1
00:01:28,505 --> 00:01:30,588
Order!

2
00:01:33,051 --> 00:01:35,464
Order! Order!

3
00:01:35,971 --> 00:01:39,009
Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker!

4
00:01:39,224 --> 00:01:42,137
Order!
The leader...

5
00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:43,593
Order.

6
00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:46,725
The leader of the Opposition,
Clement Attlee.

7
00:01:47,065 --> 00:01:49,057
Mr. Speaker.

8
00:01:49,818 --> 00:01:53,186
It seems that I have
not been clear enough.

9
00:01:54,656 --> 00:01:57,740
Then let me leave no doubt

10
00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:01,448
about my feelings regarding
Mr. Chamberlain's future

11
00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:03,029
as prime minister.

12
00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:05,365
All right,
honorable gentlemen!

13
00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:08,372
Give way! Give way!

14
00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:09,919
Give way!

15
00:02:10,005 --> 00:02:14,249
Owing to his years
of inactivity

16
00:02:14,343 --> 00:02:16,676
and incompetence,

17
00:02:16,762 --> 00:02:20,176
we find him
personally responsible...

18
00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:25,636
personally responsible
for leaving this nation

19
00:02:25,729 --> 00:02:29,063
ruinously unprepared
to face the present Nazi peril.

20
00:02:33,445 --> 00:02:36,153
- Order! Order!
- Sit down!

21
00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:39,027
Shame on you! Shame!

22
00:02:39,117 --> 00:02:41,780
We are at war,
Mr. Speaker...

23
00:02:41,870 --> 00:02:46,365
at war. And leaving aside
whether he is fit

24
00:02:46,458 --> 00:02:51,544
to be a leader in peacetime,
he has proved himself incapable

25
00:02:51,630 --> 00:02:53,622
of leading us in wartime!

26
00:02:55,092 --> 00:02:56,424
Sit down!

27
00:02:57,719 --> 00:03:00,132
Order! Order!

28
00:03:04,393 --> 00:03:06,430
I said, "Order!"

29
00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,810
Therefore, in the
national interest,

30
00:03:11,149 --> 00:03:15,268
we, the Opposition,
are willing to enter into

31
00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:19,982
a grand coalition with the
ruling Conservative Party...

32
00:03:20,283 --> 00:03:22,195
so-called...

33
00:03:22,285 --> 00:03:25,278
- Order! Order!
- but not...

34
00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:27,989
and I stress never...
under the leadership

35
00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:29,949
of Mr. Chamberlain,
who has lost

36
00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:31,705
the confidence
of this House.

37
00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:35,963
In the country's interest, man,

38
00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:40,544
resign, step down, and
let us find a new leader.

39
00:03:40,637 --> 00:03:43,175
Sit down. Shame on you.

40
00:03:43,265 --> 00:03:46,474
- Shame.
- You've got some nerve!

41
00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,392
Where's Winston?

42
00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,763
Ensuring his fingerprints
are not on the murder weapon.

43
00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:54,728
Order!

44
00:03:57,696 --> 00:03:59,938
As the Opposition refuse

45
00:04:00,031 --> 00:04:02,819
to join any government
headed by me,

46
00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:05,401
we must now select
my successor,

47
00:04:05,495 --> 00:04:08,363
someone with new strength

48
00:04:08,457 --> 00:04:11,450
to form
a coalition government.

49
00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:16,329
I will step down tomorrow,

50
00:04:17,382 --> 00:04:21,171
but, I did want my own party,

51
00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:23,594
the gentlemen I most respect,

52
00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:26,301
to know first.

53
00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,261
Yeah.

54
00:04:30,812 --> 00:04:33,350
- And it must be Halifax.
- Hear, hear.

55
00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:34,647
There's no question.

56
00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:37,145
- Our foreign secretary.
- Halifax.

57
00:04:37,235 --> 00:04:38,646
Yeah, of course.

58
00:04:39,905 --> 00:04:41,942
No contest. Halifax.

59
00:04:42,032 --> 00:04:43,239
Thank you, gentlemen.

60
00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:44,657
I appreciate
your confidence in me.

61
00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:47,611
However, my time
has not yet come.

62
00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:50,739
Then who?

63
00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:53,616
But, on whomever
the task may fall,

64
00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:57,294
he shall be required
to explore every avenue.

65
00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:59,872
Including that
of diplomatic talks.

66
00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:04,506
Indeed. Towards the
restoration of peace in Europe.

67
00:05:04,596 --> 00:05:06,838
Absolutely.
Hear, hear.

68
00:05:06,932 --> 00:05:09,891
Well, gentlemen, there
is only one candidate...

69
00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:13,219
only one man
the Opposition will accept.

70
00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:15,805
Oh, no. Oh, surely not.
God, has it come to that?

71
00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:17,060
No, no, no.

72
00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:20,109
No, this is totally absurd.

73
00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:32,196
And if he stretches out
his hand

74
00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:33,531
and says, "Gimme,"

75
00:05:33,625 --> 00:05:35,366
you need to anticipate
what he wants.

76
00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:37,372
Black pen, red pen, paper

77
00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:39,545
or "clop"...
that's his hole punch.

78
00:05:40,924 --> 00:05:43,337
How selfish to resign,
time like this.

79
00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:44,462
Do you think they'll take me

80
00:05:44,553 --> 00:05:46,169
to Downing Street
if he gets the job?

81
00:05:46,263 --> 00:05:48,630
Not after that spotted dick
you served last week, eh?

82
00:05:48,723 --> 00:05:52,433
He mumbles, so it's almost
impossible to catch everything.

83
00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:56,012
Be prepared to type fast...
short bursts and double-spaced.

84
00:05:56,106 --> 00:05:58,439
He hates single-spaced.
Hates it.

85
00:05:58,859 --> 00:06:00,316
Good luck.

86
00:06:22,007 --> 00:06:24,545
To the French ambassador.

87
00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:30,175
With German forces...

88
00:06:31,474 --> 00:06:33,261
crossing into Holland...

89
00:06:33,685 --> 00:06:35,677
Holland alone...

90
00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:37,598
Come on. Telegram.

91
00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:39,600
Holland alone...

92
00:06:40,817 --> 00:06:43,184
requests reassurance

93
00:06:43,987 --> 00:06:46,980
that French forces
will now move...

94
00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:49,069
No, move at once.

95
00:06:49,534 --> 00:06:52,572
Into, to protect Belgium.

96
00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:54,324
Stop.

97
00:06:58,084 --> 00:06:59,996
French ambassador, sir.

98
00:07:03,381 --> 00:07:05,464
Monsieur Ambassador.

99
00:07:08,053 --> 00:07:09,043
Oh.

100
00:07:11,723 --> 00:07:14,306
They've already
invaded Belgium?

101
00:07:15,352 --> 00:07:17,890
Holland and Belgium?

102
00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,020
I will convey your plea to
the prime minister at once.

103
00:07:23,693 --> 00:07:28,563
Yes. The situation
is still very confused.

104
00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:32,904
Yes.

105
00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:34,948
Good-bye.

106
00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:39,081
"To the French ambassador.

107
00:07:39,209 --> 00:07:40,290
- With German..."
- No, scrap that.

108
00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:42,501
New telegram.

109
00:07:42,587 --> 00:07:44,374
To General Ismay.

110
00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,171
In...

111
00:07:46,257 --> 00:07:48,340
- What is it now?
- Your son.

112
00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:51,794
Randolph, quickly.

113
00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:55,844
No, last night, they said

114
00:07:55,934 --> 00:07:57,721
I might be made
prime minister today,

115
00:07:57,811 --> 00:07:59,894
but that-that was yesterday.

116
00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:01,892
Let's see what happens today.

117
00:08:01,982 --> 00:08:04,315
Yeah? Let's see what,

118
00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:07,235
let's see what
Neville does today.

119
00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,357
Yes.

120
00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:13,861
Thank you, my boy.

121
00:08:13,952 --> 00:08:15,488
Yes.

122
00:08:15,578 --> 00:08:17,786
Yes. Keep buggering on.

123
00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,250
Where, now...

124
00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,577
"To General Ismay."

125
00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:26,333
Ah, General Ismay.

126
00:08:26,423 --> 00:08:27,959
Yeah. Sawyers.

127
00:08:28,049 --> 00:08:30,041
Get rid of this, will you?

128
00:08:35,056 --> 00:08:37,173
To General Ismay.

129
00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:42,144
In light of today's events,

130
00:08:42,230 --> 00:08:45,769
the time is ripe...

131
00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:51,524
for many preparations to be...

132
00:08:51,614 --> 00:08:53,606
Are you

133
00:08:53,950 --> 00:08:56,567
striking those keys
in a normal fashion?

134
00:08:56,661 --> 00:08:59,278
It's awfully loud. I can't...
I can't hear myself think.

135
00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:00,579
Read it back.

136
00:09:01,124 --> 00:09:03,491
"To General Ismay.

137
00:09:03,585 --> 00:09:06,168
In the light of today's
events, the time is right..."

138
00:09:06,254 --> 00:09:08,712
"Ripe"! Not "right"!

139
00:09:08,798 --> 00:09:10,710
God's teeth, girl.

140
00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,712
I said "ripe"!

141
00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:14,213
Ripe! Ripe!

142
00:09:14,304 --> 00:09:15,465
Last sentence.

143
00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:18,389
"The time is ripe." Puh.

144
00:09:18,475 --> 00:09:19,966
- For...
- "For..."

145
00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:22,097
- For...
- "Man-Many, many, many..."

146
00:09:22,187 --> 00:09:23,598
Many, many, many, many, many.

147
00:09:23,688 --> 00:09:26,522
How many "many"s did you
write, you nincompoop?

148
00:09:26,608 --> 00:09:28,520
One "many." For...

149
00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:32,775
"For many preparations
to be made."

150
00:09:34,449 --> 00:09:37,362
Single-spaced.
Single-spaced!

151
00:09:37,619 --> 00:09:39,736
Were you not briefed,
young lady?

152
00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:41,036
Single-spaced!

153
00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:42,988
Someone set it on
single-space, and...

154
00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:44,290
Then why did you persist?

155
00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:46,742
- Well, I...
- Oh, goddamn! Tell...

156
00:09:46,836 --> 00:09:48,372
Tell Evans to send me someone

157
00:09:48,463 --> 00:09:51,046
who can get it right
the first time!

158
00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:52,418
Go on! Out!

159
00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:54,383
"Right"!

160
00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:02,929
He shouted at you.

161
00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:04,760
- Did he shout at you?
- No.

162
00:10:04,896 --> 00:10:06,478
- He can be an awful brute!
- I'm...

163
00:10:06,564 --> 00:10:08,897
- I made too many mistakes.
- I think you were nervous,

164
00:10:08,983 --> 00:10:10,565
and he has a knack for
drawing out the very worst

165
00:10:10,652 --> 00:10:11,893
in those who are trying
to help him the most.

166
00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:12,976
No, no, it's not...
It's not him.

167
00:10:13,071 --> 00:10:14,187
It's me. He's... he's...

168
00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,397
He's a man, like any other.

169
00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:20,322
Come on. What you doing?

170
00:10:20,411 --> 00:10:21,743
Dearest.

171
00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:23,867
The War Cabinet's been called.

172
00:10:24,207 --> 00:10:26,995
- Bloody cat's under the
bed again. My darling?

173
00:10:27,085 --> 00:10:28,667
- Tango.
- May I tell you something

174
00:10:28,753 --> 00:10:30,415
I feel you really
ought to know?

175
00:10:33,424 --> 00:10:37,543
I have noticed a recent
deterioration in your manner.

176
00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,799
You're not as kind
as you used to be.

177
00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:42,097
You've become rough.

178
00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:44,884
And sarcastic and overbearing and rude.

179
00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:46,640
Oh, is this about
the new girl?

180
00:10:47,814 --> 00:10:49,430
If the king does ask you
to become prime minister...

181
00:10:49,524 --> 00:10:50,856
We don't know that for sure.

182
00:10:50,942 --> 00:10:53,355
I don't want you
to be disliked.

183
00:10:53,444 --> 00:10:55,310
More than I already am?

184
00:10:55,405 --> 00:10:59,240
My darling,
you are on the brink

185
00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,112
of having tremendous power,

186
00:11:01,202 --> 00:11:02,568
surpassed only by that
of the king,

187
00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:05,996
and with such power you really
must try and be more kind.

188
00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:09,165
And, if possible, calm.

189
00:11:12,755 --> 00:11:16,419
I want others to love
and respect you, as I do.

190
00:11:25,727 --> 00:11:27,389
Telegram for Mr. Churchill.

191
00:11:27,478 --> 00:11:29,014
Excuse me?

192
00:11:29,814 --> 00:11:30,804
I'm not...

193
00:11:49,334 --> 00:11:51,291
<i>...troops have
destroyed all bridges</i>

194
00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:53,960
<i>of the Isle and Meuse rivers.</i>

195
00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:57,040
<i>This is the BBC Home Service.</i>

196
00:11:57,759 --> 00:11:59,876
<i>Here is a short news bulletin.</i>

197
00:12:01,429 --> 00:12:02,965
<i>The German army invaded</i>

198
00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:06,094
<i>Holland and Belgium
early this morning, by land...</i>

199
00:12:06,184 --> 00:12:07,595
<i>- There's a telegram.
- ...and by landings</i>

200
00:12:07,685 --> 00:12:09,096
<i>from parachutes.</i>

201
00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:11,520
<i>The armies
of the Low Countries</i>

202
00:12:11,606 --> 00:12:12,938
<i>are resisting.</i>

203
00:12:13,524 --> 00:12:15,265
<i>An appeal for help
has been made</i>

204
00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:16,851
<i>to the Allied governments...</i>

205
00:12:16,945 --> 00:12:18,732
<i>- It's from the Palace.
- ...and Brussels says</i>

206
00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:22,235
<i>that Allied troops
are moving to their support.</i>

207
00:12:23,201 --> 00:12:26,740
<i>A hundred war planes
were seen over Brussels,</i>

208
00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:28,695
<i>and it is now reported</i>

209
00:12:28,790 --> 00:12:31,157
<i>that in the first raid
over Brussels,</i>

210
00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:34,870
<i>several hundred people
were killed and wounded,</i>

211
00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:37,580
<i>and several buildings
destroyed.</i>

212
00:12:39,384 --> 00:12:41,000
<i>Five minutes ago,</i>

213
00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:43,086
<i>the Air Ministry announced</i>

214
00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:45,637
<i>that in the early hours
of this morning...</i>

215
00:12:45,723 --> 00:12:49,091
Thank you, Miss?

216
00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:50,968
Layton.

217
00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:55,810
- You're shaking.
- So are you.

218
00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:59,314
You... you from excitement,
I from terror.

219
00:12:59,404 --> 00:13:01,896
You've wanted this
your entire adult life.

220
00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:04,949
No. Since the nursery.
But do the public want me?

221
00:13:05,034 --> 00:13:07,242
It's your own party to whom
you'll have to prove yourself.

222
00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:10,571
I'm getting the job only
because the ship is sinking.

223
00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:13,248
It-It's not a gift,
it's revenge.

224
00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:15,917
Let them see your true
qualities, your courage.

225
00:13:16,004 --> 00:13:18,166
- My poor judgment.
- No, your lack of vanity.

226
00:13:18,256 --> 00:13:20,248
- And my iron will.
- Your sense of humor.

227
00:13:20,341 --> 00:13:21,673
Ho, ho, ho.

228
00:13:23,094 --> 00:13:25,086
Now go.

229
00:13:25,179 --> 00:13:26,545
- Go?
- Be...

230
00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:27,675
Be what?

231
00:13:27,765 --> 00:13:29,176
Be yourself.

232
00:13:32,103 --> 00:13:33,184
Myself?

233
00:13:36,941 --> 00:13:39,729
Which self should I

234
00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,652
be today?

235
00:13:43,239 --> 00:13:45,822
One should have had power
when a young man.

236
00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:47,399
When wits were sharp.

237
00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:48,950
Sinews strong.

238
00:13:49,037 --> 00:13:50,369
Oh, well.

239
00:13:50,455 --> 00:13:52,196
Lead on, Macduff.

240
00:13:52,957 --> 00:13:55,244
When youth departs,

241
00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:58,165
may wisdom prove enough.

242
00:14:49,597 --> 00:14:52,465
Hardly seems like
there's a war on at all.

243
00:14:54,185 --> 00:14:57,053
Do you know I've never ridden a bus?

244
00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,058
Sir?

245
00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:01,390
I've never queued for bread.

246
00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:05,269
I believe I can boil an egg.

247
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,817
But only because
I've seen it done.

248
00:15:10,034 --> 00:15:12,902
The only time I tried
riding the Underground

249
00:15:12,995 --> 00:15:14,827
was during the General Strike.

250
00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:18,123
Clemmie dropped me off
at South Kensington station.

251
00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:20,451
I went down but got lost.

252
00:15:21,045 --> 00:15:23,162
I came straight back up!

253
00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:24,872
It was awful.

254
00:15:26,676 --> 00:15:29,168
Why not Halifax?
I favor Halifax.

255
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:30,594
I wanted Halifax.

256
00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:32,754
The Lords wanted Halifax.

257
00:15:33,224 --> 00:15:36,137
Perhaps, Halifax
wanted Halifax.

258
00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:39,804
Then why have I been forced
to send for Churchill?

259
00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:42,814
Because he is the only
member of our party

260
00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:44,857
who has the support
of the Opposition.

261
00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:48,312
His record is a litany of catastrophe.

262
00:15:49,115 --> 00:15:51,573
Gallipoli, 25,000 dead,

263
00:15:51,659 --> 00:15:54,242
the India policy,
the Russian Civil War,

264
00:15:54,537 --> 00:15:55,903
the Gold Standard,

265
00:15:57,457 --> 00:16:01,417
the abdication
and now this Norway adventure.

266
00:16:01,502 --> 00:16:02,959
What's that, 1,800 men?

267
00:16:03,045 --> 00:16:05,537
One aircraft carrier,
two cruisers,

268
00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,839
seven destroyers
and a submarine.

269
00:16:07,925 --> 00:16:11,384
- Winston lacks judgment.
- He was right about Hitler.

270
00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:14,305
Well, even a stopped clock
is right twice a day.

271
00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:21,352
First Lord of the Admiralty,
Mr. Winston Churchill.

272
00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:22,475
Early.

273
00:16:22,732 --> 00:16:23,722
Keen.

274
00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,857
I accept your resignation,

275
00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:33,110
but I want you to know how...

276
00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:35,985
cruelly I think
you've been treated.

277
00:16:37,497 --> 00:16:39,079
Thank you, Your Majesty.

278
00:16:43,211 --> 00:16:44,702
Oh, this way, My Lord.

279
00:17:23,334 --> 00:17:24,495
Your Majesty.

280
00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:25,826
Mr. Churchill.

281
00:17:26,754 --> 00:17:28,495
I believe you know

282
00:17:30,174 --> 00:17:32,882
why I have
asked you here today.

283
00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:35,632
Sir, I simply cannot
imagine why.

284
00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:43,014
It is my duty to invite you

285
00:17:43,104 --> 00:17:45,517
to take up the position
of prime minister

286
00:17:45,606 --> 00:17:47,472
of this United Kingdom.

287
00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,983
Will you form a government?

288
00:17:51,028 --> 00:17:52,189
I will.

289
00:17:52,697 --> 00:17:53,733
Very well.

290
00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:10,746
Well, that was quite easy.

291
00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:13,465
Yes, it was.

292
00:18:18,514 --> 00:18:22,178
I believe
we are to meet regularly.

293
00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:24,517
Once a week, I'm afraid.

294
00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:25,640
How is...

295
00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:29,348
How are you for Mondays?

296
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,689
I shall endeavor
to be available

297
00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:34,565
- on Mondays.
- 4:00?

298
00:18:34,655 --> 00:18:36,317
I nap at 4:00.

299
00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:40,325
Is that permissible?

300
00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:42,493
No. But necessary.

301
00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:43,696
I work late.

302
00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:45,781
Then perhaps lunchtime.

303
00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:47,499
Lunch?

304
00:18:48,169 --> 00:18:49,501
Mondays?

305
00:18:53,174 --> 00:18:55,006
Your Majesty.

306
00:18:55,092 --> 00:18:56,333
Prime Minister.

307
00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:24,865
- Can we get any closer?
- Mr. Churchill!

308
00:19:25,873 --> 00:19:28,240
Good evening, gentlemen.

309
00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:29,666
Mr. Churchill,
welcome to Number Ten.

310
00:19:29,752 --> 00:19:31,038
Thank you, sir.

311
00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:32,835
Mr. Churchill,
what's your agenda?

312
00:19:32,922 --> 00:19:36,461
The agenda?
A glass of Pol Roger.

313
00:19:36,550 --> 00:19:38,337
- Cheers.
- Over here, sir!

314
00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:39,793
You'll-you'll have
your pictures.

315
00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:41,173
Prime Minister.

316
00:19:41,263 --> 00:19:42,470
Anthony.

317
00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:44,297
How is the king?

318
00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:45,758
Anxious.

319
00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:49,428
He's never forgiven me
for supporting

320
00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:52,973
his brother's marriage
to Wallis Simpson.

321
00:19:53,067 --> 00:19:55,024
You only have to meet him
once a week.

322
00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:57,103
Oh, but that's like saying
you only have to have

323
00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,233
your tooth pulled once a week.

324
00:20:00,282 --> 00:20:02,194
Composition of your War Cabinet.

325
00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:03,900
Who should sit on it?

326
00:20:03,994 --> 00:20:05,110
Yeah.

327
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,412
Chamberlain, of course.

328
00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:11,454
The Reverend Holy Fox.

329
00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:13,160
Halifax.

330
00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:15,833
Keeping your enemies close?

331
00:20:15,923 --> 00:20:17,505
Oh, more than that.

332
00:20:17,675 --> 00:20:20,668
Without them, the party
will have rid of me.

333
00:20:20,761 --> 00:20:23,879
Oh, and that sheep
in sheep's clothing, Attlee.

334
00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,761
Come on, Daddy.
Everyone's waiting.

335
00:20:26,851 --> 00:20:29,685
Yes, I'll be there
in a jiffy, my love.

336
00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:32,888
I heard that before
you were asked,

337
00:20:32,982 --> 00:20:34,564
they offered it to Lord Halifax.

338
00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:36,016
Oh, I doubt that.

339
00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:38,981
Halifax would never
turn it down.

340
00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:41,654
He's the fourth son of an earl.

341
00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,528
Fourth sons turn nothing down.

342
00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:48,453
I wish the position had come
your way in better times, sir.

343
00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,451
You have an enormous task
ahead of you.

344
00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:53,829
I only hope it's not too late.

345
00:20:54,378 --> 00:20:56,745
I'm very much afraid it is.

346
00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:00,298
But we can only
do our best, hmm?

347
00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:02,375
Hip-hip!
- Hurray!

348
00:21:02,470 --> 00:21:03,551
Hip-hip!
- Hurray!

349
00:21:03,637 --> 00:21:04,798
Oh, heavens!

350
00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:06,801
What a frightful sight.

351
00:21:06,891 --> 00:21:08,928
- A toast.
- Yes, a speech.

352
00:21:09,310 --> 00:21:11,051
- Yes.
- Mama.

353
00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:13,853
Yes.

354
00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:16,147
My darling husband.

355
00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:19,271
Some of you may not know
that on the eve

356
00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:21,603
of our marriage,
I got cold feet.

357
00:21:21,697 --> 00:21:24,485
But as I'd already
called off two engagements

358
00:21:24,575 --> 00:21:26,282
by the age of 21 and
was in danger of gaining

359
00:21:26,368 --> 00:21:27,700
a reputation for being
a bolter

360
00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:29,278
it would have been poor form

361
00:21:29,371 --> 00:21:31,112
- to call off a third.
- Hear, hear.

362
00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:32,539
Lucky for Daddy.

363
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,867
But the real reason
for my wintery feet

364
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,623
was that I knew, even then,

365
00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:40,463
that his priority
would be public life.

366
00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,299
But it worried
a young girl greatly,

367
00:21:43,385 --> 00:21:45,798
this wretched thought
of eternally coming second.

368
00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:48,092
But so it has proven to be.

369
00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:51,759
And in due course, our children
would have to make their peace

370
00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:53,218
with this same fact.

371
00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:57,431
We all did, you see.

372
00:21:58,025 --> 00:21:59,357
In our own way.

373
00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:07,446
And now, today,
we are to receive our reward.

374
00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:10,614
Proof that our small sacrifice

375
00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:12,866
was for a far, far greater good.

376
00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:16,457
I give you your father,

377
00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:21,418
my beloved husband,
the Prime Minister.

378
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:23,627
The Prime Minister.

379
00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:25,792
Here's to,

380
00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:30,885
to not buggering it up.

381
00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:32,887
To not buggering it up.

382
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,185
Belgium was a ploy.

383
00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:39,352
They punched through
the Ardennes into France.

384
00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:42,400
Crossed the Meuse River
in under 24 hours.

385
00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:44,398
No one can cross
the Meuse in 24 hours.

386
00:22:44,488 --> 00:22:45,854
Well, apparently
the Germans can.

387
00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:22,265
Look to Chamberlain's
handkerchief.

388
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,022
If he waves it at the end
of Churchill's speech,

389
00:23:25,112 --> 00:23:26,523
we show approval.

390
00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:30,490
If not, keep quiet.

391
00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:33,614
The Prime Minister.

392
00:23:44,131 --> 00:23:45,463
Here we go.

393
00:23:48,344 --> 00:23:49,835
Mr. Speaker,

394
00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:53,759
on Friday evening last,

395
00:23:54,058 --> 00:23:57,267
I received
His Majesty's commission

396
00:23:57,353 --> 00:24:00,187
to form a new administration.

397
00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:04,478
It was the evident
wish and will

398
00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:07,561
of Parliament and the nation

399
00:24:07,655 --> 00:24:12,867
that this should be conceived
on the broadest possible basis.

400
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,695
And that it should
include all parties.

401
00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:17,245
Hear, hear.

402
00:24:18,666 --> 00:24:21,534
A War Cabinet has been convened.

403
00:24:21,627 --> 00:24:25,371
No. Correction.

404
00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:27,330
Has been formed.

405
00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:30,249
"Formed."

406
00:24:30,719 --> 00:24:34,884
A War Cabinet has been
formed of five members

407
00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:38,308
representing, with
the Opposition parties,

408
00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:40,601
the unity of the nation.

409
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:44,476
Read.

410
00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:46,269
"The three party
leaders have agreed

411
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:48,101
"to serve either
in the War Cabinet

412
00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,778
or in high executive office."

413
00:24:50,864 --> 00:24:53,823
With this agreement in place,

414
00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:56,071
I now invite the House

415
00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:59,825
by the resolution which
stands in my name...

416
00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:03,242
...to record its approval

417
00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:07,086
and to declare its confidence

418
00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:08,504
in the new government.

419
00:25:11,719 --> 00:25:12,835
Miss?

420
00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:16,471
I'm coming out
in a state of nature.

421
00:25:23,063 --> 00:25:24,474
It must be remembered

422
00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:27,940
that we are
in the preliminary stage

423
00:25:28,027 --> 00:25:31,771
of one of the greatest
battles in history.

424
00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:36,779
And that many preparations
have to be made here at home.

425
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:38,235
Hear, hear.

426
00:25:38,328 --> 00:25:40,695
Sir, I take up my task

427
00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:43,782
with a buoyancy and hope,

428
00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:47,702
and say to the House,
as I have said

429
00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:49,662
to those who have joined
the government,

430
00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:53,167
I have nothing to offer

431
00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:57,880
but blood, toil, tears
and sweat.

432
00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:04,474
We have before us an ordeal
of the most grievous kind.

433
00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:08,731
We have before us many, many
long months

434
00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:11,434
of struggle and of suffering.

435
00:26:12,112 --> 00:26:15,276
You ask, "What is our policy?"

436
00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:18,775
I say it is to wage war

437
00:26:18,869 --> 00:26:22,488
by sea, land and air

438
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:24,322
with all our might

439
00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:28,957
and with all the strength
that God can give us.

440
00:26:29,630 --> 00:26:35,422
To wage war against
a monstrous tyranny

441
00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:39,008
never surpassed in the dark
and lamentable catalog

442
00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:40,634
of human crime.

443
00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:44,138
That is our policy.

444
00:26:44,853 --> 00:26:47,641
Oh, you ask,
"What is our aim?"

445
00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:51,395
I can answer in one word.

446
00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:54,144
Victory.

447
00:26:54,238 --> 00:26:56,696
Victory at all costs.

448
00:26:57,407 --> 00:27:00,525
Victory, in spite
of all terror.

449
00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:05,614
Victory, however long
and hard the road may be.

450
00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:08,700
For without victory,

451
00:27:09,169 --> 00:27:12,378
there can be no survival.

452
00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:29,846
What's he doing?

453
00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:40,031
Contempt.

454
00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:42,446
We have to
start somewhere.

455
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:44,698
Snap.

456
00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:56,373
"Our policy is to wage war.

457
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,291
"At all costs.

458
00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:00,047
No survival."

459
00:28:00,137 --> 00:28:01,344
Good God, he's incapable

460
00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:04,047
of even pronouncing
the word "peace,"

461
00:28:04,308 --> 00:28:06,641
let alone entering into
negotiations.

462
00:28:07,728 --> 00:28:09,970
Awful, the thought
that I shall never see

463
00:28:10,063 --> 00:28:11,975
my country at peace again.

464
00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:16,897
I have cancer.

465
00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,070
Oh, Neville.

466
00:28:28,916 --> 00:28:31,283
Winston must be removed
from office.

467
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,663
If we can get him to declare
that he refuses

468
00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:36,246
to even consider peace
negotiations with Germany,

469
00:28:36,340 --> 00:28:39,253
you and I would perhaps
have clear grounds to resign.

470
00:28:40,344 --> 00:28:42,711
That would force
a vote of no confidence.

471
00:28:42,804 --> 00:28:44,636
The party couldn't
countenance that.

472
00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:46,464
You're the chairman,
for heaven's sake.

473
00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:48,512
He'd be finished.

474
00:28:48,602 --> 00:28:51,219
And you would agree
to be prime minister.

475
00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:53,391
Well...

476
00:28:54,650 --> 00:28:56,858
with Winston out of the way,
who can say?

477
00:28:56,944 --> 00:28:59,186
But the important thing,
Neville,

478
00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:02,738
is that your policies
would be back on the table.

479
00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:05,407
Peace and the protection
of our nation.

480
00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:06,905
On record.

481
00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:08,327
I beg your pardon.

482
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:09,574
He must declare, on record,

483
00:29:09,665 --> 00:29:13,033
his refusal to engage
in peace talks.

484
00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,535
We must have it in writing.

485
00:29:55,252 --> 00:29:56,584
Thank you.

486
00:29:58,505 --> 00:30:00,087
- Miss Layton.
- Morning.

487
00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:01,547
Follow me.

488
00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:16,304
Morning.

489
00:30:16,398 --> 00:30:17,934
Thank you, sir.

490
00:30:19,276 --> 00:30:20,642
Thank you, ma'am.

491
00:30:22,738 --> 00:30:24,354
What goes on
down here?

492
00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:27,361
That's need-to-know,
and you don't.

493
00:30:27,451 --> 00:30:29,818
- The lavatory?
- For the PM's use only.

494
00:30:30,787 --> 00:30:31,903
Sleeping quarters,

495
00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:33,989
for when you miss
the last train.

496
00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:36,699
Ma'am.

497
00:30:39,087 --> 00:30:40,953
That's the Map Room.

498
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:43,923
- No women allowed.
- What department's this?

499
00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:46,171
Indiscretion in conversation
or any other form,

500
00:30:46,261 --> 00:30:48,218
within or without these rooms
regarding what happens here,

501
00:30:48,305 --> 00:30:50,922
is a statutory offense
punishable by up to

502
00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:53,349
two years imprisonment
with hard labor.

503
00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:55,260
Clear?

504
00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,515
Crystal.

505
00:30:56,605 --> 00:30:57,641
Good.

506
00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:00,728
That's the War Cabinet room.

507
00:31:01,151 --> 00:31:02,312
Never.

508
00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:06,817
I don't mean to be
rough on you, but

509
00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:09,023
them's the rules.

510
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:12,406
This is the typists' pool.

511
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,654
- Good morning, sir.
- Ladies.

512
00:31:16,458 --> 00:31:17,994
And here's you.

513
00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:28,255
Belgium and Holland
may fall at any hour.

514
00:31:28,345 --> 00:31:29,711
And the French?

515
00:31:29,805 --> 00:31:31,216
The entire French Ninth Army,

516
00:31:31,306 --> 00:31:33,889
some 200,000 men,
have capitulated.

517
00:31:34,601 --> 00:31:35,591
All of them?

518
00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:36,846
Capitulated.

519
00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:38,849
Deserted. It was a rout.

520
00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:41,807
All our land forces,
roughly 300,000 men,

521
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,232
are now in full retreat.

522
00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:45,776
Air cover?
For our troops?

523
00:31:45,862 --> 00:31:47,728
The Luftwaffe
control the skies.

524
00:31:47,823 --> 00:31:50,281
We simply don't have enough
planes to challenge them.

525
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:52,575
In fact, I strongly
recommend we stop sending

526
00:31:52,661 --> 00:31:55,529
our precious fighter planes
to be wasted in France.

527
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:57,454
Save them for our own defense.

528
00:31:57,666 --> 00:32:00,500
And our navy sits idle,

529
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:02,747
neutralized, useless.

530
00:32:02,838 --> 00:32:05,296
Our fleets no sooner come
within their range

531
00:32:05,382 --> 00:32:07,339
than we come under
blistering air attack.

532
00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:11,466
Well, their speed
is devastating.

533
00:32:11,555 --> 00:32:14,798
Panzer tanks moving rapidly
westward through the center.

534
00:32:14,891 --> 00:32:18,976
Well, they will have
to pause for fuel supplies.

535
00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:20,644
This is not the last war, sir.

536
00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:23,643
Their tanks can stop for fuel
at a petrol station.

537
00:32:24,860 --> 00:32:26,317
Petrol station?

538
00:32:26,403 --> 00:32:28,895
The road to Paris now lies open.

539
00:32:28,989 --> 00:32:31,322
Seven million refugees
are on the move.

540
00:32:32,909 --> 00:32:34,741
Collectively, we are looking
at the collapse

541
00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:37,115
of Western Europe
in the next few days.

542
00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:39,572
Should the public be told?

543
00:32:45,881 --> 00:32:47,247
Not yet.

544
00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:50,625
First, we must rouse
our old friends

545
00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:53,302
to a heroic resistance.

546
00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:57,094
France must be saved.

547
00:34:02,332 --> 00:34:03,743
Premier.

548
00:34:30,151 --> 00:34:32,985
Perhaps, in English,
Prime Minister.

549
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:34,612
Well...

550
00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:39,193
We have
survived crises before,

551
00:34:39,286 --> 00:34:43,121
and I am... I am confident
we will survive this one.

552
00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:46,574
Tell me how
you plan to counter-attack.

553
00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:49,747
There is no plan.

554
00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:53,668
Well...

555
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,712
Well, you must counter-attack.

556
00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:58,336
Well, you must.

557
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:10,894
I do not
believe that this,

558
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:14,519
Panzer breakthrough
is a real invasion.

559
00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:16,570
Not a real invasion?

560
00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:19,899
No. As long as their tank
crews are not supported

561
00:35:19,993 --> 00:35:22,781
by infantry units,
they are

562
00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:26,906
merely little flags
stuck on a map.

563
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,334
Because the tank crews
cannot support themselves.

564
00:35:30,420 --> 00:35:32,582
No. I refuse to see,

565
00:35:32,672 --> 00:35:35,961
in this spectacular raid
of the German tank,

566
00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:38,171
a real invasion.

567
00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,140
He's an actor,

568
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:54,350
in love with the sound
of his own voice.

569
00:35:54,444 --> 00:35:56,481
I love to listen to him.

570
00:35:56,946 --> 00:35:59,029
But we must never take
his advice.

571
00:35:59,449 --> 00:36:01,361
Has a hundred ideas a day.

572
00:36:01,451 --> 00:36:02,908
Four of them are good,

573
00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:05,243
the other 96
downright dangerous.

574
00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:09,244
His father was the same.
Great orator, but...

575
00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:11,121
Until he lost his mind
to syphilis.

576
00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:14,628
How nations suffer for
the sins of their fathers.

577
00:36:14,714 --> 00:36:15,921
My opinion?

578
00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,545
At this critical juncture
for the empire,

579
00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:22,177
we have a drunkard at the wheel.

580
00:36:22,555 --> 00:36:24,638
Wakes with a scotch,

581
00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:27,641
bottle of champagne for lunch,

582
00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:29,309
another one at dinner.

583
00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:32,934
Brandy and port
until the wee hours.

584
00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:35,854
I wouldn't let him borrow
my bicycle.

585
00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:38,778
He's a Conservative
who defects to the Liberals,

586
00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:41,401
lobs grenades at us
for ten years,

587
00:36:41,491 --> 00:36:45,110
then flops Conservative again
as it bloody suits him.

588
00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:48,321
Sorry, but he stands
for one thing.

589
00:36:48,498 --> 00:36:49,659
Himself.

590
00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:52,829
We may have to replace him,
Bertie.

591
00:36:54,295 --> 00:36:55,581
Replace him?

592
00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:58,080
We must strive for peace

593
00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:00,750
so that every son and daughter
of this land

594
00:37:00,844 --> 00:37:02,426
can emerge from this crisis

595
00:37:02,512 --> 00:37:04,720
with something
recognizable as home.

596
00:37:06,516 --> 00:37:08,758
Spoken like a true
prime minister.

597
00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:26,070
"V for Victory."

598
00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:30,363
You need to reply to
the Lord Privy Seal.

599
00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:37,624
Tell the Lord Privy Seal
I am sealed in the privy.

600
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,958
And I can only deal
with one shit at a time.

601
00:37:49,309 --> 00:37:53,303
The broadcast is tonight,
so don't spare me, Anthony.

602
00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:54,929
Be frank.

603
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:04,855
I don't think so.

604
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,112
You don't think so what?

605
00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:09,652
You're suggesting
we're somehow winning.

606
00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:11,320
We're not.

607
00:38:12,165 --> 00:38:15,784
No, but it will inspire them.

608
00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:18,331
- Winston, I know...
- Anthony, Anthony.

609
00:38:18,421 --> 00:38:21,789
I am going to imbue them
with a...

610
00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:26,048
a spirit of feeling
they don't yet know they have.

611
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:27,469
You asked my opinion.

612
00:38:28,681 --> 00:38:30,422
I caution against it.

613
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:33,967
Cicero.

614
00:38:36,523 --> 00:38:38,230
Cicero!

615
00:38:40,568 --> 00:38:44,938
"If fortune is adverse..."
something,

616
00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:47,364
something, something.

617
00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:54,367
Well...

618
00:38:54,874 --> 00:38:57,958
Well, it's not there.
I left it there.

619
00:38:58,044 --> 00:38:59,626
Clemmie!

620
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:01,541
Cat!

621
00:39:01,631 --> 00:39:02,792
Clemmie!

622
00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:04,089
We cannot pay our bills.

623
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:06,758
My copy of Cicero.

624
00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:08,547
- Did-did you shelve it?
- Did you hear what I said?

625
00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:09,970
- What was that?
- We're broke.

626
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:13,716
Oh, um...
Out! Out.

627
00:39:13,810 --> 00:39:15,551
Come on. Everybody out.

628
00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:18,266
I dare not write another check.

629
00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:21,140
Well, I'll economize.

630
00:39:21,401 --> 00:39:23,893
Only four cigars a day.

631
00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:25,853
You are insufferable!

632
00:39:30,076 --> 00:39:31,408
Is there anything else?

633
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:33,406
Yes.

634
00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:34,612
My love for you.

635
00:39:35,582 --> 00:39:37,244
How much have you had
to drink this morning?

636
00:39:39,252 --> 00:39:41,039
I see you now

637
00:39:41,963 --> 00:39:44,046
as I first saw you

638
00:39:44,257 --> 00:39:46,920
in 1904.

639
00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:49,423
And I simply stood,
speechless.

640
00:39:49,512 --> 00:39:50,969
Well, I must have been
very beautiful

641
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:52,421
to achieve
that miraculous effect.

642
00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:55,178
Four years until we
saw each other again.

643
00:39:55,268 --> 00:39:56,475
Went by in an absolute flash.

644
00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:58,427
You didn't lack for admirers.

645
00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:02,640
<i>Your fidele serviteur
in Sidney Peel.</i>

646
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,521
- Brilliant man.
- Lionel Earle.

647
00:40:04,611 --> 00:40:06,568
Wonderful dancer.

648
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:10,356
And then at Lady St. Helier's
dinner party.

649
00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,566
Who should show up?

650
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:14,861
Pig.

651
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:18,656
Just the same.

652
00:40:29,802 --> 00:40:31,213
Are we terribly old?

653
00:40:32,347 --> 00:40:33,508
Yes, I'm afraid you are.

654
00:40:34,182 --> 00:40:35,718
Oh, you beast.

655
00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:37,891
Oh, you...

656
00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:43,268
Would you
hear me read my speech

657
00:40:43,358 --> 00:40:44,974
for tonight's broadcast?

658
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,317
Prime Minister.

659
00:40:47,403 --> 00:40:48,814
Prime Minister,
the situation in France.

660
00:40:48,905 --> 00:40:51,113
Is it true
we're in full retreat?

661
00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:52,815
Is France lost?

662
00:41:00,041 --> 00:41:02,704
"The Spanish ships
I cannot see,

663
00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,456
for they are out of sight."

664
00:41:05,254 --> 00:41:07,120
If you will sit here

665
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:09,582
at your desk.

666
00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:13,840
And speak slowly and clearly.

667
00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:16,221
Into the microphone.

668
00:41:17,058 --> 00:41:18,048
So...

669
00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:21,802
if you're ready,
on the stroke of 9:00,

670
00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:23,637
the red light will come on,

671
00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:25,814
and we shall go live
to the nation.

672
00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:30,311
9:00, red light...

673
00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:33,147
you begin.

674
00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:34,573
Yes?

675
00:41:35,535 --> 00:41:36,525
One moment.

676
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,543
Prime Minister,
are we ready?

677
00:41:46,629 --> 00:41:50,213
One moment, one moment.

678
00:41:55,888 --> 00:41:57,925
We are going live...

679
00:41:58,016 --> 00:41:59,552
One moment, damn you!

680
00:42:06,399 --> 00:42:09,767
And four, three,

681
00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:12,106
two, one.

682
00:42:32,884 --> 00:42:35,922
I speak to you
for the first time

683
00:42:36,012 --> 00:42:37,844
as prime minister

684
00:42:38,514 --> 00:42:42,975
in a solemn hour for
the life of our country,

685
00:42:43,853 --> 00:42:47,392
of our empire, of our allies

686
00:42:48,024 --> 00:42:51,768
and, above all,
of the cause of freedom.

687
00:42:53,112 --> 00:42:54,853
A tremendous battle

688
00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:58,611
is raging in France
and Flanders.

689
00:43:00,203 --> 00:43:03,992
The Germans,
by a remarkable combination

690
00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:08,451
of air bombing
and heavily armored tanks,

691
00:43:09,170 --> 00:43:11,913
have broken through
the French defenses

692
00:43:12,006 --> 00:43:14,874
north of the Maginot Line

693
00:43:15,176 --> 00:43:16,633
<i>and strong columns</i>

694
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:18,085
<i>of their armored vehicles</i>

695
00:43:18,179 --> 00:43:21,047
<i>are ravaging
the open country...</i>

696
00:43:22,350 --> 00:43:24,262
<i>...which, for the first day
or two,</i>

697
00:43:24,393 --> 00:43:26,430
<i>was without defenders.</i>

698
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:32,851
<i>However, I have
invincible confidence</i>

699
00:43:33,194 --> 00:43:36,028
<i>in the French Army
and its leaders.</i>

700
00:43:36,781 --> 00:43:39,899
Only a very small part
of that splendid army

701
00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:42,405
has yet been heavily engaged,

702
00:43:42,662 --> 00:43:48,124
and only a very small part
of France has yet been invaded.

703
00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:50,083
<i>Side by side,</i>

704
00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:54,417
<i>the British and French peoples
have advanced.</i>

705
00:43:54,507 --> 00:43:57,625
<i>- "Advanced"?
- To rescue not only Europe.</i>

706
00:43:57,718 --> 00:44:00,802
<i>- How bloody dare he.
- But mankind</i>

707
00:44:00,888 --> 00:44:05,553
from the foulest and most
soul-destroying tyranny

708
00:44:05,726 --> 00:44:08,184
<i>which has ever darkened</i>

709
00:44:08,271 --> 00:44:11,105
<i>and stained
the pages of history.</i>

710
00:44:11,691 --> 00:44:15,355
<i>But now one bond unites us all.</i>

711
00:44:15,945 --> 00:44:20,315
<i>To wage war
until victory is won,</i>

712
00:44:20,408 --> 00:44:23,446
<i>and never
to surrender ourselves</i>

713
00:44:24,078 --> 00:44:27,196
<i>to servitude and shame.</i>

714
00:44:27,290 --> 00:44:28,872
<i>Whatever the cost</i>

715
00:44:30,459 --> 00:44:32,121
<i>and the agony may be,</i>

716
00:44:32,837 --> 00:44:35,295
conquer we must,

717
00:44:35,965 --> 00:44:38,753
as conquer we shall.

718
00:44:45,516 --> 00:44:46,757
Well done, sir.

719
00:45:53,376 --> 00:45:56,460
Oh! I thought
you did marvelously.

720
00:45:57,213 --> 00:45:58,624
The last ten years,

721
00:45:58,714 --> 00:46:01,047
I was the only one
who told them the truth.

722
00:46:01,634 --> 00:46:03,125
Until tonight.

723
00:46:04,845 --> 00:46:06,427
There is no advance.

724
00:46:08,766 --> 00:46:10,382
It's a shambles.

725
00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,518
We're in full retreat.

726
00:46:15,690 --> 00:46:17,181
But would you be
serving them tonight

727
00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:18,857
by denying them
their sleep

728
00:46:18,943 --> 00:46:20,809
and terrifying their children?

729
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,186
What, even if the terror
is coming?

730
00:46:23,281 --> 00:46:25,068
Because the terror is coming.

731
00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:28,741
There's time enough
for the truth.

732
00:46:38,754 --> 00:46:40,370
Have you seen this?

733
00:46:44,385 --> 00:46:46,342
What's so funny?

734
00:46:47,722 --> 00:46:49,805
Prime Minister. Sir.

735
00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:51,131
Yes, what is it?

736
00:46:52,685 --> 00:46:53,971
Perhaps...

737
00:46:57,523 --> 00:46:58,855
Look, I'm...

738
00:46:58,941 --> 00:47:01,183
I'm not sure
if you know this, but,

739
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,232
but the way you're doing
your "V for Victory" sign...

740
00:47:06,157 --> 00:47:08,319
Well, in the poorer quarters,

741
00:47:08,617 --> 00:47:10,108
that gesture means
something else.

742
00:47:10,202 --> 00:47:11,659
What does it mean?

743
00:47:11,746 --> 00:47:13,203
Well, I wouldn't like
to say, sir.

744
00:47:13,289 --> 00:47:15,576
I was captured by the Boer.

745
00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:18,124
I spent time
in a South African prison.

746
00:47:18,753 --> 00:47:19,789
Up your bum.

747
00:47:21,172 --> 00:47:22,208
Sir.

748
00:47:22,923 --> 00:47:24,585
Up your bum?

749
00:47:25,259 --> 00:47:26,295
Up your...

750
00:47:29,221 --> 00:47:31,838
The way you're doing it, sir,
yes, sir.

751
00:47:33,225 --> 00:47:35,512
But if you turn it around,
that's fine.

752
00:47:37,438 --> 00:47:39,054
I wouldn't like
millions of people

753
00:47:39,148 --> 00:47:40,309
to take it the wrong way.

754
00:47:40,399 --> 00:47:41,765
Indeed.

755
00:47:42,401 --> 00:47:43,858
- Sir.
- Sir.

756
00:47:44,779 --> 00:47:48,068
And up your bum!

757
00:47:48,199 --> 00:47:49,280
Your Majesty.

758
00:47:49,784 --> 00:47:51,992
<i>Don't want to take
too much of your time.</i>

759
00:47:52,620 --> 00:47:54,532
<i>I heard you on the wireless.</i>

760
00:47:55,706 --> 00:47:57,413
Was I comprehensible?

761
00:47:58,459 --> 00:48:02,373
The public need to be led,
not misled.

762
00:48:02,463 --> 00:48:05,171
Not left to work it out
for themselves.

763
00:48:08,969 --> 00:48:10,176
Right.

764
00:48:10,554 --> 00:48:12,546
Will that be all,
Your Majesty?

765
00:48:12,807 --> 00:48:13,797
<i>Yes.</i>

766
00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:15,302
<i>Good day, Prime Minister.</i>

767
00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:16,600
Good day.

768
00:48:20,106 --> 00:48:24,316
I believe I have just received
a royal rap on the knuckles.

769
00:48:30,825 --> 00:48:32,532
As of 20:00 hours last night,

770
00:48:32,618 --> 00:48:35,986
the Germans have encircled
60 British,

771
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,163
Belgian and French divisions.

772
00:48:39,375 --> 00:48:43,119
On our part, all our forces
under Lord Gort have withdrawn

773
00:48:43,212 --> 00:48:46,171
or are trying to withdraw to
the French coast, to Dunkirk,

774
00:48:46,507 --> 00:48:48,294
where we cannot reach them.

775
00:48:48,384 --> 00:48:50,000
How many of our men
are trapped?

776
00:48:50,094 --> 00:48:51,460
All of them.

777
00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:54,421
Our country's entire
professional soldiery.

778
00:48:54,849 --> 00:48:57,216
And we can see no clear way
to rescue them.

779
00:49:00,771 --> 00:49:03,388
General, are you telling me

780
00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:07,522
that we shall have lost
the entire British Army

781
00:49:07,611 --> 00:49:09,147
by the next few days?

782
00:49:10,156 --> 00:49:11,237
That's correct.

783
00:49:11,991 --> 00:49:15,325
The German force
is superior in every regard

784
00:49:15,411 --> 00:49:17,368
and only 50 miles
from the coast.

785
00:49:17,455 --> 00:49:19,663
They are pushing us
into the sea.

786
00:49:19,748 --> 00:49:23,116
No, the Germans must not reach the sea.

787
00:49:23,586 --> 00:49:27,000
Not before we evacuate
our men.

788
00:49:27,089 --> 00:49:29,001
Ismay, what have you got
for us?

789
00:49:29,091 --> 00:49:30,423
As it stands, I cannot see

790
00:49:30,509 --> 00:49:34,219
we have much hope of getting
any of our forces out in time.

791
00:49:35,890 --> 00:49:37,472
Not a man?

792
00:49:38,934 --> 00:49:41,597
Well, we... Well,
we cannot be so

793
00:49:41,854 --> 00:49:43,345
totally at their mercy.

794
00:49:43,439 --> 00:49:44,975
What's our next step?

795
00:49:45,858 --> 00:49:47,144
Anyone?

796
00:49:48,235 --> 00:49:49,316
Come on, speak!

797
00:49:52,490 --> 00:49:53,822
We still have
a garrison at Calais.

798
00:49:53,908 --> 00:49:55,149
25 miles to the west.

799
00:49:55,242 --> 00:49:56,824
Well, how many men
do we have there?

800
00:49:56,911 --> 00:49:58,243
4,000, more or less.

801
00:50:00,956 --> 00:50:03,369
Then why...
Why didn't you say so?

802
00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:07,752
Yes. Then we...
We have them go east,

803
00:50:07,838 --> 00:50:10,205
engage with the German
columns moving on Dunkirk,

804
00:50:10,299 --> 00:50:11,460
buy us some time.

805
00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:14,133
Draw the... the Nazi focus

806
00:50:14,220 --> 00:50:17,054
away from Dunkirk
whilst we execute a...

807
00:50:17,139 --> 00:50:19,506
a maritime evacuation
of our forces.

808
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:21,057
Is that possible?

809
00:50:21,143 --> 00:50:22,509
It would mean a huge sacrifice.

810
00:50:22,603 --> 00:50:24,515
4,000 young men.

811
00:50:24,605 --> 00:50:27,564
To save 300,000.

812
00:50:27,650 --> 00:50:30,267
Under whose command
is the Calais garrison?

813
00:50:30,361 --> 00:50:31,727
Brigadier Nicholson.

814
00:50:31,820 --> 00:50:33,061
Very well.

815
00:50:34,698 --> 00:50:36,564
Tell Nicholson it is
of the greatest importance

816
00:50:36,659 --> 00:50:38,366
to this island that...

817
00:50:38,452 --> 00:50:41,536
that his garrison
draw the enemy's tanks

818
00:50:41,622 --> 00:50:43,830
and artillery and bombers
away from Dunkirk.

819
00:50:43,916 --> 00:50:46,078
Invite their wrath, and...

820
00:50:47,836 --> 00:50:49,327
Well, and to fight on

821
00:50:50,673 --> 00:50:52,130
if needs be.

822
00:50:55,844 --> 00:50:59,554
If needs be, until the
destruction of his command.

823
00:51:02,268 --> 00:51:03,930
It's suicide.

824
00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:19,449
Prime Minister,
I have reservations.

825
00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:22,615
Well, who is free
of reservations?

826
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:24,912
About unnecessary sacrifice,

827
00:51:25,374 --> 00:51:26,956
when there is
an available alternative.

828
00:51:28,586 --> 00:51:29,918
What alternative?

829
00:51:30,713 --> 00:51:32,796
Italy has offered to mediate peace talks

830
00:51:33,340 --> 00:51:34,751
between ourselves and Germany.

831
00:51:34,842 --> 00:51:36,083
I already indicated that,

832
00:51:36,176 --> 00:51:37,462
provided the liberty
and independence

833
00:51:37,553 --> 00:51:39,135
of the British Empire
was assured,

834
00:51:39,722 --> 00:51:41,634
we would consider any proposal.

835
00:51:41,724 --> 00:51:46,469
With, with Hitler
holding the whip hand.

836
00:51:46,562 --> 00:51:48,178
Do you really think
he would honor

837
00:51:48,272 --> 00:51:49,479
our liberty and independence?

838
00:51:49,857 --> 00:51:51,894
It would be
in his interest to do so, sir.

839
00:51:52,276 --> 00:51:54,393
- Because the British Empire...
- The only thing to do

840
00:51:54,486 --> 00:51:57,399
is to show that maniac

841
00:51:57,489 --> 00:51:59,526
that he cannot conquer
this island,

842
00:51:59,617 --> 00:52:01,233
and for that we need an army.

843
00:52:01,327 --> 00:52:02,568
General, tell
Brigadier Nicholson

844
00:52:02,661 --> 00:52:04,118
the Germans must not
reach the sea.

845
00:52:04,204 --> 00:52:07,072
Not before we-we
get our boys

846
00:52:07,166 --> 00:52:09,203
off of that bloody beach!

847
00:52:09,293 --> 00:52:11,080
I take full responsibility.

848
00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:12,411
Really?

849
00:52:12,504 --> 00:52:14,416
Really! Yes, sir.

850
00:52:14,506 --> 00:52:15,872
It is the reason

851
00:52:15,966 --> 00:52:18,379
I sit in this chair!

852
00:52:21,597 --> 00:52:23,133
Well, surely,
before you take

853
00:52:23,223 --> 00:52:25,886
full responsibility
for the deaths of 4,000 men,

854
00:52:25,976 --> 00:52:29,265
you'd wish to consider
every available avenue.

855
00:52:31,732 --> 00:52:34,019
What is this?

856
00:52:35,486 --> 00:52:38,354
What is your mind on the
principle of peace talks, sir?

857
00:52:42,201 --> 00:52:45,319
Do we take it, for example,
that you preclude yourself

858
00:52:45,412 --> 00:52:48,951
from even considering taking
part in such negotiations?

859
00:53:08,852 --> 00:53:12,596
I should like to speak
to Viscount Halifax

860
00:53:12,690 --> 00:53:14,522
and Mr. Chamberlain.

861
00:53:15,234 --> 00:53:16,475
Alone.

862
00:53:17,319 --> 00:53:20,153
Issue the order
to the Calais garrison.

863
00:53:21,073 --> 00:53:22,735
Confirm it has been done.

864
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:24,486
Dismissed.

865
00:53:26,370 --> 00:53:27,906
Now, you two come on.

866
00:53:27,996 --> 00:53:29,203
Out.

867
00:53:31,291 --> 00:53:32,327
Bridges!

868
00:53:32,418 --> 00:53:34,034
You come on, hop it!

869
00:53:34,128 --> 00:53:35,619
Out. Out!

870
00:54:44,531 --> 00:54:45,817
Winston,

871
00:54:47,075 --> 00:54:49,488
we are facing
certain defeat on land,

872
00:54:50,162 --> 00:54:54,202
the annihilation of our army,
and imminent invasion.

873
00:54:55,042 --> 00:54:56,783
We must be rational.

874
00:54:56,877 --> 00:54:59,711
We are a seagoing nation.

875
00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:03,006
Have been
since the Bronze Age.

876
00:55:03,842 --> 00:55:05,583
The Channel is ours.

877
00:55:05,677 --> 00:55:08,545
It's our moat,
our battlement,

878
00:55:08,639 --> 00:55:11,256
and the German doesn't
recognize an expanse of water

879
00:55:11,350 --> 00:55:13,262
greater than a bloody lake.

880
00:55:13,393 --> 00:55:16,932
They have first to reach
this island, Edward.

881
00:55:17,022 --> 00:55:18,684
Where men,
women and children,

882
00:55:18,774 --> 00:55:20,766
whom we will have
failed despicably

883
00:55:20,859 --> 00:55:22,816
in our duty
of protection, will be

884
00:55:22,903 --> 00:55:24,860
- entirely defenseless...
- And whose fault is that?

885
00:55:24,947 --> 00:55:27,906
...against the largest army
the world has ever seen.

886
00:55:27,991 --> 00:55:29,607
Furthermore, once France falls,

887
00:55:29,701 --> 00:55:32,489
Germany can concentrate
on aircraft production.

888
00:55:32,579 --> 00:55:34,946
They will then have
the French fleet as well.

889
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,498
What is to stop Herr
Hitler then, Winston?

890
00:55:37,584 --> 00:55:40,952
Words, words, words alone.

891
00:55:42,923 --> 00:55:45,085
If you will not permit
any talk of peace,

892
00:55:45,175 --> 00:55:46,382
then I shall be forced...

893
00:55:46,468 --> 00:55:48,255
Might we
not allow Edward

894
00:55:48,345 --> 00:55:52,089
simply to meet the Italian
Ambassador Bastianini,

895
00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:54,424
discuss a possible role

896
00:55:54,518 --> 00:55:57,852
as mediators between
us and Germany,

897
00:55:59,231 --> 00:56:00,517
and find out their price?

898
00:56:17,374 --> 00:56:18,455
Sir.

899
00:56:38,812 --> 00:56:41,350
<i>- Mr. President.
- Winston.</i>

900
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,102
Franklin.

901
00:56:43,317 --> 00:56:46,526
<i>- How are you?
- Fine. Fine.</i>

902
00:56:46,612 --> 00:56:48,274
<i>How are you,
Prime Minister?</i>

903
00:56:48,614 --> 00:56:50,401
Oh, I'm in fine fettle.

904
00:56:50,532 --> 00:56:51,648
Fine fettle.

905
00:56:51,742 --> 00:56:53,608
Listen.

906
00:56:53,911 --> 00:56:58,781
I'm, telephoning
about your navy ships.

907
00:56:58,874 --> 00:57:01,332
If you could loan us just,

908
00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:04,748
50 older destroyers.

909
00:57:04,838 --> 00:57:08,002
<i>- Ah, yes.
- Or even 40 would do.</i>

910
00:57:08,634 --> 00:57:10,296
<i>Well, I,</i>

911
00:57:10,385 --> 00:57:12,217
<i>I did ask around,</i>

912
00:57:12,721 --> 00:57:15,839
<i>but just not possible,
I'm afraid.</i>

913
00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:20,806
<i>The Neutrality Act we signed
last year has tied my hands.</i>

914
00:57:20,896 --> 00:57:22,478
<i>Just can't swing it.</i>

915
00:57:22,856 --> 00:57:23,937
<i>I tried.</i>

916
00:57:24,024 --> 00:57:25,731
Well, can I...

917
00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:31,563
Do I have your permission

918
00:57:31,657 --> 00:57:34,320
to send an aircraft carrier

919
00:57:34,409 --> 00:57:36,321
to pick up
the P-40 fighter planes

920
00:57:36,411 --> 00:57:37,822
we purchased from you?

921
00:57:41,750 --> 00:57:43,332
Mr. President?

922
00:57:44,127 --> 00:57:46,289
<i>Well, you've got me
there again.</i>

923
00:57:46,380 --> 00:57:48,918
<i>New law
preventing transshipment</i>

924
00:57:49,007 --> 00:57:50,839
<i>of military equipment.</i>

925
00:57:50,926 --> 00:57:53,088
But we paid for them.

926
00:57:53,387 --> 00:57:55,970
We paid for them
with the money that we...

927
00:57:56,056 --> 00:57:57,763
that we borrowed from you.

928
00:57:57,975 --> 00:58:01,093
<i>I'm so, so sorry, Winston.</i>

929
00:58:05,524 --> 00:58:08,858
I need not impress
upon you the...

930
00:58:09,528 --> 00:58:13,772
the trouble faced
by the Western Hemisphere,

931
00:58:14,950 --> 00:58:19,069
without your support
in some fashion.

932
00:58:19,162 --> 00:58:20,994
<i>I know. I know.</i>

933
00:58:21,081 --> 00:58:23,869
<i>You are on my mind
day and night.</i>

934
00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:29,753
<i>Look, we could possibly...</i>

935
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:31,797
Mr. President...

936
00:58:31,883 --> 00:58:33,545
<i>I mean to say...</i>

937
00:58:33,635 --> 00:58:39,051
We are facing
the gravest odds.

938
00:58:39,141 --> 00:58:40,552
<i>We could take your planes</i>

939
00:58:40,642 --> 00:58:43,180
<i>to about a mile from
the Canadian border.</i>

940
00:58:44,062 --> 00:58:45,894
<i>And then, if you send across</i>

941
00:58:45,981 --> 00:58:50,567
<i>a team of horses from Canada,
nothing motorized</i>

942
00:58:50,652 --> 00:58:53,486
<i>then you could pull them
over the border yourself.</i>

943
00:58:55,365 --> 00:58:57,357
<i>How does that sound?</i>

944
00:59:00,579 --> 00:59:01,911
Horses?

945
00:59:03,457 --> 00:59:05,870
You did say,

946
00:59:05,959 --> 00:59:08,451
a team of horses?

947
00:59:08,962 --> 00:59:11,921
<i>Well, I guess you could
push them yourself.</i>

948
00:59:12,549 --> 00:59:14,541
<i>Damn things have wheels.</i>

949
00:59:17,512 --> 00:59:18,628
<i>Up to you.</i>

950
00:59:22,309 --> 00:59:24,972
<i>We could do that,
Prime Minister.</i>

951
00:59:28,648 --> 00:59:29,855
<i>Prime Minister?</i>

952
00:59:33,862 --> 00:59:36,730
Anything you could do
at this time,

953
00:59:36,823 --> 00:59:38,815
Franklin, would be
most welcome.

954
00:59:39,951 --> 00:59:41,988
<i>Good night to you, Winston.</i>

955
00:59:42,370 --> 00:59:44,487
<i>It must be late there.</i>

956
00:59:45,457 --> 00:59:50,373
In more ways than you
could possibly know.

957
01:00:24,704 --> 01:00:27,492
- Prime Minister.
- Prime Minister.

958
01:00:35,882 --> 01:00:38,625
Get me Admiral Ramsay
on one of these, will you?

959
01:00:38,718 --> 01:00:40,960
Yes, Prime Minister.

960
01:00:41,471 --> 01:00:43,679
Put me through
to Admiral Ramsay.

961
01:01:02,659 --> 01:01:04,241
Admiral Ramsay.

962
01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:06,159
It's the prime minister.

963
01:01:07,289 --> 01:01:08,530
Bertie?

964
01:01:09,082 --> 01:01:12,450
Bertie, I hope
I didn't wake you.

965
01:01:12,544 --> 01:01:15,287
Not at all.
I was just reading the Bible.

966
01:01:15,380 --> 01:01:17,337
Exodus?

967
01:01:18,258 --> 01:01:19,840
Listen, Bertie.

968
01:01:20,302 --> 01:01:22,635
We need to evacuate our boys.

969
01:01:22,721 --> 01:01:25,885
The Navy is saying that
with one cruiser

970
01:01:25,974 --> 01:01:27,806
and six destroyers
and with the...

971
01:01:27,893 --> 01:01:30,886
the Luftwaffe controlling
the skies above,

972
01:01:30,979 --> 01:01:32,936
we'll be lucky to get
ten percent out.

973
01:01:33,273 --> 01:01:37,938
I want you to order
an assembly of boats.

974
01:01:39,654 --> 01:01:41,111
Boats?

975
01:01:41,198 --> 01:01:42,484
<i>Yes.</i>

976
01:01:42,574 --> 01:01:44,566
Civilian boats.

977
01:01:44,659 --> 01:01:47,697
As many as
you can get your hands on.

978
01:01:47,787 --> 01:01:50,780
<i>Longley's Clipper,
Fearnley's Gin Palace,</i>

979
01:01:50,874 --> 01:01:53,287
<i>anyone with a pleasure craft
bigger than 30 foot</i>

980
01:01:53,376 --> 01:01:54,787
<i>that can get to France.</i>

981
01:01:57,297 --> 01:01:59,084
<i>Bertie, you still there?</i>

982
01:01:59,925 --> 01:02:01,336
Um... Right.

983
01:02:03,261 --> 01:02:06,470
Help me stage
this thing, Bertie?

984
01:02:07,057 --> 01:02:11,097
We must at least try to bring
some of our boys home.

985
01:02:12,354 --> 01:02:14,471
Well, I'll have the BBC
issue the order.

986
01:02:14,898 --> 01:02:16,105
Good.

987
01:02:16,191 --> 01:02:18,729
Oh, and Bertie,
you still there?

988
01:02:19,861 --> 01:02:22,194
<i>- Sir.
- We need a name</i>

989
01:02:22,989 --> 01:02:24,275
for this operation.

990
01:02:27,410 --> 01:02:29,151
Good morning, Prime Minister.
Prime Minister, do you have

991
01:02:29,246 --> 01:02:30,578
anything you'd like to say
to our readers this morning?

992
01:02:30,664 --> 01:02:32,371
Prime Minister.
Mr. Churchill, sir.

993
01:02:32,457 --> 01:02:33,993
Prime Minister, do you have
anything you'd like to say?

994
01:02:34,084 --> 01:02:36,167
Prime Minister? Prime
Minister, are you going to...

995
01:02:36,253 --> 01:02:38,040
Prime Minister, would you
like to... Prime Minister?

996
01:02:45,845 --> 01:02:48,303
How do you manage
drinking during the day?

997
01:02:52,602 --> 01:02:53,763
Practice.

998
01:03:12,205 --> 01:03:13,195
I...

999
01:03:14,249 --> 01:03:15,956
should like to discuss...

1000
01:03:16,167 --> 01:03:19,456
I have been asked
if plans should be drawn

1001
01:03:19,546 --> 01:03:24,132
to evacuate myself
and my family to Canada.

1002
01:03:25,260 --> 01:03:27,877
I would like to know the
opinion of our prime minister.

1003
01:03:29,764 --> 01:03:31,630
Well, my opinion would
be that you must do

1004
01:03:31,725 --> 01:03:33,967
what you feel
is right for yourself,

1005
01:03:34,853 --> 01:03:37,846
your family and the nation.

1006
01:03:39,190 --> 01:03:41,603
I mean, your survival
is paramount.

1007
01:03:42,861 --> 01:03:44,693
Prime ministers...

1008
01:03:44,779 --> 01:03:48,022
well, we seem to come and
go at an astonishing rate.

1009
01:03:48,450 --> 01:03:51,488
Your position
in Parliament, I...

1010
01:03:52,245 --> 01:03:54,578
I'm told, is not strong.

1011
01:03:56,082 --> 01:03:57,573
My party

1012
01:03:58,626 --> 01:04:04,372
resents the way
Chamberlain was pushed aside.

1013
01:04:04,466 --> 01:04:06,082
And many others doubt me.

1014
01:04:06,509 --> 01:04:08,000
They want Halifax still,

1015
01:04:08,094 --> 01:04:10,211
but why get rid
of the organ grinder

1016
01:04:10,305 --> 01:04:11,796
and replace him
with the monkey?

1017
01:04:11,890 --> 01:04:15,099
Lord Halifax is a close
personal friend of mine.

1018
01:04:20,857 --> 01:04:22,723
I am unwanted.

1019
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:28,939
I've never been trusted
since the Gallipoli campaign.

1020
01:04:30,367 --> 01:04:31,699
Unwanted.

1021
01:04:32,410 --> 01:04:34,572
Perhaps it's because
you scare people.

1022
01:04:35,038 --> 01:04:36,199
Who?

1023
01:04:36,289 --> 01:04:37,370
You scare me.

1024
01:04:38,500 --> 01:04:39,866
What nonsense.

1025
01:04:42,003 --> 01:04:45,246
What could possibly
be scary about me?

1026
01:04:45,382 --> 01:04:48,375
One never knows what's going
to come out of your mouth next.

1027
01:04:48,468 --> 01:04:50,175
Something that will flatter,

1028
01:04:50,261 --> 01:04:52,127
something that will wound.

1029
01:04:57,268 --> 01:05:00,887
My emotions are unbridled.

1030
01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:05,145
A wildness in the blood

1031
01:05:05,235 --> 01:05:08,694
I share with my father.

1032
01:05:09,697 --> 01:05:11,859
And my mother also.

1033
01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:15,613
We lacked
the gift of temperance.

1034
01:05:18,039 --> 01:05:19,496
Were you close to your parents?

1035
01:05:19,791 --> 01:05:23,375
My mother was glamorous,

1036
01:05:24,754 --> 01:05:27,246
but perhaps
too widely loved.

1037
01:05:28,716 --> 01:05:31,629
My father was like God,

1038
01:05:32,220 --> 01:05:33,711
busy elsewhere.

1039
01:05:35,014 --> 01:05:36,004
Hmm.

1040
01:06:17,599 --> 01:06:19,090
- Good day, gentlemen.
- Prime Minister.

1041
01:06:19,184 --> 01:06:24,851
I have asked the minister
for war to join us.

1042
01:06:25,106 --> 01:06:27,598
Neville, would you...

1043
01:06:27,734 --> 01:06:29,020
Anthony.

1044
01:06:31,196 --> 01:06:35,941
Obviously, we are
in a dangerous situation.

1045
01:06:36,326 --> 01:06:38,693
But I am assured
by the French premier

1046
01:06:38,786 --> 01:06:41,779
that while some
German tank units

1047
01:06:41,873 --> 01:06:43,910
have reached the sea,

1048
01:06:44,542 --> 01:06:47,034
the situation generally seems
to be well in hand.

1049
01:06:47,128 --> 01:06:49,711
What news from Calais?

1050
01:06:49,797 --> 01:06:51,663
The garrison attacked,
but was forced back

1051
01:06:51,758 --> 01:06:53,715
and is now surrounded
on all sides.

1052
01:06:54,719 --> 01:06:57,052
They're being shelled
and bombed mercilessly.

1053
01:06:57,472 --> 01:06:59,134
Casualties are at 60%.

1054
01:07:03,186 --> 01:07:04,176
Hmm.

1055
01:07:10,401 --> 01:07:11,892
Prime Minister.

1056
01:07:12,654 --> 01:07:14,111
The question of peace talks.

1057
01:07:15,156 --> 01:07:16,988
We must hold our nerve.

1058
01:07:17,742 --> 01:07:22,157
Signal only that we intend
to fight it out until the end.

1059
01:07:22,580 --> 01:07:24,412
A peace offer

1060
01:07:24,541 --> 01:07:26,328
- telegraphs our weakness.
- Agreed.

1061
01:07:26,417 --> 01:07:28,830
And even if we were beaten,
we should be no worse off

1062
01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:31,378
than we should be if we were
now to abandon the struggle.

1063
01:07:31,965 --> 01:07:33,672
Let us therefore avoid

1064
01:07:33,758 --> 01:07:37,047
being dragged
down the slippery slope

1065
01:07:37,136 --> 01:07:39,253
with talk
of a negotiated peace.

1066
01:07:39,347 --> 01:07:41,430
Slippery slope? The only...

1067
01:07:41,516 --> 01:07:44,725
- I suspect Italy and Germany...
- The only slippery slope...

1068
01:07:44,811 --> 01:07:47,349
...wish to get us so deeply
involved in negotiations

1069
01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:50,348
- that we should be unable to turn back.
- Nonsense.

1070
01:07:50,441 --> 01:07:52,478
- Bastianini informed me...
- I propose...

1071
01:07:52,569 --> 01:07:54,936
- The only slippery slope...
- Would you stop interrupting me

1072
01:07:55,029 --> 01:07:56,986
while I am interrupting you?

1073
01:08:01,035 --> 01:08:03,402
When I chose my War Cabinet,
I took great care

1074
01:08:03,496 --> 01:08:06,113
to surround myself
with old rivals.

1075
01:08:07,333 --> 01:08:08,744
I may have overdone it.

1076
01:08:09,627 --> 01:08:11,209
Viscount Halifax,

1077
01:08:11,546 --> 01:08:15,256
the approach you propose is...
It's not only...

1078
01:08:15,341 --> 01:08:16,923
It's futile.

1079
01:08:17,468 --> 01:08:19,630
But it involves us
in a deadly danger.

1080
01:08:19,721 --> 01:08:21,337
The deadly danger here

1081
01:08:21,431 --> 01:08:25,846
is this romantic fantasy
of fighting to the end.

1082
01:08:27,604 --> 01:08:29,061
What is the end,

1083
01:08:29,480 --> 01:08:32,348
if not the destruction
of all things?

1084
01:08:33,276 --> 01:08:34,437
There's nothing heroic

1085
01:08:34,527 --> 01:08:36,735
in going down fighting
if it can be avoided.

1086
01:08:36,821 --> 01:08:40,280
Nothing even remotely
patriotic in death or glory

1087
01:08:40,366 --> 01:08:42,483
if the odds are firmly
on the former.

1088
01:08:42,577 --> 01:08:45,945
Nothing inglorious
in trying to shorten a war

1089
01:08:46,039 --> 01:08:47,450
that we are clearly losing.

1090
01:08:47,540 --> 01:08:50,078
Losing? Europe is still...

1091
01:08:50,168 --> 01:08:51,534
Europe is lost.

1092
01:08:58,676 --> 01:09:02,044
And before our forces
are wiped out completely,

1093
01:09:02,722 --> 01:09:04,714
now is the time to negotiate,

1094
01:09:04,807 --> 01:09:07,720
in order to obtain
the best conditions possible.

1095
01:09:09,729 --> 01:09:11,891
Hitler will not insist
on outrageous terms.

1096
01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:13,267
He will know
his own weaknesses.

1097
01:09:13,358 --> 01:09:14,849
He will be reasonable.

1098
01:09:14,942 --> 01:09:17,059
When will the lesson be learned?

1099
01:09:17,445 --> 01:09:19,903
When will the lesson be learned?

1100
01:09:21,324 --> 01:09:23,611
How many more dictators

1101
01:09:23,701 --> 01:09:27,160
must be, wooed, appeased,

1102
01:09:27,246 --> 01:09:29,203
good God,
given immense privileges

1103
01:09:29,290 --> 01:09:31,156
before we learn?

1104
01:09:31,542 --> 01:09:34,535
You cannot reason with a tiger

1105
01:09:34,629 --> 01:09:37,167
when your head is in its mouth!

1106
01:09:38,841 --> 01:09:40,173
Prime Minister.

1107
01:09:41,260 --> 01:09:43,252
Winston. Winston.

1108
01:09:44,555 --> 01:09:45,762
Yesterday, you gave
permission...

1109
01:09:45,848 --> 01:09:47,214
What permission?

1110
01:09:47,308 --> 01:09:49,049
For me to meet Bastianini.

1111
01:09:49,185 --> 01:09:51,928
- I sanctioned the theoretical exploration...
- Theoretical?

1112
01:09:52,021 --> 01:09:54,263
...of what price Italy
would ask. Nothing more.

1113
01:09:54,357 --> 01:09:56,314
- I did not sanction any...
- If you will not permit

1114
01:09:56,401 --> 01:09:58,313
further exploration
of a peace agreement,

1115
01:09:58,403 --> 01:09:59,860
then you will have
my resignation.

1116
01:09:59,946 --> 01:10:01,562
Don't be absurd, Edward.

1117
01:10:01,656 --> 01:10:04,990
- I need you. You know I do.
- I will not stand by

1118
01:10:05,076 --> 01:10:08,319
to watch another generation
of young men die

1119
01:10:08,413 --> 01:10:10,029
at the bloody altar
of your hubris.

1120
01:10:10,123 --> 01:10:12,740
Oh, and you would have us
die as lambs!

1121
01:10:12,834 --> 01:10:14,370
Was Gallipoli
not enough for you?

1122
01:10:14,460 --> 01:10:15,951
How dare you!

1123
01:10:16,379 --> 01:10:20,168
Our troops were chewing
barbed wire in Flanders,

1124
01:10:20,258 --> 01:10:21,669
and I saw it!

1125
01:10:22,510 --> 01:10:25,878
Opening a second front,
outflanking the Turks

1126
01:10:25,972 --> 01:10:28,339
was a serious military idea,

1127
01:10:28,433 --> 01:10:30,390
and it could have
damn well worked if the...

1128
01:10:30,476 --> 01:10:32,433
if the admirals
and the First Sea Lord

1129
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:35,604
hadn't dithered away
our element of surprise.

1130
01:10:40,069 --> 01:10:41,526
Choice is yours, Winston.

1131
01:10:41,988 --> 01:10:44,196
You have 24 hours
to enter into peace talks,

1132
01:10:44,282 --> 01:10:45,568
or I shall resign.

1133
01:11:00,256 --> 01:11:01,588
I told him.

1134
01:11:02,049 --> 01:11:03,506
It shook him.

1135
01:11:04,302 --> 01:11:05,668
I imagine it did.

1136
01:11:05,762 --> 01:11:07,628
Gave him 24 hours.

1137
01:11:07,722 --> 01:11:10,806
I don't expect he'll agree,
so I shall resign first.

1138
01:11:10,892 --> 01:11:12,849
You then follow,
that's critical if we're

1139
01:11:12,935 --> 01:11:15,018
to trigger a vote of no
confidence in the House.

1140
01:11:15,521 --> 01:11:16,887
I shall announce it.

1141
01:11:18,858 --> 01:11:20,349
The king will back us.

1142
01:11:36,751 --> 01:11:38,037
Prime Minister.

1143
01:11:38,127 --> 01:11:39,493
I wonder
if we might schedule you

1144
01:11:39,587 --> 01:11:40,748
to address the Outer Cabinet.

1145
01:11:42,924 --> 01:11:44,460
<i>Today, the Admiralty</i>

1146
01:11:44,550 --> 01:11:46,667
<i>have made an order
requesting all owners</i>

1147
01:11:46,761 --> 01:11:48,172
<i>of self-propelled
pleasure craft</i>

1148
01:11:48,262 --> 01:11:50,845
<i>between 30 and 100 feet
in length</i>

1149
01:11:50,932 --> 01:11:54,175
<i>to send all particulars
to the Admiralty immediately...</i>

1150
01:11:54,268 --> 01:11:56,260
To Brigadier Nicholson.

1151
01:11:59,398 --> 01:12:03,517
30 Infantry Brigade, Calais.

1152
01:12:06,572 --> 01:12:07,983
Every hour

1153
01:12:09,033 --> 01:12:11,320
you continue to exist

1154
01:12:12,537 --> 01:12:14,574
is of the greatest help

1155
01:12:15,581 --> 01:12:18,164
to our forces at Dunkirk.

1156
01:12:21,170 --> 01:12:25,881
Have the greatest
possible admiration

1157
01:12:26,843 --> 01:12:28,835
for your splendid stand.

1158
01:12:34,183 --> 01:12:36,266
Your evacuation, however,

1159
01:12:37,019 --> 01:12:39,557
will not take place.

1160
01:12:45,319 --> 01:12:46,901
I repeat,

1161
01:12:49,031 --> 01:12:50,943
will not take place.

1162
01:12:59,417 --> 01:13:00,533
Sign.

1163
01:13:15,850 --> 01:13:17,887
Here. Here.

1164
01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:22,805
May I be excused?

1165
01:13:23,190 --> 01:13:24,351
You may not.

1166
01:13:26,319 --> 01:13:28,106
What is this about?

1167
01:13:30,698 --> 01:13:32,360
No one tells us anything.

1168
01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:36,075
It's all classified.

1169
01:13:37,830 --> 01:13:40,823
We hear scraps, and it's
worse than knowing nothing.

1170
01:13:45,630 --> 01:13:47,371
What would you like to know?

1171
01:13:55,181 --> 01:13:57,639
How many men will survive?

1172
01:14:04,607 --> 01:14:05,893
Come with me.

1173
01:14:14,367 --> 01:14:15,949
I'm not allowed
in the Map Room.

1174
01:14:16,035 --> 01:14:17,571
- Well, you are now.
- Prime Minister.

1175
01:14:17,662 --> 01:14:20,245
At ease, gentlemen.

1176
01:14:21,958 --> 01:14:23,165
Now...

1177
01:14:26,462 --> 01:14:29,000
The German army
controls every French port

1178
01:14:29,090 --> 01:14:31,548
except Dunkirk here
and Calais here to the west,

1179
01:14:31,634 --> 01:14:34,217
where the garrison
under Brigadier Nicholson

1180
01:14:34,303 --> 01:14:38,422
is drawing fire and delaying
the German advance on Dunkirk.

1181
01:14:38,516 --> 01:14:42,100
At both points,
our troops are encircled.

1182
01:14:42,186 --> 01:14:44,178
Now, we are still trying

1183
01:14:44,271 --> 01:14:46,763
to clear Dunkirk Harbor
of wrecked ships

1184
01:14:46,857 --> 01:14:49,645
so that we can then land
the boats we need to get

1185
01:14:49,735 --> 01:14:51,192
our boys off those beaches.

1186
01:14:51,278 --> 01:14:54,146
But enemy aircraft
is attacking us constantly.

1187
01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:58,826
Our only hope in Dunkirk
is thick cloud cover

1188
01:14:59,078 --> 01:15:02,162
to thwart these attacks,
but the skies remain clear.

1189
01:15:02,748 --> 01:15:06,992
And even then, I am told
we will need a...

1190
01:15:07,086 --> 01:15:10,545
a miracle to get even
ten percent of our men out.

1191
01:15:13,676 --> 01:15:16,043
Courage, Miss Layton.

1192
01:15:17,179 --> 01:15:18,465
Courage.

1193
01:15:19,098 --> 01:15:20,339
General.

1194
01:15:20,808 --> 01:15:23,095
How long have they got

1195
01:15:24,437 --> 01:15:25,973
if we don't rescue them?

1196
01:15:29,108 --> 01:15:31,816
One, maybe

1197
01:15:32,945 --> 01:15:34,436
two days.

1198
01:15:40,077 --> 01:15:42,660
News from Calais,
the 30th Infantry, sir.

1199
01:15:42,747 --> 01:15:44,613
They've retreated
to the town's citadel

1200
01:15:44,707 --> 01:15:47,324
as a last
and probably hopeless stand.

1201
01:15:47,418 --> 01:15:50,081
The order, "every man
for himself," has been given.

1202
01:15:50,171 --> 01:15:51,537
- Thank you, thank you.
- Brigadier Nicholson.

1203
01:15:51,630 --> 01:15:53,542
- There's a telegram, sir.
- Thank you.

1204
01:15:58,846 --> 01:16:00,007
Good show, chaps.

1205
01:16:00,097 --> 01:16:02,555
Well done, lads.
Well done.

1206
01:16:02,641 --> 01:16:04,132
All right.

1207
01:16:07,772 --> 01:16:09,559
He's losing too much blood.

1208
01:16:09,648 --> 01:16:11,856
We need another
transfusion here.

1209
01:16:17,281 --> 01:16:19,193
All right, men? All right?

1210
01:16:32,213 --> 01:16:34,796
<i>Your evacuation, however,</i>

1211
01:16:35,216 --> 01:16:37,754
<i>will not take place.</i>

1212
01:16:39,678 --> 01:16:42,921
<i>I repeat,
will not take place.</i>

1213
01:17:29,979 --> 01:17:31,561
Go to bed, Pig.

1214
01:17:33,399 --> 01:17:35,106
You must sleep.

1215
01:17:37,653 --> 01:17:39,610
Leave me, Clemmie.

1216
01:17:40,281 --> 01:17:43,149
The opportunity for doing so
passed a long time ago.

1217
01:18:14,732 --> 01:18:16,598
<i>Operator.
How may I direct your call?</i>

1218
01:18:16,734 --> 01:18:19,772
<i>- Give me Ramsay.
- One moment, please.</i>

1219
01:18:21,155 --> 01:18:23,021
<i>- Bertie?
- Sir?</i>

1220
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:24,572
What's been the response?

1221
01:18:24,658 --> 01:18:26,069
<i>It will take time.</i>

1222
01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:27,446
<i>It's too soon to judge.</i>

1223
01:18:27,536 --> 01:18:28,993
How many boats so far?

1224
01:18:29,079 --> 01:18:31,036
<i>Winston, it will take time.</i>

1225
01:18:31,123 --> 01:18:34,662
The request for civilian boats,
Bertie, was not a request.

1226
01:18:34,752 --> 01:18:36,789
It was an order!

1227
01:18:51,727 --> 01:18:53,764
- Miss Layton.
- Sir.

1228
01:18:53,854 --> 01:18:56,642
I need to reach,

1229
01:18:57,107 --> 01:18:58,268
to reach,

1230
01:18:59,443 --> 01:19:00,854
to speak to...

1231
01:19:02,321 --> 01:19:03,357
To?

1232
01:19:04,073 --> 01:19:05,189
3:00 p. m.

1233
01:19:05,282 --> 01:19:06,523
3:00 p. m., sir?

1234
01:19:07,576 --> 01:19:09,192
Yes. Yes.

1235
01:19:09,286 --> 01:19:12,154
Ask Bridges to summon the...

1236
01:19:13,249 --> 01:19:14,330
Oh, God.

1237
01:19:14,416 --> 01:19:16,749
The War Cabinet, at 3:00 p. m.

1238
01:19:16,835 --> 01:19:17,951
Thank you!

1239
01:19:22,132 --> 01:19:23,293
Sir.

1240
01:19:23,884 --> 01:19:26,592
From Lord Gort
in France, sir.

1241
01:19:31,517 --> 01:19:33,725
Belgium has fallen.

1242
01:19:35,688 --> 01:19:38,852
They will surrender
at midnight.

1243
01:19:41,777 --> 01:19:43,769
France will soon follow suit.

1244
01:19:56,792 --> 01:19:58,124
We have received reports

1245
01:19:58,210 --> 01:19:59,917
that the most probable
method of attack

1246
01:20:00,004 --> 01:20:02,212
which Germany might employ
against this country

1247
01:20:02,339 --> 01:20:05,082
is a large fleet
of fast motorboats,

1248
01:20:05,175 --> 01:20:07,918
possibly up to 200,
carrying a hundred men apiece,

1249
01:20:08,012 --> 01:20:10,755
to carry out a seaborne raid
on a large scale.

1250
01:20:10,848 --> 01:20:13,431
By these means, a
considerable force of the enemy

1251
01:20:13,517 --> 01:20:15,554
could be landed at
many points on the coast

1252
01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:18,762
simultaneously
with airborne raids inland.

1253
01:20:18,856 --> 01:20:22,600
We do not feel that
by naval or air action,

1254
01:20:22,693 --> 01:20:24,685
we could prevent such a landing.

1255
01:20:27,281 --> 01:20:28,692
Could you repeat that?

1256
01:20:29,116 --> 01:20:30,448
We must prepare

1257
01:20:30,534 --> 01:20:32,651
for the imminent invasion
of our island.

1258
01:20:36,749 --> 01:20:39,241
We must prepare for the
imminent invasion of our island.

1259
01:20:40,002 --> 01:20:41,709
We recommend that the country

1260
01:20:41,795 --> 01:20:44,754
should be warned and roused
to the immediate danger,

1261
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:46,297
and that all personnel

1262
01:20:46,383 --> 01:20:49,046
required to put Britain
in a state of defense

1263
01:20:49,136 --> 01:20:52,425
should be mobilized
without a moment's delay.

1264
01:20:52,514 --> 01:20:53,675
Lights.

1265
01:20:59,772 --> 01:21:02,480
Thank you, General.

1266
01:21:05,361 --> 01:21:09,355
Let all preparations be made.

1267
01:21:10,866 --> 01:21:12,778
Let the record state,
I have received word

1268
01:21:12,868 --> 01:21:14,530
from the Italian embassy
in London.

1269
01:21:14,620 --> 01:21:16,782
Italy is prepared
to mediate a resolution

1270
01:21:16,872 --> 01:21:18,989
between Britain,
its allies and Germany.

1271
01:21:25,089 --> 01:21:27,627
Perhaps then,

1272
01:21:29,468 --> 01:21:34,213
the time
for such an offer from us

1273
01:21:34,306 --> 01:21:35,922
is when...

1274
01:21:40,479 --> 01:21:42,516
Well, is when...

1275
01:21:44,900 --> 01:21:50,271
Is when Germany has made
an unsuccessful attempt

1276
01:21:50,364 --> 01:21:52,947
- to invade this country.
- Unsuccessful?

1277
01:21:53,033 --> 01:21:54,945
Then you leave me no other
option but to offer...

1278
01:21:55,035 --> 01:21:56,776
Winston. Winston!

1279
01:21:57,454 --> 01:22:01,619
You are refusing
to grasp the realities

1280
01:22:01,708 --> 01:22:05,122
of how precarious
our position is.

1281
01:22:05,838 --> 01:22:09,673
Our entire army
is about to be wiped out.

1282
01:22:10,050 --> 01:22:12,884
Terms must be struck.

1283
01:22:17,891 --> 01:22:19,223
Anthony.

1284
01:22:37,619 --> 01:22:40,202
Then it seems we...

1285
01:22:42,166 --> 01:22:44,203
We have no choice

1286
01:22:45,169 --> 01:22:47,786
but to at least consider the

1287
01:22:48,547 --> 01:22:51,665
path of negotiation.

1288
01:22:53,677 --> 01:22:56,715
If Hitler's peace terms are

1289
01:22:58,849 --> 01:23:02,593
over lordship
of Central Europe,

1290
01:23:03,437 --> 01:23:07,431
return of certain
German colonies,

1291
01:23:08,484 --> 01:23:12,524
and if he will leave us

1292
01:23:13,739 --> 01:23:16,026
our independence,

1293
01:23:18,327 --> 01:23:21,491
then I'd be grateful

1294
01:23:22,498 --> 01:23:25,161
to get out of our present...

1295
01:23:26,668 --> 01:23:28,034
difficulties.

1296
01:23:29,671 --> 01:23:31,458
But it is unlikely

1297
01:23:32,424 --> 01:23:35,258
that he will make
such an offer.

1298
01:23:35,344 --> 01:23:40,510
But if I were told
what the German terms were,

1299
01:23:45,229 --> 01:23:49,394
well, then I'd be
prepared to consider them.

1300
01:23:51,151 --> 01:23:53,359
Thank you, Prime Minister.

1301
01:23:54,196 --> 01:23:56,734
We shall prepare a
draft memorandum at once.

1302
01:24:09,294 --> 01:24:13,208
I have come to wonder,

1303
01:24:13,298 --> 01:24:16,132
in recent days...

1304
01:24:20,889 --> 01:24:23,347
whether it was...

1305
01:24:26,186 --> 01:24:28,052
part of my duty...

1306
01:24:31,567 --> 01:24:34,310
part of my...

1307
01:24:35,195 --> 01:24:37,653
part of my duty to...

1308
01:24:39,324 --> 01:24:41,441
to consider...

1309
01:24:43,412 --> 01:24:44,994
to consider,

1310
01:24:51,378 --> 01:24:53,540
to consider...

1311
01:24:56,133 --> 01:24:58,625
...whether it was...

1312
01:24:58,719 --> 01:25:01,006
Will that be all
for tonight, sir?

1313
01:25:05,392 --> 01:25:08,430
...whether it was
part of my duty

1314
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:12,605
entering into...

1315
01:25:13,525 --> 01:25:16,689
into negotiations with,

1316
01:25:21,491 --> 01:25:22,857
...that...

1317
01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:26,986
...that corporal...

1318
01:25:32,961 --> 01:25:34,827
that child.

1319
01:25:39,259 --> 01:25:42,172
And monster of wickedness.

1320
01:25:43,930 --> 01:25:45,091
That butcher.

1321
01:25:45,307 --> 01:25:48,675
That savage.

1322
01:25:49,019 --> 01:25:51,306
Monstrous savage.

1323
01:25:58,070 --> 01:25:59,902
That wicked

1324
01:26:01,031 --> 01:26:03,239
house painter.

1325
01:26:06,453 --> 01:26:08,365
House painter!

1326
01:26:15,337 --> 01:26:18,455
Where were we?

1327
01:26:21,927 --> 01:26:23,134
Well?

1328
01:26:26,014 --> 01:26:27,926
I didn't understand you, sir.

1329
01:26:29,476 --> 01:26:30,887
You were...

1330
01:26:31,269 --> 01:26:32,510
Were?

1331
01:26:33,605 --> 01:26:34,891
You were mumbling.

1332
01:26:34,981 --> 01:26:36,722
"Mumbling."

1333
01:26:41,988 --> 01:26:44,901
The right words

1334
01:26:46,451 --> 01:26:47,908
won't come.

1335
01:26:48,537 --> 01:26:49,744
They will come, sir.

1336
01:26:50,414 --> 01:26:52,997
No one can put
words together like you.

1337
01:27:03,885 --> 01:27:04,875
Oh!

1338
01:27:15,981 --> 01:27:17,472
Your beau?

1339
01:27:18,859 --> 01:27:20,191
My brother.

1340
01:27:22,904 --> 01:27:24,361
Where is he now?

1341
01:27:25,031 --> 01:27:26,988
He was falling back
on Dunkirk.

1342
01:27:28,618 --> 01:27:30,280
But he never made it.

1343
01:27:54,936 --> 01:27:56,097
What?

1344
01:28:01,693 --> 01:28:03,605
Just looking at you.

1345
01:28:30,555 --> 01:28:32,296
Shall I read back
what we have?

1346
01:28:34,851 --> 01:28:37,013
Yes, please.

1347
01:28:42,901 --> 01:28:45,939
"I have come to wonder
in recent days

1348
01:28:46,863 --> 01:28:49,230
"whether it was my duty
to consider

1349
01:28:49,324 --> 01:28:53,785
entering into negotiations
with..."

1350
01:28:57,499 --> 01:28:58,910
<i>With?</i>

1351
01:29:47,090 --> 01:29:49,127
I've just been standing,

1352
01:29:49,426 --> 01:29:53,386
imagining never
being here anymore,

1353
01:29:54,472 --> 01:29:56,885
whether it is because
I'm no longer alive

1354
01:29:56,975 --> 01:29:59,308
or that the palace
itself is gone.

1355
01:29:59,394 --> 01:30:01,181
Canada.

1356
01:30:02,397 --> 01:30:03,808
You must decide, sir.

1357
01:30:04,482 --> 01:30:05,643
You could rule in exile.

1358
01:30:05,734 --> 01:30:08,226
Truly? Is that to be
my fate?

1359
01:30:13,283 --> 01:30:14,649
You know something?

1360
01:30:14,743 --> 01:30:18,111
I'm aware in this
moment of feeling angry.

1361
01:30:20,790 --> 01:30:22,406
Bloody angry.

1362
01:30:26,087 --> 01:30:27,794
Darling.

1363
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:32,541
Winston, darling.

1364
01:30:35,347 --> 01:30:36,929
There's someone to see you.

1365
01:30:37,599 --> 01:30:38,931
You have a visitor.

1366
01:30:50,278 --> 01:30:52,565
My darling, you have
the full weight

1367
01:30:52,656 --> 01:30:54,272
of the world
on your shoulders.

1368
01:30:54,950 --> 01:30:56,782
No, I know, I know.

1369
01:30:56,868 --> 01:30:59,326
But these inner battles

1370
01:31:00,872 --> 01:31:03,364
have actually trained you

1371
01:31:03,917 --> 01:31:05,328
for this very moment.

1372
01:31:06,211 --> 01:31:08,874
You are strong because
you are imperfect.

1373
01:31:08,964 --> 01:31:13,004
You are wise
because you have doubts.

1374
01:31:15,261 --> 01:31:17,674
Now, shall I let him in?

1375
01:31:19,432 --> 01:31:20,639
Who?

1376
01:31:21,685 --> 01:31:22,846
The king.

1377
01:31:22,936 --> 01:31:24,973
Which king?

1378
01:31:25,689 --> 01:31:27,521
Our king?

1379
01:31:27,607 --> 01:31:30,816
Well, if it isn't him, it's
a marvelous impersonation.

1380
01:31:40,537 --> 01:31:41,994
Mr. Churchill.

1381
01:31:42,288 --> 01:31:45,781
I hope you can forgive
the late hour, but

1382
01:31:45,875 --> 01:31:49,334
your wife thought tonight
would be a good time.

1383
01:31:50,797 --> 01:31:52,004
Shall we sit?

1384
01:31:52,424 --> 01:31:53,790
Oh, yes.

1385
01:31:53,883 --> 01:31:55,670
Please.

1386
01:31:59,889 --> 01:32:01,551
Something to drink, perhaps?

1387
01:32:01,641 --> 01:32:02,757
No.

1388
01:32:09,941 --> 01:32:15,312
I received a visit.

1389
01:32:16,364 --> 01:32:17,605
From?

1390
01:32:17,699 --> 01:32:19,190
Viscount Halifax.

1391
01:32:19,284 --> 01:32:22,152
It appears that the
prospect of a peace deal

1392
01:32:23,538 --> 01:32:26,997
has increased dramatically.

1393
01:32:28,668 --> 01:32:33,083
The War Cabinet is drafting
a letter to Mussolini,

1394
01:32:33,798 --> 01:32:38,964
asking him to broker talks
with Herr Hitler.

1395
01:32:42,223 --> 01:32:45,307
Then Halifax was correct.

1396
01:32:47,562 --> 01:32:49,849
I should like to know
your mind.

1397
01:32:49,939 --> 01:32:52,932
It would be helpful
to know yours first.

1398
01:32:53,276 --> 01:32:56,690
I should like
to know it myself.

1399
01:32:58,531 --> 01:33:00,648
Nations

1400
01:33:01,117 --> 01:33:04,281
which go down fighting
rise again, and those

1401
01:33:05,246 --> 01:33:07,533
that surrender tamely
are finished.

1402
01:33:07,624 --> 01:33:08,865
Belgium?

1403
01:33:09,834 --> 01:33:11,245
- Collapsed.
- Norway?

1404
01:33:11,336 --> 01:33:12,668
Holland.

1405
01:33:13,254 --> 01:33:14,870
France any hour.

1406
01:33:14,964 --> 01:33:16,375
And the mood of Parliament?

1407
01:33:16,466 --> 01:33:17,547
Fear. Panic.

1408
01:33:17,634 --> 01:33:19,170
And you?

1409
01:33:20,720 --> 01:33:22,632
Are you not afraid?

1410
01:33:24,015 --> 01:33:27,053
I am, most terribly.

1411
01:33:28,728 --> 01:33:33,473
Support in the War Cabinet

1412
01:33:34,651 --> 01:33:36,859
for the campaign of resistance

1413
01:33:38,238 --> 01:33:39,445
has collapsed.

1414
01:33:47,622 --> 01:33:53,118
Later today, I will address
the House accordingly.

1415
01:34:03,930 --> 01:34:05,762
You have my support.

1416
01:34:13,064 --> 01:34:14,646
Your Majesty?

1417
01:34:15,692 --> 01:34:17,809
You have my support.

1418
01:34:20,238 --> 01:34:21,774
I confess, I

1419
01:34:22,657 --> 01:34:26,571
had some reservations
about you at first, but

1420
01:34:26,661 --> 01:34:30,200
while some in this country
dreaded your appointment,

1421
01:34:30,290 --> 01:34:34,409
none, none dreaded it
like Adolf Hitler.

1422
01:34:34,502 --> 01:34:38,291
Whomever can strike fear
into that brute heart

1423
01:34:38,840 --> 01:34:41,378
is worthy of all of our trust.

1424
01:34:41,885 --> 01:34:43,171
We shall work together.

1425
01:34:43,261 --> 01:34:46,129
You shall have my support
at any hour.

1426
01:34:46,806 --> 01:34:48,422
Beat the buggers.

1427
01:34:49,851 --> 01:34:51,513
I will go to Parliament.

1428
01:34:52,437 --> 01:34:55,601
But without support
in my own party,

1429
01:34:56,191 --> 01:34:58,057
I must sue for peace.

1430
01:35:02,113 --> 01:35:03,570
You once gave me some advice.

1431
01:35:03,656 --> 01:35:06,069
Perhaps I can...
I can give you some.

1432
01:35:07,327 --> 01:35:09,034
Go to the people.

1433
01:35:09,120 --> 01:35:11,487
Let them instruct you.

1434
01:35:11,581 --> 01:35:14,619
Quite silently,
they usually do.

1435
01:35:15,043 --> 01:35:16,409
But tell them

1436
01:35:17,462 --> 01:35:20,125
the truth unvarnished.

1437
01:35:20,215 --> 01:35:22,628
If invasion is imminent,

1438
01:35:22,717 --> 01:35:24,834
if our troops in France
are lost,

1439
01:35:25,261 --> 01:35:26,843
they must be prepared.

1440
01:35:30,308 --> 01:35:32,095
On certain matters,

1441
01:35:34,062 --> 01:35:38,432
I have very few people
with whom I can

1442
01:35:38,858 --> 01:35:41,566
talk frankly.

1443
01:35:41,653 --> 01:35:43,394
Perhaps now we have each other.

1444
01:35:45,531 --> 01:35:47,944
And I no longer scare you?

1445
01:35:48,034 --> 01:35:49,696
A little.

1446
01:35:50,119 --> 01:35:51,610
But I can cope.

1447
01:36:02,006 --> 01:36:03,838
We are ready.
More or less.

1448
01:36:03,925 --> 01:36:06,338
<i>More or less
what, Bertie?</i>

1449
01:36:06,427 --> 01:36:07,963
<i>Give me a number.</i>

1450
01:36:08,054 --> 01:36:10,717
In total, 860 vessels.

1451
01:36:10,807 --> 01:36:13,550
<i>The biggest civilian
fleet ever assembled.</i>

1452
01:36:13,643 --> 01:36:16,181
<i>Operation Dynamo
waits on your command.</i>

1453
01:36:16,271 --> 01:36:17,933
Admiral,

1454
01:36:18,523 --> 01:36:21,391
initiate Dynamo.

1455
01:36:21,484 --> 01:36:24,192
<i>And may God
watch over them all.</i>

1456
01:37:49,322 --> 01:37:51,029
We've lost the prime minister.

1457
01:38:13,346 --> 01:38:15,429
Do you know
how to use this thing?

1458
01:38:15,515 --> 01:38:16,596
Yes, sir.

1459
01:38:17,850 --> 01:38:19,933
How do I get to Westminster?

1460
01:38:20,019 --> 01:38:21,681
Westminster.

1461
01:38:22,939 --> 01:38:25,352
The District Line, east.
One stop.

1462
01:38:25,441 --> 01:38:28,149
District Line.
East. One stop.

1463
01:38:28,236 --> 01:38:30,649
Well, that doesn't
sound so hard.

1464
01:38:30,738 --> 01:38:31,819
No, sir.

1465
01:38:31,906 --> 01:38:33,363
Thank you.

1466
01:38:33,449 --> 01:38:34,940
Thank you, sir.

1467
01:38:35,034 --> 01:38:39,449
The memorandum is titled
"Suggested Approaches to Italy"

1468
01:38:39,539 --> 01:38:40,905
and is as follows.

1469
01:38:40,998 --> 01:38:44,412
"If Signor Mussolini
will cooperate with us

1470
01:38:44,502 --> 01:38:48,337
"in securing a settlement
of all European questions

1471
01:38:48,423 --> 01:38:50,210
"which safeguard
the independence

1472
01:38:50,299 --> 01:38:54,509
"and security of the allies,
and could be the basis

1473
01:38:54,595 --> 01:38:57,463
"of a just and durable
peace for Europe,

1474
01:38:57,557 --> 01:39:00,675
"we will undertake
at once to discuss,

1475
01:39:01,060 --> 01:39:03,302
"with the desire
to find solutions,

1476
01:39:03,396 --> 01:39:05,888
"the matters in which
Signor Mussolini

1477
01:39:05,982 --> 01:39:08,065
<i>"is primarily interested.</i>

1478
01:39:08,151 --> 01:39:11,485
<i>"We understand that
he desires the solution</i>

1479
01:39:11,571 --> 01:39:13,984
<i>"of certain
Mediterranean questions,</i>

1480
01:39:14,073 --> 01:39:17,942
<i>"and if he will state
in secrecy what these are,</i>

1481
01:39:18,035 --> 01:39:20,994
<i>"France and Great Britain
will at once</i>

1482
01:39:21,080 --> 01:39:23,367
<i>"do their best
to meet his wishes."</i>

1483
01:39:28,796 --> 01:39:32,756
So, this is the Underground.

1484
01:39:45,521 --> 01:39:46,762
Thank you.

1485
01:40:25,520 --> 01:40:27,182
Does anyone have a match?

1486
01:40:32,818 --> 01:40:34,184
Thank you.

1487
01:40:35,655 --> 01:40:37,271
Thank you.

1488
01:40:39,825 --> 01:40:41,987
What are you all staring at?

1489
01:40:42,078 --> 01:40:44,536
Have you never seen
the prime minister

1490
01:40:44,622 --> 01:40:46,454
ride the Underground before?

1491
01:40:49,502 --> 01:40:50,913
What is your name?

1492
01:40:51,003 --> 01:40:52,915
Oliver Wilson, sir.

1493
01:40:54,298 --> 01:40:56,005
And what do you do,
Mr. Wilson?

1494
01:40:56,092 --> 01:40:59,301
- Bricklayer, sir.
- Ah, bricklayer.

1495
01:40:59,387 --> 01:41:02,721
We shall have great need
of bricklayers soon.

1496
01:41:02,807 --> 01:41:04,343
Business will be looking up.

1497
01:41:08,980 --> 01:41:10,642
Progress.

1498
01:41:16,279 --> 01:41:17,440
How old?

1499
01:41:17,530 --> 01:41:18,691
Five months, sir.

1500
01:41:18,781 --> 01:41:20,898
He looks like you.

1501
01:41:21,534 --> 01:41:24,072
Madam, all babies
look like me.

1502
01:41:26,789 --> 01:41:28,121
Well, what is your name?

1503
01:41:28,207 --> 01:41:29,869
Mrs. Jessie Sutton.

1504
01:41:29,959 --> 01:41:31,791
Ah, Mrs. Sutton.

1505
01:41:31,877 --> 01:41:33,288
It's a pleasure.

1506
01:41:33,879 --> 01:41:35,461
Abigail.

1507
01:41:35,798 --> 01:41:37,005
Abigail Walker.

1508
01:41:37,091 --> 01:41:40,084
- Marcus Peters.
- Marcus Peters.

1509
01:41:42,847 --> 01:41:45,009
- Agnes Dillon.
- Agnes.

1510
01:41:45,099 --> 01:41:47,682
- Maurice Baker.
- Mr. Baker.

1511
01:41:47,768 --> 01:41:50,055
- Alice Simpson.
- Alice Simpson.

1512
01:41:50,146 --> 01:41:51,933
Miss Margaret Jerome.

1513
01:41:52,315 --> 01:41:53,931
Oh, a Jerome.

1514
01:41:54,025 --> 01:41:55,982
My mother was a Jerome.

1515
01:41:56,068 --> 01:41:59,232
I expect
we are closely related.

1516
01:42:00,281 --> 01:42:02,068
Please, please. Sit.

1517
01:42:02,158 --> 01:42:03,365
Sit, everyone.

1518
01:42:06,996 --> 01:42:09,079
Thank you, Mr. Baker.

1519
01:42:09,165 --> 01:42:13,910
So, how are you all,
how are you all bearing up?

1520
01:42:15,004 --> 01:42:16,870
Good spirits?

1521
01:42:16,964 --> 01:42:18,330
- Yes.
- Yes?

1522
01:42:18,424 --> 01:42:20,086
Just as well.

1523
01:42:20,176 --> 01:42:22,008
We shall need them.

1524
01:42:24,138 --> 01:42:25,925
Let me ask you something

1525
01:42:26,390 --> 01:42:29,974
that's been weighing
on my mind.

1526
01:42:30,061 --> 01:42:32,974
Perhaps you can
provide me with an answer.

1527
01:42:33,522 --> 01:42:37,607
You, the British people.

1528
01:42:38,569 --> 01:42:40,481
What is your mood?

1529
01:42:41,072 --> 01:42:44,031
Is it confident?

1530
01:42:44,116 --> 01:42:46,324
- Yeah.
- If confident, how confident?

1531
01:42:46,410 --> 01:42:49,323
- Very.
- Some people say it's a lost cause.

1532
01:42:49,413 --> 01:42:51,075
No, lost causes
are the only ones

1533
01:42:51,165 --> 01:42:53,157
- worth fighting for.
- Too right.

1534
01:42:53,250 --> 01:42:55,162
Yes.
Now let me ask you this.

1535
01:42:55,252 --> 01:42:57,209
If the worst came to pass

1536
01:42:57,296 --> 01:43:01,336
and the enemy
were to appear on those...

1537
01:43:01,425 --> 01:43:04,418
those streets above,
what would you do?

1538
01:43:04,512 --> 01:43:06,344
- Fight.
- Fight the fascists.

1539
01:43:06,430 --> 01:43:08,012
Fight them with anything
we can lay our hands on.

1540
01:43:08,099 --> 01:43:10,591
- Broom handles if we must.
- Street by street.

1541
01:43:10,685 --> 01:43:12,392
They will never
take Piccadilly.

1542
01:43:13,145 --> 01:43:15,683
Never take Piccadilly, indeed.

1543
01:43:15,773 --> 01:43:18,857
And what if
I put it to you all

1544
01:43:18,943 --> 01:43:24,655
that we might,
if we, if we ask nicely

1545
01:43:24,740 --> 01:43:28,825
get very favorable terms
from Mr. Hitler

1546
01:43:28,911 --> 01:43:32,825
if we enter into a peace deal
with him right now?

1547
01:43:33,290 --> 01:43:34,872
What would you say to that?

1548
01:43:34,959 --> 01:43:37,497
Never! Never! Never!

1549
01:43:37,586 --> 01:43:39,248
Never! Never!

1550
01:43:47,471 --> 01:43:48,712
Never.

1551
01:43:50,850 --> 01:43:52,136
Never.

1552
01:43:53,394 --> 01:43:55,181
Will you never give up?

1553
01:43:55,271 --> 01:43:56,807
No. Never.

1554
01:43:58,441 --> 01:44:03,106
"Then out spake brave Horatius,

1555
01:44:05,406 --> 01:44:07,989
"Captain of the Gate:

1556
01:44:09,201 --> 01:44:12,319
"To every man upon this earth

1557
01:44:12,413 --> 01:44:17,078
"Death cometh soon or late.

1558
01:44:17,877 --> 01:44:22,497
"And how can man die better

1559
01:44:22,590 --> 01:44:25,003
"Than facing fearful odds

1560
01:44:27,511 --> 01:44:30,128
- "For the ashes..."
- "For the ashes of his fathers

1561
01:44:30,598 --> 01:44:33,341
"And the temples of his Gods."

1562
01:44:43,277 --> 01:44:44,688
Are you crying?

1563
01:44:45,154 --> 01:44:46,440
I...

1564
01:44:46,781 --> 01:44:49,524
Yes, yes. I...

1565
01:44:49,867 --> 01:44:51,984
I blub a lot, you know.

1566
01:44:53,621 --> 01:44:55,954
You'll have to get used to it.

1567
01:44:58,334 --> 01:45:00,291
What stop is this?

1568
01:45:00,711 --> 01:45:02,794
It's Westminster, sir.

1569
01:45:03,214 --> 01:45:06,582
Westminster. It's my stop.

1570
01:45:38,457 --> 01:45:39,823
Prime Minister.

1571
01:45:42,670 --> 01:45:43,751
Sir.

1572
01:45:45,548 --> 01:45:47,210
The War Cabinet.

1573
01:45:47,299 --> 01:45:48,710
Sir, they're waiting.

1574
01:45:48,801 --> 01:45:51,384
I'm due to address
the Outer Cabinet.

1575
01:45:52,263 --> 01:45:53,674
- When?
- Now.

1576
01:45:53,764 --> 01:45:55,551
I haven't spoken to them

1577
01:45:55,641 --> 01:45:57,553
since the formation
of the new government.

1578
01:46:01,230 --> 01:46:02,846
- Prime Minister.
- Good day, gentlemen.

1579
01:46:02,940 --> 01:46:05,023
Prime Minister...

1580
01:46:05,109 --> 01:46:09,399
I- I'm about to, speak to
my Outer Cabinet in my rooms,

1581
01:46:09,488 --> 01:46:12,697
and I extend the
invitation to any of you

1582
01:46:12,783 --> 01:46:14,240
who would care to join them.

1583
01:46:16,328 --> 01:46:18,820
- Let's go.
- Let's go.

1584
01:46:37,099 --> 01:46:38,590
This afternoon,

1585
01:46:41,103 --> 01:46:43,186
I shall address the House

1586
01:46:44,523 --> 01:46:47,641
on the matter
of our nation's security.

1587
01:46:49,320 --> 01:46:52,484
At this very moment,
the War Cabinet

1588
01:46:52,573 --> 01:46:56,567
is drafting papers
that lay out a willingness

1589
01:46:56,660 --> 01:47:00,074
to enter into peace talks
with Herr Hitler,

1590
01:47:00,789 --> 01:47:02,451
via his

1591
01:47:03,292 --> 01:47:05,750
his lackey, Mussolini.

1592
01:47:07,796 --> 01:47:12,712
I have thought very
carefully in these last days

1593
01:47:12,801 --> 01:47:15,418
whether it was part of my duty

1594
01:47:16,138 --> 01:47:20,348
to consider entering
into negotiations with...

1595
01:47:24,521 --> 01:47:26,183
With that man.

1596
01:47:28,525 --> 01:47:30,608
But then I...

1597
01:47:32,863 --> 01:47:36,197
I spoke with

1598
01:47:39,620 --> 01:47:41,282
Oliver Wilson,

1599
01:47:42,289 --> 01:47:44,872
Mrs. Jessie Sutton,

1600
01:47:45,584 --> 01:47:49,043
Mrs. Abigail Walker,

1601
01:47:49,421 --> 01:47:51,663
Marcus Peters,

1602
01:47:51,757 --> 01:47:53,919
Maurice Baker,

1603
01:47:54,009 --> 01:47:55,500
Alice Simpson

1604
01:47:55,594 --> 01:47:58,337
and Miss Margaret Jerome.

1605
01:47:58,722 --> 01:48:00,964
Brave, good, true citizens
of this kingdom.

1606
01:48:01,058 --> 01:48:05,143
And they argued strongly
that it was idle to think,

1607
01:48:05,229 --> 01:48:08,097
if we tried to make peace now,

1608
01:48:08,190 --> 01:48:11,900
we should get better terms
than if we fought it out.

1609
01:48:12,945 --> 01:48:17,656
The Germans, Mr. Baker felt,

1610
01:48:17,992 --> 01:48:21,451
would demand,
in the name of disarmament,

1611
01:48:21,537 --> 01:48:23,620
our naval bases and much else,

1612
01:48:23,706 --> 01:48:25,493
and I think he's right.

1613
01:48:25,582 --> 01:48:29,576
Jessie Sutton,
speaking for many,

1614
01:48:29,670 --> 01:48:33,163
believes we would then
become a...

1615
01:48:33,257 --> 01:48:35,214
a slave state.

1616
01:48:35,759 --> 01:48:39,628
A British government which
would be Hitler's puppet.

1617
01:48:39,722 --> 01:48:43,966
A government set up
under Mosley

1618
01:48:44,059 --> 01:48:46,176
- or some such person.
- No, no.

1619
01:48:46,270 --> 01:48:49,980
And I join with them in asking
a further question.

1620
01:48:50,065 --> 01:48:52,557
A question I now put to you.

1621
01:48:53,277 --> 01:48:57,317
Where should we be
at the end of all that?

1622
01:49:02,578 --> 01:49:04,410
Some might benefit.

1623
01:49:04,621 --> 01:49:08,786
I mean, the powerful might
be able to parlay good terms,

1624
01:49:08,876 --> 01:49:11,789
preserved in their
country redoubts,

1625
01:49:11,879 --> 01:49:16,249
out of sight of the swastika
flying over

1626
01:49:16,341 --> 01:49:18,879
over Buckingham Palace!

1627
01:49:18,969 --> 01:49:21,006
Over Windsor!

1628
01:49:21,346 --> 01:49:23,838
And, draped on
these very buildings!

1629
01:49:23,932 --> 01:49:25,719
- Never! Never!
- No! No!

1630
01:49:25,809 --> 01:49:27,801
So I come to you...

1631
01:49:29,521 --> 01:49:32,184
I come to you

1632
01:49:33,233 --> 01:49:37,193
to learn your minds
in this grave hour.

1633
01:49:38,280 --> 01:49:41,193
You see,
it was pointed out to me

1634
01:49:41,283 --> 01:49:45,402
by my new friends
that you might even rise up

1635
01:49:45,496 --> 01:49:48,489
and tear me down
were I for one moment

1636
01:49:48,582 --> 01:49:50,574
to contemplate parlay
or surrender.

1637
01:49:55,589 --> 01:49:56,830
Were they wrong?

1638
01:49:56,924 --> 01:49:58,210
No!

1639
01:49:58,300 --> 01:49:59,632
- Were they wrong?
- No!

1640
01:49:59,718 --> 01:50:01,334
Were they wrong?

1641
01:50:01,470 --> 01:50:03,336
- No!
- Thank you. Thank you.

1642
01:50:03,430 --> 01:50:04,887
Then I have heard you.

1643
01:50:05,349 --> 01:50:07,056
I have heard you.

1644
01:50:09,353 --> 01:50:13,222
It appears to be
your will also

1645
01:50:13,774 --> 01:50:18,690
that if this long island story
of ours is to end at last,

1646
01:50:18,779 --> 01:50:22,614
then let it end
only when each one of us

1647
01:50:22,866 --> 01:50:27,361
lies choking in his own
blood upon the ground!

1648
01:50:27,454 --> 01:50:30,413
- Yes!
- Bravo!

1649
01:50:30,499 --> 01:50:31,785
Yes.

1650
01:50:34,294 --> 01:50:36,707
<i>And when I asked
to know their minds,</i>

1651
01:50:36,797 --> 01:50:38,663
there occurred
a demonstration which,

1652
01:50:38,757 --> 01:50:40,965
considering the character
of the gathering,

1653
01:50:41,051 --> 01:50:42,838
quite surprised me.

1654
01:50:43,512 --> 01:50:47,973
There is no doubt
that if we falter at all

1655
01:50:48,058 --> 01:50:49,890
in the leading of the nation,

1656
01:50:49,977 --> 01:50:52,765
we should all be hurled
out of office.

1657
01:50:53,438 --> 01:50:54,974
I am sure now
that every minister

1658
01:50:55,065 --> 01:50:56,431
on both sides of the House

1659
01:50:56,525 --> 01:50:59,017
is ready to be killed
quite soon,

1660
01:50:59,111 --> 01:51:02,195
and have all his family
and possessions destroyed,

1661
01:51:02,281 --> 01:51:03,863
rather than give in.

1662
01:51:04,783 --> 01:51:08,493
In this, they represent
almost all the people.

1663
01:51:09,204 --> 01:51:13,949
And it falls to me
in these coming days and months

1664
01:51:14,418 --> 01:51:18,082
to express their sentiments.

1665
01:51:20,549 --> 01:51:25,089
There shall be
no negotiated peace.

1666
01:51:29,474 --> 01:51:31,841
And you must each do now

1667
01:51:32,519 --> 01:51:34,135
as you see fit.

1668
01:51:38,984 --> 01:51:42,273
If you will excuse me,
gentlemen

1669
01:51:42,362 --> 01:51:45,901
I believe I am due
to address Parliament.

1670
01:51:46,408 --> 01:51:50,322
And I have yet to write
a word of my speech.

1671
01:51:50,412 --> 01:51:52,074
There's the buggers.

1672
01:51:55,417 --> 01:51:57,033
- Tiny.
- Sir.

1673
01:52:02,966 --> 01:52:05,003
- Miss Layton.
- Sir.

1674
01:52:05,510 --> 01:52:06,921
I am in need of you.

1675
01:52:09,348 --> 01:52:12,182
We must both now resign,
force a vote of no confidence.

1676
01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:16,143
Well, let us go
to the Commons first,

1677
01:52:16,855 --> 01:52:17,936
join our colleagues.

1678
01:52:19,316 --> 01:52:22,900
Then speak after
the prime minister's address.

1679
01:52:42,256 --> 01:52:44,589
Here is a woman
who's always tired,

1680
01:52:45,550 --> 01:52:49,339
for she lives a life
where too much is required.

1681
01:53:17,291 --> 01:53:19,533
The Prime Minister.

1682
01:53:28,844 --> 01:53:32,963
Turning once again to
the question of invasion,

1683
01:53:33,056 --> 01:53:37,141
I would observe that there
has never been a period

1684
01:53:37,227 --> 01:53:40,720
in all these long centuries
of which we boast

1685
01:53:40,814 --> 01:53:46,435
when an absolute guarantee
against invasion

1686
01:53:46,903 --> 01:53:49,816
could have been given
to our people.

1687
01:53:50,699 --> 01:53:52,440
Hear, hear.

1688
01:53:56,747 --> 01:53:58,613
But I have myself

1689
01:53:59,541 --> 01:54:03,455
full confidence
that if all do their duty,

1690
01:54:04,004 --> 01:54:06,542
if nothing is neglected,

1691
01:54:07,007 --> 01:54:08,589
and the best arrangements
are made,

1692
01:54:08,675 --> 01:54:11,213
as they are being made,

1693
01:54:11,720 --> 01:54:14,588
we shall prove ourselves
once more able

1694
01:54:14,681 --> 01:54:17,173
to defend our island home.

1695
01:54:17,267 --> 01:54:21,637
To ride out the storm of war

1696
01:54:22,189 --> 01:54:25,557
and to outlive
the menace of tyranny.

1697
01:54:25,650 --> 01:54:27,482
If necessary

1698
01:54:27,903 --> 01:54:31,738
for years, if necessary

1699
01:54:32,866 --> 01:54:34,073
alone.

1700
01:54:36,078 --> 01:54:38,695
<i>At any rate,
that is what we are</i>

1701
01:54:38,789 --> 01:54:40,621
<i>are going to try to do.</i>

1702
01:54:41,166 --> 01:54:45,911
<i>That is the resolve
of His Majesty's Government,</i>

1703
01:54:46,004 --> 01:54:47,745
<i>- every man of them.
- To your right, please.</i>

1704
01:54:48,215 --> 01:54:50,423
<i>That is the will</i>

1705
01:54:50,509 --> 01:54:52,876
of Parliament and the nation.

1706
01:54:52,969 --> 01:54:55,211
Hear, hear.

1707
01:54:56,098 --> 01:54:57,930
<i>The British Empire</i>

1708
01:54:58,016 --> 01:54:59,678
<i>and the French Republic,</i>

1709
01:54:59,768 --> 01:55:03,933
<i>linked together in their
cause and in their need,</i>

1710
01:55:04,231 --> 01:55:06,769
<i>will defend to the death</i>

1711
01:55:06,858 --> 01:55:08,770
<i>their native soil.</i>

1712
01:55:08,860 --> 01:55:10,192
Hear, hear!

1713
01:55:10,278 --> 01:55:14,067
Aiding each other
like good comrades

1714
01:55:14,533 --> 01:55:17,071
to the utmost
of their strength.

1715
01:55:17,160 --> 01:55:18,241
Hear, hear.

1716
01:55:20,455 --> 01:55:24,574
Even though
large tracts of Europe

1717
01:55:24,876 --> 01:55:26,913
and many old and famous states

1718
01:55:27,003 --> 01:55:31,293
have fallen
or may fall into

1719
01:55:31,383 --> 01:55:34,967
the grip of the Gestapo

1720
01:55:35,220 --> 01:55:39,430
and all the odious apparatus
of the Nazi rule,

1721
01:55:40,225 --> 01:55:43,059
we shall not flag or fail.

1722
01:55:44,354 --> 01:55:47,062
We shall go on to the end!

1723
01:55:47,149 --> 01:55:49,141
Hear, hear!

1724
01:55:52,279 --> 01:55:55,238
We shall fight in France.

1725
01:55:55,949 --> 01:56:00,034
We shall fight on the
seas and the oceans.

1726
01:56:00,537 --> 01:56:04,247
We shall fight
with growing confidence

1727
01:56:04,332 --> 01:56:06,289
and growing strengths
in the air.

1728
01:56:06,376 --> 01:56:07,708
Hear, hear!

1729
01:56:07,794 --> 01:56:11,128
We shall defend our island,

1730
01:56:11,214 --> 01:56:13,831
whatever the cost may be.

1731
01:56:13,925 --> 01:56:16,042
Hear, hear.

1732
01:56:16,344 --> 01:56:19,303
We shall fight on the beaches.

1733
01:56:19,389 --> 01:56:23,099
We shall fight
on the landing grounds.

1734
01:56:23,560 --> 01:56:26,644
We shall fight in the fields

1735
01:56:26,730 --> 01:56:28,972
and in the streets.

1736
01:56:29,399 --> 01:56:32,233
We shall fight in the hills.

1737
01:56:32,652 --> 01:56:34,814
We shall never surrender!

1738
01:56:37,365 --> 01:56:40,199
- Hear, hear.
- Hear, hear.

1739
01:56:44,498 --> 01:56:45,955
And if...

1740
01:56:50,128 --> 01:56:51,744
And if

1741
01:56:53,256 --> 01:56:56,374
which I do not
for a moment believe,

1742
01:56:56,635 --> 01:57:01,175
this island
or large part of it were...

1743
01:57:01,264 --> 01:57:04,382
were subjugated
and starving,

1744
01:57:05,101 --> 01:57:09,471
then our empire
beyond the seas,

1745
01:57:09,564 --> 01:57:13,604
armed and guarded
by the British fleet,

1746
01:57:14,110 --> 01:57:17,945
- would carry on the struggle.
- Hear, hear!

1747
01:57:18,532 --> 01:57:20,774
Until, in God's good time,

1748
01:57:21,284 --> 01:57:26,120
the New World, with
all its power and might,

1749
01:57:26,623 --> 01:57:29,331
steps forth to the rescue

1750
01:57:29,417 --> 01:57:32,160
and the liberation of the old!

1751
01:58:09,374 --> 01:58:10,990
Bravo!

1752
01:58:11,084 --> 01:58:12,495
Victory!

1753
01:58:13,712 --> 01:58:17,877
Victory! Victory!

1754
01:58:22,470 --> 01:58:24,052
Changed your mind?

1755
01:58:24,806 --> 01:58:26,672
Those who never
change their mind

1756
01:58:27,142 --> 01:58:28,883
never change anything.

1757
01:58:32,147 --> 01:58:33,513
What just happened?

1758
01:58:34,608 --> 01:58:36,895
He mobilized
the English language

1759
01:58:38,194 --> 01:58:40,106
and sent it into battle.