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00:06I'm not sure what's going on.
00:10I'm not sure what's going on.
00:12I'm not sure what's going on.
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?
01:14Ready, sir?
01:15Here we go!
01:16Up!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Whoa-ho!
01:40Oh, here we are.
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.
01:59Now remember what I told you.
02:01Keep 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.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:49Heaven!
02:55You fought in the Battle of Britain, didn't you?
02:58I did, sir.
02:59257 Squadron.
03:00Flying what?
03:01Spitfires.
03:02Hunnicans, mostly, sir.
03:04Any kills?
03:06One or two.
03:08Should we get us started now?
03:09The ground seems terribly close.
03:12It's too low to restart, sir.
03:14We'll do a dead stick landing.
03:16OK.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:19You have control.
03:38That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
03:58So why can't I live in sight of hell?
03:59I might know where is I played with my god representing Mount� werde sicails, but that's
03:59just going to Elf for a day.
04:00Each time.
04:11By yourself, there when it began.
05:53I'm afraid you'll see us at this point.
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23I thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:37Thanks.
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.
07:12Here we go.
07:13Right there, please.
07:23If I'm out, if 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?
07:50My funeral.
08:08What are they rehearsing?
08:13What are they rehearsing?
08:16What are they rehearsing?
08:36What are they rehearsing?
08:37What are they rehearsing?
08:42Oh, there you are.
08:43Mr. Cox?
08:49Oh, really?
08:50Oh, you!
08:52Oh, you!
08:53Well, it's all been done, so...
08:57Mr. Simon.
09:01Mr. Cox.
09:04Nice for you.
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.
09:43Of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:46A small mill town in America, outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:51They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone, which trapped the emissions from the local...
09:59Copperworks?
10:00In the fog.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days, a number of people died.
10:05At 20.
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 mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary measure.
10:23Donora?
10:24Hmm.
10:25I never saw the ripple.
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 economy.
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.
11:52Mr. Utley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened old men unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional even older one.
12:05Yours was the most radical, forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:15How 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.
13:18Inko him.
13:31Unenges.
13:36Inko him.
13:42Inko him.
13:43Inko him.
13:43Inko him.
13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott.
14:10Thank you for your conscientiousness.
14:12It's late.
14:13You're home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired.
14:16Good evening to you.
14:19Well, still here?
14:21Good night, sir.
14:26Good night.
14:34Evening, 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
15:12every unremarkable young man in the room, then letting those men buy us enough drinks
15:17for us to bring them home, only to have their unremarkability confirmed to 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.
16:21The Earth is yours, and it 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, and 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? 200 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, then there's only one thing to be done.
17:59Hmm.
18:01Hmm.
18:10Hmm.
18:37I 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. I was the Queen so long as my husband the King was alive,
19:08but since he died, I'm no longer THE Queen.
19:12I'm simply Queen Mary.
19:13My late son's widow was also THE Queen,
19:17but upon the death of her husband,
19:19she became Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
19:22Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, is now Queen.
19:25So she is...
19:27THE Queen.
19:29Bravo.
19:31Nurses and nuns have the same problem.
19:33We're all called Sister.
19:36So you are.
19:38Well, she's outside. THE Queen.
19:42Then let her in, Sister.
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,
20:23there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
20:26Fire away.
20:38I was listening to the wireless this morning,
20:41where they described this fog as an act of God.
20:46Now, in your letter that you sent me,
20:50you said...
20:55loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else.
21:01Because the calling comes from the highest source.
21:05From 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,
21:48not the public.
21:51I'm not sure that my husband would agree with that.
21:54He would argue that in any equitable modern society,
21:59that church and state should be separated.
22:02That if God has servants, they're priests, not kings.
22:07That he would also say that he watched his own family destroyed
22:11because they were seen by the people to embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:16Yes, but he represents a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenues
22:20that goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:23What would he know of Alfred the Great, the Rod of Equity and Mercy,
22:28Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Henry VIII?
22:32It's the Church of England, dear, not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:41Next 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 over-cautious 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.
23:40There you go.
23:41There you go.
23:42There you go.
23:43Hey!
23:52Morning.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:20Oh.
24:22Oh.
24:26Oh.
24:28Prime Minister?
24:29Sir?
24:50Ah, you made it, Bravo.
24:52Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, sir, I was just...
24:54No, no, you did well to get here.
24:56I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:58Oh, it wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:04Oh, 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,
25:14and the business gets done,
25:16and the country's governed.
25:21But what's my personal contribution?
25:25Ah.
25:26Ah, you improve the quality of life
25:29for all that deal with you.
25:32An ornament.
25:34A flower.
25:37By comparison, at my age,
25:39you were a published writer
25:41and a cavalry officer posted to India
25:45fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier.
25:48Who told you that?
25:49You asked me to engage in a relationship
25:52with 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,
26:03and proclaim it far and wide.
26:06The earth is yours,
26:08and 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.
26:28You were 24.
26:33All energy and hope
26:36and passion and fire.
26:39It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked
26:48in that young male?
26:49I did.
26:57I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:24The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December,
27:26and here is the news.
27:28A serious fog that brought much of the capital
27:31to a standstill yesterday
27:32continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope
27:36and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41Flares are being used to guide motorists
27:43in parts of the capital.
27:45Trains are stopped
27:46while running hours behind schedule
27:48from major London railway stations.
27:52The Prime Minister is facing criticism
27:54of failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
27:58London airport is closed again today
28:00with all flights crowded.
28:02Yes.
28:03The unmoving fog,
28:04which has spread to over 30 miles wide,
28:07is likely to cause complete darkness
28:08by 2 o'clock this afternoon.
28:25You all right?
28:28You all right?
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,
28:57where anti-colonial passions continue to run high
29:00and where our soldiers continue to come under fire
29:03from nationalist insurgents.
29:05It is vital that we remain
29:07and successfully defend the Suez Canal,
29:12a point that I will be making in person
29:14to the Commonwealth heads
29:16when I host them for the weekend at 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
29:40is included in your box tomorrow,
29:43complete with isobars and isohumes.
29:48It has been an unusually cold winter
29:51and there are only so many things
29:54that I, as Prime Minister,
29:55am prepared to inflict on your subjects
29:57as a reward for winning a world war
29:59and prevailing over fascism, evil and tyranny.
30:04Letting them freeze is not one of them.
30:08You do not seem unduly concerned.
30:10I'm not.
30:11You do know that my late father wrote
30:13many years ago
30:15to your predecessors
30:17to express his deep concern
30:19about the inner-city power stations
30:20that your party was building.
30:25Indeed.
30:27And I was sympathetic
30:29with your father's concerns at the time.
30:33I also have sympathy with the leader articles
30:36in the newspapers today,
30:38begging for blood,
30:39wanting my head.
30:43People have to be angry at someone,
30:46but as leader,
30:48one cannot simply react to everything.
30:51We need the power stations.
30:53We need the coal.
30:55People need to burn coal
30:56to 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
31:05is intolerable.
31:07Why?
31:09Well, being caged in like this,
31:11he can't fly.
31:14Fly where?
31:16Well, nowhere.
31:18He's learning to fly.
31:21Whatever for?
31:23Have we not enough qualified pilots
31:26to 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
31:40is a private matter.
31:42And the father of the future king of England
31:44risking his life needlessly
31:46is quite unacceptable.
31:49Please do not curtail
31:50my husband's personal freedoms
31:52any further.
31:53You've taken away his home.
31:55You've taken away his name.
31:57There comes a time
31:58where one must draw a line in the sand.
32:00And the job of drawing that line
32:02falls to cabinet, ma'am.
32:03Not to you.
32:05Something your dear late papa
32:06would certainly have taught you
32:08had he been granted more time
32:09to complete your education.
32:13And now our time is up.
32:20Until next week.
32:37Good morning.
32:39The time is 8 o'clock
32:40on the 8th of December
32:41and here is the news.
32:42The choking, eye-watering
32:44fog, which has already caused
32:46two days of chaos
32:47across the capital
32:48has worsened overnight.
32:50The great coal-burning
32:51electricity stations
32:52in Battersea and Fulham
32:53have attempted to reduce emissions
32:55of poisonous sulfur dioxide
32:56from their chimneys
32:57but we've been told
32:59that it is unlikely
33:00they will be able to make
33:01any significant change
33:02to the air quality.
33:04The government is expected
33:05to make a statement
33:06later today.
33:17come on, let's get you to hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not.
33:22Come on.
33:23Let's get you up.
33:25Shoes.
33:34Off we go.
33:36Arm in.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say
33:56and hold on to me.
34:07Come along.
34:09Come along.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:51Controll of this story
34:52is getting away from us.
34:54the opposition's blood is up we have to respond respond how I would suggest by
35:01commissioning a public inquiry an inquiry will be expensive
35:09Winston people are angry they see us as the culprits culpable for what it's fog
35:15fog is fog it comes and it goes away but I'm glad that the Prime Minister finds
35:23time for liberty perhaps I should remind him exactly how serious the situation has
35:28now become this morning a suburban twain collided with a gang of well-wing workmen
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more in part of the capital there is now
35:38a total breakdown in law and order hospitals are filling up and as our
35:42citizens are breathing in poisonous sulfur dioxide
35:55sometimes we have sunshine too much sunshine and they call it a drought then we have rain
36:03too much rain and they call it a deluge and find a way to blame us for that too
36:08it's an act of God Bobbottie it's weather and for better or for worse we get a great deal of
36:15it
36:15on this island frankly there are more pressing matters to deal with like what the Duke of Edinburgh
36:38telephones are the markets of Salisbury not now he asked me to stress the importance of the matter
36:50Bobbottie thanks for taking my call Diggie are you alone yes can anyone over hear what you're saying
37:04no good
37:09it's chaos
37:10I know the reward is full every corridor too most of the doctors are sick now those that are well
37:16can't get in
37:17it was better than this in the war what do you need more equipment or masks masks are bloody useless
37:23they're just for show to make it look like the government's doing something
37:26then what is needed money people train staff help 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 the 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 is bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes
37:55now excuse me
37:59I'll show you
38:38how much longer you're going to give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and
38:43he'll be toppled you know what he calls you yes I know sheep 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
39:07and brief the whips
39:20thank you sir
39:37anything interesting yes
39:42care to share it no I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with you as part
39:50of a
39:51quid pro quo arrangement one glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes for example
39:57no
39:59a dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling these are very interesting concepts Elizabeth you might learn something in exchange for
40:06a foreign office briefing
40:09am I going to have to explain my position again no good
40:17once you have tasted flight
40:19you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been and there you will
40:24always 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
40:38Leonardo da Vinci
40:52he said it was important man
40:53thank you
41:00Elizabeth
41:05hello
41:06came as soon as I cried
41:09so
41:12go
41:12go is
41:13is
41:14is this a meeting with Elizabeth your niece
41:15my wife
41:17or the queen
41:19latter
41:19I'm afraid
41:20right
41:20I don't know my place
41:31what's the matter with him
41:33nothing
41:34nothing
41:36he's just feeling a little
41:38grounded
41:38ignore it
41:41right
41:41all ears
41:42I
41:44received
41:44a
41:45telephone call today from
41:47Robert de Salisbury
41:49it seems that even among his own people the feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal
41:54with a national crisis
41:57indeed he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis
42:02hospitals
42:03overflowing
42:03people dying
42:05as sovereign
42:06you 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
42:20I would say
42:21the time has come for you to
42:25summon Churchill
42:26and
42:28and what
42:32insist
42:33that 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
42:51have the right
42:52to be consulted
42:54the right
42:55to
42:56encourage
42:57the right to warn
42:59also
43:00to appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity
43:04and many would say that Churchill's behavior now
43:08constitutes incapacity
43:11then a revolution must come from within
43:12they are trying
43:15well then they must try harder
43:16they will
43:17they will
43:18but
43:19would prefer it
43:20to be bloodless
43:22so have asked for your help
43:24and influence
43:28I cannot do it
43:30I will not do it
43:32let's
43:32not forget
43:33it was Churchill
43:34who denied Philip's children his own surname
43:37Dicky
43:38and insisted that you live in Buckingham Palace
43:40as alas did everyone else
43:41and now with looters on the street
43:44and hospital corridors stacked with the dead
43:46he is interested in only one thing
43:51stopping Philip flying
43:55what?
43:56at a crisis cabinet meeting this morning
43:58when there should have only been one thing on the agenda
44:00the unfolding
44:01national emergency
44:04all our prime minister wanted to discuss
44:08was your husband's new hobby
44:15I am so sorry sir
44:16who are her parents?
44:19her father is a clergyman from Suffolk
44:21they have been noticed
44:22they want to go to the hospital
44:23there is an emergency meeting at the house
44:25the meeting you must attend
44:27the house can wait
44:38you wish to see me your majesty?
44:41yes Tommy
44:45I know
44:46how much my father depended on you
44:49and how closely you worked together
44:52which is why I wanted to ask your advice
44:54to ask your advice
44:54now
44:56it seems our prime minister
44:58a man who has led the country through many crises
45:02is no longer leading us at all
45:06representations have been made to me
45:09through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13to intercede
45:15and bid and stand down
45:18make way for a younger man
45:21which
45:22which
45:22brings me to my question
45:26what are my responsibilities
45:29as head of state
45:33what should I do
45:35when it's in the national interest
45:37how far dare I go
45:42what should I do
45:43I'm not sure if her majesty is aware
45:45but shortly before your father died
45:47the foreign secretary
45:49Mr. Eaton came
45:51begging his late majesty
45:53to intervene
45:54if not on an official level
45:56then on a personal one
45:58as a friend
45:59to bid the prime minister to resign
46:03what did my father say?
46:06well
46:06his majesty was like his father before him
46:09a stickler for convention and tradition
46:12and would never have done anything
46:13that violated the constitution
46:15or overstepped the mark
46:20then I have my answer
46:21but
46:22that was his majesty
46:24not your majesty
46:26and I do read the newspapers
46:28and I do listen to the wireless
46:30and the situation we're in today
46:31is quite different
46:33than the one we were in
46:34when Mr. Eaton came to see your father
46:39different situation
46:41different sovereign
46:54wait for me here
47:11I'm sorry
47:14I'm in my house
47:19I'm coming
47:19I'm coming
47:19let's go
47:22I'm coming
47:23we'll get to see you next door
47:24let's go
47:24we'll get to see you next door
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11Oh, no.
48:12The Queen has requested an audience.
48:14When?
48:15At your earliest convenience.
48:21All energy and hope.
48:25And passion and fire.
48:31Sir?
48:34Damn it, he is.
48:36This is an old church.
48:43Did 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.
49:01The song must be Gramsbury or the Patriot
49:01Church, let theshift.
49:10I'm so tired.
49:20I'm so tired.
49:22I'm so tired.
49:33Thank God.
49:39Thank God.
49:52Just come on, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:12Yeah, yeah.
50:13Not, man.
50:22Quiet! Quiet! 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.
51:19To ensure that such a calamity may never befall us again.
51:29Thank you all.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person.
51:43And was rewarded 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.
52:05The parallels between his appearance yesterday and the wartime years were striking.
52:09And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, you still there?
52:21Hello?
52:23Clem?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No? I...
52:32Clem?
52:39Le do Agrume?
52:40My spirit can this be here.
52:42No?
52:44By longing!
52:47Yes!
52:49The chÆ°a the brasile people.
52:53Do gain.
52:57The only life...
52:59The includes his life...
53:24CHOIR SINGS
53:33The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
53:36Your Majesty.
53:48You asked to see me now.
53:52I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter, which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:14Your position.
54:17My position?
54:20Yes, your position...
54:26as Prime Minister.
54:32Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimudin of Pakistan
54:47or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:51To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that.
54:58Oh, I know.
54:58I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted.
55:05And she had to make a decision right then and there in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes.
55:12And then she switched a tack without so much as a flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no.
55:20Not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because it disarmed me.
55:23And made me switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing Philip to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask cabinet permission to do rolls and spins.
55:49What, dear girl?
55:53Well, what if the fog hadn't lifted?
55:58And the government had continued to flounder.
56:01The people had continued to die.
56:04And Churchill had continued to cling to power.
56:07And the country had continued to suffer.
56:10It doesn't feel right, as head of state, to do nothing.
56:15It is exactly right.
56:18Is it?
56:19But surely doing nothing is no job at all.
56:22To do nothing is the hardest job of all.
56:26And it will take every ounce of energy that you have.
56:30To be impartial is not natural, not human.
56:34People will always want you to smile or agree or frown.
56:38And the minute you do, you will have declared a position, a point of view.
56:42And that is the one thing, as sovereign, that you are not entitled to do.
56:48The less you do, the less you say or agree or smile.
56:53Or think or feel or breathe or exist.
56:56The better.
57:01Well, that's fine for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that leave me?
57:22Sir, go on.
57:23How long would it take me to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours in one of these things.
57:31Do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:34I know.
57:35I'm a farce learner.
57:37And believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed, you've still got a right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons.
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh.
58:03Edinburgh?
58:03They made me duke there, so I should probably show up from time to time, unless you have more pressing
58:08engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flying.
58:15We'll have to land to refuel, sir.
58:18Aria fittingly.
58:19Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Donkester.
58:21Donkester?
58:23Right.
58:33Donkester.
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