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00:01:38 The Secretary of State for War
00:01:42 from Lord Chelmsford,
00:01:43 ...Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's
00:01:49 "I regret to report
00:01:51 which took place on the morning
00:01:54 between the armies of the Zulu king
00:01:57 and our Number 3 Column,
00:02:00 of the 1 st Battalion,
00:02:03 and one company
00:02:05 a total of nearly 1,500 men,
00:02:11 "The Zulus, in overwhelming numbers,
00:02:15 on the slopes of the mountain
00:02:18 and in spite of gallant
00:05:18 What did he ask, Father?
00:05:20 Whether a man of God like myself
00:05:23 to see so many warriors married
00:05:28 How can he imagine
00:05:31 Do you think I said it pleased me,
00:05:34 I told him I was unhappy
00:05:37 who may soon become widows.
00:05:41 That was a very good answer, Father.
00:07:46 Why do they have those little spears?
00:07:52 It's a symbol of their chastity,
00:08:18 It's splendid, I know, but
00:08:24 The Book says, "What went ye
00:08:28 - "A man clothed in soft raiment?"
00:09:12 You must understand these things
00:09:16 That's why I brought you here.
00:09:17 They are a great people, daughter.
00:09:21 But how can they
00:09:25 Young girls to... to old men.
00:09:29 In Europe, young women accept
00:09:34 Perhaps the Zulu girls are luckier.
00:10:41 Margareta.
00:10:45 - Wait. Alright.
00:10:49 Wait, Margareta.
00:11:03 - O Lord in heaven!
00:11:06 1,000 British soldiers
00:11:09 While I stood here talking peace,
00:11:13 Ishiwan!
00:11:17 Ishiwan!
00:11:20 Yes. It's their name for our mission
00:11:24 - They're going to destroy it.
00:11:27 There are British soldiers
00:11:30 - But only a handful.
00:11:33 - It's a hospital. Tell him.
00:11:38 We must get there.
00:11:50 Father!
00:12:46 - Alright, Corporal Allen.
00:14:03 Right turn.
00:14:07 Quick march.
00:14:23 Colour Sergeant Bourne,
00:14:28 A rifle, Hughes.
00:14:30 If you're sick in hospital,
00:14:34 Yes, Colour Sergeant.
00:14:45 Hookie,
00:14:48 - Who do you think?
00:14:52 Mr Bromhead
00:14:54 for the officers' dinner.
00:15:28 I wish he'd bring us
00:15:32 I wonder
00:15:34 Same as usual.
00:15:42 Which one has got the bullet?
00:16:01 Shut up, you cripple!
00:16:11 Come on, make your mind up.
00:16:13 - It's turning blue.
00:16:18 It's under that one.
00:16:21 The boy's clever. The boy's good.
00:16:25 Five rounds!
00:16:27 Independent! Fire!
00:16:29 Stuff me with green apples.
00:16:31 If a dog was as sick as him,
00:16:34 Five rounds! Independent!
00:16:37 Fire!
00:16:39 Shut up, you rotten, sick...
00:16:42 Why don't you leave him alone?
00:16:47 He's sick enough. You'll kill him!
00:16:49 Wouldn't bother Hookie, would it?
00:16:51 Wouldn't bother if Maxfield was dead.
00:16:54 I don't care if you were all dead.
00:16:58 Rorke's Drift. It'd take an Irishman
00:17:02 to a rotten, stinking
00:17:34 Hold that pont!
00:17:37 - Corporal Allen?
00:17:42 - Get some men in the water!
00:17:52 You heard that officer of Engineers.
00:18:15 Heave! Put a bit more weight
00:18:19 He's even got a voice
00:18:22 Sort of like a female hippopotamus
00:18:54 - Hot work?
00:18:59 Still, the river cools you off
00:19:04 - Who are you?
00:19:08 Bromhead. 24th.
00:19:11 That's my post, up there.
00:19:15 You've come down from the column?
00:19:17 Right. They want a bridge
00:19:22 Who said you could use my men?
00:19:25 They were sitting on their backsides
00:19:30 I'd rather you asked first, old boy.
00:19:33 I was told their officer
00:19:38 Yes.
00:19:46 I'll tell my man to clean your kit.
00:19:49 - Don't bother.
00:19:52 I'm not offering to clean it myself.
00:19:55 A chap ought to look smart
00:19:57 Don't you think?
00:19:59 Well, chin-chin. Do carry on
00:20:17 You.
00:20:19 - What's your name?
00:20:23 Sir.
00:20:25 - Are you supposed to be here?
00:20:28 Well, not exactly. You see, sir...
00:20:31 Only, you've got my solo tenor
00:20:36 - I've got your what?
00:20:39 We were going to practise this
00:20:43 But you've got my only solo tenor
00:20:48 Well, I hope he sings
00:20:52 Indeed, sir. He does.
00:20:59 Every piece of wood in this
00:21:03 The heat and the dust, sir.
00:21:10 Mr Bromhead lets you have a choir?
00:21:12 Every Welsh regiment has a choir,
00:21:15 Mr Bromhead is English,
00:21:20 There's no doubt of that.
00:21:22 - And what do you sing?
00:21:27 Good.
00:21:29 I can find work for baritones
00:21:43 See what you make of that.
00:21:46 - Two riders.
00:21:51 Very wonderful things,
00:22:02 - Corporal Allen?
00:22:03 Get your party ashore at the double.
00:22:06 Alright, you heard
00:22:09 Make fast and back to the bank. Move.
00:22:12 Come on, lad.
00:22:30 - Trouble, sir?
00:22:32 I can anchor the ponts midstream.
00:22:35 This is a situation you think
00:22:38 - No, sir. Beg your pardon, sir.
00:22:41 We ain't finished the bridge, sir.
00:22:44 - Fall them in, Corporal.
00:22:53 Get fell in, you men.
00:22:58 Left turn.
00:23:00 Left wheel. By the left.
00:23:04 Left, left.
00:23:07 Left, left, left, right, left.
00:23:32 Hey, you! What's going on down there?
00:23:37 - They're building barricades.
00:23:47 Ride like hell. Tell them
00:23:53 Corporal, I want all these people
00:23:57 Douse these fires
00:23:59 - They've got soup in them.
00:24:02 - Get a rifle.
00:24:05 Mr Chard? Mr Chard?
00:24:07 - Commissary Dalton, is it?
00:24:10 - You've just asked this man...
00:24:14 See that he does it. All these bags
00:24:17 I don't want these tents
00:24:20 Does he know what it's like to make
00:24:25 Don't distress yourself, dear fellow.
00:24:30 - Go and speak with him.
00:24:34 Chard?
00:24:38 This is Adendorff,
00:24:41 From Isandhlwana.
00:24:46 You've come from there?
00:24:49 Alright, man, is it true?
00:24:53 Beg your pardon, sir.
00:24:58 What about the soup?
00:25:01 This gentleman, sir,
00:25:05 - He did?
00:25:08 No need to make the Zulus
00:25:14 Yes.
00:25:16 Then get on with it.
00:25:17 - There's a good fellow.
00:25:22 The entire column.
00:25:26 - It's damned impossible. 800 men?
00:25:29 There were 400 native levies also.
00:25:32 Damn the levies.
00:25:36 What the hell do you mean,
00:25:39 They died on your side.
00:25:40 Who do you think is coming
00:25:44 the Grenadier Guards?
00:25:48 What the deuce is the matter
00:25:51 - Adendorff? Are you staying?
00:25:57 Talk to our levies, will you?
00:26:16 Did the runner bring orders?
00:26:18 He brought orders
00:26:21 - To do what?
00:26:27 To hold our ground?
00:26:33 What military genius
00:26:36 Somebody's son and heir,
00:26:38 who got a commission
00:26:42 I rather fancy
00:27:04 - Who are they?
00:27:06 - Witts?
00:27:10 This is their station.
00:27:15 They've chosen a damned odd time
00:27:37 I think you better
00:27:40 Are you giving me an order, old boy?
00:27:44 Bromhead?
00:27:49 Let's get one thing clear.
00:27:53 - I came here to build a bridge.
00:27:56 Otherwise, you would've been chopped
00:28:02 Alright. What's the date
00:28:08 Now don't tell me.
00:28:13 1872. May.
00:28:17 1872. February.
00:28:20 Oh, well. I suppose there
00:28:26 - You question my right to command?
00:28:31 We can... cooperate, as they say.
00:28:41 - I'll be here, won't I?
00:28:50 Have you been here long enough
00:28:54 Erm...
00:28:56 Not since we've been chatting, no.
00:29:04 I've started the barricades, though.
00:29:10 Who's the sergeant with the muscles?
00:29:13 Sgt Windridge. Good man.
00:29:20 Not you again?
00:29:21 Yes, sir, Surgeon Reynolds.
00:29:24 The only trouble is
00:29:27 Pretty terrible pain, sir.
00:29:30 Alright. Off with your vest.
00:29:33 - Now, sir?
00:29:37 Yes, sir.
00:29:42 It's cruel to bend, sir.
00:29:46 You know what you've got there,
00:29:49 No, sir. Hook's the name, sir.
00:29:52 You've got a fine, handsome boil,
00:29:55 There's one glistening boil
00:29:58 You may not win many medals
00:30:01 But you'll certainly get more boils.
00:30:03 For every gunshot wound I probe,
00:30:07 Medicinal brandy would set me up.
00:30:10 Brandy's for heroes.
00:30:11 The rest of you will make do
00:30:14 flies in your meat
00:30:18 Now, then. This is going to hurt you
00:30:22 I'm happy to say.
00:30:29 Mr Bromhead? Cetewayo is coming
00:30:33 You must talk to Lt Chard, Mr Witt.
00:30:39 I am ready to take away
00:30:42 Please supply the wagons.
00:30:46 One moment, Miss Margareta.
00:30:50 I don't suppose
00:30:53 I am a man of peace, sir.
00:30:55 Allow a Queen's officer
00:30:58 Now, how do you know
00:31:02 We have just come from his kraal.
00:31:08 Your parish? Are you sure you're on
00:31:14 I am here to do my duty.
00:31:20 What's our strength?
00:31:22 Seven officers,
00:31:25 And Adendorff now, I suppose.
00:31:29 Fit for duty, 97.
00:31:34 Not much of an army for you.
00:31:36 There are 4,000 Zulus
00:31:39 You must abandon this mission.
00:31:43 Mr Chard?
00:31:46 Adendorff sent his trooper
00:31:49 - There's a relief column there.
00:31:55 Mr Bromhead, issue our walking
00:31:59 You will all be killed
00:32:02 And now the sick in their beds.
00:32:05 I don't think so, Mr Witt.
00:32:07 The army doesn't like
00:32:10 Looks bad in the newspapers and
00:32:15 Sir, the Book says, "There is no king
00:32:19 that can be saved
00:32:24 Mr Witt?
00:32:25 When I have the impertinence
00:32:28 and deliver a sermon,
00:32:31 It is not your duty
00:32:34 Are you a student of tactics too,
00:32:36 Are you a Christian?
00:32:40 Sgt Windridge?
00:32:41 It is your duty
00:32:44 Not that way, Miss Witt.
00:32:46 - Sir.
00:32:54 Sergeant, put two good men
00:32:56 Tell them to keep their eyes peeled.
00:32:59 - Mr Bromhead, sir?
00:33:01 Carry on, Sgt Windridge,
00:33:05 Colour Sergeant Bourne?
00:33:12 I had a calf like you once,
00:33:16 I'll get you some milk.
00:33:20 Would you like that, then?
00:33:24 What the hell do you think
00:33:38 Owen!
00:33:39 Yes, Sergeant?
00:33:41 - You've got a voice?
00:33:44 Get up on that hill
00:33:49 You too.
00:33:51 And take your bandook,
00:34:04 The classical attack of the Zulus
00:34:09 The head, the horns and the loins.
00:34:14 First, the head moves forward.
00:34:18 But it's only a feint.
00:34:20 The warriors in the head disperse
00:34:24 The enemy is drawn in on the loins.
00:34:26 The horns close in
00:34:33 Finish.
00:34:38 It looks jolly simple, doesn't it?
00:34:41 It's jolly deadly, old boy.
00:34:46 Well done.
00:34:48 No, thanks. I'm a Boer.
00:34:51 The Zulus are the enemies of
00:34:55 You don't object to our help?
00:34:58 It depends what you damned English
00:35:01 Alright. Hospital. Church.
00:35:05 Cattle kraal. Stables.
00:35:07 An outside perimeter
00:35:11 We don't move out to meet
00:35:14 We hold the outside perimeter.
00:35:18 into this area here. How high
00:35:23 It should be shoulder high.
00:35:25 But if the fuzzies
00:35:28 they could be here, well, now.
00:35:31 It's just a matter of time.
00:35:38 We'll have to make the time.
00:35:43 Your only plan is to stand behind
00:35:47 and wait for the attack?
00:35:51 That's right. We wait.
00:35:53 If 1,200 men couldn't hold
00:35:57 what chance have we with 100?
00:36:03 Listen, I'll take the company
00:36:06 I know how to disperse them.
00:36:09 Ambush, you see?
00:36:13 Bromhead? I want that line of boxes
00:36:16 from the cattle kraal
00:36:20 If they get over this... redoubt.
00:36:32 And a final redoubt here.
00:36:55 Put it in the middle.
00:36:56 What are you doing in here?
00:37:00 This is a church! Don't you realise,
00:37:04 I'm sorry. There's nothing larger.
00:37:07 There's no chloroform.
00:37:09 Go to the hospital.
00:37:12 I want cold water, lots of it,
00:37:18 Don't take it too badly, Mr Witt.
00:37:20 Isn't this as good a place as any
00:38:18 Excuse me, sir. Tuck your heads in
00:38:22 Sorry, sir. I have orders
00:38:26 Alright, get on with it.
00:38:28 I was praying that your officer
00:38:32 That's right, sir. A prayer's as good
00:38:37 - Have you prayed?
00:38:40 What will you say?
00:38:44 Pick it up.
00:38:47 My father was a lay preacher.
00:38:49 A great one for the Psalms, he was.
00:38:52 There was one that might have been
00:38:57 Say it, man. Lift your voice to God.
00:39:00 - Now, sir?
00:39:04 They know my voice.
00:39:06 Let them hear it now
00:39:08 Call upon him. Call upon him, man,
00:39:14 As far as I can remember, sir,
00:39:19 "He maketh wars to cease
00:39:22 he breaketh the bow
00:39:23 and snappeth the spear in sunder."
00:39:28 "I shall be exalted
00:39:31 I shall be exalted in the earth.
00:39:35 That's it, sir.
00:39:44 Nobody told you to stop working.
00:39:47 You lead-backsided... Get sweating.
00:39:53 I've been thinking.
00:39:55 I've got it all sorted out.
00:39:58 Company!
00:40:04 What are you doing here, Miss?
00:40:09 He doesn't need any help.
00:40:15 Won't I?
00:40:21 You are all to be evacuated soon
00:40:24 - Who says?
00:40:27 That's nice, isn't it? Your father.
00:40:31 You and me, Hookie.
00:40:37 Here we are.
00:40:44 What are you talking about?
00:40:48 What are you doing?
00:40:51 I'm making a loophole, see?
00:40:53 Me and Hookie's gonna fight in here.
00:40:56 You're joking! I'm sick.
00:40:58 Nobody's got any right to ask me
00:41:01 I'm getting out.
00:41:03 - Private Hook!
00:41:07 Yes, Sergeant.
00:41:14 I know you, Hook.
00:41:15 Yeah, you ought to.
00:41:18 You're no good, Hook.
00:41:23 They gave us you
00:41:27 except the Queen and Sgt Maxfield.
00:41:30 Thank you very much, the both of you.
00:41:38 Take this rifle, Hook, and get to it!
00:41:42 I'll make a soldier of you yet.
00:41:58 What for? Did I ever see a Zulu
00:42:02 So what am I doing here?
00:42:04 You are here
00:42:07 - And you still are one...
00:42:10 ...Hook, my lad.
00:42:14 And now, you can be a soldier,
00:42:18 You got me 28 days' field punishment
00:42:26 Pick up the bayonet
00:42:36 And put your tunic on!
00:43:19 28 days' field punishment. No pay.
00:43:23 Know what he did?
00:43:27 What did you do that for?
00:43:30 You hate him for it?
00:43:32 What do you want me to do?
00:43:35 Give him a big kiss?
00:43:45 I thought you might pray for him.
00:43:50 She's a dry one. Very cool.
00:43:55 You know what she needs.
00:43:57 Play your cards right,
00:44:11 Can I help anyone?
00:44:14 There will be wagons soon
00:44:18 He's dying.
00:44:21 Nothing?
00:44:24 There must be.
00:44:26 - 'Shun!
00:44:30 Are there any walking sick
00:44:34 Me.
00:44:36 You, Dutchy?
00:44:39 This is not my first action. Come on.
00:44:41 Are you expecting sick men to fight?
00:44:57 What's he going to do, 593?
00:44:59 I think he wants to be a hero, 716.
00:45:02 Haven't you red necks got names
00:45:06 This is a Welsh regiment, man.
00:45:08 Though there are some foreigners
00:45:11 I am Jones from Bwlchgwyn.
00:45:15 There are four more Joneses
00:45:18 Confusing, isn't it, Dutchy?
00:45:25 What's your name, then?
00:45:27 It's Schiess. And I'm not Dutch.
00:45:32 There's a silly man, by damn.
00:45:35 I belong to Natal Mounted Police.
00:45:39 Is that true, then?
00:45:42 Come to arrest the Zulus.
00:45:44 What do you know about Zulus?
00:45:46 Bunch of savages.
00:45:48 Hmm!
00:45:53 Alright, how far can you red necks
00:45:56 15, 20 miles, is it?
00:45:58 A Zulu regiment can run 50 miles
00:46:03 There's daft. I don't see no sense
00:46:13 What are you doing here?
00:46:16 No. Not until you have gone.
00:46:19 You know Cetewayo has a regiment
00:46:23 called Ripen At Noon.
00:46:28 There's pretty.
00:46:30 Hey, come on. Come on. Here.
00:46:33 Here! Give us... Just a little kiss?
00:46:36 Come on!
00:47:13 Hey, boys! Take a look at this.
00:47:19 - What is it, boyo?
00:47:23 No, by damn, it's horses!
00:47:33 The cavalry!
00:47:34 It's the relief column,
00:47:46 Colour Sergeant?
00:47:49 Sir?
00:48:05 Stephenson, Darnford's Horse.
00:48:07 - Thank God you're here.
00:48:10 There are 4,000 Zulus
00:48:12 Can you throw out your men
00:48:15 You know how Zulus feel
00:48:17 I know how my men feel about Zulus.
00:48:20 - Stephenson.
00:48:23 Your whole regiment's gone.
00:48:26 Bromhead? You know this man.
00:48:29 I'm sorry. Look at my men.
00:48:31 Stand fast, all of you!
00:48:33 Where are they going?
00:48:36 - Let go of my bridle!
00:48:39 If they're going to die,
00:48:42 You're the professionals.
00:48:44 We need you! Don't go!
00:48:53 We need you, damn you!
00:49:05 You didn't say a single word to help.
00:49:08 When you take command, old boy,
00:49:11 The first lesson the General,
00:50:04 Alright, then.
00:50:07 Nobody told you to stop working.
00:50:18 Brothers! The way
00:50:24 "Thou shalt not kill,"
00:50:27 Brothers!
00:50:32 God's love is peace.
00:50:35 - Colour Sergeant Bourne?
00:50:37 Stay not to kill and be killed.
00:50:49 The sin of Cain will be upon you.
00:50:51 "Am I my brother's keeper?"
00:50:54 Yea, we are all our brother's keeper.
00:51:01 "The nations
00:51:04 and are counted as the small dust
00:51:12 Bring him along.
00:51:20 Mr Witt,
00:51:23 Sir, they've all hopped it.
00:51:31 Give me those wagons
00:51:39 You want the wagons?
00:51:41 Mr Bourne? Windridge?
00:51:45 God loves a sinner
00:52:05 Hey, we're in luck.
00:52:08 Looks like the old parson
00:52:32 Heave!
00:52:45 Right, lads. Heave.
00:52:48 Heave.
00:53:14 O Lord God, give me strength!
00:53:18 Oh, God! God forgive me.
00:53:22 I have the strength of thousands
00:53:27 Colour Sergeant Bourne?
00:53:34 Oh, God, forgive me.
00:53:36 Get him away from here.
00:53:45 Leave him alone!
00:53:48 Miss Witt!
00:53:52 Animals! All of you!
00:53:55 - Animals!
00:53:57 We shall not go. If you send us away,
00:54:01 Lock him in the storeroom.
00:54:04 Alright, men, get back to work.
00:54:08 And you...! Put Miss Witt
00:54:36 It was sad, you know. And sick.
00:54:40 Had a battle coming, see?
00:54:44 Why worry about a calf?
00:54:46 I thought I was tired of farming.
00:54:50 But when you look at it,
00:54:53 this country's not a bit as good
00:54:56 Not really green, like.
00:55:00 And the soil.
00:55:06 There's no moisture in it.
00:55:11 Nothing to hold a man in his grave.
00:55:27 Chard? One of my men, Hook.
00:55:30 - Do you know him?
00:55:32 In the hospital, malingering,
00:55:35 He's a thief, a coward and
00:55:39 - And you've given him a rifle.
00:55:42 In Queen's regulations,
00:55:58 Damn funny.
00:56:00 Like a...
00:56:36 You were saying about Hook?
00:56:45 Mr Bromhead, sir?
00:56:48 Colour Sergeant?
00:56:50 - Sir?
00:56:57 Very good, sir. The sentries
00:57:01 Thousands of them.
00:57:10 Alright, Colour Sergeant, stand to.
00:57:20 Stand... to.
00:57:49 Look to your front. Mark the orders.
00:57:53 Mark the target when it comes.
00:57:57 Mark your target when it comes.
00:58:00 Look to your front.
00:58:05 Mark your target. Look to your front.
00:58:10 - Hitch, do your tunic up.
00:58:14 Do it up.
00:58:17 Look to your front.
00:58:19 Mark your target when it comes.
00:58:23 - Mark your target when it comes.
00:58:26 Mark the orders.
00:58:44 Boy? You hear me, boy?
00:58:48 Will you be Cain
00:58:51 "Thou shalt not kill,"
00:58:54 You believe in the Lord's word,
00:58:59 Obey the word, boy. Obey the Lord.
00:59:04 Go to the others.
00:59:06 Boy, go to the others.
00:59:15 He's...
00:59:18 - Mr Witt says...
00:59:28 You get along back to the ramparts
00:59:32 Yes, sir.
00:59:43 Mr Witt, sir? Be quiet now, will you?
00:59:47 You'll upset the lads.
01:00:08 - You know my father was at Waterloo.
01:00:11 He got his colonelcy after that.
01:00:15 Did he?
01:00:17 And my great-grandfather,
01:00:20 he was the johnny
01:00:24 Did they make him a colonel too?
01:00:29 No,
01:00:33 You're telling me you're
01:00:37 No. What I mean is...
01:00:40 I mean, I wish right now...
01:00:44 ...I were a damned ranker,
01:00:46 like Hook or Hitch.
01:00:50 You're not, are you?
01:00:52 You're an officer and a gentleman.
01:00:55 Listen.
01:00:59 That damned train again.
01:01:52 "He breaketh the bow
01:01:54 and snappeth the spear in sunder!"
01:01:58 "I will be exalted
01:02:02 "I will be exalted in the earth."
01:02:05 "The Lord of hosts is with us."
01:02:09 I hope so.
01:02:29 Company will fix bayonets!
01:02:34 Fix!
01:02:38 Bayonets!
01:02:44 Attention!
01:02:50 You slovenly soldier, Hitch.
01:05:40 Load!
01:07:27 North rampart, stand fast!
01:07:32 South rampart... at 100 yards!
01:07:38 Volley fire!
01:07:41 Present!
01:08:01 Fire!
01:08:03 Reload!
01:08:14 Fire!
01:08:18 Fire!
01:08:20 Reload!
01:08:21 Independent, fire at will!
01:08:26 That's very nice of him.
01:08:51 - They're just asking for it.
01:08:55 Mark your targets before you fire.
01:09:02 Adendorff, what's wrong with them?
01:09:04 - Why don't they fight?
01:09:07 What?
01:09:09 See that old boy up on the hill?
01:09:12 He's counting your guns.
01:09:13 Testing your firing power
01:09:32 Cease firing!
01:09:43 - Well?
01:09:48 Stand fast!
01:09:51 60. We dropped at least 60,
01:09:54 That leaves only 3,940.
01:09:58 "Rise up, my love,
01:10:03 "Behold, thou art fair, my love!"
01:10:07 How long?
01:10:10 10, 15 minutes. Maybe less.
01:10:13 As soon as they've regrouped.
01:10:15 "Thy lips
01:10:19 and thy speech is comely."
01:10:24 He can't be!
01:10:26 He is. Drunk as a lord.
01:10:31 - 15 minutes.
01:10:36 Colour Sergeant Bourne?
01:10:37 "Many waters cannot quench love,
01:10:42 neither can the floods drown it."
01:10:46 Yes, sir, the gentleman has a bottle.
01:10:49 Then get him out of here.
01:10:51 Put him on his cart.
01:10:54 The sooner we get rid of them
01:11:01 Chard. They won't stand a chance
01:11:05 They're Witt's parishioners.
01:11:07 But the woman,
01:11:11 Do you, Bromhead?
01:11:13 Because you will
01:11:25 Come along, sir.
01:11:35 Alright, pick him up.
01:11:43 "I have sinned against heaven,
01:11:52 Oh, no!
01:12:06 Father!
01:12:14 "Peace be within thy walls..."
01:12:18 Father!
01:12:24 Drive with the sun at your back.
01:12:28 Sergeant!
01:12:30 - Father!
01:12:35 Try to understand him, Miss Witt.
01:12:39 Death awaits you!
01:12:41 You have made a covenant with death
01:12:46 You're all going to die!
01:12:49 Don't you realise?
01:12:51 Can't you see?
01:12:54 You're all going to die!
01:13:01 Die!
01:13:05 - Death awaits you all!
01:13:09 Die!
01:13:10 Why is it us?
01:13:12 - Die!
01:13:15 Because we're here, lad,
01:13:21 Just us.
01:13:29 Colour Sergeant.
01:13:31 Right, now get back to your posts.
01:14:36 Here they come again!
01:14:42 Volley!
01:14:44 Fire!
01:14:53 - I can't see a bloody one now.
01:14:59 Reload!
01:15:52 There they go!
01:15:55 Eyes front. Look to the front!
01:15:58 What the devil's going on?
01:16:02 Tell me what's happening.
01:16:04 They're on both sides!
01:16:06 We haven't enough men
01:16:08 Can't you take some from the south?
01:16:10 How will we hold that if we do?
01:16:12 Adendorff, are they going to hit us
01:16:15 I told you, remember.
01:16:18 The south could have been a feint.
01:16:21 We can't man the whole perimeter.
01:16:32 Alright, Bromhead,
01:16:34 one section in three.
01:16:37 Reinforce the north wall.
01:16:39 But if they do come
01:16:42 Get on with it, Mr Bromhead.
01:16:46 Colour Sergeant Bourne,
01:16:49 from sections one, three and five
01:16:56 Come on, then, at the double.
01:16:59 First two.
01:17:02 Follow me.
01:17:06 Where would you like me?
01:17:09 You pick your own ground.
01:17:12 It's your country, isn't it?
01:18:14 Hey, who left the door open?
01:18:25 Blazes! Where did they get those?
01:18:27 Off the bodies of your regiment
01:18:29 That's a bitter pill,
01:18:44 Keep your heads down.
01:18:49 - Corporal Allen!
01:18:51 This is your section now.
01:18:53 Keep the heads
01:18:55 - Can't see none of 'em, sir.
01:18:59 - Keep them pinned down, not us.
01:19:03 Fire at the smoke.
01:19:33 Mr Bromhead!
01:19:39 - Not the best of shots, are they?
01:19:42 I'll need more than one
01:19:45 You're not.
01:19:48 Take head on
01:19:51 - It's still a holding action?
01:19:53 Your job is to plug the gaps
01:19:56 - And get yourself a good sergeant.
01:20:32 Hitch! Get down!
01:20:34 How can I shoot them
01:20:39 Hitch!
01:20:41 My leg! Corp!
01:21:06 Corp?
01:21:09 Can I undo my tunic buttons now,
01:21:27 Stretcher bearers!
01:21:34 Come on, attack, damn you!
01:21:43 Here they come!
01:21:47 North wall, volley fire! Present!
01:21:49 At 100 yards!
01:21:53 Fire!
01:21:55 Reload!
01:21:56 Independent, fire at will!
01:23:33 - Bromhead!
01:23:38 Bromhead!
01:24:55 Mr Chard, I'll get you help.
01:25:24 Keep our squad on the wall, Sergeant.
01:25:31 Chard! Are you alright?
01:25:36 Take... command.
01:25:42 Corporal!
01:25:45 You're the professional.
01:25:48 - Take command.
01:25:50 Now, listen, old boy,
01:25:53 We need you!
01:25:58 Get him to Surgeon Reynolds.
01:26:00 Take command. You want it, don't you?
01:26:02 - Sergeant Windridge!
01:26:26 Scalpel.
01:26:32 Orderly, damn it!
01:26:37 Fan it!
01:26:39 Damn you, Chard!
01:26:55 Why?
01:27:03 It's alright, boy, you sleep.
01:27:06 I'm damned if I can tell you why.
01:27:14 You know this boy?
01:27:16 Name of Cole, sir.
01:27:21 He's a dead paperhanger now.
01:27:24 Orderlies!
01:27:39 Are you alright?
01:28:00 There they go, boys. After 'em!
01:28:02 Stand fast! They're retiring, sir.
01:28:06 North wall, hold your fire.
01:28:09 Down!
01:28:15 What is it? Another blasted trick?
01:28:17 They're forming up
01:28:19 I knew it! They're going to attack
01:28:23 I doubt it, not unless
01:28:26 The old general
01:28:29 for fear of hitting his own men.
01:28:31 This way, he probes
01:28:34 while he keeps the other pinned down.
01:28:36 Yes.
01:28:48 They're on the move, sir!
01:28:50 North wall, keep those riflemen
01:28:54 South wall, volley fire!
01:28:56 Present!
01:29:03 Fire!
01:29:05 Reload!
01:29:09 - Hookie, do something!
01:29:12 - I haven't excused you, have I?
01:29:15 Why didn't you say so?
01:29:35 This rifle!
01:29:37 Now, now, you heard
01:29:41 But if it really came down to it,
01:29:46 Careful! Pop that chap, somebody!
01:29:53 Good fellow. Good fellow.
01:29:55 You see?
01:29:58 Sir!
01:30:30 You're doing fine.
01:30:32 Where...
01:30:35 You want to rest here a bit?
01:30:44 Watch it!
01:30:51 Can you move your leg?
01:30:53 - If you want me to dance.
01:30:55 Come on, you slovenly soldier,
01:31:06 It's alright, sir,
01:31:08 - I'm alright.
01:31:11 I'll try to get someone to help you.
01:31:14 I can manage.
01:31:20 Here.
01:31:28 Here.
01:31:35 Hold them!
01:31:42 Hey, Noel, Tommy, look!
01:31:48 Oh, my God!
01:31:49 Bromhead, reorganise your
01:31:54 But I... Yes, sir, of course.
01:31:57 Sir.
01:31:59 - Well done, Corporal. Stand by.
01:32:09 Colour Sergeant Bourne!
01:32:15 Sir? Are you alright, sir?
01:32:18 Thank you, Mr Bourne.
01:32:22 The men on the church roof,
01:32:24 have them support your fire
01:32:28 - Corporal?
01:32:29 Section on the roof, bring your
01:32:33 Fire at the smoke.
01:32:34 The men on the hospital loopholes,
01:32:39 Bring them to the front windows
01:32:43 Colour Sergeant?
01:32:45 - Sir.
01:32:47 An even number, sir?
01:32:49 - Form two lines on the double.
01:33:04 Company!
01:33:07 Company! En garde!
01:33:21 Fall back! Clear the line of fire!
01:33:26 Front rank! Fire!
01:33:29 Rear rank!
01:33:30 Fire! Advance!
01:34:16 Independent, fire at will!
01:34:38 Cease firing!
01:35:35 Hey, Thomas. There's some water.
01:35:37 Oh, thank God!
01:35:56 - 470 Davies was hit, you know.
01:36:00 Aye, in the throat.
01:36:04 What a pity.
01:36:06 The man is a great bass baritone.
01:36:09 In the throat, is it?
01:36:11 Aye.
01:36:13 Hey, where are you going?
01:36:14 - I'm going to see that calf, man.
01:36:19 Tommy!
01:36:22 Mr Bourne, there should be 12 more
01:36:27 They're very tired, sir.
01:36:30 I don't give a damn.
01:36:32 I want this nine foot high,
01:36:36 Form details to clear away
01:36:39 Rebuild the south ramparts.
01:36:41 Keep them moving.
01:36:44 - You understand?
01:36:47 Very good, sir.
01:36:55 Alright, lads, keep it moving.
01:37:07 We're next, boys.
01:37:13 Even if those flaming officers
01:37:19 - Howarth, put your money up.
01:37:22 What bloody good
01:37:25 - We're all goners!
01:37:31 Hey, Hookie.
01:37:34 Hughsie.
01:37:37 There's brandy in Reynolds'
01:37:41 - It's locked up.
01:37:43 Hey, that's company punishment.
01:37:46 Company punishment.
01:37:48 On the right.
01:37:50 Form close columns of platoons.
01:37:53 - By the right!
01:38:12 Oh dear.
01:38:15 Well, your mum will need somebody
01:38:38 Stand to!
01:38:40 Alright, alright, I can hear you.
01:40:39 Out you get, Hookie,
01:40:55 Quick! Thousands of 'em! 612!
01:41:10 Knock a hole in that wall!
01:41:40 Better get down now, sir.
01:41:46 Sir!
01:41:49 Get down now, sir!
01:41:58 No! Jones, it's me!
01:42:01 Come on, get through,
01:42:18 Get out!
01:42:43 Jonesy!
01:42:57 Come on up!
01:43:13 Get to Surgeon Reynolds.
01:43:30 Hook!
01:43:32 I know you!
01:43:35 What about the money
01:43:37 Hook!
01:43:56 That's it, Hook, my lad!
01:43:58 That's it!
01:44:08 Hookie!
01:44:17 Stay where you are, Maxfield!
01:44:22 Hookie!
01:44:25 Get out!
01:44:30 That's my boy, Hook!
01:44:32 You're a soldier now!
01:44:36 Where's my bloody sergeant?
01:44:56 Get out! Come on!
01:45:08 Is everybody out? On the wall.
01:45:12 Hookie? Where's Hookie? Come down!
01:45:36 Hookie! That's a flogging offence!
01:45:44 Get out, for God's sake, man!
01:45:57 - Everybody out?
01:46:03 - Abandon the outside ramparts.
01:47:21 Colour Sergeant,
01:47:24 Sir!
01:47:25 Alright,
01:47:49 Look at that.
01:47:52 - Do you think he wanted it that way?
01:48:05 Any more in there?
01:48:10 Then we'll have to take them
01:48:17 - Colour Sergeant Bourne.
01:48:23 Hey, Owen?
01:48:26 - Are you awake, man?
01:48:29 I didn't think it was going to die.
01:48:32 - Can you see something?
01:48:38 There's sorry I am.
01:48:40 Aye.
01:48:41 Seems a pity, doesn't it?
01:48:49 How many times have they come
01:48:52 I don't know.
01:49:00 I think they've got more guts
01:49:07 Soldiers!
01:49:25 Alright, back to your posts.
01:49:27 You, hold there.
01:49:29 Orderly, see to these men.
01:50:13 Colour Sergeant.
01:50:17 Put a third of our men
01:50:20 Send the bugler to me.
01:50:24 I was asleep, sir.
01:50:27 You let me sleep?
01:50:30 You shouldn't have done that.
01:50:39 Is there any water?
01:50:41 I sent what was left to Reynolds.
01:50:44 Yes, of course.
01:50:47 It's fear dries the mouth, isn't it?
01:50:52 When a man's as thirsty as this.
01:50:56 I could have drunk a river.
01:51:03 Thank you for what you said.
01:51:07 Hmm?
01:51:09 Oh, you mean about our needing you?
01:51:12 Yes.
01:51:18 Sir?
01:51:21 Come with me.
01:51:31 Get in the redoubt, my lucky lads.
01:51:34 Make a move.
01:51:37 Come on.
01:52:19 Alright, lads, take up your positions
01:52:23 Keep your heads down.
01:52:45 - How old are you, boy?
01:52:49 It doesn't matter.
01:52:51 You know what to sound?
01:52:53 Yes, sir.
01:52:55 Stay by me.
01:56:08 Do you think the Welsh
01:56:12 Well, they've got a very good
01:56:15 but no top tenors, that's for sure.
01:56:45 Sing!
01:56:49 Come on, sing!
01:58:22 At 100 yards!
01:58:25 Volley fire! Present!
01:58:30 Aim!
01:58:32 Fire!
01:58:44 Right, stand by. Lips dry?
01:58:47 - Sergeant!
01:58:54 Now!
01:58:56 Spit, boy!
01:59:07 Redoubt party!
01:59:09 Fire!
01:59:16 Volley by ranks!
01:59:17 Front rank, fire!
01:59:19 Second rank, fire!
01:59:22 Third rank, fire!
01:59:49 Cease firing!
02:00:36 Three hours
02:00:44 Mr Chard, sir.
02:00:46 The patrol's come back.
02:00:53 It's a miracle!
02:00:55 If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant,
02:00:57 it's a short-chamber
02:01:00 And a bayonet, sir,
02:01:07 - Fall them in. Call the roll.
02:01:10 - Fall in.
02:01:13 Me?
02:01:25 - Abel?
02:01:27 Adams?
02:01:38 - Barry?
02:01:40 - Beckett?
02:01:42 - He's dying, sir.
02:01:46 Keep your voices down.
02:01:50 Byrne?
02:01:55 - Camp?
02:01:58 Chick?
02:02:04 Cole?
02:02:18 - Who was left in here?
02:02:22 They had names and faces.
02:02:25 Chard!
02:02:31 Alright.
02:02:32 470 Davies?
02:02:40 - 363 Davies?
02:02:45 Well...
02:02:48 ...you've fought your first action.
02:02:51 Does everyone
02:02:54 How do you feel?
02:02:57 Sick.
02:03:01 Well, you have to be alive
02:03:04 You asked me, I told you.
02:03:08 There's something else.
02:03:12 I feel ashamed.
02:03:18 Was that how it was for you?
02:03:23 The first time?
02:03:26 You think I could stand
02:03:31 I didn't know.
02:03:35 I told you...
02:03:38 ...I came up here to build a bridge.
02:03:44 Fagan?
02:03:49 Green, 459?
02:03:52 Sir.
02:03:54 - Hughes?
02:04:01 No comedians, please.
02:04:04 - Hughes?
02:04:07 Say sir. Officer on parade.
02:04:10 Sir!
02:04:14 Hayden?
02:04:18 Hitch?
02:04:20 Hitch, I saw you.
02:04:22 - You're alive.
02:04:26 - Answer the roll. Say sir.
02:04:29 Alright. Now get off into the sickbay
02:04:35 - Hook?
02:04:37 Stay where you are, Hook!
02:04:43 Well, we haven't done too badly.
02:04:57 Oh, my God!
02:05:45 Adendorff, why have they stopped?
02:05:49 God damn you!
02:05:53 - I want an answer!
02:05:55 Both of you! My God,
02:05:59 Your bloody egos
02:06:02 We're dead!
02:06:06 What are you waiting for?
02:06:09 Come on.
02:06:52 Those bastards!
02:06:56 They're taunting us!
02:07:01 No.
02:07:03 No. You couldn't be more wrong.
02:07:07 They're... they're saluting you.
02:07:13 They're saluting fellow braves.
02:07:18 They're saluting you.
02:08:18 Oh, my eye! Will you look!
02:08:57 In the 100 years
02:08:59 for valour and extreme courage
02:09:01 beyond that expected of a British
02:09:05 only 1,344 have been awarded.
02:09:09 11 of these were won by
02:09:12 at Rorke's Drift, Natal,
02:09:24 Frederick Schiess, Corporal,
02:09:28 William Allen, Corporal, B Company,
02:09:33 Fred Hitch, Private, B Company,
02:09:43 James Langley Dalton,
02:09:47 Army Commissariat Department.
02:09:54 612 John Williams,
02:09:58 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot.
02:10:01 716 Robert Jones,
02:10:04 593 William Jones,
02:10:08 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot.
02:10:11 Henry Hook, Private, B Company,
02:10:20 James Henry Reynolds,
02:10:33 Gonville Bromhead, Lieutenant,
02:10:35 B Company, 2nd Battalion
02:10:39 South Wales Borderers.
02:11:04 John Rouse Merriott Chard,
02:11:07 Royal Engineers,