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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 0 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org 1 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:17,366 Excuse me. This is Park Lane House? 2 00:02:34,888 --> 00:02:37,448 The assignments are ready, Major. 3 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:46,125 No, no, no. Fill in all 15 forms and resubmit... in triplicate. 4 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:09,784 - My name is Stuart. I have an appointment with Professor Mair. - Captain Stuart, sirl 5 00:03:09,889 --> 00:03:14,189 The professor is expecting you, sir. Come this way, sir, if you please. 6 00:03:21,801 --> 00:03:24,133 - Turn seven, miss. - All right, Sergeant Major. 7 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:35,480 Professor Mair, sir. 8 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:39,814 Excuse me, sir. 9 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:41,887 I think there's some... somebody at the door. 10 00:03:41,988 --> 00:03:44,923 Mmm. Ask him to come in. Come in! 11 00:03:45,024 --> 00:03:46,924 Captain Stuart, sir. 12 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:49,358 All right, Sergeant Major. 13 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:51,362 Oh, I'm sorry, sir. 14 00:03:51,464 --> 00:03:53,398 You better sit down. 15 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:02,673 Yes, Taylor. I think you're right. 16 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:08,913 - I think you're right. - Thank you, sir. 17 00:04:09,015 --> 00:04:12,883 Professor Taylor's my star pupil with fuses. 18 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:14,886 Eh, Taylor? 19 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:17,388 Well, what can we do for you and Strang? 20 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:19,890 Well, sir, it's a bit top secret, sir. 21 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:23,053 Oh. Leave us, will you, Taylor? We'll go on with that later. 22 00:04:23,162 --> 00:04:25,187 - Unless you want to get home. - Oh... Oh, no, sir. 23 00:04:25,298 --> 00:04:29,064 - Quite sure your wife won't mind? - No, sh-she'll be all right, sir. 24 00:04:31,504 --> 00:04:34,667 Taylor, put the light on, will you? 25 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:38,436 SoJerry's dropping a new secret weapon, is he? 26 00:04:38,544 --> 00:04:41,012 So secret... 27 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:43,241 we don't know what it is... 28 00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:45,840 or whether he is dropping it or not. 29 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:50,485 - You got one with you? - I wish I had. 30 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:56,022 What I really want, sir, is a bit of expert guessing... 31 00:04:56,129 --> 00:05:00,065 and some expert advice on how to handle it when we get our hands on one. 32 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:04,136 Sammy Rice is your man. 33 00:05:07,807 --> 00:05:09,707 That you, Susan? Send Sammy up, will you? 34 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:12,004 - He's gone, Professor Mair. - Pity. 35 00:05:12,111 --> 00:05:14,841 - Shall I try to round him up? - Yes. 36 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:17,279 I'm sending a Captain Stuart down. 37 00:05:17,383 --> 00:05:19,715 Try and get him together with Sammy tonight, will you? 38 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,878 - I'll try. - And send up old Taylor. 39 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:23,956 Straightaway. 40 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:27,752 Professor Mair wants you, Taylor. 41 00:05:34,567 --> 00:05:37,559 - Can I come in? - Captain Stuart? 42 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:40,230 I'm just ringing Mr. Rice's flat. 43 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:42,308 Thank you. 44 00:05:51,451 --> 00:05:53,442 There's always something wrong with this line. 45 00:06:12,905 --> 00:06:15,237 One more chance. 46 00:06:29,922 --> 00:06:32,152 Check here for a bottle ofbrandy. Okay, guv? 47 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:35,887 I don't care if he is Free French. You gotta pay cash like everybody else. The Lord Nelson. 48 00:06:35,995 --> 00:06:40,455 - Hello. Is Mr. Rice there? - Oh, is that you, Miss Susan? Yes, he's here. 49 00:06:40,566 --> 00:06:41,555 - He's there. - Where? 50 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:43,828 - I'll take you. - I say, that's awfully nice of you. 51 00:06:43,936 --> 00:06:45,995 It's not far out of my way. 52 00:06:46,105 --> 00:06:49,666 - Don't let him go, Knucksie. I'm picking him up. - Trust me. 53 00:06:49,776 --> 00:06:52,472 When can we discuss that, Mr. Moran? 54 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:55,513 - We'll get around to it. - Oh! 55 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:02,181 - I'm dry, Mr. Moran. - Hey, steam engine's dry. Miles. 56 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:07,651 - "Propri�taire. " - Hey, Knucksie. 57 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,660 Yes. 58 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:12,094 - Hey, Dolly. - Okay, let's have a drinkl 59 00:07:13,232 --> 00:07:15,097 Message for ya. 60 00:07:17,703 --> 00:07:19,671 She says you're to wait. 61 00:07:23,142 --> 00:07:25,110 How's the foot? 62 00:07:25,211 --> 00:07:27,509 - Which one? - The tin one. 63 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:30,809 I saw you kicking at it just now. 64 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:35,183 Yeah. Well, I've gotta do something. I can't take it off in here, can I? 65 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:38,553 - Tried dope? - You won't give me the dope I need. 66 00:07:39,659 --> 00:07:42,389 No more whisky for you, Mr. Rice. Not in my bar. 67 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:45,464 - You can't take whisky. - No, don't go, Knucksie. Stay and talk. 68 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:47,465 Mr. Rice, how can I? 69 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:49,535 Knucksie, whisky or conversation. 70 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:52,195 One or the other, or I start to break the place up. 71 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:55,373 Miss Susan will be here in a minute. 72 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:57,443 Coming. 73 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:13,292 Pardon, mum. 74 00:08:15,027 --> 00:08:17,393 Captain Stuart, Mr. Rice. 75 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:19,397 - Drink? - Well, uh... 76 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:21,592 - I know her tipple. - Bitter for me. 77 00:08:21,701 --> 00:08:24,101 - The usual, Knucksie, and a bitter. - Right. 78 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:34,743 - Mair sent him on to you. - Oh. 79 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:39,042 What's it all about? 80 00:08:42,021 --> 00:08:43,989 I'm sober. 81 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:49,450 It's a bit hush-hush. 82 00:08:50,496 --> 00:08:54,057 All right. How about my flat? 83 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:56,134 I'll make you some coffee. 84 00:09:15,955 --> 00:09:18,822 - Well, put me in the picture. - Yes. 85 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:23,054 I know it's all a lot of rot, but, um... 86 00:09:23,162 --> 00:09:25,790 Is, uh... Is this what you want? 87 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:30,235 Yeah. 88 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:35,070 Well, what's happened is a kid's been killed in an explosion. 89 00:09:35,174 --> 00:09:37,506 Found a dart and hit it with a hammer? 90 00:09:37,610 --> 00:09:39,874 We don't think it was quite like that. 91 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:47,218 We think the kid may have simply picked it up... 92 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,220 or perhaps only touched it. 93 00:09:49,322 --> 00:09:51,313 Well, why all the cloak-and-dagger stuff? 94 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:53,449 Accidents do happen in wartime. 95 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,620 - It's hardly in our line. - We don't think this was an accident. 96 00:09:57,730 --> 00:10:00,164 It's the fourth this week. 97 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,427 And always afterJerry planes have been over. 98 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:04,503 You mean they're dropping booby traps? 99 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:09,540 - Looks like it. - And always kids? 100 00:10:11,677 --> 00:10:13,838 Three kids and a man. 101 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:16,574 Hmm. 102 00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:20,550 That's odd it should have been kids three times out of four. 103 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:26,622 I expect the blasted things are mocked up as teddy bears or candy bars. 104 00:10:26,726 --> 00:10:28,626 - More? - No, thanks. 105 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:30,821 Jerry has a lovely mind. 106 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,568 - No witnesses or survivors? - No. 107 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:43,335 - What, nothing at all? - Well, we did find something. 108 00:10:43,442 --> 00:10:45,342 Oh, come on. Spill it. 109 00:10:46,612 --> 00:10:48,580 After the last incident. 110 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:51,309 It was in the area of the explosion. 111 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:55,754 Oh? 112 00:11:04,296 --> 00:11:06,196 - Sammy! - What? 113 00:11:06,298 --> 00:11:09,233 - Who knows what's in it? - I do. 114 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:11,826 Soup. Or coffee. It's a thermos. 115 00:11:11,937 --> 00:11:14,462 - That's right. - Oh! I need some coffee. 116 00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:19,640 It fooled a lot of people. 117 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:23,044 Not you. It's a Jerry type thermos. 118 00:11:23,149 --> 00:11:26,778 Probably fell out of the aircraft when they jettisoned the other thing, whatever that is. 119 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:29,912 - Well, there's only one thing to do if you want me in on this. - I do. 120 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:33,617 Get me in early. Next time it happens, send me a wire. I'll come, wherever it is. 121 00:11:33,726 --> 00:11:36,456 Thanks. I'll take you up on that. 122 00:11:36,562 --> 00:11:39,190 Well, I better be moving. 123 00:11:39,298 --> 00:11:41,266 Come back to the local and have a drink. 124 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:43,267 No, I must go. 125 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:45,963 I'm sorry. I don't keep any stuff here. 126 00:11:46,072 --> 00:11:48,165 We're keeping this one for, uh... 127 00:11:48,274 --> 00:11:50,174 V- day. 128 00:11:50,276 --> 00:11:53,074 - No, really, I've got to get back. - All right. I'll get your coat. 129 00:11:56,215 --> 00:11:59,150 - Can I take you home? - You have. 130 00:11:59,251 --> 00:12:01,310 Oh. 131 00:12:01,420 --> 00:12:03,081 I live across the hall. 132 00:12:08,027 --> 00:12:10,393 I could put you up on the settee if you like. 133 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:12,828 Thanks. I'd sooner get out of town. 134 00:12:12,932 --> 00:12:16,333 - The raids get me down. - Oh, you get used to 'em, like toothache. 135 00:12:16,435 --> 00:12:18,426 I hate toothaches. 136 00:12:18,537 --> 00:12:21,938 Well, there's nothing like taking a nice quiet bomb apart to steady the nerves. 137 00:12:23,342 --> 00:12:25,242 - Good-bye. - Good-bye. 138 00:12:25,344 --> 00:12:29,576 - Mind how you go down the stairs. It's a bit dark there. Good-bye, old man. 139 00:12:32,118 --> 00:12:35,645 - Nice chap. - Mmm. 140 00:12:40,459 --> 00:12:42,427 Oh, dear. 141 00:12:55,074 --> 00:12:57,338 - You know, it's awful about the children. - Mmm. 142 00:12:57,443 --> 00:13:00,879 Well, if we can get hold of one of those things and have a look at it... 143 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:03,574 we can see what it was like and we could broadcast a warning. 144 00:13:03,682 --> 00:13:05,582 But, Sammy, how would you tackle it? 145 00:13:05,684 --> 00:13:07,584 Oh, damn. 146 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:13,250 You'll have the warden after you. 147 00:13:24,336 --> 00:13:26,827 Is it hurting? 148 00:13:26,939 --> 00:13:28,907 Not more than usual. 149 00:13:30,242 --> 00:13:32,142 Why don't you take it off? 150 00:13:39,518 --> 00:13:42,316 - Have you taken your dope? - No. 151 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:47,718 Problem. 152 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,990 This dope the doctor gives me doesn't do my foot any good. 153 00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:54,032 It makes me feel bad. 154 00:13:57,570 --> 00:14:00,232 That noble remedy, on the other hand... 155 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:04,309 doesn't do me any good either. 156 00:14:05,444 --> 00:14:08,072 But at least it leaves me not caring whether it hurts or not. 157 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:10,740 Would you like a whisky, Sammy? 158 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:14,144 Mmm. I would. 159 00:14:54,193 --> 00:14:56,423 Why don't you take the thing off? 160 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,755 - You know that helps. - No. 161 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,064 You do when you're alone. 162 00:15:06,171 --> 00:15:08,639 Why will you keep it on when I'm here? 163 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:17,482 It's all right now. 164 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:40,898 Ohl Look. Look. 165 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:45,567 - Can we have another? - Yes, sir. 166 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:48,442 - Ready with another one, Jack? - Yes, okay. 167 00:15:48,547 --> 00:15:51,277 Fire! 168 00:16:06,265 --> 00:16:09,564 - You reducing the charge? - Yes, we'll put it down to 60 grams this time, sir. 169 00:16:09,668 --> 00:16:12,193 - Think that'll be better? - I think so. Yes. - How's your shoulder? 170 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:19,975 - What is the, uh, muzzle velocity? - 1,500, sir. 171 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:24,345 Now I suppose you people will send in a report saying the Reeve's gun is a marvelous weapon. 172 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:27,510 - Depends on the figures. - Stop playing with figures, my boy. 173 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:29,519 - Learn something about soldiering. - Fire. 174 00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:36,451 - He's on the target all right. - Yes, in 20 seconds. 175 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:39,258 - What we need is 10 rounds a minute. - Fresh target. 176 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:42,664 - You don't like the Reeve's, I gather. - Heaven make me patient. 177 00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:44,895 - Have you ever fired at a tank? - Not in anger. 178 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:48,804 Well, they move, don't they? They crawl about. They-They zigzag. 179 00:16:48,907 --> 00:16:51,933 - They don't like being shot at. - You think the Reeve's is difficult to handle? 180 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:54,638 - Are you ready? - I think the sort of chap we have to use... 181 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:57,181 - couldn't get a moving tank in his sights in a week. - Firel 182 00:16:59,651 --> 00:17:02,711 - Good man. - Come on. I've seen enough. 183 00:17:04,623 --> 00:17:07,524 Can't quite understand your outfit. What do you call yourselves? 184 00:17:07,626 --> 00:17:10,595 I don't think we call ourselves anything. We're just Professor Mair's research section. 185 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:12,596 - Well, who do you come under? - Nobody. 186 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:15,599 Professor Mair's got a lot of contacts, of course. He's an old friend of the minister's. 187 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:17,601 I know that, but you haven't got any establishment... 188 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:20,297 or terms of reference or anything... anything old-fashioned like that? 189 00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:22,874 Not as far as I know. We just tackle any job we're given. 190 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:25,205 You know, this thing's spreading. The country's crawling... 191 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:27,210 with this and that chap's research outfit. 192 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:31,772 They don't belong to anybody. They don't report to anybody. 193 00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:34,580 - Do you? - No. 194 00:17:34,686 --> 00:17:37,780 No responsibility and lots of power. 195 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:39,858 It's not right, you know. It's not right. 196 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:44,124 - Got any service personnel? - Yes. A few. 197 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:49,290 I don't know how it's done. 198 00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:51,369 Figures! 199 00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:02,112 - Morning, Crowhurst. - Morning, sir. 200 00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:05,149 Morning, Mr. Rice, sir. Mr. Waring's been agitating for you, sir. 201 00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:07,150 Thank you, Sergeant Major. 202 00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:17,228 Hello, Madeleine? Hello, darling. Sammy's just got in. 203 00:18:17,329 --> 00:18:19,889 No. No, it's hardly out of my way at all. 204 00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:22,125 I'll get it. Yes, of course I will. 205 00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:25,203 Till, will you stop that filthy row, for Pete's sake. Hello, darling? 206 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:27,636 It's Till on that ghastly robot of his. 207 00:18:27,739 --> 00:18:30,139 - There's an extraordinary thing here, Sammy. - Really, darling? 208 00:18:30,242 --> 00:18:33,177 - Has the Reeve's report come in yet? - On your desk. Yes, darling. 209 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,846 Sammy. 210 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:41,113 - Yes? - You know those penetration of armor plate figures that E.W.E. Sent us? 211 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,120 Yes. 212 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:47,124 Well, there's a positive correlation between penetration and the height of each man firing. 213 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:51,627 Easy. The taller the man, the more rarefied the atmosphere, and the less the air resistance. 214 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:53,630 - All right, darling. - You think that might be it? 215 00:18:53,732 --> 00:18:55,529 Would be if they hadn't all been lying down. 216 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:58,364 Oh, they were lying down, were they? 217 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:00,768 - Yes. - Oh. How much do you want of it. Hmm? 218 00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:04,309 - How on earth did you manage to get their heights anyway? - Thought they might be interesting. 219 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:08,540 How do you spell it? 220 00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:11,343 Spell it, darling. 221 00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:13,350 Yes? 222 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:15,352 No, of course I've got time. 223 00:19:15,454 --> 00:19:17,615 How was the Reeve's? 224 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:21,716 Oh, so-so. Let's get the figures out, Tilly, and we'll see. 225 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:24,387 - I'd better have a complete analysis. - Aha. 226 00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:27,397 Sorry, darling. I must go now. Tea's up. Bye. 227 00:19:30,536 --> 00:19:32,436 Well, I'll be... 228 00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:35,371 - What's the idea of the partition? - Inner sanctum. 229 00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:39,968 - "R.B. Waring" on the outer door. "State your business to the secretary," et cetera. 230 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:44,038 - How'd he fiddle the permit? - Don't ask me. 231 00:19:49,388 --> 00:19:51,288 Is he inside? 232 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:54,951 With four telephones and furniture to match and a third of my window. 233 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:57,028 Hmm. 234 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:59,893 Pretty mean. Free for lunch? 235 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:03,828 - Busy day? - You bet. 236 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:07,133 Not a moment has been wasted from R.B. Waring's point of view. 237 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,466 - He'll be bagging a carpet next. - He's got one. 238 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:13,545 Come in. 239 00:20:17,349 --> 00:20:19,249 Oh, hello, Sammy. Want me? 240 00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:21,251 No, but I've got to have you. 241 00:20:22,487 --> 00:20:24,455 Well, you've gone very grand. 242 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:26,751 Well, I got fed up with working off kitchen tables. 243 00:20:26,858 --> 00:20:29,418 Look at the conditions you all work under. It makes me wild. 244 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:33,259 Well, it was darn nice of you to get yourself all this stuff for my sake... and Susan's. 245 00:20:33,365 --> 00:20:36,562 Go on, you bitter old devil. You know you don't care where you work, but the... 246 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:38,568 sales side has to impress people. 247 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:40,604 Our Sue will tell you that. 248 00:20:40,706 --> 00:20:42,731 You'll be carrying an umbrella next. 249 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:45,309 You know, Sammy... 250 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:47,310 young Sue's a remarkable woman. 251 00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:49,505 This is a beautiful job. 252 00:20:49,615 --> 00:20:52,413 Beautiful. But I need three copies at once. 253 00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:55,042 One for the minister, one to Professor Mair and one to me... 254 00:20:55,153 --> 00:20:58,350 all marked "most secret,"and there's a note to go with the minister's too. 255 00:20:58,457 --> 00:21:00,448 As quick as you can. How long will that take? 256 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:04,188 Three hours, if I don't go to lunch. 257 00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:06,560 Well, must you? 258 00:21:06,665 --> 00:21:09,463 - Girls do eat. - Well, can't you send out for something? 259 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:11,536 I tell you what I'll do. 260 00:21:11,637 --> 00:21:13,764 I'll buy you some tulips for your desk. 261 00:21:13,872 --> 00:21:16,864 - Yellow ones? - Enormous yellow ones. 262 00:21:17,976 --> 00:21:19,944 All right. 263 00:21:23,315 --> 00:21:25,283 There's a good girl. 264 00:21:28,086 --> 00:21:30,987 You see, Sammy? Everybody's got a price. 265 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:33,990 Now tell me about the Reeve's. Good show? 266 00:21:34,092 --> 00:21:36,890 - Oh, moderately. - What did you think of it? 267 00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:41,659 - Till will need a few days on the figures. - Oh, figures. How'd you like it? 268 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:45,328 - Plenty of snags. - Oh, it's not perfect yet. Needs cleaning up. That's easy. 269 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:48,873 - Holland took against it too. - Well, luckily the thing's been sold above Holland's level. 270 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:53,206 - Sold? - Yes, I made the old man take me round to see the minister, and I put it across to him. 271 00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:55,872 - He's all steamed up. - What'd you sell it to him on? 272 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:59,314 What the stars foretell for this week... or just intuition? 273 00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:02,819 - No, the idea's right. - It may be, if the figures say what we want. 274 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:06,448 - They'll have to. After what I told his nibs. - What do you mean they'll have to? 275 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:10,858 Now look here, Sammy. Don't let yourself be impressed by soldiers. 276 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:15,195 I've noticed that whenever we disagree with the military we're always right... 277 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:18,736 except that they have to use the stuff and trust their lives to it and we don't. 278 00:22:18,837 --> 00:22:21,704 Medals have an emotional appeal for you, Sammy. 279 00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:24,332 Now mark my words. Nobody gets medals for having brains. 280 00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:26,343 - Holland has brains. - Oh. 281 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:29,346 - Ganglia. Antennae. I wouldn't put it higher than that. - And he knows his job. 282 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:33,646 Oh, Lord, how sick I am of these people who know their jobs. 283 00:22:33,752 --> 00:22:35,686 Except you and me, Sammy. 284 00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:38,756 Except you and me. 285 00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:53,528 Look. Look. 286 00:22:56,441 --> 00:22:59,137 Morning, Lascomb. Hello, Dibley. How are you? 287 00:23:10,355 --> 00:23:12,255 Morning. How are you? 288 00:23:12,357 --> 00:23:14,825 - Morning, Mr. Pinker. Very well, thank you. - Good. Waiter. 289 00:23:14,926 --> 00:23:17,486 - Yes, sir? - Is the saddle still on? 290 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:19,962 - Yes, sir. - Right, I'll have it, and, uh... 291 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,965 oh, a thick soup, pint of Hollistry, please. 292 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:24,934 - Very good, sir. - Hello, Sammy. 293 00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:26,936 Hello, Pinker. Sit down. 294 00:23:27,038 --> 00:23:30,030 Well, how's everything going with the back room boys? 295 00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:32,633 - Have we won the war yet? - Nobody tells me anything. 296 00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:36,805 Well, I think I've made a substantial contribution today. 297 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:39,816 - Godshall is going. - You fired him. 298 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:44,211 Body was riddled with bullets. 299 00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:51,625 You know, we need a new permanent secretary. 300 00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:55,598 Higgins is a dear good soul, but there's a war on. 301 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,635 - Well, why don't you just fire him too? - He's on the list. 302 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:01,399 I'm having a drink with, uh... 303 00:24:01,506 --> 00:24:05,840 with the minister's principal private secretary's cousin tomorrow. 304 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:10,912 I shall drop a little poison in his ear. 305 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:14,042 - Gangster stuff. - No orchids. Master Higgins. 306 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:18,783 - That boy Waring. - Well, what about him? 307 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:21,017 - Moving in very high society suddenly. - Yes. 308 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:23,754 And old man Mair. I hope he isn't going political. 309 00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:25,853 That was a good outfit of yours when it started. 310 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,932 Well, what's wrong with it now? 311 00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:33,471 Is the Reeve's gun any good? 312 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,267 - What do you know about the Reeve's? - I know Mair and Waring saw the minister about it. 313 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:41,345 I suppose you were under the table. 314 00:24:41,446 --> 00:24:43,437 You'd be surprised. 315 00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:46,142 Look. You like old Mair, don't you? 316 00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:47,582 - Mmm. - Yes. 317 00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:50,154 - I'm very fond of him. - Grand old man of science and all that. 318 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:53,452 But have you ever thought where your section would be if there was a change of minister? 319 00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:55,526 Why? Are you gonna have him fired too? 320 00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:58,926 Does, uh, Mair want a knighthood? 321 00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:01,590 - No, I shouldn't think so. - Well, then who wants what? 322 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:03,759 Come on. It's pretty obvious that somebody wants something. 323 00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:07,327 Who's the ambitious boy? Waring? 324 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:11,398 You're all right. Everybody knows that. You're the brains of the outfit. 325 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,569 Waiter. The bill. 326 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,472 Bertha, give the bill to my civil service friend, will you? 327 00:25:18,583 --> 00:25:21,950 Yes, Mr. Rice. John. 328 00:25:22,053 --> 00:25:24,021 - What are you getting at? - Sammy... 329 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:27,182 I want you to meet a very important man... tonight. 330 00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:31,023 Uh-uh. Not tonight. Never on a Wednesday night. 331 00:25:31,129 --> 00:25:35,429 I have a very important conference every Wednesday night at the Hickory Tree. 332 00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:08,198 - Waiter! - Sir? 333 00:26:09,868 --> 00:26:11,995 Oh, never mind. 334 00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:35,487 - I thought you were never coming. - I didn't leave the office until 8:00. 335 00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:41,228 - What's wrong, Sammy? - Nothing. But you know how I hate being alone. 336 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:51,538 - Well, did R.B. Cough up the tulips? - Oh, yes. He's a man of his word. 337 00:26:51,643 --> 00:26:54,134 - What did you do with them? - Put them on my desk. 338 00:26:54,245 --> 00:26:56,770 What else should I do with them? 339 00:26:56,881 --> 00:27:00,715 Couldn't find it in your heart to slap his face sometime when he does that stuff, could you? 340 00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:04,380 - I can't afford luxuries. - You could get another job. 341 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:06,753 Would you rather I did? 342 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,826 He doesn't paw or anything. 343 00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:10,952 I should hope not. 344 00:27:11,062 --> 00:27:13,030 So should I. 345 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:17,997 But, you see, darling, he doesn't know about us. 346 00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:42,488 Sue... 347 00:27:42,594 --> 00:27:44,585 you could have such a good time without me. 348 00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:49,797 I take things from you with both hands. 349 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:54,338 I always have... 350 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:56,407 and I always will. 351 00:27:58,743 --> 00:28:01,644 I keep kicking this foot of mine, and... 352 00:28:01,746 --> 00:28:05,204 when I have a bad patch, I like someone to flutter around... 353 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:07,784 so that I can be a perfect swine to them. 354 00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:12,590 And you seem to like it. 355 00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:16,854 But one of these days you're going to get tired of it. 356 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:20,293 And when you do... 357 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:23,595 I want you to be able to put the whole thing in the wastepaper basket... 358 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,897 and forget about it in 10 seconds. 359 00:28:28,039 --> 00:28:32,533 Wouldn't it be silly to break up something we both like doing... 360 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:35,204 only because you think I don't like it? 361 00:28:36,247 --> 00:28:38,272 Yes. 362 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:42,581 You've got it all worked out in the way women always have. 363 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:46,680 They don't worry about anything except being alive or dead. 364 00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:49,783 And being dead to them means beginning to smell. 365 00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:55,698 Yes. You take it, and you make what you want of it. 366 00:29:01,272 --> 00:29:03,934 I don't know why we trouble to come out at all, Sue. 367 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:06,510 Let's have an economy campaign and stay in for a few weeks. 368 00:29:06,611 --> 00:29:09,011 I'll take you up on that. 369 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:13,844 Hello. I say, our last economy campaign's not finished yet. 370 00:29:13,952 --> 00:29:16,182 I could have told you that. 371 00:29:16,287 --> 00:29:18,187 - Quick. Talk to me. - Why? Who is it? 372 00:29:18,289 --> 00:29:20,587 It's Gillian. She's an incendiary bomb. 373 00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:24,219 "'I never nursed a dear gazelle, to glad me with its soft black eye. "' Um... 374 00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:27,526 - "'And when it came to know me well... "' - "'... and love me, it was sure to die. "' 375 00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:31,898 Why, Suel Fancy meeting you here after all these years. 376 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:33,903 Well, I am surprised. 377 00:29:34,005 --> 00:29:35,905 How are you, darling? 378 00:29:36,007 --> 00:29:38,066 Darling, this is Norval. 379 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:42,044 Norval, do come here. You must know each other. 380 00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:44,672 - Norval, this is Sue. - How do? 381 00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:47,217 How do you do? Mr. Rice. 382 00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:49,218 - How do you do? - How do you do? 383 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,447 What a piece of luck, dropping on you, darling. 384 00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:53,547 I simply dragged Norval here. 385 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:56,491 You see, he's a simply whizzer dancer... 386 00:29:56,594 --> 00:30:00,690 and has the foulest contempt for any ordinary two-footed person like little me. 387 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:03,359 Susan's the best dancer I know. 388 00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:07,529 It would be good for you to dance with anyone as good as Susan, you snake. 389 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:10,301 - Care to? - I don't think so. Thanks. 390 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:13,866 Oh, but, darling. Darling, you must dance with Norval. 391 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,912 Dancing with Norval is an experience. 392 00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:19,245 He's marvelousl He isl Really. 393 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:22,513 Go on, Sue. One shouldn't miss experiences like that. 394 00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:33,057 - I don't dance. - Not at all? 395 00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:35,064 I'm a long-distance sitter-out. 396 00:30:54,986 --> 00:30:57,614 They make a perfect pair, don't they? 397 00:31:10,735 --> 00:31:13,260 Why don't you dance, Mr. Rice? It's very easy. 398 00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:16,135 - Too old and too lazy. - It'll be nice for Susan. 399 00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:19,039 - A lot of things would be nice for Susan. - But you ought to dance. 400 00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:21,043 Why? 401 00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:23,943 Men and women are all the same when they dance. 402 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:31,313 Crowhurst! Crowhurst! 403 00:31:31,422 --> 00:31:33,322 Soldier! 404 00:31:33,424 --> 00:31:36,450 Come on, Sammy. We've only got a few minutes. I've sent Rose out for some whisky. 405 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:40,327 You know, there isn't even a drink in the place. Old Mair couldn't sell life insurance to a ghost. 406 00:31:40,431 --> 00:31:42,763 - I'll ring you back. - Don't tell me the commission's coming. 407 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:45,062 Commission? What commission? 408 00:31:45,169 --> 00:31:47,501 The minister's coming. He'll be here at any minute. 409 00:31:47,605 --> 00:31:50,506 The old man's bringing him. Now you've got to put on a show, Sammy. 410 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:52,633 Find something he'll understand. 411 00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:56,875 - You gonna have the cap in, sir? - Yes, I think so. 412 00:31:56,981 --> 00:32:00,075 - A bit queer, isn't it, sir? - He won't know any different. 413 00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:16,724 Do you think it'll, uh, amuse the m-m-minister, sir? 414 00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:19,268 Sure to. Probably never heard of a photoelectric cell. 415 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:22,100 Uh, sh-shall we clean up, sir? 416 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:25,664 No. Put out all the fuses you've got. The more the merrier. 417 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:33,674 - What's that for? - Mair's office. My tulips. 418 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:36,413 - This one too. - I've mocked up that phony experiment for you, Sammy. 419 00:32:36,521 --> 00:32:39,456 Oh, thanks. Till, come and be the minister. Ask some intelligent questions. 420 00:32:39,557 --> 00:32:43,049 Oh. That looks very nice, Mr. Rice. 421 00:32:43,161 --> 00:32:45,129 Uh, what, uh, is it? 422 00:32:45,229 --> 00:32:47,925 Now this, Mr. Minister, is part of some experiments we're carrying out... 423 00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:51,263 - to produce a new gas by a process of distillation. - Mm-hmm. 424 00:32:51,369 --> 00:32:53,963 Now I can quite easily demonstrate its efficacy for you by... 425 00:32:54,072 --> 00:32:57,166 placing a piece of ordinary cotton wool in this bowl. 426 00:32:57,275 --> 00:33:00,335 Oh, come on, Tilly. Play up. Take an interest. 427 00:33:00,445 --> 00:33:03,642 And then you will see that by the addition of just one drop of this liquid... 428 00:33:03,748 --> 00:33:06,239 it becomes instantly combustible. 429 00:33:06,351 --> 00:33:08,512 Ooh! I say. He ought to love that. 430 00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:12,146 It's a shame we haven't a few paper chains and a bunch of mistletoe for the old boy. 431 00:33:12,256 --> 00:33:14,190 Hey! Here they come! 432 00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:21,688 Uh, this way, Minister. 433 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:24,199 Very good. You know, you get a bottle of wine there. 434 00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:25,997 I always think that helps nowadays. 435 00:33:27,538 --> 00:33:29,597 Ah. Good morning, gentlemen. 436 00:33:29,707 --> 00:33:32,141 So these are the back room boys, eh? 437 00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:35,679 - Yes. This is where all the work is done. - Yes. Not very luxurious, is it? 438 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:38,544 Still, I always say the barer the room the better the work. 439 00:33:38,649 --> 00:33:41,083 - I must remember that. - It was the best we could get. 440 00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:44,052 Oh, that looks nice. What's that? 441 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:47,352 - That, uh, well... - Sammy, what is this? 442 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:50,484 Oh, this, Mr. Minister, is part of a series of experiments we're conducting... 443 00:33:50,595 --> 00:33:54,725 to produce a new gas, uh, by a process of distillation. 444 00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:56,857 I can demonstrate its efficacy for you quite easily... 445 00:33:56,968 --> 00:34:00,699 by placing a piece of ordinary cotton wool in this bowl. 446 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:05,765 And, uh, then you'll see that by the addition of just one single drop of this liquid... 447 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:08,311 Uh, I shouldn't stand quite so close, if I were you, sir. 448 00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:11,905 Uh, it becomes immediately combustible. 449 00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:15,008 - Oh, that's funny. - Oh, well, I expect you'll get it right soon. 450 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:18,288 That's better. 451 00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:26,522 - Uh, do you mind, Minister? - No, no. Carry on. Carry on. 452 00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:31,696 - Professor Mair's research section. - Is that you, darling? 453 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:34,670 Is that you, Joe? I want to talk toJoe. 454 00:34:34,772 --> 00:34:36,740 Wrong number. 455 00:34:39,610 --> 00:34:43,011 - Oh, that's a Cambridge spark galvanometer. - Oh, Cambridge. Yes. 456 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:45,912 Oh, and that little monster... is that another invention of yours? 457 00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:48,747 Oh, no, no, no. That's an electric calculating machine. 458 00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:51,151 - Does sums, sir. - Oh, really, really. 459 00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:53,223 Oh, well, we must give it something to do. 460 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:57,090 Uh, divide, uh, 5162 by, um, eight. 461 00:34:57,195 --> 00:34:58,992 That's 645.25, sir. 462 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:03,158 Oh, yes, but you mustn't keep a dog and bark yourself, you know. 463 00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:05,292 Check it up. Check it up. 464 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:12,004 Oh, I say. That's really first class. 465 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:14,010 I must have a go at this. 466 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,239 Uh, now then, let's give it something really difficult. 467 00:35:16,347 --> 00:35:18,247 - One by 17. - Is that difficult? 468 00:35:18,349 --> 00:35:20,317 Oh, well, we can soon see. 469 00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:25,221 You have to clear it first, sir. 470 00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:30,852 You set up one there, and you bang out 17 there. 471 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:33,760 Press that, sir. 472 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:44,173 0588... 473 00:35:44,275 --> 00:35:48,041 - .05, sir. - .05882352941. 474 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:50,046 Wonderful. 475 00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:52,878 - And all from one. - Extraordinary. 476 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,077 I wonder if you'd mind writing that down for me. 477 00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:57,313 I should like to take it home to my wife. 478 00:35:57,421 --> 00:36:00,549 They like it so much, you know, if you take a real interest. 479 00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:02,558 - There you are, Minister. - Oh, thank you very much. 480 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:05,754 I wish you could invent me something that would write speeches. Good ones. 481 00:36:05,863 --> 00:36:07,854 Ah, yes. Or answer questions in the House for you. 482 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:11,230 Yes, that'd be even better. Well, it's been most interesting. 483 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:14,361 Thank you so much, gentlemen. Most interesting. 484 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:16,372 Uh, oh. 485 00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:18,442 I was with the prime minister last night. 486 00:36:18,543 --> 00:36:22,172 I thought perhaps you'd like to know he's, uh, very confident. 487 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,181 I'll tell you another place where they give you a very good meal. 488 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:28,275 - Now, if you mention... - Oh, no. This way, Minister. 489 00:36:28,386 --> 00:36:30,354 Yes, yes, yes. 490 00:36:43,334 --> 00:36:46,064 - Hello? - Hello, darling! 491 00:36:46,170 --> 00:36:49,037 - Hello, Madeleine, darling. - Joe, was that you just now? 492 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:51,040 No. Of course it wasn't me. 493 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:53,610 A minister of the crown... 494 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:57,408 and he's never seen a calculating machine before. 495 00:37:11,295 --> 00:37:14,924 - I saw Pinker at lunch. - He's a gremlin. 496 00:37:15,032 --> 00:37:17,557 - Says the minister's on his way out. - Nonsense. 497 00:37:27,144 --> 00:37:29,112 Let them off first, please. 498 00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:34,612 What if he does go? 499 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,687 Pretty obvious, isn't it? 500 00:37:44,562 --> 00:37:48,293 - You know, if the minister goes, the old man goes. - Well, you don't have to go too. 501 00:37:48,399 --> 00:37:51,197 But I like working for him. It wouldn't be the same working for anyone else. 502 00:37:51,302 --> 00:37:53,327 You could do it as well as anyone else... better. 503 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:57,669 - I couldn't run a fruit machine. - Oh, you say so. I say you could. 504 00:38:03,381 --> 00:38:05,372 Darling, I'm sorry. 505 00:38:11,822 --> 00:38:14,120 Let's stand. I can't sit any longer. 506 00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:30,406 I must have a drink. 507 00:38:30,508 --> 00:38:32,408 Ask me to have a drink, woman. 508 00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:34,569 Have a drink, Sammy. 509 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,648 Whisky? 510 00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:44,050 No, thanks, Susan. I'll have some of my nice medicine. 511 00:38:46,557 --> 00:38:48,525 Sammy. 512 00:39:13,984 --> 00:39:15,952 Darling. 513 00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:19,589 Do you want dinner? 514 00:39:20,925 --> 00:39:22,893 Do you? 515 00:39:34,438 --> 00:39:36,406 Let it ring. 516 00:39:54,525 --> 00:39:56,493 Hello, Snowball. 517 00:40:21,218 --> 00:40:24,346 It's like a nasty, vicious little man. 518 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:26,423 It's like Pinker. 519 00:40:28,459 --> 00:40:30,427 Who cares? 520 00:40:34,598 --> 00:40:36,623 Oh, Sammy, it might be Stuart. 521 00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:40,670 Oh, blast. 522 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:46,735 Blast and blast. 523 00:40:50,381 --> 00:40:52,406 - Yes? - Telegrams. 524 00:40:52,516 --> 00:40:54,416 - Yes. - Telegram for Rice. 525 00:40:54,518 --> 00:40:56,782 - Yes. - Message reads: 526 00:40:56,887 --> 00:41:01,324 "Bala, B-A-L-A, North Wales, as soon as you can. 527 00:41:01,425 --> 00:41:03,325 Signed Stuart. " 528 00:41:03,427 --> 00:41:06,260 - Shall I repeat that? - No, thanks. You've done the damage. 529 00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:08,923 - Pardon? - Granted. 530 00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:14,661 Oh, Sue. 531 00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:16,740 Where on earth is Bala? 532 00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:00,016 That's the place up there, sir. 533 00:42:52,503 --> 00:42:54,403 Mr. Rice, Dr. Ellis. 534 00:42:54,505 --> 00:42:58,202 Very glad to meet you, Mr. Rice. Very glad indeed. 535 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:01,143 Who is he? 536 00:43:01,245 --> 00:43:03,509 - Field gunner. - Pretty young. 537 00:43:03,614 --> 00:43:06,139 Only 19, Mr. Rice. 538 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:08,343 Poor boy. Poor boy. 539 00:43:08,452 --> 00:43:11,216 Is he badly hurt? 540 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:16,257 Lord, yes. The only wonder is he's still alive. 541 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:20,922 He's as near dead as a human being can be and still be alive. Yes, indeed. 542 00:43:21,031 --> 00:43:23,727 Has he told you anything yet? 543 00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:27,201 He was conscious for two minutes last night and another few seconds this morning. 544 00:43:27,304 --> 00:43:30,637 - Were you with him all night? - Only thing to do. 545 00:43:31,675 --> 00:43:36,874 - Any chance, Doctor? - No, no. He's fading out. Just fading out. 546 00:43:38,449 --> 00:43:41,282 Extraordinary he's lasted so long. 547 00:43:41,385 --> 00:43:43,353 Extraordinary thing, the human body. 548 00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:46,287 - Yes, indeed. - How much has he told you? 549 00:43:48,692 --> 00:43:51,024 The thing was lying in the heather. 550 00:43:52,162 --> 00:43:56,428 It was a cylinder about 18 inches long and a few inches in diameter. 551 00:43:57,468 --> 00:44:00,130 It looked just like a big flashlight. 552 00:44:02,339 --> 00:44:05,968 Some of it was black and some bright red. 553 00:44:06,076 --> 00:44:08,704 I didn't get that bit very clear, but it was certainly plastic. 554 00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:10,780 Did he pick it up? 555 00:44:10,881 --> 00:44:12,849 He hasn't said yet. 556 00:44:14,451 --> 00:44:16,419 I don't think he heard my questions. 557 00:44:18,122 --> 00:44:21,649 He said he first wanted to leave it alone and report it. 558 00:44:21,759 --> 00:44:24,990 The rest of his battery were waiting for him on the road. 559 00:44:26,630 --> 00:44:29,497 And then he was afraid he'd be laughed at as a sissy. 560 00:44:31,001 --> 00:44:33,561 Go and turn in. I'll watch. 561 00:44:36,707 --> 00:44:39,073 What do we ask him, if we get the chance? 562 00:44:41,245 --> 00:44:43,645 Sooner or later we'll get one of these things to play with. 563 00:44:44,682 --> 00:44:47,116 We must know some of the things not to do. 564 00:44:47,217 --> 00:44:50,709 Did he pick it up or put his hand near it? 565 00:44:50,821 --> 00:44:53,847 And if he picked it up, was it by the end or by the middle? 566 00:44:56,860 --> 00:45:00,091 Here you are, Captain Stuart. Quickly. 567 00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:07,193 Look, old man. Did you pick it up? 568 00:45:13,577 --> 00:45:16,307 Did you pick it up? 569 00:45:16,413 --> 00:45:18,381 Try to tell us. It's very important. 570 00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:25,047 Did you pick it up, old man? 571 00:45:27,691 --> 00:45:29,659 Can I do any harm now? 572 00:45:30,761 --> 00:45:33,491 - No. - Peterson, open your eyes and listen to me! 573 00:45:35,299 --> 00:45:37,426 Did you pick the thing up, or did you not? 574 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:41,930 Come on now. Tell me. Did you pick it up? 575 00:45:42,039 --> 00:45:45,907 - Come on. Speak up, man. - Yes. 576 00:45:46,009 --> 00:45:48,239 You did? 577 00:45:48,345 --> 00:45:50,575 By the end or by the middle? 578 00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:57,920 By the end or by the middle? 579 00:46:00,657 --> 00:46:02,818 Sir... 580 00:46:07,498 --> 00:46:11,400 - I think he's dead. - Aye. He's gone. 581 00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:14,597 You got something of what you wanted? 582 00:46:14,705 --> 00:46:16,673 Excuse me. 583 00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:21,202 Go with him, Mr. Rice. He... He's had enough. 584 00:46:23,514 --> 00:46:25,607 Aye. Enough indeed. 585 00:46:55,846 --> 00:46:57,814 Hello, Sammy. 586 00:46:57,915 --> 00:47:00,475 Hello, Sue. Got good ears, haven't you? 587 00:47:00,584 --> 00:47:03,610 Got to have anything, you better have them good. 588 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:05,950 How'd you get on? 589 00:47:06,056 --> 00:47:10,186 Drew a blank. No sleep, no soap, no towel, no breakfast. 590 00:47:10,294 --> 00:47:12,319 - I'm just going to make tea. - Good. 591 00:47:12,429 --> 00:47:14,397 Stuart all right? 592 00:47:15,465 --> 00:47:17,933 - Why? Interested? - I like him. 593 00:47:18,035 --> 00:47:20,526 - He's got guts. - And bright blue eyes. 594 00:47:20,637 --> 00:47:23,401 And two feet. 595 00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:25,475 Now you're six years old. 596 00:47:36,153 --> 00:47:38,747 Don't like it. 597 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:41,154 - Is Taylor in yet? - Oh, he's just come in, sir. 598 00:47:41,258 --> 00:47:43,226 Good. 599 00:47:43,327 --> 00:47:45,420 Out, you. Excuse me, sir. 600 00:47:45,529 --> 00:47:48,521 - Could I have a word with you in confidence? - Of course. 601 00:47:48,632 --> 00:47:50,532 It's about Taylor, sir. 602 00:47:50,634 --> 00:47:54,195 He's been very idle lately. I'm afraid we're gonna have a bit of trouble with him, sir. 603 00:47:54,304 --> 00:47:57,205 - Trouble with Taylor? - Trouble at home, sir. 604 00:47:57,307 --> 00:47:59,468 Oh, I see. 605 00:47:59,576 --> 00:48:03,535 - You mean his wife. - I thought I ought to report it, sir. 606 00:48:03,647 --> 00:48:06,673 - Are you sure that's what it is? - Why, it's all over the place. 607 00:48:06,783 --> 00:48:09,650 Drink and men and so on. 608 00:48:09,753 --> 00:48:12,153 You know, Taylor's a very innocent chap, sir. 609 00:48:12,256 --> 00:48:15,282 Mmm. I saw her once. 610 00:48:15,392 --> 00:48:17,485 Must say, she didn't look much like the vicar's daughter. 611 00:48:17,594 --> 00:48:19,494 Just what I said to myself, sir. 612 00:48:19,596 --> 00:48:22,258 I took one look at her, and I said, "Hello. " 613 00:48:34,945 --> 00:48:37,004 Sidney, Sergeant Major Rose would like a word with you. 614 00:48:37,114 --> 00:48:39,082 Yes, sir. 615 00:48:42,786 --> 00:48:46,654 Taylor. I'd like your opinion as a fuse king. 616 00:48:48,959 --> 00:48:50,927 Y- Yes, sir. 617 00:48:51,028 --> 00:48:52,928 Sit down. 618 00:48:53,030 --> 00:48:55,021 - Thank you, sir. - If you wanted to blow me up... 619 00:48:55,132 --> 00:48:57,032 and you were going to use, um... 620 00:48:57,134 --> 00:49:00,069 that as a booby trap, what sort of fuse would you use? 621 00:49:01,371 --> 00:49:05,068 Oh, there are s-s-several things I could do, sir. 622 00:49:06,310 --> 00:49:08,744 A simple clock, of course. 623 00:49:10,113 --> 00:49:12,343 It might go off while I was out of the room. 624 00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:17,610 Hmm. W-Would you be I- likely to touch it, sir? 625 00:49:17,721 --> 00:49:19,689 I might. 626 00:49:22,326 --> 00:49:24,624 It could be arranged... 627 00:49:24,728 --> 00:49:26,787 so that the I... 628 00:49:27,898 --> 00:49:31,493 lifting of the lid operated the fuse, sir. 629 00:49:32,602 --> 00:49:34,502 That could be either... 630 00:49:34,604 --> 00:49:36,936 ooh, electrical... 631 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:40,476 or m... me... mechanical or c-chemical. 632 00:49:40,577 --> 00:49:43,239 Yes, but suppose I won't lift the lid. 633 00:49:45,749 --> 00:49:47,717 Well, what I should do... 634 00:49:48,919 --> 00:49:52,150 is use a t-t-trembler, sir. 635 00:49:52,255 --> 00:49:55,691 That'd work as soon as you m- m-moved the box. 636 00:49:57,327 --> 00:50:00,387 Otherwise, a-a pho... photoelectric cell. 637 00:50:00,497 --> 00:50:03,432 Only, of course, this thing w- wouldn't be large enough. 638 00:50:05,235 --> 00:50:08,864 Could you fix it so that you could throw it through the window and it'd go off later? 639 00:50:08,972 --> 00:50:12,237 Uh, could you fudge up a photoelectric fuse in a thing a little larger in size... 640 00:50:12,342 --> 00:50:15,209 that'd work any way up and not be damaged by dropping it? 641 00:50:15,312 --> 00:50:17,212 W- Way up. Yes. 642 00:50:17,314 --> 00:50:19,248 Damage is no problem. 643 00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:24,082 S... Space a little doubtful. 644 00:50:24,187 --> 00:50:27,350 I see. All right. Thank you, Taylor. 645 00:50:30,227 --> 00:50:32,923 Any... Anything else, sir? 646 00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:35,191 Yes. Is there anything wrong with you? 647 00:50:35,298 --> 00:50:38,529 I understand you're having a certain amount of trouble at home. 648 00:50:40,437 --> 00:50:43,531 - Y-Yes, sir. - Your wife's not happy? 649 00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:47,076 That's right, sir. 650 00:50:47,177 --> 00:50:49,236 Anything I can do? 651 00:50:49,346 --> 00:50:51,314 No, I don't think so. 652 00:50:51,415 --> 00:50:53,610 - Thank you, sir. - You sure? 653 00:50:53,717 --> 00:50:55,685 Yes. 654 00:50:55,786 --> 00:50:58,516 Uh, quite s-s-sure, sir. 655 00:51:00,123 --> 00:51:03,217 - Well, unless, uh... - Unless what? 656 00:51:04,795 --> 00:51:07,491 Well, if... if you w-w-wouldn't mind, sir... 657 00:51:08,532 --> 00:51:12,593 if I could get away a f-few minutes early s-sometimes. 658 00:51:12,702 --> 00:51:16,331 Sh-Sh-Sh-She's all on her own, you see, sir, and... 659 00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,408 if I could... 660 00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:22,511 get away a bit early, sir. 661 00:51:22,612 --> 00:51:26,013 Yes, of course. I'll tell Sergeant Major Rose. 662 00:51:26,116 --> 00:51:29,415 - Today? - Oh, n-no, sir. 663 00:51:31,221 --> 00:51:35,590 N- Not on a W... Wednesday, sir. 664 00:51:55,045 --> 00:51:57,206 Sue? 665 00:52:28,979 --> 00:52:31,243 I'm darned if I will. 666 00:54:32,736 --> 00:54:35,102 At the third stroke... 667 00:54:35,205 --> 00:54:39,801 it will be 7:53 and 10 seconds. 668 00:57:15,432 --> 00:57:17,730 What's the use? 669 00:57:34,651 --> 00:57:36,642 Sammyl 670 00:57:40,156 --> 00:57:41,783 Oh, Sammy. 671 00:57:42,959 --> 00:57:44,927 Thanks for all your help! 672 00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:51,600 Where are you going, Sammy? 673 00:58:12,689 --> 00:58:15,089 I did try to ring up. There's something wrong with the line. 674 00:58:15,191 --> 00:58:17,591 - Oh, to hell with the line! - You didn't drink any, did you? 675 00:58:17,694 --> 00:58:19,662 No, I didn't drink any. 676 00:58:22,432 --> 00:58:25,401 I thought we agreed never to work late on Wednesdays. 677 00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:28,335 But, darling, it's Tuesday. 678 00:58:28,438 --> 00:58:31,202 - Tuesday? - Tuesday, the 23rd of March. 679 00:58:31,307 --> 00:58:33,502 I ought to know. I've typed it all day. 680 00:58:33,610 --> 00:58:35,578 Taylor said it was Wednesday. 681 00:58:36,980 --> 00:58:39,847 - What day is it? - Day? Monday. 682 00:58:39,949 --> 00:58:42,509 - But yesterday was Monday. - Why ask then? 683 00:58:48,725 --> 00:58:51,819 Where were you going, Sammy? 684 00:58:51,928 --> 00:58:54,522 I don't know. 685 00:58:54,631 --> 00:58:56,565 A woman? 686 00:58:56,666 --> 00:58:58,566 Maybe. 687 00:58:59,969 --> 00:59:01,937 How about me? 688 00:59:25,261 --> 00:59:28,025 Gentlemen, I have called this meeting on the minister's instructions... 689 00:59:28,131 --> 00:59:30,156 to clear up the position of the Reeve's gun. 690 00:59:30,266 --> 00:59:33,258 - There have been extensive demonstrations and experiments. 691 00:59:33,369 --> 00:59:35,803 The question is now what have those experiments shown... 692 00:59:35,905 --> 00:59:37,805 and what are we going to do about it? 693 00:59:37,907 --> 00:59:39,875 That's all I have to say. 694 00:59:39,976 --> 00:59:42,945 Now you talk and I'll listen. 695 00:59:47,450 --> 00:59:48,917 Professor Mair? 696 00:59:49,018 --> 00:59:51,578 The Reeve's gun, Mr. Chairman... 697 00:59:51,688 --> 00:59:54,816 is one of the most promising developments I've seen... 698 00:59:54,924 --> 00:59:57,791 from some points of view. 699 00:59:57,894 --> 00:59:59,794 But that's only an opinion. 700 00:59:59,896 --> 01:00:03,730 I should like to hear other people before being dogmatic. 701 01:00:03,833 --> 01:00:06,825 Um, we don't like the Reeve's, Mr. Chairman. 702 01:00:06,936 --> 01:00:08,767 You don't? 703 01:00:08,871 --> 01:00:10,498 No. 704 01:00:10,607 --> 01:00:13,508 It has a lot of snags from the user point of view, and, uh... 705 01:00:13,610 --> 01:00:16,670 we don't think it has sufficient advantages to offset them. 706 01:00:16,779 --> 01:00:18,804 That's an infernal noise going on here. 707 01:00:18,915 --> 01:00:21,884 One could do with a course of lip reading at these meetings. 708 01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:24,510 Well, of course, that's just the question. 709 01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:28,455 What is the balance of advantage and disadvantage? 710 01:00:29,659 --> 01:00:31,627 Mr. Chairman. 711 01:00:34,797 --> 01:00:37,288 It might be of interest to the meeting to hear the views... 712 01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:40,096 of the National Scientific Advisory Council... 713 01:00:40,203 --> 01:00:42,194 for which I have the honor to be chairman. 714 01:00:42,305 --> 01:00:43,932 Please. 715 01:00:44,040 --> 01:00:46,235 The National Scientific Advisory Council... 716 01:00:46,342 --> 01:00:48,333 For which he has the honor to be chairman. 717 01:00:48,444 --> 01:00:51,004 Is the body officially deputed by the cabinet... 718 01:00:51,114 --> 01:00:55,050 to offer advice on all major scientific issues. 719 01:00:55,151 --> 01:01:00,111 There are so many overlapping and uncoordinated research organizations... 720 01:01:00,223 --> 01:01:05,024 it was felt that science should speak with one authoritative voice. 721 01:01:05,128 --> 01:01:07,790 I need hardly add that our opinion upon the Reeve's gun... 722 01:01:07,897 --> 01:01:10,695 was not requested until very late in the day. 723 01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:14,201 Having been requested, however, my colleagues and I approached this development... 724 01:01:14,303 --> 01:01:16,203 purely as scientists. 725 01:01:16,305 --> 01:01:19,001 As if everyone else had approached it as income tax inspectors. 726 01:01:19,108 --> 01:01:23,204 A select committee was formed, and every facility was afforded us. 727 01:01:23,312 --> 01:01:26,907 - Our conclusion was that, scientifically speaking... 728 01:01:27,016 --> 01:01:30,577 It was not a sound conception. 729 01:01:30,687 --> 01:01:32,917 Not at all a sound conception. 730 01:01:33,022 --> 01:01:35,252 In fact, I go further... 731 01:01:35,358 --> 01:01:38,225 and say that no scientist could possibly feel happy... 732 01:01:38,327 --> 01:01:40,921 about many of the principles involved. 733 01:01:41,030 --> 01:01:42,998 I'm interested to hear that, Mr. Chairman... 734 01:01:43,099 --> 01:01:48,867 because from our unscientific point of view, that's what we thought. 735 01:01:48,971 --> 01:01:52,202 Just what scientific principles do you think are unsound? 736 01:01:52,308 --> 01:01:55,402 We're talking about different sorts of principles. 737 01:01:55,511 --> 01:01:57,945 We didn't like it because it had user snags. 738 01:01:58,047 --> 01:02:00,379 Yes. 739 01:02:00,483 --> 01:02:04,977 Perhaps Mr. Brine could tell us who were his colleagues on this select committee. 740 01:02:05,088 --> 01:02:08,319 Professor Charn, Dr. Golder and Dr. Peace. 741 01:02:09,592 --> 01:02:12,686 One crystallographer... 742 01:02:12,795 --> 01:02:15,229 one vital statistician... 743 01:02:16,265 --> 01:02:19,234 one embryologist and, uh... 744 01:02:19,335 --> 01:02:22,736 Dr. Brine is, of course, one of the best-known organic chemists in the kingdom. 745 01:02:22,839 --> 01:02:25,171 Good. Now we know where we are. 746 01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:28,607 No love lost between these back room boys. 747 01:02:28,711 --> 01:02:33,011 By the way, your committee did see the gun firing, I take it. 748 01:02:33,116 --> 01:02:35,084 We were not actually present at the trials. 749 01:02:35,184 --> 01:02:37,277 But you saw the gun fire? 750 01:02:37,386 --> 01:02:40,082 You didn't just look at it as a piece of furniture? 751 01:02:40,189 --> 01:02:42,089 Scientific fellows, of course. 752 01:02:42,191 --> 01:02:44,625 No, we did not see the gun firing. 753 01:02:44,727 --> 01:02:46,354 Well, well. 754 01:02:50,466 --> 01:02:52,457 Oh, never mind. 755 01:02:56,005 --> 01:02:57,973 Mr. Chairman, I'm not a scientist... 756 01:02:58,074 --> 01:03:00,235 but my reading of the figures that I've seen... 757 01:03:00,343 --> 01:03:03,801 shows that in practice we don't get those advantages that are being talked about. 758 01:03:03,913 --> 01:03:07,474 I think Colonel Holland is taking altogether too gloomy a view. 759 01:03:08,985 --> 01:03:11,920 Perhaps, Mr. Chairman, you would allow Mr. Rice and my staff... 760 01:03:12,021 --> 01:03:13,989 to read his summary of the figures. 761 01:03:14,090 --> 01:03:16,081 Please. 762 01:03:16,192 --> 01:03:19,161 These figures are averages of firings at 85 yards. 763 01:03:20,630 --> 01:03:23,428 Carry on the blackout, sir? 764 01:03:23,533 --> 01:03:26,058 The propellant type throughout was cordite mark nine. 765 01:03:26,169 --> 01:03:28,194 Charge weight in pounds:2.75. 766 01:03:28,304 --> 01:03:30,738 ...1,980. 767 01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:32,967 Penetration in inches:2.087. 768 01:03:33,075 --> 01:03:37,671 Charge weight in pounds:3.5. Muzzle velocity in feet per second:2, 183. 769 01:03:37,780 --> 01:03:39,873 Penetration in inches:2.28. 770 01:03:39,982 --> 01:03:42,212 With moving targets, average range: 90 yards. 771 01:03:42,318 --> 01:03:46,311 Lightest charge weight:2.75 pounds. Average time per round: Eight seconds. 772 01:03:46,422 --> 01:03:50,222 Heaviest charge weight: Four pounds. Average time between rounds:22 seconds. 773 01:03:50,326 --> 01:03:52,988 Small charge... small penetration, minimum interval. 774 01:03:53,095 --> 01:03:56,292 Large charge... greatest penetration, maximum interval. 775 01:04:03,206 --> 01:04:05,731 The summary will, of course, be circulated. 776 01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:08,402 I should like to ask Mr. Rice what it all adds up to. 777 01:04:08,511 --> 01:04:10,945 Why, I think Professor Mair's already given the view of the section. 778 01:04:11,047 --> 01:04:12,912 And you share that view? 779 01:04:13,015 --> 01:04:16,246 - Oh, come. It's scarcely a fair question, is it? - Why not? 780 01:04:16,352 --> 01:04:19,685 Well, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Rice is one of Professor Mair's junior officers. 781 01:04:19,789 --> 01:04:22,758 Quite. I don't think you can ask Rice to argue with his chief, Holland. 782 01:04:22,859 --> 01:04:26,727 Mr. Chairman, I want to be quite frank. We don't like this gun. 783 01:04:26,829 --> 01:04:29,354 We're told those figures show that we're wrong. 784 01:04:29,465 --> 01:04:32,263 Professor Mair suggested that his expert should give us the figures. 785 01:04:32,368 --> 01:04:35,804 Surely I'm entitled to know what those figures mean. 786 01:04:35,905 --> 01:04:39,102 After all, this is an important matter. 787 01:04:39,208 --> 01:04:43,406 It is not the prestige of a particular department that is involved... 788 01:04:43,512 --> 01:04:45,776 but men's lives. 789 01:04:45,882 --> 01:04:50,717 If the Reeve's gun is accepted, sooner or later men will have to fight with it. 790 01:04:50,820 --> 01:04:55,280 If we've been too optimistic, they'll be the sufferers. We shan't. 791 01:05:02,131 --> 01:05:06,261 Well, well, Mr. Chairman. No one wants to hide anything. 792 01:05:06,369 --> 01:05:10,169 If Colonel Holland would like Mr. Rice's views, I have no objection at all. 793 01:05:11,274 --> 01:05:12,935 Well, Mr. Rice? 794 01:05:15,611 --> 01:05:17,806 I agree with Professor Mair that the idea is excellent. 795 01:05:17,914 --> 01:05:19,609 And the weapon? 796 01:05:25,788 --> 01:05:28,018 I don't think it's right yet. 797 01:05:29,625 --> 01:05:32,685 Would you be happy to see it accepted in its present form... 798 01:05:35,631 --> 01:05:37,531 on those figures? 799 01:05:40,303 --> 01:05:42,669 No, I shouldn't. 800 01:05:44,373 --> 01:05:48,309 You must realize that you can have ideas that'll win the war four times over... 801 01:05:48,411 --> 01:05:51,471 but it still won't do anybody any good unless you can sell them. 802 01:05:51,580 --> 01:05:54,777 We're not in a university department now. 803 01:05:54,884 --> 01:05:57,717 No, nor in an advertising agency, where you belong. 804 01:05:57,820 --> 01:06:01,449 Now, look here, Sammy. You may think you're a great big scientist and I'm just a commercial stooge... 805 01:06:01,557 --> 01:06:04,617 but the plain fact is, if you make a mess of things, I have to clear it up! 806 01:06:04,727 --> 01:06:08,185 And the equally plain fact is the stuff you build a reputation on comes chiefly out of my head! 807 01:06:08,297 --> 01:06:11,960 I'm not a politician or a salesman, but neither am I a kid of 10! 808 01:06:26,349 --> 01:06:29,682 Not 10, Sammy, eight. 809 01:06:29,785 --> 01:06:32,379 Ten is what you are when you're not cross. 810 01:06:34,123 --> 01:06:36,387 Good Lord! It's 4:00. Miss! Oh, miss! 811 01:06:38,594 --> 01:06:40,562 Pot of tea for two, miss. 812 01:06:40,663 --> 01:06:42,563 It's ready. 813 01:06:42,665 --> 01:06:46,032 Did you hear Sammy calling me an advertising agent? 814 01:06:46,135 --> 01:06:49,332 As you were both shouting at the tops of your voices, I could hardly help it. 815 01:06:49,438 --> 01:06:54,102 Oh, no. He was. I was calm, cool and good-tempered. 816 01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:57,043 You know, Sue, I'm a much misunderstood man. 817 01:06:57,146 --> 01:06:59,944 I'm not appreciated. That's my trouble. 818 01:07:00,049 --> 01:07:02,017 I appreciate you. 819 01:07:04,053 --> 01:07:05,213 Both of you. 820 01:07:31,580 --> 01:07:34,572 That's number one. Do you want number two? 821 01:07:35,885 --> 01:07:38,547 Number two is Pinker and Waring are dining together tonight... 822 01:07:38,654 --> 01:07:41,122 at your club. 823 01:07:41,223 --> 01:07:43,987 - But Pinker's backing Brine. - That's number three. 824 01:07:44,093 --> 01:07:47,654 - Brine will take over the section. - What? That thug? 825 01:07:47,763 --> 01:07:49,663 Want to bet? 826 01:07:49,765 --> 01:07:51,733 Will you resign if he does? 827 01:07:53,102 --> 01:07:55,730 It hasn't happened yet. I'm not sure. 828 01:07:55,838 --> 01:07:58,966 Well, I am. You won't. 829 01:07:59,075 --> 01:08:01,270 You'll let all this happen, and when it has... 830 01:08:01,377 --> 01:08:03,607 you'll see there won't be any section if you go. 831 01:08:03,712 --> 01:08:06,977 So you'll hang around hating it and expecting everybody else to be sorry for you. 832 01:08:07,083 --> 01:08:09,313 - Stop grousing. - I won't! 833 01:08:09,418 --> 01:08:12,319 You've gotta see yourself for once as Pinker and R.B. See you. 834 01:08:12,421 --> 01:08:14,616 They're just using you! 835 01:08:14,723 --> 01:08:17,317 - Everything all right, sir? - Yes! 836 01:08:17,426 --> 01:08:20,020 You can't expect me to come in with Pinker to get Mair out. 837 01:08:20,129 --> 01:08:22,859 - You can't stop them! - Maybe not, but I needn't exactly help them. 838 01:08:24,066 --> 01:08:27,832 You could run the section yourself. Even Pinker says so. 839 01:08:27,937 --> 01:08:29,837 But you just won't face things. 840 01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:33,170 You go on being sorry for yourself with everything in the world to live for. 841 01:08:33,275 --> 01:08:35,607 But what's so special about only having one foot? 842 01:08:35,711 --> 01:08:37,269 Shut up, you little... 843 01:08:37,379 --> 01:08:40,007 You can't be a professional footballer. So what? 844 01:08:40,116 --> 01:08:42,550 You think what you're doing is good and honorable and loyal? 845 01:08:42,651 --> 01:08:45,051 Well, it isn't. You just haven't got the guts! 846 01:08:46,222 --> 01:08:49,316 - Will you shut up? - Every word I said is true. 847 01:08:49,425 --> 01:08:51,985 Oh, Sammy, you're such a fool. 848 01:08:53,095 --> 01:08:56,895 Why don't you pull yourself together, Sue? You're making an ass of yourself. 849 01:09:22,124 --> 01:09:24,592 Why, Mr. Rice! 850 01:09:24,693 --> 01:09:27,560 - Sitting here all by yourself! - No, Susan's with me. 851 01:09:27,663 --> 01:09:30,632 - But she's gone. - Right. 852 01:09:30,733 --> 01:09:32,963 There's no good looking at me like that, Mr. Rice. 853 01:09:33,068 --> 01:09:36,936 We met her leaving, and she'd been crying. 854 01:09:37,039 --> 01:09:39,132 You can't fool an old campaigner. 855 01:09:39,241 --> 01:09:41,175 Mike, let me have the bill. 856 01:09:58,127 --> 01:10:01,619 Next time you just decide to go home when we're out together... 857 01:10:01,730 --> 01:10:04,699 I'd be obliged if you'd tell me. 858 01:10:26,655 --> 01:10:30,682 I've been thinking, if you really think I'm such a poor sap as you said tonight... 859 01:10:30,793 --> 01:10:32,818 we'd better get out of each other's way. 860 01:10:35,064 --> 01:10:37,532 The same thought had occurred to me. 861 01:10:42,104 --> 01:10:44,902 Why can't you get tough with anyone but me? 862 01:10:45,007 --> 01:10:48,067 Why can't you get tough with Waring? He gives you cause enough. 863 01:10:49,178 --> 01:10:51,806 You can't quarrel with R.B. He won't keep it up. 864 01:10:51,914 --> 01:10:54,348 Why should he decide who quarrels? Why shouldn't you? 865 01:10:54,450 --> 01:10:58,216 I'm no good at rows. I loathe them. 866 01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:00,254 Why? 867 01:11:00,356 --> 01:11:02,256 Well... 868 01:11:04,193 --> 01:11:05,683 Don't you? 869 01:11:07,496 --> 01:11:10,761 Not particularly. Sometimes I like them. 870 01:11:14,536 --> 01:11:18,472 Look, Sammy. This is it. 871 01:11:18,574 --> 01:11:21,042 You've gotta make up your mind... 872 01:11:21,143 --> 01:11:25,978 whether you're gonna spend the rest of your life being someone it's just too bad about or not. 873 01:11:42,131 --> 01:11:44,031 Last one, Mr. Rice. 874 01:11:52,675 --> 01:11:57,271 - It's half an hour till closing time. - Closing time for you right now, Mr. Rice. 875 01:11:59,014 --> 01:12:02,506 What do you mean, Knucksie? 876 01:12:02,618 --> 01:12:06,748 I mean that I like you and Miss Susan too much to let you get stinking in my bar. 877 01:12:06,855 --> 01:12:09,551 That to Miss Susan... 878 01:12:09,658 --> 01:12:11,819 and that to you, Knucksie. 879 01:12:11,927 --> 01:12:13,895 Two and fourpence. 880 01:12:30,045 --> 01:12:31,945 Your change. 881 01:12:33,782 --> 01:12:36,910 Look here, Mr. Rice. Take a walk home. 882 01:12:37,019 --> 01:12:39,283 Walk will do you good. 883 01:12:43,392 --> 01:12:46,259 You know, the trouble with you, Knucksie... 884 01:12:47,396 --> 01:12:50,194 is that you're a sob sitting... 885 01:12:51,967 --> 01:12:55,698 - pint pushing... - Caution! Caution, my friend. Ladies here. 886 01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:07,048 Publican. 887 01:13:08,550 --> 01:13:12,646 - What is he doing? - Anyone ever give you a sick ear, Knucksie? 888 01:13:14,256 --> 01:13:16,781 Not without paying cash for it. 889 01:13:16,892 --> 01:13:20,328 You go home. 890 01:13:21,997 --> 01:13:23,897 All right. 891 01:13:25,267 --> 01:13:28,498 - Sir. - Shut up. 892 01:13:28,604 --> 01:13:30,629 That's just what I will do. 893 01:13:30,739 --> 01:13:33,230 Go home. 894 01:13:33,342 --> 01:13:36,573 And you can keep your gut-rot stuff. 895 01:13:38,113 --> 01:13:40,445 I got my own drink. 896 01:13:40,549 --> 01:13:43,279 - It's home. - That's right. That's right. 897 01:13:43,385 --> 01:13:46,877 # Knucksie wouldn't give me another drink # 898 01:13:46,989 --> 01:13:49,014 #Another drink # 899 01:13:49,124 --> 01:13:52,992 # Knucksie wouldn't give me another drink ## 900 01:13:54,730 --> 01:13:56,630 That's right! 901 01:14:00,202 --> 01:14:02,830 Hmm. My own drink. 902 01:14:05,974 --> 01:14:10,001 # Dum-da-di, dum-dum-da-di # 903 01:14:30,933 --> 01:14:32,833 Sue? 904 01:14:37,973 --> 01:14:40,305 Sue! 905 01:14:41,844 --> 01:14:43,744 Snowball? 906 01:15:01,096 --> 01:15:03,064 My own drink, see? 907 01:15:11,373 --> 01:15:13,273 All mine. 908 01:15:15,310 --> 01:15:17,210 Flowers! 909 01:15:28,190 --> 01:15:30,420 Just a touch. 910 01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:32,494 Well, get out of it! 911 01:16:01,089 --> 01:16:03,114 Get out and stay out. 912 01:16:12,668 --> 01:16:15,728 Woman, you can ring till you're blue in the face. 913 01:16:16,772 --> 01:16:20,868 Hello? Hello? Riverside 9090? 914 01:16:23,378 --> 01:16:25,903 Hello? Hello? 915 01:16:26,014 --> 01:16:28,448 Riverside 9090? 916 01:16:28,550 --> 01:16:32,884 Is Mr. Rice there? Captain Stuart calling Mr. Rice. 917 01:16:32,988 --> 01:16:35,252 Hello! Hello! 918 01:16:35,357 --> 01:16:38,918 Riverside 9090. Hello? 919 01:16:39,962 --> 01:16:42,829 Hello. Riverside 9090. 920 01:16:42,931 --> 01:16:45,365 - Huh? - What? 921 01:16:45,467 --> 01:16:48,561 - Hello? - Wait a minute. 922 01:16:48,670 --> 01:16:52,606 Speak up. Captain Stuart, I've got your Riverside number. 923 01:16:52,708 --> 01:16:54,767 Good. Hello, Sammy. 924 01:16:54,876 --> 01:16:58,676 Look, I've got two of them. Now listen, old man. I have got two of them. 925 01:16:58,780 --> 01:17:00,714 - What? - One, two. 926 01:17:00,816 --> 01:17:03,444 - I'm at Chesil Bank near... - I don't know what you're talking about. 927 01:17:03,552 --> 01:17:05,520 You come from Waterloo. You got it clear? 928 01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:09,387 I'm gonna have a bash at the first one. You can have a go at the second, if you're lucky. 929 01:17:09,491 --> 01:17:12,426 Now, are you listening, old boy? Because it's very important. 930 01:17:12,527 --> 01:17:14,654 - I've got two. - Wait a minute, Stuart. 931 01:17:14,763 --> 01:17:17,357 What? Oh, hurry up. 932 01:17:50,799 --> 01:17:52,699 What is it, Stuart? 933 01:18:13,789 --> 01:18:16,223 You'd better wait till I get there. 934 01:18:16,324 --> 01:18:19,782 Nothing doing. We can't do a Laurel and Hardy, old boy. 935 01:18:19,895 --> 01:18:24,525 If anything goes haywire on the first bomb, one of us wants to be left to get a spanner on the second. 936 01:18:24,633 --> 01:18:28,000 Don't be so cocky. Wait till I get down. 937 01:18:28,103 --> 01:18:30,435 I've got a lot of things to suggest. 938 01:18:30,539 --> 01:18:33,440 Fine. You can try them on number two. Number one's mine. 939 01:18:33,542 --> 01:18:36,204 After all, I found them. 940 01:18:36,311 --> 01:18:38,575 What are the trains? 941 01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:42,241 5:30 a. m. You'll have to get up early, you lazy hound. 942 01:18:42,350 --> 01:18:44,318 See you for breakfast. 943 01:18:44,419 --> 01:18:45,977 Stuart! 944 01:18:46,088 --> 01:18:51,082 Stuart, be careful, for the love of Mike, and good luck. 945 01:18:51,193 --> 01:18:53,161 Same to you. 946 01:18:53,261 --> 01:18:55,491 I say, hope you won't need it. 947 01:19:20,522 --> 01:19:22,422 - Mr. Rice? - Yes. 948 01:19:22,524 --> 01:19:26,483 Oh, my name's Pearson, sir. I've got a car here to take you on to Colonel Strang. 949 01:19:41,910 --> 01:19:45,141 - Back to the beach. - Has Captain Stuart done anything yet? 950 01:19:46,481 --> 01:19:48,381 Oh, yes. 951 01:19:49,751 --> 01:19:51,981 Rotten business. 952 01:19:52,087 --> 01:19:55,454 I thought you knew, but, of course, you couldn't. You were on the train. 953 01:19:58,593 --> 01:20:01,926 - Is he dead? - Oh, yes. Yes, killed instantly. 954 01:20:02,030 --> 01:20:06,694 Apparently they thought he'd done it, and then something went wrong and it went up. 955 01:20:31,259 --> 01:20:33,227 Mr. Rice, sir. 956 01:20:34,396 --> 01:20:37,092 How are you? My name's Strang. 957 01:20:37,199 --> 01:20:39,167 All right, Don. Thank you. 958 01:20:43,939 --> 01:20:45,964 Do you know this part of the world? 959 01:20:46,074 --> 01:20:48,406 No. 960 01:20:48,510 --> 01:20:50,876 But you've heard of Chesil Bank, I suppose. 961 01:20:50,979 --> 01:20:53,573 Yes, I've heard of it. 962 01:20:53,682 --> 01:20:55,877 Now, well, there it is, you see? 963 01:20:57,786 --> 01:21:00,254 The lagoon there's called the Fleet... 964 01:21:00,355 --> 01:21:04,382 and that shallow over there is Portland Bill. 965 01:21:06,795 --> 01:21:09,263 Are you a fuse expert? 966 01:21:09,364 --> 01:21:11,457 I've done a lot of work on experimental fuses. 967 01:21:11,566 --> 01:21:13,466 Hmm. 968 01:21:13,568 --> 01:21:17,004 Dick Stuart told me last night that he arranged with you that he should try it first... 969 01:21:17,105 --> 01:21:19,266 then if anything went wrong, you should have a go. 970 01:21:19,374 --> 01:21:21,365 - Is that right? - Yes. 971 01:21:21,476 --> 01:21:25,139 Yeah. He says it's all very fine. 972 01:21:25,247 --> 01:21:27,738 But, you know, we've got plenty of people here... 973 01:21:27,849 --> 01:21:30,818 chaps like young Don Pearson, who brought you up... 974 01:21:30,919 --> 01:21:34,548 only too anxious to go out there and give that thing a few good clouts... 975 01:21:34,656 --> 01:21:36,681 with a hammer and chisel. 976 01:21:36,791 --> 01:21:39,385 Only I don't think it happens to be that kind of a job. 977 01:21:43,832 --> 01:21:46,630 I've been in on this with Stuart from the start. 978 01:21:46,735 --> 01:21:50,034 We had a fairly definite plan mapped out. 979 01:21:50,138 --> 01:21:52,663 If I could have his notes, I think I'd be all right. 980 01:21:52,774 --> 01:21:54,901 Yes. 981 01:21:55,010 --> 01:21:57,672 But, you see, I'm not worrying about you. 982 01:21:57,779 --> 01:21:59,906 I'm worrying about me. 983 01:22:00,015 --> 01:22:02,575 I let you do it, you go out there and blow yourself to blazes... 984 01:22:02,684 --> 01:22:04,845 what's your family gonna say, hmm? 985 01:22:04,953 --> 01:22:06,921 Your boss, heaven knows who. 986 01:22:08,690 --> 01:22:12,023 No family. Professor Mair knows all about it... 987 01:22:13,628 --> 01:22:15,596 and heaven can wait. 988 01:22:17,198 --> 01:22:19,666 I've got a list of things here I'd like. 989 01:22:25,807 --> 01:22:27,707 Yes. 990 01:22:28,944 --> 01:22:31,378 All right. You'd better hear Stuart's notes. 991 01:22:33,615 --> 01:22:36,641 Well, would you like to tell me how he worked? 992 01:22:36,751 --> 01:22:39,584 He used a field telephone all the time he was working... 993 01:22:39,688 --> 01:22:43,249 explaining what he was doing and all sorts of other things. 994 01:22:43,358 --> 01:22:47,385 I'm afraid it's a bit of a jumble. I... I haven't had time to sort it all out. 995 01:22:47,495 --> 01:22:50,293 The things I saw and things he said. 996 01:22:50,398 --> 01:22:52,798 I have to read it all back to you as it happened. 997 01:22:52,901 --> 01:22:54,869 Oh, they're your own shorthand notes, are they? 998 01:22:54,970 --> 01:22:57,404 - Of course. - Why, of course? 999 01:22:57,505 --> 01:23:01,202 - Nobody else could read them back. - Oh, I see. 1000 01:23:01,309 --> 01:23:03,539 All right. Let's go, shall we? 1001 01:23:07,882 --> 01:23:11,784 "0645 hours. Wire tested and found in order. 1002 01:23:11,886 --> 01:23:14,855 "Captain Stuart went out, and we saw him get into the slit trench. 1003 01:23:14,956 --> 01:23:17,322 - 0647... " - Slit trench? 1004 01:23:17,425 --> 01:23:21,225 Yes, sir. Captain Stuart dug them both himself, for both bombs. 1005 01:23:21,329 --> 01:23:24,093 - Oh, I see. - "0647. 1006 01:23:25,700 --> 01:23:27,964 "Well, here we are at Wembley. 1007 01:23:28,069 --> 01:23:29,969 "It's a lovely day. 1008 01:23:30,071 --> 01:23:33,734 "Sun and a slight breeze blowing from the pavilion end. 1009 01:23:33,842 --> 01:23:36,242 "Ground looks in beautiful condition. 1010 01:23:36,344 --> 01:23:38,744 "Must be quite a hundred thousand people here. 1011 01:23:40,081 --> 01:23:42,049 "The king hasn't come yet. 1012 01:23:44,719 --> 01:23:48,086 0648. I'm putting the reaching rods together. " 1013 01:23:48,189 --> 01:23:51,124 Yes, I know all about the tests. We agreed them together. 1014 01:23:51,226 --> 01:23:54,718 Let me hear from where he really gets down to it. 1015 01:23:56,798 --> 01:24:00,495 Able-Baker-Charlie-Dog. Able-Baker-Charlie-Easy. 1016 01:24:00,602 --> 01:24:03,901 Able-Baker-Charlie-George. Able-Baker-Charlie-Dog. 1017 01:24:04,005 --> 01:24:05,905 - Able-Baker-Charlie... - Let's check the wire, Sergeant. 1018 01:24:06,007 --> 01:24:08,441 - Yes, sir. - See they do it properly. 1019 01:24:18,887 --> 01:24:21,117 "0747. 1020 01:24:21,222 --> 01:24:25,181 "Well, unless the electricity they taught me is all wrong... 1021 01:24:25,293 --> 01:24:27,625 "it ought to be hunky-dory. 1022 01:24:27,729 --> 01:24:30,960 "Think I better just tremble the trembler and see. 1023 01:24:31,066 --> 01:24:33,432 "Yes. Seems okay. 1024 01:24:34,602 --> 01:24:37,002 "0749. 1025 01:24:37,105 --> 01:24:40,006 "Well, boys, unless there's a very small man inside with a lighted match... 1026 01:24:40,108 --> 01:24:42,008 "I think that's probably all right. 1027 01:24:42,110 --> 01:24:44,772 "There will be special matinees this week on Wednesdays and Fridays. 1028 01:24:46,614 --> 01:24:48,912 "Just let's have another look. 1029 01:24:49,017 --> 01:24:50,951 "What's this hole? 1030 01:24:51,986 --> 01:24:54,011 "0752. 1031 01:24:54,122 --> 01:24:56,750 "No. Positively no deception. Bob's your uncle. 1032 01:25:02,130 --> 01:25:04,098 "I don't see... 1033 01:25:05,166 --> 01:25:07,396 "why they wanted so long lead. 1034 01:25:08,970 --> 01:25:10,995 "The insulator? 1035 01:25:16,711 --> 01:25:19,145 "At this point... 1036 01:25:19,247 --> 01:25:21,147 "0754... 1037 01:25:22,283 --> 01:25:24,183 "the explosion occurred. 1038 01:25:26,554 --> 01:25:28,784 "The transmitter was destroyed. 1039 01:25:30,825 --> 01:25:33,293 "At the time... 1040 01:25:33,394 --> 01:25:35,919 "Captain Stuart was kneeling upright... 1041 01:25:37,799 --> 01:25:40,267 "with what appeared to be the cap... 1042 01:25:41,870 --> 01:25:43,804 in his hand. " 1043 01:25:43,905 --> 01:25:46,203 Thanks very much. 1044 01:25:46,307 --> 01:25:48,275 It's all right, sir. 1045 01:26:01,156 --> 01:26:04,023 - Do the clothes fit? - Yes, they'll do. 1046 01:26:04,125 --> 01:26:07,754 Good. I think we've got everything you asked for. 1047 01:26:07,862 --> 01:26:11,593 Reaching rods. Clamps. 1048 01:26:11,699 --> 01:26:13,929 That's the very job. 1049 01:26:14,035 --> 01:26:16,503 You'll find the hot pads in this thermos. 1050 01:26:17,639 --> 01:26:20,540 Where are the pipe wrenches? Oh, you've got them, Cartwright. 1051 01:26:20,642 --> 01:26:23,270 Sir. 1052 01:26:23,378 --> 01:26:25,346 Yes, they're all right. 1053 01:26:27,015 --> 01:26:29,779 - Shall we go then? - Yes. Uh... 1054 01:26:30,885 --> 01:26:34,286 A few addresses, just, uh, in case I don't bring it off. 1055 01:26:34,389 --> 01:26:36,323 Can I be phoned here? 1056 01:26:36,424 --> 01:26:38,892 Yes. Of course. Oh, Tyler. 1057 01:26:38,993 --> 01:26:41,427 - Sir! - I'll warn the post office. 1058 01:26:42,630 --> 01:26:44,530 - All set. - Okay? 1059 01:27:04,419 --> 01:27:06,387 Here they are, Sarge. 1060 01:27:20,702 --> 01:27:22,431 Telephone! 1061 01:27:22,537 --> 01:27:24,505 - All right, lad? - Fine. 1062 01:27:31,212 --> 01:27:33,112 - All set? - Stethoscope. 1063 01:27:33,214 --> 01:27:35,114 Yes, sir. 1064 01:27:36,451 --> 01:27:40,012 You'll find it'll play out quite easily, sir. Drop your head when you want to speak. 1065 01:27:40,121 --> 01:27:42,055 - Right. - Shall I carry the bag, sir? 1066 01:27:42,156 --> 01:27:45,592 - No, give it to me. - You can see the flag, sir. Good luck. 1067 01:27:45,693 --> 01:27:47,593 - Good luck. - Good luck, sir. 1068 01:27:47,695 --> 01:27:50,163 - All the best, sir. - Good luck, old man. - All right. 1069 01:28:02,910 --> 01:28:05,435 It's a bigger sea running than this morning. 1070 01:28:06,948 --> 01:28:10,748 Further down the coast, there's a good stretch for surfing. 1071 01:28:10,852 --> 01:28:14,049 - You ever done any of that? - Yes, but not for 10 years. 1072 01:28:26,834 --> 01:28:28,734 Stop. 1073 01:28:28,836 --> 01:28:31,430 All right. Shall I take it now? 1074 01:28:31,539 --> 01:28:34,201 Are you gonna start with the same tests that Stuart did? 1075 01:28:34,309 --> 01:28:37,107 Yes. There's always the chance this one might be different. 1076 01:28:37,211 --> 01:28:39,577 That's what I thought. 1077 01:28:39,681 --> 01:28:42,514 Well, you sure you can manage? 1078 01:28:42,617 --> 01:28:44,585 Suppose I'll have to. 1079 01:28:45,887 --> 01:28:48,549 Yes. Well, good luck. 1080 01:28:51,025 --> 01:28:53,425 Good luck, my boy. 1081 01:29:27,862 --> 01:29:29,921 Make way. 1082 01:29:30,031 --> 01:29:31,999 - All right here? - Yes. 1083 01:29:36,504 --> 01:29:39,871 I'm just testing the wire. Give me a wave if you can hear me, will you? 1084 01:29:39,974 --> 01:29:43,808 Testing wire, sir. I hear him loud and clear. 1085 01:29:45,079 --> 01:29:46,944 Right. 1086 01:29:53,755 --> 01:29:56,121 I'm burying the earthing rods. 1087 01:30:03,765 --> 01:30:06,063 I'm now going to test it for metal. 1088 01:30:25,386 --> 01:30:28,150 Says, "These pebbles are the devil. 1089 01:30:28,256 --> 01:30:30,656 "I slipped and nearly clouted it. 1090 01:30:32,460 --> 01:30:34,360 I'm trying now for heat. " 1091 01:31:01,222 --> 01:31:04,123 He's out of the trench. He's about halfway up to it. 1092 01:31:21,976 --> 01:31:24,809 "I am placing stethoscope beside bomb. " 1093 01:31:29,584 --> 01:31:33,816 - No ticking, sir. - Look, all these wires are a bit of a nuisance. 1094 01:31:33,921 --> 01:31:36,151 I'm gonna take this thing off, put it on the ground... 1095 01:31:36,257 --> 01:31:38,885 and speak into it when I have something to say. 1096 01:31:51,606 --> 01:31:55,235 First of all, I'll try and get the clamps on the bomb to hold it... 1097 01:31:55,343 --> 01:31:57,777 and then work on it with the wrenches, just like Stuart did. 1098 01:31:59,647 --> 01:32:03,447 He'll be in trouble with the clamps on those pebbles. 1099 01:32:03,551 --> 01:32:06,349 He's got the clamps and the pipe wrenches out. 1100 01:32:10,358 --> 01:32:14,226 He says, "I've got the jaws in line. Now I'll tighten them. " 1101 01:32:16,264 --> 01:32:18,994 Says, "This is trickier than I thought. 1102 01:32:19,100 --> 01:32:21,796 They're bound to pull the bomb a bit when they grip. " 1103 01:32:21,903 --> 01:32:23,803 Well, here goes. 1104 01:32:27,241 --> 01:32:28,868 Crikey! 1105 01:32:35,249 --> 01:32:38,116 Well, that's got the first one on. 1106 01:32:38,219 --> 01:32:40,278 It moved a bit, but, uh... 1107 01:32:40,388 --> 01:32:43,357 as you all gather, nothing happened. 1108 01:32:43,457 --> 01:32:45,857 I'm sweating like a pig. I must mop off. 1109 01:33:01,709 --> 01:33:03,836 Now for the second clamp. 1110 01:33:03,945 --> 01:33:06,243 I'm going to move some of these pebbles. 1111 01:33:14,922 --> 01:33:16,822 You dare. 1112 01:33:16,924 --> 01:33:19,518 "I'm putting on the second clamp. 1113 01:33:20,928 --> 01:33:23,453 "Much easier. 1114 01:33:23,564 --> 01:33:25,532 "Okay, it's on. 1115 01:33:27,134 --> 01:33:29,102 "Now for the wrenches. 1116 01:33:30,972 --> 01:33:34,772 I'm going to unscrew the cap exactly as Stuart did. " 1117 01:33:53,394 --> 01:33:55,521 Says, "Very difficult. 1118 01:33:56,731 --> 01:33:59,461 Should have waited a bit before starting again. " 1119 01:34:01,068 --> 01:34:04,196 Says, "Too much whisky. Could do with one now. " 1120 01:34:23,257 --> 01:34:25,725 Done it! Done it, sir! 1121 01:35:05,499 --> 01:35:08,627 Yes, it's just as Stuart says. 1122 01:35:08,736 --> 01:35:10,704 The clock mechanism is in the head. 1123 01:35:10,805 --> 01:35:13,205 There's a long lead coming out of it... 1124 01:35:13,307 --> 01:35:16,504 with two flat bits attached, which may be insulators. 1125 01:35:18,112 --> 01:35:22,344 In the top of the body there's a simple trembler tongue lying between terminals. 1126 01:35:23,551 --> 01:35:25,519 I'm earthing them. 1127 01:35:40,267 --> 01:35:42,462 And this is where Stuart went wrong. 1128 01:35:43,804 --> 01:35:46,466 I can see the hole going down into the body. 1129 01:35:48,442 --> 01:35:51,468 And as Stuart says, the long lead seems too long. 1130 01:35:54,048 --> 01:35:55,948 Now what? 1131 01:35:56,050 --> 01:35:58,314 Says, "I think I've got it. 1132 01:36:00,087 --> 01:36:02,885 "There's a shorter and a longer lead. 1133 01:36:04,158 --> 01:36:07,958 "The shorter lead winds right up into the clock... 1134 01:36:08,062 --> 01:36:10,326 so that no lead is left showing. " 1135 01:36:10,431 --> 01:36:13,491 That's what fooled Stuart. 1136 01:36:13,601 --> 01:36:16,365 I can just see the ends of the insulators. 1137 01:36:18,272 --> 01:36:22,106 The lead which Stuart found must go to a second trembler fuse in the body. 1138 01:36:22,209 --> 01:36:24,109 It's a double booby trap. 1139 01:36:24,211 --> 01:36:27,009 "Jerry certainly is no gentleman. 1140 01:36:28,682 --> 01:36:32,118 I am going to look for another way into the body. " 1141 01:36:38,759 --> 01:36:41,728 Yes. There is another way in. 1142 01:36:43,998 --> 01:36:47,297 There's a cap on each end... only one's obvious, and the other isn't. 1143 01:36:49,303 --> 01:36:52,397 Well, I suppose this is where I go to work with the pipe wrenches again. 1144 01:36:52,506 --> 01:36:55,566 "I am now going to unscrew the second cap. 1145 01:36:57,511 --> 01:37:01,675 Stand by. This is where we came in. " 1146 01:37:01,782 --> 01:37:03,477 Steady. 1147 01:37:09,290 --> 01:37:11,918 Wait a minute. 1148 01:37:12,026 --> 01:37:14,392 Christmas, this may not be so easy. 1149 01:37:17,298 --> 01:37:21,496 If the second trembler's in the body, then it's all right to unscrew the cap. 1150 01:37:21,602 --> 01:37:24,833 But if it's in the cap, then unscrewing it will send the whole thing up. 1151 01:37:24,939 --> 01:37:28,375 So I've gotta make up my mind whether to hold the body still and unscrew the cap... 1152 01:37:28,475 --> 01:37:31,069 or hold the cap still and unscrew the body. 1153 01:37:31,178 --> 01:37:35,274 "Three-to-one that it's the cap I have to unscrew. 1154 01:37:36,684 --> 01:37:38,584 Any takers?" 1155 01:37:41,021 --> 01:37:42,955 He's got the pipe wrench on the other end. 1156 01:37:51,098 --> 01:37:53,965 I must do it. I must! 1157 01:37:54,068 --> 01:37:55,797 He's all in. He'll never make it. 1158 01:38:05,579 --> 01:38:08,104 I must. 1159 01:38:08,215 --> 01:38:10,911 If that wrench slips, he's had it. 1160 01:38:19,560 --> 01:38:21,528 - He's down. - Stand clear! 1161 01:38:28,736 --> 01:38:31,034 Hold on, Rice! I'm coming! 1162 01:38:32,072 --> 01:38:34,040 Interfering son of a... 1163 01:38:37,444 --> 01:38:40,675 - I think you've done enough. - Stay where you are. 1164 01:38:50,858 --> 01:38:52,826 There is a second trembler. 1165 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:58,721 And I've only got to bang it to send the whole thing up. 1166 01:39:39,673 --> 01:39:42,870 Satisfied? 1167 01:39:42,977 --> 01:39:44,877 Sorry. 1168 01:39:46,180 --> 01:39:48,910 - It was a personal matter. - Yes. 1169 01:39:49,016 --> 01:39:50,984 Yes, I know all about that. 1170 01:39:52,252 --> 01:39:54,220 Dick Stuart just the same. 1171 01:39:56,090 --> 01:39:58,923 Well, and what do we do now? 1172 01:40:00,027 --> 01:40:04,464 Oh, you just get your chaps up and steam the charge out. 1173 01:40:04,565 --> 01:40:06,533 That's all, is it? 1174 01:40:08,202 --> 01:40:10,102 That's all. 1175 01:40:28,055 --> 01:40:30,023 - Got everything you want? - Yes, thanks. 1176 01:40:30,124 --> 01:40:32,592 Book, bun, sandwiches. Did the mess sergeant give you a drink? 1177 01:40:32,693 --> 01:40:34,888 Yes. And I think I'll go and put my feet up. 1178 01:40:34,995 --> 01:40:37,964 Yes, I should if I were you. You've earned it. 1179 01:40:38,065 --> 01:40:41,967 Well, good-bye, my dear fellow. 1180 01:40:43,037 --> 01:40:46,700 Look here. Anybody ever has any doubt about what you can do... 1181 01:40:46,807 --> 01:40:51,744 with your hands, your arms or any other part of you... 1182 01:40:51,845 --> 01:40:53,813 you send them along to me, do you see? 1183 01:41:18,305 --> 01:41:20,273 Hello. Who's that? 1184 01:41:20,374 --> 01:41:22,865 Uh, Taylor, sir. 1185 01:41:22,976 --> 01:41:25,410 Oh, hello, Taylor. Anybody still here? 1186 01:41:25,512 --> 01:41:28,845 - Mr. Till and Miss Susan, sir. - Right. 1187 01:41:28,949 --> 01:41:32,407 - Excuse me, sir. Could... Could I... Could I trouble you for a moment? - Of course. 1188 01:41:32,519 --> 01:41:36,250 I... I understand that the fuse work is being transferred away from here, sir. 1189 01:41:36,356 --> 01:41:39,018 Mmm. Professor Mair's taking it back to his own lab. 1190 01:41:39,126 --> 01:41:43,426 He very kindly said he'd take me along with him, sir, to carry on the fuse work. 1191 01:41:43,530 --> 01:41:45,828 That's what they told me. 1192 01:41:45,933 --> 01:41:49,232 Oh. They... They won't let me, sir. 1193 01:41:49,336 --> 01:41:51,304 What do you mean they won't let you? 1194 01:41:51,405 --> 01:41:55,603 Well, they said because he can't have uniformed men with him, sir. 1195 01:41:56,877 --> 01:41:59,937 - I'm to go back to general duties. - That's ridiculous. 1196 01:42:00,981 --> 01:42:03,040 Yes, sir. 1197 01:42:03,150 --> 01:42:07,246 But I... I can't leave home just now, sir... 1198 01:42:07,354 --> 01:42:09,322 not with the way things are. 1199 01:42:11,592 --> 01:42:13,685 I'd rather do anything. 1200 01:42:16,964 --> 01:42:18,932 I don't know, sir. 1201 01:42:20,667 --> 01:42:22,635 Can't go. I just... 1202 01:42:23,770 --> 01:42:26,568 Taylor. Leave this to me. 1203 01:42:27,674 --> 01:42:31,110 Don't worry, and don't do anything rash. 1204 01:42:31,211 --> 01:42:33,179 I promise you it'll be all right. 1205 01:42:35,582 --> 01:42:38,983 Well, thank you, sir. 1206 01:42:39,086 --> 01:42:42,214 Now get along home. There's a good chap. 1207 01:42:57,771 --> 01:42:59,762 - Evening, Crowhurst. - Evening, sir. 1208 01:43:02,876 --> 01:43:05,106 - Hello, Till. - Hello. 1209 01:43:05,212 --> 01:43:07,442 - How'd you get on? - Oh, all right. 1210 01:43:07,548 --> 01:43:09,345 - Good. - Any news? 1211 01:43:09,449 --> 01:43:11,349 Holland phoned twice. 1212 01:43:11,451 --> 01:43:13,817 Madeleine phoned seven times. 1213 01:43:13,921 --> 01:43:16,981 There's a rumor Mair's out and Brine's in. 1214 01:43:17,090 --> 01:43:18,990 - Anyone ask after me? - Susan. 1215 01:43:19,092 --> 01:43:21,083 - She did? - I didn't tell her though. 1216 01:43:21,195 --> 01:43:23,163 Good old Tilly. 1217 01:43:44,017 --> 01:43:46,485 - Hello. - Hello. 1218 01:43:48,488 --> 01:43:51,116 Well? 1219 01:43:51,225 --> 01:43:55,685 Colonel Holland wants you to go to the War Office as soon as you come in... 1220 01:43:55,796 --> 01:43:57,764 no matter how late. 1221 01:43:58,999 --> 01:44:01,365 Room 583. 1222 01:44:02,769 --> 01:44:05,431 What do you want? 1223 01:44:05,539 --> 01:44:07,507 I want you to go. 1224 01:44:09,643 --> 01:44:11,611 Don't knock. Come in. 1225 01:44:13,814 --> 01:44:16,908 Sorry to be late, sir. I've been out on a job. I didn't get your message till I got back. 1226 01:44:17,017 --> 01:44:19,315 All right. Don't waste words. Sit down. 1227 01:44:20,854 --> 01:44:22,481 Sit down, sit down. 1228 01:44:22,589 --> 01:44:24,352 What did you make of Strang? 1229 01:44:26,927 --> 01:44:30,226 - He's all right. - Yeah, he feels the same about you. 1230 01:44:32,666 --> 01:44:36,329 Now then, it may or may not have escaped your notice... 1231 01:44:36,436 --> 01:44:39,428 that up till now we have been losing the war. 1232 01:44:39,539 --> 01:44:43,942 Nevertheless, it is the intention of His Majesty's government that we shall win it. 1233 01:44:44,044 --> 01:44:47,343 And contrary to the impression conveyed by the popular press... 1234 01:44:47,447 --> 01:44:50,439 it will be won by the army, the navy and the air force. 1235 01:44:53,453 --> 01:44:55,421 In that order. 1236 01:45:06,867 --> 01:45:10,860 Now then, the army is to have its own research section. 1237 01:45:10,971 --> 01:45:13,531 The man in charge will have a free hand, equipment... 1238 01:45:13,640 --> 01:45:17,337 - Personnel? - Anything. We want results. 1239 01:45:17,444 --> 01:45:21,107 Of course, you'll, um... you'll have to be in uniform. 1240 01:45:21,214 --> 01:45:23,444 Otherwise you'll never get anything. 1241 01:45:23,550 --> 01:45:25,518 We'll make you a major or something. 1242 01:45:27,454 --> 01:45:30,252 - Well, what do you say? - I accept. 1243 01:45:30,357 --> 01:45:32,382 You do? 1244 01:45:32,492 --> 01:45:35,586 - I never thought you would. - Nor did I. 1245 01:45:40,167 --> 01:45:43,466 - Well? - Well? 1246 01:45:45,305 --> 01:45:47,933 I want to talk to you. 1247 01:45:48,041 --> 01:45:50,942 - All right. - Hickory Tree? 1248 01:45:52,512 --> 01:45:54,412 Lord Nelson? 1249 01:45:56,183 --> 01:45:58,151 Home? 1250 01:46:01,988 --> 01:46:04,513 - One thing I don't like. - Only one? 1251 01:46:04,624 --> 01:46:08,060 - Your coming back on condition. - What condition? 1252 01:46:08,161 --> 01:46:10,857 - That I went to the War Office. - Come on in. 1253 01:46:31,151 --> 01:46:33,119 Oh, Sue. 1254 01:46:45,599 --> 01:46:48,090 Even the whisky. 1255 01:46:50,437 --> 01:46:52,405 Have a drink, Sammy. 1256 01:46:53,405 --> 01:47:03,405 Downloaded From www.AllSubs.org 101506

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