Journeys End (1930)

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00:01:30You can see me now, eh?

00:01:31Come on, George, cut him a fly, that's what.

00:01:35What about Liza, eh, George?

00:01:36Ha, ha!

00:01:42How about father?

00:01:44What do you think about it, eh?

00:01:50You must be nearly in Berlin by this time.

00:01:53Make your wife a more hobbit.

00:01:55Keep quiet, then!

00:01:56Never mind the odds, get a move on!

00:02:27You won't warn her, will you?

00:02:29Listen to that old soul.

00:02:31I'll give it some experimental use.

00:02:34You m美元, eh?

00:02:45What do you suppose I said, eh?

00:02:47Not well, the kid needs in some food.

00:02:50What do you think I said?

00:02:51Marifold, a boy's got to be nervous.

00:02:53incentive him with words?

00:02:55What are we waiting for this time?

00:02:57I don't know.

00:02:59Got a match, Bill?

00:03:07Keep it under your hat.

00:03:09That's what it means, I suppose.

00:03:12Look out, Tilly. Here he comes now.

00:03:15Put that light out.

00:03:17What light?

00:03:18You know what light.

00:03:20You want to get us all blown to pieces?

00:03:26Lucky for you, that was her dad.

00:03:28Come on, get a move on here.

00:03:29It's getting too blowing out here.

00:03:30Come on.

00:03:37Oh, come on there.

00:03:39If you can say goodbye to your lost bottle of beer,

00:03:41I'm going to have to stay no more than longer than you do.

00:03:43Hey, to the left.

00:03:45Hey, something coming out.

00:03:46Come on, Gerald.

00:03:47Yeah, I think so.

00:03:49Come on, Archibald.

00:03:56Hello, Bert.

00:03:57I didn't recognize you for a minute.

00:03:59What's it like this week?

00:04:01Oh, I ain't noticed any difference.

00:04:03Are you going to spend your ten days' rest at Margate?

00:04:06Well, I was thinking about flying over to Australia.

00:04:09Send us an ostrich for the missus, will you?

00:04:12Adios.

00:04:13Boiled or fried?

00:04:14One and two platoons to the left.

00:04:17Three and four to the right.

00:04:19One and two platoons to the left.

00:04:21One and two platoons to the right.

00:04:23Three and four to the right.

00:04:25Cheerio, George.

00:04:26Cheerio, Bert.

00:04:41Here we are.

00:04:42Welcome home.

00:04:44Scrape your feet on the mat.

00:04:51First gunner this way.

00:04:54Oh, here you are.

00:04:58You cover from that ruin on the left

00:05:00to that German hanging on the barbed wire on the right.

00:05:03There's a sniper in that ruin.

00:05:05Look out for him.

00:05:07He usually starts to work about five.

00:05:09Right off.

00:05:11I'll take your hat.

00:05:12At one and two, I'm with Lord and Lou.

00:05:14Three and four, two girls more.

00:05:17Five and six with some more, I mix.

00:05:19Seven, eight, Clara and Caroline.

00:05:22Nine and ten, I'm at work again.

00:05:28But the girl I meet at twelve, oh my God.

00:05:32What a life.

00:05:33Not a word to the wife.

00:05:36Tick-tock, wind up the clock

00:05:39and I start my day over again.

00:05:44Hello, Hardy.

00:05:45Hello, Osmond.

00:05:46Your fellows arriving?

00:05:47Yes, they're just coming in.

00:05:49Splendid. Have a drink.

00:05:51Thanks.

00:05:52Thanks.

00:05:59Don't have too much water.

00:06:00It's rather strong today.

00:06:03I wonder what it is they put in the water.

00:06:07Some sort of disinfectant, I suppose.

00:06:10I'd rather have the microbes, wouldn't you?

00:06:12I would, yes.

00:06:15Cheer up.

00:06:16Cheer up.

00:06:19Excuse my sock, won't you?

00:06:21Certainly.

00:06:25It's a nice-looking sock.

00:06:27It is, rather, isn't it?

00:06:29Guaranteed to keep the feet dry.

00:06:31The trouble is, it gets so wet doing it.

00:06:35Stan, at our speed, come and take over.

00:06:38He's looking after the men coming in.

00:06:41I'm awfully glad you've come.

00:06:43Why?

00:06:44I heard this was a quiet bit of line up here.

00:06:46Oh, quite. They simply blew us to bits yesterday.

00:06:50Too much damage?

00:06:52Awful.

00:06:53The duck out got blown up and came down in the men's tea.

00:06:55They were frightfully annoyed.

00:06:58I know.

00:06:59There's nothing worse than dirt in your tea.

00:07:04By the way,

00:07:06what's happened to the big German attack?

00:07:09Yes.

00:07:11I'd forgotten about that.

00:07:13Are you here for six days?

00:07:14Yes.

00:07:15Then I should think you'd get it, right in the neck.

00:07:19Well, you won't be far away.

00:07:21Come on. Let's do this handing over.

00:07:25There you are.

00:07:31500 mils bonds, 34 gumboots.

00:07:34That's 17 pair.

00:07:35Oh, no. 25 right leg and 9 left.

00:07:39But everything's down there. It's quite all right.

00:07:41I expect Stan up. I'd like to see you before you go.

00:07:44How is the dear young boy?

00:07:46Drinking like a fish as usual?

00:07:48He's by far the best company commander we've got.

00:07:50Oh, he's a good chef. I know.

00:07:53I never did see a youngster put away the whisky he does.

00:07:56Do you know, the last time out resting at the Inn,

00:07:58he came to supper with us

00:07:59and drank a whole bottle in one hour, 14 minutes.

00:08:01We timed it.

00:08:02Do you know how long he's been out here?

00:08:06A good time. I know.

00:08:09Nearly three years.

00:08:11He came out here straight from school.

00:08:13Oh, I know he's a jolly good fellow.

00:08:15Because he's stuck it.

00:08:17His nerves are all battered to bits. He's called a drunkard.

00:08:21You don't know him as I do.

00:08:23I love that fellow. I'd go to hell with him.

00:08:27Oh, you sweet sentimental old darling.

00:08:30Come on, let's finish this handing over and stop blithering.

00:08:33There's nothing else to do.

00:08:34What about the log book?

00:08:37Oh, God, you are a worker.

00:08:43Here we are.

00:08:46Written right up to date.

00:08:48Here's my last entry.

00:08:505 p.m. to 8 p.m., all quiet.

00:08:53German airman flew over trenches.

00:08:55Shot a red.

00:08:57Did he?

00:08:58No, I shot the red, you oaf.

00:09:00Come on, finish up your whiskey. I want to pack my mug.

00:09:03I'll leave you that drop in the bottle.

00:09:06Plenty of water if you're thirsty.

00:09:08Thanks.

00:09:09How's your?

00:09:12Well?

00:09:14I hope you have a nice six days.

00:09:19Don't forget to change your drawers if you get wet.

00:09:22No, Papa.

00:09:24And don't forget about that big attack.

00:09:26Oh, Lord, no, I must have missed that.

00:09:28I'll make another one.

00:09:29I'll make another one.

00:09:31I'll make another one.

00:09:32I'll make another one.

00:09:33I'll make another one.

00:09:34I'll make another one.

00:09:35I'll make another one.

00:09:37I'll make another one.

00:09:38I'll make another one.

00:09:40Here we are.

00:09:43Don't I look like a soldier?

00:09:45I would be afraid if I were a German

00:09:48and I saw you coming around the corner.

00:09:50I hope you would.

00:09:51I wouldn't be able to run away.

00:09:53Don't be rude.

00:10:03Well, I'm dead.

00:10:05Still at it.

00:10:06Why, that cockroach.

00:10:08It's been running round and round that candle ever since tea time.

00:10:10Must have done a mile.

00:10:12Did you ever have cockroach races?

00:10:14No.

00:10:14Oh, great fun.

00:10:16We've had them every evening.

00:10:17What are the rules?

00:10:18Well, you each have a cockroach and you start them.

00:10:21In line, here.

00:10:23Here.

00:10:24They're on the word go.

00:10:25You dig your cockroach in the ribs

00:10:27and you stare him with a match across the table.

00:10:29I won ten francs last night.

00:10:31Had a splendid cockroach.

00:10:32A little black chap.

00:10:33You'll find him jazzing about here somewhere.

00:10:35I'll give you a tip.

00:10:36Swear you won't tell a soul?

00:10:38Yes.

00:10:38Well, if you want to get the best pace out of your cockroach,

00:10:40dip it in whiskey.

00:10:41Make some go like hell.

00:10:42Right, thanks awfully.

00:10:44Well, I must be off.

00:10:45Cheers.

00:10:53Excuse me, sir.

00:10:55Can I lay supper?

00:10:56Yes, do.

00:10:57Thank you, sir.

00:11:05Well, what are you going to tempt us with tonight, Mason?

00:11:08Soup, sir. Cutlets and pineapple.

00:11:10Cutlets?

00:11:12Yes, sir. Cutlets.

00:11:13What sort of cutlets?

00:11:15Well, sir, I don't like to commit myself too deep.

00:11:18Ordinary ration meat.

00:11:20Yes, sir. Ordinary ration meat.

00:11:22But a new shape.

00:11:23It smells like liver.

00:11:24But it hasn't got that smooth, wet look what liver's got, sir.

00:11:28I don't like it.

00:11:29I don't like it.

00:11:30I don't like it.

00:11:31I don't like it.

00:11:33I don't like it.

00:11:34What liver's got, sir?

00:11:49This is the company headquarters, sir.

00:11:51Oh, thanks.

00:11:52Better go down, sir.

00:11:53Yes, right.

00:11:55Hello.

00:11:56Good evening.

00:11:57Sir.

00:11:58You the new officer?

00:12:00Yes.

00:12:01Good.

00:12:02We've been expecting you.

00:12:04Sit down, won't you?

00:12:06Thanks.

00:12:17I'll just take your pack off.

00:12:18Oh, right.

00:12:19I'll just take your pack off.

00:12:20Oh, right.

00:12:22I'll just take your pack off.

00:12:23I'll just take your pack off.

00:12:24Oh, right.

00:12:29Have a drink?

00:12:31Oh, well.

00:12:32You don't drink whiskey?

00:12:33Oh, yes.

00:12:34Just a small one, sir.

00:12:37Whiskey takes away the taste of the water.

00:12:40Oh, yes.

00:12:41And the water takes away the taste of the whiskey.

00:12:51Just out from England?

00:12:52Yes, I landed a week ago.

00:12:53Boulogne?

00:12:55Yes.

00:12:57Well, good luck, sir.

00:12:59Good luck.

00:13:04Cigarette?

00:13:06Thanks.

00:13:16Ever been up in the line before?

00:13:18Oh, no.

00:13:19You see, I only got out of school at the end of last summer term.

00:13:23I expect you find it a bit strange.

00:13:25Yes, I do a bit.

00:13:27My name's Osborne.

00:13:29I'm second in command of the company.

00:13:31You only call me sir in front of the men.

00:13:33I see. Thanks.

00:13:34You'll find the other officers call me uncle.

00:13:37Oh, yes.

00:13:38What's your name?

00:13:39Raleigh.

00:13:40Raleigh.

00:13:42Captain Stanhope commands the company.

00:13:44I know.

00:13:45It's a frightful bit of luck.

00:13:47Why?

00:13:48Do you know him?

00:13:49Rather.

00:13:50We were at school together.

00:13:52At least, of course.

00:13:53I was only a kid.

00:13:54He was one of the big fellows.

00:13:55He's three years older than I am.

00:13:57So you're at school with Stanhope.

00:14:00I wonder if he'll remember you.

00:14:02I expect you've grown in the last three years.

00:14:04Oh, I think he'll remember me.

00:14:07He's a fine company commander.

00:14:09Isn't he?

00:14:11I expect Dennis will be frightfully surprised to see me.

00:14:14I've got a message for him.

00:14:16From the general?

00:14:17No.

00:14:18From my sister.

00:14:19Your sister?

00:14:21Yes.

00:14:22You see, Dennis used to stay with us.

00:14:23Naturally, my sister.

00:14:25Well, perhaps I ought not.

00:14:27Oh, that's all right.

00:14:28I didn't actually know that Stanhope was...

00:14:31Oh, they're not officially engaged.

00:14:32No?

00:14:33She'll be awfully glad I'm here with him.

00:14:35I can write and tell her all about him.

00:14:37He doesn't say much in his letters.

00:14:40Can he write often?

00:14:41Oh, yes.

00:14:43Letters are collected every day.

00:14:44Good.

00:14:46You say it's a long time since you last saw him.

00:14:48Nearly a year ago.

00:14:51You know, Raleigh,

00:14:53you mustn't expect to find him quite the same.

00:14:55Oh?

00:14:56You may find he's a bit quick-tempered.

00:15:00Oh, I know old Dennis's temper.

00:15:03You must remember he's commanded this company for a long time.

00:15:07It's a big strain on a man.

00:15:08Oh, it must be.

00:15:10So if you notice a difference in Stanhope,

00:15:12you'll know he's a good man.

00:15:14Stanhope, you'll know it's only the strain.

00:15:17I see.

00:15:20Now, let's see.

00:15:29I expect you'll sleep in the other dugout there.

00:15:32Oh, right-o.

00:15:35We never undress in the line.

00:15:37You can take your boots off now and then in the daytime,

00:15:40but it's better to keep pretty well-dressed always.

00:15:42I see. Thanks.

00:15:45I expect we shall each do about three hours' duty at a time,

00:15:48and then six off.

00:15:49I see.

00:16:00Are we in the front line here?

00:16:02No.

00:16:03That's the support line out there.

00:16:05The front line's about 50 yards further on to the left.

00:16:14How frightfully quiet it is.

00:16:16Yes.

00:16:17It's often quiet like this.

00:16:20I thought there'd be an awful row here all the time.

00:16:22Most people think that.

00:16:34I expect it all seems very strange to you.

00:16:38Well, it's not exactly what I thought.

00:16:40It's... it's just this quiet that seems so funny.

00:16:43About a hundred yards from here,

00:16:44the Germans are sitting in their dugouts,

00:16:46thinking how quiet it is.

00:16:48Are they as near as that?

00:16:50About a hundred yards.

00:17:01It seems uncanny.

00:17:04Makes me feel we're all just waiting for something.

00:17:07You thought it was fighting all the time?

00:17:09Oh, yes, in a way.

00:17:13Can you tell me where No. 2 platoon is, sir?

00:17:15Yes, in the big dugout.

00:17:17Thank you, sir.

00:17:24Did you come up by trench tonight, or over the top?

00:17:27By trench.

00:17:28An amazing trench,

00:17:29turning and twisting for miles over a sort of plain.

00:17:33There's something rather romantic about it all.

00:17:35Yes, I thought that too.

00:17:38All those things you said about the Germans,

00:17:40yes, I thought that too.

00:17:42Always think of it that way if you can.

00:17:44Think of it all as romantic.

00:17:46It helps.

00:17:48What's that?

00:17:49Sounds like a big attack. Come on, Ratty.

00:17:52What's the matter, Mason?

00:17:54I'll smash his head in.

00:17:56What's the matter, Mason?

00:17:57Matter? Let me get at him or I'll strangle him so openly.

00:18:01Why, what's happened?

00:18:02Happened?

00:18:03You know that dinner pineapple chunks I got, sir?

00:18:05Yes.

00:18:06Well, I'm sorry to say the apricots.

00:18:09Good heavens, must have given you a turn.

00:18:11I distinctly said pineapple chunks at the canteen, sir.

00:18:15Wasn't there a label on the tin?

00:18:17No, sir.

00:18:18I pointed that out to the man.

00:18:20I said, was he certain it was pineapple chunks?

00:18:23And I suppose he said he was.

00:18:25Yes, sir.

00:18:26He said a leopard can't change his spots.

00:18:30What have leopards got to do with pineapples?

00:18:32That's just what I thought, sir.

00:18:34Made me think there was something fishy about it.

00:18:37You see, sir, I know the captain can't stand the sight of apricots.

00:18:41He said to me the next time we had him,

00:18:43he'd wring my blooming neck, sir.

00:18:45Well, haven't you anything else?

00:18:47Well, there's this pink flamandage, mate, sir.

00:18:51But it ain't anywhere near stiff yet.

00:18:54Never mind, Mason, we must have the apricots and chance it.

00:18:57Only I thought I'd tell you, sir,

00:18:59so as the captain won't blame me.

00:19:01That's all right, Mason.

00:19:02Very good, sir.

00:19:03This is Mr. Raleigh, Mason.

00:19:05Good evening, sir.

00:19:06Good evening.

00:19:07You understand how it is, sir, don't you?

00:19:09I distinctly said pineapple chunks at the canteen

00:19:11and he told me not to...

00:19:12Yes, Mason, that's all right.

00:19:13Very good, sir.

00:19:15Well, that sounds like stand up now.

00:19:31Has Hardy gone?

00:19:32Yes, he cleared out a few minutes ago.

00:19:34Well, lucky for him he did.

00:19:36I had a few words to say to Master Hardy.

00:19:38I never saw such a mess as fellas at the trenches in.

00:19:42Dugouts smell like cesspits.

00:19:44Damp bombs, rusty rifle grenades.

00:19:46It's perfectly foul.

00:19:49Where are the servants?

00:19:50In there.

00:19:52Mason!

00:19:53Coming, sir.

00:19:54Just bringing the soup, sir.

00:19:55Go damn the soup.

00:19:56Bring some whiskey.

00:19:58Here's a new officer, Stanhope, just arrived.

00:20:00Oh, sorry.

00:20:01Couldn't see you in this miserable life.

00:20:03Hello, Stanhope.

00:20:06How did you get here?

00:20:09Well, I was told to report to your company, Stanhope.

00:20:12I see.

00:20:14Rather a coincidence, isn't it?

00:20:17Yes.

00:20:18I'm awfully glad to be in your company, Stanhope.

00:20:22Well, come and sit here beside me, uncle.

00:20:26You better sit there, Ali.

00:20:27Right-o.

00:20:30You Raleigh?

00:20:31Yes.

00:20:32I'm Clodagh.

00:20:33Oh, yes?

00:20:34How are you?

00:20:36Been out here before?

00:20:37No.

00:20:38Feel a bit odd, I suppose.

00:20:40Does a bit.

00:20:41Oh, well, you'll soon get used to it.

00:20:44You know, you'll feel you've been out here a year.

00:20:47In about an hour's time.

00:20:54What sort of soup is this, Mason?

00:20:55It's yellow soup, sir.

00:20:57It has a very deep yellow flavor.

00:20:59It needs some pepper.

00:21:00Bring some pepper, Mason.

00:21:03I'm very sorry, sir.

00:21:04When the mess box was packed, the pepper was omitted.

00:21:06Oh, I say, but damn it.

00:21:08Well, we must have pepper.

00:21:09It's a disinfectant.

00:21:11You must have pepper in soup.

00:21:13Why wasn't it packed, Mason?

00:21:15Well, sir, I left it to Herbert.

00:21:17Then I advise you never to leave it to anyone else again.

00:21:20Unless you want to rejoin your platoon in the line.

00:21:23Go and fetch some.

00:21:25Right, sir.

00:21:26I send Herbert a pinched off Sergeant Cox.

00:21:29And be known.

00:21:31I mean, after all, war's bad enough with pepper.

00:21:34But with that pepper, it's blooming awful.

00:21:38What's it like outside?

00:21:40Quiet as an empty house.

00:21:42I wish we knew more of what's going on.

00:21:44So do I.

00:21:45Still, me wife reads the papers every morning

00:21:47and writes and tells me the news.

00:21:53What's this?

00:21:55It's meat, sir.

00:21:56I know that. What sort?

00:21:58Sort of cutlet, sir.

00:21:59Sort of cutlet, is it?

00:22:01You know, Mason, there's cutlets and cutlets.

00:22:05I know, sir.

00:22:06But that one's a cutlet.

00:22:07Well, it won't let me cut it.

00:22:09No, sir.

00:22:11That's a joke.

00:22:12Oh, right.

00:22:17You'd better go out and have a look at that ruin tonight.

00:22:20Trotter goes on duty as soon as he's finished supper.

00:22:23You'd better go with him to learn.

00:22:25Right.

00:22:26Look here, Skipper.

00:22:27It's nearly eight now.

00:22:29Couldn't we make it off fast?

00:22:31No.

00:22:33Well, boys, here we are again for six days.

00:22:36Six blooming, eternal days.

00:22:39That's, uh, 144 hours.

00:22:42And we're going to have a good time.

00:22:44And we're going to have a good time.

00:22:45And we're going to have a good time.

00:22:47And we're going to have a good time.

00:22:49That's 8,618 minutes.

00:22:52That doesn't sound so bad.

00:22:54We've done 20 of them already.

00:22:56Well, it's five to eight now.

00:22:58You'd better go and relieve Hibbert.

00:22:59I haven't had me apricots yet.

00:23:02We'll keep your apricots till you come back.

00:23:05I never saw anything like a war for upsetting meals.

00:23:09That's because you never stop eating.

00:23:11Well, anyhow, let's have some coffee.

00:23:13Hi, Mason. Coffee!

00:23:15Coming, sir.

00:23:16Well, I'll get dressed.

00:23:19Come along, Raleigh.

00:23:20Right.

00:23:25Just wear your belt with your revolver case on it.

00:23:28Must have your revolver to shoot rats.

00:23:30And your tin hat.

00:23:35Oh, you don't need your walking stick.

00:23:37It gets in your way if you have to run fast.

00:23:39Do you have to run fast?

00:23:41Oh, Lord, yes. Often.

00:23:42When you see a mini coming.

00:23:43That's a big drenched mortar shell.

00:23:45Short for mini-werfer.

00:23:46When they come over, you gotta dodge and run like hell sometimes.

00:23:50Coffee, sir?

00:23:51Oh, thanks.

00:23:54Oh, thanks.

00:23:56Thanks.

00:23:57Hey, Mason.

00:23:59I might leave my apricots out.

00:24:01Put them on a separate plate and put them in there.

00:24:03Very good, sir.

00:24:04If you leave them in here, you never know what might happen to them.

00:24:07No, sir.

00:24:12Big company on their right, aren't they, Skipper?

00:24:14Yes.

00:24:15There's 50 yards of undefended area between.

00:24:18You'd better patrol. We had a good deal.

00:24:19Right-o.

00:24:21And have a look at that Lewis gun position on the left.

00:24:23Right.

00:24:24You don't want me to go out and look at that blinking ruin, do you?

00:24:27Nope. I'll see to that.

00:24:29Good. I don't fancy crawling about on me belly after that cutlet.

00:24:35Well, come on, me lad.

00:24:38Let's go and see about this here war.

00:24:39Hey, try and keep your face out of the mud.

00:24:42Oh, thanks.

00:24:43You've got to watch holes.

00:24:44Holes everywhere, but you'll get used to them.

00:24:46Yes.

00:24:51Hello, hello.

00:24:54Who's this?

00:24:56It's me, sir.

00:24:58Hello, George.

00:24:59I didn't recognize you for a minute.

00:25:01No, sir.

00:25:02How's the view, George?

00:25:04I can't see anything, sir.

00:25:06I can't see anything, either.

00:25:08I can't see anything, sir.

00:25:10How much are you charging for a look at the eclipse?

00:25:13Well, anyhow, let's have a look.

00:25:18Here, boy, he's a fairy sculptor. Come and get your penny's worth.

00:25:28Well, how does it look to you, Raleigh?

00:25:31It does look a bit strange.

00:25:33That's just what I say.

00:25:35Needs a bit of gardening, that's what.

00:25:37Well, come along, my lad.

00:25:38I'll show you the sights.

00:25:52Will you take apricots, sir?

00:25:54No, thanks, Mason.

00:25:56I'm very sorry about them pineapples being apricots.

00:25:59I explained to Mr. Osborne.

00:26:01That's all right, Mason, thanks. All right.

00:26:03Very good, sir.

00:26:07Why don't you turn in and get some sleep?

00:26:10Sleep?

00:26:12I can't sleep.

00:26:17Well, Hibbert?

00:26:18Everything's fairly quiet.

00:26:20There's a bit of sniping on the left and rifle grenades on the right.

00:26:23I see.

00:26:25Mason's got your supper for you.

00:26:26Well, I...

00:26:28I don't think I can manage any supper tonight, Stannis.

00:26:31There's this beastly neuralgia.

00:26:32Seems to be right inside this eye.

00:26:35Beastly pain gets worse every day.

00:26:37Some hot soup and a good tough chop will put that right.

00:26:40I'm afraid the pain rather takes my appetite away.

00:26:43Try and forget about it.

00:26:45Well, I...

00:26:46I wish I could.

00:26:47Now, get tight.

00:26:50No, I...

00:26:51I think I'll turn in for some rest.

00:26:54All right, turn in.

00:26:55You go on duty at two, I'll leave you at four.

00:26:59I'll tell Mason to call you.

00:27:01All right. Thanks, Stannis.

00:27:03Sure.

00:27:05Cheer up.

00:27:11Can I have a candle?

00:27:17There you are.

00:27:25Thanks.

00:27:30Another little worm trying to riddle home.

00:27:33I think he's tried hard.

00:27:35How long has he been out here?

00:27:37Three months, I suppose.

00:27:40Now he's decided he's done his bit.

00:27:44Oh, he's mistaken.

00:27:46I let Warren get away like that.

00:27:49No more.

00:27:51I don't see how you can prevent a fellow going sick.

00:27:54I'll have a word with the doctor before he does.

00:27:57Thinks he's going to riddle home before the attack.

00:28:01We'll just see about that.

00:28:04I'm sure he'll be all right.

00:28:09Raleigh seems a nice chap.

00:28:13Yes.

00:28:14He was schooled with you, wasn't he?

00:28:17Has he been talking already?

00:28:20He just mentioned it.

00:28:22He seems to think a lot of you.

00:28:26I'm his hero.

00:28:27That's quite natural.

00:28:29I wonder.

00:28:33We'll say 50 divisions.

00:28:37That's 1,800 companies.

00:28:41Raleigh might have been sent to any one of those.

00:28:45God, he comes to mind.

00:29:01I haven't shown you that, have I?

00:29:03No.

00:29:06Raleigh's sister, isn't it?

00:29:08How do you know?

00:29:09Strong likeness.

00:29:12She's an awfully nice-looking girl.

00:29:14I don't know.

00:29:16The photo doesn't show much, really, you know.

00:29:20Just her face.

00:29:25I don't know why I keep it, really.

00:29:27Why, isn't she...

00:29:28I thought... Well, what do you think?

00:29:31I thought perhaps she was waiting for you.

00:29:34Yes, she's waiting for me, and she doesn't know.

00:29:37She thinks I'm a fine fellow, commanding a company.

00:29:41She doesn't know if I went up those steps into the front line

00:29:44without being doped with whiskey, I'd go mad with fright.

00:29:52Now, look here, old chap.

00:29:54It's time you went home for a rest.

00:29:57It's due to you.

00:29:59You suggest I go sick?

00:30:01You rales are in the eye, eh?

00:30:03Yes.

00:30:06I didn't even go home on my last leave.

00:30:09In case she'd find out.

00:30:12And now her brother has to turn up.

00:30:15It's not as bad as that.

00:30:17But I've just told you.

00:30:18That boy's a hero worshipper.

00:30:21Dammit, uncle.

00:30:22You're a schoolmaster, you know?

00:30:24Yes.

00:30:26Raleigh's father knew mine.

00:30:29His people asked me to stay with him one summer.

00:30:33I met his sister then.

00:30:35Yes?

00:30:37At first I thought of her just as another kid, like Raleigh.

00:30:40It wasn't until just before I came out here for the first time

00:30:44that I realised what a topping girl she really is.

00:30:47Funny how you realise things suddenly, isn't it, uncle?

00:30:51You know,

00:30:53I just prayed to come through this war

00:30:55and do things

00:30:57to keep absolutely fit for her.

00:31:01You've done pretty well.

00:31:02And A.M.C. and the company.

00:31:04Oh, it was all right at first.

00:31:07It was when I came back here.

00:31:10After that awful affair on Bimmy Ridge.

00:31:13Realised I'd go mad if I didn't break the strain.

00:31:16Couldn't bear to be fully conscious all the time.

00:31:20You've felt like that, uncle, haven't you?

00:31:21Yes, often.

00:31:23Well, there are only two ways of breaking the strain.

00:31:26One was to go home and pretend you were ill.

00:31:29The other was this.

00:31:31Which would you pick, uncle?

00:31:33I don't know yet.

00:31:36It's a slimy thing to go home if you're not really ill, isn't it?

00:31:39I think so.

00:31:40Oh, churl!

00:31:42And long live the men who go home with new rails.

00:31:46When the war's over and the strain's gone,

00:31:49you'll be as fit as ever at your age.

00:31:51I hoped that all along.

00:31:54Go away for months,

00:31:56live in the open,

00:31:57get fit,

00:31:59and then go back to her.

00:32:01And so you can.

00:32:02If Raleigh had gone to one of those other 1,800 companies.

00:32:05But I don't see why...

00:32:07Oh, for the Lord's sake, uncle, don't be a damn fool.

00:32:10You know.

00:32:12You know he'll write home and tell her I reek of whiskey all day.

00:32:16He's very young.

00:32:18He's got hundreds of strange things to learn.

00:32:21He'll realise that men are different out here.

00:32:23It's no good, uncle.

00:32:24Didn't you see him at supper,

00:32:26sitting there,

00:32:28staring at me,

00:32:30and wondering?

00:32:34He's out on those trenches now.

00:32:36Still wondering.

00:32:39And beginning to understand.

00:32:41I believe Raleigh will go on liking you.

00:32:45Oh.

00:32:46You do, do you?

00:32:48You know, uncle,

00:32:50I'm captain of this company.

00:32:52Well,

00:32:54what does that little prig of a boy matter, eh?

00:32:57Little prig, that's what he is.

00:32:59Thinks he's going to write home and tell Madge all about me.

00:33:03Well, he won't.

00:33:04You see, uncle, he won't write.

00:33:07Censorship.

00:33:09I censor his letters.

00:33:11Cross out all he says about me.

00:33:12I'll write him a letter.

00:33:14I'll write him a letter.

00:33:15I'll write him a letter.

00:33:17Cross out all he says about me.

00:33:18You can't read his letters.

00:33:20Cross out all he says about me.

00:33:23We all go west in the big attack.

00:33:27And she goes on thinking I'm a fine fellow.

00:33:30Forever.

00:33:32Ever.

00:33:38Come on, old chap.

00:33:39Come and lie down over here.

00:33:41Did I ask him to force his way into my company?

00:33:44Go away.

00:33:46What are you trying to do?

00:33:47Come and lie down and go to sleep.

00:33:49Go to sleep yourself.

00:33:56I censor his letters.

00:33:58You see, uncle?

00:34:00Right-o.

00:34:01Now, come on.

00:34:02Come and lie down and go to sleep.

00:34:03You've had a hard day of it.

00:34:10Where's Hardy?

00:34:12Where's Hardy?

00:34:14Did you say he'd gone?

00:34:15Yes, he's gone.

00:34:18He would go the lazy swine.

00:34:21Why don't you tell him to keep those trenches clean?

00:34:24We'll clean them up tomorrow.

00:34:30Well, uncle.

00:34:31Clean trenches up with a little dustpan and broom, eh?

00:34:35Make you a little white apron with a lace on it.

00:34:37Yes, that'll be fine.

00:34:38Come on. Come and lie down.

00:34:41I'll see you get called at two o'clock.

00:34:44You must be tired.

00:34:47Gotta.

00:34:49I'm damn tired.

00:34:55I feel sick.

00:34:57You'll be all right in a minute.

00:34:59Come on.

00:35:01Down you go.

00:35:05How's that? Comfortable?

00:35:06Yes.

00:35:08Comfortable.

00:35:09Get up, uncle.

00:35:11Tuck me up.

00:35:13There you are.

00:35:15Kiss me, uncle.

00:35:17Kiss? You'll be hanged. You go to sleep.

00:35:19All right.

00:35:21I go to sleep.

00:35:29Mason.

00:35:30Yes, sir?

00:35:34Will you call me at ten minutes to eleven?

00:35:36I'm going to turn in for a while.

00:35:37Very good, sir.

00:35:39The pepper's come, sir.

00:35:41Good.

00:35:42I'm very sorry about the pepper, sir.

00:35:43That's all right, Mason.

00:35:45Thank you, sir.

00:35:46Good night.

00:35:48Good night.

00:36:10Filthy rats.

00:36:11You get him?

00:36:12Yes, but kicking does no good.

00:36:14It only makes them malicious.

00:36:16So many rats. What on earth do they live on?

00:36:20Whatever they can get.

00:36:22Oh.

00:36:23I wish I'd saved that cutlet to give them.

00:36:25Might have done a few in.

00:36:27I'm sure they'd be happy to eat it.

00:36:29I'm sure they'd be happy to eat it.

00:36:32I'm sure they'd be happy to eat it.

00:36:34I'm sure they'd be happy to eat it.

00:36:36I'm sure they'd be happy to eat it.

00:36:38I'll begin.

00:36:39How long have we been then?

00:36:41About two hours, fifty-six minutes, and,

00:36:45and now my second hand's broke.

00:36:47We go down soon.

00:36:48Three minutes' time.

00:36:49Doesn't seem long.

00:36:50No.

00:36:52I suppose it's because everything's so quiet.

00:37:00Are you ready?

00:37:01Hello, Uncle.

00:37:02Have a nice nap?

00:37:03Very pleasant, thanks.

00:37:05What's the ew?

00:37:07Nothing.

00:37:08quiet. All right really yes thanks all right he's

00:37:15a blooming veteran aren't you rally a good I'll take

00:37:18a nap quietly down to sleep right now I can be of any use I think I just have

00:37:24a long time since you got to get some sleep right now.

00:37:29That first come he does good.

00:37:38I don't stand up I'm going to say you were asleep.

00:37:45It hit. Well I'm not.

00:37:53Better go to bed ready. Good night.

00:37:56That I. Am I

00:38:07a bit drunk.

00:38:08But I.

00:38:23Oh there you are.

00:38:29How old. No. Just thinking.

00:38:36Lovely morning isn't it. Beautiful so far.

00:38:44Oh is it. He wants to see you right. You better go and get your breakfast

00:38:51I bet the wire I'll see to that come up as soon as you finish right now.

00:39:05I.

00:39:17I was going to. Quiet.

00:39:23The big attacks coming soon looks like it's becoming

00:39:26a got a German prisoner last night. Did they get anything out of him he gave the

00:39:31date of the attack is the twenty first. Twenty first that's the day off to the

00:39:37model yes. Probably at dawn very probably when it does come you mustn't expect too

00:39:44much support from behind. But he got up you'll just have to stay here as long as

00:39:49you can write up. But it's the about getting that why I think. Right up.

00:39:57You got plenty of ammunition yes up right. You know.

00:40:08What a lovely smell of bacon yes I reckon there's

00:40:11a nice smell of bacon here to last for dinner well there's nothing like

00:40:14a good fat bacon Russia when you're as empty as I am I'm glad you like it but well

00:40:19I like a bit of lean to the walls a bit of lean in the middle of yours but it kind

00:40:22of shrunk up in the cooking for bad cooking that's all any porridge yes so there's

00:40:28potage not the I suppose yes sir quite nice and lumpy or take the lumps out of mine

00:40:34just bring up

00:40:35a gravy very good. You

00:40:43know my son's getting familiar he's not

00:40:46a bad cook. I say you realize he's washed these dishcloth I know

00:40:54I told him about it did you really you have got some pluck I took the lumps out

00:40:59so good keep them and use them for dumplings next time we have boiled beef very

00:41:03good. I thought you were on duty now I'm supposed to be

00:41:09stand up send me down to get me breakfast he's looking after things till I finish

00:41:13he's got a long job oh no I'm

00:41:15a quick eater I mentioned bacon. It's

00:41:20a wonderful morning lovely I did make you feel sort of young and hopeful.

00:41:29Oh that looks all right if you look down straight on it from above so you can see

00:41:34the middle in quite clear good Lord yes that's it isn't it no sir that's

00:41:40a bit of rest off the path. Well that's it you've got it sir.

00:41:47I was

00:41:47a chunk of bread I'm called. I

00:41:56think it's going up there I don't like to look at things a bit I mean the quiet to

00:42:01damn quiet you can bet your boots the boss is up to something the big attack soon I

00:42:07reckon I don't like it I'm going to watch the jam. Oh I'm glad you got

00:42:14rid of that rosemary jam can't stand rosemary jam that's get behind your plate.

00:42:20That I've done anything about the wire he's looking out for it now. My goodness

00:42:26uncle doesn't he look you. Yes I'm afraid he's not well.

00:42:31Look at the sun it'll be quite warm soon lovely I did hope we have our summer so

00:42:37do I. Funny about it being summer out here to. Make me think of my garden of an

00:42:45evening. Walking around in me slippers off to supper. Smoking me pipe you keen on

00:42:52gardening at some fine on the OX one year I had one I three died did you really

00:42:57die did you really look a photo of it would you like to see you know I should.

00:43:07Now you see that there yes that's the roof of the summer out is it really just

00:43:12shows the art of the alley off so it does beauty is rather they'll be coming out

00:43:17again soon if they have this sun at home I reckon I will.

00:43:21And. I remember one morning last spring we were coming out of the salient

00:43:29there's about the time the boss was sending over that that gas that smells like

00:43:33a like fair drops you know I know if I see all gene that's it we were all scared

00:43:38to well and all of a sudden we smelt that funny sweet smell and a fellow shouted

00:43:43gas and we all put on a mask and then I spotted what it was what was it why you're

00:43:48blinking my tree all that in full bloom and growing beside the bar. Oh we felt

00:43:55like a lot of silly boobs putting on gas mask because of a day of my tree.

00:44:02Oh Lord I must get my back down. Well. I don't really stand out.

00:44:10You've got to like it if I don't. I'll bet he's got a red hot liver this morning.

00:44:16Well.

00:44:38Well. What do you think about it all right I feel like I've been here ages I expect

00:44:45you to. Time passes though are we here for six days it seems a long time doesn't

00:44:51it it does rather I can't imagine the end of six days here how did you feel in

00:44:56the front line Oh quite all right everything so frightfully quiet everybody

00:45:01talking in low voices I suppose you've got to talk quietly when you're so near the

00:45:05German front line about seventy yards isn't it yes about the breadth of

00:45:09a rugger field it's funny to think of it like that I always measure distances like

00:45:14that out here keep them in proportion did you play rugger yes mostly a refugee at

00:45:19school in the last few years your schoolmaster then yes. I must apologize.

00:45:27I don't mind schoolmasters I mean I mean I've never met one outside of school

00:45:31before so they do get out sometimes. What did you play for the Harlequins I say

00:45:38really I played for the English team on one great occasion while England is

00:45:43awfully lucky to get the chance long time ago now.

00:45:52I say the Germans really are quite decent aren't they I mean I remember about

00:45:56wipers one of our men on patrol got shot just about dawn. That night three of our

00:46:02fellows crawled out to bring him in so near the German trenches they could have

00:46:06shot our fellows down one by one and they started to drag the wounded man back

00:46:11over the broken ground a big German officer stood up in their trenches and

00:46:14cried out carry him I'm in stood up and carried him back. The German officer

00:46:21fired some lights for him to see by. The next day we blew each other's trenches to

00:46:26blazes. It all seems rather silly doesn't it.

00:46:33I started the letter when I came off duty last night how does one send letters

00:46:37quartermaster sergeant takes them down after he's brought up rations in the

00:46:40evening. I think I'll go and finish it now I know.

00:46:52Hello. We got baking for breakfast so I get.

00:46:57The.

00:47:05Would you like a nice bit of bacon sir no thanks bring me

00:47:09a cup of tea very good.

00:47:16Would you like a nice plate of sardines. I should know that. Very good.

00:47:22Sir. Sardines. Mason's got no

00:47:28imagination I don't suppose he has. Funny not to have any imagination must be

00:47:34rather nice rather dull I should think I suppose all his life Mason feels like you

00:47:39and I do when we're drowsily drunk or chap.

00:47:44I suppose if Mason were to look at that wall. He just see

00:47:48a brown surface. He wouldn't see the earth beyond. The worms wandering

00:47:55about among the stones and roots of trees. I wonder how well knows when it's

00:48:01going up or down I expect when it's going down the blood runs to his head and

00:48:05makes it throb worms haven't got any blood I don't suppose it ever does no rotten if

00:48:10it didn't went on going down I thought it was coming out I expect that's the one

00:48:15thing worms dread. I suppose if Mason were to look up at the sky at night.

00:48:24He just see the stars. You wouldn't see the space beyond the stars. But makes you

00:48:30sick and giddy I want to cling on to something. You think this life sharpens

00:48:37the imagination must do. I was looking across the Bosch trenches right beyond.

00:48:45Not a sound or a soul just an enormous plane all churned up like a sea that's

00:48:51got muddier and muddier till it's so stiff it can't move. You could have heard

00:48:56a pin drop in the quiet. Yet you knew that thousands of guns were hidden there

00:49:01already oiled and clean millions of bullets lying in the pouches thousands of

00:49:06Germans all watching. Waiting. Thinking.

00:49:14Gradually that feeling came over me yes I know. Whenever I look at anything

00:49:19nowadays I seem to see right through it. Looking at you now

00:49:27there's your uniform jersey shirt this your chest and beyond that

00:49:34leave it at that. You don't think I'm going to party do you know a bit of

00:49:39nerve strain that's all oh that's all right. Bring some mugs and

00:49:44a bottle of whiskey. So early in the morning just spot damn cold here.

00:49:50It's just

00:50:03a hippodrome has been running a long time. Hopper saw it in his last leave.

00:50:10Says it's damn good wish I'd seen a show on leave. You mean to say you haven't

00:50:15been to any show. I spent most of the time in the garden in the evenings I used

00:50:20to sit and read and smoke my pipe a bit like you to play the piano we got there

00:50:25was

00:50:25a wall to my two youngsters maybe play as soldiers with them on the floor. I go

00:50:31can't get away from me can you. Even have one.

00:50:34Not now.

00:50:43Let's read it. Did you tell him about what.

00:50:51Good Lord you don't mean that seriously mean it of course I mean it but you can't

00:50:55read his letters I'm supposed to read all your letters tell me don't imagine

00:51:00yourself in my place imagine

00:51:02a letter going away from here from that boy you'll say nothing rotten about you oh

00:51:06you think so. You should have seen him last night when he came in with

00:51:10product and looked at me. I was sitting here. Having

00:51:15a drink. He looked at me as if I'd hit him between the eyes as if I'd spent you

00:51:21imagine the imagine things. There's no need to imagine why can't you treat him

00:51:26like any other youngster Oh sorry all right ready going to inspect rifles yes

00:51:31even bother if the woodwork's a bit dirty that's the battles magazines and all the

00:51:35metal parts right now you're spending

00:51:37a while on the ammunition in the men's pouches right. When we put that up

00:51:43to be collected that's even on the table right you leave it open. Open yes I have

00:51:49to say to all letters. But I haven't said anything about where we are it's

00:51:54the rule that all letters must be read. I didn't realize that.

00:52:01I just leave it then. Give me that letter but then it's give me that letter but

00:52:07it's private I didn't know you want to stand up give me that letter I tell you

00:52:11there's nothing that is don't get me scared of my name you're not at school now

00:52:17don't expect your rifles. Do you understand.

00:52:24I.

00:52:32Would have. Come on in this company.

00:52:46I don't want to read the. I don't care.

00:52:52So I'd love to read for you. If you like I don't want to. You'd better.

00:53:13You want to hear. I suppose I better know. Starts off with

00:53:19a description of his getting here doesn't mention the names of any places. What does

00:53:24he say then. The next bit about you.

00:53:31He says and I come to the great news I was told to report to see company kept in

00:53:37the stand up and was taken along some trenches and shown the dugout. There's

00:53:41an awfully nice officer there quite old with gray hair. Then a little later

00:53:47Dennis came in he looked tired but that's because he works so frankly hot. And I

00:53:53went on duty in the front lines the sergeant told me all about Dennis he said that

00:53:58Dennis is the finest officer in the battalion the men simply love him he makes them

00:54:04keen about things like he did the kids at school. I'm awfully proud to think he's

00:54:10my friend. That's all.

00:54:14I stick it down.

00:54:44Corporal Bird said you wanted to see me so I want to make up.

00:54:51We must expect this attack on Thursday morning at dawn at the second dawn from now.

00:54:57Thursday morning. Where to hold these trenches and no man's to move from here I see

00:55:03them now it may happen that the companies on our sides will give way leaving our

00:55:08thanks exposed. So I want to build to put on both our thanks to meet the why in

00:55:14the spotlight. Well thanks. When you take begins I'll take charge in the left.

00:55:23Mr Osborne the right. You'll be with Mr Osborne I see that. Is there anything I

00:55:29don't care about. Seems all clear to me that anything you want to know. When the

00:55:36attack comes of course we beat him up but what if they keep on attacking and we keep

00:55:40on beating them off. But ought me to fix something up about falling back so there's

00:55:45no need to you see we should be able to fire into the boss as they try and get to

00:55:50the gaps in our sides make the hell of

00:55:53a mess of them yes. But what happens when the bus is all got round the back of us

00:55:57then we advance and win the war when the war I see that. I love anything else out I

00:56:04don't think so thanks very good. What is it here you are. I'll go right down.

00:56:21I don't. Love the day. I'm glad we're alone I've got some rather serious news I'm

00:56:31sorry to hear that. Thanks but.

00:56:42What is the news but it was up to see me this morning. It seems the boss began

00:56:47relieving his frontline troops yesterday and the general wants us to make

00:56:51a raid to see who's coming to the line opposite here. I see.

00:56:59When as soon as possible he said tonight. I told him so I said the earliest to be

00:57:06tomorrow afternoon. A surprise daylight raid under a smoke screen from the trench

00:57:10mortars. I suggest sending two officers and ten men. Tonight the trench mortars can

00:57:17blow a hole in the barbed wire you can cut a hole in yours very good. I'll leave

00:57:22you to select the men's and you want me to go with them and I know that no I

00:57:26couldn't let you go whom do you suggest. I'd suggest Osborne for one he's a very

00:57:32level headed chap he can direct it and who else what about that youngster I sent

00:57:37up to you last night. Yes just the type plenty of guts but he's awfully new to it

00:57:43all that's all to the good nerves of sound very good stuff right and I'll be up

00:57:49and see Osborne around the first thing tomorrow morning right up. It's all

00:57:54a damn nuisance but after all it's necessary I suppose it is. Well.

00:58:13I thought you were asleep. I wanted to work with you stand up.

00:58:24This new round you're of mine I'm awfully sorry I'm afraid I can't stick it any

00:58:28longer I know well isn't it. I've got it like hell you have.

00:58:37Had it for weeks. I'm sorry but I can't help it I've tried damn hard but I must go

00:58:45down go down well I go sick go down the line I was going to hospital and have some

00:58:53kind of treatment. I'll go right along now I think you're going to stay here I'm

00:58:59going down to see the doctor he'll send me to hospital when he understands I've

00:59:03seen the doctor I saw him this morning he won't send you to hospital here but he'll

00:59:07send you back here so you can save yourself a walk out that I got the right to go

00:59:12sick if I want to the men can I got an officer there's nothing the matter with you

00:59:16here but the German attacks on Thursday almost for certain you're going to stay

00:59:22here and see through with the rest of us until I can't. I'm going I'm going now you

00:59:27can't stop me.

00:59:28I'm going to stay here and do your job I told you I

00:59:54can't let me get by. Once and for all you're going to stay here and see through with

01:00:00the rest of us I should die of this pain if I don't go there to die of the pain and

01:00:04be shot for deserting what you mean you know what I mean I have

01:00:09a right to see a doctor don't you understand he's going to send you back here Dr

01:00:13Preston's never let a shirker past him yet he's not going to start now two days before

01:00:18the attack. You knew how awful I feel to please let me get by.

01:00:37I'd rather stay with the disgrace I'll give you

01:00:39a half a minute to decide I have you stay here and try and be

01:00:43a man or you try and get through that door there to the certain if you do that there's

01:00:47going to be an accident you want to say I'm fiddling with my revolver cleaning it

01:00:51you see it's going off by accident it often happens out here going off and it's going

01:00:57to shoot you between the eyes you can't I'll give you

01:01:00a half a minute to decide half

01:01:02a minute from now. You want me to go to hospital and I swear I'll never go in those

01:01:08trenches again you can thank God if you more seconds go on I'm ready.

01:01:17I'm.

01:01:33Good man here but I like the way you stuck there why didn't you shoot.

01:01:37Here and keep through with the rest of us.

01:01:45Stand up I've tried like hell I swear I have ever since I came out here I've hated

01:01:49and loathed it every sound up that makes me feel all cold and sick and I'm different

01:01:55from the others you don't understand. I'll never go up in those awful

01:02:01trenches again with

01:02:03a man looking at me and knowing I'd rather die here.

01:02:17Yeah. Try to drop of this no thanks go on and drink it.

01:02:21To.

01:02:30I know how you feel. I've known all along how can you know because I feel the same

01:02:36get to the same. If you don't know is out there makes me feel just as you feel.

01:02:43Why couldn't you tell me instead of talking about you. I can't bear to go in those

01:02:47awful trenches again when you do to go on again quite soon at four.

01:02:53Well should we go on together. We both know how we feel now should we see if we

01:02:59can stick it together I can't suppose even the worst happened you got knocked right

01:03:03out. Well think of all the topping fellows who've gone already.

01:03:06I. Can't be very

01:03:13lonely there with all those fellows. Sometimes

01:03:21I feel it's. Lonely I hear.

01:03:30Go on. Going to have

01:03:32a good rest and we got together and stand up to please let me go if you did could

01:03:37you ever look at these men again in the face and all your life. I get. When you

01:03:43can go home and be proud and if you're killed. You won't have to stand this hell

01:03:49anymore. Seed through.

01:03:54And then. Why. The only

01:04:00decent thing a man can do. What about it.

01:04:10I'll try good man.

01:04:12Thank you. You

01:04:26won't say anything about this. If you promise not to tell anyone what

01:04:31a blasted rotter I am God no that's right now you'll go out and have

01:04:35a smoke and a rest for ten minutes we got together and hold each other's hands and

01:04:39jump every time a rat squeaks right I mean to prove you don't you. Yes rather.

01:04:52It's awfully decent of you. Thanks most awful that's all right.

01:05:09You. Would you like

01:05:16a nice cup of tea sir. Can you guarantee it's nice well so it's

01:05:22a little bit of onion but that's only because of the sauce and in other words it's

01:05:27onion soup with tea leaves in it not for dinner time so. All right Mason bring

01:05:33two cups of onion tea one for Mr Hibbert very good. Would you like

01:05:39a nice cup of tea sir yes please make your bread and butter strawberry jam very

01:05:46good sir. I don't know how things up there very little doing.

01:05:55Colonel's been talking to me. About the attack on it. We've got to make

01:06:01a raid on. When tomorrow afternoon under

01:06:06a smokescreen two officers ten men. Who's going.

01:06:14You and really.

01:06:21Why rally going to pick you to direct ready to dash in. The big

01:06:27a deal I want to know what's opposite here. Tomorrow. What time.

01:06:35I suggest five o'clock a little before dusk I see. I'm damn sorry all right

01:06:42a man. But you fix up the man who had to go I don't see the sergeant major now and

01:06:48get him to go around for names.

01:06:49But. I don't belong.

01:07:11To stay ready. I do feel.

01:07:15I. Had

01:07:17a fine sleep though. It's just coming so it is the strawberry jam tell me mother

01:07:23what is that that looks like strawberry jam I shush my dear it is only power run

01:07:29over by

01:07:30a tram.

01:07:45Doesn't this tea taste of onions yes it does a bit but he makes and doesn't wash

01:07:50his parts better my son this tea tastes of onions. I'm very sorry so I'm going to do

01:07:57it such

01:07:57a way of cropping up again. But we haven't had onions for days I know so that's

01:08:03what makes it so funny.

01:08:05What

01:08:12are you reading just

01:08:14a book what's the title. Ever

01:08:21read it Alice's Adventures in Wonderland what that's

01:08:26a kid's book yet you aren't reading it yet what

01:08:29a kid's book and you read it now you ought to.

01:08:35Out of the little crocodile improve his shining tail and for the waters of the

01:08:39Nile on every golden scale how cheerfully he seems to grin how neatly spread his

01:08:45claws and welcomes little fishes in with gently smiling jaws.

01:08:52I don't see no point in that exactly that's just the point you are

01:08:58a funny fella. Why is it but got

01:09:03a stay in there. I understand that little fella can you.

01:09:11You want to see his eyes all red he told me in there he got a fever rotten thing

01:09:17a fever. If you ask me he's been crying as he.

01:09:24I feel that you mind I just want to get

01:09:27a letter Oh sorry I haven't collected the letters yet then I guess I'll get one

01:09:32off to my old lady she's wrote and asked me if I've got please. Have you.

01:09:39I wish it was please.

01:09:48I say that's told me about the rain as he just you and I didn't get

01:09:52a man yes tomorrow just about that how exciting for you and I think especially

01:09:57yes.

01:10:12You kept got the wire cut it yes we're all right. I don't.

01:10:20Want to ask him to keep that blooming machine gun quiet while we're at night.

01:10:27Got to cut

01:10:27a good big hole in the wire for us to crawl through on the right come on come on

01:10:31boys or we go come on we go boys come on let's go I'm going to go.

01:10:41Come with me come on come on.

01:10:57Come on.

01:11:10I'm going to go to bed come on back come back.

01:11:13I'm alive.

01:11:25Well I've been everything right here so I'm going to standing by three minutes to

01:11:29good. Mason.

01:11:34Men having their round up just as we left gives a quarter of an hour to soak in

01:11:38but it's your fault they're all right so. Will you go up and speak to them. Don't

01:11:43you think the men would rather be left alone I think they'd appreciate

01:11:46a word or two all right if you think they would. You coming.

01:11:55Well good luck on them I'm sure you'll put up a good show thank you.

01:12:01And rally just dash in like blazes grab hold of the first bus you see and bundle

01:12:05them back across here right sir remember a great deal may depend on your bringing

01:12:09back

01:12:09a German you never know. Well good luck both of you thank you thank you don't

01:12:16forget to empty your pockets of papers and things.

01:12:25I love just a moment.

01:12:31As they don't think I'm being morbid or anything like that but would you mind

01:12:35taking these show off till you come back I'll tell you it's only just in case if

01:12:40anything should happen you might send them to my wife.

01:12:49You'll come back all right what should I do without your goodness knows I must have

01:12:54somebody to tuck me up in bed. See you in the trench later on right.

01:13:00Oh. Have

01:13:05a spot of rum in that coffee before you go.

01:13:12Get up.

01:13:22That's time for

01:13:22a small pipe good I have

01:13:24a cigarette I think. I say I'm always smoking yours that's all right.

01:13:39What about this copy.

01:13:54How do you feel all right I've got

01:14:00a sort of an empty feeling inside that's just what I've got wind up I keep wanting to

01:14:06yawn it'll pass off as we start I wish we could go now. Got

01:14:12a minute yet. Let's just have

01:14:17a last look at the map. Now here we are.

01:14:23When the smoke's thick enough I'll give the signal you make straight for that point

01:14:27there when I get to the bus why I don't wait for you don't forget to throw your bombs

01:14:31you know I've got them here and I shout right oh and you go with your eight men right

01:14:36oh then we come back like blazes.

01:14:42The whole thing will be over quite quickly I think so. Now let's forget all about it

01:14:46for six minutes oh Lord I can't you must.

01:14:52I say how coming if we get

01:14:57a German. Coffee sweet enough.

01:15:10I wonder what the boss you're doing over there now I don't know. You like coffee

01:15:14better than tea I do for breakfast.

01:15:16The bombs make much ralph not much.

01:15:23Personally I prefer cocoa for breakfast. I'm sorry I'm sorry I shouldn't I have

01:15:29cocoa for breakfast I don't mean that I mean.

01:15:36Well the boss retaliate after the raid I must come to Laura said to talk of many

01:15:40things of shoes ships and stealing wax of cabbages and kings why the sea is boiling

01:15:46hot whether pigs have winged our way off quick let's talk about pigs black pigs or

01:15:51white pigs black pigs in

01:15:53a new part of you find them quite wild you will know when you bought it rather my

01:15:57home is down that way you know Linda I used to walk a lot around in her study

01:16:01Dennis and I I wish we'd known you then you could come with us I wish I had you

01:16:06would come and stay with us one day I should like to awfully I can show you places in

01:16:09the new part that no one knows about except Dennis and me they say there are ruins of

01:16:13villages in the forest that William the Conqueror pulled out I know we often used

01:16:16to look for them you must come and help look one day I'll find them all right.

01:16:24Is it time yet two minutes and then we must go up. I wish we had

01:16:30a good hot bath waiting for us when we got back so do I have a special for dinner

01:16:35aren't we yes we had

01:16:37a fresh chicken set up from Nile farm I say and the most awful luxury two bottles of

01:16:41champagne and half a dozen cigars one each and one spare one in case one explodes.

01:16:48I've never smoked a cigar it's bound to make you sick. I say here's your ring.

01:16:56Yes I know I am leaving it. I don't want the risk of losing it.

01:17:08I think we ought to get ready.

01:17:11I'm not wearing

01:17:31a belt. Just the revolver with

01:17:34a lanyard around my neck I feel better with this in my hand don't you yes something to

01:17:39hold on to. I hate leaving

01:17:44a pipe and it's got

01:17:45a good glow on the top like that. What a pity.

01:18:09I think we better go.

01:18:18I'm glad that you and I together are you really yes so am I awfully we must put up

01:18:23a good show yes rather. Let's go shall we.

01:18:27I know.

01:18:33Good luck with.

01:18:57I'll give

01:19:05a signal from here yes and over you go I don't. Think straight for that stunt and

01:19:13wait for you keep us up right as you can really when you run in so that if you get

01:19:18hit it'll only get you in the legs I see of course they'll be firing blindly through

01:19:22smoke.

01:19:37Good luck.

01:20:22Good luck.

01:20:52Good luck

01:20:52.

01:21:22I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:23I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:24I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:25I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:26I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:27I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:28I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:29I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:30I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:31I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:32I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:33I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:34I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:35I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:36I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:37I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:38I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:40I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:41I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:42I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:43I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:44I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:45I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:46I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:47I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:48I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:49I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:50I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:51I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:52I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:53I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:54I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:55I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:56I'm going to have to get out of here.

01:21:57All rightuel.

01:21:58All right, thanks.

01:21:59All right, I'll still be back after New Year's eve.

01:22:02I'm sure出頭, IDcard to a police station to get to the caravan.

01:22:08All rightue.

01:22:09Bye bye, detective.

01:22:10Stay clear.

01:22:11Catch the left of the caravan to the left.

01:22:14Hey, get off.

01:22:15Get on the caravan.

01:22:16Hey, get off!

01:22:17I said get off!

01:22:21Get off!

01:22:22Get off!

01:22:23Get off!

01:22:24Thank you, sir. Thank you.

01:22:27Come on, lad. Get up.

01:22:31What is your regiment?

01:22:33Württemberger.

01:22:34Württemberger.

01:22:37What is the number of your regiment?

01:22:39125.

01:22:44When did you come here?

01:22:46Last night.

01:22:47Last night.

01:22:49Where did you come from?

01:22:51My birthplace.

01:22:52What's that?

01:22:53You wish to know where I was born, huh?

01:22:56No. What town did you come up to the line from?

01:22:59I'll not tell you.

01:23:01Search him, Sergeant Major.

01:23:02Yes, sir.

01:23:09Looks like his pay book, sir.

01:23:10Good.

01:23:16Here, stop that.

01:23:18Lass mich. Let me please keep that.

01:23:21You let go.

01:23:29Look like letters. These will be useful.

01:23:33Anything else, Sergeant Major?

01:23:34Just a few oddments, sir.

01:23:36A piece of string, some fruit drops, pocket knife and a stub of pencil, sir.

01:23:41Let him have these back, except the pocket knife.

01:23:43Very good, sir.

01:23:45Here you are, sonny.

01:23:46Danke schön.

01:23:49All right, Sergeant Major. Take him straight back to my headquarters.

01:23:51Very good, sir.

01:23:52Come on, Fritz. Up you go.

01:24:02Splendid.

01:24:08Splendid, stand up.

01:24:09We got all we wanted.

01:24:10Brigadier will be very pleased about this.

01:24:13How awfully nice.

01:24:14If the brigadier is pleased.

01:24:17What happened to the raiding party?

01:24:18Did they all come safely back?

01:24:23Did you expect them to be all safely back?

01:24:26What happened then?

01:24:31Four men and rally came safely back.

01:24:36That means six men and Osman?

01:24:44Yes.

01:24:46I'm very sorry.

01:24:48Poor Osman.

01:24:51Still, it will be awfully nice if the brigadier is pleased.

01:24:55Pull yourself together, Stano.

01:24:58Do you know what happened to Osman?

01:25:01Hand grenade.

01:25:02While he was waiting for rally.

01:25:05And the six men?

01:25:07Machine gun bullets, I suppose.

01:25:12Splendid, rally, splendid.

01:25:13Sit down and have a good rest.

01:25:16Stand up.

01:25:28Must you sit on Osman's bed?

01:25:31Sorry.

01:25:42If she ain't done that, she never will be.

01:25:46Here, Albert, give us a hand.

01:25:47All right.

01:25:57She's a bit springy in the legs, ain't she?

01:25:59She's a blinking toe-down.

01:26:06And what did she say to that?

01:26:09She said, not in these trousers, in French.

01:26:16Bravo!

01:26:19So I simply drew myself up and I said,

01:26:21very well, mademoiselle, have it your own way.

01:26:24And she did?

01:26:25No, she didn't.

01:26:30You know, I'll never forget picking up a couple of tots one night

01:26:34and taking them out to dinner at Maidenhead.

01:26:36He's off again.

01:26:38We drank enough bubbly to sink a battleship.

01:26:41Float a battleship.

01:26:42Well, float up on a ship then.

01:26:44And then, if I didn't lose the way coming home,

01:26:47those tots began cursing me like hell, said I'd done it on purpose.

01:26:52I told them if they didn't jolly well shut up,

01:26:54I'd chuck them out in the road and leave them.

01:26:57You know, you're the sort of man that makes girls hard to please.

01:27:02Hurray! Hurray!

01:27:06Is it a mother?

01:27:11You're doing yourself proud, aren't you, Mason?

01:27:14Thank you, sir.

01:27:15It's a good chicken, sir, except the legs.

01:27:17They seem a bit queer, sir.

01:27:19It's a spring chicken, isn't it, Mason?

01:27:23I think it was.

01:27:28You say it's out of the legs, Trotter?

01:27:30I am, yes.

01:27:32Well, here's a taste of legs.

01:27:34God bless them.

01:27:39I say, look, I've never shown you these, have I?

01:27:45Well, where on earth did you get these from?

01:27:47In Bethune.

01:27:49She's all right, isn't she?

01:27:50No.

01:27:51She's too fat, isn't she, Trotter?

01:27:55Well, if you ask me, I'd rather have a decent picture of Margaret Peer.

01:28:01Well, you don't understand art.

01:28:03No.

01:28:04There's a nice pair of legs for you.

01:28:07Oh, no.

01:28:09Oh, these are too thin, aren't they, Trotter?

01:28:11Scraggy, I calls them.

01:28:14Mason.

01:28:15Yes, sir?

01:28:16Bring some whiskey.

01:28:17Very good, sir.

01:28:18What, whiskey on top of champagne?

01:28:20Oh, why not?

01:28:21It's all right.

01:28:22Sounds all wrong to me.

01:28:23I feel as if I've been blown up with a bicycle pump.

01:28:28Yes, and you look it, too.

01:28:32I'd like to tell you, sir, this is the last bottle.

01:28:34We've brought six.

01:28:36I know, sir, but five's gone.

01:28:38Oh, never mind.

01:28:39This will last till sunrise.

01:28:41Sunrise tomorrow, my lads.

01:28:43Oh, forget that.

01:28:44You bet we will, now then.

01:28:45Come on.

01:28:46Who's this bottle of whiskey?

01:28:47Yes, that's me.

01:28:48Well, I'm about all full up.

01:28:50Mason, I'd like a decent cup of tea.

01:28:52Very good, sir.

01:28:55I've got a little touch of...

01:28:57palpitations.

01:28:59Tea?

01:29:00Then I'll go out and relieve young Raleigh.

01:29:02It's a pity he didn't come down to supper.

01:29:04But I told him to.

01:29:05Tell him to come down for now.

01:29:06Let the sergeant major take over.

01:29:08I wonder why he didn't come.

01:29:10You know, that lad took in on his duty.

01:29:13Told me he liked being up there with the men

01:29:16better than down here with us.

01:29:19He said that.

01:29:20I reckon that ride shook him up more than we thought.

01:29:24Poor little bloke.

01:29:27He actually told you he preferred being up there with men

01:29:30to being down here with us.

01:29:32He actually told you he preferred being up there with men

01:29:35than down here with us.

01:29:37That's what he said.

01:29:38Well, I hope he gets the MC, that's all.

01:29:43Do you think I ought to talk about it?

01:29:45I know, but after all...

01:29:47Well, shut up, then.

01:29:49Well, I know, but all right, all right.

01:29:51You're being quite jolly,

01:29:52if you can start babbling about the war.

01:29:54I didn't start it.

01:29:55You did.

01:29:56You started it.

01:29:57Well, for God's sake, stop it, then.

01:29:58All right, all right.

01:30:01Did I ever tell you the story about the girl I met in Soho?

01:30:04I don't know.

01:30:06I expect you did.

01:30:07Well, it'll amuse you.

01:30:10I'd been to a dance, and I was coming home quite late.

01:30:13Yes, it's getting late now.

01:30:15You go on duty at 11.

01:30:18You'd better go and get some sleep.

01:30:21It's all right.

01:30:22I'm as fresh as a daisy.

01:30:24I dare say you are.

01:30:27But go to bed.

01:30:28What?

01:30:29I said go to bed.

01:30:32Oh, I see.

01:30:34This is a nice end to a jolly evening.

01:30:37I'm sorry.

01:30:39I'm tired.

01:30:41Well, you'd better go to bed.

01:30:46What was that you said?

01:30:50Oh, I was only joking.

01:30:51I asked you what you said.

01:30:55I said you'd better go to bed.

01:30:57Go to bed.

01:30:59Get out of here.

01:31:00What?

01:31:01For God's sake, get out of here.

01:31:02Why? What do you mean?

01:31:03Get out of my sight.

01:31:05Why?

01:31:07Why?

01:31:13What?

01:31:20Little worm gets on my nerves.

01:31:22Poor little bloke.

01:31:24I've never seen him so cheerful out here before.

01:31:28Makes you sick.

01:31:31Oh.

01:31:37You know, I envy you, Father.

01:31:40Nothing ever upsets you.

01:31:43You're always the same.

01:31:44Always the same, am I?

01:31:46How little you know.

01:31:50Well,

01:31:51I'll go and relieve young Raleigh.

01:31:54He missed a good supper, he did.

01:32:01Why, he exhibits postcards.

01:32:05Funny a bloke carrying things like that about with him.

01:32:09Satisfies his lust, I suppose.

01:32:12Poor little bloke.

01:32:15Ah, well, I'll go up and cool off.

01:32:18It's hot down here with all them candles burning.

01:32:23Cheer up.

01:32:25Cheer up.

01:32:29There's a bit of mist rising.

01:32:33Is there?

01:32:48Miss?

01:32:49Yes, sir?

01:32:51Bring him a surprise dinner.

01:32:53Very good, sir.

01:33:18I thought I told you to come down to dinner at eight o'clock.

01:33:38I'm sorry.

01:33:39I didn't think you asked.

01:33:40Well, you didn't think I would.

01:33:42Well, I didn't think you'd mind if I didn't.

01:33:44Well, why do you think I asked you if I didn't mind?

01:33:47I'm sorry.

01:33:49Well, we've kept your dinner for you.

01:33:51It's here.

01:33:53It's awfully good of you to have kept it for me,

01:33:55but I had something to eat up there.

01:33:57You had something to eat up there?

01:33:59What do you mean, exactly?

01:34:01Well, they brought tea around while I was on duty.

01:34:03Are you telling me you've been feeding with the men?

01:34:06Well, they asked me to share.

01:34:07I don't care.

01:34:09I know you're new to all this,

01:34:11but I thought at least you'd have the common sense

01:34:13if the men alone had their meals.

01:34:15Do you think they want an officer prowling around,

01:34:17eating their rations, sucking up them like this?

01:34:19Why did they ask me, then, if they didn't mean it?

01:34:21Don't you know that they were making a fool of you?

01:34:23Why should they?

01:34:25So you know more about my men than I do.

01:34:29I'm sorry, then, if I was wrong.

01:34:32Well, sit down.

01:34:33It's all right, thanks.

01:34:35Sit down!

01:34:41I understand that you prefer being up there than men.

01:34:44I didn't say I...

01:34:45Don't lie!

01:34:46I'm not lying. Why should I lie?

01:34:47You insulted Trott and Hibber for not coming.

01:34:49You realize that, I suppose?

01:34:51I didn't mean to do anything like that.

01:34:53Well, you did.

01:34:55You know now, don't you?

01:34:58I say you know now, don't you?

01:35:01Yes, I'm sorry.

01:35:02My officers work together.

01:35:05I'll have no damn prigs.

01:35:07I didn't realize.

01:35:11I'm glad you didn't realize.

01:35:17Well, what are you looking at?

01:35:23Is there anything funny about me?

01:35:25No.

01:35:29I'm awfully sorry, Dennis,

01:35:31if I annoyed you by coming into your company.

01:35:33What on earth are you talking about?

01:35:35You resent my being here.

01:35:37What do you mean?

01:35:40You'd better sit down and eat your dinner before it gets cold.

01:35:42I'm not hungry, thanks.

01:35:44Oh, for God's sake, sit down and eat it like a man.

01:35:46I can't eat it, thanks.

01:35:47How are you going to eat your dinner?

01:35:49Oh, good God, don't you understand?

01:35:51How can I eat that?

01:35:53When Oswald's lying out there?

01:35:58God, you bloody little swine.

01:36:02You think I don't care?

01:36:04You think you're the only soul that cares?

01:36:06Yes, you can sit there and drink champagne and smoke cigars.

01:36:08The one man I could trust.

01:36:10My best friend.

01:36:12The one man I could talk to as man to man.

01:36:15Who understood everything.

01:36:17And you think I don't care?

01:36:19How can you?

01:36:20To forget, you bloody little fool.

01:36:22To forget.

01:36:24Don't you understand?

01:36:26To forget.

01:36:29Do you think there's no limit you want a man can bear?

01:36:36I'm awfully sorry, Dennis.

01:36:39I didn't understand.

01:36:42You don't know how I...

01:36:43Oh, go away, please.

01:36:45Please leave me alone.

01:36:55Can't I?

01:36:56Oh, get out.

01:36:58For God's sake, get out.

01:37:12Get out.

01:37:16I can't.

01:37:17Get out.

01:37:24Go on, who goes there?

01:37:31Napoleon, on horseback.

01:37:33And what about it?

01:37:34Advance, Napoleon, on horseback.

01:37:36But carry your horse outside.

01:37:40Come on, you blokes.

01:38:08Well, what about it, Sergeant Cox?

01:38:10Wire to the left, Sergeant Major.

01:38:12Right down both sides to the support line.

01:38:14Yes.

01:38:16They'll have a bit of trouble breaking through that job.

01:38:19You'd better get some sleep.

01:38:20What time is it?

01:38:21About four o'clock.

01:38:22Daylight in an hour.

01:38:24Think they'll attack this morning?

01:38:26I shouldn't wonder.

01:38:27Well, then, we'd better get some sleep.

01:38:30Yes, Mr. James Chaps.

01:38:51Sir.

01:38:53Sir.

01:38:56Hello.

01:38:59Half past five, sir.

01:39:01All right.

01:39:03I was only half asleep.

01:39:06It's frightfully cold here.

01:39:08It's a cold dugout, this one, sir.

01:39:10I've made some more tea, though.

01:39:12Good.

01:39:13You might bring me some, will you?

01:39:15Very good, sir.

01:39:16And take some into the other officers in there

01:39:18and wake them up.

01:39:19Very good, sir.

01:39:39Wash and brush up, sir.

01:39:41I thought you were asleep.

01:39:42Oh, I had a nice sleep when I came off duty.

01:39:45What time is it?

01:39:46Half past five.

01:39:47Half past five.

01:39:49Sounds quiet enough up there.

01:39:51Yes.

01:39:56Hello, hello.

01:40:00Better call the others, Slighto.

01:40:02Oh, that's what I want.

01:40:04A decent cup of tea.

01:40:12Half past five, sir.

01:40:15Half past five, sir.

01:40:17Oh, thanks, Mason.

01:40:23What time is it, Mason?

01:40:25Half past five, sir.

01:40:27I've made some more tea, sir.

01:40:29Oh, Lord.

01:40:34Mason.

01:40:35Yes, sir?

01:40:36As soon as you've cleared your kitchen,

01:40:38get dressed and join your precune in the line.

01:40:40Very good, sir.

01:40:41If things are right by 11 o'clock,

01:40:43go around and do your best to get us some lunch.

01:40:45I've got a packet of sandwiches for each gentleman, sir.

01:40:47Right.

01:40:59Right up.

01:41:00Yes, sir.

01:41:05Take this to battalion headquarters at once.

01:41:07No reply.

01:41:08Very good, sir.

01:41:13Da-da-da.

01:41:15Da-da-da-dee-da-da.

01:41:18Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

01:41:22Da-da-da.

01:41:26Thank you kindly, Captain.

01:41:33Good morning, Sergeant Major.

01:41:34Good morning, sir.

01:41:35Wiring party's got in a four, sir.

01:41:37Made a decent job of it right down to the support line.

01:41:39Good.

01:41:40Everything quiet?

01:41:41It's all right opposite here, sir.

01:41:43But the guns are going hard down south.

01:41:45Every bombardment.

01:41:46Not sure it ain't creeping up here, sir.

01:41:48Very likely it is.

01:41:50The officers will be up in a minute.

01:41:52I've got to stay here for messages.

01:41:54But I'll be up as soon as things begin to happen.

01:41:56Very good, sir.

01:41:57Are the men having their tea?

01:41:58Yes, sir.

01:41:59Well, give them a good drop of rum.

01:42:00About half a game, sir?

01:42:01Yes.

01:42:02If the attack don't come, sir,

01:42:03how long are we to stand to?

01:42:04We must expect this attack any time up till midday.

01:42:07Very good, sir.

01:42:08All right, thanks.

01:42:10Your sandwiches, sir.

01:42:12Half fully beef, half sardine.

01:42:14Sardine on top.

01:42:16How delicious.

01:42:18No pettit foie gras?

01:42:21No what, sir?

01:42:22I say no pettit foie gras?

01:42:24No, sir.

01:42:25The milkman hasn't been yet.

01:42:30All ready, Skipper.

01:42:31Want me to go up?

01:42:32Yes, better go up now.

01:42:33Have a look right round the line.

01:42:35Right-o.

01:42:36And send a runner down.

01:42:37Let me know how things are going.

01:42:39Right-o.

01:42:44Skipper.

01:42:45Rally.

01:42:50Do you want me to go up now?

01:42:51Yes.

01:42:52Trotter's gone.

01:42:53Right-o.

01:42:56Cheerio, Denny.

01:42:57Cheerio, Rally.

01:43:03Skipper.

01:43:05Skipper.

01:43:16Skipper.

01:43:21Come on, man.

01:43:22What you doing?

01:43:23Do you want me to go up now?

01:43:25Well, of course I do.

01:43:26The others have gone.

01:43:30Can I have some water?

01:43:33What do you want water for?

01:43:35Oh, I'm so frightfully thirsty.

01:43:37All that champagne and stuff dries my mouth up.

01:43:44Here you are.

01:43:45Didn't you have any tea?

01:43:47Yes.

01:43:48It's a bit sweet now.

01:43:50Captain Merrill.

01:44:02Come on, come on.

01:44:03Buck up, man.

01:44:04There's no appalling hurry, is there?

01:44:06You know, the longer you stay down here, the harder it will be for you to go up.

01:44:10I'll go right along now, sir.

01:44:12All right, Mason.

01:44:14Mr. Hibbert's going up now.

01:44:16You can go with him.

01:44:18I'd like to, if you don't mind, sir.

01:44:20I don't want to get lost.

01:44:22Mr. Hibbert will show you the way.

01:44:25Keep your men against the back wall of the trench as long as the shells are dropping behind them.

01:44:30Cheryl.

01:44:33Cheryl.

01:45:00Come on.

01:45:03Hurry up.

01:45:15Come on.

01:45:16Come on.

01:45:24Beginning to get up, sir.

01:45:26Who's just been hit?

01:45:27Corporal Ross, sir.

01:45:28He's been hit rather badly, sir.

01:45:30Most of the shelling's going over, isn't it?

01:45:32Shells in behind, sir.

01:45:34There's minis and rifle grenades along the front.

01:45:36The artillery's scanning, sir.

01:45:38All right, Sergeant Major Hicks.

01:45:40That's what I came to ask, sir.

01:45:41What about the wounded?

01:45:42Getting them down?

01:45:44Shelling's pretty thick over Lance's alley.

01:45:46What about Foswear?

01:45:47Pretty bad there, too, sir.

01:45:49Don't try them.

01:45:50Take anyone badly hit to the big dugout on the right.

01:45:53Very good, sir.

01:45:59Give me a shot.

01:46:00Look out there, lads.

01:46:01What's going on over there?

01:46:03Sergeant Major, I don't see what the men are standing to.

01:46:06The men aren't standing to, sir.

01:46:08Look out!

01:46:09It's shelling!

01:46:16Hey, you men!

01:46:17Come here!

01:46:22Hey, you men!

01:46:23Come here!

01:46:24Hey, you men!

01:46:25Come here!

01:46:28It's a terrorist!

01:46:41Move it!

01:46:59What is it, Sergeant Major?

01:47:00Mr. Raleigh, sir.

01:47:01What?

01:47:02Mr. Raleigh's been hit, sir.

01:47:03A bit of shell's got him in the back, sir.

01:47:06Badly?

01:47:07Afraid he's broke his spine, sir.

01:47:08He can't move his legs.

01:47:11Bring him down here.

01:47:12Down here, sir?

01:47:13Yes, down here, quickly.

01:47:14Very good, sir.

01:47:28Take his head, sir.

01:47:58He's fainted, sir.

01:48:13He was conscious when I picked him up, sir.

01:48:15Have they dressed the wound?

01:48:16They put a pad on it.

01:48:18Can't do no more, sir.

01:48:19Well, go at once.

01:48:20Bring two men to the stretcher.

01:48:22We'll never get him down with them shells falling on Lance's alley, sir.

01:48:25You hear what I say?

01:48:26Bring two men to the stretcher.

01:48:27Very good, sir.

01:48:58Hello, Dennis.

01:49:00Hello, Jimmy.

01:49:02You got one quickly.

01:49:08How did I get down here?

01:49:10Sergeant Major brought you down.

01:49:14Something hit me in the back.

01:49:16Not to be cleaned over.

01:49:19Sort of winded me.

01:49:21I'm all right now.

01:49:26Steady, old boy, steady.

01:49:29Just lie quiet for a while.

01:49:32I'd be much better if I get up and walk about.

01:49:36It happened once before.

01:49:39I got kicked in the same place playing rugger.

01:49:42Soon wore off.

01:49:45Just numbs a bit.

01:49:51What's that rumbling noise?

01:49:53The guns are making a bit of a noise.

01:49:57Our guns?

01:49:58No, mostly theirs.

01:50:06I say, Dennis.

01:50:08Yes, Jimmy.

01:50:09It hasn't gone through, has it?

01:50:11It's only just hit me and knocked me down.

01:50:13Well, just gone through a bit, Jimmy.

01:50:18But I won't have to go on lying here.

01:50:20No.

01:50:21I'm going to have you taken away.

01:50:23Away?

01:50:24Where?

01:50:25To the dressing station.

01:50:27Then the hospital.

01:50:28Then home.

01:50:30You got a bloody one, Jimmy.

01:50:32But I can't go on lying here just for a knock in the back.

01:50:39I feel certain I'll be better if I get up.

01:50:46God, it does hurt.

01:50:49It's bound to hurt, Jimmy.

01:50:52What's on my legs?

01:50:53What's holding them down?

01:50:54It's all right, Jimmy.

01:50:55It's all right.

01:50:56Just the shock that's numbed them a bit.

01:50:59That's all.

01:51:03It's awfully decent of you to bother, Dennis.

01:51:05That's all right.

01:51:07I feel rotten lying here.

01:51:09Everybody else up there.

01:51:11It isn't your fault, Jimmy.

01:51:14So damn silly getting hit.

01:51:18Is there just a drop of water?

01:51:19Sure.

01:51:20I've got some here.

01:51:32The key leaves in it.

01:51:34Do you mind?

01:51:35All right.

01:51:36That's all right.

01:51:37I say, Dennis.

01:51:54Yes, Jimmy?

01:51:56Don't you stay?

01:51:58You have to be getting on.

01:51:59That's all right.

01:52:01Can you stay for a bit?

01:52:02Of course I can.

01:52:04Thanks awfully.

01:52:10I say, Dennis.

01:52:11Yes, Jimmy?

01:52:14Could we have a light?

01:52:16It's so frightfully dark.

01:52:17Cold.

01:52:19Sure.

01:52:21I'll get a candle and another blanket.

01:52:29That better, Jimmy?

01:52:54Jimmy?

01:53:00Jimmy!

01:53:12Jimmy?

01:53:42Message from Mr. Trotter, sir.

01:54:06Will you come at once?

01:54:07Mr. Trotter, sir.

01:54:09Mr. Trotter, sir.

01:54:10Says, will you come at once?

01:54:18All right, Broughton.

01:54:21I'm coming.

01:54:47Mr. Trotter, sir.

01:55:15Mr. Trotter, sir.

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