Salute John Citizen (1942)
1h 36min | Drama, War | 28 September 1942 (UK)
The Bunting family face up to the fortunes of war during the Second World War.
Director: Maurice Elvey
Writers: Elizabeth Baron (scenario), Robert Greenwood (dialogue)
Stars: Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros, Jimmy Hanley
1h 36min | Drama, War | 28 September 1942 (UK)
The Bunting family face up to the fortunes of war during the Second World War.
Director: Maurice Elvey
Writers: Elizabeth Baron (scenario), Robert Greenwood (dialogue)
Stars: Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros, Jimmy Hanley
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00:00:50Hello, everybody. My name's Oski.
00:00:53And I'm going to tell you about my next-door neighbors, the Bunting family.
00:00:57Now, my dictionary defines the word Bunting as common, ordinary stuff.
00:01:02Out of it are woven the banners of victory.
00:01:06Well, Mr. Bunting is just an ordinary citizen.
00:01:10The backbone of the nation, as you might say.
00:01:12He's always paid his way and denied himself quite a few things
00:01:17to give his children a better education than he really could afford.
00:01:22This photograph was taken at the occasion of his eldest son's wedding.
00:01:27That's me at the back, at the end there.
00:01:29On your left, that's it, you've got it.
00:01:32That's me.
00:01:34Now there's Mr. Bunting.
00:01:36And there he is, trouble and strife.
00:01:39That's Ernest the bridegroom and the bride, Evie,
00:01:42who, being an orphan, was married from my house next door.
00:01:46Then there's Christopher, his younger son, with his girlfriend, Monica.
00:01:50And that's Bunting's young daughter, Julie, the apple of his eye,
00:01:54to complete the family group.
00:01:57Theirs is a simple story, and it begins in that lovely summer of 1939.
00:02:02Do you remember? When men still hoped for peace.
00:02:06Well, all the Buntings all over Britain were going home from their work.
00:02:10Mr. Bunting was employed at Brockley's, a large establishment near the city.
00:02:16This is his poetic pal, Joe Corder.
00:02:19Here's Mr. Bunting himself.
00:02:32Evening.
00:02:33Evening, Oscar.
00:02:45Evening.
00:03:06Here we are, right on the dot.
00:03:10Oh, I must tell her, silly.
00:03:13How many times have I got to tell Julie to have her shoes repaired?
00:03:16Look at these.
00:03:18I suppose I'll have to take them myself.
00:03:24Ernest Homland.
00:03:27What is that? A beat open?
00:03:30It does play lovely.
00:03:36Can I do anything?
00:03:37Julie will help.
00:03:39Julie will help.
00:03:41Don't make me laugh.
00:04:03Take that rotten thing again.
00:04:05It can't be rotten, Ben. It's my Serato.
00:04:07I don't care what it is. I'm fed up with it.
00:04:09It's rotten.
00:04:27If you think I bought that piano to be snorted out of my own house, you're wrong.
00:04:33Oh, suppose I got the sack, for instance.
00:04:36Nothing wrong at Bruxen's, is there?
00:04:39No, no.
00:04:45Then what made you think of it?
00:04:48Well, just feeling meditatious.
00:04:51Getting on, you know. Sixty-two.
00:04:54George.
00:04:55What's the matter, Mary?
00:04:57George, tell me. You're not ill, are you?
00:05:00Of course not.
00:05:02If you were ill, you would tell me, dear, wouldn't you?
00:05:05Of course I would. Don't upset yourself.
00:05:08Are you frightened of me?
00:05:10No, I'm all right.
00:05:12Just thinking things over.
00:05:15Everything's sort of depending on you.
00:05:18Like that fellow holding up the world on his shoulders.
00:05:23You know, Atlas and the maps.
00:05:27There is something.
00:05:29George, tell me.
00:05:31Yes, there is.
00:05:36I'm miserable at Brockley's, Mary.
00:05:39If it wasn't for the kids, I wouldn't stick it for another day.
00:05:44All this modern efficiency stuff.
00:05:49Young Mr. Brockley.
00:05:51He'd bow me on it.
00:05:55Oh, now, my George, why is that cheek so pale?
00:05:58How chance the roses dare to fade so fast?
00:06:01In other words, why the darkened brows?
00:06:04Don't worry, George, I'm Mr. Brockley.
00:06:09A nice example you manage to set your assistants. Gossiping.
00:06:13Well, sir, I mean to say I...
00:06:17About this question of your indoor display.
00:06:19Yes, sir?
00:06:20Can't you feature something seasonable?
00:06:22What would you call seasonable in our mangroves, sir?
00:06:25Don't ask me.
00:06:26No, sir.
00:06:27If you haven't any ideas, let Turner here have a go. He seems to have some.
00:06:31Excelsior scales.
00:06:33The Comptons of Barking have scales at half the price.
00:06:35Excuse me, sir, not like this.
00:06:37These are vibrating scales.
00:06:38Agate bearings, copper scoops, brass caps, last a lifetime.
00:06:42Who wants them to last a lifetime?
00:06:43If Comptons could do a reliable cheap scale, we can.
00:06:46Excuse me, sir, there is no such thing as a reliable cheap scale.
00:06:50Mr. Brockley, sir, we ran a very good cheap scale when I was at Bolton's.
00:06:55German-making.
00:06:56Did it sell well?
00:06:57Oh, yes, sir.
00:06:58Ah, I suppose you're often asked for a cheap one, Turner.
00:07:01Yes, sir, often.
00:07:02Aren't we, Mr. Bunting?
00:07:05This stuff is not too dear, sir.
00:07:07It's what the firm was built up on. Quality.
00:07:09In fact, broccolis.
00:07:11You're right. Typical broccolis.
00:07:13Your typical broccolis, too.
00:07:15Thank you, sir.
00:07:16How long have you been here, Bunting?
00:07:18Forty-eight years, sir.
00:07:19Forty-eight years.
00:07:22Quite a few.
00:07:25Did Mr. Brockley say I have to do the window, sir?
00:07:27Look here, Turner.
00:07:28You are not in charge of this department yet, nor ever likely to be.
00:07:33No, sir.
00:07:41What do you think of that fella, Turner, Joe?
00:07:43Turner? Of all men's clotted clay, the dingiest clot is Turner.
00:07:47That's a good'un. Clotted clay. And what's more, it's true.
00:07:50Dangerous man.
00:07:51Think of him as a serpent's egg,
00:07:54which hatched, would creep and crawl and climb into the fold.
00:07:57He goes to young Brockley behind your back.
00:08:00What?
00:08:01Tries to tell him how much better he could run the department than you do.
00:08:04Give me the tummies after my job.
00:08:07I ain't gone yet.
00:08:08No, not yet.
00:08:10No.
00:08:12I hope I haven't stirred you up to a sudden flood of mutiny.
00:08:15No.
00:08:18Beware you do not hatch the serpent's egg.
00:08:23Thou hast done the firm some service in the past, so they know it.
00:08:26But patient merit is not its own reward.
00:08:29Look.
00:08:30Hold you in the window.
00:08:31Without orders, or with a bite, you leave.
00:08:33You were right, Joe.
00:08:34You leave this to me.
00:08:40May I ask, if it's not a liberty on the part of the manager of this department,
00:08:45who ordered you to interfere with the window?
00:08:47If you will pardon me, Mr. Bunker...
00:08:49Put it back, Charlie. All of it.
00:08:50Yes, sir.
00:08:51Follow me, you.
00:08:54The window's got to be done, hasn't it?
00:09:10I'm not going to be frightened.
00:09:12Who's threatening you?
00:09:13You get back to your work.
00:09:14Have you ever heard of a serpent's egg?
00:09:15What?
00:09:16I don't suppose you knew serpent's laid eggs.
00:09:18There's too much serpent's eggs about you, Turner.
00:09:20You're a piece of clotted clay.
00:09:21That's what you are.
00:09:22Clotted clay.
00:09:26I've got to remind him, sir.
00:09:27He's been getting too promiscuous lately.
00:09:29Too what?
00:09:30Cheeky, sir.
00:09:31This can't go on.
00:09:32No, sir.
00:09:33Follow me.
00:09:40And so Bunting, we shan't need your services after today.
00:09:43I beg your pardons?
00:09:44We shan't need you here after today.
00:09:46Get some young blood into the firm.
00:09:4948 years, did you say?
00:09:51Yes.
00:09:52Here's a month's money.
00:09:53You may leave after your day's work.
00:09:54That'll be all.
00:09:55But, Mr. Brockley.
00:09:56That will be all.
00:10:05Very good, sir.
00:10:19A villain.
00:10:20A damned villain, young Brockley.
00:10:22After 48 years, Joe.
00:10:24I'm sorry, George.
00:10:26I know that, Joe.
00:10:28Are we going to manage at home?
00:10:31850 pounds for Aunt Alice's property.
00:10:34I'm sure your father will be annoyed with you for opening his telegrams.
00:10:37Telegrams have to be opened, haven't they?
00:10:39I bet he'll look upon this money as his own in a way.
00:10:41Nothing to do with us.
00:10:42Nothing to do with his own children.
00:10:44You've already stung him for your arithmics.
00:10:46Greedy little gold digger.
00:10:47Now, Chris.
00:10:48Well, I don't want a penny piece from Father.
00:10:51Well, not permanently.
00:10:52Me and Ernest want careers.
00:10:54Me and Ernest?
00:10:55Why, you can't even talk grammar.
00:10:56Now, when he comes in, don't let him find you all waiting about.
00:10:59He'll think you're always after him for something.
00:11:07There's Dad.
00:11:08Where's the telegram?
00:11:09I've got it.
00:11:10Now, don't all rush at him.
00:11:11Hello, Dad.
00:11:12Good evening, Father.
00:11:13Let me take these.
00:11:14Let me take your hat, Daddy darling.
00:11:16What's the matter with you all?
00:11:17I thought you were going to one of your classical concerts, Ernest.
00:11:20What's happened?
00:11:21What's going on?
00:11:22This telegram came for you, Father.
00:11:23It's been sold.
00:11:24Aunt Alice's cottages, Dad.
00:11:26Over 800 pounds.
00:11:27Isn't it wonderful, George?
00:11:29Dad, no, I don't...
00:11:30Now, Ernest, not tonight.
00:11:32Yes, now.
00:11:34Let's hear it.
00:11:35You want to be an accountant.
00:11:37Yes, Dad.
00:11:38Well, you ain't going to be.
00:11:40But why, Dad?
00:11:41You said...
00:11:42Because we can't afford it.
00:11:43Oh, surely, don't.
00:11:44You can't say that now.
00:11:45I'm not asking just for myself.
00:11:46It's for Chris as well.
00:11:47You don't care if we spend the rest of our lives
00:11:49in rotten jobs and rotten salaries.
00:11:51I tell you, we can't afford it.
00:11:52But, Dad, you always say we can't afford it.
00:11:54Oh, look here, Dad.
00:11:55If you pay off the mortgage, you still leave your 650.
00:11:58Invest that at 4%,
00:11:59and together with your 320 a year from broccolis,
00:12:01now you...
00:12:02Now, listen, Ernest.
00:12:03It ain't what you think, not at all.
00:12:05You say we have this, and we have that,
00:12:07and I have my 320 a year.
00:12:10Well, we ain't got it any longer.
00:12:15I'll finish with broccolis.
00:12:18But, George, you didn't.
00:12:21No.
00:12:24I got the safe today.
00:12:28Thank you, sir.
00:12:29Come again.
00:12:30Service with a smile.
00:12:35That's publicity for you, Chris.
00:12:37American methods.
00:12:40First, how can you expect me to do your accounts
00:12:42when you won't give me the invoices?
00:12:44What a brother.
00:12:45Give me the invoices, Bert.
00:12:46Oh, don't mind her.
00:12:47She's uppish.
00:12:48I think marvelous.
00:12:49What, our kid?
00:12:50We think she's a bit effective.
00:12:57Monica.
00:12:58Uh-huh?
00:12:59I know you're asking you to go to the pictures tonight,
00:13:01I suppose.
00:13:02Well...
00:13:03You'll never say yes.
00:13:04What are you doing tomorrow?
00:13:06You know what we need around here, Chris?
00:13:08Is a bit of hustle.
00:13:09Do you think your old men might...
00:13:10No.
00:13:11You talk about hustle.
00:13:12Well, they hustled him out of his job today.
00:13:14Phew.
00:13:15You're not fooling, are you, Chris?
00:13:17I'm afraid not.
00:13:19Chris?
00:13:20Yes?
00:13:21Were you serious about taking me to the pictures tonight?
00:13:24Monica.
00:13:25Say, if your old man's got the push,
00:13:27does that mean we can't even have an illuminated sign?
00:13:29Illuminated sign?
00:13:30Well, this is going to affect all of us.
00:13:32You, me, Julie, Ernest.
00:13:43APPLAUSE
00:13:53What's worrying you, darling?
00:13:55Is it about your father?
00:13:58Yes.
00:13:59All this talk of war.
00:14:01Do you think there's going to be a war?
00:14:03You'd have to go, wouldn't you?
00:14:05I might.
00:14:06MUSIC
00:14:11Don't let's worry.
00:14:13I've got help at home now.
00:14:15It's going to affect our plan.
00:14:17Poor Mr. Brunting.
00:14:26Well, that's the last drop of Bonnie Prince Charlie for some time, old girl.
00:14:31What's this air raid precaution business?
00:14:35A.R.P.
00:14:37Which idea?
00:14:38Because it looks to me, Mary, that there's going to be a war.
00:14:41Really?
00:14:42Mm.
00:14:43Aye.
00:14:44Mr. Brunting were right.
00:14:47There was no withdrawing from our duty to stricken Poland,
00:14:50although it was too late to help her.
00:14:53And during the weary months that followed,
00:14:55the glorious action of the river plate with the sinking of the Graf von Spee
00:15:00was her only heartening episode.
00:15:02And Mr. Brunting, out of work,
00:15:04occupied himself with the care of the blackout
00:15:07and the maintenance of the family gas masts.
00:15:09KNOCKING
00:15:17Hello, Oski.
00:15:19I'm in my official capacity.
00:15:22What's up?
00:15:23What's up?
00:15:24Don't you know there's a war on?
00:15:26You're showing a light.
00:15:27What do you mean? Where?
00:15:29A backroom light. Come and have a look.
00:15:31Sure, brilliant.
00:15:35I wish he wouldn't keep on about this all in rate.
00:15:44You are an old bear, Daddy, aren't you?
00:15:47And my ducks?
00:15:49Regular rhinoceros.
00:15:51Oh, not a rhinoceros.
00:16:02Ernest, would you like to play the moonlight snarter?
00:16:22Oh.
00:16:33Letter for you, Daddy. Mark Broccoli's.
00:16:36Broccoli's?
00:16:43Put the light on, Mary. I can't see a thing.
00:16:52They want to know if I'll go up and interview their Mr. Bickerton
00:16:57at 9.30 sharp in the morning.
00:17:00Bickerton?
00:17:02I can't remember any Mr. Bickerton.
00:17:05Who's this Mr. Bickerton, Joe?
00:17:07Who is new?
00:17:08Yes, he's in charge now, young Broccoli's,
00:17:10gone into government service.
00:17:12He was.
00:17:14Likewise, the usurper Holroyd.
00:17:16Who's Holroyd?
00:17:17The usurper Holroyd?
00:17:18Yes.
00:17:19He took your job when you retired.
00:17:24So Turner didn't get it, eh?
00:17:26Oh, yes.
00:17:27The serpent's egg remains unhatched.
00:17:30And now Holroyd's been called up.
00:17:32George, your old job's vacant.
00:17:37So fortune marks thee and sets her seal upon thy brow.
00:17:41Oh, thou egregious Bunting.
00:17:43Don't need to get flowery, Joe.
00:17:45I know you're glad to see me decked.
00:17:47Serpent's egg.
00:17:48Mr. Bunting, you've been put in charge again?
00:17:51You can rely on me to back you up.
00:17:53You didn't think there was any jealousy on my part?
00:17:55Psst, jealousy.
00:17:56You'll do as you're told, Turner.
00:17:58You can get back to your work.
00:18:01Charlie?
00:18:19A draft of vintage, I see.
00:18:21Yeah, first whiskey for months, Joe.
00:18:23Haven't been able to afford it.
00:18:25Getting it in now before the Chancellor starts messing a price about.
00:18:28In fact, two drafts.
00:18:31We shall need it now, you know, that we are a race of troglodytes.
00:18:35A race of what?
00:18:36Troglodytes.
00:18:37You know, cave dwellers.
00:18:39Dwellers in shelters like the men in the Maginot line.
00:18:42Oh.
00:18:43Troglodytes.
00:19:13I got me old job back.
00:19:14Oh, boy.
00:19:15George, how lovely.
00:19:18Will you get your own salary?
00:19:19Yes, starting today.
00:19:21Of course, I've got a lot more responsibility.
00:19:23We've got a lot of stuff in for this air raid precaution issue.
00:19:26Daddy, do you think we'd have air raids?
00:19:28Well, I don't know, but we've got the stuff in all right.
00:19:30Scoops for incendiaries, stirrup pumps, salvage hooks, portable sirens, all manner of stuff.
00:19:37You're looking brighter already, George.
00:19:39I feel brighter.
00:19:40And a bottle of Bonnie Prince Charlie on the street with it.
00:19:44Of course, I've only got the job for the duration,
00:19:46but for all that, I want to see the Germans beaten and Holroyd come back.
00:19:49Holroyd?
00:19:50The fellow who took my place.
00:19:52If need be, I'd be as glad to lose me job again as I am to get it back,
00:19:56so long as we lick those Germans.
00:19:58Heard the news.
00:19:59What news?
00:20:00Dad's got his old job back.
00:20:01That's what the war does for you.
00:20:03Chaps like you and I get our careers messed up,
00:20:05and old men get decent births out of it.
00:20:08Yet it's men of father's age who are responsible for the war, not us.
00:20:11You're telling me.
00:20:13Perhaps it's a good thing he's got his old job back.
00:20:16If your laundry goes badly, it'll hit him, won't it?
00:20:18After all, he mortgaged the house to put money in it for you.
00:20:21He put money in your garage.
00:20:23It all seems so unfair.
00:20:25You work and plan to do something useful,
00:20:27and along comes a war that nobody wants,
00:20:29and takes it out of the younger generation.
00:20:36Julie.
00:20:41Daddy.
00:20:42That's all right, Ducks. A little present.
00:20:44Have you got to go out?
00:20:46Yes.
00:20:48I shan't be late, Daddy darling.
00:20:50Don't worry.
00:20:54Take care of yourself in the blackout, Ducks.
00:20:56You're growing up, you know.
00:20:58Almost a woman.
00:21:00Glad to hear about your job, Dad.
00:21:02Congratulations, Dad.
00:21:04Yes, got my old job back, and not before it's done.
00:21:07Considering the way things are going with you boys.
00:21:09How's business today, Chris?
00:21:11Hardly taken a pound.
00:21:13Gotta get petrol.
00:21:15Well, how the garages do.
00:21:17You want more initiative, my boy.
00:21:19What are you going out to?
00:21:21Yes, taking Monica to the pictures.
00:21:23See you later, Dad.
00:21:25So long.
00:21:30And I suppose you're going to be later to jazz band tonight, Ernest.
00:21:35Dad.
00:21:37Evie...
00:21:40Evie and I have decided to get married.
00:21:43Well.
00:21:45We've been looking around for a house lately.
00:21:47There's one falling vacant in Kilworth Gardens very soon.
00:21:50Yes.
00:21:51It's a very reasonable rent, and rates are quite cheap.
00:21:54Uh-huh.
00:21:56Well, now you've got your job back,
00:21:58and you won't be needing my help at home any longer, and...
00:22:00Jolly good luck to you, Ernest, and to Evie, too.
00:22:02She's a good girl, and we're both very fond of her.
00:22:05Now you toddle off to your dance hall,
00:22:07and don't worry about nothing.
00:22:20Do you know that Ernest and Evie...
00:22:22Yes, George, I know.
00:22:24Oh, I didn't.
00:22:27And Mr. Bunting didn't know much about the war either
00:22:30until Norway and Denmark were invaded in the spring of 1940.
00:22:34He carried on with his job whilst the Germans overran Holland,
00:22:37and the Belgian and French withdrawals
00:22:39forced our troops to evacuate from Dunkirk.
00:22:43Bunting was digging for victory when France capitulated,
00:22:47and the war moved across the Channel,
00:22:49and the immortal Battle of Britain was on in the air.
00:22:52But the RAF were ready and destroyed hundreds of the...
00:22:55uh, Junkers.
00:22:57Their original plans foiled,
00:22:59the Luftwaffe started the Blitzkrieg on London
00:23:02just one year after the declaration of war.
00:23:05But the Buntings of Britain still made their daily journeys
00:23:08to and from their stricken cities.
00:23:17So, uh, tomorrow's a great day.
00:23:19Yeah.
00:23:20Ernest's wedding.
00:23:21Pity we're so short of staff and you can't be there, Joe.
00:23:23Oh, I shall be there in spirit.
00:23:25Yes.
00:23:26A little something for Ernest.
00:23:28A token of avuncular esteem.
00:23:30Oh, thank you, Joe. Jolly nice of you.
00:23:33Let me not, to the marriage of true minds,
00:23:36admit impediments,
00:23:39as the poet says.
00:23:41Oh.
00:23:51It's a lovely thing.
00:23:53The man who wrote that had a mind of peace.
00:23:57There you are.
00:24:03Prime Minister Blackart.
00:24:20Come along now, Blackart, everybody.
00:24:30Now, that's a good tune, Ernest.
00:24:32I like that. What was that?
00:24:34I'm glad you like it, Dad.
00:24:36Shows you've got good taste.
00:24:38Handel wrote it.
00:24:39I know. It says love.
00:24:45Strange, isn't it?
00:24:47Fathers have gone separate ways all these years.
00:24:49Now they need to go on together.
00:24:52Let's go.
00:24:55Ernest!
00:24:57I say!
00:24:58Oh, please pardon.
00:24:59Here's the butternoles for the bridegroom's party tomorrow.
00:25:02All home grown.
00:25:04Lovely.
00:25:05Thank you, Mr. Ruskie.
00:25:07And thank you for looking after my Evie for me tonight.
00:25:09That's all right, Ernest.
00:25:11All I hope is the funds keep away.
00:25:17Good night, Ernest.
00:25:18Good night, Mr. Ruskie.
00:25:21Don't be long.
00:25:25I don't see why they should want to spoil my wedding.
00:25:38Yes, moan in, Minnie.
00:25:40Into the shelter, everybody.
00:25:43Here, in my shelter, you two.
00:25:45Come on.
00:25:52I've got a murder here.
00:25:54Oh, come in, do, George.
00:26:05There we are.
00:26:06You didn't remember my soda mints, did you, Minnie?
00:26:09Of course I did, dear.
00:26:11Everything to hand, eh?
00:26:13I don't think there's going to be stuff in here, do you?
00:26:16No, dear.
00:26:17It's lovely and fresh.
00:26:19Hmm.
00:26:20Oski said...
00:26:21Oh, never mind, never mind.
00:26:42What's the time, George?
00:26:45Getting on for the day, eh?
00:26:47Why don't you and Julie try and get a bit of sleep?
00:26:51Hasn't Hitler dropped all his bombs yet?
00:26:55Go to sleep.
00:26:57It'll be a long way off.
00:27:12That wasn't a long way off.
00:27:14Don't be a bitter shrapnel. Try and get a sleep.
00:27:22Dad.
00:27:25They've got to be stopped, Dad.
00:27:32How do you mean?
00:27:34In the air.
00:27:36Yes, but...
00:27:37There aren't any buts, Dad.
00:27:39It's in the air they've got to be stopped.
00:27:42If we don't, they'll come over and blow places like Kilworth to blazes.
00:27:46Yes, of course they will.
00:27:52I've fixed up with Bert about the garage, Dad.
00:27:55Fixed up what?
00:28:00I hope I could make a pilot.
00:28:04I wouldn't be in a hurry about that, Christopher.
00:28:10But I've joined, Dad.
00:28:17What, already?
00:28:21Yes, I've asked the doctor.
00:28:33Isn't that the all-clear?
00:28:39Yes.
00:28:58Mary, did you...
00:29:00Yes.
00:29:02We mustn't try to stop him.
00:29:04If he really thinks it's his duty.
00:29:07No.
00:29:09Don't let him see we're upset.
00:29:12No.
00:29:14If other parents can do it.
00:29:17We can, George.
00:29:18Yes, of course we can.
00:29:20Dad.
00:29:39Hey, where are them bridesmaids?
00:29:43Oh, there you are.
00:29:44Here, come on, hurry up.
00:29:50Come on.
00:30:16You look sweet.
00:30:17You look perfectly beautiful.
00:30:19Come on, come on, hurry up.
00:30:20The car's waiting.
00:30:24Oh, gracious.
00:30:32Hi, Mr. Inglis.
00:30:39Let's see what the digger wants, Mary.
00:30:41Come on.
00:30:48How do you do, Mrs. Buckingham?
00:30:50Glad to see you.
00:30:52It's all right, my boy.
00:30:53In spite of this, your marriage can be sanctified.
00:30:56This is God's house, with its altar open to the sky.
00:31:00As it was in the days of ancient worship.
00:31:02Come along.
00:31:12All right.
00:31:17Come on, my dear.
00:31:18We came here for a wedding and we're going to have a wedding.
00:31:41Come on.
00:32:03I'm glad there has been a wedding here today.
00:32:08In its long history,
00:32:10this ancient building has seen many splendid ceremonies.
00:32:16But perhaps we have shared in one of the most moving of them all.
00:32:21Here, amidst blackened stones,
00:32:26and before a desecrated altar,
00:32:29we have dedicated two young lives
00:32:32in love and faith,
00:32:35and above all, in the hope of a future generation.
00:32:40I have loved every stone of this church,
00:32:46and now I turn my eyes with yours to the future,
00:32:51and I ask God to give us all courage and faith.
00:33:11The End
00:33:33Your bouquets were lovely, Mr. Oski.
00:33:35Do you mind if I send mine to the hospital?
00:33:37Oh, not at all, miss.
00:33:39I mean, missus.
00:33:40Never knew Mr. Oski could be so witty.
00:33:45Now, charge your glasses,
00:33:48because I'm about to call upon the bride to cut the cake.
00:33:56This is a great occasion,
00:33:58a truly great occasion.
00:34:01I mean you.
00:34:03Let all unto the marriage of true minds
00:34:07omit the impediments,
00:34:09as the poet says.
00:34:10Hear, hear.
00:34:13We know, well, we all know.
00:34:17Aye.
00:34:20Every one of us knows.
00:34:23Mary, what's that noise, eh?
00:34:24Siren. Don't you know a siren?
00:34:26Into the shelter, everyone.
00:34:27Isn't that just like those Germans?
00:34:30If only I could get at them.
00:34:32Come on, come on.
00:34:33Hurry up.
00:34:34We can talk in the shelters.
00:34:36Easy.
00:34:38Monica?
00:34:42You two girls better go into my shelter there.
00:34:45You, Mr. Eagles, as well.
00:34:46Christopher, go into there.
00:34:49Aye, my, my, shallots.
00:35:01Trolloguards, that's what we are, trolloguards.
00:35:03Jones, Jones.
00:35:05Cave dwellers, dear.
00:35:06Oh.
00:35:07Yes.
00:35:11Well, we're all right anyway.
00:35:13At least we did get married, Mr. Bonding.
00:35:15Yes.
00:35:17Listen, George.
00:35:19Don't I hear they're all clear?
00:35:23False alarm.
00:35:25Somebody's mucked things up.
00:35:27Lost them, never dropped a bomb or two.
00:35:30But there were problems as the Blitz continued on London,
00:35:34Coventry, Southampton, and other cities.
00:35:38Nor were the small towns and villages spared.
00:35:41But Britain hit back with a naval victory at Toronto
00:35:44and Wavell's offensive in Libya.
00:35:46On the home front, luxuries were disappearing
00:35:49and the buntings of Britain tightened their belts.
00:35:52Then the meat ration was reduced to one and two-thirds.
00:35:57And in spite of our increased defences,
00:35:59the relentless Blitz continued.
00:36:01But Mr. Bonding had never missed a day at his work.
00:36:06I wonder if you could show me my husband's office.
00:36:08I've never been here before.
00:36:10I'm Mrs. Bickerton.
00:36:12Certainly, madam.
00:36:13Out of the way, boy.
00:36:15This way, madam.
00:36:21Donna.
00:36:23Donna.
00:36:26Donna.
00:36:37Can't you wait till you get home to read your paper, can't you?
00:36:40That was Mrs. Bickerton.
00:36:42What sort of discipline will she think I've got?
00:36:44You don't need a job reading papers in the shop
00:36:46in the middle of a Christmas rush.
00:36:48Where do you do it?
00:36:49The Badger.
00:36:50What are you talking about? Your barmy?
00:36:52The destroyer, Badger.
00:36:54My boy's ship.
00:36:56Lost.
00:36:59I didn't know you had a boy.
00:37:01See, Mr. Bonding?
00:37:04Lost.
00:37:09I'm sorry, Donna.
00:37:11Must be terrible for you.
00:37:13Lost.
00:37:20Lost.
00:37:32You ought to be ashamed of yourself, George Bonding.
00:37:35Disgusting bully.
00:37:39Poor old Turner.
00:37:47Carry 103.
00:37:50Bullying the poor old serpent's egg.
00:37:5618 from 37.
00:37:5919.
00:38:02See, Mr. Bonding?
00:38:03No.
00:38:04He never hears the sirens.
00:38:06No, no, it's all right. I'll fetch him.
00:38:15Sirens gone. They're all in the cellar.
00:38:17You can't hear them in this cubbyhole.
00:38:19I didn't hear it. I was concentrating.
00:38:21I was a beast to old Turner just now on Christmas time.
00:38:24I'm ashamed of myself, Joe.
00:38:30All clear.
00:38:31Ah, blessed pair of sirens.
00:38:35I'll wait till I hear them dropping before I move another tub.
00:38:39What a day. Same thing at Ernie's wedding.
00:38:41Siren and no bombs.
00:38:45All the Germans got her.
00:38:47Three Germans and an officer hopped in and drove her away.
00:38:49I watched them from a bit of auction.
00:38:51And you just stood and watched?
00:38:53Yeah.
00:38:54And they hadn't gone 20 hours before she blew up with a bang.
00:38:59I bet you put a tank burster in it.
00:39:01You've said it, baby.
00:39:03What if you call the new one?
00:39:04It ought to be Vindictum or the Hornet.
00:39:07Something with a sting in it.
00:39:09Oh, forget it.
00:39:11Come on, tell me.
00:39:13Well, you see, it's like this.
00:39:16I called it Julie.
00:39:18Not Vindictum, not the Hornet.
00:39:21Just Julie.
00:39:23I say, kid, you've got it wrong.
00:39:26How many Julies do you know, bud?
00:39:28Only you.
00:39:30And it was extremely nice of you.
00:39:32And I'm honoured.
00:39:34I'm surprised, but still I'm honoured.
00:39:37I say, Julie, come for a run in the car.
00:39:39Not a bad idea.
00:39:41Does Miss Julie Bunting live here?
00:39:43Yes, I'm Miss Bunting.
00:39:44Here you are then, miss.
00:39:46Gripping tight, easy on you.
00:39:50Bud, it's exactly what I've longed for.
00:39:54Look at him.
00:39:55Let me see what your label says.
00:39:57For Julie.
00:40:02With love from Chris.
00:40:15Nice mess.
00:40:20Last week's that was.
00:40:23I wonder if we shall get him over tonight.
00:40:25Well, I hope not.
00:40:26My inauguration tonight.
00:40:28What mason?
00:40:30A.R.P. Warden.
00:40:34Come on, you lad, show him the ropes.
00:40:37Yes, yes, yes.
00:40:40Come on, Mr. Bunting.
00:40:41Middle for diddle, just to celebrate.
00:40:43Middle for diddle?
00:40:44What do I have to do?
00:40:45I've never played dance before.
00:40:47Just throw, old man, just throw.
00:40:49Oh.
00:40:52Hey, hey, hey.
00:40:53You get your feet wet.
00:40:55What's that?
00:40:56Toe the line.
00:40:59Get your feet wet.
00:41:00I must remember that.
00:41:04Middle.
00:41:05Diddle.
00:41:06Begin for the line.
00:41:07Middle.
00:41:08Diddle.
00:41:09Begin for the line.
00:41:10Middle, Bunting.
00:41:17I missed it.
00:41:18Out of the way, Julie.
00:41:19Double three.
00:41:20Don't I hear the sounds, Daddy?
00:41:23Yes.
00:41:25Is the plane up too?
00:41:28Is the Jerry all right?
00:41:33Julie, come away from that window.
00:41:35He's dropping him into thieves.
00:41:36He's got the breeze up the big twirl.
00:41:38Julie, your language.
00:41:40He's sedulous.
00:41:41Come on.
00:41:47Oh, dear.
00:41:48There'll be nothing left to kill us.
00:41:49Oh, yes.
00:41:50Then will you leave it to us?
00:41:56Take care of yourselves.
00:41:57Don't get hurt.
00:41:58Okay, Mother.
00:41:59We'll be careful, Mary.
00:42:01Got the bomb scoop, Daddy?
00:42:03Of course I've got it.
00:42:04Oh!
00:42:05There's one!
00:42:06Woo-hoo!
00:42:09Oh!
00:42:10We must stop that with a bit of sand.
00:42:14Both together.
00:42:15Go!
00:42:20Not a very good one.
00:42:21Oh, there's a better one!
00:42:23Up the Buntings!
00:42:25James!
00:42:33Sheltering like primitive savages from the beasts of the air.
00:42:39It's the fault of people like me.
00:42:42I've always said a lot, done very little.
00:42:48If only we'd have paid more attention.
00:42:52I don't hear anything.
00:42:56What are they aiming at?
00:42:57There's nothing.
00:43:01Someone's hurt.
00:43:02I can't bear it.
00:43:03I can't.
00:43:05Courage, my darling.
00:43:06Courage.
00:43:10I think they've passed over.
00:43:13What's that?
00:43:16It's my hat.
00:43:20Mind you don't tread on this and ruin it.
00:43:23It's your best one.
00:43:25Feeling better?
00:43:28It's a bit.
00:43:29I'll be all right.
00:43:31Let me light you a cigarette.
00:43:33No, wait.
00:43:35They're coming back.
00:43:37No.
00:43:38They're coming nearer.
00:43:40They'll hit us.
00:43:46Honest.
00:43:48You'll have to get the doctor.
00:43:50It's...
00:43:53Dear, I can't leave you here alone.
00:43:54The doctor.
00:43:56The doctor, you fool.
00:43:57Don't you understand?
00:44:00Yes, I'll go.
00:44:02Ernest.
00:44:03Yes, dear.
00:44:05I'm sorry, darling.
00:44:06I didn't mean it.
00:44:10I'll hurry.
00:44:15Go.
00:44:21Be more careful.
00:44:22You'll be getting your clothes on fire.
00:44:24But, darling, you can't be careful in a wall.
00:44:27Look, there's one on the roof.
00:44:29He laid me my billy-hole.
00:44:31That's Colonel Saunders' house.
00:44:33Come on.
00:44:34Ride on, cowboy.
00:44:35Send your red bomb.
00:44:36Send your red bomb.
00:44:38Send your red bomb.
00:44:39Send your red bomb.
00:44:42Oh, do excuse me, Colonel Saunders.
00:44:44I'm so sorry to trouble you.
00:44:45What's the matter?
00:44:46Send your bomb.
00:44:47See your roof's on fire.
00:44:48Oh, my patience.
00:44:49I'll show you the way.
00:44:52There's an incendiary on the roof, my dear.
00:44:54Oh, dear, and it's William's night out.
00:44:56Well, we must do what we can for ourselves.
00:44:57Come along.
00:45:00Daddy, is that his corkless?
00:45:01Shh.
00:45:02I heard a crocodile did it.
00:45:03Shut up.
00:45:20If you want Dr. Andrews, he's out on duty.
00:45:23You'd better get under cover.
00:45:37Excuse me.
00:45:38Are you a nurse?
00:45:39Yes.
00:45:40Why?
00:45:41Anyone hurt?
00:45:42My wife.
00:45:43It's her baby.
00:45:44Oh.
00:45:45All right.
00:45:46Take me to her, young man.
00:45:50Incendiary bombs.
00:45:54Bags of them.
00:45:58Give us a scoop.
00:46:00There you are.
00:46:05Stand on my knee.
00:46:06You can't hurt it.
00:46:08Is that all right?
00:46:13Hold on to your father.
00:46:15That's it.
00:46:20Are you...
00:46:21Are you all right, Bunty?
00:46:45Ah!
00:46:46Up the bunty!
00:46:47Number 42.
00:46:48Got it pretty bad.
00:46:50What time is that?
00:46:51All bad.
00:46:53033 hours.
00:46:55Mr. Oski.
00:46:56Hello.
00:46:57I'm sorry to trouble you, but I haven't seen Mr. Bunting or Julie for a long time.
00:47:01Oh, don't worry, Mrs. Bunting.
00:47:02He's bound to report back to me.
00:47:04I should wait here now the all clear is gone.
00:47:06I'm so deaf, I never heard the all clear.
00:47:10Jolly good drink, Colonel Saldos.
00:47:11I feel quite thirsty.
00:47:12Ah, sure.
00:47:13It was always a lady's drink.
00:47:14Glad you liked it.
00:47:15Oh, rather.
00:47:16Thanks awfully.
00:47:17But I can't believe what you've been doing to get in such a state.
00:47:21What have you been up to?
00:47:22Oh, nothing much, my dear.
00:47:24Yes, well, as a matter of fact, it was the block of flats at the corner of Kilworth Gardens.
00:47:29Did you say Kilworth Gardens?
00:47:31Not supposed to give away information, Mrs. Bunting.
00:47:33Oh, do tell me, Mr. Oski.
00:47:34You see, Evie, she's expecting her baby any day now, and I thought perhaps...
00:47:38I quite understand.
00:47:39Yes, yes.
00:47:40Yes.
00:47:42Warden here says Kilworth Gardens copped it badly.
00:47:45George, he says Kilworth Gardens.
00:47:47What?
00:47:48Evie, I think we'd better go at once.
00:47:57Why, Dad and Julie, what's happened to you?
00:47:59How's Evie?
00:48:00She's all right.
00:48:02Listen.
00:48:08Are you the baby's grandmother?
00:48:09I am.
00:48:10Oh, good.
00:48:11I've got to get back to hospital.
00:48:12Can I leave things to you now?
00:48:13You can.
00:48:14I've got three of me own.
00:48:15Good.
00:48:16I'm your grandfather.
00:48:20Will they both be all right?
00:48:21They will.
00:48:22You've got a lovely boy, and your wife's treated very well.
00:48:24That's a rest.
00:48:26You men best get out of the way for a bit.
00:48:29I don't know how I can thank you.
00:48:30Oh, that's all right.
00:48:31Glad to be of service.
00:48:32That's what we're here for.
00:48:34I'm sorry.
00:48:35I'm afraid I was a bit of a nuisance.
00:48:36But, you see, I was so worried.
00:48:39You were worried?
00:48:41What about me?
00:48:42That was my first paternity case.
00:48:45Good morning.
00:48:49Oh, Ernest, what a lovely baby.
00:48:51Must weigh 89 pounds.
00:48:53Why, is that a lot?
00:48:54Well, you only weigh five and a half.
00:48:56Now you know what it feels like to be a father.
00:48:58It's a responsibility, Ernest.
00:49:00One of these days, that young fellow will be stinging you for a career.
00:49:04Nurses, we ought to clear out the house for a bit.
00:49:06Walk with me to the laundry.
00:49:08All right.
00:49:27Well, well, that's the end of the laundry.
00:49:30No, not the end.
00:49:31We can build a new one.
00:49:33You me, my boy, but not me.
00:49:35I'm too old for new enterprises.
00:49:38Besides, there's nothing left to build on.
00:49:41Perhaps I could help Mr. Eagle in a small way.
00:49:46You're very kind, Mr. Bunting, but...
00:49:50It won't be rebuilding, Mr. Eagle.
00:49:52It'll be something new and better.
00:49:54No more dark corners and sooty chimneys.
00:49:58Hey, I'd love to see it.
00:50:01I'd love to see it, Ernest boy.
00:50:05I hope you will, sir.
00:50:08What am I talking about?
00:50:10I'm free to fight now.
00:50:12This don't sound like you, Ernest.
00:50:14Dad, I don't intend that my son should grow up in a world where this sort of thing can happen.
00:50:18I want him to know a world where there won't be this fear, this persecution.
00:50:22It's my job to see that he gets it.
00:50:24I'm going to fight.
00:50:25I'm going to fight for that new, better world.
00:50:28And then there'll be a future for us.
00:50:30And a future for my son.
00:50:36Those blasted stoves again.
00:50:42Look at this here telegram.
00:50:44Aren't you ever going to do your job properly?
00:50:46Now pick up these stoves and get them off.
00:50:48We don't want any more telegrams like that, do we?
00:50:50I can't get them off tonight, sir.
00:50:51Why not?
00:50:52Oh, look at the time.
00:50:53We've been over three hours in the shelter today.
00:50:55They're going tonight.
00:50:56They're going tonight.
00:50:57They're going tonight.
00:50:58They're going tonight.
00:50:59They're going tonight.
00:51:00They're going tonight.
00:51:01They're going tonight.
00:51:02They're going tonight.
00:51:03They're going tonight.
00:51:04They're going tonight.
00:51:05Eight stoves and accessories.
00:51:07Blast!
00:51:08There she goes again.
00:51:09That ruddy son.
00:51:10Come on, Tony.
00:51:11Yes, sir.
00:51:12Well, knock those stoves off tonight on account of the Jerrys.
00:51:15Ha!
00:51:16Not plastic likely.
00:51:29Have you seen Mr. Bunting?
00:51:31Isn't he up in his clubby hole?
00:51:34Hey!
00:51:44We'll get those stoves off directly at the rate open, Mr. Pickerton.
00:51:47Splendid.
00:51:48The invoice is from Manchester, Mr. Pickerton.
00:51:50Oh, yes.
00:51:52Time it out with you?
00:52:04If you knew it for my life, you must have hit the building.
00:52:06Don't you worry.
00:52:07Why, I'll have your name and address on it when the time comes.
00:52:11I can smell something.
00:52:12Gas?
00:52:13It's not gas, it's AG.
00:52:15High explosive.
00:52:16Don't get the wind up, Turner.
00:52:22Do half-past four.
00:52:27Yes, sir.
00:52:29What a lot of time these hands waste for us astrologeits of cave dwellers.
00:52:36All clear out of stoves.
00:52:52Mr. Bunning! It's poor old Mr. Coder! He's cobbed it!
00:53:06Joan!
00:53:08He must have come up to me, Mr. Pickett.
00:53:11He knew I didn't always feel this sorrowful.
00:53:15I've been dodging bombs all day. I was just crossing the end of Towergate Street.
00:53:24Towergate Street? I'd only got the leavings. One of the heaviest bombs fell just where I was standing.
00:53:30Splinters fell...
00:53:31Towergate Street had the heaviest bomb of the day. Blew a bus over.
00:53:35Anybody hurt your way, Mr. B?
00:53:37Yes, badly. Killed.
00:53:42They're not called Huns for nothing.
00:53:47No, they certainly were not. Hitler invaded Russia in June.
00:53:51The blitz over Britain faded for a while, and we went all out to aid our new ally.
00:53:58Mr. Bunting read about President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill meeting in the Atlantic, and he went about his job with renewed vigor.
00:54:05But when he learned of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, well, it put rather a damper on his preparations for Christmas.
00:54:13But the United States took up the challenge and raised herself by our side, just as she did in the last great war.
00:54:20I was a pilot in the last war, and when I flew over Germany...
00:54:24You've told us all about that. Now, when I was...
00:54:27Yes, and you've told me all about that a hundred times.
00:54:31I don't suppose you've ever been up in a flight.
00:54:34No, but my boy's a sergeant pilot in this war.
00:54:37Oh?
00:54:38Just got his wings. Home on leave tonight.
00:54:47Hello, Dad.
00:54:51Hey, Chris. Just came to say goodnight.
00:54:54Sit down.
00:54:55Ooh, pipes in bed, eh? What about your mother?
00:55:01Thanks.
00:55:02You've no idea how I've looked forward to coming home, Dad.
00:55:05You like it in the Air Force, Chris?
00:55:06Rather. It's the life.
00:55:09By the way, if I do happen to crash, you're here at Broccoli's, not here. Only upset Mother.
00:55:16Yes, I understand.
00:55:17I'm not worrying. It's just in case, see?
00:55:20There's one thing I've noticed about aeroplane accidents.
00:55:23Mm-hmm?
00:55:24A lot of them seem to be caused by chaps stalling their engines.
00:55:28It's a thing you want to be careful of when you're flying, Chris.
00:55:31Not to stall your engine.
00:55:33Don't stall your engine.
00:55:34You're right, Dad. I'll watch it. I don't want to break my neck.
00:55:38Besides, I've got Monica to think of.
00:55:41Monica?
00:55:43Yeah. Jolly good Becky, this.
00:55:45Quietening for the nerve-smoking.
00:55:47You're right, Dad. First thing you long for if you've had a jolt.
00:55:50Jolt, Chris? You?
00:55:52Several, Dad. But it's all in a day's flying. I've had a jolly time.
00:55:56Really, Chris?
00:55:57Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
00:56:00I got a dornier the other day.
00:56:01You?
00:56:02Came out of a bit of cloud and there he was, right in my gun sights.
00:56:05So I gave him a packet.
00:56:07He didn't get you at all?
00:56:08It wasn't time. They bailed out.
00:56:10I met the German pilot afterwards.
00:56:12Best things have nothing to do with them Germans.
00:56:14You're out to smash them.
00:56:16Oh, we'll do that all right, Dad.
00:56:18But I know what I'm really fighting for.
00:56:20All those things I grew up with.
00:56:23I look back on them sometimes and see myself.
00:56:25In school.
00:56:26Walking through the gorse on Kilworth Common.
00:56:28Or at home, sitting around the fire.
00:56:31Lots of things I remember that don't seem much to talk about.
00:56:34But there was something that went with it all, Dad.
00:56:38Our way of life.
00:56:40That they want to take from us.
00:56:43We've got to go on and win.
00:56:46And then we must try and build a better world.
00:56:51Better world.
00:56:54You're right there, Christopher.
00:56:56I'm beginning to talk like Ernest.
00:56:58Shh, Chris, your mother.
00:57:01Now let's go to sleep. I'm sleepy.
00:57:05I hope your mother won't know we've been smoking in here.
00:57:09Good night, Dad.
00:57:14Good night, old chap.
00:57:16Don't forget.
00:57:18Mustn't stall your engine.
00:57:24Won't seem like Christmas without you, old chap.
00:57:27Chris!
00:57:28Here's your coronation flag.
00:57:30You'd better take it back with you and put it on your aeroplane for a mascot.
00:57:34No, Mother.
00:57:35No mascots.
00:57:37Unlucky.
00:57:40I'm going to bed.
00:57:42Good night.
00:57:43Good night.
00:57:44Good night.
00:57:45Good night.
00:57:46Good night.
00:57:47Good night.
00:57:48Good night.
00:57:49Good night.
00:57:50Good night.
00:57:51Good night.
00:57:53That'll be Bert.
00:57:56I'll go.
00:57:57Mascots marry while they blow off an aeroplane.
00:58:00Windage.
00:58:01Windage?
00:58:02Yes, windage. I mean terrible.
00:58:07Hello, Bert.
00:58:08Hello.
00:58:09Isn't Monica with you?
00:58:10No, I left her putting on her AirSats complexion.
00:58:14But she'll be here any time to take us to the station.
00:58:16A sling of things over there.
00:58:18No way for us, my lad.
00:58:20We're going to rub up some bosh.
00:58:24Is Julie in?
00:58:25She's in there.
00:58:26Well, I'll finish packing.
00:58:27See you later.
00:58:28Okay.
00:58:38Hello there, Julie.
00:58:40Bert!
00:58:45Julie.
00:58:51Gosh, is that Ernest Snipper?
00:58:53He's swell.
00:58:54Come and sit down, Bert.
00:58:58How much longer have you got?
00:58:59I'm just off.
00:59:00My leave's been cut.
00:59:01Oh.
00:59:04Is that your vest?
00:59:05That's his vest.
00:59:08I didn't expect to find you here, Evie.
00:59:10We're upstairs in Ernest's room until the war's over.
00:59:13Ernest's in the foot sluggers, isn't he?
00:59:15Infantry?
00:59:16Yes.
00:59:17Some chaps must fancy it.
00:59:18I suppose that's the reason.
00:59:20Hello, Bert.
00:59:22Hello.
00:59:23Well, I am glad to see you.
00:59:28If only Ernest was here, it'd be like old times.
00:59:30Sit down, Bert.
00:59:32Ernest has gone into the infantry, hasn't he?
00:59:34Yes.
00:59:35What do you think I found?
00:59:37I don't know.
00:59:39Where did you find that?
00:59:40You'd never guess.
00:59:42In the bedroom cupboard.
00:59:44You'd never guess.
00:59:46In the bedroom cupboard.
00:59:48Whoopee!
00:59:49Steady, Julie.
00:59:51Gave me quite a turn.
00:59:53Oh, Sergeant, eh?
00:59:54Going in for a bit of promotion.
00:59:56Rising on stepping stones, as the poet said.
00:59:58And how.
00:59:59My CO gave me a break.
01:00:01He's a guy you've got to hand it to.
01:00:03Absolutely asbestos.
01:00:04Daddy?
01:00:05Yes?
01:00:06Don't you think you ought to drink a toast?
01:00:07What?
01:00:08Go on.
01:00:09To Bert's third stripe.
01:00:12Oh, all right.
01:00:14Absent friends and your new stripe, Bert.
01:00:20Some whiskey?
01:00:21Well, now we're at it.
01:00:22Don't you think you ought to drink a toast to the baby?
01:00:24Well, I...
01:00:25Oh, cheers.
01:00:26All right.
01:00:28To young George Christopher.
01:00:31Hmm.
01:00:37Four to twelve and six, and now it's eighteen and six.
01:00:41So we'll keep the rest for Ernest's first leave.
01:00:45Come and see the dog, Bert.
01:00:54Well, Bert, this is Bert.
01:01:00What do you mean, Bert?
01:01:02That's his name.
01:01:03Thanks a million.
01:01:05Well, what did you call your tank?
01:01:08Oh, now look here, Julie.
01:01:17I say, Julie, have a heart.
01:01:20Meaning what?
01:01:22Well, Julie, I...
01:01:26Oh, Bert, please come back safely.
01:01:30All right, Julie.
01:01:31I will.
01:01:33Oh, your little Russell.
01:01:36He's a lovely baby.
01:01:39So long, Evie.
01:01:40All the best to Ernest when you arrive.
01:01:41So long, Christian.
01:02:01Well, so long, Mum.
01:02:04Goodbye, my dear.
01:02:06Look after yourself.
01:02:16Can I come?
01:02:17No, dear, rarely there is a time.
01:02:18So long, Mum.
01:02:19Keep a chin up.
01:02:20Yeah.
01:02:21Got the tin mobiles?
01:02:22Yes.
01:02:23Here it is.
01:02:24Bye, Dad.
01:02:25Bye.
01:02:26Got the tin mobiles?
01:02:27Yes.
01:02:28Here it is.
01:02:29Bye, Dad.
01:02:30Till I'm antifreeze.
01:02:31Pop along to the garage and bung it in my car.
01:02:32Don't want to get a cracked cylinder.
01:02:34Goodbye, Mr. Bunting.
01:02:35Goodbye, Monica.
01:02:36Goodbye, Mr. Bunting.
01:02:37Goodbye, Bert.
01:02:38Goodbye, Mrs. Bunting.
01:02:39Goodbye.
01:02:40Goodbye, Dad.
01:02:41Goodbye.
01:02:42Goodbye, Julie.
01:02:43Goodbye, Bert.
01:02:44Goodbye, Julie.
01:02:45Goodbye, Marvellous.
01:02:46Goodbye, Julie.
01:02:47Goodbye, Chris.
01:02:50Nice of Chris to bring us this.
01:02:52Do you know this is the first time we've had ham since Ernest's wedding?
01:02:55Nice to taste a bit of dead pig again, eh, Julie?
01:02:58Oh, Daddy, don't be vulgar.
01:03:00When you start at the bomb factory, you'll have to eat all sorts of things.
01:03:04I hate to think that Julie's going to work and I'm doing nothing.
01:03:08Oh, but Evie, you're not doing nothing.
01:03:10You've got your baby to look after.
01:03:12Yes, but I'm a trained nurse.
01:03:13A matron can't get nurses easily.
01:03:15I'm sure she'd let me spend all my spare time with George Christopher.
01:03:19Well, I'll look after your baby if you really want to go.
01:03:22If you trust him with me.
01:03:24Oh.
01:03:25Will you?
01:03:26Oh, thank you.
01:03:27All you young'uns will be gone soon.
01:03:29Do you know I had seen Chris off yesterday?
01:03:31Didn't Chris ask you to do something about the car?
01:03:34So he did.
01:03:35I clean forgot.
01:03:36I must see to that tonight.
01:03:37Where's my torch, Julie?
01:03:38You had it last.
01:03:40It is obvious that the high standard of excellence of the product
01:03:44and the precision accuracy of replacement parts
01:03:47can be discounted by untrained and inefficient labour,
01:03:51which would result in inaccurate assembly and adjustment of replacement parts.
01:03:56The one who wrote that.
01:03:57One of the director's sons from Eton.
01:03:59I know.
01:04:00Hello, Monica.
01:04:04Oh, Mr. Bunting.
01:04:06I'm so glad you gave me quite a turn when I saw the garage doors open.
01:04:11Been having a bit of trouble with the car.
01:04:13I put the antifreeze in and now she won't stop.
01:04:16Perhaps Chrissie mobilised it and took out the rotor.
01:04:18What?
01:04:19The rotor.
01:04:20Oh.
01:04:21Won't start without the rotor, you know.
01:04:23No, of course not.
01:04:26I remember Chris put it in a cigarette tin.
01:04:29Ah, here it is.
01:04:30See?
01:04:31Funny little thing.
01:04:32This is how you fix it.
01:04:35I'm a bit of a fool with cars.
01:04:37Did you see Chris off last night?
01:04:39Yes.
01:04:41I dropped Bert at the station and I drove Chris right down to Surrey.
01:04:45Really?
01:04:46Right down to Surrey?
01:04:48Yes.
01:04:50I only left him this morning.
01:04:54Left him this morning?
01:04:57Yes.
01:05:01He went straight up on patrol.
01:05:05My dear.
01:05:07There's lots of things in life.
01:05:10You and Chris.
01:05:14We've all got to be patient.
01:05:17You're a darling, Mr. Bunting.
01:05:19Everybody ought to love you.
01:05:22Funny fashions nowadays.
01:05:25Why, that was on the cake at Ernie's wedding.
01:05:35Funny how they became our allies.
01:05:37Everybody's fighting there.
01:05:39Even the willy.
01:05:40Must love their country to do that.
01:05:42No more than us.
01:05:43When I get this job in the factory today, I'll be a fighting woman too.
01:05:47Yeah, you're nearly there, Jerry.
01:05:49Fancy a little girl like you going to work in a factory.
01:05:53I want to go.
01:05:55I may be going on night shift soon.
01:05:57Don't seem to be any civilians left in our family except me and the wife.
01:06:00Oh, and little George Christopher, my grandson.
01:06:04Mr. Pickerton?
01:06:06Miss Smith-Cashier?
01:06:07Yes, sir.
01:06:15No answer.
01:06:18Turner.
01:06:19Just a moment.
01:06:20Yes, Mr. Bunting.
01:06:21Excuse me, sir.
01:06:25Look at this.
01:06:26Months ago I asked you to send those stoves.
01:06:28But I did send them, Mr. Bunting.
01:06:30I know, but you forgot the fittings.
01:06:32I'm sorry, sir.
01:06:33Ever since my bad news, I don't think of the memory I did.
01:06:36Always thinking about the bad, sir.
01:06:38Get them packed up now, will you?
01:06:39Yes, good chap.
01:06:40Yes, sir.
01:06:41Good news about the men on that destroyer, isn't it?
01:06:43Yes, it's terrific.
01:06:45Can you blame, sir?
01:06:48Any answer, sir?
01:06:49No, there's never any answer.
01:06:51I'll bet this is about those stoves, sir.
01:07:09What's happened?
01:07:10He's gone.
01:07:12What's happened?
01:07:13He got this telegram.
01:07:15Christopher Bunting.
01:07:23Take it easy, Mr. Bunting.
01:07:25I'm all right.
01:07:27May I help you up?
01:07:30I'll be all right in a minute.
01:07:34Rest a bit.
01:07:35Then go back home.
01:07:36That's the best.
01:07:37Mr.
01:07:39I want to let my wife know.
01:07:44I don't know how to do it.
01:07:46Can I do anything for you?
01:07:48Oh, thank you, sir.
01:07:51If you would telephone to Kilworth Hospital,
01:07:551983,
01:07:59and ask for Nurse Bunting.
01:08:01Kilworth 1983.
01:08:03Yes.
01:08:04Nurse Bunting.
01:08:05Thank you, sir.
01:08:06If my daughter knows,
01:08:08Evie,
01:08:10then she can break in
01:08:12for my wife.
01:08:18You know, Bunting,
01:08:20you're not supposed to receive calls in hospital.
01:08:24But I'm afraid this is very serious news.
01:08:28I just...
01:08:31Yes.
01:08:35Yes.
01:08:38Yes, this is Evie Bunting speaking.
01:08:41Who is it? What's happened?
01:08:45Mr. Bickerton?
01:08:48Oh, yes.
01:08:56Oh.
01:09:01He wants me to break in to Mrs. Bunting.
01:09:07Very well.
01:09:17Paper!
01:09:20Paper! Standard!
01:09:26Standard! Paper!
01:09:28Paper!
01:09:29Paper! Standard!
01:09:31Mr. Bunting!
01:09:33Mr. Bunting is safe.
01:09:36Safe?
01:09:37Yes. He's all right.
01:09:39Look, it's in the stop press.
01:09:41Oh, thank God. Thank God.
01:09:43They've all been landed by a cruiser at a Scottish port.
01:09:47After months on the von Kramp,
01:09:49every man off the bencher.
01:09:53I'm glad to...
01:10:56Come to go on living, Mary.
01:11:01Come on.
01:11:07We've still got each other, George.
01:11:12That's what I'm really fighting for.
01:11:14And I'm going to fight.
01:11:16I'm going to fight for that new, better world.
01:11:18When I get this job in the factory today,
01:11:20I'll be a fighting woman too.
01:11:24This is London.
01:11:26In a few moments, you will hear the chimes of Big Ben
01:11:29heralding the new year.
01:11:33What a year it's been.
01:11:35Anyway, England's still here.
01:11:37We've stuck it out so far.
01:11:39Yes.
01:11:41I suppose that's the one thing most of us ordinary people are good at.
01:11:47Sticking it out.
01:11:55And so a new year begins.
01:11:57The bunting household is scattered, but at least united in thought.
01:12:01Young Julie no longer dreams of new hats and new rhythmics.
01:12:05Evie is back in her old job,
01:12:07and Ernest has other things to think about than a course in accountancy.
01:12:10Burt Rollo, who joined up from the first, is miles away.
01:12:14His sister Monica doing her best with thoughts still of Chris.
01:12:17And Christopher himself, reported missing, presumed killed.
01:12:22But now, as if by a miracle, listed as a prisoner of war.
01:12:30And so Mr. and Mrs. Bunting are alone.
01:12:33But not quite alone.
01:12:35For see, they drink a toast.
01:12:37Perhaps to the future.
01:12:39For theirs is a responsible future.
01:12:41But to them is entrusted the care of their grandchild.
01:12:44The next generation.
01:12:48Well, that's the end of my story.
01:12:50A very simple one.
01:12:52It might have been...
01:12:54yours.
01:12:57Or yours.
01:12:59Or yours.
01:13:01Maybe I'll tell you some more about the Bunting family another time.
01:13:05But I must get down to the post.
01:13:08So ta-ta for now.
01:13:10So long.
01:13:20THE END