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Sieg heil!
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Sieg heil!
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Sieg heil!
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Sieg heil!
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Sieg heil!
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Sieg heil!
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Sieg heil!
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This is London. Ed Murrow reporting.
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To an American reporter...
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there is something very special
about the people of this city...
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this island, this nation.
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Never in the long and stormy
history of Great Britain...
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have her fortunes been
as low as they are...
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in this spring of 1941.
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Britain is fighting alone
for her very existence...
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fighting desperately.
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Yet her people remain
steadfast and unflinching.
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Britain's allies have been
defeated one by one...
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as the dark stain of Nazi conquest...
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spreads across the map of Europe.
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In Africa, Rommel is giving
the Eighth Army a very bad time.
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Greece has fallen.
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And the Luftwaffe continues
to smash English cities.
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The worst news of all
comes from the North Atlantic...
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where last month, German U-boats
and surface raiders...
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sank 600,000 tons of shipping.
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In this battle,
Britain's lifeblood is at stake.
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This is the battle on which depends...
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the future course of the war...
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the future course of British history.
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The battle of the North Atlantic
is fought at sea...
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but it is directed from
the admiralty, here in London.
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Very deep in the ancient
Admiralty Building...
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200 feet underground, is the war room.
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Here is the guiding brain
and central nervous system...
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of the British navy...
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The Operations Division.
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Robert.
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Sir?
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Take Captain Shepard's things...
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and put them in the office.
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Aye, sir.
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Thank you.
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This, of course, is the message center...
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for incoming and outgoing signals.
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These tubes lead to
the wireless room down the hall.
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Oh, Shepard...
Anything wrong?
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That man's uniform.
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Oh. We're quite informal here
about some things.
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You'll find it's much different...
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from the bridge of a ship at sea.
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It has to be that way.
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Shepard, this is Commander Richards...
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the duty plot officer.
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Captain Shepard is
the new director of operations.
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[Mouth Full Of Food] How do you do?
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Don't let me interrupt your meal.
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Captain Shepard,
Second Officer Anne Davis.
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Captain Shepard's taking over for me.
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How do you do, sir?
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How do you do?
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Be nice to her, Shepard.
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If she got angry and walked out,
we'd lose the war.
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Really?
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Seriously, you can depend on
this young lady.
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I've done it many times.
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Anne, be a darling, will you...
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and get your plot report in
as soon as possible.
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We mustn't be late...
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forJimmy's party tonight.
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Right-oh.
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I suppose I should shed a few tears...
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at leaving this place...
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but quite honestly, I've hated the job.
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Too much responsibility,
strain.
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I'm getting a command at sea.
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That's what I've always wanted.
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Congratulations.
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I hope you find one...
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that doesn't involve too much strain.
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It's a different kind of strain.
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If a man's going to serve in the navy...
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he ought to serve at sea...
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unless, of course,
it's a man like yourself...
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who's already seen action.
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He should still serve at sea.
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Yes. Well, I better get along.
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I'll say good-bye now...
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unless you have any questions.
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I don't think so. Good luck.
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Thank you.
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We thought we might be of some
assistance, sir...
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not knowing your way around yet.
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Is there anything I can do for you?
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Yes, there is something.
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I saw a rating enter the war room...
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without his jumper.
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From now on, everyone
will be properly dressed at all times.
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I cannot have officers
eating sandwiches on duty...
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Commander, under any circumstances.
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I'm sorry, sir. Won't happen again.
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Excuse me, sir.
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I think you should know
that Commander Richards...
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stood two watches without relief...
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I'm sure Commander Richards...
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doesn't need an interpreter,
Miss Davis.
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I was also surprised
to hear a Wren officer...
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addressed by her Christian name.
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To me, this kind of informality...
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is both irregular and inexcusable.
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Come in!
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Sorry to interrupt, sir.
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Priority signal.
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Thank you.
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Huh. Excuse me.
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Come in.
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Oh, Shepard.
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You know the assistant chief
of naval staff.
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Yes, indeed, sir. Very well.
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How are you,Jonathan?
I'm glad to see you again.
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I have a signal here...
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from our naval attache in Stockholm.
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He reports two large German warships...
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steaming through the Kattegat.
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What ships are they?
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He doesn't say.
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Think it might be the Bismarck?
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It's possible, sir.
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She's just completed
three months' training...
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in the Baltic.
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Couldn't pick a better time
to break out...
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with this Crete business
going on...
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and our convoys scattered.
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I have a nasty hunch
that's the idea, sir.
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I hope you're wrong.
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Can't afford to have that monster loose.
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Look what Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau did to us.
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22 ships sunk... 115,000 tons.
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All in two months.
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They don't have anything like
Bismarck's fire power.
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She could stand off and sink
every ship in a convoy...
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without ever coming under fire.
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Shepard, get on to
the Commander-in-Chief,
Home Fleet.
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Tell him we're not sure...
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but we're very much concerned.
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We'll let him have...
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every scrap of information.
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Aye aye, sir.
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Oh, and, Shepard.
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I wish you'd prepare
your recommendations...
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in case it is the Bismarck.
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Very good, sir.
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Pretty rough assignment...
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for a new man on the job.
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I'm not worried about Shepard.
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He's one of the ablest men
in the service.
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I'm told he's as cold
as a witch's heart.
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That's a slight exaggeration, sir.
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I want a man who's cold.
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I'd like a man with no heart at all...
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no soul...
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just an enormous brain.
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The battle of the North Atlantic...
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is a grim business.
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It won't be won
by charm and personality.
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We've had too much of that.
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I've known Shepard for years.
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We've served together before.
He was different then.
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Any particular reason for the change?
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I suspect there are many reasons, sir...
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reasons of a personal nature.
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Oh. I see.
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Well, how are we going to
get the information...
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on those two ships?
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We have an agent in southern Norway...
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Get in touch with him.
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It's too dangerous to get in touch
with him directly.
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There isn't time to go
through Zurich or Stockholm.
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In this case,
you'll have to make direct contact.
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Sir, this man is
in Nazi-occupied territory.
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I realize that.
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All the same, we must get
in touch with him immediately.
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Aye aye, sir.
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[Automatic Weapon Fire]
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The enemy ships
were sighted coming out of the Baltic...
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obviously heading out to sea...
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obviously not in the service
of the king.
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Now, what have we got over here
at Scapa Flow?
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Battleships King George V,
Prince of Wales...
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battle cruiser Hood...
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a few cruisers and destroyers.
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The rest of the fleet's
out on convoy escort.
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It's from Admiral Cunningham, sir.
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"Situation in Crete is deteriorating.
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German airborne troops
have captured Maleme Airfield."
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Why is it we never get
our bad medicine in small doses?
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Perfect timing for an enemy breakout...
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in the North Atlantic.
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Cunningham and his fleet
busy down here in Crete.
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Sommerville's got his hands full...
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trying to reinforce Malta
with Force H.
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Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
are up here at Brest.
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We must keep them covered.
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And 16 convoys to guard...
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scattered all over the Atlantic.
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If we had a hundred more ships...
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we still wouldn't have enough.
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Sir, we've just had a signal...
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from our agent in Norway.
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The message is incomplete.
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"Sighted two enemy ships
of Kristiansand at 033 5
sailing due west...
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Cruiser Prinz Eugen and..."
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The transmission stopped
abruptly at that point, sir.
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Did you try to get him back?
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Yes, sir. No further contact.
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Where is Kristiansand?
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Off here, sir.
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Southern tip of Norway.
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What do you think, A.C.N.S.?
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I don't think this man...
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would have transmitted
in the circumstances...
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if it hadn't been something
really important.
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Then we'll proceed on the assumption...
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that it's Bismarck.
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May I suggest we put
Coastal Command to work...
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on air reconnaissance?
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Yes. Everything from Bergen southwards.
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Tell them to photograph
everything that looks suspicious.
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I'll talk to Commander-in-Chief
at Scapa Flow.
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Aye aye, sir.
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[Ship Horn Sounding]
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[Ship Horn Sounding]
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Excuse me, sir.
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First sea lord on the line, sir.
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Commander-in-Chief, sir.
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Hello,Jack. How are you?
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I'm fine.
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Those two German ships...
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were sighted off southern Norway
at 033 5.
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One is the Prinz Eugen...
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and we're not sure about the other.
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Do you think it's...
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I suggest you proceed
on the worst possible assumption...
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that it's Bismarck
and she's breaking out.
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I can't think of anything worse.
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We can't let that ship
get loose in the Atlantic.
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I'll come to immediate notice
for steam, sir.
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All right. Good-bye.
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We're directed to assume
that it's Bismarck...
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accompanied by Prinz Eugen...
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and that they're attempting to...
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break out into the convoy lanes.
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Now, gentlemen, they'd have
four available passages...
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wouldn't they?
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Here's the Denmark Strait...
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the passage south of Iceland...
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the Faeroes-Shetland Passage...
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and the Fair Island Channel...
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between the Orkneys and the Shetlands.
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Anyone care to place a bet?
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What about the Iceland-Faeroes
Channel?
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Not too near our bases,
room to maneuver.
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Why wouldn't he take the nearest exit?
264
00:15:10,573 --> 00:15:13,371
Fair Island Channel's
only a few hundred miles.
265
00:15:13,474 --> 00:15:15,533
Too close to our air patrol.
266
00:15:15,609 --> 00:15:20,069
All you're saying is
it could be any one of the four.
267
00:15:20,113 --> 00:15:22,081
Actually, of course,
you're perfectly right.
268
00:15:22,115 --> 00:15:23,548
I'm afraid somehow or other...
269
00:15:23,616 --> 00:15:25,584
we've got to guard them all.
270
00:15:25,617 --> 00:15:28,586
Have we any idea
where they are now, sir?
271
00:15:28,620 --> 00:15:30,053
Nothing definite.
272
00:15:32,123 --> 00:15:33,556
Jenkins, check with Coastal Command...
273
00:15:33,623 --> 00:15:35,591
that they're carrying out a search.
274
00:15:35,625 --> 00:15:37,058
Aye aye, sir.
275
00:16:17,893 --> 00:16:19,326
Looks like two cruisers.
276
00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:21,329
That's what the pilot said.
277
00:16:21,396 --> 00:16:23,330
One's a cruiser, all right.
278
00:16:23,397 --> 00:16:25,331
The other one's...
279
00:16:25,399 --> 00:16:26,832
Bismarck.
280
00:16:26,901 --> 00:16:28,459
Bismarck's been located in Norway.
281
00:16:28,535 --> 00:16:29,763
Definitely identified.
282
00:16:29,836 --> 00:16:31,326
Bismarck's in Grimstad Fjord.
283
00:16:31,404 --> 00:16:33,838
They want us to send
everything we've got...
284
00:16:33,907 --> 00:16:35,499
Bombers, torpedo planes, everything.
285
00:16:37,408 --> 00:16:38,841
No luck. Nothing.
286
00:16:38,910 --> 00:16:40,343
Visibility down to nil.
287
00:16:40,412 --> 00:16:42,346
Cloud down to 200 feet, sir.
288
00:16:42,413 --> 00:16:45,348
Can't get a bombing run
in weather like that.
289
00:16:45,415 --> 00:16:47,349
200 feet along the fjord here.
290
00:16:47,417 --> 00:16:47,751
What convoy's that, Miss Jackson?
291
00:16:47,751 --> 00:16:49,343
What convoy's that, Miss Jackson?
292
00:16:49,419 --> 00:16:50,852
O.G.62, sir.
293
00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,512
Right.
294
00:16:54,957 --> 00:16:57,892
Now, Miss Davis, take the Arethusa...
295
00:16:57,958 --> 00:16:59,892
from O.G.62.
296
00:16:59,961 --> 00:17:02,327
Put her with the Home Fleet.
297
00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:05,330
Good.
298
00:17:06,899 --> 00:17:08,332
Now take the Victorious...
299
00:17:08,401 --> 00:17:11,336
from that convoy forming
up in the Clyde...W.S.8.B....
300
00:17:11,403 --> 00:17:13,837
And put her with the Home Fleet.
301
00:17:13,905 --> 00:17:15,839
Sir, Operations Home Fleet calling.
302
00:17:15,907 --> 00:17:17,340
Director of operations.
303
00:17:17,408 --> 00:17:19,842
No, I'm sorry.
We still have no information.
304
00:17:19,909 --> 00:17:22,343
Well, the weather's closed in
over there.
305
00:17:22,413 --> 00:17:25,940
The aircraft can't see a thing.
306
00:17:26,014 --> 00:17:29,177
Yes, as soon... as soon as I hear, right.
307
00:17:29,251 --> 00:17:31,185
Right. I will.
308
00:17:31,254 --> 00:17:33,188
Now...
309
00:17:36,257 --> 00:17:38,191
take the Repulse from W.S.8.B.
310
00:17:38,259 --> 00:17:40,955
and put her with the Home Fleet.
311
00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,696
Right.
312
00:17:46,265 --> 00:17:48,699
Home Fleet looks better now, doesn't it?
313
00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:50,928
Yes, sir, but I wouldn't give much
for the convoy.
314
00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:53,233
You do recall that's a troop convoy...
315
00:17:53,304 --> 00:17:54,430
don't you, sir?
316
00:17:54,505 --> 00:17:55,563
Yes, I do.
317
00:17:55,639 --> 00:17:57,732
They've got a long way to go...
318
00:17:57,808 --> 00:17:59,742
round the cape to the Middle East.
319
00:17:59,809 --> 00:18:01,140
This leaves them unprotected.
320
00:18:01,209 --> 00:18:03,677
I'm quite aware of the circumstances,
Miss Davis.
321
00:18:03,746 --> 00:18:06,442
This is a risk we have to take.
322
00:18:06,516 --> 00:18:08,541
We have to take, sir?
323
00:18:08,616 --> 00:18:10,481
Well, Shepard...
324
00:18:10,551 --> 00:18:12,985
what do you have in mind?
325
00:18:13,054 --> 00:18:16,182
I think we must reinforce
the Home Fleet, sir.
326
00:18:16,256 --> 00:18:18,690
They can't patrol everything
from here to Greenland...
327
00:18:18,758 --> 00:18:20,692
with what they've got now.
328
00:18:20,759 --> 00:18:23,193
Well, where do we get the ships?
329
00:18:23,262 --> 00:18:25,696
We'd have to take ships from other duty.
330
00:18:25,764 --> 00:18:27,698
It would involve some risk.
331
00:18:27,765 --> 00:18:30,097
We could take Victorious
and Repulse off escort duty.
332
00:18:30,167 --> 00:18:33,762
That would give the Commander-in-Chief
an aircraft carrier...
333
00:18:33,838 --> 00:18:35,305
and another battle cruiser.
334
00:18:35,338 --> 00:18:36,737
What convoy were they covering?
335
00:18:36,806 --> 00:18:39,240
The W.8.S.B., sailing
from the Clyde tomorrow.
336
00:18:39,308 --> 00:18:42,744
It's a large troop convoy, sir...
20,000 men.
337
00:18:42,812 --> 00:18:45,906
We'd be exposing them to
a long and dangerous voyage...
338
00:18:45,980 --> 00:18:47,504
without proper escort.
339
00:18:47,582 --> 00:18:49,743
Is that what you're recommending?
340
00:18:49,817 --> 00:18:51,250
Yes, sir.
341
00:18:51,317 --> 00:18:55,378
You're willing to gamble
the lives of 20,000 men?
342
00:18:55,456 --> 00:18:56,923
I think there's a difference...
343
00:18:56,989 --> 00:18:58,957
between a gamble and a calculated risk.
344
00:19:00,826 --> 00:19:02,726
Good for you, Shepard.
345
00:19:02,794 --> 00:19:04,887
Of course, I realize it's...
346
00:19:04,962 --> 00:19:07,897
It's not an easy decision to make.
347
00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:11,696
The important ones never are.
348
00:19:11,767 --> 00:19:13,200
All right, go ahead...
349
00:19:13,269 --> 00:19:15,703
and detach those two ships
from the convoy.
350
00:19:15,772 --> 00:19:18,206
Inform Commander-in-Chief,
Home Fleet.
351
00:19:18,272 --> 00:19:19,705
Aye aye, sir.
352
00:19:19,774 --> 00:19:21,173
[Ship Horn Sounds]
353
00:19:22,777 --> 00:19:25,211
They're giving us Victorious
and Repulse.
354
00:19:25,278 --> 00:19:28,213
Now we can send Hood
and Prince of Wales out...
355
00:19:28,281 --> 00:19:30,715
to support the patrols
in the Greenland area.
356
00:19:30,784 --> 00:19:33,719
I want them ready to sail
within an hour.
357
00:19:33,785 --> 00:19:36,219
Prince of Wales
has civilian workers aboard.
358
00:19:36,288 --> 00:19:38,722
They're making adjustments
to the gun turrets.
359
00:19:38,790 --> 00:19:42,226
If they don't finish their work,
they'll sail with the ship.
360
00:19:42,292 --> 00:19:43,725
Aye aye, sir.
361
00:19:43,794 --> 00:19:46,228
As far as the rest of the fleet...
362
00:19:46,296 --> 00:19:48,230
we'll wait for definite information.
363
00:19:48,297 --> 00:19:51,232
I suppose my nerves
can stand it if yours can.
364
00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:53,234
I've just talked to Captain Shepard.
365
00:19:53,301 --> 00:19:55,735
The visibility over the coast of Norway...
366
00:19:55,804 --> 00:19:57,237
is absolutely nil.
367
00:19:57,305 --> 00:19:59,239
She may be there. She may not.
368
00:19:59,306 --> 00:20:00,933
What's the latest forecast?
369
00:20:01,007 --> 00:20:02,736
Pretty bad, I'm afraid, sir.
370
00:20:02,809 --> 00:20:05,243
Looks like two days
of very thick weather.
371
00:20:11,383 --> 00:20:14,318
The weather report is
very good, Admiral...
372
00:20:14,418 --> 00:20:16,318
Two days of heavy overcast.
373
00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:19,355
Good news, is it not so, Captain?
374
00:20:19,423 --> 00:20:20,856
It is, sir.
375
00:20:20,924 --> 00:20:22,289
Thank you, Bernhardt.
376
00:20:27,363 --> 00:20:30,298
We have a most interesting
chess game here, Lindemann.
377
00:20:30,365 --> 00:20:33,300
The important moves
this time are at the opening.
378
00:20:33,368 --> 00:20:37,304
To break out into the Atlantic
will not be easy, sir.
379
00:20:37,371 --> 00:20:39,805
Yes, but we have the advantage...
380
00:20:39,873 --> 00:20:42,671
because they do not know
what we are going to do.
381
00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:44,299
We can move out immediately...
382
00:20:44,376 --> 00:20:46,810
or we can hide for a while...
383
00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:48,312
under this beautiful overcast.
384
00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:51,316
Also, we have a choice
of four different exits.
385
00:20:51,382 --> 00:20:54,317
Group North has suggested
the Iceland-Faeroes Passage.
386
00:20:54,385 --> 00:20:56,819
You're not forgetting that, sir?
387
00:20:56,886 --> 00:20:59,320
We have to take orders from Group North.
388
00:20:59,389 --> 00:21:02,256
We do not have to take suggestions.
389
00:21:02,325 --> 00:21:03,758
Yes, sir.
390
00:21:03,824 --> 00:21:06,759
Lindemann, we have
a great opportunity here.
391
00:21:06,828 --> 00:21:09,160
I do not intend to let Group North...
392
00:21:09,231 --> 00:21:11,392
or anyone else lose it for me.
393
00:21:11,464 --> 00:21:13,762
There can be great glory in this voyage...
394
00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:16,267
glory for the Third Reich...
395
00:21:16,336 --> 00:21:18,304
glory for us!
396
00:21:18,370 --> 00:21:21,203
For you, sir.
You are the fleet commander.
397
00:21:21,273 --> 00:21:23,764
I will see that you are not forgotten.
398
00:21:23,841 --> 00:21:26,776
I was forgotten after the last war.
399
00:21:26,843 --> 00:21:28,777
Until the fuehrer came to power...
400
00:21:28,846 --> 00:21:30,780
I got no recognition, no promotion.
401
00:21:30,847 --> 00:21:32,280
I was ignored...
402
00:21:32,348 --> 00:21:34,282
just as Germany was ignored.
403
00:21:34,350 --> 00:21:36,784
The world only remembers the winners,
Lindemann.
404
00:21:36,852 --> 00:21:38,786
We must make sure this time...
405
00:21:38,854 --> 00:21:41,584
that it will remember us.
406
00:21:41,656 --> 00:21:43,886
I am sure it will.
407
00:21:43,959 --> 00:21:45,790
How soon can you get under way?
408
00:21:45,859 --> 00:21:48,794
I can have steam in half an hour, sir.
409
00:21:48,862 --> 00:21:51,558
I want to be out of here
in 15 minutes.
410
00:21:51,632 --> 00:21:53,065
Signal Prinz Eugen.
411
00:21:53,131 --> 00:21:54,530
Very well, sir.
412
00:21:58,904 --> 00:22:00,997
[Whistles]
413
00:22:01,072 --> 00:22:03,666
[Yelling In German]
414
00:22:30,363 --> 00:22:34,299
Sir, it's a signal from
the Commander-in-Chief,
Home Fleet.
415
00:22:34,366 --> 00:22:36,800
An aircraft from Hatston's
got through to Grimstad.
416
00:22:36,867 --> 00:22:38,300
There's nothing there now, sir.
417
00:22:38,369 --> 00:22:39,802
Well, they've sailed.
418
00:22:39,871 --> 00:22:41,805
At least we know that much.
419
00:22:41,872 --> 00:22:43,806
Now we can get moving.
420
00:23:09,327 --> 00:23:10,760
Position of all convoys, sir.
421
00:23:10,828 --> 00:23:11,920
Thank you.
422
00:23:11,996 --> 00:23:15,762
All we can do now is wait
and see what happens.
423
00:23:15,833 --> 00:23:18,768
That's the worst part
of our job...the waiting.
424
00:23:20,337 --> 00:23:23,272
You have a son
in the service, haven't you?
425
00:23:23,339 --> 00:23:24,931
Yes, sir. He's at Gibraltar.
426
00:23:25,006 --> 00:23:27,270
He's an air gunner in the Ark Royal.
427
00:23:27,342 --> 00:23:28,775
I bet you're glad...
428
00:23:28,843 --> 00:23:32,301
he won't be mixed up
in this Bismarck show.
429
00:23:32,379 --> 00:23:33,778
Why should I be glad?
430
00:23:33,847 --> 00:23:36,782
If you were, you wouldn't admit it,
would you?
431
00:23:36,850 --> 00:23:39,284
He must take his chance
like everybody else.
432
00:23:39,384 --> 00:23:40,476
I see.
433
00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:42,816
There's an air vice marshal
coming in later...
434
00:23:42,889 --> 00:23:44,322
to help out on reconnaissance.
435
00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:46,323
Give him a briefing, will you?
436
00:23:51,362 --> 00:23:53,489
You wanted to speak to the crew,
Captain?
437
00:23:53,563 --> 00:23:54,996
They've been alerted.
438
00:23:55,065 --> 00:23:56,555
Achtung!
439
00:23:58,001 --> 00:23:59,332
Captain Lindemann...
440
00:23:59,401 --> 00:24:00,834
with your permission...
441
00:24:00,902 --> 00:24:03,268
I would like to address
the ship's company.
442
00:24:03,338 --> 00:24:04,771
As you wish, sir.
443
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:05,932
Thank you.
444
00:24:09,342 --> 00:24:11,776
Officers and men of the Bismarck...
445
00:24:11,846 --> 00:24:13,609
this is the fleet commander.
446
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,081
We are going out into the North Atlantic...
447
00:24:17,149 --> 00:24:19,447
to attack the British convoy system.
448
00:24:19,517 --> 00:24:22,452
We are going to sink their ships...
449
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:23,612
until they no longer dare
to let them sail.
450
00:24:23,688 --> 00:24:27,419
It's true we are only two ships...
451
00:24:27,491 --> 00:24:31,291
but the world has never seen such ships.
452
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,794
We are sailing in the largest...
453
00:24:33,863 --> 00:24:36,457
the most powerful battleship afloat...
454
00:24:36,531 --> 00:24:38,965
superior to anything
in the British navy.
455
00:24:39,034 --> 00:24:40,729
We are faster...
456
00:24:40,801 --> 00:24:44,703
we are unsinkable, and we are German!
457
00:24:44,772 --> 00:24:46,205
You cadet officers...
458
00:24:46,273 --> 00:24:48,298
you were selected by
the highest authority...
459
00:24:48,374 --> 00:24:49,898
to make this voyage.
460
00:24:49,975 --> 00:24:52,409
When you return to the fleet...
461
00:24:52,478 --> 00:24:54,605
you will have many
inspiring stories to tell...
462
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,307
stories of German sea power...
463
00:24:56,380 --> 00:25:01,283
stories of Nazi victory!
464
00:25:01,352 --> 00:25:04,253
To all of you, I say this...
465
00:25:04,321 --> 00:25:06,755
Never forget that you are Germans...
466
00:25:06,823 --> 00:25:09,587
never forget that you are Nazis!
467
00:25:11,826 --> 00:25:13,259
Heil Hitler!
468
00:25:13,328 --> 00:25:14,727
Heil Hitler!
469
00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:22,795
In the center, the main plot.
470
00:25:22,869 --> 00:25:23,801
What's that?
471
00:25:23,871 --> 00:25:25,304
Another convoy, sir.
472
00:25:25,371 --> 00:25:26,804
Fine. Carry on.
473
00:25:26,873 --> 00:25:28,306
Now, sir...
474
00:25:28,374 --> 00:25:31,810
over here, we have the Hood
and the Prince of Wales.
475
00:25:31,876 --> 00:25:34,811
They left Scapa Flow 40 hours ago.
476
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,814
Here we have the Repulse...
477
00:25:36,881 --> 00:25:39,315
the aircraft carrier Victorious...
478
00:25:39,382 --> 00:25:41,316
and the King George V.
479
00:25:41,384 --> 00:25:45,047
They've been steaming
for approximately 18 hours.
480
00:25:45,121 --> 00:25:46,816
In this area...
481
00:25:46,889 --> 00:25:49,050
the cruisers Arethusa,
Manchester, Birmingham.
482
00:25:49,124 --> 00:25:50,819
In the Denmark Strait...
483
00:25:50,892 --> 00:25:53,827
the cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk.
484
00:25:53,894 --> 00:25:55,828
As you can see, sir...
485
00:25:55,897 --> 00:25:59,196
our cruiser screen is
spread out much too thinly.
486
00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:01,757
Now, if your people
would get into the air...
487
00:26:01,834 --> 00:26:04,268
can't fly reconnaissance missions
in weather like this.
488
00:26:04,336 --> 00:26:06,702
We realize that, of course, sir.
489
00:26:06,771 --> 00:26:09,205
We must assume that the Bismarck...
490
00:26:09,274 --> 00:26:11,708
in company with the Prinz Eugen...
491
00:26:11,776 --> 00:26:13,767
is going to attempt a breakthrough...
492
00:26:13,843 --> 00:26:15,276
to the North Atlantic.
493
00:26:15,345 --> 00:26:16,778
We don't know where...
494
00:26:16,847 --> 00:26:18,781
and we don't know when.
495
00:26:18,849 --> 00:26:20,783
If it's here...
496
00:26:20,849 --> 00:26:22,282
or here...
497
00:26:22,350 --> 00:26:24,784
then the Repulse and the Victorious...
498
00:26:24,853 --> 00:26:28,289
and the K.G. V will have to do the job.
499
00:26:28,355 --> 00:26:30,789
If it's here in the Denmark Strait...
500
00:26:30,858 --> 00:26:33,292
then the Hood and the Prince of Wales...
501
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,657
will have to go after her.
502
00:26:35,728 --> 00:26:37,787
I should think they'd handle it.
503
00:26:37,864 --> 00:26:41,300
Hood's a great ship.
So is the Prince of Wales.
504
00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:43,300
She's fresh from the builder's yard.
505
00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:44,800
No training for her crew.
506
00:26:44,869 --> 00:26:48,805
She put to sea with the contractor's
workmen onboard.
507
00:26:48,873 --> 00:26:52,365
The Bismarck's a tough proposition
for any two ships.
508
00:26:52,442 --> 00:26:52,943
Excuse me, gentlemen.
509
00:26:52,943 --> 00:26:53,875
Excuse me, gentlemen.
510
00:26:53,944 --> 00:26:56,310
The first sea lord can see you now.
511
00:26:56,378 --> 00:26:58,312
Thank you very much, Shepard.
512
00:26:58,380 --> 00:26:59,472
[Telephone Rings]
513
00:26:59,548 --> 00:27:00,845
Yes, sir.
514
00:27:00,916 --> 00:27:02,281
Right, sir.
515
00:27:02,350 --> 00:27:04,284
Yes, I will.
516
00:27:04,351 --> 00:27:06,285
Commander Richards, who's your relief?
517
00:27:06,353 --> 00:27:07,786
Dexter, sir.
518
00:27:07,856 --> 00:27:09,289
He's late, isn't he?
519
00:27:09,356 --> 00:27:11,290
A little. I don't mind, sir.
520
00:27:11,357 --> 00:27:14,793
I do. Tell him I'll require him for duty
the next three nights.
521
00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:33,309
My dearest Tom...
522
00:27:37,446 --> 00:27:39,311
Come in.
523
00:27:40,882 --> 00:27:43,316
Thought you might like some tea, sir...
524
00:27:43,384 --> 00:27:45,045
since you won't take any rest.
525
00:27:45,118 --> 00:27:48,349
What are you doing here?
You're off duty.
526
00:27:48,421 --> 00:27:50,321
Third Officer Simpson's down with flu.
527
00:27:50,390 --> 00:27:51,823
I'm just filling in.
528
00:27:51,891 --> 00:27:55,827
Oh, thank you. Would you file that
for me, please?
529
00:27:55,894 --> 00:27:58,328
There's an air raid going on up top.
530
00:27:58,396 --> 00:27:59,829
Bad one?
531
00:27:59,897 --> 00:28:01,831
No, not very.
532
00:28:01,899 --> 00:28:04,766
Won't your family be worried about you?
533
00:28:04,834 --> 00:28:06,267
I have no family here.
534
00:28:06,335 --> 00:28:09,270
My father lives in Canada now.
535
00:28:09,338 --> 00:28:12,774
I thought that surely you must
be married or something.
536
00:28:12,841 --> 00:28:14,934
No, sir. Nothing at all.
537
00:28:15,009 --> 00:28:16,442
Doesn't that seem odd...
538
00:28:16,510 --> 00:28:18,569
if you don't mind my saying so?
539
00:28:18,646 --> 00:28:21,581
I was going to be married last year...
540
00:28:21,648 --> 00:28:23,206
but...it didn't work out.
541
00:28:23,283 --> 00:28:24,648
His fault or yours?
542
00:28:24,717 --> 00:28:26,150
He was at Dunkirk...
543
00:28:26,218 --> 00:28:29,153
and he was listed as missing in action.
544
00:28:29,221 --> 00:28:31,655
It was just a year ago...
545
00:28:31,723 --> 00:28:33,020
a year ago next week.
546
00:28:34,824 --> 00:28:37,793
He was a rather wonderful man...
547
00:28:37,861 --> 00:28:41,319
not brilliant or dashing
or anything like that...
548
00:28:41,398 --> 00:28:43,832
but just rather wonderful.
549
00:28:48,403 --> 00:28:50,735
I'm sorry.
550
00:28:50,805 --> 00:28:53,330
I think it helps to
talk about these things...
551
00:28:53,408 --> 00:28:54,841
don't you, sir?
552
00:28:54,908 --> 00:28:58,344
No, I don't.
I don't think it helps at all.
553
00:28:58,411 --> 00:28:59,844
Getting emotional about things...
554
00:28:59,913 --> 00:29:01,346
is a peacetime luxury.
555
00:29:01,414 --> 00:29:03,279
In wartime, it's much too painful.
556
00:29:03,348 --> 00:29:05,282
You can't turn off your emotions...
557
00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:07,284
just because there's a war on.
558
00:29:07,352 --> 00:29:09,786
You can't do anything
about your feelings.
559
00:29:09,852 --> 00:29:11,114
Yes, you can.
560
00:29:11,188 --> 00:29:12,120
[Ring]
561
00:29:12,189 --> 00:29:13,451
Director of operations.
562
00:29:13,524 --> 00:29:15,287
Tell you why I called,Jonathan.
563
00:29:15,358 --> 00:29:16,791
Dexter's here in my office...
564
00:29:16,858 --> 00:29:18,849
and he has rather a special problem.
565
00:29:18,927 --> 00:29:21,293
I understand you've given him
extra duty.
566
00:29:21,364 --> 00:29:24,299
Correct. I'll require him for duty
the next three nights.
567
00:29:24,365 --> 00:29:27,300
It seems that his girl is an army nurse.
568
00:29:27,368 --> 00:29:29,495
She's got orders to sail tomorrow night.
569
00:29:29,569 --> 00:29:32,800
I'm very sorry that Dexter's young lady
is going overseas...
570
00:29:32,872 --> 00:29:34,305
but that's beside the point.
571
00:29:34,374 --> 00:29:35,807
Couldn't you make an exception?
572
00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:38,309
I won't make an exception
for this officer...
573
00:29:38,376 --> 00:29:39,809
or any other...
574
00:29:39,877 --> 00:29:42,812
certainly not for reasons
of personal convenience.
575
00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:44,576
Well, it's very simple, sir...
576
00:29:44,649 --> 00:29:47,345
either you have discipline
or you haven't.
577
00:29:47,417 --> 00:29:49,749
Well, I'm sorry, Dexter.
578
00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:51,310
Thank you, sir.
579
00:29:52,888 --> 00:29:54,321
By the way, Jonathan...
580
00:29:54,390 --> 00:29:56,824
there's a fleet commander
aboard the Bismarck.
581
00:29:56,892 --> 00:30:00,182
Yes. Admiral Gunther Lutjens.
582
00:30:00,294 --> 00:30:01,659
Lutjens.
583
00:30:01,730 --> 00:30:03,163
You know this man?
584
00:30:03,231 --> 00:30:04,664
Yes, sir, I do.
585
00:30:04,732 --> 00:30:07,667
One of his cruisers sank my ship.
586
00:30:07,734 --> 00:30:12,171
Oh. Then you'll have a special interest
in him.
587
00:30:19,744 --> 00:30:23,202
Commander Richards,
have a bunk made up in my office.
588
00:30:23,247 --> 00:30:24,373
Yes, sir.
589
00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:26,712
I want the latest report
on all shipping...
590
00:30:26,783 --> 00:30:29,217
in the North Atlantic...
enemy, friendly, neutral.
591
00:30:29,284 --> 00:30:31,218
Any air reconnaissance over this area?
592
00:30:31,286 --> 00:30:32,719
The weather's still too bad.
593
00:30:32,788 --> 00:30:35,222
You show two cruisers
in the Denmark Strait.
594
00:30:35,289 --> 00:30:36,722
Is Suffolk back on station?
595
00:30:36,791 --> 00:30:39,726
We assume she is.
We don't know for certain.
596
00:30:39,793 --> 00:30:41,226
She's quiet as a tomb.
597
00:30:53,305 --> 00:30:55,739
Alter course to 1-9-0.
598
00:30:55,806 --> 00:30:57,296
Starboard 15.
599
00:30:57,374 --> 00:30:59,069
Starboard 15, sir.
600
00:30:59,143 --> 00:31:02,010
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Very good, sir.
601
00:31:02,078 --> 00:31:03,841
Bloody fool!
602
00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:11,183
This blasted fog.
603
00:31:11,252 --> 00:31:13,686
It's like looking into a cake of ice.
604
00:31:13,755 --> 00:31:15,188
I can't see a thing.
605
00:31:15,256 --> 00:31:16,689
You see something out there...
606
00:31:16,756 --> 00:31:18,690
it will have 15-inch guns.
607
00:31:18,758 --> 00:31:21,693
The Bismarck's
got a solid foot of armor plate.
608
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,193
Who said so?
609
00:31:23,262 --> 00:31:24,695
The gunnery officer, that's who.
610
00:31:24,763 --> 00:31:28,199
He said we might as well
throw crumpets at her.
611
00:31:28,267 --> 00:31:31,703
I wish someone would
throw a crumpet at me.
612
00:31:35,339 --> 00:31:38,502
Ship bearing green 4-5!
613
00:31:38,574 --> 00:31:41,737
Two ships bearing green 4-5!
614
00:31:43,711 --> 00:31:46,077
Hard aport! Full ahead both!
615
00:31:46,147 --> 00:31:48,115
Hard aport. Full ahead both, sir.
616
00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:54,719
Shall we follow them, sir?
617
00:32:01,460 --> 00:32:03,325
Steady on 1-3-0.
618
00:32:03,395 --> 00:32:05,363
Steady on 1-3-0!
619
00:32:05,430 --> 00:32:06,863
Yeoman, make to admiralty.
620
00:32:06,931 --> 00:32:09,695
Bismarck and cruiser sighted.
621
00:32:09,767 --> 00:32:11,701
Course...south.
622
00:32:11,768 --> 00:32:14,202
My position...
Give latitude and longitude.
623
00:32:14,269 --> 00:32:15,702
Get that off immediately...
624
00:32:15,772 --> 00:32:17,706
in case we run into trouble.
625
00:32:17,773 --> 00:32:19,035
Aye aye, sir.
626
00:32:19,108 --> 00:32:20,040
Check radar.
627
00:32:20,108 --> 00:32:22,201
Check your radar plot.
628
00:32:23,778 --> 00:32:26,212
Enemy report from Suffolk, sir.
629
00:32:27,781 --> 00:32:29,214
They've found her.
630
00:32:29,282 --> 00:32:31,216
Picked her up in the Denmark Strait.
631
00:32:31,284 --> 00:32:32,683
Bismarck and a heavy cruiser.
632
00:32:32,751 --> 00:32:34,719
66-45 north...
633
00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,720
26 west.
634
00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:39,723
There, gentlemen.
635
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:41,224
Course southwest.
636
00:32:41,291 --> 00:32:42,724
Now things are looking up.
637
00:32:42,793 --> 00:32:45,227
Tell the first sea lord
immediately.
638
00:32:45,295 --> 00:32:48,731
Good job we've got
some heavy stuff in the area.
639
00:32:48,798 --> 00:32:51,232
Richards, let me have
an intercepting course...
640
00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,234
for Hood and Prince of Wales.
641
00:32:53,301 --> 00:32:55,235
Sir, this one's from the Norfolk.
642
00:32:55,302 --> 00:32:56,735
Norfolk's there, too, sir.
643
00:32:56,805 --> 00:32:58,238
She's with Suffolk.
644
00:32:58,306 --> 00:33:00,740
They're shadowing
in thick fog, using radar.
645
00:33:00,808 --> 00:33:02,673
I hope that radar
works better than usual.
646
00:33:02,742 --> 00:33:05,302
She could blow them both
out of the water.
647
00:33:05,378 --> 00:33:07,676
No. Lutjens is too clever for that.
648
00:33:07,747 --> 00:33:10,181
He'd rather shake off a pair of cruisers...
649
00:33:10,249 --> 00:33:11,682
than stop to sink them.
650
00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:14,981
Course to intercept Bismarck
is 3-1-0.
651
00:33:15,052 --> 00:33:17,486
That would bring Hood in contact...
652
00:33:17,555 --> 00:33:19,853
just about...there.
653
00:33:19,924 --> 00:33:21,357
Just about here, sir.
654
00:33:21,424 --> 00:33:23,688
The intercepting course
is 3-1-0 degrees.
655
00:33:23,759 --> 00:33:26,853
At full speed, we should make contact
at 0300.
656
00:33:26,929 --> 00:33:29,193
I don't want to engage him
until daylight.
657
00:33:29,265 --> 00:33:33,201
Give me a course and speed
to intercept at dawn.
658
00:33:33,268 --> 00:33:34,701
Aye aye, sir.
659
00:33:34,769 --> 00:33:37,203
At 27 knots... course 2-9-5...
660
00:33:37,271 --> 00:33:39,705
we should meet them at first light.
661
00:33:39,773 --> 00:33:42,207
We'll proceed on that course
at that speed.
662
00:33:42,275 --> 00:33:44,743
Pass the word to Prince of Wales.
663
00:33:50,382 --> 00:33:52,247
Signal from flag, sir.
664
00:33:52,316 --> 00:33:54,784
Speed...27 knots.
665
00:33:54,852 --> 00:33:56,251
200 revolutions.
666
00:33:56,319 --> 00:33:58,253
Admiral's intentions follow, sir.
667
00:33:58,322 --> 00:33:59,755
Very good.
668
00:33:59,822 --> 00:34:01,255
Wilson, tell the captain...
669
00:34:01,324 --> 00:34:03,189
we've gone onto 27 knots.
670
00:34:03,258 --> 00:34:05,692
Also, the admiral's
sending his intentions.
671
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,196
Oh, Wilson, how are the civilian workers
enjoying themselves?
672
00:34:09,264 --> 00:34:13,064
They're loving every moment of it, sir.
673
00:34:13,133 --> 00:34:14,691
I'll tell you one thing...
674
00:34:14,768 --> 00:34:17,202
I'm not sleeping in one of these
bloody hammocks.
675
00:34:17,270 --> 00:34:18,703
Make a note, Walter...
676
00:34:18,772 --> 00:34:20,205
to speak to the captain.
677
00:34:20,272 --> 00:34:22,206
We'll have double beds put in.
678
00:34:22,274 --> 00:34:24,708
Very funny. I never even had a chance...
679
00:34:24,776 --> 00:34:27,210
to tell me wife what was happening.
680
00:34:27,277 --> 00:34:29,711
They thought
she might not let you go.
681
00:34:29,781 --> 00:34:32,215
Imagine what she thinks I'm up to.
682
00:34:32,282 --> 00:34:33,715
Pity she's wrong, isn't it?
683
00:34:33,783 --> 00:34:35,216
She'll never believe this.
684
00:34:35,284 --> 00:34:36,717
Where are we going?
685
00:34:36,786 --> 00:34:41,052
We picked up speed.
What's that for in the night?
686
00:34:41,122 --> 00:34:42,487
Captain speaking.
687
00:34:42,557 --> 00:34:45,219
Bismarck has been sighted
in Denmark Strait.
688
00:34:45,293 --> 00:34:48,751
She's on her way out into the Atlantic.
689
00:34:48,828 --> 00:34:51,388
We plan to tackle her
about dawn tomorrow morning.
690
00:34:51,465 --> 00:34:54,263
You'll be going to action stations...
691
00:34:54,334 --> 00:34:56,393
shortly after midnight.
692
00:34:56,468 --> 00:34:59,369
I'm confident tomorrow is
going to be a big day for us.
693
00:34:59,438 --> 00:35:01,929
Good luck and good shooting.
694
00:35:02,006 --> 00:35:05,169
They can't do this. I'm
in a reserved occupation.
695
00:35:06,743 --> 00:35:10,179
I never thought
a thing like this would happen.
696
00:35:10,247 --> 00:35:13,182
Fancy me fighting Germans
on the high seas.
697
00:35:13,250 --> 00:35:16,185
Here, lad. You ever been in
a battle before?
698
00:35:16,251 --> 00:35:17,684
Yeah, hundreds of times.
699
00:35:17,752 --> 00:35:20,186
Don't hardly give it a thought anymore.
700
00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:30,227
Latest plot report, sir.
701
00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:32,729
Suffolk and Norfolk still in contact.
702
00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:34,732
Hood and Prince of Wales...
703
00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,733
are estimated 120 miles from Bismarck.
704
00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:39,235
Should be quite a show tomorrow morning.
705
00:35:39,303 --> 00:35:41,237
I know where I'd rather be.
706
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:42,568
Excuse me, sir.
707
00:35:44,307 --> 00:35:48,243
What a time for Shepard to take over.
708
00:35:48,311 --> 00:35:51,246
I hope he's getting
all the help he needs.
709
00:35:51,313 --> 00:35:56,478
Help, sir? I didn't think
he needed any help.
710
00:35:56,550 --> 00:35:59,280
Captain Shepard is
a very old friend of mine.
711
00:35:59,352 --> 00:36:03,482
You would be quite wrong
if you judged him too harshly.
712
00:36:03,556 --> 00:36:06,992
He had his ship
blown from under him
last year in Norway.
713
00:36:07,059 --> 00:36:09,721
This job here means promotion for him...
714
00:36:09,795 --> 00:36:12,730
but he can't wait to get another ship.
715
00:36:12,797 --> 00:36:14,731
Only two things matter to him...
716
00:36:14,799 --> 00:36:16,858
His family and the sea.
717
00:36:16,933 --> 00:36:18,958
I didn't know he had any family.
718
00:36:19,036 --> 00:36:22,733
His son is an air gunner
serving in the Ark Royal.
719
00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:25,240
He and the boy are terribly close.
720
00:36:25,308 --> 00:36:26,741
And his wife?
721
00:36:26,808 --> 00:36:30,539
He hasn't spoken about her,
and I haven't asked.
722
00:36:30,612 --> 00:36:33,547
Signal from Commander-in-Chief,
Home Fleet.
723
00:36:33,614 --> 00:36:36,242
"Suffolk and Norfolk
will continue shadowing tonight.
724
00:36:36,317 --> 00:36:37,750
They won't engage the enemy."
725
00:36:37,818 --> 00:36:40,753
Right. Make to Hood
and Prince of Wales.
726
00:36:40,819 --> 00:36:43,754
If enemy maintains present
course and speed...
727
00:36:43,823 --> 00:36:47,759
you should make contact
approximately 0510.
728
00:36:47,825 --> 00:36:50,919
Right, sir.
729
00:36:50,995 --> 00:36:52,428
And, Dexter.
730
00:36:52,495 --> 00:36:53,928
Yes, sir.
731
00:36:53,998 --> 00:36:56,432
Add to that... good luck.
732
00:36:56,499 --> 00:36:57,932
Very good, sir.
733
00:36:58,001 --> 00:36:59,935
[Bugle Playing]
734
00:37:04,907 --> 00:37:07,740
I'm not strong enough
for this sort of thing.
735
00:37:07,809 --> 00:37:09,242
Besides, I've got flat feet.
736
00:37:09,309 --> 00:37:10,742
Ah, shut up, Henry.
737
00:37:10,811 --> 00:37:13,245
If we're going to fight the Bismarck...
738
00:37:13,312 --> 00:37:14,745
I'll check "Y" turret.
739
00:37:14,815 --> 00:37:16,749
We better check that turbine.
740
00:37:16,816 --> 00:37:18,249
I always get seasick.
741
00:37:19,485 --> 00:37:21,419
Hood and Prince of Wales...
742
00:37:21,486 --> 00:37:22,919
are somewhere in here.
743
00:37:22,986 --> 00:37:24,749
Suffolk and Norfolk...
744
00:37:24,823 --> 00:37:28,259
report Bismarck and Prinz Eugen here.
745
00:37:28,325 --> 00:37:30,759
If so, we shouldn't have long to wait.
746
00:37:30,827 --> 00:37:33,227
Should be getting light up there now.
747
00:37:33,296 --> 00:37:34,854
Signal from Suffolk, sir.
748
00:37:34,931 --> 00:37:37,263
"Have sighted Hood and
Prince of Wales bearing southeast.
749
00:37:37,332 --> 00:37:38,594
Distance...15 miles."
750
00:37:38,667 --> 00:37:40,259
That means they've made it.
751
00:37:40,335 --> 00:37:42,269
Good old Hood, she'll get them.
752
00:37:47,541 --> 00:37:48,769
[Bell Ringing]
753
00:37:48,842 --> 00:37:50,275
Come on, hurry up!
754
00:37:52,511 --> 00:37:54,536
Come on, everyone!
755
00:38:04,287 --> 00:38:06,619
[Yelling]
756
00:38:12,293 --> 00:38:15,353
Right gun shell!
757
00:38:26,305 --> 00:38:28,239
Right gun shell!
758
00:38:29,809 --> 00:38:33,245
Right gun, first half charge!
759
00:38:33,310 --> 00:38:36,245
Right gun, second half charge!
760
00:38:54,728 --> 00:38:56,286
Bridge...
761
00:38:56,364 --> 00:38:58,298
smoke bearing green 4-0.
762
00:38:58,366 --> 00:38:59,799
Bismarck and cruiser...
763
00:38:59,866 --> 00:39:01,299
bearing green 4-0...
764
00:39:01,368 --> 00:39:04,565
about 12 miles.
765
00:39:04,637 --> 00:39:06,229
Closing fast.
766
00:39:11,309 --> 00:39:15,746
[Gunther Lutjens]
Those are not cruisers.
They are battleships.
767
00:39:15,812 --> 00:39:18,747
Captain, open fire on the leading ship.
768
00:39:18,816 --> 00:39:20,750
Target leading ship!
769
00:39:20,817 --> 00:39:22,250
Stand by to open fire!
770
00:39:22,318 --> 00:39:23,751
Target leading ship!
771
00:39:23,819 --> 00:39:25,252
Stand by to open fire!
772
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:26,810
Hard aport.
773
00:39:31,358 --> 00:39:33,758
Open fire when you have the range.
774
00:39:33,828 --> 00:39:35,261
Concentrate on Bismarck.
775
00:39:35,328 --> 00:39:36,761
Aye aye, sir.
776
00:39:36,829 --> 00:39:39,764
Let me know when
you're ready to engage guns.
777
00:39:39,833 --> 00:39:43,269
Tell Prince of Wales to open
fire when she's in range.
778
00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:47,398
Hard astarboard!
779
00:39:55,845 --> 00:39:56,743
Shoot!
780
00:39:58,514 --> 00:40:01,176
Range...25,000. Bearing...300.
781
00:40:01,250 --> 00:40:04,242
All turrets ready to open fire, sir.
782
00:40:06,587 --> 00:40:08,646
Open fire.
783
00:40:08,723 --> 00:40:09,917
Fire!
784
00:40:14,694 --> 00:40:16,355
Fire!
785
00:40:22,601 --> 00:40:24,694
That was too close for comfort.
786
00:40:24,768 --> 00:40:26,395
Turn 20 degrees to starboard, Captain.
787
00:40:26,469 --> 00:40:28,494
Shoot!
788
00:40:33,041 --> 00:40:35,032
Fire!
789
00:40:57,328 --> 00:40:59,091
Unbelievable.
790
00:41:02,332 --> 00:41:03,697
Blimey.
791
00:41:03,767 --> 00:41:05,200
What happened?
792
00:41:05,269 --> 00:41:07,237
The Hood's gone.
793
00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:12,173
Good God.
794
00:41:14,242 --> 00:41:15,675
Yeoman.
795
00:41:15,743 --> 00:41:17,176
Yes, sir?
796
00:41:17,244 --> 00:41:20,179
Make to admiralty from Prince of Wales.
797
00:41:20,246 --> 00:41:23,181
Tell them...tell them
the Hood has blown up.
798
00:41:23,249 --> 00:41:24,682
Aye aye, sir.
799
00:41:26,252 --> 00:41:27,685
[Incoming Fire]
800
00:41:27,753 --> 00:41:29,015
Starboard 15.
801
00:41:29,087 --> 00:41:30,349
Starboard 15, sir.
802
00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:31,513
Starboard 15.
803
00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:36,185
Signal from Prince of Wales, sir.
804
00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:38,194
Well, what is it?
805
00:41:41,765 --> 00:41:45,531
It says... HMS Hood has blown up.
806
00:41:47,769 --> 00:41:49,202
Bring it here.
807
00:41:52,273 --> 00:41:53,865
Signal from Suffolk, sir.
808
00:41:58,778 --> 00:42:00,211
Johnson.
809
00:42:04,216 --> 00:42:06,150
"Hood sunk.
810
00:42:06,217 --> 00:42:09,152
Prince of Wales
and Bismarck exchanging fire."
811
00:42:13,524 --> 00:42:14,752
Fire!
812
00:42:28,069 --> 00:42:29,036
Shoot.
813
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,105
Port 20.
814
00:42:45,516 --> 00:42:49,282
Tell the engine room to give me
everything they've got.
815
00:42:49,353 --> 00:42:50,285
Course 2-4-0.
816
00:42:50,354 --> 00:42:53,145
Very good. Course 2-4-0.
817
00:42:55,024 --> 00:42:56,889
Fire!
818
00:43:20,244 --> 00:43:22,178
Give me a hand.
819
00:43:26,249 --> 00:43:29,184
Hard aport. Steer 1-5-0.
820
00:43:30,753 --> 00:43:32,243
Make smoke.
821
00:43:41,762 --> 00:43:43,195
She's badly damaged, sir.
822
00:43:43,262 --> 00:43:45,856
She's turning away and making smoke.
823
00:43:49,869 --> 00:43:51,962
Do you want to pursue?
824
00:43:52,070 --> 00:43:55,005
No. We have more important work to do.
825
00:43:55,073 --> 00:43:56,506
Hold your course.
826
00:43:56,574 --> 00:43:58,007
Steady on present course.
827
00:43:58,075 --> 00:43:59,508
Very good, sir.
828
00:43:59,576 --> 00:44:01,510
Captain, congratulations.
829
00:44:01,577 --> 00:44:04,944
It's a great moment for the German navy.
830
00:44:05,014 --> 00:44:06,447
Yes, Lindemann...
831
00:44:06,516 --> 00:44:08,950
and for the two of us.
832
00:44:21,027 --> 00:44:22,460
[Speaking Foreign Language]
833
00:44:24,029 --> 00:44:25,963
This morning, HMS Hood...
834
00:44:26,031 --> 00:44:29,228
largest British warship,
was sunk by the...
835
00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:33,896
[Speaking Foreign Language]
836
00:44:33,970 --> 00:44:38,464
[Speaking Mandarin]
837
00:44:38,542 --> 00:44:40,476
[Speaking German]
838
00:44:45,547 --> 00:44:48,482
This is London. Ed Murrow reporting.
839
00:44:48,550 --> 00:44:51,986
This island, which is
no stranger to bad tidings...
840
00:44:52,052 --> 00:44:53,986
received news today that HMS Hood...
841
00:44:54,053 --> 00:44:56,487
largest warship in the British fleet...
842
00:44:56,557 --> 00:44:58,491
and pride of the British navy...
843
00:44:58,558 --> 00:45:00,685
has been sunk by the German
battleship Bismarck.
844
00:45:00,759 --> 00:45:03,922
From the Hood's
complement of 1,500 men...
845
00:45:03,995 --> 00:45:05,428
there were three survivors.
846
00:45:05,496 --> 00:45:06,929
In the same engagement...
847
00:45:06,998 --> 00:45:09,933
the battleship Prince of Wales
was badly damaged.
848
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,436
Two British capital ships
have been put out of commission...
849
00:45:13,503 --> 00:45:15,937
and the most powerful
battleship in the world...
850
00:45:16,004 --> 00:45:18,438
is now loose on the high seas.
851
00:45:18,508 --> 00:45:21,443
It remains to be seen
whether the British navy...
852
00:45:21,510 --> 00:45:23,944
has the capability
at this crucial moment...
853
00:45:24,011 --> 00:45:25,945
of concentrating enough sea power...
854
00:45:26,012 --> 00:45:27,946
to deal with the situation.
855
00:45:28,015 --> 00:45:30,950
There is undoubtedly great
rejoicing in Berlin tonight...
856
00:45:31,051 --> 00:45:33,645
and also on the Bismarck.
857
00:45:33,686 --> 00:45:35,984
Here's to the ship, Lindemann...
858
00:45:36,054 --> 00:45:37,988
and here's to us.
859
00:45:40,058 --> 00:45:42,492
We have beaten the best they have.
860
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:43,993
Do you realize that?
861
00:45:44,061 --> 00:45:44,993
Yes, sir.
862
00:45:45,062 --> 00:45:47,496
They will never stop us, not now.
863
00:45:47,563 --> 00:45:49,497
You wanted the damage control report.
864
00:45:49,566 --> 00:45:50,999
What is it?
865
00:45:51,067 --> 00:45:54,002
We received one hit
forward on the port side...
866
00:45:54,069 --> 00:45:55,502
over number two fuel tank.
867
00:45:55,570 --> 00:45:57,003
We're losing a little oil.
868
00:45:57,071 --> 00:45:58,163
Anything serious?
869
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:01,004
No, sir. I would say
the damage is very slight.
870
00:46:01,075 --> 00:46:03,600
However, I recommend we put about
and have it repaired.
871
00:46:03,677 --> 00:46:07,875
Put about? You mean go home?
872
00:46:07,946 --> 00:46:11,143
Yes, sir. We could refuel
at the same time.
873
00:46:11,216 --> 00:46:12,945
Are you mad?
874
00:46:13,018 --> 00:46:16,476
We have fought our way out
into the Atlantic.
875
00:46:16,521 --> 00:46:19,979
This is no time to turn
and run for home.
876
00:46:20,024 --> 00:46:21,457
We wouldn't be running.
877
00:46:21,526 --> 00:46:23,460
We've won a tremendous victory.
878
00:46:23,527 --> 00:46:25,859
It's not the victory that was ordered.
879
00:46:25,928 --> 00:46:28,954
You haven't been close
to the high command, Lindemann.
880
00:46:29,031 --> 00:46:30,965
Do you know what will happen...
881
00:46:31,033 --> 00:46:33,968
when Admiral Raeder
reports the sinking of the Hood?
882
00:46:34,035 --> 00:46:35,468
The fuehrer will smile...
883
00:46:35,537 --> 00:46:37,471
and everyone else will smile...
884
00:46:37,538 --> 00:46:39,472
and then, a few moments later...
885
00:46:39,540 --> 00:46:41,974
he'll turn to Raeder with a scowl.
886
00:46:42,042 --> 00:46:43,634
"What about the convoys, Raeder?
887
00:46:43,709 --> 00:46:45,404
Have they sunk any convoys?"
888
00:46:45,478 --> 00:46:47,969
There will still be
plenty of convoys, sir...
889
00:46:48,046 --> 00:46:49,308
after we make repairs.
890
00:46:49,381 --> 00:46:51,474
Is your ship unmaneuverable, Captain?
891
00:46:51,550 --> 00:46:54,485
Are the guns damaged?
Anything out of action?
892
00:46:54,552 --> 00:46:55,985
No, sir.
893
00:46:56,053 --> 00:46:57,987
Then we will push forward...
894
00:46:58,054 --> 00:46:59,988
as instructed by the high command.
895
00:47:00,057 --> 00:47:01,991
But surely the fuehrer must realize...
896
00:47:02,058 --> 00:47:05,926
Are you going to tell the fuehrer
what he must realize?
897
00:47:05,994 --> 00:47:06,926
No, sir.
898
00:47:06,995 --> 00:47:08,428
Then do not tell me.
899
00:47:08,496 --> 00:47:09,929
For the time being...
900
00:47:09,997 --> 00:47:12,431
we will hold our present
course and speed.
901
00:47:12,500 --> 00:47:13,762
Yes, sir.
902
00:47:13,901 --> 00:47:16,461
There will be no further
statement to the press...
903
00:47:16,536 --> 00:47:17,969
not for the present.
904
00:47:18,038 --> 00:47:20,472
Make a signal to admiral
commanding First Cruiser Squadron.
905
00:47:20,540 --> 00:47:22,474
Suffolk and Norfolk
must maintain contact...
906
00:47:22,541 --> 00:47:23,974
with the Bismarck...
907
00:47:24,043 --> 00:47:25,977
so that Home Fleet can intercept.
908
00:47:26,044 --> 00:47:28,979
Continue shadowing as long
as you have fuel to do so.
909
00:47:29,046 --> 00:47:30,479
Excuse me, sir.
910
00:47:30,547 --> 00:47:32,981
This is Bismarck's latest
position, course, and speed.
911
00:47:33,050 --> 00:47:35,985
Send it to the C-in-C,
Home Fleet right away.
912
00:47:36,052 --> 00:47:37,485
Now, Shepard.
913
00:47:37,553 --> 00:47:39,487
At its present speed, sir...
914
00:47:39,554 --> 00:47:42,284
the Home Fleet cannot make
contact with Bismarck...
915
00:47:42,358 --> 00:47:43,484
until tomorrow...
916
00:47:43,558 --> 00:47:46,652
and then only if she maintains
her present course.
917
00:47:46,727 --> 00:47:48,285
What if she doesn't?
918
00:47:48,362 --> 00:47:51,490
That's it exactly, sir.
They won't make contact at all.
919
00:47:51,565 --> 00:47:53,499
Prime minister for you, sir.
920
00:47:58,403 --> 00:47:59,995
First sea lord here.
921
00:48:00,072 --> 00:48:01,505
Now, first sea lord...
922
00:48:01,572 --> 00:48:04,439
I want to make it unmistakably clear...
923
00:48:04,508 --> 00:48:06,942
that there is absolutely nothing
as vital...
924
00:48:07,011 --> 00:48:09,445
to the nation at this moment...
925
00:48:09,512 --> 00:48:12,242
as the destruction of the Bismarck.
926
00:48:12,315 --> 00:48:14,442
You are authorized to employ...
927
00:48:14,516 --> 00:48:17,144
any means at your disposal...
928
00:48:17,219 --> 00:48:18,948
regardless of risk...
929
00:48:19,020 --> 00:48:23,320
and regardless of the price
that must be paid.
930
00:48:23,391 --> 00:48:27,452
This is a battle
we cannot afford to lose.
931
00:48:27,527 --> 00:48:28,960
I understand, sir.
932
00:48:29,028 --> 00:48:31,963
I don't care how you do it.
933
00:48:32,030 --> 00:48:33,964
You must sink the Bismarck.
934
00:48:34,033 --> 00:48:35,466
Good luck to you.
935
00:48:35,533 --> 00:48:36,966
Thank you, sir.
936
00:48:44,541 --> 00:48:45,974
Well, gentlemen, any suggestions?
937
00:48:46,042 --> 00:48:47,475
In my opinion, sir...
938
00:48:47,543 --> 00:48:50,478
we cannot leave this entirely
to the Home Fleet.
939
00:48:50,545 --> 00:48:52,979
We must reach out and pull in...
940
00:48:53,048 --> 00:48:55,016
everything we can lay our hands on.
941
00:48:55,083 --> 00:48:57,017
I've ordered Rodney to leave her convoy.
942
00:48:57,084 --> 00:48:59,018
She was the last available ship.
943
00:48:59,086 --> 00:49:01,020
I don't suggest this lightly, sir.
944
00:49:01,087 --> 00:49:03,453
Down here at Gibraltar, we've Force H...
945
00:49:03,524 --> 00:49:04,957
Renown, Sheffield, Ark Royal.
946
00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:06,959
We can't strip the Western Mediterranean...
947
00:49:07,027 --> 00:49:08,961
with this Crete business going on.
948
00:49:09,028 --> 00:49:11,462
Perhaps if we left Ark Royal down there...
949
00:49:11,529 --> 00:49:13,963
and sent the other two out.
950
00:49:14,033 --> 00:49:15,557
No, sir.
951
00:49:15,633 --> 00:49:18,466
We may need Ark Royal's aircraft.
952
00:49:18,535 --> 00:49:20,969
What do you think, A.C.N.S.?
953
00:49:21,038 --> 00:49:22,972
It's taking a serious risk.
954
00:49:23,039 --> 00:49:25,473
I know Shepard has weighed
that very carefully.
955
00:49:25,541 --> 00:49:27,634
In view of what the prime minister said...
956
00:49:27,710 --> 00:49:29,769
we don't seem to have much choice.
957
00:49:29,844 --> 00:49:33,473
Well, I may be able
to argue with you two...
958
00:49:33,547 --> 00:49:35,981
but I can't quarrel
with the prime minister.
959
00:49:36,050 --> 00:49:37,483
Order Force H to sail.
960
00:49:37,551 --> 00:49:38,984
Aye aye, sir.
961
00:49:45,924 --> 00:49:47,152
Johnson.
962
00:49:47,225 --> 00:49:48,317
Smith.
963
00:49:49,894 --> 00:49:51,486
It's not for you, boy.
964
00:49:51,562 --> 00:49:52,995
Stratton.
965
00:49:53,063 --> 00:49:54,496
Singer.
966
00:49:54,564 --> 00:49:55,997
Shepard.
967
00:49:56,067 --> 00:49:57,500
Oh, thanks.
968
00:49:57,567 --> 00:49:58,499
Thompson.
969
00:49:58,568 --> 00:50:00,001
Thompson, where are you?
970
00:50:00,069 --> 00:50:01,502
My dearest Tom...
971
00:50:01,570 --> 00:50:04,004
I'm really much too tired to write...
972
00:50:04,072 --> 00:50:07,007
but I think of you so very often...
973
00:50:07,075 --> 00:50:08,508
that I'm always afraid...
974
00:50:08,576 --> 00:50:11,511
there may be things
I will forget to mention.
975
00:50:11,578 --> 00:50:13,011
Marvelous. No letter again.
976
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,514
Where are we off to this time?
977
00:50:15,582 --> 00:50:17,015
Tom, is it true...
978
00:50:17,084 --> 00:50:19,018
your father is director of operations?
979
00:50:19,085 --> 00:50:20,518
I'm afraid it is.
980
00:50:20,586 --> 00:50:23,020
He's got a nerve, moving
us out of Gibraltar.
981
00:50:23,088 --> 00:50:25,852
Tell him we don't want to go to sea.
982
00:50:25,924 --> 00:50:27,357
It's my fault, really.
983
00:50:27,425 --> 00:50:30,485
I thought you blokes would like
a couple months in England.
984
00:50:30,561 --> 00:50:31,528
You're kidding.
985
00:50:31,595 --> 00:50:34,928
Not at all. My girl's in London.
986
00:50:34,998 --> 00:50:38,297
You mean to say
you asked your father if...
987
00:50:38,368 --> 00:50:40,563
They wouldn't dare, not in wartime.
988
00:50:40,635 --> 00:50:43,069
Your father would do the same for you.
989
00:50:43,137 --> 00:50:44,570
This is the captain.
990
00:50:44,638 --> 00:50:47,402
I thought you'd be interested to know...
991
00:50:47,475 --> 00:50:50,672
we shall be operating in the Atlantic.
992
00:50:50,744 --> 00:50:53,577
We've got orders to go
after the Bismarck.
993
00:50:53,645 --> 00:50:55,510
No, no, boys!
994
00:51:05,555 --> 00:51:08,524
If Bismarck holds her
present course and speed...
995
00:51:08,592 --> 00:51:11,026
when's the earliest we can engage her?
996
00:51:11,093 --> 00:51:14,028
9:00 tomorrow morning, sir,
at best possible speed.
997
00:51:14,095 --> 00:51:17,030
If Norfolk and Suffolk
can keep track of her...
998
00:51:17,099 --> 00:51:19,033
they can guide us in.
999
00:51:19,100 --> 00:51:21,534
Suppose Bismarck gives them the slip?
1000
00:51:21,602 --> 00:51:24,537
If she shakes off those cruisers
during the night...
1001
00:51:24,604 --> 00:51:26,970
we may never get hold of her again.
1002
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:30,032
She's got the weather on her side, sir.
1003
00:51:30,076 --> 00:51:31,543
Looks very bad for tonight.
1004
00:51:31,610 --> 00:51:33,544
Slow her down before nightfall.
1005
00:51:33,612 --> 00:51:36,547
Sommers, do you think Victorious
could launch an air strike?
1006
00:51:36,614 --> 00:51:39,048
She's supposed to get
her deck landing training.
1007
00:51:39,116 --> 00:51:42,552
Most of her pilots
have never flown off a carrier.
1008
00:51:42,619 --> 00:51:46,055
I'm afraid they'll have to
start their training now.
1009
00:51:46,121 --> 00:51:47,554
Detach Victorious from the fleet.
1010
00:51:47,623 --> 00:51:50,057
Tell her to close Bismarck at 30 knots.
1011
00:51:50,125 --> 00:51:52,059
She's to launch an air strike...
1012
00:51:52,127 --> 00:51:54,061
when she's within 100 miles.
1013
00:51:54,128 --> 00:51:55,561
That's all, gentlemen.
1014
00:52:02,135 --> 00:52:05,502
Signal Prinz Eugen that
she is to proceed on her course...
1015
00:52:05,571 --> 00:52:07,004
and make for Brest.
1016
00:52:07,072 --> 00:52:09,506
We will keep the enemy cruisers occupied...
1017
00:52:09,575 --> 00:52:12,510
until Prinz Eugen is out of sight.
1018
00:52:12,577 --> 00:52:15,011
All right, Captain,
you can make your turn.
1019
00:52:15,079 --> 00:52:16,512
Hard aport.
1020
00:52:16,580 --> 00:52:18,639
Stand by to open fire.
1021
00:52:31,126 --> 00:52:35,062
Radar plot, range decreasing...
1022
00:52:35,128 --> 00:52:37,062
decreasing very rapidly.
1023
00:52:37,130 --> 00:52:39,064
Range down to 22,000 yards.
1024
00:52:39,131 --> 00:52:41,565
She's doubled back on us, sir!
1025
00:52:41,634 --> 00:52:43,067
There she is, sir!
1026
00:52:49,139 --> 00:52:51,403
Hard aport. Full ahead both.
1027
00:52:51,476 --> 00:52:52,568
Hard aport.
1028
00:52:54,978 --> 00:52:56,070
Make smoke.
1029
00:52:56,145 --> 00:52:58,169
Make smoke. Full ahead both.
1030
00:53:02,551 --> 00:53:04,314
Signal to Prinz Eugen...
1031
00:53:04,385 --> 00:53:06,319
Good-bye and good hunting.
1032
00:53:06,387 --> 00:53:07,820
That's all, Becker.
1033
00:53:07,888 --> 00:53:09,321
Very good, sir.
1034
00:53:09,389 --> 00:53:10,822
Cease fire, Captain.
1035
00:53:10,891 --> 00:53:11,823
Cease fire.
1036
00:53:11,892 --> 00:53:13,325
Cease fire, sir.
1037
00:53:13,393 --> 00:53:14,826
Signal to Group West...
1038
00:53:14,894 --> 00:53:17,328
Prinz Eugen successfully detached...
1039
00:53:17,395 --> 00:53:19,829
and proceeding independently.
1040
00:53:19,898 --> 00:53:22,833
Have been unable
to shake off enemy cruisers...
1041
00:53:22,901 --> 00:53:24,334
because of radar.
1042
00:53:24,401 --> 00:53:27,336
Will attempt to break away
during the night.
1043
00:53:27,404 --> 00:53:28,837
Thank you, Mueller.
1044
00:53:28,905 --> 00:53:30,338
Very good, sir.
1045
00:53:30,406 --> 00:53:31,839
All right, Captain...
1046
00:53:31,908 --> 00:53:33,842
you may resume your original course.
1047
00:53:33,910 --> 00:53:34,842
Starboard 20.
1048
00:53:34,910 --> 00:53:35,842
Starboard 20.
1049
00:53:35,911 --> 00:53:37,344
Starboard 20.
1050
00:53:50,122 --> 00:53:51,214
Contact.
1051
00:54:23,350 --> 00:54:25,511
There she is... starboard beam.
1052
00:54:34,559 --> 00:54:35,958
[Klaxon Sounding]
1053
00:54:36,060 --> 00:54:38,153
[Shouting Orders In German]
1054
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:02,910
Hard astarboard!
1055
00:55:29,337 --> 00:55:30,804
[Rumbling]
1056
00:55:30,837 --> 00:55:32,304
What is it?
1057
00:55:39,445 --> 00:55:40,935
All right.
1058
00:55:40,980 --> 00:55:43,244
One hit on
the port bow, sir.
1059
00:55:43,348 --> 00:55:44,747
What is the damage?
1060
00:55:44,849 --> 00:55:46,749
Very slight, sir, and no one wounded.
1061
00:55:46,851 --> 00:55:49,752
We will have the damage
repaired in a few hours.
1062
00:55:49,853 --> 00:55:51,753
That is good. That is good.
1063
00:55:51,854 --> 00:55:53,253
Lindemann, if there were...
1064
00:55:53,356 --> 00:55:54,755
submarines in this area...
1065
00:55:54,858 --> 00:55:56,758
we would zigzag, wouldn't we?
1066
00:55:56,859 --> 00:55:58,258
Of course, sir.
1067
00:55:58,361 --> 00:56:00,261
And the cruisers following us...
1068
00:56:00,362 --> 00:56:02,762
would be obliged to do the same.
1069
00:56:02,863 --> 00:56:04,262
Yes, sir, but...
1070
00:56:04,365 --> 00:56:07,766
Captain, I want you to set
a zigzag pattern.
1071
00:56:07,868 --> 00:56:09,768
Hold speed at 20 knots.
1072
00:56:09,869 --> 00:56:11,268
In exactly two hours...
1073
00:56:11,371 --> 00:56:13,271
we shall stop zigzagging...
1074
00:56:13,372 --> 00:56:15,272
and proceed at full speed...
1075
00:56:15,374 --> 00:56:17,274
in whatever direction
we're headed.
1076
00:56:17,376 --> 00:56:20,277
We will be out of radar range...
1077
00:56:20,378 --> 00:56:22,778
before they realize they have lost us.
1078
00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:30,785
This hit Victorious claims...
1079
00:56:30,886 --> 00:56:33,787
it hasn't slowed Bismarck down at all.
1080
00:56:33,888 --> 00:56:35,287
She's been zigzagging now...
1081
00:56:35,390 --> 00:56:37,290
for more than two hours.
1082
00:56:37,393 --> 00:56:38,223
That's odd.
1083
00:56:38,293 --> 00:56:40,227
She must know we haven't...
1084
00:56:40,295 --> 00:56:42,229
any submarines in the area.
1085
00:56:42,296 --> 00:56:45,231
I wonder if Victorious
can get off another strike.
1086
00:56:45,298 --> 00:56:47,232
I'm afraid not. It's too dark.
1087
00:56:47,301 --> 00:56:49,735
Signal from Norfolk, sir.
1088
00:56:49,802 --> 00:56:51,736
Yes? What is it?
1089
00:56:51,804 --> 00:56:54,238
Sir, they've lost contact with Bismarck.
1090
00:57:03,313 --> 00:57:06,248
This is London.
Over 24 hours have passed...
1091
00:57:06,315 --> 00:57:10,274
since the battleship Bismarck
destroyed HMS Hood.
1092
00:57:10,352 --> 00:57:12,752
Reportedly, the British
have attacked the Bismarck...
1093
00:57:12,821 --> 00:57:14,755
with aircraft from a carrier...
1094
00:57:14,822 --> 00:57:17,757
but Berlin says the attack
was beaten off successfully.
1095
00:57:17,825 --> 00:57:20,760
Berlin adds that Bismarck
was able subsequently...
1096
00:57:20,860 --> 00:57:23,294
to shake off the surface vessels
pursuing her.
1097
00:57:23,362 --> 00:57:25,455
The German battleship has survived...
1098
00:57:25,564 --> 00:57:28,624
the heaviest guns and ships
in the British navy...
1099
00:57:28,701 --> 00:57:30,794
and the gloomy speculation now is...
1100
00:57:30,868 --> 00:57:33,803
that the British navy
may have trouble finding her...
1101
00:57:33,871 --> 00:57:35,304
let alone destroying her.
1102
00:57:35,372 --> 00:57:38,273
Of one thing we can be sure...
1103
00:57:38,308 --> 00:57:41,072
The lights will burn late
in the admiralty tonight.
1104
00:57:41,178 --> 00:57:41,610
This is her last known position...
1105
00:57:41,610 --> 00:57:44,238
This is her last known position...
1106
00:57:44,312 --> 00:57:45,779
and this...
1107
00:57:47,982 --> 00:57:49,415
her farthest on.
1108
00:57:49,484 --> 00:57:53,443
That means she has to be
somewhere inside that circle.
1109
00:57:53,487 --> 00:57:56,752
In this sector, search aircraft
from Victorious.
1110
00:57:56,823 --> 00:57:59,291
To the south and west...
1111
00:57:59,325 --> 00:58:02,294
cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk.
1112
00:58:02,328 --> 00:58:03,795
That leaves two possibilities.
1113
00:58:03,829 --> 00:58:06,297
Either she's broken back to Germany...
1114
00:58:06,330 --> 00:58:09,424
or she's headed for
one of the French ports.
1115
00:58:11,836 --> 00:58:13,303
Now, Miss Davis...
1116
00:58:13,336 --> 00:58:16,305
if you were Bismarck, what would you do?
1117
00:58:16,339 --> 00:58:19,308
Well, I suppose I'm not very brave.
1118
00:58:19,341 --> 00:58:21,309
I'd head for home, sir.
1119
00:58:21,343 --> 00:58:24,312
And a very sensible thing to do, too.
1120
00:58:24,345 --> 00:58:27,109
Plenty of fuel, good repair facilities...
1121
00:58:27,214 --> 00:58:29,114
complete protection.
1122
00:58:29,217 --> 00:58:31,185
But not Lutjens...
1123
00:58:31,251 --> 00:58:33,719
or any other German fleet commander.
1124
00:58:33,753 --> 00:58:34,742
Why not?
1125
00:58:34,820 --> 00:58:37,755
Because in Nazi Germany, he'd lose face.
1126
00:58:37,822 --> 00:58:39,687
I've fought these people before.
1127
00:58:39,759 --> 00:58:42,728
They have to prove
their superiority every day.
1128
00:58:42,761 --> 00:58:44,729
That's their one tremendous weakness.
1129
00:58:44,762 --> 00:58:45,694
Sir.
1130
00:58:45,763 --> 00:58:46,730
Yes?
1131
00:58:46,830 --> 00:58:48,730
Signal from the Commander-in-Chief.
1132
00:58:48,765 --> 00:58:51,233
"King George V running short of fuel.
1133
00:58:51,335 --> 00:58:53,565
Can't maintain full speed much longer."
1134
00:58:54,636 --> 00:58:56,934
[Telephone Rings]
1135
00:58:58,839 --> 00:59:01,774
Supposing she is heading
for a French port.
1136
00:59:01,876 --> 00:59:03,275
Won't be long...
1137
00:59:03,377 --> 00:59:05,777
before she gets
friendly submarine support...
1138
00:59:05,879 --> 00:59:07,278
and complete air cover.
1139
00:59:07,380 --> 00:59:09,280
Too late to stop her then.
1140
00:59:09,381 --> 00:59:11,781
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest.
1141
00:59:11,885 --> 00:59:14,285
Supposing Bismarck joins up with them...
1142
00:59:14,386 --> 00:59:18,288
and all three of them
decide to come out together.
1143
00:59:18,389 --> 00:59:19,947
What then?
1144
00:59:20,023 --> 00:59:21,718
[Door Opens]
1145
00:59:21,793 --> 00:59:23,226
What's the trouble?
1146
00:59:23,293 --> 00:59:24,726
He just collapsed, sir.
1147
00:59:24,795 --> 00:59:26,729
Take him in the office.
1148
00:59:26,797 --> 00:59:29,789
Why is this man on duty if he's sick?
1149
00:59:29,898 --> 00:59:32,298
I don't know, sir.
He didn't report sick.
1150
00:59:32,401 --> 00:59:33,800
Get someone over here.
1151
00:59:33,903 --> 00:59:36,963
Aye aye, sir. Simms, take over.
1152
00:59:38,305 --> 00:59:40,239
All right. Leave him here.
1153
00:59:40,307 --> 00:59:41,740
Aye aye, sir.
1154
00:59:41,809 --> 00:59:42,798
Sorry, sir.
1155
00:59:42,843 --> 00:59:45,710
Why the devil
didn't you report sick?
1156
00:59:45,812 --> 00:59:47,245
I'm sorry, sir.
1157
00:59:47,313 --> 00:59:50,714
I didn't want to miss anything.
1158
00:59:50,749 --> 00:59:52,216
All right, Brown.
1159
00:59:52,250 --> 00:59:55,219
We'll get you along to the sick bay.
1160
00:59:55,252 --> 00:59:57,982
If anything happens, I'll let you know.
1161
00:59:58,054 --> 00:59:59,521
Thank you, sir.
1162
00:59:59,556 --> 01:00:02,024
What time is it, Miss Davis?
1163
01:00:02,059 --> 01:00:03,526
About 6:30, sir.
1164
01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:05,027
Morning or evening?
1165
01:00:05,060 --> 01:00:07,028
It's a very fine morning.
1166
01:00:07,062 --> 01:00:10,031
I think you should take a short walk.
1167
01:00:10,064 --> 01:00:13,033
You haven't been outside
for five days.
1168
01:00:13,067 --> 01:00:16,264
Take down this message
for Commander-in-Chief,
Home Fleet...
1169
01:00:16,336 --> 01:00:19,271
Our interpretation
of best available information...
1170
01:00:19,338 --> 01:00:22,273
indicates Bismarck
heading for the coast of France.
1171
01:00:22,342 --> 01:00:24,003
Proceed accordingly.
1172
01:00:24,076 --> 01:00:27,273
Sir, must you stick your neck out
quite so far?
1173
01:00:27,345 --> 01:00:30,280
I'm afraid that goes with the job.
1174
01:00:30,347 --> 01:00:32,281
To admiral commanding Force H...
1175
01:00:32,349 --> 01:00:33,782
Proceed to intercept Bismarck...
1176
01:00:33,851 --> 01:00:36,285
on assumption she's headed for Brest.
1177
01:00:36,353 --> 01:00:39,254
Suggest search by aircraft
from Ark Royal.
1178
01:00:39,288 --> 01:00:42,791
Your son is in Ark Royal, isn't he, sir?
1179
01:00:42,791 --> 01:00:44,281
Yes. Yes, he is.
1180
01:00:44,327 --> 01:00:46,795
Get that off immediately,
will you?
1181
01:01:25,860 --> 01:01:28,260
Come in.
1182
01:01:28,328 --> 01:01:30,228
Come in, Miss Davis.
1183
01:01:30,329 --> 01:01:32,229
Signal for you, sir.
1184
01:01:32,331 --> 01:01:33,730
Thank you.
1185
01:01:38,336 --> 01:01:42,170
This is a report on the
Ark Royal's air search.
1186
01:01:42,239 --> 01:01:44,173
They haven't found a thing.
1187
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:45,673
Better tell Captain Shepard.
1188
01:01:45,743 --> 01:01:46,971
Yes, sir.
1189
01:01:47,044 --> 01:01:49,171
Also, two of Ark Royal's aircraft...
1190
01:01:49,245 --> 01:01:51,179
failed to return to the carrier.
1191
01:01:51,246 --> 01:01:54,181
No need to tell him that,
I should think.
1192
01:01:54,249 --> 01:01:57,707
By the way, how would you like
a trip to America?
1193
01:01:57,752 --> 01:01:59,117
America, sir?
1194
01:01:59,186 --> 01:02:01,814
The admiralty's sending a mission over...
1195
01:02:01,888 --> 01:02:04,413
Two regular officers and a Wren officer.
1196
01:02:04,490 --> 01:02:06,685
The board picked you as first choice.
1197
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:08,250
It sounds very exciting.
1198
01:02:08,361 --> 01:02:10,886
There will be no change, of course...
1199
01:02:10,963 --> 01:02:13,397
until this Bismarck thing is settled.
1200
01:02:13,464 --> 01:02:16,592
Aye aye, sir. Thank you very much.
1201
01:02:16,668 --> 01:02:19,694
Yes, it would have to be
long-range aircraft...
1202
01:02:19,770 --> 01:02:21,362
Catalinas, I should think.
1203
01:02:21,471 --> 01:02:23,701
Yes, that's right. Call me back.
1204
01:02:23,773 --> 01:02:24,899
Shepard.
1205
01:02:25,007 --> 01:02:26,065
Sir?
1206
01:02:26,142 --> 01:02:28,235
Seems our forces
are very heavily committed...
1207
01:02:28,311 --> 01:02:30,245
to a single course of action.
1208
01:02:30,312 --> 01:02:33,804
Is that based on the definite knowledge
that Bismarck...
1209
01:02:33,914 --> 01:02:35,745
is headed for a French port?
1210
01:02:35,816 --> 01:02:38,614
On definite knowledge?
No, sir.
1211
01:02:38,719 --> 01:02:40,687
It's based on my summing up...
1212
01:02:40,753 --> 01:02:42,345
of the general situation.
1213
01:02:42,422 --> 01:02:45,186
It was a decision that had to be made.
1214
01:02:45,257 --> 01:02:47,225
I hope you're right, Shepard.
1215
01:02:47,259 --> 01:02:49,523
I hope to God you're right.
1216
01:02:49,628 --> 01:02:51,687
A report from Ark Royal, sir.
1217
01:02:51,762 --> 01:02:53,229
They haven't found anything.
1218
01:02:53,264 --> 01:02:54,731
All right.
1219
01:02:54,764 --> 01:02:56,732
Are you off now, Miss Davis?
1220
01:02:56,767 --> 01:02:59,235
Yes, sir. My watch ends at 7:00.
1221
01:02:59,269 --> 01:03:02,238
I seem to have a lot of work
to do.
1222
01:03:02,271 --> 01:03:04,239
Could you stay and help me out?
1223
01:03:04,273 --> 01:03:06,241
Of course. I have a dinner date...
1224
01:03:06,274 --> 01:03:08,242
but that's not until 9:00.
1225
01:03:08,276 --> 01:03:10,244
Let me have the latest
information...
1226
01:03:10,278 --> 01:03:12,246
on available aircraft
in Force H.
1227
01:03:12,279 --> 01:03:13,746
Aye aye, sir.
1228
01:03:13,780 --> 01:03:16,248
"Coastal command will activate
two crossover air patrols.
1229
01:03:16,282 --> 01:03:19,251
"The northern-most will cover
possible enemy courses...
1230
01:03:19,285 --> 01:03:21,253
"from Brest to La Rochelle.
1231
01:03:21,287 --> 01:03:24,745
The southern-most
will cover La Rochelle
to Cape Finisterre."
1232
01:03:24,789 --> 01:03:27,758
If you'll coordinate that
with Coastal Command...
1233
01:03:27,792 --> 01:03:30,761
I'll get on with the business
of Force H...
1234
01:03:30,794 --> 01:03:33,262
and you can enjoy your dinner date.
1235
01:03:33,297 --> 01:03:36,266
At half-past one in the morning, sir?
1236
01:03:36,298 --> 01:03:38,061
Oh, I'm sorry.
1237
01:03:38,167 --> 01:03:40,499
I had no idea what time it was.
1238
01:03:40,569 --> 01:03:42,434
By the way, Miss Davis...
1239
01:03:42,504 --> 01:03:44,404
I'd like to make arrangements...
1240
01:03:44,472 --> 01:03:46,599
for you to work with me full-time...
1241
01:03:46,674 --> 01:03:48,505
if you can face it.
1242
01:03:48,576 --> 01:03:50,510
What I had in mind...
1243
01:03:50,577 --> 01:03:54,240
was to make you my assistant.
1244
01:03:54,314 --> 01:03:56,908
I appreciate you thinking of me, sir.
1245
01:03:56,981 --> 01:04:00,246
I need someone who's intelligent
and dependable...
1246
01:04:00,319 --> 01:04:02,412
Quite honestly, someone like yourself.
1247
01:04:02,487 --> 01:04:05,251
Well... what do you say?
1248
01:04:05,355 --> 01:04:08,324
I don't know quite what to say, sir.
1249
01:04:08,425 --> 01:04:11,326
I'd make an effort not to be so rude...
1250
01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:14,124
as I have been in the past...
1251
01:04:14,230 --> 01:04:16,130
if that's what's bothering you.
1252
01:04:16,231 --> 01:04:18,131
It isn't anything like that.
1253
01:04:18,232 --> 01:04:20,462
If you want to say no,
please say so.
1254
01:04:20,535 --> 01:04:21,369
Well, you see...
1255
01:04:21,369 --> 01:04:22,131
Well, you see...
1256
01:04:22,237 --> 01:04:24,034
[Telephone Rings]
1257
01:04:24,138 --> 01:04:26,299
Director of operations.
1258
01:04:28,875 --> 01:04:31,366
One moment, please, sir.
1259
01:04:33,378 --> 01:04:36,643
It's Captain Farnum... Casualty Section.
1260
01:05:01,868 --> 01:05:03,768
Hello, Richard. Yes?
1261
01:05:03,870 --> 01:05:05,929
What sort of bad news?
1262
01:05:13,378 --> 01:05:15,278
Is there no other information?
1263
01:05:17,381 --> 01:05:18,780
I see.
1264
01:05:20,383 --> 01:05:23,284
Yes. I appreciate your telling me.
1265
01:05:23,386 --> 01:05:24,944
Thank you, Richard.
1266
01:05:34,595 --> 01:05:36,790
My son's missing.
1267
01:05:36,896 --> 01:05:39,228
His plane ran out of fuel...
1268
01:05:39,299 --> 01:05:40,926
and failed to return.
1269
01:05:40,999 --> 01:05:43,229
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
1270
01:05:43,302 --> 01:05:45,236
There's a good chance...
1271
01:05:45,337 --> 01:05:47,237
he'll be picked up.
1272
01:05:47,338 --> 01:05:49,033
You were picked up.
1273
01:05:49,140 --> 01:05:51,768
When I got out of hospital...
1274
01:05:51,843 --> 01:05:55,301
all I could think about
was getting back to London.
1275
01:05:55,345 --> 01:05:57,973
I wanted to see my wife.
1276
01:05:58,047 --> 01:06:00,379
I took a taxi from Waterloo.
1277
01:06:00,449 --> 01:06:03,782
As I drove into Welbeck Place...
1278
01:06:03,852 --> 01:06:06,787
everything looked so familiar.
1279
01:06:06,855 --> 01:06:11,315
Every house was just as I remembered it.
1280
01:06:12,860 --> 01:06:14,953
Every house except mine.
1281
01:06:17,363 --> 01:06:20,821
There was a large
black hole in the ground...
1282
01:06:20,866 --> 01:06:22,800
where my house had been...
1283
01:06:22,868 --> 01:06:26,269
uh... where my wife had been.
1284
01:06:31,874 --> 01:06:35,275
I didn't think it was possible
to feel such pain.
1285
01:06:36,879 --> 01:06:38,312
I know.
1286
01:06:38,380 --> 01:06:41,474
I've been through it myself, and I know.
1287
01:06:41,582 --> 01:06:44,745
I swore that night I'd never again...
1288
01:06:44,819 --> 01:06:47,788
get emotionally attached
to a human being...
1289
01:06:47,821 --> 01:06:50,289
as long as I lived...
1290
01:06:50,323 --> 01:06:53,292
but I made one mistake.
1291
01:06:53,325 --> 01:06:55,293
I forgot about...
1292
01:06:55,327 --> 01:06:57,386
I forgot about my son.
1293
01:06:57,496 --> 01:07:00,260
You can't avoid pain
by fencing yourself off.
1294
01:07:00,330 --> 01:07:03,094
Sometimes you need
the help of other people...
1295
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:04,758
more than anything else...
1296
01:07:04,835 --> 01:07:08,202
but you have to let them get
close enough to help.
1297
01:07:08,304 --> 01:07:10,272
I don't want any help.
1298
01:07:10,339 --> 01:07:13,308
I found when I was deeply troubled...
1299
01:07:13,341 --> 01:07:16,310
that I needed people very badly.
1300
01:07:16,344 --> 01:07:18,312
People want to be needed.
1301
01:07:18,346 --> 01:07:19,938
I found that out, too.
1302
01:07:20,014 --> 01:07:21,538
We're in business again.
1303
01:07:21,614 --> 01:07:24,777
Bismarck's been spotted
by a Catalina flying boat...
1304
01:07:24,852 --> 01:07:26,319
headed for Brest.
1305
01:07:26,352 --> 01:07:28,343
Your hunch was right, sir.
1306
01:07:28,387 --> 01:07:29,854
Excuse me.
1307
01:07:29,888 --> 01:07:31,856
Sir, Captain Shepard has offered me...
1308
01:07:31,890 --> 01:07:33,858
a new job to be his assistant.
1309
01:07:33,891 --> 01:07:36,052
I'd like very much to take it.
1310
01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:38,219
I hope you'll have no objection.
1311
01:07:38,296 --> 01:07:40,924
Jonathan, what have you
done to that girl?
1312
01:07:40,997 --> 01:07:43,761
She's just been offered
a marvelous opportunity...
1313
01:07:43,866 --> 01:07:46,130
to go to America.
It means sure promotion.
1314
01:07:46,203 --> 01:07:49,263
She's turning that down
to stay here with you.
1315
01:07:49,370 --> 01:07:51,270
I don't understand it.
1316
01:07:51,372 --> 01:07:52,771
Here's the situation...
1317
01:07:52,874 --> 01:07:55,775
The flying boat spotted
Bismarck at 1030
1318
01:07:55,877 --> 01:07:57,777
and has been shadowing ever since...
1319
01:07:57,878 --> 01:07:59,140
using cloud cover.
1320
01:07:59,213 --> 01:08:00,771
Jonathan.
1321
01:08:00,881 --> 01:08:02,781
I'm sorry, sir.
1322
01:08:02,882 --> 01:08:04,782
You were saying...
1323
01:08:04,883 --> 01:08:07,283
the flying boat spotted
Bismarck at 1030
1324
01:08:07,386 --> 01:08:09,286
and has been shadowing ever since...
1325
01:08:09,387 --> 01:08:10,786
using cloud cover.
1326
01:08:10,888 --> 01:08:13,118
From time to time, Bismarck has put up...
1327
01:08:13,190 --> 01:08:14,953
very heavy anti-aircraft fire.
1328
01:08:27,903 --> 01:08:30,303
By now, the British know where we are.
1329
01:08:30,404 --> 01:08:32,304
They'll send out everything they have.
1330
01:08:32,405 --> 01:08:34,805
We can sink anything they send out.
1331
01:08:34,908 --> 01:08:36,808
What was your latest fuel report?
1332
01:08:36,910 --> 01:08:38,741
We've lost about 200 tons...
1333
01:08:38,811 --> 01:08:40,745
from the tanks that were damaged.
1334
01:08:40,813 --> 01:08:42,246
We have 3 5% left.
1335
01:08:42,314 --> 01:08:44,248
That is more than enough.
1336
01:08:44,315 --> 01:08:46,249
I want to check the plot.
1337
01:08:46,316 --> 01:08:48,750
Becker, keep me informed
about the fuel situation.
1338
01:08:48,820 --> 01:08:50,176
I will, sir.
1339
01:08:50,288 --> 01:08:52,586
I've requested air cover
from the Luftwaffe.
1340
01:08:52,655 --> 01:08:55,624
How soon can we expect
them to be with us?
1341
01:08:55,658 --> 01:08:57,626
Shore-based aircraft can operate...
1342
01:08:57,660 --> 01:09:00,128
approximately that far
from the coast, sir.
1343
01:09:00,161 --> 01:09:02,129
We will arrive at that point...
1344
01:09:02,163 --> 01:09:03,596
about dawn tomorrow.
1345
01:09:03,665 --> 01:09:05,633
What about King George and Rodney?
1346
01:09:05,666 --> 01:09:07,634
What is their position now?
1347
01:09:07,701 --> 01:09:09,669
Based on reports from Group West...
1348
01:09:09,703 --> 01:09:11,136
I have them plotted...
1349
01:09:11,205 --> 01:09:13,673
200 miles to the north of us.
1350
01:09:13,705 --> 01:09:15,138
That is good.
1351
01:09:15,207 --> 01:09:17,675
They cannot possibly overtake us now.
1352
01:09:17,710 --> 01:09:20,679
A day or so in Brest to make repairs...
1353
01:09:20,711 --> 01:09:23,976
and then we come out again
with our tanks full.
1354
01:09:24,048 --> 01:09:28,644
Also, Lindemann... I have an idea.
1355
01:09:28,718 --> 01:09:32,677
Suppose Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau came out with us.
1356
01:09:32,721 --> 01:09:36,179
We would be the most powerful
fleet that ever sailed.
1357
01:09:36,224 --> 01:09:39,091
Nothing in the world could touch us.
1358
01:09:39,161 --> 01:09:40,924
Excuse me, sir. Personal signal...
1359
01:09:40,995 --> 01:09:42,587
for the fleet commander.
1360
01:09:42,663 --> 01:09:44,096
Thank you, Mueller.
1361
01:09:47,166 --> 01:09:50,101
"Best wishes on your birthday."
1362
01:09:50,169 --> 01:09:51,602
Look.
1363
01:09:53,172 --> 01:09:54,764
Adolf Hitler.
1364
01:09:57,675 --> 01:10:00,109
This is a great honor.
1365
01:10:00,178 --> 01:10:03,113
Yes, please. Right.
1366
01:10:03,179 --> 01:10:05,113
Here are the fuel consumption reports...
1367
01:10:05,181 --> 01:10:07,115
for K.G. V and Rodney, sir...
1368
01:10:07,183 --> 01:10:09,617
as close as I can calculate them.
1369
01:10:09,686 --> 01:10:11,620
Don't look too good, do they?
1370
01:10:11,687 --> 01:10:14,178
They're 140 miles astern of Bismarck.
1371
01:10:14,256 --> 01:10:17,225
Can they steam at full speed
long enough to overtake her?
1372
01:10:17,257 --> 01:10:20,226
They wouldn't have enough fuel
to get home.
1373
01:10:22,195 --> 01:10:23,628
Sir.
1374
01:10:26,699 --> 01:10:28,633
By daylight tomorrow, Bismarck will be...
1375
01:10:28,701 --> 01:10:30,635
in range of German air cover.
1376
01:10:30,703 --> 01:10:32,637
They'll send out the whole Luftwaffe.
1377
01:10:32,704 --> 01:10:34,638
And a line of U-boats.
1378
01:10:34,706 --> 01:10:37,140
We have to slow her down by tonight...
1379
01:10:37,207 --> 01:10:39,072
so Home Fleet can overtake her...
1380
01:10:39,141 --> 01:10:41,075
before she gets into friendly waters.
1381
01:10:41,144 --> 01:10:43,578
Renown and Sheffield can't do it.
1382
01:10:43,646 --> 01:10:45,580
That leaves Ark Royal.
1383
01:10:47,649 --> 01:10:49,583
10 hours of daylight left.
1384
01:10:49,684 --> 01:10:51,117
Call it 9 1/2.
1385
01:10:51,186 --> 01:10:54,121
There's time to get off
one air strike anyway.
1386
01:10:54,188 --> 01:10:56,622
With luck, they might get off two.
1387
01:10:56,690 --> 01:10:58,123
Yes, sir.
1388
01:10:58,191 --> 01:11:01,126
We'd better get in touch with Ark Royal.
1389
01:11:07,665 --> 01:11:11,101
Your torpedoes have been fitted
with new magnetic exploders...
1390
01:11:11,136 --> 01:11:13,104
so you should get good results.
1391
01:11:13,136 --> 01:11:14,763
You have Bismarck's position...
1392
01:11:14,838 --> 01:11:16,271
course, and speed.
1393
01:11:16,339 --> 01:11:19,570
She's now 2 4 miles away,
bearing 183 degrees.
1394
01:11:19,641 --> 01:11:22,610
She's all by herself,
so make your attack immediately.
1395
01:11:22,644 --> 01:11:24,612
Oh, there's just one final word.
1396
01:11:24,646 --> 01:11:26,614
The Home Fleet's 100 miles astern.
1397
01:11:26,647 --> 01:11:30,105
Unless you stop Bismarck today,
they'll never catch her.
1398
01:11:30,183 --> 01:11:33,243
It's up to you, gentlemen. Good day.
1399
01:11:49,098 --> 01:11:51,532
The Sheffield's been detached
from the flagship, sir.
1400
01:11:51,602 --> 01:11:54,537
She was ordered to close
Bismarck and shadow her.
1401
01:11:54,604 --> 01:11:56,037
How long ago?
1402
01:11:56,104 --> 01:11:58,038
1 1/2 hours.
1403
01:11:58,106 --> 01:11:59,539
1 1/2 hours?
1404
01:11:59,608 --> 01:12:01,542
It wasn't decoded immediately, sir...
1405
01:12:01,609 --> 01:12:03,543
because it wasn't addressed to us.
1406
01:12:03,611 --> 01:12:05,545
We just happened to pick it up, sir.
1407
01:12:05,613 --> 01:12:07,547
Our pilots have orders to attack...
1408
01:12:07,614 --> 01:12:09,548
any ship alone in that area.
1409
01:12:09,615 --> 01:12:12,049
Send a message to all aircraft...
1410
01:12:12,117 --> 01:12:13,709
"Look out for Sheffield."
1411
01:12:13,787 --> 01:12:16,051
Send it in plain language
immediately.
1412
01:12:16,121 --> 01:12:17,554
Aye aye, sir.
1413
01:12:17,622 --> 01:12:19,988
Bit of a cockup somewhere.
1414
01:12:39,606 --> 01:12:41,870
It's the Bismarck, all right!
1415
01:12:46,712 --> 01:12:49,545
It's all right. They're ours...swordfish.
1416
01:12:49,615 --> 01:12:53,051
Sounds as if they're going to fly
right over us, sir.
1417
01:12:53,117 --> 01:12:55,551
They're using our position
to get their bearings.
1418
01:12:55,620 --> 01:12:58,054
I can see them now, sir. There they are.
1419
01:12:59,622 --> 01:13:01,112
They're attacking us!
1420
01:13:03,393 --> 01:13:06,260
Full ahead both! Hard aport!
1421
01:13:06,328 --> 01:13:08,956
All guns, hold your fire!
1422
01:13:12,833 --> 01:13:15,893
Torpedo exploded
as it hit the water, sir.
1423
01:13:17,472 --> 01:13:18,962
There's another one.
1424
01:13:24,043 --> 01:13:26,443
They're exploding short.
What's the matter?
1425
01:13:26,512 --> 01:13:28,639
It's those damn magnetic exploders.
1426
01:13:33,283 --> 01:13:35,274
Here comes one that didn't explode, sir.
1427
01:13:35,352 --> 01:13:36,683
Hard astarboard.
1428
01:13:36,753 --> 01:13:38,118
Hard astarboard.
1429
01:13:44,292 --> 01:13:47,784
That was the Sheffield, sir...
just came from the carrier.
1430
01:13:47,862 --> 01:13:49,796
Signal the other aircraft.
1431
01:13:49,864 --> 01:13:52,697
Tell them to break off the attack.
1432
01:13:52,766 --> 01:13:54,290
Wheel amidships.
1433
01:13:54,367 --> 01:13:55,800
Wheel amidships, sir.
1434
01:14:07,879 --> 01:14:10,313
We all feel the same
about what's happened...
1435
01:14:10,380 --> 01:14:12,439
so there's no point in discussing it.
1436
01:14:12,516 --> 01:14:15,349
Let's just say we've learned
a very important lesson...
1437
01:14:15,417 --> 01:14:17,851
which may well prove
a blessing in disguise.
1438
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:20,514
All right, let's get on with the job.
1439
01:14:20,589 --> 01:14:22,853
There's still enough light
for one more attack.
1440
01:14:22,924 --> 01:14:24,687
Think you're up to it?
1441
01:14:24,758 --> 01:14:26,726
Yes, but what about
those magnetic exploders?
1442
01:14:26,761 --> 01:14:28,194
They're being changed.
1443
01:14:28,263 --> 01:14:30,231
We'll go back to contact exploders.
1444
01:14:30,296 --> 01:14:32,856
Keep your seats, gentlemen.
1445
01:14:34,934 --> 01:14:38,131
I have a message here
from the Commander-in-Chief.
1446
01:14:38,203 --> 01:14:41,297
"Unless the enemy's speed
has been reduced by midnight...
1447
01:14:41,373 --> 01:14:44,831
"King George V will
have to abandon the chase...
1448
01:14:44,874 --> 01:14:46,842
and turn back for refueling."
1449
01:14:46,877 --> 01:14:49,846
There's no need to tell you
what that means.
1450
01:14:49,879 --> 01:14:52,040
This is our last chance, gentlemen.
1451
01:14:52,114 --> 01:14:55,811
I suggest you go below
and get something to eat.
1452
01:14:55,884 --> 01:14:58,853
You'll be taking off at 1830.
1453
01:15:02,523 --> 01:15:04,320
[Bells Ringing]
1454
01:15:23,907 --> 01:15:27,775
Skipper! Ship bearing green 4-5.
1455
01:15:30,479 --> 01:15:33,380
This is it, boys! Come on, let's go!
1456
01:15:48,227 --> 01:15:50,491
Hard astarboard!
1457
01:16:22,754 --> 01:16:24,187
Where was that?
1458
01:16:24,256 --> 01:16:26,190
Amidships. No serious damage, sir.
1459
01:16:26,258 --> 01:16:27,691
Thank you, Mueller.
1460
01:16:27,759 --> 01:16:29,886
Tell damage control to keep us informed.
1461
01:16:35,932 --> 01:16:38,298
Hard astarboard!
1462
01:17:00,118 --> 01:17:01,915
Hard aport!
1463
01:17:09,893 --> 01:17:12,327
[Buzzer]
1464
01:17:12,395 --> 01:17:13,828
Captain.
1465
01:17:13,896 --> 01:17:16,160
Hit in the steering compartment, sir.
1466
01:17:16,232 --> 01:17:18,200
Put your rudder amidships.
1467
01:17:18,233 --> 01:17:19,495
Rudder amidships.
1468
01:17:26,906 --> 01:17:29,170
The rudder won't move, sir.
1469
01:17:38,450 --> 01:17:39,815
What ships are these?
1470
01:17:39,884 --> 01:17:41,317
The 4th Destroyer Flotilla, sir.
1471
01:17:41,385 --> 01:17:42,818
They're getting close.
1472
01:17:42,887 --> 01:17:46,345
We picked up two
very peculiar reports
from Coastal Command...
1473
01:17:46,389 --> 01:17:47,822
following the attack by Ark Royal.
1474
01:17:47,890 --> 01:17:49,858
The first one says,
"Bismarck circling."
1475
01:17:49,892 --> 01:17:52,360
The second one reads,
"Bismarck heading nor-norwest."
1476
01:17:52,395 --> 01:17:55,262
Nor-norwest?
That's impossible, sir.
1477
01:17:55,330 --> 01:17:58,766
She'd be headed straight
for K.G. V and Rodney.
1478
01:17:58,833 --> 01:18:00,266
Sounds like faulty identification.
1479
01:18:00,334 --> 01:18:01,767
Wrong ship, most likely.
1480
01:18:01,834 --> 01:18:03,665
Sir? Signal from Sheffield.
1481
01:18:03,737 --> 01:18:05,329
They made contact with Bismarck.
1482
01:18:05,405 --> 01:18:07,100
She's steering north at 10 knots.
1483
01:18:08,907 --> 01:18:10,340
That's incredible!
1484
01:18:10,408 --> 01:18:11,841
It must be Bismarck.
1485
01:18:11,910 --> 01:18:14,504
But what's she doing on that course...
1486
01:18:14,579 --> 01:18:17,343
and at a speed of 10 knots?
1487
01:18:17,414 --> 01:18:19,882
Hit by a torpedo, I'll bet...
1488
01:18:19,917 --> 01:18:20,849
and damaged.
1489
01:18:20,917 --> 01:18:22,350
Propellers?
1490
01:18:22,417 --> 01:18:23,850
Could be, sir.
1491
01:18:23,920 --> 01:18:25,353
Or rudder, can't maneuver.
1492
01:18:25,421 --> 01:18:27,889
We've got a chance now, sir.
1493
01:18:27,923 --> 01:18:29,891
I think we've got a chance.
1494
01:18:41,368 --> 01:18:43,495
Yes.
1495
01:18:43,569 --> 01:18:45,298
It's the Bismarck, all right.
1496
01:18:45,371 --> 01:18:46,804
Yeoman?
1497
01:18:46,872 --> 01:18:48,305
Sir?
1498
01:18:48,374 --> 01:18:51,309
Make to Solent...
intend to attack with torpedoes.
1499
01:18:51,375 --> 01:18:52,808
Ships turning to port.
1500
01:18:52,876 --> 01:18:54,309
Firing range 4,000 yards.
1501
01:18:54,379 --> 01:18:55,744
Aye aye, sir.
1502
01:18:55,813 --> 01:18:57,110
Bring on 30 knots.
1503
01:18:57,180 --> 01:18:58,477
300 revolutions.
1504
01:18:58,547 --> 01:19:01,812
[Yeoman] From Captain D, sir.
1505
01:19:01,884 --> 01:19:03,818
Speed 30 knots.
1506
01:19:03,886 --> 01:19:06,320
Turning to port to fire torpedoes.
1507
01:19:06,388 --> 01:19:07,821
Firing range 4,000 yards.
1508
01:19:07,889 --> 01:19:10,449
Good! Then it is the Bismarck.
1509
01:19:15,396 --> 01:19:17,364
Damage control.
1510
01:19:17,397 --> 01:19:18,364
Damage control.
1511
01:19:18,431 --> 01:19:20,797
Damage control, sir.
1512
01:19:20,866 --> 01:19:22,356
Captain speaking.
1513
01:19:22,434 --> 01:19:24,902
I want a report on that rudder.
1514
01:19:24,970 --> 01:19:26,904
The divers are down now.
1515
01:19:26,971 --> 01:19:29,599
They'll be up in a moment, sir.
1516
01:19:37,514 --> 01:19:39,345
Range 6,000 yards, sir.
1517
01:19:41,149 --> 01:19:43,310
Yes.
1518
01:19:43,384 --> 01:19:45,818
I see.
1519
01:19:45,887 --> 01:19:48,321
It's impossible
to free the rudder, sir.
1520
01:19:48,388 --> 01:19:50,822
It was jammed too badly
by the explosion.
1521
01:19:50,891 --> 01:19:52,324
How early in the morning...
1522
01:19:52,391 --> 01:19:55,827
can you put a couple
of divers over the side?
1523
01:19:55,895 --> 01:19:57,328
At first light, sir...
1524
01:19:57,396 --> 01:19:59,830
about 5:00 if the sea is not too rough.
1525
01:19:59,898 --> 01:20:01,832
I do not care about the sea.
1526
01:20:01,899 --> 01:20:04,333
I was thinking about the men, sir.
1527
01:20:04,401 --> 01:20:05,834
Sir, from fleet commander.
1528
01:20:05,904 --> 01:20:07,337
Thank you.
1529
01:20:11,407 --> 01:20:13,841
Ah.
1530
01:20:13,909 --> 01:20:17,345
"Group West is sending out three
seagoing tugs.
1531
01:20:17,412 --> 01:20:20,347
"All submarines
in the area have been ordered...
1532
01:20:20,415 --> 01:20:22,349
to concentrate at this point."
1533
01:20:22,415 --> 01:20:23,848
That is good.
1534
01:20:23,917 --> 01:20:25,282
That is very good.
1535
01:20:28,755 --> 01:20:29,881
Range 5,000.
1536
01:20:33,659 --> 01:20:35,092
Attention all hands.
1537
01:20:35,159 --> 01:20:36,854
Attention all hands.
1538
01:20:38,429 --> 01:20:40,294
This is the fleet commander.
1539
01:20:40,364 --> 01:20:41,797
We are having some difficulty...
1540
01:20:41,865 --> 01:20:44,459
repairing the damage
to our steering gear...
1541
01:20:44,533 --> 01:20:48,333
but I assure you
there is no cause for alarm.
1542
01:20:48,405 --> 01:20:50,100
4,500 yards, sir.
1543
01:20:50,171 --> 01:20:52,139
Stand by the torpedo tubes.
1544
01:20:52,173 --> 01:20:53,936
Stand by the torpedo tubes.
1545
01:20:54,008 --> 01:20:56,602
By morning, we will be in good hands.
1546
01:20:56,677 --> 01:20:58,668
And if the British Home Fleet...
1547
01:20:58,712 --> 01:21:00,680
should be foolish enough to appear...
1548
01:21:00,714 --> 01:21:03,239
they will be torpedoed by U-boats.
1549
01:21:03,316 --> 01:21:05,284
Meanwhile, let me remind you...
1550
01:21:05,317 --> 01:21:07,376
that our guns have not been damaged.
1551
01:21:07,453 --> 01:21:10,718
This is still the most
powerful ship afloat.
1552
01:21:12,289 --> 01:21:15,224
I have in my hand a message...
1553
01:21:15,292 --> 01:21:16,816
addressed to the entire crew.
1554
01:21:16,893 --> 01:21:19,987
"All Germany is at your side.
1555
01:21:20,063 --> 01:21:24,227
"Your gallantry is
an inspiration to our people.
1556
01:21:24,299 --> 01:21:27,234
"You will forever occupy
a place of honor...
1557
01:21:27,301 --> 01:21:32,261
in the history of the Third Reich."
1558
01:21:32,305 --> 01:21:35,502
This message is signed by the fuehrer.
1559
01:21:35,575 --> 01:21:37,042
Range 4,000 yards, sir.
1560
01:21:37,110 --> 01:21:40,204
Port 20, fire when the sights come on.
1561
01:21:44,783 --> 01:21:47,183
Two enemy destroyers on port bow, sir.
1562
01:21:47,251 --> 01:21:48,718
Alarm port.
1563
01:21:48,786 --> 01:21:49,912
Alarm port, sir!
1564
01:21:49,988 --> 01:21:52,081
[Alarm]
1565
01:21:58,427 --> 01:22:00,361
Range 4,000, bearing 300 degrees.
1566
01:22:00,428 --> 01:22:01,861
Guns ready port.
1567
01:22:01,930 --> 01:22:03,363
Guns ready port, sir.
1568
01:22:03,431 --> 01:22:05,194
Illuminate with star shell.
1569
01:22:05,267 --> 01:22:08,031
Illuminate with star shell.
1570
01:22:14,040 --> 01:22:15,473
They've seen us!
1571
01:22:15,541 --> 01:22:17,338
Now we're for it!
1572
01:22:17,409 --> 01:22:19,707
20 degrees to go, sir.
1573
01:22:19,779 --> 01:22:21,076
Fire!
1574
01:22:25,983 --> 01:22:27,712
All torpedoes gone, sir.
1575
01:22:27,784 --> 01:22:30,252
Let's get out of here. Hard aport.
1576
01:22:30,287 --> 01:22:31,481
Open fire main armament.
1577
01:22:39,394 --> 01:22:40,827
Torpedo hit amidship, sir.
1578
01:22:40,896 --> 01:22:42,727
Good man!
1579
01:22:42,796 --> 01:22:43,785
Fire!
1580
01:22:52,271 --> 01:22:54,933
She's got the Solent.
1581
01:22:55,007 --> 01:22:56,702
Good shooting, Lindemann.
1582
01:22:56,774 --> 01:22:58,207
Cease firing! Cease firing!
1583
01:22:58,275 --> 01:23:01,711
One hit on the armor
near the forward boiling room.
1584
01:23:01,780 --> 01:23:03,213
The damage can be repaired...
1585
01:23:03,280 --> 01:23:05,544
and it won't affect our speed, sir.
1586
01:23:05,615 --> 01:23:06,877
Thank you.
1587
01:23:06,950 --> 01:23:08,144
That is good.
1588
01:23:11,787 --> 01:23:13,220
Destroyers are still shadowing, sir.
1589
01:23:13,288 --> 01:23:16,724
They have orders
to keep track of the Bismarck...
1590
01:23:16,791 --> 01:23:18,224
until the Home Fleet closes.
1591
01:23:18,291 --> 01:23:20,225
They claim three hits with torpedoes.
1592
01:23:20,293 --> 01:23:22,227
It hasn't even slowed her down.
1593
01:23:22,296 --> 01:23:24,730
What about the reports
of enemy submarines?
1594
01:23:24,797 --> 01:23:26,230
A.C.N.S. says these have been confirmed.
1595
01:23:26,298 --> 01:23:27,731
I've notified the Commander-in-Chief.
1596
01:23:27,800 --> 01:23:30,098
What is C-in-C doing about it?
1597
01:23:30,169 --> 01:23:31,636
He hasn't altered his plans.
1598
01:23:31,703 --> 01:23:33,637
I'd like to send him a signal...
1599
01:23:33,705 --> 01:23:34,967
telling him to be careful...
1600
01:23:35,039 --> 01:23:36,370
but I'm sure he'd resent it.
1601
01:23:38,808 --> 01:23:39,998
Cigarette?
1602
01:23:40,109 --> 01:23:41,406
Thank you, no, sir.
1603
01:23:41,478 --> 01:23:43,503
I'll be here if you want me.
1604
01:23:43,580 --> 01:23:45,309
Shepard?
1605
01:23:45,381 --> 01:23:47,815
Sorry about your son.
1606
01:23:49,584 --> 01:23:51,745
Yes, sir.
1607
01:23:58,592 --> 01:24:00,025
Captain Shepard, sir.
1608
01:24:00,092 --> 01:24:01,525
Hmm?
1609
01:24:01,593 --> 01:24:03,026
Excuse me, sir.
1610
01:24:03,096 --> 01:24:04,529
I took in an operational signal...
1611
01:24:04,597 --> 01:24:06,531
from one of the destroyers
shadowing the Bismarck.
1612
01:24:06,598 --> 01:24:09,567
They picked up three flyers
in a rubber boat.
1613
01:24:09,600 --> 01:24:12,034
Must have been over an hour ago...
1614
01:24:12,103 --> 01:24:14,037
so I couldn't get off in time.
1615
01:24:14,104 --> 01:24:15,537
I heard about your son...
1616
01:24:15,605 --> 01:24:17,539
so I thought I'd tell you.
1617
01:24:17,607 --> 01:24:20,041
It might not be him at all, sir...
1618
01:24:20,142 --> 01:24:22,076
but you never know.
1619
01:24:22,143 --> 01:24:24,077
Thank you.
1620
01:24:24,146 --> 01:24:26,080
Thank you very much.
1621
01:24:32,152 --> 01:24:34,586
Oh, sir, A.C.N.S. has been calling you.
1622
01:24:34,655 --> 01:24:36,088
Says it's very urgent.
1623
01:24:57,606 --> 01:24:59,540
Assistant chief of staff, please.
1624
01:24:59,608 --> 01:25:01,041
Yes, sir.
1625
01:25:03,110 --> 01:25:05,374
Hello, sir. Shepard here.
1626
01:25:05,446 --> 01:25:07,744
Jonathan, I've got
the most marvelous news.
1627
01:25:07,815 --> 01:25:09,407
Your son is alive and well.
1628
01:25:09,482 --> 01:25:11,416
He's been picked up by a destroyer.
1629
01:25:13,619 --> 01:25:15,052
This is absolutely official.
1630
01:25:15,121 --> 01:25:17,555
Farnum got the message half an hour ago.
1631
01:25:19,724 --> 01:25:21,555
Jonathan?
1632
01:25:21,626 --> 01:25:22,923
Don't you understand,Jonathan?
1633
01:25:22,994 --> 01:25:26,088
Your son is alive and well.
1634
01:25:27,631 --> 01:25:29,064
[Click]
1635
01:25:32,133 --> 01:25:33,691
What did he say, sir?
1636
01:25:33,768 --> 01:25:35,133
He didn't say anything.
1637
01:25:36,639 --> 01:25:39,199
Well, will you excuse me, sir?
1638
01:26:11,133 --> 01:26:12,566
Signal for Captain Shepard.
1639
01:26:12,634 --> 01:26:14,067
I'll take it.
1640
01:26:14,134 --> 01:26:15,567
It's from King George V.
1641
01:26:15,635 --> 01:26:17,068
[Richards] What is it?
1642
01:26:17,138 --> 01:26:18,571
They've sighted Bismarck, sir.
1643
01:26:18,639 --> 01:26:21,073
Oh! Here comes the main event.
1644
01:26:21,140 --> 01:26:23,574
Urgent signal for you, sir.
1645
01:26:29,080 --> 01:26:31,241
Right gun load.
1646
01:26:33,984 --> 01:26:36,885
Right gun second half charge.
1647
01:26:36,954 --> 01:26:39,514
Right gun loading.
1648
01:26:48,563 --> 01:26:51,498
How much fuel have we got left?
1649
01:26:51,565 --> 01:26:55,023
We shall have to
break off action in two hours, sir.
1650
01:26:57,604 --> 01:26:59,037
Main armament ready.
1651
01:26:59,105 --> 01:27:01,164
Enemy speed 10 knots.
1652
01:27:01,241 --> 01:27:03,766
Course 3-5-0, sir.
1653
01:27:09,780 --> 01:27:12,214
They outnumber us 2 to 1...
1654
01:27:12,282 --> 01:27:15,217
and we can't do more than 10 knots.
1655
01:27:15,285 --> 01:27:17,219
What are you saying, Captain?
1656
01:27:17,285 --> 01:27:19,549
This is the Bismarck.
1657
01:27:19,622 --> 01:27:22,056
We still have all our guns...
1658
01:27:22,124 --> 01:27:24,592
and any moment now
the Luftwaffe will arrive.
1659
01:27:32,131 --> 01:27:34,156
[Speaking German]
1660
01:27:45,675 --> 01:27:47,199
Open fire, Captain.
1661
01:27:47,277 --> 01:27:48,539
Open fire.
1662
01:27:48,612 --> 01:27:49,772
Fire!
1663
01:27:58,619 --> 01:27:59,847
Open fire!
1664
01:27:59,921 --> 01:28:01,513
Shoot!
1665
01:28:03,758 --> 01:28:05,623
Fire!
1666
01:28:07,626 --> 01:28:08,991
Shoot!
1667
01:28:13,164 --> 01:28:14,563
She's hit.
1668
01:28:14,632 --> 01:28:15,963
Good shooting, Captain.
1669
01:28:16,034 --> 01:28:18,332
Shoot!
1670
01:28:25,042 --> 01:28:27,704
[Speaking German]
1671
01:28:34,015 --> 01:28:35,607
Shoot!
1672
01:28:48,160 --> 01:28:49,491
[Speaking German]
1673
01:29:00,237 --> 01:29:02,432
Shoot!
1674
01:29:14,115 --> 01:29:16,049
[Speaking German]
1675
01:29:27,158 --> 01:29:29,490
Aah!
1676
01:29:47,608 --> 01:29:49,542
Signal from King George V, sir.
1677
01:29:49,610 --> 01:29:51,043
"Bismarck on fire amidships.
1678
01:29:51,111 --> 01:29:53,545
Two of her turrets out of action."
1679
01:29:53,613 --> 01:29:55,171
All right.
1680
01:29:57,117 --> 01:30:00,575
I thought I'd be
cheering, sir, at this point...
1681
01:30:00,618 --> 01:30:02,552
but I'm afraid I can't.
1682
01:30:02,621 --> 01:30:05,488
I know. It's always that way.
1683
01:30:05,556 --> 01:30:07,615
Shoot!
1684
01:30:12,529 --> 01:30:14,963
[Speaking German]
1685
01:30:19,800 --> 01:30:21,961
Hoffman, we have to flood
the forward magazines.
1686
01:30:22,036 --> 01:30:23,469
Get the men out.
1687
01:30:23,538 --> 01:30:25,472
They can't, sir.
They're trapped by the fire.
1688
01:30:25,540 --> 01:30:27,974
There's too much
danger of blowing up. Flood them!
1689
01:30:28,041 --> 01:30:29,474
What about the men?
1690
01:30:29,542 --> 01:30:30,975
I gave an order, Hoffman!
1691
01:30:31,044 --> 01:30:32,477
Flood the forward magazines!
1692
01:30:32,545 --> 01:30:33,807
[Explosion]
1693
01:30:33,879 --> 01:30:37,076
Flood the forward magazines.
1694
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:01,468
Our fuel state is critical, sir.
1695
01:31:01,501 --> 01:31:03,469
Get closer. Get closer.
1696
01:31:03,502 --> 01:31:05,436
We've got to finish her now!
1697
01:31:05,505 --> 01:31:07,200
Shoot!
1698
01:31:15,547 --> 01:31:17,981
All the guns out of action...
1699
01:31:18,048 --> 01:31:19,481
except "A" turret, sir.
1700
01:31:19,550 --> 01:31:21,984
Where is your Luftwaffe now, sir?
1701
01:31:22,052 --> 01:31:23,485
I don't understand it.
1702
01:31:23,552 --> 01:31:24,985
The fuehrer promised...
1703
01:31:25,054 --> 01:31:26,487
promised to send help.
1704
01:31:26,556 --> 01:31:28,490
[Explosion]
1705
01:31:28,558 --> 01:31:30,992
They will be along any minute now.
1706
01:31:31,058 --> 01:31:32,491
You will see.
1707
01:31:49,508 --> 01:31:51,442
He was proud of that.
1708
01:31:57,415 --> 01:31:59,440
"Tomorrow the world."
1709
01:31:59,515 --> 01:32:01,449
He said that only yesterday.
1710
01:32:01,517 --> 01:32:03,451
He was right.
1711
01:32:05,020 --> 01:32:06,681
Heil Hitler.
1712
01:32:17,031 --> 01:32:20,467
Sir, all the officers
on the bridge are dead.
1713
01:32:20,532 --> 01:32:23,968
I have to tell them
that all the guns are finished!
1714
01:32:26,537 --> 01:32:29,472
Finished? Tell the men to abandon ship!
1715
01:32:29,540 --> 01:32:30,973
Abandon ship!
1716
01:32:31,042 --> 01:32:32,634
Abandon ship!
1717
01:32:50,457 --> 01:32:54,450
We've got her! She's finished!
1718
01:32:54,526 --> 01:32:56,960
The Dorsetshire has joined us, sir.
1719
01:32:57,029 --> 01:32:59,361
Tell Dorsetshire
finish her off with torpedoes.
1720
01:32:59,432 --> 01:33:00,865
Aye aye, sir.
1721
01:33:00,933 --> 01:33:02,457
Cease firing!
1722
01:33:58,511 --> 01:34:00,502
She's going. Yeoman?
1723
01:34:00,581 --> 01:34:02,014
Sir?
1724
01:34:02,082 --> 01:34:05,051
Tell Dorsetshire
to stand by to pick up survivors.
1725
01:34:05,083 --> 01:34:06,516
Aye aye, sir.
1726
01:35:02,597 --> 01:35:04,030
Jenkins?
1727
01:35:04,099 --> 01:35:05,532
Sir?
1728
01:35:05,600 --> 01:35:07,033
Make to admiralty... Bismarck is sunk.
1729
01:35:07,102 --> 01:35:08,535
Fleet is returning to Scapa Flow.
1730
01:35:08,601 --> 01:35:10,535
Aye aye, sir.
1731
01:35:15,607 --> 01:35:17,541
Well, gentlemen...
1732
01:35:17,609 --> 01:35:19,304
let's go home.
1733
01:35:31,120 --> 01:35:32,553
Shepard?
1734
01:35:32,622 --> 01:35:34,055
Sir?
1735
01:35:34,124 --> 01:35:37,560
The prime minister wants to see us
tomorrow morning at 11:00.
1736
01:35:37,625 --> 01:35:39,559
I assume you can make yourself
available.
1737
01:35:39,627 --> 01:35:40,992
Certainly, sir.
1738
01:35:41,062 --> 01:35:42,996
Why should he want to see me?
1739
01:35:43,065 --> 01:35:46,501
Seems to think you had something
to do with this operation.
1740
01:35:46,567 --> 01:35:48,000
Thank you, sir.
1741
01:35:48,068 --> 01:35:49,501
Well done,Jonathan.
1742
01:35:49,570 --> 01:35:51,003
Thank you, sir.
1743
01:35:51,069 --> 01:35:52,502
Petty Officer Williams?
1744
01:35:52,572 --> 01:35:55,006
Take a message for
Telegraphist Brown in sick bay.
1745
01:35:55,074 --> 01:35:56,507
Tell him the Bismarck's been sunk.
1746
01:35:56,576 --> 01:35:58,009
Aye aye, sir.
1747
01:35:58,075 --> 01:36:00,509
May I offer my congratulations, too,
sir?
1748
01:36:00,578 --> 01:36:02,011
Thank you.
1749
01:36:02,079 --> 01:36:04,013
Uh, take a message.
1750
01:36:04,082 --> 01:36:06,516
Request pleasure of the company...
1751
01:36:06,616 --> 01:36:08,049
Second Officer Anne Davis...
1752
01:36:08,117 --> 01:36:09,550
at dinner.
1753
01:36:11,120 --> 01:36:12,553
Accepted.
1754
01:36:12,621 --> 01:36:15,055
Good. I know you must be very tired...
1755
01:36:15,123 --> 01:36:16,556
and it's nearly 9:00...
1756
01:36:16,625 --> 01:36:18,058
but how about tonight?
1757
01:36:18,126 --> 01:36:19,559
Right now.
1758
01:36:19,626 --> 01:36:20,854
I'll get my things.
1759
01:36:39,143 --> 01:36:41,509
Great heavens.
It's 9:00 in the morning...
1760
01:36:41,577 --> 01:36:44,011
and I asked you out to dinner.
1761
01:36:44,081 --> 01:36:47,050
We could always make it breakfast,
couldn't we?
1762
01:36:47,082 --> 01:36:48,515
Why not?
1763
01:36:50,085 --> 01:36:52,019
You know, Harvey, these boys worry me.
1764
01:36:52,087 --> 01:36:53,520
Four stripes on his arm...
1765
01:36:53,588 --> 01:36:56,079
he don't even know
what time of day it is.
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