Passchendaele

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00:02:28 - Everybody good?
00:02:30 - Oh, Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
00:02:33 - Hey! Hey! Hey!
00:02:34 Keep your head down.
00:02:37 You're going to be okay.
00:02:42 - 13th skirt.
00:02:44 - I thought the Black Watch
00:02:47 What the hell's he doing here?
00:02:51 Must've lost his head...
00:03:00 - They in there, Sarge?
00:03:02 - Who the hell would put
00:03:06 - Up round "Wipers" they put
00:03:08 Think about that.
00:03:09 Highway, you and Skinner,
00:03:13 Peters, you come with me.
00:03:15 We cover. We lead.
00:03:20 Okay...
00:03:24 Let's go.
00:03:43 Skinner!
00:03:45 Goddamnit!
00:03:47 Stay here.
00:03:49 No, please don't. No...
00:03:59 - You're gonna be alright, Highway.
00:04:01 You're gonna be fine, Skinner.
00:04:03 - It's okay.
00:04:06 Stay down! Get your head down!
00:04:09 This is kind of funny, eh?
00:04:11 For God's sake, Skinner...
00:04:16 - Momma... Momma...
00:04:27 - You're gonna be okay.
00:04:49 Leave your rifle.
00:04:56 - I'm going home.
00:04:59 - Halt!
00:05:00 Wait! He isn't doing anything.
00:05:02 He's just clearing his pack.
00:05:05 No, no! Wait!
00:05:07 Wait! Kamerad! Kamerad!
00:05:08 No!
00:06:10 - Kamerad?
00:06:39 Let's go, double line!
00:06:43 Bombers over here,
00:06:46 Hey, we got a live one here!
00:06:51 - Where's Highway?
00:07:16 - Shh...
00:07:18 It's alright now.
00:07:20 You're alright now, Sergeant.
00:07:23 You're back home.
00:07:25 You're safe.
00:07:39 - You know, they have these
00:07:43 They call them kestrels.
00:07:45 And every time I look at you
00:07:48 banging around right in here.
00:07:52 - You're a patient, Sergeant.
00:07:55 - Not to me it isn't.
00:07:56 I don't even know your first name.
00:07:59 - I'm not allowed to tell you that.
00:08:02 - I know.
00:08:04 - You should go back to sleep.
00:08:06 - I don't sleep.
00:08:08 - Then how can you
00:08:13 - I don't know.
00:08:14 - Good night, Sergeant.
00:08:16 - Good night, Kestrel.
00:09:34 - What?
00:09:36 - I think I should take this
00:09:39 the elusive relationship
00:09:42 - You're crazy, aren't you?
00:09:54 David?
00:09:56 David?
00:10:00 - Yeah, yeah...
00:10:01 Oh no...
00:10:04 No, David.
00:10:08 It's okay.
00:10:10 David?
00:10:12 You in yet?
00:10:15 David?
00:10:25 - Are you okay?
00:10:28 Let's go.
00:10:58 - Hello there, Mr. Harper.
00:11:13 Hello?
00:11:20 - David?
00:11:24 - Didn't show up for work this
00:11:26 Sarah here tells me
00:11:29 of your asthma things.
00:11:31 - That's the truth, sir. I did.
00:11:34 - But now you're alright?
00:11:35 - I went down to the river.
00:11:38 - Humidity.
00:11:39 Good one. That's good.
00:11:45 I don't know how
00:11:48 I know it's just a local
00:11:50 it's not going to change the
00:11:53 but it's a good job,
00:11:57 Well, you both understand
00:11:59 that I'm doing this
00:12:05 Well, I'll just see myself out.
00:12:11 I expect to see you
00:12:18 I can't keep lying for you.
00:12:21 - I'm not asking you to.
00:12:25 - What if I was?
00:12:29 - Friends don't get friends
00:12:32 - What would you know
00:12:34 All you've got is me
00:12:36 - Why do you talk like that?
00:12:38 If there's anyone that
00:12:42 - Is that supposed
00:12:47 By the way,
00:13:15 - Good evening.
00:13:22 - Still no news?
00:13:24 - Still "missing in action." It's
00:13:31 But I'm the Mayor.
00:13:33 And our son has
00:13:35 so we remain hopeful.
00:13:48 - Are you crazy?
00:13:50 - I'm here to talk to your father.
00:13:54 - Oh, hello. This is your friend.
00:13:58 - Yes, sir. I wonder if I could
00:14:00 - By all means. Come on in.
00:14:04 I don't want to intrude.
00:14:13 Hello, everybody.
00:14:15 I'd like to introduce you
00:14:18 Good Lord, I've forgotten
00:14:19 - It's Mann, sir.
00:14:21 - I'm very honored to meet you.
00:14:23 - It appears that young David
00:14:25 has conceived of a passion
00:14:28 - Daddy, please!
00:14:31 Well, then I'd be guessing
00:14:33 - And you'd be wide of the mark.
00:14:35 David here counts himself among
00:14:37 - I work for a newspaper.
00:14:41 He sets type.
00:14:43 - But you must be 18 years old and
00:14:47 - It's a medical thing, sir.
00:14:50 - Yes, well, he'll have
00:14:52 if he wants to earn
00:14:54 - That's what I intend to do, sir,
00:14:58 - For God's sake, son.
00:15:01 Use your imagination.
00:15:11 I'm sorry.
00:15:13 I don't know, I'm not sure
00:15:16 - There's no formula here,
00:15:21 You, uh, want to tell me
00:15:28 They consistently feature
00:15:30 the image of a Canadian
00:15:32 Why is that, you imagine?
00:15:36 - I don't sleep, so I don't really
00:15:41 - In 1915, in retreat outside Ypres,
00:15:43 German soldiers nailed
00:15:45 You were there,
00:15:47 - Yes sir, I did take part
00:15:52 if they had time to stop
00:15:55 they're even better than
00:15:58 - Are you saying it didn't happen?
00:16:01 into positions
00:16:03 A man in a trench...
00:16:07 he's gonna see
00:16:12 - Michael, you are
00:16:15 - Yeah. Yeah, I am.
00:16:20 And I received that medal
00:16:21 for sticking a 17-inch piece
00:16:24 - As soon as you were well
00:16:26 - I went AWOL because
00:16:28 for sticking a piece of steel
00:16:30 - This is insubordinate.
00:16:31 - Understand your situation here,
00:16:34 We are trying to determine
00:16:36 Your physical wounds have,
00:16:39 Dr. Walker would like to give you
00:16:43 you'd be sent back
00:16:45 stand trial for desertion and
00:16:49 - I'm going to end up back
00:16:54 - Michael,
00:16:55 I'm trying to save your life.
00:16:57 - I know that.
00:16:59 And I appreciate it,
00:17:08 - Go on.
00:17:12 - The house...
00:17:16 it was at the bottom of this hill,
00:17:18 and every time
00:17:21 - Died?
00:17:26 - The telegraph guy, he'd bring
00:17:30 and my mother never got
00:17:35 After all, three of my younger
00:17:38 AWOL...
00:17:41 And they don't say
00:17:44 They say "Missing in action,"
00:17:51 So when that telegraph guy
00:17:55 it broke her heart.
00:17:59 She... she died
00:18:08 - Nurse Mann, please escort
00:18:23 - Major Nigel Bernard,
00:18:26 re: patient T-331,
00:18:29 Physically the patient nears repair.
00:18:32 Diagnosis remains
00:18:36 Dr. Walker's dissent noted.
00:18:40 In light of his service record,
00:18:42 is that the soldier be
00:18:44 possibly in recruitment,
00:18:59 - I came to wish you luck.
00:19:01 - It's not likely
00:19:06 I don't want to leave.
00:19:08 No, that's...
00:19:10 That's not accurate.
00:19:13 - I'm not what you think I am.
00:19:16 - You don't know
00:19:18 - You talk in your sleep.
00:19:20 - I don't sleep.
00:19:22 - You don't even
00:19:25 - No, I don't. No.
00:19:28 And that's a hell of a thing, that is.
00:19:38 Good-bye, Nurse Mann.
00:19:46 - It's Sarah.
00:19:48 Her name...
00:19:50 is Sarah.
00:19:53 - Thanks.
00:20:02 - Rigor, Sergeant.
00:20:05 No slight intended to
00:20:08 but the sails
00:20:10 The home front is awash
00:20:14 Odd those words
00:20:17 Allies and all.
00:20:19 Be that as it may, our immediate
00:20:22 Minimum age 18. Infantry,
00:20:26 minimum height 5 foot 3 inches,
00:20:29 Gunners - Carmichael,
00:20:31 - Ah, yes sir!
00:20:37 Capital asset,
00:20:39 Gunners: minimum height
00:20:42 chest 34 and one half inches
00:20:45 Preference given
00:20:47 The blind and the deaf
00:20:50 and asthmatics are
00:20:52 given the problems
00:20:54 And on that note,
00:21:01 I have seen acts
00:21:04 Kroonstad.
00:21:05 Human depravity.
00:21:08 But gas? Even the Boer
00:21:12 - We use gas, sir.
00:21:14 - Of course we do.
00:21:18 Cut from the same cloth,
00:21:22 A rarefying experience, combat.
00:21:24 Something Carmichael
00:21:25 Blind as a bat,
00:21:28 Isn't that right, Carmichael?
00:21:32 - You saw action
00:21:39 - I've studied your dossier, Sergeant.
00:21:41 But you can rest easy.
00:21:43 I have my eye on you.
00:22:20 - Ladies and gentlemen,
00:22:23 a Distinguished Conduct Medal
00:22:25 a proud member of Calgary's
00:22:27 Second Brigade,
00:22:30 Please rise
00:22:38 - I thought he'd be bigger.
00:22:42 - In the sense that he'd be bigger.
00:22:45 You're embarrassing
00:22:47 Would all of those women who are
00:22:54 Thank you.
00:22:56 And all those men
00:22:59 would you also
00:23:05 And all the boys who are
00:23:08 would you take
00:23:16 And now, I ask you
00:23:20 who stand amongst you...
00:23:26 and explain to Sergeant Dunne
00:23:28 why they are not doing
00:23:33 their country and their God!
00:23:42 Kamerad.
00:23:53 Eyes wide open.
00:24:01 - Next.
00:24:04 Name?
00:24:09 - What's your marital status, David?
00:24:12 - Single.
00:24:14 - Look, I applied before.
00:24:16 And according to this form,
00:24:18 you were rejected
00:24:19 Do you now have medical
00:24:22 - I wouldn't be here, would I?
00:24:23 And this isn't Germany.
00:24:27 You're in uniform,
00:24:29 Do you have
00:24:30 - As a matter of fact I do.
00:24:32 They diagnosed me as neurasthenic,
00:24:35 which means
00:24:36 and this is the paper
00:24:41 - Haven't you ever
00:24:51 - Do you have a relative who's
00:24:54 And you live out
00:24:56 - Maybe.
00:24:58 - Okay, as long
00:25:00 you will not be going to this war.
00:25:02 Next.
00:25:10 Name.
00:25:20 How's that feel, war hero?
00:25:33 - You only got one arm.
00:25:35 - Sad, ain't it?
00:25:40 Mikey, Mikey, Mikey!
00:25:43 There's a gaggle of women,
00:25:45 ready and willing
00:25:47 You want to know why?
00:25:49 - No, because I let them know
00:25:50 they are in the presence
00:25:52 - When did you become a hero?
00:25:54 - You lost your arm
00:25:56 - The ladies don't know,
00:26:02 - Joe. Got a postcard from Highway.
00:26:04 Seems like the Redskin's
00:26:06 and by the sounds of it, he's cutting
00:26:10 - That's what I hear.
00:26:12 - Michael Dunne.
00:26:14 Lord God, it's good to see you
00:26:16 - Oh, more or less.
00:26:20 - I'll have whatever you
00:26:23 I'll be back in a second.
00:26:25 Hey, Royster.
00:26:28 - Well, well, well...
00:26:31 You two are so...
00:26:33 jesusly rhetorical.
00:26:34 This man who just left,
00:26:37 this man would not allow
00:26:40 He's been over there. He's run Fritz
00:26:44 - Johnny, what's this kid
00:26:46 - Time to go, son.
00:26:48 - You calling me a Kraut, boy?
00:26:52 I'm just a one-armed man.
00:26:55 What are you trying
00:26:57 - Mister,
00:26:59 I'm just trying
00:27:07 Hey, leave the boy alone!
00:27:10 Let it go, Roy.
00:27:16 - What, are you nuts?
00:27:19 He would have killed you.
00:27:29 - You come with me.
00:27:52 - Thank you for bringing him home.
00:27:55 It's, uh, a good excuse
00:27:58 - Well, thank you anyway.
00:28:05 Hey...
00:28:12 Do you think maybe I could
00:28:15 - I don't dance with soldiers.
00:28:19 - I don't dance
00:28:22 - I'm trying to flirt.
00:28:24 - And I'm not making it easy, am I?
00:28:28 What if I asked
00:28:32 - That would be difficult.
00:28:34 - He doesn't like suitors?
00:28:36 - No. My father's dead, Sergeant.
00:28:39 He was killed on Vimy Ridge.
00:28:45 - Ah, Jesus.
00:28:47 I'm sorry.
00:28:50 I'm really sorry.
00:28:55 Good night.
00:28:58 - Good night.
00:29:34 - Ah Christ, that's harsh.
00:29:43 Lot of rum over there, I guess.
00:29:45 - Yeah, but they water it down.
00:29:47 - Plentiful though, no?
00:29:49 - If there's a show on.
00:29:51 - Battle, you mean?
00:29:53 - Christ, that word's got a ring.
00:29:56 It's like...
00:30:01 It must be like top of the world.
00:30:05 And all the shit
00:30:07 They crucified
00:30:10 - That never happened.
00:30:12 - No, it's a good story.
00:30:14 - Still...
00:30:18 You know...
00:30:20 I follow it.
00:30:23 Lot of people,
00:30:25 they take it, leave it.
00:30:28 But me?
00:30:30 Every day come five o'clock
00:30:33 nose right to the print.
00:30:36 Every step you two take,
00:30:38 I'm right there with it.
00:30:40 And it ain't just the liquor talking,
00:30:43 but I am.
00:30:47 - You're what?
00:30:49 - Okay, Mikey. I am.
00:30:51 - Okay, you're what?
00:30:52 - Proud.
00:30:55 I'm proud of you.
00:30:59 And I'll tell you something else:
00:31:01 if I didn't have this stump,
00:31:03 I'd be right between
00:31:05 on the firing step,
00:31:10 That'd be me.
00:31:38 - I know you don't dance
00:31:40 but do you think maybe
00:32:39 - Did you carve this?
00:32:42 - No.
00:32:45 I ran a mining camp
00:32:49 The gold ran dry about the same
00:32:54 I figured I'd go sign up and...
00:32:56 go get killed.
00:32:58 - Can I ask you something,
00:33:02 - Do you think
00:33:04 uh, you could call me Michael?
00:33:07 - Were you at Vimy Ridge?
00:33:10 - I did attend that fight, yeah.
00:33:13 - What was it like?
00:33:20 - It was cold.
00:33:28 But we took that ridge and we
00:33:31 The British couldn't do it;
00:33:34 It was just us,
00:33:36 You should be proud
00:33:42 - I am.
00:33:43 - And it's not common,
00:33:47 - What isn't?
00:33:49 - This feeling.
00:33:58 Would you do something for me?
00:34:01 - I think I'd do just
00:34:07 - Tell me about this.
00:34:11 - I'm not a painter.
00:34:13 - I'm not all that particular.
00:34:16 - Okay.
00:34:19 Um...
00:34:26 In this picture,
00:34:30 there's a horse, and there's
00:34:33 and together they ford that river.
00:34:38 And all these things
00:34:43 And the man rides to a place
00:34:45 he thought he knew
00:34:47 There's something
00:34:49 - Why this day?
00:34:53 - There's a woman with him.
00:34:57 - Is this woman frightened?
00:34:59 - You'd have to ask her.
00:35:03 - What about him?
00:35:05 - Well...
00:35:09 see, that's the thing.
00:35:11 He doesn't have a word for this,
00:35:17 All day long he searches for it,
00:35:19 and it's not 'til he's sitting
00:35:21 and they're looking over a river
00:35:24 - You should stop.
00:35:32 In a heartbeat
00:35:34 I could fall so hard...
00:35:40 but I'm- I'm not...
00:35:46 I'm broken... somewhere.
00:35:49 Quite broken.
00:35:53 So I'd start to think
00:35:56 Then I'd begin to resent you
00:36:14 I should go.
00:36:16 - Really, I'd...
00:36:19 I really rather you didn't.
00:36:21 - I know.
00:36:26 - I'm, uh...
00:36:30 I'm just gonna
00:36:35 You can keep that horse.
00:36:54 - The soldier in
00:36:56 is beset with many challenges,
00:36:58 most notably artillery.
00:37:00 Tissue damage results
00:37:03 which are irregular in shape.
00:37:06 Wounds are therefore jagged
00:37:10 In the soft parts,
00:37:12 wounds show deep
00:37:16 and are marked
00:37:18 of blood and/or serum.
00:37:20 Invariably, shell fragments
00:37:24 foreign matter into the wound...
00:37:26 ...making infection inevitable.
00:37:29 Your father wrote this. Jesus.
00:37:31 - Pretty scary, eh?
00:37:33 - Are you scared?
00:37:35 - No. Are you?
00:37:40 - Do you want to introduce
00:37:44 Why should we wait?
00:37:56 - Contused wounds
00:38:00 large lesions
00:38:02 forming a cul-de-sac...
00:38:05 They are abrasions
00:38:08 and quivering
00:38:11 They are doomed to suppuration
00:38:13 and are threatened
00:38:16 such as gangrene
00:38:18 In summary, artillery shells
00:38:22 will splinter,
00:38:24 amputate, decapitate,
00:38:27 quarter or otherwise
00:38:30 the human frame.
00:38:33 a direct explosion
00:38:37 The soldier will simply disappear.
00:38:39 Thank you.
00:38:52 Sergeant, you have anything
00:38:55 - No. No, that's pretty
00:38:58 - So you would agree
00:39:00 the greatest challenge to an
00:39:17 Sergeant, do you agree?
00:39:20 - No, sir. I'm sorry, I don't.
00:39:23 Um...
00:39:26 The single greatest challenge
00:39:29 is trying to keep
00:39:38 - "Keep your matches dry?"
00:39:41 Dr. Walker singles out as having
00:39:44 - Sir, I didn't mean...
00:39:45 - You have permission to speak?
00:39:47 - These are the drawings
00:39:49 - They are.
00:39:50 - You had a diagnosis, did you not?
00:39:54 - And I think, we both know
00:39:56 Your draftsmanship
00:39:59 - You're holding them upside down.
00:40:05 I'm not saying that
00:40:07 I'm simply saying that I have been
00:40:11 and what I see disturbs me.
00:40:12 - You'll notice I've left out
00:40:16 that can only be revealed upon
00:40:20 - A lovely round figure.
00:40:22 And what exactly will this invention
00:40:25 - It will bring the war
00:40:29 - Delightful. And how exactly
00:40:32 - With this machine,
00:40:34 an individual
00:40:37 in exactly 15 minutes.
00:40:40 - Sparkling.
00:40:42 We'll be in touch.
00:40:44 Thank you. Thank you...
00:40:47 - No, I thank you!
00:40:48 - Thank you very much.
00:40:52 The very ground we are
00:40:54 Civilization hangs in the balance
00:40:57 so I offer a word of warning:
00:40:58 Do not plow a foreign field.
00:41:01 - Sir, I'm sorry, but I just don't see
00:41:02 what this has to do
00:41:04 - For God's sake, man!
00:41:06 We are talking about
00:41:08 which means we are talking about
00:41:11 on whose attendance,
00:41:13 you have been dancing.
00:41:15 More specifically, we are
00:41:18 - Her father was a soldier
00:41:20 The only difference I'm aware
00:41:23 - The only difference
00:41:25 Carmichael!
00:41:29 - " Martin Mann was born
00:41:32 "He returned
00:41:35 and was assigned to the Second
00:41:39 He fought for the enemy.
00:41:41 - The blood is tainted, Sergeant.
00:41:44 Ottawa mandates
00:41:46 the Hun in sheep's clothing,
00:41:49 Like a pig.
00:41:55 - With regret our mandate
00:41:57 - You regret nothing.
00:41:58 - I don't expect a woman
00:42:01 but our country
00:42:03 - When did nursing wounded soldiers
00:42:06 If I'm so dangerous,
00:42:09 - At the moment internment
00:42:11 - Listen to him! Listen
00:42:14 How long has he been
00:42:17 - My duration of residency
00:42:19 - I've lived here my entire life!
00:42:23 - Technically, yes.
00:42:25 Whereas I was born under
00:42:28 you, Miss Mann,
00:42:30 were born under
00:43:33 - We could move.
00:43:35 Start over. Or I could try
00:43:38 - Doing what?
00:43:42 - I don't know.
00:43:43 - Cleaning...
00:43:45 This is our home.
00:43:47 These are our neighbors.
00:43:50 - You can't hate
00:43:55 - And where is that writ,
00:43:57 - Don't talk like that.
00:43:59 - I don't hate our father.
00:44:02 There's a difference.
00:44:04 If I could kill him, I would.
00:44:09 - He can only be killed once.
00:44:11 - Well, I'm not
00:44:13 - Where are you going?
00:44:54 - Sarah?
00:45:03 - Where's your brother?
00:45:05 - I don't know.
00:45:08 Or maybe our mother's grave.
00:45:10 He does that quite often.
00:45:12 - I'll take that horse
00:45:14 I don't think
00:45:15 I want you to go to my place.
00:45:19 - Why are you doing this?
00:45:22 - 'Cause I fought on the same
00:45:25 It might have been me
00:45:27 I know it probably wasn't,
00:45:32 Use that door.
00:45:34 It's 213 Stephen Avenue.
00:45:37 - Thank you.
00:45:45 - You mind
00:45:52 - My nose...
00:46:05 - Schmidt!
00:46:06 Dead German!
00:46:12 Wutz! Dead German!
00:46:22 "Mutti...
00:46:24 Ich liebe dich."
00:46:26 - Will you stop that now?
00:46:32 Ah, come on, kid.
00:46:36 Goddamnit!
00:46:54 Yah! Yah!
00:47:00 Shit!
00:47:16 Idiot! The hell's wrong with you?!
00:47:19 - Why don't you just kill me?
00:47:21 - I don't want to kill you,
00:47:23 - You should have signed me up!
00:47:28 - Where do you think
00:47:31 Jesus! Look around you!
00:47:34 Everything you can see,
00:47:36 the entire goddamned
00:47:38 And if that ever stopped,
00:47:40 oh boy, that would be
00:47:43 - I don't know
00:47:46 All I know is that you got
00:47:49 - And I draw the line at my father.
00:47:52 - You think it's that simple?
00:47:54 - You don't?
00:47:58 No, I don't.
00:48:01 Lines are tricky...
00:48:03 There's so goddamned
00:48:06 There's front line,
00:48:08 lines you don't even know
00:48:11 'til you cross them...
00:48:13 but once you do, you're not fit.
00:48:15 You understand?
00:48:17 You're not fit for this world.
00:48:19 You live over there.
00:48:29 What the hell am I doing?
00:48:35 Christ didn't die for our sins.
00:48:41 - I don't understand you.
00:48:43 - If I have my way, you never will.
00:48:47 You're not going to find it
00:48:50 Get up.
00:49:07 - Sergeant.
00:49:09 - Hi.
00:49:10 - I found your brother,
00:49:13 with a friend of mine,
00:49:34 - Uh, you can have the bed.
00:49:36 It hasn't been slept in.
00:49:45 - This could get a little rocky.
00:49:51 - When I was 23, I robbed
00:49:54 - I don't do it every day.
00:49:59 - After my father left, um,
00:50:02 And there was this ready
00:50:08 I can't explain it.
00:52:26 - I've tried everything I can
00:52:30 - But you were frustrated.
00:52:31 No, I understand that.
00:52:34 I commend your selflessness.
00:52:36 It would seem
00:52:39 picked herself a fine young man.
00:52:45 Present this letter
00:52:47 and your way should be clear.
00:52:49 And with that, you have
00:52:51 - Oh, Daddy!
00:52:57 - It tore my father in half, this war.
00:52:59 It just made our lives...
00:53:02 impossible.
00:53:04 So I forced him
00:53:08 It was them or us.
00:53:10 I really didn't think
00:53:15 that I was sending
00:53:20 which seems to be
00:53:26 All this. For what?
00:53:35 - I killed a kid.
00:53:39 I killed a lot of men,
00:53:46 He had these blue eyes.
00:53:51 They were like water.
00:53:57 And I didn't have to kill him.
00:54:04 I just killed him.
00:54:17 I'm going to have
00:54:21 One way or another.
00:54:27 - Congratulations, son!
00:54:29 You've proven yourself
00:54:31 - Excuse me, sir. But I can't imagine
00:54:34 rejecting a candidate
00:54:35 - And this form identifies
00:54:38 Do you have asthma, son?
00:54:40 - There you go. Fit as a fiddle.
00:54:41 - But sir...
00:54:43 In your encounters
00:54:46 he bore no signs
00:54:48 And yet he is not in the field.
00:54:51 - He told me
00:54:56 - The military is a curious
00:55:00 Neurasthenia is our way
00:55:03 is a coward.
00:55:07 - I've always thought that,
00:55:10 way down, somewhere,
00:55:13 Why? I don't know.
00:55:18 If I asked you,
00:55:20 - Ask me.
00:55:30 - There's only one rule:
00:55:34 don't die.
00:56:14 What are you doing?
00:56:16 - Where?
00:56:18 - Where do you think?
00:56:21 Please don't.
00:56:23 No. No.
00:56:25 I won't have this. You're a boy.
00:56:27 - You have asthma!
00:56:29 - God, they can't let you...
00:56:30 David, please, talk to Sergeant
00:56:33 - Really?
00:56:34 - Yes, he would explain to them,
00:56:36 - What makes you think
00:56:38 You think he's some kind of hero?
00:56:41 A leg? Is he blind?
00:56:43 Why isn't he still over there?
00:56:46 - I don't know.
00:56:49 You know what that means
00:56:51 - No. No, he's not!
00:56:53 Who do you think signed me up?
00:56:58 He's the reason
00:57:09 Oh, my God...
00:57:18 - Gentlemen, I'm honored to
00:57:21 this solemn and
00:57:24 I turn it over to you, Major.
00:57:27 The eastbound train carries
00:57:29 on the long road to glory.
00:57:31 May God go with them.
00:57:34 To the boys!
00:57:36 To the men!
00:57:54 - This is how you raise an army?
00:57:57 You rake the very bottom
00:57:59 the young, the sick
00:58:01 My brother is just a boy!
00:58:04 He's not well; he's not fit!
00:58:10 Oh, you have nothing to say?
00:58:12 Nothing at all?
00:58:15 This isn't out of the blue,
00:58:18 I'm not out of the blue.
00:58:20 I'm right here, right
00:58:23 who will be there
00:59:00 - You know you can take
00:59:03 Artillery, gas, wire, rain,
00:59:07 Not one of these can you control.
00:59:10 You can have some effect upon them.
00:59:14 and you think a smoke
00:59:16 and you reach for those
00:59:20 well sir,
00:59:22 It feels like
00:59:27 And that's not farce.
00:59:29 That is not farce.
00:59:37 I need you to sign this.
00:59:49 - McRea?
00:59:51 - It's my mother's maiden name.
00:59:55 I'm going back and you're gonna
01:00:01 - You're going to try
01:00:10 You really are neurasthenic,
01:00:14 - Cut from the same cloth,
01:00:20 - You know I'll track you down.
01:00:23 - Be my guest.
01:01:34 - Miss Mann?
01:01:36 - Come in.
01:01:40 Oh, hello, Cassie.
01:01:42 - How could anyone do this?
01:01:45 - I don't know.
01:01:48 - Why are you packing?
01:01:53 - I can't find a job,
01:01:56 - I could talk to my father.
01:02:00 - How is that, do you imagine?
01:02:04 - You haven't heard from David?
01:02:07 - I haven't heard from him either,
01:02:09 which is strange
01:02:12 - You're engaged?
01:02:15 'Cause my father has his 'ways'
01:02:18 - Is that why Dunne signed him up?
01:02:22 God, no. He had
01:02:25 - l- I don't understand.
01:02:27 - He wasn't going to sign David up
01:02:30 I had to get my father to write
01:02:33 - So it wasn't Sergeant Dunne?
01:02:35 It was the other one.
01:02:37 - Oh, my God!
01:02:41 - I'm sorry, I... I don't...
01:02:44 - What have you done?
01:02:46 - What do you mean?
01:02:48 - Your father doesn't
01:02:51 He wants him to stay over there
01:02:55 for the rest of time.
01:03:18 "Dearest Sarah,
01:03:22 "I don't know if I'm only good
01:03:24 "but I am trying.
01:03:28 "and there is a horse and there
01:03:32 "and all these things
01:03:36 "And when this man
01:03:39 "he can see a woman kissing him
01:03:42 "as like as to smother him.
01:03:44 "And this man knows
01:03:48 "and countries may crumble,
01:03:51 "they just might,
01:03:54 "they just might find
01:04:00 "I have to go now,
01:04:03 "remember that rule:
01:04:05 don't die."
01:04:55 Hia!
01:04:59 Go on.
01:05:00 Hia! Hia!
01:05:13 - Let him go!
01:05:55 - Wait up!
01:06:04 - Okay, sound off!
01:06:06 - What's in the bag, Lieutenant?
01:06:12 - Johnson.
01:06:14 - Mann.
01:06:17 - Here we go!
01:06:20 A "Last Supper" kind of thing.
01:06:22 Let's get yourselves
01:06:25 Get that bird plucked.
01:06:27 Ah, what is this?
01:06:29 Nice form. Had practice with that?
01:06:32 - Just around the house.
01:06:35 - You want me to give
01:06:38 - For the last goddamned time:
01:06:46 - Hey, MPs.
01:06:48 - Form up!
01:06:57 McRea!
01:07:22 H.Q.
01:07:30 Private McRea, sir.
01:07:36 - Last time I met you,
01:07:39 April 22nd, Kitchener's Wood.
01:07:42 820 men went in;
01:07:45 Lieutenant Hanson, Second
01:07:48 We were getting mauled,
01:07:51 Dunne here had a bullet
01:07:53 Crawled across a field
01:07:55 Should have been a V.C.
01:07:57 Unacceptable. I want
01:08:02 Mr. Watchman.
01:08:05 - You mind having that conversation
01:08:07 Outside, if you could?
01:08:10 - Major,
01:08:12 you want to step forward?
01:08:22 Turns out you
01:08:24 Somewhat aggressively, according
01:08:27 And he wants your head,
01:08:30 - You have to turn him in, Col...
01:08:33 What do I do
01:08:35 - I suppose he's right, sir.
01:08:38 - Alright, then.
01:08:40 But I'm not going to turn you
01:08:43 I'm going to turn you
01:08:45 And you will hold your tongue,
01:08:47 Maxwell will come back
01:08:50 You're going to take over
01:08:55 This party we call
01:08:58 started three months ago, but
01:09:01 so the battlefield's
01:09:03 And the whole thing's stalled,
01:09:06 falls to the only outfit in this
01:09:08 of getting anything done,
01:09:10 the Canadian Corps.
01:09:15 You know they got a name
01:09:18 They call us 'storm
01:09:23 - The assault has two thrusts.
01:09:25 On the right, brigades
01:09:27 will clear the village
01:09:29 On the left, the Little Black
01:09:32 with us in support,
01:09:33 will attack along the
01:09:35 This is the assault front;
01:09:38 and this is battalion headquarters.
01:09:42 Venture Farm,
01:09:45 and Hill 52.
01:09:47 That's where we stop and dig in.
01:09:49 These are your battle orders.
01:09:53 - You got any questions?
01:09:55 - No, sir.
01:09:58 You were free and clear
01:10:01 Why'd you come back?
01:10:05 - For love, sir.
01:10:09 - That's a sorry bastard
01:10:16 - With respect, sir,
01:10:18 I feel compelled to lodge
01:10:21 - This is no time for
01:10:24 In case you haven't noticed,
01:10:26 and Currie's projecting
01:10:29 The General's never
01:10:31 Now I'm not sure
01:10:34 But I'm going to keep you close.
01:10:39 - I bow to your superior
01:10:51 - Not sure
01:10:54 - You know, sir, I didn't ask for this.
01:10:57 It's funny, though.
01:11:00 You got a light? Aah!
01:11:06 We need a stretcher bearer here!
01:11:30 - I need a doctor!
01:11:34 - Here. Put him
01:12:01 - Oh, my God.
01:12:07 We have to take his jacket off.
01:12:14 - What are you doing here?
01:12:17 - It's what I'm good at. And
01:12:21 - Anywhere but here,
01:12:23 - I volunteered out of Regina.
01:12:26 - How'd you get here?
01:12:27 - It took me a month
01:12:30 It's okay. You'll be fine.
01:12:32 How's David?
01:12:34 Okay. He's with me. We're
01:12:36 - Oh God...
01:12:38 They're going to make you leave.
01:12:40 My shift is over soon.
01:12:43 - Okay. Picadilly and King's Cross.
01:12:47 You can go now, soldier.
01:12:50 Clear the truck!
01:13:01 - Make way! Coming through!
01:13:05 - Fall in!
01:13:50 - Are you worried?
01:13:52 - Don't be.
01:13:54 We won't even see action.
01:13:56 - What about David?
01:13:59 - If I could get you to him I would;
01:14:02 But I promise you this: I will bring
01:14:04 - Look what I made
01:14:07 - It wasn't you, Sarah.
01:14:08 I was going to end up back
01:16:05 All companies A through F,
01:16:08 Men, fall in!
01:16:11 - I have to go.
01:16:18 - Can you give this to David?
01:16:24 And remember the rule.
01:16:26 - You're gonna see me again.
01:18:13 All right, this is it.
01:18:16 - This is our trench.
01:18:19 - Right here.
01:18:22 - String out.
01:18:41 - Oh!
01:18:50 - Shit. You got any matches?
01:18:54 - What?
01:18:57 - Yeah, but don't you
01:18:59 - Well, they're reserve matches.
01:19:01 - Those will do.
01:19:03 Uh, they're wet too, though.
01:19:09 - I just don't understand you
01:19:12 when you've never
01:19:14 - I don't have to go there.
01:19:18 - Fuck you and the stolen
01:19:45 Oh! Goddamnit!
01:19:48 Fuck!
01:19:51 - This is insane!
01:19:55 It's what you signed up for.
01:19:57 - No. Sir.
01:19:59 Wrong. I signed up
01:20:01 - No, you didn't. You signed
01:20:06 Hey, I've been carrying
01:20:10 Your sister wanted me
01:20:20 - What the hell's wrong with me?
01:20:25 I haven't even written her.
01:20:30 And my own sister?
01:20:32 What if something happened to me?
01:20:35 - If that's what
01:20:37 you've really come
01:20:41 - How can you say that?
01:20:42 - Come on, David.
01:20:44 You see any poets in this shit?
01:20:47 and there isn't a single guy here
01:20:50 No. No. You wouldn't be
01:20:55 - I'm only here
01:20:59 Listen to me:
01:21:01 forests burn
01:21:04 And oceans,
01:21:06 'cause they have to- I don't think
01:21:10 If you want to get through this,
01:21:12 for what it is: it's something we do
01:21:15 And we're good at it
01:21:20 And we're used to it
01:21:22 'cause we do it all the time.
01:21:30 You better hang on to something.
01:21:32 The guns are coming.
01:21:43 - Everyone synchronized?
01:21:45 - Our assault starts... now.
01:21:50 Fire!
01:21:53 - Fire!
01:21:55 Fire!
01:22:06 - Fire!
01:22:08 - Bore 800!
01:22:11 - Come on! Come on!
01:22:15 - Bore 800!
01:22:18 Fire!
01:22:23 - Forward posts reporting:
01:22:24 7th and Devils
01:22:27 Fifty yards, light resistance.
01:22:29 - Get me Division Headquarters.
01:22:32 I want to know if they've
01:22:39 Make sure the lines are okay.
01:22:41 - Light? Somebody
01:22:53 Câlisse! Fucking mud, eh!
01:23:00 We got a real problem.
01:23:03 - Oui.
01:23:06 How does it look, you think?
01:23:09 - I don't know.
01:23:11 - Keep your head down, kid.
01:23:15 - Oh, shit. Fuck.
01:23:22 - Field dressing!
01:23:24 - Mr. Watchman.
01:23:26 - Stretcher!
01:23:29 - Dobson-Hughes,
01:23:33 Eyes here!
01:23:41 - Come here. It's all right.
01:23:45 - Objectives consolidated,
01:23:49 Venture and Vindictive
01:23:51 - So far so good.
01:23:53 So far so good?
01:23:57 So far so good, yeah?
01:23:59 - We'll get you
01:24:08 - You're okay. Okay.
01:24:12 You're alright?
01:24:14 - Okay.
01:24:24 - Flare sighted, S.O.S.
01:24:27 Devil's left flank under
01:24:29 - Get me 8 Battalion.
01:24:32 - Line's down, sir.
01:24:41 - Something's wrong.
01:24:46 - Second flare sighted.
01:24:50 - 3rd S.O.S.
01:24:53 The 8th is taking
01:24:55 - Is your company ready?
01:24:57 - All right, Major.
01:25:03 - There's a runner
01:25:05 - Shit. All right, this is it, boys!
01:25:08 We're going in!
01:25:14 You don't need this,
01:25:16 and you don't need this,
01:25:21 - Where are you going?
01:25:23 - Don't leave me.
01:25:30 - It's okay.
01:25:32 I'm right here.
01:25:36 - The Devils are being hammered,
01:25:46 - Reload!
01:25:47 Goddamnit!
01:25:49 Where's the fucking relief?!
01:25:57 If you can get past the mud,
01:25:59 the country's quite beautiful, no?
01:26:00 Would you kindly shut up?
01:26:03 Hey, is that a hawk?
01:26:06 - No, it's a kestrel.
01:26:08 - What the hell's a kestrel?
01:26:13 We need some relief!
01:26:18 - Aaah!
01:26:25 - They're coming!
01:26:28 - It's here!
01:26:30 Relief's here!
01:26:33 - It's coming, boy!
01:26:35 It's coming!
01:26:38 - Dead. All dead. Everyone
01:26:40 - Where the hell are you going?
01:26:42 - I've had the shit kicked out
01:26:45 - You won't leave this position!
01:26:47 Hey! Hey! Hey! Come on!
01:26:50 You can't leave us strung out here!
01:26:52 You're 800.
01:26:54 - You want me to stay,
01:26:56 - Beat it!
01:27:03 - Where are you going?
01:27:05 - What the hell's going on?
01:27:09 - Get back here!
01:27:10 - H.Q. Little Black
01:27:12 Situation critical.
01:27:34 - The Alleymen are regrouping.
01:27:37 - I see them.
01:27:39 - We don't have
01:27:52 We got what we got.
01:27:55 Two to a crater!
01:27:58 Lewis gunners on the flanks!
01:28:00 - Go! Go!
01:28:07 - Get her down. Get her down.
01:28:09 - Nothing from 'A' Company?
01:28:11 - Third Brigade is stalled.
01:28:13 - Rout them all to hell.
01:28:14 - Black Devils have pulled out.
01:28:17 - And our whole fucking line
01:28:20 I want to talk to the Devils.
01:28:42 - Hey.
01:28:46 Enemy target marker!
01:28:48 - Hold it!
01:28:50 That's a second marker!
01:28:54 - Hey.
01:29:02 - Thanks.
01:29:04 Bring on the hell.
01:29:07 - Here come the guns!
01:29:27 - What are you doing?
01:29:32 - Horne?
01:29:34 Christ!
01:29:49 - Steady! Hold it!
01:29:52 Hold it!
01:30:01 - Can't shoot me.
01:30:07 - Too fucking many of them!
01:30:10 - They're awfully close, Sergeant.
01:30:14 Mon tabernac!
01:30:16 - Steady!
01:30:18 Steady!
01:30:20 - You fuck, fucking, fuckers...
01:30:23 - Come on, come on...
01:30:27 Come on, come on...
01:30:30 NOW!
01:31:03 - Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
01:31:06 They're fucking on top of us!
01:31:12 - Hey, we're up! We're up!
01:31:15 Allez, allez, allez!
01:31:23 - I sent you a support
01:31:26 You pulled out a whole fucking
01:31:29 - Sir. Sixty men?
01:31:33 They'll be overrun. Then we'll be
01:31:36 - We don't withdraw
01:31:38 We don't give ground,
01:31:39 and we don't give up
01:31:41 - But, Colonel, if the enemy
01:31:50 - Lieutenant Hanson,
01:31:52 Let's go.
01:31:58 - Here we go.
01:32:37 Come on!
01:33:25 - Goddamnit!
01:33:27 - When do you want this for, sir?
01:33:30 Every last one of them!
01:33:33 - All eyes here!
01:33:36 So all personnel not immediately
01:33:57 Shoot!
01:34:02 - Goddamnit!
01:34:08 - Shoot the goddamn rifle!
01:34:21 - Form up!
01:34:27 - Hold the line!
01:34:35 - They're turning.
01:34:38 - Yeah, they'll be back.
01:34:41 Reload!
01:34:43 - Reload!
01:35:00 - Sound off! Miles?
01:35:02 - Cahill?
01:35:04 - Horne?
01:35:06 Mann?
01:35:11 David Mann?
01:35:22 David Mann?
01:35:24 - Nein, nein.
01:35:31 Artillerie!
01:35:44 - Jeez...
01:36:00 What are you doing, Mikey?
01:36:07 - Cover fire!
01:40:26 - Come on. Come on.
01:41:19 - Get your asses moving!
01:41:24 - Set him down.
01:41:26 - You're okay.
01:41:29 You made it. You're okay.
01:41:32 - Give me some morphine.
01:41:33 - Can't get any fucking relief?
01:41:35 You need some water.
01:41:38 - I'm out.
01:41:39 - Ah, here they come again!
01:41:41 - We need some relief!
01:41:43 - 8th battalion! They're here!
01:41:46 - The whole goddamn
01:41:49 - Stretcher-bearers!
01:42:13 - Battalion's in line, sir,
01:42:16 Objectives are secure.
01:42:18 - Aid posts reporting still
01:42:21 so let's make room for 'em.
01:42:23 We did it, by the way.
01:42:53 Nurse, I need an
01:43:07 - He's okay.
01:43:09 David's okay.
01:43:15 - Look at you.
01:43:17 - Yeah, look at me,
01:43:19 all broken up like this.
01:43:25 - I think maybe
01:43:28 - Mm-hm. No, I'm just trying
01:43:34 But I don't think I'm all that good
01:43:38 maybe, maybe this man
01:43:44 - And will he?
01:43:46 - Yes, Sarah. He will.
01:43:50 He'll sit at this little table...
01:43:54 And what he'll write is...
01:43:57 "In this picture, there is a river
01:43:59 "and there is a horse
01:44:02 "and there is a man
01:44:05 and together
01:44:16 And all these
01:44:19 I think you're forgetting the rule.
01:44:25 - No, I'm gonna cross that river.
01:44:28 - Michael, don't...
01:44:30 - 'Cause I have you...
01:44:38 Mike...
01:47:21 After the guns are silent
01:47:26 After your wounds
01:47:31 After those crosses
01:47:34 Have been planted
01:47:40 After that long boat ride
01:47:44 All the way
01:47:46 Across the sea
01:47:48 And after this train
01:47:52 Carries me
01:47:59 I will love you
01:48:05 After the war
01:48:08 Love you
01:48:10 For always
01:48:14 Forever more
01:48:18 I will love you
01:48:24 After the war
01:48:27 Forever
01:48:29 For always
01:48:32 And more
01:48:42 After your boots dry
01:48:45 And the tobacco's
01:48:48 All but gone
01:48:50 Along with
01:48:56 You've carried
01:48:58 Under your arm
01:49:00 After I remember
01:49:04 All the words
01:49:06 I couldn't say
01:49:11 And after this long night
01:49:13 Fades away
01:49:19 I will love you
01:49:26 After the war
01:49:29 I love you
01:49:32 For always
01:49:35 Forever more
01:49:39 I will love you
01:49:45 After the war
01:49:48 Forever
01:49:50 For always
01:49:53 And more
01:50:03 After this blackbird
01:50:06 Lifts up
01:50:09 From off your chest
01:50:12 And after your soul
01:50:16 Takes its final rest
01:50:22 My love, I forgive you
01:50:27 You never planned to die
01:50:30 And love,
01:50:34 Over your eyes
01:50:43 I will love you
01:50:49 After the war
01:50:52 I love you
01:50:55 For always
01:50:57 Forever more
01:51:02 I will love you
01:51:08 After the war
01:51:11 Forever
01:51:13 For always
01:51:16 And more
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