��1 00:04:16,769 --> 00:04:20,603 "Mr. Speaker, will the 30s go down as the decade... 2 00:04:21,374 --> 00:04:23,672 "which witnessed the destruction... 3 00:04:23,743 --> 00:04:25,973 "and downfall of the British empire?" 4 00:04:28,047 --> 00:04:30,982 "That witnessed the wanton self-destruction... 5 00:04:33,286 --> 00:04:34,651 "of the British empire?" 6 00:04:35,822 --> 00:04:38,620 "If India were granted... 7 00:04:39,692 --> 00:04:41,557 "self-government... 8 00:04:41,861 --> 00:04:45,456 "it would mark the downfall of the British empire." 9 00:04:47,934 --> 00:04:51,165 "It would mark and consummate... 10 00:04:52,271 --> 00:04:55,001 "the downfall of the British empire." 11 00:05:10,323 --> 00:05:12,257 Mr. Inches, you're wanted! 12 00:05:14,327 --> 00:05:15,624 On my way. 13 00:05:34,814 --> 00:05:36,679 - Good morning. - Good morning, madam. 14 00:05:36,749 --> 00:05:39,479 Have to do something about Miss Sarah's gramophone. 15 00:05:39,552 --> 00:05:42,385 I don't want to start the day with a family altercation. 16 00:05:42,455 --> 00:05:43,888 - No, madam. - Hello, Mommy. 17 00:05:43,956 --> 00:05:45,355 Good morning, darling. 18 00:05:48,027 --> 00:05:51,190 Inches, kindly tell my daughter to turn off that bloody gramophone. 19 00:05:51,264 --> 00:05:53,095 Trashy music all over the house. 20 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:54,292 There you go, sir. 21 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:57,233 She knows I can't stand it. Why does she do it? 22 00:05:57,303 --> 00:05:59,237 Leave it to me, sir, will you? 23 00:06:01,174 --> 00:06:02,607 Have you been drinking? 24 00:06:02,675 --> 00:06:04,768 This time of the morning, sir? Certainly not. 25 00:06:04,844 --> 00:06:07,677 If you have, I hope it's your damn whiskey and not mine. 26 00:06:11,184 --> 00:06:12,811 What time is Mrs. P coming? 27 00:06:12,885 --> 00:06:14,182 Early afternoon, sir. 28 00:06:14,253 --> 00:06:18,349 - Early afternoon? Why not this morning? - Because you told her to come after lunch. 29 00:06:18,424 --> 00:06:20,688 Pure invention, I did nothing of the sort. 30 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,625 You said you're going to town this morning... 31 00:06:22,695 --> 00:06:25,027 so she would not be required until after lunch. 32 00:06:25,064 --> 00:06:27,328 I've changed my mind, I need to redraft the speech. 33 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,992 - Get her here now! - Yes, sir. 34 00:06:32,004 --> 00:06:33,767 - Thank you. - Mrs. Churchill? 35 00:06:34,273 --> 00:06:36,241 - Mrs. Landing. - Good morning, madam. 36 00:06:36,309 --> 00:06:38,300 Is something the matter? What's wrong? 37 00:06:38,377 --> 00:06:39,935 It's Mr. Monks, madam. 38 00:06:40,012 --> 00:06:42,071 - Butcher? - Yes, madam. 39 00:06:42,348 --> 00:06:44,942 It seems we haven't paid his bill for several weeks. 40 00:06:45,017 --> 00:06:50,114 And he says he'd rather not provide us with any more meat until the account's settled. 41 00:06:52,291 --> 00:06:53,849 Inches! 42 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,220 I'll write a check and you send one of the girls to deliver it. 43 00:06:57,296 --> 00:06:58,490 Thank you. 44 00:06:58,564 --> 00:07:00,293 Inches, liver salts. 45 00:07:04,537 --> 00:07:06,095 Good morning, sir. 46 00:07:07,607 --> 00:07:09,802 - Good morning. - Morning. 47 00:07:13,946 --> 00:07:16,972 - Randolph, you look dreadful. - Thank you, Mama. 48 00:07:17,049 --> 00:07:19,244 All those double brandies late last night. 49 00:07:19,318 --> 00:07:22,754 I'm not in the same league as my beloved papa. 50 00:07:22,822 --> 00:07:25,518 It's very bad of a young man to drink so much... 51 00:07:25,591 --> 00:07:28,424 Don't start nagging at this time of the morning, please? 52 00:07:28,594 --> 00:07:29,993 Let me wake up first. 53 00:07:33,633 --> 00:07:34,622 Who is it? 54 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:37,191 Winston, have you paid Mr. Monks? 55 00:07:37,637 --> 00:07:40,003 The butcher from Westerham, have you paid his bills? 56 00:07:40,072 --> 00:07:42,939 My dear Clemmie, I'm trying to save India from Mr. Gandhi... 57 00:07:43,009 --> 00:07:46,843 and his gang of subversive Hindus, to save British imperial power... 58 00:07:46,913 --> 00:07:49,575 from a disastrous eclipse, and save the Tory Party... 59 00:07:49,649 --> 00:07:52,049 from an act of shame and dishonor. 60 00:07:52,118 --> 00:07:54,348 In other words, you haven't paid the bill. 61 00:07:54,420 --> 00:07:57,218 For God's sake, woman, I can't do everything! 62 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:14,599 Good morning, Mrs. P! 63 00:08:14,674 --> 00:08:17,006 Good morning, Mary! How's she going? 64 00:08:17,076 --> 00:08:18,134 Fine, thank you. 65 00:08:18,210 --> 00:08:19,802 You look lovely! 66 00:08:20,780 --> 00:08:22,611 I thought he said after lunch. 67 00:08:22,682 --> 00:08:24,547 He did. He's changed his mind. 68 00:08:24,617 --> 00:08:28,383 I wish he didn't do that. I have to take the girls to Westerham to buy shoes. 69 00:08:28,454 --> 00:08:30,945 Heaven knows when I'll get another opportunity. 70 00:08:32,692 --> 00:08:34,717 - Mr. Churchill? - Mrs. P, at last! 71 00:08:34,794 --> 00:08:35,783 Good morning. 72 00:08:35,861 --> 00:08:38,796 We have much to do and very little time in which to do it. 73 00:08:39,065 --> 00:08:43,161 Inches, please tell Mr. Churchill I've decided to go to town with him. 74 00:08:43,235 --> 00:08:46,136 - What time will he be leaving? - 11:30, madam. On the dot. 75 00:08:48,441 --> 00:08:50,272 We'll revise this speech... 76 00:08:50,409 --> 00:08:53,503 and go on to the second chapter... 77 00:08:53,746 --> 00:08:55,236 on the way up to London. 78 00:08:55,648 --> 00:08:58,048 - Today? - Anything wrong with that? 79 00:08:58,117 --> 00:09:01,052 No, of course not, Mr. Churchill. 80 00:09:01,220 --> 00:09:04,212 And bring my notes for the Battle of Blenheim. 81 00:09:09,495 --> 00:09:13,124 - Clemmie, did I keep you waiting? - Not more than usual. 82 00:09:13,199 --> 00:09:15,690 - Good morning, Mrs. Churchill. - How are you, Mrs. P? 83 00:09:15,768 --> 00:09:18,601 - I think I'm fine... - As happy as a clam, aren't you? 84 00:09:18,671 --> 00:09:21,299 Don't let him boss you about, he's a dreadful bully. 85 00:09:21,374 --> 00:09:23,638 Nonsense, Mrs. P adores me. 86 00:09:34,587 --> 00:09:37,954 - How are you getting on with your book? - Very well. 87 00:09:38,024 --> 00:09:40,584 Volume 2, Chapter 20, the Battle of Blenheim. 88 00:09:40,660 --> 00:09:42,753 We're already on page 800 and something. 89 00:09:42,828 --> 00:09:46,093 I think the publishers hoped for something a little shorter. 90 00:09:46,165 --> 00:09:48,725 Bugger the publishers, this is more than a biography. 91 00:09:48,801 --> 00:09:50,166 It's a panegyric... 92 00:09:50,236 --> 00:09:53,296 a tribute to my great and illustrious ancestor. 93 00:09:53,406 --> 00:09:56,967 Get a move on, Jenner, overtake! 94 00:10:01,981 --> 00:10:05,109 Remember when Randolph and I went off... 95 00:10:05,184 --> 00:10:06,913 to see the battlefield? 96 00:10:07,753 --> 00:10:08,811 Of course. 97 00:10:09,288 --> 00:10:11,415 I dreamt about it last night. 98 00:10:12,124 --> 00:10:13,682 I could see everything. 99 00:10:14,794 --> 00:10:16,659 The enemy being routed... 100 00:10:16,729 --> 00:10:20,187 Europe saved from those ravaging hordes... 101 00:10:21,667 --> 00:10:23,430 and there was Marlborough... 102 00:10:24,103 --> 00:10:25,730 riding into history. 103 00:10:26,572 --> 00:10:27,937 Our eyes met. 104 00:10:29,709 --> 00:10:32,872 I think he smiled at me. 105 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,563 You shouldn't have had so much cheese. 106 00:10:35,563 --> 00:10:35,961 You shouldn't have had so much cheese. 107 00:10:36,096 --> 00:10:38,223 Stilton always gives you nightmares. 108 00:10:48,042 --> 00:10:51,307 "Mr. Speaker, the loss of India... 109 00:10:51,478 --> 00:10:55,380 "would mark and consummate the downfall of the British empire. 110 00:10:55,449 --> 00:10:57,781 "If we cannot do our duty in India... 111 00:10:58,485 --> 00:11:01,352 "we shall have shown ourselves unworthy... 112 00:11:01,922 --> 00:11:04,288 "to preserve the vast empire... 113 00:11:04,592 --> 00:11:08,119 "which still centers upon this small island. 114 00:11:09,396 --> 00:11:10,886 "It is alarming... 115 00:11:11,699 --> 00:11:14,725 "and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi... 116 00:11:14,802 --> 00:11:17,100 "a seditious Middle Temple lawyer... 117 00:11:17,371 --> 00:11:21,467 "now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the East... 118 00:11:22,509 --> 00:11:26,570 "striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal Palace... 119 00:11:27,414 --> 00:11:30,349 "to parley on equal terms... 120 00:11:31,352 --> 00:11:33,912 "with the representative of the King Emperor." 121 00:11:36,924 --> 00:11:40,382 Councils, private members' bills, second reading. 122 00:11:48,202 --> 00:11:49,897 What a monstrous speech. 123 00:11:50,738 --> 00:11:52,296 You're his friend, Bracken. 124 00:11:52,373 --> 00:11:55,809 You should tell him to stop making a fool of himself. It's pathetic. 125 00:11:55,876 --> 00:11:59,778 Britain is losing her grip on its imperial affairs. He's trying to stop the rot. 126 00:11:59,847 --> 00:12:00,836 Rubbish. 127 00:12:00,914 --> 00:12:04,748 Winston's a self-serving opportunist. That's why nobody trusts him. No loyalty. 128 00:12:04,818 --> 00:12:07,082 Does his party count for nothing? 129 00:12:07,154 --> 00:12:10,123 Is it disloyal to defend what one believes in passionately? 130 00:12:10,190 --> 00:12:13,682 He's attacking government policy, so he's attacking his own party. 131 00:12:13,761 --> 00:12:18,164 It's about time he toed the line and stopped being such a bloody nuisance. 132 00:12:18,966 --> 00:12:20,934 Wrong hat, Tom. 133 00:12:26,407 --> 00:12:29,069 Mr. Woods, this is appalling. 134 00:12:30,444 --> 00:12:34,471 You must remember that your husband lost a very substantial sum... 135 00:12:34,548 --> 00:12:36,641 as a result of the Wall Street crash. 136 00:12:37,151 --> 00:12:38,550 We're bankrupt. 137 00:12:38,952 --> 00:12:40,010 Not exactly. 138 00:12:40,454 --> 00:12:44,117 But I have made it clear to your husband that economies are necessary. 139 00:12:44,358 --> 00:12:45,586 What did he say? 140 00:12:47,027 --> 00:12:50,758 He promised to cut down to three bottles of champagne in the evening. 141 00:12:58,038 --> 00:12:59,938 There was a time... 142 00:13:00,207 --> 00:13:03,904 when people used to rush into the chamber to hear me speak. 143 00:13:05,646 --> 00:13:08,945 "It's Winston," they'd cry. "Winston's on his feet." 144 00:13:10,484 --> 00:13:12,213 Now they hurry away... 145 00:13:12,953 --> 00:13:16,184 as if to avoid an embarrassing accident. 146 00:13:18,992 --> 00:13:20,482 I'm finished, Brendan. 147 00:13:21,161 --> 00:13:22,253 Nonsense. 148 00:13:22,696 --> 00:13:23,856 A ghost... 149 00:13:25,766 --> 00:13:28,326 Witnessing my own demise. 150 00:13:50,724 --> 00:13:51,884 Diana. 151 00:13:52,593 --> 00:13:53,617 Desmond. 152 00:13:53,694 --> 00:13:56,993 - Have you met my husband? - At the wedding. Good to see you again. 153 00:13:57,064 --> 00:13:58,964 I'm so glad to see you. 154 00:13:59,233 --> 00:14:01,394 Hello, Morton, how's the spying game? 155 00:14:01,468 --> 00:14:04,232 I'm not a spy, I'm a civil servant. Where's your father? 156 00:14:04,304 --> 00:14:07,933 I'm afraid he's having a black-dog day. We rely on you to get him out of it. 157 00:14:08,008 --> 00:14:11,603 He returned from London in a terrible mood. He's been like that ever since. 158 00:14:25,959 --> 00:14:27,017 Winston! 159 00:14:32,199 --> 00:14:34,633 Come on, Winston, lunch in five minutes. 160 00:14:34,701 --> 00:14:36,669 Dogs look up to you. 161 00:14:37,204 --> 00:14:39,069 Cats look down on you. 162 00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:42,131 Pigs treat you as equals. 163 00:14:45,446 --> 00:14:47,107 What is it? India? 164 00:14:48,148 --> 00:14:49,342 Partly. 165 00:14:50,050 --> 00:14:51,881 - Partly these. - What about them? 166 00:14:51,952 --> 00:14:53,180 Full of Herr Hitler. 167 00:14:53,887 --> 00:14:54,876 Made me think. 168 00:14:55,989 --> 00:14:58,253 At 35, I was Home Secretary... 169 00:14:58,325 --> 00:15:01,624 37, First Lord of the Admiralty... 170 00:15:01,695 --> 00:15:05,131 at 50, Chancellor of the Exchequer, doing pretty well. 171 00:15:05,299 --> 00:15:07,290 - Not bad. - Now look at me. 172 00:15:08,168 --> 00:15:11,194 No power, no prospect of power. 173 00:15:12,473 --> 00:15:13,531 Look at Hitler. 174 00:15:14,508 --> 00:15:17,500 From bugger-all to head of state in 10 years. 175 00:15:21,215 --> 00:15:23,376 - Come and have some lunch. - Not hungry. 176 00:15:24,451 --> 00:15:26,942 - Everyone's waiting. - Let them wait. 177 00:15:28,789 --> 00:15:30,916 Come and have a drink at least. 178 00:15:30,991 --> 00:15:32,959 What have you got there? 179 00:15:34,561 --> 00:15:37,223 - I'll show you indoors. - Will it cheer me up? 180 00:15:38,665 --> 00:15:40,064 Not exactly. 181 00:15:40,501 --> 00:15:42,526 You may be right about Germany. 182 00:15:42,870 --> 00:15:44,064 What do you mean? 183 00:15:49,510 --> 00:15:50,738 What is all this? 184 00:15:51,044 --> 00:15:53,877 It's a report from our air attach� in Berlin. 185 00:15:54,781 --> 00:15:58,342 He says the Nazis have in training over 8,000 pilots. 186 00:15:59,186 --> 00:16:00,585 Sounds as if Hitler... 187 00:16:01,221 --> 00:16:03,212 is creating an air force. 188 00:16:03,824 --> 00:16:05,155 I would say so. 189 00:16:05,392 --> 00:16:07,451 Yes, but the Prime Minister would not. 190 00:16:07,694 --> 00:16:09,161 God help us, Desmond. 191 00:16:09,997 --> 00:16:12,465 England is lost in a pacifist dream. 192 00:16:13,834 --> 00:16:16,530 People prefer that to the nightmare of war. 193 00:16:17,604 --> 00:16:20,767 Passchendaele and the Somme are all too close for comfort. 194 00:16:22,376 --> 00:16:24,810 If people are dreaming, it means they're asleep. 195 00:16:25,145 --> 00:16:26,874 It's time they bloody woke up. 196 00:16:40,127 --> 00:16:41,253 Mr. Baldwin? 197 00:16:41,762 --> 00:16:42,854 Prime Minister. 198 00:16:42,930 --> 00:16:43,919 Herr Brecker. 199 00:16:45,065 --> 00:16:48,159 My government is very displeased by a number of scurrilous... 200 00:16:48,235 --> 00:16:50,726 and totally unfounded attacks on the Third Reich... 201 00:16:50,804 --> 00:16:53,773 that seem to emanate from your ambassador's office in Berlin. 202 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,502 - Sir Robert? - Yes. I'll make the appropriate inquiries. 203 00:16:56,577 --> 00:16:59,068 If it's true, we shall take immediate action. 204 00:16:59,146 --> 00:17:03,105 I deplore any attempt to create feelings of doubt and suspicion. 205 00:17:03,216 --> 00:17:05,446 I am anxious to work closely with Germany... 206 00:17:05,519 --> 00:17:06,918 under the new order. 207 00:17:06,987 --> 00:17:08,750 Thank you, Mr. Baldwin. 208 00:17:10,524 --> 00:17:11,548 Mr. Wigram. 209 00:17:12,225 --> 00:17:15,194 Perhaps you will let me know the results of these inquiries. 210 00:17:15,495 --> 00:17:18,191 Our most recent dispatch from our ambassador reported... 211 00:17:18,265 --> 00:17:20,859 that Nazi policy is intensely anti-Jewish. 212 00:17:20,934 --> 00:17:23,801 Is that "scurrilous and totally unfounded"? 213 00:17:24,271 --> 00:17:28,139 The Jews have become far too prominent in many aspects of German life. 214 00:17:28,942 --> 00:17:31,206 Their influence is disproportionate. 215 00:17:31,345 --> 00:17:33,745 Our policies are merely adjusting the balance. 216 00:17:33,914 --> 00:17:36,849 Is that why you built a concentration camp outside Munich? 217 00:17:37,017 --> 00:17:39,952 It is a place of protective custody, Mr. Wigram. 218 00:17:40,721 --> 00:17:43,986 Remember, it was the British who invented the concentration camp... 219 00:17:44,057 --> 00:17:46,423 during the Boer War, I believe. 220 00:17:47,127 --> 00:17:49,391 We are merely following your good example. 221 00:18:01,241 --> 00:18:03,106 Jolly good, what you said in there. 222 00:18:03,276 --> 00:18:05,471 Nothing but bully boys, these damn Nazis. 223 00:18:05,545 --> 00:18:09,140 - They get away with it, that's the trouble. - Nobody does anything about it. 224 00:18:09,216 --> 00:18:10,376 That's right. 225 00:18:10,450 --> 00:18:12,145 - Very alarming. - It is. 226 00:18:12,786 --> 00:18:15,016 - Desmond Morton. - Ralph Wigram. 227 00:18:15,155 --> 00:18:17,055 Foreign Office, Central Department. 228 00:18:17,124 --> 00:18:20,651 Dear. I'm sorry, have we met before? I'm terrible at faces. 229 00:18:20,727 --> 00:18:23,195 I'm afraid it's my training, military intelligence. 230 00:18:23,263 --> 00:18:27,700 I have a filing cabinet instead of a mind. I'm going to Charing Cross, can I drop you? 231 00:18:27,768 --> 00:18:29,326 Yes, thank you. 232 00:18:31,571 --> 00:18:32,799 Thank you very much. 233 00:19:00,735 --> 00:19:01,895 Deuce. 234 00:19:06,941 --> 00:19:09,375 I think she wants to do it professionally. 235 00:19:10,878 --> 00:19:13,403 - Annoying people? - No, the stage. 236 00:19:13,714 --> 00:19:14,738 Nonsense. 237 00:19:16,017 --> 00:19:18,542 Girls go on the stage to marry into a good family. 238 00:19:19,086 --> 00:19:23,250 Sarah already belongs to a good family. Ladies do not become chorus girls. 239 00:19:28,162 --> 00:19:29,527 There's no cake. 240 00:19:29,930 --> 00:19:32,592 - Pardon, sir? - You've forgotten the cake. 241 00:19:32,667 --> 00:19:35,534 - There isn't any. - That's what I'm telling you, silly girl. 242 00:19:35,603 --> 00:19:38,231 We don't have any cake. That's what she means. 243 00:19:38,306 --> 00:19:41,935 Don't have any cake? Of course we have cake. Dundee cake from Fortnum's. 244 00:19:42,343 --> 00:19:44,470 - Thank you, Peggy. - Yes, ma'am. 245 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:49,377 - What on earth's going on? - We have to make economies, Winston. 246 00:19:49,850 --> 00:19:51,374 What are you talking about? 247 00:19:51,452 --> 00:19:53,920 I'm worried about money, I went to see Mr. Woods. 248 00:19:53,988 --> 00:19:55,751 Four queens. Why? 249 00:19:56,324 --> 00:19:58,019 He's my accountant as well. 250 00:19:58,125 --> 00:20:00,320 You could've told me, could've gone together. 251 00:20:00,394 --> 00:20:02,658 I wanted to see exactly how bad things are. 252 00:20:03,631 --> 00:20:07,362 - Could be worse, that's the answer. - We've got the most enormous overdraft. 253 00:20:07,968 --> 00:20:10,095 - We're paying it off. - No, we're not. 254 00:20:10,171 --> 00:20:12,537 For God's sake, Clemmie, I'm working day and night. 255 00:20:12,606 --> 00:20:15,507 All these articles for The Evening Standard, Marlborough... 256 00:20:15,576 --> 00:20:17,908 not to mention the constituency work. 257 00:20:18,045 --> 00:20:20,104 I know, that's why we have to economize. 258 00:20:20,781 --> 00:20:23,306 Like depriving me of my Dundee cake. 259 00:20:26,053 --> 00:20:28,283 You're paying all of Randolph's debts. 260 00:20:28,356 --> 00:20:30,824 Randolph is hopeless with money, we all know that. 261 00:20:30,891 --> 00:20:32,324 He's irresponsible. 262 00:20:32,426 --> 00:20:34,087 I'll talk to him. 263 00:20:42,269 --> 00:20:44,328 - It's your turn. - What? 264 00:20:44,972 --> 00:20:47,736 - It's not... - It is, come along. 265 00:20:48,709 --> 00:20:50,472 You just won the last trick. 266 00:20:52,046 --> 00:20:53,946 Bezique, double bezique. 267 00:20:55,616 --> 00:20:56,981 Score it. 268 00:20:57,284 --> 00:20:59,184 Double bezique, 500 points. 269 00:20:59,253 --> 00:21:01,813 - Winston, I know how to score. - Do it. 270 00:21:04,759 --> 00:21:07,489 It's not just Randolph, it's this house, it's Chartwell. 271 00:21:07,561 --> 00:21:09,461 That's where all the money goes. 272 00:21:09,563 --> 00:21:10,587 All right. 273 00:21:10,664 --> 00:21:12,188 We employ 18 people here. 274 00:21:12,266 --> 00:21:13,255 Surely not. 275 00:21:13,334 --> 00:21:15,802 It's ruinously expensive. We shouldn't have bought it. 276 00:21:15,870 --> 00:21:16,894 Don't start. 277 00:21:16,971 --> 00:21:18,802 - You went behind my back. - I did not. 278 00:21:18,873 --> 00:21:21,740 You knew I didn't like it and you deliberately deceived me. 279 00:21:21,809 --> 00:21:25,040 - That's not true. - I never saw such an ugly house. 280 00:21:30,217 --> 00:21:32,617 You may find the house ugly, I do not. 281 00:21:33,721 --> 00:21:35,552 Anyway, that's beside the point. 282 00:21:39,493 --> 00:21:41,461 - Come with me. - What for? 283 00:21:41,529 --> 00:21:43,087 I want to show you something. 284 00:21:43,197 --> 00:21:45,461 - Don't change the subject. - I'm not. 285 00:21:45,866 --> 00:21:47,561 Come with me, please. 286 00:21:59,246 --> 00:22:01,146 That's why I bought it. 287 00:22:02,049 --> 00:22:05,541 Not because the house is beautiful, but because of that. 288 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,481 What you can see from the house. 289 00:22:08,789 --> 00:22:09,778 England. 290 00:22:11,892 --> 00:22:13,120 Look at it, Clemmie. 291 00:22:14,361 --> 00:22:15,885 Nowhere in the world... 292 00:22:15,963 --> 00:22:18,932 could you find a landscape more ravishing than that. 293 00:22:20,501 --> 00:22:22,093 And it's ours... 294 00:22:23,270 --> 00:22:26,899 to look at and to cherish for the rest of our lives. 295 00:22:29,276 --> 00:22:31,403 I would die for it, Clemmie. 296 00:22:37,418 --> 00:22:38,646 Winston. 297 00:22:55,603 --> 00:22:56,763 Ralph! 298 00:22:57,204 --> 00:22:59,263 Some rather unwelcome news, I'm afraid. 299 00:22:59,340 --> 00:23:03,174 The Cabinet has decided to sell aircraft engines to the Germans. 300 00:23:03,244 --> 00:23:04,404 I don't believe it. 301 00:23:04,478 --> 00:23:07,447 To be precise, 118 Rolls Royce PV-12 Merlins. 302 00:23:07,515 --> 00:23:08,504 God almighty. 303 00:23:08,582 --> 00:23:11,142 Designed for civilian use, I am told... 304 00:23:11,218 --> 00:23:13,584 but we know they can be used for fighter planes. 305 00:23:13,654 --> 00:23:14,951 This is total madness. 306 00:23:15,022 --> 00:23:18,458 "Trade should have no boundaries," says the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 307 00:23:18,526 --> 00:23:22,223 "If we don't sell, somebody else will." I suppose there's some logic in that. 308 00:23:22,296 --> 00:23:24,127 What are we doing here, Van? 309 00:23:24,198 --> 00:23:27,292 We make recommendations, write briefing notes, nobody listens. 310 00:23:27,368 --> 00:23:29,336 Nobody in Downing Street gives a damn. 311 00:23:29,403 --> 00:23:31,633 They're not very interested... 312 00:23:31,939 --> 00:23:34,908 in uncomfortable things like political reality. 313 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,390 Surely the Germans aren't allowed to rearm. 314 00:23:55,462 --> 00:23:57,430 Try telling that to Mr. Hitler. 315 00:23:57,498 --> 00:23:59,557 Why doesn't the government do something? 316 00:23:59,633 --> 00:24:02,602 They don't want to provoke another war. Who does? 317 00:24:03,170 --> 00:24:05,730 - And they feel guilty. - About what? 318 00:24:05,806 --> 00:24:08,570 The Treaty of Versailles, it was far too punitive. 319 00:24:08,642 --> 00:24:10,906 It robbed the Germans of their self-esteem. 320 00:24:10,978 --> 00:24:14,414 - He's tired. I'm getting him ready for bed. - Thank you, Ethel. 321 00:24:15,683 --> 00:24:16,843 Shall we go up? 322 00:24:18,953 --> 00:24:21,183 Mr. Baldwin believes a strong Germany... 323 00:24:21,255 --> 00:24:22,847 will keep Russia in its place. 324 00:24:22,923 --> 00:24:26,484 The government regards the Communists as a greater threat than the Nazis. 325 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,653 - And are they? - I think not. 326 00:24:28,729 --> 00:24:31,857 Nazism is more than just a political movement. 327 00:24:32,232 --> 00:24:33,426 It's a cult... 328 00:24:33,734 --> 00:24:36,430 a religion based on the idea of racial purity. 329 00:24:37,171 --> 00:24:39,833 Mankind, the Nazis believe, is divided between... 330 00:24:39,907 --> 00:24:41,966 the man-gods and the subhumans... 331 00:24:42,776 --> 00:24:45,142 aliens who will be used as beasts of burden... 332 00:24:45,212 --> 00:24:46,702 or merely disposed of. 333 00:24:47,548 --> 00:24:50,176 Those with pure Aryan blood are the man-gods. 334 00:24:51,452 --> 00:24:53,283 The beasts are the Jews. 335 00:24:54,688 --> 00:24:56,155 You ready for bed? 336 00:24:57,925 --> 00:24:59,358 Charlie. 337 00:24:59,593 --> 00:25:01,185 Daddy. 338 00:25:05,733 --> 00:25:07,291 Charlie, my boy. 339 00:25:07,468 --> 00:25:08,765 Hello, beautiful boy. 340 00:25:08,836 --> 00:25:10,064 You ready for bed? 341 00:25:10,170 --> 00:25:12,138 Yes, you ready for bed? 342 00:25:18,078 --> 00:25:19,477 Sweet dreams, big man. 343 00:25:22,650 --> 00:25:23,981 Good night, sweetheart. 344 00:25:24,551 --> 00:25:25,916 Good night. 345 00:25:35,663 --> 00:25:38,894 What part of Germany are you from, Herr Baron? 346 00:25:39,199 --> 00:25:42,066 Bavaria, some 10 miles from Munich. 347 00:25:42,636 --> 00:25:45,605 - Do you know it? - I was there last year with my family. 348 00:25:46,273 --> 00:25:47,399 On holiday? 349 00:25:47,474 --> 00:25:50,966 No, researching for my book on the Duke of Marlborough. 350 00:25:51,045 --> 00:25:54,071 - Having a look at the battlefields. - How very exciting. 351 00:25:55,249 --> 00:25:57,444 One has to visit the actual places... 352 00:25:57,518 --> 00:26:00,043 tread the terrain, as it were. 353 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:01,747 We nearly had tea with Hitler. 354 00:26:01,822 --> 00:26:04,882 - In Munich? - At the Ambassador hotel. 355 00:26:04,958 --> 00:26:06,118 The Regina hotel. 356 00:26:06,293 --> 00:26:07,988 The Ambassador's in Vienna. 357 00:26:08,062 --> 00:26:10,929 Please, don't interrupt me when I'm trying to interrupt you! 358 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:13,989 Herr Schroder... 359 00:26:14,068 --> 00:26:15,968 have you ever seen Herr Hitler? 360 00:26:16,036 --> 00:26:19,528 - I've met him. - Really? When was this? 361 00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:23,701 Quite recently. I was having dinner with friends. 362 00:26:23,844 --> 00:26:25,539 Hitler was the principal guest. 363 00:26:25,813 --> 00:26:28,782 - What's he like? - My first impression... 364 00:26:29,717 --> 00:26:31,207 insignificance. 365 00:26:31,719 --> 00:26:33,448 Utterly insignificant. 366 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,318 A gray face, slate gray. 367 00:26:37,291 --> 00:26:39,957 Melancholy jet-black eyes, like raisins. 368 00:26:39,957 --> 00:26:40,423 Melancholy jet-black eyes, like raisins. 369 00:26:41,425 --> 00:26:43,586 A figure out of a ghost story. 370 00:26:45,295 --> 00:26:47,195 He talked on and on, endlessly. 371 00:26:47,931 --> 00:26:50,161 "Out of Parsifal," he said... 372 00:26:50,534 --> 00:26:52,434 "I shall make a religion." 373 00:26:53,537 --> 00:26:56,233 His oily hair fell into his face when he ranted. 374 00:26:57,641 --> 00:26:58,835 Then... 375 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:01,605 quite suddenly, he left. 376 00:27:03,647 --> 00:27:06,275 He bowed to me like a waiter... 377 00:27:06,350 --> 00:27:08,409 who has just received a fair tip. 378 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:12,513 When he left... 379 00:27:14,191 --> 00:27:15,624 nobody moved... 380 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,549 nobody spoke. 381 00:27:19,196 --> 00:27:20,720 We all sat in silence. 382 00:27:22,199 --> 00:27:23,325 Rather like this. 383 00:27:31,908 --> 00:27:34,399 "After the Great War, we were told that Germany... 384 00:27:34,478 --> 00:27:37,242 "would be a democracy with parliamentary institutions. 385 00:27:37,648 --> 00:27:40,412 "All this has been swept away. What do you have? 386 00:27:40,484 --> 00:27:43,248 "Dictatorship, the most grim dictatorship. 387 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,914 "You have the persecution of the Jews. 388 00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:48,353 "You have militarism and appeals... 389 00:27:48,425 --> 00:27:50,757 "to every form of fighting spirit." 390 00:27:51,161 --> 00:27:52,594 Baldwin won't like that. 391 00:27:52,663 --> 00:27:55,257 He sincerely believes that Hitler does not want war. 392 00:27:55,332 --> 00:27:57,857 - Baldwin. - Not just Baldwin, many others. 393 00:27:58,201 --> 00:27:59,361 They're wrong. 394 00:27:59,436 --> 00:28:02,200 You think so, I think so, but don't underestimate them. 395 00:28:02,272 --> 00:28:04,365 They admire Hitler. They won't like it. 396 00:28:04,441 --> 00:28:05,635 They can lump it. 397 00:28:06,843 --> 00:28:07,741 Order! 398 00:28:10,547 --> 00:28:14,074 "You have dictatorship, most grim dictatorship." 399 00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:19,888 Order! 400 00:28:19,956 --> 00:28:22,390 "You have the persecution of the Jews. 401 00:28:24,361 --> 00:28:26,352 "You have militarism... 402 00:28:26,430 --> 00:28:28,990 "and appeals to every form of fighting spirit." 403 00:28:29,066 --> 00:28:30,294 Germany wants peace! 404 00:28:30,367 --> 00:28:33,962 "We have steadily marched backward since the Great War. 405 00:28:36,239 --> 00:28:38,230 "Fears are greater. 406 00:28:38,709 --> 00:28:40,301 "Rivalries are sharper. 407 00:28:40,744 --> 00:28:44,202 "Military plans are more closely concerted. 408 00:28:44,281 --> 00:28:47,717 "And because of our disarmament, Britain is weaker." 409 00:28:50,687 --> 00:28:51,984 Order! 410 00:28:52,889 --> 00:28:56,086 The right honorable gentleman must be heard! 411 00:28:56,159 --> 00:28:57,626 "The war mentality... 412 00:28:57,694 --> 00:29:00,686 "The war mentality is springing up again. 413 00:29:01,064 --> 00:29:05,626 "Britain's hour of weakness is Europe's hour of danger." 414 00:29:09,906 --> 00:29:11,430 Mr. Pettifer. 415 00:29:11,842 --> 00:29:14,310 Mr. Speaker, although one is loathe... 416 00:29:14,377 --> 00:29:17,210 to criticize anyone in the evening of his days... 417 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,078 nothing can excuse the right honorable member for Epping... 418 00:29:20,150 --> 00:29:22,209 for having permeated his entire speech... 419 00:29:22,285 --> 00:29:25,220 with the atmosphere that Germany is arming for war. 420 00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:30,056 May I remind the right honorable member that a poll conducted... 421 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:34,028 by the League of Nations found that over 90 percent of the British people... 422 00:29:34,097 --> 00:29:36,122 favor international disarmament? 423 00:29:36,199 --> 00:29:37,188 Hear, hear. 424 00:29:37,334 --> 00:29:39,131 And let us not forget... 425 00:29:39,202 --> 00:29:42,603 that a child born on the day the Great War ended... 426 00:29:42,739 --> 00:29:46,732 is now just old enough to die in the next Great War. 427 00:29:46,810 --> 00:29:48,402 It is our duty, Mr. Speaker... 428 00:29:48,478 --> 00:29:50,810 to ensure that there is no next Great War. 429 00:29:51,448 --> 00:29:52,972 This country wants peace! 430 00:30:02,425 --> 00:30:04,893 People say, "Winston won't mind. 431 00:30:05,695 --> 00:30:07,492 "He's used to being shouted at." 432 00:30:07,564 --> 00:30:09,031 They're wrong... 433 00:30:09,299 --> 00:30:10,857 and it hurts deeply. 434 00:30:11,601 --> 00:30:15,162 Especially from your own party. 435 00:30:15,238 --> 00:30:17,570 The Tories don't want to be made to think. 436 00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:20,201 What you're saying is right. That's what matters. 437 00:30:20,343 --> 00:30:22,368 They don't listen, that's what matters. 438 00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:25,039 It's like banging your head against a brick wall. 439 00:30:26,550 --> 00:30:28,108 One can't go on forever. 440 00:30:28,618 --> 00:30:30,745 Most men of my age have retired. 441 00:30:31,621 --> 00:30:34,681 They do a bit of gardening, enjoy a spot of golf... 442 00:30:34,758 --> 00:30:38,489 enjoy a few years of quietude. 443 00:30:39,329 --> 00:30:40,557 And die. 444 00:30:42,432 --> 00:30:45,993 All those dreams of standing shoulder to shoulder... 445 00:30:46,069 --> 00:30:48,799 with Marlborough and all the other heroes... 446 00:30:48,872 --> 00:30:50,396 Stupid nonsense! 447 00:30:50,874 --> 00:30:54,275 If you give up now, then you'll never know. 448 00:30:54,411 --> 00:30:56,936 Give up, give up what? 449 00:30:57,514 --> 00:31:01,610 - There's nothing to give up. - You're depressed, black dog's barking. 450 00:31:01,685 --> 00:31:03,983 Perhaps he's barking the truth. 451 00:31:12,996 --> 00:31:15,760 Do you remember last year when Inches fell ill? 452 00:31:16,566 --> 00:31:19,626 It wasn't the flu, it was something more serious. 453 00:31:19,769 --> 00:31:23,102 - Why didn't you tell me? - Because he told me not to. 454 00:31:23,206 --> 00:31:25,766 Doctor said he should give up work completely... 455 00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:27,366 but he refused. 456 00:31:28,545 --> 00:31:31,105 "Mr. Churchill needs me," he said. 457 00:31:31,781 --> 00:31:34,807 And it's not just Inches, it's Mrs. P, the staff... 458 00:31:34,885 --> 00:31:37,854 your constituency workers, me, we're all the same. 459 00:31:37,921 --> 00:31:41,084 You have the ability to make people carry on, no matter what. 460 00:31:41,157 --> 00:31:43,455 You're only trying to cheer me up. Don't. 461 00:31:43,526 --> 00:31:45,619 All these years I've put up with... 462 00:31:45,762 --> 00:31:49,459 the miseries of political life, because I believe in you... 463 00:31:49,566 --> 00:31:51,500 and somehow I survived. 464 00:31:51,568 --> 00:31:54,264 But to have you here all the time in retirement... 465 00:31:54,337 --> 00:31:57,773 bad-tempered, getting in everybody's way. 466 00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:01,977 That is something I just could not survive. 467 00:32:09,386 --> 00:32:11,650 You're getting pretty good at this. 468 00:32:11,721 --> 00:32:14,588 Ninety bricks an hour, isn't that right, Harry? 469 00:32:14,658 --> 00:32:17,855 - Nearer to 60, I should say, sir. - Very well. 470 00:32:17,928 --> 00:32:19,623 Between 60 and 90. 471 00:32:21,698 --> 00:32:24,360 I've become a member... 472 00:32:24,935 --> 00:32:27,904 of the Amalgamated Union of Building Workers. 473 00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:30,130 - Fully paid up. - Very good. 474 00:32:31,308 --> 00:32:33,776 This material... 475 00:32:34,277 --> 00:32:36,973 you're feeding me about the German air force... 476 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,742 it's too generalized. 477 00:32:39,816 --> 00:32:43,775 - Facts and figures is what I need. - That stuff doesn't come in my direction. 478 00:32:43,853 --> 00:32:46,481 - How do I get hold of it? - I don't think you can. 479 00:32:46,556 --> 00:32:49,423 Top secret, eyes only. Goes straight to the Foreign Office. 480 00:32:49,492 --> 00:32:50,982 See what you can do. 481 00:32:51,394 --> 00:32:53,862 I got thrashed again in the House, last week. 482 00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:56,455 I need muscle, Desmond. 483 00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:59,131 I need to fight back. 484 00:33:02,205 --> 00:33:03,467 Come in. 485 00:33:05,508 --> 00:33:07,499 I thought you left ages ago. 486 00:33:07,577 --> 00:33:09,306 I've been reading this. 487 00:33:09,846 --> 00:33:11,575 - Drink? - Yes. 488 00:33:12,115 --> 00:33:13,707 It's a report from Berlin. 489 00:33:14,017 --> 00:33:16,781 Hitler's cabinet has approved a new law. 490 00:33:17,554 --> 00:33:20,717 It means, in effect, the compulsory sterilization... 491 00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:23,350 of all those suffering from hereditary illnesses... 492 00:33:23,426 --> 00:33:27,556 which are deemed, and I quote, "to affect the health of the nation." 493 00:33:27,764 --> 00:33:28,788 Bad. 494 00:33:28,865 --> 00:33:30,765 Racial purity, this... 495 00:33:32,736 --> 00:33:34,829 This is just the beginning. 496 00:33:36,673 --> 00:33:38,834 I'll have a word with the Prime Minister. 497 00:33:38,908 --> 00:33:41,775 Much good that'll do, he'll say it's German domestic policy. 498 00:33:41,845 --> 00:33:43,437 It has nothing to do with us. 499 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,604 Which is true. 500 00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:49,615 In all honesty, there's very little I can do, if anything. 501 00:33:49,686 --> 00:33:52,587 You, on the other hand, may think otherwise. 502 00:34:00,530 --> 00:34:03,966 Have you brought any of this to the attention of the government? 503 00:34:04,034 --> 00:34:05,399 I've tried. 504 00:34:05,468 --> 00:34:08,904 I've sent briefing notes to Mr. Baldwin and all members of the cabinet. 505 00:34:08,972 --> 00:34:12,464 - Have you had any reaction? - Nobody pays any attention. 506 00:34:13,209 --> 00:34:16,110 Hitler's war machine is getting more powerful every day... 507 00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:19,205 and the British public's being deliberately misinformed. 508 00:34:19,416 --> 00:34:21,445 Or at least deliberately kept in the dark. 509 00:34:21,445 --> 00:34:22,139 Or at least deliberately kept in the dark. 510 00:34:24,247 --> 00:34:27,273 I've made a summary of the figures issued by the government... 511 00:34:27,350 --> 00:34:30,046 comparing our military strength with that of Germany. 512 00:34:31,121 --> 00:34:35,387 On the next page are my own figures, which are much nearer the truth. 513 00:34:36,359 --> 00:34:39,795 Germany will soon be strong enough to wage an aggressive war... 514 00:34:39,930 --> 00:34:42,865 which is what I believe they intend to do. 515 00:34:43,366 --> 00:34:45,630 Your figures are very precise. 516 00:34:46,336 --> 00:34:49,169 Much more so than the information I have. 517 00:34:49,606 --> 00:34:52,632 Presumably, you have access to other reports, other statistics. 518 00:34:52,709 --> 00:34:54,904 All of it as precise and detailed as this. 519 00:34:54,978 --> 00:34:57,845 Far more detailed. As I say, this is only a summary. 520 00:34:57,914 --> 00:34:59,779 Then I don't see how I can help you. 521 00:34:59,850 --> 00:35:01,442 Your position... 522 00:35:01,518 --> 00:35:04,612 I may be called Director of the Industrial Intelligence Center... 523 00:35:04,688 --> 00:35:05,950 but don't be fooled. 524 00:35:06,022 --> 00:35:08,320 I'm no more than a civil servant. 525 00:35:08,391 --> 00:35:11,053 I have no public voice, which is what you need. 526 00:35:11,128 --> 00:35:12,527 Yes, it is. 527 00:35:13,296 --> 00:35:16,197 In that case, I think you should talk to Winston. 528 00:35:16,266 --> 00:35:18,029 Winston Churchill? 529 00:35:19,035 --> 00:35:20,297 But surely he's... 530 00:35:20,370 --> 00:35:21,632 Past it? 531 00:35:21,805 --> 00:35:23,067 I don't trust him. 532 00:35:23,173 --> 00:35:26,301 First, he joins the Tory Party. Then he switches to the Liberals. 533 00:35:26,376 --> 00:35:29,573 Now he's back with the Tories again. He has no judgment. 534 00:35:29,646 --> 00:35:32,581 Maybe, but he has an extraordinary instinct. 535 00:35:32,983 --> 00:35:36,441 He knows when something's important and should be pursued. 536 00:35:36,686 --> 00:35:41,146 He's wrong about India, of course. He's been wrong about a lot of things. 537 00:35:41,558 --> 00:35:44,322 But I believe he's right about Germany. 538 00:35:46,296 --> 00:35:48,230 I shall be seeing him at the weekend. 539 00:35:48,298 --> 00:35:50,960 If you'd like me to take anything down to Chartwell... 540 00:35:51,034 --> 00:35:53,093 I shall be happy to do so. 541 00:35:53,303 --> 00:35:55,237 But that would mean... 542 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:02,075 You're suggesting that I remove secret documents from a government office... 543 00:36:02,145 --> 00:36:05,603 and show them to someone who has no right to see them. 544 00:36:06,049 --> 00:36:07,846 It's a criminal act. 545 00:36:08,285 --> 00:36:10,446 But perhaps a necessary one. 546 00:36:17,027 --> 00:36:18,961 - Marjorie? - Yes, Mr. Wigram? 547 00:36:19,029 --> 00:36:22,328 - An envelope, I need a large envelope. - An envelope? 548 00:36:22,566 --> 00:36:25,626 - Yes, do we have any large envelopes? - How large? 549 00:36:25,702 --> 00:36:29,638 Just to take some papers. Just an ordinary large-size envelope. 550 00:36:29,706 --> 00:36:33,164 If you give the papers to me, I'll post them. What's the address? 551 00:36:33,243 --> 00:36:37,270 No, it's nothing to do with work. Where do we keep the envelopes? 552 00:36:40,984 --> 00:36:43,111 Is this big enough for you? 553 00:36:43,553 --> 00:36:45,316 It's fine, perfect. 554 00:36:46,923 --> 00:36:48,288 Thank you. 555 00:37:35,805 --> 00:37:38,296 They must be back in the office on Monday morning. 556 00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:42,106 - So, I need them back by Sunday evening. - You have my word. 557 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,316 If it says, "Don't walk on the grass," I never do. 558 00:37:48,818 --> 00:37:50,342 Never used to. 559 00:37:52,422 --> 00:37:55,050 - Sunday evening, then. - Sunday evening. 560 00:38:00,430 --> 00:38:03,263 Out. Definitely out. 561 00:38:03,333 --> 00:38:07,360 - Can we have some more lemonade? - No, let's finish the set first. 562 00:38:10,273 --> 00:38:12,207 Where did you get this? 563 00:38:12,509 --> 00:38:16,468 A chap in the Foreign Office, Ralph Wigram. Head of the Central Department. 564 00:38:16,546 --> 00:38:19,640 - Risky business, pinching this. - Useful? 565 00:38:21,251 --> 00:38:23,515 This'll make the buggers jump. 566 00:38:29,826 --> 00:38:33,159 Half-past 11:00. Where the hell is he? Morton promised. 567 00:38:33,663 --> 00:38:36,655 - Perhaps you should telephone. - Telephone who? 568 00:38:36,733 --> 00:38:39,395 Don't they know how important this is? 569 00:38:48,111 --> 00:38:49,305 Hello? 570 00:38:49,646 --> 00:38:51,170 - Mr. Wigram? - Yes. 571 00:38:51,314 --> 00:38:54,647 Brendan Bracken, just returning that. Sorry I'm late. 572 00:38:54,718 --> 00:38:58,210 Car broke down, bloody nuisance. There's a note in there from Winston. 573 00:38:58,288 --> 00:39:00,722 He'd love to have you come down for Sunday lunch. 574 00:39:00,790 --> 00:39:03,020 He'll be in touch. Good night. 575 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,125 Good night. 576 00:39:09,199 --> 00:39:10,689 Mr. Churchill. 577 00:39:12,635 --> 00:39:16,662 Mr. Speaker, before I am derided yet again... 578 00:39:17,340 --> 00:39:21,538 and before any further insults are hurled at me... 579 00:39:21,611 --> 00:39:24,375 in the evening of my days... 580 00:39:25,048 --> 00:39:27,312 It's nearly midnight, Winston. 581 00:39:27,951 --> 00:39:31,944 ...let me give you some facts and figures, some food for thought. 582 00:39:32,322 --> 00:39:34,085 Let me describe to you... 583 00:39:34,157 --> 00:39:38,389 the method of aircraft manufacture in Hitler's Germany. 584 00:39:38,962 --> 00:39:42,125 Sit down, Winston, we've heard it all before. 585 00:39:42,832 --> 00:39:46,393 This, you will not have heard, I can assure you of that. 586 00:39:49,539 --> 00:39:52,372 Airplanes destined for the Luftwaffe... 587 00:39:52,776 --> 00:39:55,210 are not manufactured in one place. 588 00:39:55,812 --> 00:39:59,304 Throughout Germany, a large number of firms... 589 00:39:59,382 --> 00:40:03,045 are making seemingly innocent component parts... 590 00:40:03,420 --> 00:40:06,856 which are then dispatched to great, central factories... 591 00:40:06,923 --> 00:40:09,517 where they are assembled very rapidly... 592 00:40:09,592 --> 00:40:12,652 into fighter and bomber aircraft... 593 00:40:13,630 --> 00:40:16,963 like a jigsaw puzzle or Meccano game. 594 00:40:17,934 --> 00:40:20,512 It's very clever, very effective. 595 00:40:20,645 --> 00:40:24,979 And above all, it conceals the true scale of German rearmament. 596 00:40:25,717 --> 00:40:28,277 I am reliably informed... 597 00:40:28,653 --> 00:40:31,816 that the working population of Dessau... 598 00:40:32,357 --> 00:40:34,518 a small town near Leipzig... 599 00:40:35,126 --> 00:40:37,094 increased last year... 600 00:40:37,328 --> 00:40:39,888 by 13,000 people. 601 00:40:41,065 --> 00:40:42,726 And why was that? 602 00:40:43,268 --> 00:40:46,362 What is manufactured in Dessau that requires... 603 00:40:46,437 --> 00:40:49,702 such an enormous influx of workers? 604 00:40:51,609 --> 00:40:53,008 Lager beer? 605 00:40:55,313 --> 00:40:56,712 Lederhosen? 606 00:40:57,682 --> 00:40:58,979 Sausages? 607 00:41:01,085 --> 00:41:02,382 Aircraft. 608 00:41:04,522 --> 00:41:07,355 That is why I say we must act decisively. 609 00:41:07,659 --> 00:41:11,322 And we must act now, to put our defenses in order. 610 00:41:12,163 --> 00:41:15,894 If we do not, history will cast its verdict... 611 00:41:16,401 --> 00:41:20,428 with those terrible, chilling words, "too late." 612 00:41:21,372 --> 00:41:22,771 Hear, hear. 613 00:41:23,107 --> 00:41:27,339 Mr. Ferguson, the right honorable gentleman and member for 18 years... 614 00:41:32,817 --> 00:41:34,648 Charlie would so love a dog. 615 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,688 - I'm sure we could find you one. - Off you go. 616 00:41:39,824 --> 00:41:44,090 I'm afraid our garden's too small. It's the size of a postage stamp. 617 00:41:44,229 --> 00:41:46,789 We have an absolute menagerie here. 618 00:41:46,965 --> 00:41:51,299 Winston has cats, dogs, geese, donkeys, wild swans... 619 00:41:51,669 --> 00:41:54,001 pigs, not to mention the children. 620 00:41:54,072 --> 00:41:57,872 - I don't know how you manage. - I've written my own epitaph. 621 00:41:58,509 --> 00:42:01,273 "Here lies the woman who was always tired. 622 00:42:01,346 --> 00:42:04,543 "She lived in a world where too much was required." 623 00:42:06,718 --> 00:42:10,347 - Are landscapes your specialty? - On the whole, yes. 624 00:42:11,122 --> 00:42:13,784 Less troublesome than portraits. 625 00:42:15,493 --> 00:42:18,428 A tree can't tell me that I haven't done it justice. 626 00:42:18,496 --> 00:42:20,760 I don't know how you find time for painting. 627 00:42:20,832 --> 00:42:24,268 I wouldn't do without it. It keeps me sane. I mean it. 628 00:42:25,036 --> 00:42:28,836 I couldn't exist without paints and brushes. 629 00:42:29,974 --> 00:42:32,033 The black dog will get me. 630 00:42:33,378 --> 00:42:35,073 Are you a worrier? 631 00:42:36,514 --> 00:42:38,345 Yes, I'm afraid I am. 632 00:42:38,950 --> 00:42:41,919 Then you should definitely take up painting. 633 00:42:42,153 --> 00:42:45,088 It's good for the spirit, calms the nerves. 634 00:42:46,958 --> 00:42:48,949 What do you worry about? 635 00:42:49,093 --> 00:42:51,118 Almost everything, really. 636 00:42:51,195 --> 00:42:55,256 My wife, my son. Are they happy? Will they be all right? 637 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:00,096 The state of my finances, the state of the world, the state of my roof. 638 00:43:00,171 --> 00:43:01,468 - Your what? - My roof. 639 00:43:01,539 --> 00:43:05,305 We have a leaky roof. Every time it rains, it's a nightmare. 640 00:43:05,677 --> 00:43:08,441 But most of all... 641 00:43:09,447 --> 00:43:12,974 I'm worried about these papers, these documents I'm showing you. 642 00:43:13,051 --> 00:43:15,849 If anyone found out, I'd be in the most terrible trouble. 643 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,388 Nobody will find out, don't worry. 644 00:43:19,557 --> 00:43:21,957 It's all strictly confidential. 645 00:43:22,026 --> 00:43:25,621 - May I call you Ralph, if it's not too sudden? - Please, do. 646 00:43:25,730 --> 00:43:30,190 The recognizing and acknowledging of fear... 647 00:43:30,268 --> 00:43:32,065 is a mark of wisdom. 648 00:43:32,804 --> 00:43:36,865 For example, I can't stand too near the edge of a platform... 649 00:43:36,941 --> 00:43:39,876 when an express train is passing through. 650 00:43:40,578 --> 00:43:43,604 Second's action would end everything forever. 651 00:43:45,149 --> 00:43:49,347 My doctor says it's a form of melancholia. We call it my black dog. 652 00:43:50,188 --> 00:43:51,621 Painting drives it away. 653 00:43:51,689 --> 00:43:54,886 As does bricklaying. I'm building a wall. 654 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,419 It goes well with writing. 655 00:43:57,862 --> 00:44:00,797 Two thousand words and 200 bricks a day. 656 00:44:02,266 --> 00:44:04,632 What's the time? I feel peckish. 657 00:44:05,803 --> 00:44:08,203 - It's nearly 4:00. - I knew it, time for tea. 658 00:44:08,272 --> 00:44:10,832 When we have visitors, we have Dundee cake. 659 00:44:10,908 --> 00:44:14,344 It's a great treat these days. I'm particularly fond of Dundee cake. 660 00:44:14,412 --> 00:44:15,504 Come along! 661 00:44:15,580 --> 00:44:18,174 I'll take these, you bring the easel. 662 00:44:19,450 --> 00:44:23,079 My old man said, follow the van 663 00:44:23,154 --> 00:44:24,951 And don't dilly-dally... 664 00:44:25,022 --> 00:44:28,617 Come on, don't try and fold it up. It's a bloody nightmare. 665 00:44:28,693 --> 00:44:31,491 And don't dilly-dally on the way 666 00:44:32,029 --> 00:44:34,190 I hear you went to Chartwell. 667 00:44:34,265 --> 00:44:35,562 Yes. 668 00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:38,733 - Did you have fun? - Yes, we did rather. 669 00:44:39,170 --> 00:44:41,434 I didn't know you were chummy with Winston. 670 00:44:41,506 --> 00:44:43,701 I'm not, not chummy. 671 00:44:44,976 --> 00:44:47,774 - I wonder what he wants you for. - What do you mean? 672 00:44:47,845 --> 00:44:50,780 Winston's so-called friends are people who are useful to him. 673 00:44:50,848 --> 00:44:54,147 The idea of having a friend because you like someone has no place... 674 00:44:54,218 --> 00:44:55,207 in his world. 675 00:44:55,386 --> 00:44:58,219 - You have to be very careful. - What of? 676 00:44:59,323 --> 00:45:01,484 He demands total loyalty. 677 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,227 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." 678 00:45:07,765 --> 00:45:10,461 Do you know what Lloyd George said of him? 679 00:45:10,535 --> 00:45:13,402 He said he would make a drum of his own mother's skin... 680 00:45:13,471 --> 00:45:15,905 in order to sound his own praises. 681 00:45:24,315 --> 00:45:25,577 Walk on. 682 00:45:28,553 --> 00:45:30,487 Who's this article for? 683 00:45:32,323 --> 00:45:33,654 The Daily Mail. 684 00:45:39,530 --> 00:45:42,363 Damn good, The Daily Mail. Big fee, big readership. 685 00:45:42,433 --> 00:45:44,663 What more could a fellow ask? 686 00:45:48,906 --> 00:45:51,670 Walter Guinness telephoned this morning. 687 00:45:52,510 --> 00:45:54,501 - How is he? - He's very well. 688 00:45:54,579 --> 00:45:57,514 - He's asked me to go on a cruise. - A cruise? 689 00:45:58,850 --> 00:46:00,181 Very nice. 690 00:46:00,351 --> 00:46:02,785 It's more of an expedition, really. 691 00:46:04,689 --> 00:46:07,123 Fine, you'll enjoy a little rest. 692 00:46:12,597 --> 00:46:15,930 Where's Walter planning to go, south of France? 693 00:46:16,701 --> 00:46:17,929 Komodo. 694 00:46:19,837 --> 00:46:22,169 Komodo, where the hell is that? 695 00:46:24,375 --> 00:46:27,037 Just below the Philippines, near Bali. 696 00:46:27,311 --> 00:46:29,745 That's halfway around the bloody world. 697 00:46:29,847 --> 00:46:32,680 What on earth makes him want to go there? 698 00:46:33,017 --> 00:46:36,248 - Something to do with catching dragons. - Dragons? 699 00:46:36,654 --> 00:46:40,818 They're more lizards, really, but they're very big. They're for the zoo. 700 00:46:41,025 --> 00:46:42,549 Wait a minute. 701 00:46:43,728 --> 00:46:46,060 Walter Guinness is seriously suggesting... 702 00:46:46,130 --> 00:46:49,861 going halfway around the world searching for some damn lizard. 703 00:46:49,934 --> 00:46:52,425 - Is that right? - Yes. 704 00:46:52,937 --> 00:46:57,033 - He must be mad. What's the point of it? - It would be a great adventure. 705 00:46:57,108 --> 00:47:00,441 - You'd be away weeks, months. - About four months. 706 00:47:01,646 --> 00:47:03,978 Who else is going on this trip? 707 00:47:04,081 --> 00:47:08,677 Evelyn, of course, two of their cousins, and a man called Terrence Phillip. 708 00:47:08,819 --> 00:47:10,810 - Who's he? - Art dealer. 709 00:47:10,888 --> 00:47:13,857 We met him at one of Walter's dinner parties. 710 00:47:15,826 --> 00:47:18,260 Clemmie, you have four children... 711 00:47:18,930 --> 00:47:20,898 who require your love and support... 712 00:47:20,965 --> 00:47:23,991 not to mention a husband who has to work 20 hours a day... 713 00:47:24,068 --> 00:47:25,933 to keep this household afloat. 714 00:47:26,003 --> 00:47:28,972 And you think it's all right, do you, to leave us... 715 00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,498 to go off chasing lizards with Walter Guinness? 716 00:47:35,012 --> 00:47:36,980 What am I supposed to say to that? 717 00:47:37,048 --> 00:47:41,246 Don't you think it just might be construed as just a little selfish? 718 00:47:43,688 --> 00:47:45,451 Well, don't you? 719 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:53,057 Do not accuse me of being selfish. Do not dare! 720 00:47:53,130 --> 00:47:55,963 I spent the last 26 years of my life trying to please you. 721 00:47:56,033 --> 00:47:58,433 And I've done everything, and I mean everything! 722 00:47:58,502 --> 00:48:01,096 I put your happiness before the children's happiness... 723 00:48:01,172 --> 00:48:02,764 before my happiness! 724 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,308 You are the most self-centered man I have ever met. 725 00:48:07,812 --> 00:48:08,904 So... 726 00:48:12,116 --> 00:48:15,347 don't accuse me of being selfish. Don't you dare. 727 00:48:18,789 --> 00:48:20,707 Sorry, sir. 728 00:48:21,007 --> 00:48:22,304 I thought somebody... 729 00:48:30,616 --> 00:48:32,982 The sprouts misbehaved. 730 00:48:33,519 --> 00:48:34,508 Yes, sir. 731 00:49:01,781 --> 00:49:05,148 Mrs. Pussycat, Mr. Pug is very sorry. 732 00:49:07,487 --> 00:49:09,421 Pussycat, do let me in. 733 00:49:11,257 --> 00:49:13,623 Mr. Pug is very lonely out here. 734 00:49:16,229 --> 00:49:18,129 Mrs. Pussycat, please. 735 00:49:51,264 --> 00:49:54,961 - Mommy, open the window. - What darling? 736 00:49:55,034 --> 00:49:57,662 - Open the window! - I can't hear you. 737 00:49:57,737 --> 00:50:01,173 That's why you need to open the window! The leather strap, pull up! 738 00:50:01,240 --> 00:50:04,141 - It won't budge, you'll have to shout. - We are shouting. 739 00:50:04,210 --> 00:50:07,805 - Bye, Mommy, find a dragon! - Pull up on the leather strap! 740 00:50:11,684 --> 00:50:13,151 Goodbye. 741 00:50:13,886 --> 00:50:17,014 - Goodbye, Clemmie. - Goodbye. 742 00:50:38,211 --> 00:50:42,739 - And how are you this morning, sir? - All right, I think. Thank you for asking. 743 00:50:42,815 --> 00:50:46,046 Missing her, of course, but that's to be expected. 744 00:50:46,219 --> 00:50:50,087 No point in dwelling on her absence, we must KBO. 745 00:50:50,156 --> 00:50:53,250 Yes, sir, "keep buggering on" at all times, sir. 746 00:50:56,028 --> 00:50:59,930 KBO, that's the order of the day. 747 00:51:08,508 --> 00:51:09,873 "We are entering... 748 00:51:09,976 --> 00:51:12,740 "a period of danger... 749 00:51:13,613 --> 00:51:15,513 "and of anxiety." 750 00:51:16,849 --> 00:51:18,043 Comma. 751 00:51:18,718 --> 00:51:20,413 "Let us stop... 752 00:51:20,786 --> 00:51:23,983 "and see exactly..." 753 00:51:24,056 --> 00:51:26,081 No, scrub that. 754 00:51:29,295 --> 00:51:30,523 Bugger. 755 00:51:33,199 --> 00:51:34,894 Thank you, kindly. 756 00:51:35,935 --> 00:51:39,530 "We are entering upon a period of danger... 757 00:51:39,605 --> 00:51:41,129 "and of anxiety." 758 00:51:41,407 --> 00:51:43,102 You're repeating yourself. 759 00:51:43,175 --> 00:51:46,110 All right, don't break your heart about it. 760 00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,939 "And how do we stand... 761 00:51:50,316 --> 00:51:53,808 "in this long period of danger?" 762 00:51:54,921 --> 00:51:56,684 Pause for emphasis. 763 00:51:57,423 --> 00:52:00,415 Look of doom and foreboding. 764 00:52:01,894 --> 00:52:03,691 "There is no doubt... 765 00:52:04,230 --> 00:52:07,461 "that the Germans are superior to us in the air... 766 00:52:08,267 --> 00:52:10,098 "at the present time. 767 00:52:10,870 --> 00:52:14,169 "And it is my belief that by the end of the year... 768 00:52:14,907 --> 00:52:18,343 "they will possibly be three... 769 00:52:19,078 --> 00:52:21,740 "or even four times our strength." 770 00:52:28,354 --> 00:52:30,379 Where did he get all that information? 771 00:52:30,456 --> 00:52:32,754 He makes it his business to be well informed. 772 00:52:32,825 --> 00:52:36,420 I don't like it, it could do immense damage to our trade with Germany... 773 00:52:36,495 --> 00:52:38,463 not to mention the cost of rearmament. 774 00:52:38,531 --> 00:52:40,897 Where does he think the money's coming from? 775 00:52:40,967 --> 00:52:43,492 I want him isolated. Tell the whips. 776 00:52:43,970 --> 00:52:46,768 "Only a short distance away there dwells a nation... 777 00:52:46,839 --> 00:52:48,830 "of nearly 70 millions... 778 00:52:48,908 --> 00:52:53,140 "who are taught from childhood to think of war and conquest... 779 00:52:53,212 --> 00:52:55,612 "as a glorious exercise," comma... 780 00:52:55,982 --> 00:52:58,177 "and death in battle... 781 00:52:58,517 --> 00:53:01,350 "as man's noblest fate." Stop. 782 00:53:02,321 --> 00:53:04,346 I beg your pardon, Mrs. P. 783 00:53:05,458 --> 00:53:07,688 "To urge preparation of defense... 784 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:10,490 "is not to assert the imminence of war. 785 00:53:11,030 --> 00:53:13,726 "On the contrary, if war was imminent... 786 00:53:13,799 --> 00:53:16,893 "preparations for defense would be too late. 787 00:53:17,003 --> 00:53:19,164 "However calmly surveyed... 788 00:53:19,438 --> 00:53:21,668 "the danger of an air attack on London... 789 00:53:21,741 --> 00:53:23,936 "must appear most formidable." 790 00:53:24,610 --> 00:53:26,601 - I'm sorry. - That's all right. 791 00:53:26,679 --> 00:53:30,240 "London is the greatest target in the world. 792 00:53:30,950 --> 00:53:33,919 "The kind of tremendous, fat, valuable cow... 793 00:53:34,253 --> 00:53:36,813 "tied up to attract a beast of prey. 794 00:53:37,990 --> 00:53:39,753 "We cannot retreat. 795 00:53:40,326 --> 00:53:42,294 "We cannot move London." 796 00:53:45,097 --> 00:53:46,724 Papers. Get your papers here. 797 00:53:46,799 --> 00:53:50,132 This is all a bit Agatha Christie, wouldn't you say? 798 00:53:50,503 --> 00:53:52,027 Daily Express. 799 00:53:53,472 --> 00:53:56,339 Times. Get your newspapers. 800 00:53:58,577 --> 00:54:01,842 "Dearest Clemmie, thank you for your letter. 801 00:54:01,914 --> 00:54:06,647 "I am delighted you had such an exciting time in Madras." 802 00:54:07,787 --> 00:54:08,879 Stop. 803 00:54:08,954 --> 00:54:12,151 "Mr. Phillip sounds a most agreeable... 804 00:54:12,658 --> 00:54:15,218 "and adventurous companion." Stop. 805 00:54:15,895 --> 00:54:17,522 "I've decided to make... 806 00:54:17,596 --> 00:54:20,724 "the peninsula on the bottom lake into an island... 807 00:54:21,267 --> 00:54:24,293 "thus providing a safe haven for the geese. 808 00:54:24,870 --> 00:54:28,897 "The heavy work will be done by a great mechanical digger... 809 00:54:29,408 --> 00:54:31,638 "which does the work of 10 men... 810 00:54:31,777 --> 00:54:34,507 "and will therefore please the accountant. 811 00:54:36,182 --> 00:54:37,774 "As you will have heard... 812 00:54:37,850 --> 00:54:40,444 "Randolph was heavily defeated in the by-election... 813 00:54:40,519 --> 00:54:42,316 "and lost his deposit. 814 00:54:42,521 --> 00:54:45,456 "This resulted, of course, a setback for him... 815 00:54:45,524 --> 00:54:47,788 "and should teach him prudence." 816 00:54:50,796 --> 00:54:52,923 The choice is in your hands. 817 00:54:52,998 --> 00:54:55,330 If I achieve anything, they say it's because of you. 818 00:54:55,434 --> 00:54:56,423 Rubbish. 819 00:54:56,502 --> 00:54:58,436 When I fail, they say, "What a tragedy." 820 00:54:58,504 --> 00:54:59,493 For God's sake. 821 00:54:59,572 --> 00:55:02,336 I'm not a child, I'm 23, I want to make a life of my own. 822 00:55:02,408 --> 00:55:05,468 Do what you like. Make a fool of yourself. I don't give a damn. 823 00:55:05,544 --> 00:55:06,772 Go to hell, Papa. 824 00:55:06,846 --> 00:55:09,542 I'm not staying in this bloody house a moment longer. 825 00:55:09,615 --> 00:55:10,843 Bugger. 826 00:55:16,922 --> 00:55:19,914 - Sprouts again, sir? - Cauliflower. 827 00:55:24,497 --> 00:55:26,829 Keep young and beautiful 828 00:55:26,899 --> 00:55:28,924 It's your duty to be beautiful 829 00:55:29,001 --> 00:55:30,832 "Mary and I went to see the show... 830 00:55:30,903 --> 00:55:33,394 "that Sarah has got herself involved in. 831 00:55:33,472 --> 00:55:37,431 "Didn't care for it at all. Not a patch on Gilbert and Sullivan." 832 00:55:37,510 --> 00:55:39,307 Keep young and beautiful 833 00:55:39,378 --> 00:55:41,812 It's your duty to be beautiful 834 00:55:41,881 --> 00:55:46,477 Keep young and beautiful if you want to be loved 835 00:55:46,652 --> 00:55:49,450 "Met this wretched man she keeps talking about. 836 00:55:49,522 --> 00:55:53,686 "Rick Oliver, the so-called star of the show." 837 00:55:54,226 --> 00:55:56,353 If you want to be loved 838 00:55:56,428 --> 00:55:58,896 If you're wise, exercise all the fat off 839 00:55:58,964 --> 00:56:01,364 Take it off, off of here, off of there 840 00:56:01,433 --> 00:56:03,833 When you're seen anywhere with your hat off 841 00:56:03,903 --> 00:56:06,736 Have a marcel wave in your hair 842 00:56:06,806 --> 00:56:10,537 "Can't imagine what she sees in him, common as dirt. 843 00:56:12,478 --> 00:56:13,775 "Diana, I know... 844 00:56:13,846 --> 00:56:16,872 "has written to you about her intended divorce. 845 00:56:17,550 --> 00:56:21,382 "A sad business, but probably all for the best. 846 00:56:25,386 --> 00:56:28,844 "I dealt with the situation very clumsily, I'm afraid. 847 00:56:28,922 --> 00:56:31,117 "I wished profoundly that you'd been there... 848 00:56:31,191 --> 00:56:33,455 "to offer comfort and advice." 849 00:56:35,462 --> 00:56:37,828 It's getting deeper in, Richard. 850 00:56:38,432 --> 00:56:41,367 "The accountant has been sadly disappointed. 851 00:56:41,602 --> 00:56:43,763 "Downpours of rain occurred. 852 00:56:44,138 --> 00:56:47,232 "And the mechanical digger sank into the mud... 853 00:56:47,708 --> 00:56:51,144 "and finally wallowed himself into an awful pit." 854 00:56:51,578 --> 00:56:53,739 No good, hopeless. 855 00:56:56,884 --> 00:57:00,376 - 98 degrees, sir. - Very good, Inches, full steam ahead. 856 00:57:00,587 --> 00:57:02,578 Yes, sir, very good, sir. 857 00:57:12,466 --> 00:57:15,958 - Dinner jacket tonight. - Yes, sir, the looser trousers? 858 00:57:16,036 --> 00:57:17,526 I'm afraid so. 859 00:57:18,272 --> 00:57:20,502 - Car round at 6:00. - Very good, sir. 860 00:57:32,686 --> 00:57:34,847 Good morning, Mr. Churchill. 861 00:57:35,055 --> 00:57:39,048 "Your dear letters are the only bright spot in my life, Clemmie. 862 00:57:40,194 --> 00:57:44,062 "I fill my days writing inflammatory articles about Germany... 863 00:57:44,598 --> 00:57:47,863 "and thus incurring the wrath of Stanley Baldwin... 864 00:57:48,001 --> 00:57:49,992 "which pleases me no end." 865 00:57:51,004 --> 00:57:53,700 Evening Standard. Have you seen it? 866 00:57:54,007 --> 00:57:54,996 Yes. 867 00:57:55,075 --> 00:57:57,703 You haven't had much luck as far as Winston is concerned. 868 00:57:57,778 --> 00:57:59,268 He's more voluble than ever. 869 00:57:59,346 --> 00:58:01,712 Germany is his new hobby. He won't let go of it. 870 00:58:01,782 --> 00:58:03,181 You've got to make him. 871 00:58:03,217 --> 00:58:04,684 - Excuse me, sir. 10:30? - Yes. 872 00:58:04,718 --> 00:58:08,552 I will not allow him to interfere with government policy... 873 00:58:08,622 --> 00:58:11,352 nor indeed with the smooth running of the party machine. 874 00:58:11,425 --> 00:58:13,154 I'll do what I can. 875 00:58:13,393 --> 00:58:15,827 Have a word with someone in his constituency. 876 00:58:15,896 --> 00:58:17,454 Yes, of course. 877 00:58:18,832 --> 00:58:20,697 A word about what exactly? 878 00:58:20,767 --> 00:58:23,565 There must be a large amount of local party members... 879 00:58:23,637 --> 00:58:27,073 who were dismayed, not to say alarmed, by his behavior. 880 00:58:27,374 --> 00:58:29,501 Encourage them to speak up. 881 00:58:30,043 --> 00:58:33,240 Tell them to make him aware of their displeasure. 882 00:58:33,981 --> 00:58:36,609 Say he's erratic, totally unreliable. 883 00:58:58,839 --> 00:59:00,568 - Ralph. - Hello, Van. 884 00:59:01,175 --> 00:59:03,405 - Enjoying it? - Very much, you? 885 00:59:03,610 --> 00:59:05,134 Lmmensely. 886 00:59:06,046 --> 00:59:09,345 - Winston's been very active recently. - Active? 887 00:59:09,416 --> 00:59:12,078 Yes, endless speeches, all those newspaper articles... 888 00:59:12,152 --> 00:59:15,383 Evening Standard, Daily Mail, everywhere you look. 889 00:59:15,622 --> 00:59:18,989 - Created a lot of anxiety. - Yes, I'm sure. 890 00:59:19,126 --> 00:59:21,492 - Not surprising, really. - No. 891 00:59:22,429 --> 00:59:25,398 His information is remarkably detailed. 892 00:59:25,465 --> 00:59:28,366 I'm starting to wonder where it comes from. 893 00:59:28,569 --> 00:59:31,629 Of course, a lot of it could come from your department. 894 00:59:31,738 --> 00:59:33,831 Yes, it could, I know. 895 00:59:36,176 --> 00:59:39,270 Winston started to make some real impact. 896 00:59:40,113 --> 00:59:42,877 Slowly but surely, attitudes are changing. 897 00:59:43,417 --> 00:59:47,251 It would be unfortunate if something were to go wrong. 898 00:59:47,921 --> 00:59:49,081 Wrong? 899 00:59:49,256 --> 00:59:51,622 Yes, one has to be very careful. 900 00:59:52,092 --> 00:59:55,084 No unnecessary risks, if you know what I mean. 901 00:59:56,697 --> 00:59:57,755 Yes. 902 00:59:59,099 --> 01:00:00,498 Here we are. 903 01:00:01,168 --> 01:00:03,830 Hello. Here you are, my darling. 904 01:00:27,294 --> 01:00:30,661 "We must defend our island from foreign aggression." Stop. 905 01:00:30,731 --> 01:00:31,720 All clear. 906 01:00:31,798 --> 01:00:35,165 "We should repudiate all defeatism and passivism." Stop. 907 01:00:35,235 --> 01:00:36,463 Bugger! 908 01:00:36,603 --> 01:00:38,434 West room 93. 909 01:00:38,772 --> 01:00:41,070 It's for you, sir. Mr. Wigram. 910 01:00:41,141 --> 01:00:44,804 "Our country can only be saved if it is strong." 911 01:00:45,212 --> 01:00:46,975 Ralph, how are you? 912 01:00:47,147 --> 01:00:48,546 Winston... 913 01:00:49,449 --> 01:00:51,349 I can't go on with this. 914 01:00:51,418 --> 01:00:54,649 I'm sure they know something. We have to stop this now. 915 01:00:54,855 --> 01:00:57,983 Listen, Ralph, just a little longer. 916 01:00:58,191 --> 01:01:01,251 Winston, are you sure we're not making matters worse? 917 01:01:01,328 --> 01:01:03,262 I don't believe we are. 918 01:01:03,730 --> 01:01:06,563 It's so very important, what you're doing, Ralph. 919 01:01:06,733 --> 01:01:08,564 You mustn't stop now. 920 01:01:08,935 --> 01:01:13,133 Ralph, KBO, remember our motto. Keep buggering on. 921 01:01:30,691 --> 01:01:33,285 "Life is drab without you, Clemmie. 922 01:01:34,027 --> 01:01:37,190 "If it weren't for Mary, I'd be utterly miserable." 923 01:01:37,831 --> 01:01:40,595 Now, I just want to show you the scale, the distance. 924 01:01:40,667 --> 01:01:43,033 There's the South of England, where we live... 925 01:01:43,103 --> 01:01:46,869 and there is Austria, where you went last Christmas with Mommy. 926 01:01:46,940 --> 01:01:50,432 - And you remember how far away that was. - Yes. 927 01:01:50,510 --> 01:01:53,172 Now, I'll show you where Mommy is now. 928 01:01:53,246 --> 01:01:54,611 Let her go! 929 01:01:54,681 --> 01:01:57,115 Miles and miles away. 930 01:01:57,184 --> 01:02:01,052 "Your desert-island picnic with Mr. Phillip sounds idyllic. 931 01:02:01,121 --> 01:02:03,749 "I wish I could've been there with you. 932 01:02:04,091 --> 01:02:07,254 "It is over 11 weeks since you left Chartwell. 933 01:02:08,495 --> 01:02:11,123 "And I'm counting the seconds until you return." 934 01:02:11,198 --> 01:02:14,258 ...to Komodo, where the dragons are. 935 01:02:14,334 --> 01:02:17,167 - It really is a long way. - Yeah, it is. 936 01:02:17,237 --> 01:02:18,670 Paragraph. 937 01:02:20,841 --> 01:02:22,934 "Diana's gone back to her husband." 938 01:02:23,477 --> 01:02:24,466 Comma. 939 01:02:24,678 --> 01:02:27,841 "But I fear the marriage will not last." Stop. 940 01:02:27,914 --> 01:02:30,178 Inches, out! I'm in the middle of a letter! 941 01:02:30,250 --> 01:02:31,717 - Telephone, sir. - Out! 942 01:02:31,785 --> 01:02:34,481 - The man says it's important. - He can call later. 943 01:02:34,554 --> 01:02:35,987 - Really important. - Who is it? 944 01:02:36,056 --> 01:02:38,547 - Major Sankey. - Who is Major Sankey? 945 01:02:38,625 --> 01:02:41,389 One of your constituency workers. You should talk to him. 946 01:02:41,461 --> 01:02:43,759 - Now? - Yes. He's been ringing all morning. 947 01:02:43,830 --> 01:02:47,163 All right. Inches, you're the most irritating clug on earth! 948 01:02:47,234 --> 01:02:51,261 I was in the middle of a letter to my wife, now I've lost my train of thought. 949 01:02:51,338 --> 01:02:53,533 Idiot! Have you no sensitivity? 950 01:02:53,607 --> 01:02:57,043 There's no need to be insulting, sir. I was just passing on a message. 951 01:02:57,110 --> 01:02:58,805 Shut up, Inches. How dare you? 952 01:02:58,879 --> 01:03:01,677 Tell the girl to put the call through up here. 953 01:03:01,748 --> 01:03:04,308 - She's gone to lunch, sir. - Then do it yourself. 954 01:03:04,384 --> 01:03:06,579 I'm not acquainted with the mechanism, sir. 955 01:03:06,653 --> 01:03:09,121 God almighty. Bloody hell! 956 01:03:09,189 --> 01:03:13,091 - You're very rude to me, Inches. - You're very rude to me, sir. 957 01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:15,651 Yes, but I'm a great man. 958 01:03:17,330 --> 01:03:19,457 You're a stupid old bugger. 959 01:03:22,335 --> 01:03:24,462 Mr. Churchill's in trouble. 960 01:03:25,806 --> 01:03:27,364 What do you mean? 961 01:03:27,441 --> 01:03:31,104 Mr. Baldwin, or someone higher up, is trying to get him pushed out. 962 01:03:31,178 --> 01:03:32,110 Of what? 963 01:03:32,179 --> 01:03:34,113 The Conservative Party. 964 01:03:34,815 --> 01:03:37,613 Don't be daft, they wouldn't do a thing like that. 965 01:03:37,684 --> 01:03:41,017 They don't like his speeches on Germany. They want to shut him up. 966 01:03:41,087 --> 01:03:44,648 Can they do that, Mrs. P? Just kick him out? 967 01:03:44,891 --> 01:03:47,018 They could, I suppose, yes. 968 01:03:48,862 --> 01:03:51,990 Organize a vote of no confidence, something like that. 969 01:03:52,265 --> 01:03:54,790 - He'd never get over it. - I know. 970 01:03:55,235 --> 01:03:56,896 I'll tell you this, Mrs. P. 971 01:03:56,970 --> 01:04:00,462 If they do kick him out, I shall never vote Tory again. 972 01:04:00,707 --> 01:04:03,175 Never! Not even Liberal. 973 01:04:03,243 --> 01:04:05,871 Bastards! How dare they? Buggers! 974 01:04:05,946 --> 01:04:09,109 This is absolutely the worst day of my whole bloody life! 975 01:04:09,182 --> 01:04:10,945 I'm surrounded by enemies. 976 01:04:11,952 --> 01:04:15,362 They call me a warmonger because I speak the blunt truth? 977 01:04:15,695 --> 01:04:18,562 Baldwin is behind all this, Stanley bloody Baldwin! 978 01:04:18,631 --> 01:04:21,156 No better than an epileptic corpse. 979 01:04:24,571 --> 01:04:27,563 "Who is in charge of the clattering train? 980 01:04:27,640 --> 01:04:30,473 "The axles creek and the coupling strain. 981 01:04:30,543 --> 01:04:32,977 "The pace is hot, and the points are near. 982 01:04:33,046 --> 01:04:35,879 "And sleep has deadened the driver's ear. 983 01:04:36,449 --> 01:04:39,646 "And the signals flash through the nights in vain. 984 01:04:39,853 --> 01:04:41,343 "For Death... 985 01:04:41,588 --> 01:04:44,318 "is in charge of the clattering train." 986 01:04:49,329 --> 01:04:51,991 He'll be needing a glass of champagne. 987 01:04:52,265 --> 01:04:53,755 Possibly two. 988 01:04:55,335 --> 01:04:59,271 Charlie, Mommy's nearly finished. Then, I promise, we'll go to the park. 989 01:05:00,173 --> 01:05:02,141 There's someone to see you, ma'am. 990 01:05:02,208 --> 01:05:04,506 - Who? - Mr. Pettifer. 991 01:05:04,577 --> 01:05:06,374 Pettifer, to see me? 992 01:05:07,580 --> 01:05:09,844 We'll go in a minute, darling. 993 01:05:11,551 --> 01:05:13,485 What are you reading, Charlie? 994 01:05:18,258 --> 01:05:20,226 Good afternoon, Mr. Pettifer. 995 01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:21,993 Mrs. Wigram. 996 01:05:22,662 --> 01:05:26,029 - I'm afraid my husband's not home. - It was you I came to see. 997 01:05:26,633 --> 01:05:28,191 Please, do sit down. 998 01:05:28,268 --> 01:05:29,633 Thank you. 999 01:05:31,137 --> 01:05:35,005 I need your help in a rather delicate and confidential matter. 1000 01:05:35,708 --> 01:05:39,041 The Prime Minister feels it would be advantageous... 1001 01:05:39,345 --> 01:05:42,576 if your husband did not see quite so much of Mr. Churchill. 1002 01:05:42,682 --> 01:05:43,808 What do you mean? 1003 01:05:43,883 --> 01:05:46,818 It's perhaps not wise, not good for him. 1004 01:05:46,886 --> 01:05:48,410 Not wise for who? 1005 01:05:48,822 --> 01:05:50,289 Your husband. 1006 01:05:50,723 --> 01:05:53,248 Then shouldn't you be telling this to my husband? 1007 01:05:53,326 --> 01:05:55,988 I'm quite sure he takes note of what you say. 1008 01:05:56,096 --> 01:05:58,530 What my husband does is his own business. 1009 01:05:58,765 --> 01:06:00,699 I wouldn't dream of trying to interfere. 1010 01:06:00,767 --> 01:06:02,462 No, of course not. 1011 01:06:02,702 --> 01:06:06,763 But do remember, your husband's the head of an important part of the Foreign Office. 1012 01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:10,571 It's not a good idea for him to tell Mr. Churchill what's going on. 1013 01:06:10,643 --> 01:06:11,735 Why? 1014 01:06:12,178 --> 01:06:14,078 If indeed he has been. 1015 01:06:14,347 --> 01:06:17,510 Please, Mrs. Wigram, don't let's argue about this. 1016 01:06:17,584 --> 01:06:20,815 Please, Mr. Pettifer, don't treat me like a child. 1017 01:06:22,322 --> 01:06:25,291 If your husband persists in seeing Winston... 1018 01:06:25,892 --> 01:06:30,090 he may find himself being posted somewhere inconveniently distant... 1019 01:06:30,463 --> 01:06:33,830 which would, of course, be difficult with regard to your son. 1020 01:06:33,900 --> 01:06:36,425 Difficult for him to travel, I mean. 1021 01:06:36,836 --> 01:06:39,236 Difficult also, I should imagine... 1022 01:06:39,305 --> 01:06:43,469 to find the appropriate medical assistance in certain parts of the world. 1023 01:06:44,544 --> 01:06:47,775 I dare say, it would mean your having to stay here. 1024 01:06:48,781 --> 01:06:51,545 You've made a foolish mistake, Mr. Pettifer. 1025 01:06:52,018 --> 01:06:53,645 A tactical error. 1026 01:06:53,887 --> 01:06:57,755 When a member of the government comes to my house and threatens me so openly... 1027 01:06:57,824 --> 01:06:59,951 it only shows how important it is... 1028 01:07:00,026 --> 01:07:03,018 that my husband continue his friendship with Mr. Churchill. 1029 01:07:03,096 --> 01:07:05,189 That is my opinion, anyway. 1030 01:07:09,402 --> 01:07:12,132 Please, give my regards to your husband. 1031 01:07:12,438 --> 01:07:15,737 - Do tell him what I said. - I think I prefer not to. 1032 01:07:16,209 --> 01:07:18,336 Good afternoon, Mrs. Wigram. 1033 01:07:25,885 --> 01:07:28,820 - What do you want, Mr. Churchill? - I'm looking for a letter. 1034 01:07:28,888 --> 01:07:30,287 What letter? 1035 01:07:30,356 --> 01:07:33,484 I thought there might be something from Clemmie. 1036 01:07:34,127 --> 01:07:35,458 Not today. 1037 01:07:38,164 --> 01:07:41,292 It's not easy to post letters in that part of the world. 1038 01:07:46,172 --> 01:07:47,833 Perhaps tomorrow. 1039 01:07:54,647 --> 01:07:57,844 Does the name "Terrence Phillip" mean anything to you? 1040 01:07:57,917 --> 01:08:01,045 Terrence Phillip? Yes. Art dealer, I think. 1041 01:08:01,287 --> 01:08:02,845 Anything known? 1042 01:08:03,623 --> 01:08:04,920 Good-looking? 1043 01:08:04,991 --> 01:08:08,449 Rather dashing, plenty of money. His father was rich. 1044 01:08:08,895 --> 01:08:10,954 - Married? - No. 1045 01:08:12,799 --> 01:08:16,257 Clemmie seems to be quite chummy with him. 1046 01:08:16,336 --> 01:08:18,167 She keeps mentioning him. 1047 01:08:18,238 --> 01:08:20,832 - He's on the boat with her? - He is. 1048 01:08:23,309 --> 01:08:25,937 - I'm idiotically jealous. - Winston. 1049 01:08:26,012 --> 01:08:28,776 - I'm sure she's in love with him. - Rubbish. 1050 01:08:28,848 --> 01:08:31,248 She writes about him in every letter. 1051 01:08:31,317 --> 01:08:33,751 "Terrence and I did this, Terrence and I did that." 1052 01:08:33,820 --> 01:08:36,948 - They're companions, friends on holiday. - I know Clemmie. 1053 01:08:37,023 --> 01:08:40,186 I can read between the lines. I know her thoughts. 1054 01:08:40,526 --> 01:08:43,757 Don't be ridiculous. She loves you, Winston, very deeply. 1055 01:08:43,830 --> 01:08:46,128 - I'm a rotten husband. - Nonsense. 1056 01:08:46,199 --> 01:08:50,363 I suppose he's the romantic type. You know, all that sort of stuff. 1057 01:08:50,570 --> 01:08:52,561 Never got much of that from me. 1058 01:08:52,639 --> 01:08:55,233 It never seemed important, even when I was young. 1059 01:08:55,308 --> 01:08:58,402 Daisy Fellowes, she tried to seduce me at the Ritz. 1060 01:09:00,046 --> 01:09:01,308 Wasn't interested. 1061 01:09:01,381 --> 01:09:04,748 Used to think it was because I smoked too much. 1062 01:09:04,851 --> 01:09:09,151 - Tobacco is bad for love, old age is worse. - You're talking nonsense, Winston. 1063 01:09:09,222 --> 01:09:13,591 "I've lived too long, I'm in the ruck I've drunk too deeply of the cup 1064 01:09:13,660 --> 01:09:18,393 "I cannot spend, I cannot fuck I'm down and out, I'm buggered up" 1065 01:09:18,464 --> 01:09:20,056 Where did you get that from? 1066 01:09:20,133 --> 01:09:24,001 It's a translation from the Russian. Pushkin, I believe. 1067 01:09:27,740 --> 01:09:30,072 You may laugh, Desmond Morton... 1068 01:09:30,443 --> 01:09:32,604 but I think about it all the time. 1069 01:09:32,679 --> 01:09:34,670 Clemmie and that fellow. 1070 01:09:34,747 --> 01:09:37,272 She'll be home soon, Winston. 1071 01:09:39,585 --> 01:09:43,214 Wrap me up in me tarpaulin jacket 1072 01:09:44,290 --> 01:09:47,851 And say a poor trooper lies low 1073 01:09:48,695 --> 01:09:51,255 Get six stalwart lancers 1074 01:09:51,464 --> 01:09:52,988 to carry me 1075 01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:56,860 with steps silent, mournful 1076 01:09:57,603 --> 01:09:59,366 and slow 1077 01:10:03,409 --> 01:10:04,933 Mr. Churchill! 1078 01:10:08,147 --> 01:10:09,671 Inches, you're drunk. 1079 01:10:09,749 --> 01:10:11,376 She's here, sir. 1080 01:10:12,151 --> 01:10:13,243 What? 1081 01:10:13,453 --> 01:10:16,889 - Taxi's coming down the drive, sir. - What are you talking about? 1082 01:10:16,956 --> 01:10:18,651 Mrs. Churchill, sir. 1083 01:10:18,725 --> 01:10:20,590 - She's here? - Yes, sir. 1084 01:10:21,761 --> 01:10:23,126 She's here! 1085 01:10:28,835 --> 01:10:30,325 Out of my way! 1086 01:10:37,443 --> 01:10:38,774 Lovely. 1087 01:10:40,413 --> 01:10:41,937 Thanks very much. 1088 01:10:55,795 --> 01:10:57,592 Why are you all wet? 1089 01:10:58,030 --> 01:11:00,999 I thought I'd never see you again. 1090 01:11:06,739 --> 01:11:08,104 Here I am. 1091 01:11:15,882 --> 01:11:18,043 Mr. Inches, how are you? 1092 01:11:29,328 --> 01:11:31,125 So, you had a good time? 1093 01:11:31,197 --> 01:11:32,528 Wonderful. 1094 01:11:35,001 --> 01:11:36,901 I missed you very much. 1095 01:11:38,104 --> 01:11:39,765 I missed you, too. 1096 01:11:42,408 --> 01:11:43,966 I'm not sure... 1097 01:11:45,178 --> 01:11:46,941 that I believe that. 1098 01:11:59,344 --> 01:12:02,609 You seem to have seen a lot of Mr. Terrence Phillip. 1099 01:12:02,681 --> 01:12:03,739 Yes. 1100 01:12:04,549 --> 01:12:06,039 You like him? 1101 01:12:06,117 --> 01:12:07,641 He was good fun. 1102 01:12:08,053 --> 01:12:09,315 Good fun? 1103 01:12:09,988 --> 01:12:11,888 He's very interesting. 1104 01:12:14,359 --> 01:12:16,486 I hear he's much in demand. 1105 01:12:16,861 --> 01:12:19,955 All the hostesses in London want him at their dinner table. 1106 01:12:20,031 --> 01:12:21,089 Yes. 1107 01:12:23,501 --> 01:12:25,162 I'm sure they do. 1108 01:12:31,109 --> 01:12:34,306 You should ask him here for the weekend. 1109 01:12:37,716 --> 01:12:39,479 Did you... 1110 01:12:39,784 --> 01:12:41,684 fall in love with him? 1111 01:12:49,694 --> 01:12:51,457 He made me like him. 1112 01:13:02,607 --> 01:13:04,165 Mr. Pug... 1113 01:13:06,845 --> 01:13:09,439 your new island looks lovely. 1114 01:13:12,584 --> 01:13:14,779 At Versailles it was laid down... 1115 01:13:14,853 --> 01:13:18,345 and at Locarno it was confirmed that Germany was forbidden to take... 1116 01:13:18,423 --> 01:13:21,221 any armed forces into the Rhineland zone. 1117 01:13:21,292 --> 01:13:24,625 And for 18 years, the fortresses of Frankfurt, Koblenz... 1118 01:13:24,696 --> 01:13:28,359 and the other garrison cities on the Rhine have been empty... 1119 01:13:28,433 --> 01:13:30,993 but gradually, under dictator Hitler... 1120 01:13:31,069 --> 01:13:34,732 Germany has been asserting her independence from treaty obligations. 1121 01:13:34,806 --> 01:13:37,036 First, she left the League of Nations... 1122 01:13:37,108 --> 01:13:39,872 then set about rebuilding her army, navy and air force. 1123 01:13:39,944 --> 01:13:43,641 Until today, when her forces play at war and mimic battle... 1124 01:13:43,715 --> 01:13:47,776 Germany is seen again to be one of the great armed powers of Europe. 1125 01:14:10,775 --> 01:14:12,367 We're powerless. 1126 01:14:13,411 --> 01:14:16,312 Hitler's preparing to tear the world apart... 1127 01:14:17,015 --> 01:14:18,346 and we can do nothing. 1128 01:14:18,416 --> 01:14:20,611 Of course we can, and we shall. 1129 01:14:22,353 --> 01:14:24,583 I should never have shown you those papers. 1130 01:14:24,656 --> 01:14:25,953 What do you mean? 1131 01:14:26,024 --> 01:14:29,152 Perhaps the Prime Minister's right. 1132 01:14:29,894 --> 01:14:32,886 Perhaps we should try to find a compromise with Herr Hitler. 1133 01:14:32,964 --> 01:14:35,728 Don't be ridiculous, you know that's impossible. 1134 01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:39,236 Then perhaps we should let him have his own way. 1135 01:14:39,537 --> 01:14:42,973 For God's sake, Ralph, what ridiculous nonsense is this? 1136 01:14:43,041 --> 01:14:46,602 Ralph, you're tired. We should go home. 1137 01:14:46,778 --> 01:14:49,611 Hundreds of thousands of people will die. 1138 01:14:49,881 --> 01:14:51,178 Millions. 1139 01:14:52,083 --> 01:14:53,641 And I shall be responsible. 1140 01:14:53,718 --> 01:14:56,949 - Ralph, that's just not true. - Partly responsible, then. 1141 01:14:57,021 --> 01:14:59,615 How would you be remotely responsible? 1142 01:14:59,691 --> 01:15:02,182 By showing those papers to Winston. 1143 01:15:02,260 --> 01:15:04,285 By stirring up public opinion. 1144 01:15:04,362 --> 01:15:08,230 By making it impossible for the government to reach a settlement with the Nazis. 1145 01:15:08,433 --> 01:15:12,494 Hitler is unstoppable. In three years, he's made himself dictator of Germany... 1146 01:15:12,570 --> 01:15:15,403 dumped the Treaty of Versailles, rebuilt the armed forces. 1147 01:15:15,473 --> 01:15:19,341 He'll march into Austria, and then Czechoslovakia, and then... 1148 01:15:19,978 --> 01:15:22,538 God knows what, the whole of Europe. 1149 01:15:23,414 --> 01:15:25,541 There may be a war. 1150 01:15:25,617 --> 01:15:27,278 I grant you that. 1151 01:15:28,086 --> 01:15:30,213 Nevertheless, we shall win. 1152 01:15:30,722 --> 01:15:32,519 How can you say that? 1153 01:15:33,024 --> 01:15:35,151 It's just mindless optimism. 1154 01:15:36,461 --> 01:15:40,261 When I was in school, I had a friend called Murland Evans... 1155 01:15:41,065 --> 01:15:45,525 and one day we were talking about what we would do when we were grown up. 1156 01:15:46,271 --> 01:15:48,637 And I don't know why I said this... 1157 01:15:48,706 --> 01:15:50,731 or why I thought it. 1158 01:15:51,509 --> 01:15:52,908 But I said: 1159 01:15:53,378 --> 01:15:57,610 "One day in the future, Britain will be in great danger... 1160 01:15:58,650 --> 01:16:00,948 "and it will fall to me... 1161 01:16:01,252 --> 01:16:03,618 "to save London and the Empire." 1162 01:16:05,189 --> 01:16:06,850 Schoolboy fantasy. 1163 01:16:07,792 --> 01:16:11,091 I wanted to play for England and go climb Everest. 1164 01:16:11,262 --> 01:16:12,593 My destiny. 1165 01:16:14,832 --> 01:16:16,629 And I truly believe it. 1166 01:16:18,169 --> 01:16:20,433 You're an extraordinary man, Winston. 1167 01:16:20,505 --> 01:16:22,097 I am, I know it. 1168 01:16:22,807 --> 01:16:27,005 Nobody but you could say that sort of thing and expect people to believe it. 1169 01:16:27,078 --> 01:16:29,308 Destiny is what I believe in. 1170 01:16:30,648 --> 01:16:32,411 Destiny commands... 1171 01:16:33,051 --> 01:16:34,541 we must obey. 1172 01:16:48,666 --> 01:16:50,896 Not a very jolly lunch, I'm afraid. 1173 01:16:50,969 --> 01:16:52,527 Look out for yourself, Ava. 1174 01:16:52,603 --> 01:16:55,128 Take care of Ralph, he needs you so much. 1175 01:16:55,206 --> 01:16:57,299 I will. Thank you, Clemmie. 1176 01:16:59,310 --> 01:17:00,572 Goodbye. 1177 01:17:08,252 --> 01:17:09,913 "All over Europe... 1178 01:17:10,321 --> 01:17:12,414 "is the hush of suspense. 1179 01:17:13,024 --> 01:17:16,687 "And in many lands, it is the hush of fear. 1180 01:17:18,429 --> 01:17:21,227 "During these last few years... 1181 01:17:22,166 --> 01:17:24,999 "the world has grown gravely darker. 1182 01:17:26,237 --> 01:17:28,467 "We have steadily disarmed... 1183 01:17:28,539 --> 01:17:33,374 "partly with a sincere desire to give a lead to other countries... 1184 01:17:34,078 --> 01:17:37,946 "and partly through the severe financial pressure of the time. 1185 01:17:39,217 --> 01:17:41,777 "But a change must now be made. 1186 01:17:43,221 --> 01:17:48,659 "We must not continue longer on a course in which we alone are growing weaker... 1187 01:17:49,193 --> 01:17:52,253 "while Germany is growing stronger." 1188 01:17:52,330 --> 01:17:53,695 Hear, hear. 1189 01:17:58,803 --> 01:18:00,498 Prime Minister... 1190 01:18:00,571 --> 01:18:02,368 Hello, Winston. 1191 01:18:05,410 --> 01:18:10,177 I hear there's a nonsensical rumor that you're about to retire. 1192 01:18:10,915 --> 01:18:13,281 Please, state that that isn't the case. 1193 01:18:13,351 --> 01:18:16,946 I should be making an official announcement in due course. 1194 01:18:17,021 --> 01:18:20,821 But please, be discrete, I don't want everybody to know. 1195 01:18:20,892 --> 01:18:22,792 I'm very surprised. 1196 01:18:23,194 --> 01:18:26,061 You're much loved in the country, Stanley. 1197 01:18:26,164 --> 01:18:28,462 I've had my day. I'm exhausted. 1198 01:18:28,900 --> 01:18:33,599 You know, some days I am so tired, I can hardly turn over the pages of a book. 1199 01:18:35,540 --> 01:18:37,838 We've had our differences. 1200 01:18:38,342 --> 01:18:40,367 Profound differences. 1201 01:18:41,512 --> 01:18:43,343 But I've always admired... 1202 01:18:43,414 --> 01:18:46,281 your great political skills. 1203 01:18:48,152 --> 01:18:50,347 Winston, let me tell you something. 1204 01:18:50,421 --> 01:18:55,051 To my mind, war is the greatest folly that can afflict mankind. 1205 01:18:55,126 --> 01:18:58,653 - Absolutely, no question about it... - Please, don't interrupt. 1206 01:18:58,729 --> 01:19:02,665 Maybe you're right about Hitler. Perhaps this war is inevitable. 1207 01:19:02,733 --> 01:19:05,133 But I believe that I am also right. 1208 01:19:05,203 --> 01:19:08,661 I have done everything in my power to preserve peace... 1209 01:19:08,739 --> 01:19:12,072 and I would do exactly the same, all over again. 1210 01:19:13,478 --> 01:19:15,241 Bloodshed, sorrow... 1211 01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:17,443 irreparable loss... 1212 01:19:18,216 --> 01:19:21,151 that's what I've been hoping to prevent. 1213 01:19:21,519 --> 01:19:23,316 But, as I say... 1214 01:19:24,322 --> 01:19:26,222 you may well be right. 1215 01:19:46,966 --> 01:19:49,491 So many telegrams today! 1216 01:19:50,336 --> 01:19:52,668 German troops are on the march. 1217 01:19:52,872 --> 01:19:56,171 Thousands of them. Hence all the telegrams. 1218 01:19:56,676 --> 01:20:00,635 Hitler's planning to invade the world, and we're planning to do nothing about it. 1219 01:20:00,713 --> 01:20:02,874 What do you make of that, Marjorie? 1220 01:20:04,016 --> 01:20:08,510 Perhaps we should go home? Or we could take a stroll in St. James's Park. 1221 01:20:08,587 --> 01:20:13,752 It's remarkable weather for this time of year, and we're hardly much use here, are we? 1222 01:20:19,999 --> 01:20:21,796 Sorry, Marjorie. 1223 01:20:23,569 --> 01:20:25,230 It's a poor joke. 1224 01:20:30,509 --> 01:20:32,306 Thank you for these. 1225 01:20:38,084 --> 01:20:42,020 Marjorie, I meant to ask, what time is the defense meeting tomorrow? 1226 01:20:42,088 --> 01:20:45,251 I don't think you're required at that meeting, Mr. Wigram. 1227 01:20:45,324 --> 01:20:47,952 We haven't received any notification. 1228 01:20:49,462 --> 01:20:50,952 Not required? 1229 01:20:53,833 --> 01:20:54,959 Fine. 1230 01:20:56,836 --> 01:20:58,963 Funny how word gets around. 1231 01:21:05,111 --> 01:21:08,308 Thank you very much. Come on, my little man. 1232 01:21:11,717 --> 01:21:14,151 Charlie, it's snowing, how lovely. 1233 01:21:14,286 --> 01:21:16,948 - Ethel, can you manage? - Yes, thank you, ma'am. 1234 01:21:17,022 --> 01:21:21,652 We should go find Daddy in the garden and make a snowman, what do you think? 1235 01:21:23,262 --> 01:21:25,025 Oh, silly Mommy. 1236 01:21:27,133 --> 01:21:28,566 Silly Mommy! 1237 01:21:31,337 --> 01:21:35,899 We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas 1238 01:21:36,041 --> 01:21:40,205 We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 1239 01:21:41,313 --> 01:21:43,474 - Shall I take him? - Thank you. 1240 01:21:43,549 --> 01:21:46,712 Come on, young man, what you need is a bath! 1241 01:21:46,786 --> 01:21:48,117 Good bath. 1242 01:21:49,155 --> 01:21:50,816 Be up in a minute. 1243 01:21:55,361 --> 01:21:56,555 Ralph? 1244 01:21:59,331 --> 01:22:00,821 What's wrong? 1245 01:22:01,667 --> 01:22:02,929 Nothing. 1246 01:22:04,437 --> 01:22:06,302 - Drink? - Please. 1247 01:22:53,052 --> 01:22:55,247 The snow has settled. 1248 01:22:56,088 --> 01:22:57,612 How wonderful. 1249 01:22:57,890 --> 01:23:01,587 We must take Charlie to the park, he's never seen snow like this. 1250 01:23:01,660 --> 01:23:03,924 So beautiful, like a painting. 1251 01:23:04,730 --> 01:23:08,257 You must telephone to the office. Tell them you won't be in today. 1252 01:23:08,367 --> 01:23:12,360 Just for two or three hours. It is Christmas, after all. They'll spare you. 1253 01:23:12,738 --> 01:23:17,004 I'm afraid I absolutely forbid you to go to work on a day like today. 1254 01:23:31,724 --> 01:23:33,919 Poor turnout from Whitehall. 1255 01:23:33,993 --> 01:23:36,393 I know, pretty bloody awful. 1256 01:23:36,962 --> 01:23:41,422 We had lunch with him a few days ago, and he was very upset then. 1257 01:23:41,500 --> 01:23:44,401 I was quite frightened. Do you think... 1258 01:23:44,470 --> 01:23:48,304 It says a pulmonary hemorrhage on the death certificate. 1259 01:23:48,374 --> 01:23:51,002 I think we should leave it at that. 1260 01:24:10,329 --> 01:24:13,628 He said it was all pointless, everything he tried to do. 1261 01:24:15,534 --> 01:24:17,195 Was it pointless? 1262 01:24:19,638 --> 01:24:22,072 His life was very precious to me. 1263 01:24:23,776 --> 01:24:25,744 Please, tell me it wasn't wasted. 1264 01:24:25,811 --> 01:24:29,178 Ava, my dear, you'll be very proud of him. 1265 01:24:29,848 --> 01:24:32,408 People often act heroically... 1266 01:24:32,484 --> 01:24:36,318 because they don't fully appreciate the dangers that lie ahead. 1267 01:24:36,388 --> 01:24:40,017 Ralph saw all those dangers and was afraid of them... 1268 01:24:41,026 --> 01:24:44,621 but he did what he did, in spite of his fear. 1269 01:24:45,631 --> 01:24:48,225 No man can be braver than that. 1270 01:24:48,901 --> 01:24:50,630 Thank you, Winston. 1271 01:25:28,741 --> 01:25:30,106 What is it? 1272 01:25:31,210 --> 01:25:33,041 Any invading force... 1273 01:25:33,946 --> 01:25:36,847 would march across our little bit of England... 1274 01:25:36,915 --> 01:25:38,849 on their way to London. 1275 01:25:41,820 --> 01:25:43,981 I wonder how long we've got. 1276 01:25:57,069 --> 01:25:58,593 This is London. 1277 01:25:58,671 --> 01:26:01,765 You will now hear a statement by the Prime Minister... 1278 01:26:01,840 --> 01:26:04,604 the right honorable Neville Chamberlain. 1279 01:26:04,743 --> 01:26:06,973 I am speaking to you... 1280 01:26:07,246 --> 01:26:10,647 from the cabinet room at 10 Downing Street. 1281 01:26:12,117 --> 01:26:16,281 This morning, the British ambassador in Berlin... 1282 01:26:16,388 --> 01:26:20,324 handed the German government a final note... 1283 01:26:20,859 --> 01:26:25,558 stating that unless we heard from them by 11... 00... 1284 01:26:26,365 --> 01:26:28,833 that they were prepared at once... 1285 01:26:29,034 --> 01:26:31,764 to withdraw their troops from Poland... 1286 01:26:31,837 --> 01:26:34,897 a state of war would exist between us. 1287 01:26:37,576 --> 01:26:42,513 I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received... 1288 01:26:43,549 --> 01:26:45,312 and that, consequently... 1289 01:26:45,384 --> 01:26:49,081 this country is at war with Germany. 1290 01:27:00,599 --> 01:27:02,123 Mr. Churchill! 1291 01:27:02,735 --> 01:27:04,600 Upstairs, Mrs. P. 1292 01:27:04,670 --> 01:27:08,299 - What's the matter? - Telephone, sir. The Prime Minister's office. 1293 01:27:26,958 --> 01:27:30,052 First Lord of the Admiralty, back in power! 1294 01:27:32,497 --> 01:27:35,432 Jolly good show, marvelous! 1295 01:27:38,736 --> 01:27:41,500 I have been made a member of the War Cabinet. 1296 01:27:41,573 --> 01:27:45,031 Mrs. Churchill and I must now make our home in London. 1297 01:27:45,510 --> 01:27:49,276 Needless to say, we shall return to Chartwell whenever possible. 1298 01:27:49,347 --> 01:27:51,679 Every one of you will be looked after... 1299 01:27:51,749 --> 01:27:55,310 and either retained here, or found good jobs elsewhere. 1300 01:27:55,386 --> 01:27:57,718 Mr. Inches has all the details. 1301 01:27:58,423 --> 01:28:01,517 There may be difficult and painful times ahead. 1302 01:28:02,160 --> 01:28:04,856 But now that I'm in charge of the Navy... 1303 01:28:04,929 --> 01:28:08,797 Mr. Hitler and his Nazi thugs had better look out. 1304 01:28:08,867 --> 01:28:12,064 We're going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget! 1305 01:28:14,906 --> 01:28:16,464 Good luck, sir. 1306 01:28:39,030 --> 01:28:42,022 Mr. Inches, I think a glass of champagne might be in order. 1307 01:28:42,100 --> 01:28:45,331 With respect, sir, I think we might save that for happier days. 1308 01:28:45,403 --> 01:28:46,427 Quite right. 1309 01:28:46,504 --> 01:28:49,371 However, there's a good claret you may be interested in. 1310 01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:52,932 It is a very good year, I can't tell you which year. 1311 01:29:04,389 --> 01:29:07,381 Not the House of Commons, the Admiralty! 1312 01:29:08,192 --> 01:29:10,126 I've got a navy to run! 1313 01:29:36,187 --> 01:29:38,815 Just before the Battle of Blenheim... 1314 01:29:40,158 --> 01:29:42,388 Marlborough said to his aide: 1315 01:29:43,161 --> 01:29:46,289 "Today, I conquer or die." 1316 01:29:48,499 --> 01:29:50,433 Now I know how he felt. 1317 01:29:56,441 --> 01:29:57,806 Thank you. 1318 01:29:59,277 --> 01:30:00,574 For what? 1319 01:30:01,546 --> 01:30:04,242 For being rash enough to marry me... 1320 01:30:04,582 --> 01:30:07,574 foolish enough to stay with me... 1321 01:30:09,087 --> 01:30:12,545 and for loving me in a way... 1322 01:30:12,957 --> 01:30:15,482 I thought I'd never be loved. 1323 01:31:01,472 --> 01:31:02,734 At ease. 1324 01:31:05,843 --> 01:31:08,038 - Good evening. - Good evening, sir. 1325 01:31:08,112 --> 01:31:10,910 - I'm the new First Lord. - Yes, sir, we know that. 1326 01:31:10,982 --> 01:31:12,142 How do you know? 1327 01:31:12,216 --> 01:31:15,014 A signal was sent to the fleet this afternoon. 1328 01:31:15,086 --> 01:31:16,519 What signal? 1329 01:31:16,921 --> 01:31:18,855 "Winston is back," sir. 1330 01:31:21,192 --> 01:31:22,887 "Winston is back." 1331 01:31:26,431 --> 01:31:28,763 And so he bloody well is!

The Gathering Storm (2002)

The Gathering Storm (2002)

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