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The squadron depicted is the fictional Hornet Squadron, which is equipped with Supermarine Spitfire fighters,[3] and deployed to France, where it waits out the Phoney War in comfort and elegance, until the German attack on Western Europe in May 1940. One by one, nearly all of the original pilots are killed and as losses mount, the character of the squadron changes from a casual nonchalance to a fight for survival. By the end of the series, only four of the original fourteen officers have survived.
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00:00The war has dragged on for nine months now, and Hornet squadron are still billeted at Chateau Saint-Pierre.
00:07Despite sporadic action, this has become known as the Phoney War.
00:11Two of our pilots, Fitzgerald and Gordon, were married,
00:15but the celebrations were interrupted by a surprise visit from the Luftwaffe.
00:19Suddenly, the battle for France has begun.
00:22Our losses have been crippling.
00:25There has even been open hostility to squadron leader Rex, who is regretfully lost in action.
00:31The other pilots blame themselves, but there will be no inquiry, and the Australian Barton has taken over.
00:37The Germans are advancing, and refugees have taken to the roads.
00:42Fitzgerald and Gordon's young brides have been packed off to England, but I fear nowhere is safe in this country now.
00:49With our lack of spitfires and spares, it must only be a matter of time until the enemy realises how weak we really are.
00:58The wind is VOICE OF THE FLY.
01:08The FLY.
01:11THE FLY.
01:13THE FLY.
01:16THE FLY.
01:21Oh, my God.
01:51Oh, my God.
02:21You're going to get a lot of trade.
02:23What did you get?
02:25A couple of Junkers and a 109.
02:26It's the big push, all right.
02:28So get in close, hammer the buggers, and get out quick.
02:31But please, don't take chances.
02:33Lose these four and we're out of business.
02:36Any questions?
02:38I'd be too embarrassed to ask.
02:40Pip, you all right?
02:42Never been better.
02:43Not 100% yet, you know.
02:45But the doc says you're fit for duty.
02:46Yeah, doc says don't do anything stupid.
02:48I think he means squash, not flying.
02:51Good luck.
02:52Thanks.
02:53Don't do anything rash, Haggis.
02:55I don't know.
02:55It's all right for you, Pip.
02:57CO's never asked me if I'm okay.
02:59What's your problem?
03:01Toothpaste.
03:01I haven't cleaned my teeth for ages.
03:03That's because I'm broke.
03:05I haven't been paid for three weeks.
03:06Stop.
03:07How come you've got money?
03:09Because I'm rich.
03:10Well, that explains it.
03:12I've got masses of toothpaste.
03:14I'm renting it out.
03:15Toppence a squeeze.
03:16No money.
03:18He'll lend you some.
03:1950 francs, 33% interest.
03:20Is that good?
03:21Good, it's phenomenal.
03:22I mean, I usually charge my friends 10%.
03:24Very high.
03:25But you're a lousy risk, that's why.
03:28You're an incompetent fighter pilot with an airplane put together with string and glue.
03:32Make it 50%.
03:33I'll tell you what, Sticky.
03:36It's a snip.
03:38Don't chuck around too much, sir.
03:39The balacate was a bit brave.
03:41Thanks a lot.
03:43Okay, I'll take it.
03:4633%.
03:4650%.
03:57Do you know what we haven't got here?
04:18Social facilities.
04:20What do you suggest?
04:22Salvation Army Mobile Canteen.
04:24More a French Army Mobile Brothel.
04:28You're talking to a happily married man.
04:30I thought they were the best customers.
04:34Oh, what a war.
04:36I can't even get the pox.
04:38Wake me up when the war's over, will you?
04:40I can't even get the pox.
04:41I can't even get the pox.
04:42I can't even get the pox.
04:43I can't even get the pox.
04:44I can't even get the pox.
04:45I can't even get the pox.
04:46I can't even get the pox.
04:47I can't even get the pox.
04:48I can't even get the pox.
04:49I can't even get the pox.
04:50I can't even get the pox.
04:51I can't even get the pox.
04:52I can't even get the pox.
04:53I can't even get the pox.
04:54I can't even get the pox.
04:55I can't even get the pox.
04:56I can't even get the pox.
04:57I can't even get the pox.
04:58I can't even get the pox.
04:59I can't even get the pox.
05:00Banders below, banders below at two o'clock, Heinkels, let's get into them.
05:30Banders behind, banders behind, on the tail, Pip.
05:38Christ.
05:42Come on.
05:50You okay, Sticky?
05:58I'm a little bit poorly.
06:14I'm sorry, I can't hear you, Mary.
06:26Where are you?
06:28Oh God, it's a terrible line.
06:32But what happened?
06:35What?
06:39Well, of course you couldn't do anything about it.
06:42Yes.
06:43Hello.
06:45Hello.
06:47Now, who's going to tell him?
06:53Young Gordon's wife.
06:55Oh no.
06:58Where exactly?
06:59Mary's in Calais.
07:00They were straved.
07:02Poor girl.
07:04Poor girl.
07:32Well, you were right.
07:41Sticky was a lousy risk.
07:43Yeah.
07:44Nearly lost money.
07:45What a way to die.
07:48Dirty teeth.
07:49Do you want the good news or the bad news?
07:53I used to be a pessimist, but it's too depressing.
07:55Give me good news.
07:56One 109 definite and a probable.
07:58Sticky?
07:59A wizard prang or something like that.
08:01The kite blew up and...
08:04Well, and Pip, he jumped out.
08:06He bailed out?
08:07He sort of flopped out.
08:09The last scene he spoke was flying towards Germany.
08:11I don't know what happened.
08:13His plane didn't seem damaged.
08:15The shoot seemed okay.
08:17It was about 20 miles from here.
08:20What's up with Flash?
08:23Into the run.
08:24The shot was a force.
08:25ầyのパズルな伝医をもらったり
08:30Arm.
08:31装返しが大きな sounded fir市が誰かにいるあまり
09:40Flash.
09:42Flash?
09:44Flash?
09:48Flash?
09:50Flash?
09:52Flash?
09:54Flash?
09:56Flash?
09:58Flash?
10:00Flash?
10:02I, uh, saw your bike.
10:12I'm really sorry.
10:16Rotten luck.
10:22Barry's okay?
10:24Mm, apparently.
10:27Bit shaken.
10:29And, supposedly,
10:33it was an Emmy 109.
10:38Mind you, she's not very good at aircraft.
10:45Ordinary people.
10:49Children.
10:52Just bloody strafed them.
10:56I was after a 109.
11:00No, this was near Calais.
11:03Funny.
11:04You don't think about the people on the ground.
11:08We were nowhere near Calais.
11:11Have you seen a map?
11:13France isn't big.
11:15We flew hundreds of miles that day.
11:17But nowhere near Calais.
11:19We were miles away.
11:21We were miles away.
11:23Honestly.
11:29She didn't want to go, that's a funny thing.
11:32She did it for me.
11:35We're the ones who should be killed.
11:38That's our job.
11:42Yes.
11:46Rotten luck.
11:47Let's go.
11:48Let's go.
12:18Don't say a word, chaps, but look what the cat's brought in.
12:21Good God.
12:26Been on the tiles, Haggis?
12:29I think you need a doctor.
12:35Where's Sticky?
12:37You saw what happened, didn't you?
12:40Where have you been?
12:41Hanging around.
12:44I've been hanging around, get it?
12:47What do you mean?
12:48I was in a tree.
12:52Talking to the birds.
12:54Did they say anything to you?
13:03You do talk an awful lot of drivel, Moggy.
13:06Yes, but I haven't jumped out of an aeroplane for a long time.
13:10What do you mean?
13:12Now, come on, you two.
13:13No.
13:14What are you trying to say, Moggy?
13:16I don't trust our parachutes.
13:19The air and the wind buggers up your hair.
13:22I'd rather fight a Messerschmitt.
13:23I can't take it, you do it.
13:27He's a bloody maniac.
13:29You're going to dis and I, Moggy, but you can't bloody take it, can you?
13:32I'll kill a bastard.
13:34Kill, kill, kill.
13:35That's all he wants to do.
13:37He killed Dicky Star.
13:39He killed Rex.
13:40He probably killed Riley Trevelli.
13:42All right, all right, all right, funny with me.
13:45He's going to kill everybody.
13:46Oh, I'm going to kill him.
13:47Until there's no one left, Ben.
13:48Still.
13:49We're going nowhere.
13:51Well, he's not going to kill me.
13:54No, he's not.
13:56Come on, don't show me.
13:57You're okay, Mog?
14:08Oh, terrific.
14:11Dugging up my makeup.
14:14And a strange sensation around the eyelashes.
14:17Fine, fine.
14:20Funny chap.
14:22Was it something I said?
14:23No.
14:38This is the end of the Framboise, sir.
14:41Rex's favorite tipple.
14:43Well, this could be the end of Hornet's squadron as well.
14:46So we're not going to get any more Spitfires?
14:48The Air Ministry says no fighters for France.
14:52Hitler changed the rules.
14:55Nobody really wanted this war, you know.
14:57Do you remember when you came to France?
14:59Quiet, little rule.
15:01Almost gentlemanly.
15:02As I recall it, wasn't it something to do with Poland and decency?
15:05Who the hell said that?
15:06I think it was you, sir.
15:08Did I?
15:10Well, there's Poland and decency for you.
15:13You chaps are now technically classified as useless mouths.
15:16So we're going to send you home.
15:17What's going to happen then, sir?
15:18Spot of leave, I suppose.
15:21Going to miss this, though.
15:22I don't care what anyone says.
15:23I'm proud of the squadron.
15:26Well, I'll drink to that.
15:27They all did their best.
15:28Hear, hear, sir.
15:30Don't feel downhearted.
15:32Think of it in this way.
15:33Poland, Denmark, Holland and Belgium are out of the preliminaries.
15:36France is losing hands down.
15:38So it's England and Germany for the final.
15:41Well, that can't be bad.
15:42Particularly as we've got the home ground advantage.
15:44With your usual insight, sir, we can hardly lose.
15:47Thank you, sir.
16:17Thank you, sir.
16:47Good morning, sir.
16:59Pilot officer Steele Stebbings, sir.
17:07What did you say?
17:09Steele Stebbings.
17:10Are you Swedish?
17:11Certainly not, sir.
17:12Do you know where I can find the CO?
17:15I'm the CO.
17:17And don't you ever forget that.
17:21You'll never shoot a bird with that, sir.
17:24Who says?
17:25See?
17:33The flare's just a decoy.
17:35They think they know everything, these seagulls.
17:39From my long experience, I would think that's a Swedish seagull, Mark III.
17:42What do you think?
17:43Are the Swedes on our side?
17:45I really am English, sir.
17:47So you say.
17:50Do you know where I can find the other pilots?
17:53No idea.
17:53And the aeroplanes?
17:56Aeroplanes?
17:56Aeroplanes?
17:58You Swedish prick.
18:02We don't need aeroplanes.
18:04I mean, you're a highly trained pilot, aren't you?
18:07Well, are you?
18:08You know how to fly.
18:11We don't need aeroplanes.
18:13Here, have you got one of these?
18:14Service issue.
18:16If there's any enemy aircraft in the area, you just stick this up your arse.
18:20And if it's an ME 109, you turn round quickly and give them a volley.
18:23Yeah!
18:28You'll get the hang of it in a couple of days.
18:31Yes, sir.
18:33Varadet somha hand, eh?
18:35Sorry, sir.
18:35Don't you know your own language?
18:39I studied Swedish for three hours.
18:40Don't come the old soldier with me.
18:50Vodka and Hazel Airfield, please.
18:52What, Annie?
18:54Hello, Chris.
18:55Good to see you, you old reprimandist.
18:57You too.
18:58Did you have a good leave?
19:00Yeah, it's okay.
19:01I'm not a care.
19:02Thanks a little.
19:02You're going to have to pay for this.
19:04Don't believe it.
19:05What ever happened to the family millions?
19:07Well, I made a decision.
19:08I mean, why should I subsidize their bloody work?
19:10If the government hired me, they can damn well pay the rate for the job.
19:19They lost the squadron's documents, you know.
19:21Yeah.
19:22Lost an army as well.
19:26Talked to my father the other day.
19:27He told me I'd join the wrong side.
19:29Is he pro-nazi?
19:30Are you kidding?
19:32Thinks they're soft on communism.
19:35Mind you, we don't exactly see eye to eye.
19:38When I went to Spain, he was delighted because I joined the Republicans.
19:41It was a while before he realized that Spanish Republicans weren't his type of Republican.
19:44Next, the British Empire is run by Jewish trade union leaders controlled by Moscow.
19:53Got to win this war, Fanny, just to show my father he was wrong.
19:57Hey, congratulations on the stripe.
19:58Thanks.
20:00You interested in promotion?
20:02Why, what do you offer?
20:03You want to command a flight?
20:06Where's my arm?
20:08Acting flight lieutenant.
20:10And the money's incredible.
20:14Is that all?
20:16You can shout at people.
20:18And?
20:19And, if you live long enough, a gong.
20:24Guaranteed.
20:25Even your father would be oppressed.
20:28Right, let's stop here.
20:50Nice cheers.
20:52Did you have a good leave?
20:54I got the crabs.
20:56Some little tart.
20:56Do you mind?
20:59It was a debutante, old boy.
21:01At least I assume it was from her.
21:04Or maybe it was from her mother.
21:06You really are disgusting.
21:08Yes.
21:08That's what my sister-in-law said.
21:10She'll never forgive me.
21:12Come on, Morgie.
21:13How'd you get the car back?
21:16Well, some chap from the Royal Armoured Corps helped me.
21:19And I did the decent thing when I got back to London.
21:21I phoned Rex's father.
21:23And you know what he said?
21:24He said,
21:26Why don't you keep it, Wing Commander Catamole?
21:29Now, that was a decent thing to do, don't you think?
21:32Am I supposed to believe that, Morgie?
21:33On my honour.
21:34He even sent me the love book.
21:37Good God almighty.
21:44Hello, chaps.
21:45Where have you been?
21:46More to the point.
21:47Where have you been?
21:48Waiting for the war.
21:49What's that?
21:51You'll like it.
21:52Get it off.
21:53We're not in the Navy.
21:54It'll be good.
21:55I don't give a damn.
21:56Shave it off.
21:58And if you're going to the local pub, wear uniform.
22:00That's an order, Flash.
22:05I remember when he was one of the chaps.
22:07I remember when you were a human being.
22:09You look like a rat pushed through a hedge.
22:12What did your parents say, Flash?
22:14Haven't seen them.
22:15Where did you spend your leave?
22:18Well, I just stayed here.
22:21Very good time.
22:22Drank 200 bottles of Guinness and shot plenty of seagulls.
22:25He's bloody mad.
22:28What did you say, Flip?
22:31I said you're bloody mad.
22:35I wonder about that.
22:39Mind you, it takes all kinds, doesn't it?
22:43What would we do without you?
22:45Even Moggy's going to buy you a drink.
22:49Well, I'm sure you blokes would be very happy with us.
22:52I'm happy killing Germans.
22:53Very good.
22:55We'll get our new Spitfires tomorrow.
22:57Did you lose all your aircraft in France?
22:58Very nearly, I'm afraid.
23:01Must have been pretty hairy, sir.
23:03I was there.
23:05It was cook-up.
23:06The CO is instructing one of our foreign contingent, but he'll want to see you.
23:22Anyway, you'll want to settle in first.
23:24I don't mind about that, sir.
23:25I just want to get into the air.
23:26Yes, me too, sir.
23:28That's the stuff.
23:30Corporal Beale will show you to your hut.
23:32Afterwards, I'll have a bit of a wander.
23:34Any problems?
23:35You know where I am.
23:36Have you seen our new intake?
23:52Hope, it's both of them.
23:53Really?
23:54Absolutely.
23:56I'm astonished by your capacity for instant judgment.
24:00You met them for what?
24:0114 seconds?
24:02That's enough.
24:03I know, Scal.
24:04What about the others?
24:07Well, the squadron's changed.
24:09Yes, indeed.
24:10When Rex was CO, the relationship was almost feudal.
24:14It didn't work terribly well, which is no great surprise.
24:17As you probably know, the feudal system itself was less than totally satisfactory.
24:21With Fernie Barton, you have a more popular leader.
24:24Almost democratic.
24:25Yes, but what about the blokes?
24:26Oh, they're behaving exactly as one would expect.
24:29The old sweats have ganged up on the new faces.
24:32Of course, they're all deeply suspicious of the foreigners.
24:35I mean, we're supposed to fight against foreigners.
24:38Very confusing.
24:38They're bloody keen, aren't they?
24:41I'd say obsessional.
24:42They're real killers.
24:44Like Moggy.
24:45They want to kill Germans, but Moggy, quite happy to kill anybody.
24:50Well, I'm all for the Moggies of this world, as long as they're on our side.
24:53Not like Steel Stebbing.
24:55He's got very good marks in his training, so they say.
24:57I knew his father at college.
24:59Insufferable man.
25:00I'd rather think the son is trying to escape from him.
25:03What about his mother?
25:05Do you know, there was something about the mother.
25:06She ran off with an Albanian yachtsman.
25:11Fascinating, isn't it?
25:12Yes, that's why Steel Stebbing joined the RAF.
25:15He was trying to escape from his father, the mother, and the Albanian.
25:18Hmm.
25:20Perhaps he just liked aeroplanes.
25:22You always make life so boring, old man.
25:25Aeroplanes, indeed.
25:25Yes, well, you're not a pilot, are you, Scar?
25:29Thank God.
25:30Any minute, you're going to say young Flash Gordon is normal.
25:33We're all bloody mad.
25:35Touched by something or other.
25:36You?
25:37I flew through a railway station once.
25:40Really?
25:41We didn't have much of a roof left, of course.
25:42I always think of you as a very sober, reliable chap.
25:46Well, obviously, I've settled down a bit now.
25:50Anyway, what I'm saying is young Flash isn't a lunatic.
25:54Have you seen his eyes?
25:55What's wrong with his eyes?
25:57He should be in a hospital.
25:59Nonsense.
26:00He's always been odd.
26:02I'd rather have him on my side than Steel Stebbing.
26:04Steel Stebbing.
26:21I knew it was Steel Stebbing.
26:23Where was it?
26:25Oxford, that's right.
26:27He used to wear ladies' clothes.
26:30Well, there's not too many of us.
26:32I had a cousin at Oxford, Amanda Steel Stebbing.
26:36Amanda!
26:38Funny name for a boxing blue.
26:41He didn't have the figure for summer frocks.
26:43But then neither do you.
26:45You see, the chap I met, your relative,
26:49he was a bit flat-chested.
26:51But he had the most exciting hips.
26:56Mind you, he had quite a good left hook.
26:58Does this run in your family?
27:00Well, I boxed at school.
27:02Well, that's quite remarkable.
27:04I did a bit of that.
27:05Shall we spar or dance, Amanda?
27:07For Christ's sake, Morgue, leave me alone.
27:09Ah, the tea boy speaks.
27:11You have to be very careful about McSporran.
27:13When he's upset, he throws cups of tea at you.
27:15Why don't you shut your dirty, filthy mouth?
27:18Don't worry about him, Amanda.
27:19He read English, Latin and rhetoric at Ockenschuggle University.
27:23Next time, he'll be battery acid.
27:25Oh, did you hear what the nasty man said, Amanda?
27:27Don't push your luck, Pip.
27:32Leave it out, Morgue.
27:34Just settle down.
27:37Oh, Mr. God, Morgue, I don't know where you get the energy from.
27:39Oh, Norman blood, old boy.
27:41Scramble one section, sir.
27:45Patrol Hastings, Angels 10.
27:48That's you, Morgue, and your new friend.
27:50Come on, Amanda.
27:52We can't go on meeting like this, you know.
27:54It is the most incredible bargain, Flash.
28:16Oh, how much I paid for it?
28:20I don't know.
28:21500,000 pounds in cups.
28:23Oh, don't be stupid.
28:24It was 10 pounds.
28:26You could show me.
28:28You know, Mary will be very pleased to see you.
28:32At least you get some decent home cooking.
28:38Hello, Mango Leader.
28:39This is Snowball.
28:40We have one bandit reported 15.
28:42That is, one five miles northwest of Pistines.
28:45Angels 8 to 10, and he's heading east.
28:49Got your Snowball.
28:51Correction, make it west.
28:54Correction, Mango Yellow Leader.
28:56It's definitely heading south.
28:57What are your Angels?
28:59Angels 8.
29:01Mango Yellow, make Angels 6.
29:03Your bandit seems to be losing height.
29:06Yellow Leader to Yellow 2.
29:08We're getting no joy.
29:10Let's have a look at the sea.
29:11We'll level out at 100 feet.
29:13Don't go in the drink.
29:15Did you see him, Yellow 2?
29:34Well, no, not really.
29:35Well, hang on to me.
29:38This is Mango Yellow Leader to Snowball.
29:40The bandit's down in the drink.
29:42We'll have another go.
29:42Right, you got him now, Yellow 2.
29:54Well, no.
29:55Keep right behind my arse.
29:57Now, it's far to the left.
29:58Do you see him?
30:00Oh, yes, I think so.
30:02Don't you bloody know?
30:05Did you see him, Yellow 2?
30:07Yes, Yellow Leader.
30:08We've got the bastard.
30:16Get the Yonkers.
30:17But it's a rescue play.
30:19Get the bastard.
30:20A quick squirt.
30:21Very good, Yellow 2.
30:36Did you hear what I said?
30:41Yes.
30:41But you didn't get the jerrys in the dinghy, did you, Yellow 2?
30:47No, I didn't.
30:49Oh, dear.
30:50You pathetic fart.
30:52Old Rex must be turning in his grave.
31:14I'm not complaining.
31:16The last time I broke bread with you, chaps,
31:18it was chilled vichyssoise and roast venison, as I remember it.
31:21We still haven't organized the kitchen, sir.
31:24It's almost like a real war.
31:26We lost Birdseul in France.
31:28He was the chef.
31:29Probably cooking for the Luftwaffe by now.
31:31Well, we've got to rough it a bit now.
31:34Rex got his gong.
31:35The family were very pleased.
31:37And I believe they've commissioned a stained glass window
31:39for the village church.
31:40It seems years ago now, sir.
31:42Well, it was.
31:43It was going to be a colossal scrap.
31:45Much bigger than France.
31:47By the way, I'm delighted you got one of their Red Cross plates today.
31:51One of the new boys got it.
31:52Well, jolly good.
31:53But keep it under your head.
31:55The public doesn't understand.
31:56You're confusing me, sir.
31:58I mean, they're an absolute menace.
32:00They monitor our radio transmissions,
32:02sneak in and snaffle their own pilots when they have to ditch.
32:05Hit the buggers as hard as you can.
32:07Well, don't come back and tell everybody.
32:11Red Cross is an emotional expression.
32:13Can you imagine the clergy and the do-gooders?
32:15They'd have a field day.
32:17They really wouldn't understand.
32:19Of course not.
32:20Far be it from me to question fighter command's orders.
32:23But I'm sure you will.
32:25Not at all, sir.
32:26But if the Luftwaffe has planes that can pinpoint pilots in the channel,
32:30why not us?
32:32We're not supposed to think of everything, you know.
32:34Ah, sir.
32:35Does that answer your question?
32:37Absolutely, sir.
32:38I don't know.
33:08Blue Leader to Blue 4, is there anything wrong with your aircraft?
33:11It's behaving perfectly, Blue Leader.
33:13To Blue 4, then why are you flying inverted?
33:16Blue 4 to Blue Leader, I fancy to rest.
33:19It gives you a different view of the world.
33:22Rejoin formation, do you understand that, Blue 4?
33:25Did you realize, Blue Leader, that yoga gurus sit on their heads some of the time?
33:30It refreshes the brain.
33:32I don't give a damn what they do.
33:34Join formation, repeat, join formation.
33:36Crikey! Blue Leader, bandits, 11 o'clock high.
33:40As you were, Blue Leader, bandits, 1 o'clock low.
33:46Blue Leader, they got high-end calls as well.
33:49It's coke up.
33:51Blue 2, take the right side, Blue 3 and 4 to the left.
33:55Go, go, go!
34:06Blue 2, take the right side, Blue 1.
34:23What else do you do, like内価?
34:25Blue 2, take the right side.
34:26Oh, shit.
34:56I don't know.
35:26I don't know.
35:56I don't know.
36:06Wait for me here.
36:10I want to talk to you.
36:11What's the problem?
36:21Flash.
36:23Well?
36:24I want him out of my flight.
36:29This new thing is flying inverted.
36:32How come I get all the loonies, foreign allegiance and greenhorns?
36:36The doctor's going to have a look at Flash.
36:38And what good do you think that'll do?
36:40I can't chop a bloke without good reason.
36:43And I can't chop a pilot like Zadonofsky just because you don't like him.
36:46You give him an order and he says he's a cockle.
36:49He's a good pilot.
36:51I don't really care about the King's English.
36:53And the greenhorn, who's that, Renouf?
36:55He bailed out.
36:57That's not a sin flip.
36:58Don't bloody talk to me about sin.
37:00What's the matter with you?
37:01All right, you've had a hard time.
37:03That's because of all the bloody loonies, daggles and blokes who don't know what's going on.
37:06I mean, it's all right for you.
37:07You get the stripes and I get the scars.
37:10We're all getting scars.
37:14As for the stripes, what are you trying to say, Flip?
37:18You should be leading the squadron, is that it?
37:21Somebody's got to lead the squadron.
37:22You mean I'm not doing it right?
37:24You said it, not me.
37:33I'm not doing it right now, but I'm not doing it right now.
38:03He's got to be outside down.
38:04He destroyed a Heinkel.
38:06Perhaps everybody should do it.
38:08Did he?
38:08Good for him.
38:12Flip wants promotion.
38:15The respect.
38:16I don't know.
38:18Well, you know.
38:19When people complain about others, it's usually because of their own shortcomings.
38:24He's a good flight commander.
38:26Perhaps he's got what Uncle describes as the twitch.
38:30Come on, he's strong as an ox.
38:33Zoology is not my speciality, but I'm sure even oxen have their breaking point.
38:40What about Flash?
38:42Simple.
38:44He's retreating from reality.
38:50You're so clever.
38:52I'm going to start reading books.
38:53That would be a really good book.
38:59I don't know.
39:01Hold on.
39:02Okay.
39:02Hold on.
39:16Well now, where's the nasty cough?
39:37It's the cigarette, sir.
39:40I don't know what I'm saying, sir. It's the smoke.
39:43What's wrong with it?
39:45I'm sure it's fine. It's just me, sir.
39:47Perhaps it's not your brand.
39:49I just don't like cigarettes. Awful, dirty habit. I hate it.
39:53Well, why didn't you say?
39:55I thought you'd be upset.
39:57Of course not. It wasn't an order, you know.
40:00Well, in that case...
40:02You are an odd chap, aren't you?
40:16Sorry, sir.
40:18Well now, I understand you've been flying upside down.
40:24Yes.
40:26Is that a good idea?
40:28Well, I think so, sir. Particularly if you want to be invisible.
40:32Invisible?
40:34Well, you see, the underside of a Spitfire is painted blue.
40:38It's camouflage.
40:40Well, I suppose that's because it will merge with the sky.
40:43That's to fox the Germans who'll be flying below.
40:46That's the whole point, sir.
40:48See, half the time, particularly if it's a Measuresmith, they attack us from above.
40:52If I fly upside down, they might not see me.
40:56You think so?
40:57Well, I haven't actually asked any of them, but...
41:00I don't know. It's possible.
41:02What do you think, sir?
41:04I'm not a pilot.
41:06Well, I think we should try anything.
41:08Otherwise, the whole world will sink into the abyss of a dark new age
41:12made more sinister by the lights of perverted science.
41:15Well, I don't know about that. Perverted science.
41:18Well, that's what Mr Churchill says.
41:25Well, I suppose you've seen quite a bit of this war.
41:28Has it upset you?
41:31Well, I think it's smashing.
41:33Smashing?
41:35Smashing?
41:36Well, if we stand up to old Hitler, all Europe may be free.
41:41The life of the world can go forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
41:45The Prime Minister, he thinks it's smashing as well.
41:52Ah! But...
41:54I've had a long chap with Flying Officer Gordon.
41:57You're right. He is a peculiar chap.
42:00But is he off his rocker?
42:02Probably.
42:03But against that, he's very keen on the war and particularly keen about killing the enemy.
42:07Well, that's good, isn't it?
42:09Quoting great chunks of Churchill's speeches.
42:12Where'd he get those from?
42:14They're in the newspapers and on the radio.
42:16He's a daily sketch reader.
42:17I can't ground a chap for that.
42:19Besides, he's one of your more successful pilots.
42:22Hmm.
42:23But is he...
42:24Is he round the bend?
42:26I can't go on record as saying a pilot who quotes Church Elizabeth so facto mentally unstable.
42:31Half the country's doing that.
42:32On the other hand, in layman's terms, yes, he's probably slightly loopy.
42:38You see, if you ask your average fighter pilot about the war, he shuffles his feet and looks embarrassed and says,
42:46Well, they started it, didn't they?
42:48Not absolutely true, as it happens, but...
42:51He certainly doesn't start saying it's the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister by the light of a perverted science.
42:58Old Flash said that.
42:59And more.
43:00Um.
43:05Tablets.
43:06Why?
43:07What's your problem?
43:08Not for me.
43:09For Flash.
43:10No, no, no, no, no.
43:11Lots of rest, good food, er...
43:13You'll be as right as mindfulness.
43:16Really?
43:19No.
43:20Not really.
43:21The, er...
43:22The big thing is to keep him away from the wireless when the Prime Minister's on.
43:25Scramble A flight, sir!
43:26Ah, your offer.
43:27I said I'd be back for tea time.
43:28Thanks for your help.
43:29Have I got it right?
43:30He's batty, but he can fly.
43:32Any problems?
43:33Give me a tinkle.
43:38Hello, sir.
43:39Liked our chat.
43:41Must dash forward into broad sunlit uplands.
43:59Others.
44:00What are you doing?
44:01The sunlit uplands.
44:11It's cold.
44:12You have to be.
44:13The sunlit uplands.
44:14It's cold.
44:15They're falling out.
44:16It's cold.
44:17There was a way to do it.
44:18Very hot.
45:19So what we're saying is that everybody got something.
45:24Three Heinkels, a 110 and two 109s.
45:29Every one destroyed?
45:30I actually followed my Heinkel down to the sea.
45:33Bits falling off.
45:35And it hit the water?
45:36I didn't hang around. I had a 109 on my arse at the time.
45:40Then it's damaged, not destroyed.
45:42We're making some very extravagant claims.
45:44Oh, bugger off.
45:46The newspapers are reporting it like cricket scores.
45:49Oh, maybe we can declare.
45:51It was a hell of a scrap.
45:54Pity about Flip.
45:56Well, that was a definite.
45:58You don't get any more definite than that.
46:01Bad show.
46:03It's a cook-up.
46:07You can certainly say that.
46:10Why are you laughing?
46:11Why don't you join the BBC?
46:16Well, if you want my opinion, the whole idea is absurd.
46:19With respect, Uncle, you've read your telegraph.
46:22May I?
46:2263 Huns knocked down, and we lost a dozen.
46:29First class score.
46:30But to my certain knowledge, we lost 16.
46:33And I think you can halve the total Germans.
46:35Are you suggesting the telegraph is lying?
46:37Good God, no.
46:38But I think our pilots romanticize.
46:40You mean they're liars?
46:42You're being very touchy.
46:43I'm merely suggesting that our pilots exaggerate by about 100%.
46:48Do you realize what you're saying?
46:50Our chaps are going up there...
46:51You've said it yourself, Uncle.
46:52Everything happens so quickly in the air.
46:55A puff of smoke, a lick of flame, does not necessarily mean a definite kill.
46:58They're in a state of high anxiety.
47:00A peak of excitement.
47:02They've only got 14 seconds of killing time.
47:05It may concentrate the mind, but it does nothing for recalling the incident in tranquility.
47:11For someone who's been in an airplane twice, how the hell would you know?
47:15I listen to you, Uncle.
47:17I'm not accusing our pilots of deliberately falsifying their results.
47:22That's exactly what you're doing.
47:23Yes, I suppose I am.
47:25That's why these cine guns are important.
47:27Mumbo-jumbo.
47:38Clever little gadget, sir.
47:39Our pilots have got enough instruments to control without that kind of nonsense.
47:43Oh, it's simple enough, sir.
47:44It only works when the guns are fired, sir.
47:48Thank you, Corporal.
47:49You're not impressed?
47:51I take pilots' word of honour.
47:53It's as simple as that.
47:54It's a matter of principle.
47:56Our chaps are going up there five, six, seven times a day, and then you don't trust them?
47:59I don't really like this dugout.
48:24Why can't they decorate the place?
48:26If you've seen one sandbag, you've seen them all.
48:28What do you think, Amanda?
48:30Do you think they'd paint the place?
48:32I'd rather have wallpaper.
48:34Oh, dear, that, chaps.
48:35Amanda's going to be an interior decorator when she grows up.
48:42Now look what you've done.
48:47I don't know about you, chaps, but this is time for my mid-morning coffee.
48:50Let's go.
48:54Oh.
49:02Oh.
49:03Oh.
49:06Oh.
49:07Oh.
49:08Oh.
49:09Oh.
49:10Oh.
49:11Oh.
49:11Oh, my God.
49:41Oh, my God.
50:11Oh, my God.
50:41Oh, my God.
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