1 00:04:43,328 --> 00:04:47,091 Where you been, lad? Bus goes in 15 minutes. 2 00:04:47,099 --> 00:04:49,394 The farm. I had to get this back. 3 00:04:49,401 --> 00:04:51,628 I'll want something to read. 4 00:04:51,637 --> 00:04:54,205 Anyway, I'm, uh... I'm all ready upstairs. 5 00:04:54,206 --> 00:04:56,740 Your mother's up there. What's the book? 6 00:04:56,742 --> 00:04:59,436 - Oh, David Copperfield. - You'll be lucky if you have time for reading. 7 00:04:59,444 --> 00:05:01,444 I never did. 8 00:05:02,514 --> 00:05:05,276 - Has he got everything? - Of course, he doesn't need much. 9 00:05:05,284 --> 00:05:08,376 - What do you mean, he doesn't need much? - Well, they give him the rest... 10 00:05:08,387 --> 00:05:10,387 clothes, rations, you know. 11 00:05:10,389 --> 00:05:12,855 He needs what I've given him. 12 00:05:12,858 --> 00:05:16,155 Time for the bus, lad. You don't want to miss that train. 13 00:05:23,402 --> 00:05:26,562 - Bye, Mum. - Good luck, Son. 14 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,138 Let's go. 15 00:07:14,279 --> 00:07:17,906 Move away from it, son. Get back. Get back. 16 00:07:17,916 --> 00:07:21,144 - Bring it out! Bring it out! - Over against the wall. 17 00:08:04,729 --> 00:08:06,820 There's somebody up there. 18 00:08:18,310 --> 00:08:21,846 - Here we go. - Get these hoses back! Get back! Get back! 19 00:08:21,847 --> 00:08:25,212 All right, look out! It's going! It's going! 20 00:08:35,660 --> 00:08:38,627 Sorry, lad. You just missed it. 21 00:08:57,215 --> 00:09:00,182 Go and get some sleep. I'll finish here. 22 00:09:25,677 --> 00:09:29,144 Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren... 23 00:09:29,147 --> 00:09:31,442 that this child is born again... 24 00:09:31,449 --> 00:09:34,916 and received into the family of Christ's church... 25 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,683 let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits... 26 00:09:38,690 --> 00:09:42,726 and, with one accord, make our prayers unto him... 27 00:09:42,727 --> 00:09:46,388 that this child may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning. 28 00:10:04,683 --> 00:10:08,913 Are you for the camp? Hey, you! 29 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,353 - Are you for the camp? - Yeah. 30 00:10:12,357 --> 00:10:15,756 You're a bit late, son. The others got in last night. 31 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,521 I know. 32 00:10:17,529 --> 00:10:19,790 Got caught up in that air raid, eh? 33 00:10:19,798 --> 00:10:21,923 - Yes. - Oh, well, never mind, son. 34 00:10:21,933 --> 00:10:26,265 You'll have to walk. It's not many miles. 35 00:11:26,498 --> 00:11:29,294 Put the case down. 36 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:31,698 - Name? - Thomas Beddows. 37 00:11:31,703 --> 00:11:33,430 Sir. 38 00:11:33,438 --> 00:11:36,029 - Thomas Beddows, sir. - You're late. 39 00:11:38,810 --> 00:11:41,902 And... halt! 40 00:11:49,688 --> 00:11:52,814 And... halt! 41 00:11:56,428 --> 00:11:58,428 Who are you? 42 00:11:59,531 --> 00:12:02,896 - Thomas Beddows, sir. - Do I look like an officer? 43 00:12:02,901 --> 00:12:04,968 - Forward, march! - No, sir. 44 00:12:04,969 --> 00:12:07,697 Don't call me "sir" then. 45 00:12:07,706 --> 00:12:10,366 Who gave you permission to fall in? 46 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:12,443 - To what? - To enter. 47 00:12:12,444 --> 00:12:15,570 To come in the room. To open the door and make an entrance. 48 00:12:16,881 --> 00:12:20,109 - No one. - Get it right then. 49 00:12:20,118 --> 00:12:22,778 Go back outside, knock. 50 00:12:22,787 --> 00:12:25,879 And when I say "yes," come in and say, "Permission to fall in." 51 00:12:27,425 --> 00:12:29,652 Go on. 52 00:12:34,299 --> 00:12:36,924 Beddows. 53 00:12:36,935 --> 00:12:39,697 Your case... take it. 54 00:12:53,051 --> 00:12:55,051 Yes? 55 00:12:58,757 --> 00:13:02,554 - Who are you? - Beddows. Permission to fall in. 56 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:05,458 Come in, Private Beddows. 57 00:13:05,463 --> 00:13:08,430 You can have that one. 58 00:13:17,575 --> 00:13:19,575 Leave that. 59 00:13:19,577 --> 00:13:23,044 You're late already. Haircut's next. 60 00:13:23,047 --> 00:13:26,275 You'll find the barbershop next to the company office. 61 00:13:26,284 --> 00:13:28,852 - Next! - Stand still. Stand still. 62 00:13:28,853 --> 00:13:31,547 Stand still. Next. 63 00:13:31,556 --> 00:13:34,022 Next. Name? 64 00:13:34,025 --> 00:13:36,150 - Beddows, sir. - Skinny, aren't you? 65 00:13:36,161 --> 00:13:38,161 Yes, sir. 66 00:13:39,197 --> 00:13:41,197 - Got a cough? - No, sir. 67 00:13:41,199 --> 00:13:43,824 - Okay. Clothes on over there. - Next. 68 00:13:46,638 --> 00:13:49,605 - Are you gonna stick that in me? - Arm, please. 69 00:13:55,947 --> 00:13:58,914 Feeling better, are you? 70 00:13:58,917 --> 00:14:01,212 I don't like needles. 71 00:14:01,219 --> 00:14:04,755 Is that all? I don't like the whole sodding army. 72 00:14:04,756 --> 00:14:08,883 All recruits, form up by the door. Into line. Get a move on! 73 00:14:08,893 --> 00:14:12,190 Right! Abrahams, Arlott, Beddows! 74 00:14:12,197 --> 00:14:15,596 Malcolm, Partridge, Silver, Young. 75 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,032 Right. Let's have a look at you. 76 00:14:33,084 --> 00:14:35,516 Can you tell me what you've got there? 77 00:14:36,921 --> 00:14:40,320 One pair of shorts, P.T. One pair of drawers, cellular. 78 00:14:40,325 --> 00:14:43,019 One balaclava. One pair of braces. One pair of boots. 79 00:14:43,027 --> 00:14:45,254 Great coat, socks, vests, gaiters. 80 00:14:45,263 --> 00:14:47,695 Webbing, packs large and small. 81 00:14:47,699 --> 00:14:49,699 Battle dress, gas mask. 82 00:14:51,202 --> 00:14:54,738 Mess tins, mug, knife, fork and spoon. 83 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,700 Anything else? 84 00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:00,778 I don't think so. 85 00:15:02,780 --> 00:15:04,905 What's this? 86 00:15:04,916 --> 00:15:07,007 It's a pull-through. 87 00:15:07,018 --> 00:15:09,018 You're learning. 88 00:15:11,155 --> 00:15:13,155 Okay, all of you! 89 00:15:13,157 --> 00:15:16,693 You're gonna keep this lot so clean it dazzles me, and you're gonna start now! 90 00:15:16,694 --> 00:15:19,388 Let's get two things straight right away! 91 00:15:19,397 --> 00:15:23,957 The first thing: The word of command, "Stand easy." 92 00:15:23,968 --> 00:15:26,696 You will not move at all... 93 00:15:26,704 --> 00:15:29,398 until that word of command is given to you! 94 00:15:29,407 --> 00:15:33,273 You will not fidget, move about or anything else! 95 00:15:33,278 --> 00:15:35,344 - Is that understood? - Yes, Corporal! 96 00:15:35,345 --> 00:15:37,880 - Is that understood? - Yes, Corporal! 97 00:15:39,083 --> 00:15:42,710 Up! Wash! Shave! Get dressed! 98 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,879 Clean this barracks room, and I want it shining! 99 00:15:44,889 --> 00:15:47,150 - One! - Two! - Three! 100 00:15:47,158 --> 00:15:48,919 - Four! - Five! - Six! 101 00:15:48,927 --> 00:15:50,654 - Seven! - Eight! - Nine! 102 00:15:50,662 --> 00:15:52,286 - Ten! - Eleven! - Twelve! 103 00:15:52,297 --> 00:15:56,493 The odd numbers, one pace forward! 104 00:15:56,501 --> 00:16:01,095 Even numbers, one pace to the rear! 105 00:16:01,105 --> 00:16:03,105 - March! - One, two! 106 00:16:03,107 --> 00:16:05,471 - Young, how many V.C.'s in the regiment? - Four V.C.'s. 107 00:16:05,476 --> 00:16:09,103 - Beddows, name of the regimental sergeant major. - Regimental Sergeant Major Palmer. 108 00:16:09,113 --> 00:16:12,671 - Right! Any questions? - The regiment formed in 1685. 109 00:16:13,618 --> 00:16:15,743 - Yes. - What for? 110 00:16:17,255 --> 00:16:19,653 I mean, was there any special reason? 111 00:16:19,657 --> 00:16:21,952 - What do you think? - I don't know. 112 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,460 To impress the French! 113 00:16:25,463 --> 00:16:28,396 Right. Let's have a look at what you been doing. Stand by your beds! 114 00:16:45,550 --> 00:16:48,278 Right! Now, let's start all over again, shall we? 115 00:16:48,286 --> 00:16:50,479 - Count! - One, two, three! One! 116 00:16:50,488 --> 00:16:53,421 Still! Perfectly still! 117 00:16:53,424 --> 00:16:56,687 Form three ranks! Quick. 118 00:16:56,694 --> 00:16:58,762 March! Center. Rear. 119 00:16:58,763 --> 00:17:01,161 Front. Center. Rear. 120 00:17:01,165 --> 00:17:03,460 Front. Center. Rear. 121 00:17:03,468 --> 00:17:05,763 Front. Center. Rear. 122 00:17:05,770 --> 00:17:07,997 Front. Center. Rear. 123 00:17:08,006 --> 00:17:10,973 Front. Rear. And fill over. 124 00:17:12,243 --> 00:17:14,243 Right! 125 00:17:14,245 --> 00:17:16,245 - Turn! - One, two... 126 00:17:16,247 --> 00:17:18,542 Get a hold of it now! Come along! 127 00:17:18,549 --> 00:17:22,278 At arm level, by your right! Look to your right! 128 00:17:22,286 --> 00:17:24,650 Get your arm up. 129 00:17:24,655 --> 00:17:27,849 Eyes... front! 130 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,668 - Beddows, isn't it? - Yes, sir. 131 00:17:38,669 --> 00:17:41,135 What haven't you done, Beddows? 132 00:17:43,674 --> 00:17:46,743 I seem to have neglected to blanco the belt underneath the buckle, sir. 133 00:17:46,744 --> 00:17:49,642 - See to it next time. - Yes, sir. 134 00:17:49,647 --> 00:17:52,716 By the right! Quick march! 135 00:17:52,717 --> 00:17:56,184 Left, right! Left, right! Now! 136 00:17:56,187 --> 00:17:58,187 Squad! 137 00:17:59,357 --> 00:18:01,357 - Halt! - Left, one, two! 138 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,656 What are you bloody doing, Beddows? Move back hard now! 139 00:18:07,331 --> 00:18:10,195 Twist it! Twist it! 140 00:18:10,201 --> 00:18:11,928 Spill his guts! 141 00:18:18,876 --> 00:18:22,173 Come on! Come on! Keep your heads up! 142 00:18:22,180 --> 00:18:25,181 - For fuck's sake, get between... - Whoa! 143 00:18:25,183 --> 00:18:28,878 Don't look down. Don't look down! Bloody fool! 144 00:18:28,886 --> 00:18:32,888 Come on! Come on! Afraid to get your feet wet? 145 00:18:34,592 --> 00:18:38,219 Keep those rifles dry! 146 00:18:38,229 --> 00:18:41,127 Get up that bloody ladder! 147 00:18:44,769 --> 00:18:48,327 Come on! What do you think this is, a picnic? 148 00:18:50,074 --> 00:18:52,734 Come on! Get up, you silly sod! 149 00:18:56,447 --> 00:18:59,607 Come on! You haven't finished yet! 150 00:19:16,033 --> 00:19:18,033 Fuck. I need a fag. 151 00:19:18,970 --> 00:19:20,970 They're ahead. 152 00:19:20,972 --> 00:19:24,098 Well, you go on. I'm stopping for a smoke. 153 00:19:44,162 --> 00:19:47,254 - I hate this war. - You'll get through. 154 00:19:50,001 --> 00:19:53,696 No, it's not that. It's me girl. 155 00:19:55,206 --> 00:19:57,536 We was engaged, see, and... 156 00:19:59,210 --> 00:20:02,438 and then when orders come along, well... 157 00:20:02,446 --> 00:20:04,514 her old man wouldn't let me marry her. 158 00:20:05,683 --> 00:20:07,978 Sod him. 159 00:20:07,985 --> 00:20:11,452 Said we could wait till after we won the war. 160 00:20:11,455 --> 00:20:13,455 Bastard. 161 00:20:14,792 --> 00:20:19,022 He'd let the Jerries poke his wife if they as much as knocked on the door. 162 00:20:30,875 --> 00:20:32,943 I wanted to fly. 163 00:20:34,745 --> 00:20:36,745 Failed the medical. 164 00:20:38,216 --> 00:20:40,216 Didn't know that. 165 00:20:43,888 --> 00:20:46,957 - Who you got waiting for you, Tommy? - Who have I got? 166 00:20:48,726 --> 00:20:51,659 Well, there's Mum and Dad, I suppose. 167 00:20:51,662 --> 00:20:53,730 And Tina. 168 00:20:54,899 --> 00:20:56,967 Good for you, mate. 169 00:20:56,968 --> 00:20:58,968 Let me guess. 170 00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:02,437 She got brown hair, brown eyes... 171 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,373 pale skin, nice tits, right? 172 00:21:06,911 --> 00:21:08,979 Tina is a cocker spaniel. 173 00:21:11,816 --> 00:21:14,441 - She's a lovely dog. - A bitch? 174 00:21:14,452 --> 00:21:17,077 Yeah. A bitch. 175 00:21:27,164 --> 00:21:29,892 What are you gonna do when all this is over? 176 00:21:32,103 --> 00:21:34,103 Oh, I don't know. 177 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,840 I've got me plans. 178 00:21:38,809 --> 00:21:40,809 Garage, mate. 179 00:21:40,811 --> 00:21:44,574 I'm gonna buy a garage somewhere and set up a scrap metal business on the side. 180 00:21:44,582 --> 00:21:47,378 - How 'bout coming in with me, Tom? - Hey. We ought to go. 181 00:21:54,692 --> 00:21:56,987 Coming with me and the lads tomorrow? 182 00:21:56,994 --> 00:21:59,961 We're celebrating... end of training. 183 00:21:59,964 --> 00:22:03,761 Pub crawl in the afternoon, fleapit in the evening. 184 00:22:03,768 --> 00:22:05,836 Yeah. Yeah, okay. 185 00:22:07,471 --> 00:22:09,505 What's the film? 186 00:22:09,507 --> 00:22:13,065 Forget the picture, mate. It's the women. 187 00:22:13,077 --> 00:22:17,477 You get next to a nice piece in the back stalls, you'll be away before the titles come up. 188 00:22:19,417 --> 00:22:21,610 Oh, for Christ's sake. 189 00:22:22,620 --> 00:22:25,814 - They got at least 10 minutes on us. - You think so? 190 00:22:25,823 --> 00:22:28,118 No bleeding NAAFI for us tonight. 191 00:22:30,628 --> 00:22:33,356 - I'm going down. - What, down there? 192 00:22:33,364 --> 00:22:35,091 Yeah. 193 00:22:35,099 --> 00:22:38,134 Hey! Don't do it. You'll kill yourself. 194 00:23:06,364 --> 00:23:10,833 - Has he seen the M.O.? - M.O. said he didn't need treatment, sir. 195 00:23:10,835 --> 00:23:12,869 Prisoner and escort... 196 00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:16,064 about... turn! 197 00:23:17,942 --> 00:23:21,068 Prisoner and escort, quick march! 198 00:23:21,078 --> 00:23:23,738 Left, right! Left, right! 199 00:23:23,748 --> 00:23:25,816 Prisoner and escort, halt! 200 00:24:41,292 --> 00:24:43,587 Private Beddows, fall in! 201 00:24:48,466 --> 00:24:52,024 At 0900 hours, you will parade at the main gate... 202 00:24:52,036 --> 00:24:55,103 where you'll get the transport to take you to your units. 203 00:24:55,104 --> 00:24:57,332 You'll be back here by 2100 hours... 204 00:24:57,341 --> 00:25:00,706 or your mother won't recognize you by the time I'm finished with you. 205 00:25:00,711 --> 00:25:03,371 Forget what I've told you, and you won't be around... 206 00:25:03,380 --> 00:25:06,278 - Comfy, was it? - to write me a thank-you letter after the war's over. 207 00:25:06,283 --> 00:25:09,181 Making a signal, Beddows? 208 00:25:09,186 --> 00:25:11,447 Only for "victory," Corporal. 209 00:25:15,092 --> 00:25:17,092 This is Movietone. 210 00:32:25,222 --> 00:32:27,256 Get down there! Get down! 211 00:33:14,304 --> 00:33:16,964 - Hello, Jack. - All by ourselves, are we? 212 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,141 You're a solitary sort of geezer, aren't you? 213 00:33:27,250 --> 00:33:29,750 I felt like reading. 214 00:33:30,754 --> 00:33:33,414 Christ, I wish this fucking war was over. 215 00:33:34,891 --> 00:33:37,221 You spill your blood and guts to help the Belgians... 216 00:33:37,227 --> 00:33:41,093 and then four years later, you get ready to spill 'em again to help the fucking French. 217 00:33:42,899 --> 00:33:45,210 And in between, you go paddling down on the south coast 218 00:33:45,236 --> 00:33:47,051 learning how to keep your bloody rifle dry. 219 00:33:48,939 --> 00:33:52,065 It's a fucking mix-up, if you ask me. 220 00:33:54,311 --> 00:33:57,505 I've been in His Majesty's bleeding forces four and a half years... 221 00:33:57,514 --> 00:34:02,574 seen active service, and now they want to send me back to bleeding battle school. 222 00:34:02,586 --> 00:34:05,780 - You know what that means, don't you? - No. 223 00:34:05,789 --> 00:34:09,689 It means we'll be the first ashore when they do put on the sodding invasion, that's what. 224 00:34:09,693 --> 00:34:11,693 Mmm. 225 00:34:11,695 --> 00:34:15,231 - I suppose someone's got to go first. - It's no fucking joke! 226 00:34:54,037 --> 00:34:56,571 You will now be taken to the coast... 227 00:34:56,573 --> 00:34:59,039 where you will be joined by Allied Forces... 228 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:03,044 and take part in combined exercises and assault training. 229 00:35:36,580 --> 00:35:39,410 - Hi! - We want to see you again, baby. 230 00:35:39,416 --> 00:35:42,144 - Oh-ho! And you, soldier. - Blow us a kiss, sweetheart. 231 00:35:42,152 --> 00:35:45,744 - Good luck. Have a good time. Bye. - I love your hat. 232 00:35:45,755 --> 00:35:47,914 - How you doing? Let's have a quickie. - Cheeky! 233 00:35:47,924 --> 00:35:50,322 - Come on, sweetheart. - Bye! 234 00:36:58,328 --> 00:37:01,397 Disembark as quickly as possible. 235 00:37:10,073 --> 00:37:14,303 Move up the beach and join your company. 236 00:37:14,311 --> 00:37:18,370 Keep moving. Keep moving. 237 00:37:18,381 --> 00:37:20,949 Keep them moving, Sergeant! 238 00:37:23,086 --> 00:37:26,155 Hold on to the rope! 239 00:37:27,724 --> 00:37:31,021 Hold those rifles high and keep moving. 240 00:37:50,580 --> 00:37:53,240 Move up the beach behind the flail tank. 241 00:37:53,250 --> 00:37:55,682 Rise up, "C" Company! 242 00:38:53,276 --> 00:38:55,344 You will remain in these positions... 243 00:38:55,345 --> 00:38:58,414 until you are instructed to hold tight to ram the beach. 244 00:39:04,988 --> 00:39:08,319 - This is a bloody nightmare. - I feel sick. 245 00:39:08,325 --> 00:39:10,359 Watch out. We're going in. 246 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,428 Stand by to hit the beach. 247 00:39:32,949 --> 00:39:35,074 Ah! Aha. 248 00:39:35,085 --> 00:39:37,152 Right then, Tom. This is it. 249 00:39:37,153 --> 00:39:39,551 Lots of lovely crumpet just waiting for it. 250 00:39:39,556 --> 00:39:42,420 - Are you ready? - Have you got any cigarettes? 251 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,928 Freeman's again. Here. Take 'em. 252 00:39:46,930 --> 00:39:49,998 - Right. Fit? - I'll follow you. 253 00:39:49,999 --> 00:39:51,999 Okay. 254 00:39:58,108 --> 00:40:01,006 Good evening. Early tonight, lads? 255 00:40:01,010 --> 00:40:03,635 - Got any wine, have you? - Wine? 256 00:40:03,646 --> 00:40:06,840 - Two pints of brown ale then, please. - Vintage? 257 00:40:10,854 --> 00:40:13,548 Look around, my boy. What do you see? 258 00:40:13,556 --> 00:40:17,023 - Half the regiment. - Yeah. 259 00:40:17,026 --> 00:40:19,458 Ta. 260 00:40:19,462 --> 00:40:21,723 How long you lads gonna be around here? 261 00:40:21,731 --> 00:40:24,026 Oh, we're not gonna be around much longer. 262 00:40:41,584 --> 00:40:44,016 - Hello. - Hello. 263 00:40:44,020 --> 00:40:47,180 - You haven't got a drink. - No. 264 00:40:47,190 --> 00:40:51,226 - Can I... Can I get you one? - No, thank you. 265 00:41:03,306 --> 00:41:07,069 - Have you been here long? - What, sitting in this chair, you mean? 266 00:41:07,076 --> 00:41:10,737 No. Here, generally. 267 00:41:11,815 --> 00:41:13,974 About as long as most people, I suppose. 268 00:41:15,051 --> 00:41:17,051 Oh. 269 00:41:19,622 --> 00:41:22,589 - And you? - What? 270 00:41:22,592 --> 00:41:25,388 How long have you been here? 271 00:41:25,395 --> 00:41:28,123 Just arrived really. 272 00:41:28,131 --> 00:41:31,325 But, um, I don't think I'll stay long. 273 00:41:31,334 --> 00:41:34,597 - It's a bit dull, don't you think? - What's dull? 274 00:41:34,604 --> 00:41:38,504 - Dances, all this. - I don't think dancing's dull. 275 00:41:38,508 --> 00:41:40,803 - Oh? - No. 276 00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:43,811 Well, then let's... 277 00:41:43,813 --> 00:41:46,507 Uh, will you have a dance with me, please? 278 00:41:47,584 --> 00:41:51,518 - I don't mind if I do. - Come on then. 279 00:42:12,342 --> 00:42:15,002 - How you doing, Arthur? - All right. 280 00:42:15,011 --> 00:42:17,079 - Watch out. - I'm sorry. 281 00:42:18,581 --> 00:42:21,673 - I'm not very good on my feet. - Shall we stop then? 282 00:42:21,684 --> 00:42:23,752 No. Let's go on, please. 283 00:42:55,184 --> 00:42:58,617 Was that any better? 284 00:42:58,621 --> 00:43:00,985 You're not as bad as all that. 285 00:43:05,562 --> 00:43:07,755 Shall we go outside for a bit? 286 00:43:07,764 --> 00:43:09,764 What for? 287 00:43:10,900 --> 00:43:12,968 The rain's stopped. 288 00:43:14,304 --> 00:43:16,304 All right. 289 00:43:20,577 --> 00:43:22,645 - Is this your coat? - Yes. 290 00:43:41,331 --> 00:43:43,490 Have you seen any action? 291 00:43:44,601 --> 00:43:46,601 Not really. 292 00:43:46,603 --> 00:43:48,603 What do you mean, "Not really"? 293 00:43:48,605 --> 00:43:51,105 Well, I've been on training. That was tough. 294 00:43:51,107 --> 00:43:53,175 - Really? - Yes. 295 00:43:56,980 --> 00:43:59,139 - Do you like it? - What? 296 00:43:59,148 --> 00:44:01,148 Being a soldier. 297 00:44:01,150 --> 00:44:03,150 Not much, no. 298 00:44:04,087 --> 00:44:06,087 Then why are you? 299 00:44:06,089 --> 00:44:08,248 - A soldier? - Mmm. 300 00:44:08,257 --> 00:44:10,951 I was called up, like everyone else. 301 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,255 - Is that all? - No. 302 00:44:14,330 --> 00:44:16,330 It's gotta be done. 303 00:44:16,332 --> 00:44:20,334 We gotta finish it off and pay out the ones who started it. 304 00:44:20,336 --> 00:44:22,404 Yes. 305 00:44:35,084 --> 00:44:37,084 I think you're very nice. 306 00:44:37,086 --> 00:44:39,017 Do you? 307 00:44:41,157 --> 00:44:43,316 Yes, I do. 308 00:44:43,326 --> 00:44:45,291 I like you too. 309 00:44:48,798 --> 00:44:50,866 I feel much better now. 310 00:44:51,801 --> 00:44:53,698 I was quite... 311 00:44:53,703 --> 00:44:57,204 nervous when I first talked to you. 312 00:44:58,307 --> 00:45:00,307 - It's funny. - I know. 313 00:45:00,309 --> 00:45:02,877 You thought the dance was awfully dull. 314 00:45:02,879 --> 00:45:05,209 I didn't, really. 315 00:45:05,214 --> 00:45:07,009 - No? - No. 316 00:45:09,886 --> 00:45:11,886 Can I kiss you? 317 00:45:12,922 --> 00:45:14,785 If you want. 318 00:45:22,899 --> 00:45:27,299 I've got to go now. I'm with my brother. He's in the band. 319 00:45:27,303 --> 00:45:30,964 Well, when can I see you again? 320 00:45:30,973 --> 00:45:33,803 Whenever you'd like. Not tomorrow. 321 00:45:34,811 --> 00:45:36,879 - Monday? - Yes. I'd like that. 322 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:38,640 Here, at 6:00. 323 00:45:38,648 --> 00:45:40,716 All right. 324 00:45:42,218 --> 00:45:45,014 Will you walk me back to the hall? 325 00:45:45,021 --> 00:45:46,918 Anywhere you'd like. 326 00:45:48,524 --> 00:45:50,524 Back to the hall. 327 00:45:51,894 --> 00:45:55,157 I wish I'd met you before. There's so little time now. 328 00:45:55,164 --> 00:45:57,926 What do you say that for? 329 00:45:59,569 --> 00:46:01,637 I don't know. 330 00:46:03,372 --> 00:46:05,440 It's just a feeling. 331 00:46:06,442 --> 00:46:08,271 You'll be back... 332 00:46:08,277 --> 00:46:10,345 and there'll be time. 333 00:46:25,528 --> 00:46:27,596 Where are we going? 334 00:46:29,298 --> 00:46:31,366 I've lost all sense of direction. 335 00:46:32,568 --> 00:46:35,330 A game of musical bloody chairs, mate. 336 00:46:35,338 --> 00:46:37,929 Thousands of us moving around from camp to camp... 337 00:46:37,940 --> 00:46:41,271 waiting for someone to shout, "Second front! Last one over's a Charlie!" 338 00:46:41,277 --> 00:46:43,811 First one over's a Charlie, if you ask me. 339 00:46:46,349 --> 00:46:50,078 You'd think they'd have a bit of sympathy for us by now, wouldn't you? Send us by train. 340 00:46:50,086 --> 00:46:53,087 A G.I. told me where to find sympathy. 341 00:46:53,089 --> 00:46:55,714 It's in the dictionary between "shit" and "syphilis." 342 00:47:16,145 --> 00:47:18,236 ♪ We don't know where we're going ♪ 343 00:47:18,247 --> 00:47:20,315 ♪ Until we're there ♪ 344 00:47:22,018 --> 00:47:26,145 ♪ There's lots and lots of rumors in the air ♪ 345 00:47:27,256 --> 00:47:30,689 ♪ We heard the captain say ♪ 346 00:47:30,693 --> 00:47:33,728 ♪ We're on the move today ♪ 347 00:47:33,729 --> 00:47:39,665 ♪ We only hope the blinking sergeant-major knows the way ♪ 348 00:47:39,669 --> 00:47:43,569 ♪ They've chased us round and round the barracks square ♪ 349 00:47:45,174 --> 00:47:49,438 ♪ And now we're on the road to anywhere ♪ 350 00:47:51,881 --> 00:47:53,710 ♪ No one's in the know ♪ 351 00:47:53,716 --> 00:47:56,341 ♪ We're singing as we go ♪ 352 00:47:56,352 --> 00:48:00,684 ♪ Oh, we don't know where we're going until we're there ♪ 353 00:48:25,882 --> 00:48:28,644 ♪ We went from here to Lancashire ♪ 354 00:48:28,651 --> 00:48:31,743 ♪ And then to Salisbury Plain ♪ 355 00:48:31,754 --> 00:48:34,448 ♪ And then we got to Somerset ♪ 356 00:48:34,457 --> 00:48:37,185 ♪ And now we're back again ♪ 357 00:48:37,193 --> 00:48:39,693 ♪ We'd like to settle down ♪ 358 00:48:39,695 --> 00:48:42,855 ♪ We seem to hope in vain ♪ 359 00:48:42,865 --> 00:48:45,900 ♪ For someone's passed the word along ♪ 360 00:48:45,902 --> 00:48:48,869 ♪ We're on the move again ♪ 361 00:48:48,871 --> 00:48:52,930 ♪ We don't know where we're going until we're there ♪ 362 00:48:54,944 --> 00:48:58,571 ♪ There's lots and lots of rumors in the air ♪ 363 00:48:59,582 --> 00:49:02,845 ♪ We heard the captain say ♪ 364 00:49:02,852 --> 00:49:04,920 ♪ We're on the move today ♪ 365 00:49:06,455 --> 00:49:11,515 ♪ We only hope the blinking sergeant-major knows the way ♪ 366 00:49:34,083 --> 00:49:36,708 ♪ It's not so bad in Somerset ♪ 367 00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:39,617 ♪ Where the cider apples grow ♪ 368 00:49:39,622 --> 00:49:42,384 ♪ It's not so bad on Salisbury Plain ♪ 369 00:49:42,391 --> 00:49:45,255 ♪ With a Mary Jane you know ♪ 370 00:49:45,261 --> 00:49:48,091 ♪ It's not so bad in Lancashire ♪ 371 00:49:48,097 --> 00:49:50,358 ♪ A couple of weeks a year ♪ 372 00:49:50,366 --> 00:49:54,095 ♪ But, oh, crikey ♪ 373 00:49:54,103 --> 00:49:56,637 ♪ Where do we go from here ♪ 374 00:49:56,639 --> 00:50:00,800 ♪ They've chased us round and round the barracks square ♪ 375 00:50:02,311 --> 00:50:06,313 ♪ Now we're on the road to anywhere ♪ 376 00:50:08,217 --> 00:50:10,581 ♪ No one's in the know ♪ 377 00:50:10,586 --> 00:50:13,086 ♪ We're singing as we go ♪ 378 00:50:13,089 --> 00:50:18,149 ♪ Oh, we don't know where we're going until we're there ♪ 379 00:50:29,271 --> 00:50:31,771 Come on! Wake up! 380 00:50:31,774 --> 00:50:35,867 Come on! Come on! Wake up, everybody! 381 00:50:35,878 --> 00:50:38,538 Wake up! Look lively! 382 00:50:38,547 --> 00:50:40,615 Come on! Move! 383 00:50:47,556 --> 00:50:49,817 Fall in opposite the barbed wire! 384 00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:55,190 You won't be doing any work. If you're wise, you'll take advantage of it. 385 00:50:55,197 --> 00:50:57,561 Sorry about the tight security. 386 00:50:57,566 --> 00:51:00,760 It means no wireless sets, newspapers or telephoning... 387 00:51:00,770 --> 00:51:04,237 and I'm afraid none of your letters will get posted until afterwards. 388 00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:07,832 I'm sure all of you realize the importance of what lies ahead. 389 00:51:07,843 --> 00:51:10,537 That's all for now. All right, Sergeant-Major. 390 00:51:16,819 --> 00:51:18,819 I thought you were meeting me tonight. 391 00:51:18,821 --> 00:51:21,014 - I was called away. - Why? 392 00:51:21,023 --> 00:51:23,023 To fight the war. 393 00:51:23,025 --> 00:51:26,526 - Couldn't you have told me? - There was no time. 394 00:51:26,529 --> 00:51:28,961 So you left me. 395 00:51:28,964 --> 00:51:32,192 - There was no choice. - Are you coming back? 396 00:51:33,469 --> 00:51:35,469 Don't know. 397 00:51:35,471 --> 00:51:38,005 Am I going to wait for you? 398 00:51:38,007 --> 00:51:40,007 I don't know. 399 00:51:40,009 --> 00:51:42,202 I do though. 400 00:51:42,211 --> 00:51:44,279 Good-bye, Tom. 401 00:51:46,082 --> 00:51:48,309 Please... 402 00:51:48,317 --> 00:51:50,612 don't go. 403 00:51:52,254 --> 00:51:54,948 Fill in the form, please. Name and address of next of kin. 404 00:51:57,626 --> 00:52:00,627 If I get killed, they've already got a photograph. 405 00:52:00,629 --> 00:52:03,027 It's for our records, Private Beddows. 406 00:52:03,032 --> 00:52:05,430 Oh. 407 00:52:05,434 --> 00:52:08,435 Follow the sign outside, please, and get your anti-louse ware from the stores... 408 00:52:08,437 --> 00:52:11,097 if you haven't already. 409 00:52:11,107 --> 00:52:14,108 God. How much more? 410 00:52:14,110 --> 00:52:17,236 There's a will form... B-2089... to fill in. 411 00:52:17,246 --> 00:52:20,907 - What for? - What do you think? 412 00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:21,588 Cannon fodder. That's what we are. 413 00:55:24,833 --> 00:55:28,733 Die of boredom, die in battle. What's the difference? 414 00:55:33,676 --> 00:55:36,176 Did you hear what Tom did this morning? 415 00:55:36,178 --> 00:55:37,973 No. 416 00:55:39,415 --> 00:55:41,415 He went to see old Nickelby... 417 00:55:41,417 --> 00:55:46,216 and asked him if they gave out compassionate leave if there'd been a death in the family. 418 00:55:46,221 --> 00:55:50,087 So Nickelby said, "Oh, yeah, yeah, depending on the circumstances." 419 00:55:51,126 --> 00:55:54,389 And Tom said, "Well, there hasn't been a death in my family yet... 420 00:55:54,396 --> 00:55:56,396 "but there's gonna be one very soon. 421 00:55:56,398 --> 00:55:59,467 I request leave to go home and console my parents." 422 00:56:01,337 --> 00:56:03,200 What did Nickelby do? 423 00:56:03,205 --> 00:56:06,638 He sent Tom with a note to the M.O. 424 00:56:09,445 --> 00:56:11,911 Oh, Tommy. He's nuts. 425 00:56:11,914 --> 00:56:14,482 No, no. No, Tommy's not nuts. 426 00:56:15,918 --> 00:56:17,918 He could do with a break. 427 00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:20,488 Well, we could all do with a break. 428 00:56:21,557 --> 00:56:24,683 It's been nothing but film shows, housey-housey... 429 00:56:24,693 --> 00:56:27,853 and lemonade in the bleedin' NAAFI when the beer runs out. 430 00:56:29,465 --> 00:56:31,465 - Ah. - Ah! 431 00:56:31,467 --> 00:56:33,535 They're for me. 432 00:56:35,771 --> 00:56:37,839 Shit. 433 00:56:44,079 --> 00:56:46,409 Don't tell me it's your birthday. 434 00:56:46,415 --> 00:56:49,484 Yeah. Couple of days ago. 435 00:56:49,485 --> 00:56:51,553 The mail was held up. 436 00:56:53,655 --> 00:56:55,655 What's that? 437 00:56:55,657 --> 00:56:58,555 - It's a key. - That's a funny sort of birthday present. 438 00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:01,288 - What's it for? - What? It's a custom in our family. 439 00:57:01,296 --> 00:57:04,695 You know, key to the door, coming of age, that sort of thing. 440 00:57:04,700 --> 00:57:06,768 - You just 21? - Yeah. 441 00:57:06,769 --> 00:57:09,531 Happy birthday, kid. 442 00:57:11,006 --> 00:57:13,768 - Plenty more of 'em. - Thanks. 443 00:57:17,579 --> 00:57:19,647 How about this, Jack? 444 00:57:24,586 --> 00:57:26,950 Oh, that's nice. 445 00:57:31,493 --> 00:57:34,790 I think I'll go and get some ink and write back to them. 446 00:57:35,831 --> 00:57:39,458 - Can I have a look at your cards? - Yeah, help yourself. See you later. 447 00:57:47,743 --> 00:57:50,175 Army post office, England. 448 00:57:51,413 --> 00:57:53,481 Dearest Mum and Dad. 449 00:57:55,017 --> 00:57:59,486 Thank you very much for your letter and the presents, which have just arrived. 450 00:58:03,692 --> 00:58:07,319 My fountain pen works very well, as you can see. 451 00:58:08,430 --> 00:58:11,465 We're very cut-off here, as you can see from the address. 452 00:58:11,467 --> 00:58:14,035 I don't know where we are, exactly. 453 00:58:15,471 --> 00:58:18,039 It was so nice to hear from you. 454 00:58:20,142 --> 00:58:22,472 You don't have to worry about me. 455 00:58:22,478 --> 00:58:25,103 We are eating very well in this camp. 456 00:58:25,113 --> 00:58:28,478 Although the beds are hard, I'm getting plenty of sleep. 457 00:58:30,619 --> 00:58:33,779 We all think the invasion can't be far off. 458 00:58:33,789 --> 00:58:37,791 It's like being part of a machine which gets bigger and bigger... 459 00:58:37,793 --> 00:58:41,021 while we grow smaller and smaller until there's nothing left. 460 00:59:10,526 --> 00:59:13,151 I wish I had some news. 461 00:59:15,163 --> 00:59:18,562 Yesterday I saw a fox on the other side of the barbed wire. 462 00:59:20,536 --> 00:59:26,074 And when we could still go out I went to see This Happy Breed with Celia Johnson in it. 463 00:59:26,075 --> 00:59:28,836 I thought it was terrific at the time... 464 00:59:28,844 --> 00:59:31,344 but I can't remember much about it now. 465 00:59:33,315 --> 00:59:35,508 Seems so distant. 466 00:59:35,517 --> 00:59:39,986 Everything outside the army and my mates here has faded away. 467 01:00:02,711 --> 01:00:06,269 I must have done even more traveling in the last two weeks... 468 01:00:06,281 --> 01:00:09,839 than when I went to France on that school holiday. 469 01:00:09,851 --> 01:00:13,546 But I couldn't tell you where we are or where we've come from. 470 01:00:14,556 --> 01:00:18,888 All we do is sit in trucks and barracks, waiting for our bit of the war to start. 471 01:01:04,306 --> 01:01:06,306 At any other time... 472 01:01:06,308 --> 01:01:10,367 your news about Tina would have left me unable to think of anything else. 473 01:01:11,413 --> 01:01:14,414 But now it just seems part of the war... 474 01:01:14,416 --> 01:01:16,484 like everything else. 475 01:01:21,990 --> 01:01:25,218 I was going to ask you to keep one of the puppies... 476 01:01:26,161 --> 01:01:29,196 but I don't think there's much point. 477 01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:35,001 I don't think I shall live to see the end of this war. 478 01:01:35,003 --> 01:01:37,970 It sounds silly... 479 01:01:37,973 --> 01:01:40,974 but this war has killed so many people already. 480 01:01:40,976 --> 01:01:43,772 I'm just going to be another one. 481 01:01:43,779 --> 01:01:46,347 Of that I'm sure. 482 01:01:48,650 --> 01:01:50,809 I can feel it... 483 01:01:50,819 --> 01:01:53,888 the way you feel it when you're going to get a cold. 484 01:01:57,492 --> 01:02:00,561 I didn't know whether to tell you. 485 01:02:02,130 --> 01:02:05,825 I thought you shouldn't get one of those official letters... 486 01:02:05,834 --> 01:02:08,528 without knowing what was inside. 487 01:02:10,539 --> 01:02:12,072 Please be brave. 488 01:02:14,509 --> 01:02:17,077 I shall be all right. 489 01:02:17,079 --> 01:02:19,739 I'm not frightened. 490 01:09:17,899 --> 01:09:22,561 It is necessary to burn all personal letters and papers... 491 01:09:22,570 --> 01:09:26,868 or wrap them in the paper being issued to be sent home. 492 01:09:26,875 --> 01:09:29,034 The choice is yours. 493 01:09:29,043 --> 01:09:34,638 You will carry nothing except your pay book, part one, and Bible. 494 01:10:20,195 --> 01:10:22,263 I've got nothing now. 495 01:10:25,833 --> 01:10:27,901 I've thrown it all away. 496 01:10:31,206 --> 01:10:34,275 I don't think I'm gonna get through this. 497 01:10:37,712 --> 01:10:40,212 You'll be all right. 498 01:10:40,215 --> 01:10:42,283 We'll get you through. 499 01:11:09,911 --> 01:11:13,572 - I'm not walking through this lot. - So much for the seaside. 500 01:11:25,727 --> 01:11:29,126 ♪ And I don't care for him ♪ 501 01:11:29,130 --> 01:11:32,688 ♪ He can go and get another ♪ 502 01:11:32,700 --> 01:11:36,463 ♪ That I hope he will enjoy ♪ 503 01:11:36,471 --> 01:11:40,405 ♪ For I'm going to marry ♪ 504 01:11:40,408 --> 01:11:44,137 ♪ A far nicer boy ♪ 505 01:11:50,418 --> 01:11:53,544 - Sing it again, Susannah. - Please, Mommy. 506 01:11:53,554 --> 01:11:56,122 Sing it right through once more, for the soldiers. 507 01:11:56,124 --> 01:11:58,818 ♪ So let him go ♪ 508 01:11:58,826 --> 01:12:01,292 ♪ Let him tarry ♪ 509 01:12:01,296 --> 01:12:04,888 ♪ Let him sink or let him swim ♪ 510 01:12:04,899 --> 01:12:08,901 ♪ He doesn't care for me ♪ 511 01:12:08,903 --> 01:12:11,972 ♪ And I don't care for him ♪ 512 01:12:11,973 --> 01:12:15,440 ♪ He can go and get another ♪ 513 01:12:15,443 --> 01:12:19,309 ♪ That I hope he will enjoy ♪ 514 01:12:19,314 --> 01:12:22,577 - ♪ For I'm... ♪ - Don't go, tommies. 515 01:12:22,583 --> 01:12:26,119 Tommies, please don't go. 516 01:12:30,958 --> 01:12:33,526 I think I'm gonna be sick again. 517 01:12:40,101 --> 01:12:44,365 - Why didn't you become an officer, Jack? - I failed the initiative test. 518 01:12:44,372 --> 01:12:46,940 They locked me in a broken-down potting shed... 519 01:12:46,941 --> 01:12:50,408 and told me to imagine I was a prisoner trying to escape. 520 01:12:50,411 --> 01:12:54,607 If I used that wall, I'd be shot. If I climbed that fence, I'd be electrocuted. 521 01:12:54,615 --> 01:12:58,048 If I trod here, there, anywhere, I'd be blown up by hidden mines. 522 01:13:02,490 --> 01:13:04,683 I didn't move a fucking inch. 523 01:13:06,527 --> 01:13:09,687 If they hadn't come and let me out, I'd still have been in that shed... 524 01:13:09,697 --> 01:13:11,765 waitin' to become an officer. 525 01:13:13,334 --> 01:13:17,063 This is it. 526 01:13:19,140 --> 01:13:21,231 We're going in. 527 01:13:30,752 --> 01:13:33,082 Well, Beddows, how many V.C.'s in the regiment? 528 01:13:33,087 --> 01:13:35,747 Five V.C.'s. Name of the commanding officer? 529 01:13:35,757 --> 01:13:38,883 Lieutenant Colonel Hutchinson. When was the regiment formed? 530 01:13:38,893 --> 01:13:42,087 - 1685. - Jesus Christ. 531 01:13:42,096 --> 01:13:45,359 Names of all the birds Arthur's had since he joined the army. 532 01:13:45,366 --> 01:13:46,558 - Belinda. - Yeah. 533 01:13:46,567 --> 01:13:47,565 - Mabel. - Yup. 534 01:13:47,568 --> 01:13:50,000 - Alice? - Ah, she were mine first. 535 01:13:50,004 --> 01:13:52,504 - Janey. - Who's that? 536 01:14:02,950 --> 01:14:06,213 Shall I show you how we prepare the dead? 537 01:15:17,024 --> 01:15:19,251 Now bring me back. 538 01:16:16,984 --> 01:16:19,382 Oh, Christ! He's hit! Tommy! 539 01:16:19,387 --> 01:16:22,217 - Get him down! - Get out of the bloody way! 540 01:16:23,224 --> 01:16:25,815 Hold tight to ram the beachhead! 541 01:16:25,826 --> 01:16:28,895 - Get out of the blasted way! - Get out of the way, man! 542 01:16:28,896 --> 01:16:31,430 Get down! 543 01:16:31,432 --> 01:16:34,501 Jack, hold him! Hold him! Hold him! Hold him! 544 01:16:34,502 --> 01:16:37,503 Lay him down. It's all right. I've got him. Lay him down. 545 01:16:37,505 --> 01:16:40,039 - Easy. You'll be all right. - Oh, God, he's dead. 546 01:16:40,041 --> 01:16:42,041 Oh, fuck.