After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. The Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. The police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.
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00:03:07As you will see from the plan, it's at the corner of Hamlet Street. The property in question
00:03:14As you will see from the plan, it's at the corner of Hamlet Street.
00:03:22The property in question consists of a shop with living accommodation over.
00:03:27The freehold belongs to the occupants, Henry and Lillian Lord, who keep a general store
00:03:32at the premises, under the somewhat unusual title of, um, the House of Lords.
00:03:39Hello.
00:03:40Oh, hello.
00:03:41How's the baby?
00:03:42Oh, fine, thank you.
00:03:43What did you say?
00:03:44Twenty pairs.
00:03:45Dinner, please.
00:03:46Half a Coke, then.
00:03:47Plot of jam.
00:03:48And a packet of Santa's, please.
00:03:49Oh, yes.
00:03:51You're very welcome.
00:03:52What do you want?
00:03:53I like to see your face.
00:03:54Oh, thank you.
00:03:55I'm not a fan of me.
00:03:56I just like to see you.
00:03:57What's the matter?
00:03:58Oh, I'm a bit shy.
00:03:59I'm not a fan of me.
00:04:00Do you mind when I have a look at your face?
00:04:01Mm, not at all.
00:04:02I'm a bit shy.
00:04:03I'm a bit shy.
00:04:04I'm a bit shy.
00:04:05You're very shy.
00:04:06I'm a bit shy.
00:04:07I'm a bit shy.
00:04:08I'm a bit shy.
00:04:09I'm a bit shy.
00:04:10You're a bit shy.
00:04:11And a packet of Santa's sake.
00:04:16That'll be eighty cents.
00:04:17Tenpence.
00:04:26They didn't know what to allow, really they didn't.
00:04:29Who wants a day in the discovery anyway?
00:04:31Oh no, I don't.
00:04:32Are you going out?
00:04:33Yes, Cyril's speaking in Trafalgar Square.
00:04:35I don't know what you see in that Cyril, really I don't.
00:04:38What's the matter with him?
00:04:39Everything.
00:04:40He looks ridiculous to start with.
00:04:42I don't care what he looks like.
00:04:43I think he's wonderful.
00:04:45If you want to know, I'm going to marry him.
00:04:47So you'd better start getting used to him.
00:04:49Oh, chase me.
00:05:00Oh mum, you stopped me right in the middle of the arabesque.
00:05:03I thought I told you to go and get a dress on.
00:05:06I was just going to.
00:05:07Mum, why can't I go to Sadler's Wells?
00:05:09Because you're going to be a secretary.
00:05:11Mrs Slop says I've got a natural bent for it.
00:05:13Mrs Slop's a school teacher and she shouldn't know nothing about natural bents.
00:05:17Anyway, if you have got one, you can try getting rid of it in a nice clean office.
00:05:20Oh mum.
00:05:21You'll see me one day, you'll see if you don't.
00:05:23I won't.
00:05:24I'll probably never recover.
00:05:26Mrs Slop says all true artists have to battle with frustration.
00:05:30She should know.
00:05:31You mark my word.
00:05:32I know, when they can't find someone to take Margo Fontaine's place, I'll be sorry.
00:05:36And so you will be.
00:05:46Why Ada, whatever's the matter?
00:05:48You look as white as a sheet.
00:05:50Oh Lil, I've had an experience.
00:05:52What sort of experience?
00:05:54It was a man.
00:05:56No.
00:05:57Poor thing, you'd better come and sit down, I'll make you a cup of tea.
00:06:00I'll be alright in a minute.
00:06:01It was just the shock of it happening after all this time.
00:06:05You know how I've been praying for a vision for years.
00:06:08A vision?
00:06:09I thought you said it was a man.
00:06:11So it was, he was in the vision.
00:06:13It was in Bourne and Ollingsworth's.
00:06:15What was?
00:06:16The vision.
00:06:17In where?
00:06:18In the ribbon counter at Bourne and Ollingsworth's.
00:06:21I was buying the mauve ribbon for my blouse, you know, the one you give me at Christmas.
00:06:25Oh Ada, not mauve, makes you look so bilious.
00:06:28Well I don't think that pink looks right, it's too severe.
00:06:31Anyway, there I was, minding my own business, trying to decide whether to have the Alexandria mauve or the Lana Turner purple,
00:06:37when all of a sudden a voice said,
00:06:39Ada, look up.
00:06:41Said what?
00:06:43Ada, look up, it said.
00:06:45So I did, and there he was, standing in front of me.
00:06:48Who was?
00:06:49Shakespeare.
00:06:52You sure you're feeling alright?
00:06:54Of course.
00:06:55And what did he say? Was he buying ribbon too?
00:06:58No, he was just standing there, looking ever so sad and lonely.
00:07:01What did you do, sing for the manager?
00:07:03No, I was just about to faint when he spoke again.
00:07:06Ada, he said, listen to my voice.
00:07:09So I listened. What do you think he said?
00:07:12One and eleven three a yard, export only.
00:07:14Don't mock, Lou.
00:07:16No, he said in a very sad voice,
00:07:19Ada, beware of the men in black.
00:07:22What's men in black?
00:07:23I don't know.
00:07:24Well didn't you ask him?
00:07:25There wasn't time.
00:07:27He just said, beware of the men in black,
00:07:30for they shall invade your precious plot set in a silver sea.
00:07:33Beware, Ada, the men in black.
00:07:36Then he vanished.
00:07:38There was the assistant standing in front of me,
00:07:40handing me me change, giving me such a queer look.
00:07:43I'm not surprised.
00:07:44I don't mind telling you that it has now given me a turn.
00:07:47Oh, well, never mind, dear.
00:07:48You'll be alright when you've had a cup of tea.
00:07:50Oh, dear, I think I'm coming over all faint again.
00:07:52I think I'll go and get some air.
00:07:54That's right, Henry's out there.
00:07:55You tell him all about it.
00:08:13Hello, Ada.
00:08:14What do you think you are doing?
00:08:16I'm breathing.
00:08:17Oh, that'll make a nice change.
00:08:19They say it's all a question of tempo.
00:08:22What is?
00:08:25Levitation.
00:08:26Levitation? What's that, a horse?
00:08:28No, it's sort of floating about, about the ground.
00:08:31Huh?
00:08:32So you want to do the floating?
00:08:34I am.
00:08:35I've had a sign.
00:08:37Now, look here, Ada.
00:08:38I've put up a lot of things for you, one way or another,
00:08:40because you're a little sister and haven't got a home of your own.
00:08:42I'm not having a sister nor a mind, psychic or not,
00:08:45floating down the Waterloo Road.
00:08:47What do you think would happen if I met a bus?
00:08:49I'd just float over it.
00:08:50Oh, what would the neighbours think?
00:08:52Spirits are more important than the neighbours.
00:08:54Oh, no, they're not.
00:08:55Not when your sister keeps a shop.
00:08:57I can't see your spirits popping in here for their week's rations.
00:08:59I suggest you turn it up, my girl.
00:09:02Come on, Winston, there's no place for us.
00:09:09That'll do, Marina, that'll do.
00:09:10You're getting a big girl now.
00:09:11Am I practicing my steps?
00:09:13Well, you're frightening Winston.
00:09:14And my name's not Marina anymore.
00:09:16Oh, since when?
00:09:17Since I decided to be a ballet dancer.
00:09:19Oh, you could dance a jig.
00:09:21What are we supposed to call you now?
00:09:23Sylphies.
00:09:24Well, if Sylphies will turn off the blinking radio, we'll have tea.
00:09:29Come on, Winston.
00:09:31You know what's the matter with you, don't you, Dad?
00:09:33Yes, there are too many kids, one too many.
00:09:35You've got no soul.
00:09:37And there's time for one.
00:09:38If you worked on the Southern Railway for 34 years, you wouldn't have either.
00:09:41And you'd better take that rabbit off the table before Mum sees it.
00:09:44You know, what happened last time?
00:09:45He had a chill on his stomach last time, gone.
00:09:47Well, don't say I didn't warn you.
00:09:50What's the matter, Winston?
00:09:51Hungry?
00:09:52Let's see what we can find for you.
00:09:54Here, would you like some bread and butter?
00:09:56Here, come on, hurry up and eat it before someone comes in.
00:09:59Someone is in.
00:10:00Really, you won't eat it? It's off his phone.
00:10:02No, ask him if he'd like a bit of jam on it.
00:10:04And take him off the table.
00:10:06All right, all right.
00:10:07Come on, Winston.
00:10:08We won't stay where we're not wanted, will we?
00:10:10No, dear.
00:10:11We'll go somewhere else, won't we?
00:10:13Oh, it's all right.
00:10:17Don't let Mummy hear you say that.
00:10:22Well, thank you.
00:10:23Switch on the lights, will you?
00:10:24Yes, sir.
00:10:26Good heavens, it's nearly eight.
00:10:30Gentlemen, this is a directive from the Minister.
00:10:32Well, what does he say?
00:10:34He says we must settle this problem tomorrow without fail.
00:10:38Any suggestions?
00:10:39Yes, yes.
00:10:40I move we adjust the schedule.
00:10:42I move we adjust the schedule.
00:10:44I move we adjust the schedule.
00:10:46I move we adjust the schedule.
00:10:48I move we adjust the schedule.
00:10:50I move we adjust the schedule.
00:10:51I move we adjourn for dinner.
00:10:53I always think better on a full stomach.
00:10:55Well, in view of this, I think any adjournment would be inadvisable, don't you?
00:10:58Whatever you say.
00:10:59I propose that all departments involved delegate their authority to the Chairman and send him to the Lords.
00:11:04Well, that's very decent of you, but I really don't know what I've done to deserve a peerage.
00:11:10I wasn't suggesting a peerage.
00:11:12Oh, but you said...
00:11:13No, no, the Lords of Hamlet Street.
00:11:17I second that, provided we can adjourn for dinner.
00:11:20All those in favor?
00:11:22Congratulations, Mr. Oldham, you're elected.
00:11:24Dinner.
00:11:25Oh, gentlemen, gentlemen.
00:11:50Yes, please?
00:11:51Oh, excuse me, is Mr. Lord in?
00:11:53No.
00:11:54Mrs. Lord?
00:11:55Who wants to know?
00:11:56As a matter of fact, I do.
00:11:58What name?
00:11:59Mr. Filch.
00:12:00Just a moment.
00:12:02Mum?
00:12:03You're wanted.
00:12:04Who is it?
00:12:05A man.
00:12:06Well, why can't you serve him?
00:12:08He doesn't want serving, he wants you.
00:12:10What sort of man?
00:12:11A man.
00:12:12A man.
00:12:13A man.
00:12:14A man.
00:12:15A man.
00:12:16A man.
00:12:17A man.
00:12:18A man.
00:12:19Who is it?
00:12:20It's you.
00:12:21What sort of man?
00:12:22How should I know?
00:12:23Now, don't be saucy, what's he like?
00:12:24Sort of posh.
00:12:25What do you mean, posh?
00:12:27You know, all dressed in black with an Anthony Black.
00:12:31Did you say black?
00:12:33Yes.
00:12:34There you are, remember my vision.
00:12:36Beware of the men in black, for they shall invade your precious plot.
00:12:40Shut up, Aida.
00:12:44Good morning.
00:12:45Oh, good morning.
00:12:46Mrs. Lord?
00:12:47That's right.
00:12:48My name's Filch. I wonder if I could have a word with you, in private.
00:12:53I expect so. You'd better come in.
00:12:56Through here? Mind the biscuit tin.
00:12:58Right you are.
00:13:02You must excuse it all being a bit untidy, but we're just finishing breakfast.
00:13:06Oh, that's all right.
00:13:07Oh, this is my sister Ada and my daughter Joan.
00:13:10How do you do?
00:13:11Nicely, thank you. Would you have a cup of tea, mister?
00:13:14Filch, thank you very much.
00:13:17Marina, off to school.
00:13:19Can't I listen?
00:13:20No, you can't.
00:13:22Now, Ada, don't miss your bus.
00:13:24All right, I'm just going.
00:13:25Oh, please don't let me disturb you.
00:13:27Do you believe in spirits, mister Filch?
00:13:30Well, it's hard to say.
00:13:33What sort of spirits have you in mind?
00:13:35All right, Ada, that'll do.
00:13:38Beware of the men in black,
00:13:40for they shall invade your precious plot set in a silver sea.
00:13:44Beware of the men in black.
00:13:46Good gracious.
00:13:49May I?
00:13:50Yes, do.
00:13:52You're not from the income tax, are you?
00:13:54Because we pay as you earn.
00:13:56Oh, no.
00:13:57As a matter of fact, that's almost the only government department that I don't represent.
00:14:01You see, in the...
00:14:03What was that?
00:14:04It's the drills.
00:14:05On the festival site, you know.
00:14:07You wouldn't believe the noise you have to put up with
00:14:09when you have a festival in your backyard.
00:14:11As a matter of fact, it's the festival I want to talk to you about.
00:14:14Oh.
00:14:15Yes, I wonder if you realise, Mrs Lord,
00:14:17how much it is costing to build a South Bank exhibition.
00:14:20A pretty penny, I should think.
00:14:22A pretty penny, indeed.
00:14:23More than six million pounds.
00:14:25No.
00:14:26Yes.
00:14:27Yes.
00:14:28Yes.
00:14:29Yes.
00:14:30Yes.
00:14:31No.
00:14:32Yes.
00:14:331,200 men have worked four million men hours to construct the site.
00:14:37They have used 960,000 bricks,
00:14:406,600 tonnes of cement,
00:14:433,960 tonnes of steel,
00:14:45and 400 tonnes of aluminium.
00:14:48Enough for a couple of houses, in fact.
00:14:577,000 begonias,
00:14:592,500 hollyhocks, 2,000 rose trees, 1,750...
00:15:05Oh, it's very nice, I'm sure, but what is it all leading up to?
00:15:09Well, Mrs. Lord, we want your help.
00:15:13But you're not asking us to pay for all that, are you?
00:15:15Not exactly, no. I merely quoted the figures to show you what an enormous undertaking this is.
00:15:21Naturally, every precaution has been taken to prevent things going wrong.
00:15:25But, human nature being what it is...
00:15:28You mean something has gone wrong?
00:15:30Alas, yes. The government has made a mistake.
00:15:35No!
00:15:36Well, perhaps I should say that one very minor architect has made an error of a sixteenth of an inch on a blueprint.
00:15:43But nobody will notice that, surely?
00:15:45Ah, Mrs. Lord, that is just the trouble.
00:15:47A sixteenth of an inch on paper could mean anything up to a quarter of a mile on land.
00:15:53No.
00:15:54Yes, and this sixteenth of an inch affects two things, two very important things.
00:16:00You see, to lead the visitors to the festival, we are building a wonderful new highway.
00:16:06That's that thing they've started down the road, isn't it?
00:16:08Quite so, Mrs. Lord.
00:16:10From the look of it, it'll come right to our backyard.
00:16:12Precisely, Mrs. Lord, precisely.
00:16:14What did you say?
00:16:16That is the error, the ghastly error that has been made.
00:16:19When the plans for the highway were put into execution, it was found that if the road were built as planned,
00:16:25it would come, to be blunt, Mrs. Lord, right through this very room.
00:16:30That's better!
00:16:31Yes, and that's not the only thing.
00:16:32You mean there's another mistake as well?
00:16:34I'm afraid so.
00:16:36If it was a road alone, we could do something about it.
00:16:39But connected with the road is a subway.
00:16:41The tunnel is already built.
00:16:43And the entrance...
00:16:46Oh dear, I do wish the minister was here himself to explain.
00:16:49All right, let's have it.
00:16:51The entrance, Mrs. Lord, will come right through the floor of your shop.
00:16:55But they can't do that, can they?
00:16:57Looks as though they have done it.
00:16:59Well, they'll have to undo it.
00:17:01Oh, we would if we could, Mrs. Lord, believe me.
00:17:03But it's too late.
00:17:05The exhibition opens in six weeks, and the only way we can be ready in time is demolition.
00:17:11That means pulling down, doesn't it?
00:17:13Exactly.
00:17:14This house, this shop, in fact the whole property, will have to come down, I'm afraid.
00:17:19Who says so?
00:17:21The cabinet.
00:17:22They all agree.
00:17:23Well, that's a nice change anyway.
00:17:25And what's going to happen to us?
00:17:26Oh, we thought about that.
00:17:28The government will give you alternative accommodation.
00:17:30A nice, new, modern house, complete with all labour-saving devices.
00:17:35Where?
00:17:36There isn't one for miles round here, let alone a shop.
00:17:38In South Harrow.
00:17:40Oh, the air is very pure in South Harrow.
00:17:43You mean you want us to move to South Harrow
00:17:45while you bring one of those bulldozer things along and push the whole place down?
00:17:49That is the general idea.
00:17:51Now, I'm sure you'll want to discuss this with your husband when he comes in.
00:17:54When will he be home, Mrs. Lord?
00:17:56About seven.
00:17:58Oh, good.
00:17:59Then I suggest I come back this evening, about eight,
00:18:01and we can discuss all the arrangements then.
00:18:03How quickly you can move, what compensation the government is to pay,
00:18:06and all the little details like that.
00:18:08Little details?
00:18:09Now, you listen to me.
00:18:10Lil, be careful. Keep away from that man.
00:18:13Why?
00:18:15He's not on your astral plane.
00:18:17He's got a scarlet aura.
00:18:19I can see it all round his head, as plain as the nose on your face.
00:18:23He's not in harmony with this house.
00:18:25And if he's not out of here inside a minute,
00:18:27the spirits are going to be very, very angry indeed.
00:18:40Oh, no.
00:19:11Thank you, Jeff.
00:19:18Well, so long, Jeff.
00:19:19Look after the old girl for me, won't you?
00:19:21Yeah, you bet.
00:19:22See rid of me.
00:19:23Tell Bill to watch that steam truck.
00:19:24I don't want it blowing up any more morning.
00:19:26Okay.
00:19:28So, old girl.
00:19:30See you in the canteen, correct, before we go, eh?
00:19:32Yeah, you bet.
00:19:33All right.
00:19:36Hello, Henry.
00:19:37Ted, your last trip?
00:19:38Yes, packing it in tonight.
00:19:39What are you going to do, help your missus with the shop?
00:19:42Not very likely.
00:19:44I'm going to sit back, put my feet up and do sweet damn all that.
00:19:48Jolly good luck.
00:19:49See you, old mate.
00:19:50Ciao, Ted.
00:19:52Brother Lord has been one of the best footplate men on this line.
00:19:55He has been a member of the union in good standing ever since this branch was formed.
00:19:59He has served on the social committee,
00:20:01and he has organised the interstation darts competitions.
00:20:04In 35 years on this railway,
00:20:06he has never had an accident of any sort,
00:20:08and in 1936, he was awarded the long service and safety first medal.
00:20:13Brother Lord,
00:20:15we all hope you'll have a long and happy retirement,
00:20:18and we hope you'll accept this little token of our friendship,
00:20:22which comes to you with the good wishes of everybody in the branch.
00:20:25Good old Henry.
00:20:32Brother Lawrence, boys,
00:20:34I'd just like to say thanks very much.
00:20:37I'm no hand at making speeches,
00:20:39but I would like to thank you for your good wishes
00:20:42and very handsome present.
00:20:44Yes, I've had a good innings on the old railway,
00:20:47and I shan't be sorry to turn it in and lead a life of pleasure.
00:20:52I promise you one thing, though.
00:20:54If ever I wake up at five o'clock in the morning again,
00:20:57I'll think of you all turning up to work
00:21:00while I turn over and have another sleep.
00:21:05I suggest we all adjourn and have one for the firebox, eh?
00:21:12What is it?
00:21:14I'm bad. I'm thinking to come home at once.
00:21:16Some government chap's trying to pinch the house.
00:21:20Hamlet Street, please.
00:21:34Hamlet Street, please.
00:22:05In here.
00:22:09Don't leave her out.
00:22:15This way.
00:22:22He's here.
00:22:25Good evening.
00:22:26Good evening.
00:22:27Sit there, Mr. Filch.
00:22:34Yes.
00:22:37Well, Mr. Lord, have you and your wife discussed our proposals?
00:22:41Yes, we've talked things over,
00:22:43and we've decided that as this lark affects all the family,
00:22:46they've a right to be here and ask questions.
00:22:48Any objections?
00:22:49None at all.
00:22:50Good.
00:22:51Well, this is my son David.
00:22:53How do you do?
00:22:54His wife.
00:22:55How do you do?
00:22:56My daughter Joan.
00:22:57How do you do?
00:22:58And that's Cyril.
00:22:59How do you do?
00:23:02Quite a family conference, eh?
00:23:06Now, you want to ask some questions?
00:23:09Yes.
00:23:10How much do you say this South Bank lark's going to cost?
00:23:13Oh, over six million pounds.
00:23:15And what profit do you expect to make?
00:23:18Profit, Mr. Lord?
00:23:19Oh, come, we should be lucky if our losses don't exceed five million.
00:23:23Why can't you move the new road a bit to the left or the right?
00:23:26Oh, we tried that, but it didn't work.
00:23:29We found that when we moved the road ten yards to the left,
00:23:32we should have to move the whole site ten yards to the left as well.
00:23:35What about the right?
00:23:36The same thing.
00:23:37Only then it would end up in the river.
00:23:39How much would it cost to move the site?
00:23:41Oh, about three or four million, I should think.
00:23:44Oh, is that all?
00:23:45Well, why not vouch yourself another four million?
00:23:47The taxpayers won't mind, will they, Dad?
00:23:48No, only too happy to oblige.
00:23:50If you like, have my opinion.
00:23:51Well, unfortunately, Mr. Lord, this is no longer a question of money but time.
00:23:55We've got to open in six weeks.
00:23:57Now, Mr. Lord, how much are you asking for your property?
00:24:01Well, I fancy six million.
00:24:05Six million?
00:24:06Oh, Mr. Lord, come, come.
00:24:09Well, that's what it's costing you one way or another, isn't it?
00:24:12Oh, now, please do let us be serious.
00:24:14I am being serious.
00:24:15Mr. Lord, the government is waiting.
00:24:18The festival is waiting.
00:24:20And, although they don't know it yet, the English people are waiting.
00:24:23Ah, then I fancy that.
00:24:26Or the people just waiting for us.
00:24:28Surely you're not refusing to help us.
00:24:30You'll be refusing to help your country if you do that.
00:24:33You must agree.
00:24:34Must?
00:24:35Must, Mr. Felch?
00:24:37We don't like that word round here.
00:24:39I'm sorry, I can't help what word you like round here, Mr. Lord.
00:24:42And what will you do if we don't help you?
00:24:44Well, I hesitate to say it, but we can always use force.
00:24:47You mean the police?
00:24:49Yes.
00:24:50Or the troops.
00:24:52Look, let's get this straight once and for all, shall we?
00:24:56As I see it, in order to show the world how we've really progressed in England,
00:25:00and to show them what sort of people we really are,
00:25:02you're prepared to use force to turn me and my family out of our house, is that it, Mr. Felch?
00:25:07Well, in a roundabout way, yes, that is it.
00:25:10Oh.
00:25:12Beware of the men in black.
00:25:14I beg your pardon?
00:25:15Beware of the men in black, for they shall invade your precious plot set in a silver sea.
00:25:20Shut up, Ada.
00:25:21Very well.
00:25:22I know when I'm not wanted.
00:25:27If I might venture my feelings in...
00:25:28Why don't you let us run through the architect's house?
00:25:30Unfortunately, he lives permanently in a government hostel in Park Lane,
00:25:34so that would be quite impossible.
00:25:36Now, Mr. Lord, how much will you really take?
00:25:38I've told you, six million pounds.
00:25:40Oh, do let's all keep a sense of perspective.
00:25:42After all, it's only a matter of bricks and mortar, isn't it?
00:25:45Bricks and mortar my foot.
00:25:47I beg your pardon, Mrs. Lord?
00:25:49I said bricks and mortar my foot, Mr. Felch.
00:25:52It's far more than that to us.
00:25:55Me and my husband got married on thirty bob a week.
00:25:58He worked on the railway, and I went out scrubbing and cleaning to make both ends meet.
00:26:03We didn't grumble.
00:26:04Many's the time we went hungry, and during the thirties it was most of the time.
00:26:09Still, we just went on and minded our own business.
00:26:13My husband didn't strike, because we're not the striking kind.
00:26:17We had four kids, and very often either they went hungry or we did, so we did.
00:26:23Dad worked and I worked, and when the kids was old enough, they worked too.
00:26:27And all the time we dreamed of a little house of our own.
00:26:31A shop for me, an home we paid for and couldn't be kicked out of at a minute's notice.
00:26:37Well, we got the house and we got the shop, and then the war came along,
00:26:42and one of our boys didn't come back.
00:26:45Still, we didn't grumble.
00:26:47We don't owe nothing to nobody.
00:26:50This is our land and our home and our house, and no one can take it away from us.
00:26:56You understand?
00:26:58No one's going to drive a road through my sitting room, or a subway under my shop.
00:27:03Nobody.
00:27:04You hear?
00:27:05Oh, Mum!
00:27:06Be quiet.
00:27:07But I think I'm going to be sick.
00:27:09Well, go outside and be sick.
00:27:11And you go back to Whitehall and tell them from me that as far as me and my family are concerned,
00:27:16they can take their festival or six million pounds worth of it and stick it up their...
00:27:33Come to sign for.
00:27:35Aye.
00:27:38Aye.
00:27:41Giles.
00:27:42Come.
00:27:43What is?
00:27:46We're scheduled for demolition.
00:27:48Who says so?
00:27:49Your obedient servant, H. Filch.
00:27:52Obedient servant. That's a good one.
00:27:55Anery.
00:27:56But now what are we going to do?
00:27:58Oh, don't worry, love, don't worry.
00:28:00I'll tell you what.
00:28:01Go and get your things on and go and see Councillor Hopkins.
00:28:03We voted for him the last eight times.
00:28:05Now he can do something for us.
00:28:11Come on.
00:28:28Two people to see you, Stan.
00:28:30Good morning.
00:28:31Good morning.
00:28:32Sit down, won't you?
00:28:35Our name's Lord.
00:28:36We live in Hamlet Street.
00:28:37That's in your ward, isn't it?
00:28:39That's right.
00:28:40I'm always pleased to see my constituents.
00:28:42Something I can do for you?
00:28:43Well, we hope so.
00:28:44Yes.
00:28:45We own the shop at the corner of Hamlet Street.
00:28:47Right by the festival site.
00:28:48That's right, just across the road.
00:28:50Well, we had a chat down from the government yesterday
00:28:52and he says they want to put our place down
00:28:54to make room for the new subway for the festival.
00:28:56Well, they can't do that, can they?
00:28:58Well, I don't know.
00:28:59I mean, surely the council can do something.
00:29:01Well, this is a bit out of my province, I'm afraid.
00:29:03It's a matter for the housing committee.
00:29:04Tell you what, I'll give you a letter from the chairman.
00:29:07I can't deal with this, you know.
00:29:09It's not a housing committee job at all.
00:29:11It's parks and pleasure gardens, I should think.
00:29:15Or demonstrations and exhibitions.
00:29:17In any case, it's a matter for the mayor.
00:29:19I'll make an appointment for you to see him.
00:29:24No, no, no, no.
00:29:26This is not a local government matter at all.
00:29:29Only Whitehall can handle this.
00:29:31You'll have to see your MP.
00:29:37Of course, in normal circumstances,
00:29:39I should make it my first duty to use every endeavour
00:29:41to see that your case was dealt with
00:29:43as expeditiously as the pressure of government business would allow.
00:29:46Unfortunately, the matter is already out of my hands.
00:29:50I could ask a question, of course.
00:29:52But I think it would be much better
00:29:54if you were to see Sir Charles Staniel.
00:29:56You'll find him a most charming man.
00:29:58And if he's got your case under personal review,
00:30:00you would be speaking to the, um, fountainhead, as it were.
00:30:04You just wait here a moment.
00:30:05I'll find out how soon he can see you.
00:30:10Ah, Mr. Lord and Mrs. Lord.
00:30:12I think you will agree that we have, uh,
00:30:14we have explored every avenue of approach to this distressing matter
00:30:18and that we have left no stone unturned
00:30:21in our earnest endeavours to find a reasonable solution.
00:30:24In fact, I think we may say
00:30:26that we have arrived at the inescapable conclusion
00:30:29that there is but one reasonable solution.
00:30:32And that is that you should allow the government
00:30:34to take over your premises
00:30:36for adequate compensation, of course.
00:30:39And that they should provide you with alternative accommodation
00:30:42of an equal, or indeed, superior character.
00:30:46What do you say to that?
00:30:48No.
00:30:49Oh, come now, Mr. Lord.
00:30:51Not being very helpful, is it?
00:30:53Surely you're prepared to compromise?
00:30:55No.
00:30:56The government's terms are extremely favourable, am I?
00:31:00Perhaps if we were to, uh, raise the compensation figure a little?
00:31:05No.
00:31:07And are those your last words, Mr. Lord?
00:31:09No.
00:31:10Yes.
00:31:11What do you mean, Mr. Lord?
00:31:13I've told you, no, no, no!
00:31:16No!
00:31:27Hildy Lord?
00:31:28Yes.
00:31:29And Lillian Lord?
00:31:30Yes.
00:31:31Happy to meet you, sir.
00:31:32And you too, madam.
00:31:33Good day.
00:31:35What's he doing?
00:31:37Advertising something?
00:31:38I'm afraid not, ma'am.
00:31:40It's an eviction order.
00:31:41A what?
00:31:42An order from the court telling us we've got to get out.
00:31:44Well, they can't do that, can they?
00:31:46I don't know.
00:31:47I'm going to find out.
00:31:48Come on.
00:31:54Yes, I'm afraid there's no doubt about it.
00:31:56These are orders of the court requiring you, Mr. Lord, and you, Mrs. Lord, as, uh, joint
00:32:02owners of the freehold and occupiers of the property to, uh, to vacate, quit, leave, and
00:32:08render up to the profitable authorities all that parcel of land and buildings known as
00:32:13the House...
00:32:14House of Lords.
00:32:16Yes, that's right.
00:32:17That's the name of our shop.
00:32:19It's a little joke, you see.
00:32:21Our name is Lord of the House of Lords.
00:32:24Oh.
00:32:25This order, which appears to have the full authority of the court, was issued under Section
00:32:30287, which deals with matters of urgency on the grounds of public safety.
00:32:35Well, what's the public safety got to do with it?
00:32:37Are they saying we're dangerous?
00:32:39Well, according to this, the premises are infected with dry rot and therefore liable
00:32:43to collapse.
00:32:44Is that so?
00:32:45No, of course not.
00:32:47Wait a minute, now.
00:32:48You remember two years ago?
00:32:50Oh, yes.
00:32:51Two years ago, my wife applied for a license to rebuild the front of the shop because of
00:32:55dry rot in the woodwork.
00:32:56Did they grant the application?
00:32:58No, they didn't.
00:32:59No, the Council of Air came round.
00:33:00They said, yes, there's dry rot.
00:33:02They're all right.
00:33:03We'll have to wait till the materials are available.
00:33:05And we're still waiting?
00:33:06Not any longer, we're not.
00:33:07Can they really turn us out for that?
00:33:09I'm afraid so, yes.
00:33:10Failing overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
00:33:13Can't we appeal?
00:33:14Oh, yes.
00:33:15But your application for a building license is prima facie a confirmation of their case,
00:33:21isn't it?
00:33:22I should have said it's the only evidence they need in their favour.
00:33:26Of course, we might try delaying tactics.
00:33:29I could apply for a postponement.
00:33:31Give you opportunity to find alternative accommodation.
00:33:34We'll get everything up to three months that way, isn't it?
00:33:37That's no good.
00:33:38They've already offered us alternative accommodation at South Harrow.
00:33:41Don't mention that place in front of me.
00:33:43Well, what's wrong with South Harrow?
00:33:45Well, to start with, it's...
00:33:46As a matter of fact, I live there myself.
00:33:48When do you have to go?
00:33:508 a.m. on Thursday the 5th.
00:33:52That's the day after tomorrow.
00:33:54Yes, but in the case of danger to the public, they can dispense with longer.
00:33:58Dispense with longer notice.
00:34:00And suppose if we don't go?
00:34:02Well, then they have the right of forcible eviction.
00:34:05What's that mean?
00:34:07Well, in simple language, it means they can strip your goods, confiscate your chattels
00:34:13and deposit them outside the boundaries of the messiah.
00:34:16What's he talking about?
00:34:18What's chattels?
00:34:19Well, furniture, clothing, anything of which you stand possessed.
00:34:23You mean they can take all our furniture and put it out in the street for other people to stare at?
00:34:28Give me that paper.
00:34:30What are you going to do, Bill?
00:34:31Go to that judge and tell him he can take it back. I don't want it.
00:34:33I don't think that would do any good, Mrs. Slott.
00:34:35No?
00:34:36No.
00:34:37Well, I know what I'll do then. I'll chain myself to the shop door.
00:34:40I beg your pardon?
00:34:41My old mother was a suffragette, Mr. Thwaites.
00:34:44And then is the time she chained herself to the home office railings.
00:34:47If she can do that to get justice, I can chain myself to my shop door.
00:34:50Come on, Henry.
00:34:51Now where are we going?
00:34:52To borrow a good length of chain before the shop's shut.
00:34:57Let's go.
00:35:58What have you got there?
00:36:00My planchette board.
00:36:01I'm going to consult the spirits about your poor mother.
00:36:04I wonder they don't get sick of you always calling them up.
00:36:07Don't you ever get the engage signal?
00:36:09You can muck at me if you wish.
00:36:11But one day when the spirits come to the rescue, you'll be very sorry you left.
00:36:18Blue Feather, are you there?
00:36:22Blue Feather, are you present when you're disarmed?
00:36:25Blue Feather, are you present with your disciple Ada?
00:36:29If you're present, Blue Feather, give Ada a sign of your presence.
00:36:36Good. The sign is good.
00:36:39Your disciple Ada needs guidance, Blue Feather.
00:36:42Her sister Lillian and her brood are in the greatest trouble.
00:36:46And while I think of it, how is Shakespeare keeping?
00:36:50I beg your pardon?
00:36:52What was that again?
00:36:54Blue Feather, I didn't quite catch what you said.
00:37:19Oh, Cyril, whatever are you doing?
00:37:23I was just rehearsing my speech, Mrs. Lord.
00:37:27Still getting ready for the day?
00:37:29It'll come, Mr. Lord. It'll come.
00:37:31Is that you, ma'am?
00:37:32Yes, dear. What is it?
00:37:34Ma'am, you'd better come and look at our Ada.
00:37:36She's gone green.
00:37:38So what? She's been green for years.
00:37:40I'll go and see.
00:37:42She looks awfully queer.
00:37:44All sort of stiff.
00:37:46Oh, your Aunt Ada's looked queer ever since the day she was born.
00:37:50And she's breathing terribly fast. Like this.
00:37:58It's her adenoids.
00:37:59I've been on her for years to have them out, but she won't.
00:38:02Here, I think you'd better come and look. She seems to be unconscious.
00:38:05Oh, dear. It never rains but it pours.
00:38:09Well, tell me, ma'am, where are you?
00:38:11Aunt Ada.
00:38:13Look, ma'am.
00:38:17Ada!
00:38:21Oh, ma'am, don't touch her.
00:38:22Why not?
00:38:23You'll kill her.
00:38:24What do you mean, kill her?
00:38:25I saw a woman go off like that in a film at the Forum.
00:38:28And when the man touched her, she gave one awful scream and fell off the chair.
00:38:32Dead.
00:38:33Well, we're not at the Forum now.
00:38:35Ada, wake up.
00:38:38Ada! Can you hear me?
00:38:42Ada!
00:38:44She can't hear you, ma'am.
00:38:46Here, fix her, Dad. I think she's gone.
00:38:48I'll pass.
00:38:50I'll try a shower. I'll go bundle.
00:38:53Dad, ma'am says you to come at once.
00:38:55She's frightened on Ada's done herself in.
00:38:57What a hope.
00:39:02Henry, come and do something quick.
00:39:04What do you want me to do?
00:39:05Well, take that silly look off her face. She looks half cracked to me.
00:39:08Ada, can you hear me?
00:39:10What about some water?
00:39:11What about it?
00:39:12Go and get some cold water and throw over her.
00:39:14That'll kill her too. I know because I...
00:39:16All right, all right. We know. You saw it at the Forum.
00:39:18Now, let this be a warning to all of you.
00:39:20This is what comes of meddling with the unknown.
00:39:22Ada!
00:39:24Ada!
00:39:28Can you hear me?
00:39:29What did you say?
00:39:31Perhaps they talk a different language on the other side.
00:39:34What a hope.
00:39:35Oh, you might get some water.
00:39:37Look, ma'am. It's moving.
00:39:40What's moving?
00:39:41That glass.
00:39:42She's pushing it.
00:39:43No, she's not.
00:39:44Henry, I don't like this. It's not natural.
00:39:46It's all right, ma'am.
00:39:48Look, it's trying to spell out a word.
00:39:50Oh, don't be daft. How could it?
00:39:52She's quite right. It is. Look.
00:39:55R is moving, all right.
00:39:57It's going to the S.
00:39:59Now R.
00:40:01Now it's going to the L.
00:40:03R or O. What's that stand for?
00:40:04I think you're all mad.
00:40:06I think you're all mad. Really, I do.
00:40:11E?
00:40:12Or is it D?
00:40:15B. Yes, it's B.
00:40:17R, O, B. Rob.
00:40:19Now it's stopped.
00:40:20Perhaps it's tired and wants a rest. Poor thing.
00:40:23It's started again. Look. It's going down.
00:40:27E.
00:40:32S.
00:40:34R, O, B, E, S.
00:40:36That spells robes.
00:40:38P.
00:40:40P.
00:40:42I.
00:40:46D.
00:40:47Pie.
00:40:48It doesn't make sense.
00:40:51R.
00:40:53Q.
00:40:55R.
00:40:57It's two R's.
00:41:00E.
00:41:02E.
00:41:04She's stopped.
00:41:06What did I tell you?
00:41:08Now she's dead.
00:41:09Put her up on the sofa.
00:41:11She's not breathing.
00:41:12Dad, put her up on the sofa.
00:41:14Get on the sofa, boys.
00:41:15Better give us a whistle.
00:41:16She doesn't touch it.
00:41:17That's all you know.
00:41:18Dad, pour her out a drop.
00:41:25What a waste.
00:41:27Come on, Dad, come on.
00:41:29Now, look, don't all crowd round her.
00:41:31Give her a chance to breathe.
00:41:33Go on, you go downstairs and I'll bring her round.
00:41:35Go on, all of you.
00:41:38Come on, Ada.
00:41:43Where am I?
00:41:45Oh, no, I thought I was...
00:41:47Now then, finish it all up.
00:41:52You shouldn't have woken me.
00:41:54I was floating.
00:41:55Floating.
00:41:56Floating higher and higher.
00:41:58It was wonderful.
00:42:00I nearly touched the ceiling.
00:42:11Robes.
00:42:13Pie.
00:42:14Rabbit.
00:42:15Pie, no.
00:42:16Pie.
00:42:17Oh, Sue, don't start fiddling.
00:42:18Your coffee will get cold.
00:42:19Wait a minute.
00:42:20I think I've got it.
00:42:21Have you?
00:42:22What?
00:42:24Nothing.
00:42:25I thought it was an anagram, but it's not.
00:42:27You don't think it means anything, do you?
00:42:30Why not?
00:42:31Well, now, Ada's nobody.
00:42:33Why should spirits send a message to her?
00:42:35There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy, Horatio.
00:42:39Horatio?
00:42:42I must have been daft.
00:42:44I've got it.
00:42:45It's all one word.
00:42:46Look.
00:42:47Robes.
00:42:48Pie.
00:42:49Rabbit.
00:42:50What?
00:42:51Well, surely you've heard of robes, Pierre.
00:42:52Frenchman and hunchback of Notre Dame.
00:42:54Oh, Jo, please.
00:42:56Robes, Pierre, was the guiding spirit of the French Revolution.
00:42:59He rose up against injustice.
00:43:02Well, don't you see?
00:43:03It's a sign.
00:43:04We've got to do the same.
00:43:05Whatever revolution?
00:43:06Of course.
00:43:07But this is England.
00:43:09You don't have revolutions in England.
00:43:11Oh, don't you?
00:43:12England was made by revolutions.
00:43:15What was the 1945 election result if it wasn't a revolution?
00:43:18Why, if it hadn't been for a revolution, George I would never have come over here.
00:43:21And if you hadn't had George I, you wouldn't have had George VI.
00:43:24Why, even the United States...
00:43:26Even the United States was a revolution.
00:43:30Oh, come on.
00:43:31We've got work to do.
00:43:34Oh, you make my blood boil.
00:43:36Honestly, you do.
00:43:37You do nothing but look down your noses at the rest of the world and talk about freedom,
00:43:40and you don't even know the meaning of the word.
00:43:43You're just a lot of blooming sheep.
00:43:45That's all you are.
00:43:46We're free, you say, and look at you.
00:43:48Hither and thither without even raising your voices above a squeak.
00:43:52I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Lord, but I've kept it pent up in here as long as I could.
00:43:56I'm only human.
00:43:57It had to come out.
00:43:58All right, all right.
00:43:59What do you want us to do exactly?
00:44:01Demand your rights.
00:44:02What rights?
00:44:04Well, you're free people, aren't you?
00:44:06I suppose so.
00:44:07Well, chain yourself to the shop and prove it.
00:44:09What, do you think I wouldn't?
00:44:11I'd like to see you try.
00:44:13All right, I will.
00:44:14Mum.
00:44:15I mean it.
00:44:16What about you, Dad?
00:44:18Yes, I don't mind having a go.
00:44:20Yes, we'll all have a go.
00:44:21But what can we do?
00:44:22They'll be here in 36 hours.
00:44:23All right, let them come.
00:44:24Let them all come.
00:44:25And take all our furniture from us.
00:44:27They can only take it if they get in, can't they?
00:44:29What do you mean, if they get in?
00:44:30Of course they'll get in.
00:44:31They'll come to the shop.
00:44:32Only if it's open.
00:44:34You'll barricade it.
00:44:36Yes, and then they'll come in through the back door.
00:44:38I'll barricade that up as well.
00:44:39What?
00:44:40Me lock my back door?
00:44:41I'll let you know I've never locked my back door all the years I've been married.
00:44:44Well, now's the time to start.
00:44:45Oh, they'll break it down.
00:44:47No, you'd stop them.
00:44:48How?
00:44:49Use your own weapon.
00:44:50Force.
00:44:51You can throw things, can't you?
00:44:52Yeah, wait a minute.
00:44:53You can't go about throwing things at the police.
00:44:54It's liable to get their backs up.
00:44:56Listen, once they start using force to try and get in here,
00:44:58you're perfectly entitled to use force to keep them out.
00:45:01Well, I never did.
00:45:02I never thought I'd live to throw things at a policeman.
00:45:05How long do you think we should last?
00:45:06Oh, long enough to get the press and the people on our side.
00:45:0848 hours will do.
00:45:10Yes, but supposing the people don't agree with us, what happens then?
00:45:12Of course they'll agree.
00:45:13The Englishman loves the underdog to fight.
00:45:15He can't bear injustice.
00:45:17Look at all the societies there are for dogs and cats and little children.
00:45:20Now, are you all agreed?
00:45:22Yes.
00:45:23Yes, of course.
00:45:24Oh, dear.
00:45:25I know we shall all end up in prison.
00:45:27Well, prison's better than South Harrow.
00:45:28That's done it.
00:45:29Here, give me a drink too.
00:45:31I'll feel like one tonight.
00:45:33Careful, Mum, careful.
00:45:35I don't want to be careful.
00:45:36I want to be reckless.
00:45:37Oh, my goodness.
00:45:38If my old Mum could have seen this.
00:45:40She loved a bit of violence, did Mum?
00:45:42Ladies and gentlemen, I'll give you a toast.
00:45:44The revolution.
00:45:46Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:45:48Here you go, easy.
00:45:50Oh, not revolution, no.
00:45:51Let's drink to something else.
00:45:52Lil, what's it to be?
00:45:54Oh, you say it, Dad.
00:45:56All right, let's drink to us.
00:45:58To living quietly and being left alone.
00:46:01And not being led about like sheep.
00:46:03To our Englishman's castle.
00:46:05And to all the millions of little castles belonging to little people all over the country.
00:46:09That's nicer than revolution.
00:46:11Eh?
00:46:12Let's drink to the family, our happy family.
00:46:14And thank God for it.
00:46:16The family!
00:46:37How's it going?
00:46:38Well, nearly finished.
00:46:39Well, nearly finished.
00:46:40Jolly good.
00:46:41We can have a go at the back now.
00:46:47Oh, Marina.
00:46:48What's up?
00:46:50Oh, that's absolutely wonderful.
00:46:51That's enough to beat off a regiment.
00:46:53Now, now, I'll tell you what to do, Marina.
00:46:54Put two thirds of this in the sitting room by the window,
00:46:56where anyone can get it if they want it.
00:46:58And all the rest of the stuff over there by that window.
00:47:00All right?
00:47:01Okay, Sarge.
00:47:03Okay, Sarge.
00:47:04Right.
00:47:07Twelve tins of stewed steak.
00:47:09Yes.
00:47:10Six packets of cheeses.
00:47:11Yes.
00:47:12Four dozen porridge oats.
00:47:13Yes.
00:47:14Two and a half dozen candles.
00:47:15And two and a half dozen candles.
00:47:16That's a lot.
00:47:17Right.
00:47:20I knew I should have got in more stock.
00:47:22Why, what's the trouble?
00:47:23Oh, by the look of this lot, we should be living on
00:47:25mock turtle soup, raspberry jam, custard, bluebell and nightlights.
00:47:30I don't want to know.
00:47:31I'll have to hold out for a couple of days at the most.
00:47:33Do you think they'll give in by then?
00:47:34Well, of course they will.
00:47:35Well, I hope you're right.
00:47:37Do you like junket?
00:47:38You know I hate it.
00:47:40Then you'd better be right, because by the third day,
00:47:42we'll all be living on it.
00:47:44Oh, who's that?
00:47:45Oh, it's all right.
00:47:46It's only David and Ann.
00:47:49Wherever have you two been?
00:47:50We were getting quite worried about you.
00:47:52We, uh, had to go somewhere.
00:47:53Couldn't have waited another day?
00:47:54No.
00:47:55Are you feeling all right, Ann?
00:47:56You look very peaky.
00:47:57Oh, I'm all right, thanks.
00:47:59Well, at least...
00:48:00Well, I'll have to know sooner or later.
00:48:02Your first grandchild's on the way, Mum.
00:48:04You mean...
00:48:05You mean she's going to have a baby, silly?
00:48:06Well, I never did.
00:48:08Don't be so daft, Mum.
00:48:09Of course you did.
00:48:10You hold your tongue.
00:48:12Here, come and sit down, Ann.
00:48:16When's it going to be?
00:48:17Oh, October, the doctor thinks.
00:48:19You'll need plenty of hot water.
00:48:21Now, what you talking about?
00:48:22They always have it.
00:48:23Have what?
00:48:24At the pictures when baby's going to be born.
00:48:26They always do it with hot water.
00:48:28I'll give you hot water in a minute.
00:48:30Here, go and see who that is, Marina.
00:48:32Well, then, what's our first job?
00:48:33Oh, I don't think I ought to stay, not now.
00:48:35Do you, Dad?
00:48:36No, I suppose not.
00:48:37Here, of course I'm going to stay.
00:48:39It's the men from the builders.
00:48:41They want to speak to you, Dad.
00:48:42Right.
00:48:47Hello, Joe.
00:48:48What can I do for you?
00:48:49Well, me and my mates have had a bit of a talk about this lark of yours, yeah?
00:48:52And from what we can gather, you're going to hold out against the cops
00:48:55or anybody else who tries to put you out, right?
00:48:57Right.
00:48:58Well, we've had a talk and we'd like to join the garrison.
00:49:00And that goes for us three, too.
00:49:02Oh, it's very nice of you, Joe, but we've decided to keep it just to the family.
00:49:06You mean it's a private fight?
00:49:07Well, not exactly, no, but if anyone goes to jail for it, it's got to be us.
00:49:11We're grateful to you boys for your help with the barricades and things,
00:49:14but when the trouble starts, it's just us.
00:49:16Of course, there's nothing to stop you doing a bit of the old fifth column work on the outside.
00:49:20Sort of underground work, eh?
00:49:21That's right.
00:49:22You can pass us a couple of pints over the back fence when we can't get out to the local.
00:49:25Well, say no more about it. We understand.
00:49:27Oh, there's just one other thing.
00:49:29Me and my mates have told Mr. Price that there's no charge for this job.
00:49:32Just our contribution to the fighting fund.
00:49:34Oh, it's nice of you.
00:49:35Well, jolly good luck, Tosh.
00:49:36Good luck, Joe.
00:49:38Thank you very much.
00:49:40Well, come on, boys, we've got work to do.
00:49:48I think we can congratulate ourselves, gentlemen, that everything is going according to plan.
00:49:53Oh, thank you.
00:49:55No answer to our eviction order has been filed,
00:49:58and the grounds upon which we obtained it,
00:50:00the incident of dry rot in the woodwork of the premises,
00:50:03are, I feel sure, absolutely unassailable.
00:50:06I shall myself head the party that attends the premises at 8 a.m. tomorrow to take over.
00:50:12Did you say 8 a.m.?
00:50:14That's right, sir.
00:50:16I don't know what the country's coming to.
00:50:18There was no such hour as 8 a.m. when I joined the service.
00:50:21This is from the superintendent of police.
00:50:23He has received a report from Hamlet Street
00:50:25that barbed wire barricades have been erected around the Lord's shop,
00:50:29and the windows have been boarded up.
00:50:31Oh, I see.
00:50:32Well, barbed wire can be juiced hard on the clothes, can't it?
00:50:35I should wear my gardening togs if I were you, Phil.
00:50:54Hello? Is that the Daily Mail?
00:50:57Oh, I want to report a revolution in the Waterloo Road.
00:51:02Yes, that's what I said.
00:51:23MUSIC PLAYS
00:51:34WHISTLES
00:51:44Olly!
00:51:46Oh, Ada, what on earth have you got that thing on for?
00:51:49They proved very useful during the war.
00:51:52Take it off, for heaven's sake. You give me the willies.
00:51:55Very well, but I shall replace it the moment hostilities commence.
00:52:04Morning, Mr. Lord.
00:52:06Morning, Phil.
00:52:07See anything yet?
00:52:08No. All quiet on the Western Front.
00:52:10Oh, dear. Any moment now?
00:52:12No, it won't be here before 8 o'clock.
00:52:14Oh, you can't be too sure of that.
00:52:16You mark my words. I know these people.
00:52:188 o'clock's their time, and 8 o'clock they'll come.
00:52:21All right.
00:52:36Oh, I said to you, Charlie...
00:52:38Dad, come quick. There's a man trying to get in.
00:52:44What do you think you're doing in my house?
00:52:46Are you Mr. Lord, sir?
00:52:47That's right.
00:52:48Happy to meet you, sir.
00:52:49May I have a word with you in private, sir?
00:52:51You may not, but I want to work with you.
00:52:53What is it, Henry? What's happening?
00:52:55Somebody just dropped in, I told you.
00:52:57Robespierre!
00:52:58I beg your pardon?
00:52:59Isn't your name Robespierre?
00:53:01Good gracious, no. Hennessy. Morris Hennessy.
00:53:03I think we'd better take him in the front room where we can watch him.
00:53:06And I think someone had better stay and keep watch out here, too.
00:53:08Yeah, all right. I will. Come on.
00:53:14Have you come far?
00:53:15Well, actually, no, not far. From Portland Place, actually.
00:53:18What's Portland Place?
00:53:19Well, come now, surely everyone knows that. You must be joking.
00:53:22No, we're not joking.
00:53:23Aren't you? On the BBC, of course.
00:53:25When you're nothing to do with Blowfeather.
00:53:28Of course he's not. What do you want? What are you doing here?
00:53:30As a matter of fact, I came over the roof.
00:53:32Over the roof?
00:53:33Yes. And it's absolutely filthy.
00:53:35What?
00:53:36I saw you closed up all the doors, so I got over the roof and just popped down to the skylight.
00:53:41But why? What do you want?
00:53:43I'm afraid it's rather a long story.
00:53:45We've got no time for long stories. You'd better make it a very short one.
00:53:48Well, officially, I'm a sort of announcer.
00:53:50Inside or outside?
00:53:51Oh, on the outside, of course.
00:53:52I'm afraid they consider me too much of an outsider to be on the inside.
00:53:55What do you do?
00:53:56Well, I'm a sort of roving reporter of the air, if you know what I mean.
00:53:59Well, I think you'd better just rove off again, then.
00:54:01Oh, but I can't do that.
00:54:02Why not?
00:54:03Because it's also terribly, terribly vital.
00:54:05What is?
00:54:06Well, my being here, of course.
00:54:07What's so important about it?
00:54:08Well, you see, they promised me a programme of my very own.
00:54:11Promised you what?
00:54:12A programme of my own, very possibly down your way.
00:54:14But look, before I say anything else, may I just tell you that I'm with you every inch of the way, every inch.
00:54:19I think you're all splendid, all of you, absolutely splendid.
00:54:22All right, sir, we're all splendid. Go on.
00:54:24Well, you see, I've been with the corporation for years.
00:54:26Of course, I started as the first form of animal life, announcing workers' playtime.
00:54:30Then I gradually branched out and went up in aeroplanes and down mines.
00:54:34And if there were press for time, I did the dog show, Henley, opening of Parliament.
00:54:38You know, all the odds, and so...
00:54:41Oh, dear.
00:54:42What have I said?
00:54:43Well, then I realised I was getting into a rut, so I went along and asked for a promotion.
00:54:47Did you get it?
00:54:48No, not really.
00:54:49As a recompense, they put me on Woman's Hour, but my heart wasn't really in it.
00:54:53Then I had the most wonderful idea.
00:54:55I suddenly thought that if I got an enormous sort of radio scoop for of my own,
00:54:59they'd have to give me a programme of my own.
00:55:01And so?
00:55:02And so, as I read this morning's papers, I knew this was it.
00:55:05So I grabbed a couple of technicians, jumped into these old rompers,
00:55:08and without saying a word to a soul, here I am.
00:55:11Where are the technicians?
00:55:12Oh, in a boat.
00:55:14In a boat?
00:55:15Yes, outside on the river.
00:55:17I hired the boat for a month.
00:55:18It's cheaper that way.
00:55:19Well, now you're here, what do you propose to do?
00:55:22Report, of course.
00:55:23Report what?
00:55:24Well...
00:55:29You, of course.
00:55:30Just a moment.
00:55:31What was that you said just now about the newspapers?
00:55:33But, my dears, haven't you seen them?
00:55:36But look, you're all over them.
00:55:38You're all over them.
00:55:39It's splendid.
00:55:40Absolutely splendid.
00:55:42Well, it's worked.
00:55:44I say it's worked.
00:55:45Fund it now to office to mediate.
00:55:48Dear, I'm sure we've started another war.
00:55:50Senator Taft says outrage extends cordial greetings to fellow isolationists.
00:55:55What's isolationists, ma'am?
00:55:57Us love.
00:55:58Jean and Stuart Granger say we leave immediately for England.
00:56:02Government at the crossroads.
00:56:04That's the stuff.
00:56:05This one beats the lot.
00:56:06Machinsky says yes.
00:56:08Churchill grim.
00:56:10Well, come on, we can't muck about reading newspapers.
00:56:12Back to your places, everybody.
00:56:14What about me?
00:56:15What do you want to do?
00:56:16Well, I don't want to butt in or anything like that,
00:56:18but it could mean my own program.
00:56:21Look, can you throw?
00:56:22I beg your pardon?
00:56:23Can you throw things?
00:56:24Well, Marlborough and the 5th and 11th...
00:56:25Never mind about that.
00:56:26Can you throw?
00:56:27But explicitly, as I say...
00:56:28All right.
00:56:29As long as you can throw, you can stay.
00:56:31And can I relay the events?
00:56:32You can do what you like as long as you take off your coat and throw.
00:56:34This is wonderful.
00:56:35Right, action stations, everyone.
00:56:37Joanie, look, go and tell David to fix that skylight.
00:56:39We'll have a whole of 20 questions down here before you know what's happening.
00:56:43I say, I just thought of something absolutely splendid.
00:56:46What?
00:56:47Won't Richard Dimbleby believe it?
00:56:50David?
00:56:54Winston!
00:56:57Where are you going?
00:56:59What's the matter?
00:57:00Winston is dead outside.
00:57:01Oh, never mind about him now.
00:57:03What do you mean, never mind? I'm going to get him.
00:57:04But you can't. Everything's all nailed up.
00:57:06It'll have to be unveiled.
00:57:07Oh, but look, you can't do that.
00:57:08They'll be here any minute.
00:57:09You'll have to leave him outside.
00:57:11Leave him outside?
00:57:12He'll die in their hands.
00:57:13It's not what it sounds like.
00:57:14Oh, look, you've got to muck the whole thing up.
00:57:16For wonder of a nail, the shoe was lost.
00:57:18For wonder of a shoe, the horse was lost.
00:57:20For wonder of a horse...
00:57:21Oh, don't be daft. He's not a horse.
00:57:22He's a Belgian hare.
00:57:23Testing, testing.
00:57:24One, two, three, four.
00:57:26Mary had a little lamb.
00:57:27Mary had a little lamb.
00:57:29Every well of...
00:57:30What's the matter?
00:57:31I know, isn't it silly, Mrs. Lord?
00:57:32Routine.
00:57:33Purely routine.
00:57:35You're messing up everything, Mr. Lord.
00:57:37Why can't you leave him out?
00:57:41Oh, come on.
00:57:42He's coming. Quick, he's coming.
00:57:43Come on.
00:57:48David, Mary went up again.
00:57:49Quick.
00:57:50Come on.
00:57:51Come on.
00:57:54Come on, Henry, quick.
00:57:55How many are there?
00:57:56Oh, hundreds.
00:57:57Let me see.
00:58:05Get ready to throw.
00:58:06Don't do anything till I tell you.
00:58:10Henry Lord.
00:58:12Mr. Lord.
00:58:13Hello.
00:58:15Mr. Lord, I call on you in the name of His Majesty's Government
00:58:18to remove these obstacles.
00:58:19Remove them yourself, if you can.
00:58:21I warn you, if you refuse to do so,
00:58:23you will be contravening Section 184 of Defence Regulation 167.
00:58:27I warn you, if you refuse to do so,
00:58:29you will be contravening Section 184 of Defence Regulation 167.
00:58:33You don't say.
00:58:34I do indeed.
00:58:35Moreover, I call on you, in pursuance of an order of the court
00:58:38issued on the third instant, to vacate these premises immediately.
00:58:41Call on us and you're blue in the face.
00:58:43We're staying here.
00:58:44I warn you, that if you refuse to obey the eviction order at once,
00:58:48the consequences may be very serious.
00:58:50We'll chance it.
00:58:51You refuse to leave?
00:58:52We do.
00:58:54Very well.
00:58:55We shall consider what steps to take.
00:58:57Good morning.
00:58:59Good morning.
00:59:03Good morning.
00:59:13You...
00:59:14But suppose they do?
00:59:15They'll get some reinforcements, I expect.
00:59:17Well, you'll be ready for them, if I do.
00:59:19Well, ladies and gentlemen, here we are again at Lord's.
00:59:22If I may coin a phrase.
00:59:23And I do wish you were here with me to see this absolutely splendid team doing...
00:59:28well, doing absolutely splendid teamwork.
00:59:30The weather here is perfect and I think we can depend on some extremely exciting play.
00:59:34The first innings have been won by Henry Lord and his family,
00:59:37who have stood up well against some threatening bowling from the visitors
00:59:40and literally knocked them for six.
00:59:42Now, I should like you to meet some of the personalities of today's big test.
00:59:45First, here is Henry Lord, captain of the home team.
00:59:48Now, Mr. Lord, will you tell our listeners
00:59:50what you think are the prospects for this needle match?
00:59:53If you think I'm going to speak into that thing, you've got another thing coming.
00:59:56Oh, go on, Dad, tell them.
00:59:57That's right, Mr. Oldgawn, we must have the man in the street on our side.
01:00:00What? Oh, all right.
01:00:03Well, what I'd like to say is, um,
01:00:05I've always believed that an Englishman's home is his castle
01:00:08and if you've got a castle of your own, well,
01:00:10you just don't go and give it up to the first Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along.
01:00:14I mean, do you?
01:00:15No, so, we decided...
01:00:18well, that is to say, the wife and I decided...
01:00:22well, actually, it was Cyril, really, who had the idea.
01:00:25Well, perhaps it was Ada.
01:00:26Yes, it was Ada, because her idea was a sort of vision, if you know what I mean.
01:00:30Then cut it back!
01:00:31What, eh?
01:00:32You've got a long sort of pole or something!
01:00:34Well...
01:00:35It's not...
01:00:36Hey!
01:00:56Well, ladies and gentlemen, that is very about to begin now.
01:00:58Stop!
01:00:59One, two, three, leave!
01:01:02Ready, steady, go!
01:01:26Oh, my God!
01:01:39Oh, my God!
01:01:51Oh!
01:01:52Oh, my God!
01:01:55Oh, my God!
01:02:09Oh, my God!
01:02:11Oh, my God!
01:02:13Oh, my God!
01:02:25Oh, my God!
01:02:29We really are a team now.
01:02:31We really have gone through the back of the day.
01:02:33They've gone!
01:02:35Oh!
01:02:36Oh!
01:02:37Oh!
01:02:53The men are demanding a further four pence an hour
01:02:56and the right to work only on Mondays and Tuesdays.
01:02:59There were extraordinary scenes on the South Bank this morning
01:03:03when officials arrived to take over premises
01:03:05which had been earmarked for demolition,
01:03:07in connection with the Festival of Britain plans.
01:03:10Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lord and their family
01:03:12had barricaded themselves inside their house
01:03:14and resisted all efforts of the police
01:03:16and officials to evict them.
01:03:18They kept up a steady stream of missiles
01:03:21from the upper windows,
01:03:22and three policemen and two council workmen
01:03:24were treated at Westminster Hospital
01:03:26for injuries caused in this way.
01:03:28The BBC correspondent on the South Bank,
01:03:30Maurice Hennessy, quotes Mr. Lord as saying,
01:03:34We are prepared to hold out for a month if necessary.
01:03:37The weather forecast for London and South East England.
01:03:41I say, they didn't use much of my stuff, did they?
01:03:43Never mind, Maurice, better luck tomorrow.
01:03:45Well, it's jealousy, of course, it's pure jealousy.
01:03:54Ah, my dear fellow, that's an awfully nasty eye you have there.
01:03:58It feels nasty.
01:04:00Don't tell me it came to hand-to-hand fighting.
01:04:02If you must know, it was a tomato.
01:04:05Well, let's get down to business, shall we?
01:04:07I have just left the Prime Minister.
01:04:10He's not at all pleased.
01:04:12You've all read the papers, I take it?
01:04:14Yes.
01:04:15I thought there was an awfully good picture of you in the Star.
01:04:18Oh, please.
01:04:19The Prime Minister has made it very clear
01:04:21that any recurrence of this sort of thing
01:04:23would be extremely bad publicity for the festival.
01:04:26What does he want us to do, then?
01:04:27Let them stay where they are?
01:04:29For the moment, yes.
01:04:30Preposterous.
01:04:31His instructions are that we rope off both ends of the street,
01:04:35put policemen on duty, and divert the traffic.
01:04:38All gas, water and electricity supplies to the house will be cut off.
01:04:42Other than that, no move will be made until they surrender their own accord.
01:04:45What do you mean, starve them out?
01:04:48Well, yes, that's about the size of it.
01:04:51And what date did you say the festival was opening?
01:04:53Huh?
01:05:01I thought you'd like to know, they've turned the water off.
01:05:04What did I tell you?
01:05:06Before you know where you are, they'll be turning the lights off, too.
01:05:09Oh.
01:05:10Oh, wait a minute, I've got a flashlight somewhere.
01:05:12I'll get it.
01:05:13Ooh!
01:05:14Ooh!
01:05:15Oh!
01:05:16Oh!
01:05:17Oh!
01:05:18Oh!
01:05:19Oh!
01:05:20Oh!
01:05:21Oh!
01:05:22Oh!
01:05:23Oh!
01:05:24Oh!
01:05:25Oh!
01:05:26Oh!
01:05:27Oh!
01:05:28Oh!
01:05:29Oh!
01:05:31Oh!
01:05:42if you ask me, it's a waste of time, all of this watching.
01:05:45What are we supposed to be looking for anyway?
01:05:47Well, we don't want to be taken by surprise, do we?
01:05:49Um, I don't think you ought to have that rabbit in here, it's not healthy!
01:05:53Now, don't start picking on Winston and not doing you any harm.
01:05:56He's the same to me as your spiritualism is to you!
01:05:58How can he be?
01:06:00Well, I'll tell you. Your spiritualism is a sort of secret dream.
01:06:04It's something that makes life worth living, isn't it?
01:06:06Winston's my dream, or at least part of it.
01:06:09Winston stands for a lot of things, don't you, Winston?
01:06:12Such as what?
01:06:13Retirement, for one thing.
01:06:15Pensions, peace, security, settling down with the family around me.
01:06:19For over 30 years of my life, I've lived with trains, Ada.
01:06:22I've slept with trains, ate with them.
01:06:25Washed them, nursed them, coaxed them, petted them, pampered them.
01:06:29Loved them, hated them, listened to them.
01:06:32But I never dreamed of them.
01:06:34You dreamed of that thing, I suppose.
01:06:36That's right.
01:06:38When me and Lil was first married on 30 Bob a week.
01:06:41When the kids came.
01:06:43When we went hungry in the 30s.
01:06:45When we were up, when we were down.
01:06:47When young Peter died in 1944.
01:06:51When Lil cried for three days, not knowing how to stop her or what to say to her.
01:06:56I never forgot Winston.
01:06:58I always kept him in the back of my mind.
01:07:00I said, once I've got him, everything's going to be all right.
01:07:03And now I've got him and everything is all right.
01:07:05I'm retired.
01:07:07The kids are all right.
01:07:08And Lil isn't going to cry anymore.
01:07:10But she wouldn't understand those things, would she, Winston?
01:07:13What are you going to do for the rest of your life?
01:07:15Jog along to the grave carrying a rabbit, I suppose?
01:07:18Well, that's exactly what I'm going to do.
01:07:20One of the few small mercies left in this world, Ada,
01:07:23is that a man can go to his grave in his own good time.
01:07:28Come on, you two, time for the changing of the guard.
01:07:31Thank heavens for that.
01:07:32I'd have been sick if I'd had to spend another minute in the same room with that rabbit.
01:07:36Dreams, indeed.
01:07:38This is the BBC Home Service.
01:07:40Today in Parliament.
01:07:42At question time in the House of Commons today,
01:07:44the Prime Minister was bombarded with questions
01:07:47about the government's attempt to evict the Lord family from their home on the South Bank.
01:07:52Members wanted to know how this London family had contrived for more than four days
01:07:57to defy every effort of the police to turn them out of their barricaded home.
01:08:01In his reply to a question from Sir Hector Withers,
01:08:04the Prime Minister objected to what he called the washing of dirty linen in public.
01:08:09There we are, Mr. Hennessy.
01:08:10All done with the old lily white hair.
01:08:12Thanks most awfully.
01:08:13It's not very good at the back, I'm afraid.
01:08:15And the sleeves are a bit creased.
01:08:16Still, it's only the front that shows, isn't it?
01:08:18Yes, I suppose it is.
01:08:20We can't have the BBC going about with a grubby front.
01:08:22Now, can we, Mr. Hennessy?
01:08:24No, indeed, that would never do.
01:08:25That might look too much like hard work, wouldn't it?
01:08:28Now, come along, eat this up while it's hot.
01:08:30Oh, Mr. Hennessy, I think you're ever so versatile.
01:08:34I've had to be, Miss Lord.
01:08:36I didn't know announcers called cookers when as talk.
01:08:38Miss Lord, on the salaries we get at the BBC, we have to know how to cook.
01:08:42Oh, no, sir.
01:08:44As a matter of fact, there's been absolutely no sign of any peace overtures from their side.
01:08:49No.
01:08:50No, nothing at all.
01:08:53Oh, no, sir, I don't think they're all dead.
01:08:56Well, in fact, I'm sure they're not.
01:08:58Well, that BBC fellow is still broadcasting every evening,
01:09:02and he hasn't mentioned anything about it.
01:09:04I hardly think he'd overlook a thing like that.
01:09:07Do you?
01:09:10No.
01:09:11No, as a matter of fact, he says they've got lashings of food.
01:09:14And so on the sixth day of the siege, we leave the Lord family still fighting fit and ready for all comers,
01:09:19thanks to their indomitable spirit and the absolutely splendid planning of their typical British housewife, Lillian Lord,
01:09:25whose larder, despite rationing, price controls, and all the demands the siege has made upon it,
01:09:29is still stocked with enough food to feed an army.
01:09:32This is your South Bank correspondent, Maurice Hennessey, returning you to Radio Newsreel Studio.
01:09:38OK, Charlie, cut it.
01:09:40Oh, you're on half a quiver.
01:09:41If we had enough food for tonight, we'd be lucky.
01:09:43No point in telling them that, eh?
01:09:45I didn't say it up.
01:09:47They won't like it.
01:09:48Cornflour shake and jelly babies.
01:09:56I'm all right, you two.
01:09:57Hop it.
01:09:58You can have it, I don't want it.
01:09:59What, no change?
01:10:00No, no change.
01:10:01Not a blinking sound out of them all day.
01:10:06Poor so-and-sos.
01:10:08I wonder if they'd like us to fetch them some fish and chips.
01:10:13What I'd like now'd be fish and chips.
01:10:15Nice piece of rock salmon and six pellets.
01:10:17Ida, do stop talking about food.
01:10:19I can't help it, I'm hungry.
01:10:21So are we all, but it doesn't help to keep on about it.
01:10:24Let's talk about something else, shall we?
01:10:26What?
01:10:27Well...
01:10:29Why didn't you ever get married?
01:10:31I nearly did once.
01:10:33It was when I was young and we lived at Clacton.
01:10:35He was the juvenile lead in the local repertory company.
01:10:38I met him at a whisk drive.
01:10:40Then I saw him on the stage in Bunty Pulls the Strings.
01:10:44Was he any good?
01:10:46Well, he said what he had to say quite nicely.
01:10:49He had lovely teeth.
01:10:51Then he had to cut a long story short, we got engaged.
01:10:54Engaged?
01:10:55Well, there's no need to sound so surprised.
01:10:57I've had my moments, even if I don't brag about them.
01:11:00We've been engaged for three years.
01:11:02Then he spoiled himself.
01:11:04Men always do, you know.
01:11:06Just go and spoil themselves at the wrong moment.
01:11:08What did you do?
01:11:09Well, we went canoeing.
01:11:11Of course, in those days, we used to.
01:11:13Nowadays, they go on bicycles, but I suppose it all leads to the same thing.
01:11:17What did this lead to?
01:11:19Well, we were on the river and when he got tired,
01:11:22we tied up to a sort of little island in the middle.
01:11:25It was then that he went and spoiled himself.
01:11:27How?
01:11:28Well, you know.
01:11:31In the canoe?
01:11:32No, on the island.
01:11:34There wasn't a soul in sight except a couple of nasty swans.
01:11:37That finished it, I suppose.
01:11:38Half it didn't.
01:11:39When I asked Lil what he meant, I didn't speak to him again.
01:11:43Did you love him?
01:11:45Well, I was never quite sure, really.
01:11:47Why?
01:11:48Well, there were so many of them, if you know what I mean.
01:11:51Actors are queer, you know, very unreliable.
01:11:54It's because they're artistic.
01:11:55They never have their feet on the ground long enough to stop acting.
01:11:58They act when they get up, when they eat,
01:12:01when they have their bath, when they walk along the street.
01:12:03They act all the time.
01:12:05Never natural, you know.
01:12:06Well, I mean to say, it's not very nice, is it?
01:12:08You'd never know who was kissing you along John Silver or Choo-Ching Chow.
01:12:14So you gave it all up, eh?
01:12:16Yes, and just at the right moment along came the spirits.
01:12:20Men are all right, I suppose.
01:12:22But me, well, I'm really much happier with Blue Feather.
01:12:31We could try the DDCV.
01:12:33No, no, no, that's no good.
01:12:34He'd only pass it on to the FOBDV.
01:12:36Then he'd send it back to us.
01:12:39I tell you what.
01:12:40Let's send the file to the DDVIP.
01:12:48Great Scott, look at that.
01:12:52Oh, I say, bad show.
01:12:54Yeah, it's a bad show.
01:12:55You know, if this sort of thing goes on much longer,
01:12:57you and I'll be due for promotion.
01:13:00Say, Wynne.
01:13:01Wynne, what on earth are you two doing?
01:13:04Well, we've had all the water.
01:13:08Cool.
01:13:09Aunt Ada, what's the matter with you?
01:13:11You look awful.
01:13:12I've had another of my nights.
01:13:14We've all been having bad nights.
01:13:15And I had a dream.
01:13:16Oh, what about?
01:13:17It was awful.
01:13:18I dreamt I was all alone on a raft, dying of hunger,
01:13:21trying to catch a fish with a Kirby grip.
01:13:23And suddenly it slipped away.
01:13:25I never saw it again.
01:13:26And I didn't think to eat.
01:13:27How many cheese biscuits?
01:13:28No cheese.
01:13:29Nope.
01:13:30No toast, I suppose.
01:13:31You need bread to make toast,
01:13:33and we haven't had bread for four days.
01:13:34You know that.
01:13:35All right, there's no need to shout.
01:13:43Hey, what are you doing with Winston?
01:13:45I know a wonderful dish made out of rabbit.
01:13:48Ada, put that down.
01:13:51After all, it isn't as though he's a rabbit.
01:13:54After all, it isn't as though he don't know where he's been or what he's eaten.
01:13:58He's had the best of everything all his life.
01:14:00You leave me alone and don't touch him again, or I'll...
01:14:03Oh, no!
01:14:04He went to strike me.
01:14:05Well, certainly right.
01:14:07I feel queer.
01:14:08Well, go back upstairs.
01:14:10I can't.
01:14:11My heart's missing.
01:14:12Well, go and look for it.
01:14:14My head's going funny, too.
01:14:16I feel as if I was floating about.
01:14:18Well, you can't be floating about outside.
01:14:19Hope you get captured.
01:14:20You won't let her touch Winston, will you, Dad?
01:14:23Over my dead body.
01:14:25That'll only be a matter of time for all of us if we go on like this.
01:14:41Good evening, sir.
01:14:42Good evening, Constable.
01:14:43We want to ask you a question.
01:14:44Yes, sir.
01:14:45Have you or your colleagues seen any sign of life coming from that house today?
01:14:48No, sir, not a vestige.
01:14:50No white flag?
01:14:51No distress signal of any sort?
01:14:52No, sir.
01:14:53Oh.
01:14:54It, uh, looks bad, does it?
01:14:56I'm afraid it does, sir.
01:14:57It does.
01:14:59I suppose we'd better go and report.
01:15:01Yes, let's go.
01:15:06They're still working on the festival site.
01:15:09Huh?
01:15:10Nice job of overtime for someone.
01:15:11It would be funny if nobody came after all this fuss.
01:15:14Oh, they'll come all right.
01:15:16I wouldn't have laughed if they didn't.
01:15:19Well, they came to Wembley, didn't they?
01:15:22Hm.
01:15:23Quite a long time ago at Wembley, same for now, doesn't it?
01:15:25Not to me.
01:15:26It only seems like yesterday.
01:15:28I was going to have Peter and you didn't know.
01:15:30And I was frightened to tell you because I thought it might upset you.
01:15:33And you couldn't make out why I wouldn't go on the scenic railway.
01:15:36And then you told me in the butter pavilion.
01:15:38That the Prince of Wales can't be best New Zealand standing right behind.
01:15:41And you cried.
01:15:43I didn't.
01:15:44You did, and people stared.
01:15:45And it was so hot I thought I was going to faint.
01:15:48And it took us half an hour to get a cup of tea.
01:15:50Hm.
01:15:52Poor old Peter.
01:15:53Yes, he was a good boy.
01:15:55He was.
01:15:56He loved to fight.
01:15:57Ah, I wouldn't have enjoyed this, eh?
01:16:00Henry.
01:16:01What?
01:16:02You sure we're doing the right thing?
01:16:04Yes, what?
01:16:05Oh, well, I don't know what to think anymore.
01:16:07First I'll listen to Common Sense.
01:16:09Then I'll listen to Cyril.
01:16:11Then I'll listen to you and the kids.
01:16:12And I don't know which is right.
01:16:15So, shall I tell you something?
01:16:17It better be funny.
01:16:18I think you're wonderful.
01:16:21Soppy date!
01:16:23Now, honest, love.
01:16:25No one I'd rather have a revolution with.
01:16:29No, sir.
01:16:30No, no signal of any sort.
01:16:32Yes, sir, Sir Charles is with me now.
01:16:34Who is that?
01:16:35Prime Minister.
01:16:38Yes, sir, we have both agreed that only a bold, decisive step can meet the circumstances.
01:16:44All right, all right, all right, all right.
01:16:45One at a time.
01:16:46Anyway, I think I ought to consult Blue Feather again.
01:16:48Oh, shut up, Ada, shut up.
01:16:49Cyril, what do you say?
01:16:51Well, we've been here for nine days now.
01:16:53We don't seem to be getting anywhere.
01:16:55Our food's run out.
01:16:56Our water's run out.
01:16:58I don't know.
01:16:59When we started, it seemed a pretty good idea.
01:17:01But now we're not so sure.
01:17:03I mean, they're obviously not coming in and we can't get out.
01:17:05But what would happen if we did?
01:17:07Oh, they'd grab us, I should think.
01:17:09Then it'd all be over.
01:17:10Well, if you ask me, it's all over now.
01:17:12I suggest that one of you goes out with a white flag.
01:17:15You'd have a job to find one.
01:17:16Everything's filthy.
01:17:18Anne, what do you say?
01:17:19It seems a pity, but we can't go on much longer, can we?
01:17:22Right.
01:17:23Ada?
01:17:24Am I allowed to speak?
01:17:26To say yes or no?
01:17:27Yes or no to what?
01:17:28Whether we carry on or give up.
01:17:30Give up.
01:17:31Right.
01:17:32Mr. Hennessy?
01:17:33I must admit I'm beginning to feel a bit peckish.
01:17:36Right.
01:17:37Joni?
01:17:38I don't count, I suppose.
01:17:39No, Marina, you don't.
01:17:40Joni?
01:17:41Well, as you're all agreed, I don't know why you bothered to ask me.
01:17:44But I'm against it.
01:17:45Eh?
01:17:46But you're the only one.
01:17:47Am I?
01:17:48What about Mum?
01:17:49Me?
01:17:50Oh, I don't know.
01:17:51I'll do whatever you say, Dad.
01:17:52What do you say, Dad?
01:17:53Oh, I was waiting for someone to ask me.
01:17:55Well, I've listened to all you've had to say, and I'm very disappointed in all of you, really.
01:17:59I am.
01:18:00Why, Dad?
01:18:01I never thought I'd see children of mine give up and run away.
01:18:05Oh, no, Mr. Lord.
01:18:06It's not running away.
01:18:08It's just facing facts.
01:18:09You can call it facing the facts, whatever you like.
01:18:11Mum's the same thing.
01:18:12Just because you're afraid of a little discomfort.
01:18:14Oh, no, Mr. Lord.
01:18:15All our water's gone, and what are we going to use for food?
01:18:18Well, we can manage somehow.
01:18:20Oh, no, Mr. Lord.
01:18:21I admire your spirit.
01:18:22We all do.
01:18:23But you can't expect nine people and a rabbit to go on living and fighting without food
01:18:28or water or heat or light.
01:18:30No, no, Mr. Lord.
01:18:31It's not possible.
01:18:32All right.
01:18:33All right, let's put it to the vote.
01:18:35All those in favor of giving up.
01:18:38Right.
01:18:45Oh, dear.
01:18:46I suppose I'd better follow him.
01:18:48Well, come on.
01:18:49Let's get on with it.
01:18:50Who's going out with a white flag?
01:18:51I will.
01:18:52No, no.
01:18:53It ought to be one of us.
01:18:54I'll go, if you like.
01:18:55All right.
01:18:56But what are we going to use for a white flag?
01:18:57I'll go and get a tray cloth.
01:18:58Go on, then.
01:18:59I see.
01:19:00There's something going on.
01:19:01What?
01:19:02Oh, what?
01:19:28Wait a moment there.
01:19:29Quick.
01:19:31Oh, dear.
01:19:32Quick.
01:19:33In here.
01:19:34What's that?
01:19:35Come back.
01:19:36Mr. Lord.
01:19:37Yes.
01:19:38What do you want now?
01:19:39Mr. and Mrs. Lord and family, we have this day won a great victory.
01:19:44Who have?
01:19:45We, the people.
01:19:46This day will go down in the annals of our glorious history as the day of the little
01:19:51man.
01:19:52Slowly but surely, the government of this great country has retreated.
01:19:55Until last night, at 10.33 p.m., it conceded victory to the Lord.
01:20:00What about our house?
01:20:01What are you going to do?
01:20:02By order of the Prime Minister, this home, this tiny shrine of independence, will be
01:20:07rebuilt from top to toe.
01:20:09But it doesn't look rebuilding.
01:20:11That has nothing to do with it.
01:20:13What about this road of yours?
01:20:15It will branch, Mr. Lord.
01:20:17It will branch from the left and to the right and join again in front of this humble but
01:20:22brave property.
01:20:24Oh!
01:20:25You mean there'll be a little island?
01:20:27Little in size, Mrs. Lord, but great in heart and magnificent in courage.
01:20:32A shrine to the Englishman who dared to fight to prove that his home was, whatever the cost,
01:20:38his castle.
01:20:39Well, I never cheat!
01:20:42Oh!
01:20:43Hooray!
01:20:45Hooray!
01:20:54Hooray!
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01:21:02Look at our tide!
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