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00:10I'm going to go.
00:14I'm going to go.
00:15I'm going to go.
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?
01:14Go!
01:15Here we go!
01:17Whoa-ho!
01:24There we go!
01:29Perfect!
01:32Woo-hoo!
01:39Slow there.
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.
02:00Keep 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?
02:29How'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?
03:55God.
03:56What am I the best?
04:10I don't know.
04:20How about today?
04:23Coming up next week.
05:53I'm afraid you'll see this.
05:54Interesting.
05:57Sir.
06:01I think you should see this.
06:03I see.
06:08Sir.
06:12Excuse me.
06:13Excuse me.
06:17You can't go in there.
06:19Excuse me, sir.
06:22Sorry, sir.
06:24I thought you should see these.
06:29Good God.
06:33And we must send a warning to cover our backs.
06:40Kenneth, it 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, we've sent it.
06:52I'll get you to Downing Street right away.
07:04We'll see you.
07:09We'll see you later.
07:11Now, come on.
07:12We'll see you later.
07:14Come on.
07:16We'll see you later.
07:23If her matter, she could lean forward.
07:29Deep breath in.
07:35And out.
07:38Yes, 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?
07:47Oh, my funeral.
07:58Oh, my funeral.
08:11All right.
08:14Uh, I'll have a seat.
08:16Oh, my funeral.
08:20Oh, my funeral.
08:36Oh, my funeral.
08:37Oh, my funeral.
08:42Oh, there you are.
08:43Mr. Cox?
08:49Oh, really?
08:50Oh, you!
08:52Well, it's all been done, so...
08:57Mr. Thurman.
09:01Mr. Cox.
09:04Nice for you.
09:16I'm not a scientist.
09:18I can't say I understand it, but...
09:21What I can tell you is we don't get a 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.
09:43Well, of course I remember Donora, who was a scandal.
09:47A small mill town in America, outside Philadelphia.
09:51Pittsburgh.
09:51They had a smog brought on by a freak anticyclone, which trapped the emissions from the local copper world.
10:00In the fog.
10:03In the fog.
10:03In a few days, a number of people died.
10:05At 20.
10:06And several thousand became seriously ill from the poisonous fog.
10:12After the incident, a cross-party delegation was sent to Donora on an urgent fact-finding mission.
10:18They recommended that clean air zones be set up all around London as a precautionary measure.
10:25I never saw the ripple.
10:27With good reason.
10:29Our Prime Minister threw it away, claiming it wasn't a priority.
10:34Can you prove that?
10:36I can, Mr. Ockley.
10:46The cabinet minutes, where it was discussed.
10:54He's insisted the country keep burning coal irresponsibly this winter to give the illusion of a solid economy.
11:05This is great, Clem.
11:07It's interesting, for sure.
11:12What I don't understand is this.
11:16Why a Downing Street employee working for the government should come to me with this information.
11:24I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman.
11:27Do not trust the horse, Trojans.
11:30I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
11:35Mr. Atley, I entered the civil service to serve the public and to serve government.
11:41Any government.
11:43But I am also a responsible citizen, and I cannot stand by while chaos reigns around me.
11:51This is not a government.
11:53Mr. Atley, this is a collection of hesitant, frightened, old men,
11:59unable to unseat a tyrannical, delusional, 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.
12:20Escapes us all.
12:24I believe I would be doing the British public and this country a service if I helped to usher him
12:31out of the door and you back in.
12:35And to that end, you've come to me with a master plan that involves me crucifying the Tories for their
12:42failure to deal with a fog which has yet shows no sign of appearing.
12:50At present, I can see stars.
13:05Wymns 2.
13:18Wymns 2.
13:44CHOIR SINGS
13:54CHOIR SINGS
13:55Good night.
14:08Miss Scott.
14:10Thank you for your conscientiousness.
14:12It's late. Go home.
14:13I am, sir.
14:14You're no good to be tired.
14:16Good evening to you.
14:19What? Still here?
14:20Good night, sir.
14:26Good night.
14:34Evening, Pat.
14:57You haven't moved.
15:01I suppose it's still a no.
15:04To what?
15:05Coming out.
15:07You mean going to the Lamb of Flag with you, sitting at the bar, twinkling our ankles at every unremarkable
15:13young man in the room,
15:14they're letting those men buy us enough drinks for us to bring them home, only to have their unremarkability confirmed
15:21to us again.
15:23No.
15:25Thanks.
15:26Goodness.
15:28And what will you be doing in the meantime?
15:30Spend time in the company of someone remarkable.
15:43Hear this, young men and women everywhere, and proclaim it far and wide.
15:48The earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.
15:53Be kind, but be fierce.
15:56You are needed now more than ever before.
15:59Take up the mantle of change, for this is your time.
16:03And what will you be doing in the meantime?
16:19You are the one who will be doing in the meantime?
16:19You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:23You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:23You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:23You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:23You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:24You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:24You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:25You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:25You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:26You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:26You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
16:32You are the one who will be doing in the meantime.
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.
23:39There you go.
23:41Hey!
23:43Hey!
23:44Hey!
24:11I'm glad to see
24:14Someone else made it in
24:15No 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
24:58Oh, it 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
25:13And the business gets done
25:15And the country's governed
25:20But what's my personal contribution?
25:24Ah
25:26You improve the quality of life
25:29For 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
25:45Fighting local tribesmen on the northwest frontier
25:48Who told you that?
25:50You 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
25:59Hear this, young men and women everywhere
26:03And 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
26:34All energy and hope
26:35And passion and fire
26:40It's remarkable
26:45You found something you liked
26:48In that young man
26:51I did
27:21Good morning
27:22Good morning
27:24The time is 8 o'clock on the 7th of December
27:26And here is the news
27:28The serious fog
27:30That brought much of the capital to a standstill yesterday
27:33Continues this morning
27:34With emergency services struggling to cope
27:36And widespread disruption reported across the nation
27:41The flares 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 for failure to deal with the mountain crisis
27:58London Airport is closed again today with all flights crowded
28:02It is
28:03The unmoving fog which has spread to over 30 miles wide
28:06Is likely to cause complete darkness by 2 o'clock this afternoon
28:10The –
28:10The –
28:17But
28:24Are you all right?
28:27The –
28:28The –
28:29The –
28:29The –
28:31Go 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
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?
29:29Well, it'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 isofumes.
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.
30:07You do not seem unduly concerned.
30:10I'm not.
30:11You do know that my late father wrote
30:13many years ago
30:15to your predecessors
30:17to express his deep concern
30:19about the inner-city power stations
30:20that your party was building.
30:25Indeed.
30:27And I was sympathetic
30:29with your father's concerns at the time.
30:33I also have sympathy
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.
30:52We 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
31:04my 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.
31:31It'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.
32:04Not 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 they will be able
33:01to make any significant change
33:02to the air quality.
33:04The government is expected
33:05to make a statement later 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.
34:25Do as I say
34:38you're all right, lady.
34:51Control of this story is getting away from us
34:54The 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
35:13Culpable for what?
35:14It's fog
35:15Fog is fog
35:17It comes
35:18And it goes away
35:20Well, I'm glad that the
35:22Prime Minister finds time for liberty
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
36:06And 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
36:19Like what?
36:21The Duke of Edinburgh
36:38Telephone, sir
36:39The 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
36:53Are you low?
36:56Yes
36:56Can 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
37:16Can'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
37:28People
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, something like that
37:51You know, my day's bad enough without some delusional girl playing jokes
37:55Now, excuse me
37:57Just, just
38:00I'll show you
38:02Snap of the way
38:25Snap of the way
38:38How much longer are you going to give the old man?
38:40The majority is tiny
38:42A voter no confidence and he'll be toppled
38:46You know what he calls you?
38:49Yes, I know
38:50A sheep in sheep's clothing
38:55Perhaps it's time to approve you're not
39:03Very well
39:05Let's put a motion down on paper
39:07And brief the whips
39:19Thank you, sir
39:21Thank you, sir
39:36Anything interesting?
39:39Anything interesting?
39:40Yes
39:41Care to show it?
39:44No
39:46I'd be happy to show 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
39:57A dihedral angle
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?
40:11No
40:13Good
40:17Once you have tasted flight
40:18You 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
40:27You know what's remarkable about those words?
40:32Go on
40:33They were written 300 years before man first got in a plane
40:37Leonardo da Vinci
40:42Look, Philip, I know
40:47Lord Mountbatten, your majesty
40:49Uncle Dickie, what's he doing here?
40:51I know as much as you do
40:52He said it was important, man
40:53Thank you
41:00Elizabeth
41:05Hello
41:06Came as soon as I cried
41:09So
41:10So
41:12Go, is
41:13Is this a meeting with Elizabeth, your niece?
41:16My wife?
41:17Or the queen?
41:19Later, I'm afraid
41:20Right, I don't know my place
41:31What's the matter with him?
41:34Nothing
41:36He's just feeling a little grounded
41:38Ignore it
41:40Right, all 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, people dying
42:04Now, as 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
42:17So
42:19So
42:19I would say
42:21The time has come for you to
42:25Summon Churchill
42:26And
42:28And what?
42:32Insist that he go
42:36I can't do that
42:38You can
42:38And should
42:41But
42:42Wouldn't that violate the constitution?
42:45As
42:46Queen
42:50You have the right
42:52The right to be consulted
42:54The right to encourage
42:57The right to warn
42:59Also
43:00To appoint a new prime minister
43:02In the event of incapacity
43:04And many would say that Churchill's behavior now
43:08Constitutes incapacity
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 I 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
43:51Stopping Philip flying
43:55What?
43:57At a crisis cabinet meeting this morning
43:58When 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?
44:19Her father is a clergyman from Suffolk
44:21They've been noticed
44:22They want to go to the hospital
44:23There is an emergency meeting at the house
44:25The meeting you must attend
44:27The house can wait
44:39You wish to see me your majesty
44:40Yes Tommy
44:45I know
44:46How much my father
44:47Depended 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
45:07Representations have been made to me
45:09Through an intermediary
45:11From 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
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
45:47The foreign secretary
45:49Mr. Eden
45:50Came
45:51Begging his late majesty
45:53To intervene
45:54If not on an official level
45:56Then on a personal one
45:58As a friend
45:59To bid the prime minister to resign
46:03What did my father say?
46:06Well
46:06His majesty was like his father before him
46:09A stickler for convention and tradition
46:12And would never have done anything
46:13That violated the constitution
46:15Or overstepped the mark
46:20Then I have my answer
46:21But
46:22That was his majesty
46:24Not your majesty
46:26And I do read the newspapers
46:27And 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. Eden came to see your father
46:39Different situation
46:40Different sovereign
46:54Wait for me here
46:55Wait for me here
47:00Oh my god
47:01Oh my god
47:02Oh my god
47:03Oh my god
47:20Look at your standing
47:23I'm just going to bring them up.
47:56Sir?
47:59Just a child.
48:04A beautiful child.
48:08I just received word from Buckingham Palace.
48:11Oh.
48:12The 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.
48:36Oh, she's a child.
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.
49:00After the papers.
49:01Do it.
49:20Do it.
49:22Do it.
49:24Do it.
49:34Thank God.
49:39Thank God.
49:53The Prime Minister will be here in a few moments.
50:11Is there anything, sir?
50:13Yeah, yeah.
50:13Not, man.
50:20Quiet! 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 to ensure that such a calamity may
51:25never befall us again.
51:30Thank you all.
51:31Thank you all.
51:37The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person.
51:43And was rewarded by cheers and applause by those suffering through the worst smog this city has ever witnessed.
51:50And the headline reads,
51:52True leader in a crisis.
52:00Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here.
52:04The 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?
52:41Clem, you still there?
53:10CHOIR SINGS
53:20CHOIR SINGS
53:48CHOIR SINGS
53:49You asked to see me now?
53:52I did.
54:03There's a delicate matter,
54:05which I felt I needed to discuss with you in person.
54:10Concerning what?
54:14Your position.
54:18My position?
54:20Yes, your position...
54:26as Prime Minister.
54:33Go on.
54:38At that point, she hesitated.
54:41And then she asked me to pick
54:44either Khwajgi Nazimuddin of Pakistan
54:47or Sydney Holland of New Zealand.
54:50Whatever for?
54:52To sit next to at dinner.
54:55She summoned you for that?
54:58Oh, no, 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 in the room.
55:09You could see the wheels turning behind her eyes.
55:12And then she switched attack
55:14without so much as a flicker.
55:17Clever.
55:19No, no, not clever.
55:20Ingenious.
55:21Why?
55:21Because they disarmed me
55:23and made me switch tack too.
55:26What about?
55:27About allowing Philip to learn to fly.
55:30He can now.
55:32Good.
55:34But he still has to ask cabinet permission
55:36to do rolls and spins.
55:48What, 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,
56:14to 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.
56:33People will always want you to smile
56:36or agree or 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,
56:44as sovereign,
56:45that you are not entitled 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 for the sovereign.
57:06But where does that leave me?
57:22Sir, come on.
57:23How long would it take me to get my wings?
57:25Well, normally a trainee
57:27would spend anything between 100 and 120 hours
57:29on one of these things.
57:31Do you think I could do it in three months?
57:33That would be unusual.
57:35I'm a fast learner.
57:37And believe me when I say
57:38I've got nothing else to do.
57:55I couldn't have noticed.
57:57You've still been 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 more pressing engagements.
58:09No, sir.
58:10All right.
58:11I'll adjust RPMs
58:13and cruising speed
58:14for range flying.
58:15We'll have to land
58:16to refuel, sir.
58:17Aria filling in.
58:19Oh, really?
58:19Where's that?
58:20Doncaster.
58:21Doncaster?
58:23Right.
59:48You
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