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00:02I'm not sure what that means.
00:03I'm not sure what that means.
00:06I'm not sure what that means.
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 and I can't bloody well fly.
00:41Yes, I'm sure.
00:42Right-o, sir.
01:12Ready, sir?
01:14Bravo!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow there.
01:41There we go.
01:42There we go.
01:50Right.
01:52All right there, sir?
01:53Yes, yes, fine.
01:55Now it's your turn.
01:57You have control.
01:58I have control.
01:59Now 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.
02:08That's balanced.
02:11Stick to the left, then to the right.
02:20And level.
02:22Good.
02:24Noisy, isn't it?
02:25Hang on!
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 i did sir 257 squadron flying what spitfires
03:02hurricanes mostly sir any kills one or two shouldn't we get us started now the ground
03:09seems terribly close it's too low to restart so we'll do a dead stick landing okay i have control
03:37that was wonderful same time next week sir how about tomorrow
03:50so
04:00so
04:05so
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06:08so
06:22so
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06:23so
06:24so
06:24i thought 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 address it to the pm
06:46no
06:46no i'll never read it of course
06:47but the important thing is we sent it
06:51well
06:52get you to darling street right away
07:16so
07:17so
07:17so
07:19so
07:20so
07:21so
07:21so
07:23so
07:24if her majesty could lean forward
07:29deep breath in
07:32deep breath in
07:35and out
07:38yes
07:39little stuffy ma'am
07:40it might help to open the window a crack
07:42not while they're rehearsing
07:44what are they rehearsing
07:46what are they rehearsing
07:49well
07:51my funeral
08:00it's
08:00so
08:01so
08:01so
08:14so
08:14so
08:14so
08:36Oh, there you are.
09:00Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Cornington.
09:04Nice view.
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.
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?
09:43Oh, of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:52They had a smog brought on by a freak anti-cyclone, which trapped the emissions from the local
09:59copper world.
10:01In the fog.
10:02In a few days, a number of people died.
10:04Twenty.
10:06And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog.
10:12After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding
10:17mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary
10:22measure.
10:25I never saw the 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't, 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.
12:15How 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
12:30him out 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
12:41for their failure to deal with a fog which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:50At present, I can see stars.
13:04I can see stars.
13:09I can see stars.
13:21Hi.
13:41Hi.
13:42Hi.
13:44Hi.
13:55Good night.
13:56Good night.
14:08Miss Cox.
14:10Thank you for your conscientiousness.
14:12It's late. You're home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired. Good evening to you.
14:19What? Still here?
14:21Good night, sir.
14:26Good night.
14:27Good evening, Pat.
14:57you haven't moved I suppose it's still a no to what coming out you mean going to
15:08the lamb 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
15:16drinks for us to bring them home only to have their unremarkability confirmed to
15:22us again no thanks goodness and what will you be doing in the meantime spend
15:31time in the company of someone remarkable
15:43hear this young men and women everywhere and proclaim it far and wide the earth
15:49is yours and the fullness thereof be kind but be fierce you are needed now more
15:57than ever before take up the mantle of change for this is your time
16:35good morning time is eight 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 long queues are
16:48formed on main roads and the reports of motorists abandoning their vehicles and continuing on foot
16:53london 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
17:09which is aggravating the fog
17:15windless 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
17:51i intend to keep that appointment
17:54if it's too hazardous to drive
17:57then there's only one thing to be done
18:38i saw that
18:41might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't
18:45and the queen is here your majesty
18:47could you be more specific
18:50ma'am
18:51which queen
18:53queen elizabeth ma'am
18:54which one there are two
18:57the young one
18:58oh the queen
19:00i 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 a dive
19:09but since he died i'm no longer the queen i'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
19:21her daughter queen elizabeth is now queen
19:24so she is
19:27the queen
19:28bravo
19:31nurses and nuns have the same problem
19:33we're all called sister
19:35so you are
19:37well she's outside
19:40well she's outside
19:40the queen
19:41then let her in
19:45sister
19:57bad time
19:58not at all
20:01how are you
20:03i'm always happy to see you
20:05and my mood will improve yet further if you promise me one thing
20:09name 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
20:18all 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
20:37i was listening to the wireless this morning
20:41where they described this fog as an act of god
20:45now
20:47in your letter that you sent me
20:50you said
20:55loyalty to the ideal you have inherited
20:58is your duty
20:59above everything else
21:00because the calling comes
21:03from the highest source
21:04from god himself
21:06yes
21:10do you really believe that
21:14monarchy
21:15is god's sacred mission
21:17to grace and dignify the earth
21:19to give ordinary people an ideal
21:21to strive towards
21:22an example of nobility and duty
21:25to raise them in their wretched lives
21:28monarchy
21:29is a calling
21:30from god
21:32that is why you're crowned in an abbey
21:34not a government building
21:36why you're anointed
21:37not appointed
21:38it's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head
21:41not a minister or public servant
21:43which means
21:45that you're answerable to god
21:47in 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
21:57equitable modern society
21:59that
22:00church and state should be separated
22:03that if god has servants
22:04they're priests
22:05not kings
22:07that he would also say that he
22:09watched 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
22:2290 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
22:31or henry the eighth
22:32it's the church of england dear
22:35not the church of denmark or greece
22:40next question
22:44it's chaos out there
22:46trains disrupted
22:48air services cancelled
22:49a richmond bridge this morning
22:52visibility was officially measured at one yard
22:54that's a record low incidentally
22:58our trojan friend in downing street
23:00has been speaking to his friends
23:02at 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
23:14for 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
24:03good morning
24:13I'm glad to see someone else made it in.
24:16No one saw this coming, did they?
24:19No.
24:27Prime Minister?
24:30Sir?
24:50Ah, you made it, 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.
24:59It wasn't easy.
25:01Just 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 and 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 with a young man my own age.
25:53So 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.
26:28You were twenty-four.
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.
26:53I did.
27:21Good morning.
27:23The time is eight o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news.
27:28The serious fog, which brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday, continues this morning,
27:34with emergency services struggling to cope and widespread disruption reported across the nation.
27:41Flares are being used to guide motorists in parts of the capital.
27:45Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule from major London railway stations.
27:52The Prime Minister is facing criticism for failure to deal with the mounting crisis.
27:58London airport is closed again today, with all flights crowded.
28:02Yes.
28:03The unmoving fog, which has spread to over 30 miles wide,
28:07is likely to cause complete darkness by two o'clock this afternoon.
28:17No.
28:24You alright?
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,
28:56where 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.
29:32It 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 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
30:30with your father's concerns at the time.
30:33I also have sympathy
30:35with the leader articles
30:36in the newspapers today,
30:38begging for blood,
30:40wanting my head.
30:42People have to be angry at someone,
30:45but 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.
31:31It'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
32:46two days of chaos across 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 hospital.
33:20I'm fine.
33:21You're not.
33:22Come on.
33:23Let's get you up.
33:25Shoes.
33:34Off we go.
33:53I can't breathe.
33:55Do as I say
33:56and hold on to me.
33:57I can't breathe.
34:23Go, go, go.
34:25Go, go, go.
34:25Go, go.
34:26Quick, hold my hand.
34:27Go, go, go.
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.
36:23The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:23The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:25The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:26The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:28The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:31The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:32The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:35The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:36The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:37The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:38The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:39The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:41The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:42The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:45The Duke of Edinburgh.
36:50Bobbizy?
36:51Thanks for taking my call, Diggie.
36:54Are you alone?
36:56Yes.
36:57Can anyone overhear what you're saying?
37:03No.
37:04Good.
37:09It's chaos!
37:10I know. The ward is full, every corridor too.
37:13Most of the doctors are sick now.
37:15Those that are well can't get in.
37:17It was better than this in the war.
37:19What do you need? More equipment?
37:21Or masks?
37:22Masks are bloody useless.
37:23They're just for show to make it look like the government's doing something.
37:26Then what is needed?
37:27Money.
37:28People.
37:29Trained staff.
37:30Help is what is needed urgently.
37:33Better rest for now.
37:38Maybe I could put a word in with the people who make a difference.
37:42Such as?
37:43The Prime Minister, for example.
37:46Oh, I see you're just going to walk into Downing Street and whisper in his ear.
37:49Yes.
37:50Something 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.
38:00Hold' are the way.
38:09I think I'm area.
38:12Where are ya?
38:13Oh, here.
38:14Oh, C
38:38How much longer you're gonna give the old man the majority is tiny a vote of no confidence and he'll
38:43be toppled
38:46you know what he calls you yes I know sheep in sheep'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 you as part
39:50of a quid pro quo
39:51arrangement one glide ratio in return for some cabinet minutes for example no a dihedral angle or
40:01an absolute ceiling these very interesting concepts Elizabeth you might learn something in exchange for
40:06a foreign office briefing am I going to have to explain my position again no good once you have
40:17tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been
40:23and there you will always long to return not remarkable about those words go on they were
40:33written 300 years before man first got in a plane Leonardo da Vinci look I know
40:49what's he doing here I know as much as you do he said it was important that thank you
41:00I know as soon as I call it so
41:12go is is this a meeting with Elizabeth your niece my wife or the queen latter I'm afraid right I
41:21don't know
41:31what's the matter with him nothing he's just feeling a little grounded
41:38ignore it right all ears I received a telephone call today from Robert E. Salisbury it seems that
41:50even among his own people the feeling is that our prime minister is not able to deal with a national
41:55crisis indeed he could be seen to be responsible for that crisis hospitals overflowing people dying
42:04as 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 so I would say the time has come for
42:23you to
42:25summon Churchill and and what
42:32insist that he go
42:36I can't do that you can and should but wouldn't that violate the constitution
42:46as Queen you have the right to be consulted the right to encourage the right to warn
42:59also to appoint a new prime minister in the event of incapacity and many would say the Churchill's
43:06behavior now constitutes incapacity then a revolution must come from within they are trying
43:14well then they must try harder they will but would prefer it to be bloodless so have asked for your
43:23help
43:24and influence
43:28I cannot do it I 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
43:50stopping Philip flying
43:55what?
43:56at a crisis cabinet meeting this morning when there should have only been one thing on the agenda
44:00the unfolding national emergency
44:04all our prime minister wanted to discuss
44:08was your husband's new hobby
44:15I'm so sorry sir
44:16who are her parents
44:18her 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
44:25the meeting you must attend
44:27the house can wait
44:38you wish to see me your majesty
44:40yes Tommy
44:45I know how 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
44:58a 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 and 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 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
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
46:11and 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
46:27and 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
46:54way for me here
46:59and I do not know
47:22We'll get you seen as soon as we fall.
47:45We'll get you seen as soon as we fall.
48:33We'll get you seen as soon as we fall.
48:44Did the newspapers know I'm here?
48:46No.
48:49But it could easily be arranged.
48:52Then do it.
48:54And tell the Queen I'll be their first thing in the morning.
48:59After the papers.
49:20Let the papers.
49:22Let the papers.
49:33Thank God.
49:39Thank God.
49:53Just come on, the Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13Yeah, yeah.
50:13Good moment.
50:23Quiet! Quiet! Please settle down!
50:26Mr. Churchill!
50:28I have witnessed scenes here today,
50:32the likes of which we have not seen since the darkest days of the Blitz.
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
51:07more money for hospital staff,
51:11more money for equipment,
51:12and a full and independent public inquiry
51:16into the causes of air pollution
51:19to ensure that such a calamity
51:23may never befall us again.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians
51:40to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person,
51:44and was rewarded by cheers and applause
51:46by those suffering through the worst smog
51:49this city has ever witnessed.
51:51The headline reads,
51:53True Leader in a Crisis.
52:00Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here.
52:04The parallels between his appearance yesterday
52:07and the wartime years were striking.
52:10And 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 can't.
52:30I can't.
52:33I can't.
52:44I can't.
52:47Can you hear me?
52:50How did you hear me?
53:10CHOIR SINGS
53:41CHOIR SINGS
54:03CHOIR 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 yes your position
54:26as prime minister
54:32go on
54:38at that point she hesitated
54:41and then she asked me to pick either kwadji 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
54:58no i think she summoned me to haul me over the coals for my handling of the fog
55:02but then the fog lifted
55:04and she had to make a decision right then and there in the room
55:09you could see the the wheels turning behind her eyes
55:12and then she switched attack without so much as a flicker
55:17clever
55:18no no not clever ingenious
55:21why
55:21because it disarmed me
55:23and made me switch tack too
55:25what about
55:27about allowing philip to learn to fly
55:29he can now
55:31good
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
56:01and 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
56:12as head of state
56:13to 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
56:32not human
56:33people will always want you to smile
56:36or agree
56:37or frown
56:38and the minute you do
56:39you will have declared a position
56:41a point of view
56:42and that is the one thing as sovereign
56:44that you are not entitled to do
56:48the less you do
56:49the 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 leave me?
57:22so come on
57:23how long would it take me
57:24to get my wings?
57:25well normally a trainee
57:27would spend anything
57:27between 100 and 120 hours
57:29on one of these things
57:30do you think I could do it
57:31in three months?
57:33that would be unusual
57:34I know
57:35I'm a fast learner
57:37and believe me
57:38when I say
57:38I've got nothing else to do
58:08I couldn't have noticed
58:09I know sir
58:10all right
58:11I'll adjust rpms and cruising speed
58:14for range flying
58:15we'll have to land to refuel sir
58:17re-equilibrium
58:18oh really
58:19where's that?
58:20Doncaster
58:20Doncaster
58:23right
58:25I'll see you next time
58:28I'll see you next time
59:22I'll see you next time
59:42I'll see you next time
59:42I'll see you next time
59:42I'll see you next time
59:51if you have any time
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