00:23Peabody
00:23Peabody here along with Sherman and a handful of lemons.
00:26Why the lemons, Mr. Peabody?
00:28Because we're going to England, and I prefer lemon in my tea.
00:31The year will be 1880, and the place, that bulwark of British justice, Scotland Yard.
00:36And you and I, Sherman, will help them solve their most baffling case.
00:40The way-back machine whisked us lemons and all directly to London,
00:44and there, almost completely unshrouded with fog, stood Scotland Yard.
00:48We went to the chief inspector's office and heard the bad news.
00:50Gentlemen, I'm afraid we have a bad show on our hands.
00:54Does he mean ours?
00:56Oh, no, no. He's referring to a crime.
00:58Now, you all know what the crown jewels look like.
01:01They consist of 4,000 diamonds, 3,000 pearls, 43 rubies, and one little orphan Annie's secret whistle.
01:10I beg your pardon, sir, but are we to understand the crown jewels have been stolen?
01:14They have, sir, and we'll need all the assistance we can get in recovering them.
01:18Where were they stolen from?
01:19The Tower of London.
01:20Then may I suggest you start by searching it for clues?
01:24Impossible.
01:25Why?
01:26The thief took the tower, too.
01:28We went out into the fog and checked, and sure enough, the tower was gone.
01:31Clever chap, this thief, eh?
01:33Do you think it was an inside job?
01:35I should think so. Too foggy outside.
01:39The chief inspector dispatched his men to all parts of the city with instructions to bring in every known fence.
01:44You see, the thief will have to sell the jewels to a fence.
01:47Unfortunately, the only fences his men brought in were of the white picket variety.
01:51Good work, chaps. We'll grill them in the morning.
01:54Should look nice, white picket fence with a grill, eh?
01:56Inspector, if you don't mind, Sherman and I will do some investigating on our own.
02:00Capital. I'll go with you.
02:02I had a hunch that anyone who stole the crown jewels would attempt to smuggle them out of the country.
02:07That was the reason why I insisted upon searching the banks of the Thames River.
02:10There's a boat now!
02:12Sherman's youthful eyes had spotted a small motor launch speeding along the far side of the river.
02:16Can't we stop them, Mr. Peabody?
02:18With Sherman and the inspector hot on my heels, I ran along the bank, turned right at London Bridge,
02:22ran directly to the center of that glorious structure, and prepared to leap from the rail.
02:26Wait! Don't do it, old fellow! It isn't that bad!
02:30I'm going to jump into the boat, inspector.
02:32Oh, I thought you were going to.
02:35Have a nice trip.
02:37Unfortunately, the person steering the launch saw me standing on the rail and turned at a 90-degree angle.
02:42But he didn't know I was a master parachutist, and even though I had no parachute, I did have wind.
02:46I said the word Geronimo and simply stepped off into the ozone.
02:50Utilizing my ears as flaps, I was able to guide my flight and landed not only on the boat, but
02:56on the skipper as well.
02:57It took but a moment to steer the launch into shore.
02:59Good work, Mr. Peabody!
03:02Magnificent!
03:02Thank you, thank you.
03:03I only wish that results had been more favorable.
03:06You see, this gentleman didn't steal the crown jewels.
03:08He was merely attempting to sneak out of England to get away from his mother-in-law.
03:12Just one second.
03:13I recognize you, sir, and I say you're a desperate criminal.
03:17We shall take him to the yard.
03:18But, inspector...
03:20It was no use.
03:21His mind was made up.
03:22The rest of the evening was spent in questioning the poor skipper.
03:24Don't try to fool me, you bounder.
03:27I know you.
03:28Of course you know him, inspector.
03:30He's your brother.
03:31That's right.
03:32He's my brother.
03:34Brother.
03:35Well, I knew him somewhere.
03:38I made the proper apologies while Sherman made tea.
03:40As for the inspector, he was making everything but progress.
03:43We shall search Westminster Abbey and even the House of Parliament.
03:47But we must find those crown jewels and the Tower of London.
03:53Inspector, if you'll just wait until the sun rises, I'm sure I can clear this case up.
03:58You can, Mr. Peabody?
03:59Cream in your tea?
04:00Lemon Sherman, remember we brought our own?
04:03Yes, at precisely 7.15, I can vouch for the recovery of not only the jewels, but the Tower itself.
04:08Pre-posteries.
04:10It may have seemed so, but at precisely 7.15, the sun rose, its heat burned away the fog,
04:15and presto, there stood the Tower of London.
04:18You mean to say it was hidden by the fog all this time?
04:23I do.
04:24Astounding.
04:26Positively astounding.
04:27Excuse me, won't you?
04:28I must grill those fences.
04:30By the way, Mr. Peabody, that English policeman over there, why does he wear such a high hat?
04:36Watch and you'll see.
04:37There.
04:38It's because he has so much hair.
04:39The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:41The hat and a strategically placed hairpin.
04:43English policemen wear hairpins?
04:46Bobby pin, Sherman.
04:47That's why they call them, uh, bobbies.
04:50The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:51The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:55The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:56The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:57The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:57The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:57The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:58The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:59The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:59The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
04:59The hat keeps it out of his eyes.
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