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00:00The End
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!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:29Oh, okay.
01:32Whoa-ho!
01:39Whoa, there 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.
02:23Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:40My God.
02:47Isn't it wonderful?
02:48Heaven!
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.
03:08Shouldn't 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.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:19I have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
03:41I have control.
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05:32Yes, for peace.
05:34More price.
05:36Latest chance.
05:37Ah, thank you.
05:47Johnson, what do you make of this?
05:55Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03Oh, please.
06:04I see.
06:08Sir.
06:11Goodness me.
06:13Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, sir.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:23Thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning
06:35to 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 sent it.
06:51Well, get it to Downing Street right away.
07:12Right there, please.
07:16Here we go.
07:18All right, quick, quick!
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?
07:51My funeral.
07:53In the end.
07:58It's original.
08:01Oh, oh.
08:03And there's no time for the...
08:10It's always a great day.
08:14Well, it's all we've had to do now.
08:42Oh, there you are.
09:00Mr. Thurman, Mr. Collins, nice for you, thank you.
09:16I'm not a scientist. I can't say I understand it, but what I can tell you is we don't get
09:23a weather warning like this every day. We don't get one every month either. In fact, I've
09:30never heard of us getting one at all. Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:39Well, of course I remember Donora. It was a scandal. A small mill town in America outside
09:50Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. They had a smog brought on by a freak anti-cyclone which trapped the
09:57emissions from the local copper world. In the fog. In a few days, a number of people died.
10:05Twenty. And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog. After the incident,
10:13a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding mission. They recommended
10:19that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary measure. I never saw the
10:26ripple. With good reason. Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that? I can, Mr. Utley. The Cabinet minutes where it was discussed.
10:54He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter to give the illusion
11:01of a solid economy. This is great, Clem. It's interesting, for sure. What I don't understand
11:14is this. Why a Downing Street employee working for the government should come to me with this
11:22information. I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman. Do not trust the horse Trojans. I fear the
11:31Greeks even when they bring gifts. Mr. Utley, I entered the civil service to serve the public,
11:39and to serve government. Any government. But I am also a responsible citizen, and I cannot
11:46stand by when chaos reigns around me. This is not a government. Mr. Utley, this is a collection
11:55of 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. How you lost the election escapes me.
12:18Hmm. Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service if I helped to usher
12:30him out of the door, and you back in. And to that end, you've come to me with a master
12:38plan that involves
12:40me crucifying the Tories for their failure to deal with a fog, which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:50At present, I can see stars.
12:52tells you this time in the rose.
13:18Tensions
13:44CHOIR SINGS
14:17CHOIR SINGS
14:20CHOIR SINGS
14:21CHOIR SINGS
14:22CHOIR SINGS
14:24CHOIR SINGS
14:25CHOIR SINGS
14:31CHOIR SINGS
14:32CHOIR SINGS
14:34CHOIR SINGS
14:35CHOIR SINGS
14:35CHOIR SINGS
14:41CHOIR SINGS
14:57you have moved I suppose it's still a no to what coming out you mean going to the
15:08lamb flag with you sitting at the bar twinkling our ankles at every
15:12unremarkable young man in the room they're letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring
15:17them home only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again no thanks goodness
15:27and what will you be doing in the meantime spend time in the company of someone remarkable
15:42hear this young men and women everywhere and proclaim it far and wide the earth is yours and
15:51the fullness thereof be kind but be fierce you are needed now more than ever before
15:58take up the mantle of change for this is your time
16:35good morning time is 8 o'clock on the 6th december and here is the news
16:40london has been brought to a halt by dense fog which has descended overnight
16:46long queues are formed on main roads and the reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles
16:52and continuing on foot london airport is expected to be closed
16:58good god the meteorological office has issued a statement saying that a persistent anti-cyclone
17:04over london is to blame smoke from the capitol's chimneys is being trapped at street level which
17:09is aggravating the fog windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time
17:18be careful out there it's a real pea super
17:31ah is the car ready i'm afraid the visibility is too poor to drive man
17:38it's what 200 yards it's been judged too hazardous man
17:47i have an appointment to see my grandmother i intend to keep that appointment if it's too hazardous
17:55to drive then there's only one thing to be done
18:07so
18:09so
18:39I 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.
18:58Oh, 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.
19:12I'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...
19:27The 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.
19:41The 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.
20:37I 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.
21:05From God himself.
21:07Yes.
21:10Do you really believe that?
21:13Yes.
21:15Monarchy 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.
21:55He 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, Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror,
22:31Henry VIII?
22:33It's the Church of England, dear.
22:34Not 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.
23:40There you go.
23:42Hey!
23:43Hey!
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:15No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:27Prime Minister?
24:29Sir?
24:50Ah, you made it!
24:51Bravo!
24:52Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, sir.
24:53I was just...
24:54No, no, you did well to get here.
24:56I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't.
24:59Oh, it wasn't easy.
25:01Just crossing the road, you take your life in your hands.
25:03Oh, then don't.
25:04You're too important to all of us.
25:06Well, hardly.
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.
25:20But what's my personal contribution?
25:24Oh, you improve the quality of life for all that deal with you.
25:32An ornament.
25:34A flower.
25:38By 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.
26:06The 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 and passion and fire.
26:39It's remarkable.
26:45You found something you liked in that young man?
26:51I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:23The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28A serious fog that brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope,
27:37and 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 of failure to deal with the mountain 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,
28:07is likely to cause complete darkness by 2 o'clock this afternoon.
28:24You all right?
28:28You're not?
28:31Come on, let's get you up.
28:33No, no, I'm fine, I promise.
28:38It's just because the window is open.
28:41Now go to work, you'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 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
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,
29:52and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister,
29:55am prepared to inflict on your subject
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 many 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.
30:32I also have sympathy with the leader articles
30:36in the newspapers today,
30:38begging for blood,
30:40wanting my head.
30:42People have to be angry at someone,
30:46but as a 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 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.
31:14Fly 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 any further.
31:53You've taken away his home.
31:55You've taken away his name.
31:57There comes a time where
31:58one 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 on the 8th of December
32:41and here is the news.
32:42The choking, eye-watering fog
32:45which has already caused two days of chaos
32:47across the capital
32:48has worsened overnight.
32:50The great coal-burning electricity 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.
33:18Let's get you to a hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not.
33:22Come on.
33:23Let's get your shoes.
33:51I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say
33:56and hold on to me.
34:07Come along.
34:16Watch now, ladies.
34:18Watch now.
34:19I'll be there.
34:23Go, go!
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:27I'll be there.
34:33You'll see you there.
34:38Bye, bye.
34:41You're all right, ladies.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us.
34:55The 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?
35:14It's fog.
35:16Fog is fog.
35:17It comes and it goes away.
35:20Well, I'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,
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more.
35:36In parts of the capital, there is now a total breakdown in law and order.
35:40Hospitals are filling up as our 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, and find a way to blame us for that, too.
36:08No, it's an act of God, Bobbity.
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.
36:24The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:38Telephone, sir.
36:40The Marcus of Salisbury.
36:41Oh, not now.
36:42He asked me to stress the importance of the matter.
36:50Bobbity?
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggie.
36:55Are you there?
36:56Yes.
36:57Can anyone over hear what you're saying?
37:03No?
37:04Good.
37:09It's chaos.
37:10I know.
37:11The ward is full.
37:12Every corridor, too.
37:14Most 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?
37:20More equipment?
37:21Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless.
37:23They're just for show.
37:24To make it look like the government's doing something.
37:26Then what is needed?
37:27Money.
37:29People.
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.
38:02No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
38:03no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
38:04no, no, no.
38:04I don't know.
38:10I don't even know.
38:11Oh, God.
38:12Where are you?
38:13Oh, here.
38:14Oh, here.
38:38How much long are you going to give the old man?
38:40The majority is tiny.
38:42A vote of 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. Let's put a motion down on paper and brief the whips.
39:19Thank 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
39:50as part of a quid pro quo arrangement.
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?
40:12No.
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.
40:28You 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 Manbatten, Your Majesty.
40:49Uncle Dickie, what's he doing here?
40:51I know as much as you do.
40:52He said it was important, that.
41:00And Elizabeth.
41:05Hello.
41:06Came as soon as I cried.
41:09So.
41:12Joe, is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece?
41:16My wife?
41:17Or the queen?
41:19Later, 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 grounded.
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.
42:04Hospitals overflowing.
42:04People dying.
42:05Now, 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.
42:36I can't do that.
42:38You can.
42:39And should.
42:41But wouldn't that violate the Constitution?
42:45As queen,
42:50You have the right to be consulted.
42:54The right to encourage.
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 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 would prefer it to be bloodless.
43:22So I have asked for your help and 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,
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,
44:00under the unfolding national emergency,
44:03all our prime minister wanted to discuss
44:07was 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 now.
44:56It seems our prime minister,
44:59a man who's led the country through many crises,
45:02is no longer leading us at all.
45:07Representations 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.
45:22Which 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 net of interest,
45:37how far dare I go?
45:42I'm not sure if Her Majesty is aware,
45:45but shortly before your father died,
45:48the foreign secretary, Mr. Eaton,
45:50came begging His Late Majesty to intervene,
45:54if not on an official level,
45:56then on a personal one,
45:58as a friend,
46:00to bid the prime minister to resign.
46:03What did my father say?
46:06Well,
46:07His 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 that 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.
46:38different situation,
46:41different sovereign.
46:53Wait for me here.
47:00So close!
47:12Conversely,
47:14let's meet the people!
47:15Hey!
47:16You're on top!
47:17Huh-huh!
47:18Come on, Mr. Up.
47:20Thank you!
47:23Rememberver?
47:24Okay.
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.
48:43Did 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.
49:07The papers.
49:10The papers.
49:19The papers.
49:53Just come on here. The Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13Yeah, yeah. Not me.
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.
50:54But 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.
51:44And was rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:51And the headline reads,
51:52True 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.
52:10And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.
52:17Hello?
52:19Clem, you still there?
52:20Hello?
52:23Clem?
52:26Clem, can you hear me?
52:28No?
52:29I...
52:51Clem, you still there?
53:02Pine.
53:08I...
53:10Clem, you still there?
53:19I...
53:33The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
53:36Your Majesty.
53:48Are you asked to see me now?
53:51I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter, which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:13Your position.
54:17My position?
54:21Yes, your position...
54:26...as Prime Minister.
54:32Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me to pick either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:56She summoned you for that?
54:58No, I think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog.
55:03But then the fog lifted and 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, not clever. Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:22Because it disarmed me and made me switch tack too.
55:25Oh, what 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 and 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 do, the less you say, or agree, or smile.
56:53Or think, or feel, or breathe, or exist.
56:56The better.
56:57The better.
56:58The better.
56:58The better.
57:01Well, that's fine for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that leave me?
57:22so come on how long it take me to get my wings well normally a trainee would spend anything
57:27between 100 and 120 hours in one of these things do you think i could do it in three months
57:32that would be unusual i'm a fast learner and believe me when i say i've got nothing else to do
57:55i couldn't have noticed you've still got a ride up starboard and port 18 gallons yes fancy luncheon
58:02edward they made me duke there so i should probably show up from time to time unless you have more
58:08pressing engagements no sir all right i'll adjust rpms and cruising speed for range flight
58:15we'll have to land to refuel sir aria fittingly oh really where's that donkester donkester
58:23right
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