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00:23I'm on.
00:25I'm on.
00:26Fuel on.
00:27Fuel on.
00:27Position.
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, and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Righto, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Bravo!
01:15Here we go!
01:16Whoa-ho!
01:30Perfect!
01:32Whoa-ho!
01:40There we go!
01:50Great.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:54Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now, it's your turn. You have control.
01:58I have control.
01:59I remember what I told you.
02:00Keep your eye on the altimeter and the compass heading, and keep the stick level.
02:06That's very good. That's balanced.
02:11Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:29How's this, sir?
02:41My 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.
03:16Okay.
03:16I have control.
03:17You have control.
03:37That was wonderful.
03:39Same time next week, sir.
03:41How about tomorrow?
03:47That was wonderful.
04:01As did of today,
04:04we are all looking down the world,
04:07we are finally left among themselves.
04:07We hope to attain a better path
04:07And truthfully,
04:11Come join us, we're not.
04:23Join us for tomorrow.
06:08Sir.
06:09That's me.
06:16Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, son.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:24Thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33We must send a warning
06:35to cover our backs.
06:40Kenneth,
06:40it should probably come from you as chief scientist.
06:44Address it to the PM.
06:46No, I'll never read it, of course.
06:48But the important thing is,
06:49we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Downing Street right away.
07:12Right there, please.
07:16Here we go.
07:18Come on.
07:23If her matter, she could lean forward.
07:29Deep breath in.
07:34And out.
07:38He has a little stuff here, 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.
07:54My funeral.
07:58Yes, sir.
08:03The Sahaja Air.
08:08Hi.
08:10What's the name?
08:11Here we go.
08:14There.
08:15I'm sorry.
08:16A few minutes left.
08:20All right.
08:21Yes, sir.
08:21Anyway.
08:42Oh, there you are.
08:43Oh, really?
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Cox.
09:04That's 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.
09:31Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
09:38Donora.
09:39Donora.
09:43Of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:51Donora.
09:52They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone which trapped the emissions from the local
09:59copper world.
10:00One sink.
10:01Hmm.
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 mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary
10:22measure.
10:24Hmm.
10:25Hmm.
10:26I never saw the ripple.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away.
10:31Claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that?
10:36I can, Mr. Utley.
10:46The cabinet minutes while it was discussed.
10:55He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter to give the illusion
11:01of 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
11:22information.
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 governments.
11:41Any government.
11:43But I am also a responsible citizen and I cannot stand by when chaos reigns around me.
11:50This is not a government.
11:53Mr. Utley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened old men unable to unseat a tyrannical,
12:02delusional even older one.
12:04Yours was the most radical, forward-thinking government this country has ever seen.
12:14How you lost the election escapes me.
12:18Hmm.
12:20Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service if I helped to
12:30usher him out of the door and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you come to me with a master plan that involves me crucifying the Tories
12:41for their failure to deal with a fog which as yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:50At present, I can see stars.
12:53I can see stars.
13:10I can see stars.
13:21But it's all the same.
13:27I can see stars.esian
13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott, thank you for your conscientiousness, but it'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?
14:21Good 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,
15:11twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable young man in the room,
15:15then letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home,
15:18only to have their unremarkability confirmed to us again.
15:23No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:27And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:30Spend time in the company of someone remarkable.
15:34Oh.
15:35Ta-ra.
15:43Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
15:48The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
15:54Be kind, but be fierce.
15:56You are needed now more than ever before.
15:59Take up the mantle of change.
16:02For this is your time.
16:03The Earth is mine.
16:05Oh.
16:21The Earth is mine.
16:25Yes, yes, yes, yes.
16:31We're trying to die.
16:32You're trying to die.
16:32At this time.
16:32The Earth is mine.
16:32It's my time.
16:33You're trying to die.
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.
17:31Ah, 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 been judged 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.
18:37I saw that.
18:40Might 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.
19:03They 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,
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.
19:29Well, nurses 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, 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,
20:22there 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.
20:45Now, in your letter that you sent me,
20:50you said,
20:55loyalty to the ideal you have inherited
20:58is 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
21:17to grace and dignify the earth,
21:19to give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards,
21:22an example of nobility and duty
21:25to raise them in their wretched lives.
21:28Monarchy is a calling from God.
21:32That is why you're crowned in an abbey,
21:35not 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.
22:03That 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
22:12to embody indefensible and unreasonable ideas.
22:16Yes, but he represents a royal family
22:18of carpetbaggers and parvenues
22:20that goes back what?
22:22Ninety years.
22:24What would he know of Alfred the Great,
22:26the rod of equity and mercy,
22:28Edward the Confessor,
22:30William the Conqueror, Henry VIII?
22:33It's the Church of England, dear,
22:34not the Church of Denmark or Greece.
22:41Next question?
22:44It's chaos out there.
22:46Trains disrupted, air services cancelled.
22:50At 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
23:00has 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.
23:25Take care.
23:39There you go.
23:42Hey!
23:43Hey!
23:44Oh!
24:04Morning.
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in
24:15No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No
24:27Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:52I'm sorry sir, I was just...
24:54No, no, you did well to get here, I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't
24:59It 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
25:21But what's my personal contribution?
25:25Ah, you improve the quality of life for all that deal with you
25:32An ornament
25:34A flower
25:37By comparison at my age you were a published writer
25:41And 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
25:53So I've been reading your autobiography
25:56That's not quite what I had in mind
25:59Hear 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
26:40It's remarkable
26:45You found something you liked in that young male
26:49issent
26:52I did
26:52I did
27:05I 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 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 of failure to deal with the mountain crisis.
27:58London Airport is closed again today, with all flights granted.
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.
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 in a point that I will be making
29:14in person to the Commonwealth heads when 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?
29:30It's fog, ma'am.
29:32It 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 know that my late father wrote many years ago to your predecessors to express his deep concern about
30:19the 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,
30:38baying for blood, wanting my head.
30:43People 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, he 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.
31:31It's what he's always wanted.
31:33Why was government not consulted?
31:34Because 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.
31:48Please, 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.
32:03Not 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.
32:36Good morning.
32:38The time is 8 o'clock on the 8th of December.
32:41And here is the news.
32:42The choking, eye-watering fog, which has already caused two days of chaos across the capital, has worsened overnight.
32:50The great coal-burning electricity stations in Battersea and Fulham have attempted to reduce emissions of poisonous sulfur dioxide from
32:57their chimneys.
32:58But we've been told that it is unlikely they will be able to make any significant change to the air
33:03quality.
33:03The government is expected to make a statement later today.
33:17Come on.
33:18Let's get you to a hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not.
33:22Come on.
33:23Come on.
33:25Shoes.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say and hold on to me.
33:58Hold on.
34:07Come on.
34:25Quick, hold my hand.
34:27Hold on.
34:29Hold on.
34:30Hold on.
34:30Hold on.
34:31Hold on.
34:31Hold on.
34:32The seat's there!
34:39My wife!
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.
35:04An inquiry would be expensive.
35:09Winston people are angry.
35:11They see us as the culprits.
35:13Culpable for what? It's fog.
35:16Fog is fog.
35:17It comes, and 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,
35:33killing several and injuring a great many more.
35:36In part 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.
35:54And we're going to go outside.
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.
36:08It'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.
36:35Becoming a big Cultural Director.
36:36Fire.
36:36Fire.
36:39Telephone, sir.
36:40The markers of Salisbury.
36:41Oh, not now.
36:42He asked me to stress the importance of the matter.
36:50Bob is here.
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggy.
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.
37:11The ward is full. Every 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? More equipment?
37:21Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless. They'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. 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?
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.
38:02Turn that little way.
38:12Jim, where are you?
38:13Oh, here.
38:38How much longer you're gonna give the old man the majority is tiny a voter no
38:43confidence and he'll be toppled you know what he calls you yes I know sheep in
38:51sheep's clothing perhaps 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
39:36anything interesting
39:41yes could share it no I'd be happy to share glide ratios and adiabatic lapse rates with
39:50you as part of a quid pro quo arrangement one glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes
39:55for example no a dihedral angle or an absolute ceiling these are very interesting concepts
40:03Elizabeth you might learn something in exchange for a foreign office briefing am I going to have
40:10to explain my position again no good
40:17once you have tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there
40:22you have been and there you will always long to return not remarkable about those words go on they were
40:33written three hundred years before man first got in a plane Leonardo da Vinci
40:41look I know
40:47Lord man baton your majesty
40:48Uncle Dickie what's he doing here
40:50I know as much as you do
40:52he said it was important that
40:53thank you
41:00Elizabeth
41:01Elizabeth
41:05hello
41:06came as soon as I cried
41:09so
41:12Joe is
41:13is this a meeting with Elizabeth your niece
41:15my wife
41:17or the queen
41:18latter
41:19I'm afraid
41:20right
41:20I 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
41:41all ears
41:42I
41:43received
41:44a
41:45telephone call today from
41:47Robertis 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 people 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
42:19I would say
42:21I would say
42:21the time has come
42:22for you to
42:25summon
42:25Churchill
42:26and
42:29and
42:29and
42:32insist
42:33insist
42:33that he go
42:36I 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
42:51you
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
43:09incapacity
43:10then a revolution must come from within
43:12they are trying
43:14well then they must try harder
43:16they will
43:17but
43:18would prefer it
43:20to be bloodless
43:21so 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
43:37Dickie
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
43:50stopping
43:51Philip 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'm so sorry sir
44:16who
44:17who
44:17who are her parents?
44:19her father is a clergyman
44:20from Suffolk
44:21I've been noticed
44:22they want to go to the hospital
44:23there is an emergency meeting
44:25at the house
44:25the meeting you must attend
44:27the house can wait
44:39you 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 work together
44:52which is why I wanted to ask your advice
44:54now
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
45:06representations have been made to me
45:09through an intermediary from the heart of the government
45:13to intercede
45:15and bid him stand down
45:18make way for a younger man
45:21which
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?
45:42I'm not sure if her majesty is aware
45:45but shortly before your father died
45:48the foreign secretary, Mr. Eaton, came
45:51begging 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?
46:05well
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
46:23that 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
47:03let me know
47:11to see you
47:12I got home
47:12in the morning
47:13I got home
47:14and they needed to try
47:15to see your father
47:16could I help you?
47:19your children
47:23get home
47:24and get home
47:25and get home
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.
48:25And 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.
49:01Italy.
49:03Italy.
49:14Anonymous.
49:20A reality, God.
49:22Earth!
49:23It's gorgeous!
49:26It's gorgeous!
49:27It's gorgeous!
49:28It's gorgeous!
49:29It has Kiata!
49:29No, it's stupid!
49:30Yes, it's gorgeous!
49:30It's gorgeous!
49:31It feels good!
49:31No, it's !!!!
49:40Thank God.
49:40Thank God.
49:42Oh, sorry.
49:43Come on down, sir.
49:52Just come on.
49:53The Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:12No, no, no.
50:20Quiet! Quiet, please!
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.
51:43And 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.
52:09And 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...
52:29No?
52:37In
52:56The
52:58The
53:20CHOIR SINGS
53:42CHOIR SINGS
54:02CHOIR SINGS
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?
54:51To 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.
56:23To 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.
56:33People 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, come on.
57:23How long would it take
57:24me to 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 false 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've still got a right up.
57:58Starboard and port.
57:5918 gallons?
58:00Yes.
58:01Fancy lunch in Edinburgh?
58:03Edinburgh?
58:04They made me duke there
58:05so I should probably show up
58:06from time to time
58:07unless you have
58:08more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:12I'll adjust rpms
58:13and cruising speed
58:14for range flying.
58:15We'll have to land
58:16to refuel, sir.
58:17R.E. effectively.
58:19Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Doncaster.
58:21Doncaster?
58:23Right.
58:25R.E. effectively.
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