00:00.
00:30300 miles from her home port, one of our West Coast trawlers is fishing. They have been
00:48out eight days now, but the fishing so far has been very bad.
01:18We'll have a look at this dumb gun, scubber. It's jammed somewhere. There's something wrong with it.
01:36I'll bet it all over. I don't know what's wrong. Jammed? What's going to happen if Jerry rolls along?
01:42Throw coal at him. Let's have a look at it.
01:46That's not much good.
01:51Hold the pan, Grim. As long as he doesn't come while we're doing this.
01:55Well, we're unlucky if he does, that's all.
01:58Hang on to that, York.
02:09I can see a bullet jammed in it.
02:11All right. Well, you best take it down to the chief and ask him if he's got anything to pull it out with.
02:17I hope he's not going to try and pull it out with his teeth.
02:21We better keep them up here, scubber.
02:23OK.
02:24No sign of any juries yet, scubber.
02:30No, and we don't want to see any either.
02:32Although, in this position last trip, there was one ship machine gunned.
02:36Has anybody hurt?
02:37No, not seriously. Just machine gunned the decks. Just rake these decks with machine gunned fire.
02:43Oh, that's good enough, then.
02:44Although, you know, Grimmy, two or three years ago, there was a 50-50 chance whether, well, as far as that goes, whether he got home or not.
02:52It was always machine gunned or a bomb. And you can go around to any fishing port and find fishermen's widows, even now.
02:59Even now.
03:29Back at sea, it is hauling time. The weather has turned nasty, and that means another poor haul.
03:51Heave away!
03:59And now.
04:00Explain room!
04:01However, I'm not, naturally, I am frightened.
04:03It isn't even a hill.
04:04Rhine's got six holes all over these yards.
04:05Yeah, I read that paper.
04:06Yeah!
04:07They got six holes.
04:08This bridge shaped了, and it is.
04:09This bridge made a clear position.
04:12Go on and get it.
04:14It is even pretty alarming that the world was on the beach.
04:17Hmm?
04:18What's wrong?
04:20Based on the beach, there?
04:22It is lek500 meters.
04:23At the beach it is never really well.
04:26It was fun.
04:28Well, if we don't do any better than this, we'll be in the workhouse.
04:51All right, pull it aboard.
04:53We'll steal for an hour or two.
04:56Send one on up here, Bill.
04:58Let it go south, Tom.
05:09South?
05:13And let me know in here.
05:14Get into the buoy.
05:16Aye, aye.
05:16Mine fields, mine fields, nothing but blasted mine fields.
05:39That's where the fish have gone to.
05:44Now our boy is here.
05:46We can't go north, so we'll have to come south.
05:50Well, if we're allowed to use a wireless, we'll be able to get in touch with the ship's fishing south.
05:56As we can't, we'll just have to chance it and go south.
06:01South, in search of fish.
06:03Maus.
06:03Maus.
06:04Maus.
06:04Maus.
06:05Maus.
06:06Maus.
06:06Maus.
06:06aine moan.
06:08Maus.
06:08Maus.
08:58Well, that was a lot better, Bill. How much do you think there was there?
09:05Well, now, sure, that town's about 20 boxes, mostly, eh?
09:28Well, now, sure.
09:50Oh, well, that was a nice bag of fish that time, Grim.
10:16Took a bit of shivering now.
10:18Yeah, by mind, we've got them there below now.
10:20Oh, but a drink.
10:24Booze again.
10:26Ah, they're better than women, Tom.
10:28Ah, well, come on, Gilly.
10:30Let's have five minutes before we all.
10:33Hey, what day is it today?
10:36Friday, all day.
10:38Good God, it's payday.
10:40The only day in the week women remember you.
10:43Oh, my God.
10:45Oh, my God.
10:47Oh, my God.
10:49Y'all are out.
10:51Oh, my God.
10:55Oh, my God.
10:57Oh, my God.
10:59Oh, my God.
11:01Oh, my God.
11:31Oh, my God.
12:01When the fishing is good, they keep at it day and night, hauling every three or four hours.
12:09Often, trawleymen work 20 hours out of the 24 for days on end.
12:13Hey, Yorkie.
12:19Hi, hi.
12:19Hook to hook.
12:20Come on, Grimmy.
12:21All right, all right.
12:21Go in, type.
12:22Well, I'd know where I'd soon to be now, Grimmy.
12:35Where's that?
12:36In the Legion.
12:37I've been a pint.
12:37I've been a pint.
13:07hey shimmy come on how many more times do you want to call it
13:23all right what's the matter with you never see a bloke to sleep like him
13:28why he's all right what about this fellow we're all about beat now come on grimmie
13:34I'm all right well I haven't fished about this last day to bill how much fish do you
13:40reckon we have aboard about 650 boxes maybe 700 I think we'll have another
13:45roll and then push off home
13:48give me a little cozy corner in an armchair for two somewhere there's nobody there we were
14:09there will do there stands a lovely row of coconuts there stands a lovely row of balls
14:19there stands me wife the I'd love me like
14:24I'll take you ask it okay thank you bill
14:49quite a few ships head of us here I see yes they're here for the weekend the same as
15:02we are I think well I hope we get in this morning bill I don't want to disappoint the
15:07old dutch because I was told her I should be here today hello up goes the signal off we
15:14off we go
15:35thank you
15:37all the best Charlie good old Charlie
15:46thank God for that Charlie
15:49good morning skimow good morning sir when you're serving tomorrow morning you got your
15:57physic permit will you yes thank you
16:00now will you just show me on the top which way are you going well we're going south this time down here
16:05this time down here. We was fishing north last time and the fishing was very bad.
16:10Well, there's nothing fresh down there, but I want to draw your particular attention to that minefield.
16:14Don't take any risks in going too near it. I have a suspicion that on one or two of their previous trips,
16:20a few skippers have been getting dangerously close, but I know I can rely on you not to do that.
16:25Yes, you can.
16:26Good. Well, now, have you anything to report from your last trip?
16:30No. We never saw anything at all last trip. No aircraft or anything.
16:34Well, there's nothing else, Skipper, and all I can do now is wish you the very best of luck.
19:23Hello, Bill.
19:24Hello.
19:25Hello, Shimmick.
19:26Hi.
19:27All aboard, Bill?
19:33Yes.
19:35Right-o.
19:36Stand by.
19:37Aye-aye.
19:38I'll go for it.
19:40Look off.
19:42I'll go for it.
19:50I'll go for it.
19:52I'll go for it.
19:54I'll go for it.
19:56I'll go for it.
20:06I'll go for it.
20:38You
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