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(OVERTURE PLAYING)
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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(PLANE ENGINE RATTLING)
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(CROWD JEERING AND BOOING)
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- (AIR-RAID SIRENS WAILING)
- (BOMBS EXPLODING)
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(PLANE ENGINE WHIRRING)
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(EXPLOSIONS)
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(SHIP'S HORN SOUNDING)
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MAN #1: Who's that bloodyfool on the grey?
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MAN #2: Someone who wants to benoticed, I should imagine.
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MAN #1: He'll be noticed.Get his head blown off.
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(HORSES' HOOVES)
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OLD CHURCHILL:
My Early Life
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by Winston Spencer Churchill.
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On the 16th of September, 1897,
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at the age of 22,
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I found myself taking partin a punitive expedition
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of the Malakand Field Forceon the northwest frontier of India.
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CHURCHILL: In a sense, I had arranged formy participation in this action myself.
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YOUNG WINSTON:
August the 5th, 1897.
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A letter to General Sir Bindon Blood:
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"Sir, I do hope you will notbe annoyed if I remind you
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"that you once promised me thatwhen you had your next command,
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"you would try to finda place for me."
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BLOOD:
"Very difficult. No vacancies.
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"Come up as a correspondent.Will try to fit you in. Blood."
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WINSTON: Now, which of thesegallant chaps will lead me
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to something really exciting,an adventure I can write about?
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That column there?
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Or that one? It's all a lottery, isn't it?
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Just luck.
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God, I hope I'm lucky today.
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The joke of it all is that I neverreally wanted to be a soldier.
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No. Politics, parliament,that's my arena.
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But how am I to get there?I have no reputation,
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no family in the government.And worst of all, no money.
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CHURCHILL: Ah, money. My darling motherwrote to me often on that tiresome subject:
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JENNIE: "Really, Winston, you aresimply irresponsible about money.
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"I am sending the manthe eleven pounds he asks,
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"but why will you write chequeswhen you have no money in the bank?
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"Actually, in America,you know, it's illegal.
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"And they sentence peopleto long terms in jail for doing it.
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"My dear, do be careful.And do write when you can.
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"Please, please, don't takeany unnecessary risks.
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"Your loving mother,Jennie Randolph Churchill."
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Who's that bloody
fool on the grey?
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ADJUTANT:
Can't tell.
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Someone who wants to get noticed,
I should imagine.
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He'll be noticed.
Get his head blown off.
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(CHATTERING)
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Sir!
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Lieutenant Churchill, sir.
4th Hussars.
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Actually, I'm here as a correspondent.
Pioneer and Daily Telegraph.
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I wonder, if you're going
to that village up there,
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would you mind awfully
if I came along with you?
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Ah yes. Churchill,
4th Hussars.
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Actually, we don't care much
for correspondents out here, Churchill.
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Or white horses, either.
Where'd you get him?
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Ah, in the auction last week, sir.
Malakand Pass.
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- Previous owner killed?
- I believe so, yes, sir.
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Didn't that teach
you anything?
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Sir?
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Well, come along if you like.
But keep out of the way.
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Thank you very much, sir.
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Oh, one more thing.
We do try to bring our wounded back.
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These chaps can be very nasty.
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But as you're only an onlooker,
I can't guarantee anything. Understood?
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Yes, sir.
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Thank you very much, sir.
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WINSTON:
The truth is, I'm not at all brave.
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In fact, the truth is, I've often felt myselfa coward, especially at school.
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But if I could win a reputationfor courage and daring,
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if I could be mentionedin despatches,
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that would help meto get started in politics.
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In short, I need medals.
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Lots and lots of medals.
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And I have to learn so much,and there's so little time.
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I have to read all the booksI should have read before.
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I must become my own university.
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And I must overcome my speechimpediment when I speak in public.
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The Spanish shipsI cannot shee... see.
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For they are not in shite... sight.Damn!
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OFFICER:
Move it!
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SIKH SERGEANT:
Everybody gone, sir.
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All gone, sir.
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Very well, then.
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- Carry on.
- ADJUTANT: Carry on!
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OFFICER:
Number three section, follow me!
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WINSTON: Wouldn't you know it?All this way for nothing.
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Talk about rotten luck.
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(CHATTERING)
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(FLAMES ROARING)
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(SHOUTING)
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Right, we'll start back now.
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Keep a dozen men, will you, and cover us
till we get halfway down, will you?
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- Then we'll cover you.
- Right.
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Come along, Mr Cartlidge,
we're going back now.
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Very well, sir.
Come along, bring them down.
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(OFFICER BARKING ORDERS)
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WINSTON:
Not bad at that.
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Could be worth twoor three hundred words.
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(MAN SHOUTING)
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OFFICER:
Get back. Get back!
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(GUNSHOT)
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Willy! Come on, get out of there.
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Come down!
We'll cover you!
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Fall back!
Fall back!
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(GUNSHOT)
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(GUNSHOT)
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No, sahib, leave me.
Oh, sahib, you're hurting me!
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Ooh, sahib, let me go!
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Oh, please, on my knees,
I am begging you.
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(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS)
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(MASSED SHOUTING)
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(GUNSHOT)
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(GRUNTING)
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(GUN CLICKING)
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CAPTAIN: Come on, you idiot,
get out of it!
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Get out of it!
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(SHOUTING)
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(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS)
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BLOOD:
"And to conclude these despatches,
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"the general in the fieldwishes to mention and commend
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"the courage ofLieutenant W L S Churchill,
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"who made himself usefulat a critical moment."
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(BUGLE PLAYING)
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(SHOUTING)
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(GUNSHOT)
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CHURCHILL: And thereupon,I sat down and wrote a book.
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And the literary criticswere most kind to me:
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CRITIC: "If General Kitchenershould ever find time
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"to read Mr Winston Churchill'snew book, The Malakand Field Force,
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"it's fascinating to imaginethe great warrior's reaction to it.
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"The book is excellent for a first effort,but perhaps its title should have been:
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"Some Helpful Hints for Generals
From a Young Lieutenant."
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SIKH: Hurry up now, sahib,
the train is about to leave.
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CHURCHILL:
For some reason unknown to me,
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I have always been chargedwith being unpunctual.
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But then, in my lifetime,
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I have constantly been accusedof many wicked things.
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(CHATTERING)
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- (GUARD'S WHISTLE BLOWING)
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CHURCHILL:
Perhaps I paid for all those sins,
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real or imaginary, in advance,
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for when I was but seven,I was cast out of my happy home,
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- and sent away to school.
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I left behind meall who were dear to me,
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especially my nurse,Mrs Everest...
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Winnie, bye-bye!
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CHURCHILL:...who looked after meand tended all my wants,
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and to whom I poured outall my troubles.
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And for some reasonI cannot now remember,
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I called her "Womany".
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And when I went away,I think I missed her most of all.
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WINSTON: "Dearest Mother, my white horsehas been a marvellous investment.
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"Everyone noticed me.
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"The news here is that Kitchener is goingto fight the dervishes in the Sudan.
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"Mother, darling, you must useall your influence and charm
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"to get me into his command."
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CHURCHILL:
My American mother
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always seemed to mea fairy princess.
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A radiant being,
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possessed of limitlessriches and power.
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She shone for melike the evening star.
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I loved her dearly.
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But at a distance.
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Nevertheless, it was my father
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who was the greatest and mostpowerful influence on my early life.
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He was the second sonof the Duke of Marlborough
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and a Tory memberof the House of Commons.
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Good morning,
good morning.
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CHURCHILL: Unfortunately, if my motherhad little time for me in those days,
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I saw and spoke to my fathereven less.
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He numbered among his friends
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some of the most importantmen in Parliament,
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and indeed in all England.
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Men like Lord Salisbury,the leader of the Tory Party,
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which was then in opposition,
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his nephew, Arthur Balfour,
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and Joseph Chamberlain.
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And even I knew that one day,
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when the peoplecame to their senses
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and swept the Conservativesback into power,
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it would be these men who,together with my father,
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would form the government.
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No Lord Rothschild?
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Are none of your Jewish friends
to be with us today, Randolph?
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No, I didn't think
it would be fair to them.
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You know how
easily bored they are.
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(LAUGHING)
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Winston.
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Thank you, sir.
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Now, we enter
this in your name.
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So.
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And then you can purchase anything you
like from the school shop.
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Up to the limit of
your credit, of course.
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I'm afraid Winston doesn't quite
understand about money yet.
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We shall teach him.
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This young man will be very happy here,
Lady Randolph, I assure you.
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I am certain he will.
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But you'll take tea,
Lady Randolph?
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Oh, I'm afraid I can't.
I shall miss my train.
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Another time perhaps,
when I come again.
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You will be good, darling.
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And you will write,
won't you?
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Yes, Mama.
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And so, young Churchill,
here we are.
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Come along.
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Yes, sir.
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HEADMASTER:
I am going to tell you something
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I shall want you
to remember always.
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Your school days are the most
important days of your life.
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How you get on here
will determine precisely
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how you get on in the world.
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Succeed here,
and you will succeed as a man.
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Fail here...
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and you will be a failure
to the end of your days.
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- Do you understand?
- Yes, sir.
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Good.
Your father is a great man.
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Be like him in all things.
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Now, you wait here while I see about
getting you settled in.
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Have you had any Latin?
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Latin? No, sir.
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Hmm.
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While I am gone, learn this.
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This, on the right-hand page.
When I return...
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we shall see
how well you have done.
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(WINSTON MUMBLING)
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They are ready for you.
Come along.
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Now, then,
have you learnt it?
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- I think I can say it, sir.
- Then please do so.
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Mensa: a table.
Mensa: o table.
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Mensam: a table.
Mensae: of table.
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Mensae: to or for a table.
Mensa: by, with or from a table.
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Very good. Come along.
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Excuse me, sir,
but what does it mean?
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It means what it says.
Mensa: a table.
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Mensa is a noun
of the first declension.
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There are five declensions.
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You have learnt the singular
of the first declension.
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Yes, sir.
But what does it mean?
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I have told you.
Mensa in Latin means "a table".
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But it means
"o table" too, sir.
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And what does "o table" mean?
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"Mensa: o table"
is the vocative case.
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O table.
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You would use that in addressing a table,
in invoking a table.
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You would use it
in speaking to a table.
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But I never do, sir.
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Churchill,
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in this school, if you are impertinent,
you will be punished
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and punished, let me
tell you, very severely.
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Come along.
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MacSweeney, P J M W.
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"He exhibits rather
too relaxed an attitude
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"towards the disciplines
of academic life.
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"Gamma."
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Stand forward, MacSweeney.
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Mr MacSweeney, I shall be obliged if,
after this assembly,
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you will take your customary
step through my study door.
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WINSTON:
"Dear Mama, I hope you are well.
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"I'm very happy at school.
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"I do wish you could comeand visit me one day soon."
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HEADMASTER: "He gabbles his translations
and is dirty with his written work."
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Step forward,
Stuart Mackenzie.
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May, A C W.
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Stand forward, Mr May.
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Mr Belcher tells me in this report
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that you suppose noise to be
an effective camouflage for inattention.
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You will shortly give me
your attention in the study,
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where we will explore
your capacity for making noise.
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Mr May, you're first.
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(DOOR CLOSING)
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(CANING AUDIBLE)
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(CHATTERING)
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LABOUCHÈRE:
...which is, in my view, essential.
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Oh, come, come, it really is time
the Honourable Member
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stopped trying
to introduce bogus bills
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in order to prevent action
on bona fide ones.
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(ANGRY SHOUTING)
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Mr Speaker!
Mr Speaker, I protest!
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- Those words should be taken down.
- MPs: Hear, hear!
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Mr Speaker, I agree.
I wholeheartedly agree.
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Those words
should be taken down.
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Will the gentlemen of the press
please take these words down?
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(ENUNCIATING CLEARLY)
It really is...
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time the Honourable Member
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stopped trying
to introduce bogus bills!
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(LAUGHTER)
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(CANING CONTINUES)
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WINSTON:
"Dear Papa, how are you? I am well."
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- HEADMASTER: Mr Churchill!
- WINSTON: "I am very happy at school.
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"I had a nice birthday. Thank youever so much for the present.
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"I know you're ever so busy,
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"but it would be ever so niceif you could come one Sunday."
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(DOOR CLOSING)
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(CANING AUDIBLE)
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(CHATTERING)
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CHURCHILL:
And when the next election came,
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my mother married an Americanflavour to the proceedings.
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WOMAN:
Mind your skirts, dearie.
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BUTCHER: Good morning!
Good morning.
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Good morning.
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Are we new in the neighbourhood, ma'am?
I must say, I don't recall the pleasure.
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Well, you've come to the right place
to save a bit of money.
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It never hurts to do a little
shopping yourself, I always say.
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And learn your way about, in effect, ma'am.
What can I do for you, ma'am?
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Actually, I want to talk to you
about the election.
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My husband, Lord Randolph Churchill,
is standing for this constituency.
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And I'm helping him to get elected.
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Oh, er...
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Ma'am, in this constituency,
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in effect, we vote as we please.
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And we don't like people coming round
asking us for our votes.
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Furthermore, I never discuss
politics with women.
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Even ladies, ma'am,
begging your pardon.
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In... in... in... in effect.
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But I want your vote.
How am I to get it if I don't ask for it?
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Indeed.
Well, that's a point.
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Quite so. You...
you have a point there, ma'am.
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It is a point, but it's no use.
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I'm a life-long Liberal.
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Besides, I don't hold with lordships lolling
about the House of Commons.
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No. Horses for courses, I say.
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Lords for lords, commons in
the Commons, in effect, ma'am.
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But my husband doesn't loll.
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He never lolls.
He works very hard.
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That's why he isn't here
and I am, in his place.
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In effect.
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Oh, and what time, may I ask,
does His Lordship arise in the morning?
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Most days, about eleven.
You see, the House sits at night.
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- Sometimes very late.
- He st... he stays in bed till eleven?
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Well, I'm sorry, ma'am
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I could never vote for a man
who lies abed until eleven o'clock!
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That is the end of it, ma'am.
Good day.
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Good day.
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- (BELL JANGLING)
- Just a moment.
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Doesn't get out of bed
till eleven, does he?
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Well, ma'am, looking at you now,
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it's a wonder to me
he bothers to get out at all.
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Good day to you, ma'am.
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- JENNIE: Good evening.
- Welcome home, my lady.
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JENNIE: Thank you, Evans. Betty,
Marlene. Is Lord Randolph in?
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- No, my lady.
- Oh. Where's Everest?
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I'm here, Lady Randolph.
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If I might speak to you?
Now, please.
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When did this happen?
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Have you called the doctor?
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We shall be taking him
out of that place.
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00:33:22,877 --> 00:33:25,254
Won't we, m'lady?
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INTERVIEWER: Ladies and gentlemen,Lord Randolph Churchill,
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Secretary of State for India.
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Lord Randolph. Many peoplegive you the major credit
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for the return of theConservative Party to power.
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Yet there is a rumour that recentlyyou tendered your resignation
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to the Prime Minister,Lord Salisbury.
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I trust I am not here to exchange gossip
or to encourage a rumour.
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INTERVIEWER: But you will not deny thereis friction between yourself and Lord Salisbury?
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I refuse to discuss that any further.
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To put an end to it, let me say
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that I have never run away from a fight
when I believed it necessary.
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00:34:00,957 --> 00:34:03,584
But I am and always will be
loyal to the Tory Party.
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Mind you...
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some of my friends in my own party
have a great lesson to learn.
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The Tory Party
will never remain in power
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until it gains the confidence of
the minorities and the working classes.
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Because the working classes are quite
determined to govern themselves.
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INTERVIEWER: Ah, yes.Your theory of Tory democracy.
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It is said that there arefew who take it seriously.
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Really?
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Yes. After all, as an aristocrat
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it's difficult to accept youas an advocate of democracy.
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Many people thinkyou use it as a device
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to make yourself Prime Ministerin Lord Salisbury's place.
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Do you?
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- Not at all.
- Good.
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Recently, you've expressed strong viewson the state of the Irish question.
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Ah, well... the Irish question...
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00:34:58,764 --> 00:35:01,392
That, I'm afraid,
will never be solved.
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00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:03,269
Quite.
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00:35:03,436 --> 00:35:07,148
Now, Lord Randolph,on a more personal note,
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you and Lady Randolph, the formerAmerican heiress Jennie Jerome,
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are leaders of society.
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Your racehorses are mostsuccessful, you entertain lavishly,
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and His Royal Highness the Prince of Walesattends your dinners frequently.
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00:35:20,494 --> 00:35:21,954
And Lady Randolph and you
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00:35:22,121 --> 00:35:26,500
are identified with all that is newand fashionable.
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00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:29,003
Your splendid homehere in Connaught Place
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00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:32,882
is one of the fewto have electric lighting.
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00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:37,470
How do you find it?Do you prefer it to gas?
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00:35:38,054 --> 00:35:40,640
Well, it's all rather
up-to-date, I suppose.
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00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:43,684
That thing in the cellar,
I think you call it the dynamo,
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00:35:43,851 --> 00:35:45,895
is rather noisy.
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00:35:46,062 --> 00:35:49,523
The lights will keep going out
always at the wrong times.
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00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:53,110
No, I don't think that electric light
will ever replace gas.
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00:35:53,277 --> 00:35:55,404
- At least, not in private houses.
- No, no.
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00:35:55,571 --> 00:35:58,658
I believe, Lord Randolph,you have a son.
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00:35:58,866 --> 00:36:01,744
What? Yes. Actually, two.
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00:36:01,911 --> 00:36:04,664
Two sons, Winston and Jack.
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00:36:04,830 --> 00:36:08,292
No doubt, they're veryproud of their father.
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00:36:08,459 --> 00:36:09,502
Well...
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00:36:09,669 --> 00:36:10,753
(CHUCKLING)
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00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,798
That thought
had never occurred to me.
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00:36:14,715 --> 00:36:15,841
(BELL RINGING)
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CHURCHILL: I had scarcelypassed my twelfth birthday
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when I entered the inhospitableregions of examinations,
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through which,for the next seven years,
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I was destined to journey.
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00:36:31,857 --> 00:36:34,985
These examinationswere a great trial to me.
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I should have liked to be askedto say what I knew.
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00:36:44,370 --> 00:36:48,332
They always contrivedto ask what I did not know.
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This sort of treatmenthad only one result:
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I did not do well in examinations.
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Begin.
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CHURCHILL:
This was especially true
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of my entrance examination to Harrow.
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I wrote my nameat the top of the page.
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I wrote the numberof the question: "1."
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And, after much reflection,I put a bracket around it.
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But thereafter, I could not thinkof anything connected with it
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that was either relevant or true.
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00:37:36,964 --> 00:37:39,759
Incidentally, there arrivedfrom nowhere in particular
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a blot and several smudges.
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00:37:44,096 --> 00:37:49,685
I gazed for two whole hoursat this sad spectacle.
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00:37:50,269 --> 00:37:53,856
Then, merciful usherscollected my piece of foolscap
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with all the others and carried itup to the headmaster's table.
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00:38:00,404 --> 00:38:01,739
Whose is this?
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The blond-haired boy
in the second row, sir.
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CHURCHILL: It was from these slenderindications of scholarship
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that Mr Welldon, the headmaster,
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drew the conclusion that I was worthyto pass into Harrow.
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00:38:14,710 --> 00:38:16,670
It is very much to his credit.
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00:38:16,837 --> 00:38:19,924
It showed that he was a man
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capable of lookingbeneath the surface.
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A man not dependentupon paper manifestations.
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I have always hadthe greatest regard for him.
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- Happy Christmas, Lord Randolph.
- Thank you.
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And to you, my boy.
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00:38:44,031 --> 00:38:47,493
RANDOLPH: Well, Mr Buckle, a visit from me
to The Times at this hour
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must be somewhat of a surprise to you.
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00:38:49,787 --> 00:38:54,625
Oh, The Times has learnt never to be
surprised by Lord Randolph Churchill.
448
00:38:54,750 --> 00:39:00,047
Then, perhaps, this will surprise you.
449
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,140
This is a letter from you
to the Prime Minister.
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That is correct.
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00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:17,314
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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00:39:20,234 --> 00:39:22,862
But it's a letter of resignation
from the Cabinet.
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That is also correct.
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Lord Randolph,
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you have taken me into your confidence
by showing me this letter.
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00:39:43,215 --> 00:39:45,593
I ask you...
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I beg you not to send it
to Lord Salisbury.
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00:39:49,638 --> 00:39:51,765
I already have. That's a copy.
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00:39:51,932 --> 00:39:53,851
Then I urge you to withdraw it.
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00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:55,811
That's not possible.
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00:39:58,230 --> 00:40:01,317
Lord Randolph, once before
you threatened to resign
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and the Prime Minister retreated.
463
00:40:04,695 --> 00:40:07,656
This time, he will stand firm.
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00:40:09,742 --> 00:40:11,368
Really?
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Forgive me if I seem
to be taking a liberty,
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but for you to resign now,
to leave the government at this time,
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00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:22,296
on this issue of the budgets for the
Army and Navy would be a tragic error.
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You must not do it.
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00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,634
I have no choice.
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I'm pledged to economy
up to my eyes.
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00:40:29,595 --> 00:40:31,347
I gave my word.
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00:40:31,513 --> 00:40:35,643
How can I accept this flagrant misuse
of public money?
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May I say that public money
has been wasted before
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and the nation has survived.
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00:40:41,774 --> 00:40:44,360
As I understand it, every one of
your colleagues in the Cabinet
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is willing to accept this bill.
477
00:40:47,738 --> 00:40:49,865
Then why do you feel it
necessary to resign?
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00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:52,785
Because, in addition to being
Leader of the House of Commons,
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I'm also Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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00:40:55,746 --> 00:40:58,749
I am responsible
for the country's money.
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00:40:58,916 --> 00:41:00,376
Why resign?
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00:41:00,834 --> 00:41:02,503
In protest?
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00:41:02,795 --> 00:41:04,964
The country will not
be grateful. After all,
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00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:07,549
isn't this a matter
of national defence?
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00:41:07,758 --> 00:41:10,636
Withdraw this resignation.
At once. Now.
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00:41:10,803 --> 00:41:13,889
The Prime Minister
has already accepted it.
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00:41:14,056 --> 00:41:15,683
I have his letter here.
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Mr Buckle, I came to you,
rather than any other editor
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in the hope that you, of all people,
would give me your support.
490
00:41:28,779 --> 00:41:31,031
I see.
491
00:41:33,826 --> 00:41:36,370
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
492
00:41:43,627 --> 00:41:45,713
The Times has criticised
the government
493
00:41:45,879 --> 00:41:47,673
when we have thought it necessary.
494
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,509
But we will not lend a hand
toward bringing it down.
495
00:41:59,268 --> 00:42:01,687
Will you, at least,
496
00:42:01,854 --> 00:42:06,692
publish both my letter and
the Prime Minister's reply?
497
00:42:06,859 --> 00:42:08,402
No.
498
00:42:08,861 --> 00:42:12,448
Both letters are private communications
between you and Lord Salisbury.
499
00:42:13,115 --> 00:42:14,366
To publish his letter,
500
00:42:14,533 --> 00:42:17,619
I would have to have
the Prime Minister's permission.
501
00:42:18,245 --> 00:42:20,497
That you will never get.
502
00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:30,591
I presume I shall see the news
in tomorrow's edition of The Times?
503
00:42:30,716 --> 00:42:32,760
Yes. Tomorrow.
504
00:42:36,305 --> 00:42:37,931
JENNIE:
Randolph!
505
00:42:39,767 --> 00:42:41,518
Randolph!
506
00:42:48,776 --> 00:42:50,527
Randolph.
507
00:42:55,407 --> 00:42:56,533
Randolph.
508
00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:59,328
Quite a surprise for you.
509
00:43:05,709 --> 00:43:07,002
It is true.
510
00:43:07,169 --> 00:43:09,755
It must be.
It's in The Times, isn't it?
511
00:43:10,339 --> 00:43:11,548
(BELL RINGING)
512
00:43:13,383 --> 00:43:15,219
Last night, you knew.
513
00:43:15,385 --> 00:43:18,097
You knew then,
and you didn't tell me.
514
00:43:18,430 --> 00:43:21,725
When you said you were going to the club,
you were going to The Times.
515
00:43:21,934 --> 00:43:24,728
I saw no reason
to spoil your evening.
516
00:43:28,190 --> 00:43:30,192
But you've worked so hard.
517
00:43:32,069 --> 00:43:34,613
Yes, I'm very tired.
518
00:43:34,780 --> 00:43:36,740
Why don't we take a holiday?
519
00:43:37,741 --> 00:43:41,745
We've arranged to be home at Christmas.
We have engagements.
520
00:43:42,830 --> 00:43:44,331
Mr Moore, my lord.
521
00:43:45,332 --> 00:43:49,378
Oh, dear, yes.
Show him in, will you?
522
00:43:58,554 --> 00:44:01,140
- Good morning, Lady Randolph.
- Good morning, Mr Moore.
523
00:44:01,306 --> 00:44:03,642
- Lord Randolph?
- Yes, it's quite true, Moore.
524
00:44:03,809 --> 00:44:06,812
Now, be a good fellow,
have a cup of coffee with us.
525
00:44:06,979 --> 00:44:10,190
No, thank you. I...
I just came to tell you that
526
00:44:10,357 --> 00:44:12,442
if I can ever serve you
in a private capacity,
527
00:44:12,568 --> 00:44:14,027
I would be honoured.
528
00:44:14,528 --> 00:44:16,071
Very kind of you.
529
00:44:16,238 --> 00:44:18,490
- Do sit down.
- Thank you, no. I...
530
00:44:19,741 --> 00:44:21,493
I really must go.
531
00:44:23,704 --> 00:44:26,039
I'll see you to the door.
532
00:44:41,346 --> 00:44:44,766
I'll see myself out, Lady Randolph.
533
00:44:47,978 --> 00:44:52,274
In all my twenty years
in Her Majesty's government,
534
00:44:52,524 --> 00:44:56,278
I have never served a more able
or more brilliant minister.
535
00:44:57,279 --> 00:45:00,199
He has flung himself
from the top of the ladder.
536
00:45:00,324 --> 00:45:02,701
And he will never reach it again.
537
00:45:09,041 --> 00:45:11,335
Winston, hurry up.
538
00:45:42,366 --> 00:45:45,786
CHURCHILL: The devoted Mr Moorehad a heart attack
539
00:45:45,953 --> 00:45:49,748
and died shortly thereafter.
540
00:45:49,915 --> 00:45:52,125
I can see my father now
541
00:45:52,251 --> 00:45:56,505
in a somewhat different lightthan I did in those days.
542
00:45:56,713 --> 00:46:00,509
I have long since passedthe age when he died,
543
00:46:00,717 --> 00:46:02,928
and I understand very clearly
544
00:46:03,095 --> 00:46:07,516
the suicidal natureof his resignation.
545
00:46:07,683 --> 00:46:10,560
My mother remained, as always,
546
00:46:10,727 --> 00:46:14,439
loyal and steadfast.
547
00:46:15,274 --> 00:46:16,441
(CHOIR SINGING)
548
00:46:28,328 --> 00:46:30,706
BOY:
"A light on Marmion's visage spread,
549
00:46:30,914 --> 00:46:32,791
"And fired his glazing eye:
550
00:46:32,958 --> 00:46:35,168
"With dying hand, above his head,
551
00:46:35,377 --> 00:46:37,212
"He shook the fragment
of his blade,
552
00:46:37,504 --> 00:46:39,131
"And shouted, 'Victory!
553
00:46:39,298 --> 00:46:41,341
"'Charge, Chester, charge!
554
00:46:41,550 --> 00:46:43,010
"'On, Stanley, on!'
555
00:46:43,176 --> 00:46:45,220
"Were the last words of Marmion."
556
00:46:46,555 --> 00:46:48,181
(APPLAUSE)
557
00:46:49,808 --> 00:46:51,435
WINSTON:
"Dearest Mother and Father.
558
00:46:51,601 --> 00:46:53,061
"Two weeks from Monday,
559
00:46:53,270 --> 00:46:55,939
"there is to be prize-givingin the Speech Room.
560
00:46:56,106 --> 00:46:59,860
"I have memorised six hundred linesfrom Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome,
561
00:47:00,027 --> 00:47:02,487
"and if I can geta thousand lines by heart,
562
00:47:02,738 --> 00:47:05,615
"which I will do,I am bound to get a prize.
563
00:47:05,782 --> 00:47:07,909
"So will you pleaseboth come down?
564
00:47:08,118 --> 00:47:10,871
"Everyone will be there,and it would make me so happy
565
00:47:11,079 --> 00:47:13,123
"if you were thereto see me win a prize.
566
00:47:13,290 --> 00:47:16,877
"You have never been downto see me at Harrow. Either of you.
567
00:47:17,085 --> 00:47:18,712
"And this would be a perfect time.
568
00:47:18,837 --> 00:47:20,630
"So, dearest Mummy and Papa,
569
00:47:20,797 --> 00:47:24,259
"please, please, please,do, do, do come.
570
00:47:24,426 --> 00:47:27,929
"Your loving son,Winston S Churchill."
571
00:47:28,096 --> 00:47:29,639
WINSTON:
"And under that great battle,
572
00:47:29,806 --> 00:47:32,059
"The earth with blood was red,
573
00:47:32,267 --> 00:47:34,853
"And, like the Pomptine fog at morn,
574
00:47:35,062 --> 00:47:37,022
"The dust hung overhead,
575
00:47:37,397 --> 00:47:39,733
"And louder still and louder,
576
00:47:39,900 --> 00:47:41,777
"Rose from the darkened field,
577
00:47:41,943 --> 00:47:44,279
"The braying of the war-horns,
578
00:47:44,446 --> 00:47:46,740
"The clang of sword and shield..."
579
00:47:47,032 --> 00:47:48,116
(KNOCKING)
580
00:47:48,325 --> 00:47:50,077
Come in.
581
00:47:50,952 --> 00:47:53,497
Oh, Dr Roose, do come in.
582
00:47:53,663 --> 00:47:56,875
- Thank you.
- He is better, isn't he?
583
00:47:57,042 --> 00:48:00,045
Oh, do sit down.
I shan't be a moment.
584
00:48:00,212 --> 00:48:02,172
Will you have a cup
of coffee with me?
585
00:48:02,339 --> 00:48:05,509
Lady Randolph, I should
like you to meet Dr Buzzard,
586
00:48:05,675 --> 00:48:07,719
whom I have consulted.
587
00:48:08,929 --> 00:48:10,847
But I thought he
was getting better.
588
00:48:11,181 --> 00:48:14,518
I am sorry to have to tell you, madam,
that your husband is very ill.
589
00:48:15,060 --> 00:48:17,771
You must, I fear,
prepare yourself for the worst.
590
00:48:17,938 --> 00:48:20,065
- Dr Buzzard...
- We agreed to be frank
591
00:48:20,148 --> 00:48:21,316
with Lady Randolph, did we not?
592
00:48:21,483 --> 00:48:23,860
ROOSE: Frank, yes.
But I see no necessity to be brutal.
593
00:48:23,985 --> 00:48:25,695
What is it?
What are you talking about?
594
00:48:27,489 --> 00:48:29,116
Lady Randolph,
595
00:48:29,282 --> 00:48:31,034
it is my sad duty to tell you
596
00:48:31,159 --> 00:48:35,372
that Lord Randolph is suffering
from an incurable disease.
597
00:48:35,580 --> 00:48:39,292
From which, at the most,
he will die within five or six years.
598
00:48:39,376 --> 00:48:41,086
Stop!
599
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:46,967
What are you telling me?
600
00:48:47,134 --> 00:48:50,011
You're talking about a man
who is only 38 years old!
601
00:48:50,095 --> 00:48:55,142
Lady Randolph, please believe
this is extremely painful for us.
602
00:48:55,725 --> 00:48:57,644
Do sit down.
603
00:49:03,733 --> 00:49:05,444
May we?
604
00:49:11,700 --> 00:49:14,494
Lady Randolph, I am a specialist,
605
00:49:14,661 --> 00:49:16,455
and what I have to tell you is,
606
00:49:16,621 --> 00:49:20,584
I am sorry to say,
beyond question.
607
00:49:22,419 --> 00:49:23,879
But what is the cure?
608
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:26,256
There is no cure.
609
00:49:32,095 --> 00:49:33,889
But what is it?
Why don't you tell me?
610
00:49:35,515 --> 00:49:37,642
Let us call it...
611
00:49:37,809 --> 00:49:39,644
an inflammation of the brain.
612
00:49:41,062 --> 00:49:44,608
In the years to come,
although he will seem to recover,
613
00:49:44,816 --> 00:49:47,611
although he will seem from time to time
to be perfectly normal,
614
00:49:48,278 --> 00:49:52,365
in fact, he will
deteriorate consistently.
615
00:49:52,782 --> 00:49:55,327
He will suffer paralysis
in his limbs,
616
00:49:55,494 --> 00:49:59,623
and his speech will become
impaired. As will his mind.
617
00:49:59,748 --> 00:50:02,626
There will be periods of violence.
618
00:50:07,464 --> 00:50:11,468
I am sorry, believe me.
But it is necessary for you to know.
619
00:50:17,557 --> 00:50:19,768
Is it true?
620
00:50:21,061 --> 00:50:23,313
It can't be.
621
00:50:23,939 --> 00:50:26,733
It isn't true, is it?
622
00:50:26,900 --> 00:50:28,902
Yes.
623
00:50:29,069 --> 00:50:31,780
Yes, I'm afraid it is.
624
00:50:32,030 --> 00:50:34,491
(SOBBING)
625
00:50:36,993 --> 00:50:39,287
Oh, my God.
626
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:41,873
Randolph.
627
00:50:47,379 --> 00:50:48,672
Does he know?
628
00:50:49,589 --> 00:50:54,302
No. And in our opinion,
he should never know.
629
00:50:55,345 --> 00:50:56,638
Lady Randolph?
630
00:50:57,097 --> 00:50:58,473
Yes?
631
00:51:02,602 --> 00:51:04,646
How recently have you had
632
00:51:04,854 --> 00:51:07,607
physical relations
with your husband?
633
00:51:11,111 --> 00:51:12,445
Why do you ask?
634
00:51:12,988 --> 00:51:15,448
Forgive me, but it is a matter
of some importance.
635
00:51:16,741 --> 00:51:18,868
I beg you.
636
00:51:19,661 --> 00:51:20,829
Well...
637
00:51:23,248 --> 00:51:25,584
Not for a considerable period.
638
00:51:32,257 --> 00:51:34,718
If it is necessary for you to know,
639
00:51:34,884 --> 00:51:37,387
perhaps not for...
640
00:51:40,348 --> 00:51:43,059
a considerable time.
641
00:51:45,145 --> 00:51:47,731
- Thank God.
- Yes. Thank God.
642
00:51:50,275 --> 00:51:53,903
Neither you nor the two boys
are in any way affected.
643
00:51:54,779 --> 00:51:57,741
But I'm afraid there must be
no further physical relations,
644
00:51:57,866 --> 00:52:00,452
between you and your husband,
645
00:52:00,619 --> 00:52:02,537
ever again.
646
00:52:10,837 --> 00:52:13,340
WINSTON: Good morning, Mother.
Good morning, Father.
647
00:52:14,215 --> 00:52:16,509
JENNIE:
Good morning, Winston.
648
00:52:16,801 --> 00:52:18,303
(CLATTERING)
649
00:52:36,071 --> 00:52:37,572
Winston!
650
00:52:37,989 --> 00:52:39,324
Go to your room and stay there
651
00:52:39,491 --> 00:52:42,243
until you learn how to
behave in a civilised manner!
652
00:52:43,828 --> 00:52:45,830
Yes, Father.
653
00:53:00,178 --> 00:53:03,682
Don't you think
that was a little excessive?
654
00:53:04,641 --> 00:53:06,476
His manners are atrocious.
655
00:53:07,227 --> 00:53:08,978
I know.
656
00:53:09,145 --> 00:53:12,941
But most boys are
ugly and tiresome at his age.
657
00:53:13,149 --> 00:53:17,404
To the best of my memory,
I was always fairly presentable.
658
00:53:17,612 --> 00:53:21,700
I do not recall grunting at table
like a pig on heat.
659
00:53:23,451 --> 00:53:26,204
Randolph, we haven't seen much
of Winston this past year.
660
00:53:26,371 --> 00:53:30,458
And he does worship you.
You were right, of course.
661
00:53:30,625 --> 00:53:34,295
- But you were a bit harsh.
- Nonsense.
662
00:53:41,052 --> 00:53:43,638
You don't really think
that, do you?
663
00:53:44,848 --> 00:53:47,642
Well, if you ever spoke
to me like that,
664
00:53:47,809 --> 00:53:51,271
I'd feel as if you didn't
care about me at all.
665
00:53:55,692 --> 00:53:57,736
Of course.
666
00:53:58,319 --> 00:54:00,864
Perhaps I should
have a chat with him.
667
00:54:01,030 --> 00:54:02,782
Oh, that would be nice.
668
00:54:03,241 --> 00:54:06,494
- Yes, I think I'll do it now.
- Why don't you finish your breakfast?
669
00:54:06,661 --> 00:54:10,081
No. Now would be best.
670
00:54:14,252 --> 00:54:15,920
(DOOR CLOSING)
671
00:54:22,927 --> 00:54:24,053
(KNOCKING)
672
00:54:27,140 --> 00:54:28,224
Father.
673
00:54:33,354 --> 00:54:37,817
I'm awfully sorry, Father.
I'll be better. I promise you, truly.
674
00:54:38,193 --> 00:54:40,278
I'm sure you will be.
675
00:54:40,445 --> 00:54:44,532
- We won't talk about it any more.
- Thank you, Father.
676
00:54:48,369 --> 00:54:50,663
You know, Winston...
677
00:54:50,955 --> 00:54:54,918
the world of politics can be
very difficult sometimes.
678
00:54:55,084 --> 00:54:58,963
And I have my share
of problems these days.
679
00:54:59,464 --> 00:55:01,925
The things I do are misjudged.
680
00:55:02,133 --> 00:55:06,387
Things I say are often distorted.
681
00:55:08,139 --> 00:55:12,185
Perhaps that's why
I'm so often bad-tempered.
682
00:55:12,352 --> 00:55:16,064
Oh, no, Father. You're a great man.
Everyone knows that.
683
00:55:16,231 --> 00:55:18,691
Everyone knows Lord Salisbury
treated you very badly.
684
00:55:18,900 --> 00:55:21,820
And you'll show him.
All of them.
685
00:55:22,695 --> 00:55:24,948
Thank you.
686
00:55:25,114 --> 00:55:27,408
Thank you, my boy.
687
00:55:28,034 --> 00:55:31,037
Anyway, I think...
688
00:55:31,204 --> 00:55:32,705
older people aren't always
689
00:55:32,872 --> 00:55:36,584
particularly considerate
to younger people, to children.
690
00:55:37,001 --> 00:55:39,504
They forget what it was like
when they were children.
691
00:55:39,712 --> 00:55:41,589
And sometimes,
when they're bad-tempered,
692
00:55:41,798 --> 00:55:44,801
they speak more harshly
than they think they are or mean to.
693
00:55:44,926 --> 00:55:46,302
Yes, I know, Father.
694
00:55:47,929 --> 00:55:50,849
Well, I think there have been
times when I've done that.
695
00:55:51,933 --> 00:55:53,518
Perhaps this morning.
696
00:55:54,394 --> 00:55:56,312
But I would never...
697
00:55:56,521 --> 00:55:58,773
wish you to feel
698
00:55:58,940 --> 00:56:02,360
that I don't care
for you very much.
699
00:56:03,278 --> 00:56:05,405
Because I do.
700
00:56:06,781 --> 00:56:09,784
Thank you, Papa.
I mean, Father.
701
00:56:12,662 --> 00:56:14,163
I say, Winston,
702
00:56:14,330 --> 00:56:17,625
your collection has become
most impressive, hasn't it?
703
00:56:17,834 --> 00:56:20,128
You're rather short
of artillery, aren't you?
704
00:56:20,295 --> 00:56:24,424
Yes, Father.
Only five field guns.
705
00:56:26,551 --> 00:56:28,011
Yes, well.
706
00:56:28,094 --> 00:56:29,429
Now, that's not really...
707
00:56:29,596 --> 00:56:32,181
CHURCHILL:
It was one of the three or four
708
00:56:32,348 --> 00:56:38,313
long, intimate conversations with him,which are all I can boast.
709
00:56:38,897 --> 00:56:42,775
He spoke in the most wonderfuland captivating manner,
710
00:56:42,942 --> 00:56:45,820
and, when he inspected my troops,
711
00:56:45,987 --> 00:56:49,073
he displayed such aknowledge of military affairs
712
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:51,075
that it wouldhave astounded me
713
00:56:51,492 --> 00:56:55,163
had I not already been awareof his breadth of mind.
714
00:56:55,330 --> 00:56:57,165
Winston?
715
00:56:57,957 --> 00:57:02,170
When you grow up,
would you like to go into the army?
716
00:57:02,337 --> 00:57:04,088
Would you like me to, Father?
717
00:57:04,464 --> 00:57:06,466
No, it's what you would like
that counts.
718
00:57:06,799 --> 00:57:08,509
Well...
719
00:57:09,469 --> 00:57:11,137
I'm awfully good at history.
720
00:57:11,304 --> 00:57:15,350
Especially about wars and
battles and generals and...
721
00:57:15,516 --> 00:57:17,393
Yes, Father,
I'd like to very much.
722
00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:20,480
- Very much.
- Good.
723
00:57:20,605 --> 00:57:23,232
We'll talk about that again later.
724
00:57:23,399 --> 00:57:25,526
There's an army class
at Harrow, isn't there?
725
00:57:25,693 --> 00:57:28,154
I'll have a chat with Welldon,
see what he thinks.
726
00:57:28,613 --> 00:57:30,448
Yes.
727
00:57:34,702 --> 00:57:36,371
Goodbye, Winston.
728
00:57:36,537 --> 00:57:38,581
Goodbye, Father.
729
00:57:42,251 --> 00:57:43,336
Womany.
730
00:57:43,503 --> 00:57:45,380
- Womany!
- What is it, for heaven's sake?
731
00:57:45,546 --> 00:57:47,507
Father talked to me!
He talked to me for the longest time,
732
00:57:47,715 --> 00:57:50,760
and he was so kind,
and I'm going into the army!
733
00:57:50,927 --> 00:57:52,971
The army?
734
00:57:55,098 --> 00:57:56,975
The army?
735
00:57:57,141 --> 00:57:59,769
Jennie, he's our son, but we mustn't
blind ourselves, must we?
736
00:57:59,936 --> 00:58:01,521
He's no scholar.
737
00:58:01,729 --> 00:58:04,607
Can you imagine him
qualifying for the Bar
738
00:58:04,816 --> 00:58:07,527
or cutting any kind
of figure in politics?
739
00:58:07,735 --> 00:58:11,030
So unless you see
him in the Church...
740
00:58:12,198 --> 00:58:15,535
No, you see, the army's all that's left.
I think it's an inspiration.
741
00:58:15,702 --> 00:58:17,537
We have to get him into Sandhurst,
742
00:58:17,704 --> 00:58:21,582
and that, of course,
means passing the examination.
743
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:26,087
The army.
744
00:58:29,716 --> 00:58:33,261
Well, that's three or four
years off, anyway, isn't it?
745
00:58:35,513 --> 00:58:38,349
CHURCHILL:
Unfortunately, it took not one,
746
00:58:38,516 --> 00:58:43,146
but three examinationsto get me into Sandhurst.
747
00:58:48,901 --> 00:58:51,195
(HESITANT KNOCKING)
748
00:58:57,910 --> 00:58:59,245
Come in.
749
00:59:05,585 --> 00:59:07,962
Did my letter come, Father?
750
00:59:08,337 --> 00:59:11,674
I've been accepted.
I passed.
751
00:59:14,260 --> 00:59:16,387
You seem very pleased
with yourself, Winston.
752
00:59:16,554 --> 00:59:19,557
I'm afraid I don't share
your satisfaction.
753
00:59:19,766 --> 00:59:21,100
But I passed.
754
00:59:21,601 --> 00:59:23,269
Yes, you passed.
755
00:59:23,436 --> 00:59:24,729
(COUGHING)
756
00:59:24,896 --> 00:59:27,857
There are two ways of passing
an examination, Winston,
757
00:59:27,982 --> 00:59:30,526
one that does you credit
and one that does not.
758
00:59:30,693 --> 00:59:32,403
As usual,
you have chosen the latter.
759
00:59:32,570 --> 00:59:35,907
Seventh from the bottom
of the entire class.
760
00:59:37,241 --> 00:59:38,659
But I did pass.
761
00:59:39,285 --> 00:59:43,664
Yes. You passed...
762
00:59:44,665 --> 00:59:47,877
but you failed
to get into the infantry.
763
00:59:48,044 --> 00:59:49,879
You merely
scraped into the cavalry,
764
00:59:50,046 --> 00:59:53,841
which everybody knows
is the mark of a third-rate pass.
765
00:59:54,300 --> 00:59:56,886
Now, that will cost
me an extra...
766
00:59:57,053 --> 01:00:00,473
two hundred pounds a year
to get you a horse.
767
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:02,517
And this after all those
months of cramming,
768
01:00:02,683 --> 01:00:07,438
and all the trouble I went to with the Duke
of Cambridge to get you into 60th Rifles,
769
01:00:07,605 --> 01:00:10,525
one of the finest regiments
in the British army.
770
01:00:11,317 --> 01:00:14,737
But I only failed the infantry
by 18 marks, Father.
771
01:00:14,904 --> 01:00:18,157
- I'm sorry.
- Sorry?
772
01:00:18,324 --> 01:00:20,326
You are sorry?
773
01:00:20,493 --> 01:00:23,996
Winston, how many times
have I heard that word from you before?
774
01:00:24,205 --> 01:00:26,666
You've had
every possible advantage.
775
01:00:26,874 --> 01:00:28,876
Your mother and I have
done everything possible
776
01:00:29,043 --> 01:00:32,046
to make life easy for you.
Remember how you behaved at Eton?
777
01:00:32,213 --> 01:00:34,048
- Eton? You mean at Harrow...
- Your reports.
778
01:00:34,132 --> 01:00:35,883
They've been nothing
but an embarrassment to me.
779
01:00:35,967 --> 01:00:39,345
"Untidy, slovenly, bad, lazy."
780
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:45,017
You're my greatest
disappointment.
781
01:00:45,935 --> 01:00:49,438
You lie, you shirk, you boast!
782
01:00:55,736 --> 01:00:58,531
You care nothing for anyone
but yourself, Winston.
783
01:00:59,740 --> 01:01:02,618
Ever since you were a child,
you've been...
784
01:01:02,785 --> 01:01:04,579
a problem to me.
785
01:01:05,121 --> 01:01:08,332
Nothing but trouble
and heartache.
786
01:01:09,167 --> 01:01:11,669
What's to become of you, boy?
787
01:01:11,836 --> 01:01:14,547
No, you're no longer a boy,
you're 20. You'll be 21...
788
01:01:14,714 --> 01:01:19,760
- No, Father, I... I'm 19.
- Don't interrupt me, Winston, please!
789
01:01:23,931 --> 01:01:26,017
Winston,
790
01:01:26,517 --> 01:01:30,313
if you do not change
your ways at Sandhurst,
791
01:01:30,521 --> 01:01:34,525
if you do not face up
to your responsibilities like a man,
792
01:01:34,692 --> 01:01:37,904
if you don't buckle down, Winston,
793
01:01:39,155 --> 01:01:44,368
I can accept no further responsibility
for you after your 21st birthday.
794
01:01:44,535 --> 01:01:46,621
If you don't change,
795
01:01:47,538 --> 01:01:50,416
you'll become just another...
796
01:01:50,917 --> 01:01:54,420
public-school failure, social wastrel,
797
01:01:55,546 --> 01:02:00,927
living out a shabby and a miserable life
to the end of your days.
798
01:02:02,762 --> 01:02:06,015
Do you understand me,
Winston?
799
01:02:06,182 --> 01:02:08,226
Yes, Father.
800
01:02:11,604 --> 01:02:14,565
(CHATTERING)
801
01:02:14,732 --> 01:02:16,817
(HORSE WHINNYING)
802
01:02:19,820 --> 01:02:24,033
CHURCHILL: Nevertheless,once I became a gentleman cadet,
803
01:02:24,158 --> 01:02:28,162
I acquired a new statusin my father's eyes.
804
01:02:28,329 --> 01:02:30,456
And, when I was on leave,
805
01:02:30,623 --> 01:02:34,418
I was sometimes allowedto go about with him.
806
01:02:34,627 --> 01:02:37,296
I dearly loved these outings.
807
01:02:37,421 --> 01:02:43,010
I had no idea that he hadless than eighteen months to live.
808
01:02:44,804 --> 01:02:46,097
Lord Randolph.
809
01:02:46,264 --> 01:02:49,350
- General.
- Good afternoon, sir.
810
01:02:49,934 --> 01:02:52,645
- This your boy?
- Yes. Winston.
811
01:02:52,812 --> 01:02:57,566
Winston, you have the privilege of
meeting General Bindon Blood.
812
01:02:57,692 --> 01:02:58,859
How do you do, sir.
813
01:02:59,694 --> 01:03:02,488
Sandhurst, eh?
Good, good.
814
01:03:02,655 --> 01:03:04,949
See you in India one day, right?
815
01:03:05,157 --> 01:03:08,202
I hope so, sir.
I'd like to serve under you some day, sir.
816
01:03:08,536 --> 01:03:10,329
I mean, in the field, sir.
817
01:03:10,496 --> 01:03:13,833
You like a bit of gunpowder,
do you? Good, good.
818
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:16,752
Well, young fellow,
you do well at Sandhurst,
819
01:03:16,877 --> 01:03:20,089
and if ever there's another war,
which I doubt, worst luck,
820
01:03:20,423 --> 01:03:21,799
I'll find a place for you.
821
01:03:22,258 --> 01:03:24,302
Give you my word.
822
01:03:29,932 --> 01:03:33,185
RANDOLPH: Ambition's a good thing
in a young man, Winston, but...
823
01:03:33,352 --> 01:03:36,731
one mustn't be too pushy, you know?
824
01:03:36,897 --> 01:03:38,733
Yes, Father.
825
01:03:47,742 --> 01:03:49,994
RANDOLPH:
Hello, Joe.
826
01:03:51,203 --> 01:03:52,371
Randolph.
827
01:03:52,580 --> 01:03:54,540
I was going to write to you
to congratulate you
828
01:03:54,707 --> 01:03:56,334
on this young man's
maiden speech.
829
01:03:56,500 --> 01:03:59,545
Excellent, Austen. Excellent.
Made a fine impression on the House.
830
01:03:59,712 --> 01:04:00,796
Thank you, sir.
831
01:04:01,839 --> 01:04:04,091
I should be
very proud of him, Joe.
832
01:04:05,176 --> 01:04:08,012
Yes, I thought it was
a reasonable effort.
833
01:04:08,220 --> 01:04:09,555
You've grown, Winston.
834
01:04:09,764 --> 01:04:12,475
- Be an officer soon, eh?
- Hope so, sir.
835
01:04:12,641 --> 01:04:13,809
Hmm.
836
01:04:26,781 --> 01:04:29,825
- Father, I... I've been thinking.
- Yes?
837
01:04:29,992 --> 01:04:32,328
Arthur Balfour is
Lord Salisbury's nephew.
838
01:04:32,495 --> 01:04:35,790
They're very close,
and he helps Lord Salisbury a lot.
839
01:04:35,956 --> 01:04:37,958
And now that Austen
Chamberlain's an MP,
840
01:04:38,125 --> 01:04:41,170
he must be a great
help to his father.
841
01:04:41,337 --> 01:04:43,089
I was just wondering...
842
01:04:43,255 --> 01:04:48,803
I mean, when I have some leave,
couldn't I help your secretary?
843
01:04:49,011 --> 01:04:52,640
I mean, you were your father's
secretary for a while and...
844
01:04:58,270 --> 01:05:01,899
They fancy Rosebery's
gelding in this race.
845
01:05:02,066 --> 01:05:04,485
He's a handsome enough fellow.
846
01:05:04,652 --> 01:05:07,571
The breeding's there, but there's
something lacking in the stamina.
847
01:05:07,738 --> 01:05:11,158
You know? Character.
848
01:05:13,536 --> 01:05:16,831
No, I don't see him
winning the race.
849
01:05:22,878 --> 01:05:25,881
RANDOLPH:
It was not...
850
01:05:26,048 --> 01:05:28,551
so long ago...
851
01:05:30,261 --> 01:05:31,303
(WHISPERING)
Excuse me.
852
01:05:31,429 --> 01:05:33,055
RANDOLPH:
...in terms of the calendar.
853
01:05:33,222 --> 01:05:35,349
- Excuse me. Hello.
- RANDOLPH: Honourable Members...
854
01:05:35,516 --> 01:05:37,726
- Hello, how are you?
- RANDOLPH:...may recall I made
855
01:05:37,935 --> 01:05:41,230
a previous statement.
856
01:05:43,441 --> 01:05:47,236
A previous statement...
857
01:05:49,864 --> 01:05:52,658
made by me...
858
01:05:52,825 --> 01:05:55,953
on a previous occasion.
859
01:05:57,580 --> 01:06:01,250
Honourable Members may recall.
860
01:06:08,299 --> 01:06:11,802
And so I repeat,
861
01:06:13,095 --> 01:06:15,931
if I may.
862
01:06:17,391 --> 01:06:19,602
On that...
863
01:06:19,768 --> 01:06:21,562
On that o...
864
01:06:25,941 --> 01:06:29,195
On that o... occasion...
865
01:06:31,822 --> 01:06:33,824
(RANDOLPH COUGHING)
866
01:06:37,703 --> 01:06:41,415
On that occasion...
867
01:06:44,793 --> 01:06:50,299
Honourable Members
may recall I...
868
01:06:51,967 --> 01:06:55,513
Her Majesty's government...
869
01:06:56,096 --> 01:06:57,306
(COUGHING)
870
01:07:00,226 --> 01:07:03,812
Her Majesty's government...
871
01:07:04,730 --> 01:07:09,401
are spending
huge amounts of money...
872
01:07:09,610 --> 01:07:13,697
on army and naval operations.
873
01:07:15,282 --> 01:07:17,910
They are doing so...
874
01:07:19,870 --> 01:07:21,914
They are...
875
01:07:23,082 --> 01:07:24,250
They are doing so
876
01:07:24,416 --> 01:07:29,046
without regard to the pledges
they made to the country.
877
01:07:35,469 --> 01:07:37,179
Without regard...
878
01:07:40,933 --> 01:07:42,226
They are doing so...
879
01:07:42,393 --> 01:07:45,896
without regard to the pledges
they made to the country.
880
01:07:46,397 --> 01:07:48,440
Without regard...
881
01:07:48,607 --> 01:07:53,279
to the will or voice of Parliament.
882
01:08:14,925 --> 01:08:17,094
That's what I...
883
01:08:17,761 --> 01:08:19,555
said.
884
01:08:25,311 --> 01:08:26,770
Must have...
885
01:08:26,979 --> 01:08:29,106
had a reason.
886
01:08:38,741 --> 01:08:40,993
Come along, old friend.
887
01:09:03,140 --> 01:09:05,768
CHURCHILL:
He was only 46.
888
01:09:05,934 --> 01:09:09,188
Had he livedanother four or five years,
889
01:09:09,355 --> 01:09:11,815
he could not havedone without me.
890
01:09:11,982 --> 01:09:15,402
But all my dreamsof comradeship with him,
891
01:09:15,569 --> 01:09:20,032
of entering parliamentat his side and in his support,
892
01:09:20,199 --> 01:09:22,284
were ended.
893
01:09:26,705 --> 01:09:30,209
We buried him near Blenheim,
894
01:09:30,626 --> 01:09:36,256
where both he and I were born.
895
01:09:43,305 --> 01:09:46,892
His friend Lord Roseberywrote of him:
896
01:09:47,017 --> 01:09:50,938
"He was human, eminently human,
897
01:09:51,105 --> 01:09:54,692
"full of faults, as he himself knew.
898
01:09:54,858 --> 01:09:58,904
"But not base or unpardonable faults.
899
01:09:59,071 --> 01:10:01,949
"Pugnacious, outrageous,
900
01:10:02,116 --> 01:10:04,451
"fitful, petulant,
901
01:10:04,660 --> 01:10:08,997
"but eminently lovable and winning."
902
01:10:09,623 --> 01:10:12,209
Not a bad epitaph, at that.
903
01:10:12,418 --> 01:10:16,338
Nor one I should mindhaving for myself.
904
01:10:23,345 --> 01:10:25,431
Now, there remained for me
905
01:10:25,597 --> 01:10:28,434
only to pursue his aims,
906
01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:32,146
and vindicate his memory.
907
01:10:52,833 --> 01:10:54,418
OFFICER:
Parade...
908
01:10:54,626 --> 01:10:58,505
present arms!
909
01:10:59,214 --> 01:11:04,803
(BAND PLAYING LIVELY MARCH)
910
01:11:09,141 --> 01:11:12,728
Colour parties, halt!
911
01:11:15,397 --> 01:11:16,732
OFFICER:
Parade...
912
01:11:16,940 --> 01:11:20,319
shoulder arms!
913
01:11:21,612 --> 01:11:25,616
(BAND PLAYING "THE BRITISH GRENADIER")
914
01:11:27,951 --> 01:11:30,829
CHURCHILL:
I passed out of Sandhurst with honours.
915
01:11:30,954 --> 01:11:34,124
Eighth out of 150.
916
01:11:35,083 --> 01:11:38,462
I mention thisonly because it shows
917
01:11:38,629 --> 01:11:42,591
that I could learn quickly enoughthe things that mattered.
918
01:12:10,369 --> 01:12:13,038
QUEEN VICTORIA:
"Victoria, by the grace of God,
919
01:12:13,247 --> 01:12:17,459
"Queen, Defender of the Faith,Empress of India,
920
01:12:17,709 --> 01:12:22,297
"to our trusty and well-belovedWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill,
921
01:12:22,464 --> 01:12:25,259
"gentleman, greeting.
922
01:12:25,425 --> 01:12:28,428
"We, reposing a specialtrust and confidence
923
01:12:28,595 --> 01:12:32,182
"in your loyalty,courage and good conduct,
924
01:12:32,391 --> 01:12:34,351
"constitute and appoint you
925
01:12:34,518 --> 01:12:39,064
"to be an officer in our land forceswith the rank of 2nd Lieutenant."
926
01:12:46,238 --> 01:12:48,115
CHURCHILL:
Four months later,
927
01:12:48,282 --> 01:12:53,287
I lost the one personwho had never failed me.
928
01:12:59,418 --> 01:13:02,713
Elizabeth. Elizabeth!
929
01:13:02,921 --> 01:13:05,132
It's Winston.
930
01:13:09,720 --> 01:13:11,722
Do come in.
931
01:13:22,399 --> 01:13:24,484
(WEAKLY)
Winston...
932
01:13:25,736 --> 01:13:28,697
What a good boy you are,
933
01:13:29,156 --> 01:13:32,576
to come and see your old Everest.
934
01:13:34,828 --> 01:13:36,663
You've grown.
935
01:13:36,830 --> 01:13:38,874
It's the army.
936
01:13:40,167 --> 01:13:43,086
Do you think they'd take me?
937
01:13:45,005 --> 01:13:47,925
I'm afraid I'm not
much good anymore.
938
01:13:48,091 --> 01:13:51,970
Oh, you'll get better,
Womany. You'll see.
939
01:13:52,471 --> 01:13:54,014
(SIGHING)
940
01:13:59,061 --> 01:14:02,856
I was thinking this
afternoon about your father.
941
01:14:05,067 --> 01:14:07,194
Do you know what he did?
942
01:14:09,071 --> 01:14:13,492
When I retired,
I gave him my savings,
943
01:14:14,326 --> 01:14:18,789
and he made a special
trip to the City
944
01:14:18,956 --> 01:14:23,794
to talk to Lord Rothschild
about investing them for me.
945
01:14:24,002 --> 01:14:25,963
Now, wasn't that kind?
946
01:14:27,506 --> 01:14:31,510
And he, with
so many cares of his own.
947
01:14:33,053 --> 01:14:36,306
Oh, they were cruel to him.
948
01:14:37,516 --> 01:14:39,434
Lord Salisbury,
949
01:14:39,643 --> 01:14:43,689
that Arthur Balfour
and Mr Chamberlain.
950
01:14:44,564 --> 01:14:47,484
Supposed to be his friends.
951
01:14:48,360 --> 01:14:50,821
Broke his heart.
952
01:14:53,031 --> 01:14:55,075
You're wet.
953
01:14:55,701 --> 01:14:59,121
- You're soaked through.
- It's raining.
954
01:14:59,287 --> 01:15:03,125
You came in the rain? You must
take that off. You'll catch cold.
955
01:15:03,291 --> 01:15:06,128
- No. It's all right.
- No, no. You must take that jacket off
956
01:15:06,294 --> 01:15:09,423
and you must dry it.
Please, dearie.
957
01:15:09,589 --> 01:15:13,719
All right, Womany.
In just a moment.
958
01:15:18,557 --> 01:15:21,476
Your boots aren't damp,
are they?
959
01:15:21,685 --> 01:15:24,855
No. No, they're dry.
960
01:15:25,022 --> 01:15:26,982
Oh, good.
961
01:15:28,650 --> 01:15:31,528
It's what gives you
toothache, you know.
962
01:15:31,945 --> 01:15:34,990
Sitting in damp boots.
963
01:15:37,701 --> 01:15:39,661
I know.
964
01:15:52,924 --> 01:15:56,053
Are you enjoying
the cavalry, dearie?
965
01:15:57,220 --> 01:15:59,097
Very much, Womany.
966
01:15:59,264 --> 01:16:00,849
Very much.
967
01:16:03,894 --> 01:16:06,063
SERGEANT MAJOR:
Next! Arms up.
968
01:16:06,688 --> 01:16:08,398
Next!
969
01:16:09,608 --> 01:16:12,444
Arms up. Next!
970
01:16:12,778 --> 01:16:13,862
Walk on!
971
01:16:14,613 --> 01:16:16,031
Outward turn.
972
01:16:16,198 --> 01:16:19,451
Both rides outward circle!
973
01:16:19,618 --> 01:16:21,203
Sit up! Look up!
974
01:16:21,453 --> 01:16:23,663
Two! Forward! One!
975
01:16:23,914 --> 01:16:25,957
Back to your riding position.
976
01:16:26,124 --> 01:16:28,085
One! Two!
977
01:16:28,293 --> 01:16:29,711
Three! Four!
978
01:16:30,253 --> 01:16:31,963
And one! And two!
979
01:16:32,130 --> 01:16:34,257
And three! And four!
980
01:16:35,092 --> 01:16:36,259
Down the centre.
981
01:16:40,180 --> 01:16:41,932
Walk on.
982
01:16:42,307 --> 01:16:43,642
Come along, Mr Churchill, sir.
983
01:16:43,850 --> 01:16:46,520
You'll have to do better than that
if you want to go to India.
984
01:16:46,937 --> 01:16:50,273
WINSTON: "Mother, darling, India hasnothing more to offer me.
985
01:16:50,440 --> 01:16:53,610
"And now that you, unfortunately,have lost most of our money
986
01:16:53,735 --> 01:16:56,196
"in that Americanstock market swindle,
987
01:16:56,363 --> 01:16:59,282
"I really must goto the Sudan with Kitchener.
988
01:16:59,449 --> 01:17:02,410
"I could write another bookor sell some articles.
989
01:17:02,577 --> 01:17:06,790
"So, please, please,talk to everyone you can.
990
01:17:08,708 --> 01:17:13,213
"By the way, I have met the mostbeautiful girl I have ever seen.
991
01:17:13,421 --> 01:17:15,882
"Her name is Pamela Plowden.
992
01:17:16,049 --> 01:17:18,593
"We are going to do a tourof Hyderabad tomorrow
993
01:17:18,760 --> 01:17:22,180
"on an elephant.You have to ride on an elephant
994
01:17:22,347 --> 01:17:24,266
"because if you walk about,
995
01:17:24,432 --> 01:17:26,935
"the natives have a habitof spitting at you
996
01:17:27,102 --> 01:17:30,856
"and crowding you into the gutter.
997
01:17:31,439 --> 01:17:35,068
"Mother, darling, you won't forgetabout Kitchener, will you?"
998
01:17:35,569 --> 01:17:38,196
JENNIE:
"Darling, as you asked,
999
01:17:38,363 --> 01:17:40,323
"I have writtento General Kitchener,
1000
01:17:40,532 --> 01:17:44,161
"and I should be gettinghis reply soon.
1001
01:17:44,536 --> 01:17:47,038
"You will be pleasedto learn, I know,
1002
01:17:47,205 --> 01:17:50,167
"that the Prince of Walesis reading your book."
1003
01:17:50,333 --> 01:17:53,420
I cannot resist writing
you these two lines
1004
01:17:53,587 --> 01:17:57,257
to congratulate you
on the success of your book.
1005
01:17:57,632 --> 01:18:00,260
Everyone is reading it.
1006
01:18:01,511 --> 01:18:03,346
But your dear mother tells me
1007
01:18:03,513 --> 01:18:05,891
you are thinking ofresigning your commission
1008
01:18:06,057 --> 01:18:09,936
and standing for parliament.I hope you will not do so.
1009
01:18:10,103 --> 01:18:12,856
You have plenty of timebefore you
1010
01:18:13,023 --> 01:18:17,152
to make your nameand your friends in the army.
1011
01:18:22,032 --> 01:18:23,825
(DOOR CLOSING)
1012
01:18:25,410 --> 01:18:27,454
And now to Sir Ian Hamilton,
1013
01:18:27,662 --> 01:18:30,957
Lord Roberts, Lord Curzon,
Sir Evelyn Wood,
1014
01:18:31,124 --> 01:18:34,085
Lord Cromer,
the Prince of Wales,
1015
01:18:34,252 --> 01:18:39,174
the Prime Minister
and Lady Randolph Churchill.
1016
01:18:39,883 --> 01:18:45,013
Say that I insist on the privilege
of selecting my own officers.
1017
01:18:45,180 --> 01:18:48,225
Say, as I've already said
not once but many times before,
1018
01:18:48,391 --> 01:18:51,770
I have no room for Churchill.
None!
1019
01:18:51,937 --> 01:18:53,813
- Say that...
- Just arrived, sir.
1020
01:18:53,980 --> 01:18:55,357
Say that time grows short
1021
01:18:55,523 --> 01:18:58,401
and I have a great many
more important things to think about
1022
01:18:58,568 --> 01:19:02,614
and that the matter is closed
finally, definitely and forever.
1023
01:19:02,781 --> 01:19:06,076
And I don't want to hear
any more about it.
1024
01:19:07,410 --> 01:19:09,287
You'll, er...
you'll dress it up, of course.
1025
01:19:09,496 --> 01:19:11,498
Certainly, sir.
1026
01:19:12,123 --> 01:19:15,752
(LIVELY CLASSICAL PIECE)
1027
01:19:31,685 --> 01:19:33,728
INTERVIEWER:
Lady Randolph Churchill,
1028
01:19:34,980 --> 01:19:37,524
widow ofLord Randolph Churchill,
1029
01:19:37,691 --> 01:19:42,404
formerly Miss Jennie Jeromeof New York and Paris.
1030
01:19:43,488 --> 01:19:47,409
You play, if I may say so,Lady Randolph, most beautifully.
1031
01:19:47,575 --> 01:19:49,035
It has been said that you could appear
1032
01:19:49,244 --> 01:19:51,413
on the professional concert stage,if you desired,
1033
01:19:51,538 --> 01:19:53,623
and you've given usample proof of that skill.
1034
01:19:53,790 --> 01:19:55,000
Thank you.
1035
01:19:55,166 --> 01:19:58,336
It has also been said,no doubt with malice,
1036
01:19:58,503 --> 01:20:03,008
that you interest yourself a greatdeal in your son Winston's affairs,
1037
01:20:03,174 --> 01:20:04,926
and in his advancement.
1038
01:20:05,135 --> 01:20:07,929
But I should be a most
unnatural mother if I didn't.
1039
01:20:08,096 --> 01:20:10,056
Of course.
1040
01:20:10,223 --> 01:20:12,976
But there are those whofind an interesting contrast
1041
01:20:13,143 --> 01:20:15,312
between your effortson his behalf now
1042
01:20:15,478 --> 01:20:19,691
and your neglect of himwhen he was a child.
1043
01:20:20,942 --> 01:20:23,069
Neglect?
1044
01:20:23,361 --> 01:20:26,072
But that was never the case.
1045
01:20:26,614 --> 01:20:28,450
That is vicious and hurtful.
1046
01:20:28,575 --> 01:20:31,619
My son never lacked
a mother's love.
1047
01:20:32,162 --> 01:20:36,082
Naturally, when he was a child, he went off
to school. The very best of schools.
1048
01:20:36,249 --> 01:20:38,752
At home, he had my attention
and a marvellous nanny
1049
01:20:38,918 --> 01:20:42,172
who was with us almost
from the time he was born.
1050
01:20:42,672 --> 01:20:45,842
Naturally, I was at the same time
devoted to my husband's career,
1051
01:20:46,009 --> 01:20:47,635
as any wife would be.
1052
01:20:47,719 --> 01:20:49,387
I see.
1053
01:20:49,554 --> 01:20:50,889
You do, on occasion,
1054
01:20:51,056 --> 01:20:54,642
entertain or act as hostessfor the Prince of Wales.
1055
01:20:54,809 --> 01:20:59,481
His Royal Highness finds youcharming, gracious, amusing.
1056
01:21:00,690 --> 01:21:03,568
You are at liberty to think so.
1057
01:21:04,778 --> 01:21:07,447
But if you are insinuating
the slightest impropriety...
1058
01:21:07,655 --> 01:21:11,910
Not at all, dear lady. Not at all.Please be calm.
1059
01:21:12,077 --> 01:21:14,079
I am perfectly calm.
1060
01:21:14,245 --> 01:21:15,789
Then we can proceed.
1061
01:21:15,997 --> 01:21:19,459
You are aware, of course, that your namehas been linked with another royal personage,
1062
01:21:19,626 --> 01:21:23,004
Count Charles Kinsky,the well-known sportsman.
1063
01:21:26,674 --> 01:21:29,719
I don't know what
you mean by "linked".
1064
01:21:31,012 --> 01:21:33,306
We are friends.
1065
01:21:33,473 --> 01:21:35,058
We have been friends
for many years.
1066
01:21:35,225 --> 01:21:39,145
Yes, friends. Exactly. Friends.
1067
01:21:39,354 --> 01:21:41,981
Yet, at one time, there was gossip,malicious, of course,
1068
01:21:42,107 --> 01:21:45,151
that your marriage to Lord Randolph was,shall we say, pro forma,
1069
01:21:45,276 --> 01:21:46,945
and that in the eventof a divorce, you and Count...
1070
01:21:47,112 --> 01:21:48,780
There was never
a possibility of a divorce.
1071
01:21:48,988 --> 01:21:50,949
But you and Count Kinskyare still friends?
1072
01:21:51,074 --> 01:21:52,992
Yes.
1073
01:21:58,540 --> 01:22:01,126
Charles was married shortly
before my husband died.
1074
01:22:01,292 --> 01:22:04,921
Three weeks before,
in his own country, in Austria.
1075
01:22:05,088 --> 01:22:06,756
He has remained there ever since.
1076
01:22:07,340 --> 01:22:10,176
He has great responsibilities there.
1077
01:22:10,385 --> 01:22:12,637
One last question.
1078
01:22:12,846 --> 01:22:15,849
What precisely was the natureof your husband's last illness?
1079
01:22:19,144 --> 01:22:21,354
It is well known.
1080
01:22:21,521 --> 01:22:23,314
It was caused by overwork.
1081
01:22:23,523 --> 01:22:26,151
Ah, yes. But the symptoms weremost curious, were they not?
1082
01:22:28,111 --> 01:22:29,446
I don't know what you mean.
1083
01:22:29,612 --> 01:22:31,948
But surely you were awareof your husband's symptoms?
1084
01:22:32,157 --> 01:22:33,575
I think this has gone far enough.
1085
01:22:33,741 --> 01:22:35,952
But this is of greatinterest to the public.
1086
01:22:36,161 --> 01:22:39,289
Is it? Why should it be?
1087
01:22:39,456 --> 01:22:42,125
Why should it be of any concern
to what you call the public?
1088
01:22:42,333 --> 01:22:46,171
The public is everyone.And the public has a right to know.
1089
01:22:46,379 --> 01:22:49,382
Why? What right?
1090
01:22:49,549 --> 01:22:51,676
I don't know anything
about such a right.
1091
01:22:51,843 --> 01:22:54,179
I only know about the right
to some decent privacy!
1092
01:22:54,304 --> 01:22:56,848
Oh, come, come, Lady Randolph.We live in modern times.
1093
01:22:57,015 --> 01:23:00,810
Surely the word "syphilis"need hold no terrors for us?
1094
01:23:06,399 --> 01:23:08,985
Are you content?
1095
01:23:10,653 --> 01:23:12,614
Have you heard?
1096
01:23:12,822 --> 01:23:16,159
We've had a death.
Young Chapman.
1097
01:23:16,326 --> 01:23:17,368
21st Lancers.
1098
01:23:17,535 --> 01:23:18,745
- Really?
- Mmm.
1099
01:23:18,953 --> 01:23:22,582
Pity. Just when he was
going out to the Sudan too.
1100
01:23:22,749 --> 01:23:24,209
Yes.
1101
01:23:24,375 --> 01:23:26,628
So we have a vacancy, don't we?
1102
01:23:26,794 --> 01:23:29,839
Yes.
You know, I was wondering...
1103
01:23:30,048 --> 01:23:33,635
- What?
- What about young Churchill?
1104
01:23:33,843 --> 01:23:36,387
- Are you mad?
- Well, why not?
1105
01:23:36,554 --> 01:23:38,223
Well, firstly,
if the general twigged,
1106
01:23:38,389 --> 01:23:41,809
he'd have our balls for breakfast.
And secondly, why?
1107
01:23:41,976 --> 01:23:45,230
Surely you don't have any use
for that little publicity hunter.
1108
01:23:45,438 --> 01:23:47,690
None at all.
1109
01:23:47,857 --> 01:23:51,236
- But his mother's a smasher.
- Yes, I know.
1110
01:23:52,028 --> 01:23:53,071
(CHUCKLING)
1111
01:23:53,238 --> 01:23:54,822
I say, you dog!
1112
01:23:54,989 --> 01:23:56,950
- Do you know her?
- No.
1113
01:23:57,116 --> 01:23:59,077
But I'd give
anything to meet her.
1114
01:23:59,285 --> 01:24:01,162
So, come on,
what do you say, hmm?
1115
01:24:01,371 --> 01:24:04,374
There's not a chance
in the world the old boy will ever...
1116
01:25:05,685 --> 01:25:07,687
(INTERMISSION MUSIC)
1117
01:27:09,851 --> 01:27:12,603
(ASSORTED ANIMAL CRIES)
1118
01:27:25,283 --> 01:27:27,535
(HORSES WHINNYING)
1119
01:27:52,727 --> 01:27:55,646
OFFICER: War Office toLieutenant Churchill:
1120
01:27:55,813 --> 01:28:00,234
"You will proceed to the 21st Lancersat your own expense.
1121
01:28:00,401 --> 01:28:04,155
"In the event of injuryto yourself or your horse,
1122
01:28:04,322 --> 01:28:08,075
"no charge will be madeagainst army funds.
1123
01:28:08,242 --> 01:28:11,788
"Sign here, please.Three copies."
1124
01:28:11,996 --> 01:28:14,791
MAN: "I say, Churchill, we at thePsychical Research Society
1125
01:28:14,916 --> 01:28:17,001
"have an interestingexperiment in mind,
1126
01:28:17,168 --> 01:28:19,629
"which, as a journalist,should interest you, too.
1127
01:28:19,796 --> 01:28:22,381
"If you should,unfortunately, get killed
1128
01:28:22,548 --> 01:28:25,510
"will you try tocommunicate with us?"
1129
01:28:46,072 --> 01:28:49,450
FINN:
Forward, halt!
1130
01:29:03,923 --> 01:29:06,676
Er... Chapman!
1131
01:29:08,177 --> 01:29:10,388
I say, Chapman?
Chapman, are you deaf?
1132
01:29:11,639 --> 01:29:14,684
Oh, sorry, sir.
It's Churchill, sir.
1133
01:29:15,017 --> 01:29:16,310
Oh, yes, of course, Churchill.
1134
01:29:16,477 --> 01:29:18,688
Chapman's the one who's dead.
Hmm. Sorry about that.
1135
01:29:18,855 --> 01:29:20,356
What condition's your horse in?
1136
01:29:20,523 --> 01:29:22,900
First-rate, sir. Not tired,
if that's that you mean.
1137
01:29:23,109 --> 01:29:26,362
Oh, good. Now, you're the one who
wants to see a show, aren't you?
1138
01:29:26,571 --> 01:29:29,657
Well, report up forward to Colonel Martin.
He'll tell you what to do.
1139
01:29:29,824 --> 01:29:33,160
Yes, sir.
Thank you very much, sir.
1140
01:29:35,580 --> 01:29:38,249
Oh, and Chapman...
I mean, Churchill,
1141
01:29:38,416 --> 01:29:42,336
my compliments to the colonel.
Yes, of course, sir.
1142
01:29:51,429 --> 01:29:55,141
Sir. Lieutenant Chapman re... Churchill.
1143
01:29:55,308 --> 01:29:56,809
Sorry, sir. Um...
1144
01:29:57,018 --> 01:29:59,312
Lieutenant Churchill reporting
from Major Finn, sir.
1145
01:30:00,062 --> 01:30:02,732
- Come with me.
- Sir.
1146
01:30:02,857 --> 01:30:04,942
- Your horse reasonably fit?
- Yes, sir.
1147
01:30:05,151 --> 01:30:08,112
I have a message
I want you to deliver.
1148
01:30:08,321 --> 01:30:09,947
But I want you to see
the situation for yourself
1149
01:30:10,114 --> 01:30:12,241
so that you can describe
what you've seen.
1150
01:30:12,450 --> 01:30:13,492
Sir.
1151
01:30:13,910 --> 01:30:17,079
Now, our estimate is something
approaching close on 60,000,
1152
01:30:17,246 --> 01:30:20,207
and, though it may not seem like it,
they're coming on pretty fast.
1153
01:30:20,416 --> 01:30:23,586
I want you to report on what
I've told you and what you've seen
1154
01:30:23,753 --> 01:30:25,755
personally to General Kitchener.
1155
01:30:25,922 --> 01:30:27,840
Oh, God!
1156
01:30:28,799 --> 01:30:30,718
Oh, I'm sorry.
I mean, yes, sir.
1157
01:30:30,885 --> 01:30:34,388
- You all right, Chapman?
- Yes, sir.
1158
01:30:42,897 --> 01:30:45,107
WINSTON:
What do I say?
1159
01:30:45,775 --> 01:30:50,321
"Lieutenant Churchill reporting toGeneral Kitchener"? He'll kill me!
1160
01:30:50,738 --> 01:30:55,368
He'll send me home.He'll have me court-martialled.
1161
01:30:55,993 --> 01:31:00,081
He'll skin me alivebefore the entire army.
1162
01:31:00,790 --> 01:31:03,167
I'll be ruined.
1163
01:31:03,459 --> 01:31:05,920
Oh, my God!
1164
01:31:18,265 --> 01:31:21,727
Oh, well. I died for my country.
1165
01:31:33,656 --> 01:31:35,658
(MASSED BAGPIPES PLAYING)
1166
01:31:49,755 --> 01:31:51,632
(BAND PLAYING "THE BRITISH GRENADIER")
1167
01:31:54,135 --> 01:31:56,137
(BAGPIPES DROWNING OUT BAND)
1168
01:32:22,371 --> 01:32:26,834
Sir, I come with a report
from the 21st Lancers.
1169
01:32:27,001 --> 01:32:28,836
The Dervish army is advancing
1170
01:32:29,003 --> 01:32:31,297
between yourself and
the city of Omdurman.
1171
01:32:31,464 --> 01:32:35,634
Colonel Martin estimates their strength
in the region of 60,000.
1172
01:32:35,801 --> 01:32:39,138
I saw them 40 minutes ago.
They're moving rapidly.
1173
01:32:39,305 --> 01:32:42,349
- They're moving rapidly, you say?
- Yes, sir.
1174
01:32:43,768 --> 01:32:46,103
How long do you think I've got?
1175
01:32:47,104 --> 01:32:48,814
I would say an hour, sir.
1176
01:32:48,981 --> 01:32:51,442
Possibly an hour and a half.
1177
01:33:02,036 --> 01:33:05,414
WINSTON: An hour and a halfshould be about right.
1178
01:33:05,790 --> 01:33:07,666
I hope.
1179
01:33:10,586 --> 01:33:12,588
(HOOVES THUNDERING)
1180
01:33:16,008 --> 01:33:18,552
(HORSES WHINNYING)
1181
01:33:35,069 --> 01:33:36,487
(MEN SHOUTING)
1182
01:33:44,995 --> 01:33:47,957
(SHOUTING)
1183
01:33:55,131 --> 01:33:57,466
MAN:
Allahu akbar!
1184
01:33:57,591 --> 01:34:00,594
CROWD:
Allahu akbar!
1185
01:34:04,807 --> 01:34:06,100
Fire!
1186
01:34:06,267 --> 01:34:08,519
(MASSED EXPLOSIONS)
1187
01:34:10,062 --> 01:34:13,315
(HORSES WHINNYING)
1188
01:34:34,795 --> 01:34:37,423
OFFICER: They're breaking, sir!
They're breaking!
1189
01:34:38,007 --> 01:34:39,967
(SHOUTING)
1190
01:34:57,151 --> 01:34:59,904
CHURCHILL: During the mopping-upoperations the next day,
1191
01:35:00,070 --> 01:35:03,157
I took part inwhat was destined to become
1192
01:35:03,282 --> 01:35:07,161
the last full charge everof British cavalry.
1193
01:35:08,495 --> 01:35:10,164
(DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)
1194
01:35:12,208 --> 01:35:13,459
Sound the trot.
1195
01:35:15,544 --> 01:35:18,714
(BUGLE PLAYING)
1196
01:35:22,092 --> 01:35:24,094
Sound troop to the right.
1197
01:35:24,803 --> 01:35:26,180
(BUGLE PLAYING)
1198
01:35:39,401 --> 01:35:41,570
Sound the charge!
1199
01:35:41,987 --> 01:35:43,614
Charge!
1200
01:35:44,949 --> 01:35:47,952
Charge!
1201
01:35:54,375 --> 01:35:56,460
(SHOUTING)
1202
01:35:57,962 --> 01:35:59,630
(HORSES WHINNYING)
1203
01:36:16,689 --> 01:36:19,316
Charge!
1204
01:36:22,569 --> 01:36:23,946
(GUNSHOTS)
1205
01:36:27,950 --> 01:36:29,243
(SHOUTING)
1206
01:36:30,369 --> 01:36:31,620
Bloody hell!
1207
01:36:35,374 --> 01:36:36,917
(SCREAMING)
1208
01:36:40,713 --> 01:36:42,423
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (HORSES WHINNYING)
1209
01:36:49,305 --> 01:36:50,681
(GUNSHOT)
1210
01:36:53,600 --> 01:36:55,019
(GUNSHOT)
1211
01:37:01,275 --> 01:37:02,860
(SCREAMING)
1212
01:37:08,157 --> 01:37:09,742
(GUNSHOT)
1213
01:37:11,035 --> 01:37:12,661
INTERVIEWER:
Mr Winston Churchill
1214
01:37:12,870 --> 01:37:16,957
war correspondent, author,recently resigned from the army
1215
01:37:17,124 --> 01:37:21,378
and candidate for parliamentfor Oldham at the age of twenty-three.
1216
01:37:21,545 --> 01:37:23,505
Twenty-four, actually.
In November.
1217
01:37:23,672 --> 01:37:25,382
Thank you, Mr Churchill.
1218
01:37:25,549 --> 01:37:28,385
There is gossip that you weredetested in the army,
1219
01:37:28,552 --> 01:37:30,888
where it is said that you wereknown as a medal hunter,
1220
01:37:31,055 --> 01:37:34,058
a publicity seeker,and a social climber,
1221
01:37:34,266 --> 01:37:37,144
pushing, aggressive, and scheming.
1222
01:37:40,230 --> 01:37:41,774
Forgive me. I'm sorry.
1223
01:37:41,940 --> 01:37:44,109
I was wondering why
a certain kind of person
1224
01:37:44,276 --> 01:37:46,820
always seems to believe
the worst about me.
1225
01:37:46,987 --> 01:37:48,822
At Sandhurst, for example,
I was accused of being
1226
01:37:48,989 --> 01:37:51,367
everything from a horse thief
to a homosexual.
1227
01:37:51,575 --> 01:37:56,372
And I had to sue for libel, and win,
to prove my innocence on both counts.
1228
01:37:56,538 --> 01:37:59,917
As to what you have just said,
I'm sorry to hear it.
1229
01:38:00,084 --> 01:38:02,503
I thought I had served
my country faithfully,
1230
01:38:02,669 --> 01:38:05,464
- at some danger to myself.
- Yes.
1231
01:38:05,589 --> 01:38:08,967
Some officers have stated thatyour criticism of General Kitchener
1232
01:38:09,134 --> 01:38:11,678
in your new book, The River War,
was inexcusable.
1233
01:38:11,970 --> 01:38:14,264
- Have you read the book?
- No.
1234
01:38:14,431 --> 01:38:16,392
Then perhaps you should read it.
1235
01:38:16,558 --> 01:38:19,770
My statements concerning
his atrocious treatment of enemy wounded
1236
01:38:19,937 --> 01:38:21,438
were entirely factual.
1237
01:38:21,605 --> 01:38:24,525
As to our victory, although
the enemy had superior numbers,
1238
01:38:24,691 --> 01:38:26,568
they were no match
for a modern army.
1239
01:38:26,735 --> 01:38:29,321
I see.Your father also had
1240
01:38:29,488 --> 01:38:33,200
a weakness for offendingpeople, did he not?
1241
01:38:33,409 --> 01:38:35,661
I wouldn't call it a weakness.
1242
01:38:35,828 --> 01:38:38,038
I would describe
it as his strength.
1243
01:38:38,455 --> 01:38:41,834
And I would attribute it to the
strength of his convictions.
1244
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:45,754
My father was a brilliant man.
He had no time for fools.
1245
01:38:45,921 --> 01:38:47,214
Yes. Actually,
1246
01:38:47,381 --> 01:38:51,093
you were not very well acquaintedwith your father, were you?
1247
01:38:51,635 --> 01:38:54,680
Not as well as I should
have liked to have been.
1248
01:38:55,097 --> 01:38:57,850
However, solitary trees,
1249
01:38:58,016 --> 01:39:00,978
if they grow at all,
grow strong.
1250
01:39:01,186 --> 01:39:04,440
Indeed.Something you've read?
1251
01:39:04,606 --> 01:39:06,942
No. Something I have written.
1252
01:39:07,109 --> 01:39:08,694
In my new book, The River War.
1253
01:39:08,861 --> 01:39:11,697
You really should read it.
There are some good things in it.
1254
01:39:11,864 --> 01:39:13,866
Reverting to your father's enemies,
1255
01:39:14,116 --> 01:39:17,619
do you imagine they willwelcome you into politics?
1256
01:39:17,786 --> 01:39:19,830
I don't know what you
mean by "enemies".
1257
01:39:19,997 --> 01:39:22,916
Oh, come now! Lord Salisbury,who kept him out of government.
1258
01:39:23,083 --> 01:39:26,003
Mr Balfour, who supportedLord Salisbury. Mr Chamberlain,
1259
01:39:26,170 --> 01:39:28,881
who destroyed your father'slast chance of returning to power.
1260
01:39:29,047 --> 01:39:32,134
- And the others.
- They were never enemies.
1261
01:39:32,342 --> 01:39:33,969
They may have disagreed at times,
1262
01:39:34,136 --> 01:39:36,555
but that's the nature
of politics, isn't it?
1263
01:39:36,722 --> 01:39:40,392
Lord Salisbury has been very kind to me.
I dedicated my book to him.
1264
01:39:40,601 --> 01:39:43,312
Then you feel you have no causeto fight for in your father's name?
1265
01:39:43,479 --> 01:39:46,940
No wrong to right?No vendetta to keep alive?
1266
01:39:47,107 --> 01:39:49,151
Vendetta?
1267
01:39:49,485 --> 01:39:54,114
That's an Italian word, isn't it?
Nothing like that in England, is there?
1268
01:39:54,364 --> 01:39:57,493
Why are you so friendly withDavid Lloyd George, who is a Liberal?
1269
01:39:57,659 --> 01:39:59,620
- I like people.
- People who can help you?
1270
01:39:59,786 --> 01:40:02,080
A young man starting out
in life needs help.
1271
01:40:02,247 --> 01:40:05,083
But don't you think in these times,politics has little room
1272
01:40:05,250 --> 01:40:07,669
for wealthy and privilegedyoung men?
1273
01:40:07,878 --> 01:40:11,298
I am not wealthy.
I live on what I earn.
1274
01:40:11,465 --> 01:40:13,675
And I support my mother
and my younger brother.
1275
01:40:13,842 --> 01:40:17,387
But why exactly do you wish to standfor parliament, Mr Churchill?
1276
01:40:18,430 --> 01:40:20,891
- To serve my country.
- And to advance yourself?
1277
01:40:21,058 --> 01:40:25,145
- Yes. Is there anything wrong in that?
- Is there anything right in it?
1278
01:40:25,354 --> 01:40:28,440
Who are you to aspire to thegreatest parliament in the world?
1279
01:40:29,107 --> 01:40:33,529
What do you have to offer,other than your ego and your ambitions?
1280
01:40:34,363 --> 01:40:36,740
Only myself.
1281
01:40:36,990 --> 01:40:38,951
I believe in myself.
1282
01:40:39,117 --> 01:40:41,286
I believe in my destiny.
1283
01:40:41,453 --> 01:40:43,080
Really?
1284
01:40:43,247 --> 01:40:45,707
Have you consulteda fortune-teller recently?
1285
01:40:45,874 --> 01:40:47,918
As a matter of fact, I have.
1286
01:40:48,085 --> 01:40:50,379
She agrees with me.
1287
01:40:50,587 --> 01:40:55,050
- Is it a crime to be twenty-four?
- No, no. Not at all.
1288
01:40:55,217 --> 01:40:58,554
What would you like me to do?
Play games?
1289
01:40:58,679 --> 01:41:00,681
Be seen but not heard?
1290
01:41:00,847 --> 01:41:02,808
Close my eyes and ears?
1291
01:41:03,016 --> 01:41:05,561
Be a child forever?
1292
01:41:05,852 --> 01:41:08,814
Must we always be ruled by old men?
1293
01:41:08,981 --> 01:41:11,108
Doesn't every old man in politics
1294
01:41:11,275 --> 01:41:14,444
betray the wonderful things
he believed in when he was young?
1295
01:41:14,611 --> 01:41:18,240
And, by doing that,
betray his country?
1296
01:41:18,407 --> 01:41:20,909
I think there is room for a young man,
1297
01:41:21,076 --> 01:41:23,579
many young men, in government.
1298
01:41:23,745 --> 01:41:27,708
If I could, I would say this
to young men all over the world:
1299
01:41:27,874 --> 01:41:31,336
"Come on. You are needed
more than ever now.
1300
01:41:31,545 --> 01:41:34,881
"You must take your places
in life's fighting line.
1301
01:41:35,048 --> 01:41:38,719
"Twenty to twenty-five,
those are the years.
1302
01:41:39,177 --> 01:41:42,097
"Don't be content
with things as they are.
1303
01:41:42,264 --> 01:41:44,057
"Yes, you will make mistakes.
1304
01:41:44,224 --> 01:41:47,144
"But as long as you
are generous and true,
1305
01:41:47,311 --> 01:41:51,773
"you cannot hurt the world.
Nor even seriously distress her.
1306
01:41:52,024 --> 01:41:54,901
"She was made to be wooed
and won by youth.
1307
01:41:55,068 --> 01:42:00,532
"She has lived and thrived
only by repeated subjugations."
1308
01:42:03,327 --> 01:42:04,995
Well...
1309
01:42:05,203 --> 01:42:08,999
- Something else you have written?
- No.
1310
01:42:09,207 --> 01:42:11,543
No, it's something
I'm going to write, I think.
1311
01:42:11,710 --> 01:42:13,003
Really?
1312
01:42:13,170 --> 01:42:15,756
In your autobiography, no doubt?
1313
01:42:15,922 --> 01:42:17,716
Yes.
1314
01:42:18,592 --> 01:42:22,679
Yes, I think I will write
an autobiography someday.
1315
01:42:22,846 --> 01:42:25,349
I think I'll have
something to write about.
1316
01:42:25,557 --> 01:42:29,019
Yes. Well...
1317
01:42:30,062 --> 01:42:32,606
MANCUNIAN VOICE:
The Oldham Evening Chronicle:
1318
01:42:32,773 --> 01:42:35,942
"Young Mr Winston Churchill'sfirst attempt to enter politics
1319
01:42:36,109 --> 01:42:39,488
"has met with defeat.He has left for South Africa,
1320
01:42:39,696 --> 01:42:43,283
"as a correspondent to write aboutour war with the Boers."
1321
01:42:44,242 --> 01:42:45,452
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
1322
01:42:50,999 --> 01:42:54,086
CHURCHILL: In South Africa,I had the good luck
1323
01:42:54,252 --> 01:42:57,381
to encountera Captain Aylmer Haldane,
1324
01:42:57,547 --> 01:43:02,177
whom I had met in India,and who had befriended me there.
1325
01:43:02,344 --> 01:43:05,347
He invited me to go outon a reconnaissance with him
1326
01:43:05,514 --> 01:43:06,932
in an armoured train.
1327
01:43:07,474 --> 01:43:10,894
(BRAKES SQUEALING)
1328
01:43:12,688 --> 01:43:14,398
Going back?
1329
01:43:14,564 --> 01:43:17,567
This is as far as
our orders take us.
1330
01:43:18,819 --> 01:43:21,196
Seems quiet enough.
1331
01:43:21,488 --> 01:43:24,241
Let's go and have a spot
of breakfast, shall we?
1332
01:43:28,578 --> 01:43:29,955
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
1333
01:43:39,089 --> 01:43:42,426
You know, Haldane,
I've been thinking.
1334
01:43:42,592 --> 01:43:45,804
After the Malakand Field Force,
I went on to the Tirah expedition.
1335
01:43:46,012 --> 01:43:48,306
- Do you remember?
- Yes.
1336
01:43:48,473 --> 01:43:51,184
Well, I never did
get my medal for that.
1337
01:43:51,351 --> 01:43:53,687
Now, if you were to write
to the War Office...
1338
01:43:53,854 --> 01:43:56,481
A medal for the Tirah?
1339
01:43:56,648 --> 01:43:57,733
(LAUGHING)
1340
01:43:57,858 --> 01:44:00,193
Winston, don't you ever relax?
1341
01:44:00,360 --> 01:44:03,864
I can't. I'm almost twenty-five.
1342
01:44:03,989 --> 01:44:06,074
- Down!
- (EXPLOSION)
1343
01:44:06,324 --> 01:44:07,701
Look out!
1344
01:44:08,201 --> 01:44:09,828
On the left!
1345
01:44:09,995 --> 01:44:12,456
- Carry on, Sarge!
- Enemy left!
1346
01:44:12,622 --> 01:44:14,416
(GUNSHOTS AND EXPLOSIONS)
1347
01:44:22,591 --> 01:44:28,305
(MAN SHOUTING IN AFRIKAANS)
1348
01:44:34,519 --> 01:44:37,564
Steady now, lads. Take aim.
Take aim! Good.
1349
01:45:04,049 --> 01:45:05,884
ENGINEER:
Brakes!
1350
01:45:07,427 --> 01:45:08,929
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
1351
01:45:09,095 --> 01:45:10,347
(RUMBLING)
1352
01:45:16,520 --> 01:45:18,230
(GUNSHOTS)
1353
01:45:18,355 --> 01:45:19,648
HALDANE: Come on, lads.
On your feet! On your feet!
1354
01:45:19,815 --> 01:45:21,525
WINSTON:
Take it easy.
1355
01:45:24,945 --> 01:45:28,073
SERGEANT:
Get up! Take posts!
1356
01:45:29,616 --> 01:45:31,868
WINSTON:
Haldane, we're off the rails!
1357
01:45:34,412 --> 01:45:36,414
Shall I go up front
and see what I can do?
1358
01:45:36,581 --> 01:45:38,542
Good idea!
1359
01:45:38,708 --> 01:45:40,794
SERGEANT:
Set up, boys!
1360
01:45:41,837 --> 01:45:44,214
- OFFICER #1: On target.
- OFFICER #2: Shoot!
1361
01:45:47,676 --> 01:45:49,678
(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS)
1362
01:46:09,030 --> 01:46:10,740
(COUGHING)
1363
01:46:10,991 --> 01:46:12,367
Hey, where are you going?
1364
01:46:12,576 --> 01:46:16,162
I'm a civilian.
I don't get paid for being shot at!
1365
01:46:16,246 --> 01:46:17,998
WINSTON:
Come back here!
1366
01:46:18,373 --> 01:46:20,876
- Come here! Listen!
- Let go!
1367
01:46:21,042 --> 01:46:23,879
Listen! You've got more chance
of being hit if you run.
1368
01:46:23,962 --> 01:46:25,338
Now listen to me, I'm a soldier.
1369
01:46:25,505 --> 01:46:28,466
No one ever gets shot twice
on the same day. That's a fact.
1370
01:46:28,633 --> 01:46:31,511
Now you get back in there!
It's the safest place there is.
1371
01:46:31,636 --> 01:46:33,805
And when this is over,
you'll get a medal.
1372
01:46:34,014 --> 01:46:38,101
That's a promise.
Come on! I'll go with you.
1373
01:46:38,685 --> 01:46:41,479
- Can this engine still run?
- Well, it might.
1374
01:46:41,646 --> 01:46:43,899
But the track's blocked.
We can't move.
1375
01:46:43,982 --> 01:46:45,901
Unless we get uncoupled
from that truck in front of us.
1376
01:46:45,984 --> 01:46:47,694
Come on, get in.
1377
01:46:49,279 --> 01:46:51,448
- And get it over on its side.
- I see.
1378
01:46:51,656 --> 01:46:54,075
And there's no way of doing that.
1379
01:46:55,035 --> 01:46:56,870
We can try.
1380
01:47:00,957 --> 01:47:03,335
Is there an officer here?
1381
01:47:04,294 --> 01:47:05,837
Yes! What is it?
1382
01:47:06,004 --> 01:47:09,841
We have to uncouple that truck there
and push it over on its side!
1383
01:47:10,008 --> 01:47:12,552
- Sergeant, bring a dozen men.
- SERGEANT: Very good, sir!
1384
01:47:12,761 --> 01:47:14,846
Who was that? A Boer?
1385
01:47:15,013 --> 01:47:17,098
Worse than that.
He's crazy!
1386
01:47:17,223 --> 01:47:20,101
(EXTENSIVE GUNFIRE)
1387
01:47:21,770 --> 01:47:23,980
- Come on. Give him a hand.
- Heave it up from underneath.
1388
01:47:24,147 --> 01:47:25,732
Right.
1389
01:47:29,277 --> 01:47:31,154
It's moving.
1390
01:47:40,872 --> 01:47:42,457
(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS)
1391
01:47:47,504 --> 01:47:50,423
Come on! Out you come!
Outside!
1392
01:47:50,799 --> 01:47:54,427
Come on, that's it, lads!
Move it now! Move it! Come on!
1393
01:47:54,594 --> 01:47:56,972
You men, over here!
1394
01:47:58,640 --> 01:48:00,809
Right, come on.
Get your shoulders under here.
1395
01:48:00,976 --> 01:48:03,144
Come on, men!
Come on down!
1396
01:48:03,770 --> 01:48:05,230
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
1397
01:48:07,691 --> 01:48:09,442
Come on, there! Heave!
1398
01:48:10,902 --> 01:48:12,278
Come on! Heave!
1399
01:48:12,487 --> 01:48:14,531
Heave!
1400
01:48:16,908 --> 01:48:18,243
(EXPLOSION)
1401
01:48:19,703 --> 01:48:21,830
And again. Come on!
1402
01:48:31,506 --> 01:48:33,174
Hold it! Hold it!
1403
01:48:35,093 --> 01:48:37,429
Keep it up!
Hold it up!
1404
01:48:38,555 --> 01:48:40,598
Heave!
Get it up, men!
1405
01:48:41,474 --> 01:48:43,018
Heave!
1406
01:48:44,019 --> 01:48:45,729
Push it!
1407
01:48:49,190 --> 01:48:50,942
OFFICER:
Right, take cover!
1408
01:48:51,151 --> 01:48:52,861
Come on!
1409
01:48:54,070 --> 01:48:55,613
(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS)
1410
01:49:04,164 --> 01:49:06,082
(GUNSHOT)
1411
01:49:09,502 --> 01:49:12,922
- Did it, by God!
- You didn't get it off the track.
1412
01:49:13,089 --> 01:49:16,176
You said all we had to do was get
it uncoupled and push it over.
1413
01:49:16,342 --> 01:49:18,178
Anyway, it was too heavy
to get it off the track.
1414
01:49:18,344 --> 01:49:21,139
- Well, I'll have to ram it off now.
- Well, ram it off!
1415
01:49:22,557 --> 01:49:25,935
- I don't know if the engine'll run.
- Well, try it!
1416
01:49:27,228 --> 01:49:28,813
(STEAM WHISTLING)
1417
01:49:28,938 --> 01:49:31,107
Good. Now, go ahead.
1418
01:49:31,858 --> 01:49:33,193
I'll have to back her up first.
1419
01:49:33,359 --> 01:49:35,904
Well, then bloody well
back her up, you idiot!
1420
01:49:36,071 --> 01:49:38,406
Well, you don't have to get excited.
1421
01:49:38,573 --> 01:49:40,241
(EXPLOSION)
1422
01:49:40,325 --> 01:49:43,620
ENGINEER: Get out of the way!
Get out of the way!
1423
01:49:43,870 --> 01:49:46,539
(MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS)
1424
01:49:47,499 --> 01:49:48,875
(STEAM HISSING)
1425
01:50:04,557 --> 01:50:06,309
Right. Now, go ahead.
1426
01:50:06,476 --> 01:50:08,436
- And you, keep shovelling.
- Yes, sir.
1427
01:50:08,603 --> 01:50:11,189
- We could go off the rails, you know.
- Go on!
1428
01:50:11,356 --> 01:50:12,982
- Here.
- Sorry.
1429
01:50:13,149 --> 01:50:15,068
But go on!
1430
01:50:35,463 --> 01:50:37,924
(METAL SCRAPING AND SCREECHING)
1431
01:51:08,413 --> 01:51:11,040
Oh, Christ!
1432
01:51:24,846 --> 01:51:26,723
Haldane!
1433
01:51:28,016 --> 01:51:29,976
Haldane!
1434
01:51:31,186 --> 01:51:33,897
Move, Fusilier!
Move, move, move!
1435
01:51:34,105 --> 01:51:36,816
The track up ahead's clear,
but we can't get back to you.
1436
01:51:36,983 --> 01:51:38,359
And anyway, the
couplings are smashed.
1437
01:51:38,443 --> 01:51:40,445
Yes, I know.
I know, I know.
1438
01:51:40,612 --> 01:51:42,572
Can we load the wounded
onto the engine?
1439
01:51:42,739 --> 01:51:43,907
Yes.
1440
01:51:44,073 --> 01:51:47,410
Well, that's something, I suppose.
The rest of us have to go on foot.
1441
01:51:47,619 --> 01:51:49,287
Thanks very much,
Winston. I'll remember this.
1442
01:51:49,454 --> 01:51:51,372
So shall I.
1443
01:51:51,956 --> 01:51:53,708
(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS)
1444
01:51:54,417 --> 01:51:56,502
Wounded onto...
onto the engine!
1445
01:51:56,711 --> 01:51:58,838
The rest of us go on foot,
using it as cover.
1446
01:51:59,005 --> 01:52:00,590
Come on,
everyone out now!
1447
01:52:02,717 --> 01:52:06,137
Wounded on the engine!
Get the wounded onto the engine!
1448
01:52:07,472 --> 01:52:09,641
(MAN SHOUTING IN AFRIKAANS)
1449
01:52:13,144 --> 01:52:15,521
Come on, move along! Move along!
1450
01:52:17,106 --> 01:52:18,566
(GROANING)
1451
01:52:20,735 --> 01:52:22,862
Easy, easy!
1452
01:52:25,031 --> 01:52:26,532
OFFICER: Move around!
Move around!
1453
01:52:28,409 --> 01:52:30,787
(MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS)
1454
01:52:34,207 --> 01:52:37,502
- All right?
- I think so.
1455
01:52:37,794 --> 01:52:39,921
All right, go ahead!
1456
01:52:41,506 --> 01:52:44,676
Go ahead!
As slow as you can.
1457
01:53:03,486 --> 01:53:06,155
HALDANE:
Slow down, Winston!
1458
01:53:08,241 --> 01:53:10,159
Slow down.
Slow down!
1459
01:53:10,326 --> 01:53:12,787
- You're getting ahead of them.
- Yes, all right. All right.
1460
01:53:18,918 --> 01:53:20,712
(RAPID GUNFIRE)
1461
01:53:20,795 --> 01:53:21,838
Winston!
1462
01:53:22,005 --> 01:53:23,423
Slower!
1463
01:53:23,506 --> 01:53:24,841
Slow down, you damn fool!
1464
01:53:27,093 --> 01:53:30,638
HALDANE:
For God's sake, Winston!
1465
01:53:30,805 --> 01:53:32,598
- Hey, slow down.
- Oh, shut up!
1466
01:53:32,807 --> 01:53:34,267
Slow down, you damned idiot!
1467
01:53:34,475 --> 01:53:37,103
I can't, you silly arse.
We're on the downgrade.
1468
01:53:44,110 --> 01:53:45,695
I'll kill you!
1469
01:53:45,862 --> 01:53:47,864
I can't help it.
The brakes are gone.
1470
01:53:50,450 --> 01:53:51,909
(GRUNTING)
1471
01:53:54,454 --> 01:53:56,456
(MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS)
1472
01:54:00,335 --> 01:54:02,337
(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS)
1473
01:54:21,439 --> 01:54:25,026
(BRAKES SQUEALING)
1474
01:54:28,529 --> 01:54:31,324
- Now what?
- I must go back and get Haldane.
1475
01:54:31,532 --> 01:54:33,534
What, back there?
What do I do?
1476
01:54:33,701 --> 01:54:35,244
You wait!
1477
01:54:36,788 --> 01:54:41,334
You wait ten minutes. And then if you
don't see us coming, you can go.
1478
01:54:43,461 --> 01:54:44,670
(GROANING)
1479
01:54:54,055 --> 01:54:55,515
(GUNS COCKING)
1480
01:55:00,686 --> 01:55:02,105
(GUNSHOTS)
1481
01:55:04,273 --> 01:55:05,858
(SHOUTING IN AFRIKAANS)
1482
01:55:36,264 --> 01:55:38,349
(NEWS WIRE BEEPING)
1483
01:55:38,599 --> 01:55:41,394
BOER: Pretoria."We have captured Lord Churchill,
1484
01:55:41,519 --> 01:55:43,438
"who claims to bea war correspondent.
1485
01:55:43,604 --> 01:55:46,399
"But from our intelligence,we know that he was responsible
1486
01:55:46,566 --> 01:55:49,777
"for one part of thearmoured train getting away."
1487
01:55:51,279 --> 01:55:54,365
WINSTON:
Sir, I am a special correspondent.
1488
01:55:54,532 --> 01:55:58,661
I was unarmed, and I took no partin the fighting when I was captured.
1489
01:55:58,828 --> 01:56:02,248
I respectfully submit that I shouldbe released as soon as possible.
1490
01:56:02,415 --> 01:56:07,962
BOER: On no account is he to be released,for the duration of the war.
1491
01:56:08,629 --> 01:56:13,551
I've been watching you two.
You're working on an escape.
1492
01:56:15,052 --> 01:56:16,846
- You're out of your mind.
- I am not.
1493
01:56:17,013 --> 01:56:19,307
But I will be if you won't
take me with you.
1494
01:56:19,515 --> 01:56:21,058
- Never.
- Be quiet, Brockie.
1495
01:56:21,934 --> 01:56:23,561
We can't use you, Winston.
1496
01:56:24,520 --> 01:56:26,898
You don't know the country,
you don't know the language.
1497
01:56:27,064 --> 01:56:30,902
If we got separated,
you wouldn't have a chance.
1498
01:56:31,068 --> 01:56:33,779
Anyway, you'd be the first
to be missed from here.
1499
01:56:33,946 --> 01:56:35,198
BROCKIE:
Play.
1500
01:56:35,406 --> 01:56:39,535
Haldane, I'm going mad in here.
1501
01:56:39,911 --> 01:56:41,370
And tomorrow's my birthday.
1502
01:56:42,330 --> 01:56:46,375
- Congratulations.
- Oh, shut up. You don't understand.
1503
01:56:46,584 --> 01:56:48,294
I'll be twenty-five.
1504
01:56:50,755 --> 01:56:53,633
I can't stay cooped up in here
for the rest of the war.
1505
01:56:57,470 --> 01:56:59,388
Please, Haldane.
1506
01:56:59,555 --> 01:57:01,682
You said you'd remember
what I did that day.
1507
01:57:01,849 --> 01:57:03,851
Do you remember now?
1508
01:57:07,438 --> 01:57:10,691
I wouldn't have been caught
if I hadn't gone back for you.
1509
01:57:15,321 --> 01:57:16,697
No.
1510
01:57:16,864 --> 01:57:19,075
Do shut up, Brockie.
1511
01:57:21,118 --> 01:57:23,204
I can't think.
1512
01:57:27,041 --> 01:57:30,503
HALDANE: What's for dinner tonight?
Any idea?
1513
01:57:36,384 --> 01:57:38,386
They're too close.
1514
01:57:42,640 --> 01:57:44,600
You're afraid.
1515
01:57:44,892 --> 01:57:46,269
Well, see for yourself.
1516
01:58:08,749 --> 01:58:11,502
- I'll go and look, too.
- No, no, wait...
1517
01:58:12,795 --> 01:58:15,798
(INDISTINCT VOICES)
1518
01:58:18,759 --> 01:58:20,219
CHURCHILL:
It was maddening.
1519
01:58:20,344 --> 01:58:24,765
And, besides, normally there wasonly one guard on duty here.
1520
01:58:24,932 --> 01:58:29,061
The thought crossed my mindthat we were suspected.
1521
01:58:31,647 --> 01:58:34,650
Suddenly, I felt it was now or never.
1522
01:58:34,859 --> 01:58:38,362
And the impulse wastoo overpowering to resist.
1523
01:59:06,098 --> 01:59:08,893
But how was I to inform my comrades?
1524
01:59:09,060 --> 01:59:12,647
Then I heard a heavenly sound.
1525
01:59:12,897 --> 01:59:14,899
(TOILET FLUSHING)
1526
01:59:16,192 --> 01:59:17,735
Psst!
1527
01:59:23,032 --> 01:59:24,825
Who's there?
1528
01:59:25,117 --> 01:59:27,912
(WHISPERING)
It's Churchill. Keep quiet.
1529
01:59:28,371 --> 01:59:31,207
Churchill? Where are you?
1530
01:59:31,499 --> 01:59:33,668
- What are you doing out there?
- Never mind.
1531
01:59:33,876 --> 01:59:37,296
Just go and tell Haldane
and Brockie right away.
1532
01:59:37,672 --> 01:59:41,175
Oh, I get it. Good show!
1533
01:59:49,809 --> 01:59:52,770
(NEWS WIRE BEEPING)
1534
01:59:52,978 --> 01:59:54,772
REPORTER:
London, the Morning Post.
1535
01:59:54,939 --> 01:59:57,233
"Our special correspondent,Winston Churchill,
1536
01:59:57,441 --> 01:59:59,819
"who distinguished himselfbefore his capture,
1537
01:59:59,985 --> 02:00:04,365
"has, in a fashion as yetundisclosed, escaped."
1538
02:00:21,048 --> 02:00:22,299
BOER:
Johannesburg.
1539
02:00:22,383 --> 02:00:27,972
"A reward of 25 pounds is offeredfor the capture of Winston Churchill.
1540
02:00:28,139 --> 02:00:30,975
"Dead or alive."
1541
02:00:34,854 --> 02:00:36,147
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
1542
02:00:40,192 --> 02:00:41,652
Pretoria.
1543
02:00:41,819 --> 02:00:44,572
"Although Mr Churchill's escapewas cleverly executed,
1544
02:00:44,739 --> 02:00:47,825
"there is little chance of hisbeing able to cross the border.
1545
02:00:48,033 --> 02:00:52,163
"When he is recaptured,it is probable that he will be shot."
1546
02:00:58,294 --> 02:01:01,672
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
1547
02:01:08,721 --> 02:01:10,347
(DOG BARKING)
1548
02:01:10,431 --> 02:01:13,893
(MAN SHOUTING IN AFRIKAANS)
1549
02:01:42,838 --> 02:01:46,675
(WEARY THUMPING)
1550
02:02:02,566 --> 02:02:03,818
Wie is daar?
1551
02:02:05,277 --> 02:02:06,862
My name is Dr Bentinck.
1552
02:02:08,030 --> 02:02:10,324
I've had an accident.
1553
02:02:10,866 --> 02:02:12,284
Bly daar.
1554
02:02:22,378 --> 02:02:24,380
(DOOR OPENING)
1555
02:02:28,425 --> 02:02:31,262
Now, what did you say?
1556
02:02:31,428 --> 02:02:33,722
- Are you English?
- Never mind.
1557
02:02:33,889 --> 02:02:35,516
What do you want?
1558
02:02:35,683 --> 02:02:38,269
Oh, I've had an accident. I...
1559
02:02:38,352 --> 02:02:40,729
I fell off a train.
1560
02:02:41,313 --> 02:02:44,525
Well, the truth is,
I'm afraid I'm lost.
1561
02:02:44,692 --> 02:02:46,443
All right.
1562
02:02:46,944 --> 02:02:48,612
Come in.
1563
02:03:17,558 --> 02:03:19,268
Now, then,
1564
02:03:19,435 --> 02:03:22,479
I think you'd better
tell me the real truth.
1565
02:03:22,897 --> 02:03:25,149
I think so, too.
1566
02:03:26,692 --> 02:03:28,235
My name is Winston Churchill.
1567
02:03:28,777 --> 02:03:31,322
The correspondent for the Morning Post.
1568
02:03:31,488 --> 02:03:35,034
I escaped from Pretoria last night,
and I'm making for the border.
1569
02:03:35,326 --> 02:03:37,870
I have 75 pounds.
1570
02:03:38,037 --> 02:03:39,246
Will you help me?
1571
02:03:47,838 --> 02:03:49,840
By God, it's lucky you came here.
1572
02:03:50,007 --> 02:03:52,384
It's the only house for twenty miles
where you wouldn't be handed in.
1573
02:03:52,468 --> 02:03:55,429
My name's Howard.
I'm British.
1574
02:03:55,638 --> 02:03:57,097
I'm the manager of this mine.
1575
02:03:57,264 --> 02:03:59,642
There are three more of us
keeping the place going.
1576
02:04:00,142 --> 02:04:01,852
The Boers keep an eye on us.
1577
02:04:02,019 --> 02:04:03,896
There were some
here this afternoon.
1578
02:04:04,563 --> 02:04:06,523
Looking for you.
1579
02:04:07,566 --> 02:04:10,694
- Well, then, perhaps I'd better go.
- Nonsense.
1580
02:04:10,903 --> 02:04:13,989
We'll just have to be extremely careful.
1581
02:04:14,865 --> 02:04:17,201
Have a drink, Mr Churchill.
1582
02:04:17,952 --> 02:04:20,245
Thank you, Mr Howard.
1583
02:04:26,669 --> 02:04:28,963
HOWARD:
This is our engine man, Mr Dewsnap.
1584
02:04:29,129 --> 02:04:30,381
Stay with him for a moment, will you?
1585
02:04:30,464 --> 02:04:32,257
While I get the food and blankets.
1586
02:04:32,424 --> 02:04:35,719
- Are the others ready?
- Waiting down below, sir.
1587
02:04:36,720 --> 02:04:38,681
(SIGHING)
1588
02:04:41,266 --> 02:04:43,686
I know who you are.
1589
02:04:44,269 --> 02:04:47,439
You're young
Winston bloody Churchill.
1590
02:04:47,773 --> 02:04:50,901
Don't worry.
I'm from Oldham, you see.
1591
02:04:51,068 --> 02:04:53,779
Me wife writes to me regular.
1592
02:04:53,946 --> 02:04:56,865
She told me how you
got beat at last election.
1593
02:04:57,032 --> 02:05:01,412
Don't worry, lad.
You'll get all their votes next time.
1594
02:05:03,497 --> 02:05:04,665
HOWARD:
Right. Come on, now.
1595
02:05:04,873 --> 02:05:07,626
Watch your step here.
Don't trip over the tracks.
1596
02:05:09,670 --> 02:05:11,505
Round the other side.
1597
02:05:11,672 --> 02:05:14,675
I couldn't bring much food.
The housemaids are all Boers.
1598
02:05:14,800 --> 02:05:16,885
Can't take the risk.
1599
02:05:17,136 --> 02:05:19,138
Take one of these, lad.
1600
02:05:19,847 --> 02:05:21,890
Ever been down a coal mine before?
1601
02:05:21,974 --> 02:05:25,686
- I think you'll find it an experience.
- (RATTLING)
1602
02:05:29,440 --> 02:05:31,900
Not very comfortable,
I'm afraid.
1603
02:05:32,067 --> 02:05:34,695
But you mustn't move away
from here, whatever happens.
1604
02:05:34,862 --> 02:05:36,530
I'll try to bring you some
more food tomorrow.
1605
02:05:36,613 --> 02:05:38,407
You'll be all right, won't you?
1606
02:05:38,615 --> 02:05:41,618
Of course. It's very cosy.
Just like home.
1607
02:05:41,785 --> 02:05:42,953
(CHUCKLING)
1608
02:05:43,120 --> 02:05:45,831
Oh, Mr Howard, gentlemen,
1609
02:05:45,998 --> 02:05:49,043
- thank you very much.
- Our pleasure.
1610
02:06:15,569 --> 02:06:18,489
RANDOLPH: You've been shamefullycareless with this watch, Winston.
1611
02:06:18,739 --> 02:06:20,949
The repair bill was very expensive.
1612
02:06:21,116 --> 02:06:23,660
If you can't take proper careof a fine watch,
1613
02:06:23,827 --> 02:06:26,455
you don't deserve to have one.
1614
02:06:28,499 --> 02:06:30,459
WINSTON:
Yes, Father.
1615
02:06:32,711 --> 02:06:37,174
CHURCHILL: I remained undergroundfor three days and nights,
1616
02:06:37,341 --> 02:06:42,638
while the brave Mr Howard plannedhow to spirit me across the border
1617
02:06:42,805 --> 02:06:45,307
to Portuguese East Africa,
1618
02:06:45,474 --> 02:06:49,645
from whence I could takeship to British territory.
1619
02:06:50,062 --> 02:06:51,271
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
1620
02:07:07,955 --> 02:07:09,957
(INAUDIBLE)
1621
02:07:12,126 --> 02:07:14,795
(CHATTERING IN AFRIKAANS)
1622
02:07:21,677 --> 02:07:22,970
Psst!
1623
02:07:24,179 --> 02:07:25,889
Thank you, Mr Dewsnap.
1624
02:07:25,973 --> 02:07:29,309
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
1625
02:07:55,377 --> 02:07:57,254
(NEWS WIRE BEEPING)
1626
02:07:59,047 --> 02:08:03,343
BOER REPORTER #1: Pretoria."Mr Winston Churchill has given himself up."
1627
02:08:03,510 --> 02:08:04,553
Johannesburg.
1628
02:08:04,720 --> 02:08:07,890
"It is announced here that WinstonChurchill has been recaptured,
1629
02:08:08,056 --> 02:08:10,142
"dressed as a woman."
1630
02:08:13,979 --> 02:08:15,189
BOER REPORTER #2:
Pretoria.
1631
02:08:15,397 --> 02:08:17,566
"Although Mr Churchillis still at liberty,
1632
02:08:17,733 --> 02:08:21,028
"there is no doubt that he willsoon be a prisoner again."
1633
02:08:23,864 --> 02:08:25,073
BOER REPORTER #1:
Johannesburg.
1634
02:08:25,240 --> 02:08:27,910
"It is reported that Mr Churchillhas been captured,
1635
02:08:28,076 --> 02:08:30,829
"disguised as a policeman."
1636
02:08:33,457 --> 02:08:35,709
ITALIAN REPORTER:
Rome."So far as is known
1637
02:08:35,876 --> 02:08:38,128
"Mr Winston Churchillis still at liberty.
1638
02:08:38,295 --> 02:08:41,840
"The entire world watchesthe progress of his escape."
1639
02:08:42,007 --> 02:08:44,176
FRENCH REPORTER:
Paris."There is no confirmation
1640
02:08:44,259 --> 02:08:46,136
"that Mr Churchill has been captured.
1641
02:08:46,303 --> 02:08:49,264
"At the same time, however,no-one knows his whereabouts,
1642
02:08:49,431 --> 02:08:51,183
"or if he is alive and well."
1643
02:08:52,643 --> 02:08:54,728
CHURCHILL:
I was not yet aware
1644
02:08:54,895 --> 02:08:59,900
that I had leapt from a latrineinto world celebrity.
1645
02:09:00,901 --> 02:09:02,152
BRITISH REPORTER:
London.
1646
02:09:02,319 --> 02:09:06,281
"Young Mr Winston Churchill continuesto give the Boers a run for their money.
1647
02:09:06,448 --> 02:09:09,618
"Everyone in Britainis cheering him on."
1648
02:09:09,826 --> 02:09:10,994
AMERICAN REPORTER:
New York.
1649
02:09:11,161 --> 02:09:15,374
"Winston Churchill, who is Americanon his mother's side, is still free.
1650
02:09:15,540 --> 02:09:17,918
"The whole world is praying for him."
1651
02:09:22,798 --> 02:09:24,383
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
1652
02:09:48,532 --> 02:09:53,412
(MAN SPEAKING PORTUGUESE)
1653
02:10:04,256 --> 02:10:06,258
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
1654
02:10:12,723 --> 02:10:15,017
- I'm free!
- (FIRING GUN)
1655
02:10:15,350 --> 02:10:17,686
- I'm free!
- (FIRING GUN)
1656
02:10:17,853 --> 02:10:20,856
I'm Winston bloody Churchill!
1657
02:10:21,023 --> 02:10:22,899
And I'm free!
1658
02:10:22,983 --> 02:10:25,152
(CROWD CHEERING)
1659
02:10:39,916 --> 02:10:43,045
Ladies and gentlemen!
1660
02:10:44,004 --> 02:10:47,507
A man who, after his daring escape,
1661
02:10:47,674 --> 02:10:49,843
rejoined the army of his country,
1662
02:10:50,510 --> 02:10:54,723
distinguished himself
again and again in battle,
1663
02:10:56,641 --> 02:10:59,227
helped to free his fellow officers
1664
02:10:59,394 --> 02:11:02,481
from the very same
prison he escaped from.
1665
02:11:02,647 --> 02:11:04,316
I give you...
1666
02:11:04,483 --> 02:11:06,735
(PROLONGED CHEERING)
1667
02:11:29,966 --> 02:11:31,843
Ladies...
1668
02:11:32,761 --> 02:11:36,723
Ladies and gentlemen
of Oldham.
1669
02:11:37,641 --> 02:11:38,934
Friends,
1670
02:11:39,851 --> 02:11:43,313
I promised Mr Daniel Dewsnap,
1671
02:11:44,106 --> 02:11:48,985
without whose wonderful help
I should not be here tonight,
1672
02:11:50,028 --> 02:11:53,532
that the first time
I returned to Oldham,
1673
02:11:53,698 --> 02:11:56,451
I would give his love to his wife.
1674
02:11:56,618 --> 02:12:00,205
She's here!
She's right there!
1675
02:12:00,288 --> 02:12:02,541
(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
1676
02:12:25,689 --> 02:12:28,358
CHURCHILL:
And thus, at my second attempt,
1677
02:12:28,525 --> 02:12:32,112
the Tory electors of Oldhamsent me victorious
1678
02:12:32,279 --> 02:12:35,407
into the Mother of Parliaments.
1679
02:13:03,768 --> 02:13:06,354
MAN: The Times.
"In raising his amendment
1680
02:13:06,563 --> 02:13:09,441
"against the government's billon military expenditure,
1681
02:13:09,649 --> 02:13:12,861
"young Mr Winston Churchill,in his first major speech,
1682
02:13:13,028 --> 02:13:16,323
"seems bent, after one shortand promising year in the House
1683
02:13:16,490 --> 02:13:20,994
"on repeating the most disastrousmistake of his father's career."
1684
02:13:23,830 --> 02:13:25,290
(SIGHING)
1685
02:13:26,082 --> 02:13:27,876
I don't understand.
1686
02:13:28,043 --> 02:13:31,213
- I wish I could understand.
- Does it really matter?
1687
02:13:31,838 --> 02:13:35,634
Yes, it does matter.
It matters very much to me.
1688
02:13:37,427 --> 02:13:40,222
I never understood your father
when he did what he did,
1689
02:13:40,305 --> 02:13:42,015
throwing his life away.
1690
02:13:42,224 --> 02:13:46,019
And now you're doing the same thing.
Only this time, I know in advance.
1691
02:13:46,228 --> 02:13:49,564
You're being dramatic.
I'm not throwing my life away.
1692
02:13:49,731 --> 02:13:54,277
But you are, my darling.
Everything you've worked so hard for.
1693
02:13:54,736 --> 02:13:57,697
I've had a note from Arthur Balfour.
1694
02:14:00,742 --> 02:14:02,077
No, thank you.
1695
02:14:02,244 --> 02:14:05,413
He says the Prime Minister's
very angry with you.
1696
02:14:15,257 --> 02:14:18,426
Winston, you can't attack
the three most important men
1697
02:14:18,510 --> 02:14:20,345
in your party, in the government,
1698
02:14:20,512 --> 02:14:22,430
and think that they'll
forgive and forget.
1699
02:14:22,514 --> 02:14:25,016
You'll be finished after tonight.
1700
02:14:25,225 --> 02:14:26,476
We'll see.
1701
02:14:27,644 --> 02:14:29,062
Oh, Winston.
1702
02:14:29,229 --> 02:14:31,481
- It isn't Pamela, is it? Because...
- Pamela?
1703
02:14:31,648 --> 02:14:33,942
No, of course not.
1704
02:14:34,150 --> 02:14:35,569
Of course I loved Pamela.
1705
02:14:35,944 --> 02:14:37,904
Still do.
1706
02:14:38,113 --> 02:14:40,240
I'll never love another woman.
1707
02:14:40,407 --> 02:14:43,326
But she had every right
and reason to marry an earl.
1708
02:14:44,411 --> 02:14:46,871
A "belted" earl, as you Americans say.
1709
02:14:49,040 --> 02:14:52,168
(BIG BEN CHIMING)
1710
02:15:00,677 --> 02:15:03,471
I do wish you weren't so friendly
with Lloyd George.
1711
02:15:03,555 --> 02:15:05,640
Such an odious little man.
1712
02:15:05,807 --> 02:15:09,394
He has the most annoying
way of looking at women.
1713
02:15:12,063 --> 02:15:16,276
I'm sorry, darling, I must go.
Sign for me, will you, please?
1714
02:15:16,443 --> 02:15:18,236
Winston...
1715
02:15:19,571 --> 02:15:21,698
for my sake.
1716
02:15:23,199 --> 02:15:25,368
I'm begging you.
1717
02:15:25,577 --> 02:15:28,663
Don't move your amendment.
Don't speak tonight.
1718
02:15:28,788 --> 02:15:30,624
Please.
1719
02:15:32,375 --> 02:15:34,628
Good evening.
Good evening.
1720
02:15:37,797 --> 02:15:42,010
Are you prepared to face these savage beasts
who even now are lying in wait for you?
1721
02:15:42,177 --> 02:15:43,887
As prepared as I'll ever be.
1722
02:15:44,054 --> 02:15:47,766
- WOMAN: Excuse me, sir.
- Oh, I'll deal with this, Mother.
1723
02:15:48,600 --> 02:15:51,144
I intend to escort
your son to the arena.
1724
02:15:51,311 --> 02:15:54,773
You're very kind.
Winston speaks of you often.
1725
02:15:54,939 --> 02:15:59,319
Oh, we are great friends, I trust,
despite our political differences.
1726
02:15:59,486 --> 02:16:02,947
Your presence in the House tonight
makes it a special occasion.
1727
02:16:03,114 --> 02:16:05,825
I am sure it will inspire
all the speakers.
1728
02:16:05,992 --> 02:16:07,369
And are you speaking tonight?
1729
02:16:07,494 --> 02:16:11,206
No, no. I shall be listening
with great interest to your son.
1730
02:16:11,373 --> 02:16:15,335
Well, now, Winston, I said
I would escort you, so let us go.
1731
02:16:15,502 --> 02:16:18,797
I hope one day to escort him
to the other side of the floor.
1732
02:16:19,005 --> 02:16:20,256
Heaven forbid.
1733
02:16:20,423 --> 02:16:21,591
(CHUCKLING)
1734
02:16:31,518 --> 02:16:33,269
Lovely lady, your mother.
1735
02:16:33,436 --> 02:16:35,939
- Has she talked you out of it?
- No.
1736
02:16:36,106 --> 02:16:40,819
He'll have your head. Lord Salisbury
never forgets, as you should know.
1737
02:16:41,236 --> 02:16:44,948
Well, there'll always be room
for you in the Liberal Party.
1738
02:16:45,156 --> 02:16:47,534
Why don't you quit the Tories
and come over to us?
1739
02:16:47,701 --> 02:16:49,369
Never.
1740
02:16:50,245 --> 02:16:52,163
Good luck.
1741
02:16:55,667 --> 02:16:57,502
Excuse me.
1742
02:17:04,592 --> 02:17:06,553
DILKE:
...to a thorough, sweeping
1743
02:17:06,720 --> 02:17:11,266
and almost revolutionary
reconstruction of the army,
1744
02:17:11,433 --> 02:17:14,728
we have failed to rise
to the hopes of the country.
1745
02:17:14,936 --> 02:17:16,563
MPs:
Hear, hear.
1746
02:17:16,813 --> 02:17:19,232
DILKE: Is there anycompetent authority
1747
02:17:19,399 --> 02:17:23,695
who really believes that
the right honourable gentleman
1748
02:17:23,862 --> 02:17:26,823
has made the best
of his opportunities?
1749
02:17:26,948 --> 02:17:28,450
MPs:
Hear, hear.
1750
02:17:28,783 --> 02:17:30,076
Hear, hear! Hear, hear!
1751
02:17:30,910 --> 02:17:32,579
Hear, hear!
1752
02:17:35,123 --> 02:17:36,708
Mr Churchill.
1753
02:17:39,127 --> 02:17:41,379
(CHATTERING)
1754
02:17:46,551 --> 02:17:48,762
Mr Speaker,
1755
02:17:49,596 --> 02:17:55,977
I stand here tonight
to plead the cause of economy.
1756
02:17:56,352 --> 02:18:01,274
It may be, at some other time,
and under other circumstances,
1757
02:18:01,441 --> 02:18:04,027
I may take a directly
opposite position.
1758
02:18:04,360 --> 02:18:09,115
But tonight, I speak on behalf
of military economy
1759
02:18:09,365 --> 02:18:13,244
- and retrenchment.
- MPs: Hear, hear!
1760
02:18:14,120 --> 02:18:18,666
WINSTON:
The Secretary of State for War is asking,
1761
02:18:18,833 --> 02:18:22,045
indeed, demanding,
1762
02:18:22,253 --> 02:18:25,048
a great deal of money.
1763
02:18:25,632 --> 02:18:28,426
I do not think he should have it.
1764
02:18:28,718 --> 02:18:30,053
(MURMURING)
1765
02:18:30,220 --> 02:18:31,679
WINSTON:
I say it humbly,
1766
02:18:32,096 --> 02:18:35,141
but with, I hope, becoming pride,
1767
02:18:35,517 --> 02:18:39,479
no-one has a better right
to this position than I have.
1768
02:18:39,646 --> 02:18:41,981
For it is a cause
I have inherited.
1769
02:18:42,190 --> 02:18:46,069
And it is a cause for whichthe late Lord Randolph Churchill
1770
02:18:46,236 --> 02:18:50,406
made the greatest sacrifice
of any minister of modern times.
1771
02:18:50,573 --> 02:18:53,117
I am glad the House
has allowed me,
1772
02:18:53,284 --> 02:18:55,954
after an interval of fifteen years,
1773
02:18:56,120 --> 02:18:59,249
to lift again the tattered flag
1774
02:18:59,415 --> 02:19:04,128
that I found lying
on a stricken field.
1775
02:19:06,005 --> 02:19:08,132
It is quite recent history.
1776
02:19:09,092 --> 02:19:12,387
Lord Randolph was
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1777
02:19:12,554 --> 02:19:16,683
Lord Salisbury was Prime Minister,
as he is now.
1778
02:19:17,308 --> 02:19:20,311
And, on this same issue of economy,
1779
02:19:20,520 --> 02:19:24,107
Lord Randolph Churchill went down.
1780
02:19:24,315 --> 02:19:26,025
Forever.
1781
02:19:30,071 --> 02:19:33,241
But wise words, sir,
1782
02:19:33,449 --> 02:19:36,327
stand the test of time.
1783
02:19:36,536 --> 02:19:39,706
And his words were wise.
1784
02:19:41,708 --> 02:19:44,252
I have frequently been surprised,
1785
02:19:44,878 --> 02:19:47,213
since I have been in this House,
1786
02:19:47,380 --> 02:19:49,716
to hear with what composure,
1787
02:19:50,091 --> 02:19:51,634
and how glibly,
1788
02:19:51,843 --> 02:19:55,305
members, and even ministers,
1789
02:19:55,471 --> 02:19:59,893
talk of a European war.
1790
02:20:00,351 --> 02:20:01,728
I say, sir,
1791
02:20:02,186 --> 02:20:05,356
we must not regard modern war
1792
02:20:05,565 --> 02:20:08,902
as a kind of game
in which we may take a hand
1793
02:20:09,110 --> 02:20:11,446
and with good luck
and good management
1794
02:20:11,613 --> 02:20:13,531
play adroitly for an evening.
1795
02:20:13,698 --> 02:20:17,452
And when we have had enough,
come safely home with our winnings.
1796
02:20:17,619 --> 02:20:19,162
MPs:
Hear, hear!
1797
02:20:19,370 --> 02:20:20,997
WINSTON:
Oh, no, sir.
1798
02:20:21,497 --> 02:20:24,876
It is no longer a game.
1799
02:20:26,127 --> 02:20:28,254
A European war
1800
02:20:28,880 --> 02:20:34,719
cannot be anything but
a cruel and heart-rending struggle
1801
02:20:34,886 --> 02:20:39,515
which, if we are ever to enjoy
the bitter fruits of victory,
1802
02:20:39,724 --> 02:20:43,102
must demand, perhaps for years,
1803
02:20:43,269 --> 02:20:46,022
the whole manhood of the nation,
1804
02:20:46,189 --> 02:20:49,150
the entire suspension
of peaceful industries,
1805
02:20:49,400 --> 02:20:52,487
and the concentrating
to only one end
1806
02:20:52,612 --> 02:20:55,990
of every vital agency
in the community.
1807
02:20:56,157 --> 02:20:58,534
- MPs: Hear, hear!
- Ah, yes.
1808
02:20:58,743 --> 02:21:01,621
It may be that
the human race is doomed
1809
02:21:01,788 --> 02:21:04,415
never to learn from its mistakes.
1810
02:21:04,582 --> 02:21:07,752
We are the only animals
on this globe
1811
02:21:07,877 --> 02:21:11,756
who periodically set out
to slaughter each other
1812
02:21:11,923 --> 02:21:16,803
for the best, the noblest,
the most inescapable of reasons.
1813
02:21:17,095 --> 02:21:18,513
We know better,
1814
02:21:18,680 --> 02:21:23,768
but we do it again and again,
in generation after generation.
1815
02:21:23,935 --> 02:21:27,230
It may be that our
empire, too, is doomed,
1816
02:21:27,397 --> 02:21:29,983
like all those that
have gone before it
1817
02:21:30,149 --> 02:21:36,072
to continue to spill and waste
its best blood on foreign soil,
1818
02:21:36,239 --> 02:21:39,450
no matter what we say
or do in this place,
1819
02:21:39,617 --> 02:21:44,580
or think, or believe,
or have learned from history.
1820
02:21:44,789 --> 02:21:48,668
But, thank God for us,
1821
02:21:48,876 --> 02:21:53,965
there is still such a thing
as moral force.
1822
02:21:54,132 --> 02:21:57,635
And in spite of
every calumny and lie,
1823
02:21:57,802 --> 02:22:00,096
it is known that, upon the whole,
1824
02:22:00,263 --> 02:22:04,475
and it is upon the whole that
such things must be judged,
1825
02:22:04,642 --> 02:22:08,771
British influence is a healthy
1826
02:22:08,938 --> 02:22:10,940
and a kindly influence.
1827
02:22:11,357 --> 02:22:13,901
And so I say, sir,
1828
02:22:14,068 --> 02:22:18,031
at this particular
moment in history,
1829
02:22:18,156 --> 02:22:21,451
we would make a fatal bargain
1830
02:22:21,617 --> 02:22:24,704
if we allow the moral force
1831
02:22:24,871 --> 02:22:28,332
which this country
has for so long exerted
1832
02:22:28,541 --> 02:22:33,087
to become diminished,
or perhaps destroyed,
1833
02:22:33,254 --> 02:22:37,341
for the sake of the costly, trumpery,
1834
02:22:37,508 --> 02:22:41,262
dangerous military playthings
1835
02:22:41,429 --> 02:22:44,599
upon which the Secretary of State for War
1836
02:22:44,766 --> 02:22:46,726
has set his heart.
1837
02:22:46,934 --> 02:22:50,229
(MPs ACCLAIMING)
1838
02:22:56,277 --> 02:22:58,780
Hear, hear!
Hear, hear!
1839
02:22:58,946 --> 02:23:00,406
Hear, hear!
1840
02:23:17,215 --> 02:23:18,382
REPORTER #1:
The Times.
1841
02:23:18,591 --> 02:23:21,844
"Mr Winston Churchill's outburstbrought forth some cheers,
1842
02:23:22,011 --> 02:23:24,555
"but not, it should be noted,from his own party."
1843
02:23:24,722 --> 02:23:26,599
- Congratulations.
- Thank you very much.
1844
02:23:28,518 --> 02:23:30,853
REPORTER #2:
The Morning Post, London.
1845
02:23:31,020 --> 02:23:33,397
"Mr Winston Churchill,last night served notice
1846
02:23:33,564 --> 02:23:36,025
"that there is a young lionloose in the House
1847
02:23:36,192 --> 02:23:38,236
"and the lion has sharp claws."
1848
02:23:38,402 --> 02:23:40,404
Well, well. Hmm.
1849
02:23:41,531 --> 02:23:44,450
I deeply suspect what you've
done tonight, and yet...
1850
02:23:44,617 --> 02:23:47,411
I have to believe you were
completely sincere.
1851
02:23:47,495 --> 02:23:49,705
And very brave.
1852
02:23:52,041 --> 02:23:53,793
You know, Churchill,
1853
02:23:53,918 --> 02:23:57,171
you're a child of your class,
and you may never outgrow it.
1854
02:23:59,674 --> 02:24:01,926
But you've got something.
1855
02:24:13,729 --> 02:24:15,815
(INAUDIBLE)
1856
02:24:18,234 --> 02:24:21,696
- (PLAYING MUSICAL PHRASE)
- (KNOCKING)
1857
02:24:27,910 --> 02:24:28,995
(DOOR CLOSING)
1858
02:24:29,078 --> 02:24:30,329
Congratulations.
1859
02:24:31,998 --> 02:24:33,749
Thank you.
1860
02:24:34,250 --> 02:24:36,961
I looked for you, but,
when I couldn't find you,
1861
02:24:37,795 --> 02:24:39,839
I thought you might be here.
1862
02:24:43,801 --> 02:24:45,595
Well...
1863
02:24:47,388 --> 02:24:49,182
do you think I still have a career?
1864
02:24:50,975 --> 02:24:53,102
We shall have to wait
and see, won't we?
1865
02:24:55,104 --> 02:24:56,606
Hmm.
1866
02:24:59,192 --> 02:25:01,194
How do you feel?
1867
02:25:01,402 --> 02:25:03,029
Tired.
1868
02:25:04,113 --> 02:25:05,448
Tired, but free.
1869
02:25:07,325 --> 02:25:10,244
It's odd. I feel free.
1870
02:25:13,539 --> 02:25:14,999
Sorry, darling, a brandy?
1871
02:25:15,583 --> 02:25:16,667
No.
1872
02:25:20,296 --> 02:25:22,089
I don't know.
1873
02:25:25,051 --> 02:25:26,636
It's like when I escaped.
1874
02:25:28,012 --> 02:25:30,681
When I first knew I was really free.
1875
02:25:32,600 --> 02:25:34,435
It's odd.
1876
02:25:39,148 --> 02:25:41,192
Oh, Mother...
1877
02:25:42,151 --> 02:25:44,528
I saw a girl tonight.
1878
02:25:44,695 --> 02:25:46,405
Tall, fair-haired.
1879
02:25:46,572 --> 02:25:48,908
Rather lovely, I thought.
1880
02:25:49,116 --> 02:25:50,868
Dressed in pale yellow, I think.
1881
02:25:51,535 --> 02:25:54,497
You didn't see anyone like that
in the gallery, did you?
1882
02:25:56,707 --> 02:25:58,251
Yes.
1883
02:25:58,459 --> 02:26:01,963
There was one young woman
who more or less fits that description.
1884
02:26:02,964 --> 02:26:04,090
Oh?
1885
02:26:04,715 --> 02:26:06,759
Well, you know everyone.
You wouldn't, um...?
1886
02:26:09,178 --> 02:26:13,057
Well, yes.
As a matter of fact, I do.
1887
02:26:13,224 --> 02:26:15,768
You must mean
Clementine Hozier.
1888
02:26:15,935 --> 02:26:19,438
Your Uncle Jack Leslie almost dropped her
in the font when she was christened.
1889
02:26:19,605 --> 02:26:21,315
Oh.
1890
02:26:21,482 --> 02:26:25,152
- Did he, now?
- Yes.
1891
02:26:28,781 --> 02:26:30,449
CHURCHILL:
It was an end,
1892
02:26:30,616 --> 02:26:33,119
and a beginning.
1893
02:26:33,369 --> 02:26:36,914
My darling mothercontinued on her headlong,
1894
02:26:37,123 --> 02:26:41,752
headstrong, but alwaysgallant and courageous way
1895
02:26:41,919 --> 02:26:44,463
whilst, seven years later,
1896
02:26:44,630 --> 02:26:48,050
Clementine Hozier and I were married,
1897
02:26:48,259 --> 02:26:52,179
and lived happily ever afterwards.
1898
02:28:22,311 --> 02:28:31,487
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