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00:13I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:16I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:23I'm not sure what you're doing.
00:24Fuel on.
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Docks are in position.
00:29Switches are off.
00:29You sure about this, sir?
00:32When I got married, my in-laws made me Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
00:35As a result, I'm the most senior airman in the country,
00:39and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Right-o, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Bravo!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow air!
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now, it's your turn.
01:57You have control.
01:58I have control?
01:59Well, I remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading.
02:03And keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good.
02:08That's balanced.
02:12Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:40My God.
02:42Oh.
02:43Oh.
02:44Oh.
02:47Oh.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:49Heaven!
02:55You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you?
02:58I did, sir, 257 Squadron.
03:00Flying what?
03:01Spitfires.
03:02Hunnicans, mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Shouldn't we get her started now?
03:09The ground seems terribly close.
03:11Yes. It's too low to restart, so we'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16OK. I have control. You have control.
03:38That was wonderful. Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
04:11How about tomorrow?
04:14How about tomorrow?
04:17How about tomorrow?
04:39How about tomorrow?
04:43How about tomorrow?
04:46How about tomorrow?
04:50How about tomorrow?
04:54How about tomorrow?
05:32Let's go.
05:37Let's go.
05:39Sir.
05:47Johnson, what do you make of this?
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:08Sir.
06:11Goodness me.
06:16Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, sir.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:24Thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:40Kenneth, it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46You'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is, we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Dally Street right away.
06:53We'll take you to the solid and the staff.
06:56We'll take you to the�� department.
06:57We'll take you to the right side.
07:06We'll take you to the right side with the right side.
07:07We'll take you to the right side.
07:10Thanks, sir.
07:13We've seen the theory.
07:16Here you go.
07:23If her matter, she could lean forward.
07:29Deep breath in.
07:35And out.
07:38Yes, a little stuffy, ma'am.
07:40It might help to open the window a crack.
07:42Not while they're rehearsing.
07:45What are they rehearsing?
07:47Oh, my funeral.
07:58Oh, my funeral.
08:11All right.
08:14Uh, I'll have a seat.
08:42Oh, there you are.
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Corks.
09:04Nice view.
09:16I'm not a scientist.
09:18I can't say I understand it, but what I can tell you is we don't get a weather warning
09:24like this every day.
09:25We don't get one every month either.
09:28In fact, I've never heard of us getting one at all.
09:32Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:39Donora.
09:43Well, of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:52They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone which trapped the emissions from the local
09:59copper world.
10:00I think.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days, a number of people died.
10:05Twenty.
10:06And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog.
10:12After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding
10:17mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary
10:22measure.
10:25I never saw the report.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that?
10:36I can, Mr. Utley.
10:46The Cabinet minutes where it was discussed.
10:54He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter to give the illusion of a solid
11:02economy.
11:05This is great, Clem.
11:07It's interesting, for sure.
11:12What I don't understand is this.
11:16Why a Downing Street employee working for the government should come to me with this information.
11:24I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman.
11:27Do not trust the horse, Trojans.
11:30I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
11:35Mr. Utley, I entered the civil service to serve the public and to serve government.
11:41Any government.
11:43But I am also a responsible citizen, and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me.
11:51This is not a government.
11:53Mr. Utley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened, old men, unable.
12:00To unseat a tyrannical, delusional, even older one.
12:05Yours was the most radical, forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:14How you lost the election escapes me.
12:20Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service if I helped to usher him
12:31out of the door and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you've come to me with a master plan that involves me crucifying the Tories for their
12:42failure to deal with a fog which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:49At present, I can see stars.
13:04Oh, I cannot digress or not.
13:10I cannot limit that.
13:15I cannot demand that.
13:44CHOIR SINGS
13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott, thank you for your conscientiousness.
14:12It's late. You're home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired. Good evening to you.
14:19What? Still here?
14:20Good night, sir.
14:33Good evening, Pat.
14:57You haven't moved.
15:01I suppose it's still a no.
15:04To what?
15:05Coming out.
15:07You mean going to the Lamb of Flag with you, sitting at the bar, twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable
15:13young man in the room,
15:14they're letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home, only to have their unremarkability confirmed
15:21to us again.
15:23No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:28And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:30Spend time in the company of someone remarkable.
15:43Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
15:48The Earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
15:53Be kind, but be fierce.
15:56You are needed now more than ever before.
15:59Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time.
16:05The Earth is yours, and the Earth is your time, for this is your time, for this is your time,
16:06for this is your time, for this is your time, for this is your time, for this is your time,
16:06for this is your time, for this is your time, for this is your time, for this is your time,
16:08for this is your time, for this is your time, for this is your time, for this is your time.
16:35Good morning.
16:37The time is 8 o'clock on the 6th of December, and here is the news.
16:40London has been brought to a halt by dense fog, which has descended overnight.
16:47Long queues are formed on main roads,
16:49and there are reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot.
16:53London Airport is expected to be closed.
16:58Good God.
16:59The Meteorological Office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone over London is to blame.
17:06Smoke from the capital's chimneys is being trapped at street level, which is aggravating the fog.
17:15Windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time.
17:19Be careful out there. It's a real pea super.
17:32Ah, is the car ready?
17:34I'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive, ma'am.
17:38It's what? Two hundred yards?
17:41It's being charged too hazardous, ma'am.
17:47I have an appointment to see my grandmother.
17:51I intend to keep that appointment.
17:54If it's too hazardous to drive,
17:57then there's only one thing to be done.
18:38I saw that.
18:41Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't?
18:45And the Queen is here, Your Majesty.
18:48Could you be more specific?
18:50Ma'am.
18:52Which Queen?
18:53Queen Elizabeth, ma'am.
18:55Which one? There are two.
18:57The young one.
18:59Oh, the Queen.
19:01I thought you was all Queens. They gave me a sheet.
19:04We are.
19:05I was the Queen so long as my husband the King was alive.
19:09But since he died, I'm no longer the Queen.
19:11I'm simply Queen Mary.
19:13My late son's widow was also the Queen.
19:17But upon the death of her husband, she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
19:22Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen.
19:25So she is...
19:26The Queen.
19:29Brother.
19:31Nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:34We're all called sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside.
19:40The Queen.
19:42Then let her in.
19:45Sister.
19:57Bad time.
19:58Not at all.
20:02How are you?
20:03I'm always happy to see you.
20:06And my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing.
20:10Name it.
20:10Not to ask me how I am.
20:12It's all anyone ever does.
20:14Forget death by lung disease.
20:16It's death by bad conversation.
20:19All right, I promise.
20:21But if you are feeling up to it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:38I was listening to the wireless this morning, where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:45Now, in your letter that you sent me, you said loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty
20:59above everything else.
21:01Because the calling comes from the highest source, from God himself.
21:07Yes.
21:10Do you really believe that?
21:14Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth.
21:19To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards.
21:23An example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives.
21:28Monarchy is a calling from God.
21:32That is why you're crowned in an abbey, not a government building.
21:36Why you're anointed, not appointed.
21:38It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head.
21:41Not a minister or public servant.
21:43Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty.
21:49Not the public.
21:52I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54But he would argue that in any equitable modern society, that church and state should be separated.
22:03That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings.
22:07That he would also say that he watched his own family destroyed because they were seen by the people to
22:13embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:15Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues that goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great, the rod of equity and mercy?
22:28Edward the Confessor?
22:30William the Conqueror?
22:31Henry VIII?
22:33It's the Church of England, dear.
22:35Not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:40Next question.
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted.
22:48Air services cancelled.
22:50A Richmond bridge this morning.
22:52Visibility was officially measured at one yard.
22:55That's a record low, incidentally.
22:58Our Trojan friend in Downing Street has been speaking to his friends at the Met office.
23:03They say this is just the beginning.
23:06They expect it to get worse.
23:08I know you would have me call a vote of no confidence.
23:11And will doubtless call me overcautious for not doing so.
23:15But the Prime Minister needs to be given a chance.
23:21Even if it's only to hang himself.
23:23Let's see how the old fool responds.
23:27Let's see how the old fool responds.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:27Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:50Ah! You made it!
24:51Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, sir. I was just...
24:54No, no, you did well to get here. I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:59Oh, it wasn't easy. Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:03Oh, then don't. You're too important to all of us.
25:06Hardly.
25:07All I do is bring you things to sign and take them away again.
25:11And so the wheels keep turning, and the business gets done, and the country's governed.
25:21What's my personal contribution?
25:25Ah. You improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:31What?
25:32An ornament.
25:34A flower.
25:37By comparison, at my age, you were a published writer.
25:42And a cavalry officer posted to India, fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier.
25:48Who told you that?
25:49You asked me to engage in a relationship with a young man my own age.
25:54So I've been reading your autobiography.
25:57That's not quite what I had in mind.
26:00Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
26:05The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
26:11Be kind, but be fierce.
26:14You are needed now more than ever before.
26:19Take up the mantle of change.
26:21Stop.
26:22For this is your time.
26:29You were 24.
26:33All energy and hope.
26:36And passion and fire.
26:39It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked in that young male?
26:51I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:24The time is eight o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28The serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope, and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital.
27:45Trains are stopped while running hours behind schedule from major London railway stations.
27:52The Prime Minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
27:58London airport is closed again today, with all flights crowded.
28:02Yes.
28:03The unmoving fog, which has spread to over 30 miles wide, is likely to cause complete darkness by two o
28:09'clock this afternoon.
28:24You all right?
28:28You're not?
28:31Go on, let's get you up.
28:33No.
28:34No, I'm fine.
28:35I promise.
28:38It's just because the window is open.
28:41Now go to work.
28:42You've got a job to do.
28:52Let us start with the unrest in Egypt, where anti-colonial passions continue to run high,
29:00and where our soldiers continue to come under fire from nationalist insurgents.
29:05It is vital that we remain and successfully defend the Suez Canal,
29:12a point that I will be making in person to the Commonwealth heads when I host them for the weekend
29:19at Chequers.
29:20Weather permitting?
29:23Indeed.
29:24What is the latest information that you have?
29:27About the weather?
29:29It's fog, ma'am.
29:31It will lift eventually.
29:33I was hoping for something more scientific.
29:37Then I will ensure that a barometric report is included in your box tomorrow, complete with isobars and isohumes.
29:48It has been an unusually cold winter, and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister, am
29:56prepared to inflict on your subjects as a reward for winning a world war and prevailing over fascism, evil and
30:03tyranny.
30:04Letting them freeze is not one of them.
30:08You do not seem unduly concerned.
30:10I'm not.
30:11You do not.
30:12You do not know that my late father wrote many years ago to your predecessors to express his deep concern
30:19about the inner city power stations that your party was building.
30:25Indeed.
30:27And I was sympathetic with your father's concerns at the time.
30:33I also have sympathy with the leader articles in the newspapers today, begging for blood, wanting my head.
30:42And people have to be angry at someone.
30:46But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.
30:51We need the power stations.
30:53We need the coal.
30:55People need to burn coal to warm their homes.
30:58It is weather.
30:59It will pass.
31:01Well, I do hope so.
31:03Not least because my husband's mood is intolerable.
31:07Why?
31:09Well, being caged in like this.
31:11He can't fly.
31:15Fly where?
31:16Well, nowhere.
31:18He's learning to fly.
31:21Whatever for?
31:23Have we not enough qualified pilots to take him where he needs to go?
31:27No, he wants to fly himself.
31:30It's a boyhood dream.
31:32It's what he's always wanted.
31:33Why was government not consulted?
31:35Because it's a private matter.
31:36And I am in favor.
31:38Nothing you or his royal highness do is a private matter.
31:42And the father of the future king of England risking his life needlessly is quite unacceptable.
31:49Please do not curtail my husband's personal freedoms any further.
31:53You've taken away his home.
31:55You've taken away his name.
31:57There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand.
32:00And the job of drawing that line falls to cabinet, ma'am, not to you.
32:05Something your dear late papa would certainly have taught you had he been granted more time to complete your education.
32:13And now our time is up.
32:20Until next week.
32:22Don't worry.
32:25Don't worry.
32:26Don't worry.
32:27Hello.
32:52Oh.
32:52Battersea and Fulham have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur dioxide from their
32:57chimneys, but we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change
33:02to the air quality. The government is expected to make a statement later today.
33:17Come on, let's get you to hospital. I'm fine. If you're not, come on, let's get your shoes.
33:34If we go, I'm in. And the other.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me.
34:07Come along.
34:08Come along.
34:24Quick, hold my hand.
34:26Come along.
34:38Come along.
34:39Come along.
34:42Come along.
34:45Come along.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us. The opposition's blood is up.
34:57We have to respond.
34:59Respond how?
35:00I would suggest by commissioning a public inquiry.
35:03An inquiry would be expensive.
35:09Winston people are angry.
35:11They see us as the culprits.
35:13Culprits for what? It's fog.
35:16Fog is fog.
35:17It comes.
35:18And it goes away.
35:20I'm glad that the prime minister finds time for levity.
35:24Perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has now become.
35:28This morning, a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen killing several and injuring a great many
35:35more.
35:35In parts of the capital, there is now a total breakdown in law and order. Hospitals are filling up as
35:42our citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide.
35:55Sometimes we have sunshine.
35:58Too much sunshine, and they call it a drought.
36:01Then we have rain.
36:03Too much rain, and they call it a deluge.
36:06And find a way to blame us for that, too.
36:08It's an act of God, Bobbottie.
36:11It's weather.
36:12And for better or for worse, we get a great deal of it on this island.
36:16Frankly, there are more pressing matters to deal with.
36:20Like what?
36:21The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:34No for the matter.
36:36Man.
36:38Telephone, sir.
36:40The Martha of Salisbury.
36:41Not now.
36:42He asked me to stress the importance of the matter.
36:50Bobbizy?
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggie.
36:54Are you there?
36:56Yes.
36:57Can anyone overhear what you're saying?
37:03No.
37:04Good.
37:09It's chaos!
37:10I know. The ward is full. I have a corridor too.
37:13Most of the doctors are sick now.
37:15Those that are well can't get in.
37:17It was better than this in the war.
37:19What do you need? More equipment?
37:21Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless.
37:23They're just for show to make it look like the government's doing something.
37:26Then what is needed?
37:27Money.
37:28People.
37:29Trained staff.
37:30Help is what is needed urgently.
37:33Better rest for now.
37:38Maybe I could put a word in with the people who make a difference.
37:42Such as?
37:43The Prime Minister, for example.
37:46Oh, I see you're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear.
37:49Yes, something like that.
37:51You know my day's bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes.
37:55Now, excuse me.
38:00I'll show you.
38:02Get out of the way!
38:12Jim, where are you?
38:13Oh, here.
38:38How much longer are you going to give the old man?
38:40The majority is tiny.
38:42I'll vote in no confidence and he'll be toppled.
38:46You know what he calls you?
38:49Yes, I know.
38:50Sheep in sheep's clothing.
38:55Perhaps it's time to approve you're not.
39:03Very well.
39:05Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips.
39:17Good afternoon.
39:20Thank you, sir.
39:23Thank you, sir.
39:37Anything interesting?
39:39Yes.
39:42Care to share it?
39:44No.
39:46I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you as part of a quid pro quo
39:51arrangement.
39:52One glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes, for example.
39:57No?
39:59A dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling.
40:02These are very interesting concepts, Elizabeth.
40:04You might learn something in exchange for a foreign office briefing.
40:09Am I going to have to explain my position again?
40:11No.
40:13Good.
40:17Once you have tasted flight,
40:19you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
40:22for there you have been,
40:23and there you will always long to return.
40:27You know what's remarkable about those words?
40:32Go on.
40:33They were written 300 years before man first got in a plane.
40:37Leonardo da Vinci.
40:41Look, Philip, I know...
40:47Lord Manbaton, your majesty.
40:49Uncle Dickie, what's he doing here?
40:51I know as much as you do.
40:52He said it was important, man.
41:00Elizabeth.
41:05Hello.
41:06Came as soon as I could.
41:11So...
41:12Go, is...
41:13Is...
41:14Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece?
41:16My wife?
41:17Or the queen?
41:19The latter, I'm afraid.
41:20Right.
41:21I don't know my place.
41:31What's the matter with him?
41:33Nothing.
41:36He's just feeling a little...
41:38grounded.
41:39Ignore it.
41:41Right.
41:42All ears.
41:42I received a telephone call today from Robert E. Salisbury.
41:49It seems that even among his own people,
41:51the feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal with a national crisis.
41:57Indeed, he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis.
42:02Hospitals overflowing.
42:04People dying.
42:05As sovereign, you have the right to demand that a government in your name shows effective leadership.
42:13The opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence.
42:18So, I would say, the time has come for you to summon Churchill and...
42:28And what?
42:32Insist that he go.
42:37I can't do that.
42:38You can.
42:39And should.
42:41But...
42:42Wouldn't that violate the constitution?
42:45As...
42:46Queen.
42:50You have the right to be consulted.
42:54The right to encourage.
42:57The right to warn.
42:59Also, to appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity.
43:04And many would say that Churchill's behavior now constitutes incapacity.
43:10Then a revolution must come from within.
43:13They are trying.
43:15Well, then they must try harder.
43:16They will.
43:18But...
43:19Would prefer it to be bloodless.
43:22So, I have asked for your help.
43:25And influence.
43:28I cannot do it.
43:30I will not do it.
43:32Let's not forget, it was Churchill who denied Philip's children his own surname.
43:37Dickie.
43:38And insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace.
43:40As, alas, did everyone else.
43:41And now with looters on the street and hospital corridors stacked with the dead, he is interested in only one
43:48thing.
43:50Stopping Philip flying.
43:55What?
43:56At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning, when there should have only been one thing on the agenda, the unfolding
44:01national emergency.
44:04All our prime minister wanted to discuss was your husband's new hobby.
44:15I'm so sorry, sir.
44:16Who are her parents?
44:19Her father is a clergyman from Suffolk.
44:21I've been noticed.
44:22I want to go to the hospital.
44:23There is an emergency meeting at the house.
44:26The meeting you must attend.
44:27The house can wait.
44:39You wish to see me, Your Majesty?
44:41Yes, Tommy.
44:45I know how much my father depended on you.
44:49And how closely you worked together.
44:52Which is why I wanted to ask your advice.
44:54Now, it seems our prime minister, a man who's led the country through many crises, is no longer leading us
45:04at all.
45:06Representations have been made to me, through an intermediary from the heart of the government,
45:13to intercede, and bid and stand down, make way for a younger man.
45:22Which brings me to my question.
45:26What are my responsibilities as head of state?
45:33What should I do?
45:35When it's in the national interest, how far dare I go?
45:42I'm not sure if Her Majesty is aware, but shortly before your father died, the foreign secretary, Mr. Eaton, came,
45:51begging his late majesty to intervene, if not on an official level, then on a personal one, as a friend,
46:00to bid the prime minister to resign.
46:03What did my father say?
46:05Well, his majesty was, like his father before him, a stickler for convention and tradition, and would never have done
46:13anything that violated the constitution or overstepped the mark.
46:20Then I have my answer.
46:21But, that was his majesty, not your majesty.
46:26And I do read the newspapers, and I do listen to the wireless.
46:30And the situation we're in today is quite different than the one we were in when Mr. Eaton came to
46:35see your father.
46:39Different situation, different sovereign.
46:54Wait up here!
46:59Wait up here!
47:00Oh, my Lord!
47:02Oh, my Lord!
47:22We'll get you seen as soon as we go.
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:15At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy and hope and passion and fire.
48:31Sir?
48:34Damn it, he is.
48:36This is a huge child.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:54And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
49:00After the papers.
49:08I mean, it doesn't matter.
49:09It may be.
49:19It may be.
49:22Let's go.
49:23It may be.
49:34Thank God.
49:39Thank God.
49:52Just come on, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13No, no, no.
50:19Quiet, please, settle down!
50:26Mr. Churchill!
50:28I have witnessed scenes here today, the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the
50:37Blitz.
50:39But alongside the suffering, I've also seen heroism.
50:44And where there is heroism, there will always be hope.
50:51Only God can lift the fog.
50:55But I, as Prime Minister, am in a position to ease the suffering.
51:02To that end, I pledge to make available with immediate effect more money for hospital staff, more money for equipment,
51:13and a full and independent public inquiry into the causes of air pollution to ensure that such a calamity may
51:25never befall us again.
51:30Thank you all.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person, and was
51:44rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:50And the headline reads,
51:53True leader in a crisis.
52:00Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here.
52:04The parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:10And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, are you still there?
52:21Hello?
52:23Clem, are you still there?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No?
52:29Right.
52:32Clem, are you still there?
52:45Let's go.
53:10CHOIR SINGS
53:43CHOIR SINGS
53:48CHOIR SINGS
53:49You asked to see me now?
53:51I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter
54:04which I felt I needed to discuss with you
54:08in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:14Your position.
54:18My position?
54:19Yes, your position...
54:26as Prime Minister.
54:32Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me
54:43to pick either
54:45Kwajgi Nazimudin of Pakistan
54:47or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to
54:53at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that?
54:58No, I think she summoned me
55:00to haul me over the coals
55:01for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted
55:05and she had to make a decision
55:07right then and there
55:08in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels
55:10turning behind her eyes.
55:12and then she switched
55:14a tack
55:14without so much
55:15as a flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no.
55:20Not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because it disarmed me
55:23and made me
55:24switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing
55:28Philip to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask
55:36cabinet permission
55:36to do rolls and spins.
55:49What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog
55:54hadn't lifted?
55:58And the government
55:59had continued to flounder.
56:01People had continued
56:02to die.
56:04And Churchill
56:05had continued
56:06to cling to power
56:07and the country
56:08had continued to suffer.
56:10It doesn't feel right
56:12as head of state
56:13to do nothing.
56:15It is exactly right.
56:18Is it?
56:19But surely doing nothing
56:21is no job at all.
56:22To do nothing
56:24is the hardest job of all
56:26and it will take
56:27every ounce of energy
56:28that you have.
56:30To be impartial
56:31is not natural,
56:32not human.
56:34People will always
56:35want you to smile
56:36or agree
56:37or frown
56:38and the minute you do
56:39you will have declared
56:40a position,
56:41a point of view
56:42and that is the one thing
56:43as sovereign
56:44that you are not
56:46entitled to do.
56:48The less you do,
56:50the less you say
56:51or agree
56:52or smile.
56:53Or think
56:54or feel
56:54or breathe
56:55or exist.
56:56the better.
57:01Well that's fine
57:02for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that
57:07leave me?
57:22Sir, go on.
57:23How long would it take me
57:24to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee
57:27would spend anything
57:27between 100 and 120 hours
57:29in one of these things.
57:31Do you think I could do it
57:31in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:34I know.
57:35I'm a farce learner
57:37and believe me
57:38when I say
57:38I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed
57:57you still got a ride up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:03They made me duke there
58:05so I should probably
58:06show up from time to time
58:07unless you have
58:08more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms
58:13and cruising speed
58:14for range flight.
58:15We'll have to land
58:16to refuel, sir.
58:18Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Donkester.
58:21Donkester?
58:23Right.
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