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[musical swirl]
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[electric chimes]
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[orchestra tuning]
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[soft music]
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[muffled sounds]
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[music swells]
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[birds chirping]
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[soft snoring]
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[distant Indian
war whoops and gunfire]
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[canon fire and yelling]
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[cannon fire booms]
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[cannon fire booms]
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[gasping]
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[cacophony of
gunfire and yelling]
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[horse neighs]
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Where is the General?
Where is he?
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Where is Braddock?
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[gun cocks]
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What happened?
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We've been ambushed!
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From where?
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Over the hill!
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[panting]
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[sounds muffle,
gasping as ringing starts]
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[grunts, sounds returning]
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[dramatic music]
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[cannon fire booms]
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[dramatic music intensifies]
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[coughing]
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I wouldn't bother, Washington.
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The battle is lost.
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Where is the General?
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Ordered a full retreat.
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That way lies nothing but death.
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And my men?
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You have no men.
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The Virginians.
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They were at
the front of the line.
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If you go that way,
you will die.
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You look like death already.
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Listen to me.
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You'll never find them,
and even if you did,
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you'd never make it back.
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[cannon fire booms]
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Washington.
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Washington!
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Come, my friend.
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What could be worth the risk?
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[dramatic stinger]
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[solemn music]
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[solemn music continues]
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-[Lawrence] Mary.
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I'm so sorry.
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This must be Jack.
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This is...our Jack
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[Mary whispers to baby]
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Where is he?
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He's there.
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He’s not spoken since...
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[Mary] since his father died.
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[solemn music continues]
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Hello, George.
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Do you remember me?
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I'm your half-brother.
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Lawrence.
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You're an officer?
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I was, yes.
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Captain in his Majesty's Navy.
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I have something for you.
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It’s a surveyor’s compass.
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It measures distances
of land and sea.
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This was our father's.
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And now it's yours.
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Won’t you need it?
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Well, my next adventure is
here with you, George.
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I have been appointed Adjutant
General of the Virginia militia.
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So, you will command soldiers?
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I'm to organize militia.
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Volunteers, really.
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[wagon wheels rumbling]
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[mournful music plays]
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[George] Do Washington
men die young?
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[Lawrence] What?
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[George] I heard them say
Washington men die young.
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That it's a curse to our name.
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Is that true?
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Are you afraid to die?
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[George] Mother says I will
not be going back to school.
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[Lawrence] There's nothing
wrong with tenant farming.
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It's an honorable profession.
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[George] But that is not
what I want.
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[Lawrence] It's what
duty demands.
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Time and circumstance
have changed.
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William Fairfax
is attending school.
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Why can I not?
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The Fairfaxes
are of a superior class.
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With advantages we
will never possess, George.
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The world is
often an unfair place.
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And you must take what
it gives you and make it yours.
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Now come inside.
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[bright music plays]
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George, where are you going?
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To school!
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Stubborn child.
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[Lawrence] It's two miles.
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I know.
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They will not let you in.
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[George] They will.
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[axe thuds]
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Don't take it out on the tree.
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George. Stop, stop!
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[Mary sighs]
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They turned me away.
Because of you.
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And now I have nothing.
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Nothing?
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[scoffs]
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We have 250 acres.
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Ten slaves in bondage
to feed.
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And one widow's purse,
near empty.
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You're the eldest son
in this house,
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and you have
a duty to it.
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That is not what I want.
I want more than this.
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And I want a husband,
back from his fever.
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Providence denied me this.
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Then Providence is cruel!
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God raises
what is well grounded.
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You'll not abandon
what is yours, nor will I.
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You're my son,
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and a Washington,
and you'll behave like both.
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[Mary sighs deeply]
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[sighs]
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[door creaks open]
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[Lawrence breathes deeply]
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Here.
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Rules of Civility
and Decent Behavior.
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That will teach you
how to be a proper gentleman.
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Then Cato. Plutarch.
Essential readings.
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Seneca and Cincinnatus.
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If one desires to be great,
he must study those that were.
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It’s a lot of books, I know--
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I am sorry for
your misfortune, George.
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If no one else will
teach you, I'll teach you.
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But I could loan you these,
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one by one,
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if you do your chores.
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[bright music]
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[Lawrence] “Every public
action should” what?
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[George] “Show respect to
those who are present.”
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What do you
think respect means?
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[George] To listen to or obey
the one you are respecting.
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[Lawrence] Perhaps.
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But obedience can be commanded.
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Respect must be earned.
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That is why I became a soldier.
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[bright music continues]
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Aristocracy is a game, George.
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But, you could learn
to play it, I suppose.
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What piece are we?
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We are pawns, George.
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But even a pawn can take a king.
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Play again?
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Yeah.
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Up.
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[Lawrence] Very nice, George.
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[Lawrence] Remember, heels down,
chest up.
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I think it's
now time you ride alone.
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Wouldn't you agree?
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Yes.
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Very well.
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Go on then.
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[adventurous music]
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[Lawrence] Not too fast now.
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Steady.
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[young George] “To obtain
the applause of
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deserving men
is a heartfelt satisfaction...”
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[adventurous music swells]
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[George] “...to merit them
is my highest wish...”
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Col. Gooch] So, here he is.
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The boy who
writes all the letters...
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petitioning for a
‘royal’ commission?
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Yes, sir.
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I dream of
becoming a British officer.
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Ensign or lieutenant,
as his Majesty sees fit.
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I believe my brother
communicated this on my behalf.
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Lawrence Washington.
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He served under the--
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If I were to allow it...
the purchase price
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for an ensigncy in the
Coldstreams is £700.
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Do you possess that, sir?
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No, sir. I do not.
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Then why not
seek to join the militia?
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Well, I wish to serve
the Crown as an actual officer.
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Then how much
land do you possess?
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I am a custodian, um,
under my brother's estate
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at Mount Vernon.
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Tenant farmer.
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Education?
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I received no formal schooling
after my father died, sir.
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But I recently obtained
my surveyor's license.
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To be a British officer,
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you must first be a gentleman.
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If I may, sir, how is it that my
brother qualified yet I do not?
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He owns Mount Vernon.
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He was properly
educated in England.
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And what's more,
he's married to a Fairfax.
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Yes, and he has
been a great mentor to me.
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I-I've studied
to become a gentleman.
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I've even compiled
all I've learned.
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Goodness, man,
how much do you write?
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Well, I've compiled
it from other books.
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It's called Rules of
Civility and Decent Behaviour.
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Which is to say
you plagiarised it.
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No. No, no--
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Well, yes, but, err...
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Imitation of great men
does not make you one.
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I... I ask again, sir.
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How may I become a
British officer of the Crown?
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-You cannot--
-There must be a path.
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There is not for you.
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And please,
stop writing me letters.
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Go!
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[dramatic music]
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[George] Hello, Jack.
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Good to see you.
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Are you an officer now?
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Not yet.
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But someday.
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[Mary] Or never.
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If God hears my prayers.
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“Be not tedious in discourse.”
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[exhales]
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Especially tonight.
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[distant footfalls]
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Where are you off to?
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To see Lawrence.
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At Belvoir? You're not invited.
How do you expect to get in?
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Is it a sin to seek advancement?
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It is to them.
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You're just a pawn to them.
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Well, even a pawn
can take a king.
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[noble fanfare]
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[classical music plays]
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[Steward] Invitation, sir.
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I am Mr. Washington, uh,
George Washington.
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Half-brother to Lawrence,
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who is married to Anne,
formerly Fairfax.
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Thank you for the genealogy.
Now, your invitation, sir?
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Ah.
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Um...I don't have it.
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The guests for this party
have been chosen
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with great specificity,
so I suggest you find it.
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Mr. Washington.
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Sir.
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Ah...
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-Good evening.
-Thank you.
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[curious music]
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[laughter]
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Good evening.
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-Good evening.
-Evening, sir.
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We need more ice.
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Uh, can I, can I carry
that upstairs?
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Uh, no need, sir.
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How-how do I get in
the house?
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[string music plays]
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[woman] You don't
belong here.
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Clever entrance, though.
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Most guests just
enter through the front door.
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My brother spoke to
me of this gathering. He is--
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Married to Ann Fairfax.
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Yes, I know.
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00:17:25,549 --> 00:17:27,845
You, on the
other hand, are not.
273
00:17:28,303 --> 00:17:29,848
A child of one of Virginia's
274
00:17:29,973 --> 00:17:32,437
largest fortunes and
family estates?
275
00:17:32,563 --> 00:17:34,149
You're right. I'm not.
276
00:17:34,858 --> 00:17:36,862
And you were right. I'm rich.
277
00:17:37,573 --> 00:17:38,574
But...
278
00:17:38,741 --> 00:17:40,410
I also don't feel
like I belong.
279
00:17:40,538 --> 00:17:43,375
Well, that's like saying a rose
doesn't belong in a garden.
280
00:17:46,256 --> 00:17:48,135
I'll take that compliment.
281
00:17:48,385 --> 00:17:50,891
I'd be happy
if there were more.
282
00:17:52,603 --> 00:17:56,401
Here's the problem with
trying to sneak into a party.
283
00:17:56,610 --> 00:17:59,992
You, sir, stand out in a crowd.
284
00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:03,624
Then dance with me.
285
00:18:03,832 --> 00:18:06,213
I only dance
with invited guests.
286
00:18:06,672 --> 00:18:09,928
Well, perhaps you should make
room for someone truly worthy.
287
00:18:10,053 --> 00:18:13,143
Because, I don’t see anyone
like that here.
288
00:18:14,062 --> 00:18:17,402
Mr. Washington, aren't you bold?
289
00:18:20,448 --> 00:18:21,451
Well, I'm off.
290
00:18:21,577 --> 00:18:22,287
To where?
291
00:18:24,124 --> 00:18:26,294
To fulfill my solemn duty.
292
00:18:28,757 --> 00:18:29,760
Charm.
293
00:18:34,186 --> 00:18:36,607
[Lawrence] Gently does it,
George.
294
00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,780
Best to proceed with caution.
295
00:18:40,155 --> 00:18:42,159
It would profit Sally's
family greatly
296
00:18:42,285 --> 00:18:44,707
if she were to
marry a Fairfax.
297
00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:46,043
Like you did?
298
00:18:46,877 --> 00:18:48,005
[Lawrence chuckles]
299
00:18:48,756 --> 00:18:49,466
Yes.
300
00:18:50,761 --> 00:18:54,351
And until I did, I held all my
hopes very loosely.
301
00:18:55,771 --> 00:18:57,941
The odds were against me.
302
00:19:00,487 --> 00:19:03,577
Well, the odds
have always been against us.
303
00:19:03,702 --> 00:19:04,622
Wish me luck.
304
00:19:06,166 --> 00:19:06,875
Good luck.
305
00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:11,468
[indistinct conversation]
306
00:19:13,388 --> 00:19:16,353
William. Thank you for
having me in your home.
307
00:19:16,478 --> 00:19:18,315
George, what a surprise.
308
00:19:19,067 --> 00:19:21,697
I didn't expect to
see you in a place like this.
309
00:19:21,822 --> 00:19:23,283
How ever did you get in?
310
00:19:23,408 --> 00:19:26,582
I was enticed by the
promise of beautiful women.
311
00:19:26,707 --> 00:19:28,586
Well, we'd
hate to disappoint you.
312
00:19:28,711 --> 00:19:29,755
You haven't.
313
00:19:30,758 --> 00:19:32,217
Meet Thomas Gage.
314
00:19:32,427 --> 00:19:35,851
Newly minted Major,
recently arrived from London
315
00:19:35,976 --> 00:19:37,227
by order of the Crown.
316
00:19:38,271 --> 00:19:38,939
Pleasure.
317
00:19:39,066 --> 00:19:39,775
Pleasure is mine.
318
00:19:40,275 --> 00:19:42,154
I, too, one day
hope to serve His Majesty.
319
00:19:42,405 --> 00:19:45,160
Tell me, Washington,
what is your opinion
320
00:19:45,285 --> 00:19:48,083
of the French
building forts on our land?
321
00:19:48,208 --> 00:19:50,839
Well, I think the Ohio
is a frontier.
322
00:19:50,964 --> 00:19:52,551
It belongs to the one
who tames it.
323
00:19:52,676 --> 00:19:53,802
-[William] Ah.
-Well said.
324
00:19:54,555 --> 00:19:59,021
But in reality, it belongs to
the one who buys it.
325
00:19:59,648 --> 00:20:01,401
That is the way
of things, is it not?
326
00:20:01,527 --> 00:20:02,863
[a minuet begins to play]
327
00:20:03,238 --> 00:20:07,204
Ah, a minuet.
I love a minuet.
328
00:20:07,998 --> 00:20:11,880
I believe I have the first
dance, if you'll excuse us.
329
00:20:17,057 --> 00:20:19,187
Pleasure to meet you.
I hope we meet again.
330
00:20:19,312 --> 00:20:20,188
Pleasure.
331
00:20:24,532 --> 00:20:26,034
-Where are you off to?
-Sally.
332
00:20:26,284 --> 00:20:27,663
My solemn duty.
333
00:20:37,516 --> 00:20:38,934
[deep sigh]
334
00:20:44,487 --> 00:20:45,447
Ah!
335
00:20:47,409 --> 00:20:49,372
Lord Fairfax.
Begging your pardon.
336
00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:52,671
I've dreamed of
seeing your library.
337
00:20:54,592 --> 00:20:56,469
These are my true tenants.
338
00:20:58,599 --> 00:20:59,643
Who are you?
339
00:20:59,768 --> 00:21:02,480
George Washington, sir.
Brother to Lawrence.
340
00:21:02,608 --> 00:21:04,192
I didn't know he'd invited you.
341
00:21:04,319 --> 00:21:05,989
Neither did he,
if you must know.
342
00:21:06,114 --> 00:21:09,955
Ah! So, I've caught
you slipping in.
343
00:21:10,205 --> 00:21:11,374
And you...
344
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,087
caught me slipping out. Come.
345
00:21:15,423 --> 00:21:16,885
I can't take much
of these soirées.
346
00:21:17,010 --> 00:21:18,639
So, I hide.
347
00:21:19,642 --> 00:21:22,981
Until my wife finds me
and rousts me back out.
348
00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:27,991
"When vice prevails, and
impious men bear sway,
349
00:21:28,116 --> 00:21:30,998
the post of
honor is a private station."
350
00:21:31,164 --> 00:21:32,124
Cato.
351
00:21:32,710 --> 00:21:33,711
You've seen the play?
352
00:21:33,836 --> 00:21:36,216
No, but I've read it
50 times over.
353
00:21:36,341 --> 00:21:38,596
"Tis not in mortals
to command success.
354
00:21:39,179 --> 00:21:41,059
But we'll do more.
We'll deserve it."
355
00:21:41,268 --> 00:21:42,646
Well said. [chuckles]
356
00:21:43,396 --> 00:21:45,901
Do you happen to
have Pope's Essay on Man?
357
00:21:46,028 --> 00:21:47,948
Would it be imposing if I
asked to borrow it?
358
00:21:48,741 --> 00:21:50,953
I obtained a letter of
introduction from your cousin.
359
00:21:51,997 --> 00:21:54,126
An eccentric fellow, isn't he?
360
00:21:54,670 --> 00:21:55,588
Indeed he is.
361
00:21:56,256 --> 00:21:58,761
He lent me a book on surveying
from his library.
362
00:21:58,886 --> 00:22:00,681
Not nearly as grand as yours.
363
00:22:00,806 --> 00:22:03,020
I put it to good use
and obtained my license.
364
00:22:03,145 --> 00:22:05,148
I know you own
five million acres now.
365
00:22:05,774 --> 00:22:07,821
The only thing
a landowner ever desires...
366
00:22:09,658 --> 00:22:11,369
is the plot next to his.
367
00:22:13,123 --> 00:22:13,832
Yes, I do.
368
00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:17,841
I also know a
great amount of that land
369
00:22:17,966 --> 00:22:21,431
is in the Ohio Valley
and has not been charted.
370
00:22:21,765 --> 00:22:25,188
I sense a looming storm
over the Ohio Territory.
371
00:22:26,817 --> 00:22:27,945
Inevitable, I'm afraid.
372
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,740
I could go there.
373
00:22:29,865 --> 00:22:31,952
Survey it and map it for you.
374
00:22:32,285 --> 00:22:33,581
A land that isn't
properly measured
375
00:22:33,706 --> 00:22:34,917
cannot be properly valued,
376
00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:36,211
or protected.
377
00:22:36,336 --> 00:22:38,340
Much of that
territory is unexplored.
378
00:22:38,465 --> 00:22:40,553
Many have traveled there,
never to be seen again.
379
00:22:40,678 --> 00:22:41,346
Yes.
380
00:22:42,515 --> 00:22:44,812
But no man who
lived a life of ease
381
00:22:44,937 --> 00:22:47,691
ever left a name
worth remembering, sir.
382
00:22:47,818 --> 00:22:49,487
I'll take the risk upon myself.
383
00:22:49,613 --> 00:22:50,488
I'll make it to the furthest
384
00:22:50,614 --> 00:22:52,911
reaches of your
plot and report back.
385
00:22:53,036 --> 00:22:55,082
And I'll put my name
to that promise.
386
00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,419
Is this man bothering you, sir?
387
00:23:01,970 --> 00:23:02,638
Hardly.
388
00:23:03,599 --> 00:23:05,811
I accept your proposal, George.
389
00:23:06,188 --> 00:23:07,272
Thank you, sir.
390
00:23:08,358 --> 00:23:10,362
[spirited, upbeat music]
391
00:23:14,622 --> 00:23:16,625
Enjoy the party, Washington.
392
00:23:19,507 --> 00:23:21,594
[indistinct chatter]
393
00:23:25,475 --> 00:23:26,895
[man] Get out of the way.
394
00:23:33,951 --> 00:23:35,162
Christopher Gist.
395
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:38,001
George?
396
00:23:38,961 --> 00:23:39,630
George.
397
00:23:43,637 --> 00:23:44,471
Good to see you.
398
00:23:44,598 --> 00:23:45,724
It's good to see you.
399
00:23:46,268 --> 00:23:49,775
George, these are the brothers
Frisk. Henry, the oldest,
400
00:23:50,067 --> 00:23:52,070
And his baby brother, David.
401
00:23:52,404 --> 00:23:54,241
[Christopher] My two
most loyal friends.
402
00:23:55,243 --> 00:23:55,911
Do not trust them.
403
00:23:56,036 --> 00:23:57,247
[laughs]
404
00:23:57,581 --> 00:23:59,209
That's a nice coat
you got there.
405
00:23:59,376 --> 00:24:00,879
Careful! He's a thief!
406
00:24:01,004 --> 00:24:01,757
Shut your--
407
00:24:01,882 --> 00:24:03,135
Leave him alone!
408
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,059
Where are you
coming from, all...
409
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:08,854
fresh and plucked?
410
00:24:10,899 --> 00:24:11,569
Belvoir.
411
00:24:11,944 --> 00:24:13,697
[mockingly] Ooh!
412
00:24:14,617 --> 00:24:18,206
That mean you too fancy to, uh,
place a little wager?
413
00:24:22,631 --> 00:24:23,926
How bout you place one for me?
414
00:24:24,051 --> 00:24:24,887
[laughs]
415
00:24:25,012 --> 00:24:26,890
Oh, I like him.
416
00:24:27,015 --> 00:24:28,393
What are you doing here?
417
00:24:28,519 --> 00:24:29,938
I have a job for us.
418
00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:31,859
I'm too drunk for work.
419
00:24:32,025 --> 00:24:34,362
Ambition waits for no man.
420
00:24:34,572 --> 00:24:35,365
What is it?
421
00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:37,745
Surveying the Ohio territory.
422
00:24:37,870 --> 00:24:39,750
I need someone who can
keep me alive.
423
00:24:40,709 --> 00:24:41,378
For who?
424
00:24:41,795 --> 00:24:42,713
Lord Fairfax.
425
00:24:44,968 --> 00:24:46,053
What part?
426
00:24:46,178 --> 00:24:47,389
Most all of it.
427
00:24:47,723 --> 00:24:48,976
He pays by the acre.
428
00:24:49,895 --> 00:24:50,896
[Henry laughs]
429
00:24:54,570 --> 00:24:55,614
Well...
430
00:24:56,617 --> 00:24:57,910
let's get it done.
431
00:24:58,120 --> 00:24:59,079
[laughs]
432
00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:00,749
To Virginia!
433
00:25:01,376 --> 00:25:02,252
To Virginia!
434
00:25:03,839 --> 00:25:05,926
[spirited, upbeat
music continues]
435
00:25:06,051 --> 00:25:08,431
That is the last time,
Henry!
436
00:25:08,682 --> 00:25:09,349
David!
437
00:25:09,683 --> 00:25:10,728
[incoherent yelling]
438
00:25:10,853 --> 00:25:12,480
She's your mother, too!
439
00:25:13,108 --> 00:25:14,778
Yeah, we don't
know that for sure.
440
00:25:15,028 --> 00:25:15,946
[men yelling fades out]
441
00:25:17,575 --> 00:25:20,664
[adventurous music]
442
00:25:22,543 --> 00:25:24,004
[George] It's beautiful,
isn't it?
443
00:25:24,672 --> 00:25:25,340
Yeah.
444
00:25:28,681 --> 00:25:30,601
But it don't belong to you.
445
00:25:31,226 --> 00:25:35,152
Well, if we go far enough,
it doesn't belong to anyone.
446
00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:41,749
[George] Dear madam,
447
00:25:42,249 --> 00:25:45,839
Gazing at the new world,
I now write to express my joy.
448
00:25:46,381 --> 00:25:47,342
I was honored with
your short
449
00:25:47,551 --> 00:25:51,183
but very agreeable favor
of our first acquaintance.
450
00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:53,271
In this case,
451
00:25:53,396 --> 00:25:56,193
the one who is too sensible of
her charms to deny the power,
452
00:25:56,318 --> 00:25:58,949
whose influence I feel
and must ever submit to.
453
00:25:59,407 --> 00:26:01,997
I am aware of
how impossible this is. But...
454
00:26:02,330 --> 00:26:03,709
if you will allow me
to prove myself,
455
00:26:03,876 --> 00:26:06,171
I pledge to rule out
all disappointment.
456
00:26:10,973 --> 00:26:13,729
I wish I could be with you.
Or rather, you here with me.
457
00:26:14,062 --> 00:26:17,653
So you could witness the
beauty of this land.
458
00:26:19,072 --> 00:26:20,408
Let's see who this is.
459
00:26:20,534 --> 00:26:22,120
Pass it-- pass it back.
Pass it back.
460
00:26:22,245 --> 00:26:23,999
Miss Sally Cary?
461
00:26:27,130 --> 00:26:30,178
You might as well petition the
Queen of England, George.
462
00:26:30,303 --> 00:26:32,099
She's above your station.
463
00:26:32,683 --> 00:26:33,561
Permanently.
464
00:26:35,606 --> 00:26:38,320
Fight battles you can win,
George.
465
00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:41,449
Nice signature, though.
466
00:26:42,745 --> 00:26:45,668
“I am your humble
devoted servant”.
467
00:26:48,005 --> 00:26:49,132
[rushing water]
468
00:26:57,525 --> 00:26:58,819
[horse neighing]
469
00:27:00,573 --> 00:27:02,367
[Christopher] We're not
going to make it back
470
00:27:02,576 --> 00:27:04,079
before winter sets in.
471
00:27:04,622 --> 00:27:06,374
[George] The horses
have done all they can.
472
00:27:07,210 --> 00:27:08,589
We must leave them.
473
00:27:09,339 --> 00:27:10,718
There’s a village,
474
00:27:10,884 --> 00:27:13,682
about a half a day’s
journey from here.
475
00:27:14,432 --> 00:27:15,644
We could shelter.
476
00:27:16,186 --> 00:27:16,939
Ride out the cold.
477
00:27:17,064 --> 00:27:18,692
No, no, that's too long a time.
478
00:27:18,817 --> 00:27:21,363
[shivering] I suppose you'd
rather freeze to death.
479
00:27:22,783 --> 00:27:24,119
We have to return.
480
00:27:24,662 --> 00:27:25,748
So you can see your
woman?
481
00:27:25,998 --> 00:27:27,375
So we can get paid.
482
00:27:28,378 --> 00:27:31,885
It’s unbecoming of a gentleman
to lie to himself.
483
00:27:33,136 --> 00:27:34,097
[whistles]
484
00:27:37,479 --> 00:27:39,399
[ominous music]
485
00:27:44,535 --> 00:27:46,664
[Christopher speaks Seneca]
486
00:27:52,926 --> 00:27:54,638
[speaking Seneca]
487
00:27:58,731 --> 00:28:01,151
He's not too
fond of your compass.
488
00:28:02,821 --> 00:28:04,074
Offer them the horses.
489
00:28:04,199 --> 00:28:04,992
George?
490
00:28:05,118 --> 00:28:06,747
They’re no longer
of use to us...
491
00:28:06,872 --> 00:28:09,417
but they could still be
saved to serve them.
492
00:28:09,543 --> 00:28:11,171
You offer dying horses?
493
00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:15,973
For the land
given to me by my father?
494
00:28:17,475 --> 00:28:18,812
To him by his father?
495
00:28:18,937 --> 00:28:20,315
Hey... hey.
496
00:28:22,152 --> 00:28:25,826
You have no right to take
what we possess for generations.
497
00:28:25,951 --> 00:28:28,456
We are not here
to claim this land.
498
00:28:31,253 --> 00:28:32,840
We are surveyors only.
499
00:28:55,594 --> 00:28:57,973
I know what
you want, Englishman.
500
00:28:59,059 --> 00:29:00,437
And I offer something
more.
501
00:29:04,277 --> 00:29:05,989
Something for your king.
502
00:29:12,545 --> 00:29:14,297
[dramatic music]
503
00:29:25,068 --> 00:29:26,321
Whose fort is that?
504
00:29:28,283 --> 00:29:29,411
The French.
505
00:29:33,921 --> 00:29:35,799
[dramatic music continues]
506
00:29:38,681 --> 00:29:39,973
[Christopher] Are you
sure
507
00:29:40,098 --> 00:29:41,937
this is the fastest way home?
508
00:29:42,771 --> 00:29:44,107
[George] Saves us two days.
509
00:29:44,232 --> 00:29:45,611
[Christopher] If we fall off
this raft,
510
00:29:45,736 --> 00:29:47,030
we'll freeze to death.
511
00:29:47,155 --> 00:29:48,742
No, no. We have to get
this information back.
512
00:29:49,910 --> 00:29:50,579
[grunts]
513
00:29:50,704 --> 00:29:52,791
You're full of
surprises, you know.
514
00:29:52,916 --> 00:29:54,211
Speaking their tongue?
515
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,632
Well...”know thy enemy.”
516
00:29:57,009 --> 00:29:58,385
Are they the enemy?
517
00:29:58,637 --> 00:29:59,722
They let us go.
518
00:30:00,055 --> 00:30:02,185
Only because they hate
the French more than--
519
00:30:02,310 --> 00:30:04,022
More than they hate us.
520
00:30:07,445 --> 00:30:08,113
George.
521
00:30:08,238 --> 00:30:09,366
George, look!
522
00:30:09,617 --> 00:30:10,619
Look, look.
523
00:30:17,883 --> 00:30:18,886
Get to the shore!
524
00:30:19,011 --> 00:30:20,262
[both grunt with effort]
525
00:30:21,098 --> 00:30:21,807
Push!
526
00:30:22,017 --> 00:30:22,726
I'm trying.
527
00:30:22,851 --> 00:30:23,561
Get to the shore!
528
00:30:23,729 --> 00:30:25,440
The current is too strong.
529
00:30:27,570 --> 00:30:28,361
No.
530
00:30:30,701 --> 00:30:31,702
Christopher...
531
00:30:31,910 --> 00:30:32,871
Hold on, hold on.
532
00:30:32,996 --> 00:30:34,374
[both yell]
533
00:30:35,794 --> 00:30:37,089
[music intensifies]
534
00:30:38,006 --> 00:30:39,176
[gasps]
535
00:30:48,068 --> 00:30:49,071
[George] Swim!
536
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:51,158
[Christopher] The maps!
537
00:30:51,449 --> 00:30:52,745
[George] Christopher!
538
00:30:52,953 --> 00:30:55,918
[dramatic music]
539
00:30:59,925 --> 00:31:01,053
Did you get the maps?
540
00:31:02,472 --> 00:31:03,976
[grunts]
541
00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:17,503
[grunts]
542
00:31:17,628 --> 00:31:18,671
[both shivering]
543
00:31:19,089 --> 00:31:21,969
George, you think
you could swim across?
544
00:31:23,932 --> 00:31:25,183
[grunts]
545
00:31:30,443 --> 00:31:32,157
Stay awake, George.
546
00:31:37,459 --> 00:31:39,004
Save your strength.
547
00:31:58,250 --> 00:31:59,127
Christopher.
548
00:32:01,339 --> 00:32:02,593
Christopher, wake up.
549
00:32:02,718 --> 00:32:03,385
Wake up!
550
00:32:04,471 --> 00:32:05,347
Christopher!
551
00:32:07,394 --> 00:32:09,064
[Christopher breathes
raggedly]
552
00:32:11,443 --> 00:32:13,155
You believe in miracles?
553
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:20,671
Get up.
554
00:32:20,796 --> 00:32:22,089
How did it freeze?
555
00:32:25,095 --> 00:32:26,932
Do we risk it?
556
00:32:36,201 --> 00:32:37,788
[gasps]
557
00:32:46,514 --> 00:32:47,975
[Lawrence coughs]
558
00:32:53,151 --> 00:32:54,655
You can confirm this?
559
00:32:55,699 --> 00:32:56,366
Yes.
560
00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:58,787
So can Christopher Gist.
561
00:32:59,122 --> 00:33:00,123
[coughs]
562
00:33:01,209 --> 00:33:05,008
If you have these delivered to
Governor Dinwiddie, he can...
563
00:33:08,181 --> 00:33:09,309
Consumption.
564
00:33:10,561 --> 00:33:11,271
They say.
565
00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:12,858
[Lawrence coughs]
566
00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:19,412
All men die, George.
567
00:33:20,413 --> 00:33:22,419
I can't go to the governor
in my state.
568
00:33:23,587 --> 00:33:24,798
[coughs]
569
00:33:25,508 --> 00:33:27,888
You wish to
advance your station?
570
00:33:29,266 --> 00:33:31,562
My condition
may be your answer.
571
00:33:31,687 --> 00:33:33,566
[coughs]
572
00:33:39,034 --> 00:33:40,579
[coughs]
573
00:33:41,624 --> 00:33:43,210
[coughs]
574
00:33:47,134 --> 00:33:48,220
[church bells toll]
575
00:33:48,386 --> 00:33:49,682
[indistinct chatter]
576
00:33:55,108 --> 00:33:57,320
You saw these
things with your own eyes.
577
00:33:57,447 --> 00:33:58,574
Yes, Your Excellency.
578
00:33:58,782 --> 00:34:00,913
On land owned
rightly and duly by us --
579
00:34:01,038 --> 00:34:02,750
Well, the-- the Fairfaxes.
580
00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:05,671
I also own a significant
share of land there.
581
00:34:05,798 --> 00:34:07,635
This French encroachment
cannot stand.
582
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,262
They must be told
to abandon it.
583
00:34:09,387 --> 00:34:11,934
By whom, sir? We don't
even know where they are.
584
00:34:12,059 --> 00:34:13,395
I do, sir.
585
00:34:13,854 --> 00:34:15,818
I could lead this expedition.
586
00:34:15,943 --> 00:34:18,155
To deliver your demands
to the French.
587
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,158
I know the land, sir,
better than anyone.
588
00:34:20,283 --> 00:34:21,244
You?
589
00:34:21,411 --> 00:34:23,498
In the 15 years since the
Crown sent me to serve,
590
00:34:23,624 --> 00:34:26,547
I've yet to have a good
experience with a...colonist.
591
00:34:26,672 --> 00:34:28,216
Well, I look forward
to changing your opinion.
592
00:34:28,341 --> 00:34:30,012
If there used to be a
colonial expedition,
593
00:34:30,137 --> 00:34:31,932
it would be led
by your own brother.
594
00:34:32,057 --> 00:34:33,519
He commands the militia.
595
00:34:33,644 --> 00:34:35,105
Lawrences health fails him, sir.
596
00:34:35,230 --> 00:34:38,153
And he is no longer able to
fulfill the duties of his post.
597
00:34:38,445 --> 00:34:39,447
Here.
598
00:34:40,198 --> 00:34:42,788
He recommends me
as his replacement.
599
00:34:46,504 --> 00:34:48,131
So you have ambition?
600
00:34:48,256 --> 00:34:49,760
Yes, sir. I do.
601
00:34:50,385 --> 00:34:52,808
I see you met the savage
we call the Half-King.
602
00:34:52,933 --> 00:34:54,311
I have met the man.
603
00:34:54,436 --> 00:34:56,565
He led me to this information,
but...
604
00:34:56,690 --> 00:34:59,321
whether he can be trusted...
I’m not certain.
605
00:34:59,446 --> 00:35:01,742
I should be
alarmed if you were.
606
00:35:03,286 --> 00:35:05,457
Go and parley with
this Half-King,
607
00:35:05,583 --> 00:35:07,127
learn all you can from him.
608
00:35:07,252 --> 00:35:08,839
Then take your men
to Fort LeBoeuf,
609
00:35:08,964 --> 00:35:10,676
demand the French leave.
610
00:35:11,595 --> 00:35:14,685
My...my...my men, sir?
611
00:35:14,810 --> 00:35:18,316
Yes. Recruit 150
of your fellow Virginians.
612
00:35:18,651 --> 00:35:21,532
Lead them and
deliver this message.
613
00:35:22,449 --> 00:35:24,077
Which says what, sir?
614
00:35:24,202 --> 00:35:26,208
That they leave immediately.
615
00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:28,128
And if the French refuse?
616
00:35:28,253 --> 00:35:29,757
Do not permit them to refuse.
617
00:35:29,882 --> 00:35:31,176
So, then I am to fight?
618
00:35:31,301 --> 00:35:34,181
You are to deliver a message
and await further orders.
619
00:35:34,307 --> 00:35:35,475
[Gage] Your Excellency,
if I may.
620
00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:36,979
Will he not need the assistance
621
00:35:37,104 --> 00:35:38,941
of professional soldiers
of the Crown?
622
00:35:39,317 --> 00:35:43,534
No, militia will do. Especially
under one of such ambition.
623
00:35:44,578 --> 00:35:47,918
You shall receive the rank of
Major in the Virginia militia,
624
00:35:48,043 --> 00:35:50,130
which is not a
royal commission, understood?
625
00:35:50,255 --> 00:35:51,216
Mmm.
626
00:35:52,342 --> 00:35:56,644
There is an interpreter here.
Van Braam. Dutchman. Take him.
627
00:35:57,771 --> 00:36:00,358
Will my men and
I receive equal pay, sir?
628
00:36:00,609 --> 00:36:01,278
To whom?
629
00:36:02,404 --> 00:36:04,660
British officers of the Crown.
630
00:36:04,785 --> 00:36:06,997
Mr. Washington, you've just
advanced from farmer
631
00:36:07,122 --> 00:36:08,751
to Major in a
matter of seconds.
632
00:36:08,876 --> 00:36:11,507
What you ask for is
offensive to me.
633
00:36:11,632 --> 00:36:14,011
Then I will
volunteer my service.
634
00:36:14,429 --> 00:36:15,931
I have no need
to pay that is not equal
635
00:36:16,058 --> 00:36:19,146
to those of whom
I will prove myself equal.
636
00:36:19,607 --> 00:36:20,273
Sir.
637
00:36:22,069 --> 00:36:23,363
God save the King.
638
00:36:29,543 --> 00:36:30,711
[uplifting music]
639
00:36:33,801 --> 00:36:35,721
[Sally] I can't say
red becomes you, George.
640
00:36:36,223 --> 00:36:37,390
You don't think so?
641
00:36:37,516 --> 00:36:40,355
Well, even if I did,
I wouldn't say.
642
00:36:40,898 --> 00:36:42,275
[Sally] Thank you for
your letters.
643
00:36:43,111 --> 00:36:44,615
I read them all ten times over.
644
00:36:46,619 --> 00:36:50,208
At the river's fork, the world
widened as though God himself
645
00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:53,924
had drawn back the curtain
and whispered, "Begin."
646
00:36:56,138 --> 00:36:57,933
These are not surveyor’s notes.
647
00:36:58,058 --> 00:37:02,482
No. You love the frontier the
way poets love their first muse.
648
00:37:02,733 --> 00:37:03,736
Why?
649
00:37:04,361 --> 00:37:07,995
It loved me first, I guess.
Offered fairness.
650
00:37:08,495 --> 00:37:09,162
Fairness?
651
00:37:09,287 --> 00:37:12,880
Yes. Because the frontier is
new, wild, unclaimed.
652
00:37:13,421 --> 00:37:15,759
Vast enough to outrun
the old ways.
653
00:37:15,884 --> 00:37:19,977
And old rules? Like dowries and
fathers who barter daughters.
654
00:37:20,102 --> 00:37:24,401
Rules that say a man is measured
by ancestors you never met.
655
00:37:27,490 --> 00:37:30,581
Do you ever fear of
choosing incorrectly?
656
00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:35,215
That the path you seek might
vanish if you hesitate?
657
00:37:35,799 --> 00:37:39,097
The fear of not being able
to choose is worse.
658
00:37:41,269 --> 00:37:42,940
My fear is choosing.
659
00:37:43,732 --> 00:37:46,572
Then being told it was never
my choice to begin with.
660
00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:49,578
Then what would your choice be?
661
00:38:02,102 --> 00:38:06,151
If we were to follow
the river west, just you and I,
662
00:38:07,780 --> 00:38:09,868
what would we call that life?
663
00:38:11,454 --> 00:38:15,170
Wild. Beautiful.
664
00:38:15,879 --> 00:38:19,011
Dangerous. But, but free.
665
00:38:22,601 --> 00:38:25,608
I yearn for the
courage I see in you.
666
00:38:26,318 --> 00:38:29,239
And I, for the grace
you carry with ease.
667
00:38:32,788 --> 00:38:34,793
I should be getting back.
668
00:38:38,216 --> 00:38:39,009
Where?
669
00:38:39,635 --> 00:38:42,725
Another party.
Another performance.
670
00:38:46,106 --> 00:38:47,359
My solemn duty.
671
00:38:54,122 --> 00:38:56,378
[romantic music]
672
00:39:08,819 --> 00:39:10,238
[adventurous music]
673
00:39:27,355 --> 00:39:29,442
Congratulations on your first
command, Major.
674
00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:33,994
An army of outlaws,
debtors, slaves, and...
675
00:39:34,955 --> 00:39:35,706
[chuckles] well, patriots.
676
00:39:35,831 --> 00:39:37,585
Got any rum in
those carts?
677
00:39:37,710 --> 00:39:38,921
Only what’s rationed.
678
00:39:39,046 --> 00:39:40,549
Well, then ration us some.
679
00:39:40,799 --> 00:39:42,135
Back in line, Frisk.
680
00:39:42,260 --> 00:39:43,430
[Henry] Ain't no line.
681
00:39:43,806 --> 00:39:45,643
That snake trail is
the best we can do.
682
00:39:45,768 --> 00:39:47,605
It ain’t wide enough
for the carts.
683
00:39:47,730 --> 00:39:48,774
We should leave ‘em.
684
00:39:48,899 --> 00:39:50,986
Then how would we carry the rum?
685
00:39:51,111 --> 00:39:52,072
Fair point.
686
00:39:53,534 --> 00:39:54,409
Tucker!
687
00:39:54,995 --> 00:39:55,746
Yes, sir.
688
00:39:55,871 --> 00:39:57,708
We’ll camp here for the night.
689
00:39:57,833 --> 00:40:00,714
Ride ahead.
Make sure the road is clear.
690
00:40:07,603 --> 00:40:08,856
[Christopher] I wake
up at midnight,
691
00:40:08,981 --> 00:40:11,109
George is staring
into the woods.
692
00:40:11,234 --> 00:40:13,071
Propped against a tree,
musket in his lap.
693
00:40:13,448 --> 00:40:15,828
He says he's
been keepin' watch.
694
00:40:16,161 --> 00:40:17,623
You scared of the dark, George?
695
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,920
George, you remember?
696
00:40:20,045 --> 00:40:21,379
[men laugh]
697
00:40:21,674 --> 00:40:22,800
Another love letter.
698
00:40:22,925 --> 00:40:24,344
[laughing]
699
00:40:25,055 --> 00:40:26,975
[Christopher] That woman's
gonna make you soft.
700
00:40:27,350 --> 00:40:29,021
[horse neighs]
701
00:40:33,989 --> 00:40:35,492
It's Tucker's horse.
702
00:40:46,724 --> 00:40:47,850
[muskets cracking]
703
00:40:49,269 --> 00:40:50,355
Van Braam.
704
00:40:52,568 --> 00:40:54,487
What business do you have with us?
705
00:40:55,490 --> 00:40:58,036
We have no conflict with you.
706
00:40:58,330 --> 00:41:00,333
We are only here...
707
00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:02,004
To speak to the French.
708
00:41:03,882 --> 00:41:05,260
We meet again.
709
00:41:07,681 --> 00:41:09,560
I'm Tanacharison.
710
00:41:09,685 --> 00:41:11,229
Of the Seneca nation.
711
00:41:11,354 --> 00:41:13,360
You ride on land we call home.
712
00:41:13,485 --> 00:41:16,992
The Governor assures
me you're willing to aid us.
713
00:41:17,826 --> 00:41:21,499
Many Indians are aligned
with the French. Why aren't you?
714
00:41:21,625 --> 00:41:23,045
I know their nature.
715
00:41:24,339 --> 00:41:25,843
And their intentions.
716
00:41:26,929 --> 00:41:28,013
What are yours?
717
00:41:28,305 --> 00:41:29,808
To demand they leave.
718
00:41:30,143 --> 00:41:31,645
And when they do not?
719
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:33,441
That's not my decision.
720
00:41:33,567 --> 00:41:34,317
And yet you are here.
721
00:41:34,442 --> 00:41:37,074
Yes, and I would
greatly appreciate
722
00:41:37,199 --> 00:41:39,119
any help you
could give us.
723
00:41:45,005 --> 00:41:46,424
What are you called?
724
00:41:48,053 --> 00:41:48,722
George.
725
00:41:50,518 --> 00:41:52,312
Major George Washington.
726
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,425
The French fort is
a day from here.
727
00:42:09,597 --> 00:42:10,849
We can take you.
728
00:42:11,517 --> 00:42:13,186
[ominous music]
729
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,625
Why are you here?
730
00:43:03,664 --> 00:43:06,669
Why do you hate them?
731
00:43:08,882 --> 00:43:11,094
When I was a child
732
00:43:11,094 --> 00:43:16,188
I was taken captive by the French
733
00:43:11,637 --> 00:43:13,098
[horse neighing]
734
00:43:16,229 --> 00:43:20,948
I watched them boil my father.
735
00:43:20,948 --> 00:43:24,747
And eat him.
736
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,268
From the royal Governor of Virginia:
737
00:43:35,310 --> 00:43:40,529
Sir, the lands upon the Ohio River
are notoriously known
738
00:43:40,571 --> 00:43:44,411
to be the property
of the Crown of Great Britain
739
00:43:44,452 --> 00:43:47,793
that it is a matter of equal concern
and surprise to hear that a body of
740
00:43:47,835 --> 00:43:53,681
French forces are erecting fortresses
within His Majesty's dominions.
741
00:43:53,681 --> 00:43:55,098
His dominion?
742
00:43:57,312 --> 00:43:58,857
Continue.
743
00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:04,201
In the name of the King, my master,
I have sent the bearer hereof,
744
00:44:04,242 --> 00:44:05,871
Major George Washington,
745
00:44:05,913 --> 00:44:10,714
one of the Adjutants-General
of this British Dominion.
746
00:44:13,511 --> 00:44:14,972
You are the Major?
747
00:44:15,390 --> 00:44:16,725
or his aide?
748
00:44:17,185 --> 00:44:18,772
I am Major Washington.
749
00:44:22,154 --> 00:44:23,280
[speaking French]
750
00:44:23,405 --> 00:44:25,452
[men laugh]
751
00:44:29,501 --> 00:44:31,589
[speaking French]
752
00:44:39,938 --> 00:44:42,736
He's inviting
us to dine with them.
753
00:44:49,583 --> 00:44:52,756
[ominous music]
754
00:45:01,148 --> 00:45:02,860
Can we speak in private?
755
00:45:04,780 --> 00:45:06,324
[speaking French]
756
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,130
He says there's no
need to leave the table.
757
00:45:13,255 --> 00:45:14,216
We are all friends here.
758
00:45:14,883 --> 00:45:16,178
[Christopher speaking
Seneca]
759
00:45:19,017 --> 00:45:20,688
Know thy enemy indeed.
760
00:45:26,406 --> 00:45:29,997
So, how is it you are a Major?
761
00:45:32,502 --> 00:45:33,671
Do you even shave?
762
00:45:33,796 --> 00:45:35,298
[men laugh]
763
00:45:36,009 --> 00:45:38,096
You have no military service.
764
00:45:38,221 --> 00:45:39,349
Is it true?
765
00:45:40,350 --> 00:45:42,145
Magnifique.
You are not British,
766
00:45:42,272 --> 00:45:44,484
yet they send you
to speak for them.
767
00:45:45,277 --> 00:45:47,072
Why do you think that is?
768
00:45:48,325 --> 00:45:52,585
So that when you fail,
they'll have someone to blame.
769
00:45:55,005 --> 00:45:58,470
The King emphatically demands
you leave the Ohio country,
770
00:45:59,807 --> 00:46:02,019
and the territories altogether.
771
00:46:03,146 --> 00:46:06,529
This land has long been
claimed by the British Crown.
772
00:46:06,654 --> 00:46:08,490
And when was this?
773
00:46:08,616 --> 00:46:09,618
[in French] When?
774
00:46:10,493 --> 00:46:12,457
When did they claim it?
775
00:46:13,751 --> 00:46:15,253
You must withdraw.
776
00:46:15,378 --> 00:46:17,968
Because you
think you own this land?
777
00:46:19,972 --> 00:46:21,892
Who does own this land,
778
00:46:22,017 --> 00:46:24,231
if not the one who has
the will to tame it?
779
00:46:24,356 --> 00:46:25,901
[fists banging on the table]
780
00:46:27,445 --> 00:46:28,864
[indistinct chatter]
781
00:46:40,513 --> 00:46:42,350
I accept your message.
782
00:46:43,435 --> 00:46:45,188
You have delivered it.
783
00:46:46,149 --> 00:46:47,067
Now go.
784
00:46:49,197 --> 00:46:50,993
The King demands a reply.
785
00:46:57,045 --> 00:47:00,343
Then tell your King
we have claimed it.
786
00:47:02,180 --> 00:47:03,851
We will never leave.
787
00:47:04,645 --> 00:47:06,940
Then we will force you to leave.
788
00:47:07,985 --> 00:47:09,154
Oh.
789
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,707
You do not want to start a war.
790
00:47:19,758 --> 00:47:22,137
Take your pet savage and go.
791
00:47:25,896 --> 00:47:27,399
[tense music]
792
00:47:31,489 --> 00:47:33,326
[George] Camp 15 miles
south of here.
793
00:47:33,493 --> 00:47:35,372
I’m going to ride ahead
and deliver the message.
794
00:47:35,497 --> 00:47:36,667
Should we send a scout?
795
00:47:36,792 --> 00:47:38,921
I'm the fastest scout we have.
796
00:47:39,046 --> 00:47:41,134
[ominous music]
797
00:48:05,432 --> 00:48:06,309
[door opens]
798
00:48:06,434 --> 00:48:07,394
Major.
799
00:48:08,772 --> 00:48:11,820
You will deliver
this ultimatum at once.
800
00:48:14,409 --> 00:48:16,664
The French spit in my face.
801
00:48:17,122 --> 00:48:18,333
Governor, with respect,
could you clarify--
802
00:48:18,458 --> 00:48:20,295
Transcribe all you have,
so I can report this
803
00:48:20,420 --> 00:48:22,551
to the council in the morning.
804
00:48:23,636 --> 00:48:24,555
Very well.
805
00:48:25,639 --> 00:48:27,392
Grant me one night’s rest
and fresh mounts.
806
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:28,854
I’ve ridden
300 miles to--
807
00:48:28,979 --> 00:48:32,530
You will rest when
His Majesty's frontier rests.
808
00:48:32,655 --> 00:48:33,864
Before dawn, you'll present a
809
00:48:33,989 --> 00:48:35,659
full transcription
of your journal.
810
00:48:35,784 --> 00:48:38,498
Maps, strength estimates,
every scratch of observation,
811
00:48:38,624 --> 00:48:41,755
for the council's brief
at ten o'clock. Understood?
812
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:42,633
Understood, sir.
813
00:48:42,758 --> 00:48:43,634
Good.
814
00:48:43,842 --> 00:48:45,889
Now go and prove
the Crown correct
815
00:48:46,014 --> 00:48:48,351
in placing
trust in a provincial.
816
00:48:52,945 --> 00:48:55,741
This is a dangerous escalation,
George.
817
00:48:56,785 --> 00:48:58,622
You are to deliver this?
818
00:49:00,042 --> 00:49:01,920
I've been ordered
to deliver this.
819
00:49:02,045 --> 00:49:03,423
You volunteered.
820
00:49:07,683 --> 00:49:08,350
No.
821
00:49:09,184 --> 00:49:11,023
- No, perhaps I can speak--
- No, no.
822
00:49:11,148 --> 00:49:12,776
This is the moment
I've been waiting for.
823
00:49:12,901 --> 00:49:14,905
I don't think it is, George.
824
00:49:17,325 --> 00:49:19,790
Why has no one else volunteered?
825
00:49:21,251 --> 00:49:24,758
Why does no British
officer lead this expedition?
826
00:49:29,392 --> 00:49:31,271
They’re using you, George.
827
00:49:31,730 --> 00:49:35,195
As a proxy.
To claim land for them.
828
00:49:36,198 --> 00:49:39,454
If you succeed,
they will rob you of the glory.
829
00:49:39,580 --> 00:49:41,959
If you fail, they'll have
a colonial to blame.
830
00:49:42,084 --> 00:49:42,961
Then I will not fail.
831
00:49:43,086 --> 00:49:44,673
If you do,
it could start a war.
832
00:49:44,798 --> 00:49:46,844
Thank you for your trust in me.
833
00:49:46,969 --> 00:49:48,681
That's not what I meant.
834
00:49:49,432 --> 00:49:52,856
I will claim it, and
I will earn their respect.
835
00:49:53,106 --> 00:49:55,819
That is what you
taught me, is it not?
836
00:49:55,944 --> 00:49:57,908
Besides, this is a new world.
837
00:49:58,075 --> 00:49:58,951
A new world?
838
00:49:59,452 --> 00:50:00,663
The soil may be new,
839
00:50:00,788 --> 00:50:02,876
but it’s owners still write
their ledgers in old ink.
840
00:50:03,001 --> 00:50:04,211
Let them write.
841
00:50:08,804 --> 00:50:13,647
You're betting your life on a
system designed to deny you.
842
00:50:14,567 --> 00:50:17,655
Every triumph you have
will be chalked up to luck,
843
00:50:17,781 --> 00:50:21,163
or the Native allies
or the British themselves.
844
00:50:21,371 --> 00:50:22,330
Never you.
845
00:50:22,455 --> 00:50:24,042
So I should stay here,
846
00:50:24,167 --> 00:50:27,926
mind the crops and live quietly
because I was born quietly?
847
00:50:28,051 --> 00:50:29,471
Do nothing with my life?
848
00:50:29,597 --> 00:50:31,183
Better alive and quiet
849
00:50:32,017 --> 00:50:33,771
than dead and forgotten
in the Alleghenies.
850
00:50:33,896 --> 00:50:35,023
You sound like mother.
851
00:50:35,148 --> 00:50:36,109
I speak the truth.
852
00:50:36,234 --> 00:50:37,821
[laughs] Well I would rather die
unknown than live
853
00:50:37,946 --> 00:50:40,075
believing the world’s
measure of me is fixed.
854
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:42,204
That...that is pride.
855
00:50:42,329 --> 00:50:44,459
No, that is faith in what a man
can forge with his own hands.
856
00:50:44,585 --> 00:50:46,463
You cannot forge
your way into their system.
857
00:50:46,589 --> 00:50:47,297
And why not?
858
00:50:47,422 --> 00:50:49,009
Because that is not
the way the world works.
859
00:50:49,134 --> 00:50:50,387
Then someone should remake it.
860
00:50:50,513 --> 00:50:51,724
[Lawrence coughs]
861
00:50:55,188 --> 00:50:58,654
George, you
cannot change these things.
862
00:51:00,824 --> 00:51:03,330
You may well die trying.
863
00:51:06,629 --> 00:51:07,295
George--
864
00:51:07,420 --> 00:51:09,718
I wish you believed in me.
865
00:51:13,601 --> 00:51:15,729
[coughing]
866
00:51:21,825 --> 00:51:24,496
[soft string music]
867
00:51:24,623 --> 00:51:26,166
[indistinct chatter]
868
00:51:49,421 --> 00:51:50,508
[Sally] Major Washington.
869
00:51:50,633 --> 00:51:52,761
I thought you were leading
your men to the frontier.
870
00:51:52,886 --> 00:51:54,014
Tomorrow I am.
871
00:51:54,139 --> 00:51:55,893
But I have returned
on an urgent matter.
872
00:51:56,018 --> 00:51:57,354
I'll go back in the morning.
873
00:51:57,521 --> 00:51:59,818
But, tonight, I am here for you.
874
00:51:59,943 --> 00:52:01,321
[inaudible whispers]
875
00:52:02,489 --> 00:52:04,995
George, there is no
fairness here.
876
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:07,625
Miss Cary—may I
have this dance?
877
00:52:08,001 --> 00:52:09,545
[string music plays]
878
00:52:09,963 --> 00:52:10,923
Yes, Major.
879
00:52:48,081 --> 00:52:51,589
George, I see
you found a tailor.
880
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:52,798
Yes.
881
00:52:52,965 --> 00:52:55,137
Tonight I wear
His Majesty's commission.
882
00:52:55,262 --> 00:52:56,849
At dawn, I am
to lead 150 soldiers
883
00:52:56,974 --> 00:52:59,186
to demand the
French leave our land.
884
00:52:59,311 --> 00:53:02,651
Well, our land, to be precise.
885
00:53:03,111 --> 00:53:05,949
And this is not exactly
His Majesty's commission.
886
00:53:06,074 --> 00:53:08,706
Your uniform, however,
crimson, still prints colonial.
887
00:53:08,831 --> 00:53:09,540
William.
888
00:53:09,750 --> 00:53:12,755
It is a point I make
intentionally, Sally.
889
00:53:12,963 --> 00:53:15,511
I fear for you, George.
890
00:53:16,386 --> 00:53:19,770
And I question
our Governor's decision.
891
00:53:20,896 --> 00:53:24,236
If the situation
with the French is so dire,
892
00:53:24,361 --> 00:53:25,447
why would they not
893
00:53:25,573 --> 00:53:28,328
send professional
soldiers of the Crown?
894
00:53:28,453 --> 00:53:30,040
Because I volunteered.
895
00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:33,506
And if you care so much,
why didn't you?
896
00:53:33,631 --> 00:53:36,009
Because I have an estate to run.
897
00:53:37,012 --> 00:53:39,266
And I have a fortune to manage.
898
00:53:39,935 --> 00:53:41,897
And people depend on me.
899
00:53:43,609 --> 00:53:44,610
But...
900
00:53:45,738 --> 00:53:50,748
I can send along two of
my best slaves, Charles and Sam.
901
00:53:51,373 --> 00:53:55,465
Charles knows horses better than
most grooms in Virginia.
902
00:53:55,674 --> 00:53:59,389
Well, I wouldn't want
to deprive you of their labor.
903
00:53:59,557 --> 00:54:00,976
We have plenty.
904
00:54:01,309 --> 00:54:02,605
[Lord Fairfax] Major
Washington.
905
00:54:04,943 --> 00:54:08,366
Congratulations on
your rank and assignment.
906
00:54:08,617 --> 00:54:10,078
An astonishing rise.
907
00:54:11,163 --> 00:54:12,249
Thank you, sir.
908
00:54:12,625 --> 00:54:16,381
So, what think you of our young
William and Sally?
909
00:54:16,507 --> 00:54:17,175
Yes.
910
00:54:17,300 --> 00:54:19,890
Do they not make a,
a handsome couple?
911
00:54:20,516 --> 00:54:23,564
We are gathered
here to celebrate this.
912
00:54:23,981 --> 00:54:26,779
Their betrothal
is scarcely a week old.
913
00:54:28,406 --> 00:54:29,407
Uh...
914
00:54:29,533 --> 00:54:30,828
Indeed they do.
915
00:54:30,953 --> 00:54:32,080
Splendid!
916
00:54:32,205 --> 00:54:34,126
Now, may I propose a toast?
917
00:54:35,128 --> 00:54:38,552
To Major Washington—
who rides at first light...
918
00:54:38,677 --> 00:54:40,430
[speech fades behind music]
919
00:54:44,647 --> 00:54:46,233
[low rumbling sound]
920
00:54:46,399 --> 00:54:47,611
[Fairfax] Major Washington.
921
00:54:49,865 --> 00:54:51,326
William, Miss Cary.
922
00:54:51,870 --> 00:54:52,705
Forgive the stir.
923
00:54:52,830 --> 00:54:56,044
I look forward to returning
worthy of your investment...
924
00:54:56,169 --> 00:54:57,673
and your care.
925
00:54:59,426 --> 00:55:01,724
[soft music]
926
00:55:10,616 --> 00:55:12,119
[George] Act on the defensive
927
00:55:12,578 --> 00:55:15,417
But if any attempts are made to
disrupt our work or settlements,
928
00:55:15,543 --> 00:55:16,962
restrain all such offenders,
929
00:55:17,087 --> 00:55:20,761
and make prisoners of,
or kill and destroy, them.
930
00:55:22,097 --> 00:55:23,433
Well, that’s clear as mud.
931
00:55:23,559 --> 00:55:24,810
He cannot be serious.
932
00:55:24,935 --> 00:55:26,021
“Destroy them?”
933
00:55:26,146 --> 00:55:28,025
If it’s war he wants,
it's best to reinforce us
934
00:55:28,150 --> 00:55:29,361
with proper British soldiers.
935
00:55:29,486 --> 00:55:30,614
We ain't here to fight.
936
00:55:30,739 --> 00:55:31,532
Then why are you?
937
00:55:31,657 --> 00:55:32,535
To get paid.
938
00:55:32,743 --> 00:55:33,537
This is our duty.
939
00:55:33,662 --> 00:55:34,872
No, it ain't.
940
00:55:35,624 --> 00:55:38,170
We delivered his little letter.
We should leave.
941
00:55:38,295 --> 00:55:39,214
You will not.
942
00:55:39,965 --> 00:55:42,888
Or I will have
you flogged as a deserter.
943
00:55:44,016 --> 00:55:45,853
Now, we didn't
sign up for no war.
944
00:55:45,978 --> 00:55:47,480
You put on the coat!
945
00:55:48,356 --> 00:55:49,568
You took an oath.
946
00:55:50,904 --> 00:55:53,241
You have a duty, as do I.
947
00:55:56,750 --> 00:55:59,129
If this goes wrong,
he’ll blame Virginia.
948
00:55:59,254 --> 00:56:01,675
[George] Dinwiddie speaks
for the Crown.
949
00:56:03,178 --> 00:56:06,644
It's decided. This is a direct
order and we will obey it.
950
00:56:06,770 --> 00:56:07,980
It's not direct at all.
951
00:56:08,105 --> 00:56:10,067
Then your gods have
delivered you to war.
952
00:56:10,736 --> 00:56:11,737
It is not our intent.
953
00:56:11,864 --> 00:56:13,659
[Tucker] I found
their encampment.
954
00:56:14,910 --> 00:56:17,082
It’s much further south.
Much closer.
955
00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:17,916
How close?
956
00:56:18,291 --> 00:56:19,086
Five miles.
957
00:56:19,502 --> 00:56:22,092
[Tanacharison] He searches for
land to build another fort.
958
00:56:22,217 --> 00:56:25,641
To demand you abandon
the land he calls his own.
959
00:56:26,894 --> 00:56:27,978
Take me to him.
960
00:56:29,815 --> 00:56:32,237
A simple
reconnaissance. Agreed?
961
00:56:42,007 --> 00:56:44,512
[tense music]
962
00:57:11,607 --> 00:57:13,193
[Tanacharison] Drunk with
his own pride.
963
00:57:13,318 --> 00:57:16,910
He defies you and your King
by traveling this far.
964
00:57:22,004 --> 00:57:23,296
What will you do?
965
00:57:29,017 --> 00:57:30,437
Hold your ground.
966
00:57:31,564 --> 00:57:33,150
I'll tell them once
again to leave.
967
00:57:33,275 --> 00:57:35,447
What will you do
when they refuse?
968
00:57:35,573 --> 00:57:36,615
-Pray they--
-[gunshot]
969
00:57:42,085 --> 00:57:43,504
Who fired that shot?
970
00:57:45,132 --> 00:57:46,301
[gunshot]
971
00:57:49,266 --> 00:57:50,686
Hold your ground!
972
00:57:50,811 --> 00:57:51,645
Hold your ground!
973
00:57:51,770 --> 00:57:52,856
[yelling in French]
974
00:57:57,157 --> 00:57:58,534
[indian whoops and yells]
975
00:58:01,123 --> 00:58:02,500
[gunshots]
976
00:58:03,712 --> 00:58:05,423
[yelling in French]
977
00:58:19,034 --> 00:58:20,243
Forward!
978
00:58:26,965 --> 00:58:29,137
[yelling]
979
00:58:29,262 --> 00:58:31,934
[gunshots]
980
00:58:39,074 --> 00:58:40,158
Hold your fire!
981
00:58:40,661 --> 00:58:41,745
Hold your fire!
982
00:58:41,870 --> 00:58:42,956
Prisoners only!
983
00:58:43,081 --> 00:58:44,376
Prisoners only!
984
00:58:44,501 --> 00:58:45,168
Prisoners--
985
00:58:45,293 --> 00:58:47,508
[yelling]
[gunshot]
986
00:58:47,633 --> 00:58:49,094
[sigh]
987
00:58:49,219 --> 00:58:50,303
[sound of heartbeat]
988
00:58:53,771 --> 00:58:55,608
[sound of heartbeat]
989
00:58:55,733 --> 00:58:57,360
[soldier yells]
990
00:58:59,657 --> 00:59:02,162
[yelling]
[gunshots]
991
00:59:07,590 --> 00:59:09,802
We should have killed everyone of you.
992
00:59:15,814 --> 00:59:17,901
Thou art not yet dead, my father.
993
00:59:22,536 --> 00:59:23,787
-Wait!
-[Jumonville groans]
994
00:59:24,247 --> 00:59:25,332
Wait!
995
00:59:27,002 --> 00:59:28,882
[indian whoops and cheers]
996
00:59:33,516 --> 00:59:36,396
[George] I do not know who
fired that first shot,
997
00:59:36,814 --> 00:59:38,986
but in light of
these unfortunate events,
998
00:59:39,111 --> 00:59:42,701
I fear a war with the
French is indeed imminent.
999
00:59:43,577 --> 00:59:47,711
We are building a fort and
taking up a defensive position.
1000
00:59:47,836 --> 00:59:49,757
In the spirit
of mutual benefit,
1001
00:59:49,882 --> 00:59:53,263
please send reinforcements
to aid our endeavor.
1002
00:59:55,978 --> 00:59:57,397
[David] Hey,
why don't we arm them?
1003
00:59:57,690 --> 00:59:59,902
We need all the men we can get.
1004
01:00:01,238 --> 01:00:02,783
They might shoot us.
1005
01:00:03,701 --> 01:00:04,787
Wouldn't you?
1006
01:00:05,495 --> 01:00:06,456
Fair point.
1007
01:00:06,915 --> 01:00:08,085
-Gist!
-Yep.
1008
01:00:10,841 --> 01:00:12,761
Permission to speak my mind.
1009
01:00:12,886 --> 01:00:13,931
Never stopped you?
1010
01:00:14,056 --> 01:00:15,057
[sarcastic laugh]
1011
01:00:15,726 --> 01:00:17,646
Building this fort too low.
1012
01:00:17,980 --> 01:00:19,399
What do you mean?
1013
01:00:19,942 --> 01:00:21,028
The walls?
1014
01:00:22,573 --> 01:00:24,117
No, not the walls--
1015
01:00:24,242 --> 01:00:26,872
This here, this is a
dry lake bed.
1016
01:00:27,625 --> 01:00:30,503
One good rain, it’ll flood out.
1017
01:00:30,881 --> 01:00:34,805
Besides, I could shoot
every one of us from them trees.
1018
01:00:38,812 --> 01:00:40,776
Major know what he’s doin?
1019
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:45,911
What you writing?
1020
01:00:46,203 --> 01:00:48,206
Another plea for reinforcements.
1021
01:00:48,749 --> 01:00:49,627
From who?
1022
01:00:50,335 --> 01:00:51,296
Colonies.
1023
01:00:52,675 --> 01:00:55,889
Pennsylvania don't care
about Virginia's problems.
1024
01:00:56,014 --> 01:00:59,021
The French are the
concern of all. Agreed?
1025
01:01:00,899 --> 01:01:02,861
This area lies awfully low.
1026
01:01:03,737 --> 01:01:05,616
The forest gives us cover.
1027
01:01:06,201 --> 01:01:07,495
The great meadows offer
plenty of space
1028
01:01:07,621 --> 01:01:09,542
and a clear view
of any oncoming threats.
1029
01:01:09,667 --> 01:01:11,503
If they attack,
it'll be from the front.
1030
01:01:11,629 --> 01:01:15,302
Or, we'll be easy
targets, when the fort floods.
1031
01:01:18,642 --> 01:01:20,478
Well, Gist, what would
you have me do?
1032
01:01:20,604 --> 01:01:21,815
Major Washington.
1033
01:01:22,526 --> 01:01:23,485
The King's troops.
1034
01:01:23,611 --> 01:01:24,738
What about them?
1035
01:01:25,238 --> 01:01:26,659
[Tucker] They're here.
1036
01:01:49,329 --> 01:01:50,706
Where's Washington?
1037
01:01:50,999 --> 01:01:52,167
I am Major Washington.
1038
01:01:52,334 --> 01:01:53,045
[scoffs]
1039
01:01:53,420 --> 01:01:54,923
Captain James Mackay.
1040
01:01:56,093 --> 01:01:58,305
Orders from Governor Dinwiddie.
1041
01:01:59,767 --> 01:02:02,648
We are here to reinforce
the Virginia Regiment
1042
01:02:02,773 --> 01:02:06,363
and deal with this...
situation you’ve created.
1043
01:02:07,616 --> 01:02:10,287
French and Indian soldiers.
Professional soldiers.
1044
01:02:10,412 --> 01:02:11,999
Are nearly upon us.
1045
01:02:12,124 --> 01:02:14,044
Over a thousand in total.
1046
01:02:14,171 --> 01:02:17,342
They are commanded by
Louis Coulon de Villiers.
1047
01:02:17,467 --> 01:02:20,934
Brother to Joseph Coulon
de Villiers de Jumonville.
1048
01:02:21,059 --> 01:02:23,230
The man who you killed.
1049
01:02:28,156 --> 01:02:30,243
This letter says Colonel
Joshua Fry is in command.
1050
01:02:30,368 --> 01:02:31,872
Oh, the boy can read.
1051
01:02:32,247 --> 01:02:33,125
Where is he?
1052
01:02:33,250 --> 01:02:34,252
Dead.
1053
01:02:34,837 --> 01:02:37,968
Fell from his horse two
days ago and broke his neck.
1054
01:02:38,093 --> 01:02:41,975
You are to assume his rank
as Colonel, Mr. Washington.
1055
01:02:43,896 --> 01:02:45,273
[George] Well then, welcome.
1056
01:02:45,608 --> 01:02:47,863
We need all
the help we can get.
1057
01:02:47,988 --> 01:02:49,700
I do not take orders from you.
1058
01:02:49,825 --> 01:02:50,826
But...
1059
01:02:51,369 --> 01:02:53,248
you said I was to
assume the rank is Colonel.
1060
01:02:53,373 --> 01:02:55,002
My commission is royal.
1061
01:02:55,252 --> 01:02:58,258
You could be a general and I
wouldn't have to listen to you.
1062
01:02:58,383 --> 01:02:59,176
Praise God.
1063
01:03:00,262 --> 01:03:03,686
Now, what do
you call this... fort?
1064
01:03:04,522 --> 01:03:06,567
Well, it was made by necessity.
1065
01:03:06,692 --> 01:03:08,070
So I think
that's a fitting name.
1066
01:03:08,195 --> 01:03:09,196
Mmm.
1067
01:03:09,865 --> 01:03:12,160
We will camp 100 yards
to the front.
1068
01:03:12,285 --> 01:03:15,375
No doubt the French
will engage us there.
1069
01:03:15,543 --> 01:03:17,129
Colonel.
1070
01:03:17,337 --> 01:03:18,340
Van Braam.
1071
01:03:23,433 --> 01:03:24,352
[Mackay] The boy can read.
1072
01:03:24,477 --> 01:03:25,563
[Mackay chuckles]
1073
01:03:29,863 --> 01:03:31,867
[water splashing]
1074
01:03:33,245 --> 01:03:34,998
[thunder booms]
1075
01:03:51,824 --> 01:03:53,201
How's the progress?
1076
01:03:53,410 --> 01:03:56,166
Ditch is taking in water
faster than we can throw it.
1077
01:03:56,291 --> 01:03:59,004
I say, this keeps up.
1078
01:03:59,212 --> 01:04:03,013
I’ll commission my men to
construct a Royal Navy.
1079
01:04:03,138 --> 01:04:04,222
Keep trying.
1080
01:04:07,104 --> 01:04:08,857
I could shoot you
from the trees.
1081
01:04:08,982 --> 01:04:10,819
The French won’t fire
from the trees.
1082
01:04:10,944 --> 01:04:14,953
They’ll assemble in open fields.
To fight with honor.
1083
01:04:15,162 --> 01:04:17,290
You call this
land the New World?
1084
01:04:17,415 --> 01:04:19,252
Yet you live by the old ways.
1085
01:04:19,377 --> 01:04:21,383
They will lead you to death.
1086
01:04:21,592 --> 01:04:23,721
Any recruits among the Shawnee?
1087
01:04:23,846 --> 01:04:24,515
No.
1088
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:26,560
What about the Delaware
or the Mingo?
1089
01:04:26,685 --> 01:04:29,064
No. Some have
even joined the French.
1090
01:04:29,189 --> 01:04:30,651
None will aid you.
1091
01:04:32,655 --> 01:04:34,032
Neither will we.
1092
01:04:35,035 --> 01:04:36,413
You will not leave!
1093
01:04:38,375 --> 01:04:40,045
Your vengeance started this.
1094
01:04:40,170 --> 01:04:42,049
And your stubbornness
will be the end of it.
1095
01:04:42,174 --> 01:04:43,802
The French are cowards.
1096
01:04:43,927 --> 01:04:45,514
The British are fools.
1097
01:04:45,639 --> 01:04:47,643
You do not
know how to fight here.
1098
01:04:47,768 --> 01:04:50,190
I was born here on
this land, as were you.
1099
01:04:50,315 --> 01:04:52,695
Can we not
fight for it together?
1100
01:04:53,405 --> 01:04:57,287
This land
does not belong to you.
1101
01:04:57,412 --> 01:04:59,291
While you kill each other,
1102
01:05:00,002 --> 01:05:01,589
we wait to reclaim it.
1103
01:05:04,009 --> 01:05:07,140
[Christopher] George, you made
the wrong choice of ground.
1104
01:05:07,474 --> 01:05:11,567
Admit it. That's it, It's
alright, it's alright. Admit it.
1105
01:05:11,692 --> 01:05:13,028
Our supplies are exhausted.
1106
01:05:13,153 --> 01:05:15,157
We’ve two days' rations at best.
1107
01:05:15,282 --> 01:05:19,247
Move camp and save the men.
1108
01:05:22,420 --> 01:05:24,132
We will stand our ground.
1109
01:05:31,398 --> 01:05:33,026
Any sign of the French?
1110
01:05:33,443 --> 01:05:35,531
Nothing. No doubt the arrival
of actual soldiers
1111
01:05:35,656 --> 01:05:37,200
put a stop
to their advancements.
1112
01:05:37,325 --> 01:05:41,041
But listen, my men are
camping in what is now a swamp.
1113
01:05:41,166 --> 01:05:42,711
What do you want me to do?
1114
01:05:42,836 --> 01:05:44,006
Find solid ground.
1115
01:05:44,131 --> 01:05:46,679
Or better yet, an
experienced commander.
1116
01:05:46,804 --> 01:05:48,807
Are you
challenging my authority?
1117
01:05:48,932 --> 01:05:50,435
[scoffs] You have no authority.
1118
01:05:50,603 --> 01:05:51,772
-[gunshot]
-[Mackay grunts]
1119
01:05:58,368 --> 01:06:01,374
Trees! They're in the trees!
Take cover!
1120
01:06:01,499 --> 01:06:02,751
-[horse neighs]
-[gunshots boom]
1121
01:06:06,802 --> 01:06:08,138
[yelling and gunshots]
1122
01:06:09,264 --> 01:06:10,433
Move, move.
1123
01:06:10,643 --> 01:06:11,520
Go, go, go.
1124
01:06:11,645 --> 01:06:12,437
Grab a musket.
1125
01:06:13,273 --> 01:06:14,902
Move, move, move, move!
1126
01:06:15,819 --> 01:06:16,780
[George] Hold the line.
1127
01:06:17,197 --> 01:06:18,491
Form a line on me.
1128
01:06:18,617 --> 01:06:20,579
A line? Yeah, a smart idea.
1129
01:06:24,713 --> 01:06:25,714
Fire!
1130
01:06:30,098 --> 01:06:31,644
They’re firing from all sides.
1131
01:06:31,769 --> 01:06:33,271
To the front with me!
1132
01:06:35,358 --> 01:06:37,571
Form up! On me, on me.
1133
01:06:40,452 --> 01:06:41,119
Christopher.
1134
01:06:41,244 --> 01:06:41,914
Yeah?
1135
01:06:42,330 --> 01:06:44,585
Divide the men. Keep 50 in
the fort and fire to the trees.
1136
01:06:44,712 --> 01:06:46,549
50 won’t fit in the fort,
it’s flooded out.
1137
01:06:46,674 --> 01:06:47,758
As many as you can, then.
1138
01:06:47,883 --> 01:06:49,847
All right men on me!
Move, move, move, move.
1139
01:06:49,972 --> 01:06:51,306
Everyone to the front line.
1140
01:06:51,433 --> 01:06:52,100
Present.
1141
01:06:53,061 --> 01:06:54,062
Fire!
1142
01:06:56,569 --> 01:06:58,405
[Henry] George, cannons!
1143
01:07:03,456 --> 01:07:04,835
[David] George,
what's the plan, here?
1144
01:07:05,460 --> 01:07:06,505
Second rank!
1145
01:07:06,630 --> 01:07:07,840
Forward!
1146
01:07:09,510 --> 01:07:10,513
Present!
1147
01:07:12,891 --> 01:07:13,769
Make ready!
1148
01:07:14,269 --> 01:07:15,438
Fire!
1149
01:07:17,818 --> 01:07:19,237
[bullets whizzing]
1150
01:07:21,744 --> 01:07:23,036
Fire!
1151
01:07:28,173 --> 01:07:29,633
[men yell]
1152
01:07:32,598 --> 01:07:33,475
Retreat!
1153
01:07:34,602 --> 01:07:35,854
Back to the fort.
1154
01:07:46,919 --> 01:07:49,006
Back to the fort. Get inside!
1155
01:07:56,605 --> 01:07:57,523
[George] Move!
1156
01:07:57,648 --> 01:08:00,237
Get inside! Get inside!
1157
01:08:01,071 --> 01:08:01,740
[George] Move!
1158
01:08:03,827 --> 01:08:05,914
[men yelling]
1159
01:08:09,171 --> 01:08:10,716
Come on. Get in!
1160
01:08:11,719 --> 01:08:12,636
Get in there!
1161
01:08:13,639 --> 01:08:14,431
[George] Get inside!
1162
01:08:15,601 --> 01:08:16,268
Inside!
1163
01:08:16,434 --> 01:08:17,605
[Christopher] George!
George!
1164
01:08:17,730 --> 01:08:19,107
[George] Barricade the door!
1165
01:08:19,274 --> 01:08:20,193
[George] Hold!
1166
01:08:20,778 --> 01:08:22,322
-[cannon fire booms]
-[men yelling]
1167
01:08:24,409 --> 01:08:25,788
[Henry] Powder’s wet.
1168
01:08:25,913 --> 01:08:26,999
Nothing's firin'!
1169
01:08:27,124 --> 01:08:28,711
We’re sittin’ ducks here,
Colonel.
1170
01:08:28,836 --> 01:08:30,255
We keep fighting!
1171
01:08:30,380 --> 01:08:31,507
Attach bayonets!
1172
01:08:31,759 --> 01:08:33,135
The battle is lost.
1173
01:08:33,345 --> 01:08:34,513
The battle is just begun.
1174
01:08:34,638 --> 01:08:35,307
George!
1175
01:08:35,766 --> 01:08:36,810
Man your post!
1176
01:08:36,935 --> 01:08:37,728
Man your posts!
1177
01:08:37,853 --> 01:08:38,606
Washington!
1178
01:08:38,731 --> 01:08:39,565
Save your men!
1179
01:08:39,690 --> 01:08:42,404
I will not
surrender my first command.
1180
01:08:42,780 --> 01:08:43,616
Advance troops!
1181
01:08:44,157 --> 01:08:45,452
They're coming in.
1182
01:08:46,622 --> 01:08:47,748
Man your posts!
1183
01:08:52,633 --> 01:08:54,094
Hold, hold, hold!
1184
01:08:54,219 --> 01:08:55,305
[Christopher grunts]
1185
01:09:03,446 --> 01:09:04,364
Gist!
1186
01:09:04,698 --> 01:09:06,201
Gist!
1187
01:09:09,416 --> 01:09:11,044
Just breathe, just breathe.
1188
01:09:11,755 --> 01:09:12,840
Hey, hey.
1189
01:09:13,592 --> 01:09:15,303
You're gonna be okay.
You're gonna be okay.
1190
01:09:15,428 --> 01:09:19,394
Breathe, breathe,
breathe, I'm sorry.
1191
01:09:20,313 --> 01:09:22,943
[sound muffles
behind music]
1192
01:09:45,072 --> 01:09:46,114
Major!
1193
01:09:49,955 --> 01:09:50,958
Yes.
1194
01:09:52,711 --> 01:09:53,881
[George] Surrender.
1195
01:09:54,757 --> 01:09:56,635
[solemn music]
1196
01:09:59,725 --> 01:10:01,353
I'm sorry, Christopher.
1197
01:10:01,562 --> 01:10:02,898
I am so sorry!
1198
01:10:49,658 --> 01:10:50,786
[Jacob] Washington.
1199
01:10:57,257 --> 01:10:59,512
Terms are somewhat favorable.
1200
01:11:00,012 --> 01:11:02,059
It's a mutual withdrawal.
1201
01:11:02,518 --> 01:11:04,229
They take our artillery,
1202
01:11:04,479 --> 01:11:06,066
we'll remove the flag.
1203
01:11:06,734 --> 01:11:09,657
And also they demand
you take responsibility
1204
01:11:09,782 --> 01:11:12,663
for their commander's
unfortunate death.
1205
01:11:15,167 --> 01:11:16,879
We didn't start this.
1206
01:11:18,926 --> 01:11:21,722
Nobody knows
who fired that first shot.
1207
01:11:24,562 --> 01:11:26,899
I've offered myself as security.
1208
01:11:27,025 --> 01:11:28,485
I will go with them.
1209
01:11:30,616 --> 01:11:33,706
This is the best
possible outcome, Colonel.
1210
01:11:44,392 --> 01:11:45,604
Colonel.
1211
01:11:56,667 --> 01:11:58,295
What is the date today?
1212
01:11:58,922 --> 01:12:00,090
July third.
1213
01:12:00,509 --> 01:12:02,888
July the third will be
etched in my memory forever.
1214
01:12:14,703 --> 01:12:16,582
[solemn music]
1215
01:13:22,422 --> 01:13:23,632
I'm so sorry.
1216
01:13:25,302 --> 01:13:26,805
I'm so, so sorry.
1217
01:13:37,494 --> 01:13:38,997
[Dinwiddie]
Assassination.
1218
01:13:39,456 --> 01:13:42,880
You confessed to assassinating
a French Officer!
1219
01:13:43,380 --> 01:13:45,008
It was not my intention,
Your Excellency.
1220
01:13:45,133 --> 01:13:47,054
Is this not your signature?
1221
01:13:49,226 --> 01:13:51,313
Our intention had
never been to trouble peace,
1222
01:13:51,438 --> 01:13:52,816
but only to revenge
1223
01:13:52,941 --> 01:13:55,948
the assassination of
one of our officers.
1224
01:13:56,073 --> 01:13:57,157
The translator failed me, sir.
1225
01:13:57,284 --> 01:13:58,702
I didn't realize.
I thought that--
1226
01:13:58,827 --> 01:13:59,955
Washington.
1227
01:14:00,163 --> 01:14:03,420
To lead is to forfeit
the right to make excuses.
1228
01:14:04,214 --> 01:14:06,552
Have you any
idea what you've done?
1229
01:14:06,719 --> 01:14:08,681
You've started a war!
[slams desk]
1230
01:14:10,811 --> 01:14:12,229
I'll report that
the battle was lost
1231
01:14:12,355 --> 01:14:14,484
due to poor munitions
and lack of supplies.
1232
01:14:14,610 --> 01:14:16,822
But that is not the truth, sir.
1233
01:14:17,030 --> 01:14:19,537
That is the truth
that suits me, otherwise--
1234
01:14:19,662 --> 01:14:22,626
Sir, I came here
to resign my commission.
1235
01:14:25,966 --> 01:14:27,720
I am not fit to lead.
1236
01:14:28,804 --> 01:14:30,809
I was never fit to lead.
1237
01:14:35,233 --> 01:14:36,529
God save the King.
1238
01:14:40,243 --> 01:14:43,792
And your resignation would
say that I'm not fit to choose.
1239
01:14:43,917 --> 01:14:46,131
Washington, you
abandon this office,
1240
01:14:46,256 --> 01:14:49,096
you abandon your
ambition with it.
1241
01:14:49,597 --> 01:14:50,724
Understood, sir.
1242
01:15:24,875 --> 01:15:26,294
Where's Lawrence?
1243
01:15:31,847 --> 01:15:33,350
I'm sorry.
1244
01:15:55,143 --> 01:15:56,438
[screams]
1245
01:16:11,969 --> 01:16:14,474
He wanted you
to have his journals.
1246
01:16:17,773 --> 01:16:19,149
You were right.
1247
01:16:20,694 --> 01:16:22,489
You knew I would fail.
1248
01:16:23,659 --> 01:16:25,495
It's not your fault, George.
1249
01:16:25,621 --> 01:16:29,044
You did not lay your
brother low. Nor those men.
1250
01:16:31,299 --> 01:16:32,678
I chose the ground.
1251
01:16:33,220 --> 01:16:35,223
I put on the coat.
I gave the order.
1252
01:16:35,348 --> 01:16:37,227
And now
because of that...
1253
01:16:39,858 --> 01:16:41,361
Good men are dead.
1254
01:16:50,337 --> 01:16:52,174
When your father died,
1255
01:16:53,135 --> 01:16:57,184
there were accounts
I could not read,
1256
01:16:58,061 --> 01:17:02,905
acres I could not plow.
But I learned, as women do,
1257
01:17:03,822 --> 01:17:08,624
to keep a tally with one hand
and a prayer with the other.
1258
01:17:08,749 --> 01:17:14,092
I hardened because
the wind here is hard.
1259
01:17:14,803 --> 01:17:17,224
Put iron in my voice.
1260
01:17:18,686 --> 01:17:20,606
I was hard on you, George.
1261
01:17:21,900 --> 01:17:26,326
I see you learned
to be hard on yourself.
1262
01:17:27,202 --> 01:17:28,539
That was my sin.
1263
01:17:38,684 --> 01:17:41,189
You said Providence
placed me here.
1264
01:17:45,948 --> 01:17:46,867
Why?
1265
01:17:48,662 --> 01:17:50,207
For me to fail?
1266
01:17:51,168 --> 01:17:52,002
Perhaps.
1267
01:17:54,424 --> 01:17:56,804
Failure is
the tutor sent by God.
1268
01:17:57,848 --> 01:18:00,143
If you don't learn from it,
you've failed twice.
1269
01:18:00,268 --> 01:18:03,734
If you do learn from it,
you've earned wisdom.
1270
01:18:05,445 --> 01:18:06,239
So...
1271
01:18:07,826 --> 01:18:09,327
What did it tell you?
1272
01:18:11,667 --> 01:18:12,710
To go back.
1273
01:18:16,885 --> 01:18:18,305
But I'm afraid...
1274
01:18:19,389 --> 01:18:20,851
of making the same mistakes.
1275
01:18:25,485 --> 01:18:30,412
War is not the path I would
choose for you. But...
1276
01:18:31,373 --> 01:18:32,249
Oh...
1277
01:18:32,708 --> 01:18:34,713
On your feet, son.
1278
01:18:38,261 --> 01:18:43,814
If you must
return to soldiering, go.
1279
01:18:46,695 --> 01:18:50,828
As God's servant.
Do it with your whole heart.
1280
01:18:52,455 --> 01:18:53,709
Find your path.
1281
01:18:54,670 --> 01:18:55,671
Make it yours.
1282
01:18:56,256 --> 01:18:57,465
Make it straight.
1283
01:19:00,263 --> 01:19:01,850
And prove them wrong.
1284
01:19:06,985 --> 01:19:10,283
Because even a
pawn can take the king.
1285
01:19:23,393 --> 01:19:26,106
[dramatic music]
1286
01:19:48,611 --> 01:19:50,405
[drum beat plays]
1287
01:20:12,866 --> 01:20:14,452
I'm sorry to disturb, sir.
1288
01:20:15,205 --> 01:20:16,625
I am George Washington.
1289
01:20:16,750 --> 01:20:17,417
Ah!
1290
01:20:18,837 --> 01:20:20,549
The reason I am here.
1291
01:20:21,802 --> 01:20:23,639
Meet Colonel Thomas Gage.
1292
01:20:24,892 --> 01:20:26,979
Gage has recently
been promoted to colonel
1293
01:20:27,104 --> 01:20:28,524
by Royal Commission.
1294
01:20:28,982 --> 01:20:29,943
We’ve met.
1295
01:20:30,235 --> 01:20:33,366
I'm assuming you
seek your previous command.
1296
01:20:33,491 --> 01:20:35,829
Gage has been tasked
with leading your militia
1297
01:20:35,954 --> 01:20:38,126
and is far more qualified.
1298
01:20:38,627 --> 01:20:39,838
I'm sure he is.
1299
01:20:40,130 --> 01:20:42,175
I neither ask for rank nor pay.
1300
01:20:42,300 --> 01:20:44,304
I'm here to volunteer
as your aide-de-camp.
1301
01:20:44,429 --> 01:20:45,891
I believe I could be
of some assistance to you.
1302
01:20:46,016 --> 01:20:47,394
Oh, do not worry.
1303
01:20:47,645 --> 01:20:50,818
Young Washington. These uh,
these French and their savages
1304
01:20:50,943 --> 01:20:54,407
may have been a formidable enemy
to you and your militia,
1305
01:20:54,533 --> 01:20:58,667
but to the King's troops, they
are more of a nuisance, really.
1306
01:20:58,792 --> 01:21:00,879
Bit of a waste of powder.
1307
01:21:01,213 --> 01:21:03,552
We will prevail. With ease.
1308
01:21:03,677 --> 01:21:04,763
But with all due respect, sir,
1309
01:21:04,888 --> 01:21:07,017
I do not think
it will be with ease.
1310
01:21:07,142 --> 01:21:09,062
-Having fought--
-And lost.
1311
01:21:09,271 --> 01:21:11,066
Having fought
within the region, sir,
1312
01:21:11,191 --> 01:21:12,903
I believe I could
be of some help to you.
1313
01:21:13,028 --> 01:21:14,489
Fort Duquesne is difficult.
1314
01:21:14,615 --> 01:21:18,582
Duquesne can hardly detain me
above three or four days.
1315
01:21:18,707 --> 01:21:21,169
Sir, this is a very
different type of battle.
1316
01:21:21,294 --> 01:21:23,216
Just the trip to the fort
alone is treach--
1317
01:21:23,341 --> 01:21:24,384
A week at most.
1318
01:21:24,510 --> 01:21:25,220
A month.
1319
01:21:26,138 --> 01:21:26,932
A month?
1320
01:21:27,182 --> 01:21:28,100
If lucky.
1321
01:21:29,394 --> 01:21:30,105
For most of the journey,
1322
01:21:30,230 --> 01:21:31,356
you'll be
traveling a single file.
1323
01:21:31,483 --> 01:21:33,278
over what is barely a trail.
1324
01:21:33,403 --> 01:21:35,323
Not even wide enough for wagons.
1325
01:21:35,448 --> 01:21:36,408
I've surveyed the land.
1326
01:21:36,535 --> 01:21:37,745
I know this land.
1327
01:21:38,246 --> 01:21:40,584
The French are located here,
where the three rivers meet.
1328
01:21:40,709 --> 01:21:43,005
Because of the land, the style
of warfare is, uh,
1329
01:21:43,130 --> 01:21:44,592
it's different.
1330
01:21:44,968 --> 01:21:46,219
These are not the
open battlefields
1331
01:21:46,344 --> 01:21:47,222
to which you're accustomed.
1332
01:21:47,347 --> 01:21:50,312
I have fought on
a great many battlefields.
1333
01:21:50,437 --> 01:21:51,774
Not in the new world, sir.
1334
01:21:51,899 --> 01:21:53,902
You lost in the new world.
1335
01:21:57,868 --> 01:21:59,162
Yes.
1336
01:21:59,329 --> 01:22:00,457
You're right.
1337
01:22:00,749 --> 01:22:02,961
But failure is a great teacher.
1338
01:22:05,383 --> 01:22:06,762
I desire to serve under
someone of your ability
1339
01:22:06,887 --> 01:22:08,974
and experience to learn more.
1340
01:22:09,474 --> 01:22:10,268
Sir.
1341
01:22:15,946 --> 01:22:19,327
You may come. As advisor
and aide. That is all.
1342
01:22:20,455 --> 01:22:21,834
Thank you, General Braddock.
1343
01:22:21,959 --> 01:22:24,588
Colonel Gage see
that he is accommodated.
1344
01:22:24,713 --> 01:22:25,799
Yes, sir.
1345
01:22:29,557 --> 01:22:31,854
[drum beat plays]
1346
01:23:01,789 --> 01:23:03,081
[Braddock] What is the delay?
1347
01:23:03,290 --> 01:23:04,334
Move these wagons.
1348
01:23:04,459 --> 01:23:05,796
So, Washington.
1349
01:23:07,132 --> 01:23:11,223
From colonel to aide-de-camp,
How the mighty have fallen.
1350
01:23:11,431 --> 01:23:14,437
Well, I was never given
the Royal Commission as colonel,
1351
01:23:14,563 --> 01:23:16,191
so did it truly matter?
1352
01:23:17,778 --> 01:23:19,281
This is important to you?
1353
01:23:19,406 --> 01:23:20,576
Fairness? Yes.
1354
01:23:21,619 --> 01:23:24,917
Gage, what on
God's earth is the delay here?
1355
01:23:25,293 --> 01:23:26,461
Fallen tree, I believe, sir.
1356
01:23:26,587 --> 01:23:27,881
Well, how-how do you expect
to win a battle
1357
01:23:28,006 --> 01:23:29,510
if you can't
even defeat a tree?
1358
01:23:29,635 --> 01:23:30,303
Yes, sir.
1359
01:23:30,804 --> 01:23:34,728
I have fought the King's battles
on three continents,
1360
01:23:34,978 --> 01:23:37,901
but never have I
been defeated by a tree.
1361
01:23:38,821 --> 01:23:40,616
[Braddock] This is no army.
1362
01:23:40,824 --> 01:23:43,203
This is a centipede with gout.
1363
01:23:45,417 --> 01:23:48,171
[Tucker] Henry, David.
Look who's here.
1364
01:23:51,094 --> 01:23:52,055
Major?
1365
01:23:52,305 --> 01:23:53,934
Aide-de-camp.
1366
01:23:54,727 --> 01:23:57,274
It seems you're my
superiors, actually.
1367
01:23:58,358 --> 01:24:00,823
Take up an axe
and help us with this tree.
1368
01:24:01,323 --> 01:24:02,200
Gladly.
1369
01:24:09,507 --> 01:24:11,343
[Gage] What seems to
be the delay?
1370
01:24:11,468 --> 01:24:12,971
I'm sorry, Colonel.
1371
01:24:13,473 --> 01:24:14,975
There's no damn road.
1372
01:24:16,019 --> 01:24:17,230
That's the delay.
1373
01:24:18,692 --> 01:24:20,821
[Gage] Washington,
these are your friends?
1374
01:24:21,363 --> 01:24:23,200
Why do they not wear
the King’s red?
1375
01:24:23,325 --> 01:24:24,161
Or at least try?
1376
01:24:24,286 --> 01:24:26,414
You stole our last uniforms.
1377
01:24:26,959 --> 01:24:28,796
Thievin' bastards.
1378
01:24:29,296 --> 01:24:32,385
See, uh, indigo
grows wild around here.
1379
01:24:32,886 --> 01:24:34,222
We use it for blue dye.
1380
01:24:34,347 --> 01:24:35,559
That's the color of Virginia.
1381
01:24:35,684 --> 01:24:36,895
You boys go’head,
1382
01:24:37,020 --> 01:24:40,067
wear all them pretty colors
and get shot first.
1383
01:24:40,193 --> 01:24:43,406
I’ll blend into the woods
and die an ol’ man.
1384
01:24:49,545 --> 01:24:52,175
What happened
with your grand design?
1385
01:24:53,218 --> 01:24:54,680
Royal commission.
1386
01:24:55,849 --> 01:24:57,060
Little rich girl.
1387
01:24:57,603 --> 01:25:00,984
I buried those plans
when I buried Christopher.
1388
01:25:08,373 --> 01:25:09,793
Why'd you come back?
1389
01:25:10,420 --> 01:25:12,424
Came back to apologize.
1390
01:25:13,636 --> 01:25:15,347
My ambition was selfish.
1391
01:25:15,848 --> 01:25:18,519
I owe a debt to
every single one of you.
1392
01:25:18,646 --> 01:25:20,733
A debt I cannot repay, but...
1393
01:25:22,069 --> 01:25:26,619
When the time comes
for battle, I will be there.
1394
01:25:27,079 --> 01:25:29,041
Fighting beside you.
1395
01:25:32,130 --> 01:25:33,215
Works for me.
1396
01:25:35,679 --> 01:25:36,847
[Henry chuckles]
1397
01:25:46,534 --> 01:25:47,870
[low rumbling sound]
1398
01:25:47,995 --> 01:25:49,247
[metal clinking]
1399
01:25:52,295 --> 01:25:54,800
[David] You need to place
a wager, George.
1400
01:25:58,431 --> 01:26:02,024
How about you, uh,
how about you place one for me?
1401
01:26:05,237 --> 01:26:07,242
You sure you're all right?
1402
01:26:08,619 --> 01:26:10,498
Yeah, never better.
1403
01:26:13,964 --> 01:26:16,218
-Thank you.
-Of course.
1404
01:26:20,561 --> 01:26:22,189
Excuse me.
1405
01:26:25,027 --> 01:26:26,572
Why are y'all here?
1406
01:26:27,240 --> 01:26:28,325
We were sent.
1407
01:26:28,534 --> 01:26:29,202
By who?
1408
01:26:29,537 --> 01:26:30,831
The Fairfaxes.
1409
01:26:30,998 --> 01:26:32,459
You'll fight for nobles?
1410
01:26:32,585 --> 01:26:34,337
We fight in their stead.
1411
01:26:41,935 --> 01:26:44,191
[piano plays softly]
1412
01:26:44,650 --> 01:26:46,028
Is that a piano?
1413
01:26:48,867 --> 01:26:49,952
Braddock's.
1414
01:26:50,621 --> 01:26:53,291
Hauled it all the way
from Alexandria.
1415
01:26:53,416 --> 01:26:54,377
I'm sorry.
1416
01:26:54,502 --> 01:26:58,176
We're cuttin' a road all the way
through the Ohio territory...
1417
01:26:58,301 --> 01:26:59,930
for a piano.
1418
01:27:04,773 --> 01:27:06,068
God help us.
1419
01:27:06,860 --> 01:27:09,241
[George] One. Two.
Three!
1420
01:27:09,366 --> 01:27:10,828
[men groan with effort]
1421
01:27:12,205 --> 01:27:13,373
-[David] Tucker!
-[Henry] Watch your feet.
1422
01:27:13,624 --> 01:27:14,668
[David] It's gettin'
stuck.
1423
01:27:14,793 --> 01:27:16,296
[overlapping chatter]
1424
01:27:16,755 --> 01:27:17,925
[David] Keep goin'!
1425
01:27:18,383 --> 01:27:19,427
[men groan with
effort]
1426
01:27:19,553 --> 01:27:20,514
[George groans in
pain]
1427
01:27:20,639 --> 01:27:21,599
[George coughs]
1428
01:27:21,724 --> 01:27:23,268
Hey, George.
You sure you're all right?
1429
01:27:24,522 --> 01:27:25,313
I'm fine.
1430
01:27:25,438 --> 01:27:26,483
Keep pushing, keep pushing.
1431
01:27:26,609 --> 01:27:27,444
We're nearly there.
1432
01:27:27,570 --> 01:27:29,698
[Braddock] You will acquaint
Mr. Hunter
1433
01:27:29,823 --> 01:27:32,454
that His Majesty’s service
requires the further sum
1434
01:27:32,580 --> 01:27:35,167
of 10,000 pounds sterling.
1435
01:27:36,294 --> 01:27:39,802
[Braddock] How else are we to
deal with the lack of roads
1436
01:27:40,052 --> 01:27:43,601
in a wilderness
that is proven formidable?
1437
01:27:44,269 --> 01:27:45,353
Did you get that?
1438
01:27:45,478 --> 01:27:46,607
Yes, Your Excellency.
1439
01:27:46,732 --> 01:27:48,110
Now, where was I?
1440
01:27:50,280 --> 01:27:52,745
The siege had been the
longest and the bloodiest...
1441
01:27:52,870 --> 01:27:53,662
[warbling voices]
1442
01:27:53,787 --> 01:27:54,582
Washington?
1443
01:27:54,707 --> 01:27:56,585
oh man, you’re pale as a ghost.
1444
01:27:59,675 --> 01:28:00,969
[Braddock muffled]
Washington.
1445
01:28:01,845 --> 01:28:02,973
[Braddock]
Washington!
1446
01:28:03,098 --> 01:28:03,976
Deliver the dispatch!
1447
01:28:04,101 --> 01:28:08,150
Sorry, Your Excellency, I was
lost in your story.
1448
01:28:16,458 --> 01:28:17,335
Gist!
1449
01:28:23,847 --> 01:28:24,975
[Gage] How is he?
1450
01:28:28,023 --> 01:28:29,359
Dysentery.
1451
01:28:29,735 --> 01:28:31,446
His case is very severe.
1452
01:28:32,072 --> 01:28:34,369
High fever,
terrible nightmares.
1453
01:28:34,494 --> 01:28:35,706
He calls out names.
1454
01:28:35,831 --> 01:28:37,710
How long will he be down?
1455
01:28:37,835 --> 01:28:42,050
Days, a week, forever.
1456
01:28:42,720 --> 01:28:43,971
Forever?
1457
01:28:44,181 --> 01:28:46,101
He'll survive, won't he?
1458
01:28:54,242 --> 01:28:55,243
Washington.
1459
01:28:58,876 --> 01:28:59,837
You're awake.
1460
01:29:00,420 --> 01:29:01,381
Where are we?
1461
01:29:01,799 --> 01:29:04,054
Five miles south of the river,
past the great meadows,
1462
01:29:04,179 --> 01:29:05,305
where you fought.
1463
01:29:05,430 --> 01:29:06,975
At Necessity. Yes.
1464
01:29:07,100 --> 01:29:11,109
I’ve been tasked with a command
of a flying column and 900 men.
1465
01:29:11,234 --> 01:29:13,071
We cross the
Monongahela River tomorrow.
1466
01:29:13,196 --> 01:29:15,786
The next day we
reach Fort Duquesne.
1467
01:29:16,119 --> 01:29:17,497
You should rest.
1468
01:29:17,665 --> 01:29:18,624
No!
1469
01:29:25,470 --> 01:29:26,765
Look to the trees.
1470
01:29:27,726 --> 01:29:30,648
This is a new world,
treat it that way.
1471
01:29:30,774 --> 01:29:32,528
Do you not think me
up to the task?
1472
01:29:32,653 --> 01:29:33,946
You weren't there.
1473
01:29:35,157 --> 01:29:36,952
I question the strategy.
1474
01:29:37,538 --> 01:29:38,664
[Nurse] That's enough.
1475
01:29:38,914 --> 01:29:40,794
Gage, look to the trees.
1476
01:29:42,129 --> 01:29:45,636
I've been preparing
for this all my life, George.
1477
01:29:50,395 --> 01:29:51,439
Courage, man.
1478
01:29:54,863 --> 01:29:56,241
God please help us.
1479
01:30:04,925 --> 01:30:07,387
[dramatic music]
1480
01:30:11,980 --> 01:30:13,358
Hold the advance.
1481
01:30:13,483 --> 01:30:15,195
[Soldier] Hold the
advance!
1482
01:30:15,487 --> 01:30:17,074
[Soldier] Hold the
advance.
1483
01:30:21,499 --> 01:30:23,336
[eerie music plays]
1484
01:30:25,382 --> 01:30:26,760
Advance the column.
1485
01:30:27,094 --> 01:30:28,597
[Soldier] Advance the
column.
1486
01:30:39,578 --> 01:30:41,832
[eerie music continues]
1487
01:30:48,721 --> 01:30:49,932
[bird call sound]
1488
01:30:50,307 --> 01:30:51,351
Halt!
1489
01:30:51,602 --> 01:30:52,688
[Soldier] Halt.
1490
01:30:56,779 --> 01:30:59,492
[man] Whoo!
1491
01:31:00,744 --> 01:31:03,000
[overlapping chatter]
1492
01:31:05,671 --> 01:31:06,715
[gunshot]
1493
01:31:08,218 --> 01:31:09,304
Ambush!
1494
01:31:09,555 --> 01:31:10,514
[men yelling]
1495
01:31:10,639 --> 01:31:11,600
[guns cock]
1496
01:31:11,725 --> 01:31:13,145
In line formation.
1497
01:31:14,898 --> 01:31:16,610
[Gage] In line
formation!
1498
01:31:19,324 --> 01:31:20,325
[men whooping]
1499
01:31:20,450 --> 01:31:21,328
Form square!
1500
01:31:21,662 --> 01:31:22,538
Form square!
1501
01:31:23,081 --> 01:31:25,502
Form square,
protect the column!
1502
01:31:26,421 --> 01:31:27,925
[gunshots impacting]
1503
01:31:28,759 --> 01:31:30,303
[men yelling and
whooping]
1504
01:31:39,321 --> 01:31:41,243
Number one section,
number two section.
1505
01:31:41,368 --> 01:31:42,661
In line formation.
1506
01:31:43,371 --> 01:31:46,712
Number one section,
present... fire.
1507
01:31:50,343 --> 01:31:53,726
Number two section,
present... fire.
1508
01:31:54,436 --> 01:31:56,857
Number one section,
number two section.
1509
01:31:56,982 --> 01:31:58,318
To my rear!
1510
01:31:58,902 --> 01:32:00,405
Protect the colors!
1511
01:32:01,158 --> 01:32:02,284
Get 'em to the river.
1512
01:32:02,492 --> 01:32:04,079
-[David] To the river!
-[Henry] To the river!
1513
01:32:04,204 --> 01:32:05,874
[inaudible yelling]
1514
01:32:06,251 --> 01:32:07,252
[Henry] To the river!
1515
01:32:07,377 --> 01:32:09,339
Get 'em to the river.
Come on!
1516
01:32:10,008 --> 01:32:11,554
We'll regroup at the river!
1517
01:32:11,679 --> 01:32:13,431
[cacophony of yelling
and gunfire]
1518
01:32:13,557 --> 01:32:14,602
Retreat!
1519
01:32:15,185 --> 01:32:16,313
[horse neighing]
1520
01:32:17,189 --> 01:32:19,109
[intense drum beats]
1521
01:32:23,661 --> 01:32:25,706
[Braddock] Make ready!
Present...
1522
01:32:26,625 --> 01:32:27,292
Fire!
1523
01:32:28,378 --> 01:32:30,257
[gunfire]
1524
01:32:30,382 --> 01:32:31,927
Build a rank, build a rank!
1525
01:32:32,052 --> 01:32:32,971
Build a line!
1526
01:32:33,430 --> 01:32:34,097
Move forward!
1527
01:32:34,222 --> 01:32:35,183
Move forward!
1528
01:32:36,353 --> 01:32:37,104
[gunfire]
1529
01:32:38,315 --> 01:32:39,777
Build a rank!
1530
01:32:40,110 --> 01:32:41,404
[Braddock] Hold the line!
Hold the line!
1531
01:32:42,239 --> 01:32:43,784
[intense, epic music]
1532
01:32:45,245 --> 01:32:46,749
[gunfire]
1533
01:32:48,669 --> 01:32:49,713
[cannon fire booms]
1534
01:32:59,022 --> 01:33:00,025
[cannon fire booms]
1535
01:33:02,696 --> 01:33:04,032
[gasping]
1536
01:33:10,253 --> 01:33:12,049
[cacophony of
gunfire and yelling]
1537
01:33:12,215 --> 01:33:13,594
[explosion]
1538
01:33:13,719 --> 01:33:14,888
What happened?
1539
01:33:15,472 --> 01:33:16,474
We've been ambushed!
1540
01:33:16,600 --> 01:33:17,434
From where?
1541
01:33:17,560 --> 01:33:18,562
Over the hill!
1542
01:33:19,732 --> 01:33:21,401
[gunfire]
1543
01:33:25,325 --> 01:33:28,791
[sounds muffle,
gasping as ringing starts]
1544
01:33:28,916 --> 01:33:30,252
[grunts with effort]
1545
01:33:34,342 --> 01:33:35,262
[gunfire]
1546
01:33:36,054 --> 01:33:37,725
[cannon fire]
1547
01:33:38,811 --> 01:33:40,856
[epic music]
1548
01:33:47,870 --> 01:33:49,247
I wouldn't bother,
Washington.
1549
01:33:49,833 --> 01:33:51,126
The battle's lost.
1550
01:33:52,212 --> 01:33:53,090
Where's the General?
1551
01:33:53,215 --> 01:33:54,718
Ordered a full retreat.
1552
01:33:54,843 --> 01:33:55,636
And my men?
1553
01:33:55,844 --> 01:33:56,764
You have no men.
1554
01:33:56,889 --> 01:33:57,975
The Virginians.
1555
01:33:58,892 --> 01:34:00,437
They were at the
front of the line.
1556
01:34:00,563 --> 01:34:02,525
It's nearly four
miles from here.
1557
01:34:03,193 --> 01:34:05,405
If you go that way,
you will die.
1558
01:34:06,281 --> 01:34:08,286
You look like death already.
1559
01:34:08,704 --> 01:34:09,915
Listen to me.
1560
01:34:11,919 --> 01:34:12,878
You'll never find them.
1561
01:34:13,005 --> 01:34:15,050
And even if you did,
you'd never make it back.
1562
01:34:15,718 --> 01:34:16,970
[bullet whizzes]
1563
01:34:17,095 --> 01:34:18,098
Washington.
1564
01:34:18,807 --> 01:34:19,768
Washington.
1565
01:34:20,644 --> 01:34:21,772
Come, my friend.
1566
01:34:22,815 --> 01:34:24,903
What could be worth the risk?
1567
01:34:28,243 --> 01:34:29,788
[dramatic stinger]
1568
01:34:29,913 --> 01:34:31,248
My men.
1569
01:34:36,258 --> 01:34:37,636
[epic music]
1570
01:34:42,605 --> 01:34:45,318
[explosions thunder]
1571
01:34:51,121 --> 01:34:52,124
[soldier grunts]
1572
01:34:57,092 --> 01:34:58,220
[cannon booms]
1573
01:34:59,429 --> 01:35:00,432
[groans]
1574
01:35:00,558 --> 01:35:01,852
[epic music continues]
1575
01:35:08,616 --> 01:35:09,952
[Indistinct yelling]
1576
01:35:10,285 --> 01:35:11,539
Where is the General?
1577
01:35:11,664 --> 01:35:12,956
Where is Braddock?
1578
01:35:13,081 --> 01:35:14,878
Hey! Listen to me!
1579
01:35:15,003 --> 01:35:16,464
-[bullet whizzes by]
-[horse neighs]
1580
01:35:16,882 --> 01:35:18,050
[groans]
1581
01:35:18,969 --> 01:35:21,431
Number one section.
Number two section.
1582
01:35:21,559 --> 01:35:22,851
Fix bayonets.
1583
01:35:24,479 --> 01:35:25,608
[cacophony of gunfire
and screams]
1584
01:35:25,733 --> 01:35:27,695
[yelling]
1585
01:35:27,903 --> 01:35:29,072
[indistinct yelling]
1586
01:35:30,576 --> 01:35:31,579
[groans]
1587
01:35:41,471 --> 01:35:43,393
[ominous tones]
1588
01:35:51,366 --> 01:35:52,953
[gunshots crack]
1589
01:35:55,333 --> 01:35:57,087
Where is the General?
1590
01:35:57,254 --> 01:35:58,674
[soldier] He's over
here!
1591
01:35:58,924 --> 01:35:59,968
Over here!
1592
01:36:02,931 --> 01:36:03,851
General.
1593
01:36:04,226 --> 01:36:04,895
General.
1594
01:36:05,228 --> 01:36:07,691
[panting]
1595
01:36:08,108 --> 01:36:09,194
Washington.
1596
01:36:09,737 --> 01:36:10,739
Sir.
1597
01:36:11,825 --> 01:36:12,910
You ordered a retreat?
1598
01:36:13,370 --> 01:36:15,874
I ordered no retreat.
1599
01:36:19,548 --> 01:36:22,137
Rally the men and fall back.
1600
01:36:24,432 --> 01:36:25,102
Wear...
1601
01:36:25,435 --> 01:36:26,144
Wear this.
1602
01:36:26,311 --> 01:36:28,023
They'll know it's mine.
1603
01:36:32,365 --> 01:36:37,960
Take my horse and save
as many as you can.
1604
01:36:40,674 --> 01:36:41,550
Yes, sir.
1605
01:36:43,305 --> 01:36:45,017
I won't let you down.
1606
01:36:46,729 --> 01:36:48,146
[dramatic music]
1607
01:36:50,443 --> 01:36:52,072
Who would have thought?
1608
01:36:53,867 --> 01:36:56,246
[inspiring music]
1609
01:36:58,586 --> 01:36:59,587
Retreat!
1610
01:36:59,712 --> 01:37:01,423
[booming thuds]
1611
01:37:03,470 --> 01:37:05,933
[George] Hold your ground,
there is no retreat.
1612
01:37:06,058 --> 01:37:07,185
This way!
1613
01:37:08,647 --> 01:37:10,067
There is no retreat.
1614
01:37:11,820 --> 01:37:13,616
Fall back! Fall back!
1615
01:37:13,741 --> 01:37:16,453
Hold your ground,
there is no retreat!
1616
01:37:16,662 --> 01:37:17,998
Hold fast!
1617
01:37:21,046 --> 01:37:22,174
Forward!
1618
01:37:24,553 --> 01:37:25,639
On me!
1619
01:37:26,264 --> 01:37:27,267
[Tucker] George!
1620
01:37:28,604 --> 01:37:29,855
Their advance ends here.
1621
01:37:29,980 --> 01:37:31,819
We will hold this line.
1622
01:37:32,110 --> 01:37:33,320
Fire and move!
1623
01:37:34,740 --> 01:37:36,076
Find cover in the trees.
1624
01:37:36,201 --> 01:37:37,580
Fire from the trees.
1625
01:37:37,705 --> 01:37:38,498
Spread out.
1626
01:37:38,666 --> 01:37:39,457
Spread out.
1627
01:37:40,335 --> 01:37:43,466
Men this is our land
and we will fight for it.
1628
01:37:43,592 --> 01:37:44,593
Independent fire.
1629
01:37:44,718 --> 01:37:45,638
Independent fire!
1630
01:37:47,474 --> 01:37:48,476
George!
1631
01:37:48,936 --> 01:37:49,603
Tucker.
1632
01:37:50,438 --> 01:37:51,356
Where are the others?
1633
01:37:51,481 --> 01:37:52,526
Where's David?
Where's Henry?
1634
01:37:52,651 --> 01:37:54,196
By the river, surrounded.
1635
01:37:54,321 --> 01:37:55,991
If they're still alive.
1636
01:37:56,116 --> 01:37:57,536
I'm going to try to reach them.
1637
01:37:57,661 --> 01:37:59,873
Tucker, rally as many as you can
and move to the river.
1638
01:37:59,998 --> 01:38:01,334
Wait for my signal.
1639
01:38:01,459 --> 01:38:02,921
I won't let you down, sir.
1640
01:38:03,046 --> 01:38:04,132
I'm no officer.
1641
01:38:04,299 --> 01:38:06,219
You are the only leader
on this field.
1642
01:38:06,344 --> 01:38:07,556
Buy me some time.
1643
01:38:09,768 --> 01:38:10,437
You there...
1644
01:38:10,563 --> 01:38:12,232
You, you, and you, follow
me. We'll get to the river.
1645
01:38:12,357 --> 01:38:13,316
On my command!
1646
01:38:13,441 --> 01:38:14,361
[groans]
1647
01:38:14,486 --> 01:38:15,531
Make ready.
1648
01:38:16,239 --> 01:38:17,242
[horse neighs]
1649
01:38:17,367 --> 01:38:18,451
Fire!
1650
01:38:18,829 --> 01:38:20,541
[gunshots ring out]
1651
01:38:23,672 --> 01:38:26,051
[loud booming thuds]
1652
01:38:27,805 --> 01:38:29,307
[men yelling]
1653
01:38:30,686 --> 01:38:31,562
[gunshot]
1654
01:38:32,606 --> 01:38:34,985
Argh! You damn British guns.
1655
01:38:36,530 --> 01:38:37,533
[Sam whimpers]
1656
01:38:37,658 --> 01:38:39,537
No, No, No. Sam,
stay with me, son.
1657
01:38:39,662 --> 01:38:41,875
Brits left us here to die.
1658
01:38:42,125 --> 01:38:43,629
You sound surprised.
1659
01:38:44,296 --> 01:38:45,298
[Charles] Sam...
1660
01:38:48,806 --> 01:38:50,015
[Henry] How many
rounds left?
1661
01:38:50,182 --> 01:38:52,479
My gun doesn't even work, Henry.
1662
01:38:53,313 --> 01:38:54,525
[gunshots ringing]
1663
01:38:55,611 --> 01:38:56,820
Check for powder.
1664
01:39:00,453 --> 01:39:01,329
[horse neighs]
1665
01:39:02,165 --> 01:39:03,333
Henry, look.
1666
01:39:04,336 --> 01:39:05,589
[Henry] Is that...
1667
01:39:05,881 --> 01:39:07,551
[epic music]
1668
01:39:10,891 --> 01:39:12,185
It's Washington.
1669
01:39:12,310 --> 01:39:13,606
Man's a damn fool.
1670
01:39:17,863 --> 01:39:18,782
[grunts]
1671
01:39:18,907 --> 01:39:20,828
Come on.
1672
01:39:20,953 --> 01:39:22,122
[gunshots]
1673
01:39:22,247 --> 01:39:23,498
[grunting]
1674
01:39:28,592 --> 01:39:29,970
[yelling]
1675
01:39:30,639 --> 01:39:31,890
[gunshot]
1676
01:39:43,496 --> 01:39:44,542
-They're behind us.
-[David] Huh?
1677
01:39:44,792 --> 01:39:46,461
They flanked you
from the right side.
1678
01:39:46,587 --> 01:39:47,715
Well, what do we do?
1679
01:39:47,840 --> 01:39:48,507
We fight.
1680
01:39:48,632 --> 01:39:50,218
We're all out of power.
1681
01:39:51,555 --> 01:39:53,183
Has anybody got powder?
1682
01:39:53,391 --> 01:39:54,061
Who has powder?
1683
01:39:54,186 --> 01:39:55,270
Here! I got it!
1684
01:39:57,693 --> 01:39:58,821
Let's make 'em pay.
1685
01:40:00,113 --> 01:40:01,742
Reload every weapon
you can find.
1686
01:40:01,867 --> 01:40:03,997
Men of Virginia,
reload your weapons.
1687
01:40:04,122 --> 01:40:05,709
To the right, follow me.
1688
01:40:05,834 --> 01:40:08,171
Keep that powder on you
and keep it dry.
1689
01:40:08,380 --> 01:40:10,385
Let's go, let's go!
Let's give'em hell.
1690
01:40:11,428 --> 01:40:12,765
[David] Keep your
head down, Henry.
1691
01:40:13,015 --> 01:40:13,976
[grunting]
1692
01:40:14,101 --> 01:40:16,354
[George] Virginians, take
cover along the berm!
1693
01:40:18,483 --> 01:40:20,362
Keep your heads down.
1694
01:40:20,823 --> 01:40:22,660
[cacophony of gunfire
and cannon explosions]
1695
01:40:27,961 --> 01:40:30,132
Reload your muskets.
1696
01:40:32,555 --> 01:40:34,767
Ahh... you bastard.
1697
01:40:35,435 --> 01:40:36,520
Make ready.
1698
01:40:37,856 --> 01:40:38,942
Ready?
1699
01:40:39,067 --> 01:40:40,152
Present arms!
1700
01:40:42,533 --> 01:40:43,576
Fire!
1701
01:40:45,328 --> 01:40:46,206
Second rank.
1702
01:40:49,880 --> 01:40:50,674
Make ready.
1703
01:40:51,509 --> 01:40:52,427
Present arms.
1704
01:40:53,303 --> 01:40:54,306
Fire!
1705
01:40:58,271 --> 01:41:01,444
On my signal, take the men
as fast as you can to the right.
1706
01:41:01,570 --> 01:41:03,365
What are you going to do?
1707
01:41:06,246 --> 01:41:07,625
George.
1708
01:41:08,250 --> 01:41:09,670
[epic music]
1709
01:41:14,179 --> 01:41:15,430
[gunfire]
1710
01:41:22,613 --> 01:41:24,491
He's makin’ himself a target.
1711
01:41:26,787 --> 01:41:28,582
[epic music]
1712
01:41:31,880 --> 01:41:33,258
[speaking Seneca]
1713
01:41:37,851 --> 01:41:39,229
[bullets whizzing]
1714
01:41:48,831 --> 01:41:49,750
Now!
1715
01:41:50,042 --> 01:41:50,878
Now!
1716
01:41:53,048 --> 01:41:54,051
[Tucker] Present!
1717
01:41:55,343 --> 01:41:56,304
Fire!
1718
01:41:58,517 --> 01:41:59,477
[Tucker] Freedom!
1719
01:41:59,603 --> 01:42:01,231
Independent fire!
1720
01:42:01,857 --> 01:42:04,362
[muskets cracking]
1721
01:42:04,655 --> 01:42:06,992
Men of Virginia, to the right!
1722
01:42:07,911 --> 01:42:09,289
[George] Go! Go!
1723
01:42:09,873 --> 01:42:11,376
[triumphant music]
1724
01:42:14,299 --> 01:42:15,928
[explosions thunder]
1725
01:42:24,570 --> 01:42:26,782
[dramatic music
intensifies]
1726
01:42:45,443 --> 01:42:47,114
[distant gunshots]
1727
01:42:54,588 --> 01:42:58,011
Only tend to the ones who
you can see breathing.
1728
01:42:58,136 --> 01:42:59,056
What is that?
1729
01:43:01,977 --> 01:43:04,942
[triumphant music]
1730
01:43:06,820 --> 01:43:08,115
[birds chirping]
1731
01:43:31,995 --> 01:43:34,126
[triumphant music continues]
1732
01:43:54,207 --> 01:43:55,751
What's wrong, sir?
1733
01:43:56,754 --> 01:43:57,965
Seen a ghost?
1734
01:43:58,549 --> 01:44:00,260
[triumphant music]
1735
01:44:10,322 --> 01:44:11,158
There was no order.
1736
01:44:11,283 --> 01:44:11,950
What?
1737
01:44:12,200 --> 01:44:13,286
To retreat.
1738
01:44:18,964 --> 01:44:21,053
The battle was lost, George.
1739
01:44:22,012 --> 01:44:25,102
I see no point in
joining him in the grave.
1740
01:44:26,104 --> 01:44:28,275
Whose land is this, anyway?
1741
01:44:29,236 --> 01:44:30,445
It's our land.
1742
01:44:30,906 --> 01:44:33,160
Well, my land is an ocean away.
1743
01:44:40,799 --> 01:44:43,806
See, that is the
difference between us.
1744
01:44:51,947 --> 01:44:53,075
You all right?
1745
01:44:53,241 --> 01:44:54,620
How are the others?
1746
01:44:55,037 --> 01:44:56,206
We lost a lot of men.
1747
01:44:56,331 --> 01:44:57,332
How many?
1748
01:44:58,460 --> 01:44:59,630
Hundreds.
1749
01:45:01,091 --> 01:45:02,928
[solemn music]
1750
01:45:10,693 --> 01:45:15,452
Thank you for
coming back for us.
1751
01:45:21,507 --> 01:45:25,013
Major Washington, the Half-King.
1752
01:45:31,068 --> 01:45:33,196
[ominous music]
1753
01:45:49,647 --> 01:45:51,274
So, now you fight
for the French?
1754
01:45:51,984 --> 01:45:54,907
I no longer fight wars
that are not my own.
1755
01:45:55,032 --> 01:45:56,619
Then why are you here?
1756
01:45:57,119 --> 01:45:57,996
To find you.
1757
01:45:59,875 --> 01:46:00,876
Follow me.
1758
01:46:02,756 --> 01:46:04,132
[ominous music
builds]
1759
01:46:10,813 --> 01:46:12,232
[speaking Native language]
1760
01:46:13,110 --> 01:46:15,531
He wants to know who you are.
1761
01:46:17,242 --> 01:46:18,203
Why?
1762
01:46:20,248 --> 01:46:21,877
[speaking Native language]
1763
01:46:27,429 --> 01:46:30,268
I ordered my
warriors to shoot you.
1764
01:46:30,728 --> 01:46:31,980
All of them.
1765
01:46:33,609 --> 01:46:35,112
My men never miss.
1766
01:46:36,239 --> 01:46:39,036
[speaking Native language]
1767
01:46:47,595 --> 01:46:50,934
Our people have a legend.
1768
01:46:51,729 --> 01:46:54,818
A spirit of protection that
shields those chosen,
1769
01:46:54,943 --> 01:46:56,822
those who walk in destiny.
1770
01:46:56,989 --> 01:47:00,495
[speaking Native language]
1771
01:47:00,996 --> 01:47:02,457
Creator chose you.
1772
01:47:02,918 --> 01:47:05,088
You've been
shielded by the spirit.
1773
01:47:05,213 --> 01:47:08,261
[speaking Native language]
1774
01:47:08,386 --> 01:47:09,513
So, I ask again.
1775
01:47:09,765 --> 01:47:11,183
What are you called?
1776
01:47:14,314 --> 01:47:16,403
My name is George Washington.
1777
01:47:18,532 --> 01:47:19,993
[speaking Native language]
1778
01:47:22,831 --> 01:47:24,712
I will remember this name.
1779
01:47:28,426 --> 01:47:30,723
[Dinwiddie] Are those bullet
holes in your jacket?
1780
01:47:31,014 --> 01:47:31,725
Apologies,
1781
01:47:31,892 --> 01:47:33,145
sir, this is
the only uniform I own--
1782
01:47:33,270 --> 01:47:34,982
You misunderstand my statement.
1783
01:47:35,107 --> 01:47:36,024
And your hat?
1784
01:47:36,652 --> 01:47:38,656
Yes, it's the
only one I own as well.
1785
01:47:38,781 --> 01:47:39,825
The militia is in general--
1786
01:47:39,950 --> 01:47:42,538
It also has a
bullet hole in it.
1787
01:47:45,669 --> 01:47:47,255
How are you alive?
1788
01:47:48,842 --> 01:47:50,679
A divine hand, perhaps.
1789
01:47:50,888 --> 01:47:51,807
Perhaps.
1790
01:47:52,224 --> 01:47:53,351
That says maybe.
1791
01:47:54,311 --> 01:47:57,067
But you are
the man of the hour.
1792
01:47:57,317 --> 01:47:58,403
That's certain.
1793
01:47:58,696 --> 01:48:00,783
Your journals to the council,
they've been published
1794
01:48:00,908 --> 01:48:02,077
and have made
you quite well known.
1795
01:48:02,202 --> 01:48:03,831
They've even awakened London
1796
01:48:03,956 --> 01:48:06,001
to the situation our
colonies now face.
1797
01:48:06,126 --> 01:48:07,838
The way you
describe the frontier
1798
01:48:07,963 --> 01:48:11,261
has sparked the
imagination of many.
1799
01:48:13,058 --> 01:48:17,232
And, um... to your
recent actions,
1800
01:48:19,111 --> 01:48:22,117
Mr. Washington's
exemplary courage
1801
01:48:22,242 --> 01:48:25,666
was on full display as he evaded
many attacks on his person
1802
01:48:25,791 --> 01:48:29,214
while he felled
Indian and French enemies alike.
1803
01:48:29,339 --> 01:48:33,348
He also selflessly
rescued hundreds of his men
1804
01:48:33,473 --> 01:48:35,268
during a most
impressive retreat,
1805
01:48:35,393 --> 01:48:38,191
during which he continued
to battle the enemy with fervor,
1806
01:48:38,316 --> 01:48:40,153
despite his infirm condition.
1807
01:48:40,278 --> 01:48:41,907
Well, we were defeated.
1808
01:48:42,365 --> 01:48:45,163
Sir, 450 lives lost,
another 500 wounded.
1809
01:48:45,288 --> 01:48:46,289
But you have won.
1810
01:48:47,125 --> 01:48:48,754
Because you endured.
1811
01:48:49,840 --> 01:48:51,760
For most, failure is the end.
1812
01:48:51,885 --> 01:48:54,892
For you, it seems
only to be the beginning.
1813
01:48:55,017 --> 01:48:57,813
And since
leadership is the problem,
1814
01:49:00,277 --> 01:49:03,951
I'm going to give you
the opportunity to answer.
1815
01:49:04,284 --> 01:49:05,579
A second chance.
1816
01:49:07,666 --> 01:49:09,545
We're forming
a Virginia regiment,
1817
01:49:09,670 --> 01:49:11,842
1500 men, first of
its kind in the colonies,
1818
01:49:11,967 --> 01:49:13,303
and want you to lead it.
1819
01:49:13,428 --> 01:49:15,098
I'm reinstating your
rank as Colonel
1820
01:49:15,223 --> 01:49:16,602
in the Virginia Regiment.
1821
01:49:16,727 --> 01:49:18,606
And Commander
in Chief of all forces
1822
01:49:18,731 --> 01:49:21,737
raised in defense
of His Majesty's colony.
1823
01:49:22,320 --> 01:49:25,536
Do you accept
this great honor?
1824
01:49:28,375 --> 01:49:30,503
Yes, sir. I do.
1825
01:49:30,754 --> 01:49:31,674
Well then.
1826
01:49:32,090 --> 01:49:33,218
We have much to discuss.
1827
01:49:33,343 --> 01:49:35,514
I have...but one request.
1828
01:49:36,559 --> 01:49:40,023
Washington, if you ask for equal
pay or a royal commission--
1829
01:49:40,148 --> 01:49:40,983
No, sir.
1830
01:49:42,319 --> 01:49:44,908
I would like to
discuss the uniform.
1831
01:49:50,002 --> 01:49:51,003
Fall in!
1832
01:50:14,842 --> 01:50:17,055
Form up on Colonel Washington!
1833
01:50:21,774 --> 01:50:23,694
I am not a British officer.
1834
01:50:26,700 --> 01:50:29,162
I am not a
gentleman of England.
1835
01:50:31,041 --> 01:50:34,548
I have no title,
no royal commission.
1836
01:50:37,220 --> 01:50:39,349
But what I do have is you.
1837
01:50:41,394 --> 01:50:42,480
All of you.
1838
01:50:45,278 --> 01:50:46,740
I am a Virginian.
1839
01:50:49,662 --> 01:50:52,250
And it is my
honor to serve you.
1840
01:50:53,210 --> 01:50:54,672
To Virginia!
1841
01:50:54,880 --> 01:50:56,216
[men] To Virginia!
1842
01:50:56,424 --> 01:50:58,178
[men yell and cheer]
1843
01:51:09,326 --> 01:51:10,746
To Virginia.
1844
01:51:19,096 --> 01:51:20,808
[dramatic music]
1845
01:52:02,015 --> 01:52:04,728
[dramatic music]
1846
01:52:29,486 --> 01:52:30,698
Thank you
for being here tonight.
1847
01:52:31,031 --> 01:52:32,242
You're not
just watching a film,
1848
01:52:32,618 --> 01:52:33,829
you're helping launch a movement
1849
01:52:34,454 --> 01:52:36,291
because the ideals
at the heart of this country
1850
01:52:36,792 --> 01:52:37,502
still matter.
1851
01:52:37,795 --> 01:52:39,464
We believe the story
of George Washington,
1852
01:52:40,132 --> 01:52:43,557
of sacrifice, courage,
humility, perseverance,
1853
01:52:43,682 --> 01:52:45,227
and faith still matters.
1854
01:52:46,019 --> 01:52:48,356
Freedom matters,
virtue matters.
1855
01:52:48,817 --> 01:52:51,154
The belief that
liberty is worth fighting for,
1856
01:52:52,365 --> 01:52:53,366
that still matters.
1857
01:52:53,911 --> 01:52:56,373
So we are inviting
you tonight to Pay it Forward
1858
01:52:56,540 --> 01:52:58,587
because when you do,
you give countless families
1859
01:52:58,712 --> 01:53:00,005
the chance to see
Young Washington,
1860
01:53:00,298 --> 01:53:02,177
and with your help,
Young Washington
1861
01:53:02,385 --> 01:53:04,682
can be America's
number one movie.
1862
01:53:05,518 --> 01:53:08,732
On the 250th anniversary
of our nation's birth,
1863
01:53:09,399 --> 01:53:11,236
we can send a
message loud and clear
1864
01:53:11,361 --> 01:53:15,077
that America, and founding
principles that shaped her,
1865
01:53:15,913 --> 01:53:17,124
are still worth fighting for.
1866
01:53:18,208 --> 01:53:19,461
Thank you so
much for your help.
1867
01:53:20,714 --> 01:53:22,760
[dramatic music]
1868
01:54:27,222 --> 01:54:29,226
[dramatic music]