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Here, have one of these.

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Fuck me.

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Right.

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Are you sure there's time?

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There's time.

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Thank you.

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Did they say how long
you'll be gone for?

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No, they didn't say.

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I'm very proud
they chose you, Jim.

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I'll be fine.

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Go.

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Okay.

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Morning, sir.

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Sir.

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Group Captain Dr. James Stagg,

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chief meteorological officer,
reporting for duty.

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I.D. card and pass, please, sir.

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Right this way, sir.

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Welcome to Southwick House, sir.

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I'm Andrew Carter
with the Met Office.

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I'll be your ADC.

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Mm-hmm.

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I must admit it's a great honor
to meet you, Dr. Stagg.

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I so enjoyed your paper
on terrestrial magnetism.

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It's a fascinating subject.

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It is, yes.

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And here we are, sir.

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Operations rooms
are upstairs, sir.

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Teleprinters are in the cellars.

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And our forecast room
is just through here.

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-Where can I put this down?
-Anywhere, sir.

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We'll have someone
take it to your tent.

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What are these?

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They're historical
analog charts.

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I know what they are,
but what are they doing here?

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Colonel Krick,
he requested them.

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Well, which one is he?
Introduce me.

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I believe he's with General...

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Can you stop!
Stop the banging, please.

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I believe
he's with General Eisenhower

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at the moment, sir.

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I'll call you back.

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Sir.

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What's coming through?

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Soundings at 53 north,
35 west, sir.

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Mm-hmm. Weather ship Hoste, yes?

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Yes, sir.

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Uh, Casey and Bryant here
are linked directly

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to the teleprinter ops
at Dunstable and Bushy Park.

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-Which one are you?
-I'm Casey, sir.

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That's wrong, Casey.

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Our American contingent, sir.

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This is Flight Officer Murray,
Flight Officer Hamilton.

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-Good to meet you, sir.
-They're on surface weather.

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What, both of you?
Who's on upper air?

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Uh, no one, sir.

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No one's on upper air?

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So that data just goes
unrecorded, does it?

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I'll need both of you
on upper air at all times.

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Uh, we were told to use
historical analog charts, sir.

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Not by me.
Those weren't my instructions.

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It's just, Colonel Krick
instructed us otherwise, sir.

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Did he? Do I have an office?

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Yes, sir.
It's just through here.

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Ah.

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Good afternoon, sir.

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Uh, this is Group Captain Stagg.

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He's just transferred
from Dunstable.

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We've been very much
looking forward to his...

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him joining us here.

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Lieutenant Kay Summersby.

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Motor Transport Corps.
Welcome to Southwick House.

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Are we sharing an office,
or what?

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No. I was just using it
temporarily.

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Good, because I'll need it
exclusively.

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Well, very good.

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Can you see to it that
General Eisenhower knows

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that I'm here?

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And that I apologize
for my late arrival?

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Yes, sir.

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Sir.

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Right.

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Hello. Signals Department.

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Switchboard speaking.

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Yes, um,
Richmond 1-9-3-7, please.

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I'm sorry, but all
outgoing calls are forbidden

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without prior authorization,
sir.

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Uh, no, no, I-I-I...
I need to speak with my wife.

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I'm sorry, sir.

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Hello?

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Yes? Hello?

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If you'd like to follow me,
please,

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General Eisenhower
will see you now.

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I wouldn't keep him waiting any
longer than you already have.

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Group Captain Dr. James Stagg,

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here at the express request
of General Eisenhower.

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And all 265 vessels arrived
without issue, sir.

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And we've assigned, uh,
five patrol craft

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and three destroyers.

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Let's get the job done.

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Glad to hear it.

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Lieutenant Summersby?

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Sir, may I introduce
Group Captain James Stagg,

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who finally made it in
from London?

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Well, it's good to meet you,
Group Captain Stagg.

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Welcome aboard.

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Nice to finally put
a face to the name.

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Have you got all the equipment
you need downstairs?

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Equipment is not
the problem, sir.

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What's the problem?

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Um, well, it's time, sir.
I haven't really had any...

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any time to establish
any clear picture.

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Have a look, Group Captain.

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I got 7,000 naval vessels,

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130,000 ground troops,

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200,000 naval personnel,
15 hospital ships,

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8,000 doctors,
three airborne divisions

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and a partridge in a pear tree.

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Largest seaborne invasion force
in history.

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Is it?

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And do we have a date yet
for the invasion, sir?

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We invade France Monday.

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-This Monday?
-Correct.

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Monday, June 5th, 0630.

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That is D-Day,
which is in 61 hours from now.

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Fate of the war hinges on this.

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All the pieces of the jigsaw
are in place.

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There's only one imponderable
that remains.

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I need a forecast.

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I'm... Yes, I'm concerned
that what you're asking me is

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scientifically impossible, sir.

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Uh, long-term forecasting is

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really only ever
educated guesswork.

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Monday is not long-term,
for Christ's sake.

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Does Monday sound like long-term
to you, Lieutenant Summersby?

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No, it certainly does not, sir.

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Well, this is
Northern Europe, sir.

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Anything over 24 hours is-is...
is considered long-term,

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meteorologically speaking.

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But I'll...

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I'll do my best.

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I don't want your best.

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I already expect that.

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I need certainty.

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Churchill tells me

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you're the best meteorologist
in the country

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and that I should rely on you
over Colonel Krick.

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You know him?

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Only by reputation.

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Well, Krick's been with me
since '42.

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He's never steered me wrong,
so...

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let's see how you measure up.

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I need a forecast for Monday.

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I need it first thing
tomorrow morning.

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Y-Yes, sir.

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Don't let me down.

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Group Captain.

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Let's go.

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Group Captain.

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♪ He had a boogie style
that no one else could play ♪

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♪ He was the top man
at his craft ♪

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♪ But then his number came up ♪

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♪ And he was gone
with the draft ♪

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♪ He's in the Army now
a-blowing reveille ♪

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♪ He's the boogie-woogie
bugle boy of Company B ♪

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♪ They made him blow a bugle
for his Uncle Sam ♪

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♪ It really brought him down
because he couldn't jam ♪

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♪ The captain seemed
to understand ♪

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♪ Because the next day
the cap went out ♪

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-♪ And drafted a band ♪
-Kay!

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♪ And now the company jumps... ♪

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Ladies and gentlemen,
Kay Summersby. Take over.

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-Come on, Kay.
-Oh.

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Dance with me.--

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Like old times.

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There you go.

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There you go.

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Oh, stick to piano, Irv.

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I-I don't believe you've met,
uh, Group Captain Stagg.

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Only by telephone.

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Dr. Stagg, so nice
to finally meet you.

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You're younger than I imagined.

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You're shorter than I imagined.

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Analogs.

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I realize that, yes.

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Every single weather chart
for Northern Europe since 1900.

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Mm. Um, in my experience,

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the weather never replicates
its own history.

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Ah, well, try telling that
to a movie producer.

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Remember Selznick, Kay?

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Oh.

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July '39.

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David Selznick calls me up.

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He's making a movie.
He wants a forecast

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00:15:02,943 --> 00:15:05,362
for a three-day period
in Beverly Hills.

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The scene is...

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the burning of Atlanta.

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"I don't want to see
a drop of rain, Irv.

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Not a drop. Not a drop."

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Well, MGM calls me up.
They give me the dates.

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I give 'em the forecast.

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Beautiful weather.

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I mean, just gorgeous.

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Not a cloud in the sky.

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Movie's a hit.
I get to meet Clark Gable.

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Little picture-- I-I don't know
if you heard of it.

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Called Gone with the Wind.

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-You seen it, Stagg?
-No.

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No? That...

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That's crazy. Who hasn't seen
Gone with the Wind?

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Me. I haven't seen it.

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00:15:37,978 --> 00:15:39,563
Well, you must.
I mean, it's a great picture.

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It's great. I saw it with Ike.

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Kay drove us...
to the London premiere.

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-This is true.
-Great night.

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So, did you meet Vivien Leigh?

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Oh, we sure did.

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-What was she like?
-What was she like?

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00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:52,451
Uh, she was cute.

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The Allied High Command
has requested

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our forecast
by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.

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Time and date of the invasion
to France

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has been confirmed for Monday.
Monday. Monday.

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June 5th, 6:30 a.m.,
so can we start, please?

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Get rid of the piano. Thank you.

226
00:16:16,141 --> 00:16:17,768
Is it bothering you, Dr. Stagg?

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00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:20,145
It's inappropriate.

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00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:26,652
Call this extension
if you need to speak

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to General Eisenhower anytime,
day or night.

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Is this his direct line?

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00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:33,617
Oh, no.
It's a direct line to me.

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I handle all communication
with the general.

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00:16:45,963 --> 00:16:47,464
Can I have your attention,
please?

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00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:52,511
Bryant, can you put
the phone down, please?

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00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:54,972
Is that his name? Bryant?

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Okay, go ahead.

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I needn't, I hope,
have to stress to you

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how crucial this forecast is,
but I do want to stress

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one thing to you all
and one thing only:

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Get me the data.

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00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:19,580
That's what counts.

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00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,832
Get me the latest readings
from every single base

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within 2,000 miles of Normandy.

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00:17:24,626 --> 00:17:26,670
That's Paris, Galway, Reykjavík,

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00:17:26,837 --> 00:17:29,673
Boston, Washington, Lisbon...

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00:17:30,674 --> 00:17:32,926
...New York, Newfoundland.

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You get the idea.

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00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:36,263
Get me the data
from every Met station,

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every weather balloon,
every reconnaissance flight.

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00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:40,601
That's upper air.
That's surface air.

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00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:42,436
That's radar soundings.
That's sea temperature.

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00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,854
That's salinity. Everything.

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If we've measured it,
then I want it.

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That room there...

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that's where I'll be.

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Get me the data.

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That's what counts.

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700 millibars.

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210. 28.

260
00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:24,603
650 millibars.

261
00:18:24,812 --> 00:18:26,939
Plus 19.

262
00:18:28,148 --> 00:18:29,775
Observations
coming in from Spain.

263
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:31,610
Sea surface temp: 18 degrees.

264
00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:34,154
Ten-tenths
stratocumulus and altocumulus

265
00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:35,364
now rising in zero-two.

266
00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:38,242
1-0-1-5 millibars.

267
00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:41,912
Northwest wind, force five.

268
00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:43,413
6-0-0 millibars.

269
00:18:43,497 --> 00:18:46,291
Wind southwest, force four.

270
00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:48,210
South Iceland
seven-tenths, 30,000 feet.

271
00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:49,211
Southeast, force six.

272
00:18:52,422 --> 00:18:54,299
1-0-1-8 millibars.

273
00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:55,926
Say that again, please.
Repeat that.

274
00:18:56,051 --> 00:18:57,427
-Are you getting the
L front temp? -No, I have...

275
00:18:59,429 --> 00:19:01,515
Seven-tenths, stratocumulus,

276
00:19:01,598 --> 00:19:04,059
3,000 feet, force six.

277
00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:05,477
Southwesterly, force six.

278
00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:07,146
We're still waiting on
the Greenland data, sir.

279
00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:10,816
Just-just leave that.
Just leave that be.

280
00:19:10,941 --> 00:19:12,025
What speed is L3 moving at?

281
00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:13,694
25 knots.

282
00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:16,280
Finished with that?

283
00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:20,576
Ten StratoCu 3,000 feet,
southeast, force four.

284
00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:22,828
1-0-1-3 millibars.

285
00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,413
Radar soundings from 0930.

286
00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,624
There's been no movement
from the main course.

287
00:19:27,708 --> 00:19:30,252
Sir, the weather conditions
in Normandy.

288
00:19:31,879 --> 00:19:33,213
These are from yesterday's
12 o'clock, sir.

289
00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:34,673
Humidity reports.

290
00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,675
And we have those folders
you requested...

291
00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:40,596
There's nothing there.

292
00:19:44,725 --> 00:19:47,519
Carter. It's done.

293
00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:50,772
Good man.

294
00:20:01,408 --> 00:20:02,659
Sir.

295
00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:07,372
The latest completed maps.

296
00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:31,480
Oh, come on.

297
00:20:31,605 --> 00:20:32,898
Look at the analogs.

298
00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,733
It's as plain as day:
calm, sunny weather.

299
00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,735
Those analogs prove
absolutely nothing.

300
00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:38,362
How can you say that?
It's right here.

301
00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:39,613
Are you blind?

302
00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:40,781
Look at it.

303
00:20:40,822 --> 00:20:41,990
I don't need to look at it.

304
00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:43,367
The chart is 19 years old.

305
00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:46,495
Fine, that's-that's
40 years old,

306
00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:50,916
27 years, uh, 15 years old.

307
00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:54,461
That's-that's the point:
patterns over time.

308
00:20:54,628 --> 00:20:56,380
Okay. Thank you.

309
00:20:56,463 --> 00:20:58,757
I think what we need to do
is establish

310
00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:01,468
what we already know today,
here and now.

311
00:21:01,551 --> 00:21:06,098
Um, we have
two aggressive storms

312
00:21:06,139 --> 00:21:08,392
stretching themselves
across the Atlantic

313
00:21:08,558 --> 00:21:10,394
from Newfoundland to Normandy.

314
00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,145
Agreed.

315
00:21:12,187 --> 00:21:14,856
There is an area of
high pressure above the Azores.

316
00:21:15,023 --> 00:21:16,191
That's what interests me.

317
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:18,277
But it's moving lethargically
and...

318
00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:19,611
Your word, not mine.

319
00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:21,738
I'm sorry, would you like
the floor again?

320
00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:24,283
Me? No, it's your floor.
Go ahead.

321
00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:30,330
We can't just base the forecast
on surface air

322
00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:32,749
and, uh, analog charts.

323
00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:35,002
We must also consider
the jet stream, which...

324
00:21:35,210 --> 00:21:36,211
The jet stream?

325
00:21:36,336 --> 00:21:37,587
Yes, the jet stream

326
00:21:37,671 --> 00:21:39,298
currently hurtling its way
towards Europe

327
00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:40,757
and dragging
both the storms with it,

328
00:21:40,924 --> 00:21:42,134
likely spawning a third storm.

329
00:21:42,217 --> 00:21:43,135
That jet stream.

330
00:21:43,343 --> 00:21:44,970
Okay.

331
00:21:47,681 --> 00:21:50,350
Which will inevitably mean
stormier conditions

332
00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:53,478
over the next few days--
tomorrow, Sunday, into Monday.

333
00:21:53,603 --> 00:21:56,773
Disastrous conditions
for an invasion.

334
00:21:56,898 --> 00:21:58,483
Okay, thank you so much,
Dr. Stagg.

335
00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:02,654
Now, this is a chart
for June 2, 1925.

336
00:22:02,779 --> 00:22:04,614
Nearly identical conditions
to today.

337
00:22:04,781 --> 00:22:06,158
Same depressions
in the Atlantic,

338
00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:08,076
same high pressures
over the Azores.

339
00:22:08,285 --> 00:22:10,120
Move ahead... three days

340
00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:14,583
to June 5, 1925,
D-Day if you will.

341
00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:17,544
Calm. Sunny weather.

342
00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:21,381
1925 is entirely irrelevant
to what we're talking about.

343
00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:26,386
I could've just as easily picked
June 2, 1904, or 1929.

344
00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:28,138
You know as well as I do

345
00:22:28,263 --> 00:22:31,725
that atmospheric conditions
can never be identical ever.

346
00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:35,395
What I do know is who nailed
the forecast at Alamein

347
00:22:35,479 --> 00:22:36,897
for the Western Desert campaign,

348
00:22:37,064 --> 00:22:39,566
for the Tunisian campaign,
for Operation Torch.

349
00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:42,861
I know who got it right
every goddamn time in Cairo.

350
00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:46,114
In Tripoli, Algiers,
Oran, Casablanca.

351
00:22:47,783 --> 00:22:49,368
Do you know?

352
00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:50,786
You?

353
00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:54,206
Yeah. Me.

354
00:22:54,331 --> 00:22:57,125
This isn't Casablanca,
Colonel Krick.

355
00:22:57,292 --> 00:22:58,543
This is Northern Europe.

356
00:22:58,710 --> 00:23:01,588
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.

357
00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:04,466
When the atmospheric conditions
are a match,

358
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:07,469
the weather follows suit.

359
00:23:09,971 --> 00:23:12,057
Mark my words.

360
00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:14,184
D-Day will be calm and sunny.

361
00:23:15,185 --> 00:23:17,521
Nighty night, gentlemen.

362
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,648
Nobody move.

363
00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:25,320
Back to work.

364
00:23:31,868 --> 00:23:33,745
What do you make of Stagg?

365
00:23:34,996 --> 00:23:36,373
Hmm.

366
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,418
Scottish.

367
00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:41,920
Churchill says he's a genius.

368
00:23:42,129 --> 00:23:44,131
Hmm.

369
00:23:44,339 --> 00:23:46,258
Yeah, well...

370
00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:48,760
men are too fond of that word.

371
00:24:03,358 --> 00:24:05,652
Three-tenths Cu and StratoCu

372
00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:08,655
at 2,000 feet,
cloud extending to West Wales.

373
00:24:19,082 --> 00:24:21,042
Inflatable Shermans,

374
00:24:21,168 --> 00:24:23,879
Spitfires, Long Toms

375
00:24:24,045 --> 00:24:25,922
and troop carriers.

376
00:24:26,047 --> 00:24:28,884
Just rubber and air, gentlemen.

377
00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,969
But to a Nazi
reconnaissance plane,

378
00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:33,972
utterly indistinguishable
from the real thing.

379
00:24:34,097 --> 00:24:37,100
In North Africa,
I proved this time and again

380
00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:41,062
with victory after victory
after victory.

381
00:24:41,229 --> 00:24:44,357
Of course, it's not just about
crushing the enemy, gentlemen.

382
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:47,736
It's about deceiving him, too,
and deceive him we will.

383
00:24:47,903 --> 00:24:52,115
We've conjured up phantom armies
across all of East Anglia,

384
00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:54,659
thousands of fake supply depots,

385
00:24:54,784 --> 00:24:58,079
false radio transmissions,
empty tents

386
00:24:58,246 --> 00:24:59,831
and decoy campfires.

387
00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:04,336
On D-Day,

388
00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:07,255
dummy paratroopers
weighted with sand

389
00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:12,093
will be dropped 15 to 20 miles
inland from the Normandy coast.

390
00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:14,804
They explode on impact.

391
00:25:16,973 --> 00:25:19,601
Only the chute remains.

392
00:25:19,809 --> 00:25:22,437
With any luck, the enemy will
think our boys are running wild

393
00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:24,022
through the French interior,

394
00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:26,233
drawing great chunks
of their forces

395
00:25:26,274 --> 00:25:28,860
right away from the beaches.

396
00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:32,364
It's a little small,
don't you think, Monty?

397
00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:34,491
Small?

398
00:25:34,616 --> 00:25:36,535
It's a joke, Monty.

399
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:40,413
Yes.

400
00:25:40,455 --> 00:25:44,209
What's small is our window.

401
00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:47,754
The 12th SS Panzer
is already near Caen.

402
00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:52,050
The 352nd Infantry Division
are heavily entrenched.

403
00:25:53,009 --> 00:25:56,680
If we delay beyond Monday,

404
00:25:56,763 --> 00:25:59,432
they will see right through
all of this.

405
00:25:59,516 --> 00:26:01,351
Everything that we have done,

406
00:26:01,476 --> 00:26:05,564
all our meticulous efforts,
will be for naught.

407
00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:12,445
He's doubled his defenses
in as many weeks.

408
00:26:13,488 --> 00:26:17,617
Every passing hour
makes our task more perilous.

409
00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:19,703
Ideally, we bring D-Day forward.

410
00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:24,165
Can't be done.

411
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:26,251
We are two days out.

412
00:26:28,211 --> 00:26:33,174
The more prepared the enemy,
the more ruthless I must become.

413
00:26:33,341 --> 00:26:34,593
Though it's not my wish,

414
00:26:34,718 --> 00:26:36,177
if it means getting
more men ashore,

415
00:26:36,386 --> 00:26:37,762
I may have to sacrifice

416
00:26:37,887 --> 00:26:40,098
every last member
of my advance brigade.

417
00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:41,725
Well, if I didn't
know you better, Monty,

418
00:26:41,808 --> 00:26:43,727
I would've thought
you enjoyed saying that.

419
00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:45,103
Yes.

420
00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:46,896
But then again,
I've actually been to war.

421
00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:52,068
Be that as it may,
you're the boss.

422
00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:53,361
I am.

423
00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:58,158
And the final decision on the
timing of D-Day will be mine...

424
00:26:58,366 --> 00:27:00,368
and mine alone.

425
00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:05,999
Pray for good weather.

426
00:27:06,082 --> 00:27:07,959
The weather is irrelevant.

427
00:27:08,084 --> 00:27:09,919
We must go,
whatever the weather.

428
00:27:28,104 --> 00:27:29,939
George said that
she came over to him.

429
00:27:30,065 --> 00:27:32,817
She came over to him, right?

430
00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:48,333
Ah.

431
00:27:48,541 --> 00:27:50,460
Thought I'd pop in
and identify myself.

432
00:27:50,585 --> 00:27:52,295
Bernard Montgomery.

433
00:27:53,254 --> 00:27:55,006
Oh, yes.

434
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:58,802
Hello. Uh, James Stagg.

435
00:27:59,761 --> 00:28:01,221
All looking good for Monday?

436
00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,056
Um, no.

437
00:28:03,223 --> 00:28:04,349
No, no, no.

438
00:28:04,432 --> 00:28:06,184
Can't say that we are, sir.

439
00:28:07,310 --> 00:28:09,187
Well, can't be that bad, surely.

440
00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:11,940
Well, you know
this country, sir.

441
00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:13,983
Looks can be deceiving.

442
00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:15,819
Hmm.

443
00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:18,988
Do not sow doubt, Group Captain.

444
00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:22,367
Battles are lost
when doubt enters the mind.

445
00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:23,868
We'll cross the Channel
on Monday.

446
00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:25,537
That is definite.

447
00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:31,710
If D-Day is canceled,
we will lose this war.

448
00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:33,545
Do you want to be
personally responsible

449
00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:35,880
for losing this war,
Group Captain Stagg?

450
00:28:36,923 --> 00:28:38,466
No, sir.

451
00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:55,567
For Christ's sake.

452
00:28:55,775 --> 00:28:56,943
Okay.

453
00:28:57,068 --> 00:28:58,319
We ready to go?

454
00:28:58,403 --> 00:28:59,612
Go where?

455
00:28:59,654 --> 00:29:00,947
To the meeting.

456
00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:06,202
And when we get to the meeting,
what will we be saying exactly?

457
00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:08,580
Monday will be calm and sunny.

458
00:29:09,622 --> 00:29:12,459
The barometer at Foynes
has been falling all morning.

459
00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:13,793
Yeah, I saw it.

460
00:29:13,835 --> 00:29:15,503
Minimal drop, insignificant.

461
00:29:16,379 --> 00:29:18,673
I think it's significant.

462
00:29:22,093 --> 00:29:24,095
Listen, pal.

463
00:29:24,137 --> 00:29:26,556
I've been working with Ike
for three years.

464
00:29:26,723 --> 00:29:29,142
-I know the guy.
-Mm-hmm. And?

465
00:29:29,225 --> 00:29:31,603
He won't want uncertainty.

466
00:29:31,686 --> 00:29:34,773
Right. Well, then I better
attend the meeting alone.

467
00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:37,442
Are you kidding?

468
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:39,110
You can't do that.

469
00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:42,030
That's not how that works.

470
00:29:42,155 --> 00:29:43,615
Uh, you can't do that.

471
00:29:43,698 --> 00:29:48,453
The responsibility for
the D-Day forecast is mine,

472
00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:50,830
and it's not one that
I'm going to take lightly.

473
00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:52,457
It's not yours.

474
00:29:52,540 --> 00:29:53,666
Okay? It's ours.

475
00:29:53,875 --> 00:29:55,335
Ours, jointly.

476
00:29:55,543 --> 00:29:58,505
No, no. There's one
chief meteorological officer,

477
00:29:58,713 --> 00:30:00,256
and it's not you.

478
00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:03,968
You won't be attending
the meeting.

479
00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:09,474
Is there anything else?

480
00:30:14,854 --> 00:30:16,481
Asshole.

481
00:30:16,564 --> 00:30:18,316
Irv.

482
00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:30,495
-How much time do I have?
-It's time.

483
00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:32,914
What happened
with Colonel Krick?

484
00:30:33,081 --> 00:30:34,833
Never mind Colonel Krick.

485
00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:44,175
Well, they won't like this.

486
00:30:45,301 --> 00:30:47,178
Well, I don't like this.

487
00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:54,018
They're waiting for you,
Group Captain Stagg.

488
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:32,056
-Yes?
-Sir, he's here.

489
00:31:33,349 --> 00:31:35,393
Excuse me, gentlemen.

490
00:31:38,771 --> 00:31:40,690
Group Captain Stagg.

491
00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:44,569
This is
General Bernard Montgomery,

492
00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:46,738
commander in chief,
Allied land forces.

493
00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:48,698
And here we have

494
00:31:48,865 --> 00:31:50,450
Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory,

495
00:31:50,491 --> 00:31:53,995
commander in chief,
Allied Expeditionary Air Force.

496
00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:55,747
This is Admiral Ramsay,

497
00:31:55,788 --> 00:31:57,832
commander in chief,
Allied naval forces,

498
00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,710
and Lieutenant General
Omar Bradley,

499
00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:03,671
commander of
the U.S. First Army.

500
00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:08,301
Where's Colonel Krick?

501
00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:09,552
He's not attending, sir.

502
00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:10,929
Why not?

503
00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:12,597
Well, I believe it's my duty
to brief you all

504
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,098
on the forecast for Monday.

505
00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:17,644
-He should be here.
-Shall I have him fetched?

506
00:32:17,685 --> 00:32:19,437
My forecast will be the same

507
00:32:19,646 --> 00:32:21,314
whether Colonel Krick
attends or not.

508
00:32:21,481 --> 00:32:22,899
All right.

509
00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:25,568
Going forward, I want him here.

510
00:32:25,693 --> 00:32:26,945
Is that understood?

511
00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:28,988
-Certainly, sir.
-Good.

512
00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:30,698
What have you got?

513
00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,267
Regrettably, we are faced
with a succession

514
00:32:58,351 --> 00:33:02,188
of two aggressive storms
in the Atlantic

515
00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:05,942
of unprecedented intensity
for this time of year.

516
00:33:06,025 --> 00:33:08,778
My forecast, therefore...

517
00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:12,615
Uh, excuse me.

518
00:33:15,284 --> 00:33:17,829
My forecast, therefore,

519
00:33:17,954 --> 00:33:20,707
for Monday, June 5th,
the proposed D-Day,

520
00:33:20,748 --> 00:33:22,458
is as follows.

521
00:33:22,583 --> 00:33:25,837
Wind, west-northwest, strong,

522
00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:28,715
reaching force six,
possibly force seven.

523
00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:30,091
Force seven? Are you sure?

524
00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:33,052
No.

525
00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:34,846
It's an estimate.

526
00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,892
Cloud low.

527
00:33:40,101 --> 00:33:41,936
Visibility poor.

528
00:33:42,770 --> 00:33:45,273
Rain very likely.

529
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,026
Waves eight to 12 feet,

530
00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:50,987
possibly with an increase
to 15 feet.

531
00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:55,366
Confidence... poor.

532
00:33:57,744 --> 00:33:59,037
Monday, June 5th

533
00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:01,873
through at least
Tuesday, June 6th, falling...

534
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,626
...to very poor.

535
00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,172
Stagg, I-I'm no weatherman,

536
00:34:09,297 --> 00:34:11,841
but have you looked
out a window lately?

537
00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:13,634
Well, the weather
in this part of Europe, sir,

538
00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:15,636
can change very rapidly.

539
00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:19,307
This poor visibility-- how poor?

540
00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:21,893
Less than a mile,
or thereabouts.

541
00:34:23,352 --> 00:34:27,315
Our paratroopers
require a full moon

542
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,108
to land on target.

543
00:34:29,275 --> 00:34:32,403
Spring tides are essential
for landing our watercraft.

544
00:34:32,528 --> 00:34:34,781
Do you realize,
Group Captain Stagg,

545
00:34:34,822 --> 00:34:38,076
that Monday, June 5th is
the only date this calendar year

546
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:40,536
upon which these conditions
perfectly coincide?

547
00:34:40,661 --> 00:34:42,246
I do realize. Of course, sir.

548
00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:46,584
So, when exactly
do you suggest we go?

549
00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:48,461
Well, as it relates
to the weather,

550
00:34:48,544 --> 00:34:50,046
it's impossible to say.

551
00:34:50,213 --> 00:34:52,423
As to the moon and the tides,

552
00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:55,510
the next opportunity
would be June 18.

553
00:34:57,178 --> 00:34:59,305
Two more weeks? Are you mad?

554
00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:02,183
We can't keep our preparations
secret for that long.

555
00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:03,351
It's just not possible.

556
00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:04,602
Of course it isn't.

557
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,938
The enemy will be ready
and waiting.

558
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:10,233
They'll slaughter
every single last one of us.

559
00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:13,945
That's an extremely
pessimistic forecast.

560
00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:16,280
Are you absolutely certain?

561
00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:17,990
No.

562
00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:19,742
I'm not certain.

563
00:35:20,701 --> 00:35:23,454
I'm confident
that the storms will come.

564
00:35:23,579 --> 00:35:25,998
I can't be absolutely certain
as to when.

565
00:35:26,165 --> 00:35:28,084
Not good enough.

566
00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:29,460
If the storms come tonight,

567
00:35:29,585 --> 00:35:31,838
then they may burn
themselves off by Monday.

568
00:35:31,879 --> 00:35:35,174
If they come tomorrow,
then the weather will be...

569
00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:36,551
exactly as I described.

570
00:35:36,717 --> 00:35:38,511
We must go regardless.

571
00:35:41,222 --> 00:35:43,141
This moment demands judgment

572
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:45,977
shaped by
actual battlefield experience.

573
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:48,813
We can't risk another
Exercise Tiger.

574
00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:55,319
My men are ready and primed
for the big match.

575
00:35:55,444 --> 00:35:58,239
Get them onto the beaches
somehow, anyhow.

576
00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:00,491
Leave the rest to me.

577
00:36:10,543 --> 00:36:11,919
Reload me, please.

578
00:36:12,044 --> 00:36:14,505
Let's go. It's time.

579
00:36:18,050 --> 00:36:19,260
Monty.

580
00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:25,183
You can think what you like,

581
00:36:25,308 --> 00:36:28,603
and you can say what you like
to my face,

582
00:36:28,811 --> 00:36:32,231
but don't you ever undermine me
in front of the men again.

583
00:36:32,398 --> 00:36:34,150
Relax, old chap.

584
00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:35,943
It's not as if
I'm telling them anything

585
00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:37,987
they don't already know.

586
00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:44,660
Tiger was a training op.

587
00:36:47,455 --> 00:36:49,624
Dress rehearsal for D-Day.

588
00:36:51,918 --> 00:36:56,547
Half those boys were
fresh out of the draft.

589
00:36:58,507 --> 00:37:01,552
So I called in
live artillery to...

590
00:37:03,137 --> 00:37:04,889
...toughen them up.

591
00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:10,978
Naval command was
supposed to bomb the beach

592
00:37:11,145 --> 00:37:13,731
an hour before we landed.

593
00:37:15,524 --> 00:37:20,821
There were delays, so we had to
push the start time back.

594
00:37:23,824 --> 00:37:29,372
Our radios had a different
frequency from the Brits.

595
00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:33,918
Our boys never got the message.

596
00:37:36,337 --> 00:37:38,422
They walked right into it.

597
00:37:40,883 --> 00:37:42,760
One mistake.

598
00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:46,055
Just that one mistake.

599
00:37:52,311 --> 00:37:53,604
Ike.

600
00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:56,857
Ike, look at me.

601
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:05,032
You have to stop doing this
to yourself.

602
00:38:05,157 --> 00:38:06,951
What's done is done.

603
00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,121
When I close my eyes...

604
00:38:12,707 --> 00:38:14,959
...all I can see is failure.

605
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,718
Well, look what the cat
dragged in.

606
00:38:23,926 --> 00:38:25,428
Evening, sir.

607
00:38:25,594 --> 00:38:27,430
Evening, Irv.
You doing all right?

608
00:38:27,596 --> 00:38:29,181
Yeah. Can we talk?

609
00:38:29,223 --> 00:38:31,100
What's on your mind?

610
00:38:31,225 --> 00:38:33,269
Well, sir, I'm not sure

611
00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:35,229
-if you're aware of...
-Ike!

612
00:38:35,271 --> 00:38:37,148
Associated Press
have just announced

613
00:38:37,356 --> 00:38:39,650
that we're landing
in France tomorrow.

614
00:38:41,527 --> 00:38:44,488
CBS, Radio Moscow,
they've already picked it up.

615
00:38:45,614 --> 00:38:47,450
-Get General McClure on this.
-Yep.

616
00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:49,493
I want this cleaned up now.

617
00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:50,870
And I want names.

618
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,580
Understood.

619
00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:57,543
You were saying?

620
00:39:02,423 --> 00:39:04,133
Stagg!

621
00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:09,138
Stagg!

622
00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:14,810
Everyone out!

623
00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:23,444
Move!

624
00:39:26,655 --> 00:39:29,033
Close the door behind you.

625
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,789
That, uh, forecast you gave...

626
00:39:36,499 --> 00:39:39,960
...was that the view
of the British

627
00:39:40,169 --> 00:39:42,755
and the American teams?

628
00:39:42,838 --> 00:39:45,174
It was the view of
the Allied Meteorological Unit.

629
00:39:45,257 --> 00:39:48,094
Don't give me
that mealymouthed crap!

630
00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:50,554
Krick told me--
he just told me!--

631
00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:52,848
the weather on Monday
is gonna be fine.

632
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:55,893
Just fine. Sunny and beautiful!

633
00:39:57,478 --> 00:39:59,897
Well, Colonel Krick had no right
to speak on behalf of...

634
00:40:00,022 --> 00:40:02,608
Wrong!
Colonel Krick has every right

635
00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:06,862
to speak up if he thinks
that that will affect

636
00:40:06,987 --> 00:40:09,323
the outcome of the invasion!

637
00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:11,742
Is that clear?!

638
00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:16,288
Is it?!

639
00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:17,748
Yes, sir.

640
00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:22,420
Who do you think
you are, anyway?

641
00:40:22,503 --> 00:40:24,255
Who?

642
00:40:25,673 --> 00:40:28,801
Ordering my man to stand down?

643
00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:33,264
Pestering my staff
so that you can phone home?

644
00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:38,769
May I respond, sir?

645
00:40:39,854 --> 00:40:41,605
I'm all ears.

646
00:40:44,567 --> 00:40:48,154
As chief meteorological officer,

647
00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:50,156
I take full responsibility

648
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:52,783
for the recommendation made
at the meeting.

649
00:40:55,202 --> 00:40:59,165
And it was precisely because
Colonel Krick and I disagreed

650
00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:03,461
that I decided it would be
clearer and simpler

651
00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:05,254
if I spoke alone.

652
00:41:05,379 --> 00:41:08,716
Krick's forecasts have saved

653
00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:11,260
thousands of lives.

654
00:41:11,343 --> 00:41:15,764
Why on God's green earth
should I trust you?

655
00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:20,644
Because Colonel Krick
has been lucky.

656
00:41:20,686 --> 00:41:22,480
Good.

657
00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,691
I like luck.

658
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:27,651
Why was he lucky?

659
00:41:28,652 --> 00:41:30,654
He's been lucky because
he's been tasked

660
00:41:30,863 --> 00:41:34,658
with forecasting
stable weather systems.

661
00:41:35,910 --> 00:41:39,038
When patterns are predictable,
then yes, of course,

662
00:41:39,079 --> 00:41:41,332
analog charts can be useful.

663
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:44,585
In North Africa,
he never made a mistake.

664
00:41:44,710 --> 00:41:46,754
-Not once.
-Well, of course he didn't.

665
00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:49,006
He was safe as houses there.

666
00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:52,593
The conditions here, sir...

667
00:41:52,635 --> 00:41:54,261
they're not comparable.

668
00:41:54,428 --> 00:41:56,639
Look at the charts, sir.

669
00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:03,729
Here, there are two--
not one but two--

670
00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:06,732
major storms advancing towards
the Normandy coast

671
00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:08,317
even as we speak.

672
00:42:08,442 --> 00:42:10,986
That's nowhere near France.

673
00:42:11,070 --> 00:42:12,696
No, sir.

674
00:42:13,906 --> 00:42:15,491
Not yet.

675
00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:24,625
I want a forecast
the two of you agree on.

676
00:42:26,335 --> 00:42:27,545
Clear?

677
00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:29,630
Yes, sir.

678
00:42:32,675 --> 00:42:34,969
OPW confirmed full retraction.

679
00:42:35,094 --> 00:42:36,720
Thank you.

680
00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:38,722
Not at all, sir.

681
00:42:52,444 --> 00:42:55,614
I didn't tell him about
you trying to call home.

682
00:42:55,823 --> 00:42:59,243
Someone downstairs must have
leaked it, I'm afraid.

683
00:43:00,619 --> 00:43:02,037
Okay.

684
00:43:02,997 --> 00:43:05,457
He gets like that sometimes.

685
00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:07,084
Just let it wash over you.

686
00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:09,587
He won't even remember
what he said.

687
00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:11,505
That how you deal with him?

688
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:14,258
Ah, he's nothing.

689
00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:17,052
I was an ambulance driver
during the Blitz.

690
00:43:17,177 --> 00:43:18,596
There were so many dead bodies,

691
00:43:18,721 --> 00:43:20,764
we had to use a cinema
as a morgue.

692
00:43:21,932 --> 00:43:25,060
-You just grow a thick skin.
-Hmm.

693
00:43:28,188 --> 00:43:29,898
From ambulance driver

694
00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:32,359
to aide
to the supreme commander.

695
00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:34,403
Mm-hmm.

696
00:43:34,486 --> 00:43:37,072
Driver, secretary,

697
00:43:37,197 --> 00:43:39,408
aide, nurse.

698
00:43:39,533 --> 00:43:40,951
Everything, really.

699
00:43:43,829 --> 00:43:46,874
We've been together
for three years now.

700
00:43:48,042 --> 00:43:52,212
I've been to Morocco, Algeria.

701
00:43:57,551 --> 00:43:59,053
Must be exciting.

702
00:44:02,222 --> 00:44:04,433
It has its moments.

703
00:44:13,942 --> 00:44:16,320
So, these storms
you keep talking about--

704
00:44:16,445 --> 00:44:19,156
how are you so certain
that they're coming?

705
00:44:21,450 --> 00:44:23,077
I'm not certain.

706
00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:26,330
You can't be certain
about the weather.

707
00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:29,750
All we can do is
look to the evidence.

708
00:44:29,875 --> 00:44:35,297
Do you know that weathermen are
traditionally a little boring?

709
00:44:37,257 --> 00:44:40,177
How dare you say that?

710
00:44:42,346 --> 00:44:46,016
Weathermen, maybe, but how can
the weather be boring?

711
00:44:47,267 --> 00:44:49,144
It feeds us.

712
00:44:49,269 --> 00:44:51,188
The weather.

713
00:44:52,106 --> 00:44:54,108
Can destroy us.

714
00:44:54,274 --> 00:44:56,652
Controls our daily life.

715
00:44:58,612 --> 00:45:00,531
I don't think that's boring.

716
00:45:05,703 --> 00:45:09,665
People ask, "When will it rain?
When will the sun come out?"

717
00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:13,877
But what about,
"Why does it rain?"

718
00:45:16,046 --> 00:45:17,881
"Why does the wind blow?"

719
00:45:19,425 --> 00:45:20,884
"What's the wind?"

720
00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:27,599
Excuse me.

721
00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:29,351
Yes. Stagg.

722
00:45:29,476 --> 00:45:30,853
Yes, go ahead. Repeat that.

723
00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:32,229
Zero, zero, one, zero, four...

724
00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:35,649
StratoCu at 2,000 feet.

725
00:45:35,816 --> 00:45:37,526
Tops at 5,000 feet.

726
00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:52,166
Good news or bad?

727
00:45:52,332 --> 00:45:53,751
We're looking good, sir.

728
00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:55,794
I couldn't disagree
with that more.

729
00:45:55,878 --> 00:45:57,504
We're not looking good at all.

730
00:45:57,671 --> 00:45:59,256
You know what, I am done

731
00:45:59,339 --> 00:46:02,885
with this Scotch pessimism
of yours, this Highland gloom.

732
00:46:03,010 --> 00:46:04,261
I'm not from the Highlands.

733
00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:05,804
Well, your Lowland gloom, then.

734
00:46:05,971 --> 00:46:08,265
I'm neither from the Highlands
nor the Lowlands.

735
00:46:09,224 --> 00:46:10,392
Well, wherever it is he's from,

736
00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:11,935
we're in good shape
for Monday, sir.

737
00:46:12,019 --> 00:46:13,479
You see this?

738
00:46:13,687 --> 00:46:15,564
This ridge of high pressure
has already moved in

739
00:46:15,647 --> 00:46:18,984
from the Azores,
just as it did on June 3, 1925.

740
00:46:19,109 --> 00:46:20,861
This is moronic.

741
00:46:21,737 --> 00:46:24,198
This is actually moronic.

742
00:46:24,406 --> 00:46:25,783
Oh, so I'm moronic now?

743
00:46:25,824 --> 00:46:27,242
That's great, Stagg.
That's just great.

744
00:46:27,409 --> 00:46:28,744
Just insult me right to my face.

745
00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:30,329
I'm not insulting you.
I'm just describing you.

746
00:46:30,537 --> 00:46:31,705
As a moron?

747
00:46:31,830 --> 00:46:32,873
All right, enough.

748
00:46:32,998 --> 00:46:34,541
As a confident moron, yes.

749
00:46:34,666 --> 00:46:35,959
Oh, go to hell, Stagg.
You come in here,

750
00:46:36,168 --> 00:46:37,461
-you think you're better
than us? -Hey! All right,

751
00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:38,670
all right, all right,
that's enough.

752
00:46:38,879 --> 00:46:41,298
Jesus Christ.

753
00:46:41,381 --> 00:46:43,217
We have three hours.

754
00:46:44,259 --> 00:46:47,805
Three hours until we
take this up with the C-in-Cs.

755
00:46:50,015 --> 00:46:51,600
Now...

756
00:46:52,893 --> 00:46:55,187
...go or not go?

757
00:46:55,270 --> 00:46:56,688
Sir, what we need to consider...

758
00:46:56,772 --> 00:46:58,816
No, no. No, no more considering.

759
00:46:58,857 --> 00:47:00,108
No.

760
00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:03,237
Go or don't go? Go or don't go?

761
00:47:03,362 --> 00:47:04,947
That's it. Which is it?!

762
00:47:05,030 --> 00:47:06,323
We should go, sir.

763
00:47:07,282 --> 00:47:08,408
Stagg.

764
00:47:11,745 --> 00:47:13,372
I'm sorry,
we'll have to call you back.

765
00:47:13,580 --> 00:47:14,665
Understood.

766
00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:17,334
Uh, uh, I-I'm sorry, sir.
It's for you.

767
00:47:17,459 --> 00:47:18,961
Not now.

768
00:47:19,127 --> 00:47:20,838
They say it's extremely urgent.

769
00:47:25,509 --> 00:47:27,094
Yes. Stagg.

770
00:47:27,261 --> 00:47:29,054
Sir, this is
Private Amy Haig from Signals

771
00:47:29,179 --> 00:47:31,431
relaying a message from
the Dunstable Met Office.

772
00:47:31,598 --> 00:47:33,976
Your wife was taken to the
maternity ward of St. Mary's.

773
00:47:34,142 --> 00:47:36,270
-She is pregnant, yes?
-Yes.

774
00:47:36,436 --> 00:47:37,563
Yes, that's correct.

775
00:47:37,688 --> 00:47:38,897
Is the baby here?

776
00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:40,524
Have I missed it?

777
00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:42,734
Well, sir,
they felt you should know:

778
00:47:42,860 --> 00:47:45,237
St. Mary's Hospital was bombed
earlier tonight.

779
00:47:45,362 --> 00:47:47,948
There have been casualties,
sir, and they're...

780
00:47:48,031 --> 00:47:50,367
they're still looking
for your wife.

781
00:47:56,957 --> 00:47:58,792
Group Captain Stagg?

782
00:48:05,841 --> 00:48:07,634
Is there any more information?

783
00:48:07,843 --> 00:48:09,803
Not at this point, sir.

784
00:48:11,138 --> 00:48:12,931
But there's been casualties?

785
00:48:13,056 --> 00:48:14,558
Yes, sir.

786
00:48:22,065 --> 00:48:24,401
Okay. Well, um...

787
00:48:25,861 --> 00:48:28,697
Well, if you have any more...

788
00:48:28,822 --> 00:48:31,116
information,
then let me know-- anything.

789
00:48:31,158 --> 00:48:32,910
Of course, sir.

790
00:48:35,954 --> 00:48:37,414
Thank you.

791
00:48:37,497 --> 00:48:39,249
You're welcome, sir.

792
00:48:42,044 --> 00:48:43,921
There a problem, Stagg?

793
00:48:52,846 --> 00:48:55,140
No. It's irrelevant.

794
00:48:55,223 --> 00:48:57,309
Good.

795
00:48:57,392 --> 00:48:59,561
So, can I give the order?

796
00:49:01,897 --> 00:49:03,815
What?

797
00:49:03,982 --> 00:49:05,734
The order.

798
00:49:05,859 --> 00:49:07,736
For Monday.

799
00:49:09,321 --> 00:49:10,906
No.

800
00:49:12,491 --> 00:49:13,909
N-No?

801
00:49:13,951 --> 00:49:17,663
I mean, so you're saying
don't give the order?

802
00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:19,873
Is that it?

803
00:49:19,998 --> 00:49:21,959
Yeah, that... Yes.

804
00:49:24,002 --> 00:49:27,631
Yes. I'm saying that...
I'm saying...

805
00:49:27,714 --> 00:49:32,135
that the weather on Monday
will be extremely poor.

806
00:49:34,304 --> 00:49:36,473
Let me tell you
my problem, Stagg.

807
00:49:38,225 --> 00:49:41,269
Even I can see that

808
00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:45,816
Krick's anticyclone
is on the move,

809
00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:50,487
because it's right here
on the goddamn map.

810
00:49:52,864 --> 00:49:57,411
Now, our final meeting
is at 0400 hours,

811
00:49:57,494 --> 00:50:00,414
and that will be
the absolute last opportunity

812
00:50:00,580 --> 00:50:02,874
to change anything,

813
00:50:03,041 --> 00:50:07,254
so unless you can prove
these storms are inbound,

814
00:50:07,421 --> 00:50:09,715
we invade as planned

815
00:50:09,798 --> 00:50:14,678
Monday, June 5th, 0630 hours.

816
00:50:15,512 --> 00:50:17,431
Yes, sir.

817
00:50:17,639 --> 00:50:19,516
Three hours, gentlemen.

818
00:50:48,545 --> 00:50:49,880
You ready? You ready?

819
00:51:02,225 --> 00:51:04,519
Yeah!

820
00:51:13,153 --> 00:51:15,405
♪ Oh... ♪

821
00:51:17,783 --> 00:51:22,412
♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪

822
00:51:22,537 --> 00:51:25,916
♪ How'd you like
to blow your top? ♪

823
00:51:26,041 --> 00:51:28,627
♪ Dig yourself
some fine rebop? ♪

824
00:51:28,710 --> 00:51:31,838
♪ Hi-de-hi, he-de-he ♪

825
00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:34,758
♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man,
that's me ♪

826
00:51:34,841 --> 00:51:36,551
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

827
00:51:36,718 --> 00:51:38,220
♪ Hi-de, hi-de,
hi-de-hi ♪

828
00:51:38,345 --> 00:51:39,846
♪ Hey-de, hey-de, hey-de-hey ♪

829
00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:41,389
♪ Hey-de, hey-de,
hey-de-hey ♪

830
00:51:41,515 --> 00:51:43,391
♪ He-de, he-de, he-de-he ♪

831
00:51:43,517 --> 00:51:44,935
♪ He-de, he-de,
he-de-he ♪

832
00:51:45,018 --> 00:51:46,394
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

833
00:51:46,603 --> 00:51:47,896
♪ Hi-de, hi-de,
hi-hi ♪

834
00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:49,606
♪ Say, I happened 'em in London ♪

835
00:51:49,731 --> 00:51:51,358
♪ I helped 'em in Holland ♪

836
00:51:51,441 --> 00:51:53,652
♪ I helped 'em in gay Paris ♪

837
00:51:53,735 --> 00:51:57,447
♪ Yes, sirree, yes, sirree ♪

838
00:51:57,614 --> 00:52:00,784
♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man,
that's me ♪

839
00:52:00,867 --> 00:52:02,869
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

840
00:52:02,994 --> 00:52:04,162
♪ Hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

841
00:52:04,246 --> 00:52:06,164
♪ Oh-ho, de-ho-de ♪

842
00:52:06,206 --> 00:52:07,374
♪ Ho, ho-ho-ho ♪

843
00:52:07,541 --> 00:52:09,417
♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪

844
00:52:09,584 --> 00:52:11,711
♪ Hi-de, hi-de,
hi-hi ♪

845
00:52:31,606 --> 00:52:33,775
♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me. ♪

846
00:52:57,757 --> 00:52:59,759
Dr. Stagg.

847
00:53:05,765 --> 00:53:07,684
Come with me.

848
00:53:07,893 --> 00:53:09,352
eat where

849
00:53:10,604 --> 00:53:12,689
We need you back there.

850
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:17,027
eat where

851
00:53:20,447 --> 00:53:22,616
You'll be all right.

852
00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:25,368
-Yes.
-Mm-hmm.

853
00:53:29,831 --> 00:53:31,333
Anything at all.

854
00:53:31,416 --> 00:53:32,876
Yeah.

855
00:53:36,796 --> 00:53:39,007
Uh, this just came through, sir.

856
00:54:09,454 --> 00:54:10,705
I want to say something.

857
00:54:10,789 --> 00:54:12,874
Yeah, what's that?

858
00:54:12,999 --> 00:54:15,669
I think the way
you're treating Stagg is wrong.

859
00:54:16,795 --> 00:54:18,046
I think if you keep it up,

860
00:54:18,213 --> 00:54:20,173
he's gonna crack
and you'll lose him.

861
00:54:20,215 --> 00:54:22,133
Then I'll work with Krick.

862
00:54:22,342 --> 00:54:25,637
You know I like Irv,
but he-he's no match for Stagg.

863
00:54:25,720 --> 00:54:27,138
Since when are you an expert?

864
00:54:27,180 --> 00:54:28,807
Don't talk to me like that.

865
00:54:28,848 --> 00:54:30,684
His wife is in the hospital.

866
00:54:30,850 --> 00:54:32,310
-She's pregnant.
-In labor.

867
00:54:32,394 --> 00:54:34,020
Hospital's bombed, yes.

868
00:54:34,145 --> 00:54:35,730
I know. What else?

869
00:54:35,814 --> 00:54:39,651
He doesn't know if his
pregnant wife is dead or alive.

870
00:54:39,818 --> 00:54:41,236
Uh-huh. Yes.

871
00:54:41,361 --> 00:54:43,154
-Let me find out.
-Find out what?

872
00:54:43,238 --> 00:54:45,323
I can make it to the hospital
and back in a couple of hours.

873
00:54:45,532 --> 00:54:47,367
-How are you gonna do that?
-It'll give him clarity.

874
00:54:47,534 --> 00:54:48,785
No. No, I need you here.

875
00:54:48,868 --> 00:54:50,245
It's just a couple of hours.

876
00:54:50,328 --> 00:54:51,788
No.

877
00:54:55,333 --> 00:54:57,127
Dismissed.

878
00:55:01,381 --> 00:55:02,799
Dismissed, Lieutenant.

879
00:55:15,103 --> 00:55:16,479
South Iceland,

880
00:55:16,604 --> 00:55:18,315
seven-tenths StratoCu,
3,000 feet,

881
00:55:18,398 --> 00:55:19,941
southeast force six.

882
00:55:20,025 --> 00:55:21,526
...ten-tenths at 1,500 feet.

883
00:55:32,245 --> 00:55:34,456
So we have warm sector
conditions over Ireland,

884
00:55:34,539 --> 00:55:36,750
and low 9-9-6 is off
the northwest of Scotland.

885
00:55:36,916 --> 00:55:37,959
It's the secondary low.

886
00:55:38,084 --> 00:55:39,544
That's causing a low cloud base.

887
00:55:39,711 --> 00:55:41,963
It's very high dew points
in that warm sector upstream.

888
00:55:42,047 --> 00:55:43,340
No sign of frontal systems
moving north.

889
00:55:43,381 --> 00:55:45,175
Not yet.

890
00:55:45,300 --> 00:55:46,801
-They're about to start, sir.
-Just a couple more minutes.

891
00:55:46,843 --> 00:55:48,303
Please.

892
00:55:48,386 --> 00:55:51,056
I have the 1300 and 1800
surface air maps. Bryant.

893
00:55:51,222 --> 00:55:52,974
It's okay.

894
00:55:56,144 --> 00:55:58,271
We don't need the charts.

895
00:55:59,647 --> 00:56:01,691
We still have
a little time, sir.

896
00:56:37,894 --> 00:56:40,647
Irving, why don't you
start us off, please?

897
00:56:40,730 --> 00:56:42,273
Yes, sir.

898
00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:43,858
Gentlemen...

899
00:56:43,983 --> 00:56:47,862
this is a chart
for June 3, 1925.

900
00:56:47,987 --> 00:56:49,781
You'll notice here and here

901
00:56:49,948 --> 00:56:53,076
a temporary weakening
of pressure over the Azores,

902
00:56:53,159 --> 00:56:55,120
just as we're seeing today.

903
00:56:55,161 --> 00:56:59,749
Now, within 24 hours,
that pressure reasserted itself,

904
00:56:59,833 --> 00:57:02,627
and it cleared the storm
threatening Northern Europe.

905
00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:04,587
As you can see...

906
00:57:05,630 --> 00:57:10,593
...nearly identical patterns
occurred in 1904 and 1925,

907
00:57:10,718 --> 00:57:12,595
and I can give you
plenty of others,

908
00:57:12,679 --> 00:57:15,432
but the bottom line is this:

909
00:57:15,473 --> 00:57:20,353
Tomorrow, Monday, June 5th,
is good to go.

910
00:57:24,649 --> 00:57:26,484
Thank you.

911
00:57:32,490 --> 00:57:34,451
Stagg?

912
00:57:35,410 --> 00:57:36,870
You've got the floor.

913
00:57:42,792 --> 00:57:45,795
Nobody here likes me very much.

914
00:57:46,963 --> 00:57:49,340
I realize that,
and that's all right.

915
00:57:49,424 --> 00:57:51,426
I don't expect you to like me,

916
00:57:51,634 --> 00:57:54,929
but I do want you
to listen to me.

917
00:57:56,347 --> 00:57:59,350
Um, I could stand here
and provide you

918
00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:03,688
with yet more, uh, data--

919
00:58:03,855 --> 00:58:06,524
the latest barometric readings,
the wind speeds,

920
00:58:06,691 --> 00:58:09,569
the new upper-air soundings
that we've collated--

921
00:58:09,736 --> 00:58:13,490
but none of it is going to make
a lick of difference, is it?

922
00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:16,993
Is it?

923
00:58:18,870 --> 00:58:22,415
Because you want
to believe that--

924
00:58:22,624 --> 00:58:26,085
what Colonel Krick's just said,
that it's going to be safe

925
00:58:26,211 --> 00:58:29,172
to land in Normandy tomorrow--
and so that's what you believe.

926
00:58:29,297 --> 00:58:32,383
But everything
that he's just said

927
00:58:32,467 --> 00:58:35,386
is pure, unadulterated...

928
00:58:35,553 --> 00:58:37,430
horseshit.

929
00:58:41,100 --> 00:58:44,103
You can muster
all the tanks and soldiers

930
00:58:44,312 --> 00:58:46,940
and ships that you like.

931
00:58:47,106 --> 00:58:50,944
You can assemble the greatest
armada that ever there was,

932
00:58:51,110 --> 00:58:55,323
but if you invade tomorrow,
they're going to be washed away.

933
00:58:57,700 --> 00:59:01,871
Because the storms that
I'm talking about are real,

934
00:59:01,913 --> 00:59:03,831
and the jet stream
that's propelling them

935
00:59:03,957 --> 00:59:07,293
towards the Normandy coast
is real,

936
00:59:07,335 --> 00:59:09,671
and the wrath of nature...

937
00:59:13,299 --> 00:59:14,968
...is real.

938
00:59:15,093 --> 00:59:17,387
And if you ignore it,

939
00:59:17,554 --> 00:59:21,849
then countless men
and countless boys...

940
00:59:31,776 --> 00:59:32,902
That's it.

941
00:59:37,949 --> 00:59:39,742
He's lost his bloody mind.

942
00:59:42,287 --> 00:59:44,080
Why is it horseshit?

943
00:59:45,081 --> 00:59:46,624
Yes, the weather was
as he described

944
00:59:46,791 --> 00:59:50,753
in 1904 and 1925,
but he fails to mention 1916.

945
00:59:50,878 --> 00:59:52,714
June 5th,
the Battle for Mount Sorrel.

946
00:59:52,755 --> 00:59:55,133
Then, as now, there were
areas of high pressure

947
00:59:55,258 --> 00:59:57,760
above the Azores,
but the storms came anyway.

948
00:59:57,885 --> 01:00:00,013
Many people here will remember
that battle.

949
01:00:00,221 --> 01:00:02,849
Chaos. Absolute chaos!

950
01:00:03,016 --> 01:00:04,726
Thousands of lives lost!

951
01:00:04,851 --> 01:00:06,769
Hell on earth! Torrential rain!

952
01:00:06,894 --> 01:00:09,772
He's selecting the data
that suits him

953
01:00:09,856 --> 01:00:12,483
and ignoring the rest,
and we must face the facts.

954
01:00:12,650 --> 01:00:14,402
The facts!

955
01:00:14,569 --> 01:00:16,696
However frightening they may be!

956
01:00:20,033 --> 01:00:22,076
Well, if...

957
01:00:22,201 --> 01:00:25,246
if not Monday, when?

958
01:00:28,374 --> 01:00:30,293
Not before June 18.

959
01:00:30,376 --> 01:00:33,254
Christ on a bike, he's still
talking about the 18th.

960
01:00:33,379 --> 01:00:34,839
The 18th?

961
01:00:34,881 --> 01:00:36,341
There is no 18th.

962
01:00:36,549 --> 01:00:39,135
No 18th. No 18th!

963
01:00:39,177 --> 01:00:40,261
None!

964
01:00:40,428 --> 01:00:41,512
None, none, none, none, none!

965
01:00:41,596 --> 01:00:43,931
The 18th is not an option!

966
01:00:44,057 --> 01:00:45,642
Montgomery.

967
01:00:57,487 --> 01:00:59,530
Bertie...

968
01:00:59,739 --> 01:01:02,992
what is the worst

969
01:01:03,117 --> 01:01:05,203
we can tolerate?

970
01:01:05,328 --> 01:01:08,790
Waves of four to six feet
would be tolerable.

971
01:01:10,291 --> 01:01:12,710
Anything over six feet...

972
01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:15,004
impossible.

973
01:01:16,547 --> 01:01:17,840
Stagg?

974
01:01:17,965 --> 01:01:19,592
I'm estimating waves
of eight to ten feet.

975
01:01:26,974 --> 01:01:28,768
Trafford, worst case?

976
01:01:28,893 --> 01:01:30,687
Cloud base can't be lower
than a thousand feet,

977
01:01:30,812 --> 01:01:32,897
or we're flying blind.

978
01:01:33,064 --> 01:01:35,942
Cloud base will be
at least eight to ten-tenths

979
01:01:36,150 --> 01:01:37,568
below a thousand feet.

980
01:01:37,610 --> 01:01:39,278
Then don't fly.

981
01:01:39,445 --> 01:01:41,197
Ramsay, you get us ashore,
our men will handle the rest.

982
01:01:41,364 --> 01:01:43,032
-Without air cover?
-With or without.

983
01:01:43,116 --> 01:01:44,701
Shut up, Monty.

984
01:01:44,826 --> 01:01:46,703
We need to land,
is what we need to do.

985
01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:48,788
If we don't land,
we have no fourth front,

986
01:01:48,996 --> 01:01:50,581
-and without a fourth front...
-For God's sake, Monty.

987
01:01:50,748 --> 01:01:53,334
With waves of ten feet,
we won't be landing anywhere.

988
01:01:53,459 --> 01:01:54,919
Well, then, let's just start

989
01:01:55,086 --> 01:01:56,504
the blasted Kraut lessons now,
then, shall we,

990
01:01:56,629 --> 01:01:57,880
and all the goose-stepping?

991
01:01:58,089 --> 01:01:59,882
And then maybe one day
years from now,

992
01:01:59,966 --> 01:02:01,801
we can all yodel about
the time that we didn't...

993
01:02:02,009 --> 01:02:04,053
Enough!

994
01:02:13,563 --> 01:02:15,815
Krick, do you have
anything to add?

995
01:02:15,857 --> 01:02:18,484
I'm telling you, sir, next week
is nothing but clear skies.

996
01:02:18,526 --> 01:02:21,529
If you choose to postpone,

997
01:02:21,612 --> 01:02:23,781
you'll regret it
for the rest of your lives.

998
01:02:26,868 --> 01:02:28,870
I maintain my position.

999
01:02:33,499 --> 01:02:35,752
And I maintain mine.

1000
01:02:41,007 --> 01:02:42,967
Then so be it.

1001
01:02:43,050 --> 01:02:44,677
D-Day will be postponed.

1002
01:02:59,692 --> 01:03:01,194
Ike.

1003
01:03:01,319 --> 01:03:02,612
I hate to bring this up,

1004
01:03:02,737 --> 01:03:04,447
but we have hundreds
of thousands of troops

1005
01:03:04,530 --> 01:03:05,907
ready to deploy down there.

1006
01:03:06,073 --> 01:03:07,450
Now, they've obviously
been briefed

1007
01:03:07,533 --> 01:03:09,076
as to the invasion plans.

1008
01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:11,120
Yeah,
that's a lot of loose lips.

1009
01:03:11,245 --> 01:03:12,830
Secure all troops.

1010
01:03:12,872 --> 01:03:14,290
-I repeat, secure all troops.
-I repeat,

1011
01:03:14,457 --> 01:03:16,000
all troops must be
detained at once.

1012
01:03:16,167 --> 01:03:17,376
No one leaves
until further notice.

1013
01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:19,587
No one leaves
until further notice.

1014
01:03:19,629 --> 01:03:21,923
I repeat, all troops
must be detained at once.

1015
01:03:22,089 --> 01:03:23,466
All troops must be
detained at once.

1016
01:03:23,633 --> 01:03:25,885
Secure them on board,
no exceptions.

1017
01:03:54,956 --> 01:03:56,624
You did the right thing.

1018
01:04:11,889 --> 01:04:13,432
Jesus.

1019
01:04:16,769 --> 01:04:18,354
Should've gone.

1020
01:04:18,563 --> 01:04:20,106
Ike.

1021
01:05:37,767 --> 01:05:43,564
♪ All creatures
of our God and King ♪

1022
01:05:43,648 --> 01:05:49,153
♪ Lift up
your voice and with us sing ♪

1023
01:05:49,236 --> 01:05:56,202
♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪

1024
01:05:56,410 --> 01:05:59,372
♪ Thou burning sun ♪

1025
01:05:59,538 --> 01:06:02,667
♪ With golden beam ♪

1026
01:06:02,750 --> 01:06:05,002
♪ Thou silver moon ♪

1027
01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:08,589
♪ With softer gleam ♪

1028
01:06:08,714 --> 01:06:14,512
♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪

1029
01:06:14,595 --> 01:06:20,643
♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪

1030
01:06:20,726 --> 01:06:27,149
♪ Alleluia ♪

1031
01:06:28,693 --> 01:06:34,657
♪ Thou rushing wind
that art so strong ♪

1032
01:06:34,699 --> 01:06:40,371
♪ Ye clouds that sail
in heaven along ♪

1033
01:06:40,496 --> 01:06:46,377
♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪

1034
01:06:46,502 --> 01:06:52,383
♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪

1035
01:06:52,508 --> 01:07:01,809
♪ Alleluia. ♪

1036
01:07:11,444 --> 01:07:15,031
God, grant to the living...

1037
01:07:16,032 --> 01:07:18,117
...grace.

1038
01:07:18,284 --> 01:07:21,370
To the departed, rest.

1039
01:07:21,454 --> 01:07:23,789
To the nation,

1040
01:07:23,956 --> 01:07:27,585
peace and concord.

1041
01:07:27,710 --> 01:07:30,004
To us all, your servants,

1042
01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:33,382
the promise of eternal life.

1043
01:07:50,608 --> 01:07:54,820
Your blessing to unite us all
in your service

1044
01:07:54,862 --> 01:07:59,366
to our God
and to this, our country.

1045
01:08:05,790 --> 01:08:08,709
Light to guide us...

1046
01:08:08,834 --> 01:08:11,420
guide us on our way.

1047
01:08:20,179 --> 01:08:24,725
Courage to support us
and your blessing to unite us...

1048
01:08:24,809 --> 01:08:27,686
in service to you.

1049
01:08:56,006 --> 01:08:57,550
Amen.

1050
01:08:57,591 --> 01:08:59,969
Amen.

1051
01:10:05,743 --> 01:10:08,787
We can't keep the men
locked up like this, Ike.

1052
01:10:08,829 --> 01:10:10,706
Not for two more weeks.

1053
01:10:12,666 --> 01:10:14,919
Well, what do you want me to do?

1054
01:10:15,044 --> 01:10:18,380
Furlough 300,000 men
with the playbook for D-Day?

1055
01:10:19,506 --> 01:10:21,884
We might as well
tell the Nazis ourselves.

1056
01:10:22,843 --> 01:10:25,179
It's just an observation.

1057
01:10:27,181 --> 01:10:29,391
We will find a way, Trafford.

1058
01:10:30,351 --> 01:10:31,977
Hang in there.

1059
01:10:33,270 --> 01:10:34,396
Yes.

1060
01:10:35,439 --> 01:10:36,690
Sir.

1061
01:10:45,115 --> 01:10:47,076
So L2 and 3
have merged into one system.

1062
01:10:47,159 --> 01:10:48,535
Mm. And a new low

1063
01:10:48,619 --> 01:10:49,954
has intensified
east of Newfoundland.

1064
01:10:50,120 --> 01:10:51,497
Uh, sir?

1065
01:10:51,664 --> 01:10:53,082
Excuse me, Dr. Stagg?

1066
01:10:54,667 --> 01:10:57,670
The cold front appears to be
clearing western Ireland.

1067
01:11:00,297 --> 01:11:01,674
What?

1068
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:03,425
It's clearing, sir.

1069
01:11:06,887 --> 01:11:09,014
What's the geostrophic gradient?

1070
01:11:09,139 --> 01:11:12,810
Uh, 40 knots north, sir.

1071
01:11:12,977 --> 01:11:15,020
So it's slowing.

1072
01:11:15,145 --> 01:11:17,273
Well, you can't be sure, sir.
We've only had one reading.

1073
01:11:17,398 --> 01:11:18,983
-Where'd it come from?
-Northwest Ireland.

1074
01:11:19,149 --> 01:11:21,026
Tell me specifically,
who... who recorded it?

1075
01:11:21,151 --> 01:11:22,569
What weather base?

1076
01:11:22,695 --> 01:11:25,864
A Miss Maureen Sweeney, sir.

1077
01:11:25,906 --> 01:11:27,783
-Blacksod Point.
-Show me.

1078
01:11:32,246 --> 01:11:34,206
Well, call her back.
Double-check it.

1079
01:11:34,248 --> 01:11:35,708
-Triple-check it.
-Sir.

1080
01:11:35,833 --> 01:11:36,959
Right now, please.

1081
01:11:39,253 --> 01:11:40,754
Can you ask, uh, Teleprinter Ops

1082
01:11:40,921 --> 01:11:42,673
to get me readings
from every base

1083
01:11:42,798 --> 01:11:45,009
within 500 miles
of Blacksod Point? Right now.

1084
01:11:45,134 --> 01:11:47,678
Can I get the latest
climate readings, please?

1085
01:12:03,193 --> 01:12:04,903
Yeah?

1086
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:07,740
Um...

1087
01:12:09,825 --> 01:12:13,120
This just came in
from Blacksod Point.

1088
01:12:21,170 --> 01:12:22,379
Was it checked?

1089
01:12:22,463 --> 01:12:24,131
They're checking it now.

1090
01:12:25,132 --> 01:12:28,302
Could mean something,
could mean nothing.

1091
01:12:29,345 --> 01:12:31,096
Yes, but which?

1092
01:12:31,221 --> 01:12:32,514
What do you think?

1093
01:12:33,515 --> 01:12:35,184
Why are you asking me?

1094
01:12:35,309 --> 01:12:37,394
Look out the goddamn window,
Stagg.

1095
01:12:37,519 --> 01:12:40,189
I'm asking you because
I need your expertise.

1096
01:12:45,361 --> 01:12:46,779
Please.

1097
01:12:50,657 --> 01:12:52,368
It's the fifth reading.

1098
01:13:04,755 --> 01:13:06,131
It is unusual.

1099
01:13:06,298 --> 01:13:08,884
Mm-hmm. Yeah, it is.

1100
01:13:11,595 --> 01:13:13,680
It's worth looking into.

1101
01:13:14,598 --> 01:13:16,100
Good.

1102
01:13:16,225 --> 01:13:18,602
Heavy frontal cloud, west of 35.

1103
01:13:18,811 --> 01:13:20,396
Blacksod Point
barometer fell overnight,

1104
01:13:20,604 --> 01:13:22,439
then slight rise by afternoon,
front offshore.

1105
01:13:24,900 --> 01:13:27,611
1-0-1-1 millibars.

1106
01:13:27,736 --> 01:13:29,571
Who do you got now?
Who are you speaking with?

1107
01:13:29,780 --> 01:13:30,823
I was just asking him about...

1108
01:13:30,989 --> 01:13:32,908
So, what are you doing now?

1109
01:13:33,951 --> 01:13:37,287
And get the result
for that one, please.

1110
01:13:37,413 --> 01:13:39,123
The low is moving
in the right direction, but...

1111
01:13:39,206 --> 01:13:40,958
-It's too close.
-Yeah.

1112
01:13:42,084 --> 01:13:44,211
Hamilton, when's the next chart
coming out?

1113
01:13:44,253 --> 01:13:45,504
Within the hour, sir.

1114
01:13:45,587 --> 01:13:46,922
Within the hour
is not good enough.

1115
01:13:47,131 --> 01:13:48,674
Can we get...
can we get Dunstable...

1116
01:13:48,799 --> 01:13:50,926
a result from Dun-Dunstable in,
please, soon?

1117
01:13:51,051 --> 01:13:52,636
It should've been with us
an hour ago.

1118
01:13:52,803 --> 01:13:54,221
What's the movement
on the cold front?

1119
01:13:54,388 --> 01:13:56,265
Still 30 knots, sir.

1120
01:13:56,306 --> 01:13:58,350
Have you ever seen
a progression like this?

1121
01:13:58,517 --> 01:14:01,145
Never. Winter, maybe.

1122
01:14:01,228 --> 01:14:02,813
Never this time of year.

1123
01:14:02,980 --> 01:14:04,481
StratoCu
lifting above 2,000 feet.

1124
01:14:04,606 --> 01:14:05,899
Sea surface
temperature, 15 degrees.

1125
01:14:05,983 --> 01:14:07,192
Data points up
to 400 millibars.

1126
01:14:07,276 --> 01:14:09,069
What are you looking for?

1127
01:14:09,194 --> 01:14:11,029
A gap,
because there's one there.

1128
01:14:11,196 --> 01:14:12,531
You call that a gap?

1129
01:14:12,739 --> 01:14:14,241
Yes, I call that a gap.

1130
01:14:14,450 --> 01:14:15,742
That's a very narrow gap.

1131
01:14:15,826 --> 01:14:17,494
A narrow gap is still a gap.
Thank you.

1132
01:14:17,536 --> 01:14:18,954
Do you see a gap?

1133
01:14:18,996 --> 01:14:20,372
I believe there's one
forming, sir, yes.

1134
01:14:20,497 --> 01:14:21,790
Yes, a gap. Thank you.

1135
01:14:25,669 --> 01:14:28,797
So, if this was a normal
forecast, would you call it?

1136
01:14:28,922 --> 01:14:30,132
Yeah.

1137
01:14:30,215 --> 01:14:32,551
I don't know. Uh, probably.

1138
01:14:33,677 --> 01:14:35,053
Yeah.

1139
01:14:36,138 --> 01:14:38,390
The only difference is
it's D-Day.

1140
01:14:40,225 --> 01:14:41,727
Big difference.

1141
01:14:45,397 --> 01:14:47,149
Call Eisenhower.

1142
01:15:06,585 --> 01:15:08,879
You wanted to see me?

1143
01:15:09,004 --> 01:15:10,339
Yes, sir.

1144
01:15:12,132 --> 01:15:14,259
There's been a development, sir.

1145
01:15:14,384 --> 01:15:17,179
It seems the storm
at Newfoundland is slowing.

1146
01:15:17,221 --> 01:15:20,807
We believe it's enough
to provide a... a...

1147
01:15:20,933 --> 01:15:23,852
a window
in the disruptive weather.

1148
01:15:24,895 --> 01:15:26,355
Um...

1149
01:15:28,440 --> 01:15:30,359
Well, if I may,
th-the cigarettes

1150
01:15:30,442 --> 01:15:32,778
are the Newfoundland storm,

1151
01:15:32,986 --> 01:15:34,530
the larger one of three.

1152
01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:37,449
My glasses here are
the two smaller storms.

1153
01:15:37,491 --> 01:15:40,369
Currently, the larger storm is
dragging the two smaller storms

1154
01:15:40,410 --> 01:15:43,497
away from the Normandy coast,
leaving a...

1155
01:15:43,622 --> 01:15:45,707
a gap in the weather of sorts

1156
01:15:45,791 --> 01:15:50,212
just long enough for us to land
in Normandy on Tuesday morning.

1157
01:15:50,254 --> 01:15:51,672
Tuesday?

1158
01:15:51,797 --> 01:15:55,759
As in 26 hours from now,
Tuesday?

1159
01:15:55,926 --> 01:15:57,553
Sir, if you just look
at the latest charts...

1160
01:15:57,719 --> 01:15:59,680
I don't want to look
at your damn charts.

1161
01:15:59,805 --> 01:16:01,932
It's a bunch of gobbledygook.

1162
01:16:02,099 --> 01:16:04,434
What I want is for you
to get down on your knees

1163
01:16:04,518 --> 01:16:06,103
and look me in the eye
and tell me,

1164
01:16:06,228 --> 01:16:08,564
"Tuesday morning, sir,
the sun's got his hat on."

1165
01:16:08,730 --> 01:16:10,607
Because in case
you haven't noticed,

1166
01:16:10,732 --> 01:16:12,734
there's a goddamn hurricane
blowing out there!

1167
01:16:12,901 --> 01:16:14,736
Technically, it's not
a hurricane, sir.

1168
01:16:17,489 --> 01:16:20,325
Sunny weather, you say stop.
Hurricane, you say go.

1169
01:16:20,534 --> 01:16:21,660
Well, no. Well, yes, sir.

1170
01:16:21,702 --> 01:16:23,078
Yes, that's exactly
what I'm saying.

1171
01:16:26,456 --> 01:16:30,294
Send my men into...

1172
01:16:30,335 --> 01:16:33,088
into the storm?

1173
01:16:36,633 --> 01:16:38,260
Yeah.

1174
01:16:41,471 --> 01:16:43,098
They'll never see it coming,
sir, never.

1175
01:16:43,223 --> 01:16:45,684
A gap like this
in the storm-- never.

1176
01:17:00,907 --> 01:17:02,868
You're absolutely sure of that?

1177
01:17:06,663 --> 01:17:10,959
Are you absolutely sure
about that, Group Captain Stagg?

1178
01:17:13,211 --> 01:17:15,380
I'm sure there'll be a gap.

1179
01:17:16,381 --> 01:17:18,842
The weather won't be perfect...

1180
01:17:18,884 --> 01:17:20,886
but it'll do.

1181
01:17:22,471 --> 01:17:24,598
This is your official position?

1182
01:17:28,393 --> 01:17:31,897
My official position is this.

1183
01:17:34,191 --> 01:17:35,901
Go.

1184
01:17:39,363 --> 01:17:41,281
You should go, sir.

1185
01:17:44,743 --> 01:17:46,328
Okay, we'll go.

1186
01:17:49,164 --> 01:17:51,458
D-Day is Tuesday, June 6.

1187
01:18:22,364 --> 01:18:26,451
This is my statement...

1188
01:18:26,493 --> 01:18:30,038
-if all goes well tomorrow.
-Mm-hmm.

1189
01:18:30,247 --> 01:18:32,874
And...

1190
01:18:32,999 --> 01:18:34,710
this one if not.

1191
01:18:40,382 --> 01:18:41,425
-Hey.
-Hmm?

1192
01:18:41,466 --> 01:18:43,343
I've got a surprise for you.

1193
01:18:46,471 --> 01:18:48,473
Rare as nylons.

1194
01:19:00,777 --> 01:19:03,113
I have a good feeling
about tomorrow.

1195
01:19:16,209 --> 01:19:18,086
-You should get some sleep.
-Yes.

1196
01:19:18,211 --> 01:19:19,755
Yeah?

1197
01:19:24,176 --> 01:19:27,053
-0630 hours.
-0630 hours.

1198
01:19:30,140 --> 01:19:35,479
My men did all that bravery
and devotion to duty could do.

1199
01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:41,359
If any blame or fault
is attached to the attempt,

1200
01:19:41,401 --> 01:19:45,405
it is mine and mine alone.

1201
01:19:47,866 --> 01:19:49,284
That's what I wrote.

1202
01:19:50,952 --> 01:19:53,705
In case we fail tomorrow.

1203
01:19:55,290 --> 01:19:57,042
We won't.

1204
01:20:20,482 --> 01:20:25,153
Soldiers, sailors and airmen

1205
01:20:25,362 --> 01:20:28,448
of the Allied
Expeditionary Force...

1206
01:20:39,251 --> 01:20:42,879
...you are about to embark
upon the Great Crusade,

1207
01:20:43,046 --> 01:20:46,007
upon which we have striven
these many months.

1208
01:20:50,053 --> 01:20:53,265
The eyes of the world
are upon you.

1209
01:20:53,390 --> 01:20:54,850
The hope and prayers

1210
01:20:54,933 --> 01:20:59,187
of liberty-loving people
everywhere march with you.

1211
01:21:02,607 --> 01:21:04,776
In company with our brave allies

1212
01:21:04,901 --> 01:21:07,863
and brothers-in-arms
on other fronts,

1213
01:21:07,988 --> 01:21:09,656
you will bring about
the destruction

1214
01:21:09,823 --> 01:21:11,491
of the German war machine...

1215
01:21:13,159 --> 01:21:17,038
...the elimination
of Nazi tyranny

1216
01:21:17,205 --> 01:21:19,583
over the oppressed peoples
of Europe

1217
01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:24,129
and security for ourselves
in a free world.

1218
01:21:27,924 --> 01:21:29,676
You get any sleep?

1219
01:21:29,801 --> 01:21:31,219
Not a wink.

1220
01:21:32,262 --> 01:21:33,388
You?

1221
01:21:33,597 --> 01:21:34,723
Nope.

1222
01:21:46,902 --> 01:21:49,696
Your task
will not be an easy one.

1223
01:21:49,863 --> 01:21:53,074
Your enemy is well trained,

1224
01:21:53,241 --> 01:21:57,746
well equipped
and battle-hardened.

1225
01:21:58,747 --> 01:22:00,582
He will fight savagely.

1226
01:22:05,045 --> 01:22:07,213
60 seconds to H hour.

1227
01:22:08,173 --> 01:22:13,345
Radio silence ends in...
60 seconds.

1228
01:22:14,804 --> 01:22:17,474
But this is the year 1944.

1229
01:22:17,682 --> 01:22:18,850
Where you from?

1230
01:22:18,934 --> 01:22:20,352
Bracken Mountain,
North Carolina, sir.

1231
01:22:20,435 --> 01:22:21,770
-Bracken Mountain,
North Carolina? -Yes, sir.

1232
01:22:21,937 --> 01:22:23,813
The tide has turned.

1233
01:22:23,855 --> 01:22:25,440
The free men of the world

1234
01:22:25,607 --> 01:22:28,777
are marching together
to victory.

1235
01:22:28,860 --> 01:22:30,236
What's your name?

1236
01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:32,280
-Uh, Oiler, sir.
-Oiler. Where you from, Oiler?

1237
01:22:32,489 --> 01:22:34,157
I have full confidence in

1238
01:22:34,324 --> 01:22:38,870
your courage, devotion to duty
and skill in battle.

1239
01:22:43,875 --> 01:22:48,713
We will accept nothing less
than full victory.

1240
01:22:49,631 --> 01:22:51,341
Good luck,

1241
01:22:51,508 --> 01:22:54,761
and let us beseech the blessing
of Almighty God

1242
01:22:54,844 --> 01:22:58,014
upon this great
and noble undertaking.

1243
01:23:27,752 --> 01:23:29,838
Utah. Come in, Utah.

1244
01:23:31,756 --> 01:23:33,341
Utah, come in.

1245
01:23:35,218 --> 01:23:37,012
SHAEF main to Utah.

1246
01:23:47,439 --> 01:23:49,107
Come in, Utah.

1247
01:23:51,443 --> 01:23:54,154
Omaha Beach
control, do you read?

1248
01:24:03,705 --> 01:24:05,832
Utah, come in.

1249
01:24:07,667 --> 01:24:09,044
Utah, do you read?

1250
01:24:22,557 --> 01:24:24,726
Utah... hit by
machine-gun fire. Casualties...

1251
01:24:24,851 --> 01:24:26,352
Heavy incoming fire
at Utah Beach.

1252
01:24:26,478 --> 01:24:27,937
What about the other beaches?

1253
01:24:28,063 --> 01:24:29,314
Serious
casualties at Omaha Beach.

1254
01:24:29,481 --> 01:24:31,107
How many casualties?

1255
01:24:31,149 --> 01:24:32,901
Westerly winds
causing course corrections.

1256
01:24:33,026 --> 01:24:34,360
Westerly winds
causing course corrections.

1257
01:24:34,486 --> 01:24:35,945
Visibility two miles,

1258
01:24:36,029 --> 01:24:37,822
ceiling falling to 1,500 feet.

1259
01:24:40,992 --> 01:24:42,410
Landing craft
swept off course at Utah.

1260
01:24:42,577 --> 01:24:43,870
Visibility two miles.

1261
01:24:44,037 --> 01:24:45,997
Ceiling falling to 1,500 feet.

1262
01:24:47,791 --> 01:24:49,501
Omaha sky still overcast...

1263
01:24:49,626 --> 01:24:50,502
...unable to locate batteries

1264
01:24:50,710 --> 01:24:52,212
lying on south beach.

1265
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,343
-Keep moving!
-Keep pushing!

1266
01:24:58,551 --> 01:25:00,178
Move! Move!

1267
01:25:02,847 --> 01:25:05,475
Incoming! Take cover!

1268
01:25:05,558 --> 01:25:06,893
Cannot
unload due to heavy shellfire.

1269
01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:08,520
L1 section lost in water.

1270
01:25:08,686 --> 01:25:10,105
Second half moving forward.

1271
01:25:10,230 --> 01:25:11,940
...800 yards off the beach.

1272
01:25:12,023 --> 01:25:13,775
Omaha winds 14 knots west.

1273
01:25:24,702 --> 01:25:26,704
Taking heavy fire
at Gold and Omaha.

1274
01:25:35,672 --> 01:25:37,090
Many wounded at Dog Red,

1275
01:25:37,215 --> 01:25:38,299
needing immediate evacuation.

1276
01:25:48,935 --> 01:25:50,520
Cloud
ceiling low, around 500 feet.

1277
01:25:50,687 --> 01:25:52,313
Cloud ceiling
low, around 500 feet.

1278
01:25:52,397 --> 01:25:54,023
...find no targets
of opportunity...

1279
01:25:54,232 --> 01:25:55,942
Can find
no targets of opportunity

1280
01:25:56,067 --> 01:25:57,485
without endangering own landing.

1281
01:25:57,569 --> 01:26:00,113
We can't see a bloody thing!

1282
01:26:06,703 --> 01:26:09,080
Wind 18 knots, west, southwest.

1283
01:26:09,164 --> 01:26:10,623
Wind 18 knots,
west, southwest.

1284
01:26:10,707 --> 01:26:12,125
Clouds 800 feet,
beginning to rise.

1285
01:26:12,208 --> 01:26:13,668
-You're good. You're good.
-Am I gonna die?

1286
01:26:13,751 --> 01:26:15,545
No, we'll get you home.
You're good. You're good.

1287
01:26:15,670 --> 01:26:18,381
Waves moderating
at Utah, now two to three feet.

1288
01:26:18,506 --> 01:26:20,049
Ceiling lifting to 1,500 feet.

1289
01:26:20,133 --> 01:26:21,384
Clearer skies inland.

1290
01:26:21,593 --> 01:26:23,136
Keep pushing!

1291
01:26:23,303 --> 01:26:26,014
I don't care! Go!

1292
01:26:38,735 --> 01:26:39,986
Utah cloud ceiling clear.

1293
01:26:46,618 --> 01:26:48,536
Move up!

1294
01:26:49,746 --> 01:26:51,831
Two U.S. destroyers
are within one...

1295
01:27:10,433 --> 01:27:12,185
Move up!

1296
01:27:37,961 --> 01:27:39,587
Yes?

1297
01:27:40,922 --> 01:27:42,006
Mm-hmm.

1298
01:27:43,383 --> 01:27:44,509
What?

1299
01:27:51,975 --> 01:27:53,434
Thank you.

1300
01:28:04,070 --> 01:28:05,947
Footholds established
on all the beaches.

1301
01:28:08,199 --> 01:28:11,786
Our men are ashore,
with full air and naval support.

1302
01:29:36,913 --> 01:29:38,498
Hello. Signals Department.

1303
01:29:38,581 --> 01:29:40,917
Yes, St. Mary's Hospital
in Clapham, please.

1304
01:29:41,084 --> 01:29:43,127
I'm sorry, sir, but there are
still no outgoing calls

1305
01:29:43,294 --> 01:29:45,171
until security restrictions
have been officially lifted.

1306
01:29:45,380 --> 01:29:47,215
I believe...

1307
01:29:59,477 --> 01:30:01,729
I've arranged a car to take you
straight to the hospital.

1308
01:30:01,854 --> 01:30:03,981
Thank you very much.
I appreciate that.

1309
01:30:14,659 --> 01:30:18,204
Well, congratulations, Stagg.

1310
01:30:18,329 --> 01:30:20,248
Congratulations to you, too.

1311
01:30:27,463 --> 01:30:28,923
Good luck.

1312
01:30:37,765 --> 01:30:39,934
Thank you so much
for everything.

1313
01:30:40,017 --> 01:30:41,477
Ah, don't be silly.

1314
01:30:41,602 --> 01:30:42,937
I'm sorry I couldn't
have done more.

1315
01:30:43,020 --> 01:30:44,105
No, no, no.

1316
01:30:44,188 --> 01:30:46,315
We were busy.

1317
01:31:36,741 --> 01:31:38,284
Thank you.

1318
01:31:48,085 --> 01:31:50,755
No, no. You can't.

1319
01:31:57,512 --> 01:31:59,180
No! No!

1320
01:32:40,805 --> 01:32:42,223
Hello, Jim.

1321
01:32:44,976 --> 01:32:46,519
Hello, Liz.

1322
01:33:10,793 --> 01:33:12,169
Are you all right?

1323
01:33:20,595 --> 01:33:22,221
You okay?

1324
01:33:22,305 --> 01:33:23,681
Yeah?

1325
01:33:34,525 --> 01:33:35,901
Your son.

1326
01:33:36,944 --> 01:33:38,279
Oh.

1327
01:34:13,522 --> 01:34:15,650
Hello.

1328
01:34:15,733 --> 01:34:16,984
Hello, beautiful.