1 00:00:01,005 --> 00:00:08,000 Subtitles: Luís Filipe Bernardes 2 00:00:20,826 --> 00:00:22,561 My name is Group Captain Todd. 3 00:00:23,057 --> 00:00:26,483 During the I was commanded an RAF station on the east coast of England. 4 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,582 This is a story of some of the men of an air-sea rescue unit... 5 00:00:30,599 --> 00:00:32,683 ... who served under my command. 6 00:00:33,189 --> 00:00:36,450 They didn't fly, but went to sea on high-speed launches. 7 00:00:36,925 --> 00:00:40,398 Their job, to rescue their comrades from the sea. 8 00:00:41,370 --> 00:00:42,739 Their motto: 9 00:01:55,547 --> 00:01:58,184 The time is the autumn of 1944. 10 00:01:58,285 --> 00:02:00,555 The allied armies are sweeping through France... 11 00:02:00,576 --> 00:02:02,900 ...and thrusting towards Belgium and Holland. 12 00:02:04,765 --> 00:02:09,364 13 00:02:22,534 --> 00:02:24,569 Go on, kids, get some sea servicing. 14 00:02:35,057 --> 00:02:38,000 15 00:02:38,115 --> 00:02:40,900 Shut it in and prime the port engine, can't you, Dray? 16 00:02:40,985 --> 00:02:42,214 Okay, corp. 17 00:02:42,315 --> 00:02:46,280 18 00:02:59,389 --> 00:03:03,176 Go on, rupt yourself, do! Stand up! 19 00:03:06,958 --> 00:03:09,100 - Well, what's your name? - Milliken, sir. 20 00:03:09,148 --> 00:03:11,800 Who are you, what are you? Armorer, electrician, sanitary welder? 21 00:03:11,958 --> 00:03:14,999 Medical orderly, sir. Told to report to 2561. 22 00:03:15,020 --> 00:03:16,300 Medical orderly? 23 00:03:16,301 --> 00:03:18,650 Well, what was you in civvy street, a chartered accountant? 24 00:03:18,857 --> 00:03:20,800 - No, sir. - Don't call me sir. 25 00:03:20,975 --> 00:03:23,600 Save your sirs for the skipper. He's an officer and knows nothing... 26 00:03:23,631 --> 00:03:25,301 ...and therefore entitled to be called sir. 27 00:03:25,875 --> 00:03:27,300 See these? 28 00:03:27,742 --> 00:03:30,500 These indicate the most important rank in the Royal Air Force. 29 00:03:31,050 --> 00:03:33,770 Oy, now then. What am I? 30 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,500 - A Flight Sergeant. - And don't you forget it! 31 00:03:36,978 --> 00:03:38,600 No, Flight. 32 00:03:40,647 --> 00:03:43,606 Flight, he says. Just like that. 33 00:03:44,304 --> 00:03:45,999 What the war does for the Air Force. 34 00:03:46,295 --> 00:03:49,554 When I joined the service it was, "Yes, Flight Sergeant.", "No, Flight Sergeant." 35 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,715 Three bags full, Flight Sergeant. Stand still! 36 00:03:59,608 --> 00:04:01,256 My name's Slingsby. 37 00:04:01,487 --> 00:04:04,950 Flight Sergeant Slingsby. I drink blood and eat grenades. 38 00:04:04,970 --> 00:04:07,350 - Morning, lads. - Morning, sir. All right, son, fall out. 39 00:04:07,370 --> 00:04:09,800 - Move on, sir? On to sea? - Tell the engine to start up. 40 00:04:09,821 --> 00:04:10,801 Aye, aye, sir. 41 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:12,415 Start up, below. 42 00:04:13,714 --> 00:04:15,377 Okay, Dray, start them up. 43 00:04:31,678 --> 00:04:34,178 - Let go springs. - Springs out, sir. 44 00:04:34,179 --> 00:04:36,579 - Let go out! - All gone out, sir. 45 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:37,580 Let go fore head? 46 00:04:38,981 --> 00:04:40,481 All done fore head, sir. 47 00:04:41,382 --> 00:04:43,300 Fire the engine, Clarkson. 48 00:05:27,301 --> 00:05:30,101 - First trip? - Yes, corporal. 49 00:05:30,541 --> 00:05:32,486 - It's nice and smoothe, isn't it? - Yeah. 50 00:05:32,487 --> 00:05:34,787 Just another pleasure cruise. 51 00:06:28,239 --> 00:06:30,100 Come on, big time, there's no time for sleeping. 52 00:06:30,130 --> 00:06:32,201 You're in the way. Over in the bunk, go on! 53 00:06:34,067 --> 00:06:36,300 Robbie, I'm going to change. Okay, Chiefy. 54 00:06:50,455 --> 00:06:51,918 Have some corned-beef sandwich? 55 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:54,308 Best in the world, this is. 56 00:06:55,316 --> 00:06:56,690 Here, doc. 57 00:06:58,116 --> 00:06:59,800 - Put that on. - Thanks, corporal. 58 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:02,399 There's an overcoat in there if you want it. It's gonna be cold. 59 00:07:06,278 --> 00:07:09,300 Oh, you. You married? 60 00:07:09,401 --> 00:07:11,301 - No. - Lucky you. 61 00:07:18,613 --> 00:07:20,472 What's happened? We stopped. 62 00:07:20,473 --> 00:07:22,873 Hey, Gus, do you reckon we'll be back on time? 63 00:07:23,458 --> 00:07:25,637 - Why, are you in a hurry? - Yes, I am. 64 00:07:25,668 --> 00:07:27,500 Well, we won't then. 65 00:07:27,767 --> 00:07:30,200 You'd better get your head down, Doc. We've got a long way ahead of us. 66 00:07:30,241 --> 00:07:31,471 Why, where are we? 67 00:07:31,721 --> 00:07:33,250 We're on what's called rendez-vous. 68 00:07:33,457 --> 00:07:35,700 We're going to stay here until somebody tells us to go home. 69 00:07:36,336 --> 00:07:37,820 It's exciting, ain't it? 70 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,600 - You all right, Skip? - I'm all right, give me a hand. 71 00:08:13,691 --> 00:08:16,301 - Through the hatch, sir, up above. - Right. 72 00:08:20,996 --> 00:08:22,400 How are the others? 73 00:08:22,505 --> 00:08:24,393 The dinghy's been ejected. 74 00:08:25,737 --> 00:08:27,877 Make your way along to the wing, sir. 75 00:08:30,485 --> 00:08:32,920 Will you finish buckling the belt? Get in the dinghy. 76 00:08:32,941 --> 00:08:34,621 The craft's going down any minute. 77 00:08:40,010 --> 00:08:41,509 Come on, Skip, let's help him. 78 00:08:48,470 --> 00:08:51,999 Any more for the skylark? We got a long way to go. 79 00:09:08,387 --> 00:09:09,645 You all right, Skip? 80 00:09:10,326 --> 00:09:12,300 Yes, I'm all right. I got a bit of a whack in the bread basket... 81 00:09:12,331 --> 00:09:14,780 - ...when we ditched, that's all. - What happened exactly? 82 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,900 We got poked in the engine by a Messershmidt. 83 00:09:16,951 --> 00:09:19,500 But if it's any consolation, I returned the compliment. 84 00:09:19,774 --> 00:09:22,800 Right now Jerry's on the North Sea, too, sitting on his own little rubber mat. 85 00:09:23,158 --> 00:09:24,516 Boy, is he going to be lonely. 86 00:09:25,262 --> 00:09:27,100 Do you think anyone saw us ditch, Canada? 87 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:29,712 I shouldn't think so. I didn't see any ships or anything. 88 00:09:30,060 --> 00:09:32,909 - Where are we exactly? - Just off the coast of Holland, sir. 89 00:09:33,158 --> 00:09:34,874 About 20 miles from the show. 90 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,125 And a long way from home. 91 00:09:38,257 --> 00:09:39,799 Guess we'd better get organized. 92 00:09:39,902 --> 00:09:42,300 - Canada, can you get that small box going? - Right. 93 00:09:42,331 --> 00:09:44,401 - Mac, can you set up the aerial? - Yep. 94 00:09:46,434 --> 00:09:49,220 - Would you mind helping, sir? - Oh, of course, I'm in your hands. 95 00:09:49,241 --> 00:09:51,600 All I want is to get this briefcase back safely to England. 96 00:09:51,957 --> 00:09:53,500 You just treat me as one of the crew. 97 00:09:56,252 --> 00:09:57,911 She's going. 98 00:10:15,832 --> 00:10:17,353 Well, that's that. 99 00:10:22,793 --> 00:10:24,100 Makes you think, doesn't it? 100 00:10:24,350 --> 00:10:26,700 If any of us had anything sharp on us, 101 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:31,592 rip, zip, and we'd be sitting on about 500 fathoms of ocean and nothing else. 102 00:10:31,783 --> 00:10:34,480 Yes, sir, this little piece of rubber is all there is between us... 103 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,681 ... and the bottom of the deep blue sea. 104 00:11:05,262 --> 00:11:06,461 Come in. 105 00:11:07,062 --> 00:11:09,200 - Yes, Flight? - The weather's getting worse, sir. 106 00:11:09,221 --> 00:11:11,300 - I've posted two bridge lookouts. - Right. 107 00:11:11,488 --> 00:11:13,000 By the way, how's the new boy? 108 00:11:16,631 --> 00:11:18,500 His name's Milliken, sir. 109 00:11:18,537 --> 00:11:20,153 Herbert Milliken. 110 00:11:20,481 --> 00:11:23,000 - He's a bit seasick, but he'll do. - You'll get him up to standard, anyway. 111 00:11:23,031 --> 00:11:24,601 - Coffee? - Thank you very much, sir. 112 00:11:26,402 --> 00:11:27,502 Thank you. 113 00:11:30,854 --> 00:11:33,450 - Is it true about the rumor, sir? - Yes, this is my last trip. 114 00:11:33,602 --> 00:11:36,400 I'm checking out of the unit at Gosport. It's a promotion anyway. 115 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,500 I expect the wife's pleased. How is she? 116 00:11:38,655 --> 00:11:40,400 I took her to the hospital an hour before we left. 117 00:11:40,431 --> 00:11:41,999 The baby's due any moment now. 118 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:45,450 Oh, by the way, my wife made this. She asked me to give it with you. 119 00:11:49,927 --> 00:11:53,000 It's a grey coat. It'll fit a boy or a girl. 120 00:11:53,192 --> 00:11:55,454 It's a nice cozy one. Thank your wife for me, will you? 121 00:11:55,455 --> 00:11:57,155 - I most certainly will. - How's your boy? 122 00:11:58,412 --> 00:12:00,104 - Well, he's let me down, sir. - Why? 123 00:12:01,977 --> 00:12:03,901 He joined the Navy yesterday. 124 00:12:08,933 --> 00:12:10,500 Not again, Milliken! 125 00:12:10,604 --> 00:12:13,103 I don't seem to be able to stop. 126 00:12:13,104 --> 00:12:15,603 I knew a fellow once in the early days of air-sea rescue, 127 00:12:15,604 --> 00:12:17,703 he were a medical orderly, too. 128 00:12:17,744 --> 00:12:20,400 He died from seasickness. He strained his stomach. 129 00:12:20,401 --> 00:12:21,991 Oh, it was a horrible sight. 130 00:12:23,844 --> 00:12:25,553 Hi, Doc, still alive? 131 00:12:26,283 --> 00:12:27,751 - How are you feeling? - Sick. 132 00:12:28,042 --> 00:12:30,939 There's hot soup in the forecastle. Come on, I'll get you some. 133 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,961 Self-heated soup! I never touch it. I don't trust them chemicals. 134 00:12:37,718 --> 00:12:39,900 Come on, chap, get up on deck, you're on. 135 00:12:39,901 --> 00:12:40,901 All right, corp. 136 00:12:41,566 --> 00:12:43,500 Fill your bowls with this. 137 00:12:43,531 --> 00:12:45,550 When's the return to base coming through, Robb? 138 00:12:45,571 --> 00:12:47,351 I'm sick of this bit of sea. 139 00:12:47,968 --> 00:12:49,300 The other bits are just the same. 140 00:12:49,331 --> 00:12:52,500 I never want to see another boat after the war as long as I live. 141 00:12:52,958 --> 00:12:55,700 Ten men and a medical orderly crammed aboard this tub. 142 00:12:56,578 --> 00:12:59,277 What's the matter, Skinner? Danger of losing a date? 143 00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:03,200 Yeah, a WAF. She promised to see me last night at the station dance tonight. 144 00:13:03,378 --> 00:13:05,435 I thought you were supposed to be overhauling the oil feed... 145 00:13:05,466 --> 00:13:06,800 ...on the port engine last night. 146 00:13:06,864 --> 00:13:09,700 - Oh, I did that in 10 minutes. - I thought it was a big job. 147 00:13:09,751 --> 00:13:11,600 Duke said it would take all night. 148 00:13:11,744 --> 00:13:14,185 The engines got us here and they'll get us back. 149 00:13:15,878 --> 00:13:17,455 Come and take this message, will you, Knox? 150 00:13:19,364 --> 00:13:21,760 There you are, Skinner, the one thing you can do well. 151 00:13:21,781 --> 00:13:23,461 Return to base. 152 00:13:25,828 --> 00:13:27,850 - Hey, Chiefy, Chiefy! - What's up, Marshall? 153 00:13:27,881 --> 00:13:29,300 There's a kite in the drink northeast of here. 154 00:13:29,321 --> 00:13:31,601 Knox is just decoding them and they're not quite sure of it. 155 00:13:33,226 --> 00:13:35,600 - Get up! - Return to base, Flight? 156 00:13:35,601 --> 00:13:37,301 Kite the drink. Start up! 157 00:13:37,794 --> 00:13:40,293 - Kite in the drink, sir. - Come on boys, there's a kite in the drink. 158 00:13:40,294 --> 00:13:42,793 This is it, Milliken, we're going to war. 159 00:13:44,394 --> 00:13:46,219 - Ahead all speed, Flight. - Ahead all speed, sir. 160 00:13:48,392 --> 00:13:51,513 4050, 2000 revs. - 4050. 161 00:14:39,753 --> 00:14:41,542 Good morning. 162 00:14:42,675 --> 00:14:44,271 Come in. 163 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,272 At ease. 164 00:14:46,273 --> 00:14:47,873 - Good morning, sir. - Sit down. 165 00:14:48,653 --> 00:14:53,296 - Poor show, this. - Yes, nothing further, I suppose? 166 00:14:54,008 --> 00:14:55,500 We've had a signal. 167 00:14:56,389 --> 00:14:58,274 The Hudson took off at 11:20. 168 00:14:58,859 --> 00:15:01,131 The Air Commodore Waltby was definitely on board. 169 00:15:02,867 --> 00:15:04,700 - It was that one? - Looks like it. 170 00:15:05,978 --> 00:15:08,441 There's no other aircraft reported overdue. 171 00:15:08,589 --> 00:15:10,200 Not so far anyway. 172 00:15:10,959 --> 00:15:13,720 If they are in the drink, there's a pretty fair chance of their being picked up. 173 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,489 They've got to be picked up. 174 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,796 I've had London on the phone. 175 00:15:21,165 --> 00:15:23,050 Waltby was carrying a briefcase. 176 00:15:23,071 --> 00:15:26,100 It's vital that neither he nor the briefcase shall be lost. 177 00:15:26,373 --> 00:15:28,718 I know Waltby's number one buff on unguided missiles but... 178 00:15:29,444 --> 00:15:31,150 I wonder what was in the briefcase. 179 00:15:31,171 --> 00:15:33,440 It seems our people over there got hold of some papers. 180 00:15:33,471 --> 00:15:35,241 Formula, blueprints, and so on. 181 00:15:35,466 --> 00:15:37,400 Waltby was sent over to identify them. 182 00:15:37,617 --> 00:15:39,378 London had word from him yesterday. 183 00:15:39,688 --> 00:15:42,900 He's got the follow-on to the B-1 and the B-2. 184 00:15:45,041 --> 00:15:47,300 I wonder if the Jerries knew about Waltby. 185 00:15:47,331 --> 00:15:49,600 And deliberately shot them down? I doubt it. 186 00:15:50,474 --> 00:15:51,753 I'm going to see what's happening. 187 00:15:52,501 --> 00:15:55,999 - Thanks. I'll keep you posted. - Thank you, sir. 188 00:16:06,789 --> 00:16:08,400 - Ah, Dray. - Good morning, sir. 189 00:16:08,491 --> 00:16:10,801 - Which is the Hudson? - Here, sir. 190 00:16:11,542 --> 00:16:13,700 It's only an approximate position, of course, sir. 191 00:16:14,347 --> 00:16:16,400 I can't understand why we didn't get a better one. 192 00:16:16,457 --> 00:16:18,600 Flight Sergeant MacKay is a good wireless operator. 193 00:16:18,631 --> 00:16:20,750 If in fact the signal came from Harding's aircraft. 194 00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:23,328 Oh, quite, sir. We're only guessing. 195 00:16:23,825 --> 00:16:27,247 There's still time to hear the Force landed somewhere in this country. 196 00:16:27,576 --> 00:16:30,500 - Who picked the signal out? - They heard that it Fellwell and Harbury. 197 00:16:30,576 --> 00:16:32,875 A weak mayday signal without a call sign... 198 00:16:32,896 --> 00:16:35,375 ...lasting just long enough for them to get enough bearing. 199 00:16:35,376 --> 00:16:37,400 Probably Harding's last chip before he ditched. 200 00:16:37,421 --> 00:16:38,420 Yes, sir. 201 00:16:38,442 --> 00:16:40,650 They've apparently got Air Commodore Waltby with them, of course? 202 00:16:40,671 --> 00:16:42,621 Yes, sir. Do you know him, sir? 203 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,200 He's my brother-in-law. 204 00:16:45,190 --> 00:16:47,300 The plane's the best part of an hour overdue. 205 00:16:47,321 --> 00:16:48,801 Any shipping in the vicinity? 206 00:16:48,802 --> 00:16:51,150 There are air-sea rescue launches north and south in the area. 207 00:16:51,171 --> 00:16:52,551 What about Coastal Command? 208 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,999 They've got a couple of Sea Otters in the job and the Navy have sent at least one. 209 00:16:56,530 --> 00:16:59,480 There's always the chance of an aircraft in the area picking up the signal, I suppose? 210 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:01,481 With a squawk box in a dinghy? Oh, yes. 211 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,500 - What's the picture on the weather? - A bit dicey, sir. 212 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:05,950 I'll get Commander Peeple to send someone up. 213 00:17:05,951 --> 00:17:08,300 - Tell him to come to my office, will you? - Very good, sir. 214 00:17:09,202 --> 00:17:10,600 Main office? 215 00:17:10,999 --> 00:17:13,400 - Good morning, sir. - Morning, Scotty. 216 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,280 - Do you want me? I'm rather busy. - I shan't keep you long, sir. 217 00:17:18,321 --> 00:17:19,681 Well, all right. 218 00:17:22,020 --> 00:17:24,340 I found something rather interesting this morning, sir. 219 00:17:25,730 --> 00:17:28,229 Now, sir. What about this? 220 00:17:29,130 --> 00:17:30,800 Rather wizard, I think. 221 00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:34,300 I suggest we hang one up in the mess somewhere, shall we? 222 00:17:34,330 --> 00:17:36,480 You're the adman officer, Scotty. I leave it to you. 223 00:17:36,499 --> 00:17:37,700 Roger, sir. 224 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,999 I'm just on my way to the canteen to give the boys a lecture on post-war planning. 225 00:17:41,390 --> 00:17:43,889 - I might hang one up there too. - Oh, you fix it, Scotty, 226 00:17:43,899 --> 00:17:45,489 I'm rather occupied at the moment. 227 00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:47,500 By the way, sir, about this ensign company... 228 00:17:47,501 --> 00:17:49,800 who's supposed to be giving a show here on Sunday. I... 229 00:17:49,831 --> 00:17:51,101 Come in. 230 00:17:52,030 --> 00:17:56,450 - Ah, Hart. Well, what's the picture? - I'm afraid we're in for a nasty blow, sir. 231 00:17:56,490 --> 00:17:59,350 What I really want to talk about, sir, is the new bus service to town. 232 00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:00,800 Deal with it yourself, Scotty. 233 00:18:01,420 --> 00:18:02,700 Roger, sir. 234 00:18:02,850 --> 00:18:07,700 Stoneway reports clouds at 500 ft, heavy rain and a gale-force wind. 235 00:18:07,701 --> 00:18:08,701 No flying. 236 00:18:08,722 --> 00:18:10,350 That's about 400 miles north of here, isn't it? 237 00:18:10,351 --> 00:18:12,000 - Yes, sir. - How long before it reaches us? 238 00:18:12,021 --> 00:18:14,200 It'll be here by this time tomorrow, if not before. 239 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,280 Just a bright day for flying, that's all we want. 240 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,181 The barometer is falling a little already, sir. 241 00:18:19,370 --> 00:18:21,150 I guarantee that every time anyone ditches... 242 00:18:21,171 --> 00:18:24,151 ...the weather immediately starts to make things as difficult as possible. 243 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:27,630 When I ditched in 1940 it took two days to find me. 244 00:18:28,470 --> 00:18:31,430 I never felt so cold and lonely in all my life. 245 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:47,899 As a matter of academic interest, 246 00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:50,299 has one of these things ever been known to turn over? 247 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:52,800 Judging by the way this one's behaving at the moment, 248 00:18:52,851 --> 00:18:55,900 I reckon it can turn itself inside out if it tried real hard. 249 00:18:57,870 --> 00:18:59,650 There's a whole lot of water getting in here. 250 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:01,400 Is there something I can bail with? 251 00:19:02,590 --> 00:19:04,989 That briefcase would make a good bailer. How about it, sir? 252 00:19:05,090 --> 00:19:07,589 - I think not. - You could shove the papers in your pockets. 253 00:19:07,590 --> 00:19:09,600 - I think not. - I don't see why... 254 00:19:09,621 --> 00:19:11,000 Enough, Mac! 255 00:19:12,710 --> 00:19:14,900 Do you think anybody's getting a signal from that thing, Canada? 256 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,900 - Sure, if it's working. - It's working, all right. 257 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,900 Just as you say, bud. 258 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,500 It's a pity we didn't get a signal out before we ditched. 259 00:19:22,521 --> 00:19:24,101 I hadn't got a chance, had I? 260 00:19:24,270 --> 00:19:26,150 I made out a couple of maydays and the transmitter... 261 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,500 ...went to pieces right in front of me eyes. 262 00:19:27,521 --> 00:19:29,201 Sure, so nobody's got a bearing on us. 263 00:19:29,270 --> 00:19:31,999 - At least not a good one. - I did what I was supposed to do! 264 00:19:32,030 --> 00:19:34,800 Keep your hair on, Mac. Nobody's fault. 265 00:19:35,490 --> 00:19:39,400 I mean, who'd expect to find a Jerry here at this time of the war? 266 00:19:39,430 --> 00:19:42,170 Anyway, it helps to know he's got a wet behind, too. 267 00:19:42,471 --> 00:19:44,200 It don't help mine any. 268 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:48,900 How long is it since we came down? 269 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,170 About 4 hours, sir. 270 00:19:53,940 --> 00:19:56,180 It'll be dark in another hour or so. 271 00:19:56,281 --> 00:19:58,400 Think of that. And me, I had a date tonight. 272 00:19:58,491 --> 00:20:00,440 Not another new popsy, Canada? 273 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,600 Not a new one. Same as last week. And the week before. 274 00:20:04,661 --> 00:20:06,600 Don't tell me it's the real thing this time. 275 00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:10,590 Sure is. Hell, I didn't pluck up the courage to kiss her for two nights running. 276 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:12,300 That proves it then, doesn't it? 277 00:20:13,410 --> 00:20:14,999 All right, I'll take it. 278 00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:18,880 Come on, time we had some food. 279 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:21,719 Let's get the bag, Allan. 280 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:24,250 Better start on a strict ration right away. 281 00:20:24,300 --> 00:20:26,300 We don't know how long we're going to make this lot last 282 00:20:28,101 --> 00:20:29,800 Is it getting darned cold? 283 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:35,650 A nice warm blanket would be just the job now. 284 00:20:36,170 --> 00:20:37,769 Look, Steve, here's my jacket. I don't need it. 285 00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:39,700 I've got a jacket. You keep yours for yourself. 286 00:20:39,730 --> 00:20:41,830 - But I can get a bang on the guts. - I don't feel the cold, honest. 287 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,450 Don't be a clod, Mac. 288 00:20:43,550 --> 00:20:45,500 If you don't feel the cold you must be dead or something. 289 00:20:45,531 --> 00:20:47,101 No, you keep your jacket on. 290 00:20:47,830 --> 00:20:50,800 Well, well, well! Water purifying tablets. 291 00:20:50,801 --> 00:20:53,200 That's gonna be real handy with all this sea around us. 292 00:20:54,020 --> 00:20:55,360 What are those? 293 00:20:55,970 --> 00:20:58,400 Oh, biscuits. They're useful. 294 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:01,210 And energy tablets. Say, they think of everything. 295 00:21:01,311 --> 00:21:03,600 Cigarettes, chewing gum... 296 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,460 ...compass, and... 297 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,460 My, my, what a delicate thought! Toilet paper. 298 00:21:12,661 --> 00:21:14,161 All right... 299 00:21:14,462 --> 00:21:17,362 One food tablet and one biscuit each for this meal. 300 00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:19,363 What, no coffee and licors? 301 00:21:19,464 --> 00:21:21,264 Oh, that reminds me. 302 00:21:24,465 --> 00:21:26,500 - Brandy. - Brandy? 303 00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:29,000 No wonder you didn't want to let that case go, sir. 304 00:21:29,051 --> 00:21:30,800 We'd better keep that till we need it. 305 00:21:30,801 --> 00:21:32,101 What, when we're too weak to taste it? 306 00:21:32,102 --> 00:21:34,500 Not in your life! Let's have it now while we can enjoy it. 307 00:21:34,531 --> 00:21:35,700 Let's die happy. 308 00:21:36,501 --> 00:21:39,800 - What do you think, sir? - I think a little nip around will do us good. 309 00:21:39,821 --> 00:21:41,551 - Here, you first. - No, after you. 310 00:21:41,552 --> 00:21:42,652 Carry on. 311 00:21:43,353 --> 00:21:44,853 I got it. 312 00:21:56,254 --> 00:21:57,454 Go on. 313 00:22:01,555 --> 00:22:02,755 Thanks. 314 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,256 Okay, sea, I'm ready for you now. 315 00:22:46,357 --> 00:22:48,100 This would happen to me. 316 00:22:48,101 --> 00:22:49,900 We'll never get back to London now. 317 00:22:49,951 --> 00:22:51,701 I don't know what you're talking about, Tebbitt. 318 00:22:51,732 --> 00:22:55,000 She can't get a train to London till midday tomorrow. So long as we're back by noon... 319 00:22:55,030 --> 00:22:58,401 No, I know the wife. Of course, blimey, I ought to. 320 00:22:58,432 --> 00:23:00,202 Look, she says here... 321 00:23:00,303 --> 00:23:03,700 If you are not back home tonight I am going to London. 322 00:23:03,731 --> 00:23:07,401 There is someone there who loves me and who will not leave me alone... 323 00:23:08,502 --> 00:23:10,702 ...all the time like you do. 324 00:23:11,803 --> 00:23:13,400 Who is this bloke, have you got any idea? 325 00:23:13,421 --> 00:23:16,300 How should I know, with her living in town and me stuck in camp? 326 00:23:16,301 --> 00:23:18,050 Maybe she only wrote that to put the wind up you. 327 00:23:18,071 --> 00:23:21,151 No, Wilda's always wanted to get back to London. 328 00:23:21,182 --> 00:23:23,600 B1s, B2s, she don't mind. 329 00:23:24,001 --> 00:23:27,301 She misses the pubs, and dance halls, and things like that. 330 00:23:27,322 --> 00:23:29,100 Maybe we'll make it back tonight even yet. 331 00:23:29,121 --> 00:23:32,150 I bet we don't. Even if we do pick up them fellows in the dinghy... 332 00:23:32,171 --> 00:23:35,351 ...we'll probably hit a bloody mine or something. 333 00:23:36,252 --> 00:23:38,200 Here, you take over. 334 00:23:49,801 --> 00:23:51,380 - Comfy, Tebbitt? - That's right. 335 00:23:51,397 --> 00:23:55,200 It's not all right. There's an aircraft over there and it's coming this way in fast. 336 00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:58,200 - Sir, I'd seen it... - Well, report it, you berk. 337 00:23:58,201 --> 00:24:01,071 Aircraft approaching from starboard. It's a Sunderland. 338 00:24:01,092 --> 00:24:02,372 Thank you very much! 339 00:24:10,050 --> 00:24:11,180 - What's that, Robby? - Cocoa. 340 00:24:11,199 --> 00:24:12,281 Give us a cup, will you? 341 00:24:14,582 --> 00:24:16,882 - Any sign of anything yet? - Nah! 342 00:24:17,983 --> 00:24:19,283 What's up, Flight? 343 00:24:19,484 --> 00:24:22,800 Ah, that Tebbitt. Drives you up a wall. 344 00:24:22,801 --> 00:24:25,600 He's all right. He's a good boy when it comes to the pick-up. 345 00:24:25,601 --> 00:24:27,800 Oh, sure, they're all good boys when they're on the job. 346 00:24:27,821 --> 00:24:30,001 The problem is keeping them going in between times. 347 00:24:30,022 --> 00:24:31,602 You don't mind that, do you? 348 00:24:32,903 --> 00:24:36,170 You think I like chasing Tebbitt? It's my job, that's all. 349 00:24:36,191 --> 00:24:38,500 Look at young Milliken. Do you think I like chasing him? 350 00:24:38,501 --> 00:24:41,200 - He hasn't complain, has he? - No, he's got guts, all right. 351 00:24:41,201 --> 00:24:43,600 They have to learn the hard way, same as you did. 352 00:24:43,801 --> 00:24:46,000 You were a civilian for the duration, weren't you? 353 00:24:46,001 --> 00:24:48,500 Well, you made it, and so will he. And the same way. 354 00:24:48,611 --> 00:24:51,450 With punishing flight sergeants chasing from butt holes to breakfast time. 355 00:24:51,451 --> 00:24:53,100 But I was a bit older. 356 00:24:53,870 --> 00:24:55,160 Maybe you were. 357 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:57,780 But he'll grow old. I'll see to that. 358 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:58,800 Oy! 359 00:24:58,820 --> 00:25:02,160 You're the sergeant. And the sergeant's got to be tough, eh? 360 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:03,470 That's right. 361 00:25:03,770 --> 00:25:05,200 Ever a Beau Geste. 362 00:25:35,290 --> 00:25:37,999 - How are the engines, baby? - No complaints. 363 00:25:38,150 --> 00:25:40,900 Bet you're beginning to wish now you hadn't skipped those repairs last night. 364 00:25:40,901 --> 00:25:42,701 Ah, get stuffed, you. 365 00:25:42,850 --> 00:25:44,180 Listen, son. 366 00:25:45,481 --> 00:25:48,581 A damaged oil feed can stop the engines stone dead, and you know it. 367 00:25:48,582 --> 00:25:51,282 All you can do now is hope and be ready. 368 00:25:51,299 --> 00:25:52,700 Ah! 369 00:26:49,101 --> 00:26:50,900 How long is it since we ditched? 370 00:26:51,801 --> 00:26:53,801 About ten hours, I imagine. 371 00:26:55,002 --> 00:26:57,100 Why the hell couldn't look for us in the daylight? 372 00:26:57,701 --> 00:27:00,401 They must be somewhere about. They can't be far away. 373 00:27:00,602 --> 00:27:03,602 You're the only one who wants to get out of here, bud. 374 00:27:03,633 --> 00:27:05,999 My girlfriend's waiting for me back there. 375 00:27:07,050 --> 00:27:09,800 I reckon in just about an hour I'll be kissing her good night. 376 00:27:09,851 --> 00:27:11,601 That's all you ever think about, isn't it? 377 00:27:11,902 --> 00:27:14,402 Beer, and girls, and going to the pictures. 378 00:27:14,453 --> 00:27:16,503 Well, I've got other things to think about. 379 00:27:17,104 --> 00:27:19,904 I'm not going to spend the rest of my life in this blasted dinghy. 380 00:27:19,905 --> 00:27:23,705 If the sea gets much rougher, you won't have to worry about that, Mac. 381 00:27:30,306 --> 00:27:31,706 Wait a minute. 382 00:27:32,407 --> 00:27:34,107 Are you all right, Skip? 383 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:35,870 Yeah, I'm all right. 384 00:27:36,271 --> 00:27:39,671 - A bit stiff. - A bit stiff. 385 00:27:44,380 --> 00:27:45,660 Here. 386 00:28:02,510 --> 00:28:06,000 Listen, MacKay, and you, Kirby. 387 00:28:09,210 --> 00:28:11,380 If anything should happen to me, 388 00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:15,870 this briefcase has got to go overboard, do you understand? 389 00:28:16,071 --> 00:28:18,271 And if we're picked up by an enemy vessel, 390 00:28:20,572 --> 00:28:23,442 take the strap of this squawk box, pull it through and tie it tight, 391 00:28:23,463 --> 00:28:25,643 and drop it overboard so that it sinks fast. 392 00:28:26,244 --> 00:28:27,600 Did you get that? 393 00:28:28,401 --> 00:28:30,101 Okay, sir. 394 00:28:32,002 --> 00:28:33,402 Is that understood, MacKay? 395 00:28:34,303 --> 00:28:36,700 Why don't you throw it overboard now and have it done with it? 396 00:28:36,980 --> 00:28:38,700 It's brought us only but bad luck. 397 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,400 Listen, MacKay, up to now I haven't reminded you that I have got a certain rank. 398 00:28:42,450 --> 00:28:44,600 When I ask you to do something it's an order. 399 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,440 Did you hear that? 400 00:28:47,441 --> 00:28:49,041 Yes, sir. 401 00:28:49,092 --> 00:28:52,800 Right. We won't talk anymore about the briefcase. 402 00:28:53,701 --> 00:28:58,101 It's about time we did some more exercise. Come on. 403 00:29:01,602 --> 00:29:03,700 It's the damn water we're sitting in. 404 00:29:05,501 --> 00:29:09,201 I've had pins and needles on my behind for the last hour or more. 405 00:29:09,502 --> 00:29:11,402 I can't get rid of it. 406 00:29:12,803 --> 00:29:16,000 Still, if it's just the job for working up an appetite, 407 00:29:16,201 --> 00:29:19,101 boy, am I looking forward to my next energy tablet. 408 00:29:23,702 --> 00:29:25,850 - Come on, MacKay! - Oh, what's the use? 409 00:29:25,871 --> 00:29:27,300 It's a waste of time anyway. 410 00:29:27,301 --> 00:29:29,800 Come on, for goodness' sake. Do something, stop arguing. 411 00:29:30,701 --> 00:29:32,501 We'll have a song, too. 412 00:29:34,502 --> 00:29:37,302 On and on... 413 00:29:37,503 --> 00:29:40,100 On and on... 414 00:29:40,101 --> 00:29:45,201 Away, pull and tug. 415 00:29:57,860 --> 00:29:59,570 Dear God. 416 00:30:00,940 --> 00:30:05,160 We are four men here... on a pretty tough spot. 417 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,400 I know You've got a lot to think about but... 418 00:30:10,060 --> 00:30:12,000 please, try and not forget us. 419 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,340 Our trust is in You. 420 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:21,730 And if You could possibly see Your way clear getting us somewhere dry, 421 00:30:23,031 --> 00:30:24,931 we'd be very grateful. 422 00:30:27,332 --> 00:30:28,532 Amen. 423 00:30:30,933 --> 00:30:32,133 Amen. 424 00:30:33,634 --> 00:30:35,034 Amen. 425 00:31:12,780 --> 00:31:13,800 I say, what's the trouble? 426 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:17,470 It's nothing, sir. 427 00:31:17,740 --> 00:31:19,860 Come along now, you're not crying for nothing. 428 00:31:20,870 --> 00:31:22,410 Nothing, sir, really. 429 00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:28,080 I say... 430 00:31:29,230 --> 00:31:30,900 You're one of the mess clerks, aren't you? 431 00:31:30,901 --> 00:31:32,580 - Yes, sir. - Well, can't I help? 432 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,500 - That's what I'm here for, you know. - Yes, sir, I... 433 00:31:35,930 --> 00:31:40,100 I suppose you haven't heard any news of Mr. Harding's crew, have you, sir? 434 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,600 Oh, I see. Well, uh... 435 00:31:42,140 --> 00:31:45,000 Look, I was just going to see the Group Captain, I'll find out what's happening. 436 00:31:45,051 --> 00:31:46,801 Who is it you're interested in? 437 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,810 - Sergeant Kirby, sir. - Your boyfriend, right? 438 00:31:49,811 --> 00:31:52,800 - We're nearly engaged, sir. - Jolly good show. 439 00:31:52,801 --> 00:31:54,400 You hang on here and I'll let you know. 440 00:31:54,590 --> 00:31:56,570 - Thank you, sir. - Think nothing of it. 441 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,000 Come in. 442 00:32:00,860 --> 00:32:02,660 - Good evening, sir. - Evening, Scotty. 443 00:32:03,970 --> 00:32:06,300 - Sorry to bother you so late, sir. - Is it important? 444 00:32:06,351 --> 00:32:09,300 - I'm afraid so, sir. Any news of Harding? - No. 445 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,020 Well, this is about Flight Sgt. MacKay. He's with Harding, isn't he? 446 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,800 MacKay? What about MacKay? 447 00:32:16,140 --> 00:32:19,100 Well, sir, the station police have found a Jerry kind of petrol in his car, 448 00:32:19,141 --> 00:32:21,000 you know, that old Morris he runs about in. 449 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,350 Seems it fell off the back of a motor transport... 450 00:32:23,371 --> 00:32:26,060 ...and the police corporal spotted MacKay picking it up after dark. 451 00:32:26,690 --> 00:32:29,280 For sure, sir, fetching petrol is a Court Martial offense. 452 00:32:30,910 --> 00:32:33,660 - Has the corporal reported it? - Yes. 453 00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:36,900 - That means a charge will be made out. - Afraid so, sir. 454 00:32:37,270 --> 00:32:39,999 MacKay's a good wireless operator. He was put in for commission with me. 455 00:32:40,030 --> 00:32:42,200 That's right, sir. It's all he could do altogether. 456 00:32:42,221 --> 00:32:43,800 What do you feel should be the drill? 457 00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:49,400 There was a sergeant at Fell Borough who took a jerry can of petrol, I remember, 458 00:32:49,420 --> 00:32:52,700 in similar circumstances. Stealing by finding, I suppose you'd call it. 459 00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:54,900 That's right, sir. Court Martial and reduced at the ranks. 460 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,850 Then, shortly afterwards he was given his rank back... 461 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:58,999 ...and was eventually killed over Essen. 462 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,500 Oh, was he, sir? I didn't remember that. 463 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:02,999 No. 464 00:33:04,260 --> 00:33:07,380 Anyway, nothing much can be done about it until MacKay gets back. 465 00:33:07,401 --> 00:33:08,801 If he gets back. 466 00:33:09,390 --> 00:33:11,900 By the way, sir, about this ensign show on Sunday, 467 00:33:11,921 --> 00:33:14,000 I was wondering if we couldn't possibly... 468 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:16,820 Roger, sir. 469 00:33:18,220 --> 00:33:19,800 Did you find out, sir? 470 00:33:19,930 --> 00:33:22,740 Oh... yes, my dear. Well, there's no need to worry. 471 00:33:22,741 --> 00:33:25,800 - They're going to be all right. - You mean they've found him, sir? 472 00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:28,350 Well, they know where they are. It's just a matter of time. 473 00:33:28,570 --> 00:33:30,800 - He is all right, isn't he, sir? - Of course he is. 474 00:33:30,831 --> 00:33:33,500 He'll be on the telephone through the War Effort before you know where you are. 475 00:33:33,550 --> 00:33:36,200 - Now, you run along and don't worry. - Thank you, sir. 476 00:33:40,830 --> 00:33:42,829 I've been in touch with the Navy at Dover. sir. 477 00:33:42,930 --> 00:33:46,040 If it gets no worse they think the dinghy will rough the night. 478 00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:48,400 - And if it does get worse? - I'm not so sure. 479 00:33:49,450 --> 00:33:50,800 I wish we knew where they were. 480 00:33:50,801 --> 00:33:53,301 If they can hold out till daylight, there's still a chance. 481 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,300 We'll get everything that can fly off the ground at first light, 482 00:33:56,321 --> 00:33:58,500 unless there's thick fog or heavy rain. 483 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:04,030 - What's the temperature, Howard? - Low, sir. Cold and raw. 484 00:34:04,061 --> 00:34:05,561 Possibly some frost on the way. 485 00:34:06,020 --> 00:34:07,600 It could be pretty grim out there. 486 00:34:07,651 --> 00:34:09,701 Could you get a new piece of chalk, corporal? 487 00:34:09,742 --> 00:34:11,000 Sorry, sir. 488 00:34:34,410 --> 00:34:37,690 Oh, Flight! 2559 is around. I've just picked up a signal. 489 00:34:37,691 --> 00:34:40,400 - They've called airmen to search now. - Very good. Where is she? 490 00:34:40,421 --> 00:34:41,401 Due north of here. 491 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,000 Well, here we go again. It'll be the usual, Ryce. 492 00:34:44,031 --> 00:34:47,801 Three tours on the point of a pick-up, and each time fire on us was pitiless. 493 00:34:48,180 --> 00:34:50,580 Next time I'll pull out her bungs and scuttle her. 494 00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:46,070 What's this? 495 00:35:47,780 --> 00:35:50,550 I tied us all... all together. 496 00:35:51,290 --> 00:35:54,710 And that... case... In case one of us.. 497 00:35:56,090 --> 00:35:57,650 ...went overboard. 498 00:35:58,130 --> 00:35:59,550 Oh, yeah... 499 00:36:00,551 --> 00:36:02,451 - How's the skip. - I'm all right, Canada. 500 00:36:04,780 --> 00:36:05,999 How's yourself? 501 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:07,560 Lousy. 502 00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:11,500 Came the dawn. 503 00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:18,160 Skip, would you like some food? 504 00:36:20,270 --> 00:36:21,780 - No? - No. 505 00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:30,570 This damn wind... 506 00:36:31,010 --> 00:36:35,310 ...taking us closer to the Dutch coast all the time. 507 00:36:35,590 --> 00:36:36,800 Where are they? 508 00:36:37,410 --> 00:36:39,120 It can't take them all this time. 509 00:36:40,220 --> 00:36:41,620 They're... 510 00:36:42,820 --> 00:36:44,340 They're just not trying. 511 00:36:50,050 --> 00:36:53,570 Him and his blasted little bag. 512 00:36:56,270 --> 00:36:58,400 What if he has got Jerry secrets in it? 513 00:36:59,850 --> 00:37:01,300 The war's nearly over now. 514 00:37:01,740 --> 00:37:06,070 Pipe down, Mac. Whining's not gonna get us anywhere. 515 00:37:07,390 --> 00:37:08,940 Bloody charm we're under... 516 00:37:10,330 --> 00:37:13,680 He... he can't fall himself... 517 00:37:15,410 --> 00:37:17,780 ...so he has to take us in the drink too. 518 00:37:17,781 --> 00:37:19,671 Oh, the hell, Mac. 519 00:37:20,790 --> 00:37:22,430 He's a nice enough guy. 520 00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:25,440 What's he doing in the Air Force anyway? 521 00:37:25,641 --> 00:37:28,900 Earning his living? Not likely. 522 00:37:30,420 --> 00:37:31,999 I know his type. 523 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:33,999 Constable over his camp... 524 00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:36,100 pink gins in the mess... 525 00:37:36,450 --> 00:37:37,780 Mac... 526 00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:44,470 I don't think they served any pink gins in the last six weeks. 527 00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:49,320 Why? Did the mess run out of gin or something? 528 00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:54,850 Did you ever make a parachute jump, Mac? 529 00:37:55,890 --> 00:37:57,260 No. 530 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,220 He did. To get all the stuff that's in that bag. 531 00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:06,100 Made his way through... 532 00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:08,930 ...occupied territory for heaven knows... 533 00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:11,800 ...how many miles to get it back. 534 00:38:17,210 --> 00:38:18,920 Not so many miles, Harding. 535 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,700 Only about 6 km, actually. 536 00:38:24,030 --> 00:38:25,600 Pretty sticky ones, though. 537 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,650 - What's happened to your boots? - Hm? 538 00:38:28,681 --> 00:38:29,751 Your boots! 539 00:38:30,410 --> 00:38:31,900 Oh, Skipper's got them on. 540 00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:34,600 He only had shoes on. 541 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,320 How are you feeling? 542 00:38:39,140 --> 00:38:40,500 I'm all right. 543 00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:42,390 I don't feel the cold. 544 00:38:58,230 --> 00:39:02,250 He flew through the air with the greatest of ease 545 00:39:02,251 --> 00:39:06,000 The bold, daring man on the flying trapeze. 546 00:39:06,501 --> 00:39:08,901 He flew through the air with the... 547 00:39:09,402 --> 00:39:12,300 One more leg, Ted, then we head for home. 548 00:39:12,351 --> 00:39:14,101 Set out the course, will you, Ted? 549 00:39:14,202 --> 00:39:15,202 Yep. 550 00:39:16,803 --> 00:39:19,000 Wouldn't like to be in the drink in this weather. 551 00:39:19,001 --> 00:39:22,101 Lord knows I'm fed up with these Sea Otters. 552 00:39:22,102 --> 00:39:25,300 To hell with ditching in a kite that won't float. 553 00:39:26,101 --> 00:39:30,700 Accomplished course 270. Turning at 5 minutes exact. 554 00:39:30,751 --> 00:39:32,401 Roger dodger. 555 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,210 Listen! Listen! 556 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,390 It's one of ours. 557 00:39:55,110 --> 00:39:56,990 Say, Mac, you'll capsize us. 558 00:39:57,191 --> 00:39:59,791 - Where's the flare? - I've got it. 559 00:40:01,992 --> 00:40:04,792 Wait a minute, Mac. Let's see the aircraft first. 560 00:40:06,793 --> 00:40:08,693 - There it is! - Where? 561 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:12,194 - I can't see it! Where? - I can, sir. Over there! 562 00:40:15,595 --> 00:40:19,200 - Have you got the flare ready? - I can't. I'm too cold. 563 00:40:20,401 --> 00:40:23,901 Hey! We're here! Here we are! 564 00:40:23,992 --> 00:40:26,102 Hey! Hey! 565 00:40:26,303 --> 00:40:28,503 Hey! Hurry up, man! 566 00:40:28,504 --> 00:40:31,850 It's a Sea Otter. They're searching for us. Hurry up with that flare! 567 00:40:31,871 --> 00:40:33,280 - Hurry up, man, for God's sake or we'll miss it. 568 00:40:33,281 --> 00:40:36,481 - It won't come, I can't help it! - Let me try, here! 569 00:40:44,082 --> 00:40:48,100 It's turning away. It's heading south. It's too late, I'm afraid. 570 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,900 - We're here! Here we are! - Hey! 571 00:40:51,101 --> 00:40:53,600 Hey! Hey! 572 00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:56,901 It's no good, fellows. They can't hear us. 573 00:41:06,450 --> 00:41:10,800 No wonder they didn't spot us. Why weren't you turning that thing? 574 00:41:12,050 --> 00:41:13,360 I was turning it. 575 00:41:14,870 --> 00:41:16,660 Why didn't they hear us then? 576 00:41:18,850 --> 00:41:20,800 Got a hell of a clout when we ditched. 577 00:41:21,330 --> 00:41:22,970 Maybe it's busted. 578 00:41:24,290 --> 00:41:26,220 You're the wireless operator. You ought to know. 579 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:29,200 Knock it off you two. Quarreling won't help. 580 00:41:30,250 --> 00:41:31,999 Nobody's fault. 581 00:41:34,070 --> 00:41:37,300 They're all the same. They don't care. 582 00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:40,550 They're warm. 583 00:41:43,210 --> 00:41:45,130 Skipper's passed out. 584 00:42:01,420 --> 00:42:04,500 - Wish we could have found them. - Me too. 585 00:42:04,901 --> 00:42:06,600 The weather's closing in. 586 00:42:06,801 --> 00:42:09,501 If we don't head for home, we'll be in the drink ourselves. 587 00:42:11,302 --> 00:42:13,602 Come on, you old string bag. 588 00:42:13,803 --> 00:42:17,700 Twenty miles an hour flat out. The wind and tide behind her. 589 00:42:18,801 --> 00:42:21,400 Bloody taxi driver, that's what I am. 590 00:42:24,001 --> 00:42:26,000 Hey, can you see something down there? 591 00:42:26,041 --> 00:42:27,401 - Huh? - Look! 592 00:42:28,502 --> 00:42:31,202 - Yeah, it looks like a dinghy. - I'm going down. 593 00:42:51,303 --> 00:42:54,103 It isn't what we're looking for. It must be a fighter boy. 594 00:42:54,104 --> 00:42:55,904 I'm going down to pick him up. 595 00:43:11,905 --> 00:43:12,905 Made it! 596 00:43:13,206 --> 00:43:15,206 It's rougher than I thought. 597 00:43:18,607 --> 00:43:19,907 Stand by, Ted. 598 00:43:33,708 --> 00:43:35,708 Johnny, it's a Jerry. 599 00:43:44,309 --> 00:43:45,900 Grab the rope! 600 00:43:47,310 --> 00:43:48,910 Hang on tight! 601 00:43:49,411 --> 00:43:52,411 Come on, you sausage-eating baboon! 602 00:43:52,482 --> 00:43:54,312 Don't panic! We're getting you! 603 00:44:02,713 --> 00:44:04,999 Danke... danke shoen. 604 00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:17,900 Danke shoen. 605 00:44:17,901 --> 00:44:20,199 I wonder if he's seen anything of the other dinghy. 606 00:44:20,230 --> 00:44:22,400 - Did you see another dinghy? No? - A dinghy. 607 00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:27,700 - No English. No speak English. - He doesn't speak English. 608 00:44:28,210 --> 00:44:30,500 Where, what happened? Who shot you down? 609 00:44:31,470 --> 00:44:33,769 Bomber... attack. 610 00:44:33,970 --> 00:44:35,869 Hudson! Must be the one we're looking for. 611 00:44:35,899 --> 00:44:39,999 - Where was it? Where was it? - Wo war der Hudson? 612 00:44:47,740 --> 00:44:49,739 He must be the character that shot the Hudson down. 613 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,239 They probably got a pop at him and shot him down too. 614 00:44:52,270 --> 00:44:53,900 Better get him back in the damn tub, too. 615 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,260 Yeah, let's get going. We haven't any time to waste. 616 00:45:17,930 --> 00:45:19,320 Now we're in trouble. 617 00:45:19,990 --> 00:45:23,200 Someday I'm gonna meet the guy that invented these tripe machines. 618 00:45:23,350 --> 00:45:26,900 Better get busy on the buzzer and contact base and tell them where we are. 619 00:45:27,650 --> 00:45:29,700 Then climb out on the wing and see what the score is, will you? 620 00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:31,800 What about him? He's in pretty bad shape. 621 00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:34,600 I hope he can hold on until they question him. 622 00:45:34,651 --> 00:45:35,801 I hope so. 623 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,962 Danke. Danke shoen. 624 00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:06,100 - 59's pretty close now. - Wonder which is gonna pick up the dinghy. 625 00:46:06,150 --> 00:46:09,040 I bet it's 59. You couldn't pick up a curl in the head. 626 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,180 Hold it! Yes, that's all right. 627 00:46:14,180 --> 00:46:15,530 Procede... 628 00:46:15,870 --> 00:46:17,490 immediately... 629 00:46:18,010 --> 00:46:19,610 to assistance... 630 00:46:20,690 --> 00:46:23,999 of damaged Sea Otter... 631 00:46:24,790 --> 00:46:26,490 tow back to base. 632 00:46:28,830 --> 00:46:31,300 That's due south of here. Away from the search area. 633 00:46:31,351 --> 00:46:34,301 Oh, now, 61 always gets the dirty jobs. 634 00:46:34,332 --> 00:46:35,999 This boat's got a jinx on it. 635 00:46:37,870 --> 00:46:39,600 Visibility's not so good, Flight. 636 00:46:39,651 --> 00:46:43,000 Still good enough to spot trouble, sir. See what I see? 637 00:46:48,762 --> 00:46:52,502 2559. Full speed! 638 00:46:52,503 --> 00:46:56,000 Skipper! Sea Otter in the drink by the sound of it, sir. 639 00:46:56,501 --> 00:46:57,601 Signal, sir. 640 00:47:09,102 --> 00:47:11,700 Ahoy, there, 61! 641 00:47:11,901 --> 00:47:14,800 I see they're taking you out of the search. 642 00:47:14,901 --> 00:47:16,500 Well, well, well! 643 00:47:16,531 --> 00:47:20,401 Never mind, you're better off doing an honest job of towing. 644 00:47:22,502 --> 00:47:26,102 They're only using us because we can tow the Sea Otter and search. 645 00:47:26,103 --> 00:47:29,900 - Anyway, good luck with the pick-up. - Keep your trousers dry. 646 00:47:31,001 --> 00:47:33,301 Head off, Flight. Head off, aye, sir. 647 00:47:43,202 --> 00:47:45,999 We'll never get back before the train leaves now. 648 00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:49,800 - That's me last chance up the spout. - That's right, chum, you've had it. 649 00:47:49,999 --> 00:47:52,600 I bet she'll be wearing her new coat. 650 00:47:52,801 --> 00:47:55,900 Ten quid that cost me, you know? With the gloves in the act. 651 00:47:56,601 --> 00:47:59,601 She's daft about money, dead daft. 652 00:48:00,002 --> 00:48:03,802 She said she wanted it to go with her green suitcase I bought her for Christmas. 653 00:48:05,003 --> 00:48:06,853 I bet she takes that with her, too. 654 00:48:06,874 --> 00:48:09,580 Yeah, and the knives, and the forks, and the family jewels. 655 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,850 That's all right for you to talk, you're not married. 656 00:48:11,871 --> 00:48:15,000 No, and after serving in this lot with you, chum, I'm staying that way. 657 00:48:15,670 --> 00:48:19,800 Phooey! After 20 years of this game I'm posted to a tug. 658 00:48:19,801 --> 00:48:22,301 - Five-man passengers, that's all. - Oughtn't to be. 659 00:48:22,332 --> 00:48:25,300 - It's just a ship built at the same time. - They have a better fitter that we have. 660 00:48:25,333 --> 00:48:27,400 Yes, that's true. Ah, Skinner! 661 00:48:27,624 --> 00:48:31,424 He should have been a tailor. Al he's interested in is trousers and skirts. 662 00:48:43,125 --> 00:48:45,325 Weather report, sir. Gale blowing up. 663 00:49:01,190 --> 00:49:05,220 - Do you think they want me, corporal? - Damn, get out of the way, can't you? 664 00:49:05,830 --> 00:49:08,580 Skinner! Oh, there you are. What's up? 665 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,181 - The water pumps are packed up, Flight. - Water pumps? 666 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,150 Yes, sir, both of them. The engines are overheating. 667 00:49:13,170 --> 00:49:14,700 There's no water coming through. 668 00:49:15,670 --> 00:49:17,800 How is it that both the water pumps are packed altogether, Skinner? 669 00:49:17,831 --> 00:49:19,800 Well, sir, the keys have sheared. 670 00:49:20,060 --> 00:49:21,990 They have a habit of shearing at awkward moments. 671 00:49:21,991 --> 00:49:23,300 What are you going to do about it then? 672 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,100 - Dismantle the pumps and fit new keys. - How long will it take? 673 00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,900 It'll take about 2 hours, sir. I'll have to make new keys. 674 00:49:28,901 --> 00:49:31,201 - Haven't you any spare keys? - That's right. 675 00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:32,860 Not like the boat I was on before, sir. 676 00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:35,800 The fitter there he made spare keys. They were in his kit. 677 00:49:35,821 --> 00:49:38,200 Why haven't you? Why not? 678 00:49:38,221 --> 00:49:40,200 - Well, you see... - Come on, Skinner, out with it! 679 00:49:40,690 --> 00:49:43,000 Well, sir, it's pretty busy down there with only two of us. 680 00:49:43,001 --> 00:49:45,600 - None of the boats have more than 2 fitters. - Yes, sir, but... 681 00:49:45,601 --> 00:49:49,101 Skinner, how long did it take you to fix the oil feed last night? 682 00:49:49,130 --> 00:49:50,300 It took me about 3 hours, sir. 683 00:49:50,321 --> 00:49:52,301 I don't believe you took 10 minutes at the most! 684 00:49:52,502 --> 00:49:55,000 - How long did it take you? - Well, it took me about... 685 00:49:55,021 --> 00:49:57,101 Go on, get back there to make those new keys. 686 00:49:57,102 --> 00:49:59,302 I'll sort you out when we get back. 687 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:02,660 Hang around. 688 00:50:04,620 --> 00:50:06,100 - Knox. - Yes, sir? 689 00:50:06,101 --> 00:50:07,540 Send a signal to base. 690 00:50:07,561 --> 00:50:09,750 Tell them we've broken down and we can't pick up the Sea Otter. 691 00:50:09,771 --> 00:50:10,771 Sir. 692 00:50:23,450 --> 00:50:26,400 Pick it up, Skinner! Go on! 693 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,100 - Pick it up and get on with it! - But, Flight, it's bleeding. 694 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:31,120 Lovely! 695 00:50:31,141 --> 00:50:35,550 I'd like to see you bleed slowly to death, master-flaming-corporal Skinner. 696 00:50:35,581 --> 00:50:37,451 Go on, get on with it! 697 00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:39,280 I'll just strip off a bit, Flight, it's pretty hot... 698 00:50:39,300 --> 00:50:43,300 There's no time for stripping off, master-flaming-corporal Skinner! 699 00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:45,300 Maybe you'll sweat to death. 700 00:50:45,331 --> 00:50:48,750 If you do, I'll read the burial service when they push you over the side. 701 00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:51,990 I'll be the first to shout per ardua ad astra as you go down. 702 00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,020 And you're gonna be hanging I'll bloody well push you down with a boat hook! 703 00:50:55,050 --> 00:50:56,401 Fire away! 704 00:51:01,010 --> 00:51:02,670 I'll be watching you. 705 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,300 - How's it going, son? - All right, Flight, it's coming off. 706 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,160 How long's it gonna take? 707 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,630 - A day at this rate. - All day? 708 00:51:14,490 --> 00:51:17,150 Well, the first sea lord here is gonna be back in a couple of hours. 709 00:51:17,171 --> 00:51:18,751 He'll be lucky. 710 00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:21,170 Thanks, Flight. 711 00:51:39,750 --> 00:51:42,120 Launch on stern quarter, sir. 712 00:51:59,721 --> 00:52:02,221 Ahoy, there, 61! 713 00:52:02,722 --> 00:52:06,922 Broken down again? Never mind, we're on the job. 714 00:52:07,123 --> 00:52:09,800 We'll find the Sea Otter and tow her in. 715 00:52:10,601 --> 00:52:12,500 Much obliged to you! 716 00:52:12,501 --> 00:52:16,801 You're welcome. And we'll come back for you in the morning if you like. 717 00:52:16,902 --> 00:52:18,802 Very funny, ha-ha. 718 00:52:18,903 --> 00:52:22,803 I'll make a note of where you are in case you're not sure. 719 00:52:22,904 --> 00:52:25,304 Shall I give you your position? 720 00:52:26,205 --> 00:52:28,500 I know where I am, thank you. 721 00:52:28,531 --> 00:52:30,250 You'd better let the Navy know we're here. 722 00:52:30,271 --> 00:52:32,370 If this weather gets worse, we might need help. 723 00:52:32,390 --> 00:52:35,200 We'll probably come back for you ourselves. 724 00:52:35,601 --> 00:52:39,600 Have a good day. You'll get a medal for this. 725 00:52:39,621 --> 00:52:41,900 He knows what he can do with his blasted medals. 726 00:52:42,901 --> 00:52:48,900 Hold on, 61, I'll pass on your message. Good luck! 727 00:53:01,180 --> 00:53:02,870 All right, you move along, on the bridge. 728 00:53:02,871 --> 00:53:03,999 All right, Flight. 729 00:53:07,350 --> 00:53:10,349 You'll all end up with double pneumonia this flight, I'm telling you. 730 00:53:11,450 --> 00:53:13,840 Milliken, get me some cocoa. 731 00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:17,999 Well, I've been 20 years in the Marine Corps but I never knew anyone like Skinner. 732 00:53:18,060 --> 00:53:21,320 There's a gale warning out, Flight. Everybody's been recalled. 733 00:53:21,860 --> 00:53:25,800 And we had to stop here. All because of Master Skinner. Ain't it marvelous? 734 00:53:27,110 --> 00:53:30,350 I keep telling you, kid. There's no Sergeant Kirby here. 735 00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:32,100 We're keeping beds ready and hot-water bottles... 736 00:53:32,121 --> 00:53:33,650 ...but they haven't even found them yet. 737 00:53:33,700 --> 00:53:36,500 From what I heard in the ops room they don't even know where they are. 738 00:53:36,610 --> 00:53:37,999 That can't be true! 739 00:53:38,150 --> 00:53:41,500 Squadron Leader Scott definitely said last night that they'd been found. 740 00:53:41,531 --> 00:53:43,501 He was only saying that to cheer you up. 741 00:53:43,540 --> 00:53:46,450 No, he wasn't. He said they knew where the dinghy was and... 742 00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:49,839 Listen to me. If they had found Kirby or any of them, I'd know, wouldn't I? 743 00:53:49,870 --> 00:53:51,550 Sorry, kid. Keep your chin up. 744 00:53:57,230 --> 00:53:58,660 Excuse me. 745 00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:01,260 I couldn't help overhearing. 746 00:54:01,390 --> 00:54:04,900 I'm afraid Sqn. Ldr. Scott misled you. He meant well, of course. 747 00:54:05,300 --> 00:54:07,400 - They haven't found them then. - No. 748 00:54:07,421 --> 00:54:09,201 We've had no luck at all so far. 749 00:54:09,310 --> 00:54:12,600 We're assuming they got into their dinghy safely and that they're still afloat. 750 00:54:12,670 --> 00:54:14,800 But we can only guess at where they are. 751 00:54:15,670 --> 00:54:18,900 - But... in this weather, sir? - I know. 752 00:54:20,180 --> 00:54:21,840 If it's any help to you, I still honestly believe... 753 00:54:21,861 --> 00:54:23,741 ...there's a chance of their being picked up. 754 00:54:24,642 --> 00:54:26,742 Yes. Thank you, sir. 755 00:54:54,530 --> 00:54:55,729 Here. 756 00:54:57,330 --> 00:54:58,930 Let me help you. 757 00:55:06,180 --> 00:55:08,000 Is he going to die, sir? 758 00:55:10,770 --> 00:55:12,260 Do you think he'll be all right? 759 00:55:13,530 --> 00:55:15,000 I hope so. 760 00:55:25,410 --> 00:55:26,709 Must be... 761 00:55:28,110 --> 00:55:29,900 ...nearly midday. 762 00:55:35,890 --> 00:55:37,400 He's a nice fellow, Harding. 763 00:55:38,510 --> 00:55:40,290 You like him, don't you? 764 00:55:41,610 --> 00:55:43,390 He'd so the same for me. 765 00:55:44,690 --> 00:55:45,870 It's... 766 00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:48,780 ...just the way he is. 767 00:55:49,980 --> 00:55:53,110 The way... he talks, the bloke. 768 00:55:55,350 --> 00:55:58,970 We've been together nearly two years, sir. 769 00:55:59,190 --> 00:56:03,240 Others have... have come and gone. 770 00:56:03,241 --> 00:56:07,999 But... we seem to have stuck, I don't know why. 771 00:56:08,701 --> 00:56:10,700 Yes, I know how it is. 772 00:56:10,900 --> 00:56:12,550 His dad's got big estates. 773 00:56:13,870 --> 00:56:15,250 Biggest there are in town. 774 00:56:16,690 --> 00:56:20,290 My father's got fruiters and grocers. 775 00:56:20,300 --> 00:56:22,290 In Luton. 776 00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:24,890 It's mine now. 777 00:56:26,050 --> 00:56:29,500 It's time for his water-foolish son... 778 00:56:30,350 --> 00:56:32,100 ...to get back to the shop. 779 00:56:32,150 --> 00:56:35,550 I've got an old bloke looking after it but... 780 00:56:37,750 --> 00:56:39,210 ...he doesn't care. 781 00:56:39,380 --> 00:56:42,179 No, it's not the same when it's not your own. 782 00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:44,230 - Did you say Luton? - Eh? 783 00:56:44,231 --> 00:56:46,231 - Luton. - Yes, do you know it? 784 00:56:47,710 --> 00:56:48,980 That's funny... 785 00:56:49,790 --> 00:56:52,130 You know, you must know my dad. 786 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,870 Why, did you live there, sir? What is he, the mayor or something? 787 00:56:57,230 --> 00:56:58,729 No, not exactly. 788 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,829 But he must have punched your ticket at the railway station often enough. 789 00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:05,800 He's a porter there. Or he was, till two years ago when he retired. 790 00:57:06,850 --> 00:57:07,999 Oh. 791 00:57:08,470 --> 00:57:12,969 I used to be mad about trains when I was a kid. 792 00:57:13,170 --> 00:57:15,070 Playing about the railway line all the time... 793 00:57:15,091 --> 00:57:17,271 ...watching the numbers of the trains and so on. 794 00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:22,000 But Dad always said no. Fly. Flying is the thing of the future. 795 00:57:22,050 --> 00:57:27,100 Well, I dropped into the RAF but they wouldn't let me fly. 796 00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:29,160 Eye sight test, you know. 797 00:57:30,490 --> 00:57:33,500 Well, well, I was lucky. I got a scholarship. 798 00:57:33,701 --> 00:57:36,000 I... I'm an engineer, you know. 799 00:57:36,001 --> 00:57:40,400 Yes... I got back into the RAF again in the end. They wanted me. 800 00:57:40,401 --> 00:57:42,301 Some use to them, I suppose. 801 00:57:42,602 --> 00:57:45,502 So... here I am. 802 00:57:46,703 --> 00:57:49,600 I'll put in for my commission. 803 00:57:51,950 --> 00:57:53,549 Do you think I'll get it? 804 00:57:54,350 --> 00:57:56,090 I don't see why not. 805 00:57:57,290 --> 00:57:59,860 You would, if you knew. 806 00:58:01,310 --> 00:58:02,450 Why? 807 00:58:03,370 --> 00:58:07,000 It's a bit soft telling this to an Air Commodore but... 808 00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:11,419 I pinched a Jerry can of petrol... 809 00:58:11,620 --> 00:58:14,130 ...the night before we started out on this lot, 810 00:58:14,191 --> 00:58:16,431 and it landed in a ditch. 811 00:58:16,590 --> 00:58:20,700 I've got a little car I bought off a bloke, you know... 812 00:58:21,470 --> 00:58:23,140 to go down see the shop now and again. 813 00:58:23,900 --> 00:58:25,680 I just slung it in the back. 814 00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:28,410 If anybody's found it... 815 00:58:29,290 --> 00:58:30,690 I've had it. 816 00:58:31,430 --> 00:58:34,150 If that shop goes bust... 817 00:58:35,290 --> 00:58:36,800 I'm finished. 818 00:58:38,201 --> 00:58:39,301 Yes. 819 00:58:40,050 --> 00:58:44,900 This damn weather, this trouble at home, and you can't get back. 820 00:58:46,130 --> 00:58:50,050 By the way, you'd better consider yourself under close arrest. 821 00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:53,350 Oh... 822 00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,040 You know... 823 00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:01,999 He always thought... 824 00:59:03,290 --> 00:59:05,800 ...that he'd come and get his groceries from me... 825 00:59:06,020 --> 00:59:09,100 ...even if he had to cycle from Gloucestershire. 826 00:59:09,101 --> 00:59:10,801 That's where he lives. 827 00:59:11,102 --> 00:59:12,302 He will, Mac. 828 00:59:13,620 --> 00:59:15,890 So help me, bud, he will. 829 00:59:19,540 --> 00:59:21,700 Where do you think we are now, Kirby? 830 00:59:22,010 --> 00:59:25,440 Somewhere off the coast of Belgium, I reckon, sir. 831 00:59:25,870 --> 00:59:27,780 There's a chance we may be washed up on... 832 00:59:28,180 --> 00:59:29,670 ...enemy territory then. 833 00:59:29,740 --> 00:59:33,880 Well, at least he'd be safe and warm in hospital. 834 00:59:34,580 --> 00:59:37,310 How's your hand, Mac? 835 00:59:39,170 --> 00:59:40,800 Can't even feel it, sir. 836 00:59:40,950 --> 00:59:44,470 That reminds me. Time we had another ration. 837 00:59:44,571 --> 00:59:47,300 See if you can reach that thing and... 838 00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:49,280 ...chuck it over, will you? 839 00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:51,960 If I can. 840 00:59:52,540 --> 00:59:54,060 With the other hand. 841 01:00:03,500 --> 01:00:04,770 Thanks. 842 01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:09,460 Do you think that... 843 01:00:10,770 --> 01:00:12,290 ...Sea Otter will... 844 01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:14,680 ...ever come back again? 845 01:00:15,490 --> 01:00:17,700 Not exactly flying weather, is it? 846 01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:19,460 Not ideal. 847 01:00:19,930 --> 01:00:23,280 What about the air-sea rescue? 848 01:00:23,281 --> 01:00:25,400 As my old grandma used to say... 849 01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:28,820 Patient, ever patient, 850 01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:31,290 enjoy, so be thy share. 851 01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:43,800 - Got it? - Thank you, sir. 852 01:00:43,850 --> 01:00:45,600 Oh, God! 853 01:00:47,190 --> 01:00:49,999 I hate the bloody sea! 854 01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:06,330 Is that the dinghy? 855 01:01:06,730 --> 01:01:08,290 According to the Navy, yes, sir. 856 01:01:08,570 --> 01:01:11,060 They've questioned that German pilot they brought in pretty closely, 857 01:01:11,091 --> 01:01:13,800 and allowing for wind and the tide, that's about it, sir. 858 01:01:13,910 --> 01:01:16,430 - As close in as that. - As close in as that. 859 01:01:16,461 --> 01:01:17,831 If she's still afloat. 860 01:01:18,410 --> 01:01:20,400 The Navy says she'll be right by the beach this evening... 861 01:01:20,450 --> 01:01:21,770 ...in occupied territory. 862 01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:24,940 - Are both our launches still out of it? - Yes, sir. 863 01:01:25,590 --> 01:01:28,500 2559 is due at any time now with the Sea Otter. 864 01:01:28,590 --> 01:01:32,100 2561 I reckon will be able to operate in a couple of hours. 865 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:47,480 Look! 866 01:01:48,010 --> 01:01:49,800 Look what's happened to my best jacket. 867 01:01:50,570 --> 01:01:53,080 Look at it! Look what's happened to my best jacket. 868 01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:55,120 - Look what's happened. - Good! 869 01:01:55,850 --> 01:01:57,860 Nothing like a spot of oil for a two-bit, Skinner. 870 01:01:58,330 --> 01:02:00,810 You'll have to get it off. Got to wash it, like I do. 871 01:02:01,330 --> 01:02:04,730 Maybe it'll keep you in at nights. Go on, keep firing. 872 01:02:05,530 --> 01:02:07,650 - What are you doing, bosseye? - Yes, Flight. 873 01:02:09,350 --> 01:02:11,830 The big swan wants his head examined. 874 01:02:17,220 --> 01:02:19,300 How long is this likely to last? 875 01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:21,619 Robbie seems to think we won't get the full force of the gale. 876 01:02:21,670 --> 01:02:24,319 We're somewhere on the edge of it. What do you think, Timmy? 877 01:02:24,350 --> 01:02:28,200 Maybe I should have walloped her, given her what for, showed her who was boss. 878 01:02:28,580 --> 01:02:32,700 No, that good-for-no-good, she'd just gone off sooner, wouldn't she, eh? 879 01:02:33,490 --> 01:02:34,940 Well, what do you think, Gusser? 880 01:02:35,470 --> 01:02:37,500 I'll tell you what I think, chum. 881 01:02:38,020 --> 01:02:40,240 Somewhere out there there's four blokes in a dinghy. 882 01:02:40,281 --> 01:02:42,541 They've been out there all night. And if they're not dead already, 883 01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:45,500 they're sitting out there depending upon you and me to go and find them. 884 01:02:45,630 --> 01:02:48,129 So if you don't stop whining about that silly wife of yours, 885 01:02:48,130 --> 01:02:51,129 I'm gonna pick you up and chuck you right over the side, personally. 886 01:02:51,160 --> 01:02:53,350 All right, all right, I was only asking. 887 01:02:53,351 --> 01:02:55,000 Come on, it's time you and I go on watch. 888 01:02:55,490 --> 01:02:57,550 Milliken, put the kettle on. Robbins will be down in a minute, 889 01:02:57,571 --> 01:02:58,851 he'll want a cup of tea. 890 01:03:04,660 --> 01:03:06,800 Okay, corporal, Tobey's in the way. He asked for Flight. 891 01:03:06,821 --> 01:03:07,821 Okay. 892 01:03:19,810 --> 01:03:21,410 Do you think we'll be back before dark, Flight? 893 01:03:22,430 --> 01:03:24,510 What's the matter? Can't you sleep without a night light? 894 01:03:25,830 --> 01:03:27,800 What about the skipper? 895 01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:29,520 - Going to Gosport. - Yes... 896 01:03:29,730 --> 01:03:31,250 Ever been to Gosport? 897 01:03:31,700 --> 01:03:33,290 - No. - I have. 898 01:03:34,230 --> 01:03:35,800 I was stationed there in the old days. 899 01:03:48,140 --> 01:03:50,180 Yeah, we've gone a long way since then. 900 01:03:50,181 --> 01:03:52,020 And what have we got? We've got radar, wireless, 901 01:03:52,041 --> 01:03:55,000 loops, launches with vast engines and patent logs. 902 01:03:55,370 --> 01:03:57,500 With that and a fishing crew you're up a well-known creek. 903 01:03:57,521 --> 01:04:00,999 Excuse me. I think I've set the boat on fire. 904 01:04:03,420 --> 01:04:04,500 Fire! 905 01:04:04,501 --> 01:04:05,801 Get down below! 906 01:04:42,402 --> 01:04:43,700 It's all over here, sir. 907 01:04:44,101 --> 01:04:46,800 - Where is he? - Check the upper deck, the cabin. 908 01:04:46,821 --> 01:04:49,000 - Aye, aye, sir. - This is a fine bloody mess. 909 01:04:49,041 --> 01:04:50,601 Who's responsible for this? 910 01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:54,520 I am, sir. 911 01:04:55,360 --> 01:04:58,410 Flt. Sgt., I want the full facts before we get back. 912 01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:03,080 Milliken... 913 01:05:03,950 --> 01:05:05,700 They'll probably shoot you for this. 914 01:05:05,810 --> 01:05:08,300 But I was only trying to put the kettle on for a cup of tea. 915 01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:12,200 If they don't shoot you, you'll be paying for this boat for the rest of your life. 916 01:05:12,450 --> 01:05:14,230 Keep out of my way till we get back. 917 01:05:14,780 --> 01:05:16,750 Now get up top. You're doing bridge watch. 918 01:05:17,110 --> 01:05:19,780 - Bridge watch, what's that? - Keeping your silly eyes open, that's all. 919 01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:22,381 You keep sitting on your old mat all day. Go, get up there! 920 01:05:26,370 --> 01:05:28,290 Tobey, you follow him. 921 01:05:28,450 --> 01:05:30,800 - Don't take your eyes off him. - Okay, Flight. 922 01:05:30,840 --> 01:05:32,300 - Well done, Tebbit. - Thanks, very much. 923 01:05:32,321 --> 01:05:35,000 - Clear this muck up. - That's gonna take hours! 924 01:05:35,021 --> 01:05:37,301 We've got all day! 925 01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:42,500 I shouldn't have cared if we all blowed up. What have I got to live for? 926 01:05:47,070 --> 01:05:49,840 Hey! Come on, Guy Fawkes. 927 01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:57,700 - How are you feeling now? - Like death. 928 01:05:57,810 --> 01:06:01,000 Why don't you sit in the wheel house? I'll stand your watch for you. 929 01:06:01,001 --> 01:06:03,150 Thanks, Corp, but I think I'd better stay here. 930 01:06:03,170 --> 01:06:06,330 I'm not very popular with the Flight Sergeant at the moment. 931 01:06:07,970 --> 01:06:11,900 All I did was put a match to it and it blew up in my face. 932 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:14,950 Oh, forget it. I know it was an accident. 933 01:06:14,980 --> 01:06:16,999 The Flt. Sgt. doesn't think so. 934 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:20,400 - He's a bit of a terror, isn't he? - He's gotta be. 935 01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:23,090 After all, the Flight Sergeant's got to be tough. 936 01:06:23,740 --> 01:06:25,290 He's all right. 937 01:06:25,850 --> 01:06:28,890 You watch him if you run into any trouble. You'll see. 938 01:06:33,491 --> 01:06:36,100 Hey, skipper. Kraut firing ahead! 939 01:06:40,440 --> 01:06:41,700 Launches. 940 01:06:42,700 --> 01:06:44,140 Yeah. 941 01:06:44,540 --> 01:06:46,100 And more than one by the sound of it. 942 01:06:46,101 --> 01:06:48,000 I heard them. And the firing, too. 943 01:06:48,021 --> 01:06:49,601 You'll get a bloody medal, you will. 944 01:06:52,270 --> 01:06:55,000 - They're due east of us, sir. - And they're not HSLs. 945 01:06:55,660 --> 01:06:57,240 You bet your life they're not. 946 01:06:57,570 --> 01:06:59,200 They're right in the middle of eboat tally here. 947 01:06:59,241 --> 01:07:01,000 I suppose they couldn't be Navy boats, could they? 948 01:07:01,031 --> 01:07:03,800 Yeah, they could. But not our Navy. 949 01:07:04,610 --> 01:07:06,020 The enemy. 950 01:07:06,380 --> 01:07:09,340 I hope they don't run into us before Skinner gets his engines going again. 951 01:07:09,341 --> 01:07:10,999 We've got to make this pick-up. 952 01:07:14,050 --> 01:07:16,700 All right, you bunch of heroes, get back to your holes... 953 01:07:16,731 --> 01:07:18,200 we're not dead yet. 954 01:07:43,120 --> 01:07:44,590 Did you hear that? 955 01:07:46,610 --> 01:07:47,900 There's firing. 956 01:07:49,950 --> 01:07:51,320 Canada! 957 01:07:51,770 --> 01:07:54,790 Canada! They've come, they've come! 958 01:08:00,510 --> 01:08:01,880 Hold... 959 01:08:02,830 --> 01:08:04,230 Hold the flare, Mac. 960 01:08:04,590 --> 01:08:05,999 Let's see them first. 961 01:08:06,720 --> 01:08:08,100 They might be Jerries. 962 01:08:08,740 --> 01:08:10,340 Why should they be? 963 01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:14,560 They must be ours. They must. 964 01:08:16,361 --> 01:08:17,761 Hear that? 965 01:08:20,210 --> 01:08:23,600 But they... they must be our chaps. They must... 966 01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:29,000 Testing their guns around here? No, they're Jerries all right. 967 01:08:31,470 --> 01:08:35,100 That means we must have drifted south faster than we expected. 968 01:08:36,170 --> 01:08:37,430 Yes, sir. 969 01:08:38,110 --> 01:08:39,470 My guess is we're... 970 01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:42,550 we're somewhere off the mouth of the Scheldt. 971 01:08:42,591 --> 01:08:44,251 How far off, do you think? 972 01:08:44,870 --> 01:08:49,000 Well, unless... the wind changes... 973 01:08:49,590 --> 01:08:51,310 ...or the tide... 974 01:08:51,460 --> 01:08:55,860 ...we'll be inshore before nightfall. 975 01:08:55,899 --> 01:08:59,261 Right under the nose of their shore batteries. 976 01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:03,650 That washes out any chance of a rescue. 977 01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:09,760 - There they are. - Where? 978 01:09:10,440 --> 01:09:12,130 There. Two of them, see? 979 01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:20,720 I... I knew it. They're Jerries. 980 01:09:33,821 --> 01:09:35,521 - What do we do now, sir? - Wait. 981 01:09:35,622 --> 01:09:36,722 Wait? 982 01:09:38,323 --> 01:09:40,113 We're not going to give up ourselves now. 983 01:09:40,860 --> 01:09:44,190 We'll be on the beach by nightfall. You said so. 984 01:09:45,050 --> 01:09:49,330 And Skipper... it'll be too late. 985 01:09:50,540 --> 01:09:53,680 They may not have seen us yet. There's still a chance of a rescue. 986 01:09:54,430 --> 01:09:57,200 What's so good of being rescued if he's dead? 987 01:09:58,320 --> 01:09:59,960 He's had as much as he can take. 988 01:10:00,310 --> 01:10:01,830 We all have. 989 01:10:03,780 --> 01:10:06,490 Haven't you got any pity? Look at him. 990 01:10:06,491 --> 01:10:08,800 He's dying, I tell you! He's dying! 991 01:10:08,821 --> 01:10:12,201 I've got to get this case back to England even if we all die. 992 01:10:13,802 --> 01:10:16,402 There's just a chance they may be looking for us. 993 01:10:16,970 --> 01:10:21,320 - For us, sir? - Or this case. 994 01:10:27,160 --> 01:10:29,290 They've passed us by. 995 01:10:34,560 --> 01:10:35,940 No! 996 01:10:38,870 --> 01:10:40,400 What are you up to, man? 997 01:10:41,780 --> 01:10:43,610 For God's sake, man, what are you doing? 998 01:10:50,911 --> 01:10:52,511 MacKay, MacKay, let go. 999 01:10:52,912 --> 01:10:54,912 Give me that! Give it! 1000 01:10:55,213 --> 01:10:56,780 - I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna... 1001 01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:02,481 - It's time. It's time! - MacKay, listen to me! 1002 01:11:02,500 --> 01:11:04,582 Millions of lives are... Listen! 1003 01:11:04,983 --> 01:11:06,883 There are millions of lives that we can save... 1004 01:11:06,944 --> 01:11:09,999 ...if I can only get this case of mine back home. 1005 01:11:11,300 --> 01:11:13,800 Come on, Mac. For God's sake, believe me, man. 1006 01:11:17,970 --> 01:11:19,400 He's right, you know, Mac. 1007 01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:45,480 Excuse me, sir. 1008 01:11:45,550 --> 01:11:48,750 You'll excuse me speaking to you, you're Group Commander Todd, aren't you? 1009 01:11:48,751 --> 01:11:50,600 - Yes. - I've seen you at the dances. 1010 01:11:50,601 --> 01:11:52,600 - Oh, I'm uh... - I'm Mrs. Tebbitt. 1011 01:11:52,900 --> 01:11:55,790 Oh, Mrs. Tebbitt. - Yes. 1012 01:11:56,210 --> 01:11:59,300 My husband was due back from patrol last night and he hasn't turned up. 1013 01:11:59,350 --> 01:12:02,470 - What launch is he in? - 2561. 1014 01:12:03,220 --> 01:12:04,999 Are you planning to catch this train? 1015 01:12:05,440 --> 01:12:06,380 Yes. 1016 01:12:07,170 --> 01:12:09,360 Yes, I am. I'm going to London. 1017 01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:12,999 - At least I... - Mrs. Tebbitt. 1018 01:12:13,170 --> 01:12:14,600 There are four men down in a dinghy. 1019 01:12:15,260 --> 01:12:16,999 They're somewhere in the North Sea. 1020 01:12:17,370 --> 01:12:21,210 About their only chance now is for launch 2561 to find them. 1021 01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:22,920 Oh. 1022 01:12:23,930 --> 01:12:26,250 Excuse me. I've got to break the news to someone. 1023 01:12:30,630 --> 01:12:32,360 - Hello, Chris, dear. - Hello, Eve. 1024 01:12:32,790 --> 01:12:34,340 How nice of you to come and meet me. 1025 01:12:34,750 --> 01:12:37,400 - Where's Clive? - He's not here. Eve. 1026 01:12:37,820 --> 01:12:39,910 Don't tell me I've come all this way... 1027 01:12:41,530 --> 01:12:42,890 What is it, Chris? 1028 01:12:44,550 --> 01:12:45,840 Has something happened? 1029 01:12:46,020 --> 01:12:47,800 I'm afraid Clive's missing, Eve. 1030 01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,200 The aircraft he was traveling back in yesterday morning failed to arrive. 1031 01:12:51,250 --> 01:12:53,999 There's a crew of three with him. We believe they're in a dinghy. 1032 01:12:54,790 --> 01:12:56,150 Dinghy? 1033 01:13:29,200 --> 01:13:32,770 Message from headquarters, sir. Must be highly secret. I can't decode it. 1034 01:13:36,700 --> 01:13:37,999 Flight. 1035 01:13:41,340 --> 01:13:42,730 Aye, aye. 1036 01:13:43,490 --> 01:13:44,850 - Congratulations, sir. - Thanks, Flight. 1037 01:13:44,871 --> 01:13:46,500 I told you that coat would fit a boy. 1038 01:13:46,550 --> 01:13:48,900 - Any reply, sir. - Yes, send a signal. 1039 01:13:48,990 --> 01:13:51,510 When do the new childs allow us to start? 1040 01:13:53,820 --> 01:13:56,120 When do the new childs allow us to start? 1041 01:13:57,840 --> 01:13:59,600 I hope we get back soon, Flight. 1042 01:14:01,090 --> 01:14:04,630 It's gone 2 o'clock. That's me lot. She's left me. 1043 01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:08,170 Here... you don't have it, you know. Well, I did. 1044 01:14:08,250 --> 01:14:11,000 She's on her way to London by now. I shall never see her again. 1045 01:14:11,180 --> 01:14:14,350 And a damn good job, too, 'cause I'm jolly well sick of her. 1046 01:14:24,910 --> 01:14:27,400 - Where's the captain. - On the bridge with Chiefy. 1047 01:14:27,401 --> 01:14:30,100 - Well, they're all right. We can start. - The engines are okay? 1048 01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:32,400 - I said we can start. - Right. 1049 01:14:37,210 --> 01:14:40,400 - Engines are ready, sir. - Good, and about time, too. 1050 01:14:40,451 --> 01:14:41,601 All right, start them up. 1051 01:14:46,902 --> 01:14:49,302 Marshall, send the signal to base. 1052 01:14:49,353 --> 01:14:51,850 - We're ready to continue the search. - Very good, sir. 1053 01:14:51,871 --> 01:14:55,600 Blythe, go ahead all speed, 1000 revs. 1054 01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:33,001 Come in. 1055 01:15:33,790 --> 01:15:35,900 Well, Scotty, what is it this time? 1056 01:15:36,101 --> 01:15:38,900 - I thought you'd want to see this, sir. - What is it? 1057 01:15:39,070 --> 01:15:41,400 It's a charge sheet made out against Flt. Sgt. MacKay. 1058 01:15:41,840 --> 01:15:43,900 - You haven't wasted much time. - No, sir. 1059 01:15:43,951 --> 01:15:45,801 - Any news of the dinghy? - No, there isn't. 1060 01:15:45,890 --> 01:15:47,200 Did all you could do, sir. 1061 01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:49,700 I suppose this will have to go through. 1062 01:15:50,630 --> 01:15:52,950 But if he comes ashore alive, he will be dealt with lightly, 1063 01:15:52,971 --> 01:15:54,441 or I'll know the reason why. 1064 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:57,600 Yes, sir. Still it's jolly unpatriotic, you know. I mean, pinching petrol... 1065 01:15:57,631 --> 01:16:00,200 - Don't behave like a club man! - Yes, sir... Very good. 1066 01:16:00,530 --> 01:16:02,600 - Oh, one thing more. - Yes, sir? 1067 01:16:02,730 --> 01:16:05,200 This little WAF, Sgt. Kirby's, I gather you told her last night... 1068 01:16:05,230 --> 01:16:08,400 - ...he was safe and on his way back. - I was trying to cheer her up. 1069 01:16:08,421 --> 01:16:09,901 She's only a child, you know. 1070 01:16:10,010 --> 01:16:12,180 She didn't behave like a child when I told her the facts. 1071 01:16:12,200 --> 01:16:13,200 Sorry, sir. 1072 01:16:13,500 --> 01:16:15,880 I seem to make rather a muck of things all around. 1073 01:16:15,950 --> 01:16:17,051 Come in. 1074 01:16:17,210 --> 01:16:19,350 Signal from 2561, sir. 1075 01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:21,560 - They're ready to resume the search. - Right, I'll come. 1076 01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:24,109 - May I talk to you of the dance on Sunday, sir? - No. 1077 01:16:24,810 --> 01:16:28,809 - Oh, no news yet, I'm afraid. - Thank you, sir. 1078 01:16:38,730 --> 01:16:40,550 Where do you reckon the dinghy should be now? 1079 01:16:40,670 --> 01:16:42,540 Just about here, sir. 1080 01:16:42,710 --> 01:16:46,610 - Right in close to enemy shore. - Forecast for that area is mist lifting rapidly. 1081 01:16:46,611 --> 01:16:48,350 It means the Jerries are bound to spot them. 1082 01:16:48,370 --> 01:16:49,399 Yes... 1083 01:16:49,740 --> 01:16:52,250 How long would it take 2561 to get to that position? 1084 01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:54,900 About an hour, sir. 45 minutes, maybe. 1085 01:16:54,970 --> 01:16:58,850 Right. Signal them to make an in-shore search in that area. 1086 01:16:58,900 --> 01:16:59,890 Yes, sir. 1087 01:17:00,420 --> 01:17:03,300 It's a devil of a place for a launch to go right out to the shore batteries. 1088 01:17:03,321 --> 01:17:06,701 - That is not all of it, sir. - Hm? What else? 1089 01:17:07,960 --> 01:17:10,700 This is an enemy mine field. 1090 01:17:39,580 --> 01:17:44,220 I think it's about time we did some exercises again, huh? 1091 01:17:52,730 --> 01:17:55,350 - Land! - Where? 1092 01:17:55,451 --> 01:17:57,400 - I saw land. - Huh? 1093 01:17:58,480 --> 01:18:00,000 I saw land over there. 1094 01:18:01,430 --> 01:18:03,000 - Look, there it is. - Where? 1095 01:18:03,030 --> 01:18:05,999 - See it? - Yes, I can see it now that the mist is lifting. 1096 01:18:08,150 --> 01:18:09,230 Houses. 1097 01:18:10,270 --> 01:18:12,020 Real houses. 1098 01:18:14,490 --> 01:18:17,230 Well... we're close in. 1099 01:18:17,800 --> 01:18:19,340 Belgian coast. 1100 01:18:19,780 --> 01:18:21,470 South of Antwerp. 1101 01:18:22,510 --> 01:18:25,770 That'll be nice. Right in Jerry's lap. 1102 01:18:27,300 --> 01:18:28,310 Listen! 1103 01:18:30,450 --> 01:18:31,690 It's only waves. 1104 01:18:32,540 --> 01:18:33,999 No, it sounded louder than that. 1105 01:18:37,880 --> 01:18:39,440 It's a sand bank. 1106 01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:42,520 We're inside it. 1107 01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:45,510 If it dries out at low tide... 1108 01:18:46,730 --> 01:18:48,880 they'll be able to walk out and pick us up. 1109 01:18:49,300 --> 01:18:51,340 At least you'll be all right. 1110 01:18:52,330 --> 01:18:56,220 All I've got to look forward to is a court martial. 1111 01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:01,690 If we can get this briefcase back to England safely... 1112 01:19:02,691 --> 01:19:06,791 you'll find it'll weigh more than a Jerry can of petrol. 1113 01:20:03,130 --> 01:20:05,510 Well, if anyone wants to pick us up now... 1114 01:20:06,070 --> 01:20:07,560 ...they'll have plenty of fun. 1115 01:20:19,540 --> 01:20:23,500 - Will you make us some tea, Knox? - Tea? Hot-water bottles in case of shock. 1116 01:20:23,501 --> 01:20:26,771 - Oughtn't I to do that? - You did enough damage last time. 1117 01:20:26,792 --> 01:20:28,600 You get up on deck and keep your eyes open. 1118 01:20:28,670 --> 01:20:30,450 The shore's only over there through the mist. 1119 01:20:39,751 --> 01:20:42,200 We've got just about enough petrol to get us out. 1120 01:20:45,740 --> 01:20:46,999 Keep searching. 1121 01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:50,400 Aye, sir. 1122 01:21:07,860 --> 01:21:09,590 Thank goodness for this mist. 1123 01:21:10,400 --> 01:21:13,020 At least they can't see us from the shore. 1124 01:21:28,170 --> 01:21:29,260 A launch. 1125 01:21:29,970 --> 01:21:32,720 - A launch, they've found us. - Where, man, where? 1126 01:21:34,700 --> 01:21:36,880 Over there. 1127 01:21:38,570 --> 01:21:40,130 I saw it for a second, then... 1128 01:21:40,470 --> 01:21:41,960 Then it disappeared. 1129 01:21:44,580 --> 01:21:47,150 - It's nothing. - I tell you I saw a launch. 1130 01:21:47,990 --> 01:21:50,610 Air-sea rescuer, or I'm crazy. 1131 01:21:51,020 --> 01:21:54,050 Get the flare out, will you? Make sure that it works this time. 1132 01:21:54,660 --> 01:21:56,999 Come on, where is it? 1133 01:21:57,830 --> 01:21:59,270 There! 1134 01:21:59,720 --> 01:22:01,380 There she is. 1135 01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:06,750 - Shout! - Hey! 1136 01:22:06,800 --> 01:22:09,600 - For God's sake, shout! - Hey! Hey! 1137 01:22:10,500 --> 01:22:13,201 It's no good attracting mensches at that distance 1138 01:22:13,770 --> 01:22:15,900 Get the flare out, Mac, go on! 1139 01:22:16,330 --> 01:22:20,620 Hey...Hey... - I can't. You... you do... 1140 01:22:22,370 --> 01:22:26,120 The whistle! Blow the whistle, Mac. 1141 01:22:45,120 --> 01:22:46,920 The mist is lifting. 1142 01:22:47,970 --> 01:22:51,310 It's a bit disappointing though, coming all this way without making the pick-up. 1143 01:22:52,180 --> 01:22:54,350 Blarmey, Tebbitt, you're human after all. 1144 01:22:54,870 --> 01:22:56,470 Thanks very much, Flight. 1145 01:23:08,070 --> 01:23:10,730 Flare, Flare! Flight, a red flare. 1146 01:23:11,731 --> 01:23:14,131 Sir, a red flare over there! 1147 01:23:14,732 --> 01:23:16,232 That's all, hold it. 1148 01:23:19,733 --> 01:23:22,933 - There she is, sir! - It's a dinghy, sir! It's a dinghy! 1149 01:23:23,934 --> 01:23:25,234 Stand by to pick-up! 1150 01:23:25,535 --> 01:23:29,135 On posts! Keep your eyes keen everybody. The shore's somewhere over there. 1151 01:23:29,636 --> 01:23:32,936 Come on, get below, Milliken. You've got work to do, come on. 1152 01:23:37,537 --> 01:23:40,937 She's coming. She's coming towards us. 1153 01:23:40,998 --> 01:23:43,638 Shout, boys. Shout like hell. 1154 01:23:43,759 --> 01:23:46,800 Hey! Hey! 1155 01:23:47,601 --> 01:23:49,501 - Hey! - Hey! 1156 01:23:54,002 --> 01:23:56,800 We go uptide to the south side of the sand bank and come out the other end. 1157 01:23:56,830 --> 01:23:57,900 Aye, aye, sir. 1158 01:23:58,999 --> 01:24:00,860 Skinner, up on deck! 1159 01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:14,761 Let's have all of you up on deck! We may need you. 1160 01:24:19,262 --> 01:24:21,462 Full speed ahead on all three. 1161 01:25:01,363 --> 01:25:03,863 - They've seen us, Flight! - Here it comes! 1162 01:25:04,664 --> 01:25:06,464 Pretty rotten shots, aren't they? 1163 01:25:08,165 --> 01:25:09,965 Any menace they all start up. 1164 01:25:59,312 --> 01:26:02,452 One more like that, that's all we want, just one more like that. 1165 01:26:14,473 --> 01:26:16,553 Come on, hurry up! Get a move on. 1166 01:26:16,799 --> 01:26:19,754 All together! Right, lift! 1167 01:26:28,355 --> 01:26:30,055 Steady as you go! 1168 01:26:30,150 --> 01:26:33,056 - Are you all right, sir? Don't worry about me, watch the dinghy. 1169 01:26:33,157 --> 01:26:35,557 We've got do this damn quickly. Take the wheel. 1170 01:26:51,358 --> 01:26:53,950 You'll be all right, chums. You'll be on board a train in a minute. 1171 01:27:10,781 --> 01:27:12,400 - Hey, Tebbitt! - All right, sir. 1172 01:27:12,401 --> 01:27:13,901 Try to get a move on. 1173 01:27:19,301 --> 01:27:22,881 - I got it. Watch out chap. - Okay, get her away! 1174 01:27:22,982 --> 01:27:24,482 Head off! 1175 01:27:37,883 --> 01:27:39,583 Hold your breath, boy! 1176 01:27:47,384 --> 01:27:49,900 We did it! We bloody well did it! 1177 01:27:57,301 --> 01:27:58,401 Tebbitt! 1178 01:28:01,502 --> 01:28:04,400 - You all right? - They must have chucked the gun at me. 1179 01:28:04,401 --> 01:28:07,670 - I'll get you an order to sick bay. - And an all clear, Flight. 1180 01:28:07,771 --> 01:28:10,100 All clear? Do you hear that noise? 1181 01:28:10,101 --> 01:28:12,000 The sweetest music in the world. 1182 01:28:12,041 --> 01:28:14,601 The engines making for home. 1183 01:28:54,802 --> 01:28:56,502 How are you, Clive? 1184 01:28:56,523 --> 01:28:58,303 - Hello, Chris. - It's good to see you. 1185 01:28:58,740 --> 01:28:59,740 Good luck, sir. 1186 01:28:59,761 --> 01:29:01,641 - Thanks. Come see me later. - I will, sir. 1187 01:29:05,930 --> 01:29:07,330 Okay, now? 1188 01:29:08,500 --> 01:29:09,770 Yes. 1189 01:29:10,160 --> 01:29:11,150 You? 1190 01:29:12,010 --> 01:29:13,030 Fine. 1191 01:29:13,860 --> 01:29:15,160 See you later. 1192 01:29:16,870 --> 01:29:19,200 Thank you, Treherne. You did a great job. 1193 01:29:19,221 --> 01:29:21,301 The doctor said you'll be on your feet in a matter of weeks. 1194 01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:22,780 That'll suit me fine, sir. 1195 01:29:22,810 --> 01:29:25,781 Have a nice stretch of convalescence leave. Give you time to get to know your son. 1196 01:29:25,799 --> 01:29:27,200 I'd like that, sir. 1197 01:29:27,201 --> 01:29:29,401 Congratulations. Thank you all very much. 1198 01:29:29,422 --> 01:29:30,502 Thank you, sir. 1199 01:29:31,403 --> 01:29:34,103 - Well, how do you feel? - Oh, I'll be fine in a couple of days. 1200 01:29:34,154 --> 01:29:35,904 I'm glad Eve took it so well. 1201 01:29:35,925 --> 01:29:39,600 Oh, by the way, I wanted to talk to you sometime about that Flt. Sgt. MacKay. 1202 01:29:39,601 --> 01:29:43,400 Funny you should mention that. I wanted to talk to you about him. 1203 01:29:47,301 --> 01:29:48,900 How's Flight Officer Harding? 1204 01:29:48,992 --> 01:29:51,600 Oh, he'll be okay, Sergeant. We got him just in time. 1205 01:29:51,631 --> 01:29:55,200 - How was it? - Oh, a bit dodgy. 1206 01:29:55,231 --> 01:29:58,401 But we held them off, you know? 1207 01:30:01,840 --> 01:30:03,990 Here, Milliken! 1208 01:30:06,030 --> 01:30:07,300 A fag? 1209 01:30:09,270 --> 01:30:11,480 Oh, thanks, Flight. 1210 01:30:11,550 --> 01:30:14,800 I thought you did a favor to us all. You made a pick-up. 1211 01:30:14,900 --> 01:30:16,400 You're one of God's chosen few. 1212 01:30:16,421 --> 01:30:17,401 Enjoy the trip? 1213 01:30:17,950 --> 01:30:20,200 I never thought we'd get back. 1214 01:30:20,201 --> 01:30:22,401 Get back? Get back? 1215 01:30:22,800 --> 01:30:26,600 After a pick up like that I'd have swum under the basket and carried her home. 1216 01:30:26,750 --> 01:30:28,300 I bet you would, Flight. 1217 01:30:28,301 --> 01:30:30,900 Now come on, son, don't keep the ambulance waiting. You're wounded, aren't you? 1218 01:30:30,901 --> 01:30:33,100 Oh, it's nothing. I feel a bit hungry. 1219 01:30:33,101 --> 01:30:34,901 I thought I'd go down to the cookhouse. 1220 01:30:34,902 --> 01:30:37,102 All them WAFs! Come on, Robbie. 1221 01:31:49,321 --> 01:31:59,301 Subtitles: Luís Filipe Bernardes