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- ♪ I see a land ♪
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♪ With liberty
for all ♪
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- ♪ Yet still I know ♪
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- ♪ The truth will
rise and fall ♪
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- ♪ Ooh yeah ♪
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♪ That's just
the way it goes ♪
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- ♪ A word now to the wise ♪
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♪ The world
was made to change ♪
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♪ Each day is a surprise ♪
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♪ I'm looking at life
through my own eyes ♪
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♪ I'm searching for a hero
to idolize ♪
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♪ Feeling the pain
as innocence dies ♪
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♪ I'm looking at life
through my own eyes ♪
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- ♪ I'll take my heart
into battle ♪
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♪ Give that
freedom bell a rattle ♪
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♪ Get my independence signed ♪
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♪ Declare it on
the dotted line ♪
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♪ Let Philadelphia
freedom ring ♪
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♪ And patriotic voices sing ♪
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♪ Red white and blue
never give up ♪
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♪ You represent America ♪
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- ♪ Hoping and praying
for a brighter day ♪
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♪ I listen to
my heart and I obey ♪
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♪ How can I see it
any other way? ♪
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♪ I'm looking at life ♪
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- ♪ Looking at life ♪
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- ♪ Through my own eyes ♪♪
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♪♪
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(man)
- Here are some exciting scenes
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from today's episode
of "Liberty's Kids."
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- Liberty!
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- Down with the king!
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- Freedom!
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- Hurrah!
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- We'll drive these pesky rebels
into the river
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and have our troops home
in time for Christmas.
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- British regulars!
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They're right behind me!
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- They're running?
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Why are they running?
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- Because they can't fly.
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- Hmph!
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♪♪
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(gulls squawking)
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- "July 9, 1776.
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"Dearest Mother...
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"Where to begin?
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"James Henri and I have been
in New York City for a week now.
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"General Washington, the
commander of the American army,
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"has been busy fortifying
the city and harbor,
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"and no wonder, with the arrival
of the British fleet.
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"What a sight!
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"Some say there are
so many masts
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"that it looks
like a floating forest.
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"You were so kind to ask Mrs.
Radcliffe to give us lodgings.
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They are quite restful."
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- Down with the king!
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- "I'm sorry I cannot say
the same for New York.
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"Ever since the reading
of the independence declaration
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"on the seventh,
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it has been a city
gone quite mad."
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(gasps)
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(crowd clamoring)
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- Down with the king!
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Freedom!
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- Hurrah!
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(crowd cheering)
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- Hey, I am going to help them
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pull down the statue
of King George the Third!
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- Henri, stay here.
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You're nothing
but a magnet for trouble.
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Anywhere you go,
bad things happen.
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- Do not.
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- I think you'd better
listen to James.
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- You two are just jealous
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because I have
more fun than you do!
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- Hurrah!
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- Down with George!
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(crowd cheering)
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- Independence!
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(cheering continues)
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- Of what possible good
is a broken statue?
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- I heard they're taking it up
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to a cannonball factory
in Connecticut.
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- And why on earth would they go
to all that trouble?
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- General Washington
told his staff
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that he intends to return
the lead in the statue
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to the British troops
as soon as possible.
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- Seems pretty boastful.
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General Washington's
been commander-in-chief
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of the Continental Army
a whole year
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and has yet to fight a battle.
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- I think he'll get his battle
soon-- a big one.
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♪♪
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- General Howe,
your telescope, sir.
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- There.
That's where we'll strike
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General Washington and his army.
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On the Heights.
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We'll drive these pesky rebels
into the river
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and have our troops home
in time for Christmas.
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♪♪
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- I thought you would be
more comfortable eating here.
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Nowadays,
the streets are so unsafe.
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- (coughing)
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This collar is unsafe.
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(gasps)
- I don't know
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where all
those dreadful persons
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on the street
have come from.
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I've never seen them
in this neighborhood before.
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- (slurping)
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- Shh!
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- Out-of-town troublemakers
would be my guess.
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As Mr. Radcliffe used to say,
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"This rebellion business
will soon get out of hand."
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- I'm sorry I won't get to see
Mr. Radcliffe this trip.
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My mother
used to enjoy his stories.
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- You said he's in...
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uh... uh, Canada?
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- Yes.
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Seeing to some timberland
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we are thinking of buying
along the St. Lawrence.
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Well, I'm just glad
the British fleet has arrived.
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The sooner General Howe
puts things right,
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the sooner we can all get
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this silly revolution business
over with
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and get back to normal.
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- Oh, boy.
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(clock chimes)
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- Why were you making those
faces at Mrs. Radcliffe's?
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- I couldn't stand it.
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"Seeing to some timberland
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we're thinking of buying
along the St. Lawrence."
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- Stop that.
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It's impolite.
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- I saw a list of Tories
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at General Washington's
headquarters.
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Mr. Radcliffe's name was on it.
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- You don't mean the army is
going after private citizens?
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- No, but some other
private citizens might,
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and I think Mr. Radcliffe
and some of his friends
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thought it best to leave
until things blow over.
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- I don't think things
will blow over very soon
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if our Henri has anything
to do with it.
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♪♪
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- (groans)
Hey, careful!
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(both laughing)
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- Sometimes
I think Henri believes
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this is all just a big party
for his benefit.
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- Uh, Sarah, don't look now,
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but I think
someone has his eye on you.
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- Oh, don't be foolish.
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♪♪
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- Awfully busy, isn't she?
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- Yes, she thinks
she's a journalist.
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- Miss, allow me
to introduce myself.
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I am Udney Wolf-Hutchinson
from Milford, Connecticut.
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My comrades-in-arms
and I have arrived
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to defend this city
and ladies such as yourself
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from the cruel,
vindictive English.
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- I am English myself, sir.
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Does that make me
cruel and vindictive as well?
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- Uh...
I was only repeating terms
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some of our rougher members
commonly use
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to refer to the enemy.
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Whether they are cruel
and vindictive or gentlemen,
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they are soldiers,
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and I offer my strong arm
for your protection.
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♪♪
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Forgive me.
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Duty calls.
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- You've got to be kidding.
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Didn't he say his name was Ugly?
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- It was Udney and you know it.
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♪♪
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- Ugh. Whew.
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- Where are you going?
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- With you... and the soldiers,
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over to Brooklyn
to watch the battle.
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- Sarah...
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- I'm a journalist too.
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- Remember?
Concord?
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Your promise to Ben?
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(imitating)
"Dr. Franklin, I won't put
myself needlessly in danger."
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- What is it with you
and your need to imitate people?
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- All right, let me put it
this way.
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You can't go.
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- You're not my mother.
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- She's right,
you're not her mother.
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- Hmph!
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- No, but I'm responsible
to Dr. Franklin,
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and he's responsible
to her mother.
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Besides, it's too big a story
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for both of us to be
in one place.
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One of us needs to report
on what happens in the city.
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Let's face it,
you're more comfortable
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with tea and crumpets than me.
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- I must admit, James,
occasionally you're right.
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♪♪
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- "General Washington sends
reinforcements to the fort
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"on the Heights at Brooklyn
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"to counter
a large force of British troops
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heading for Long Island."
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All right.
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I'm going
to Washington's headquarters.
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- What about me?
Can I go?
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- No.
- No.
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- We'll see about that.
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Sarah, who is that
waving at you?
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- Oh, it's that... Henri?
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♪♪
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(bell tolls)
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♪♪
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(footfalls approaching)
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- General Putnam informs me
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that the British are moving up
the Gowanus Road
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and Hessian troops have been
spotted on the Flatbush Road,
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but there is still a substantial
number in camp on the beach.
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I don't have to tell you what is
at stake here, gentlemen.
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Everything worth living for.
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- None of my boys will
disappoint you, General.
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They'll throw the redcoats
back onto their boats.
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- General, if I may.
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This Jamaica Road concerns me.
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It's presently undefended.
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- The enemy is here
at the Gowanus Swamp...
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and that is
where I'll strike him.
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(wind blowing)
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♪♪
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(horse whinnying)
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- (groans)
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(wind blowing)
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- Lord Stirling.
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I wonder if I could ask you
a few questions.
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- Yes.
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General Washington
told me about you.
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Franklin's apprentice.
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- Does it bother you
that a good portion
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of the enemy
is made up of Hessians?
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- Well, son,
the enemy is the enemy,
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whether they're British troops
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or German mercenaries hired
to fight by the British.
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- But to have no other reason
to be here
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than to fight for money...
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no cause, no country,
no freedom at stake...
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it doesn't seem right.
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- I think you'll find
they have
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as many reasons to be here
as we do.
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Now, if you'll excuse me...
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(horse whinnying)
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Gentlemen, I have
a special mission in mind.
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I need volunteers.
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Paid volunteers.
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- I'm in!
- Sure!
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- What's the mission?
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(Sarah)
- In the interest of fairness,
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I think the readers
of Dr. Franklin's newspaper
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should understand the thoughts
of those loyal to the king.
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- That's a dangerous point
of view to have these days.
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- Well, nevertheless...
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I'm interested in what you think
about the Revolution.
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I'd keep your name out of it.
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- I think it's a dangerous,
foolhardy adventure.
263
00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,033
Why do they want to fight
to create their own country?
264
00:11:41,075 --> 00:11:43,536
- They feel England
has mistreated them.
265
00:11:43,619 --> 00:11:47,206
- I've read this
Declaration of Independence.
266
00:11:47,289 --> 00:11:49,125
Is it worth going to war
267
00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:52,128
because the king called
for their legislative bodies
268
00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:54,547
to meet in uncomfortable places?
269
00:11:54,630 --> 00:11:56,674
- That's just
one of their reasons.
270
00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:58,509
- And the men who signed it,
271
00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:00,511
what do they know
about running a country?
272
00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,263
These New Yorkers here.
273
00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:04,849
Francis Lewis, a hat seller.
274
00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:08,811
Lewis Morris,
a farmer from up-country.
275
00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:12,231
William Floyd?
I've never even heard of him.
276
00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:16,819
This Philip Livingston is such
an insufferable blowhard,
277
00:12:16,902 --> 00:12:19,488
Mr. Radcliffe had to ask him
to leave a supper
278
00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:21,240
we were giving for the governor.
279
00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:23,284
- Dr. Franklin signed it too.
280
00:12:23,367 --> 00:12:25,536
- Yes... I know.
281
00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,371
Even the brightest of men
282
00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:29,790
do foolish things
from time to time.
283
00:12:29,874 --> 00:12:33,627
My dear, you yourself
are English born and bred.
284
00:12:33,711 --> 00:12:36,130
Our whole lives
are tied to England.
285
00:12:36,213 --> 00:12:37,590
Our commerce, our culture,
286
00:12:37,673 --> 00:12:40,551
our laws, our religion,
our education.
287
00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,803
Where do young Americans go
to become doctors,
288
00:12:42,887 --> 00:12:45,431
lawyers and clergymen?
England.
289
00:12:45,514 --> 00:12:49,894
In what language
are you writing your article?
290
00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:51,103
- English.
291
00:12:51,187 --> 00:12:52,229
- Exactly.
292
00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:53,981
(cannon fires)
Oh, my.
293
00:12:57,234 --> 00:13:00,029
(cannons firing)
294
00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:01,989
- It's started.
295
00:13:02,072 --> 00:13:03,115
- Oh, dear.
296
00:13:03,157 --> 00:13:05,993
May God protect us all.
297
00:13:06,076 --> 00:13:08,996
♪♪
298
00:13:14,043 --> 00:13:18,964
(gunfire and shouting
in distance)
299
00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:21,759
- Looks like General Sullivan
was right about the attack.
300
00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,969
It's way over there
by Gowanus Swamp.
301
00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:25,137
- Um, I was wondering.
302
00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:27,139
Why did you take money
from Lord Stirling?
303
00:13:27,223 --> 00:13:29,975
I thought Hessians were the only
ones who fight for money.
304
00:13:30,017 --> 00:13:31,227
We fight for a cause.
305
00:13:31,310 --> 00:13:34,897
- James, I believe in our cause
as much as the next man,
306
00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:37,233
but I haven't been paid
in a long time.
307
00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:39,026
Everyone needs a few coins.
308
00:13:39,109 --> 00:13:42,154
And goodness knows Lord Stirling
has plenty to spare.
309
00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:45,241
Believe me, there's not enough
money on earth
310
00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:46,992
to make men face fire like that.
311
00:13:47,076 --> 00:13:50,496
But they're doing it,
and my time will come.
312
00:13:50,538 --> 00:13:51,622
(horse whinnying)
That's a rider.
313
00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:54,041
Coming fast, too.
314
00:13:54,124 --> 00:13:55,584
- British regulars!
315
00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:58,504
They're right behind me!
316
00:13:58,546 --> 00:13:59,839
- Lord Stirling was right!
317
00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:02,007
They're using Jamaica Road
for an attack!
318
00:14:02,049 --> 00:14:04,051
- Come on!
319
00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:05,135
- (groans)
320
00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:08,597
♪♪
321
00:14:12,059 --> 00:14:13,853
- You say you're a spy?
322
00:14:13,894 --> 00:14:17,690
- On the staff of
General Washington himself.
323
00:14:17,773 --> 00:14:19,316
- You're just a child.
324
00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:21,026
- That is the beauty of it.
325
00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:23,863
Everyone thinks that
and pays me no mind.
326
00:14:23,904 --> 00:14:26,699
What better disguise for a spy?
327
00:14:26,782 --> 00:14:30,369
(gunfire, men shouting)
328
00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:32,538
- Over there!
- There they are!
329
00:14:32,580 --> 00:14:34,039
- After them!
330
00:14:35,332 --> 00:14:36,542
- Halt!
331
00:14:37,626 --> 00:14:39,879
(Henri grunts)
(horse whinnying)
332
00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,172
- Whoa!
333
00:14:51,098 --> 00:14:52,725
- General Washington!
334
00:14:52,766 --> 00:14:55,227
The entire right is falling back
on Gowanus Road!
335
00:14:55,311 --> 00:14:57,980
On the left, General Sullivan
has been flanked
336
00:14:58,063 --> 00:14:58,898
and he cannot hold.
337
00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:01,191
- Where?
- That Jamaica Road.
338
00:15:01,233 --> 00:15:03,986
Lord Stirling's troops held out
as long as they could,
339
00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:05,738
but now they're pulling back
to the Heights.
340
00:15:05,779 --> 00:15:08,616
- They're running?
Why are they running?
341
00:15:08,699 --> 00:15:10,743
- Because they can't fly.
342
00:15:10,784 --> 00:15:12,161
- Hmph!
343
00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:13,245
(wind blowing)
344
00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:16,457
♪♪
345
00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:22,588
(thunder rumbling and crashing)
346
00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:29,219
- You awake?
- After today,
347
00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:31,180
I don't know
if I'll ever sleep again.
348
00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:32,932
- How do you think
General Washington did?
349
00:15:32,973 --> 00:15:34,892
- All's I know,
General Washington
350
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,394
goes a year without a battle,
first one comes along,
351
00:15:37,436 --> 00:15:39,104
and the best we can do
is run away.
352
00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:40,940
- (blows on hands)
Nobody could stand up
353
00:15:41,023 --> 00:15:42,775
to what the British threw
down that road.
354
00:15:42,816 --> 00:15:44,360
- Well, we sure didn't.
355
00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:46,028
- What now?
- I don't know.
356
00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:48,113
I just hope
we don't have to surrender.
357
00:15:48,197 --> 00:15:49,740
♪♪
358
00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:51,617
- General, the reports say
359
00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:53,118
the troops
that survived the attacks
360
00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,245
are safely back
onto the Heights.
361
00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:57,206
- How many didn't survive?
362
00:15:57,289 --> 00:15:58,457
- We don't know yet.
363
00:15:58,540 --> 00:16:00,376
Lord Stirling was captured.
364
00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:02,544
Casualty estimates are high.
365
00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,630
There's more.
- What else?
366
00:16:04,672 --> 00:16:06,590
- They captured
General Sullivan too.
367
00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:09,927
- Hmm! General Howe
is welcome to him.
368
00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:14,807
Boats.
All the boats we can find.
369
00:16:14,848 --> 00:16:16,642
We are leaving the Heights.
370
00:16:16,684 --> 00:16:18,978
- In the morning, sir?
- Now.
371
00:16:19,019 --> 00:16:20,145
(wind blowing)
372
00:16:20,187 --> 00:16:23,732
(chickens clucking,
cow mooing)
373
00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:26,068
- Listen,
I am not even a colonist!
374
00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:27,987
I am European like you!
375
00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:30,030
- We think you are a spy,
and until we think
376
00:16:30,114 --> 00:16:32,741
something else,
you're not going anywhere.
377
00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,536
- A spy? What an idea!
378
00:16:35,619 --> 00:16:37,329
I am just a kid!
379
00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:40,082
- (yawning)
380
00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:42,376
- Is that everyone?
381
00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:44,003
- Yes, General, we're the last.
382
00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:46,672
The rest of the troops have
already escaped in the boats.
383
00:16:46,755 --> 00:16:48,090
(soldier grunts)
384
00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:50,843
♪♪
385
00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:01,270
General... a retreat at night
in the face of the enemy
386
00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:04,356
will be seen as the work
of a military genius.
387
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,610
- I'm afraid this retreat is
a very unmilitary thing to do.
388
00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:11,488
We were licked,
plain and simple.
389
00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:13,949
I wasn't ready for them.
390
00:17:15,075 --> 00:17:18,203
- (snoring)
391
00:17:18,245 --> 00:17:21,165
- (grunting)
392
00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:32,134
(door hinges creak)
393
00:17:39,016 --> 00:17:40,142
Powder?
394
00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:44,563
G... u... n...
395
00:17:44,646 --> 00:17:47,107
G... gunpowder!
396
00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:48,400
(gasps)
Oops!
397
00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,320
Whoa, oh!
(groans)
398
00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,241
(panting)
399
00:17:58,494 --> 00:18:02,748
(explosion)
400
00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:05,667
- Now, there's something
you don't see every day.
401
00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:09,880
- Are these reports correct,
Captain?
402
00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:13,592
The colonials abandoned
the entire fort last night?
403
00:18:13,675 --> 00:18:16,261
- Yes.
General Washington sailed off
404
00:18:16,303 --> 00:18:19,723
under the cover
of fog and darkness.
405
00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:23,519
- It seems General Washington
406
00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:27,064
doesn't believe in the accepted
conventions of war.
407
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:30,109
You lose the battle,
you surrender.
408
00:18:30,150 --> 00:18:34,113
♪♪
409
00:18:37,324 --> 00:18:39,284
- James! You're back!
410
00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:41,245
Pardon me.
411
00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:42,579
Are you all right?
412
00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:44,039
- I'm fine, really.
413
00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,458
- Well, what was
the battle like?
414
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,794
- It was pretty bad.
415
00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:54,633
But General Washington safely
snuck the whole army away
416
00:18:54,716 --> 00:18:55,759
during the night.
417
00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,136
- Where's Henri?
418
00:18:57,177 --> 00:18:58,428
- Isn't he here?
419
00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:01,014
- We haven't seen him
since you left yesterday.
420
00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:03,308
I thought he caught up with you.
421
00:19:03,392 --> 00:19:04,476
- I wonder where he...
422
00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:05,769
Oh, no.
423
00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,229
Oh...
424
00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:08,814
- Henri?
425
00:19:08,897 --> 00:19:10,440
Where have you been?
426
00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:11,692
- Nowhere.
427
00:19:11,775 --> 00:19:13,152
- What have you done?
428
00:19:13,193 --> 00:19:14,403
- Nothing.
429
00:19:14,486 --> 00:19:17,322
- What kind of trouble
did you cause this time?
430
00:19:17,406 --> 00:19:19,158
- Me? Trouble?
431
00:19:21,118 --> 00:19:23,370
- Do we really want to know?
432
00:19:23,453 --> 00:19:25,164
- No.
- No.
433
00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:26,665
(wind blowing)
434
00:19:26,748 --> 00:19:29,835
♪♪
435
00:19:29,877 --> 00:19:31,628
(cannons firing)
436
00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:33,714
- Where are you going?
437
00:19:33,797 --> 00:19:36,925
- Since Washington's retreat
from Long Island weeks ago,
438
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:39,720
General Howe's done nothing...
until today.
439
00:19:39,803 --> 00:19:42,431
That cannon fire
has been going on all day.
440
00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:44,808
James said something was up
at Kips Bay,
441
00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:47,352
and I bet he's there already.
442
00:19:47,394 --> 00:19:48,604
- Want to bet?
443
00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:49,855
- Sarah!
- (gasps)
444
00:19:49,897 --> 00:19:52,024
- Henri!
(panting)
445
00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:54,943
We lost again!
- You were there?
446
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,654
- No, I found Ugly
and he told me what happened.
447
00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:59,865
- Is Udney all right?
448
00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:01,200
- Yes. Why?
449
00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:02,868
I thought you didn't like him.
450
00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:05,329
- Well, I was just wondering,
that's all.
451
00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:06,747
- So what happened?
452
00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:08,749
- Well, Udney told me...
453
00:20:08,832 --> 00:20:13,003
(Udney)
- We was waiting at Kips Bay
when the British opened fire.
454
00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:16,215
General Washington told us
to stand our ground...
455
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,135
but I guess it was
too much for some of us.
456
00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:21,929
The officers couldn't stop 'em.
457
00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:25,390
(gunfire, men shouting)
458
00:20:25,474 --> 00:20:27,476
- Stand your ground!
459
00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:29,019
Return to the ramparts!
460
00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:32,064
Stand your ground, you...
461
00:20:32,147 --> 00:20:36,235
How am I to win a war
with men like these?
462
00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:38,695
- General!
(horse whinnying)
463
00:20:38,737 --> 00:20:40,239
You must come away!
464
00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:45,869
- You can't win a war
by retreating! Or can you?
465
00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:48,538
- So that's Udney's story.
466
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:50,666
It's not a proud day
for our revolution.
467
00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:53,210
- What's Washington
going to do now?
468
00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:56,213
(band playing, crowd cheering)
469
00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:02,594
- I'm puzzled, General Howe.
470
00:21:02,678 --> 00:21:07,891
What kind of commander fights
a battle and, after losing,
471
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:11,270
instead of surrendering,
retreats to fight again?
472
00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:15,691
- Evidently... this American
General Washington.
473
00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:16,775
(horse whinnies)
474
00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:19,695
(cheering continues)
475
00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:23,448
♪♪
476
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:30,831
♪♪
477
00:21:35,502 --> 00:21:40,173
(bell tolling)
478
00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:45,846
- Moses, here's another dispatch
from James.
479
00:21:45,929 --> 00:21:48,140
- Let it be good news
for a change.
480
00:21:48,223 --> 00:21:50,475
- It seems we still have
quite a few troops,
481
00:21:50,517 --> 00:21:52,269
and General Washington
has moved them all
482
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:54,187
to a fort on Harlem Heights.
483
00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:56,815
(James)
- "This has turned
into a new kind of war.
484
00:21:56,898 --> 00:21:58,317
"An American war.
485
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,153
"General Washington is going to
fight a delaying action,
486
00:22:01,236 --> 00:22:03,322
"hoping to wear down the British
while giving himself
487
00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:05,532
time to build
and train an army."
488
00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:09,036
♪♪
489
00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:13,040
- "An army that fights
with little or no pay,
490
00:22:13,123 --> 00:22:14,624
"few supplies, few weapons,
491
00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:17,336
"but with the belief
that they are Americans,
492
00:22:17,377 --> 00:22:20,339
"and Americans will fight
and die for freedom,
493
00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:21,506
nothing less."
494
00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:24,343
♪♪
495
00:22:24,384 --> 00:22:27,137
- "P.S. Some soldiers
are putting up a flag
496
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:28,347
"on our new flagpole.
497
00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:30,015
"There's not much wind today,
498
00:22:30,098 --> 00:22:33,018
so the flag
is just hanging there."
499
00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:35,395
- "But it's still there."
500
00:22:35,479 --> 00:22:39,399
♪♪
501
00:22:45,489 --> 00:22:47,407
- ♪ I'm looking at life
through my own eyes ♪
502
00:22:47,491 --> 00:22:50,702
♪ I'm searching for a hero
to idolize ♪
503
00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:54,289
♪ Feeling the pain
as innocence dies ♪
504
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,542
♪ I'm looking at life
through my own eyes ♪
505
00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:59,378
- ♪ I'll take my heart
into battle ♪
506
00:22:59,461 --> 00:23:01,296
♪ Give that
freedom bell a rattle ♪
507
00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,006
♪ Get my independence signed ♪
508
00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,549
♪ Declare it on
the dotted line ♪
509
00:23:04,591 --> 00:23:06,343
♪ Red white and blue
never give up ♪
510
00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:09,137
♪ You represent America ♪♪
511
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:13,016
- Cookie Jar!
512
00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:15,519
(children laughing)
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