- 5/13/2025
1982 British Wartime Drama
In Episode 4 of We’ll Meet Again, tensions rise as personal relationships and wartime duties collide. As American airmen adjust to life in the English countryside, conflicts surface between locals and newcomers. Meanwhile, Helen Dereham faces pressure balancing her feelings and responsibilities. This emotional and character-driven episode captures the human struggles during WWII with poignant realism and dramatic depth.
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In Episode 4 of We’ll Meet Again, tensions rise as personal relationships and wartime duties collide. As American airmen adjust to life in the English countryside, conflicts surface between locals and newcomers. Meanwhile, Helen Dereham faces pressure balancing her feelings and responsibilities. This emotional and character-driven episode captures the human struggles during WWII with poignant realism and dramatic depth.
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01:28Good day, ma'am.
01:35You wouldn't happen to have a cigarette on you, would you, Sally?
01:38You know I don't smoke, ma.
01:40Oh, of course not.
01:41If you don't mind, one of these.
01:43Oh, thank you, Sergeant.
01:45Keep the pack.
01:46Oh, well, thank you.
01:47That's very kind.
01:48Thanks ever so much.
01:50Right, wait outside.
01:51All right, that's, uh, 25 sets.
01:55That's, uh, two pounds and, uh, ten shillings, right?
02:00Oh, it seems like a lot of money just for a bit of washing.
02:03Hey, now, couldn't ask you if we didn't pay the going rate, Mrs. Bilton.
02:06Here.
02:07Hello, honey.
02:11Betty, take your finger out your mouth.
02:13She wants something else instead.
02:14Here.
02:15Here's two candy bars.
02:16That's one for you and one for your little brother.
02:18Where is he?
02:19Garden.
02:20Well, you be sure to give it to him now, okay?
02:21Okay.
02:22There you are.
02:23Betty, say thank you nicely to Mr. McGraw.
02:29Thank you nicely, Mr. McGraw.
02:33Well, I, uh, better be getting back.
02:35Thanks again, Mrs. Bilton.
02:36Take care, ma'am.
02:38Bye-bye, honey.
02:44Where's the other one?
02:45Well, give it here.
02:47It's William's.
02:49Oh, that's far too big for William.
02:51I'm going to take care of it.
02:53Now, mind you, give him a piece of yours, right?
02:55And no arguments.
02:56Out you go.
02:57Go on.
03:06I've got that new, that new yellow dress for Betty now.
03:12And shoes for Billy.
03:15What about me?
03:17Anything I save, I'm going to put by for Stan when he gets home.
03:23Well, wouldn't want his mother to go without.
03:26If his mother did some of the work, she'd get a share in what's been paid for.
03:31You did have some all the time.
03:35Oh, forgot they was there, didn't I?
03:38Oh, mother.
03:40You're being done, my girl.
03:42They'd pay twice as much as what you're getting.
03:44I'm satisfied.
03:45Too easily.
03:47Yeah.
03:48You see the way he looks at the children.
03:50Tell him you need for them so you'll have to charge more.
03:54I don't want to abuse his kindness, ma.
03:56Kindness?
03:57Oh.
03:58Just like the rest of them.
03:59More money than they know what to do with.
04:01Behave like they own everything.
04:04And the way they act with our girls.
04:06Decent British girls.
04:07It's disgusting.
04:08They're laughing and carrying on every night down by that bridge.
04:11If our girls didn't want to go out with them, they wouldn't.
04:14Would they?
04:15Distinct improvement in takeoffs and formation assembly, but approach and landing procedures are still sloppy.
04:20Is this the time when the group is most vulnerable?
04:23Yeah.
04:25That he, Sergeant?
04:25Okay, Sergeant. That's all for now.
04:27Not disturbing, am I?
04:28We'll finish it later.
04:29They're sending us two replacement aircrew.
04:31Had notification this morning.
04:32That's great.
04:33Any combat experience?
04:35No, direct from training an hour.
04:37So they'll be keen, Jim.
04:38Fresh and keen and raring to go.
04:40Raw and undisciplined and a danger to themselves and others.
04:43Do we get any new planes to go with them?
04:44No, not this time, but division has promised that next month...
04:47Well, that's the same as they promised last month.
04:49What do they think we're going to fight this war with?
04:50Bows and arrows?
04:51I know, but it's a matter of priorities.
04:53Other groups have been here longer and lost more than we have.
04:55Whatever planes are available, go to them.
05:02What else?
05:03Well, I've just been reading that M.P. report.
05:06You seen it?
05:06Yeah, look at it.
05:07That worries me.
05:09What way?
05:10Several ways.
05:11But one thing more than any other.
05:13The friction between our boys and the local people here.
05:15We always knew there'd have to be a period of adjustment on both sides.
05:18Yeah, but it's three months now.
05:20Things should be settling down.
05:22Instead of which, the situation's getting worse.
05:24Disturbances every time our boys go into town.
05:26It's just high spirits.
05:27Oh, it's more than that.
05:29You can expect rivalry with the RAF boys.
05:32It's normal.
05:32That's healthy.
05:33But there's fights between British servicemen on furlough,
05:36with the guys from the anti-aircraft units,
05:38and the ordinary civilians.
05:40Well, a lot of them seem to resent us.
05:43Their women don't seem to.
05:44Yeah, well, that's probably in back of most of them.
05:47Come on, Roof.
05:48We don't want to exaggerate this.
05:49We've got, what, over 2,000 men in this space?
05:51Only half of them ever come in contact with an Englishman.
05:53Well, maybe we should start with them.
05:54Yeah.
05:55I don't know.
05:56Notices, lectures.
05:57These people are our principal allies,
05:59and we have to establish a good working relationship.
06:01What I say is let it alone.
06:03It'll work itself out.
06:04I can't do that, Jim.
06:06Commander's worried about the situation,
06:08not just here, but everywhere.
06:09And women ought to take any steps we can to ease the friction.
06:12Well, tell them to do what we can, but we're only human.
06:14Look, I know you held your hand out and you got it bitten,
06:17but we have to keep at it.
06:18We better have another meet with that, uh, goodwill committee.
06:22You say so.
06:24Oh, and we ought to go see the Dharams again, huh?
06:26Thank them for their hospitality.
06:28After all, they are the local bigwigs.
06:31Husbands in North Africa.
06:32Oh, yeah.
06:34Well, uh, you could, uh, call on his wife.
06:38She turned the dogs on me.
06:39That one's up to you.
06:40Not me.
06:41All that society jazz, Jim.
06:43That's your style.
06:45Now, I want you to call on her.
06:46There'll be no point.
06:47She's got me marked down as a cross between Simon Legree and Al Capone.
06:51All the more reason for you to see her.
06:54Remind her that you're, uh, really human.
06:56Oh, the dancers have made ever such a difference, ma'am.
07:07You enjoy them.
07:08The only spot of life there is around here.
07:11The only fun.
07:13Well, not the only fun, if you know what I mean.
07:15I have a fair idea.
07:16Never see you at the dances, do we, Mrs. Derham?
07:27Well, they're not really my cup of tea, Rosie.
07:31Oh, now, who's that?
07:33Well, the sooner you answer, the sooner we're going to find out.
07:36Yes, ma'am.
07:36It's him, ma'am.
07:53Who?
07:53Major Coyley.
07:55Here?
07:56The one who's so nasty to all the boys at the base.
07:58He wants to see you.
08:01Well, you ready to show him in?
08:03Yes, ma'am.
08:06Major Coyley, ma'am.
08:14Good morning, Dr. Derham.
08:14Good morning, Major.
08:15Give me for dropping in like this without phoning.
08:17I was just writing to my husband.
08:19Oh, yes.
08:20How is Major Derham?
08:21He's fine, thank you.
08:21That was quite a fight they put up in Tunisia.
08:23Yes.
08:26And your daughter, Pat.
08:27Yes, she's fine too, thank you.
08:31I only have a few minutes.
08:32I just stopped by in the off chance.
08:34Luckily, I wasn't at the hospital.
08:35I already phoned there.
08:36Is there something I can do for you, Major?
08:43Yes.
08:44Both the Colonel and I feel very badly about not having thanked you properly for your hospitality.
08:48I told you that wasn't necessary.
08:49And for not having made any attempt to repay it.
08:51Well, do you have more important things to do?
08:52Nevertheless, we have been remiss.
08:57We've also neglected the Goodwill Committee.
09:01Won't you sit down, Major?
09:04I'll level with you, Dr. Derham.
09:11There's friction between our base and your community.
09:14Well, I really don't think that's one-sided, Major.
09:16I'd be the first to admit that, but you can't expect thousands of foreign troops and airmen in country districts not to cause upheaval.
09:22Quite.
09:22And now, I don't want to exaggerate the problem.
09:25Most of the time, there's full trust and cooperation between us, but there are areas where...
09:31I'm making heavy weather of this.
09:34I'm sorry.
09:35What I mean is that we naturally want everything to go as smoothly as possible while we're here.
09:39Naturally, yes.
09:39We don't want bad relations.
09:40As I said, most of the time everything's fine, but there is friction.
09:46So how can I help, Major?
09:52You have a great deal of influence locally, Dr. Derham.
09:56We would like your cooperation and the committee's cooperation in this to help diffuse the situation before it gets out of hand.
10:03Well, naturally, we'll do anything we can.
10:06But your liaison officer didn't even come to the meetings.
10:10I'll make sure you get someone else.
10:11Well, perhaps he'll tell us if he feels the men are being ill-treated.
10:18Perhaps he'll have some suggestions.
10:20Well, let's hope we can come up with something.
10:22Yes.
10:26Well, that about covers what I came for.
10:28Thank you very much for seeing me, Dr. Derham.
10:30Not at all.
10:30Look, it's been a while since we talked and we kind of got off on the wrong foot.
10:34I'm sorry.
10:35I really don't know what you mean.
10:36You and me.
10:40We...
10:40Well, we have to work together because of the hospital and so on.
10:44Isn't it time we buried the hatchet?
10:48What I'm saying is we haven't had a chance to get to know each other.
10:50Whenever we meet, it's formal or in a hurry.
10:53I'm sorry.
10:54I really don't know what you're driving at.
10:55I'm asking you to have dinner with me, or at least a drink.
10:58Somewhere we can just be ourselves.
11:00I'm afraid that's just not possible.
11:01Why?
11:03I mean, it's out of the question.
11:07Silence.
11:08I really don't see how matters between us.
11:10It can affect anything we've been talking about.
11:16You're right, of course.
11:17They don't come into it, do they?
11:21He's dead.
11:24Harvey's dead.
11:25Letty, you'll have to pull yourself together.
11:29Don't start crying again, please.
11:31We have to decide what to do.
11:32The baby still doesn't show, but in a month or so, you won't be able to hide it.
11:39Then what?
11:39I don't know.
11:41You'll have to choose the right moment and tell Mum and Dad.
11:43No, I tried to wait.
11:44Letty, listen.
11:47Tell Mum.
11:48She won't like it, but she'll stand by you.
11:51And then let her tell Dad.
11:53Kill me.
11:54He'll accept it.
11:54He'll have to.
11:55Don't be funny how we was here.
11:57He told her we was going to be barred, that it would have been all right.
11:59You don't know that for sure, Letty.
12:03I said to her, if I had any more dried fruit, Mrs. Hampton, you should have it.
12:08But that's the last in the shop.
12:09It was to make a cake for her daughter's birthday.
12:12When I had it all weighed out and wrapped up, you know what?
12:14She didn't have the points.
12:17Trust me, till next month, she said.
12:19You let her have it, didn't you, Albert?
12:20Oh, I did not.
12:22They have escaped your attention, Mrs. Hampton, I said, but there's a war on.
12:26There's regulations like rationing, which even I have to abide by.
12:29Hey, you bring me the points, you shall have the fruit.
12:31We're all in the same boat.
12:33And why didn't you come in the shop to help?
12:36No, there's always a rush on just before closing time.
12:40Not snivelling again.
12:42What is it this time?
12:43You know what it is, Dad.
12:45Not still over that yank.
12:47How can you say that, Albert?
12:48The poor boy was killed.
12:51You come back here.
12:52I'm talking to you, my girl.
12:56Shh.
12:57Oh, as if he was a stranger.
12:58He was a friend.
13:00I'm sick and tired of her snivelling from morning till night.
13:03No wonder she's upset.
13:05Why, she'd listen to me and kept her distance.
13:07There'd be nothing to get upset about.
13:09Where are you off to?
13:11Piano practice.
13:12Well, you can make yourself useful for a change, my lad.
13:14I've had some parcels of groceries made up.
13:16You can deliver them.
13:17But the vicar said I could have the hall till half past six.
13:20I only have an hour.
13:20But you do the deliveries first.
13:22I have a reputation to keep up.
13:24I hope I don't have to remind you it's what pays for your bed and board.
13:29No, Dad.
13:32Get on with it, then.
13:33You miss his practice.
13:37Doing good.
13:39Time he learned to pull his weight.
13:40He's your son, Albert.
13:42Don't I know it.
13:44Work my fingers to the bone, pay him and let him.
13:45What do I get for it?
13:47Nothing but aggravation.
13:48No appreciation.
13:50Nothing.
13:52It's too old.
13:53It's Monday's boy.
13:54The groceries.
13:55Oh.
13:55The place is on the desk.
13:56I put them in the kitchen.
13:57Thanks, love.
13:58I thought Monday had stopped delivering.
14:00Look how well he still does to me.
14:01I asked him to send around a few things the other week.
14:04He treated me to a long lecture on the shortage of manpower and the need to pull one's weight.
14:10Well, I suppose he knows that I'm kept pretty busy at the hospital.
14:13Horrid little man.
14:15Such a bore having to do one shopping oneself these days.
14:18My last girl went running off to work in that parachute factory the week it opened.
14:22Didn't even give her notice.
14:24Well, I suppose war work comes first.
14:26War work.
14:28It's the wages they pay.
14:29We'll be hard put to it to find servants when all this is over.
14:32Probably.
14:33The only good thing will be one won't have to be polite to creatures like Albert Mundy.
14:37I can't think why you should, though.
14:39He can't resist slipping in an extra egg or a couple of ounces of cheese off the ration just to prove what an important man he is.
14:46Though how he can give himself airs with a daughter like that.
14:49Young Letty.
14:50Young Letty has earned herself quite a reputation with her, shall we say, friendliness to our visitors from overseas.
14:57Yes, well, that's as may be.
15:00Now about the committee.
15:02What does your major want us to do?
15:06Anything to make his men feel more at home, I suppose.
15:08Yeah, it's just not possible.
15:10Why not?
15:11Well, think of it.
15:13There's an inseparable gulf, really.
15:15Of course, some of them are very sweet and willing to please.
15:18Well, one has to make such an effort.
15:21You must find it exhausting.
15:22Breeding, of course.
15:25Culture.
15:27At a party or a dance, it's not so obvious, but invite one to one's home and it's more off-putting to them than to us.
15:33It's really not fair to make them aware of it.
15:52I'm going to catch the post.
15:54Have you finished your letter to Daddy?
15:55Yes, at last.
15:57Oh, sorry, you wanted to put something on the end.
15:59It's all right.
16:00I've written to him myself.
16:01I'll post yours too, if you like.
16:02Thanks.
16:03Rosie can do it when she leaves.
16:04Yeah, I'll post some.
16:06I hate to see you so unsettled, Pat.
16:09I wish you'd gone back to Cambridge.
16:11Mother, we said we wouldn't talk about it anymore.
16:12You said we wouldn't talk about it anymore.
16:15It's all decided.
16:16As soon as I've done my medical, I'll be off to training camp.
16:18I'll miss you.
16:19I'm sorry.
16:22I always forget I must be much worse for you.
16:25Oh.
16:25All by yourself, with Daddy overseas.
16:28Almost nobody to talk to, except Phyllis Lambourne.
16:32Phyllis is all right.
16:33She's a predatory man-killer and a frightful snob.
16:36Yes, she is.
16:38All the parties you used to have, all the lunches and dinners.
16:41Before the days of ration books, my dear.
16:43Besides, there's nobody left to invite anymore.
16:45There's always a gallant colonel, as you call them.
16:48And Major Kiley.
16:49Why on earth would I invite them?
16:51We are trying to be agreeable.
16:53I should think it would be a good thing for them to see what we're like at home.
16:57Phyllis said that.
16:59Well, then.
17:00Why not have the Major to lunch on Sunday?
17:02Or at least for drinks.
17:03Actual combat film taken by the photographic unit during last Tuesday's raid on Dusseldorf.
17:13Everyone sees it, especially incoming personnel.
17:16I want to prepare them for what to expect.
17:18Well, that's the closest they'll get to the real thing until they're actually in the middle of it.
17:24I want ground crews to see it, too.
17:26There's resentment, naturally enough, from the guys who are up night after night,
17:29patching up the ships that the fancy flyboys throw around in the air.
17:33Do the ground crews good to see what an easy time the flyboys really have up there.
17:37And it's not just the rookies.
17:39We can all learn something from it.
17:43Kylie.
17:44You notice that technique the Germans are using all the time?
17:47Shooting past and turning to attack high out of the sun?
17:49Dr. Darum?
17:51I'll catch up with you guys later.
17:52Come on.
17:55Yes, Dr. Darum, hello.
17:59Well, I'm in a meeting, but I have a minute.
18:03No, as of the moment it's clear, of course that could change.
18:07Well, as long as that's understood, I'd be delighted.
18:14About eight.
18:16Well, thank you.
18:18Goodbye.
18:31Dr. Darum, she invited me for dinner on Saturday.
18:37Hey.
18:37Hey.
18:39Anybody want to get your mom?
18:41Move in.
18:41Move in.
18:42Why do you think I'm for it?
18:44Hey, hey, hey.
18:46Hey, did you believe it?
18:47Elma's got a date with Rosie?
18:48Yeah.
18:49You can't believe it?
18:50I can't believe it.
18:51She's taking her to the movie?
18:53Well, not exactly the thing.
18:55Elma, it's well.
18:56She's had a virus coming in.
18:58Look her up.
18:58Look her up and down, kid.
18:59Over get in the truck.
19:02There we go.
19:03You're not going to cut me out.
19:06I'm not even going to be there.
19:07You're flying solo tonight.
19:08We are going into town together.
19:10Yeah, sure we are, but I've got to meet Sid.
19:12You're not going to be there to help me?
19:13Huh?
19:14Let's see.
19:15I've got to talk to her about it.
19:19Brother, if you don't know, ain't nobody going to help you.
19:22Now you've got ten seconds, or we'll leave it out to you.
19:24My wallet.
19:25I don't have my wallet.
19:31You got it.
19:34Why don't you come with us, Chuck?
19:36I mean, Vi will be there.
19:38She keeps asking for you.
19:39Too bad.
19:40Come on, Pat.
19:41What does it have to be Vi?
19:42Maybe Rosie's got a friend.
19:44Not interested.
19:46You've got to get some girls all the time.
19:47Got a thing in the truck.
19:49You waste time with that Sid character.
19:51His name is Dame's, Elma, until you marry her.
19:53But business is always business.
19:58Adieu, Elma!
20:05Hold it, you guys.
20:06Wait for me.
20:12What, you over here, my old love?
20:14I thought you'd gone to Ipswich.
20:15Been and gone and come back, ain't I?
20:18Wasn't he there, then?
20:19That chap you wanted to see?
20:20No, he was there, all right.
20:21Proper surprise when I turned up, I couldn't tell you.
20:23Oh.
20:24Why?
20:25Well, he owed me money, didn't he?
20:27And what with one thing and another,
20:28he didn't reckon I'd be around to collect it.
20:30So, I had to lean on him a little.
20:33How do you mean?
20:34Eh?
20:35No, I just had to jog his memory a bit, that's all.
20:38You said he was in the grocery trade, like Albert, didn't you?
20:41That's right, just like Albert.
20:42Who was he?
20:43Why?
20:43Well, you might know him.
20:44It doesn't matter, I won't be seeing him again.
20:47Oh.
20:50Supper'll be quite a while yet, Sid.
20:52Albert's at one of his civil defence meetings.
20:54No matter, Vera.
20:55I'm popping out again meself.
20:57I just thought I'd ask Lettie if she'd like to come.
21:01Oh, where to?
21:02Bit of a stroll, maybe dropping down a cap.
21:05Lettie, do you hear that?
21:07Your Uncle Sid wants to take you out.
21:09Come on, love.
21:10I don't want to go out.
21:11Of course you do.
21:13You're far too pretty to stay at home all the time, eh?
21:16Lots of people are saying it.
21:17Where is she?
21:18Where's Lettie?
21:19You'd be surprised.
21:20Of course, you don't look too pretty at the moment, do you?
21:23More washed out, like.
21:26Tell you what, here.
21:29Just for you.
21:30It'd be wasted on anyone else round here.
21:32What is it?
21:33It's lipstick.
21:34Brand new shade, blush pink, kiss proof.
21:37Just like Lana Turner wears.
21:38Not going to bleed them dead, that will.
21:40Lana Turner.
21:41Cross me heart and hope to die.
21:42Now, why don't you put a dab of that on,
21:44run a comb through the barnet,
21:45and come out with your Uncle Sid.
21:47You haven't been out much lately, love.
21:49Do you good?
21:50Of course it will.
21:51Come on.
21:54That's a girl.
21:55Here, come here.
21:57Now, you be ready in two minutes,
21:58or else I'll come upstairs and spank you.
22:01Sid?
22:06It's nice of you to be so kind to her, Sid.
22:08Not at all, Vera.
22:09It's my pleasure.
22:12Believe me.
22:13Good, love.
22:25Hello, Vi.
22:26Hello.
22:27Mind if I join you?
22:28Of course not.
22:29I'll just get a cup of coffee.
22:30It's relieved to see your face, I know.
22:31What did I tell you?
22:39It's the place for talent.
22:41I saw a first barn.
22:43I usually go straight home to help in the pub.
22:46I just felt like a bit of a sick day.
22:48Tired?
22:48You know, son, you finish one little weeding and thinning out,
22:52and you have to start all over again.
22:54Well, why don't I give you a hand tomorrow?
22:56Well, you don't want to spoil your holiday, all right?
22:58I'm not on holiday.
23:00Have you heard from your dad?
23:06Mother's had a few letters.
23:07They're always weeks out of date.
23:09Always makes you wonder what's happened to them since they last wrote.
23:11Here, Vi.
23:14Who's your friend?
23:18They're all the same.
23:19I think they're too good for the likes of us.
23:21I mean, the calves up there, they're nothing like this dump, I can tell you.
23:25They're all marble and plush.
23:28There's Friscati's, Lion's Corner House.
23:31London's the place, my girl.
23:33You'd really like it, now.
23:34Do yourself a bit of good and all.
23:37How?
23:37Well, all sorts of ways, couldn't you?
23:39I mean, I'd look after you.
23:42So you're right, eh?
23:44Dad has never let me go.
23:46Well, that's a pity, isn't it?
23:47Still, maybe one day, eh?
23:50Mario, my old son.
23:52This is an unexpected pleasure.
23:53Yeah.
23:54Hey, Steve.
23:56Hello, gorgeous.
23:57Oh, grab yourself a chair, boys.
23:58Well, just for a while.
24:00He's got a big date.
24:03I wanted to do something useful.
24:05I thought if I'd join the wax,
24:07there's a better chance of being stationed not too far from home.
24:11Hello, bye.
24:15Hello.
24:17This is Chuck.
24:18Chuck Erickson.
24:20Pat Durham.
24:21Hello.
24:21Hello.
24:23Long time no see.
24:24Yes.
24:24I heard you'd been busy.
24:27Well, Major doesn't believe in letting us sit around too much.
24:30Elmer told me you'd been asking.
24:33I was just wondering how you were.
24:35So, so, I guess.
24:37It's not so easy to get a pass these days.
24:39But I got one today.
24:40Maybe we could do something.
24:41Oh, I can't.
24:45I've got to work in the pub.
24:47How about now?
24:47We could take a walk.
24:48Dad's expecting me.
24:49Look, I've got to be going.
24:52It's nice to meet you.
24:53You too.
24:54Some other time.
24:58Some other time, then.
25:02I'm glad you're all right.
25:06Yeah, it was a good scout, Harvey.
25:08The best.
25:09The best.
25:09I thought a lot of you.
25:14I have to be going, Uncle Dick.
25:16Oh, come on.
25:16It's early, yeah?
25:17Sorry, I have to.
25:18I'll walk you to the end of the street, Lily.
25:21All right, thank you.
25:29Hey!
25:34Enjoy your trip.
25:36What was that for?
25:37You want to watch where you're going, fat boy?
25:39You did that on purpose.
25:41Rubbish.
25:42What's the big idea?
25:42I said you want to watch it.
25:44Or what?
25:44You want to make something of it.
25:45What's going on?
25:46This guy tripped me.
25:49You probably couldn't help it.
25:52Some guys are just clumsy.
25:57Let's go.
25:58Hold on, Chuck.
25:59Hold on.
25:59Hold on.
25:59Well?
26:03Yeah, it's all fixed.
26:04I can get this stuff.
26:06I knew you could, my son.
26:07When?
26:07It's just two things, old buddy.
26:09I want to know what my cut is.
26:10Listen, we're partners, aren't we?
26:1150-50, straight down the middle.
26:13Mm-hmm.
26:14And two, I don't want to be caught by the MPs with a lot of hot merchandise.
26:16Don't worry.
26:17I'll handle all that.
26:18I've got the perfect outlet, ain't I?
26:19Yeah, well, it better be.
26:20No, you leave it all to me.
26:22In a week or two, we'll be rolling in it.
26:24We're in business, my son.
26:33Will you have another piece of apple pie?
26:35Oh, I don't think I could.
26:36There's only one piece left.
26:38Go on, you have it, Mr McGraw.
26:40Well, you know, I think I will.
26:43What's your real name?
26:45McGraw.
26:46No, your real name.
26:48No, it's Joseph.
26:50Joe.
26:51Joe.
26:52G-I-Joe.
26:52Most of my friends call me Mac.
26:54I don't want Joe to go away.
26:57There's no fear of that, honey.
26:59Looks like we're going to be around here for a good long time.
27:01But Grandma said you were leaving, and the sooner the better.
27:06I did not.
27:08I never said no such thing.
27:09But Grandma, you...
27:10That's a wicked lie.
27:14Well, I...
27:15I might have said that I heard something like that in town.
27:19But I never said it, though.
27:21It's just what some folks say.
27:26And a lot more than think it.
27:28Why would they say that, though?
27:30Well, people see our guys kidding around while they're off duty.
27:35And they start to think about their own.
27:37Well, like your husband.
27:41They've had it pretty rough these past three years, and it looks like we're having a pretty easy ride, and people resent it.
27:49Anyone who's met your men like I... like we have, knows they're decent.
27:53And just as brave as ours.
27:57It's a mighty kind of you, Miss Bill.
28:00But, Betty, if you finish, you better go and have your bath.
28:03But, Todd...
28:03Go along now, Betty.
28:05Grandma will take you.
28:08Come along then, pet.
28:10Get you ready for bed.
28:12Good night, honey.
28:18Give your little brother a kiss for me, okay?
28:21And I'll tell him how kind you've been to me and the children.
28:23Two pints, please.
28:36But when, Rosie?
28:38You'll have to ask me again.
28:39I saw it's the same.
28:41I think we've got a date.
28:43But then you say no.
28:44Wrong.
28:45Ask again.
28:46Well, if you're not interested...
28:47Oh, you know I am.
28:48I always say, wherever I go, nobody pulls a pint like Jack Blair at a plough.
28:55And no one can down him like Sid Davis.
28:59How about a movie next week?
29:01We'll see.
29:03What about the dance on Saturday?
29:05Why don't I take you?
29:06Because she's going with me, fatso, that's why.
29:09Who says?
29:10Tell him, Rosie.
29:11First I've heard a bit.
29:13What do you mean you always go with me?
29:15Not if you haven't asked me, I don't.
29:17Well, I'm asking you.
29:18Yeah, so am I.
29:20Well, there's only one thing for it, then.
29:22You'll have to both take me.
29:29Well, I want to thank you for one of the best home-cooked meals I've had.
29:33Well, it was just...
29:35A long time.
29:35Simple.
29:38More than I'm used to.
29:41It must be awful being away from home for so long.
29:44Still, at least you've got something to look forward to going back.
29:48Nothing to go back to.
29:49I don't have a home.
29:51Only the Air Corps.
29:52You mean there's no one waiting for you?
29:54Ah, nope.
29:55I'm sorry.
29:56I thought perhaps...
29:57No need to be sorry.
29:58It's just the way things have turned out.
30:00Just with you being so good with the children and everything.
30:05Don't let my boys hear you say that.
30:07I'd never live it down.
30:08It seems silly to leave just one scone.
30:17You have it.
30:18Well, if you're sure.
30:25I've been too busy these last couple of months to think much about eating.
30:31Grab a sandwich and get back to work.
30:33What's your husband like?
30:41Oh, quite ordinary.
30:43He's a good mechanic, he's Stan.
30:45He was doing quite well before the war came along, and...
30:48We were trying to save up.
30:50Get a better house and things.
30:52What's wrong with this place?
30:54Nothing fancy, but it's got everything you'd want.
30:58He's lucky to have it to come back to.
31:00And the kids.
31:02And you.
31:03Hey, now, what a pretty picture.
31:07Is Uncle Joe staying the night, Mummy?
31:09No, of course not.
31:10No, honey, I've got to get back to base.
31:14Anyway, I'm glad you're not going, Uncle Joe.
31:16Hey, I'll tell you a secret.
31:17So am I.
31:20I haven't actually met one.
31:22I can see them about, of course, extraordinarily much.
31:25How do you mean?
31:26Lunging around, hands in their pockets about as soldierly as a troop of half-trained sepoys.
31:30I'm so glad to hear you've left Cambridge, my dear.
31:35Much better be at home these days.
31:37Well, I left to join the forces, Mrs. Troughton.
31:39Yeah.
31:40I thought it was the least I could do.
31:42Oh, very enterprising.
31:44Actually, tramping over me there.
31:47Home guard, that's it.
31:50I've got to guard somewhere else, I'd say.
31:53Soon, so I'm half-worn.
31:54If you'll excuse me, sir, I'm the lady mayor.
32:04Me?
32:05What have you invited all these people for?
32:07It's the best I could do at short notice.
32:09Oh, ghastly.
32:10What's Major Carly going to think?
32:12It'd be much better if there'd just been the two of us.
32:15You'd be silly, Pat.
32:16I'm not late, I hope.
32:18Not in the least.
32:18Do come in.
32:19It's kind of you to invite me.
32:21Chocolates?
32:22An old American custom.
32:24Thank you very much.
32:25And I hope you don't mind.
32:26Oh, I couldn't have asked.
32:27I remember your husband saying it's difficult to come by.
32:29I really couldn't.
32:29Let's just say it's Len Vlietz.
32:31I can't take it back.
32:35Do come in, Major.
32:41Now, may I introduce Lady Mailey, Sir Arthur, Major Kiley.
32:48How do you do?
32:49Mrs. Troughton and Mr. Powell, the rector.
32:53Oh, Phyllis, of course.
32:55Mrs. Lambourne, you know.
32:56Yes, indeed.
32:57And Colonel and the Honourable Mrs. Riggs Danby.
33:00How do you do?
33:01How do you do?
33:05And Pat.
33:06Hello there.
33:07Hello.
33:07Hello.
33:10May I offer you a glass of sherry, Major?
33:12You're late tonight.
33:27What do you mean, Fatso and me both take you?
33:29Who are you with?
33:30Both of you.
33:32Who gets to see you home?
33:33Both of you.
33:34Two's company trees a crowd.
33:36I like crowds.
33:37You could have trouble.
33:43Quit shoving, will you?
33:45Fill them up.
33:46And how about talking to us for a change?
33:48I don't know what you mean.
33:49No?
33:49He's keen enough before these geeks come in.
33:51Hey, watch it.
33:52Get it.
33:53Would you call me?
33:54Hey, no, please.
33:54Come on, boys.
33:56Hey, stop this.
33:57Stop it.
33:58I'm going to kill you.
34:00Let go.
34:01Let go.
34:03Whose side are you on?
34:04I'm warning you, Jack.
34:06No, I'm warning you, Charlie.
34:07I ban you from this month.
34:08I ban the lot of you.
34:10In peace.
34:11It's mine.
34:12It's gone.
34:13I'm back.
34:14I don't want it.
34:17Bring it.
34:24How you doing, Louis?
34:31I'll care, Mike.
34:32All right, man.
34:33I'll care, Mike.
34:33All right, man.
34:33You know, simpler.
35:03I was stationed there after not been years.
35:05I played polo there on tour with the Princeton team.
35:08Did you indeed?
35:09Well, well.
35:10Thank you, Ellen.
35:11You said something about a yacht.
35:12I have a summer place on Nantucket.
35:14I keep a boat there.
35:15Fine yachting polo.
35:16How did you find time, Gredor?
35:18Fruits of a misspent youth, Colonel.
35:23Major.
35:24Oh, thank you, Helen.
35:26I think you're being modest, Major.
35:28You were talking about the America's Cup.
35:31Does that mean you enter for it?
35:33Yes.
35:34So this boat can hardly be a little skip?
35:36Well, no.
35:37It's a new design.
35:37I was hoping to try it out.
35:39One of the things I regret most about the war.
35:41But you have competed before.
35:42Yes, my family's been trying to win it off and on for the last 50 years or so.
35:45More or less since it started.
35:46Do you mind?
35:49No, of course not.
35:49Can I tempt you?
35:53Havana?
35:54Yes.
35:55Certainly tempt me, anyway.
35:57How about you, Colonel?
35:58Splendid, thanks.
36:00Wonderful.
36:00What about yourself?
36:01No, I'm afraid I have to drink up and be going.
36:03Oh, must you?
36:04I'm sorry, but I really have to.
36:06I have a briefing for tomorrow.
36:07I understand your chaps have had a bit of a gang over.
36:12I don't imagine it's a secret we've had losses, but we've had a lot to learn.
36:17I believe we've learned our lesson so well, we're going to give Mr. Hitler the shock of his life.
36:20Good man.
36:21Bravo.
36:21I'm sorry, I really must be going.
36:25Well, you must look us up sometime.
36:27Helen has the address.
36:28I'd like that very much, Sir Arthur.
36:30Yes, we must keep in touch.
36:31Absolutely.
36:32Good night, ladies.
36:33Good night, ladies.
36:33Nice to see you all.
36:34Yes, indeed.
36:35Good night.
36:36Good night.
36:37Good night.
36:37Good night.
36:44What a pity you have to leave so early.
36:45Hardly early, but it is a pity.
36:48And thank you again for a delightful evening.
36:50Not at all.
36:51You must drop in again, whenever you feel like it.
36:53You can depend on it.
36:55Good night, Helen.
36:56Good night, Jim.
36:57Pat.
36:57I'll show you out.
37:03How dare you say he was a monster.
37:05He's absolutely gorgeous.
37:07Yes.
37:08I think your mother wanted to keep him all to herself.
37:10Don't be ridiculous, Phyllis.
37:12Oh, come off it, Helen.
37:12You're the only one he had eyes for all evening.
37:15Mother, what a funny idea.
37:16Shall we join the guests?
37:26Morning, Albert.
37:30Yeah.
37:32Where's Vera?
37:33Gone to church with Letty.
37:35Oh, church.
37:35Peter gone as well, has he?
37:36He's playing the organ.
37:38Oh, yeah.
37:38We take our civic responsibility seriously.
37:41You're not with them, then, Albert.
37:43I was out late last night.
37:45Civil defense duties.
37:46The vicar understands.
37:48I'll bet he does.
37:50Here.
37:52Is there a cup of tea going?
37:53Breakfast was over two hours ago.
37:55There was tea, then, if you'd wanted it.
37:56And while we're about it, how many weeks is it
38:00since you first asked if you could stay here for a week?
38:02Well, time does fly when you've been made welcome, Albert.
38:08You see, your leg's better.
38:10Nearly.
38:11I just like...
38:12May I inquire how long we're to be honored by your presence?
38:14As soon as I've heard from me friend,
38:16he's going to fix me up with a new flat.
38:18Come on, straight, Albert.
38:19You go on about London so much,
38:21I'm surprised you can bear to be away from it.
38:22Yeah, I know.
38:23Letty tells me you offered to take her there.
38:28No, all of you, Albert.
38:30To repay the hospitality, like.
38:33I certainly wouldn't let her go off on her own.
38:35Well, of course you wouldn't, Albert.
38:37I mean, not that you'd need to worry, mind you.
38:39I mean, you have brought her up properly, ain't you?
38:41Still.
38:42I should be off in a day or two.
38:44I do have my business to take care of.
38:45What business?
38:47Ah, foodstuffs and that.
38:49You know, in a small way, of course.
38:50I'm a sort of middleman.
38:53For what?
38:54Well, you see, hotels and restaurants and that,
38:57they don't like to hang on to the stock too long,
38:59even in these days.
39:00So they pass it on to the small retailers
39:02and make a bit on the side.
39:04You know what I mean?
39:05Anyway, it's nothing very exciting.
39:07It's mostly canned goods, you know.
39:08Peaches, meatloaf, dried milk, that kind of thing.
39:12That's illegal.
39:13Legal, illegal.
39:14Don't bleed and come into it.
39:16It's an old custom, Albert.
39:17I mean, the Ministry of Food may clamp down on it one day,
39:20but until then, nobody bothers.
39:32How do you get hold of it?
39:33Ain't?
39:36Well, I have my regular suppliers.
39:38I mean, it might only be a few tins of stuff.
39:40Then again, could be a whole load of stuff.
39:42You never know.
39:43You've been here all this time
39:44and you never mentioned it before.
39:45Well, I never thought you'd be interested, Albert.
39:47The biggest headache a shopkeeper has nowadays is supplies.
39:52Well, strictly speaking, this is not...
39:55Well, it's not the kind of stuff that you put on the shelf.
39:58You know what I mean?
39:59It's more under the counter, like.
40:03Well, it makes you think I'd be interested.
40:06It was you who was asking, Albert.
40:08Sounds to me like a matter for the police.
40:09The police don't know about it, nor do they care.
40:11Why the bleeding hell should they, eh?
40:13All it is, is redistributing surplus supplies.
40:16That's all.
40:17I can imagine the kind of businesses you do all this.
40:19Yeah, ordinary little shops like yours, Albert.
40:25You don't see anything wrong, innit?
40:29They're sensible.
40:31These are hard times, ain't they?
40:33And for the sort of goods I'm talking about,
40:36they can charge quite a bit more.
40:40Know what I mean?
40:40I came to thank you again for last night.
40:44But you already did.
40:45And to prove it didn't work.
40:48I don't know what you're talking about.
40:49Come on, Helen.
40:54You're trying to freeze me out.
40:56Only it backfired.
40:57Your friends turned out to be more fun than you expected.
41:00You charmed them, you mean?
41:01You see?
41:04Why?
41:07I had to put a stop to it.
41:10There's only one way to stop me pestering you.
41:12By coming out with me.
41:14Look, I'm a married woman.
41:17Your husband wouldn't want you to sit home and mope in your ivory tower.
41:20Much?
41:23Even if I'd like to.
41:25I really can't.
41:26I'm much too well known here.
41:29Well, there must be something nobody could object to.
41:32How about a walk?
41:33Of course.
41:43You were going to be an architect.
41:45Yes.
41:48You don't need to work.
41:50To study, you don't have that extra...
41:52compulsion.
41:54So,
41:55it was all true last night.
41:57What?
41:58The yacht?
41:58The pull-up?
41:59I was very impressed.
42:00I didn't enjoy it.
42:07You must be quite rich.
42:10Hasn't helped me make much of my life.
42:12You have.
42:13The country's hardly been in the war a year.
42:15You're a major.
42:16I joined before Pearl Harbor.
42:18What made you do that, major?
42:21Jim.
42:23I'm sorry, we just...
42:24It's just not the custom.
42:27It's an old American custom.
42:30We're not on first names with someone.
42:31Within five minutes,
42:32we start wondering when he's going to shoot us.
42:38So, why did you join up so early?
42:41I didn't find.
42:42I can see we'd be in the war sooner or later.
42:45Sooner, the better.
42:45I really was enjoying myself last night.
42:52Yes, I knew you were.
42:56You have a problem there?
42:57Oh?
42:59Pat?
43:01Ah.
43:05I may have one problem.
43:12You.
43:12You.
43:15We mustn't do this again.
43:19Hooked and landed, my son.
43:20You sure?
43:21My super honest brother-in-law can't wait, can he?
43:24Now, we play him along.
43:25Just a few things at first,
43:26till he's begging for more.
43:28Terrific.
43:29Listen, listen.
43:29If I'm seen hanging around the shop,
43:31some wise guy's gonna put two and two together.
43:32You don't have nothing to do with Albert.
43:34Not ever.
43:35Now, as for me, that's all right.
43:38Here.
43:39Hold the phone.
43:41You got the perfect reason, ain't you?
43:42It's like dead man's shoes.
43:44I don't have my son.
43:46It's business.
43:47First house tour's open at six o'clock today.
43:49Second performance at eight.
43:50That's the one we're going to.
43:52Oh, why don't you come with us, Peter?
43:53It's Betty Graybult.
43:54I have to play for even a song.
43:56Oh.
43:57You ought to play the organ at the picture house.
43:59You'd make good money.
44:00I don't believe the three prettiest girls in town
44:04all in one place.
44:05You're a lucky guy.
44:07Hey, you gone?
44:08I have to get to work.
44:09I'll walk you around.
44:09Uh-uh.
44:10Sorry, kid.
44:11Can't allow it.
44:12Then, madam, permit me to escort you.
44:15I'm doing nothing I wouldn't do.
44:28I've been trying to find you.
44:30I was at the hospital.
44:32I rang.
44:34They said you left hours ago.
44:37What's the matter?
44:39It was a call from the war office.
44:42Oh, no.
44:44It was a tank battle, and Daddy, he's been wounded.
44:50Badly.
44:53Pat.
44:55Badly.
44:57No, no, no, no.
44:58No, this is on me.
44:59Thanks for last night.
45:01I didn't do anything.
45:02Yeah, you stopped those children behaving like children.
45:05I thought they were going to break the whole place off.
45:07I know what gets down to them.
45:09It's the war.
45:10And by the signs, it can only get worse.
45:13Well, maybe he needs to come to a boil.
45:15Show everyone how stupid it is.
45:17Here's to you.
45:18You see, the thing is, I don't want to have to ban anyone.
45:22What they need is a shock.
45:25Remind everyone we're on the same side.
45:27Yeah, but the folks around here have had a bit of a shock.
45:30Major Deren's been wounded, and some of the lads from around here in the same tank unit in Tunisia.
45:35And some of them won't be coming back at all.
45:39There's Harry Oaks.
45:40Stan Bilton.
45:43Stan Bilton?
45:44Yeah.
45:45Yeah.
45:46Yeah, nice bloke.
45:48Wife and two small cats.
45:51Well, he's gone.
45:52PIANO PLAYS
46:22PIANO PLAYS
46:52PIANO PLAYS
47:22All right, come on.
47:23You're the kids.
47:24Come on.
47:25Hey, you!
47:26Leave her alone!
47:29What's going on?
47:31Come on, lads!
47:33That's Lenny!
47:34Lenny Yanks!
47:35Sinking limies!
47:37Get out of here!
47:45Come on, come on, come on!
47:52Letty, get Letty!
47:57Come on, sweetie!
47:59Come on, sweetie!
48:00Come on!
48:03Who started it, then?
48:04I don't know, Dad.
48:05Well, it's kind of hard to see anything, Mr Blair.
48:09The police arrived just as we left.
48:11I wonder what's happened to the others.
48:15Letty!
48:16Did you see what I did in here?
48:18There you guys.
48:19It was a peeping brain this way.
48:21Oh!
48:22Oh!
48:23Oh!
48:24Are you all right, Lenny?
48:25I'm fine.
48:26I was just scared.
48:27Thank you, boys.
48:28I'm very grateful.
48:29Thanks.
48:30You okay, Mariel?
48:31Sure.
48:33I kind of enjoyed it.
48:34Yeah, me too.
48:35It was just like being in New York.
48:37Enjoyed it?
48:38Yeah, it was more fun in the movie.
48:51I'm so sorry.
48:52I know, I'm so sorry.
48:54Uh...
48:55I was so sorry.
48:56I was so sorry for that.
48:58I had a feeling.
49:01I was so sorry.
49:02I was so sorry for my loved ones.
49:03I used to have a feeling like
49:05Oh yes, he would've been so sorry for that for me.
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