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00:23:02 [Gunshot]
00:23:14 Take over. I'm going to the dugout.
00:23:18 Yes, sir.
00:23:19 Hey, John. Watch out here.
00:23:26 [Explosion]
00:23:38 How many more days?
00:23:41 Five more. Then we can get out.
00:23:43 Yes, and in ten more days, you'll be getting ready to get back up here again.
00:23:47 [Whistling]
00:24:05 Sorry.
00:24:07 Can't you give us the other one once in a while?
00:24:09 My mistake was by buying a music box that didn't have but two tunes in it.
00:24:14 What did you buy that dumb thing for, anyhow?
00:24:17 Well, it was very cheap.
00:24:19 You know what you ought to do with that box?
00:24:21 What?
00:24:22 You ought to take home a grenade, pull the pin, drop it inside, and run.
00:24:27 But it isn't paid yet for.
00:24:29 Oh, go on. Go to sleep.
00:24:32 All right, time for a leave. You're free.
00:24:34 Russo.
00:24:35 Yeah.
00:24:36 Clermont.
00:24:37 Yes.
00:24:38 Lights out, everybody. Lights out.
00:24:39 [Whistling]
00:24:46 This place sure needs some perfume.
00:24:49 It seems to me we've got too much perfume here already.
00:24:53 Yeah, but not the right kind.
00:24:54 Ah, that one.
00:24:56 [Sighing]
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00:25:10 Sergeant.
00:25:32 Come here, quick.
00:25:37 Down here, listen to it.
00:25:45 You hear it?
00:25:46 Quiet.
00:25:53 What is it?
00:25:54 It's a mine.
00:25:55 They're digging right down below us.
00:25:57 They'll blow us all to pieces.
00:25:58 Shut up!
00:25:59 Shut up!
00:26:00 Go and get the captain, quick.
00:26:02 Right.
00:26:16 I'm getting out of here.
00:26:17 Me too.
00:26:18 [Shouting]
00:26:19 Quiet, everybody, quiet.
00:26:21 What is it, Papou?
00:26:22 There's a mine down there.
00:26:23 They're going to blow us up.
00:26:24 Why not?
00:26:25 What do you think you get paid five suits a day for?
00:26:28 Attention!
00:26:29 At your work.
00:26:30 Right here.
00:26:31 [Silence]
00:26:34 But, Captain, sir, what are we going to do?
00:26:48 Do?
00:26:49 Do we go?
00:26:50 Go where?
00:26:51 To the next dugout or the next?
00:26:53 The German Army's not trying to blow up just the third platoon.
00:26:56 When that mine goes off, the whole line goes.
00:26:58 Suppose they do move you out?
00:26:59 How long do you think it'll be before the boys discover it?
00:27:02 Then they wouldn't need their mine.
00:27:04 [Silence]
00:27:10 Besides, you're in no danger now, not as long as you can hear them digging down there.
00:27:14 They're not going to blow up their own sappers.
00:27:16 Go on back to bed.
00:27:17 [Silence]
00:27:22 Hey, Sergeant, order a double ration of rum all around.
00:27:26 Yes, sir.
00:27:27 Lieutenant, can't you do something?
00:27:29 Can't you get us out of here?
00:27:30 You heard what he said.
00:27:31 He told you the truth, didn't he?
00:27:32 Do we have to stay here?
00:27:33 Until we're properly relieved.
00:27:34 But what if it blows up before then?
00:27:36 Are you going to get us out of here?
00:27:37 Take it easy.
00:27:38 Take it easy.
00:27:40 We'll all get out before it goes.
00:27:43 [Silence]
00:27:51 Well, I certainly could use some of this rum now.
00:27:55 Me too.
00:27:57 [Silence]
00:28:10 A week ago before the raids, they could have blown up a lot more of us.
00:28:14 Yeah.
00:28:17 I suppose if we moved out now...
00:28:19 Yes, that's exactly what they want us to do.
00:28:21 Move out.
00:28:22 And they wouldn't need their mind.
00:28:23 They could just walk right through.
00:28:25 Somebody's got to be here.
00:28:28 Hope it isn't us, but it's got to be somebody.
00:28:32 I, uh...
00:28:35 I told the men that I'd get them out before it goes on.
00:28:39 [Silence]
00:28:44 You told them?
00:28:47 I told them to stay.
00:28:48 Oh, you're the hero and I'm the murderer, huh?
00:28:50 Don't you think I'd like to be able to tell them to get out?
00:28:53 You think I want them to blame me?
00:28:56 All right, now be good enough to tell me how you'll do it.
00:28:58 Or...
00:29:00 [Silence]
00:29:08 As a matter of fact, how you're going to be able to get yourself out.
00:29:11 [Silence]
00:29:17 [Door opens and closes]
00:29:22 [Silence]
00:29:44 [Door opens and closes]
00:29:50 [Silence]
00:30:01 Your move.
00:30:02 Oh.
00:30:05 [Laughs]
00:30:08 I've got to laugh when I think about them Dutchmen down there.
00:30:12 Digging all night long.
00:30:14 I have to laugh when I think of you and that bread and cheese flying all over France.
00:30:18 [Whistling]
00:30:25 How many men you got here?
00:30:27 Thirty-one.
00:30:28 There's enough there.
00:30:29 Sign that.
00:30:31 What is this?
00:30:32 Steel helmets.
00:30:33 They've just been issued.
00:30:35 How do you like them?
00:30:37 Ah, we're shooting over a mine and they are sending us steel helmets for our heads.
00:30:44 Your...
00:30:45 What did you say?
00:30:47 They are digging a mine down there.
00:30:50 You mean...
00:30:51 Say, give me that.
00:30:53 I got to get out of here.
00:30:55 [Silence]
00:31:14 Sergeant, a letter for you.
00:31:16 [Silence]
00:31:45 They've stopped digging.
00:31:51 Tell them to stay at their posts.
00:31:52 Yes, sir.
00:31:53 [Silence]
00:32:05 Listen.
00:32:07 They're digging again.
00:32:10 That's right.
00:32:12 [Silence]
00:32:19 And if we don't get a payment on your music box within a week,
00:32:24 you will find yourself in a pretty serious situation.
00:32:31 Sign Hercules Bureau of Collections.
00:32:35 [Whistling]
00:32:48 [Shouting in German]
00:32:51 [Shouting in German]
00:33:07 [Silence]
00:33:24 Should have been here over an hour ago.
00:33:30 The relief is here, sir.
00:33:34 All right, boys, the relief is here.
00:33:35 Everybody out.
00:33:36 Take it easy.
00:33:37 Captain, I'd just like to say that...
00:33:40 Well, I'd like to apologize for the remark I made in barracks
00:33:44 about the number of replacements you needed.
00:33:46 I didn't understand then, but I do now.
00:33:49 The record of this company is an account of service such as I never dreamed of.
00:33:53 I'm very proud to be with you, sir.
00:33:56 Thanks.
00:34:01 Come on, get going.
00:34:03 Come on, come on.
00:34:07 Here's the relief company.
00:34:10 Close it up.
00:34:12 Keep close.
00:34:17 Close it up.
00:34:21 What's going on up here?
00:34:22 You'll find out soon.
00:34:23 Quiet up there, quiet.
00:34:25 Keep moving.
00:34:27 I don't know just how soon they're going to set it off,
00:34:29 but I'm afraid it won't be long.
00:34:31 I left you with a wounded man on the wire,
00:34:33 and you leave me a mine to sit on.
00:34:35 Good luck.
00:34:37 (footsteps)
00:34:53 (explosion)
00:35:06 How many were there?
00:35:08 Two platoons, sir.
00:35:15 All right, all right, come on.
00:35:29 Good afternoon, sir.
00:35:30 Good afternoon.
00:35:37 Hello, Sergeant.
00:35:38 Hello.
00:35:41 Captain LaRoche, is he all right?
00:35:43 Oh, he's all right.
00:35:44 They'll never get him.
00:35:46 Bullets curve around him like that.
00:35:48 He's still sleeping.
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00:37:09 Sergeant.
00:37:10 Yes, miss?
00:37:11 He's sleeping now, and I have to get back to the hospital.
00:37:15 Don't disturb him unless you have to, will you?
00:37:17 Don't you worry, miss.
00:37:18 I'll let him sleep.
00:37:20 Thanks.
00:37:31 Morning, Sergeant.
00:37:32 Morning, sir.
00:37:33 What time is it?
00:37:35 It's just 6 o'clock, sir.
00:37:37 6 o'clock?
00:37:38 That's good evening.
00:37:40 Yes, sir, good evening.
00:37:41 By the way, Sergeant, where's the hospital in this town?
00:37:44 You know, where the nurses are.
00:37:46 That's in the church, sir, on the other side.
00:37:49 Oh.
00:37:52 I was afraid you might be reading something trashy.
00:37:57 Oh, no, sir.
00:37:58 Just keeping up with civilian affairs.
00:38:01 Just refreshing your memory, huh?
00:38:04 Yes, sir.
00:38:06 Where'd you say the hospital is?
00:38:08 It's in a church, sir, at the east side of town.
00:38:11 Oh.
00:38:12 And order me a motorcycle sidecar right away, will you?
00:38:15 Yes, sir.
00:38:16 Oh, sir.
00:38:18 Yeah?
00:38:19 Will you be finished with my book soon?
00:38:21 I don't know, Regnier.
00:38:23 It's difficult to say.
00:38:25 To tell the truth, I find I have to struggle constantly to retain a certain human quality in myself.
00:38:30 There's always the possibility, you know, that I might turn into a man of steel and gunpowder,
00:38:34 a veritable fighting machine without any weaknesses, whatever.
00:38:37 It's a thing I have to guard against.
00:38:39 And I find that this--this helps me.
00:38:42 Oh, yes.
00:38:43 It helps me immensely.
00:39:07 Can I help you, Lieutenant?
00:39:09 Well, I don't know.
00:39:10 I, uh--I'm looking for someone.
00:39:12 The name?
00:39:14 Well, I, uh--I just joined the regiment, and the name has slipped my mind.
00:39:18 Would you know him if you saw him?
00:39:19 Oh, yes, instantly.
00:39:21 He's--he's covered with a very peculiar rash.
00:39:23 Rash?
00:39:24 We haven't had no rashes in today.
00:39:27 This is an entirely new thing.
00:39:29 It's called trench rash.
00:39:31 It turns off and on like an electric sign.
00:39:33 I'll just browse around and look for him.
00:39:35 I know he's here.
00:39:44 Oh, I see.
00:39:45 Nurse?
00:39:46 Yes?
00:39:48 Oh.
00:39:49 The shave going on all right?
00:39:52 Quite all right, sir.
00:39:53 Oh, it's fine.
00:39:54 Fine.
00:40:02 Hello.
00:40:03 Oh!
00:40:04 Oh, I'm sorry.
00:40:05 Well, I--I never expected to see you again.
00:40:07 And you'll never know what I've been through trying to find you.
00:40:09 You shouldn't have come.
00:40:11 Why not?
00:40:12 Is it all right for me to be here?
00:40:14 Now, don't tell me you're a patient here.
00:40:16 No, I'm company.
00:40:17 I came to see you.
00:40:19 Then you'd better go.
00:40:21 Go?
00:40:22 I just got here.
00:40:24 Besides, who knows but what I'm sick or wounded or something.
00:40:27 Isn't there anybody around to check up on things like that?
00:40:29 Please, you really should go.
00:40:31 About the other night, I'm awfully sorry for the way I acted, really.
00:40:34 I never would have done it if--
00:40:36 If you hadn't thought it would be successful.
00:40:38 Yeah, that's right.
00:40:40 You're awfully young and sweet to be such a veteran.
00:40:43 Nurse, some help, please.
00:40:45 All right.
00:40:47 I'm sorry, but I'm very busy just now.
00:40:49 Oh, I see.
00:40:50 All right.
00:40:51 You mean--you mean until later this evening?
00:40:52 No, for the duration of the war.
00:41:08 Oh, Jean.
00:41:09 Yes?
00:41:10 How much do I owe you?
00:41:11 It's already paid.
00:41:12 What?
00:41:13 By the officier over there.
00:41:29 Bring us some more coffee, will you?
00:41:30 Lots of it.
00:41:32 Wonderful coffee they have here.
00:41:35 Wonderful.
00:41:36 They say the chef got his recipe from an old paint and varnish store.
00:41:41 If only you weren't so persistent.
00:41:43 Yeah, I know.
00:41:44 I know.
00:41:45 Isn't it terrible?
00:41:46 Try some of my wine.
00:41:47 Cheerio.
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00:44:06 [SIREN]
00:44:09 Over there.
00:44:10 Hand up.
00:44:11 Come on.
00:44:12 Hurry up.
00:44:13 Move on.
00:44:14 Ready.
00:44:15 Pack, quick.
00:44:16 Come on.
00:44:17 Come on.
00:44:18 Unload.
00:44:19 Unload.
00:44:20 Sergeant?
00:44:21 What do you want?
00:44:22 Is it true that this is the big drive,
00:44:24 that we're going to the front right away?
00:44:25 Sure.
00:44:26 Tomorrow morning, we'll have breakfast in Berlin.
00:44:28 In the line. Come on.
00:44:30 In the line.
00:44:31 Come on.
00:44:32 Inspection of packs, come on.
00:44:34 Been up here before?
00:44:37 Yes, sir.
00:44:39 Throw that away.
00:44:41 But, sir, it's good to eat, sir.
00:44:42 All right, is it here.
00:44:43 Don't take it with you.
00:44:44 Throw it away.
00:44:45 Thank you.
00:44:46 Throw it away.
00:44:47 Hello, Shorty.
00:44:48 Hello, Sergeant.
00:44:49 Throw that away.
00:44:50 But my wife made it, sir.
00:44:51 All the more reason to throw it away.
00:44:52 Throw that away.
00:44:53 Don't salute me.
00:44:54 I salute any soldier of France.
00:45:07 Save it for the officers.
00:45:08 Yes, sir.
00:45:09 And don't you call me sir.
00:45:10 No, sir.
00:45:11 What's your name?
00:45:12 Morin, sir.
00:45:13 Sergeant.
00:45:14 So you want to be a soldier, eh?
00:45:15 I want to serve France.
00:45:16 That's a good idea.
00:45:17 What that bassoon is doing here?
00:45:18 Bassoon?
00:45:19 Yeah, that fish horn.
00:45:20 Throw it away.
00:45:21 Fish horn?
00:45:22 I'll have you know, sir, that 45 years ago at Sedan,
00:45:23 a blast from this fish horn, as you call it,
00:45:24 sent the finest cavalry brigade in the world into battle.
00:45:25 Yeah?
00:45:26 The emperor himself heard the call.
00:45:27 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:28 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:29 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:30 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:31 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:32 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:33 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:34 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:35 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:36 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:37 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:38 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:39 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:40 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:41 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:42 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:43 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:44 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:45 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:46 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:47 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:48 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:49 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:50 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:51 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:52 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:53 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:54 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:55 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:56 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:57 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:58 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:45:59 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:46:00 I'm going to be a soldier.
00:46:02 All right, keep it.
00:46:04 Only see that nobody sees it.
00:46:07 Put it in your pack.
00:46:10 Now, you heard what I said.
00:46:12 Throw it away.
00:46:14 Open that.
00:46:16 Throw it away.
00:46:17 War.
00:46:22 You call this war?
00:46:24 Well, where's your cavalry charges?
00:46:26 And your flags still in your pocket?
00:46:30 And your flags to lead them on?
00:46:32 And your bugles to blow them forward?
00:46:35 Why, you haven't got any.
00:46:37 All you do is dig holes in the ground like rabbits.
00:46:42 Soldiers?
00:46:43 You're a lot of sewer digging.
00:46:46 I'll let 5.9 dig a hole in the seat of his pants.
00:46:50 What do you know about war?
00:46:52 What do I know about war?
00:46:54 I was the trumpeter of the 5th Courtier.
00:46:57 I blew a charge.
00:46:59 I was only 15 when I blew it.
00:47:01 But I blew a charge that sent the finest cavalry in the world.
00:47:06 What do you got in here, Grandpa?
00:47:07 What do you got in here?
00:47:08 Cockroaches.
00:47:09 What for?
00:47:10 In case of an attack.
00:47:12 [laughter]
00:47:15 [music playing]
00:47:18 Come in.
00:47:23 No, that's all right.
00:47:27 Keep your seat.
00:47:28 I wonder if you'd do something for me, huh?
00:47:32 Something personal.
00:47:33 Of course, I'm glad to.
00:47:35 Well, I've got a feeling.
00:47:36 Call it a hunch if you like, that-- well,
00:47:38 my luck's run out-- that this might be my last trip up.
00:47:40 Oh, I hope not, sir.
00:47:43 You do?
00:47:44 Why?
00:47:45 All I can say, Captain, is that I wish you might have the privilege
00:47:53 of serving unto yourself.
00:47:56 Thanks.
00:47:58 I, uh-- I'm glad to have you with me.
00:48:03 You're reckless and a bit crazy, but sometimes that helps.
00:48:06 Anyway, you're a good soldier.
00:48:08 Thank you, sir.
00:48:09 Yeah, I'm sorry we got off to a bad start.
00:48:10 Oh, let's forget that.
00:48:11 Now, getting back to this other-- if anything happens,
00:48:14 I'd like you to deliver these to a friend of mine.
00:48:19 That's her name.
00:48:20 Got a picture here in this locket.
00:48:24 There it is.
00:48:26 She's helping at the hospital east of town.
00:48:28 Yes.
00:48:32 Yes, I-- I know where it is.
00:48:34 Well, those papers will explain everything.
00:48:36 I-- oh, there isn't much, but what's left,
00:48:40 I'd like for her to have it.
00:48:43 She's-- she's been very kind to me,
00:48:46 much kinder than she realizes.
00:48:50 She's filled a great emptiness.
00:48:51 I see.
00:48:52 Yeah.
00:48:53 Anything I can do for you?
00:49:00 No.
00:49:01 No, thanks.
00:49:02 I-- I have nobody.
00:49:07 Not-- not even a friend?
00:49:09 I said nobody.
00:49:13 That's too bad.
00:49:19 You'll do this for me, then.
00:49:22 I only hope I won't need to.
00:49:24 Inspection's finished, sir.
00:49:26 Good.
00:49:27 Coming, Lieutenant?
00:49:28 Yes.
00:49:29 Attention!
00:49:35 Soldiers of France, you're now members of the Fifth Company,
00:49:47 a 10,000-man battalion of the 39th Regiment of the Line.
00:49:52 This regiment was created by General Bonaparte
00:49:54 and served with him gloriously through many campaigns.
00:49:58 Since November 19--
00:49:59 Since November 1914, it has been fighting on this front.
00:50:11 Its record of valor has not yet been damaged.
00:50:15 I would not expect any man or any platoon
00:50:18 or even an entire company to add stature to that record.
00:50:23 But I do and will require that no man in it
00:50:26 detract from that record.
00:50:27 Midnight, we move out to the front.
00:50:34 Dismissed.
00:50:37 Company at ease.
00:50:39 Dismissed.
00:50:41 [chatter]
00:50:43 Hey, Grandpa, you can take that tram rod out of your breeches.
00:50:57 He's through talking.
00:50:59 That's the most magnificent speech I've ever heard.
00:51:03 He's a good officer, isn't he?
00:51:06 The finest officer in the army.
00:51:09 Thank you, Captain.
00:51:10 Thank you.
00:51:11 Private Moran, report to the captain immediately.
00:51:13 Yes, sir.
00:51:14 Hey, they're making him a general already, eh?
00:51:17 [laughs]
00:51:19 And why not?
00:51:21 France made a young girl a general once.
00:51:25 Never regretted it.
00:51:27 [chatter]
00:51:29 Private Moran, reporting to his captain.
00:51:46 So you changed your name to Moran, eh?
00:51:51 Yes, sir.
00:51:53 Yes, sir.
00:51:56 How old did you tell him you were?
00:51:59 48, sir.
00:52:02 Who dyed your hair, old Sasha?
00:52:04 Come on, come on, don't stand at attention, you old fool.
00:52:13 My son.
00:52:15 My son.
00:52:17 Lieutenant, this is my father.
00:52:20 How do you do, sir?
00:52:21 Lieutenant, think of it, to serve France under my own son.
00:52:25 And they wanted to make a clerk out of me.
00:52:28 Me, who blew the last charge at Sedan.
00:52:32 Look at me.
00:52:33 Don't I look fit?
00:52:34 You certainly do, sir.
00:52:35 I'll tell you a secret.
00:52:37 I'm over 60 years old.
00:52:39 Would you never think to look at me, would you?
00:52:41 Never, sir, never.
00:52:43 Ah, Paul, you're going to be proud of me.
00:52:46 You know, all this is new to me.
00:52:49 I--
00:52:52 What is it?
00:52:53 What's the matter?
00:52:54 I am proud of you.
00:52:56 I'm proud of you for trying.
00:52:58 But it can't be done.
00:53:00 So you're not going to send me back?
00:53:01 I must.
00:53:03 But, Paul, I can soldier with the best of them.
00:53:05 No, you can't.
00:53:06 You don't know anything about it.
00:53:07 Well, I was a soldier before you were born.
00:53:10 Then you should know if one man fails,
00:53:12 10 others can die with him.
00:53:13 But I'll not fail.
00:53:14 Well, I can't take that responsibility.
00:53:16 I tell you I'll not fail.
00:53:17 No, you've got to go back.
00:53:18 Paul, as your father, I order you to allow me to remain.
00:53:21 Come to attention.
00:53:22 Attention.
00:53:23 You can't--
00:53:24 Attention!
00:53:25 Yes.
00:53:26 Sergeant.
00:53:32 Yes, sir.
00:53:33 Get an order immediately to evacuate Private Moran.
00:53:35 Reason, unfit for service in the line because of age.
00:53:37 Yes, sir.
00:53:38 Moran.
00:53:39 All right.
00:53:40 I couldn't let him stay.
00:54:02 I couldn't if he'd have failed.
00:54:05 I don't know.
00:54:08 What would you have done?
00:54:11 Exactly what you did.
00:54:12 Thanks.
00:54:15 Look out for him, will you?
00:54:19 See that he gets some supper before he goes.
00:54:22 I'll be glad to, sir.
00:54:23 I'd be very proud if I had a father like that.
00:54:31 [door opens]
00:54:32 Oh, no.
00:54:46 Don't get up.
00:54:47 Isn't there anything that I can do?
00:54:50 I'm afraid not.
00:54:52 Sergeant, see that Moran gets some water.
00:54:59 See that Moran gets some warm supper, will you?
00:55:02 Anything you can to make him comfortable.
00:55:04 Yes, sir.
00:55:05 What?
00:55:24 [footsteps]
00:55:25 I had to come because you didn't come to me.
00:55:35 You go up tonight, don't you?
00:55:38 And the attack is in five days.
00:55:40 How did you know that?
00:55:41 Oh, everyone knows it.
00:55:43 Perhaps some woman in love learned it just as I learned it.
00:55:48 Five days.
00:55:50 That's exactly half as long as I've known it.
00:55:52 Come on, please.
00:55:53 Michelle, listen.
00:55:55 There's something I haven't told you.
00:55:59 Something that I want to tell you before you go up.
00:56:02 Is this what you want to tell me?
00:56:04 I--
00:56:05 Is it?
00:56:07 Yes.
00:56:08 That's it.
00:56:09 He gave them to me to give to you in case he doesn't come back.
00:56:14 Oh, Michelle, perhaps I should have told you, but--
00:56:18 Oh, please try to understand.
00:56:20 Without me, he-- he seems to have nobody, nothing.
00:56:25 He's not right somehow.
00:56:26 He's twisted inside, but he's not dead inside.
00:56:30 I-- I told him at first I didn't love him,
00:56:34 that someday I might find someone.
00:56:36 I might-- and he said he would take that chance.
00:56:41 Oh, if he only knew what he's done for me, for my family.
00:56:45 They-- they lived near here before the fighting
00:56:48 destroyed all we had.
00:56:50 He sent them where they'd be safe and--
00:56:52 and takes care of them still.
00:56:55 Do you understand?
00:56:57 Do you?
00:57:02 Yes, I think I do.
00:57:05 That's-- that's what I came to tell you, and to tell him too.
00:57:11 Tell him?
00:57:14 Tell him that I love you?
00:57:16 No, that I love you.
00:57:21 Well, you can't do that.
00:57:22 What do you mean?
00:57:23 Well, you can't.
00:57:26 Well, this is what I mean.
00:57:30 I mean, it isn't just he and I and you, two men and a girl.
00:57:34 It's-- it's so much more than that.
00:57:36 That's why you can't tell him.
00:57:39 I didn't like him at first.
00:57:41 Maybe I still don't.
00:57:42 I don't know.
00:57:43 At least I know him now.
00:57:44 I know what he-- what he's trying to do.
00:57:47 And I-- I certainly know what you mean to him.
00:57:51 I see.
00:57:52 And without you, he doesn't live.
00:57:54 He-- as far as you and I are concerned, it's--
00:58:01 it's all over.
00:58:02 It's finished.
00:58:03 Oh, Michel, I--
00:58:06 Let somebody else break it up, not me.
00:58:09 [music playing]
00:58:12 Michel, haven't you--
00:58:29 haven't you anything more to say to me?
00:58:32 What?
00:58:33 What I-- I think you'd better go now.
00:58:42 Are you telling me you don't love me?
00:58:45 You can call it that if you'd like.
00:58:55 Will you kiss me and still say that?
00:59:00 No.
00:59:02 No what?
00:59:04 I won't kiss you.
00:59:05 God bless you, Michel.
00:59:11 Sergeant, is the car here?
00:59:26 Uh, the headquarters car is ready, sir.
00:59:28 Are you tight?
00:59:29 The nearest possible bit, sir.
00:59:32 Hardly enough to interest anyone.
00:59:34 They'll blow it out of here.
00:59:35 Yes, sir.
00:59:36 Come in.
00:59:41 Donner, you take the men up.
00:59:42 I'm going to headquarters.
00:59:43 Assembly at 11 o'clock.
00:59:45 You make the inspection.
00:59:46 Full packs, number three grenades, extra bandoliers.
00:59:49 Yes, sir.
00:59:52 You all right?
00:59:54 Yes, sir, I'm quite all right.
00:59:56 All the cars to the equipment.
00:59:57 [gunshots]
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01:00:08 [Music]
01:00:38 Well, how was it?
01:00:39 Ask yourself that in a couple days from now.
01:00:42 Now don't be fresh.
01:00:43 It's not going to be the first attack I went through in the last two years.
01:00:46 Well, are you gonna sign for it?
01:00:48 Come on, write something.
01:00:50 Sweetheart, I love you. Anything.
01:00:51 Now don't be fresh.
01:00:53 Here's the kiss for the general.
01:00:57 Is that the order sending me back?
01:01:03 Well, you never can tell.
01:01:04 They may have transferred you to the Navy.
01:01:07 Please acknowledge at once receipt of eight camels issued to you at Sidi Belavez, Algeria, on January 12, 1892.
01:01:16 I've been getting this order for the last two years.
01:01:20 It seems that they lost a camel someplace.
01:01:23 Ah, here it is.
01:01:27 Here it is, Grandpa.
01:01:33 Transferred effective this date to the automobile transportation section of...
01:01:42 Ah.
01:01:43 Come on, Grandpa.
01:01:45 You're really lucky to be able to get away from here.
01:01:47 I don't understand that attitude.
01:01:49 With ten million bullets aiming at you every 24 hours.
01:01:53 [Mimics gunfire]
01:02:02 If this order hadn't come, what would have happened?
01:02:06 No order, you stay.
01:02:08 Just this little scrap of paper between me and the field of honor.
01:02:15 Something that the flame of a candle or the fire could destroy in a minute.
01:02:22 Five minutes, Sergeant.
01:02:26 [Silence]
01:02:37 Little things in life mean so much to us.
01:02:40 Uh-huh.
01:02:41 This wind through the door nearly blew the paper into the fire.
01:02:45 Yeah.
01:02:46 I mean the paper that is so important for you.
01:02:49 Yes, I know, I know.
01:02:50 And if it had, I could have gone to the front.
01:02:54 Yeah?
01:02:55 You could have gone to the front and I could have gone to the rear.
01:02:59 No, no, no, Sergeant.
01:03:01 Not if the wind from the door had blown it there.
01:03:05 That's true.
01:03:09 Yeah, that's true.
01:03:11 [Laughs]
01:03:14 Speaking about little things in life.
01:03:18 Here am I, without even as much money as to buy myself a bottle of wine.
01:03:24 You have no money, Sergeant.
01:03:26 Well, I have some.
01:03:29 Why should you buy me wine?
01:03:31 Well, because I'm your friend.
01:03:34 Ah.
01:03:35 You're a friend of mine, are you?
01:03:38 Yes, indeed I am.
01:03:40 How much money would you want to buy wine with?
01:03:47 Would the sum of five francs seem exorbitant?
01:03:52 No.
01:03:54 That's all I need.
01:03:55 The great tragedy with this war is that every soldier always hasn't got any money.
01:04:01 That's quite true.
01:04:03 That's quite true, Sergeant.
01:04:05 Well, here.
01:04:07 That's yours.
01:04:08 No, not now.
01:04:09 It belongs to you.
01:04:10 Are you trying to bribe me?
01:04:13 Oh, no.
01:04:14 Yes, you do.
01:04:15 Yes, you do.
01:04:16 No, no, Sergeant.
01:04:17 No, no.
01:04:18 I merely want to serve France.
01:04:20 And you'd die for France if necessary.
01:04:22 I would, indeed.
01:04:23 You would.
01:04:24 I would.
01:04:25 You would.
01:04:26 I would.
01:04:27 Well, then why refer to it as a bribe?
01:04:29 But I didn't mean to.
01:04:30 Yes, you did.
01:04:31 No.
01:04:32 Yes, you did.
01:04:33 And the next time be careful with your tongue.
01:04:35 Sergeant, I swear to you I did not refer to it as a bribe.
01:04:39 You swear?
01:04:40 Yes.
01:04:41 You do?
01:04:42 I do.
01:04:43 Well, that's different.
01:04:45 Now, supposing the wind from this door would blow on this little--
01:04:57 It would move just like this, eh?
01:05:01 That's exactly the way it would happen, Sergeant.
01:05:04 Now supposing it blows just a little bit stronger.
01:05:10 Like this.
01:05:11 Now, suppose it blows very hard like a hurricane.
01:05:17 You mean like this, eh?
01:05:19 [laughing]
01:05:23 [singing in French]
01:05:28 [laughing]
01:05:55 Is the men up all right?
01:05:57 No casualties, sir.
01:05:58 Good.
01:06:00 Something else happened.
01:06:02 While we were crossing the registered area, a shell dropped in the force section.
01:06:06 One of the men fell on it in order to cover it and protect the others.
01:06:10 Luckily, it turned out to be a dud.
01:06:12 Took a lot of nerve.
01:06:15 It was the bravest act I've ever seen.
01:06:16 I recommend it for citations.
01:06:17 Who was it?
01:06:19 It was Private Moran.
01:06:22 [thud]
01:06:24 You mean it was--
01:06:25 Yes, sir.
01:06:26 Didn't I tell you to get an order to have him sent back?
01:06:41 Yes, sir.
01:06:42 I'd a good mind to court-martial you right now.
01:06:44 But the order never came through, sir.
01:06:45 It never got to me.
01:06:46 Why didn't you grab him at an inspection?
01:06:47 Oh, he wasn't there.
01:06:48 He must have slipped in afterward in a dud.
01:06:50 But we can watch him, sir.
01:06:51 Who asked you what we could do?
01:06:53 What am I doing, giving orders around here just to hear myself talk?
01:06:56 Who's commanding this company, you or me?
01:06:58 Why, you, sir.
01:06:59 Where is he?
01:07:00 On sentry duty, sir.
01:07:17 That was brave work, Private Moran.
01:07:20 Thank you.
01:07:21 I'm proud of you.
01:07:26 Very proud.
01:07:27 I believe you understand, gentlemen,
01:07:39 the importance of the situation.
01:07:42 I have here a message from our commander.
01:07:47 Officer of the Second Army,
01:07:49 you are on the verge of an attack
01:07:51 that will be the greatest in the history of warfare.
01:07:55 You will fight on ground that has been drenched
01:07:59 by the blood of your former comrades.
01:08:03 You will go forward until you have taken your objectives.
01:08:06 The fate of France and of civilization
01:08:10 rests in your hands.
01:08:13 Signed, Marchand, commanding Second Army.
01:08:16 Zero hour is at six, gentlemen.
01:08:22 Six o'clock.
01:08:23 We better synchronize our watches.
01:08:26 We'll use as a mark six minutes after one o'clock.
01:08:34 It is now mark minus 15 seconds.
01:08:40 Minus 15 seconds.
01:08:43 12 seconds.
01:08:46 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, mark.
01:08:56 [explosions]
01:09:24 Now exactly zero minus five.
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01:09:31 Your men know your objectives.
01:09:33 Try to keep as close contact as possible.
01:09:35 Good luck.
01:09:36 Good luck to you, sir.
01:09:37 Good luck.
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01:09:39 Good luck, sir.
01:09:41 Before we moved up, I gave you a package delivered to you.
01:09:46 That was a lot of cost.
01:09:47 Yes, if necessary.
01:09:48 Well, it won't be.
01:09:49 Nor shall I ask your services in any event.
01:09:51 Where's the package?
01:09:53 It's in my trunk, if you leave, fellas.
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01:09:57 On thinking it over, I see no more reason why you should come out of this alive than I.
01:10:01 Possibly not as much.
01:10:03 That's all.
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01:10:50 Yes, sir.
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01:11:13 Yes, yes.
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01:16:15 - No, fear is nothing but imagination.
01:16:17 A man is only afraid because he thinks he is.
01:16:19 - Will you please stop talking about fear?
01:16:21 - But there's no fear in the world.
01:16:23 - I'm not talking about fear.
01:16:25 - But there's no such thing as fear.
01:16:27 It's only in the mind.
01:16:29 - If you stop reminding me about fear, Grandpa,
01:16:31 maybe I can be brave too.
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01:16:53 [opera music]
01:16:55 (singing in foreign language)
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01:17:53 (singing in foreign language)
01:17:57 (singing in foreign language)
01:18:01 (singing in foreign language)
01:18:27 - Watch over them and keep them safe.
01:18:31 They accept everything, the rain, the cold,
01:18:37 the days without sun, nights without sleep,
01:18:42 the fear, the pain, but let them live.
01:18:49 Let them believe that they will live until the very end.
01:18:56 Let them always have that hope, always, always.
01:19:01 (whistling)
01:19:14 (whistling)
01:19:16 - Hey, hey.
01:19:32 Shh, shut up.
01:19:36 - Sorry.
01:19:44 - You're a good man, sir.
01:19:46 - Yes, yes, we're holding most of the village.
01:19:52 No, they're all around us.
01:19:54 Yes, I understand.
01:19:57 I understand it'll be done right away.
01:19:59 What's the shape of your platoon?
01:20:06 - I have 26 men still able to walk, sir.
01:20:08 - That's better than I feared.
01:20:10 Your private morale is safe and well.
01:20:14 - Did I ask you that?
01:20:15 - Anyway, thanks, Mr. Sam.
01:20:19 - We've got a nasty job to do here.
01:20:22 Headquarters wanted us to run a line through the village,
01:20:25 beyond the enemy's advanced position,
01:20:26 and set up an observation post
01:20:27 connected with the artillery.
01:20:29 You know what that means?
01:20:30 - Not many will get through.
01:20:32 Place is alive with snipers and machine gun nests.
01:20:35 - Yes, I know.
01:20:38 It's a volunteer job.
01:20:40 I'll take it.
01:20:48 Need about six men.
01:20:49 - I'll be one, sir.
01:20:50 - Get five more men, will you?
01:20:53 Get 'em ready right away.
01:20:53 - Yes, sir.
01:20:54 - Here's a logical point where I think we should start.
01:21:00 (thunder rumbling)
01:21:03 - Hey, hey, wake up.
01:21:12 - What do you want?
01:21:13 - Volunteers for a wiring party.
01:21:14 What do you say?
01:21:15 - Anything to get out of this grave.
01:21:17 - Come on.
01:21:18 (thunder rumbling)
01:21:26 (guns firing)
01:21:29 - They're done already, sir.
01:21:34 - Everything is ready, sir.
01:21:49 - Take half the wire with you.
01:21:50 We'll pay the rest out from here.
01:21:52 Who's got the tools?
01:21:52 - Here, sir.
01:21:53 - Telephone?
01:21:55 - Yes, sir.
01:21:56 - See the men have revolvers and grenades.
01:22:05 - Yes, sir.
01:22:06 - Pardon me, sir, but in my opinion,
01:22:11 your father's rather royal.
01:22:12 - My father's a soldier in the 39th.
01:22:14 - All right, ready?
01:22:18 - Yes, sir.
01:22:19 - All right, get going.
01:22:20 - Come on.
01:22:21 - Keep him covered.
01:22:23 Here, watch this wire, will you?
01:22:24 (guns firing)
01:22:27 All right, men, quiet now.
01:22:46 Keep down low.
01:22:46 - Come on, Grandpa.
01:22:52 (thunder rumbling)
01:22:55 (gun firing)
01:23:13 (man groaning)
01:23:16 (guns firing)
01:23:18 - Bring those tools.
01:23:24 (guns firing)
01:23:30 - Come on, hurry.
01:23:31 Come on.
01:23:36 All right, men, go ahead.
01:23:40 You all right?
01:23:41 - Yes.
01:23:42 - Come on, come on, keep moving.
01:23:44 (guns firing)
01:23:46 - The wire's broken.
01:23:56 - I'll fix it.
01:23:56 - No, you...
01:23:57 (guns firing)
01:24:04 (man groaning)
01:24:09 (guns firing)
01:24:12 (guns firing)
01:24:18 - Get on in.
01:24:23 - Easy.
01:24:24 We'll get you on the way back, Rene.
01:24:28 Get going, boys, keep low.
01:24:30 Come on, Moran.
01:24:31 What?
01:24:33 - I can't go on.
01:24:34 - What's the matter with you?
01:24:35 - I can't go out there.
01:24:36 (gun firing)
01:24:37 (man screaming)
01:24:39 - I'll kill you.
01:24:40 - You'll get us all killed.
01:24:41 - I'm afraid, Lieutenant.
01:24:47 I'm afraid.
01:24:50 - All right, give me the stuff.
01:24:53 You stay here with Rene.
01:24:57 (Rene groaning)
01:24:59 (guns firing)
01:25:13 - Hello?
01:25:16 Hello?
01:25:17 Hello?
01:25:18 Hello?
01:25:19 Hello?
01:25:25 (gun firing)
01:25:27 Hello?
01:25:37 Hello?
01:25:38 Testing.
01:25:39 One, two, three, four, one...
01:25:40 - Here they are, sir.
01:25:41 - Wire detail reporting.
01:25:45 Post established as ordered.
01:25:46 - Good work.
01:25:47 Leave one man there and come right back.
01:25:49 - Right.
01:25:50 You stay here.
01:25:52 Good luck.
01:25:53 (thunder rumbling)
01:25:56 (Rene groaning)
01:26:07 - I heard something.
01:26:08 - They can't be coming back yet.
01:26:11 - Maybe it's the enemy.
01:26:14 - Careful.
01:26:16 Take it easy.
01:26:17 (Rene moaning)
01:26:20 - Someone's coming.
01:26:25 - Might be our boys.
01:26:26 Be careful.
01:26:27 - No, no, no.
01:26:28 It's the Germans.
01:26:30 - Be sure.
01:26:31 - I am sure.
01:26:31 - Be sure.
01:26:32 - It's the Germans.
01:26:33 - Be sure.
01:26:34 - Wait!
01:26:35 (guns firing)
01:26:37 Moran!
01:26:40 Moran!
01:26:41 It's your own men!
01:26:42 (guns firing)
01:26:45 (guns firing)
01:26:47 - I didn't know.
01:27:01 I didn't know it was you.
01:27:03 I know you didn't know.
01:27:04 - Lieutenant, tell the captain I threw the grenade.
01:27:09 - I never would have done it.
01:27:14 I never would have thrown it.
01:27:15 - It's too late for that now.
01:27:16 How about getting back?
01:27:20 Can you make it all right?
01:27:21 - I'll try, sir.
01:27:23 - Come on, Moran.
01:27:24 Give me a hand with the...
01:27:25 Let's get going.
01:27:31 (guns firing)
01:27:36 Come on, come on.
01:27:37 (guns firing)
01:27:43 - Here they come, sir.
01:27:44 (guns firing)
01:27:48 - Come on, give me a hand, sir.
01:27:52 - Are you all right?
01:27:53 - Yes.
01:27:54 - Get some bread.
01:28:00 - You'll get a nice long rest out of this, fool.
01:28:06 - Much, much longer than you think, sir.
01:28:11 Captain.
01:28:12 (laughing)
01:28:14 - Goodbye, gentlemen.
01:28:20 It was a lovely war.
01:28:25 (guns firing)
01:28:35 - What happened?
01:28:42 - Rene was hit.
01:28:43 Moran stayed with him.
01:28:45 On the way back, they mistook us for Germans.
01:28:48 Threw a grenade.
01:28:49 - Who threw the grenade?
01:28:50 - Rene, sir.
01:28:52 - Who threw it?
01:28:53 - I did, sir.
01:28:56 - Consider yourself under arrest.
01:28:59 (bomb exploding)
01:29:02 Report to the rear immediately.
01:29:03 (bomb exploding)
01:29:06 - Yes, sir.
01:29:10 (bomb exploding)
01:29:13 - Thanks, Donny.
01:29:24 I appreciate what you tried to do.
01:29:27 Better get that arm fixed.
01:29:29 (bomb exploding)
01:29:33 Keep an eye on him, will you?
01:29:35 - Yes, I will.
01:29:36 (bomb exploding)
01:29:38 (bomb exploding)
01:29:41 - Division?
01:29:55 - Six.
01:29:56 - Number?
01:29:57 - 3,426.
01:29:58 - Report to the officer in charge of the entrance.
01:30:01 - Hello, Major.
01:30:02 - Rene, your arm?
01:30:04 - Yes, doesn't amount to much.
01:30:06 - You're lucky.
01:30:08 - Go in there and I'll come in and take care of it.
01:30:10 - Thank you.
01:30:11 - This way, please.
01:30:11 - Regiment?
01:30:13 Division?
01:30:14 - Nurse, nurse!
01:30:16 That hypo there on the shelf, right away.
01:30:17 - Report to the officer in charge of the entrance.
01:30:20 - Can we do something?
01:30:22 - Too late.
01:30:25 (singing in foreign language)
01:30:29 - Stretcher, take that man out.
01:30:31 (singing in foreign language)
01:30:36 - Father, may I, may I see his face?
01:30:41 - Do you know anyone in the 39th?
01:30:54 - Yes.
01:30:57 - Oh, nurse, will you hold this for me?
01:31:02 (singing in foreign language)
01:31:06 Hold it.
01:31:07 Now, this is going to hurt,
01:31:10 but it's better than an infection.
01:31:12 That's all.
01:31:18 Thank you, Major.
01:31:20 - Michelle, Michelle.
01:31:24 - Monique.
01:31:25 - What is it?
01:31:26 Is it bad?
01:31:27 - Oh, no, it's just a flesh wound.
01:31:29 - Hand me that sling, will you?
01:31:32 - Michelle.
01:31:33 - And fill out a report.
01:31:35 - Yes.
01:31:35 - Feel all right, Lieutenant?
01:31:43 - Yes, thank you, nurse.
01:31:44 - Monique.
01:31:54 - You'll have to tell me when and how it happened.
01:31:58 - It was a couple of hours ago.
01:32:01 We were on patrol,
01:32:02 running a telephone line for the artillery.
01:32:07 - That's all.
01:32:07 I can fill out the rest myself.
01:32:10 (Monique moaning)
01:32:25 - Nothing, I...
01:32:28 (Monique sobbing)
01:32:31 Oh, Paul, I...
01:32:37 Paul, don't...
01:32:41 Don't look at me that way.
01:32:44 I couldn't help it because I love him.
01:32:48 It's my fault that I...
01:32:50 - No, no, that isn't true.
01:32:51 I'm sorry.
01:32:52 We tried to keep away from each other
01:32:55 so as not to hurt you, but...
01:32:58 It's no good, it won't work.
01:33:00 We love each other and you might as well know it.
01:33:04 Here, get some water.
01:33:08 Sit down here.
01:33:09 He's in here, runner.
01:33:11 - Right there.
01:33:12 - This is for headquarters, sir.
01:33:13 - Get some bandages too.
01:33:14 Lock it up.
01:33:15 - Read it to me.
01:33:23 - But can't you read it, you fool?
01:33:26 - Can't you see he's blind?
01:33:28 My son is blind.
01:33:31 - Oh no, Paul.
01:33:32 - You're gonna read it to me or not?
01:33:33 - Let me get a doctor first. - Read it.
01:33:35 - Counter barrage covering the area in sector point 3234
01:33:42 will commence at 6 a.m.
01:33:44 It is imperative that this barrage be directed
01:33:47 from the advanced telephone post that you established.
01:33:50 - Go on, go on.
01:33:51 - A detail must be sent there at once
01:33:55 to help with communication with the artillery.
01:33:57 - But sir, that's impossible.
01:33:58 - Why?
01:33:59 - The telephone post is in that sector.
01:34:00 The barrage would fall directly on it.
01:34:02 - I know that, runner.
01:34:03 - Yes, Captain.
01:34:04 - Report to headquarters.
01:34:04 The barrage will be directed as ordered.
01:34:07 - Yes, Captain.
01:34:07 - Lieutenant. - Yes.
01:34:08 - Has your arm been taken care of?
01:34:09 - Yes, sir.
01:34:10 - Report immediately to the company as commander.
01:34:12 - But sir-- - Those are ordered.
01:34:13 - But I think, sir--
01:34:14 - Did I ask you what you thought?
01:34:15 I'll take care of the order.
01:34:24 - Will you hurry along that doctor for me?
01:34:26 - Oh, yes.
01:34:27 Yes, I will.
01:34:28 - Are you ready, my boy?
01:34:52 - Yes, sir.
01:34:53 - I'll need eyes, Father.
01:35:00 - I'll be your eyes, son.
01:35:02 - Come.
01:35:11 - We must hurry.
01:35:12 (men chattering)
01:35:15 (dramatic music)
01:35:24 - Hello.
01:35:28 Hello, hello.
01:35:30 There's no answer, sir.
01:35:31 - Are you sure you got the message?
01:35:32 - Yes, sir, sure.
01:35:33 - When?
01:35:34 - Two hours ago.
01:35:35 - We can't leave this barrage without observation.
01:35:37 - Careful here.
01:35:42 - Wait a minute.
01:35:43 Wait, wait, wait.
01:35:43 Wait a minute.
01:35:44 We'll have to crawl here, son.
01:35:52 Wait here, son.
01:36:10 (dramatic music)
01:36:13 Careful.
01:36:20 'Cause your hair's been shot.
01:36:22 Wait there, son.
01:36:39 - Where's the telephone?
01:36:41 - Telephone?
01:36:42 - Here, son, here.
01:36:43 - Hello.
01:36:47 Hello.
01:36:49 Hello, observation post.
01:36:51 Hello.
01:36:52 - Here he is, sir.
01:36:53 Give it to me.
01:36:54 - Yes.
01:36:56 Yes, yes, all ready.
01:36:58 - All right.
01:36:58 First battalion, fire when ready.
01:37:00 - First battalion, fire when ready.
01:37:03 - Here they go.
01:37:03 Watch close.
01:37:04 (bombs exploding)
01:37:08 (bombs exploding)
01:37:11 - They're way over.
01:37:16 - Too long, too long.
01:37:18 - 300 yards over.
01:37:20 - Too long, 300.
01:37:22 300 long.
01:37:24 - Long 300.
01:37:25 - Long 300.
01:37:26 - They're still too far, son.
01:37:30 - Too long still.
01:37:32 - 200 yards.
01:37:34 - Too long.
01:37:35 200.
01:37:36 200 long.
01:37:36 (bombs exploding)
01:37:39 - When they get in the range, that means us.
01:37:43 - Can I blow the pupil now, sir?
01:37:48 - Yeah.
01:37:49 Give it a good one, Pop.
01:37:51 (bombs exploding)
01:38:05 (somber music)
01:38:07 (somber music)
01:38:10 (somber music)
01:38:37 - I wonder if he would have written that if...
01:38:41 If he'd known about us.
01:38:45 - I'm sure he would.
01:38:46 - Yes.
01:38:48 Yes, even if he hated me.
01:38:53 What will you write to me, Michelle?
01:39:04 What will you leave behind for me when you're dead?
01:39:06 - Take your place in my heart.
01:39:08 - Please, Molly.
01:39:09 - I want to know, why do you have to go?
01:39:12 Why?
01:39:13 What sense does it make?
01:39:14 Who's happier?
01:39:15 Who's better off?
01:39:17 Oh, it's crazy, but it goes on and on,
01:39:19 just the same without end and without meaning.
01:39:22 Why do you all have to die?
01:39:24 Why?
01:39:25 - Dolly, that question has been asked
01:39:27 as many times as men have died.
01:39:29 The answer hasn't satisfied anybody.
01:39:32 (knocking)
01:39:34 - Come in.
01:39:36 - Your replacements are here, sir.
01:39:37 - All right.
01:39:38 - Company, attention!
01:39:51 - Soldiers of France.
01:40:04 You are now members of the Fifth Company,
01:40:06 the second battalion of the 39th Regiment of the Line.
01:40:09 This regiment was created by General Bonaparte.
01:40:13 It served with him gloriously for many campaigns.
01:40:16 It also served in Indochina, in Crimea, and in Africa.
01:40:21 Since November 1914, it has been fighting on this front.
01:40:24 Its record of valor has not yet been damaged.
01:40:31 I do not expect any man or any platoon
01:40:34 or even this entire company to add stature to this record.
01:40:37 But I do and will require
01:40:41 that no man in it detract from that record.
01:40:45 We move up at midnight.
01:40:51 Dismissed.
01:40:53 - Yes, sir.
01:40:54 - Company, at ease!
01:40:56 - Dismissed.
01:40:57 - At ease.
01:40:58 - Dismissed.
01:40:59 - At ease.
01:41:00 - Dismissed.
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