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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:10,198 --> 00:02:13,681 ♪ Blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down ♪ 2 00:02:13,682 --> 00:02:17,108 ♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪ 3 00:02:17,109 --> 00:02:20,658 ♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪ 4 00:02:20,659 --> 00:02:24,238 ♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪ 5 00:02:24,239 --> 00:02:27,733 ♪ Blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down ♪ 6 00:02:27,734 --> 00:02:31,102 ♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪ 7 00:02:31,103 --> 00:02:34,632 ♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪ 8 00:02:34,633 --> 00:02:37,809 ♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪ 9 00:02:48,488 --> 00:02:53,492 That ditty takes me back to the days of the Bounty. 10 00:02:55,594 --> 00:02:58,956 Days in hell, nights in paradise. 11 00:03:02,299 --> 00:03:07,303 Then, days in hell again. 12 00:03:18,002 --> 00:03:22,535 Michael, tell us the story of the Bounty. 13 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:25,021 I've never heard the truth of it. 14 00:03:28,574 --> 00:03:31,783 Yes, Michael, you ole son of a gun, 15 00:03:31,784 --> 00:03:35,476 I'd sell me britches to hear the truth of that mutiny. 16 00:03:35,477 --> 00:03:37,818 You remember. 17 00:03:37,819 --> 00:03:41,395 You said the tune you played just now, 18 00:03:42,490 --> 00:03:44,938 brought back memories. 19 00:04:03,202 --> 00:04:06,758 ♪ Blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down ♪ 20 00:04:06,759 --> 00:04:10,567 ♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪ 21 00:04:10,568 --> 00:04:14,283 ♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪ 22 00:04:14,284 --> 00:04:17,891 ♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪ 23 00:04:17,892 --> 00:04:22,075 Storms from hell strained the bounty, 24 00:04:22,076 --> 00:04:24,957 and the temper of Bligh. 25 00:04:24,958 --> 00:04:29,010 And soon we became only a cargo of gloom. 26 00:04:29,011 --> 00:04:33,788 The heat of the equator burnt through our very hides. 27 00:04:35,287 --> 00:04:39,674 And always, Bligh found fault. 28 00:05:14,529 --> 00:05:17,235 I know that Cooper to be a damned infernal liar. 29 00:05:18,793 --> 00:05:20,323 Now take these orders, Mr. Christian, 30 00:05:20,324 --> 00:05:22,353 and see that they are carried out. 31 00:05:35,035 --> 00:05:39,039 Groans, aye? Groans. 32 00:05:40,981 --> 00:05:43,206 And we've only just begun. 33 00:05:44,404 --> 00:05:48,999 Well, your ship for adventure, young cocko. 34 00:05:50,536 --> 00:05:51,370 Adventure. 35 00:05:52,871 --> 00:05:55,697 Lord what blimey fools we are. 36 00:05:58,661 --> 00:06:02,432 Aye. You're right, Fighting Jack. 37 00:06:03,380 --> 00:06:08,241 There's been black and bloody doings these last few days. 38 00:06:08,242 --> 00:06:13,246 But if Bligh don't find his cheese, 39 00:06:15,510 --> 00:06:19,566 well, things'll get no better. 40 00:06:22,042 --> 00:06:24,847 And on the next banyan day, butter only will be served 41 00:06:24,848 --> 00:06:27,279 to your low-deck swabbers. 42 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:30,856 There'll be no more cheese until May is returned to me. 43 00:06:32,414 --> 00:06:37,041 Your choice of seamen surprises me, Mr. Christian. 44 00:06:46,696 --> 00:06:50,732 You've picked a bunch of thieving jellyfish. 45 00:07:01,298 --> 00:07:06,302 There is a feeling on this craft like creeping murder. 46 00:07:09,915 --> 00:07:11,930 Don't you feel it yourself? 47 00:07:12,978 --> 00:07:16,044 Something in the wind, 48 00:07:17,003 --> 00:07:20,256 something in the creek, on the timbers. 49 00:07:31,323 --> 00:07:34,655 Our bread rations were then cut down, 50 00:07:34,656 --> 00:07:37,421 and we were flogged for the slightest of things. 51 00:07:40,811 --> 00:07:43,633 I remember quite early in the voyage, 52 00:07:43,634 --> 00:07:45,655 the lashing of poor Quinton. 53 00:07:53,696 --> 00:07:55,136 Enough. 54 00:07:55,137 --> 00:07:56,388 Come on, water. 55 00:08:32,877 --> 00:08:36,797 My god, look what the swine's done. Damn you. 56 00:08:40,409 --> 00:08:41,577 Blasted swine. 57 00:08:46,045 --> 00:08:48,379 - Oh, the great... - Damn him. 58 00:08:55,587 --> 00:08:59,674 God, if I can only live to see him suffer like, 59 00:09:03,775 --> 00:09:05,944 like we've been suffering. 60 00:09:07,223 --> 00:09:10,555 The grub allowed us was so meagre 61 00:09:10,556 --> 00:09:13,892 that we drew lots to see who should take it all. 62 00:09:15,510 --> 00:09:20,062 Many times we fought like wild beasts. 63 00:09:25,943 --> 00:09:27,161 Give it to me! 64 00:09:43,048 --> 00:09:45,224 Steward. 65 00:09:45,225 --> 00:09:47,713 Steward. 66 00:09:47,714 --> 00:09:48,548 Steward. 67 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,020 What's that confounded noise out there? 68 00:09:53,021 --> 00:09:56,193 If I may beg to say, sir, 69 00:09:56,194 --> 00:09:58,969 the allowance of food is so small 70 00:09:58,970 --> 00:10:02,886 that the men are drawing lots and, and fighting for it. 71 00:10:02,887 --> 00:10:05,261 The damned infernal scoundrels. 72 00:10:05,262 --> 00:10:08,023 I'll make them eat grass or anything they can catch, 73 00:10:08,024 --> 00:10:09,325 before I'm done with them. 74 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:11,650 Send Mr. Christian to me. 75 00:10:33,670 --> 00:10:37,722 For weeks, we battled against the seas of Cape Horn, 76 00:10:37,723 --> 00:10:41,559 before Bligh decided to turn from that course. 77 00:10:46,372 --> 00:10:48,824 Hey boys, we're leaving the cape. 78 00:10:48,825 --> 00:10:51,962 Ole redcoat's turning the ship 'round. 79 00:10:53,036 --> 00:10:56,344 Well, we'll be out of this hell hole, anyhow. 80 00:11:00,027 --> 00:11:03,363 We're filling them up again, aren't we lads? 81 00:11:05,182 --> 00:11:06,472 We bet it, we are. 82 00:11:06,473 --> 00:11:07,306 Of course. 83 00:11:10,656 --> 00:11:15,123 Ooh, I can feel the cold wind of the horn 84 00:11:15,124 --> 00:11:20,128 blowing us on and on to the warm fairy land of Tahiti. 85 00:11:22,516 --> 00:11:26,388 Oh, the memory of those nights, as we skimmed the sea 86 00:11:26,389 --> 00:11:31,393 all silver with moonlight, and then at last saw land birds 87 00:11:31,734 --> 00:11:33,804 coming to meet us. 88 00:11:33,805 --> 00:11:36,561 And then, one day... 89 00:11:38,988 --> 00:11:41,661 Tahiti! 90 00:11:41,662 --> 00:11:43,086 Tahiti! 91 00:11:43,087 --> 00:11:44,460 Tahiti! 92 00:11:44,461 --> 00:11:45,295 Tahiti! 93 00:11:47,605 --> 00:11:49,023 Tahiti! Tahiti! 94 00:11:51,113 --> 00:11:51,981 Tahiti! 95 00:11:51,982 --> 00:11:53,725 Come on, boys. Tahiti! 96 00:12:15,630 --> 00:12:19,225 Crown gods, sculptured in a primitive time, 97 00:12:19,226 --> 00:12:21,848 carried great canoes to the waterfront. 98 00:12:25,058 --> 00:12:29,801 Princess Teatia, decked with garlands of frangipani, 99 00:12:29,802 --> 00:12:33,365 passes on her way to greet the men of the Bounty. 100 00:12:35,927 --> 00:12:39,349 Their muscles that are shaped by the rippling pools 101 00:12:39,350 --> 00:12:40,184 they swim in. 102 00:13:11,009 --> 00:13:13,067 From every little day, 103 00:13:13,068 --> 00:13:15,753 Tahiti's people were running to meet us. 104 00:14:12,432 --> 00:14:17,381 Come, let us drink to those Tahiti days, to those girls. 105 00:14:17,382 --> 00:14:22,386 Me lads, what girls, what days, what nights. 106 00:14:28,821 --> 00:14:31,703 A new world strayed before us, 107 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,730 a soft land between heaven and Earth, 108 00:14:34,731 --> 00:14:37,201 of gentle beaches and waving palms, 109 00:14:38,789 --> 00:14:43,276 fascinating our eyes that were tired of the eternal scene. 110 00:14:44,945 --> 00:14:47,616 The crews of Wallace and Cook were right 111 00:14:47,617 --> 00:14:49,327 when they told strange tales 112 00:14:49,328 --> 00:14:51,343 of this paradise beneath the sun. 113 00:14:52,211 --> 00:14:55,874 Aye, me lads, they were right. 114 00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:18,112 Great slumbering valleys cut their way 115 00:15:18,113 --> 00:15:22,467 through the jagged heart of this lotus land. 116 00:15:29,133 --> 00:15:33,228 In the heart of Tahiti, we heard the song of birds, 117 00:15:33,229 --> 00:15:37,900 as great waterfalls lept from precipice to turn to mist. 118 00:15:55,966 --> 00:15:59,207 Mischievous brown girls, whose pleasing souls 119 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,464 were one in laughter, 120 00:16:01,465 --> 00:16:04,574 played the hours away in cool, mountain pools. 121 00:16:06,222 --> 00:16:10,575 Their voices sang to us a song of freedom, 122 00:16:10,576 --> 00:16:13,307 and we listened, thinking like misers, 123 00:16:13,308 --> 00:16:16,668 we could snatch for ourselves this most priceless 124 00:16:16,669 --> 00:16:18,337 of all man's wishes. 125 00:16:23,227 --> 00:16:27,495 It took us six months to gather bread fruit 126 00:16:27,496 --> 00:16:28,330 in Tahiti. 127 00:21:16,227 --> 00:21:20,369 We oughta get 'em in here before we're off. 128 00:21:20,370 --> 00:21:22,175 By God, I won't. 129 00:21:22,176 --> 00:21:24,817 I don't think Christian will either. 130 00:21:24,818 --> 00:21:29,071 You know, he's mad about a girl. 131 00:21:29,911 --> 00:21:33,331 He's not the only man mad about a girl. 132 00:21:44,064 --> 00:21:47,155 Well, come on mates. 133 00:21:47,156 --> 00:21:50,850 Here's to further months in hell. 134 00:21:51,825 --> 00:21:55,740 Yes, hell. Think of it. 135 00:21:55,741 --> 00:21:58,299 Mr. Christian, sit down. 136 00:22:03,072 --> 00:22:05,785 For the desertion of Churchill me lad, 137 00:22:06,643 --> 00:22:09,198 I hold the mate of the watch responsible. 138 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:12,494 You will have Hayward turned before the mast 139 00:22:12,495 --> 00:22:14,568 and put in irons for this. 140 00:22:14,569 --> 00:22:17,661 Sir, as an officer, I caution you. 141 00:22:17,662 --> 00:22:20,457 As a man, I ask you to bear more with the men. 142 00:22:21,325 --> 00:22:23,670 Six months was too long in Tahiti. 143 00:22:24,868 --> 00:22:27,269 Your sailors have left their hearts there 144 00:22:27,270 --> 00:22:28,950 at the cost of their reason. 145 00:22:28,951 --> 00:22:31,657 You are well informed, Mr. Christian. 146 00:22:32,975 --> 00:22:36,298 Are you stating the case of your men or that of yourself? 147 00:22:36,299 --> 00:22:37,133 Sir, I... 148 00:22:37,134 --> 00:22:38,320 Shut up. 149 00:22:38,321 --> 00:22:40,910 Your merry infatuation with the half-cast girl, Isabel, 150 00:22:40,911 --> 00:22:42,852 is the talk of the ship. 151 00:22:42,853 --> 00:22:43,687 It's a lie! 152 00:22:43,688 --> 00:22:45,614 Mr. Christian, you dare? 153 00:22:45,615 --> 00:22:47,156 Yes, sir. I dare. 154 00:22:50,993 --> 00:22:53,451 That night while we slept, 155 00:22:53,452 --> 00:22:58,456 Fletcher Christian, aided by only a handful of men, 156 00:22:58,796 --> 00:23:00,931 quietly seized the Bounty. 157 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:07,764 Not a shot was fired, not a sound was heard. 158 00:23:07,924 --> 00:23:10,409 Are you with me in this adventure, Edward Young? 159 00:23:12,277 --> 00:23:13,111 Yes, sir. 160 00:23:14,769 --> 00:23:17,501 Then break out the arms, immediately. 161 00:23:17,502 --> 00:23:19,787 It's a desperate act, Mr. Christian. 162 00:23:19,788 --> 00:23:21,489 Are you sure of what you're doing? 163 00:23:22,606 --> 00:23:24,977 Yes, all the starboard watch are asleep, 164 00:23:24,978 --> 00:23:27,319 and my men are already in Bligh's cabin. 165 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:28,154 Be gone. 166 00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:31,866 Ah! What's the meaning of this? 167 00:23:31,867 --> 00:23:34,891 Hey there, governor, come on, come on. 168 00:23:34,892 --> 00:23:35,725 Come on, get outta there. 169 00:23:35,726 --> 00:23:36,560 Come on. 170 00:23:36,561 --> 00:23:39,663 Look here, you scoundrels. 171 00:23:39,664 --> 00:23:41,029 Treacherous fools. 172 00:23:41,030 --> 00:23:42,281 Come on here. 173 00:23:44,121 --> 00:23:44,955 I'll have you... 174 00:23:44,956 --> 00:23:47,540 Come on. Up on deck with him. 175 00:23:49,686 --> 00:23:51,283 Put that rope on. Up on deck. 176 00:24:06,593 --> 00:24:10,195 Mates, mates. Wake up, wake up. 177 00:24:10,196 --> 00:24:12,777 Damn you, rouse yourself, Fighting Jack. 178 00:24:12,778 --> 00:24:16,050 Turn out, men, turn out. Rouse up. 179 00:24:16,051 --> 00:24:19,382 Now listen, all hands on deck. 180 00:24:19,383 --> 00:24:22,883 Mr. Christian has taken Lieutenant Bligh prisoner. 181 00:24:22,884 --> 00:24:24,577 - Prisoner? - Aye, prisoner. 182 00:24:24,578 --> 00:24:27,644 And he's now in command of the Bounty. 183 00:24:29,118 --> 00:24:30,179 Take it up, men. 184 00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:31,704 Steady, boys. Steady. 185 00:24:31,705 --> 00:24:35,356 Hold it, Jack, or I'll bust your head. Now get on deck. 186 00:24:35,357 --> 00:24:38,014 All of ya, get on deck. 187 00:24:38,015 --> 00:24:39,934 Come on, go on. 188 00:24:39,935 --> 00:24:41,937 Come on. Get up. 189 00:24:50,009 --> 00:24:52,144 You, Christian. 190 00:24:53,015 --> 00:24:57,874 An Englishmen and an officer, to have sunk so low. 191 00:24:57,875 --> 00:25:01,209 The Admiral Lee will see you all hang for this reason. 192 00:25:04,449 --> 00:25:09,453 Like madmen bewitched by Tahiti's soft guile, 193 00:25:10,516 --> 00:25:13,762 we sent Bligh and 18 of his loyal men adrift, 194 00:25:14,749 --> 00:25:19,466 to suffer thirst and hunger on that endless sea. 195 00:25:20,327 --> 00:25:24,056 Then, as the darkness engulfed them, 196 00:25:24,057 --> 00:25:28,654 we turned to our young commander, calling, "Tahiti, Tahiti." 197 00:25:29,912 --> 00:25:32,264 Boo-ya, boo-ya, hooray, Tahiti, Tahiti. 198 00:25:36,417 --> 00:25:38,889 Gentlemen, I will carry you 199 00:25:38,890 --> 00:25:40,544 and land you wherever you please. 200 00:25:41,502 --> 00:25:43,426 I desire none to stay with me. 201 00:25:44,504 --> 00:25:49,247 I have only one favour to beg, that you grant me the Bounty. 202 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:52,251 Make fast the foresail, and leave me to run before the wind. 203 00:25:53,212 --> 00:25:57,268 I have done such an act that I cannot stay at Tahiti, 204 00:25:58,286 --> 00:26:00,837 and I'll never live to be carried home 205 00:26:00,838 --> 00:26:02,762 a disgrace to my family. 206 00:26:03,630 --> 00:26:05,251 Go where you will, Mr. Christian. 207 00:26:05,252 --> 00:26:06,807 We shall never leave you. 208 00:26:06,808 --> 00:26:08,642 Aye, aye, aye! 209 00:26:10,506 --> 00:26:14,552 We tried to make a colony on an island called Tubai. 210 00:26:15,706 --> 00:26:17,231 And what happened there? 211 00:26:17,232 --> 00:26:20,928 We drank heavily and fought over the women, 212 00:26:21,975 --> 00:26:25,487 until Christian decided at the risk of his life 213 00:26:25,488 --> 00:26:28,674 to drive us from those accursed islands. 214 00:26:36,327 --> 00:26:38,999 We formed two parties, 215 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,112 one to remain on Tahiti and risk capture, 216 00:26:43,113 --> 00:26:46,145 and the others to join Christian, 217 00:26:46,146 --> 00:26:50,348 who planned to take the Bounty into uncharted seas. 218 00:26:50,349 --> 00:26:54,640 Christian left Tahiti with eight of his mates, 219 00:26:54,641 --> 00:26:58,396 nine native men, and 10 native women. 220 00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:04,910 ♪ Blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down ♪ 221 00:27:04,911 --> 00:27:08,305 ♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪ 222 00:27:08,306 --> 00:27:11,532 ♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪ 223 00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:14,888 ♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪ 224 00:27:14,889 --> 00:27:18,069 ♪ Blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down ♪ 225 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:21,260 ♪ Hey hey, blow the man down ♪ 226 00:27:21,261 --> 00:27:24,651 ♪ Blow the man down into Liverpool town ♪ 227 00:27:24,652 --> 00:27:29,406 ♪ Give me some time to blow the man down ♪ 228 00:28:06,783 --> 00:28:09,138 We have become self-made villains. 229 00:28:10,486 --> 00:28:13,515 So long as we live, we are hunted men. 230 00:28:13,516 --> 00:28:14,873 You exaggerate, sir. 231 00:28:16,521 --> 00:28:18,532 There be lovely islands of plenty, 232 00:28:18,533 --> 00:28:21,011 where we can never be found. 233 00:28:21,012 --> 00:28:25,998 Aye, but unfortunately we cannot escape from ourselves, 234 00:28:25,999 --> 00:28:28,384 nor from our own contempt. 235 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:34,295 The dye has been cast, Edward Young, 236 00:28:34,296 --> 00:28:36,817 and there is no turning back. 237 00:28:36,818 --> 00:28:39,677 The future holds the most awful adventure of all, 238 00:28:41,861 --> 00:28:44,414 worse than the gallows. 239 00:29:33,358 --> 00:29:34,192 Mutiny, 240 00:29:35,701 --> 00:29:37,119 piracy, and lust. 241 00:29:39,470 --> 00:29:41,972 Oh God, where will it all end? 242 00:30:15,441 --> 00:30:20,445 And so, Christian and his hearties disappeared. 243 00:30:20,524 --> 00:30:24,937 20 years have passed, and never a sound 244 00:30:24,938 --> 00:30:26,112 has been heard of 'em. 245 00:30:27,730 --> 00:30:32,734 Perhaps someday a lonely island will be found 246 00:30:34,186 --> 00:30:37,564 with a strange people living there. 247 00:30:37,565 --> 00:30:42,570 Then, the rest of my story can be told. 248 00:30:45,865 --> 00:30:49,678 Tahiti today is a beautiful dream of the past. 249 00:30:49,679 --> 00:30:53,275 Along its golden strands, moving across its limpid pools, 250 00:30:53,276 --> 00:30:56,017 crooning down through its damp-scented forest, 251 00:30:57,065 --> 00:30:59,346 come the songs of yesterday, 252 00:30:59,347 --> 00:31:01,177 when this strange land below the sun 253 00:31:01,178 --> 00:31:03,549 was a world of one dreams, 254 00:31:03,550 --> 00:31:07,824 when its forests echoed to the maddening dance of primitives 255 00:31:07,825 --> 00:31:11,386 or to the laughter and blasphemy of the ruthless pirate 256 00:31:11,387 --> 00:31:12,891 and carefree time. 257 00:31:14,109 --> 00:31:17,150 These are still the scenes, which in the roaring days, 258 00:31:17,151 --> 00:31:20,063 made many an old shellback gasp. 259 00:31:20,064 --> 00:31:23,696 The great molten mountains, the glamorous lagoons, 260 00:31:23,697 --> 00:31:25,561 the valleys of shadow and cloud. 261 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,452 This great lagoon is now the harbour of Tahiti, 262 00:31:30,453 --> 00:31:33,244 Paris of the Pacific, where passionate pleasure 263 00:31:33,245 --> 00:31:36,246 and scheming commerce mix in a melting pot 264 00:31:36,247 --> 00:31:37,571 of colour and creed. 265 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:43,289 A divine creator has massed great clouds up on the island 266 00:31:43,290 --> 00:31:44,124 all year. 267 00:31:50,569 --> 00:31:53,481 Through the rigging of our ship we can see Tahiti, 268 00:31:53,482 --> 00:31:55,466 sleeping under the noon day's spell. 269 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,685 Upon calm harbours of reflection, 270 00:32:26,686 --> 00:32:30,626 lie the luxury yachts of millionaire and wealthy trader. 271 00:32:33,265 --> 00:32:35,876 Like mounds of snow the tropic hidden, 272 00:32:35,877 --> 00:32:39,303 great cloud banks mass behind spool stars. 273 00:32:44,134 --> 00:32:47,466 We move along the fringe of Tahiti's great lagoon. 274 00:32:47,467 --> 00:32:50,528 A haven without wave or tide, 275 00:32:50,529 --> 00:32:53,441 only warm winds to make a music ripple 276 00:32:53,442 --> 00:32:58,175 and impress one's mind with memories that never fade. 277 00:33:05,121 --> 00:33:08,693 Along a lazy coral key, the schooners large and small, 278 00:33:08,694 --> 00:33:12,146 which plough their tracks to every corner of the vast Pacific, 279 00:33:12,147 --> 00:33:16,320 bringing home priceless pearls from the dangerous atolls, 280 00:33:16,321 --> 00:33:19,472 tortoise shell, copra, and vanilla, 281 00:33:19,473 --> 00:33:22,475 taking clothes and food to lonely outposts, 282 00:33:22,476 --> 00:33:25,297 many leaving their skeletons to bleach 283 00:33:25,298 --> 00:33:26,893 upon forgotten strands. 284 00:33:39,890 --> 00:33:42,547 This schooner, the White Feather, is being provisioned 285 00:33:42,548 --> 00:33:46,165 to take you down through the dangerous archipelago, 286 00:33:46,166 --> 00:33:49,107 upon the same trail taken by Fletcher Christian 287 00:33:49,108 --> 00:33:52,200 when he left Tahiti with his mutineers, 288 00:33:52,201 --> 00:33:53,735 never to be seen again. 289 00:33:58,266 --> 00:34:01,658 A following wind filled the sails of the White Feather, 290 00:34:01,659 --> 00:34:05,054 as the showgirls left Tahiti to follow the Bounty's trail. 291 00:34:07,033 --> 00:34:10,575 We have now entered the doldrums, now running by motor power 292 00:34:10,576 --> 00:34:12,260 through a silver sea of sleep. 293 00:34:17,572 --> 00:34:19,797 The first of the continental shows up, 294 00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:23,640 a little fantasy of reef and sand. 295 00:34:25,288 --> 00:34:29,130 The fate of the Bounty remained a mystery until a whaler, 296 00:34:29,131 --> 00:34:32,914 blown from its course, stumbled across a grim little island 297 00:34:32,915 --> 00:34:35,766 thousand miles south of Tahiti. 298 00:34:35,767 --> 00:34:39,729 The discoverer of this island called it Pitcairn's Island, 299 00:34:39,730 --> 00:34:44,293 and found it to be inhabited by a strange race of half casts 300 00:34:44,294 --> 00:34:47,029 the descendants of the Bounty mutineers. 301 00:34:47,867 --> 00:34:51,109 These atolls, which are generally termed the dangerous isles 302 00:34:51,110 --> 00:34:53,245 are 80 in number. 303 00:34:54,413 --> 00:34:57,354 With waving palms and beds of brilliant coral, 304 00:34:57,355 --> 00:35:00,266 they extend for a distance of nearly a thousand miles 305 00:35:00,267 --> 00:35:01,622 south from Tahiti. 306 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,592 As dense shadows of palm, they pass by upon a heated sky. 307 00:35:07,593 --> 00:35:09,484 Many are large and populous. 308 00:35:09,485 --> 00:35:12,761 Others have only sand and strutting bosun birds. 309 00:35:15,490 --> 00:35:19,993 Solitude succeeds solitude, and lonely wrecks 310 00:35:19,994 --> 00:35:22,905 by bleaching under devouring sun, 311 00:35:22,906 --> 00:35:25,818 grim reminders that we are traversing 312 00:35:25,819 --> 00:35:29,391 the most dangerous sea trek on the globe. 313 00:35:29,392 --> 00:35:31,883 The miracle is that Fletcher Christian 314 00:35:31,884 --> 00:35:35,305 was able to keep clear of these treacherous isles. 315 00:35:46,806 --> 00:35:49,087 The shipping line to England by Panama 316 00:35:49,088 --> 00:35:53,291 runs within 200 miles of lonely Pitcairn Island. 317 00:35:53,292 --> 00:35:57,644 By arrangement, the showgirls transferred to an ocean liner, 318 00:35:57,645 --> 00:36:01,908 which was deflected from its course to call at Pitcairn. 319 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:05,661 After 10 lonely days, Pitcairn appeared on the horizon. 320 00:36:05,662 --> 00:36:08,393 For the first time, a motion picture camera 321 00:36:08,394 --> 00:36:12,150 was to record its shape and rugged outline. 322 00:36:13,228 --> 00:36:16,920 Soon we'll be with the descendants of the mutineers, 323 00:36:16,921 --> 00:36:20,918 living their life and sharing their hardships. 324 00:36:39,170 --> 00:36:42,260 Young Pitcairners have sited the steamer. 325 00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:53,701 The arrival of a ship marks a red letter day 326 00:36:53,702 --> 00:36:57,184 for these isolated people, who hurry to the waterfront 327 00:36:57,185 --> 00:36:58,209 to man their boats. 328 00:36:59,106 --> 00:37:01,537 They will take out fruit and souvenirs 329 00:37:01,538 --> 00:37:04,810 with which to barter for flour and any small comfort 330 00:37:04,811 --> 00:37:06,736 the steamer can spare. 331 00:37:09,285 --> 00:37:11,746 From the timber of wrecked ships 332 00:37:11,747 --> 00:37:14,238 and the small trees of Pitcairn, 333 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,134 they have fashioned wonderful boats. 334 00:37:17,572 --> 00:37:19,462 Throughout four generations, 335 00:37:19,463 --> 00:37:22,495 the art of boat building has been handed down 336 00:37:22,496 --> 00:37:24,150 from the sailors of the Bounty. 337 00:37:31,563 --> 00:37:35,526 This tiny inlet is the only safe landing place 338 00:37:35,527 --> 00:37:36,937 on the rugged little island. 339 00:37:36,938 --> 00:37:41,140 The first boat bounds to sea, manned by a crew 340 00:37:41,141 --> 00:37:43,306 of the best oarsman in the Pacific. 341 00:37:48,708 --> 00:37:52,417 For a brief hour, the steamer will link this lonely island 342 00:37:52,418 --> 00:37:54,732 to our civilization. 343 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,529 Having shift oars, the first island boat 344 00:38:27,530 --> 00:38:29,395 slides to the steamer's side. 345 00:38:34,496 --> 00:38:38,458 Like a piece of cargo, Mrs. Chauvel was swung 346 00:38:38,459 --> 00:38:40,287 to the Pitcairn boat. 347 00:38:40,288 --> 00:38:42,842 She will be the first Australian woman 348 00:38:42,843 --> 00:38:45,248 ever to land on Pitcairn Island. 349 00:39:05,992 --> 00:39:08,213 As we move in closer to the island, 350 00:39:08,214 --> 00:39:11,846 with its foaming seashore and precipitous wall, 351 00:39:11,847 --> 00:39:14,008 and hear the crash of the surf, 352 00:39:14,009 --> 00:39:16,950 we realise how well Fletcher Christian 353 00:39:16,951 --> 00:39:19,440 had chosen his hiding place. 354 00:39:24,397 --> 00:39:28,180 A narrow passageway between rocks has to be negotiated 355 00:39:28,181 --> 00:39:32,113 before a landing can be made at Bounty Bay. 356 00:39:32,114 --> 00:39:36,196 Even during the calmest weather, a heavy surf rolls in 357 00:39:36,197 --> 00:39:40,010 and boats have to await their turn to ride from the back 358 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:41,455 of an incoming wave. 359 00:39:56,374 --> 00:39:59,256 After their battle with Old Man Sea, 360 00:39:59,257 --> 00:40:03,909 the island boats are drawn into sheds above the landing ramp 361 00:40:03,910 --> 00:40:05,715 to be safe from further onslaught. 362 00:40:06,913 --> 00:40:11,055 A community spirit not to be excelled elsewhere in the world 363 00:40:11,056 --> 00:40:14,989 makes light work of every task on Pitcairn. 364 00:40:14,990 --> 00:40:16,520 In their exile, 365 00:40:16,521 --> 00:40:20,033 these people cling very closely to each other, 366 00:40:20,034 --> 00:40:22,375 sharing their joys and sorrow, 367 00:40:22,376 --> 00:40:24,390 and making light of their difficulties. 368 00:40:26,549 --> 00:40:28,260 From the outskirts of their village, 369 00:40:28,261 --> 00:40:30,696 we look down upon Bounty Bay. 370 00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:35,796 Ship's dunnage, traded to the islanders for fruit, 371 00:40:35,797 --> 00:40:37,988 is being carried to their village, 372 00:40:37,989 --> 00:40:40,900 500 feet above the crashing surf. 373 00:40:40,901 --> 00:40:44,593 This timber will be used to build their homes and boats, 374 00:40:44,594 --> 00:40:48,020 and will be equally divided among those who need it most. 375 00:40:49,218 --> 00:40:52,550 Adamstown's only village sprawls upon a ledge 376 00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:55,012 500 feet above the sea. 377 00:40:55,013 --> 00:40:57,264 It is significant that this little village 378 00:40:57,265 --> 00:41:00,957 should look towards the sea, as everything has come to it 379 00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:02,548 from the sea. 380 00:41:02,549 --> 00:41:04,999 Its homes have been built mostly from ships dunnage 381 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,592 and the timber of wrecks. 382 00:41:07,593 --> 00:41:11,376 Every Pitcairn baby's born with a tang of salt water 383 00:41:11,377 --> 00:41:15,563 in its nostrils, and the boom of the surf in its yearn. 384 00:41:18,746 --> 00:41:22,335 A little village where life moves lazily by 385 00:41:22,336 --> 00:41:26,208 without rates or taxes, or the need of money. 386 00:41:26,209 --> 00:41:29,541 Simple homes, within whose walls are hearts 387 00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:33,384 that know of peace, un-shaken by the distant rumblings 388 00:41:33,385 --> 00:41:34,493 of the world. 389 00:41:37,879 --> 00:41:41,311 This is Andy Warren, the grandson of a whaler 390 00:41:41,312 --> 00:41:44,167 who joined the Pitcairners 60 years ago. 391 00:41:45,725 --> 00:41:49,147 Mrs. Chauvel quickly entered into the life of the village, 392 00:41:49,148 --> 00:41:51,549 helping the women with their children, 393 00:41:51,550 --> 00:41:55,757 regardless of youthful protest. 394 00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,781 Pitcairn is a little utopia, with its luscious fruits 395 00:42:05,782 --> 00:42:07,432 and tropic flowers. 396 00:42:07,433 --> 00:42:10,165 The Bounty brought the bread fruit to Pitcairn 397 00:42:10,166 --> 00:42:12,146 instead of to the West Indies, 398 00:42:12,147 --> 00:42:14,638 and sea captains have added their share 399 00:42:14,639 --> 00:42:17,368 to the buried collection of plants. 400 00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:23,787 This Pitcairn girl is weaving a straw hat 401 00:42:23,788 --> 00:42:25,940 from the dried leaves of the pandanus palm. 402 00:43:04,322 --> 00:43:06,341 In this village of primitive ways, 403 00:43:06,342 --> 00:43:09,434 girls with long hair still carry pitchers 404 00:43:09,435 --> 00:43:11,145 to fill at the wells. 405 00:43:11,146 --> 00:43:14,839 This girl, a descendant of midshipman Young, 406 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,836 is carrying a jar, which came to Pitcairn on the Bounty. 407 00:43:26,789 --> 00:43:28,110 Under the community system, 408 00:43:28,111 --> 00:43:31,592 all rations from passing steamers are divided equally 409 00:43:31,593 --> 00:43:34,355 among the 52 families of the island. 410 00:43:34,356 --> 00:43:35,646 At the courthouse, 411 00:43:35,647 --> 00:43:38,738 flour received from our steamer is being rationed. 412 00:43:38,739 --> 00:43:41,201 Here, you get a good peak at the descendants 413 00:43:41,202 --> 00:43:43,122 of the Bounty mutineers. 414 00:43:43,123 --> 00:43:46,665 In the majority of cases, the Tahitian type prevails. 415 00:43:46,666 --> 00:43:50,358 They are thin and strong, and speak a language of their own, 416 00:43:50,359 --> 00:43:52,524 a mixture of Tahiti and broken English. 417 00:43:57,775 --> 00:44:01,167 The peace of Pitcairn today makes it hard to realise 418 00:44:01,168 --> 00:44:04,505 how terribly it was stained with crime and bloodshed 419 00:44:04,506 --> 00:44:08,433 by the early struggle for supremacy between the mutineers 420 00:44:08,434 --> 00:44:12,577 and the men of Tahiti, when all excepting two mutineers, 421 00:44:12,578 --> 00:44:14,352 succumbed to the clash of colour. 422 00:44:15,850 --> 00:44:17,501 This is William Christian, 423 00:44:17,502 --> 00:44:20,083 the great grandson of Fletcher Christian. 424 00:44:20,084 --> 00:44:22,635 Fletcher Christian's son afterwards married 425 00:44:22,636 --> 00:44:26,328 a pure native girl, who as a baby, was brought ashore 426 00:44:26,329 --> 00:44:28,070 from the Bounty in a barrel, 427 00:44:28,071 --> 00:44:31,316 and so the dark blood of the Christians predominate. 428 00:44:32,184 --> 00:44:34,345 William Christian is hoeing the same plot 429 00:44:34,346 --> 00:44:37,561 where Fletcher Christian was killed by the Tahitian men. 430 00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:41,821 These are the family plots of Pitcairn, 431 00:44:41,822 --> 00:44:45,574 in little fertile valleys, 1,000 feet above the sea. 432 00:44:45,575 --> 00:44:47,986 Here the mutineers and their pagan companions 433 00:44:47,987 --> 00:44:51,909 fought and killed each other until only one, 434 00:44:51,910 --> 00:44:53,891 John Adams, remained. 435 00:44:53,892 --> 00:44:57,074 He, by the aid of the Bounty's Bible, preached the gospel 436 00:44:57,075 --> 00:44:58,876 to the remaining women and children. 437 00:45:00,468 --> 00:45:04,400 Upon this site, stood Fletcher Christians' first cabin. 438 00:45:04,401 --> 00:45:07,617 We now turn back the pages of history. 439 00:45:12,087 --> 00:45:16,320 I wonder how much longer it'll be before those black dogs 440 00:45:16,321 --> 00:45:18,155 put a knife in our backs. 441 00:45:19,533 --> 00:45:21,135 Why cannot have it be tonight. 442 00:45:22,506 --> 00:45:24,276 Death would be a release from the remorse 443 00:45:24,277 --> 00:45:28,660 which dogs my footsteps day and night, night and day. 444 00:45:28,661 --> 00:45:31,727 Who do you torture yourself about? Bligh? Ah. 445 00:45:33,165 --> 00:45:35,055 He deserved his fate. 446 00:45:35,056 --> 00:45:35,900 No, my friend. 447 00:45:36,918 --> 00:45:41,030 Whatever Bligh's faults, he was a brave British officer. 448 00:45:41,031 --> 00:45:41,962 And in my presence, 449 00:45:41,963 --> 00:45:44,164 I would still have you speak of him as such. 450 00:45:59,947 --> 00:46:03,043 John Adams has made a strange request. 451 00:46:06,042 --> 00:46:07,667 He has asked for the Bible, 452 00:46:09,405 --> 00:46:13,247 believing he can cleanse this spawning hell 453 00:46:13,248 --> 00:46:15,744 by preaching the gospel. 454 00:46:20,184 --> 00:46:25,188 Oh, blessed Lord, look with mercy on Pitcairn Island, 455 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,031 and upon the fathers of these little children 456 00:46:30,032 --> 00:46:32,377 who died in shameful strife. 457 00:46:33,215 --> 00:46:35,710 By the shedding of their blood, oh Lord, 458 00:46:36,698 --> 00:46:41,342 strengthen us for the trials for the future 459 00:46:41,343 --> 00:46:42,946 in this isolation. 460 00:46:43,814 --> 00:46:48,053 People of Pitcairn, remember the Lord said, 461 00:46:48,054 --> 00:46:51,587 "Come unto me all ye that suffer." 462 00:46:53,392 --> 00:46:56,998 And little children, the Lord said, 463 00:46:57,932 --> 00:47:02,937 "Suffer little children to come unto me." 464 00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,402 From the humble services held by John Adams 465 00:47:18,403 --> 00:47:21,524 in a hut, has sprung the present-day church, 466 00:47:21,525 --> 00:47:23,596 a large building of two stories, 467 00:47:23,597 --> 00:47:25,968 the most pretentious in the village. 468 00:47:25,969 --> 00:47:28,250 There is no labour on the sabbath, 469 00:47:28,251 --> 00:47:31,522 and church is held three times during the day. 470 00:47:31,523 --> 00:47:33,714 Every man who possesses the naval uniform 471 00:47:33,715 --> 00:47:35,095 wears it to church, 472 00:47:35,096 --> 00:47:38,279 when clothes of all descriptions are worn. 473 00:48:04,761 --> 00:48:07,883 Most of the timber for this church was cut from the trees 474 00:48:07,884 --> 00:48:10,889 of an island 200 miles from Pitcairn. 475 00:48:20,644 --> 00:48:24,637 These are three prominent church people, Roy Clark, 476 00:48:24,638 --> 00:48:27,943 Aunt Anne McCoy, and Dora Warren. 477 00:48:28,811 --> 00:48:31,542 Edwin Christian, the Beau Brummell of Pitcairn, 478 00:48:31,543 --> 00:48:34,339 talks with his wife after the morning service. 479 00:48:35,837 --> 00:48:39,049 In Pitcairn smithy, old Benjamin Young, 480 00:48:39,050 --> 00:48:41,811 the great grandson of midshipman Young, 481 00:48:41,812 --> 00:48:44,243 is turning the Bounty's vice, 482 00:48:44,244 --> 00:48:47,516 which is still doing service on the island today. 483 00:48:47,517 --> 00:48:50,488 Benjamin Young is 84 years of age 484 00:48:50,489 --> 00:48:53,401 and is one of the keenest men on Pitcairn. 485 00:48:53,402 --> 00:48:56,914 Aunt Anne McCoy, descendant of mutineer McCoy, 486 00:48:56,915 --> 00:48:58,265 is busy making a basket 487 00:48:58,266 --> 00:49:01,267 from the leaves of the pandanus palm. 488 00:49:01,268 --> 00:49:03,235 Her old fingers are almost as deft 489 00:49:03,236 --> 00:49:05,539 as those of the young people. 490 00:49:13,996 --> 00:49:17,773 A woman of the large Christian family spends her spare time 491 00:49:17,774 --> 00:49:21,058 hand painting souvenirs made from coconuts. 492 00:49:22,976 --> 00:49:26,819 Edwin Christian is the spiritual leader of Pitcairn, 493 00:49:26,820 --> 00:49:30,155 his sterling qualities being an inspiration to all. 494 00:49:31,053 --> 00:49:33,604 When death comes to the Pitcairner, 495 00:49:33,605 --> 00:49:37,868 a tombstone is cut from the rocks washed smooth by the sea. 496 00:49:37,869 --> 00:49:42,191 Edwin Christian is here seen hewing a tombstone from a rock 497 00:49:42,192 --> 00:49:43,456 below the landing place. 498 00:49:44,324 --> 00:49:46,155 The stones ovens of the island 499 00:49:46,156 --> 00:49:48,905 are also made from these rocks. 500 00:50:04,784 --> 00:50:08,542 As long as the sea shall break upon Pitcairn, 501 00:50:08,543 --> 00:50:12,306 there is a name whose glory will never die, 502 00:50:12,307 --> 00:50:15,673 and whose works will always remain, John Adams. 503 00:50:17,682 --> 00:50:21,884 Necessity has taught Pitcairn to be entirely self-supporting 504 00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:25,547 as the possibility of a steamer calling becomes more remote, 505 00:50:25,548 --> 00:50:27,503 as modern commerce is speeded up. 506 00:50:28,371 --> 00:50:31,342 Here we see Pitcairners making their salt. 507 00:50:31,343 --> 00:50:35,155 Each family owns its saltwater pools on the seafront, 508 00:50:35,156 --> 00:50:38,518 where in rough shelters the water is boiled off, 509 00:50:38,519 --> 00:50:40,714 leaving a coarse-grained salt. 510 00:50:44,825 --> 00:50:48,096 This is the crude sugar mill of the island, 511 00:50:48,097 --> 00:50:51,579 which is used by each family to manufacture the juice, 512 00:50:51,580 --> 00:50:53,895 which takes the place of refined sugar. 513 00:51:00,227 --> 00:51:03,192 Every member of each family takes a turn of the wheel, 514 00:51:03,193 --> 00:51:07,042 and the only horse on the island is available to all 515 00:51:07,043 --> 00:51:08,367 under the community rule. 516 00:51:15,780 --> 00:51:17,965 Two families are busy at the arrowroot mill. 517 00:51:18,928 --> 00:51:20,613 The roots of the plants are being grated, 518 00:51:20,614 --> 00:51:23,467 preparatory to being ground to pulp. 519 00:51:23,468 --> 00:51:26,558 Arrowroot is one of Pitcairn's staple foods, 520 00:51:26,559 --> 00:51:29,681 and the young children are practically reared upon it 521 00:51:29,682 --> 00:51:30,796 and coconut milk. 522 00:51:35,957 --> 00:51:38,475 Little Viola Christian is a worthy example 523 00:51:38,476 --> 00:51:40,524 of Pitcairn's youngest generation. 524 00:51:41,482 --> 00:51:43,883 The roots are ground and the pulp is squeezed 525 00:51:43,884 --> 00:51:47,640 of its precious juices, which, when set become arable. 526 00:51:48,658 --> 00:51:51,963 The dried pulp goes back onto the land as fertiliser. 527 00:51:54,392 --> 00:51:56,523 Each family has its saw blade. 528 00:51:56,524 --> 00:51:59,800 This is the only method of sawing timber on the island. 529 00:52:00,931 --> 00:52:04,300 For community work, such as boat building and case making, 530 00:52:04,301 --> 00:52:07,961 each family does its share, and more than 30 saw blades 531 00:52:07,962 --> 00:52:11,266 will be in action at once, making light work. 532 00:52:11,267 --> 00:52:14,809 There are no slackers upon this little island. 533 00:52:14,810 --> 00:52:17,511 Every man does his bit. 534 00:52:17,512 --> 00:52:20,423 One of the large canoes from the fishing fleet 535 00:52:20,424 --> 00:52:22,626 is being carried to the village for repairs. 536 00:52:23,787 --> 00:52:26,969 The Pitcairners take great pride in their boats, 537 00:52:26,970 --> 00:52:29,899 which are kept in excellent order. 538 00:52:47,627 --> 00:52:49,577 A young boat builder, 539 00:52:49,578 --> 00:52:54,115 they go to the sea in ships at a very early age on Pitcairn. 540 00:52:55,854 --> 00:52:58,045 The large canoe is being corked, 541 00:52:58,046 --> 00:53:01,317 ready for its battle against a tyrant sea, 542 00:53:01,318 --> 00:53:05,040 and the uncertain currents of the Pitcairn fishing bank. 543 00:53:05,041 --> 00:53:08,343 The Pitcairners make their own violins, 544 00:53:08,344 --> 00:53:12,967 and the girls give their hair as strings for the bows. 545 00:53:12,968 --> 00:53:16,090 There are no music masters on Pitcairn, 546 00:53:16,091 --> 00:53:18,225 they are all self-taught. 547 00:53:32,741 --> 00:53:37,746 Here's Pitcairn's Don Bradman, making his own cricket bat. 548 00:53:37,979 --> 00:53:41,548 An attempt is made to educate the young Pitcairner, 549 00:53:41,549 --> 00:53:46,055 who only goes to school for two hours before breakfast, 550 00:53:46,056 --> 00:53:49,271 and then spends the remainder of the day at play. 551 00:53:53,472 --> 00:53:57,674 The young men of Pitcairn are of excellent physique, 552 00:53:57,675 --> 00:54:00,256 and although they climb and swim, 553 00:54:00,257 --> 00:54:04,190 they are great believers in physical culture. 554 00:54:04,191 --> 00:54:07,462 These young men are the product of inbreeding 555 00:54:07,463 --> 00:54:09,388 for a period of 160 years. 556 00:54:11,521 --> 00:54:15,239 Realising this, the physique and mental capabilities 557 00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:18,377 of these people surprise one. 558 00:54:30,282 --> 00:54:34,035 We now leave the village, to visit the rough coastline 559 00:54:34,036 --> 00:54:35,059 of Pitcairn. 560 00:55:04,689 --> 00:55:08,503 A fine salt mist drives in from the surf, 561 00:55:08,504 --> 00:55:10,939 sweeping past mountain and palm. 562 00:55:12,047 --> 00:55:15,859 For thousands of miles, a lonely sea 563 00:55:15,860 --> 00:55:18,802 develops huge land swells, 564 00:55:18,803 --> 00:55:23,246 which break upon little Pitcairn with giant force, 565 00:55:23,247 --> 00:55:26,758 shaking the island from end to end. 566 00:55:26,759 --> 00:55:31,764 The roar of Pitcairn surf can be heard for many miles at sea 567 00:55:31,921 --> 00:55:34,989 and ships will give it a wide berth. 568 00:56:18,523 --> 00:56:23,527 Sheltered from the winds, the surf rolls in more lightly 569 00:56:23,627 --> 00:56:25,938 upon Bounty Bay. 570 00:56:25,939 --> 00:56:29,781 In all kinds of weather, rough or calm, 571 00:56:29,782 --> 00:56:32,874 Pitcairn's fishing fleet goes out. 572 00:56:32,875 --> 00:56:36,417 All together, there are 30 large fishing canoes, 573 00:56:36,418 --> 00:56:38,252 all built on Pitcairn. 574 00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:47,406 A Pitcairner is returning home with his fish. 575 00:56:47,407 --> 00:56:49,158 He will have to shoot the breakers. 576 00:56:50,289 --> 00:56:52,304 A great wave rushes to envelop him. 577 00:56:53,232 --> 00:56:54,912 He's on its back. 578 00:56:54,913 --> 00:56:56,365 Will he make it? 579 00:56:56,366 --> 00:56:57,211 No. 580 00:56:57,212 --> 00:56:58,549 Ah! He's over. 581 00:56:59,547 --> 00:57:01,194 So are the fish. 582 00:57:06,049 --> 00:57:09,208 Another man comes in. He has his battle too. 583 00:57:10,448 --> 00:57:12,611 But succeeds, as they generally do. 584 00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:19,232 Bounty Bay, where the Bounty, after being fired 585 00:57:19,233 --> 00:57:22,775 by mutineer Quintel, sank in flames, 586 00:57:22,776 --> 00:57:26,352 burying her shame from the eyes of man forevermore. 587 00:57:29,292 --> 00:57:31,122 Hearing from the Pitcairners 588 00:57:31,123 --> 00:57:33,044 that a portion of the Bounty's skeleton 589 00:57:33,045 --> 00:57:36,166 could still be seen at the coral bed of this bay, 590 00:57:36,167 --> 00:57:38,025 the Chauvels searched with cameras 591 00:57:38,026 --> 00:57:39,803 set in glass-bottomed boxes. 592 00:57:41,091 --> 00:57:44,513 Seaweed shall grow, the coral shall spread, 593 00:57:44,514 --> 00:57:47,760 and man, his work shall cease. 594 00:57:48,688 --> 00:57:51,093 So spoke the old priest of Polynesia. 595 00:57:52,681 --> 00:57:55,262 The Bounty from its rotting timbers, 596 00:57:55,263 --> 00:57:58,329 we seem to hear spirit voices. 597 00:58:08,167 --> 00:58:11,386 And so, the seaweed-covered memories of a day 598 00:58:11,387 --> 00:58:16,391 when man went straight to pleasure, glory, or fortune, 599 00:58:16,491 --> 00:58:18,055 without much meditation. 600 00:58:28,441 --> 00:58:33,124 Now we will land, and this time climb the steep cliffs 601 00:58:33,125 --> 00:58:37,812 above the sea, to visit the great swimming pool on Pitcairn. 602 00:58:39,220 --> 00:58:43,002 Through a giant gateway, the blue Pacific surges 603 00:58:43,003 --> 00:58:45,854 to refresh the waters of the most beautiful 604 00:58:45,855 --> 00:58:49,762 and fantastic swimming pool in all the world. 605 00:58:51,530 --> 00:58:55,913 A mirror of cool waters, set behind great fairy casements 606 00:58:55,914 --> 00:59:00,918 of battle, a sublime fantasy of rock and sea. 607 00:59:00,943 --> 00:59:03,033 The gift of the gods to Pitcairn. 608 00:59:23,917 --> 00:59:28,220 As specs in a foaming sea, the news of the fishing fleet 609 00:59:28,221 --> 00:59:33,024 lied by the devils' gateway as they returned to Bounty Bay. 610 00:59:33,025 --> 00:59:36,120 We climbed to a great wall of rock above the pool. 611 00:59:37,138 --> 00:59:39,924 A thousand years of pagan history is buried 612 00:59:39,925 --> 00:59:44,073 in a bed of coral rubble and shattered idols 613 00:59:44,074 --> 00:59:45,375 at the base of this cliff. 614 00:59:46,326 --> 00:59:49,087 There were men here in a Stone Age, 615 00:59:49,088 --> 00:59:52,150 making hammerheads and chisels of stone, 616 00:59:52,151 --> 00:59:54,582 and etching their histories and beliefs 617 00:59:54,583 --> 00:59:56,563 upon the mountainsides. 618 00:59:56,564 --> 01:00:00,046 On this wall, Charles Chauvel discovers 619 01:00:00,047 --> 01:00:03,859 what is perhaps the heathen story of creation, 620 01:00:03,860 --> 01:00:08,723 as the sacred birds of old Polynesia are plainly outlined 621 01:00:08,724 --> 01:00:12,567 with the fruitful tree, the stars of the sky, 622 01:00:12,568 --> 01:00:13,952 and the fishy of the sea. 623 01:00:15,930 --> 01:00:19,052 We climb on to the higher peaks of the island, 624 01:00:19,053 --> 01:00:22,629 and look down to the rugged coastline we have left behind. 625 01:00:26,439 --> 01:00:29,140 Each family owns its block of goats, 626 01:00:29,141 --> 01:00:32,928 and they are ear-marked just as we ear mark our sheep. 627 01:00:34,546 --> 01:00:38,469 This is Goat House Mountain, on which can be seen 628 01:00:38,470 --> 01:00:40,674 Fletcher Christian's cave. 629 01:00:44,784 --> 01:00:46,315 By the aid of ropes, 630 01:00:46,316 --> 01:00:49,111 the camera party is now nearing the cave. 631 01:00:50,459 --> 01:00:53,641 In this cave, far above the sea, 632 01:00:53,642 --> 01:00:57,244 Fletcher Christian as a hunted and distracted man, 633 01:00:57,245 --> 01:00:59,976 spent long periods away from the village, 634 01:00:59,977 --> 01:01:02,438 longing for the sight of a sail. 635 01:01:02,439 --> 01:01:05,201 Back in the village, we come to Pitcairn's 636 01:01:05,202 --> 01:01:09,138 public notice board, where all announcements are posted. 637 01:01:10,043 --> 01:01:13,668 "If any person can give a reason why Allan Christian 638 01:01:13,669 --> 01:01:16,640 should not marry Eva Christian, 639 01:01:16,641 --> 01:01:19,821 let him now speak or forever hold his peace." 640 01:01:21,925 --> 01:01:23,906 A Christian man desires to keep 641 01:01:23,907 --> 01:01:26,038 another Christian's daughter. 642 01:01:26,039 --> 01:01:28,586 Hence, the shout of rose petal, 643 01:01:28,587 --> 01:01:31,833 and the passing of Pitcairn's admiral, chief engineer, 644 01:01:31,834 --> 01:01:36,838 and steward, in the uniform of numerous shipping lines. 645 01:01:46,846 --> 01:01:50,152 The second notice is a very different one. 646 01:01:51,447 --> 01:01:55,402 "David Young's first born is failing hourly. 647 01:01:55,403 --> 01:01:59,456 The ship Matapopa is now due in these waters 648 01:01:59,457 --> 01:02:02,428 and its doctor can save David's child. 649 01:02:02,429 --> 01:02:05,262 Volunteers are needed to keep the beacon alight 650 01:02:05,263 --> 01:02:07,530 and to take turn at the wireless." 651 01:02:10,566 --> 01:02:14,528 Sometimes, an expected steamer will pass by, 652 01:02:14,529 --> 01:02:17,480 not bothering to call at the little island, 653 01:02:17,481 --> 01:02:20,864 and a Pitcairn life in need of medical attention 654 01:02:20,865 --> 01:02:22,279 will pass away. 655 01:02:23,387 --> 01:02:28,391 This night on the cliffs, a little band will watch and hope. 656 01:02:30,055 --> 01:02:32,093 Oh magnify the Lord with me 657 01:02:32,094 --> 01:02:34,559 and let us exalt his name together. 658 01:02:35,397 --> 01:02:37,629 I found the Lord and he heard me... 659 01:02:37,630 --> 01:02:38,665 David. 660 01:02:38,666 --> 01:02:39,899 And... 661 01:02:39,900 --> 01:02:43,623 David, do you think the ship will call? 662 01:02:43,624 --> 01:02:47,376 We can only hope and pray, Martha. 663 01:02:47,377 --> 01:02:49,471 As the good Lord wills, so shall it be. 664 01:02:53,346 --> 01:02:54,882 So shall it be. 665 01:02:54,883 --> 01:02:58,429 This poor man cried and the Lord heard him. 666 01:02:59,369 --> 01:03:01,397 Any fireworks on deck tonight? 667 01:03:01,398 --> 01:03:03,856 No, it's as dead as a doornail down there tonight. 668 01:03:03,857 --> 01:03:06,291 The blonde's off colour and has had to see old doc. 669 01:03:06,292 --> 01:03:07,853 Oh. 670 01:03:07,854 --> 01:03:09,474 Thanks. 671 01:03:09,475 --> 01:03:13,467 I always did prefer medicine to wireless. 672 01:03:13,468 --> 01:03:16,324 You know, I should have been a doctor, Jim. 673 01:03:17,462 --> 01:03:20,449 You don't do so badly for yourself, you ole blighter. 674 01:03:45,055 --> 01:03:47,069 Can you call the ship, Edgar? 675 01:03:50,129 --> 01:03:51,633 I don't think so, Mother. 676 01:03:53,131 --> 01:03:55,683 And even if I did reach them, 677 01:03:55,684 --> 01:03:58,660 I don't think they'd come near Pitcairn. 678 01:03:58,661 --> 01:04:02,352 Oh Edgar, I'm afraid the baby's failing. 679 01:04:13,548 --> 01:04:17,421 The angel of the Lord encampeth around all them 680 01:04:17,422 --> 01:04:20,153 that fear him, and deliverth them. 681 01:04:20,154 --> 01:04:22,160 - All fear the Lord... - David, stop that. 682 01:04:22,161 --> 01:04:22,994 For he is good. 683 01:04:22,995 --> 01:04:24,267 I can't stand anymore. 684 01:04:24,268 --> 01:04:25,839 Fear the Lord, ye of faint heart. 685 01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,733 I want a doctor. Do you hear, David? A doctor. 686 01:04:28,734 --> 01:04:30,052 Martha. 687 01:04:36,367 --> 01:04:37,358 Anything to report? 688 01:04:37,359 --> 01:04:40,570 Oh, nothing important. Someone was trying to get us. 689 01:04:40,571 --> 01:04:44,143 I think it was Pitcairn Island, but they faded right out. 690 01:04:44,144 --> 01:04:45,614 And I haven't heard them since. 691 01:04:45,615 --> 01:04:47,055 Oh, Pitcairn is always bothering us 692 01:04:47,056 --> 01:04:48,047 about something or other. 693 01:04:48,048 --> 01:04:50,478 Well, it's no use than bothering us anyway. 694 01:04:50,479 --> 01:04:52,730 The old man wouldn't venture near that lonely rock. 695 01:04:52,731 --> 01:04:54,385 Besides, we are pressed for time. 696 01:04:55,343 --> 01:04:59,486 Well, castle's yours, old man. Goodnight, Jim. 697 01:04:59,487 --> 01:05:00,320 Goodnight. 698 01:05:10,326 --> 01:05:13,031 They seem to be getting further away every minute. 699 01:05:14,860 --> 01:05:19,036 And even if I got them now, they wouldn't come. 700 01:05:20,384 --> 01:05:22,519 They'd lose too much time. 701 01:05:25,128 --> 01:05:28,494 Sorry, old man, but I've done my best, David. 702 01:05:57,486 --> 01:06:01,990 Dear Father, thou has seen fit to pluck this blossom 703 01:06:03,770 --> 01:06:04,604 from our garden. 704 01:06:06,322 --> 01:06:11,129 Let us spare our burden as atonement for the past, 705 01:06:12,438 --> 01:06:16,260 and help us to lift up our eyes to be 706 01:06:16,261 --> 01:06:21,265 with true Pitcairn courage, and to echo daily 707 01:06:23,467 --> 01:06:27,523 thy holy will be done. 55443

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