1 00:00:16,210 --> 00:00:25,255 Sync by the user The.Mask from subscene.com 2 00:00:26,430 --> 00:00:29,083 In January 1933, 3 00:00:29,248 --> 00:00:33,442 fourteen years after the defeat of Germany in the First World War, 4 00:00:33,604 --> 00:00:36,902 Adolf Hitler came to power. 5 00:00:37,158 --> 00:00:39,975 In violation of the Versailles Peace Treaty, 6 00:00:40,136 --> 00:00:43,270 Germany at once began rearming. 7 00:00:43,435 --> 00:00:45,608 In March 1936, 8 00:00:45,773 --> 00:00:51,015 in violation of the treaty, Germany reoccupied the Rhineland. 9 00:00:51,186 --> 00:00:53,195 In March 1938, 10 00:00:53,364 --> 00:00:58,453 in violation of the treaty, Germany absorbed Austria. 11 00:00:59,064 --> 00:01:02,962 In September 1938, with the Munich Pact, 12 00:01:03,132 --> 00:01:05,621 England and France yielded to Germany 13 00:01:05,789 --> 00:01:11,031 large areas of Czechoslovakia, under Adolf Hitler’s threat of war. 14 00:01:11,202 --> 00:01:15,810 With this pact, Germany guaranteed peace in Europe, 15 00:01:15,974 --> 00:01:19,687 and the independence of the rest of Czechoslovakia. 16 00:01:20,074 --> 00:01:22,377 In March 1939, 17 00:01:22,539 --> 00:01:26,765 Germany violated the pact and occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia. 18 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:30,255 Germany was also threatening Poland. 19 00:01:30,418 --> 00:01:34,065 And now, on March 31, 1939, 20 00:01:34,229 --> 00:01:38,422 the British government, at last resolving to halt Hitler’s Germany, 21 00:01:38,585 --> 00:01:43,323 gives Poland an unconditional guarantee of military assistance. 22 00:01:43,485 --> 00:01:49,240 This guarantee will lead to the outbreak of the Second World War. 23 00:02:00,554 --> 00:02:02,858 Colonel General Walter von Brauchitsch, 24 00:02:03,020 --> 00:02:06,186 commander in chief of the German army. 25 00:02:06,351 --> 00:02:10,097 General Franz Halder, chief of staff. 26 00:02:11,315 --> 00:02:15,791 Lieutenant General Alfred Jodl, operations chief of the OKW, 27 00:02:15,959 --> 00:02:18,776 Hitler’s supreme headquarters command. 28 00:02:18,938 --> 00:02:23,097 Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the OKW. 29 00:02:23,261 --> 00:02:24,789 Admiral Erich Raeder, 30 00:02:24,958 --> 00:02:27,132 commander in chief of the German navy. 31 00:02:28,705 --> 00:02:30,811 Summoned by the Fuehrer, 32 00:02:30,979 --> 00:02:35,872 these officers are here for a meeting on the British military guarantee. 33 00:02:43,662 --> 00:02:48,106 You have heard... Ribbentrop's news? 34 00:02:51,796 --> 00:02:53,685 Yes, mein Fuehrer. 35 00:03:02,365 --> 00:03:06,940 My will... is fixed and unshakable. 36 00:03:07,713 --> 00:03:10,683 You will proceed with the planning for Case White. 37 00:03:11,235 --> 00:03:14,304 Mein Fuehrer, the starting date? 38 00:03:15,559 --> 00:03:17,470 September 1. 39 00:03:21,036 --> 00:03:25,961 Does the Fuehrer's decision present problems for the military? 40 00:03:26,128 --> 00:03:28,945 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler’s foreign minister. 41 00:03:29,106 --> 00:03:31,443 Vain and incompetent, he has succeeded 42 00:03:31,605 --> 00:03:35,503 in earning the dislike of almost everyone in the German government. 43 00:03:35,671 --> 00:03:39,766 My Luftwaffe will be ready September 1, mein Fuehrer. 44 00:03:39,931 --> 00:03:41,787 If necessary, even sooner. 45 00:03:41,949 --> 00:03:43,706 Field Marshal Hermann Goering, 46 00:03:43,870 --> 00:03:46,109 commander of the powerful German air force. 47 00:03:46,273 --> 00:03:49,374 In the Third Reich, second only to the Fuehrer. 48 00:03:51,012 --> 00:03:55,074 With all due respect to the field marshal, mein Fuehrer, 49 00:03:55,239 --> 00:03:59,203 you give us only five months to prepare for general war. 50 00:03:59,595 --> 00:04:04,869 - It would require at least a year. - We do not have a year! 51 00:04:09,459 --> 00:04:11,763 It is my belief 52 00:04:11,925 --> 00:04:14,349 that if the attack on Poland 53 00:04:14,519 --> 00:04:19,925 is started with sudden, heavy blows that gain rapid success, 54 00:04:20,092 --> 00:04:22,549 general war will be avoided. 55 00:04:28,739 --> 00:04:32,419 But if England and France do march... 56 00:04:33,735 --> 00:04:37,862 I'll cook them a stew they will choke on! 57 00:05:55,590 --> 00:05:56,400 58 00:06:28,810 --> 00:06:31,810 - Glory be, it does exist! - What exists, Madeline? 59 00:06:31,979 --> 00:06:35,110 This Hitler business. I read about it in the papers, but... 60 00:06:35,274 --> 00:06:38,274 Well, it seems too ridiculous and crazy to be real. 61 00:06:38,443 --> 00:06:40,298 It's real, all right. 62 00:06:51,947 --> 00:06:55,243 Commander Victor Henry, United States Navy. 63 00:06:56,012 --> 00:06:57,954 Stateroom 63, A deck. 64 00:06:58,124 --> 00:06:59,586 Thank you. 65 00:07:05,196 --> 00:07:07,051 General von Roon. 66 00:07:41,359 --> 00:07:43,498 I can't believe it. We're actually going. 67 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:46,052 Madge Tolliver was in Berlin for the Olympics. 68 00:07:46,223 --> 00:07:49,801 She keeps saying how wonderful it still is, and how cheap. 69 00:07:49,967 --> 00:07:55,369 She says we'll just love it. Oh, here it is, Pug. 70 00:08:02,384 --> 00:08:04,238 - Surprise! - Warren! 71 00:08:04,592 --> 00:08:06,348 Hi, Mom! 72 00:08:06,704 --> 00:08:08,133 - Hi! - Hey, cutie! 73 00:08:09,137 --> 00:08:11,079 What the devil?! 74 00:08:11,888 --> 00:08:13,798 Why aren't you in flight school? 75 00:08:14,225 --> 00:08:17,770 Just blew in. Are you kidding? You think I would have missed this? 76 00:08:17,937 --> 00:08:21,931 - I hitched a ride on a PBY. - Pug, isn't it a wonderful surprise? 77 00:08:22,577 --> 00:08:24,552 Saturday night in New York? 78 00:08:24,721 --> 00:08:28,463 Watch out, all you big-city girls, Warren Henry's in town. 79 00:08:28,882 --> 00:08:31,500 What do you say we get this party under way? 80 00:08:31,666 --> 00:08:33,259 Has Byron heard about the move? 81 00:08:33,426 --> 00:08:35,531 We haven't heard from your brother for months. 82 00:08:35,698 --> 00:08:38,545 The last letter we got, he'd quit his studies in Florence, 83 00:08:38,707 --> 00:08:40,495 and he's vagabonding around Europe. 84 00:08:40,658 --> 00:08:44,488 - Got bored with the fine arts. - Oh, now, Pug, don't carry on so. 85 00:08:44,659 --> 00:08:47,408 Byron's a strange fish, but there's brains underneath. 86 00:08:47,571 --> 00:08:49,229 I know. 87 00:08:49,907 --> 00:08:51,979 That's the problem. 88 00:08:52,595 --> 00:08:54,734 Well, here's to the new tour of duty. 89 00:08:55,027 --> 00:08:58,475 - Yes, and good luck in Berlin. - Cheers! 90 00:09:13,300 --> 00:09:15,984 Well, I got a Navy car. Can I drive you someplace? 91 00:09:16,149 --> 00:09:17,709 My date's not till 5:00. 92 00:09:17,876 --> 00:09:19,632 Take me to the Rockefeller Center, 93 00:09:19,796 --> 00:09:22,252 - the National Broadcasting Company. - What for? 94 00:09:22,420 --> 00:09:24,111 I'm gonna look for a job. 95 00:09:25,685 --> 00:09:28,107 - Does Dad know about this? - Are you crazy? 96 00:09:28,278 --> 00:09:30,252 Besides, it's just for the summer. 97 00:09:37,558 --> 00:09:39,019 Bye! 98 00:09:39,349 --> 00:09:41,389 They're good kids. 99 00:10:11,928 --> 00:10:16,500 - When the cat's away, huh? - I've been smoking for years. 100 00:10:39,385 --> 00:10:42,069 Well, to whom? 101 00:10:42,906 --> 00:10:44,629 To the kids. 102 00:10:45,658 --> 00:10:49,335 Yes. Our abandoned nestlings. 103 00:10:49,498 --> 00:10:51,832 All right, to the kids. 104 00:10:58,203 --> 00:11:02,458 Oh, I really do feel adventurous, Pug, sailing on a German ship these days. 105 00:11:02,619 --> 00:11:06,929 I wonder if there are any Nazis right here at this bar. 106 00:11:08,955 --> 00:11:11,344 Let's go out and look at the Statue of Liberty. 107 00:11:11,515 --> 00:11:15,639 No, sir, I want another drink. I've seen the Statue of Liberty. 108 00:11:28,956 --> 00:11:31,771 Look, as long as we're aboard this ship, 109 00:11:31,932 --> 00:11:34,966 we have to assume that everything we say is being recorded. 110 00:11:35,133 --> 00:11:38,613 That means at the bar, at the table, in our stateroom. 111 00:11:38,781 --> 00:11:40,439 Did that ever occur to you? 112 00:11:40,605 --> 00:11:43,355 Well, yes, sort of, but... 113 00:11:44,254 --> 00:11:47,320 In the stateroom too? Always? 114 00:11:48,190 --> 00:11:49,913 You mean... 115 00:11:50,750 --> 00:11:54,906 You don't mean day and night, Pug, really! 116 00:11:55,070 --> 00:11:59,031 If they didn't, they'd be sloppy. The Germans are not a sloppy people. 117 00:11:59,198 --> 00:12:03,509 Well, then, mister, keep your distance on this boat, that's all I can say. 118 00:12:03,807 --> 00:12:09,404 And I intend to spend the entire trip chastely brushing up my German. 119 00:12:09,567 --> 00:12:11,804 It's gonna be the same in Berlin. 120 00:12:12,895 --> 00:12:14,838 Honestly! 121 00:12:17,215 --> 00:12:18,776 Oh, hell. 122 00:12:19,456 --> 00:12:22,271 It really doesn't make much difference anyway, does it? 123 00:12:27,072 --> 00:12:29,014 Can I have my other drink now? 124 00:13:08,706 --> 00:13:10,594 - Hi. Byron Henry? - Yeah. 125 00:13:10,755 --> 00:13:13,570 Natalie Jastrow. Hop in. 126 00:13:21,027 --> 00:13:23,394 This is Leslie Slote. 127 00:14:13,926 --> 00:14:16,544 I don't need a driver in Warsaw. It's all horses. 128 00:14:16,710 --> 00:14:19,099 I don't have to hear about that. 129 00:14:27,847 --> 00:14:29,408 Here we are. 130 00:14:46,888 --> 00:14:48,677 AJ? 131 00:14:52,041 --> 00:14:53,415 AJ? 132 00:15:03,241 --> 00:15:05,794 Oh, good. You're back. 133 00:15:10,666 --> 00:15:14,179 - Aaron, this is Byron Henry. - Columbia '38, is it? 134 00:15:14,346 --> 00:15:16,768 - Yes, sir. - Welcome to Siena. 135 00:15:16,938 --> 00:15:19,556 Well, here's to Byron Henry, 136 00:15:19,722 --> 00:15:23,945 notorious hater of the Italian Renaissance. 137 00:15:24,331 --> 00:15:25,607 Where did you hear this? 138 00:15:25,803 --> 00:15:28,421 My old friend Cesare Milano at Columbia. 139 00:15:28,587 --> 00:15:31,936 He mentioned it in passing, in a letter he wrote to me about you. 140 00:15:32,107 --> 00:15:34,922 Well, I guess I have no choice but to drink to it. 141 00:15:37,451 --> 00:15:40,582 What have you got against the Italian Renaissance, Byron? 142 00:15:40,812 --> 00:15:43,397 Oh, I suppose I just had too much of it. 143 00:15:44,140 --> 00:15:47,686 I started out fascinated, and I ended up just snowed under and bored. 144 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:50,756 It's the mixture of paganism and Christianity. 145 00:15:50,924 --> 00:15:53,063 It sort of sticks in my craw. 146 00:15:59,213 --> 00:16:01,963 You asked what I had against the Italian Renaissance. 147 00:16:02,125 --> 00:16:03,554 I told you. 148 00:16:04,077 --> 00:16:06,150 Now, don't fold up on us, Byron. 149 00:16:06,317 --> 00:16:08,292 Other people have taken your position. 150 00:16:08,462 --> 00:16:12,259 A good name for it is Protestantism. 151 00:16:15,245 --> 00:16:19,042 Byron, I understand your father is a Naval officer. 152 00:16:19,470 --> 00:16:21,609 Yes, sir. He's in Washington in war plans. 153 00:16:21,838 --> 00:16:26,727 War plans, gracious! Is that as ominous as it sounds? 154 00:16:26,894 --> 00:16:29,961 Every country draws up theoretical war plans in peacetime. 155 00:16:30,127 --> 00:16:33,127 Tell me, does your father think war is imminent? 156 00:16:33,967 --> 00:16:36,356 He didn't mention it in his last letter. 157 00:16:36,879 --> 00:16:40,840 Leslie is in the Foreign Service, which makes him an expert on these matters. 158 00:16:41,008 --> 00:16:43,975 He thinks my uncle should go home. We've had an argument 159 00:16:44,144 --> 00:16:48,781 about that now for days. Of course, he's going on to Warsaw. 160 00:16:50,128 --> 00:16:52,168 Well, for what it's worth... 161 00:16:53,136 --> 00:16:54,729 ...I think there's gonna be a war. 162 00:16:55,184 --> 00:16:56,678 You do? 163 00:16:57,329 --> 00:17:01,126 - I'd be interested to know why. - I just toured Germany. 164 00:17:01,488 --> 00:17:04,303 Everywhere you drive, you pass trucks full of troops, 165 00:17:04,464 --> 00:17:07,563 and railroad cars loaded for miles with artillery and tanks. 166 00:17:07,729 --> 00:17:12,683 Byron, with such displays, Hitler won Austria and the Sudetenland. 167 00:17:12,849 --> 00:17:15,216 And he never had to fire a shot. 168 00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:19,024 Dr. Jastrow, when I was in Germany, 169 00:17:19,185 --> 00:17:23,080 I saw signs on park benches and trolley cars about the Jews. 170 00:17:23,250 --> 00:17:25,967 - And I saw burnt-out synagogues. - Yes. 171 00:17:26,130 --> 00:17:29,426 I'm surprised that you speak as calmly as you do about Hitler. 172 00:17:29,586 --> 00:17:30,895 Being Jewish, I mean. 173 00:17:31,187 --> 00:17:34,799 If Hitler wins out, the Jews will simply fall back 174 00:17:34,963 --> 00:17:40,146 to the second-class status they had for so long under the kings and the popes. 175 00:17:40,467 --> 00:17:43,816 We survived 17 centuries with that. 176 00:17:43,987 --> 00:17:48,689 We have quite a store of wisdom and doctrine for coping with it. 177 00:17:49,331 --> 00:17:53,325 Aaron, this Olympian attitude of yours completely exasperates me. 178 00:17:53,491 --> 00:17:57,583 That you could rely on Adolf Hitler's prudence for Natalie's and your safety, 179 00:17:57,748 --> 00:17:59,406 strikes me as grotesque. 180 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:02,474 I think Natalie's parents would agree. 181 00:18:02,644 --> 00:18:06,387 Natalie can go home tomorrow if she wishes. 182 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:11,530 But I think, perhaps, she finds working here in Siena as my secretary 183 00:18:11,701 --> 00:18:14,963 more stimulating than Miami Beach. 184 00:18:15,189 --> 00:18:19,051 I'm thinking of going home all right, Leslie, but not because of Hitler. 185 00:18:19,221 --> 00:18:23,116 There are a few things that bother me a bit more than Hitler at the moment. 186 00:18:23,286 --> 00:18:25,173 - Look, we are not... - I daresay. 187 00:18:25,334 --> 00:18:26,860 Come on, dear. Let's go. 188 00:18:46,934 --> 00:18:51,572 Upstairs here is where we do most of our work. 189 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:04,567 - This is quite a library. - A fair collection of early Christianity. 190 00:19:04,792 --> 00:19:08,622 Now, Byron, I understand you took a Naval Reserve course 191 00:19:08,792 --> 00:19:14,008 and obtained a commission. Is that where your interests lie? 192 00:19:14,232 --> 00:19:15,727 No, sir. 193 00:19:15,896 --> 00:19:18,547 The commission was more to please my father. 194 00:19:19,001 --> 00:19:21,587 I assume that when Dr. Milano 195 00:19:21,753 --> 00:19:26,095 suggested you visit, he mentioned that I might have something for you. 196 00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:27,672 Yes, he did. 197 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:32,689 My next work is called The Arch of Constantine. 198 00:19:32,858 --> 00:19:36,949 You do know who Constantine was? 199 00:19:37,242 --> 00:19:40,276 The first Christian Emperor of Rome, I believe. 200 00:19:40,443 --> 00:19:42,548 A-plus, Byron. 201 00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:46,424 I need some research on the Emperor's wars. 202 00:19:46,587 --> 00:19:50,329 Would $20 a week interest you? 203 00:19:52,795 --> 00:19:57,018 - I've flunked more history courses... - I see. You don't want the job. 204 00:19:57,563 --> 00:20:00,247 No, sir, I didn't say that. 205 00:20:01,531 --> 00:20:04,215 Would I be living and working here in the villa? 206 00:20:04,507 --> 00:20:05,936 Certainly. 207 00:20:06,108 --> 00:20:08,497 You'd be working right here in this room. 208 00:20:08,668 --> 00:20:13,338 That's Natalie's desk there, and yours would be here. 209 00:20:15,484 --> 00:20:17,011 I think I'll try it, sir. 210 00:20:17,373 --> 00:20:19,260 Oh, you will... 211 00:20:19,420 --> 00:20:22,933 although you say you have no aptitude. Why? 212 00:20:24,381 --> 00:20:26,520 Well, for the money, 213 00:20:26,685 --> 00:20:31,354 - and, of course, to be around you, sir. - To be around me? 214 00:20:33,725 --> 00:20:38,003 Oh, to be sure. All right, Byron, why don't we give it a try. 215 00:21:05,376 --> 00:21:06,783 Waiter, waiter! 216 00:21:35,425 --> 00:21:37,629 Oh, captain, baked Alaska! 217 00:21:37,793 --> 00:21:42,463 We try to make the last night of the voyage a memorable one, Mrs. Henry. 218 00:21:42,625 --> 00:21:46,171 And it is the Fuehrer's birthday. 219 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:50,233 No, Mr. Tudsbury, there will be no war between England and Germany. 220 00:21:50,402 --> 00:21:53,337 Well, we're all the same stock. All North Europeans. 221 00:21:53,506 --> 00:21:57,151 It would be a sad thing for brothers to fall out. 222 00:21:57,698 --> 00:21:59,706 Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it, Pam? 223 00:21:59,874 --> 00:22:02,744 Remind me to include it in my next broadcast. 224 00:22:02,915 --> 00:22:05,981 Oh, nobody wants war now anyway. Absolutely nobody. 225 00:22:06,147 --> 00:22:07,936 It would be so silly nowadays. 226 00:22:08,099 --> 00:22:11,415 Does your wife speak for the United States Navy, commander? 227 00:22:11,972 --> 00:22:15,288 She speaks for Piper-Heidsieck '34. 228 00:22:16,676 --> 00:22:20,059 I've just had the pleasure of lecturing at your Naval War College. 229 00:22:20,388 --> 00:22:22,428 Really? What was your impression? 230 00:22:22,884 --> 00:22:26,146 Your Navy is the one fighting force in the world today 231 00:22:26,308 --> 00:22:29,342 which can compare professionally with the Germany army. 232 00:22:29,509 --> 00:22:32,575 I would put in a word for the Royal Navy and the RAF. 233 00:22:32,741 --> 00:22:35,327 It is already well-known that the Royal Air Force 234 00:22:35,492 --> 00:22:37,500 have lost air parity to the Luftwaffe. 235 00:22:37,669 --> 00:22:39,524 As for the Royal Navy, 236 00:22:39,685 --> 00:22:43,711 that is the province of Commodore Grobke's U-boats. 237 00:22:43,877 --> 00:22:47,357 Not a bad navy, but we have damn good U-boats. 238 00:22:47,525 --> 00:22:50,046 You had U-boats last time. 239 00:22:50,214 --> 00:22:53,378 We did fine, until America came in. 240 00:22:54,054 --> 00:22:56,225 Were you in the Atlantic then? 241 00:22:56,390 --> 00:22:58,911 - Destroyers. - I was below. 242 00:22:59,238 --> 00:23:01,310 Maybe this is not the first time we meet? 243 00:23:01,799 --> 00:23:03,228 Maybe. 244 00:23:06,791 --> 00:23:10,271 My dear Mrs. Henry, may I have the honor of this first dance? 245 00:23:10,439 --> 00:23:12,512 That is, commander, with your permission? 246 00:23:12,679 --> 00:23:14,850 By all means, captain. 247 00:23:19,463 --> 00:23:23,587 Tell me, general, will your Fuehrer attack Poland? 248 00:23:24,295 --> 00:23:27,329 His whole brilliance lies in his bloodless victories. 249 00:23:27,496 --> 00:23:30,660 The Polish Corridor is an idiotic anomaly. 250 00:23:30,824 --> 00:23:34,850 - The Fuehrer will find a solution. - No war over Danzig? 251 00:23:35,432 --> 00:23:37,123 No war. 252 00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:40,417 None, that is, that Germany will start. 253 00:23:43,017 --> 00:23:45,253 Well, I suppose you're on a school vacation? 254 00:23:45,417 --> 00:23:48,286 Yes, for quite some time. I'm 28. 255 00:23:48,457 --> 00:23:52,483 I'm sorry. I thought you were about my daughter's age. She's 19. 256 00:23:52,649 --> 00:23:56,424 Many make that mistake. I suppose because I'm always with my father. 257 00:23:56,585 --> 00:23:58,757 I help him with work. His eyes aren't good. 258 00:23:58,922 --> 00:24:01,988 - That must be interesting. - Depends on the subject matter. 259 00:24:02,154 --> 00:24:04,488 Nowadays it's somewhat of a broken record. 260 00:24:04,650 --> 00:24:07,717 Will the "Little Tramp" go, or won't he? 261 00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:41,036 Oh, lovely. Divine, my dear Mrs. Grobke. 262 00:24:41,196 --> 00:24:43,432 Most energetic dancer, your wife, commodore. 263 00:24:43,596 --> 00:24:47,459 Thank you. Gentlemen, excuse us, please. 264 00:24:49,005 --> 00:24:52,518 Gad, Henry, the woman's tireless. 265 00:24:52,685 --> 00:24:56,744 Makes one wonder how that Grobke fellow's held up as well as he has. 266 00:24:56,910 --> 00:25:00,226 A great deal of sea duty, no doubt. 267 00:25:00,686 --> 00:25:03,752 Well, fraternizing with Jerry, were you? 268 00:25:03,918 --> 00:25:05,478 Strictly in the line of duty. 269 00:25:05,646 --> 00:25:09,291 He's invited me out to inspect the sub base at Swinemnde. 270 00:25:09,454 --> 00:25:13,098 - Anyway, I doubt that Grobke's a Nazi. - You do? 271 00:25:13,262 --> 00:25:15,946 Well, those U-boat fellows are all right, I suppose, 272 00:25:16,111 --> 00:25:18,794 as much as any Germans are. 273 00:25:27,247 --> 00:25:30,281 - May I have another dance later? - Of course, thank you. 274 00:25:30,447 --> 00:25:33,033 I shall get myself a white wig and a cane. 275 00:25:33,199 --> 00:25:35,109 They look so shattered when I refuse. 276 00:25:35,279 --> 00:25:38,247 And as for that hateful conga... 277 00:25:38,832 --> 00:25:40,741 The Fuehrer's Ball. 278 00:25:40,912 --> 00:25:44,873 I've been covering that fellow Henry since the day he marched into Austria. 279 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,822 Something right out of Plutarch, that was. 280 00:25:47,985 --> 00:25:52,524 A zero of a man, with no schooling, of no known family. 281 00:25:52,689 --> 00:25:57,610 At 20, a dropped-out student, a drifter, a failure. 282 00:25:57,777 --> 00:26:02,763 Henry, I watched that man march in triumph through the streets of Vienna 283 00:26:02,929 --> 00:26:05,646 where he had sold postcards and gone hungry, 284 00:26:05,809 --> 00:26:10,895 the sole heir to the combined thrones of the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns. 285 00:26:11,089 --> 00:26:15,246 That grotesque travesty is the central truth of our age, 286 00:26:15,410 --> 00:26:17,931 and the only reason for this damned ball. 287 00:26:18,098 --> 00:26:21,394 - You created him, you know. - I beg your pardon! 288 00:26:21,843 --> 00:26:24,592 The Fuehrer. You and the French. 289 00:26:24,754 --> 00:26:27,504 Your insane Treaty of Versailles partitioned Germany 290 00:26:27,666 --> 00:26:30,569 and made an economic and political madhouse of Europe. 291 00:26:30,739 --> 00:26:32,365 Did you think that would last? 292 00:26:32,531 --> 00:26:35,149 You generated a volcanic resentment in our people. 293 00:26:35,315 --> 00:26:37,290 Hitler is the political eruption. 294 00:26:37,523 --> 00:26:39,465 Is the German army with him? 295 00:26:39,732 --> 00:26:42,961 He has rearmed us. He has given us back our self-esteem. 296 00:26:43,123 --> 00:26:48,339 - And terror. And concentration camps. - All forms of politics are dirty. 297 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:53,486 Democracies, dictatorships, variations on one theme: Please the mob. 298 00:27:02,645 --> 00:27:06,801 Meine Damen und Herren, ladies and gentlemen. 299 00:27:06,965 --> 00:27:09,235 I propose a toast. 300 00:27:15,733 --> 00:27:19,924 A toast to Germany's great leader, Adolf Hitler, 301 00:27:20,086 --> 00:27:21,995 on his 50th birthday. 302 00:27:22,166 --> 00:27:25,582 And to his life's aim, peace. 303 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:54,806 Attention, breakfast will be served in the main lounge in 15 minutes. 304 00:28:54,971 --> 00:28:56,630 Thank you. 305 00:29:17,277 --> 00:29:19,382 - Good morning. - Good morning. 306 00:29:41,310 --> 00:29:44,409 - Would you mind if I joined you? - Oh, yes, thank you. 307 00:29:44,574 --> 00:29:48,153 I feel so stupid preparing to smile at 40 feet. 308 00:29:48,318 --> 00:29:50,839 Doesn't your father believe in before-breakfast walks? 309 00:29:51,007 --> 00:29:53,876 Talky? He hates exercise of any kind. 310 00:29:54,047 --> 00:29:57,081 Besides, right now, he has a touch of gout. It's his curse. 311 00:29:57,248 --> 00:29:59,703 - "Talky"? - His middle name is Talcott. 312 00:29:59,872 --> 00:30:02,457 Ever since school he's been "Talky" to his friends. 313 00:30:02,623 --> 00:30:04,282 Guess why. 314 00:30:04,639 --> 00:30:07,095 Where's your wife, commander? Also not a walker? 315 00:30:07,264 --> 00:30:08,857 Oh, she's busy packing. 316 00:30:09,024 --> 00:30:13,280 Not that she'll walk to the drugstore if she can catch a ride or hail a cab. 317 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,895 Will you be coming back to the United States? 318 00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:19,577 If Father is thrown out of Berlin, which seems inevitable, we will. 319 00:30:19,744 --> 00:30:21,173 Why? 320 00:30:21,345 --> 00:30:23,996 I have a son I should like you to meet. 321 00:30:24,545 --> 00:30:26,934 Unlike his father, he's quite handsome. 322 00:30:27,105 --> 00:30:30,105 - What does he do? - Naval officer, like his father. 323 00:30:30,273 --> 00:30:32,924 A sailor! Never. A girl in every port. 324 00:30:33,089 --> 00:30:37,213 - Don't you have any other sons? - As a matter of fact, I do. 325 00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:39,232 But... 326 00:30:39,586 --> 00:30:42,008 - he'd be a bit young for you. - Maybe not. 327 00:30:42,178 --> 00:30:44,185 I never do seem to hit it quite right. 328 00:30:44,354 --> 00:30:46,656 I say, commander! 329 00:30:53,250 --> 00:30:55,487 Just had a word with that Grobke fellow. 330 00:30:55,651 --> 00:30:58,368 Managed to horn in on your little trip to Swinemnde. 331 00:30:58,531 --> 00:31:01,597 - I hope you're not put off. - Not at all. Glad to have you. 332 00:31:01,763 --> 00:31:04,960 Talky, I thought you were packing. We dock any minute now. 333 00:31:05,123 --> 00:31:08,025 That's exactly why I'm here. I've made a muck of it. 334 00:31:08,196 --> 00:31:11,513 You know I can't handle things of that kind. 335 00:31:12,228 --> 00:31:15,163 Well, what are you standing there for, you lazy creature? 336 00:31:15,332 --> 00:31:17,372 Say au revoir to Commander Henry, 337 00:31:17,541 --> 00:31:19,908 and go below and get my things together. 338 00:31:20,069 --> 00:31:22,141 - Shall we see you in Berlin? - Of course. 339 00:31:22,308 --> 00:31:25,472 I shall be pumping him for the latest military intelligence. 340 00:31:25,636 --> 00:31:27,938 And learning nothing, I'll be bound. 341 00:31:29,125 --> 00:31:30,586 Auf Wiedersehen, commander. 342 00:31:31,461 --> 00:31:33,054 Go on. 343 00:31:33,733 --> 00:31:38,108 Tudsbury, I have notions of matching your daughter up with a son of mine. 344 00:31:38,277 --> 00:31:40,416 Oh, have you? 345 00:31:40,582 --> 00:31:43,517 I warn you, Pamela is a handful. 346 00:31:43,686 --> 00:31:47,330 Why, how can you say that? I've never met a gentler or pleasanter girl. 347 00:31:47,494 --> 00:31:50,843 Still waters. I warn you. 348 00:31:52,070 --> 00:31:54,110 See you in Berlin. 349 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,330 350 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,182 General von Brauchitsch is expecting you. 351 00:32:37,344 --> 00:32:39,449 The chief of staff is with him. 352 00:32:43,839 --> 00:32:46,490 You had a pleasant American journey? Feel refreshed? 353 00:32:46,655 --> 00:32:49,022 - Yes. Thank you. - Good. 354 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,640 You will take full charge of operational planning for Case White 355 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:58,076 and report back Friday. 356 00:32:59,264 --> 00:33:02,198 What assumptions are being made about the Soviet Union? 357 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:07,422 Stalin shot most of his first-class general officers in the Purge. 358 00:33:07,583 --> 00:33:09,722 I don't rate the Red Army very high. 359 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,185 It can field 300 divisions. 360 00:33:12,352 --> 00:33:15,352 Yes, but will Stalin allow us to roll across Poland 361 00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:17,494 to his border unchecked? 362 00:33:17,664 --> 00:33:19,486 I am not an optimist about that. 363 00:33:19,647 --> 00:33:22,549 What if their alliance with England goes through? 364 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:28,022 That is politics. We have our orders. And you have yours. 365 00:33:34,528 --> 00:33:39,001 I will report back on Friday, of course. But I can give you my estimate now. 366 00:33:40,384 --> 00:33:45,021 Case White will be an all-out two-front war from the outset. 367 00:33:45,631 --> 00:33:47,933 The fatal error of Kaiser Wilhelm. 368 00:33:49,376 --> 00:33:52,507 The Kaiser was not a political genius. 369 00:33:52,672 --> 00:33:55,323 This man is. 370 00:33:55,488 --> 00:33:57,909 He will pull off another political miracle. 371 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,600 Good. So we plan for a miracle, huh? 372 00:34:00,768 --> 00:34:04,478 We plan to smash Poland in two weeks, and... 373 00:34:05,535 --> 00:34:07,957 And hold in the West. 374 00:34:08,672 --> 00:34:12,316 Hold in the West, with what we have? 375 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:16,189 That is the miracle we plan for. 376 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,888 All previous studies inadequate. 377 00:34:37,567 --> 00:34:39,739 Assumptions about Soviet Union, 378 00:34:39,904 --> 00:34:46,330 in view of the proposed Anglo-Soviet Alliance, are highly hazardous. 379 00:34:47,456 --> 00:34:52,507 We are going out on very thin ice. 380 00:35:16,832 --> 00:35:18,392 Come in. 381 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,462 - Colonel Forrest, the military attachי. - Welcome. 382 00:35:21,632 --> 00:35:23,225 - I'm Bill Forrest. - Pug Henry. 383 00:35:23,391 --> 00:35:24,602 I'm right next door. 384 00:35:24,768 --> 00:35:28,892 - Uniforms every day here? - No, no. I just came from a review. 385 00:35:29,056 --> 00:35:31,773 - You suit up only for occasions here. - Good. 386 00:35:31,936 --> 00:35:35,547 Such as... this one. 387 00:35:39,232 --> 00:35:41,119 We get to meet Hitler right away? 388 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,094 Just luck. It's a big crush for the Bulgarian minister. 389 00:35:44,255 --> 00:35:46,459 We'll just pass by and shake hands. 390 00:35:46,976 --> 00:35:48,984 It ought to give Mrs. Henry a thrill. 391 00:35:49,152 --> 00:35:52,567 Is this usual? An attachי at a head of state reception? 392 00:35:52,928 --> 00:35:54,357 Not very, no. 393 00:35:54,528 --> 00:35:58,390 And the queer thing is, those cards came from Wehrmacht headquarters. 394 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,599 Compliments of a General von Roon. 395 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,222 Well, Pug, aren't you gonna say anything about my new outfit? 396 00:36:28,384 --> 00:36:31,580 I think it's just perfect. You never looked better. 397 00:36:31,744 --> 00:36:33,021 Well, it isn't my choice, 398 00:36:33,184 --> 00:36:36,828 but Sally Forrest says Hitler is mad about pink. 399 00:36:52,736 --> 00:36:56,052 It makes Washington seem dull and tame, doesn't it? 400 00:37:28,416 --> 00:37:30,750 Fantastic-looking, isn't it? 401 00:37:30,913 --> 00:37:32,603 Beats Radio City Music Hall. 402 00:37:32,768 --> 00:37:34,678 Oh, Pug. 403 00:37:43,008 --> 00:37:45,528 Oh, look. You can see him now. 404 00:37:54,016 --> 00:37:57,594 Oh, that prison haircut. I declare! 405 00:37:58,176 --> 00:38:02,071 He's such a simple-looking man. The rest are all so gaudy. 406 00:38:44,704 --> 00:38:48,381 Colonel William Forrest und Frau Forrest. 407 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:04,891 There's Ribbentrop and Goebbels. 408 00:39:05,185 --> 00:39:07,356 - Would you like to meet them? - Please! 409 00:39:07,521 --> 00:39:09,015 Come on. 410 00:39:14,272 --> 00:39:16,345 - General. - Commander Henry. 411 00:39:16,513 --> 00:39:19,196 General von Roon, how nice to see you again. 412 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,116 Excuse me. 413 00:39:22,208 --> 00:39:25,208 Well, thank you for getting us here. 414 00:39:25,984 --> 00:39:28,253 What do you think of the Fuehrer? 415 00:39:29,472 --> 00:39:33,433 Not much like the image in the New York newspapers, all horns and a tail. 416 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,607 No, not at all. 417 00:39:36,032 --> 00:39:38,399 I understand you're an excellent tennis player. 418 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,048 Oh? Was that included in my dossier? 419 00:39:41,376 --> 00:39:43,231 Very little was not included. 420 00:39:43,393 --> 00:39:45,335 Perhaps we can have a game sometime. 421 00:39:45,505 --> 00:39:47,195 I'd like that. 422 00:40:18,528 --> 00:40:21,179 Oh, Pug. Pug, it's perfect. You'll never believe it. 423 00:40:21,344 --> 00:40:25,851 I know it's your lunch hour, but I was afraid somebody would snap it up. 424 00:40:26,016 --> 00:40:27,675 It even has a tennis court. 425 00:40:28,768 --> 00:40:33,208 Pug, you don't think Hitler had anything to do with this, do you? 426 00:40:33,376 --> 00:40:36,889 Well, I mean, do you think he really remembered? 427 00:40:41,248 --> 00:40:44,314 It's such a pleasure to do business with Americans. 428 00:40:44,481 --> 00:40:48,605 My brother has a real-estate business in Chicago, that is where I learned. 429 00:40:48,769 --> 00:40:50,874 Someday, perhaps, I will go back. 430 00:40:51,041 --> 00:40:54,008 On top of everything else, there are five bedrooms upstairs 431 00:40:54,177 --> 00:40:56,697 and three marble baths. 432 00:40:56,864 --> 00:40:59,101 And wait till you see the garden. 433 00:40:59,552 --> 00:41:03,742 Look. Isn't this the most beautiful drawing room you've ever seen? 434 00:41:03,904 --> 00:41:05,759 Look at the paneling. 435 00:41:07,488 --> 00:41:10,271 Here... Here is the garden. 436 00:41:10,433 --> 00:41:13,978 And behind the house there are tennis courts, 437 00:41:14,144 --> 00:41:16,381 which I'll show you in a moment. Here. 438 00:41:16,545 --> 00:41:18,039 This way. 439 00:41:18,785 --> 00:41:21,370 Now, this way. 440 00:41:21,536 --> 00:41:24,635 Down there is the lake. 441 00:41:24,801 --> 00:41:27,223 It's a lovely little lake. You can see it. 442 00:41:27,392 --> 00:41:29,759 - Who owns this? - Ludwig Rosenthal. 443 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,782 A well-known sugar merchant. Very large firm. 444 00:41:33,952 --> 00:41:35,479 What's the catch? 445 00:41:35,649 --> 00:41:37,504 What, "catch"? What do you mean? 446 00:41:37,665 --> 00:41:39,803 Why is the price so low? 447 00:41:39,968 --> 00:41:43,449 - Well, there is this new ruling. - What ruling? 448 00:41:43,616 --> 00:41:45,405 I'm not very clear about it. 449 00:41:45,568 --> 00:41:50,303 Something about Jewish people owning real estate. 450 00:41:51,584 --> 00:41:55,545 Well, does this man know that you're showing me this house at this price? 451 00:41:55,713 --> 00:41:57,306 Naturally. 452 00:41:57,473 --> 00:41:59,131 When can I meet him? 453 00:41:59,297 --> 00:42:02,166 I have taken the liberty to ask him to come out. 454 00:42:02,337 --> 00:42:06,265 He should be here at any moment. Excuse me. 455 00:42:07,456 --> 00:42:11,351 Seventy-eight dollars a month? It's ridiculous! 456 00:42:11,521 --> 00:42:13,942 Well, that's what I thought. 457 00:42:16,896 --> 00:42:18,969 It's a lovely house, Herr Rosenthal. 458 00:42:20,481 --> 00:42:22,172 Thank you. 459 00:42:22,625 --> 00:42:26,269 We are fond of it, my wife and I. 460 00:42:26,721 --> 00:42:29,787 We have spent a lot of time and money on it. 461 00:42:30,369 --> 00:42:33,500 The truth is, Mrs. Henry and I are... 462 00:42:33,665 --> 00:42:36,927 Feel a bit awkward about leasing it. 463 00:42:37,472 --> 00:42:39,131 But why? 464 00:42:39,425 --> 00:42:42,360 You are very desirable tenants. 465 00:42:42,529 --> 00:42:47,384 - If a lower rent would help... - Lord, no. The rent is incredibly low. 466 00:42:47,809 --> 00:42:49,696 Do you actually get the money? 467 00:42:49,857 --> 00:42:51,318 Of course. 468 00:42:51,489 --> 00:42:56,158 With the agent's commission deducted and certain municipal fees, 469 00:42:56,672 --> 00:42:58,909 I will receive every penny. 470 00:42:59,073 --> 00:43:01,975 Knoedler told me that some ruling compels you to rent it. 471 00:43:02,145 --> 00:43:06,814 I assure you, Commander Henry, that won't affect you as a tenant. 472 00:43:07,841 --> 00:43:09,913 But just what is this new ruling? 473 00:43:12,321 --> 00:43:13,815 Well... 474 00:43:14,241 --> 00:43:16,630 ...it's an emergency decree. 475 00:43:17,057 --> 00:43:18,813 You understand? 476 00:43:20,193 --> 00:43:25,408 I am sure eventually it will be rescinded. 477 00:43:26,401 --> 00:43:29,849 Meanwhile, this property 478 00:43:30,273 --> 00:43:34,102 can be sold at any time without my consent. 479 00:43:34,721 --> 00:43:39,455 However, if there is a tenant in residence with a diplomatic immunity, 480 00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:41,853 that cannot be done. 481 00:43:42,017 --> 00:43:44,767 Hence the modest rent. 482 00:43:46,625 --> 00:43:49,473 May I ask you a question, Herr Rosenthal? 483 00:43:49,633 --> 00:43:52,153 Why don't you just sell out and leave Germany? 484 00:43:54,241 --> 00:43:56,216 My family 485 00:43:56,384 --> 00:43:59,733 has a business more than 100 years old. 486 00:44:00,705 --> 00:44:04,054 My wife and I are born Berliners. 487 00:44:08,097 --> 00:44:10,039 This is home. 488 00:44:15,169 --> 00:44:18,715 I have lived through other bad times. 489 00:44:18,881 --> 00:44:23,071 I was shot through a lung in Belgium in 1914. 490 00:44:24,576 --> 00:44:27,359 A man goes through a lot in his lifetime. 491 00:44:29,984 --> 00:44:31,675 Well, Mrs. Henry loves the house, 492 00:44:31,841 --> 00:44:37,243 but we just hate to take advantage of someone else's misfortune. 493 00:44:38,401 --> 00:44:41,118 You'd be doing just the opposite. 494 00:44:42,273 --> 00:44:44,313 You know that now. 495 00:44:49,025 --> 00:44:51,033 I wish we hadn't taken it. 496 00:44:51,201 --> 00:44:53,503 You do, truly? 497 00:44:55,169 --> 00:44:57,886 It never really struck me before. 498 00:44:58,049 --> 00:45:01,693 It never seemed to really be happening. 499 00:45:03,009 --> 00:45:05,343 That fine man. Imagine... 500 00:45:05,505 --> 00:45:07,676 Renting out this beautiful home for pittance 501 00:45:07,841 --> 00:45:10,329 in order to keep it from being sold over his head 502 00:45:10,497 --> 00:45:14,109 to some fat Nazi, no doubt, lying in wait to pick it up cheap. 503 00:45:14,273 --> 00:45:18,168 Well, do you want me to call it off? He really wants us in, you know. 504 00:45:18,945 --> 00:45:22,774 Oh, I know he does. That's what's so scary. 505 00:45:26,081 --> 00:45:28,732 I'm never gonna be happy in this house. 506 00:45:29,633 --> 00:45:31,673 Or in this country. 507 00:45:33,473 --> 00:45:36,288 It's such a barn. I'll need a troop of servants. 508 00:45:36,449 --> 00:45:38,489 Oh, we'll get them. No problem. 509 00:45:38,657 --> 00:45:42,137 They're all Gestapo spies, you know, every last one of them. 510 00:45:42,689 --> 00:45:44,412 Oh, Pug... 511 00:45:44,577 --> 00:45:47,577 I wish you'd been ordered to a battleship. 512 00:45:48,513 --> 00:45:50,487 So do I, honey. 513 00:45:50,657 --> 00:45:52,665 So do I. 514 00:47:07,618 --> 00:47:09,919 Byron, have I grown another head? 515 00:47:11,873 --> 00:47:14,044 Was I staring at you? 516 00:47:14,721 --> 00:47:16,445 Only for two weeks now. 517 00:47:18,945 --> 00:47:21,498 Maybe you remind me of somebody I know. 518 00:47:22,465 --> 00:47:23,927 Possibly your mother? 519 00:47:32,226 --> 00:47:34,560 You writing another letter to Slote? 520 00:47:35,810 --> 00:47:37,948 Aaron needs those notes this afternoon. 521 00:47:38,113 --> 00:47:41,342 Do you suppose you could fit them into your busy schedule? 522 00:47:55,362 --> 00:47:57,271 Do you like your job? 523 00:47:58,273 --> 00:48:00,761 It's a job. Why? 524 00:48:07,586 --> 00:48:10,007 Seems like you're kind of wasting away here. 525 00:48:10,689 --> 00:48:11,998 Really? 526 00:48:12,161 --> 00:48:14,583 My, what a tragic fate. 527 00:48:15,489 --> 00:48:18,838 I'll tell you, Byron, you do peculiar things when you're in love. 528 00:48:20,578 --> 00:48:23,261 But why you're doing this, I really don't know. 529 00:48:25,601 --> 00:48:29,114 Me? I'm broke. 530 00:49:13,857 --> 00:49:16,574 For you. Forwarded from Florence. 531 00:49:32,993 --> 00:49:35,327 Another letter from Slote? 532 00:49:51,585 --> 00:49:53,527 My folks are in Germany now. 533 00:49:53,890 --> 00:49:57,916 My father's a Naval attachי in Berlin. 534 00:50:03,521 --> 00:50:05,376 What's Slote got to say this time? 535 00:50:07,682 --> 00:50:09,689 I'm going to Warsaw. 536 00:50:13,985 --> 00:50:15,709 Aaron. 537 00:51:24,930 --> 00:51:28,246 You've been in Siena nine years and have never been to the Palio? 538 00:51:28,418 --> 00:51:32,574 - I have never attended the race. - That is incredible. 539 00:51:32,737 --> 00:51:36,599 It's nothing but a relic of the medieval burlesque races. 540 00:51:36,770 --> 00:51:40,250 In some towns they raced donkeys or buffaloes. 541 00:51:40,417 --> 00:51:42,457 In Rome, they raced Jews. 542 00:51:42,626 --> 00:51:44,797 Moreover, my friend the archbishop tells me 543 00:51:44,962 --> 00:51:50,232 the crowds are so unruly, you risk being jostled or even trampled. 544 00:51:50,402 --> 00:51:51,896 Then why the sudden interest? 545 00:51:52,066 --> 00:51:56,256 Because LIFE magazine wants me to write an article about it. 546 00:51:56,418 --> 00:51:59,647 For a very substantial sum of money. 547 00:51:59,810 --> 00:52:02,941 AJ, Leslie writes that he wants me to come to Warsaw. 548 00:52:03,105 --> 00:52:05,374 That's not very consistent of him, is it? 549 00:52:05,762 --> 00:52:08,729 Urging us to go home and inviting you to Warsaw, 550 00:52:08,898 --> 00:52:11,003 when the war talk gets worse every day. 551 00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:13,341 You said there's nothing to worry about. 552 00:52:13,506 --> 00:52:17,696 Natalie, is it ladylike to pursue Leslie Slote? 553 00:52:17,857 --> 00:52:21,206 - Is it wise tactics? - That is my business. 554 00:52:21,634 --> 00:52:25,180 Leslie is a very cold-blooded customer. 555 00:52:26,306 --> 00:52:27,767 I'm going. 556 00:52:27,938 --> 00:52:31,516 A Jewish wife is not suitable these days to a diplomat's career. 557 00:52:31,682 --> 00:52:33,242 It's as simple as that. 558 00:52:33,410 --> 00:52:35,581 You'll be in Greece. It's the perfect time. 559 00:52:35,745 --> 00:52:37,753 I postponed my trip to Greece. 560 00:52:37,921 --> 00:52:40,256 This Palio thing gets in the way. 561 00:52:40,418 --> 00:52:42,141 Look, I have an idea. 562 00:52:42,306 --> 00:52:46,779 I haven't time to research the Palio and attend that silly race. 563 00:52:47,009 --> 00:52:49,246 Why don't you do all that, 564 00:52:49,410 --> 00:52:54,331 and then you rough draft an article and we'll split the fee. How's that? 565 00:52:54,498 --> 00:52:56,286 How much? 566 00:52:56,450 --> 00:52:59,484 You'd receive $1,000. 567 00:52:59,810 --> 00:53:01,817 A thousand dollars? 568 00:53:03,202 --> 00:53:05,853 Say, I could buy a whacking good trousseau for that. 569 00:53:06,018 --> 00:53:10,524 - A trousseau? Is that still in the wind? - Yes. 570 00:53:14,242 --> 00:53:16,861 Can I use Byron for the research? 571 00:53:17,025 --> 00:53:19,578 I don't see why not. 572 00:53:20,098 --> 00:53:23,481 Then I'll go to Warsaw in August, after the second Palio. Agreed? 573 00:53:23,650 --> 00:53:25,984 If the war news doesn't get worse. Yes. 574 00:53:26,369 --> 00:53:27,580 Fine. 575 00:53:54,690 --> 00:53:56,413 Well, is it all set? 576 00:54:00,034 --> 00:54:03,034 - What? - Warsaw. 577 00:54:05,378 --> 00:54:08,541 Oh, that's postponed, at least until the end of August. 578 00:54:16,386 --> 00:54:18,361 What are you grinning about? 579 00:54:18,530 --> 00:54:20,057 What? 580 00:54:21,570 --> 00:54:23,479 Who, me? Grinning? 581 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:39,600 582 00:54:55,070 --> 00:54:56,444 Wonderful, Pug! 583 00:54:56,861 --> 00:54:58,552 Good shot. 584 00:55:04,414 --> 00:55:06,835 Guess what. Byron finally wrote us a letter. 585 00:55:07,006 --> 00:55:08,413 Yeah. OK. 586 00:55:14,973 --> 00:55:16,347 Fault. 587 00:55:17,117 --> 00:55:18,808 Lots of good news, dear. 588 00:55:18,973 --> 00:55:20,566 Set point, Rhoda. 589 00:55:28,381 --> 00:55:32,058 Tough luck, general. Take a couple more. 590 00:55:32,829 --> 00:55:35,643 No, no. This set. 591 00:55:37,180 --> 00:55:40,082 - Got time for another? - Unhappily not. I must be going. 592 00:55:40,252 --> 00:55:42,805 Well played. Now you can read your letter. 593 00:55:47,899 --> 00:55:49,907 Aaron Jastrow? 594 00:55:50,075 --> 00:55:53,371 He's the fellow that wrote that book, A Jew's Jesus. 595 00:55:53,532 --> 00:55:55,921 Oh, yes. You said you liked it, didn't you? 596 00:55:56,091 --> 00:55:57,946 Yeah, I read it twice. 597 00:55:58,107 --> 00:55:59,830 Well, if Byron Henry's working, 598 00:55:59,995 --> 00:56:02,516 it's the biggest news about him since you had him. 599 00:56:02,683 --> 00:56:06,164 There seems to be bigger news. Looks like he's interested in a girl. 600 00:56:06,331 --> 00:56:08,981 - What kind of girl, Italian? - No, a New York girl. 601 00:56:09,147 --> 00:56:13,075 It's that author's niece. Her name's Natalie. Natalie Jastrow. Right there. 602 00:56:18,139 --> 00:56:20,626 This thing is kind of far along. 603 00:56:21,690 --> 00:56:23,599 I think maybe I'll write him. 604 00:56:23,770 --> 00:56:26,039 What do you think you're gonna say? 605 00:56:26,362 --> 00:56:28,850 It doesn't make any difference that she's Jewish, 606 00:56:29,018 --> 00:56:31,832 although it may raise questions about the children's faith. 607 00:56:32,154 --> 00:56:35,732 Children? Pug, he doesn't say a word about marrying her. 608 00:56:35,930 --> 00:56:38,297 It's the way he writes about her. 609 00:56:38,458 --> 00:56:42,287 If she's Aaron Jastrow's niece, she's probably top-drawer and brilliant. 610 00:56:42,521 --> 00:56:43,732 The point is, 611 00:56:43,897 --> 00:56:47,476 what chance has a marriage like that got to work nowadays? 612 00:56:47,641 --> 00:56:50,227 At least I want Byron to think. 613 00:56:50,393 --> 00:56:52,498 That comes hard to Byron. 614 00:57:25,911 --> 00:57:28,813 Another letter from your folks in Berlin? 615 00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:31,316 What's so funny? 616 00:57:31,479 --> 00:57:33,618 I guess you just have to know my father. 617 00:57:33,784 --> 00:57:35,028 Oh? 618 00:57:35,383 --> 00:57:37,805 He got the wrong impression from my last letter. 619 00:57:37,976 --> 00:57:40,048 You don't say. About what? 620 00:57:41,335 --> 00:57:43,407 Nothing you'd be interested in. 621 00:57:44,375 --> 00:57:46,863 Though it's too bad there isn't a chance. 622 00:57:47,543 --> 00:57:48,884 Good news! 623 00:57:49,046 --> 00:57:51,348 The archbishop has arranged for seats for us 624 00:57:51,511 --> 00:57:54,413 behind the judge's stand for the second Palio. 625 00:57:54,583 --> 00:57:58,990 - I thought you weren't gonna attend. - This makes it much more attractive, 626 00:57:59,158 --> 00:58:03,249 so book my airplane tickets a week later for Greece. 627 00:58:03,414 --> 00:58:06,513 The... August 23, I think. 628 00:58:06,678 --> 00:58:09,230 Wonderful. That's when I'll fly to Warsaw. 629 00:58:20,277 --> 00:58:23,092 "What follows gets into prognostication 630 00:58:23,253 --> 00:58:26,602 "so may be judged frivolous or journalistic. 631 00:58:27,861 --> 00:58:29,803 "However, to this observer, 632 00:58:29,973 --> 00:58:33,355 "all the evidence indicates that Adolf Hitler at this time 633 00:58:33,525 --> 00:58:38,096 "is negotiating a military alliance with the Soviet Union." 634 00:58:38,964 --> 00:58:41,811 Henry, do you really intend to send this stuff 635 00:58:41,973 --> 00:58:44,394 to the Office of Naval Intelligence? 636 00:58:44,565 --> 00:58:46,539 That's the way I see it, sir. 637 00:58:46,708 --> 00:58:51,497 My job here is reporting on Germany's combat readiness and political trends. 638 00:58:51,668 --> 00:58:56,108 Henry, anti-communism is the lifeblood of Hitler's politics. 639 00:58:56,276 --> 00:58:59,309 The German people's fear of the Bolsheviks put him in power 640 00:58:59,475 --> 00:59:01,363 and keeps him there. 641 00:59:02,292 --> 00:59:04,659 When Grobke took me to that submarine base, 642 00:59:04,820 --> 00:59:06,794 I saw some very interesting things. 643 00:59:06,963 --> 00:59:09,963 When I left there, it was quiet as a graveyard. 644 00:59:10,132 --> 00:59:11,790 No night shift. 645 00:59:12,243 --> 00:59:16,204 I don't think Hitler's people are behind him for full mobilization. 646 00:59:16,691 --> 00:59:19,725 And the way I see their industrial picture, 647 00:59:19,891 --> 00:59:24,560 they can't get into Poland without first nullifying the Soviet Union. 648 00:59:25,139 --> 00:59:27,921 Well, all I can say is, if I send in this report, 649 00:59:28,082 --> 00:59:30,930 I'll be laughed out of the Foreign Service. 650 00:59:31,091 --> 00:59:34,124 And I don't think it'll do your career much good either. 651 00:59:34,290 --> 00:59:37,356 - I wouldn't want to look like a fool. - Good. 652 00:59:37,522 --> 00:59:42,028 Leave the global masterminding to the men who are paid for it. 653 00:59:42,930 --> 00:59:45,351 Now, there's your report. 654 00:59:46,513 --> 00:59:48,008 Yes, sir. 655 00:59:51,473 --> 00:59:53,066 Unthinkable! 656 00:59:53,233 --> 00:59:57,357 - Why? Isn't it militarily sound? - Militarily, militarily, militarily. 657 00:59:57,522 --> 01:00:00,239 A pact with the United States would be equally sound. 658 01:00:00,402 --> 01:00:03,085 But Poland doesn't lie between Germany and the US. 659 01:00:03,249 --> 01:00:05,737 It would be a political miracle. 660 01:00:05,905 --> 01:00:08,840 Well, isn't that your Fuehrer's specialty? 661 01:00:09,009 --> 01:00:12,653 Sheer fantasy, commander. Crude melodrama. 662 01:00:12,817 --> 01:00:14,344 If you say so. 663 01:00:14,512 --> 01:00:17,546 I'm afraid you do not understand European politics. 664 01:00:17,713 --> 01:00:21,673 Is Germany prepared to fight an all-out war on two fronts? 665 01:00:21,840 --> 01:00:24,655 Number one, war is not inevitable. 666 01:00:24,816 --> 01:00:29,223 Number two, two fronts are also not inevitable. 667 01:00:31,536 --> 01:00:36,685 Well, Victor, let's hope I am better on a horse than on the tennis court, huh? 668 01:01:09,615 --> 01:01:13,738 With Case White, the invasion of Poland, only 20 days away, 669 01:01:13,902 --> 01:01:16,684 Mussolini sends his son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano, 670 01:01:16,847 --> 01:01:20,621 the Italian foreign minister, to Hitler’s mountain retreat. 671 01:01:25,582 --> 01:01:27,469 Mein Fuehrer. 672 01:01:28,429 --> 01:01:29,858 Graf Ciano. 673 01:01:30,030 --> 01:01:31,437 Frהu Eva Braun. 674 01:01:33,262 --> 01:01:36,578 Charming and urbane, with the ability to speak fluent German, 675 01:01:36,750 --> 01:01:39,783 Ciano has been charged with a mission of relaying to Hitler 676 01:01:39,949 --> 01:01:43,811 Il Duce's decision not to enter into any armed conflict over Poland, 677 01:01:43,981 --> 01:01:48,171 despite the vaunted Pact of Steel between their two countries. 678 01:02:07,884 --> 01:02:11,015 Hitler discloses the plans for Case White to Ciano. 679 01:02:11,180 --> 01:02:12,968 He must attack by September 1 680 01:02:13,132 --> 01:02:16,002 because the autumn rains start October 15th. 681 01:02:16,171 --> 01:02:17,665 He needs six weeks. 682 01:02:17,835 --> 01:02:21,796 Two weeks to smash Poland, two to four weeks for mop-up. 683 01:02:32,939 --> 01:02:36,387 Ciano warns Hitler that Italy is unprepared for war. 684 01:02:36,555 --> 01:02:38,442 He explains that the Pact of Steel 685 01:02:38,602 --> 01:02:43,839 was signed in anticipation of war in 1942, not 1939. 686 01:02:44,010 --> 01:02:46,825 He proposes another Munich-style conference. 687 01:02:46,986 --> 01:02:51,012 Maybe the West will give in again without a fight. 688 01:03:40,808 --> 01:03:42,750 - Unthinkable! - Why? 689 01:03:42,920 --> 01:03:46,018 Your chargי is exactly right. Read Mein Kampf. 690 01:03:46,184 --> 01:03:48,486 - I did. - You haven't grasped it. 691 01:03:48,648 --> 01:03:51,168 He says himself somewhere that a pact with Russia 692 01:03:51,336 --> 01:03:53,474 will be the end of Germany. 693 01:03:53,639 --> 01:03:58,276 I did a little ungentlemanly spying aboard Grobke's flagship. 694 01:03:58,439 --> 01:04:00,032 I saw some operational figures. 695 01:04:00,199 --> 01:04:03,581 He'd like me to think that he has 70 submarines operational. 696 01:04:03,751 --> 01:04:05,377 I doubt that he has 50. 697 01:04:05,575 --> 01:04:06,785 - Well? - So, 698 01:04:06,951 --> 01:04:09,918 it's just part of the general German unpreparedness. 699 01:04:10,087 --> 01:04:13,862 Hitler can't go to bat if there's a risk Stalin will come against him. 700 01:04:14,119 --> 01:04:18,461 Just so. And we've got an alliance with Stalin practically sewed up. 701 01:04:18,631 --> 01:04:22,624 So Hitler's stymied. So no war. 702 01:04:22,790 --> 01:04:25,692 So why hasn't this alliance been announced? 703 01:04:29,670 --> 01:04:31,099 What do you think, Pamela? 704 01:04:32,998 --> 01:04:36,794 I think if that report would jeopardize your career and make you unhappy, 705 01:04:36,966 --> 01:04:38,689 then, by all means, tear it up. 706 01:04:39,301 --> 01:04:41,308 That's hardly the point, is it? 707 01:04:42,245 --> 01:04:44,896 As far as I'm concerned it is. 708 01:04:48,294 --> 01:04:51,905 Victor, don't send that report. 709 01:04:52,069 --> 01:04:55,037 If you do, you'll make a complete ass of yourself. 710 01:05:14,757 --> 01:05:16,251 Come in. 711 01:05:18,149 --> 01:05:20,058 The courier, commander. 712 01:05:21,700 --> 01:05:23,838 - Yes, sir. - When are you leaving? 713 01:05:24,004 --> 01:05:28,576 I'm about ready to seal the pouch now. I leave for Tempelhof in ten minutes. 714 01:05:29,572 --> 01:05:32,190 Hold the pouch open for me and wait outside. 715 01:05:32,355 --> 01:05:33,729 Yes, sir. 716 01:06:36,929 --> 01:06:41,151 Telephone orders from Keitel at Supreme Fuehrer headquarters. 717 01:06:44,129 --> 01:06:48,733 "Battleships and submarines proceed to war stations. 718 01:06:49,216 --> 01:06:53,755 "Dispatch telegrams to commence army mobilization. 719 01:06:54,176 --> 01:06:59,097 "Move army headquarters to Zossen at once for operations." 720 01:06:59,968 --> 01:07:01,658 Did General Thomas 721 01:07:01,824 --> 01:07:05,370 present the army's warning memorandum to Keitel? 722 01:07:05,536 --> 01:07:07,575 Read it to him. 723 01:07:08,224 --> 01:07:10,166 And his response? 724 01:07:11,712 --> 01:07:13,948 His response? 725 01:07:15,168 --> 01:07:17,917 Britain is too decadent, France too degenerate, 726 01:07:18,079 --> 01:07:22,203 America too uninterested to fight for Poland. 727 01:07:23,743 --> 01:07:25,630 And the Soviet Union? 728 01:07:25,791 --> 01:07:28,409 What is his opinion of the Soviet Union? 729 01:07:33,279 --> 01:07:35,166 Issue the orders. 730 01:07:37,150 --> 01:07:38,776 Immediately. 731 01:07:58,170 --> 01:07:59,430 732 01:08:30,320 --> 01:08:35,053 Well, hasn't the archbishop done us proud! 733 01:08:35,215 --> 01:08:37,548 Couldn't have better seats. 734 01:12:27,151 --> 01:12:30,532 - Can a riderless horse win? - You're asking me? 735 01:12:34,125 --> 01:12:35,750 Yes, indeed. 736 01:12:35,917 --> 01:12:37,705 Just so. 737 01:13:10,851 --> 01:13:12,890 Bravo! Bravo! 738 01:14:05,940 --> 01:14:10,760 - I think that horse was drugged. - Yes, sir. I think most of them are. 739 01:14:26,606 --> 01:14:30,434 - What on earth is going on there? - It's a double-cross. 740 01:14:30,605 --> 01:14:33,125 That guy probably sold out to another parish. 741 01:14:45,705 --> 01:14:48,192 Natalie, this article will write itself. 742 01:14:48,361 --> 01:14:50,367 What these Sienese have evolved 743 01:14:50,536 --> 01:14:55,423 is a grotesque little parody of European nationalism. 744 01:14:55,590 --> 01:14:58,240 The Palio is war. 745 01:15:00,037 --> 01:15:03,549 This is war. Let's get out of here now! 746 01:15:47,769 --> 01:15:50,517 I hadn't quite bargained on this. 747 01:15:50,679 --> 01:15:53,396 My feet are barely on the ground. 748 01:15:53,559 --> 01:15:55,413 Just keep walking. 749 01:15:55,574 --> 01:15:58,607 - Hang on to him, Byron. - Hold on. 750 01:15:59,189 --> 01:16:03,181 Go along with it. We'll get out of here next time we come to a side street. 751 01:16:21,455 --> 01:16:23,789 Oh, dear, what is that? 752 01:16:41,033 --> 01:16:42,375 Where's Aaron? 753 01:16:51,399 --> 01:16:52,773 My God! 754 01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:19,253 - Are you OK, sir? - My glasses, they're shattered. 755 01:17:19,423 --> 01:17:23,415 That was quite a commotion. Close call there, wasn't it? 756 01:17:23,901 --> 01:17:26,835 These people are out of their minds. 757 01:17:27,453 --> 01:17:29,208 - He's fine. - I said it was a war. 758 01:17:30,332 --> 01:17:31,957 - We must spare civilians. - Thanks. 759 01:17:33,692 --> 01:17:35,600 People are absolutely insane! 760 01:17:37,179 --> 01:17:40,309 Well, in for a penny, in for a pound. 761 01:17:40,473 --> 01:17:42,894 I find all this quite exhilarating. 762 01:17:43,065 --> 01:17:45,203 So let's go. 763 01:17:48,119 --> 01:17:51,380 You better hang on to me a little more tightly, Byron. 764 01:17:51,542 --> 01:17:54,836 You were a little derelict there for a moment. 765 01:18:14,531 --> 01:18:17,116 There are snags in the Nazi-Soviet deal. 766 01:18:17,281 --> 01:18:21,503 The Russians are getting tougher, and are in no hurry to proceed. 767 01:18:21,664 --> 01:18:23,387 Valuable time passes. 768 01:18:23,552 --> 01:18:25,559 Telegrams fly back and forth. 769 01:18:25,727 --> 01:18:27,931 Ribbentrop has offered to fly to Moscow, 770 01:18:28,095 --> 01:18:30,963 with full powers to conclude a pact. 771 01:18:31,134 --> 01:18:32,694 Weighing on Hitler’s mind 772 01:18:32,862 --> 01:18:36,025 is the knowledge that the British and French military envoys 773 01:18:36,189 --> 01:18:38,839 are in Russia, still negotiating. 774 01:18:39,004 --> 01:18:43,028 Finally, he comes to an unprecedented decision. 775 01:18:44,058 --> 01:18:45,552 He will humble himself 776 01:18:45,722 --> 01:18:50,193 and write a personal letter of appeal to his great enemy, Stalin. 777 01:18:51,576 --> 01:18:54,958 Something has to be done about it before it is too late. 778 01:18:56,023 --> 01:19:00,626 The tension between Germany and Poland 779 01:19:01,429 --> 01:19:03,698 has become intolerable. 780 01:19:04,596 --> 01:19:08,970 A crisis may arise any day. 781 01:19:10,611 --> 01:19:13,032 I therefore propose 782 01:19:13,650 --> 01:19:16,551 that you receive my foreign minister 783 01:19:17,297 --> 01:19:22,053 on Tuesday, August 22. 784 01:19:22,223 --> 01:19:26,183 At the latest, August 23. 785 01:19:29,774 --> 01:19:36,395 I should be glad to receive your early answer. 786 01:20:12,482 --> 01:20:14,936 Byron, have you ever been to Warsaw? 787 01:20:15,265 --> 01:20:16,541 No, why? 788 01:20:16,705 --> 01:20:18,810 Would you like to come there with me? 789 01:20:20,448 --> 01:20:22,204 What would be the point? 790 01:20:23,391 --> 01:20:26,837 The thing is, Aaron's getting difficult about my trip. 791 01:20:28,189 --> 01:20:30,011 And my going would make a difference? 792 01:20:30,206 --> 01:20:31,514 Yes. 793 01:20:31,676 --> 01:20:33,563 Don't you know what he calls you now? 794 01:20:33,724 --> 01:20:36,342 My "golden lad". 795 01:20:36,508 --> 01:20:38,995 He can't get over what you did at the Palio. 796 01:20:39,162 --> 01:20:41,944 - Oh, you exaggerate that. - No. 797 01:20:42,106 --> 01:20:46,447 You showed striking presence of mind. I was very impressed. So was Aaron. 798 01:20:46,617 --> 01:20:49,234 I mean, that horse might very well have killed him. 799 01:20:50,583 --> 01:20:54,292 What about Slote? He'd take a dim view of me showing up with you. 800 01:20:54,934 --> 01:20:57,268 I'll handle Slote, all right? 801 01:21:00,501 --> 01:21:05,006 With Aaron away in Greece, I couldn't imagine a more dismal place than this. 802 01:21:06,451 --> 01:21:08,273 Why not, Natalie. 803 01:21:09,170 --> 01:21:12,715 Terrific. We'll have a wonderful time, I promise you. 804 01:21:16,305 --> 01:21:20,908 Byron, I cannot tell you what a load you have taken off my mind. 805 01:21:21,072 --> 01:21:26,634 This headstrong girl doesn't realize how wild and backward Poland is. 806 01:21:26,797 --> 01:21:30,179 The political situation is deteriorating by the day. 807 01:21:30,349 --> 01:21:33,960 - You talk as though I were an idiot. - You are a girl! 808 01:21:34,124 --> 01:21:37,057 You have quite a lot of trouble remembering that. 809 01:21:37,227 --> 01:21:40,390 However, my mind is much more at ease. 810 01:21:40,554 --> 01:21:43,041 You're a very capable young man, Byron. 811 01:21:43,209 --> 01:21:47,037 Let's have a bottle of champagne on it. Champagne, Maria. 812 01:21:48,296 --> 01:21:49,506 So... 813 01:21:49,671 --> 01:21:52,965 You and Natalie are off to Warsaw. 814 01:21:53,127 --> 01:21:56,093 I hope you'll manage to see my cousin Berel. 815 01:21:56,262 --> 01:22:00,897 I haven't seen him since I left Poland almost 50 years ago. 816 01:22:01,060 --> 01:22:05,761 Berel Jastrow. Presence of mind was his strong point too. 817 01:22:13,281 --> 01:22:16,030 The time pressure continues to grow. 818 01:22:16,192 --> 01:22:20,947 Twenty-four hours have passed, and still no reply from Moscow. 819 01:22:21,119 --> 01:22:26,268 Hitler is in a state of near collapse from sleeplessness and tension. 820 01:22:28,189 --> 01:22:29,650 Fuehrer. 821 01:22:30,300 --> 01:22:31,958 The reply. 822 01:22:33,756 --> 01:22:35,316 "I thank you for your letter. 823 01:22:35,482 --> 01:22:38,351 "I hope the German-Soviet nonaggression pact 824 01:22:38,522 --> 01:22:42,547 "marks a decided turn for the better in our relations. 825 01:22:43,768 --> 01:22:47,629 "The Soviet government agrees to von Ribbentrop's arrival in Moscow 826 01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:50,669 "on August the 23." 827 01:23:54,341 --> 01:23:58,235 Pug! You were right. They were all wrong and you were right! 828 01:23:59,236 --> 01:24:01,472 Compliments on your prescience, Victor. 829 01:24:01,635 --> 01:24:03,577 You turned out to be right after all. 830 01:24:04,579 --> 01:24:08,604 The question is, what did he have to give Stalin? 831 01:24:27,484 --> 01:24:30,647 Looks like we could be walking right into the middle of a war. 832 01:24:30,875 --> 01:24:33,525 I realize for you this is no longer a gay excursion. 833 01:24:33,690 --> 01:24:36,624 - I'll go on by myself. - I don't think you understand. 834 01:24:36,794 --> 01:24:40,371 Hitler made this alliance to give him a free hand to invade Poland. 835 01:24:40,537 --> 01:24:44,627 Byron, you heard Aaron. Hitler hasn't used his army and he's not going to. 836 01:24:45,367 --> 01:24:48,944 I'd suggest you call Slote. Maybe he'll tell you not to come. 837 01:24:49,110 --> 01:24:51,859 I'll never get a call through to Warsaw today. 838 01:24:52,470 --> 01:24:54,030 Try. 839 01:25:18,127 --> 01:25:22,020 What are you talking about? I can't hear you. What? 840 01:25:26,413 --> 01:25:30,721 We were cut off before I could finish. I'm choking! Let's get some air. 841 01:25:34,314 --> 01:25:36,321 What did he say before you were cut off? 842 01:25:36,489 --> 01:25:38,376 He's furious. He said I was insane. 843 01:25:38,537 --> 01:25:40,479 The diplomats are burning papers. 844 01:25:40,649 --> 01:25:43,779 Hey, will you take it easy? What did you expect? 845 01:25:43,943 --> 01:25:45,153 What else? 846 01:25:45,319 --> 01:25:49,889 I should get out of Italy and go straight home with or without Aaron. 847 01:25:50,054 --> 01:25:53,087 God, it's hot! Buy me a lemonade or something. 848 01:26:03,682 --> 01:26:05,820 Let me see those plane tickets. 849 01:26:09,472 --> 01:26:11,643 I'm sure we can get a refund. 850 01:26:12,895 --> 01:26:15,611 You get the refund. They burned papers before Munich. 851 01:26:15,774 --> 01:26:18,588 England and France will fold up, just as they did then. 852 01:26:20,573 --> 01:26:23,158 Even if you're right, that embassy will be swamped. 853 01:26:23,325 --> 01:26:28,539 - You won't have a chance to see him. - I'm on my way. I'm not turning back. 854 01:26:34,361 --> 01:26:36,848 Give me the ticket. I'll go check us in. 855 01:26:39,032 --> 01:26:40,974 You sure you want to go? 856 01:26:41,304 --> 01:26:44,499 You needn't. Honestly. I'm releasing you. 857 01:26:45,526 --> 01:26:48,689 Wait a minute. I don't want you to come. Don't come. 858 01:26:48,853 --> 01:26:50,707 Tell Aaron I said that. 859 01:26:52,021 --> 01:26:55,500 Oh, shut up, Natalie. Just hand over the ticket. 860 01:26:56,339 --> 01:27:00,462 My, my! Listen to Byron Henry being masterful. 861 01:27:00,690 --> 01:27:02,697 The thing is, if anything does go wrong, 862 01:27:02,866 --> 01:27:06,127 I don't want to feel that it was I who dragged you into this. 863 01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:12,999 Finish your lemonade. I'll meet you at gate five. 864 01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:23,760 865 01:28:18,130 --> 01:28:19,853 There's Slote. 866 01:28:26,257 --> 01:28:30,000 - So you got my wire. - You madwoman. 867 01:28:30,162 --> 01:28:33,325 Only you'd make a pleasure trip during a general mobilization. 868 01:28:36,945 --> 01:28:38,767 - Hello, Byron. - Hi. 869 01:28:39,730 --> 01:28:42,544 Give me your passports. I can move you through fast. 870 01:28:47,185 --> 01:28:49,421 See these people? You know who they are? 871 01:28:49,585 --> 01:28:53,295 They're sensible people. They're getting out while the getting's good. 872 01:28:53,457 --> 01:28:55,366 They're Jews, mostly. 873 01:29:15,184 --> 01:29:17,606 Do you listen to the radio, read the newspapers? 874 01:29:17,776 --> 01:29:19,816 Do you pay attention to what's going on? 875 01:29:19,984 --> 01:29:22,799 What kind of a stupid question is that? Of course I do. 876 01:29:24,144 --> 01:29:27,046 The point is, are you glad to see me or not? 877 01:29:39,791 --> 01:29:42,954 By the way, did you manage to locate Uncle Aaron's cousin? 878 01:29:43,119 --> 01:29:44,907 Oh, your Berel Jastrow? 879 01:29:45,070 --> 01:29:49,293 He's out of town, it seems. Gone to Miedzyzdroje for his son's wedding. 880 01:29:49,455 --> 01:29:52,357 Oh, that's too bad. I wanted to meet him. 881 01:30:26,894 --> 01:30:28,999 There's no war scare here. 882 01:30:37,453 --> 01:30:41,609 On our way back to Rome, I thought we might stop off at Miedzyzdroje. 883 01:30:41,772 --> 01:30:43,398 Absolutely not. Forget it. 884 01:30:43,565 --> 01:30:47,787 I will not! Aaron told me to visit the family and that's what I'm going to do. 885 01:30:47,949 --> 01:30:51,724 There are half a million German soldiers in Czechoslovakia this minute, 886 01:30:51,885 --> 01:30:55,333 posted at the Jablonka Pass, 40 miles from Miedzyzdroje. 887 01:30:55,500 --> 01:30:57,256 You understand that? 888 01:31:10,507 --> 01:31:14,217 What was this? Paderewski's pied-א-terre? 889 01:31:14,380 --> 01:31:17,315 In the last three days, the hotels have all emptied out. 890 01:31:18,123 --> 01:31:20,841 They're virtually giving these rooms away. 891 01:31:32,715 --> 01:31:34,755 This is what I need. 892 01:31:36,490 --> 01:31:39,752 All right, gentlemen, leave. See you at dinner. 893 01:31:39,914 --> 01:31:42,729 I'm gonna have a great bath. 894 01:31:53,643 --> 01:31:57,319 Byron, listen, this Miedzyzdroje trip, it's... 895 01:31:57,482 --> 01:31:59,009 It's dangerous nonsense. 896 01:31:59,178 --> 01:32:01,730 I'm gonna get you air tickets out of here quickly. 897 01:32:01,897 --> 01:32:06,818 If it takes both of us to put her bodily on that plane, it has to be done. OK? 898 01:32:06,985 --> 01:32:08,610 Yeah, sure. 899 01:32:08,842 --> 01:32:11,427 Thank you. See you at dinner. 900 01:32:41,833 --> 01:32:44,898 Hi. I'm sorry to be late. The embassy is just a madhouse. 901 01:32:45,064 --> 01:32:48,993 It's the Jews. They're storming the gates. We've turned into visa officers. 902 01:32:49,160 --> 01:32:50,721 God knows, I don't blame them. 903 01:32:50,888 --> 01:32:54,915 If anyone can show a relative, a friend, a letter from the States, we process. 904 01:32:55,080 --> 01:32:59,139 Right now, a New York telephone book in Warsaw is worth 100 zlotys. 905 01:33:01,159 --> 01:33:03,647 Shall I just order for everybody? 906 01:33:09,063 --> 01:33:12,097 These are local specialties, you'll like them. 907 01:33:12,263 --> 01:33:15,197 Veal steak. It's very good here. Interested? 908 01:34:47,715 --> 01:34:51,195 I don't care what trouble you went through, I'm not going to Rome! 909 01:34:51,364 --> 01:34:52,858 I'm not ready to panic. 910 01:34:53,027 --> 01:34:55,711 Hitler will do what he wants to do. That'll be that. 911 01:34:55,876 --> 01:34:58,559 For all we know Hitler has given the order to march. 912 01:34:58,723 --> 01:35:02,171 In Miedzyzdroje, you have a 50-50 chance of being captured by Germans. 913 01:35:02,339 --> 01:35:06,332 - I think those odds are a bit risky. - Oh, be quiet, Slote! 914 01:35:26,274 --> 01:35:29,787 - Who's there? - Hey, Briny, are you dead? 915 01:35:31,810 --> 01:35:33,403 Just a minute. 916 01:35:35,682 --> 01:35:37,308 Just a second. 917 01:35:48,226 --> 01:35:50,397 - What are you doing? - I'm off to Miedzyzdroje. 918 01:35:50,561 --> 01:35:52,950 I'm not missing that wedding. Wanna come along? 919 01:35:55,104 --> 01:35:56,512 Didn't we just go to sleep? 920 01:35:56,705 --> 01:36:00,861 I never went to sleep. I've been with Leslie all night. Arguing, mostly. 921 01:36:01,153 --> 01:36:02,812 What time is it? 922 01:36:04,641 --> 01:36:07,706 Half past 6. The plane for Cracow leaves at 9. 923 01:36:07,873 --> 01:36:10,907 - Cracow? - It's the closest airport. 924 01:36:11,200 --> 01:36:12,892 Get in here. 925 01:36:17,504 --> 01:36:20,253 You told Slote you were flying to Rome this afternoon. 926 01:36:20,415 --> 01:36:22,204 I know. I'll leave him a note. 927 01:36:22,368 --> 01:36:26,361 We don't have to go back to Warsaw. We can go to Rome from Cracow. 928 01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:31,036 - Have you heard any kind of news? - We listened to BBC at 6. 929 01:36:31,199 --> 01:36:35,193 Henderson is conferring with Hitler. Chamberlain went to the country. 930 01:36:35,360 --> 01:36:39,549 Slote himself says that the British are crawfishing and that the worst is over. 931 01:36:39,712 --> 01:36:43,356 When will I ever have another chance to see where my parents come from 932 01:36:43,519 --> 01:36:45,940 and meet my family? I'm here, now. 933 01:36:46,111 --> 01:36:49,340 How are you gonna get from Cracow to Miedzyzdroje? 934 01:36:49,503 --> 01:36:51,259 Wired Berel Jastrow to meet me. 935 01:36:56,735 --> 01:36:58,360 OK, I'll go with you. 936 01:36:59,135 --> 01:37:01,404 - You will? - Yeah. 937 01:37:05,054 --> 01:37:07,608 You're as goofy as I am, Briny. 938 01:37:46,269 --> 01:37:51,866 Oh, Natalie, you will have big surprise when we come to Miedzyzdroje. 939 01:37:52,029 --> 01:37:57,243 All family very happy American kuzynka is coming for marriage. 940 01:37:57,405 --> 01:38:00,339 This is very good luck for everybody. 941 01:38:00,508 --> 01:38:04,053 You'd better brace yourself for a big reception. 942 01:38:05,212 --> 01:38:08,179 And you no worry for going to Rome. 943 01:38:08,348 --> 01:38:10,714 I have very good friends in Cracow. 944 01:38:10,875 --> 01:38:17,433 And no problem for you to fly airplane day after marriage. No problem. 945 01:38:17,628 --> 01:38:20,017 What did I tell you? Nothing to worry about. 946 01:38:39,867 --> 01:38:41,427 Oswiecim! 947 01:38:41,595 --> 01:38:44,530 That's where Father and Aaron studied the Talmud as boys. 948 01:38:44,699 --> 01:38:47,863 Only it had a different name then, under Austria. 949 01:38:48,250 --> 01:38:51,000 Berel, what was Oswiecim called before, under Austria? 950 01:38:51,163 --> 01:38:54,611 - Before, it was Auschwitz. - Yeah, that's it. 951 01:38:55,578 --> 01:38:56,822 Auschwitz? 952 01:39:28,729 --> 01:39:33,813 Natalie, this is our village, Miedzyzdroje. 953 01:40:03,064 --> 01:40:06,195 Many, many from this children is your cousins. 954 01:40:06,360 --> 01:40:10,899 You know, half, no, more than half of this village is Jastrows. 955 01:40:11,448 --> 01:40:12,658 Is he serious? 956 01:40:12,983 --> 01:40:15,733 Yes, and we're gonna meet every single one of them. 957 01:40:15,896 --> 01:40:17,140 Yes. 958 01:41:12,790 --> 01:41:14,829 Henry, Byron. 959 01:41:32,468 --> 01:41:34,355 The Rabbi. 960 01:41:42,100 --> 01:41:44,205 What in the world did he say to them? 961 01:41:44,373 --> 01:41:49,740 He said you're my protector, an American Naval officer Aaron sent. 962 01:48:02,213 --> 01:48:05,410 Byron. Byron. 963 01:48:05,893 --> 01:48:08,381 - The Germans. - What about them? 964 01:48:08,550 --> 01:48:10,339 They coming. 965 01:48:12,240 --> 01:48:14,760 966 01:48:29,860 --> 01:48:31,136 - Hi. - Hi. 967 01:48:31,299 --> 01:48:34,812 They crossed the Czech border 50 miles from here, headed for Cracow. 968 01:48:34,978 --> 01:48:37,661 - Right this way. - Well, what do we do now? 969 01:48:37,826 --> 01:48:40,127 Get back to the American Embassy in Warsaw. 970 01:48:40,289 --> 01:48:41,718 Brilliant. How? 971 01:48:41,889 --> 01:48:46,079 I buy you two tickets on train to go to Warsaw. 972 01:48:46,241 --> 01:48:49,688 - How do you get there? - Oh, my family and me, 973 01:48:49,856 --> 01:48:53,151 we go in automobile. Don't worry. 974 01:48:53,567 --> 01:48:56,600 Three hundred miles in front of the German advance in that? 975 01:48:56,767 --> 01:48:58,261 No problem. Good car. 976 01:48:58,430 --> 01:49:02,259 Give them to your wife and daughter. We'll go with you and the newlyweds. 977 01:49:02,430 --> 01:49:04,884 - No, no, no. - No, I insist. 978 01:49:12,347 --> 01:49:14,169 Sorry I got you into this, Briny. 979 01:49:15,867 --> 01:49:19,859 Forget it. It'll be interesting. Besides, it was a great wedding. 980 01:49:38,679 --> 01:49:42,354 I don't think Poland will hold out more than two or three weeks. 981 01:49:42,517 --> 01:49:44,939 - Talky, how are you? - What are you doing here? 982 01:49:45,110 --> 01:49:46,898 I've come to interview your chargי. 983 01:49:47,060 --> 01:49:49,101 Haven't the other British correspondents left? 984 01:49:49,269 --> 01:49:51,025 The Jerries gave me until tonight. 985 01:49:51,189 --> 01:49:54,385 Want to hear the bad man explain all to the Reichstag? 986 01:49:54,548 --> 01:49:57,645 I can get you into the press box. My last story from Berlin. 987 01:49:57,811 --> 01:50:00,429 - Sure, I'll go. - Good. Pamela will pick you up. 988 01:50:00,594 --> 01:50:05,001 - She's packing like mad. - Tudsbury, will England fight? 989 01:50:05,713 --> 01:50:07,917 By God, I hope she will. 990 01:50:08,081 --> 01:50:11,396 If Chamberlain won't declare war, I think he'll fall. 991 01:50:11,601 --> 01:50:14,916 Well, see you in the Reichstag. 992 01:50:40,107 --> 01:50:41,317 Ryan! 993 01:50:41,994 --> 01:50:43,368 Sir. 994 01:50:47,626 --> 01:50:50,374 - Call him. - Oh, the lines are jammed, sir. 995 01:50:50,537 --> 01:50:52,097 Get through. 996 01:52:37,589 --> 01:52:40,174 It's gonna be a long ride to Warsaw, isn't it? 997 01:52:40,788 --> 01:52:43,406 Well, maybe it'll clear out as we go along. 998 01:53:06,384 --> 01:53:08,238 They're magnificent, aren't they? 999 01:53:08,686 --> 01:53:12,003 Yes, they are very brave men. 1000 01:53:12,590 --> 01:53:14,924 I wonder how they'll do against tanks. 1001 01:53:25,837 --> 01:53:30,952 I think we have hole in tire, I think. 1002 01:53:54,310 --> 01:53:56,099 Commander Henry! 1003 01:53:56,390 --> 01:53:59,554 I had no idea my son was not in Italy with you. 1004 01:53:59,941 --> 01:54:03,999 Oh, seven days ago, he and my niece went up to Warsaw. 1005 01:54:04,164 --> 01:54:05,691 Warsaw! 1006 01:54:05,859 --> 01:54:08,926 Yes, she had a friend there in the embassy, 1007 01:54:09,091 --> 01:54:11,425 a second secretary, Leslie Slote. 1008 01:54:11,587 --> 01:54:13,659 They expect to get married, in fact. 1009 01:54:13,986 --> 01:54:17,433 But I've been trying and trying to get through to Warsaw. 1010 01:54:17,602 --> 01:54:19,511 I'll get on this right away. 1011 01:54:20,257 --> 01:54:23,007 Well, it was a harebrained trip, 1012 01:54:23,170 --> 01:54:26,136 but when your son volunteered to go with her, 1013 01:54:26,305 --> 01:54:31,672 that was a relief to me. He seems to be a very capable young man. 1014 01:54:33,246 --> 01:54:35,701 I'll wire you as soon as I find anything out. 1015 01:54:36,894 --> 01:54:38,104 You know, 1016 01:54:38,270 --> 01:54:43,191 this gives me a strange and terribly sad feeling. 1017 01:54:43,357 --> 01:54:46,422 I can't help remembering the last war. 1018 01:54:46,876 --> 01:54:49,014 Not so long ago, doctor. 1019 01:54:49,180 --> 01:54:52,475 Well, I hope to meet you one day. 1020 01:54:52,635 --> 01:54:56,344 I'd like to know Byron's father. 1021 01:54:56,507 --> 01:54:58,230 He worships you, you know. 1022 01:54:59,131 --> 01:55:02,064 If you hear anything, will you please let me know? 1023 01:55:02,234 --> 01:55:05,396 I will, I will. Goodbye, doctor. 1024 01:55:29,108 --> 01:55:30,450 Here. 1025 01:55:31,221 --> 01:55:35,660 - This one looks worse than that one. - Don't worry. I will fix it very good. 1026 01:55:40,530 --> 01:55:45,351 Byron. Byron, the woman, she asks if you want something to eat. 1027 01:55:45,521 --> 01:55:47,408 We cannot eat this. You can. 1028 01:55:47,601 --> 01:55:50,862 No, thanks. I'm gonna get this tire fixed. 1029 01:55:55,344 --> 01:55:57,285 I'm glad you're amused. 1030 01:56:08,621 --> 01:56:10,027 - Get under the car! - What? 1031 01:56:10,188 --> 01:56:12,609 Go on, get under the car! Get her in there! 1032 01:58:11,669 --> 01:58:13,076 Byron! 1033 01:58:15,349 --> 01:58:17,204 Byron! 1034 01:58:22,420 --> 01:58:23,849 Byron, for God's sake! 1035 01:58:31,890 --> 01:58:33,777 That was a close one. 1036 01:58:35,885 --> 01:58:38,078 Mama! Mama! 1037 01:58:39,574 --> 01:58:43,173 Mama! Mama! Mama! 1038 01:58:43,727 --> 01:58:44,739 Mama! 1039 01:58:46,943 --> 01:58:49,700 Mama! Mama! 1040 01:58:51,489 --> 01:58:52,501 Mama! 1041 01:58:54,353 --> 01:58:55,365 Mama! 1042 01:59:00,690 --> 01:59:01,362 1043 01:59:01,580 --> 01:59:05,475 Extra! Read all about it. War in Europe. 1044 01:59:05,645 --> 01:59:09,092 Hitler invades Poland! Warsaw bombed! 1045 01:59:09,260 --> 01:59:13,700 England and France mobilizes. Read all about it! Extra! 1046 01:59:13,868 --> 01:59:16,137 Get your morning papers here. 1047 01:59:16,300 --> 01:59:19,147 - Extra! Extra! - I just heard it on the radio. 1048 01:59:19,307 --> 01:59:21,544 - It's really happening. - It sure is, lady. 1049 01:59:21,708 --> 01:59:24,773 - Who's gonna win the war? - Let's hope it isn't Hitler. 1050 01:59:24,940 --> 01:59:26,150 Ain't he something? 1051 01:59:27,884 --> 01:59:31,113 I've always said the man is crazy, and this proves it. 1052 01:59:31,276 --> 01:59:34,659 Well, honey, so long as we keep out of it, who cares who wins? 1053 01:59:34,827 --> 01:59:38,657 Extra! Read all about it! War in Europe! 1054 01:59:38,828 --> 01:59:42,210 Hitler invades Poland! Warsaw bombed! 1055 02:00:07,691 --> 02:00:12,066 Now, damn it, Fred, CBS News has gone and snatched my girl! 1056 02:00:12,235 --> 02:00:14,439 I work for CBS too! 1057 02:00:14,603 --> 02:00:17,156 Look, I know it's the war. 1058 02:00:17,323 --> 02:00:21,152 My whole show this morning is about the war. 1059 02:00:21,515 --> 02:00:23,587 Look, Fred, I need some help down here. 1060 02:00:23,755 --> 02:00:25,827 What do you mean you can't send anybody? 1061 02:00:25,995 --> 02:00:29,890 Fred, there's scripts to be... This is not a one-man operation, Fred. 1062 02:00:30,058 --> 02:00:31,782 Mr. Cleveland? 1063 02:00:32,683 --> 02:00:34,918 Just a minute, Fred. Yes? 1064 02:00:35,082 --> 02:00:36,773 The personnel office sent me. 1065 02:00:37,322 --> 02:00:39,875 You? How old are you? 1066 02:00:40,714 --> 02:00:42,275 Twenty. 1067 02:00:43,529 --> 02:00:44,740 What's your name? 1068 02:00:45,290 --> 02:00:46,632 Madeline Henry. 1069 02:00:48,426 --> 02:00:50,401 All right, Fred. 1070 02:00:51,977 --> 02:00:55,076 Well, Madeline, let's get started. 1071 02:00:57,674 --> 02:01:00,838 First, I want some more coffee and a chicken sandwich. 1072 02:01:01,002 --> 02:01:03,817 And there's tomorrow's script to be typed over. 1073 02:01:03,978 --> 02:01:05,571 - Mr. Cleveland. - Yes? 1074 02:01:05,738 --> 02:01:08,225 Well, I have to tell you that I'm very temporary. 1075 02:01:08,393 --> 02:01:12,420 I have to go to school in Washington in three weeks or my father will kill me. 1076 02:01:12,586 --> 02:01:14,309 Three weeks...? 1077 02:01:14,474 --> 02:01:17,223 Mr. Cleveland, please let me work for you till then. 1078 02:01:17,385 --> 02:01:20,964 Your show's brilliant. I'll get the coffee, I'll type the script. 1079 02:01:21,129 --> 02:01:23,017 How much experience have you had? 1080 02:01:23,849 --> 02:01:26,020 Well, none, but... 1081 02:01:26,185 --> 02:01:29,730 Look, I've been trying to get into broadcasting for four months. 1082 02:01:30,154 --> 02:01:33,983 This is the only chance I've had at a real job. Please give me a chance. 1083 02:01:34,154 --> 02:01:36,772 What does your father do? Is he in government? 1084 02:01:37,097 --> 02:01:39,814 Well, he's in Berlin. He's the Naval attachי there. 1085 02:01:41,289 --> 02:01:45,217 Your father is our Naval attachי in Nazi Germany? 1086 02:01:45,800 --> 02:01:47,394 Yeah. 1087 02:01:47,720 --> 02:01:51,976 Madeline, would you by any chance know of an admiral 1088 02:01:52,137 --> 02:01:55,617 by the name of Preble? 1089 02:01:55,849 --> 02:01:58,215 - Stewart Preble? - That's him. 1090 02:01:58,376 --> 02:02:01,126 Is he some high mucky-muck? 1091 02:02:01,288 --> 02:02:04,866 - He's chief of Naval operations. - Big job? 1092 02:02:05,257 --> 02:02:07,907 Mr. Cleveland, you don't get any higher in the Navy. 1093 02:02:09,480 --> 02:02:13,374 He's at the Warwick. We keep tabs on all the large hotels. 1094 02:02:14,057 --> 02:02:15,845 Does he know your father? 1095 02:02:16,489 --> 02:02:18,725 As a matter of fact, he does. 1096 02:02:19,304 --> 02:02:22,653 My father was his aide when he was working in Washington. 1097 02:02:23,144 --> 02:02:25,086 His aide? 1098 02:02:28,712 --> 02:02:30,534 Look, kid... 1099 02:02:30,793 --> 02:02:34,535 admirals and generals usually are lousy guests, but there's a war on. 1100 02:02:34,696 --> 02:02:36,157 So they're hot. 1101 02:02:36,328 --> 02:02:39,175 Take this to the Warwick and deliver it to Preble. 1102 02:02:39,464 --> 02:02:41,568 Don't let them push you around. 1103 02:02:41,736 --> 02:02:44,703 - You mean I got the job? - Sure. Just get to Preble. 1104 02:02:44,872 --> 02:02:47,654 Use the old charm. Make him say yes. 1105 02:02:47,816 --> 02:02:50,980 - How's your charm? - Not like yours. 1106 02:02:51,688 --> 02:02:53,575 Move your tail! 1107 02:02:55,463 --> 02:02:58,049 Oh, Mr. Cleveland, the sandwich and the coffee? 1108 02:02:58,216 --> 02:03:00,190 Get going. That's your car fare. 1109 02:03:00,424 --> 02:03:02,430 Oh, aye, aye, sir. 1110 02:03:03,943 --> 02:03:06,496 Okey-be-bedokey. 1111 02:03:41,542 --> 02:03:43,964 - Hi. - Good afternoon. 1112 02:03:46,599 --> 02:03:48,736 The news is bad. 1113 02:03:51,367 --> 02:03:54,912 Radio Warsaw claims they've been pushing them back with heavy losses. 1114 02:03:55,366 --> 02:03:58,181 Rubbish. My father's been on the phone to Stockholm. 1115 02:03:58,342 --> 02:04:01,212 The Polish air force doesn't exist anymore. 1116 02:04:01,382 --> 02:04:05,343 The Germans broke through the whole front with tank companies. 1117 02:04:05,510 --> 02:04:07,234 Panzers, they're called. 1118 02:04:07,399 --> 02:04:11,424 Yeah, the Germans are very good at spreading such stuff around. 1119 02:04:32,358 --> 02:04:34,627 Well, we can't sit here all day. 1120 02:05:22,981 --> 02:05:26,975 I'm gonna miss your fireball style of driving. 1121 02:05:28,900 --> 02:05:30,624 Well, where are you off to next? 1122 02:05:30,789 --> 02:05:34,017 London. Then Washington, I should think. 1123 02:05:35,205 --> 02:05:37,059 Don't you have a young man in London 1124 02:05:37,221 --> 02:05:41,376 or several who object to your jumping around so much? 1125 02:05:42,181 --> 02:05:46,752 Not at the moment. My father says he needs me. 1126 02:06:07,363 --> 02:06:10,495 - Late as usual. - Well, I drove as fast as I could. 1127 02:06:10,659 --> 02:06:13,026 Come on, commander. Just in time. 1128 02:06:13,219 --> 02:06:15,936 - I'll be waiting in the same place. - Right. 1129 02:08:09,473 --> 02:08:11,480 I can't believe they're buying this. 1130 02:08:11,649 --> 02:08:13,307 They're eating it up. 1131 02:08:13,473 --> 02:08:17,085 Do you realize he's been talking for almost an hour? 1132 02:10:38,846 --> 02:10:41,813 Well, what did you think? 1133 02:10:41,982 --> 02:10:44,437 - He's not big enough. - He's big. 1134 02:10:44,606 --> 02:10:46,994 That's the mistake we made here far too long. 1135 02:10:47,165 --> 02:10:50,013 You and the French have him outnumbered and outgunned. 1136 02:10:50,174 --> 02:10:51,864 The French? 1137 02:10:52,733 --> 02:10:54,360 There's Pam. 1138 02:11:01,950 --> 02:11:05,081 Henry, we're gonna need help to stop this fellow. 1139 02:11:05,245 --> 02:11:07,154 You tell them that in Washington. 1140 02:11:07,325 --> 02:11:09,147 Don't you think I will? 1141 02:11:10,205 --> 02:11:12,278 You tell them as well. 1142 02:11:13,917 --> 02:11:15,259 Happy landings. 1143 02:11:15,517 --> 02:11:17,404 The same to you, commander. 1144 02:11:33,213 --> 02:11:34,642 Hello. 1145 02:11:34,973 --> 02:11:37,274 - I'm Palmer Kirby, from Denver. - Oh, yes. 1146 02:11:37,436 --> 02:11:41,233 - If you're busy, I'll come back. - Not at all. Sit right down. 1147 02:11:41,629 --> 02:11:43,799 I've got your file right here. 1148 02:11:44,477 --> 02:11:47,673 Red-carpet treatment, the Bureau of Ordnance says. 1149 02:11:53,053 --> 02:11:54,459 How'd you get here? 1150 02:11:54,620 --> 02:11:56,824 I had to dodge through Belgium and Norway. 1151 02:11:56,988 --> 02:11:59,224 Some planes are flying, some aren't. 1152 02:11:59,389 --> 02:12:03,251 Well, your meeting with the IG Farben fellow seems all set. 1153 02:12:03,421 --> 02:12:04,630 Good. 1154 02:12:06,076 --> 02:12:07,832 You're a scientist? 1155 02:12:07,996 --> 02:12:09,938 Electrical engineer. Manufacturer. 1156 02:12:10,109 --> 02:12:11,734 Anything to do with uranium? 1157 02:12:12,604 --> 02:12:13,814 Uranium? 1158 02:12:13,980 --> 02:12:16,697 You can tell me it's none of my business if you want. 1159 02:12:16,860 --> 02:12:19,729 The things you want all zero in on uranium. 1160 02:12:19,900 --> 02:12:23,642 The graphite figures, the purchase of heavy water. 1161 02:12:24,668 --> 02:12:28,629 The Germans keep talking about this ultra-powerful bomb they're building. 1162 02:12:28,796 --> 02:12:32,112 They're so loose-mouthed about it, I figure it's nothing to it. 1163 02:12:32,284 --> 02:12:34,651 Just a propaganda plant. 1164 02:12:41,884 --> 02:12:44,666 The chargי wanted to see you the moment you got back. 1165 02:12:45,052 --> 02:12:47,288 - Can you wait? - Sure. 1166 02:13:00,059 --> 02:13:02,994 Then, around 7. 1167 02:13:05,179 --> 02:13:06,773 Yes, that'll be fine. 1168 02:13:06,939 --> 02:13:08,500 Thank you. 1169 02:13:09,275 --> 02:13:11,512 So you were at the Reichstag this afternoon. 1170 02:13:11,674 --> 02:13:13,049 Yes, sir. 1171 02:13:13,211 --> 02:13:16,593 - How did he strike you? - Reese, the man is punch-drunk. 1172 02:13:16,762 --> 02:13:18,551 That's an odd reaction. 1173 02:13:18,715 --> 02:13:20,438 It's true he's had quite a week. 1174 02:13:20,602 --> 02:13:22,991 Incredible stamina though. 1175 02:13:23,162 --> 02:13:26,479 He undoubtedly wrote every word of that harangue. 1176 02:13:26,651 --> 02:13:28,561 Quite effective, I thought. 1177 02:13:28,858 --> 02:13:31,728 By the way, you're wanted in Washington. 1178 02:13:32,219 --> 02:13:35,186 The State Department, German desk. 1179 02:13:35,353 --> 02:13:38,670 You're to proceed there by fastest available transportation. 1180 02:13:38,971 --> 02:13:40,497 Isn't that unusual? 1181 02:13:40,922 --> 02:13:43,672 I gather your combat readiness report on Nazi Germany 1182 02:13:43,834 --> 02:13:45,460 had something to do with it. 1183 02:13:46,619 --> 02:13:50,447 It didn't seem to have the effect on your career that I predicted. 1184 02:13:51,194 --> 02:13:54,936 At any rate, the idea seems to be that you pack a toothbrush and leave. 1185 02:13:55,482 --> 02:13:56,911 Right. 1186 02:13:57,081 --> 02:13:59,448 What's the latest word on England and France? 1187 02:13:59,738 --> 02:14:02,673 Well, Chamberlain is addressing Parliament tonight. 1188 02:14:02,841 --> 02:14:05,875 My guess is, the war will be on by the time you get back. 1189 02:14:06,042 --> 02:14:07,448 Maybe it'll be over. 1190 02:14:08,058 --> 02:14:09,846 In Poland... 1191 02:14:10,234 --> 02:14:11,990 perhaps. 1192 02:14:12,282 --> 02:14:14,354 Oh, Lord. For how long? 1193 02:14:14,521 --> 02:14:17,369 If the clippers keep flying, I'll be back by the 15th. 1194 02:14:17,530 --> 02:14:20,180 - When do you go? - I leave for Rotterdam at 8. 1195 02:14:20,346 --> 02:14:23,313 Tonight! You mean we don't even get to go to the opera? 1196 02:14:23,482 --> 02:14:24,823 Oh, damn! 1197 02:14:24,985 --> 02:14:27,440 What about that galoot that Buord wished on us? 1198 02:14:27,609 --> 02:14:30,958 Not your problem. Bill has his file and Sally will entertain him. 1199 02:14:31,129 --> 02:14:33,333 And what if France and England declare war? 1200 02:14:33,497 --> 02:14:35,800 Wouldn't that be peachy, me alone in Berlin, 1201 02:14:35,961 --> 02:14:38,033 - in the middle of a war? - I'll get back 1202 02:14:38,201 --> 02:14:42,424 through Lisbon or Copenhagen. I'll get back, Rhoda. 1203 02:14:43,129 --> 02:14:47,918 At least you'll see Madeline and I guess Byron's safe enough in Siena, 1204 02:14:48,089 --> 02:14:50,161 if Italy does stay out of it. 1205 02:14:50,329 --> 02:14:52,238 Byron will be all right. 1206 02:14:53,209 --> 02:14:55,118 Oh, I'm sorry. 1207 02:14:55,417 --> 02:14:58,962 Oh, I'm sorry I threw my little fit, dear. 1208 02:14:59,289 --> 02:15:01,677 You know me. 1209 02:15:12,760 --> 02:15:16,176 Two days have passed since the German army attacked Poland. 1210 02:15:16,345 --> 02:15:18,548 England and France have not yet moved. 1211 02:15:18,712 --> 02:15:21,297 The British ambassador has just delivered a message 1212 02:15:21,464 --> 02:15:26,220 to Ribbentrop's official interpreter, Paul Schmidt, at the foreign ministry. 1213 02:15:26,392 --> 02:15:28,432 Schmidt is rushing the secret paper 1214 02:15:28,600 --> 02:15:31,731 to Hitler and his advisers at the chancellery. 1215 02:15:40,183 --> 02:15:42,802 - Well? - Ribbentrop! 1216 02:15:43,191 --> 02:15:44,468 Just the essentials. 1217 02:15:44,632 --> 02:15:48,177 "This government's note of September 1 notified the German government 1218 02:15:48,343 --> 02:15:51,158 "that unless German troops were withdrawn from Poland 1219 02:15:51,319 --> 02:15:54,450 "Great Britain intended to fulfill its obligations to Poland. 1220 02:15:54,615 --> 02:15:56,371 "No reply has been received. 1221 02:15:56,535 --> 02:15:59,120 "German attacks upon Poland have intensified. 1222 02:15:59,287 --> 02:16:02,549 "Unless not later than 11 AM today satisfactory assurances 1223 02:16:02,712 --> 02:16:05,297 "have reached His Majesty's government in London, 1224 02:16:05,464 --> 02:16:10,482 "a state of war will exist between the two countries as from that hour." 1225 02:16:25,560 --> 02:16:27,447 What now? 1226 02:16:29,208 --> 02:16:33,298 I assume the French will hand in a similar ultimatum within the hour. 1227 02:16:34,263 --> 02:16:36,784 If we lose this war, 1228 02:16:36,950 --> 02:16:39,797 may God have mercy on us. 1229 02:16:50,646 --> 02:16:52,621 In two months 1230 02:16:52,791 --> 02:16:55,179 Poland will be finished. 1231 02:16:55,798 --> 02:16:59,278 Then we'll have a great peace conference with the Western powers. 1232 02:17:02,646 --> 02:17:04,915 I shall now go to the front. 1233 02:19:02,228 --> 02:19:03,601 What is this? 1234 02:19:03,764 --> 02:19:07,987 There is bad Polack, there is good Polack. This time, very bad Polack. 1235 02:19:13,107 --> 02:19:16,206 He wants our automobile. 1236 02:19:16,371 --> 02:19:18,281 Hold on here. Let me talk to this guy. 1237 02:19:18,452 --> 02:19:19,945 Careful! 1238 02:19:23,795 --> 02:19:27,439 I'm an American Naval officer returning to the embassy in Warsaw. 1239 02:19:27,603 --> 02:19:31,597 This American girl is my fiancיe, and these people are her family. 1240 02:19:47,186 --> 02:19:51,310 He says American officer never marry Jew. 1241 02:19:51,474 --> 02:19:54,541 - He does not believe you. - Passport! 1242 02:20:16,658 --> 02:20:18,513 Briny, don't go with him! 1243 02:20:18,770 --> 02:20:22,698 It’ll be OK. I'll be right back. Keep everybody quiet.