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:37,091 Oh, I was tired, that's all. 175 00:10:37,095 --> 00:10:39,336 It was too much lobster for dinner. 176 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:43,385 Well, I must be going. 177 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:45,475 You're not going till you've told us about the dream. 178 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:47,844 Besides, you haven't had your coffee yet, commander. 179 00:10:47,856 --> 00:10:49,471 No, no, I won't... 180 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:52,269 - Yes, let's hear it. - Yes, come on, tell us, Lindsay. 181 00:10:52,277 --> 00:10:55,485 Oh... it was just a silly, 182 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:57,228 jumbled-up affair like any other dream, 183 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,730 all mixed up with that Dakota aircraft 184 00:10:58,741 --> 00:11:00,902 we flew in from Singapore yesterday. 185 00:11:00,910 --> 00:11:03,947 I wasn't in it myself, I was seeing it from the outside. 186 00:11:03,955 --> 00:11:06,196 I saw the passenger compartment. 187 00:11:06,207 --> 00:11:09,825 There were... six, seven... 188 00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:12,168 Eight people. 189 00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:14,254 One of them was a very attractive young woman. 190 00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:16,464 I'd been with you all day, so I suppose it was natural 191 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:18,128 I should see you there. 192 00:11:18,136 --> 00:11:20,798 And one was a very important civilian. 193 00:11:20,805 --> 00:11:22,466 That must've been you, daddy. 194 00:11:22,473 --> 00:11:25,010 Honey, yes, I'm sure it was. 195 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:26,758 Go on, what happened? 196 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:27,975 Well, they were lost. 197 00:11:27,979 --> 00:11:30,641 They talked about the radio, it had failed. 198 00:11:30,648 --> 00:11:31,888 They were short of fuel, 199 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:33,811 they only just had enough to get to the coast. 200 00:11:33,818 --> 00:11:35,809 You mean we were over the sea somewhere? 201 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:39,483 I imagine so, they kept talking about the mainland. 202 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:42,823 They were in very heavy cloud. 203 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:45,785 It was snowing, it got darker and darker. 204 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:51,786 Then suddenly, they were out of the cloud 205 00:11:51,794 --> 00:11:54,911 and there was a bay surrounded by reddish cliffs, 206 00:11:54,923 --> 00:11:57,209 a rock-strewn beach, 207 00:11:57,217 --> 00:11:59,082 a lighthouse on a small headland, 208 00:11:59,093 --> 00:12:02,551 and at one end of the beach, a sort of fishing village. 209 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,604 It's an odd thing about dreams. 210 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:05,357 You'll see a place vividly in every detail, 211 00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:07,450 and yet for the life of you, 212 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:09,614 can't remember having seen it before. 213 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:12,698 And you say I was in it? 214 00:13:12,709 --> 00:13:13,994 Yes. 215 00:13:14,002 --> 00:13:17,540 And it was a twin-engine plane, a Dakota? 216 00:13:17,547 --> 00:13:19,003 Yes, that's right. 217 00:13:19,007 --> 00:13:21,043 Really, commander, I think that's a terrible story 218 00:13:21,050 --> 00:13:22,506 to tell to flying men. 219 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:24,296 Well, all I can say is I'm glad we're going 220 00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:26,511 in a liberator and not a Dakota. 221 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:29,597 - But we are going in a Dakota. - But... 222 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,717 I only heard myself just before dinner. 223 00:13:32,729 --> 00:13:35,846 We're going on in the same Dakota. 224 00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:37,393 You're joking, surely. 225 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,107 Well, I wouldn't worry if I were you, Lindsay. 226 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:43,569 After all, you did say there were eight passengers. 227 00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:44,858 Yes. 228 00:13:44,866 --> 00:13:46,982 Well, anyway, we won't have an important civilian 229 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:48,358 or a girl on board. 230 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:50,405 Will it be takeoff the same time tomorrow, sir? 231 00:13:50,413 --> 00:13:51,619 Yes, 10:00. 232 00:13:51,622 --> 00:13:53,783 Well, I must be going. Please don't move. 233 00:13:53,791 --> 00:13:56,123 - Goodbye, Mrs. robertson. - You must come and see us again. 234 00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:58,459 - Will you be here for some time? - Oh, yes, I think so. 235 00:13:58,463 --> 00:13:59,703 Thank you for a very nice evening. 236 00:13:59,714 --> 00:14:00,874 - Good night. - Come along, John. 237 00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:02,372 - We"ll see him off. - Right. 238 00:14:02,383 --> 00:14:05,216 - Good night. - Good night. 239 00:14:05,219 --> 00:14:07,881 Get the flight lieutenant a drink, dear. 240 00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:10,130 Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm rather tired. 241 00:14:10,141 --> 00:14:11,677 I think I'll say good night too. 242 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:12,969 - Yes, of course, I... - No, please, 243 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:14,308 do stay and have your drink. 244 00:14:14,312 --> 00:14:15,831 - Good night, darling. - Good night, mother. 245 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:19,439 - Good night, Mrs. robertson. - Good night. 246 00:14:19,442 --> 00:14:21,774 What a nice man he is. 247 00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:24,269 - Who? - The air marshal. 248 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,362 Oh, yes, he's all right. 249 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,699 It must be interesting being his personal assistant. 250 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,112 In a way. 251 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:32,951 And you like it? 252 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:35,822 Oh, yes, it's interesting, but other chaps, you know, they... 253 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:38,207 They think you've wangled a cushy job for yourself. 254 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:40,372 They don't give you a dfc for a cushy job. 255 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:43,042 Oh, I got that long ago, 1940. 256 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,630 Battle of britain. 257 00:14:44,634 --> 00:14:46,750 Yes, I'd have been a squadron leader by now 258 00:14:46,761 --> 00:14:49,548 if the air marshal hadn't pulled me out to be his pa. 259 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:51,591 But it was a great compliment, wasn't it? 260 00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:54,056 You might call it that, but it, uh, 261 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:57,177 put the lid on what I hoped to do. 262 00:14:57,188 --> 00:14:58,769 Have you been over here long? 263 00:14:58,773 --> 00:15:00,058 I was born here. 264 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:02,682 Daddy's been in Hong Kong for ages. 265 00:15:02,693 --> 00:15:05,981 I was at school in england when the jap war started. 266 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:07,398 Mommy and daddy were interned. 267 00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:10,524 I didn't see them for nearly five years. 268 00:15:10,535 --> 00:15:13,117 Did they have a bad time? 269 00:15:13,121 --> 00:15:14,361 Mm, I think so. 270 00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:18,076 Thanks. 271 00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:19,949 Here's to happy days in good old england. 272 00:15:19,961 --> 00:15:22,498 Here's to you, Robbie. 273 00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:25,872 You know, I often wondered, after all you've been through, 274 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:28,712 why... why you came back here at all. 275 00:15:28,719 --> 00:15:31,210 Best way to make up for lost time. 276 00:15:31,222 --> 00:15:33,213 You're still a young man, you've got plenty of time. 277 00:15:33,224 --> 00:15:34,589 Oh, if I were to step up now, 278 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,340 it would mean another five good years. 279 00:15:36,352 --> 00:15:39,094 Might get to be a governor. 280 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:40,436 Stranger things have happened. 281 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,271 Yes, I'd like to see you as a governor. 282 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:45,767 If I don't, then I go back to england next year, 283 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:48,190 just one more civil servant who didn't get quite as far 284 00:15:48,197 --> 00:15:50,358 as he thought he should. 285 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:52,607 - Come in. - Excuse me. 286 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,108 Is there anything else for tonight, sir? 287 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,451 No, I don't think so. 288 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,036 I've checked with the airport. Everything's okay. 289 00:15:57,039 --> 00:15:58,495 All right, thanks. Good night, Mac. 290 00:15:58,499 --> 00:15:59,614 Good night, sir. 291 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,456 - Good night. - Good night. 292 00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:07,664 That young man seems to have a good opinion of himself. 293 00:16:07,675 --> 00:16:11,133 - Does he get on your nerves? - Not when you get to know him. 294 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:15,130 Mac was one of the best fighter pilots in the battle of britain. 295 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:17,928 And then, quite suddenly... 296 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:21,936 Well, it was the way things happened in those days. 297 00:16:21,939 --> 00:16:23,804 Complete breakdown. 298 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:26,808 He got better, of course, in a manner of speaking, 299 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:29,936 but there was no more fighting for him. 300 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,354 But he still flies. 301 00:16:31,365 --> 00:16:33,447 Only as a passenger, never as a pilot. 302 00:16:33,451 --> 00:16:35,032 He's a braver man than I am. 303 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:37,652 I'd sooner walk for a week than fly for an hour. 304 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,699 You don't mean to say you've never flown. 305 00:16:39,707 --> 00:16:41,663 Please don't breathe it outside this room. 306 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:44,079 I've never flown in my life. 307 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:46,327 The governor's on the phone, daddy, will you take it in here? 308 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:48,045 Ah, yes, thank you, my dear. 309 00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:50,882 What's the governor want at this hour of the night? 310 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:53,960 Hello? 311 00:16:53,971 --> 00:16:56,587 Good evening, your excellency. 312 00:16:56,599 --> 00:16:58,806 Yes, yes, he's here with me now. Just a moment. 313 00:16:58,809 --> 00:17:00,265 It's for you, John. 314 00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:01,850 He's got lord Wainwright with him. 315 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:04,095 Wainwright? Oh, that's wonderful. 316 00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:08,103 - Hello? - Good evening. 317 00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:10,897 Yes, he flew in this morning from Singapore. 318 00:17:10,905 --> 00:17:13,942 He's on his way to Tokyo for the trade conference. 319 00:17:13,950 --> 00:17:15,906 Now, as you're flying there yourself tomorrow, 320 00:17:15,910 --> 00:17:18,242 he's wondering whether he could keep you company. 321 00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:19,656 Yes, of course, that's splendid. 322 00:17:19,664 --> 00:17:21,016 Well, he's here now. Just a moment. 323 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,530 He'd like a word with you. 324 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:23,702 Thank you. 325 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:25,540 Hello, John! How are you? 326 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:28,127 I'm fine, thanks. Haven't seen you for ages. 327 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:29,995 It's a bit of luck catching you here. 328 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,005 Well, it'll be good to see you and hear the news. 329 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:33,541 What time are you leaving? 330 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:35,714 - 10:00, is that all right? - That'll suit me. 331 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,258 Oh, splendid. Well, I'll pick you up about 9:30. 332 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:41,429 - Good night, bertie. - Good night, John. 333 00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:43,721 Fancy old bertie Wainwright turning up here. 334 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:46,436 We used to be at school together. 335 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,273 He was the most awful ass in those days. 336 00:17:49,277 --> 00:17:51,609 He's a big shot now though. What is his job exactly? 337 00:17:51,612 --> 00:17:53,193 He's practically my boss. 338 00:17:53,197 --> 00:17:55,563 Advisor on eastern affairs to the foreign office. 339 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:58,317 Well, I must try and put in a good word for you. 340 00:17:58,327 --> 00:17:59,863 I'm just one of a crowd to him. 341 00:17:59,870 --> 00:18:02,657 I don't suppose he's ever heard of me. 342 00:18:02,665 --> 00:18:05,998 You know, it's funny. 343 00:18:06,002 --> 00:18:09,335 That dream Lindsay told us about this evening. 344 00:18:09,338 --> 00:18:11,203 He said there was a very important civilian 345 00:18:11,215 --> 00:18:12,375 in the aircraft. 346 00:18:12,383 --> 00:18:13,964 Oh, yes, so he did. 347 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,254 Well, here he is. 348 00:18:16,262 --> 00:18:18,048 Wainwright. 349 00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:20,967 I suppose if I were a chinaman, I should take that as an omen. 350 00:18:20,975 --> 00:18:23,136 Oh, if you were Chinese, you'd take it for granted. 351 00:18:23,144 --> 00:18:25,135 He expects his dreams to come true. 352 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:27,228 Of course, if you use enough imagination 353 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:30,439 and put things together, you can always make a dream 354 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:32,058 look as if it comes true. 355 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,851 It's a lot of bunkum. 356 00:18:33,863 --> 00:18:36,605 It's always puzzled me why an extremely intelligent people 357 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:39,028 like the Chinese retain their medieval ideas 358 00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:41,447 about dreams and omens and suchlike. 359 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:46,531 I shouldn't worry if I were you, John. 360 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:48,578 - I'm not worried! - Will you have another drink? 361 00:18:48,586 --> 00:18:50,872 No, thanks. I think I'll turn in. 362 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,416 What time do you have breakfast? 363 00:18:52,423 --> 00:18:54,084 Any time after 7, is that okay? 364 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:55,498 Perfect, thanks. 365 00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:58,922 Well, I have enjoyed this little stay, Robbie. 366 00:18:58,929 --> 00:19:00,089 I wish it could've been longer. 367 00:19:00,097 --> 00:19:01,678 Yes, if you could've stayed a few more days, 368 00:19:01,682 --> 00:19:03,593 we could've had some golf. 369 00:19:03,601 --> 00:19:06,092 Oh, dear. We don't usually get calls this time of night. 370 00:19:06,103 --> 00:19:07,684 Well, it may be Wainwright about something. 371 00:19:07,688 --> 00:19:10,680 More likely a wrong number. It's a terrible exchange. 372 00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:15,393 Hello? 373 00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:17,611 Yes, that's right. 374 00:19:17,615 --> 00:19:19,571 - It's the governor again. - Oh. 375 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,984 Yes, robertson speaking. 376 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:26,362 Oh, that's all right, sir, I was only just going up. 377 00:19:34,382 --> 00:19:35,918 Are you there, robertson? 378 00:19:35,925 --> 00:19:38,007 Is it all right? 379 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:39,875 Yes, sir, it's... it's all right. 380 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:41,752 Good. Is the air marshal there? 381 00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:44,005 Yes, he's right here. 382 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:46,382 The governor wants to speak to you. 383 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,975 What's the trouble? 384 00:19:51,982 --> 00:19:53,097 Hello? 385 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:54,849 I'm sorry to have to bother you again, 386 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,145 but Wainwright's very keen 387 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,901 to have robertson with him in Tokyo. 388 00:19:57,905 --> 00:20:00,021 It's a question of Japanese law. 389 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,897 Now, he'll also need a good stenographer. 390 00:20:01,909 --> 00:20:03,524 I've suggested miss Campbell. 391 00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:05,618 Robertson knows her work. 392 00:20:05,621 --> 00:20:07,236 That means there'll be four, 393 00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:09,239 counting Wainwright's private secretary. 394 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:10,740 Can you cope with that number? 395 00:20:10,751 --> 00:20:12,412 Yes, of course, no trouble at all. 396 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:14,411 I'm afraid I shall be unable to see you off, 397 00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:16,128 so I wish you bon voyage now. 398 00:20:16,132 --> 00:20:17,622 Glad to understand. Thank you sir. 399 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:18,748 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 400 00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:19,874 Well, that's that. 401 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,591 Did he tell you that I was wanted? 402 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:23,256 Yes, isn't that splendid? 403 00:20:24,807 --> 00:20:26,047 What's the matter? 404 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,548 Oh, Robbie, I'm sorry, 405 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,096 I was forgetting you've never flown. 406 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:30,809 No, it's not that, it's, um... 407 00:20:30,813 --> 00:20:33,020 This other thing. 408 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,763 It's uncanny. 409 00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:37,858 The dream, is that what's worrying you? 410 00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:39,944 It's just an odd coincidence. 411 00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:42,563 Coincidences are happening to us every day of our lives. 412 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:44,657 Not to me, they're not. 413 00:20:44,660 --> 00:20:46,651 Listen, Robbie, you must be sensible. 414 00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:48,994 You can't seriously suggest that I should ask lord Wainwright 415 00:20:48,998 --> 00:20:50,659 to travel in a different plane than mine 416 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:53,032 simply because some fellow had a dream. 417 00:20:53,043 --> 00:20:54,829 - No. - If we changed our plans 418 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:58,421 every time somebody had a dream, things would soon be in chaos. 419 00:20:58,424 --> 00:21:01,040 Besides, Lindsay said there were eight passengers 420 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:04,464 in that confounded dream of his, and we're only six. 421 00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:06,679 So it doesn't make sense anyway. 422 00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:13,852 Hello there! 423 00:21:13,856 --> 00:21:15,346 Good morning! 424 00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:16,767 I say, it's the most extraordinary thing. 425 00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:18,186 - Do you know what's happened? - What? 426 00:21:18,194 --> 00:21:20,185 We've got our important person, lord Wainwright, 427 00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:22,687 and a girl, just what the commander saw. 428 00:21:22,698 --> 00:21:27,067 My dear boy, millions of people dream dreams every night. 429 00:21:27,077 --> 00:21:29,409 - Yes, but if it did happen... - If it did happen, 430 00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,244 then there's no such thing as reality. 431 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:33,497 I've been studying these oriental superstitions 432 00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:34,581 for years. 433 00:21:34,585 --> 00:21:36,041 The more I've learned, 434 00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:38,252 the more ridiculous and childish it becomes. 435 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:40,128 Take my advice and forget it. 436 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,668 Has lord Wainwright arrived? 437 00:21:41,675 --> 00:21:43,256 Not yet. We expect him at any moment. 438 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:45,842 Excuse me, sir. 439 00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:48,383 Pardon the Liberty, sir, but are you one of the officers 440 00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:50,051 flying in that Dakota over there, sir? 441 00:21:50,059 --> 00:21:51,595 - Yes. - Well, they say you're stopping 442 00:21:51,602 --> 00:21:52,808 at okinawa. 443 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,052 Yes, I believe we are. 444 00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:55,269 Well, me and my mate here, 445 00:21:55,272 --> 00:21:57,183 we've been on three days' leave from okinawa. 446 00:21:57,191 --> 00:21:59,432 We're with the reme unit attached to the yanks. 447 00:21:59,443 --> 00:22:02,606 Well, we were due to leave early this morning, sir. 448 00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:04,854 Well, sir, we missed the bus, like, 449 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:07,026 and now we want to get back. 450 00:22:07,034 --> 00:22:09,400 No, no, McKenzie, certainly not, it's quite impossible. 451 00:22:09,411 --> 00:22:11,242 You'll have to see the authorities and wait. 452 00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:12,703 Well, sir, I only thought that... 453 00:22:12,706 --> 00:22:15,368 No, I'm afraid it's entirely out of the question. 454 00:22:15,376 --> 00:22:17,617 Yeah, what did I tell ya? 455 00:22:17,628 --> 00:22:19,289 Blinkin' civilians. 456 00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:21,002 Never was no good. 457 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:22,837 You're right there, pal. 458 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:25,299 Give me the service bloke every time. 459 00:22:25,302 --> 00:22:27,668 - Yeah. - When a man like lord Wainwright 460 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,966 is on a confidential mission, is it usual to pick up 461 00:22:29,974 --> 00:22:31,839 every Tom, dick, and Harry who wants a lift? 462 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:33,261 That isn't what was worrying you. 463 00:22:33,269 --> 00:22:35,009 If we'd been eight and they'd have made us ten, 464 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,430 you'd have paid them to come. 465 00:22:36,438 --> 00:22:38,645 You might care to know that I've written a book 466 00:22:38,649 --> 00:22:41,436 which proves the absurdity of superstition. 467 00:22:52,121 --> 00:22:54,157 - Good morning, miss Campbell. - Good morning. 468 00:22:57,334 --> 00:22:58,699 Good morning. 469 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,793 How do you do? 470 00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:04,584 Mr. robertson, I'm sorry you didn't want me to come with you. 471 00:23:04,592 --> 00:23:06,082 Oh, I didn't mean that. 472 00:23:06,093 --> 00:23:08,254 They told me you rang the office this morning 473 00:23:08,262 --> 00:23:10,878 suggesting that one of the men went in my place. 474 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,677 Well, I just thought that, um... 475 00:23:13,684 --> 00:23:16,642 A long journey by air and an arduous conference to follow, 476 00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:18,886 the strain might've been too much for you. 477 00:23:18,898 --> 00:23:20,889 It was kind of you to think of it that way, 478 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,936 but I'm certain I shall be all right. 479 00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:25,810 It was no reflection on your ability, I assure you. 480 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:27,607 I'm glad it wasn't that. 481 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,480 I begged them to let me come. 482 00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:31,356 I haven't been to a big conference before, 483 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,571 and it's tremendously exciting. 484 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:36,908 Excuse me. 485 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:40,915 Well, here they come. Will you excuse me? 486 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,411 - I must go and meet them. - Yes, of course. 487 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:54,805 Mr. robertson, lord Wainwright has arrived. 488 00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:56,014 Oh. 489 00:23:56,018 --> 00:23:57,883 Thank you. 490 00:23:57,895 --> 00:23:59,135 Ah, Robbie. 491 00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:00,386 This is Mr. robertson. 492 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:01,804 - Good morning. - How do you do, sir? 493 00:24:01,815 --> 00:24:04,932 I'm sorry to have done this to you at such short notice. 494 00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,105 Not at all, sir. Delighted to be of service. 495 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:08,943 It's lucky to have found you here. 496 00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:11,530 I must confess, I don't speak a word of Japanese. 497 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:13,398 If it weren't for you, I should've walked in 498 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,113 on this conference and made a fool of myself. 499 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,485 You wouldn't have done that, sir. 500 00:24:16,497 --> 00:24:17,953 You're an expert in these matters. 501 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:20,118 Well, there are two kinds of experts in the world: 502 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,332 The ones who have learned from books, like myself, 503 00:24:22,336 --> 00:24:24,702 and the ones who learn from experience, like you. 504 00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:28,877 Too many of my kind and not enough of yours. 505 00:24:28,884 --> 00:24:30,374 - Good morning, sir. - Good morning. 506 00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:32,798 Oh, um, come and meet lord Wainwright. 507 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:34,545 Bertie, this is the captain of our aircraft, 508 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:35,841 - squadron leader Walker. - Good morning. 509 00:24:35,849 --> 00:24:37,931 - Good morning, sir. - What sort of forecast have you? 510 00:24:37,935 --> 00:24:39,141 - Favorable, sir. - Good. 511 00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,304 Oh, there's just one thing. 512 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,303 We haven't the range to make Tokyo in one hop. 513 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,599 We'll refuel at okinawa. 514 00:24:43,607 --> 00:24:45,518 We shan't be in okinawa until about 5:00, 515 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:46,891 and then there's an hour's refueling. 516 00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:48,608 That means a night journey on to Tokyo. 517 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:50,227 Look, I was wondering, if you'd prefer it, 518 00:24:50,239 --> 00:24:51,649 we could sleep the night in okinawa 519 00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:52,863 and then take a daylight trip 520 00:24:52,866 --> 00:24:54,527 along the Japanese mainland in the morning. 521 00:24:54,535 --> 00:24:56,867 - That's an excellent idea. - Right, then I'll fix it. 522 00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:59,202 Oh, Mac, will you send a signal to okinawa 523 00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:00,867 and reserve accommodation for tonight? 524 00:25:00,874 --> 00:25:02,284 Very good, sir. 525 00:25:02,292 --> 00:25:03,828 Excuse me, sir. 526 00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:05,292 Just one more thing. What's that? 527 00:25:05,295 --> 00:25:06,785 There are a couple of soldiers outside 528 00:25:06,797 --> 00:25:08,583 who want a lift back to okinawa. 529 00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:10,546 It appears they missed their bus back. 530 00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:12,963 John, I can't imagine why these two men 531 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:15,006 should persist in this way. 532 00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:17,380 They spoke to me outside. I made it quite clear to them 533 00:25:17,391 --> 00:25:20,053 that it was impossible for them to travel back on this aircraft. 534 00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:21,800 They're a decent enough couple of fellows. 535 00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:23,097 They wouldn't be any bother, sir. 536 00:25:23,105 --> 00:25:24,811 But lord Wainwright is certain to want to discuss 537 00:25:24,815 --> 00:25:26,931 important matters during the flight. 538 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:28,557 Thank you, robertson, 539 00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:31,481 but personally, I wouldn't dream of refusing them on my account. 540 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,145 If these men are due back at their unit, 541 00:25:33,157 --> 00:25:35,489 I see no reason why my presence should stop them. 542 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:37,946 - Will there be enough room? - There's room for 12, sir. 543 00:25:37,953 --> 00:25:40,865 How many should we be, eight? 544 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:43,489 Well, I see no reason... 545 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,411 No logical reason. 546 00:25:45,419 --> 00:25:46,829 Shall I tell them, sir? 547 00:25:49,465 --> 00:25:51,251 - Yes. - Right. 548 00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:53,340 Let us know when you're ready to go. 549 00:25:53,343 --> 00:25:54,583 Quite soon now, sir. 550 00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:56,335 - About ten minutes. - Right. 551 00:25:56,346 --> 00:25:58,337 Well, we should be sitting down for a long while. 552 00:25:58,348 --> 00:26:00,589 - Shall we have a stroll outside? - Why not? 553 00:26:14,865 --> 00:26:16,196 Brandy, please. 554 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,406 A large one. 555 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:18,774 Yes, sir. 556 00:26:23,165 --> 00:26:24,371 Thank you. 557 00:26:26,543 --> 00:26:28,704 Of all the things, have you heard what's happened? 558 00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:30,122 Those blighters have pulled it off 559 00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:31,540 and got a lift to okinawa. 560 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:32,788 So we're eight after all. 561 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,540 Seven men and a girl. 562 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:38,051 Full steam ahead for the dream. 563 00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:40,797 I say, sir, you're not fit for this, you shouldn't come. 564 00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:43,550 They'll find someone to take your place in Tokyo. 565 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,221 You're implying that I'm afraid. 566 00:26:45,229 --> 00:26:46,969 - I never said that. - That's what you meant. 567 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:48,345 No, really, I... 568 00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:51,474 And are you the sort of man who can accuse another of... 569 00:26:53,987 --> 00:26:55,272 I'm sorry. 570 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,111 Will you have a drink with me? 571 00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:58,697 Mm-hmm. 572 00:26:58,700 --> 00:26:59,985 I'll have a beer. 573 00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:01,733 I don't pretend to be a brave man. 574 00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:04,782 I hate flying. 575 00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:08,408 But I've got a job to do, and I'm going to do it, 576 00:27:08,418 --> 00:27:11,751 no matter what anybody dreams. 577 00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:14,212 I have an idea you're a darn sight braver than I am. 578 00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:17,208 Well, here's to a good trip and a happy landing, 579 00:27:17,219 --> 00:27:21,428 even if the dream is complete, right down to the girl herself. 580 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:23,717 And who's been dreaming about me? 581 00:27:23,725 --> 00:27:26,558 It's the most extraordinary thing, we've just been ta... 582 00:27:26,562 --> 00:27:29,269 What's extraordinary? 583 00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:30,979 Well, nothing. 584 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:33,144 You said the dream was complete, including me. 585 00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:34,608 That's the extraordinary thing. 586 00:27:34,611 --> 00:27:36,693 And because of me, you didn't have a safe landing. 587 00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,688 - No, I never said that. - L1 heard you say, 588 00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:41,236 "here's to a safe landing, even if the dream's complete, 589 00:27:41,243 --> 00:27:42,699 right down to the girl herself." 590 00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:44,193 I assure you, miss Campbell, it's nothing. 591 00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:45,694 Absolutely nothing. 592 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:48,163 Look, I'll tell you all about it when we get to okinawa, hmm? 593 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,624 What difference does it make? Why not tell me now? 594 00:27:50,627 --> 00:27:52,618 Because I like being mysterious, that's why. 595 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:53,994 - Oh, excuse me, gentlemen. - Yes? 596 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:55,746 Are you passengers on the Dakota for Tokyo? 597 00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:56,746 Yes, we are. 598 00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:57,998 Well, we're ready for departure, sir. 599 00:27:58,010 --> 00:27:59,716 Thank you, we'll come right away. 600 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:08,975 Hello, Robbie. 601 00:28:11,106 --> 00:28:13,142 I think you'll find this seat the most comfortable, sir. 602 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:14,356 Thank you. You'll have a nice view 603 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,270 of the harbor and the coastal towns from here. 604 00:28:16,278 --> 00:28:17,814 Do we follow the coast for long? 605 00:28:17,821 --> 00:28:20,403 For about half an hour, sir, and then we make for formosa. 606 00:28:20,407 --> 00:28:22,648 I think if Mr. robertson could sit here with me... 607 00:28:22,659 --> 00:28:23,819 Oh, certainly, sir. 608 00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:25,988 Then we can go through my notes for the conference. 609 00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:34,664 Will you fasten your safety belts, please, gentlemen? 610 00:28:34,671 --> 00:28:36,662 No smoking till after takeoff. 611 00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:39,582 Is that special military protection? 612 00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:41,834 I'd hardly call them protection. 613 00:28:48,101 --> 00:28:49,966 Can I take off, skipper? 614 00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:51,809 Sorry, Reggie, this is a tricky airfield. 615 00:28:51,813 --> 00:28:52,973 I'd better do it myself. 616 00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:01,486 I looked over these notes last night. 617 00:29:01,490 --> 00:29:03,947 They'll give you a rough idea of the ground we've got to cover. 618 00:29:03,951 --> 00:29:05,282 Oh, I'll read them over, sir. 619 00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:07,241 Let me know what you think the Japanese point of view 620 00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:11,034 would be on, uh, these clauses, three and four. 621 00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:13,123 Three and four. 622 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,113 Tower from raf air 632. 623 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:46,823 Permission to change frequency to approach control, over. 624 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,405 Listen, bertie. 625 00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:55,248 You sit here, John. 626 00:29:55,252 --> 00:29:57,493 Oh, thank you, Robbie. 627 00:29:57,504 --> 00:29:59,540 Look, I've been glancing at this map. 628 00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:01,209 When we leave okinawa, it wouldn't take us 629 00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:03,878 much out of our way if we passed over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 630 00:30:03,885 --> 00:30:05,375 Oh, yes, that'd be interesting. 631 00:30:05,387 --> 00:30:06,752 Have you flown over there before? 632 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,137 No, that's what made me suggest it. 633 00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:12,224 Look, this is roughly where we are now, um, 634 00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:13,467 yeah, about here. 635 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:15,309 You know you've made me awfully curious. 636 00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,145 Why won't you tell me what this mystery is? 637 00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:18,789 I'll tell you all about it when we get rid 638 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,478 of those two soldiers at okinawa. 639 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:21,975 What have they got to do with it? 640 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:22,976 Everything. 641 00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:24,444 Yeah, my woman will have 642 00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:26,313 something to show around when she gets my letter 643 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:28,441 saying I've traveled with all these nobs. 644 00:30:28,452 --> 00:30:29,862 There's only a couple of nobs. 645 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:32,236 The others have been thrown in just to make it look important. 646 00:30:32,247 --> 00:30:34,659 Well, all the same. If I'd known I was gonna travel 647 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:38,534 with lord what's-his-name, I'd have cleaned my cap badge. 648 00:30:38,545 --> 00:30:39,830 Yeah. 649 00:30:45,886 --> 00:30:47,877 Okay, Reggie, you can take over now. 650 00:30:47,888 --> 00:30:50,470 I'll drop back for a bit and ease my legs. 651 00:30:50,474 --> 00:30:51,930 Thanks a lot. 652 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,424 Oh, Kent, did you pick up my book this morning? 653 00:30:54,436 --> 00:30:55,642 Yes, sir. 654 00:30:58,357 --> 00:30:59,847 - Thank you. - May 1? 655 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:02,933 Well, excuse me. 656 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:06,061 Well, sir, how's the trip? 657 00:31:06,073 --> 00:31:07,313 Fine. Are we on schedule? 658 00:31:07,324 --> 00:31:09,406 Yes, sir, so far as per the flight plan. 659 00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:10,740 There'll be coffee and a shack 660 00:31:10,744 --> 00:31:12,154 coming around a moment or two, sir. 661 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:14,073 That will be very acceptable. 662 00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:15,412 Well, you seem to have made 663 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:17,246 a good impression on the great man. 664 00:31:17,250 --> 00:31:19,115 - You think so? - Well, I'm sure of it. 665 00:31:19,127 --> 00:31:21,584 I said last night that I'd put in a good word for you. 666 00:31:21,588 --> 00:31:23,624 I don't think you need it now. 667 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:26,214 If only one could feel easy in one's mind. 668 00:31:26,218 --> 00:31:28,960 You're not still worrying about that dream, are you? 669 00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:32,087 I know it's absurd, but I didn't sleep a wink last night. 670 00:31:32,099 --> 00:31:34,761 - Oh, neither did I. - You didn't? 671 00:31:34,768 --> 00:31:36,429 Well, you know the story of the old lady 672 00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:38,267 when they asked her if she believed in ghosts, 673 00:31:38,271 --> 00:31:40,182 and she said, "no, of course I don't, 674 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:41,930 but I'm still frightened of them." 675 00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:44,684 Well, I think that applies to anything supernatural. 676 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:46,730 You don't honestly think that a thing like that 677 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:50,322 could happen just because somebody dreams it? 678 00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:52,156 Well, if I said it couldn't, 679 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,243 I should begin to think that it was going to at any moment. 680 00:31:55,247 --> 00:32:00,583 No, I'd rather say to myself it might, 681 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:02,951 then somehow I don't think it will. 682 00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:08,422 There's a good deal of interference, skipper. 683 00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:10,588 Seems like an electric storm somewhere ahead. 684 00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:12,586 What do they report in okinawa? 685 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:14,428 A certain amount of low cloud, 686 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,515 just like sea mist building up. 687 00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:23,017 It's funny, isn't it? 688 00:32:23,024 --> 00:32:25,390 You on your way home, your last flight; 689 00:32:25,402 --> 00:32:27,984 me, perhaps on the edge of something 690 00:32:27,988 --> 00:32:30,024 I've prayed for all my life. 691 00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:33,899 Here we are, this absurd, ridiculous thing 692 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:35,992 hanging like some great black curtain 693 00:32:35,996 --> 00:32:38,032 between us and what we want so much. 694 00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:39,404 Well, you'll enjoy it all the more 695 00:32:39,416 --> 00:32:41,031 when you get through the black curtain. 696 00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:43,124 Then you think we shall? 697 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:46,837 Well, now, Robbie, don't start that again. 698 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,796 - Coffee, sir? - Thank you. 699 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,586 - Ham sandwich? - No, not for me, thank you. 700 00:32:50,594 --> 00:32:52,585 - Coffee, sir? - Thank you. 701 00:32:55,098 --> 00:32:56,884 - Sandwich? - No, thank you. 702 00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:00,679 Shift it. 703 00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:04,517 Coffee, sir? 704 00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:05,604 Ah, yes, thanks. 705 00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:07,099 I'd almost forgotten where I was. 706 00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:09,567 These thrillers, extraordinarily ingenious. 707 00:33:09,571 --> 00:33:11,937 They just found a dead man disguised as a scarecrow, 708 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,776 been standing in the field for six weeks 709 00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:15,239 with a laborer hanging a coat 710 00:33:15,243 --> 00:33:16,824 on his outstretched arms. 711 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:18,193 You'd have thought by that time, 712 00:33:18,205 --> 00:33:19,786 they'd have begun to notice something. 713 00:33:19,789 --> 00:33:21,905 You won't feel like a ham sandwich then, sir? 714 00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:23,032 No, thank you. 715 00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:32,211 Well, we shouldn't be long now. How are you feeling? 716 00:33:32,219 --> 00:33:34,585 I'll be very thankful for a good night's sleep. 717 00:33:34,596 --> 00:33:37,633 Well, you'll get that in an hour or so when we touch down. 718 00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:39,097 Or maybe less. 719 00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:44,515 Would you care to sit here, sir? 720 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:46,605 Oh, thank you, Mac. 721 00:33:46,608 --> 00:33:49,941 Well, I don't see why he should have all the fun. 722 00:33:49,945 --> 00:33:51,685 Thank you, Mac. 723 00:34:06,294 --> 00:34:09,286 Oi, it's a ruddy great storm over there. 724 00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:14,549 I wonder what it's like going through a storm like that. 725 00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:16,089 You won't have to wonder much longer. 726 00:34:16,096 --> 00:34:17,802 Wait till we catch up with the rsm. 727 00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:19,467 Blimey, what a storm. 728 00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:24,141 Alter course 20 degrees to port. 729 00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:27,012 We'll try and miss that stuff. 730 00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:30,891 Okay. There's no guarantee we'll miss it there either. 731 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,358 No, but we've a better chance 732 00:34:32,362 --> 00:34:34,978 than flying straight for it, haven't we? 733 00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:36,730 Excuse me. 734 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:38,697 I was wondering just now, 735 00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:41,114 I can't understand why Lindsay should've told you 736 00:34:41,121 --> 00:34:43,112 about that dream last night. 737 00:34:43,123 --> 00:34:44,704 Well, why shouldn't he? 738 00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:46,289 It seems peculiar for a man 739 00:34:46,293 --> 00:34:48,875 suddenly to describe a dream for no reason. 740 00:34:48,878 --> 00:34:51,836 What gave rise to it, what led up to it? 741 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,705 Oh, I don't know. 742 00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:55,628 He yawned, said he was sleepy, 743 00:34:55,635 --> 00:34:58,342 and said he hoped he'd have a better night than last night, 744 00:34:58,346 --> 00:35:02,430 and... that led him into the dream. 745 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:04,675 If he hadn't told you, we should be enjoying 746 00:35:04,686 --> 00:35:06,847 this flight without a care in the world. 747 00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:08,891 It wouldn't have altered the risk, would it? 748 00:35:08,898 --> 00:35:10,263 I really don't know. 749 00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:11,560 It's an interesting theory, isn't it? 750 00:35:11,568 --> 00:35:13,024 Perhaps nothing happens in this world 751 00:35:13,028 --> 00:35:15,440 unless somebody dreams about it first. 752 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:17,403 This dream that we're mixed up in, 753 00:35:17,407 --> 00:35:20,945 did Lindsay tell you any more about it than he told us? 754 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,908 Yes, he did, as a matter of fact. 755 00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:24,402 What? 756 00:35:24,414 --> 00:35:25,529 Nothing much. 757 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:28,156 Well, what was it? 758 00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:30,375 Well, he described the passengers a bit more clearly. 759 00:35:30,378 --> 00:35:31,663 There were eight of them. 760 00:35:31,671 --> 00:35:35,380 One was a coarse, flashy type with a loud voice. 761 00:35:35,383 --> 00:35:37,294 Well, that doesn't fit very well, does it? 762 00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:40,465 None of us is coarse or flashy, and the... 763 00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:43,930 The soldiers are very quiet. 764 00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:47,096 Was there anything else? 765 00:35:47,103 --> 00:35:48,343 What else was there? 766 00:35:48,355 --> 00:35:49,891 Why talk about it? 767 00:35:49,898 --> 00:35:52,435 Why not tell me? 768 00:35:52,442 --> 00:35:54,979 There's no need to treat me like a child. 769 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,853 Whatever he said, I'd like you to tell me. 770 00:35:57,864 --> 00:36:01,527 If you must know, it was pretty awful at the end. 771 00:36:01,534 --> 00:36:05,197 Just before the crash, one of the passengers went crazy, 772 00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:07,412 mad with fright. 773 00:36:07,415 --> 00:36:11,124 The other passengers had to hold him down. 774 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:15,287 He lost all control of himself. 775 00:36:15,298 --> 00:36:17,289 Well, naturally, Lindsay didn't tell you that part 776 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:19,507 in front of your wife and daughter. 777 00:36:25,809 --> 00:36:28,095 Would you fasten your safety belts, please? 778 00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:29,263 There's nothing to worry about. 779 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:31,261 We're running into a patch of storm. 780 00:36:36,736 --> 00:36:39,352 You were right, Reggie, we didn't miss it. 781 00:36:41,741 --> 00:36:43,982 Uh-uh, here it is. 782 00:36:47,747 --> 00:36:50,329 Will you fasten your safety belt, please, sir? 783 00:37:24,492 --> 00:37:26,983 What a story to tell the missus! 784 00:37:26,995 --> 00:37:28,201 Yeah. 785 00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:57,013 Have you earthed your set? 786 00:37:57,025 --> 00:38:00,188 Of course I have, skipper. 787 00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:01,901 Put the lights on in the passengers' cabin? 788 00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:04,021 - Yes, captain. - Pulled the blinds? 789 00:38:04,032 --> 00:38:06,614 No, I'll go and do that now. 790 00:38:11,539 --> 00:38:13,575 How... how much longer will we be? 791 00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:15,323 We should touch down any minute now, sir. 792 00:38:15,335 --> 00:38:16,700 Ah, thank god. 793 00:38:55,458 --> 00:38:58,746 Raf air 632 from okinawa tower. 794 00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:01,460 You are turn one for landing. 795 00:39:01,464 --> 00:39:06,504 Runway 0-3, wind 0-4-5 degrees, 796 00:39:09,138 --> 00:39:12,881 boy, I'll bet that's one limey who'll be glad to see us. 797 00:39:12,892 --> 00:39:15,634 Tower from raf air 632. 798 00:39:15,645 --> 00:39:18,136 On final approach, over. 799 00:39:18,147 --> 00:39:22,891 Raf air 632 from tower, you are clear to land. 800 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:39,532 Not a bad landing for a night like this! 801 00:39:39,544 --> 00:39:40,533 Yeah. 802 00:39:40,545 --> 00:39:42,160 For me, I'd sooner talk 'em down 803 00:39:42,171 --> 00:39:43,536 than bring 'em down. 804 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:05,525 - Good evening, sir. - Good evening. 805 00:40:05,528 --> 00:40:07,189 Sir. 806 00:40:07,196 --> 00:40:10,484 Sorry you had to fly through one of those bad storms of ours. 807 00:40:10,491 --> 00:40:12,356 It was disturbing while it lasted, 808 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:15,072 but after all, these things are interesting, you know, 809 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:16,535 I thoroughly enjoyed the journey! 810 00:40:16,539 --> 00:40:18,075 Quite sorry it's over! 811 00:40:22,462 --> 00:40:24,953 - Be with you in a moment. - All right. 812 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:31,175 Well, boys, I hope you enjoyed the trip. 813 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:33,044 Well, all except the storm, sir. 814 00:40:33,056 --> 00:40:34,387 Yes, that was far from pleasant. 815 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:36,093 I hope it didn't shake you up too much. 816 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,636 That's all right, we'll get over it. 817 00:40:37,644 --> 00:40:39,805 Good. Perhaps you'll give me the pleasure 818 00:40:39,812 --> 00:40:42,178 of buying you a drink, hmm? 819 00:40:42,190 --> 00:40:43,851 Where do you think you're going? 820 00:40:47,028 --> 00:40:48,893 Now, don't let me interfere. 821 00:40:48,905 --> 00:40:50,190 Take your time. 822 00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:52,405 The army can wait. 823 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,566 Right, shut! 824 00:40:54,577 --> 00:40:56,568 About turn! 825 00:40:56,579 --> 00:40:57,864 Forward march! 826 00:40:57,872 --> 00:41:00,329 Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right. 827 00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:03,075 What did you say, service blokes are better than civvies? 828 00:41:03,086 --> 00:41:06,249 - Give me civvies every time. - Right wheel! 829 00:41:11,094 --> 00:41:13,085 You know, Robbie, you should never play poker. 830 00:41:13,096 --> 00:41:14,336 You haven't got the face for it. 831 00:41:14,347 --> 00:41:15,678 You're quite right. 832 00:41:15,682 --> 00:41:18,845 It's just a relief after that nightmare journey. 833 00:41:18,851 --> 00:41:20,762 Ah, here's the crew. 834 00:41:20,770 --> 00:41:22,726 - Hello, Mac. - Hello. 835 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:24,015 I guess it was amazing. 836 00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:26,560 You see, it all fitted together, right down to you. 837 00:41:26,567 --> 00:41:28,728 One girl, he said, and seven men. 838 00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:30,101 Well, that was all right at first 839 00:41:30,113 --> 00:41:32,149 because we were only six, and then at the last minute, 840 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:33,987 I'm blessed if those two soldiers didn't turn up 841 00:41:33,992 --> 00:41:36,153 to make us eight. 842 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,151 I'm glad you didn't tell me. 843 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:40,198 Well, Robbie, I think I'll go and have a wash and brush up 844 00:41:40,206 --> 00:41:43,164 before dinner. 845 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,533 I've been, uh, I've been telling her all about it. 846 00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:46,580 Have you? 847 00:41:46,587 --> 00:41:48,123 It's a funny business, wasn't it? 848 00:41:48,131 --> 00:41:49,962 Funny? I think it was horrible. 849 00:41:49,966 --> 00:41:52,457 Well the details weren't exactly like the dream, you know. 850 00:41:52,468 --> 00:41:53,753 The naval commander didn't mention 851 00:41:53,761 --> 00:41:55,717 the two private soldiers; They were all civilians 852 00:41:55,722 --> 00:41:57,482 except for the air marshal and McKenzie here, 853 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,130 and then he spoke to you 854 00:41:59,142 --> 00:42:02,009 about a coarse, flashy man with a loud voice, didn't he? 855 00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:03,009 Mm-hmm. 856 00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:04,807 - Air marshal hardie? - Yes. 857 00:42:04,814 --> 00:42:06,679 I want to ask you a favor. 858 00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:08,602 Now, my name's Bennett, Walter Bennett. 859 00:42:08,609 --> 00:42:11,476 I'm the managing director of the anglo pacific trading co. 860 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:12,860 Perhaps you've heard of me. 861 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:15,401 - Here's my card. - Well, what can I do for you? 862 00:42:15,408 --> 00:42:16,944 Well, it's like this. 863 00:42:16,951 --> 00:42:20,409 I hold a government warrant to deal in war surplus. 864 00:42:20,413 --> 00:42:22,995 I have all my papers here if you'd like to see them. 865 00:42:22,999 --> 00:42:24,739 No, that's quite all right. What can I do? 866 00:42:24,751 --> 00:42:26,582 Well, I'm on a big tour 867 00:42:26,586 --> 00:42:28,702 of these eastern military establishments 868 00:42:28,713 --> 00:42:32,251 buying up stuff that, uh, isn't wanted, 869 00:42:32,258 --> 00:42:34,499 and me and my secretary, 870 00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:36,417 that's the little bloke over there, 871 00:42:36,429 --> 00:42:39,296 we got off here a couple of days ago to do a job, 872 00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:42,515 and I have a very big deal to put over in Tokyo 873 00:42:42,518 --> 00:42:44,054 tomorrow night. 874 00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:46,018 - Yes? - Well, there isn't another plane 875 00:42:46,022 --> 00:42:47,603 going through here until Wednesday, 876 00:42:47,607 --> 00:42:50,519 so seeing as you've got plenty of room on that Dakota of yours, 877 00:42:50,526 --> 00:42:53,689 I was thinking that you'd be a decent chap and, uh, 878 00:42:53,696 --> 00:42:55,812 give us a lift in the morning. 879 00:42:55,823 --> 00:42:58,530 Very sorry, I'm afraid it can't be done. 880 00:42:58,576 --> 00:42:59,861 Well, why not? 881 00:42:59,869 --> 00:43:01,200 I mean, there's only the two of us, 882 00:43:01,204 --> 00:43:03,820 and I've just been told that two fellas got off here to stay, 883 00:43:03,831 --> 00:43:05,867 so you won't be any more than you were, will you? 884 00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:08,287 That's not the point, it's an entirely different matter. 885 00:43:08,294 --> 00:43:11,786 I'm very sorry, but you'll have to wait for another aircraft. 886 00:43:22,683 --> 00:43:24,139 Are you on this Dakota? 887 00:43:24,143 --> 00:43:26,555 - Yes. - How many does it take? 888 00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:28,678 - What do you mean? - You know what I mean. 889 00:43:28,689 --> 00:43:29,895 Passengers. 890 00:43:29,899 --> 00:43:31,480 About a dozen I suppose. Why? 891 00:43:31,484 --> 00:43:33,566 And, uh, there's six of you. 892 00:43:33,569 --> 00:43:36,060 - That's right, isn't it? - Well, what about it? 893 00:43:36,072 --> 00:43:38,814 Well, what's the matter with that air marshal of yours, eh? 894 00:43:38,825 --> 00:43:40,361 Nothing as far as I know. 895 00:43:40,368 --> 00:43:42,359 Listen, me and my secretary 896 00:43:42,370 --> 00:43:45,203 have got to be in Tokyo tomorrow. 897 00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:48,448 Now, there isn't another aircraft until Wednesday. 898 00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,040 I ask him politely for a lift, 899 00:43:50,044 --> 00:43:52,285 and he pretty well hits me in the face. 900 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:55,208 Well, if he says you can't, then you can't, can you? 901 00:43:55,216 --> 00:43:58,083 Look, everybody helps everybody else these days. 902 00:43:58,094 --> 00:44:01,461 I mean, can't you make him see some common sense”? 903 00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:04,054 I'm ready to pay, and pay well too. 904 00:44:04,058 --> 00:44:05,423 It isn't a matter of money. 905 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:06,890 If you had all the money in the world, 906 00:44:06,894 --> 00:44:08,225 you couldn't buy yourself a place 907 00:44:08,229 --> 00:44:09,765 on an aircraft on a special mission. 908 00:44:09,772 --> 00:44:11,512 Look, I'm on a special mission! 909 00:44:11,524 --> 00:44:14,982 And you'll have to get there some other way, won't you? 910 00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:17,398 Shall we go and get ready for dinner? 911 00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:45,220 Well, I think this is where I go to bed. 912 00:44:45,224 --> 00:44:46,634 It's been a long day for an old man. 913 00:44:46,642 --> 00:44:48,303 I should be going along presently. 914 00:44:48,311 --> 00:44:50,768 What time do you want to get to Tokyo tomorrow? 915 00:44:50,771 --> 00:44:52,136 Any time before dark. 916 00:44:52,148 --> 00:44:54,104 We don't begin our talks till the following morning. 917 00:44:54,108 --> 00:44:55,518 Well, we should need six hours 918 00:44:55,526 --> 00:44:57,767 if we're going by Nagasaki and Hiroshima. 919 00:44:57,778 --> 00:44:59,609 I think we should leave at 10 in the morning. 920 00:44:59,614 --> 00:45:01,275 That's a nice, comfortable time. 921 00:45:01,282 --> 00:45:03,022 Then I'll see you at breakfast. Good night, John. 922 00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:04,069 Good night, bertie. 923 00:45:14,420 --> 00:45:16,251 McKenzie, just a minute. 924 00:45:16,255 --> 00:45:17,495 I'm going to my room now. 925 00:45:17,506 --> 00:45:18,962 We shall get away at 10 in the morning. 926 00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:20,831 - Very good, sir. - Send a signal through to Tokyo 927 00:45:20,843 --> 00:45:22,379 first thing tomorrow, tell them we're making 928 00:45:22,386 --> 00:45:24,672 this diversion over Nagasaki and Hiroshima. 929 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:26,921 - We should be in Tokyo about 4. - Right, sir. 930 00:45:26,933 --> 00:45:29,094 - Good night, Mac. - Good night, sir. 931 00:45:43,241 --> 00:45:44,902 Excuse me a minute, uh, 932 00:45:44,909 --> 00:45:47,116 it's about this business of mine in Tokyo. 933 00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:49,610 Now, I'm very sorry if I offended you this evening... 934 00:45:49,622 --> 00:45:51,237 No, no, there's no offense at all, 935 00:45:51,249 --> 00:45:53,490 it's just that I couldn't help, that's... oh, thank you very much. 936 00:45:53,501 --> 00:45:56,208 Well, uh, perhaps I don't explain things very well. 937 00:45:56,212 --> 00:45:58,328 You see, I'm not traveling around 938 00:45:58,339 --> 00:46:01,456 picking up big profits for myself, it's more than that. 939 00:46:01,467 --> 00:46:03,332 It's something big for the country 940 00:46:03,344 --> 00:46:05,084 that I'm going to pull off in Tokyo. 941 00:46:05,096 --> 00:46:06,256 No, that's all right, you keep it. 942 00:46:06,264 --> 00:46:07,595 - No, please, they're yours. - Oh, thank you. 943 00:46:07,598 --> 00:46:08,963 Well, as I was saying, now, 944 00:46:08,975 --> 00:46:11,717 this trade conference that lord Wainwright's going to, 945 00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:14,260 all the big jap businessmen are going to be there 946 00:46:14,272 --> 00:46:16,012 and the Americans too. 947 00:46:16,023 --> 00:46:19,356 Now, why leave all the best stuff for the yanks? 948 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,817 I mean, it's a great chance for us British 949 00:46:21,821 --> 00:46:23,982 to pull off something really worth having 950 00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:26,026 for the old country. 951 00:46:26,033 --> 00:46:27,443 Well, if you're traveling officially, 952 00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:29,442 surely the British government made accommodation for you. 953 00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:32,035 They did, they did, I got all my papers fixed up 954 00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:33,825 by the department of overseas trade. 955 00:46:33,833 --> 00:46:36,074 Now, here they are, you're quite welcome to have a look at them. 956 00:46:36,085 --> 00:46:37,746 No, I'm quite sure they're all right. 957 00:46:37,753 --> 00:46:40,586 You see, they leave me to fix my own traveling arrangements 958 00:46:40,589 --> 00:46:43,331 because I never know how long these jobs are going to take, 959 00:46:43,342 --> 00:46:46,300 but I've never had any difficulty before. 960 00:46:46,304 --> 00:46:47,885 Whenever there was a plane available, 961 00:46:47,888 --> 00:46:51,130 I've been made very welcome, everywhere. 962 00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:53,758 Now, if you was to speak to lord Wainwright, 963 00:46:53,769 --> 00:46:55,885 he's all out for British trade. 964 00:46:55,896 --> 00:46:58,228 Surely if there's room on that Dakota of yours, 965 00:46:58,232 --> 00:47:00,018 you're not going to leave me behind here 966 00:47:00,026 --> 00:47:03,769 to lose the biggest deal that britain's had since the war. 967 00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:07,612 - I shall have to consider it. - But you, uh, 968 00:47:07,616 --> 00:47:10,983 you will talk to lord Wainwright? 969 00:47:10,995 --> 00:47:12,201 Well, I may. 970 00:47:12,204 --> 00:47:14,536 Oh, that's fine. That's fine! 971 00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:33,385 Well, it's all okay. 972 00:47:33,392 --> 00:47:35,178 I'm with you in the morning. 973 00:47:35,186 --> 00:47:36,892 Drinks on me, what're you gonna have, eh? 974 00:47:36,896 --> 00:47:38,727 What do you mean, you're with us in the morning? 975 00:47:38,731 --> 00:47:39,971 Me and my secretary, 976 00:47:39,982 --> 00:47:41,813 flying with you to Tokyo in the morning. 977 00:47:41,859 --> 00:47:43,724 But didn't you hear what the air marshal said? 978 00:47:43,736 --> 00:47:45,897 - He can't arrange it. - He saw common sense 979 00:47:45,905 --> 00:47:47,361 when he knew it was important. 980 00:47:47,365 --> 00:47:50,198 He's just given me the okay out there on the balcony. 981 00:47:50,201 --> 00:47:52,237 Well, come on, what're you gonna have, eh? 982 00:48:10,054 --> 00:48:13,672 Well, you're a couple of fine traveling companions, you are. 983 00:48:16,644 --> 00:48:19,477 - Who is that chap? - Did you know he got a passage 984 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:21,471 on the Dakota tomorrow with his secretary? 985 00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:23,313 First I've heard of it. Who fixed him up? 986 00:48:23,317 --> 00:48:25,433 He said the air marshal's given him permission. 987 00:48:25,444 --> 00:48:26,684 Oh, well, there's plenty of room. 988 00:48:26,695 --> 00:48:28,560 We often pick up people these days. 989 00:48:28,572 --> 00:48:31,188 But this is terrifying. It's frightening. 990 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:32,781 That means there'll be eight of us again, 991 00:48:32,785 --> 00:48:34,446 just like the dream said. 992 00:48:34,453 --> 00:48:36,535 - What dream? - Oh, don't you know? 993 00:48:36,539 --> 00:48:38,200 It's most uncanny. 994 00:48:38,207 --> 00:48:40,448 There was a man in Hong Kong who had an extraordinary dream... 995 00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:41,744 You've had a little too much. 996 00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:44,038 It's time you cooled off a bit. You'd better come outside. 997 00:48:44,046 --> 00:48:45,957 But Mac, I've hardly had anything! 998 00:48:45,965 --> 00:48:47,705 It's such a weird, uncanny thing, 999 00:48:47,716 --> 00:48:49,047 it gives you the creeps. 1000 00:48:49,051 --> 00:48:51,292 First of all, he dreamt there was a Dakota, 1001 00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:54,511 there were eight passengers, one of them was the air marshal, 1002 00:48:54,515 --> 00:48:56,380 another was a very important person, 1003 00:48:56,392 --> 00:48:59,259 - and everything... - Will you please stop it! 1004 00:49:03,023 --> 00:49:04,263 Oh, dear. 1005 00:49:04,275 --> 00:49:07,767 I think he's the one that's had too much. 1006 00:49:07,778 --> 00:49:09,439 Excuse me. 1007 00:49:19,999 --> 00:49:21,660 Did you see all that? 1008 00:49:21,667 --> 00:49:23,749 No, what was it? 1009 00:49:23,752 --> 00:49:27,244 All about some mysterious dream. 1010 00:49:27,256 --> 00:49:30,623 Do you know anything about it? 1011 00:49:30,634 --> 00:49:32,750 Do you believe in these things yourself? 1012 00:49:32,761 --> 00:49:35,298 I don't believe in anything till I know what it is. 1013 00:49:35,306 --> 00:49:38,673 I thought he would've laughed at it, like you did. 1014 00:49:41,353 --> 00:49:44,641 You don't seriously believe these things, do you? 1015 00:49:44,648 --> 00:49:46,730 Don't you? 1016 00:49:46,734 --> 00:49:48,895 No, not really. 1017 00:49:48,903 --> 00:49:52,896 It always seems to me that if something evil is foreseen, 1018 00:49:52,907 --> 00:49:54,772 then we say it's fate 1019 00:49:54,783 --> 00:49:57,274 and there's nothing we can do about it, 1020 00:49:57,286 --> 00:49:59,322 but if it's good, 1021 00:49:59,330 --> 00:50:02,788 then we can take the credit for ourselves. 1022 00:50:02,791 --> 00:50:05,578 I'm a skeptic, I'm afraid. 1023 00:50:05,586 --> 00:50:09,078 I suppose being interned has made me think like that. 1024 00:50:09,089 --> 00:50:10,795 Internment doesn't seem to have done the same 1025 00:50:10,799 --> 00:50:13,290 for Mr. robertson, he believes all right. 1026 00:50:13,302 --> 00:50:15,338 Does he? 1027 00:50:15,346 --> 00:50:17,211 Why, yes of course. 1028 00:50:17,223 --> 00:50:21,216 That's why he didn't want me to come on this trip. 1029 00:50:21,227 --> 00:50:23,218 Poor Mr. robertson. 1030 00:50:23,229 --> 00:50:24,719 And I was so cross with him. 1031 00:50:27,316 --> 00:50:30,524 You didn't answer my question, did you? 1032 00:50:30,528 --> 00:50:32,189 Do I believe in premonitions, is that it? 1033 00:50:32,196 --> 00:50:36,986 - Mm-hmm. - I don't know. 1034 00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:39,821 I don't think so. 1035 00:50:39,828 --> 00:50:41,989 But I'm certain one should never put such things 1036 00:50:42,039 --> 00:50:44,576 into the mind of a pilot, 1037 00:50:44,583 --> 00:50:46,198 it's asking for trouble. 1038 00:50:46,210 --> 00:50:47,996 Well, when you had a long spell overtired, 1039 00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:50,206 you know, you often dream. 1040 00:50:50,214 --> 00:50:52,500 I remember once dreaming I was over London in a fog 1041 00:50:52,508 --> 00:50:54,794 with the petrol running out. 1042 00:50:54,802 --> 00:50:56,633 A few days later, there I was, over northolt 1043 00:50:56,637 --> 00:50:59,003 - in a dense fog. - With no petrol? 1044 00:50:59,014 --> 00:51:01,847 Oh, plenty of that, they sent me off to a clear airfield 1045 00:51:01,850 --> 00:51:05,263 - about 50 miles away. - Then it wasn't like your dream. 1046 00:51:05,271 --> 00:51:08,308 - It never is, exactly. - This one is. 1047 00:51:08,315 --> 00:51:10,146 We haven't crashed yet, you're expecting too much 1048 00:51:10,150 --> 00:51:11,560 for your money. 1049 00:51:11,569 --> 00:51:13,184 Look, if you feel badly about it, 1050 00:51:13,195 --> 00:51:15,026 there's something you can do to alter the setup. 1051 00:51:15,030 --> 00:51:16,361 How can I? 1052 00:51:16,365 --> 00:51:18,026 It's this business of the eight passengers 1053 00:51:18,075 --> 00:51:20,111 that upsets you, isn't it? 1054 00:51:20,119 --> 00:51:22,986 Well, the air marshal is the one to decide, 1055 00:51:22,997 --> 00:51:24,533 you better see him about it. 1056 00:51:24,540 --> 00:51:27,077 Oh, no, I couldn't do... 1057 00:51:44,435 --> 00:51:46,300 Excuse me, could you tell me where I can find 1058 00:51:46,312 --> 00:51:49,224 - air marshal hardie? - Sir, end room on the right. 1059 00:51:49,231 --> 00:51:51,472 Thank you. 1060 00:51:55,029 --> 00:51:57,691 Come in. 1061 00:51:57,698 --> 00:52:00,781 - Oh, hello, Robbie. - May I have a word with you? 1062 00:52:00,784 --> 00:52:04,368 Well, yes, of course, what's the trouble? 1063 00:52:04,371 --> 00:52:06,077 That man Bennett and his friend, 1064 00:52:06,123 --> 00:52:09,411 you mustn't let them come with us tomorrow. 1065 00:52:09,418 --> 00:52:11,283 - My dear Robbie. - You're mad, John, 1066 00:52:11,295 --> 00:52:13,286 you're deliberately gambling with people's lives. 1067 00:52:13,297 --> 00:52:15,538 You know, you're letting this thing get on your nerves and... 1068 00:52:15,549 --> 00:52:18,165 There's something happening here that none of us understands. 1069 00:52:18,177 --> 00:52:21,590 One of the men that Lindsay saw in his dream was Bennett. 1070 00:52:21,597 --> 00:52:23,428 Nonsense, I don't suppose Lindsay 1071 00:52:23,432 --> 00:52:25,343 ever saw Bennett in his life. 1072 00:52:25,351 --> 00:52:27,057 How could he have dreamt that he was in the aircraft? 1073 00:52:27,061 --> 00:52:29,677 McKenzie told me he did. 1074 00:52:29,688 --> 00:52:34,478 He saw Bennett here and decided to fit him into his dream. 1075 00:52:34,485 --> 00:52:36,601 McKenzie's very highly strung and imaginative. 1076 00:52:36,612 --> 00:52:38,398 He told me before he saw Bennett. 1077 00:52:38,405 --> 00:52:40,646 He told me in the aircraft before we got here. 1078 00:52:40,658 --> 00:52:42,740 He described him exactly as Lindsay described him 1079 00:52:42,743 --> 00:52:44,279 and it was Bennett. 1080 00:52:47,081 --> 00:52:48,696 Now look, Robbie, you're tired, 1081 00:52:48,707 --> 00:52:51,073 you must go to bed and forget all this rubbish. 1082 00:52:51,085 --> 00:52:52,495 Is this your idea of leadership? 1083 00:52:52,503 --> 00:52:54,619 To lead these people to certain death? 1084 00:52:54,630 --> 00:52:55,619 If you want to behave like a child 1085 00:52:55,631 --> 00:52:57,872 frightened of the dark, then... 1086 00:52:57,883 --> 00:52:59,623 Well you're the one that ought to stay behind. 1087 00:52:59,635 --> 00:53:01,421 I'm thinking of the others as much as I am of myself. 1088 00:53:01,428 --> 00:53:03,134 Well, leave me to think about them, it's my responsibility 1089 00:53:03,138 --> 00:53:05,049 who flies in this aircraft. 1090 00:53:05,057 --> 00:53:07,264 You realize that every detail has come true, 1091 00:53:07,267 --> 00:53:10,100 that only one remains and that that one will come true 1092 00:53:10,104 --> 00:53:12,891 as sure as fate unless you stop it now. 1093 00:53:12,898 --> 00:53:14,604 I shall do what I consider right. 1094 00:53:14,608 --> 00:53:16,894 And then you'll be the only lucky one, 1095 00:53:16,902 --> 00:53:18,142 because you won't be alive to know 1096 00:53:18,153 --> 00:53:20,644 the appalling thing you've done. 1097 00:53:40,551 --> 00:53:42,507 What on earth was all that about? 1098 00:53:42,511 --> 00:53:45,127 - It was robertson. - Yes, I saw him, what happened? 1099 00:53:45,139 --> 00:53:47,676 Well, he's upset because he's overwrought. 1100 00:53:47,683 --> 00:53:50,470 - Why? - Well, it's an absurd, 1101 00:53:50,477 --> 00:53:52,092 fantastic thing. 1102 00:53:52,104 --> 00:53:53,935 But... 1103 00:53:53,939 --> 00:53:55,349 No, I don't want to worry you about it. 1104 00:53:55,357 --> 00:53:56,893 Sounded very violent, isn't it something 1105 00:53:56,900 --> 00:53:58,856 I ought to know? 1106 00:54:22,801 --> 00:54:24,587 You're not seriously concerned, John? 1107 00:54:24,595 --> 00:54:26,551 Are you? 1108 00:54:26,555 --> 00:54:29,092 Well, I don't know, bertie, 1109 00:54:29,099 --> 00:54:32,762 maybe events can be foreseen. 1110 00:54:32,770 --> 00:54:35,682 Certainly there's no effect without cause. 1111 00:54:35,689 --> 00:54:39,398 And the cause may be happening now? 1112 00:54:39,401 --> 00:54:41,187 Something like that. 1113 00:54:41,195 --> 00:54:45,564 Are you suggesting that we don't take these... 1114 00:54:45,574 --> 00:54:47,781 What do you believe, John? 1115 00:54:51,288 --> 00:54:52,903 If we left these men behind, 1116 00:54:52,915 --> 00:54:56,407 we should be putting ourselves back 1,000 years, 1117 00:54:56,418 --> 00:55:00,331 to the days when men were slaves to witchcraft and black magic. 1118 00:55:00,339 --> 00:55:02,079 We can't do that sort of thing in the middle 1119 00:55:02,090 --> 00:55:04,277 - of the 20th century, John. - No, I don't suppose we can. 1120 00:55:04,301 --> 00:55:08,044 We must brush these primitive things aside and behave like 1121 00:55:08,055 --> 00:55:10,967 intelligent, common sense men in the age of reason. 1122 00:55:12,851 --> 00:55:14,182 All the same, I wish this fellow Bennett 1123 00:55:14,186 --> 00:55:15,676 were at the bottom of a coal mine, 1124 00:55:15,687 --> 00:55:18,144 - I shan't sleep a wink tonight. - Nor shall I. 1125 00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:19,433 Well, if you don't, then come in and we'll have 1126 00:55:19,441 --> 00:55:22,148 a game of gin rummy. 1127 00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:14,196 Thank you. 1128 00:56:19,334 --> 00:56:21,450 - Morning, George. - Good morning, sir. 1129 00:56:21,461 --> 00:56:23,042 Did you sleep well? Wonderful. 1130 00:56:23,046 --> 00:56:25,332 That's the best night sleep I've had for years. 1131 00:56:25,340 --> 00:56:26,921 - It's a lovely day, isn't it? - Yeah. 1132 00:56:26,925 --> 00:56:28,290 If I'd brought my bathing drawers, you know 1133 00:56:28,302 --> 00:56:29,667 I'd have gone down for a dip. 1134 00:56:29,678 --> 00:56:31,919 They say the sea's very dangerous around here. 1135 00:56:31,930 --> 00:56:34,137 - Sharks. - Sharks? 1136 00:56:34,141 --> 00:56:37,053 I'd love to see the shark that could get the better of me. 1137 00:56:37,060 --> 00:56:41,224 Uh, two fried eggs and a lot of bacon, please. 1138 00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:43,847 Good morning, my lord. 1139 00:56:43,859 --> 00:56:44,974 - Morning. - Sleep well? 1140 00:56:44,985 --> 00:56:46,441 - Yes, thank you. - Lovely day. 1141 00:56:46,445 --> 00:56:47,935 It's very pleasant, very pleasant indeed. 1142 00:56:47,946 --> 00:56:51,359 - Morning. - Morning. 1143 00:56:51,366 --> 00:56:53,357 - Morning, John. - Morning, bertie. 1144 00:56:53,410 --> 00:56:57,369 Well, you didn't come in to play gin rummy. 1145 00:56:57,372 --> 00:56:59,829 No, I went straight off, I slept like a log, did you? 1146 00:56:59,833 --> 00:57:02,119 Fairly, quite fairly, I had a dream. 1147 00:57:02,127 --> 00:57:05,085 - Oh, a good one, I hope. - Blessed if I know, I can't 1148 00:57:05,088 --> 00:57:07,545 - remember a thing about it now. - Morning, sir. 1149 00:57:07,549 --> 00:57:08,834 - Oh, good morning, Mac. - Good morning, sir. 1150 00:57:08,842 --> 00:57:10,252 - Everything fixed up? - Everything's all right, sir. 1151 00:57:10,260 --> 00:57:11,466 And what's the weather forecast? 1152 00:57:11,470 --> 00:57:12,300 We're fine all the way, sir. 1153 00:57:12,304 --> 00:57:14,135 Oh, good, uh... 1154 00:57:14,139 --> 00:57:15,845 Have you seen Mr. robertson this morning? 1155 00:57:15,849 --> 00:57:18,340 Yes, I haven't seen him since last night. 1156 00:57:18,352 --> 00:57:20,058 Well, I think you better go and give him a knock, 1157 00:57:20,062 --> 00:57:22,394 it's past nine, if he wants any breakfast he'll have to hurry. 1158 00:57:22,397 --> 00:57:23,557 Right, sir. 1159 00:57:31,406 --> 00:57:32,896 - Good morning, sir. - Good morning, all set? 1160 00:57:32,908 --> 00:57:35,320 All ready, sir, there's a bit of a headwind. 1161 00:57:35,327 --> 00:57:36,988 If we're going by Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 1162 00:57:36,995 --> 00:57:38,485 we ought to get moving. 1163 00:57:38,497 --> 00:57:40,909 - Right, we're all ready I think. - Very good, sir. 1164 00:57:42,751 --> 00:57:44,287 Did you give Mr. robertson a call? 1165 00:57:44,294 --> 00:57:46,000 Why yes, sir, I told him breakfast is ready. 1166 00:57:46,004 --> 00:57:48,495 - Did you see him? - No, I just knocked. 1167 00:57:48,507 --> 00:57:49,838 He answered. 1168 00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:51,672 Did he sound all right? 1169 00:57:51,677 --> 00:57:53,918 Well, I think so, sir, he just said thank you, that's all. 1170 00:57:53,929 --> 00:57:55,669 Shall I go and find him, sir? 1171 00:57:57,641 --> 00:57:59,506 No, don't worry, I'll go myself. 1172 00:58:09,820 --> 00:58:11,651 Hello, Robbie, I was just coming to find you. 1173 00:58:11,655 --> 00:58:13,145 I'm so sorry, have I kept you waiting? 1174 00:58:13,156 --> 00:58:15,568 No, we're just about ready, that's all. 1175 00:58:15,575 --> 00:58:17,941 - Did you get some breakfast? - They brought me some coffee. 1176 00:58:17,953 --> 00:58:19,534 - You're all right, aren't you? - Yes, quite. 1177 00:58:19,538 --> 00:58:21,950 I don't as a rule have much breakfast. 1178 00:58:21,957 --> 00:58:23,413 They told me there was an aircraft 1179 00:58:23,417 --> 00:58:25,453 flying through to Hong Kong this morning. 1180 00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:29,461 I took the opportunity of writing a line to my wife. 1181 00:58:29,464 --> 00:58:32,251 - Have a nice trip, sir. - Thanks. 1182 00:59:00,162 --> 00:59:03,154 You see, we shall hardly be out of sight of land from now on. 1183 00:59:03,165 --> 00:59:05,201 This whole group of islands stretches right across 1184 00:59:05,208 --> 00:59:07,620 - to the Japanese mainland. - Uh, what's that little place 1185 00:59:07,627 --> 00:59:11,085 - down there, then? - Uh, there, tokuno island. 1186 00:59:11,089 --> 00:59:13,876 Now, what would they do on a place like that? 1187 00:59:13,884 --> 00:59:15,499 I haven't the faintest idea. 1188 00:59:15,552 --> 00:59:17,088 Look, we shall alter course presently, 1189 00:59:17,095 --> 00:59:18,835 a little bit to the north, there's Nagasaki. 1190 00:59:18,847 --> 00:59:21,429 Nagasaki, that's where they dropped the atom bomb, isn't it? 1191 00:59:21,433 --> 00:59:24,049 - That's right, and here... - But that's miles 1192 00:59:24,061 --> 00:59:26,222 - off our way to Tokyo. - Oh, quite a bit. 1193 00:59:26,229 --> 00:59:28,936 Well, what's the point? 1194 00:59:28,940 --> 00:59:31,932 Well, the point is that we want to see Nagasaki and Hiroshima. 1195 00:59:31,943 --> 00:59:33,934 But that will make us late getting to Tokyo, won't it? 1196 00:59:33,945 --> 00:59:35,435 Oh, we should be there about 5:00, 1197 00:59:35,447 --> 00:59:37,608 it will only add two hours to our journey. 1198 00:59:37,616 --> 00:59:40,449 Are you having a successful business trip, Mr. Bennett? 1199 00:59:40,452 --> 00:59:43,194 Well, pretty good, my lord, I can't complain. 1200 00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:45,537 You know, if I pull off this deal, 1201 00:59:45,540 --> 00:59:47,451 I'll make myself a packet. 1202 00:59:47,459 --> 00:59:49,700 Of course, it will do the old country a bit of good 1203 00:59:49,711 --> 00:59:51,326 as well, you know? 1204 00:59:51,338 --> 00:59:52,953 I've had a very hard life, you know, 1205 00:59:52,964 --> 00:59:55,831 things haven't always worked out my way. 1206 00:59:55,842 --> 00:59:57,707 If I pull this one off, I shall retire 1207 00:59:57,719 --> 00:59:59,960 and I'll get myself a suite in one of those 1208 00:59:59,971 --> 01:00:03,088 posh London hotels and a yacht in the mediterranean 1209 01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:06,638 and a nice country mansion, 'cause I'm a home-loving 1210 01:00:06,645 --> 01:00:08,681 sort of chap, you know? “Yes. 1211 01:00:08,688 --> 01:00:10,929 I don't fly around the world for fun. 1212 01:00:10,941 --> 01:00:12,397 There's not much doubt in his mind, is there? 1213 01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:15,312 No, I almost envy him his confidence. 1214 01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:16,685 Oh, I don't know. 1215 01:00:16,696 --> 01:00:19,187 Anyone with sense has doubts. 1216 01:00:19,199 --> 01:00:21,064 It's being able to overcome them 1217 01:00:24,329 --> 01:00:27,492 yes, ll... l suppose you're right. 1218 01:00:28,917 --> 01:00:30,373 Tired? 1219 01:00:30,377 --> 01:00:32,709 - Hmm, bit of a head. - Whiff of oxygen, 1220 01:00:32,712 --> 01:00:34,703 - that's what you want. - Oxygen? 1221 01:00:34,714 --> 01:00:36,079 I haven't got pneumonia. 1222 01:00:36,091 --> 01:00:37,877 Well, it's wonderful for a headache. 1223 01:00:37,884 --> 01:00:40,000 Look, you stay here, I'll go along to the control cabin 1224 01:00:40,011 --> 01:00:41,922 and see if they can fix you up. 1225 01:00:51,815 --> 01:00:53,476 Miss Campbell's got a bit of a hangover, 1226 01:00:53,483 --> 01:00:54,973 too many cocktails last night. 1227 01:00:54,985 --> 01:00:56,600 Can you let her to have a whiff of oxygen? 1228 01:00:56,611 --> 01:00:58,522 - Haven't got any. - No oxygen? 1229 01:00:58,530 --> 01:01:00,441 No reason to go above 10,000 feet. 1230 01:01:00,448 --> 01:01:02,359 - Well, that's too bad. - I'll fix her up with a cup 1231 01:01:02,367 --> 01:01:04,198 - of coffee, she'll be all right. - Tell the air marshal 1232 01:01:04,202 --> 01:01:06,067 we'll be over Nagasaki in 20 minutes. 1233 01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:09,287 - Okay. How are things going? - A bit hazy. 1234 01:01:09,291 --> 01:01:11,703 Probably clear when we get to the mainland. 1235 01:01:16,631 --> 01:01:17,791 Thanks. 1236 01:01:22,596 --> 01:01:24,507 Sorry, no oxygen, try this coffee. 1237 01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:26,755 - Oh, thanks. - Like an aspirin? 1238 01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:29,098 No thank you, what happened to the oxygen? 1239 01:01:29,102 --> 01:01:30,808 Have all the crew got hangovers? 1240 01:01:30,812 --> 01:01:32,018 Oh, no, they don't carry it on this route, 1241 01:01:32,022 --> 01:01:33,762 they don't need it. 1242 01:01:36,651 --> 01:01:38,141 The captain reports we'll be over Nagasaki 1243 01:01:38,153 --> 01:01:39,814 in 20 minutes, sir. 1244 01:01:39,821 --> 01:01:42,312 Well, I hope it will be clearer than this. 1245 01:01:47,204 --> 01:01:49,286 Will you ask the air marshal if he'd mind coming along? 1246 01:01:49,289 --> 01:01:51,075 Right, skipper. 1247 01:01:53,793 --> 01:01:56,125 Captain says would you mind coming up front please, sir? 1248 01:02:04,054 --> 01:02:07,967 Uh, sorry, sir, Nagasaki's right down there below us. 1249 01:02:07,974 --> 01:02:10,841 - What's our altitude? - 6,000, sir. 1250 01:02:10,852 --> 01:02:13,059 - Could we drop down? - I think we'll find this stuff 1251 01:02:13,063 --> 01:02:16,851 - right down to the deck, sir. - That's bad luck. 1252 01:02:16,858 --> 01:02:19,850 Lord Wainwright rather wanted to see Nagasaki. 1253 01:02:19,861 --> 01:02:23,149 Well, we could play around for a bit, sir, if you'd like? 1254 01:02:23,156 --> 01:02:24,236 It may clear. 1255 01:02:24,241 --> 01:02:25,777 No, I wouldn't do that. 1256 01:02:25,784 --> 01:02:27,320 Better set course for Hiroshima, 1257 01:02:27,327 --> 01:02:28,533 may be clear there. 1258 01:02:28,536 --> 01:02:31,118 Um, what's the distance? 1259 01:02:31,122 --> 01:02:34,706 160 miles, sir, matter of an hour and ten minutes. 1260 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:38,084 All right, well, go ahead and do that. 1261 01:02:43,218 --> 01:02:46,881 Just connected with Tokyo. What's it like over there? 1262 01:02:46,888 --> 01:02:48,253 They've got a lot of low cloud 1263 01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:50,847 but the front appears to be moving. 1264 01:02:52,185 --> 01:02:53,800 Where are we? 1265 01:02:53,812 --> 01:02:57,100 Should be about halfway across this inland sea. 1266 01:02:57,107 --> 01:03:00,645 I reckon we're about 70 miles southwest of Hiroshima. 1267 01:03:04,072 --> 01:03:06,108 Uh-oh, looks like Hiroshima's out too. 1268 01:03:06,116 --> 01:03:07,856 We can't risk going any lower. 1269 01:03:07,867 --> 01:03:10,028 There's some pretty high land on kyushu, it rises to about 1270 01:03:10,036 --> 01:03:12,027 4,000 feet in places. 1271 01:03:12,038 --> 01:03:14,279 - Why not climb above it? - Could do. 1272 01:03:14,291 --> 01:03:16,828 - Shall I have a go? - All right. 1273 01:03:33,727 --> 01:03:37,015 Seven thousand feet, skipper. 1274 01:03:37,022 --> 01:03:39,684 Looks like it's clearing. 1275 01:03:39,691 --> 01:03:41,977 Good. 1276 01:03:48,366 --> 01:03:51,028 Oh, isn't it lovely? 1277 01:03:52,662 --> 01:03:55,870 - It's just like Switzerland. - Yes. 1278 01:03:55,874 --> 01:03:57,990 Will you excuse me a moment? 1279 01:04:02,756 --> 01:04:04,337 One sometimes gets the idea 1280 01:04:04,341 --> 01:04:06,002 that one could land on top of those clouds, 1281 01:04:06,009 --> 01:04:07,590 go for a walk on them. 1282 01:04:07,594 --> 01:04:09,425 I'm afraid you'd get your feet wet. 1283 01:04:09,429 --> 01:04:13,172 Besides, walk on the clouds wasn't in that dream. 1284 01:04:13,183 --> 01:04:14,639 No. 1285 01:04:14,642 --> 01:04:17,133 I was thinking about that just now. 1286 01:04:17,145 --> 01:04:19,010 Does a thing like that have to worry the pilot? 1287 01:04:19,022 --> 01:04:20,603 - Does he mind it? - Oh, no, 1288 01:04:20,607 --> 01:04:22,393 it's all in a day's work. 1289 01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:24,732 Even so, I wouldn't breathe a word to the captain 1290 01:04:24,736 --> 01:04:27,944 of an aircraft about things like that dream. 1291 01:04:27,947 --> 01:04:31,235 But surely, it wouldn't worry a man like that? 1292 01:04:31,242 --> 01:04:33,699 It's curious, but it can. 1293 01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:37,742 If a pilot gets the conviction that he isn't going to survive, 1294 01:04:37,749 --> 01:04:42,618 gradually, the strain turns it into an obsession. 1295 01:04:42,629 --> 01:04:44,790 Then one day, a crisis comes along, something maybe 1296 01:04:44,798 --> 01:04:46,789 that he could get out of without much difficulty, 1297 01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:51,294 but he says to himself, "ah, this is it." 1298 01:04:51,304 --> 01:04:53,260 He accepts the inevitable and goes down 1299 01:04:53,264 --> 01:04:55,300 without any attempt to survive. 1300 01:04:55,308 --> 01:04:56,718 Well, that's why we don't talk about omens 1301 01:04:56,726 --> 01:04:58,808 or bad dreams in the air force. 1302 01:04:58,812 --> 01:05:01,645 They're the worst poison a flying man can swallow. 1303 01:05:09,531 --> 01:05:11,146 It's gone, packed up. 1304 01:05:11,157 --> 01:05:12,488 What's the trouble? 1305 01:05:12,492 --> 01:05:14,357 Power supply has failed, skipper. 1306 01:05:14,369 --> 01:05:15,734 Can you do anything about it? 1307 01:05:15,745 --> 01:05:18,077 Well, not till we get to Tokyo. 1308 01:05:21,084 --> 01:05:23,416 I think it's burned out. 1309 01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:38,510 What's the trouble? 1310 01:05:38,518 --> 01:05:40,600 Nothing. 1311 01:05:40,603 --> 01:05:42,685 The engineer spilled the coffee. 1312 01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:49,024 I think perhaps you should know, sir, 1313 01:05:49,028 --> 01:05:51,644 that the radio is packed in. 1314 01:06:07,881 --> 01:06:09,792 Hiroshima doesn't look too hopeful, does it? 1315 01:06:09,799 --> 01:06:11,335 No, I'm afraid not. 1316 01:06:11,342 --> 01:06:12,707 You better tell the air marshal 1317 01:06:12,719 --> 01:06:14,300 it looks as if we're out of luck with Hiroshima 1318 01:06:14,304 --> 01:06:15,714 and I'm heading direct for Tokyo. 1319 01:06:15,722 --> 01:06:18,464 Right. 1320 01:06:18,475 --> 01:06:20,386 Message from the pilot, sir, there's no sign of a break 1321 01:06:20,393 --> 01:06:21,803 and we've just passed Hiroshima, 1322 01:06:21,811 --> 01:06:23,221 so he's set course for Tokyo. 1323 01:06:23,229 --> 01:06:25,220 Well, thank goodness for that. 1324 01:06:27,192 --> 01:06:28,807 I thought we'd get that, sir, there was a high bank 1325 01:06:28,818 --> 01:06:31,059 of cloud right ahead. 1326 01:06:33,698 --> 01:06:35,654 Better get those old belts on. 1327 01:06:35,658 --> 01:06:37,740 It's all right, we'll soon climb above it. 1328 01:06:40,622 --> 01:06:42,954 This is bad, sir, it's coming in from the east. 1329 01:06:42,999 --> 01:06:44,955 What's you altitude now? 1330 01:06:44,959 --> 01:06:48,122 - 9,000, sir. - No oxygen? 1331 01:06:48,129 --> 01:06:50,211 - Never needed it up till now. - Yes, I know that, 1332 01:06:50,215 --> 01:06:52,581 but it's a bit rough on the passengers. 1333 01:06:52,592 --> 01:06:55,049 That depends on the passengers. 1334 01:06:57,472 --> 01:06:59,303 Um, not that I know of. 1335 01:06:59,307 --> 01:07:01,047 Lord Wainwright isn't a young man 1336 01:07:01,059 --> 01:07:04,472 but he looks pretty fit, I don't know about the two new ones. 1337 01:07:04,479 --> 01:07:07,312 I didn't like the look of Bennett much, sir. 1338 01:07:07,315 --> 01:07:10,102 Oh, well, we'll just have to chance that. 1339 01:07:10,109 --> 01:07:13,522 What do you think, um, try and climb above this? 1340 01:07:13,530 --> 01:07:15,771 I think so, sir. 1341 01:07:18,868 --> 01:07:20,733 It's all right, we'll soon be out in the sun again. 1342 01:07:20,745 --> 01:07:23,282 But we're going high, the air will be a bit thin 1343 01:07:23,289 --> 01:07:26,952 so sit quiet and breathe steadily. 1344 01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:06,162 Fourteen thousand. 1345 01:08:06,165 --> 01:08:09,828 They aren't going to enjoy this back there. 1346 01:08:20,972 --> 01:08:22,928 Maybe it's clear below. 1347 01:08:22,932 --> 01:08:25,218 I wouldn't want to go down through this now. 1348 01:08:27,312 --> 01:08:29,052 We're beginning to ice up. 1349 01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:42,190 It's this... 1350 01:08:42,201 --> 01:08:44,362 Blasted bronchitis. 1351 01:08:46,873 --> 01:08:48,864 What's that? 1352 01:08:53,296 --> 01:08:55,582 We're collecting ice. 1353 01:08:55,590 --> 01:08:58,377 I don't think we can go much higher. 1354 01:09:36,005 --> 01:09:40,294 So long as that ice keeps flying off, we're all right. 1355 01:09:40,301 --> 01:09:43,008 These aircraft are built for just that. 1356 01:10:20,675 --> 01:10:23,667 Oh, I can't stand this. 1357 01:10:23,678 --> 01:10:26,215 It's all right for you, I got a chest. 1358 01:10:28,099 --> 01:10:30,181 Bronchitis. 1359 01:10:30,184 --> 01:10:32,800 I'm... I'm choking. 1360 01:10:32,812 --> 01:10:34,973 Take it easy, it's no good fighting it. 1361 01:10:34,981 --> 01:10:36,812 I cannot take it easy. 1362 01:10:36,816 --> 01:10:38,772 I can't breathe. 1363 01:10:38,776 --> 01:10:40,983 You wait, I'll report this. 1364 01:10:40,987 --> 01:10:42,818 Now be quiet, it's the same for all of us. 1365 01:10:42,822 --> 01:10:46,406 It's all that mucking about 'round nag... nag... 1366 01:10:46,409 --> 01:10:49,651 We should be in Tokyo by now. 1367 01:10:54,959 --> 01:10:58,918 I'm afraid, skipper, we'll have to go down. 1368 01:10:58,921 --> 01:11:00,661 There's a fellow back there who'll pass out 1369 01:11:00,673 --> 01:11:02,584 if we stay up here much longer. 1370 01:11:02,592 --> 01:11:04,583 I had to climb, 1371 01:11:04,594 --> 01:11:07,552 keep running into this stuff. 1372 01:11:07,555 --> 01:11:11,047 Just on 19,000. 1373 01:11:11,058 --> 01:11:13,925 Reggie, take over. 1374 01:11:22,153 --> 01:11:24,986 Don't risk a blackout, Walker, it's easy for it to happen 1375 01:11:24,989 --> 01:11:28,356 - without oxygen at this height. - Okay, sir. 1376 01:11:30,536 --> 01:11:32,026 Well? 1377 01:11:32,038 --> 01:11:34,074 We've flown 2 hours and 25 minutes 1378 01:11:34,081 --> 01:11:36,743 since the radio passed out, sir. 1379 01:11:36,751 --> 01:11:39,163 On dead reckoning, we should be over Tokyo. 1380 01:11:39,170 --> 01:11:41,001 We're estimating for an easterly drift. 1381 01:11:41,005 --> 01:11:42,836 Has there been any change in these cloud banks? 1382 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:44,705 Any sign of a break? 1383 01:11:44,717 --> 01:11:47,709 None, sir, except they get higher. 1384 01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:51,508 Each time we run into it, we start icing up worse, 1385 01:11:51,516 --> 01:11:55,725 fight to hold altitude and keep clear of it. 1386 01:11:55,728 --> 01:11:58,185 We'll have to risk it and go down. 1387 01:11:58,189 --> 01:12:00,020 Tell them we're going down. 1388 01:12:00,024 --> 01:12:02,686 - Stay in there with them. - Right, sir. 1389 01:12:12,370 --> 01:12:15,203 We're going down, we... we may hit some bumps, 1390 01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:23,081 I'm worried about this ice, sir. 1391 01:12:23,089 --> 01:12:24,704 By the look of the passengers, I'd advise you 1392 01:12:24,715 --> 01:12:26,455 to get down as quickly as possible. 1393 01:12:26,467 --> 01:12:28,583 Yeah, that's just my trouble. 1394 01:12:28,594 --> 01:12:31,802 To do that, I'll have to lower the undercart, 1395 01:12:31,806 --> 01:12:34,639 probably use the flaps as well. 1396 01:12:34,642 --> 01:12:37,054 Get as much drag as possible. 1397 01:12:37,061 --> 01:12:38,642 Well, that will dry us up, won't they? 1398 01:12:38,646 --> 01:12:40,762 Well, that's just it. 1399 01:12:40,773 --> 01:12:42,388 And if it's freezing down to ground level 1400 01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:44,686 we'll be in real trouble, 1401 01:12:44,694 --> 01:12:48,152 never be able to control the plane. 1402 01:12:48,155 --> 01:12:50,146 Okay to go ahead now, sir. 1403 01:12:50,157 --> 01:12:53,149 We'll see how we go as we are. 1404 01:13:20,187 --> 01:13:22,974 There's no use, we'll shake ourselves to bits at this rate. 1405 01:13:33,743 --> 01:13:36,485 Lower the undercarriage. 1406 01:13:42,668 --> 01:13:44,909 Give me quarter flap. 1407 01:13:46,589 --> 01:13:48,875 Now. 1408 01:13:48,883 --> 01:13:51,090 We'll try again. 1409 01:13:57,934 --> 01:13:59,595 Well done, Walker. 1410 01:13:59,602 --> 01:14:01,934 Let's hope it's not freezing down to ground level. 1411 01:14:07,151 --> 01:14:09,984 Thirteen thousand. 1412 01:14:09,987 --> 01:14:12,945 Still icing up badly. 1413 01:14:15,743 --> 01:14:18,325 My ears, they're turning inside out. 1414 01:14:18,329 --> 01:14:19,785 Mine too, hold your nose and blow, 1415 01:14:19,789 --> 01:14:21,529 make them crack. 1416 01:14:23,626 --> 01:14:25,617 Oh, my ears! 1417 01:14:25,628 --> 01:14:28,165 Try swallowing, sir, it might ease you. 1418 01:14:28,172 --> 01:14:29,708 Oh, shut up, can't you? 1419 01:14:29,715 --> 01:14:32,457 What do you know about it anyway? 1420 01:14:41,060 --> 01:14:43,642 Nine thousand. 1421 01:14:53,364 --> 01:14:54,466 By my reckoning, we should come down 1422 01:14:54,490 --> 01:14:56,606 somewhere southeast of Tokyo. 1423 01:14:56,617 --> 01:14:57,902 I hope. 1424 01:14:57,910 --> 01:14:59,616 Six thousand feet, and if we hit a mountain, 1425 01:14:59,620 --> 01:15:00,780 we'll know you're wrong. 1426 01:15:31,694 --> 01:15:34,276 We're coming out of it. 1427 01:15:35,948 --> 01:15:38,564 It's the sea, I'm right. 1428 01:15:38,576 --> 01:15:40,817 There's a ship. Where? 1429 01:15:40,828 --> 01:15:43,786 There was a ship, over there starboard in the mist. 1430 01:15:45,041 --> 01:15:46,997 There it is. 1431 01:15:50,755 --> 01:15:53,087 Wireless operator, get your aldis lamp ready, 1432 01:15:53,090 --> 01:15:54,250 give him a signal. 1433 01:15:56,677 --> 01:15:59,293 If only I knew where the thing was. 1434 01:15:59,305 --> 01:16:00,465 I'll take a circle 'round. 1435 01:16:05,561 --> 01:16:07,893 Well, you chaps seem well able to cope with the situation, 1436 01:16:07,897 --> 01:16:10,684 I'll go back and get out of your way. 1437 01:16:10,691 --> 01:16:13,023 Thank goodness, it gives me the jitters 1438 01:16:13,027 --> 01:16:15,109 to have brass hats breathing down my neck. 1439 01:16:17,156 --> 01:16:19,898 We'll fly due west and pick up the coast. 1440 01:16:19,909 --> 01:16:21,445 Well, it seems we've come down somewhere 1441 01:16:21,452 --> 01:16:23,659 southeast of Yokohama bay. 1442 01:16:23,662 --> 01:16:27,325 We should sight the coast soon. 1443 01:16:29,710 --> 01:16:31,746 But no thanks to the maniacs driving this plane. 1444 01:16:33,506 --> 01:16:34,791 What's that ahead? 1445 01:16:34,799 --> 01:16:36,915 It is cloud? 1446 01:16:36,926 --> 01:16:40,464 That's land all right, you don't get cloud that color. 1447 01:16:40,471 --> 01:16:42,507 Look, you can see the surf. 1448 01:16:48,854 --> 01:16:50,685 That's our first bit of luck today, we might've been heading 1449 01:16:50,689 --> 01:16:52,179 to the middle of the pacific. 1450 01:16:52,191 --> 01:16:53,806 - Shall I go tell them, skipper? - Hm? 1451 01:16:53,818 --> 01:16:56,730 Yes, good idea, it will cheer them up. 1452 01:16:56,737 --> 01:16:59,023 It's all right, sir, land ahead. 1453 01:16:59,031 --> 01:17:01,238 Oh, I thought we should be overland all the way. 1454 01:17:01,242 --> 01:17:03,949 So we should've been, sir, but up there above the clouds 1455 01:17:03,953 --> 01:17:05,818 it's a bit difficult to allow for crosswinds. 1456 01:17:05,830 --> 01:17:07,366 It's past 4:00. 1457 01:17:07,373 --> 01:17:09,739 We'd been inboard now if we haven't mucked about. 1458 01:17:09,750 --> 01:17:11,286 Here a minute. 1459 01:17:13,129 --> 01:17:15,336 Look, I wired last night to some chaps 1460 01:17:15,339 --> 01:17:18,297 telling them to meet me at the imperial hotel, Tokyo. 1461 01:17:18,300 --> 01:17:19,611 Now, you might send a radio message 1462 01:17:19,635 --> 01:17:21,091 saying I'll be there in half an hour 1463 01:17:21,095 --> 01:17:23,256 and to book me two large rooms with bath. 1464 01:17:23,264 --> 01:17:25,300 - I can't. - Why not? 1465 01:17:25,307 --> 01:17:28,720 - No radio, it's broken down. - Well, I'll be. 1466 01:17:28,727 --> 01:17:30,388 No radio, no oxygen. 1467 01:17:30,396 --> 01:17:31,602 You'll be telling me next the ruddy plane 1468 01:17:31,605 --> 01:17:34,142 - hasn't any wings. - But it hasn't. 1469 01:17:39,530 --> 01:17:40,940 I'll turn due south down the coast 1470 01:17:40,948 --> 01:17:42,529 until you can pick up a landmark, okay? 1471 01:17:42,533 --> 01:17:43,943 Okay with me, skip. 1472 01:17:45,911 --> 01:17:47,776 You better check the undercart and the flaps. 1473 01:17:47,788 --> 01:17:48,948 Right. 1474 01:17:58,340 --> 01:18:00,376 Undercart"s okay, skipper. 1475 01:18:00,384 --> 01:18:02,249 That's a second bit of luck today. 1476 01:18:02,261 --> 01:18:06,220 You can see the coastline quite clearly now, look. 1477 01:18:06,223 --> 01:18:08,214 That's a sight for sore eyes. 1478 01:18:08,225 --> 01:18:10,307 It really seemed as though that dream was coming true, 1479 01:18:10,311 --> 01:18:13,053 - didn't you feel it? - I did. 1480 01:18:13,063 --> 01:18:14,644 Yet all the time I kept saying to myself, 1481 01:18:14,648 --> 01:18:17,060 storm, darkness, snow, 1482 01:18:17,067 --> 01:18:19,649 as long as they didn't come, I felt we were all right. 1483 01:18:19,653 --> 01:18:23,441 That's why I didn't tell you the radio had broken down. 1484 01:18:23,449 --> 01:18:26,407 - You knew? - Mm-hm. 1485 01:18:26,410 --> 01:18:28,617 I'm afraid I'd have died if I'd known that. 1486 01:18:35,878 --> 01:18:38,494 How we are for fuel? 1487 01:18:41,008 --> 01:18:43,670 About an hour and a half's flying, skipper. 1488 01:18:43,719 --> 01:18:44,925 Do you see anything yet? 1489 01:18:44,929 --> 01:18:46,840 Nothing to help so far. 1490 01:18:52,394 --> 01:18:53,975 Think I'll go back for a smoke, skipper. 1491 01:18:53,979 --> 01:18:55,139 All right. 1492 01:19:01,070 --> 01:19:03,652 That's strange, skipper, we're heading due north now. 1493 01:19:05,574 --> 01:19:07,280 Take over, Reggie. 1494 01:19:15,459 --> 01:19:18,701 - We could be going up here. - Could be. 1495 01:19:18,712 --> 01:19:21,203 Keep a sharp lookout, we gotta find our bearings soon. 1496 01:19:21,215 --> 01:19:22,830 What time's it get dark in these parts? 1497 01:19:22,841 --> 01:19:24,706 Just before five. 1498 01:19:24,718 --> 01:19:26,458 About half an hour's time. 1499 01:19:26,470 --> 01:19:29,678 - How are things? - Something down there, skipper! 1500 01:19:32,559 --> 01:19:35,517 It's a small village. 1501 01:19:35,521 --> 01:19:37,682 I still thought if we were over the east coast of Japan, 1502 01:19:37,690 --> 01:19:39,430 we'd have passed over one of the large towns 1503 01:19:39,441 --> 01:19:40,726 long before this. 1504 01:19:47,157 --> 01:19:49,273 I'm making some coffee, sir, would you care for a cup? 1505 01:19:49,285 --> 01:19:51,321 We might just as well wait till we get to the airport, 1506 01:19:51,328 --> 01:19:54,411 - don't you think? - We may not be in just yet, sir. 1507 01:19:54,415 --> 01:19:57,157 - Why, what's happened? - Well, it wasn't possible 1508 01:19:57,167 --> 01:19:59,829 to follow an exact course under these bad flying conditions. 1509 01:19:59,837 --> 01:20:01,373 So we're following the coast until we can 1510 01:20:01,380 --> 01:20:02,836 establish our position. 1511 01:20:02,840 --> 01:20:04,580 You mean, you don't know where we are? 1512 01:20:04,591 --> 01:20:08,379 - I... I trust this is Japan? - It's Japan all right, sir. 1513 01:20:08,387 --> 01:20:10,298 How do you know that, eh? 1514 01:20:10,306 --> 01:20:11,921 Because it couldnt be anything else. 1515 01:20:11,932 --> 01:20:13,297 Well, from what I've seen of your flying methods, 1516 01:20:13,309 --> 01:20:15,766 it could be China or blackpool, for that matter. 1517 01:20:15,811 --> 01:20:18,644 Now look, I'm in a hurry, I've got business to do. 1518 01:20:18,647 --> 01:20:20,512 You're... you're sure we're following the coast 1519 01:20:20,524 --> 01:20:22,355 - in the right direction? - Certain, sir. 1520 01:20:31,410 --> 01:20:34,152 How long is it since we started to follow this coast? 1521 01:20:34,163 --> 01:20:36,575 Just under 100 miles, sir. 1522 01:20:36,582 --> 01:20:38,868 Well, these big town are only 50 miles apart, 1523 01:20:38,876 --> 01:20:40,867 right along the coast. 1524 01:20:40,878 --> 01:20:43,164 We ought to have seen one of them by now. 1525 01:20:43,172 --> 01:20:45,584 There's someplace coming up right now, sir. 1526 01:20:48,761 --> 01:20:51,628 That's the place we passed some time ago. 1527 01:20:51,638 --> 01:20:53,879 It couldn't be, sir, it's impossible. 1528 01:20:53,891 --> 01:20:55,597 It's no good pretending. 1529 01:20:55,601 --> 01:20:57,512 It's the same place. 1530 01:20:57,519 --> 01:21:00,056 We must've flown completely around an island. 1531 01:21:02,691 --> 01:21:04,807 There's only one big island off of Japan 1532 01:21:04,860 --> 01:21:08,102 and that's off the northwest coast. 1533 01:21:08,113 --> 01:21:10,024 Sado island, here. 1534 01:21:10,032 --> 01:21:13,365 It would take about 100 miles to circle around it. 1535 01:21:13,369 --> 01:21:16,486 - How much longer can we fly? - Not above half an hour, sir. 1536 01:21:16,497 --> 01:21:18,738 Well, then Tokyo's impossible, that's 160 miles. 1537 01:21:18,749 --> 01:21:22,287 Nearest town on the mainland is niigata 1538 01:21:22,294 --> 01:21:24,910 about 40 miles, can we make that? 1539 01:21:24,922 --> 01:21:27,038 If we're lucky, sir, we shall have a headwind. 1540 01:21:27,049 --> 01:21:30,257 Well, there's an airstrip just inland from the town. 1541 01:21:30,260 --> 01:21:33,127 Well, that's our best plan, do you agree? 1542 01:21:33,138 --> 01:21:35,220 Set your course on that, straight across the island. 1543 01:21:40,062 --> 01:21:42,144 Well, I better go and have a word with them 1544 01:21:42,147 --> 01:21:43,853 back in there. 1545 01:21:43,857 --> 01:21:46,519 107 magnetic. 1546 01:21:46,527 --> 01:21:49,940 Well, I expect you all want to know what's happened. 1547 01:21:49,947 --> 01:21:52,654 Our radio failed soon after we climbed above these clouds 1548 01:21:52,658 --> 01:21:55,400 this afternoon, we had to fly blind for three hours 1549 01:21:55,411 --> 01:21:57,117 in the worst conditions. 1550 01:21:57,121 --> 01:21:58,577 In fact, everything considered I think we're very lucky 1551 01:21:58,580 --> 01:22:00,445 to have found the coast at all. 1552 01:22:00,457 --> 01:22:03,039 But we're a long way to the northwest of Tokyo, 1553 01:22:03,043 --> 01:22:04,704 and we shall have to land on the nearest airstrip 1554 01:22:04,711 --> 01:22:07,077 on the mainland. 1555 01:22:07,089 --> 01:22:09,296 But surely, John, isn't this the mainland? 1556 01:22:09,299 --> 01:22:11,756 No, no, this is sado island, about 40 miles 1557 01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:13,546 from the mainland. 1558 01:22:13,554 --> 01:22:15,761 We're making straight for the mainland now. 1559 01:22:15,764 --> 01:22:17,675 It's not a long crossing, only about 20 minutes. 1560 01:22:17,683 --> 01:22:19,469 You'll see a town called niigata 1561 01:22:19,476 --> 01:22:21,091 and the airstrip just beyond. 1562 01:22:21,103 --> 01:22:23,890 It will be dark. 1563 01:22:23,897 --> 01:22:25,888 Yes, I expect so, but we'll signal 1564 01:22:25,941 --> 01:22:27,101 and they'll see us in. 1565 01:22:29,528 --> 01:22:32,110 I'm sorry about all this, it's just one of those things. 1566 01:22:32,114 --> 01:22:35,231 Something that nobody could've helped. 1567 01:22:42,708 --> 01:22:44,073 Well, it can't be worse than it's been, 1568 01:22:44,084 --> 01:22:46,496 I never mind once I know where I am. 1569 01:22:46,503 --> 01:22:48,710 Why don't we land here and stop the night? 1570 01:22:48,714 --> 01:22:50,579 Now, take a look for yourself. 1571 01:22:50,591 --> 01:22:52,547 If you landed there you'd stop for more than a night. 1572 01:22:52,551 --> 01:22:53,882 You'd stop till someone came and collected 1573 01:22:53,886 --> 01:22:56,719 what was left of you in a sandbag. 1574 01:23:15,324 --> 01:23:18,066 There's something coming up ahead. 1575 01:23:18,076 --> 01:23:20,613 Did you say there were 40 miles of open sea? 1576 01:23:20,621 --> 01:23:23,738 32, to be exact. 1577 01:23:23,749 --> 01:23:26,035 It looks like high cliffs. 1578 01:23:26,043 --> 01:23:29,456 Couldn't be, it's not more than ten miles ahead. 1579 01:23:29,463 --> 01:23:31,875 It looks to me more like a storm. 1580 01:23:31,882 --> 01:23:33,167 Well, there's no good trying to dodge it, 1581 01:23:33,175 --> 01:23:34,915 we'll have to go right through it. 1582 01:23:34,927 --> 01:23:37,259 Those passengers in there, tell it's safety belts again. 1583 01:23:37,262 --> 01:23:38,843 Right, skipper. 1584 01:23:38,847 --> 01:23:40,758 Anyway, they'll need them soon for landing. 1585 01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:45,850 Will you fix your safety belts please, we're preparing 1586 01:23:45,854 --> 01:23:47,515 - for landing. - The air marshal said 1587 01:23:47,523 --> 01:23:49,605 in about 20 minutes, must we wear them so soon? 1588 01:23:49,608 --> 01:23:51,144 I think it's best, sir, we may go through a patch 1589 01:23:51,151 --> 01:23:53,688 of rough weather in a moment. 1590 01:23:53,695 --> 01:23:56,277 Getting very dark, isn't it, sounds barely safe. 1591 01:23:56,281 --> 01:23:58,738 I think it's the storm, sir, it's right ahead. 1592 01:23:58,742 --> 01:24:01,950 We're not more than 20 miles from the mainland now, though. 1593 01:24:04,540 --> 01:24:07,407 They kept talking about the mainland. 1594 01:24:07,417 --> 01:24:09,703 They were in very heavy cloud. 1595 01:24:09,711 --> 01:24:11,702 It got darker and darker. 1596 01:24:22,140 --> 01:24:24,176 We are going very fast, aren't we? 1597 01:24:24,184 --> 01:24:26,220 It's the storm that's going fast, sir. 1598 01:24:26,228 --> 01:24:28,264 Can't last much longer, not like that, 1599 01:24:28,272 --> 01:24:30,638 that's a real hurricane. 1600 01:24:30,649 --> 01:24:32,605 - Is that snow on the window? - Yes, sir, 1601 01:24:32,609 --> 01:24:35,521 we get it like that sometimes around here. 1602 01:24:40,075 --> 01:24:43,533 Storm, darkness, snow. 1603 01:24:45,539 --> 01:24:47,700 This is it, isn't it? 1604 01:24:47,708 --> 01:24:49,790 That's all rubbish. 1605 01:24:49,793 --> 01:24:53,206 The dream said we were lost, and we're not lost. 1606 01:25:01,680 --> 01:25:03,887 So the Chinese are right after all. 1607 01:25:03,890 --> 01:25:07,348 Things are preordained. 1608 01:25:07,352 --> 01:25:09,263 Maybe they are, maybe Lindsay was right, 1609 01:25:09,271 --> 01:25:12,308 maybe everything is predestined. 1610 01:25:12,316 --> 01:25:14,853 But to go through life believing that, 1611 01:25:14,860 --> 01:25:18,819 it would be stupid, a mockery, a travesty of living. 1612 01:25:18,822 --> 01:25:21,029 Look, Robbie, we've all been given 1613 01:25:21,033 --> 01:25:24,525 a brain and a mind with which to shape our lives. 1614 01:25:24,536 --> 01:25:27,243 We can't just accept what is to come 1615 01:25:27,247 --> 01:25:29,909 and do nothing about it. 1616 01:25:29,916 --> 01:25:33,283 It's our duty to life, to live it to the utmost. 1617 01:25:33,295 --> 01:25:36,662 That's our duty to god. 1618 01:25:36,673 --> 01:25:39,915 You can't just give in, that's too easy and just by saying, 1619 01:25:39,926 --> 01:25:42,212 "if my number's on it, then I'm going to get it." 1620 01:25:42,220 --> 01:25:43,926 Well, that's why it was so essential that the pilot 1621 01:25:43,930 --> 01:25:45,295 shouldn't know anything about this dream. 1622 01:25:45,307 --> 01:25:47,343 If he'd known about that, he'd... 1623 01:25:50,312 --> 01:25:52,223 He does know. 1624 01:25:52,230 --> 01:25:53,720 I told him. 1625 01:25:55,942 --> 01:25:59,810 Cloud, darkness, snow. 1626 01:25:59,821 --> 01:26:02,688 Got the lot now. 1627 01:26:02,699 --> 01:26:04,314 Well, that's what he said, wasn't it, sir? 1628 01:26:04,326 --> 01:26:06,567 - Cloud, darkness, and snow? - Now look, Walker, 1629 01:26:06,578 --> 01:26:08,114 you've gotta stop thinking about all that now... 1630 01:26:08,121 --> 01:26:10,328 Pull up, we're nearly in the seal! 1631 01:26:12,084 --> 01:26:13,244 Pull up! 1632 01:26:17,547 --> 01:26:19,663 Agh, that's what they are, bloody mad men! 1633 01:26:19,675 --> 01:26:22,417 Turn around and take her back! 1634 01:26:22,427 --> 01:26:23,587 - You're mad, the whole... - Now you sit down 1635 01:26:23,595 --> 01:26:26,211 - and keep quiet! - Where's that pilot, 1636 01:26:26,223 --> 01:26:28,589 let me get at him, he's not gonna murder me! 1637 01:27:04,219 --> 01:27:05,925 Thank you, gentlemen, I think he'll be all right now 1638 01:27:05,929 --> 01:27:07,760 if you'll go back to your seats. 1639 01:27:15,772 --> 01:27:17,979 How's the fuel? 1640 01:27:21,820 --> 01:27:25,153 I'd say we have only another 15 minutes left. 1641 01:27:36,126 --> 01:27:38,287 Look out... cliffs! 1642 01:27:51,433 --> 01:27:55,847 Storm, show, cliffs, and a beach. 1643 01:28:06,907 --> 01:28:08,772 Port boost up. 1644 01:28:08,784 --> 01:28:12,151 This is it, sir, I shall have to put her down on that beach. 1645 01:28:12,162 --> 01:28:14,153 You can't do that, it will be suicide. 1646 01:28:14,164 --> 01:28:15,495 You must not put her down there, 1647 01:28:15,499 --> 01:28:17,239 it will be asking for disaster. 1648 01:28:17,250 --> 01:28:20,208 Put her down in the sea, it's our only chance. 1649 01:28:20,212 --> 01:28:22,874 Bring her down in the sea, I tell you! 1650 01:28:25,258 --> 01:28:27,169 I'm sorry, sir. 1651 01:28:27,177 --> 01:28:28,542 I'm in command of this plane, 1652 01:28:28,553 --> 01:28:31,090 and I'm going to put her down on that beach. 1653 01:28:37,312 --> 01:28:38,722 You're quite right, captain. 1654 01:28:40,357 --> 01:28:42,518 Sorry. 1655 01:28:42,526 --> 01:28:44,517 We couldn't be in better hands. 1656 01:28:45,946 --> 01:28:48,437 - Engineer? - Sir? 1657 01:28:51,117 --> 01:28:54,735 Okay, lads, you can all get back now, you know the drill. 1658 01:28:54,746 --> 01:28:56,282 Good luck, skipper. 1659 01:28:57,999 --> 01:29:00,115 Good luck, skipper. 1660 01:29:06,258 --> 01:29:08,089 We're going to make an emergency landing 1661 01:29:08,093 --> 01:29:09,503 but it's been done many times before, 1662 01:29:09,511 --> 01:29:11,718 so there's no need for undue alarm. 1663 01:29:11,721 --> 01:29:14,758 Uh, just tighten your straps and brace on to whatever you can. 1664 01:29:14,766 --> 01:29:16,631 Right, you go in there. 1665 01:29:16,643 --> 01:29:18,008 Right you are, go ahead. 1666 01:29:35,495 --> 01:29:38,202 - All set in there, skipper. - Right. 1667 01:29:44,796 --> 01:29:46,411 Here goes. 1668 01:30:52,781 --> 01:30:56,148 Ask the air marshal to come forward, will you? 1669 01:31:13,343 --> 01:31:15,504 The beach is too short for landing, sir. 1670 01:31:18,598 --> 01:31:20,714 Thank god for that. 1671 01:31:20,725 --> 01:31:23,216 I just noticed a valley full of snow, 1672 01:31:23,228 --> 01:31:25,765 looks pretty flat, probably paddy fields. 1673 01:31:25,772 --> 01:31:27,603 I'm gonna belly her down there. 1674 01:31:27,607 --> 01:31:29,939 Right, Walker, we'll I'll go and see all is well behind. 1675 01:31:29,943 --> 01:31:32,104 Make it snappy, sir, we haven't got much fuel left. 1676 01:31:34,489 --> 01:31:36,525 Well, Reggie? 1677 01:31:38,618 --> 01:31:42,202 No thanks, skipper, you can have this one. 1678 01:31:42,205 --> 01:31:44,412 Good luck. 1679 01:32:43,600 --> 01:32:46,057 Yes, yes it's excellent. 1680 01:32:46,061 --> 01:32:48,643 What made me suggest searching up there? 1681 01:32:48,646 --> 01:32:52,639 Well, it's our job to use our brains, you know? 1682 01:32:52,650 --> 01:32:54,515 Thanks very much. 1683 01:32:54,527 --> 01:32:55,983 Not at all. 1684 01:32:55,987 --> 01:32:57,443 Bye. 1685 01:32:59,824 --> 01:33:01,189 The governor's on the other phone, sir. 1686 01:33:01,201 --> 01:33:04,364 The governor! Right, thanks. 1687 01:33:04,370 --> 01:33:05,735 Good morning, your excellency. 1688 01:33:05,747 --> 01:33:07,157 I hear it was you who suggested 1689 01:33:07,165 --> 01:33:09,372 searching that remote area. 1690 01:33:09,375 --> 01:33:10,865 It must be a wonderful thing to know 1691 01:33:10,877 --> 01:33:14,040 that you've saved all those valuable lives. 1692 01:33:14,047 --> 01:33:16,914 Well, I only did my duty, sir. 1693 01:33:16,925 --> 01:33:20,338 Thank you very much, sir, goodbye. 1694 01:33:20,345 --> 01:33:21,710 Commander Lindsay to see you, sir. 1695 01:33:21,721 --> 01:33:23,006 Lindsay? 1696 01:33:23,014 --> 01:33:25,050 Oh, yes, of course. 1697 01:33:25,058 --> 01:33:27,049 - Right, show him in. - Yes, sir. 1698 01:33:29,104 --> 01:33:32,437 Would you come in, sir? 1699 01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:34,305 - Hello, commander. - Hello. 1700 01:33:34,317 --> 01:33:36,228 - Well, this is great news. - Yes, it's good to know 1701 01:33:36,236 --> 01:33:37,726 that it's turned out all right. 1702 01:33:37,737 --> 01:33:39,068 I think some of the credit for this 1703 01:33:39,072 --> 01:33:40,687 may to due to you. 1704 01:33:40,698 --> 01:33:43,690 Oh, no, the credit's yours, not mine. 1705 01:33:43,701 --> 01:33:45,066 It's good of you to put it like that. 1706 01:33:45,078 --> 01:33:47,194 After all, I only described a scene, 1707 01:33:47,205 --> 01:33:49,742 it was you that ordered the search of the northwest coast. 1708 01:33:49,749 --> 01:33:51,410 Yes, that's true. 1709 01:33:51,417 --> 01:33:52,907 Well, now that it's all over, will you tell me 1710 01:33:52,919 --> 01:33:55,410 what made you describe it? 1711 01:33:55,421 --> 01:33:57,412 - Do you really want to know? - Well, naturally. 1712 01:33:57,423 --> 01:33:59,163 - I had a dream. - A dream? 1713 01:33:59,175 --> 01:34:01,917 Yes, I dreamt the whole thing, 1714 01:34:01,928 --> 01:34:04,044 and from what I hear it turned out exactly as I dreamt it, 1715 01:34:04,055 --> 01:34:05,295 except for the last part. 1716 01:34:05,306 --> 01:34:06,617 Do you often have dreams like that? 1717 01:34:06,641 --> 01:34:08,302 Oh, yes, as a matter of fact I do. 1718 01:34:08,309 --> 01:34:12,052 - It must be very disturbing. - Yes, it is rather. 1719 01:34:12,063 --> 01:34:13,928 Only this afternoon, I'd dozed off 1720 01:34:13,940 --> 01:34:15,555 in the lounge of the officers' club, 1721 01:34:15,567 --> 01:34:17,398 - I had another dream. - What about? 1722 01:34:17,402 --> 01:34:19,609 - You. - Me? 1723 01:34:19,612 --> 01:34:21,068 - Yes. - What happened? 1724 01:34:21,072 --> 01:34:22,608 Oh, it wouldn't be fair to tell you. 1725 01:34:22,657 --> 01:34:24,067 I think I ought to know. 1726 01:34:26,286 --> 01:34:28,618 No, I'd rather not, but, um... 1727 01:34:28,663 --> 01:34:31,621 If you do disappear... 1728 01:34:31,624 --> 01:34:34,491 I'll tell the authorities where to go and look for you.