Beneath Hill 60

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00:03:05 Dad... Dad!
00:03:10 Lieutenant Woodward.
00:03:13 I'm your new commanding officer.
00:03:17 I'm looking for Sergeant Simpson.
00:03:19 You'll need to talk to Corporal
00:03:23 I can't seem to find my way out.
00:03:28 Follow the lateral. 30 yards on,
00:03:31 It's pretty narrow but you'll make
00:03:33 You'll find a shaft. Left at the top.
00:03:35 25 yards, there's another shaft
00:03:47 Thank you.
00:04:29 Psst.
00:04:55 What's your name, sapper?
00:04:57 Tiffin, sir.
00:04:58 I heard something - just through
00:05:23 Hear that?
00:05:26 Listen.
00:05:29 You can hear 'em digging, sir.
00:05:31 There. Fritz.
00:05:33 They're gonna break through.
00:05:35 I swear to God,
00:05:37 Shh, shh!
00:05:44 That sound that you heard,
00:05:50 That's it.
00:05:53 That's your heart.
00:05:56 What?
00:05:58 Feel it.
00:06:01 You're hearing your own heartbeat.
00:06:08 Make sure you clip
00:06:11 Otherwise the bugger can be dead
00:06:33 When does your shift end?
00:06:35 Don't make me stay.
00:06:39 Please.
00:06:52 We'll put the billiard room
00:06:54 You ever play billiards, Tom?
00:06:58 Best bloody billiard players
00:07:00 - Says who?
00:07:02 Best billiard players,
00:07:04 Bullshitters?
00:07:05 Keep a lid on it, you blokes.
00:07:07 Percy, Ginger, go down
00:07:11 Righto.
00:07:12 Dug through to China by now.
00:07:14 Well, I'll bring you back
00:07:38 Who are you?
00:07:40 I'm Lieutenant Woodward.
00:07:47 Are you Fraser?
00:07:50 I'm looking for Sergeant Simpson.
00:07:52 He's dead.
00:07:57 Sapper?
00:08:01 Norm Morris, sir.
00:08:02 Except we call him 'Pull Through'
00:08:07 - Tom Dwyer, sir.
00:08:10 Answers to 'Streaky'.
00:08:14 Morris, I want you to take over
00:08:17 Where were we?
00:08:19 102 drive left.
00:08:20 102 drive left.
00:08:22 Sir.
00:08:24 Better go with him,
00:08:26 Sir.
00:08:53 Show me to the officers' dugout.
00:09:39 Sir. Sir! It's this way.
00:09:43 10 more gone.
00:09:45 Three, two...
00:09:50 Make way! Make way.
00:09:53 Walking wounded and blind.
00:09:58 Come on, move! Move!
00:10:00 Walking wounded and blind.
00:10:02 Here you go.
00:10:04 Come on, sir.
00:10:15 Stretcher bearer!
00:10:41 Forward!
00:10:47 Oh! Oh!
00:10:48 Tiffin! Hey, get up!
00:10:52 Get up.
00:10:55 Come on, son.
00:11:05 For God's sake, Australia.
00:11:07 This is an officer's dugout.
00:11:09 Woodward?
00:11:12 Bill McBride. I was wondering
00:11:16 Went to mining school together.
00:11:20 Bob Clayton, Northumberland
00:11:23 Oliver Woodward,
00:11:25 An explosive man, right, Woody?
00:11:27 Could blow up at any time.
00:11:33 How long you been here?
00:11:36 Two days. It feels like a year.
00:11:39 And if you survive a year,
00:11:48 We nearly came a-gutser.
00:11:50 A Fritz machine gunner
00:11:53 Yeah, it's Boris. It's a farm
00:11:56 They call it the Red House.
00:11:58 Solid as bloody Gibraltar.
00:11:59 Our artillery's been blasting
00:12:02 Well, a direct hit'd
00:12:06 Arggh!
00:12:11 They have their own dugouts, you
00:12:14 A bit of air will see him right.
00:12:17 You got a home, son?
00:12:22 Wollongong, sir.
00:12:24 Coal miner?
00:12:29 - Gold, right?
00:12:36 Sweetheart?
00:12:39 Wife.
00:12:45 Wife?
00:12:47 Sweetheart.
00:12:50 You got a photograph, Tiffin?
00:13:06 She's, um...
00:13:08 My mum, sir.
00:13:20 You're not even real soldiers, are
00:13:25 I mean, what in God's name
00:13:28 Tunnelling under German lines.
00:13:31 Protecting your trenches.
00:13:32 From?
00:13:34 Who didn't show up
00:13:36 and who are now attempting to do
00:13:40 Your point being?
00:13:42 That it was bad enough
00:13:44 and shot at from in front.
00:13:46 Now they're being mined
00:13:49 If the man is wounded, Woodward,
00:13:50 then for Christ's sake send him
00:13:52 If he's not, then he should be
00:13:55 Either way, he shouldn't be here.
00:13:57 If you want my opinion,
00:14:08 Good to feel wanted, eh, Tiffin?
00:14:12 Wouldn't like to think we were over
00:14:13 putting our arses on the line
00:14:16 Clayton's alright. He's just got
00:14:19 Hides it well.
00:14:21 People do.
00:14:28 Seems a shame to waste this.
00:14:34 Spot of tea, old man?
00:14:36 Oh, rather!
00:14:39 Mama!
00:14:43 It's alright, Tiffin. It's alright,
00:15:11 Hello? Is anybody home?
00:15:19 I found these two little rascals
00:15:21 They don't belong to you, do they?
00:15:23 Oliver, is that you?
00:15:26 Mrs Waddell.
00:15:28 Colin, Gordon, round the back.
00:15:29 Clean yourselves up before
00:15:32 Hey, hey, wait.
00:15:34 I was hoping I might catch Moffat.
00:15:36 Ah. Well, you're too late,
00:15:40 Light Horse?
00:15:41 Of course.
00:15:43 How was Papua? You know, we thought
00:15:47 They took one look at my head
00:15:51 Tell you something, though, Mrs
00:15:53 I could have stayed there forever.
00:15:57 Just... why don't you put the nag
00:16:00 We want to hear all your stories.
00:16:02 Come on, mate.
00:16:05 Is that you, Isabel?
00:16:08 He's a major now.
00:16:11 At school, we called him 'Captain'.
00:16:13 He was captain of everything.
00:16:15 And were there complaints?
00:16:17 - No, sir.
00:16:19 - We wouldn't dare.
00:16:21 - Woody, Woody, Woody!
00:16:23 Gordon reckons he can hold his breath
00:16:26 - Can he really?
00:16:28 One, two, three, four, five,
00:16:33 six, seven, eight, nine, ten...
00:16:37 Where's he posted now?
00:16:39 Well, we don't know. Egypt, we think.
00:16:42 ...sixteen, seventeen...
00:16:43 It'll be the engineers for you,
00:16:46 I'd hate to think I wasted my time
00:16:48 They've asked me not to join up, sir.
00:16:51 Well, it's copper for the war effort.
00:16:53 We can't get it out of the ground
00:16:55 God knows how many shells
00:16:57 34, 35...
00:16:59 No, an army needs good men,
00:17:02 ...38, 39...
00:17:04 When did you get back?
00:17:08 What are you doing now?
00:17:10 - Are you? Oh, can he, Mama?
00:17:13 And it's Mr Woodward.
00:17:14 Go and play with Gordon, little man.
00:17:17 - Come on, let's have a battle.
00:17:20 - Marjorie.
00:17:22 The answers to your questions are -
00:17:25 I'll be working at Mt Morgan mine
00:17:27 and, thank you, but I have
00:17:31 - Is this for me?
00:17:35 - They make them for kids.
00:17:37 I love it. Thank you.
00:17:42 Doesn't he look wonderful?
00:17:44 Some men are just born to be
00:17:48 It's Mr...
00:17:52 Yes.
00:17:56 May I have some tea, please, Mama?
00:17:57 Yes, if you refill the milk jug
00:18:05 And you can re-tie that ribbon,
00:18:07 Yes, Mama.
00:18:13 She's so grown-up.
00:18:15 Well, she thinks so
00:18:17 but, between you and me,
00:18:23 It's alright.
00:18:24 What now?
00:18:29 Hey, I outflanked him.
00:18:33 Actually, I believe that Colin
00:18:36 And my left flank moves forward...
00:18:38 - Mr Woodward?
00:18:40 - Do women ever go down mines?
00:18:43 Bad luck, they reckon.
00:18:46 Well, that's good
00:18:47 because I don't know that I'd like
00:18:51 It must feel awfully claustrophobic.
00:18:53 It's funny. I quite like it down
00:18:56 Really? Why?
00:18:59 Snug.
00:19:03 Hmm. Snug.
00:19:07 Marjorie!
00:19:09 - Sorry, I...
00:19:13 Yes, I just...
00:19:15 Just go and clean yourself up
00:19:20 I'm so sorry.
00:19:21 One moment she's an adult,
00:19:24 16 is a very difficult age.
00:19:34 Now, while Moffat's away,
00:19:36 - You promise me?
00:19:38 Right.
00:19:40 Mr Woodward, I hope you'll forgive
00:19:44 Of course. Think nothing of it.
00:19:49 Well, goodbye, all.
00:19:55 Oh!
00:20:01 Marjorie Waddell, did you have
00:20:04 No, no.
00:20:08 He got into the lucerne this morning
00:20:10 and suffered terrible flatulence
00:20:14 I think that's perhaps
00:20:18 So, when I arrived I loosened the
00:20:20 Must've forgotten to cinch it up.
00:20:26 Are you sure you're not injured?
00:20:28 No, I'm fine, honestly.
00:20:39 Thank you for the tea, Mrs Waddell.
00:20:41 Mr Waddell.
00:20:43 Oliver.
00:20:48 Isabel.
00:21:06 Anything?
00:21:10 There's something wrong
00:21:13 It's just making it darker.
00:21:16 It's not the candle, Pull Through.
00:21:19 Not enough oxygen for it to burn.
00:21:30 Oh, Jesus Christ!
00:21:33 Could be worse.
00:21:36 Oh, Tommo, how could it
00:21:39 Well, they could send us to Hill 60.
00:21:41 What's Hill 60?
00:21:43 Messines Ridge, just across the
00:21:47 Blokes from the 40th
00:21:49 Fritz has got the high ground.
00:21:52 Our blokes are trying to fight in
00:21:56 Trenches running like
00:22:03 That's just talk, probably.
00:22:07 Shush, you little bugger.
00:22:09 You'll get us all killed.
00:22:13 Norm...
00:22:19 Aarggh!
00:22:27 Aarggh!
00:22:29 Aaaarggh!
00:22:52 Oh, my God.
00:22:53 How'd you know it wasn't me?
00:22:56 Lucky guess.
00:22:58 Jesus Christ.
00:23:21 Is he dead?
00:23:27 Call it even, eh, Tommo?
00:23:44 Shit!
00:23:51 McBride.
00:23:54 Location?
00:23:56 Say again.
00:23:58 How many?
00:24:02 Right.
00:24:11 102 drive has been crumped.
00:24:20 Casualties?
00:24:22 Two missing - um, Morris and Dwyer.
00:24:41 How's the air?
00:24:56 If they were near the face...
00:24:59 Not a chance. Not a fucking chance
00:25:02 ...they may have found an air pocket.
00:25:04 This strata holds up sometimes.
00:25:06 We struck some in Papua.
00:25:13 It's pointless -
00:25:17 Lively, boys.
00:25:35 Steel soles.
00:25:37 German.
00:25:39 Stupid pricks.
00:25:47 Mate?
00:25:49 Mate, are you alright?
00:26:01 Help me here.
00:26:16 Aarggh!
00:26:17 It's Tommo.
00:26:46 Shh!
00:26:56 - Boys, it's Pull Through.
00:26:58 Hang on, Pull Through. We'll just...
00:27:01 Easy.
00:27:03 Can you get me out?
00:27:08 Watch out for your specs.
00:27:09 Easy. Easy.
00:27:22 Didn't think you'd get out of the
00:27:31 Morris,
00:27:39 Tommo?
00:27:42 - Tommo!
00:27:44 Tommo! Tommo's in there.
00:27:46 There's a man buried.
00:28:02 Take Morris up
00:28:05 Come on, Pull Through.
00:28:19 One arrives nearly every day -
00:28:21 no stamp, no return address,
00:28:26 But what do they mean?
00:28:28 That I'm a coward.
00:28:30 But you're not. You're staying here
00:28:32 Shush now, Marjorie.
00:28:34 Mr Woodward knows
00:28:36 So, you agree with them?
00:28:37 Well, let's just hope
00:28:40 On the contrary,
00:28:42 and I'll have a whole chicken.
00:28:44 Isabel!
00:28:52 Are you missing Papua?
00:28:59 I worry about the local workers.
00:29:01 Bougainville is just up the coast.
00:29:04 If they send the German fleet down...
00:29:05 Good Lord, man! What would
00:29:08 They've bitten off
00:29:15 Anyway, the word is the whole thing
00:29:23 Marjorie, clear away the plates now.
00:29:25 Yes, Mama.
00:29:39 Best put those back, Woody.
00:29:54 William...
00:30:00 It's Moffat.
00:30:02 Mama?
00:30:07 Take the children to their rooms,
00:30:10 Isabel, boys, come on. Now, please.
00:30:21 William, tell me.
00:30:26 It's not good news, I'm afraid.
00:30:59 Why would they send the Light Horse
00:31:05 It's just cliffs, isn't it?
00:31:09 Is it not all just cliffs?
00:31:16 I don't know, sir.
00:31:24 I don't know.
00:31:49 Marjorie.
00:31:51 You don't have to go.
00:31:57 You don't have to go to the war.
00:32:05 I just couldn't bear it.
00:32:37 The point is...
00:32:38 The point is I was kaput, finished,
00:32:43 The point, Pull Through,
00:32:45 been there in the bloody first place.
00:32:47 Still don't know
00:32:50 Maybe it really was me heart.
00:32:52 Maybe I never heard no Germans.
00:32:54 Of course you heard 'em.
00:32:55 Don't make no difference.
00:33:04 Oh, fuck, man.
00:33:07 Good on you, Streaky.
00:33:08 Courtesy of
00:33:10 - Oh, bloody generous of 'em.
00:33:13 Probably not a good idea, Corp.
00:33:32 Mmm.
00:33:34 Tiffin?
00:33:40 We was ready
00:33:43 - We wasn't.
00:33:45 Well, you was. You said.
00:33:47 Finish your letter, Walt,
00:33:49 But the Lieutenant knew about
00:33:54 And that's why we kept digging.
00:33:56 The fact is Tom Dwyer's dead because
00:34:00 Won't be the last either.
00:34:02 - He's alright, he is.
00:34:04 Then why'd he join late?
00:34:07 Does anyone want
00:34:10 I was over here, killing Germans,
00:34:12 months before
00:34:15 Evening.
00:34:17 Stay there.
00:34:19 Surprised to see you here.
00:34:22 Me hearing came back.
00:34:24 Tommy doctor checked me out, couldn't
00:34:27 Too bad.
00:34:29 - Smoke?
00:34:55 It's bad luck.
00:34:58 Bad luck lighting three smokes
00:35:01 First one, Fritz sniper sees you.
00:35:04 Second one, he gets an aim.
00:35:06 Third one, he blows
00:35:09 Well, he'd be a crack shot
00:35:14 Well, you never know
00:35:21 I'll be writing to Tom Dwyer's
00:35:24 If he had any possessions to send
00:35:30 Officer approaching! Attention!
00:35:37 - Woodward?
00:35:39 I understand you're a demolition man.
00:35:42 I'm trained in mining explosives,
00:35:45 You're aware that the Germans
00:35:47 have placed a machine gun
00:35:49 such that they can enfilade our
00:35:50 En... enfilade?
00:35:53 Fire down it lengthwise.
00:35:55 Oh, yes, sir.
00:35:56 And how much explosive charge would
00:36:00 Depends where you placed it, sir.
00:36:02 How much would you need
00:36:07 50 pounds.
00:36:09 Do we have that in the stores
00:36:12 We have it on hand, sir.
00:36:15 That'd put you about 70 foot from
00:36:18 If we drove north from there,
00:36:21 Oh, three shifts, 30 foot a day -
00:36:25 Let's have it done before sun-up,
00:36:28 Clayton, you'll have to cut
00:36:31 I'll have the artillery
00:36:33 - Sir.
00:36:47 He couldn't
00:36:49 Word is that bastard won't catch a
00:36:54 It'll mean
00:36:59 ...crossing no-man's-land,
00:37:03 I'll need two men.
00:37:09 I'll go, sir.
00:37:10 - You don't have to, Morris.
00:37:17 Sit down, Tiffin.
00:37:27 I'll go.
00:37:37 Here.
00:37:47 A bit out of
00:37:50 I heard you tunnelling chaps
00:37:52 Come up for some air, have you?
00:37:54 Actually, we've been invited
00:37:57 Apparently you blokes keep missing.
00:38:16 Set the exploder up over there.
00:38:26 Right. That's us.
00:38:29 They'll start up again at dawn.
00:38:36 You've never been over the bags
00:38:41 Christ.
00:38:46 When you get over the top,
00:38:50 If a flare goes up, freeze.
00:38:52 Don't bloody go to ground. Fritz
00:38:55 Keep one eye closed
00:38:59 then you'll see better
00:39:04 Thank you.
00:39:08 - Did your boys cut the wire?
00:39:10 Lieutenant Clayton took
00:39:13 He ain't back yet. I'll cover you.
00:39:18 Let's go.
00:40:11 Fuck!
00:40:23 It's Boris, alright.
00:40:25 He hasn't spotted us, but.
00:40:29 Right. Let's go.
00:40:56 Ready?
00:41:24 We'll have to go under.
00:41:28 There must be a cellar.
00:44:07 Corp!
00:44:14 Oh, Jesus Christ.
00:44:16 What?
00:44:21 Do you think
00:44:26 Sir, we could try again tonight.
00:44:28 They'll have found the charge
00:44:31 I think so.
00:44:33 Stay on your bloody stomach
00:44:36 and when you get close, give
00:44:39 The Tommies see any movement.
00:44:44 Oh!
00:45:06 Who's the fastest man in our company?
00:45:08 You need a runner?
00:45:10 Yes.
00:45:12 Yeah, Streaky's bloody quick.
00:45:21 Christ.
00:45:27 Is it one of our boys?
00:45:29 There's no way of knowing.
00:45:32 Poor bastard.
00:45:36 Stay here.
00:45:38 Morris will be back any minute now.
00:45:40 Wait.
00:45:41 Wait, sir!
00:45:47 Who are you?
00:45:59 Clayton?
00:46:03 Where did they get you?
00:46:05 Mary, Mary.
00:46:11 You're set now, mate. We're gonna
00:46:15 OK? Everything's OK.
00:46:18 Come on. Come on, Captain.
00:46:21 Come on.
00:46:24 Help.
00:46:42 Field dressing.
00:46:44 - Where is he injured?
00:47:12 Christ.
00:47:21 No! Wait.
00:47:31 - Bastard's got a pattern.
00:47:41 Captain.
00:48:08 Just pray they haven't broken.
00:48:30 Thank you.
00:48:36 Sir, are you wounded?
00:48:40 I don't think so.
00:49:35 - Hello, Mr Woodward.
00:49:39 How is everything at home?
00:49:42 We're coping.
00:49:59 They've formed a mining battalion.
00:50:01 It's a secret, I think.
00:50:04 They're looking for miners
00:50:07 I've joined up.
00:50:12 In a few weeks,
00:50:14 and after that, I expect
00:50:19 I see.
00:50:29 Marjorie, I'm nearly 10 years
00:50:33 You're only 16.
00:50:35 I'll be 17 in a month.
00:50:39 I signed the papers this morning.
00:50:50 I would like to ask you if I could
00:51:02 I would be happy
00:51:07 ...but if you're asking me
00:51:11 then you must first ask my father.
00:51:23 Thank you for taking
00:51:43 Come in close.
00:51:48 If they're going to put on a big
00:51:52 They're gonna hit us
00:51:54 Our left flank.
00:51:55 Whatever happens, we need
00:52:00 You convicts gonna play or what?
00:52:02 OK, lads. Kick it off.
00:52:09 Come on, Australia.
00:52:10 Let's go!
00:52:12 Get right, boys. Go right.
00:52:15 Boom, boom, out right!
00:52:17 Go, go, go, go!
00:52:19 One man down.
00:52:21 OK, mark.
00:52:23 Come on. Turn it up. Get back.
00:52:24 Come on, boys.
00:52:35 Pass it! Pass it! Get out of
00:52:38 - Get onside!
00:52:48 Scrum.
00:52:51 Come here, boys. Come on.
00:52:54 Pack it in, boys. Come in
00:52:58 It's out! It's out!
00:53:00 Push! Push out!
00:53:03 - Where's my runner?
00:53:05 - Come on, Billy!
00:53:07 I'm with you, Billy.
00:53:10 - Billy, go!
00:53:24 Victory to
00:53:26 six points to three.
00:53:29 # Parlez-vous?
00:53:30 # Mademoiselle from Armentieres,
00:53:34 # They'll do it for wine,
00:53:36 # They'll stick your finger
00:53:38 # Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous?
00:53:40 # Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres,
00:53:44 # Mademoiselle
00:53:48 # We're the boys from Townsville
00:53:51 # We're coming for you
00:53:53 # Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous?
00:53:55 # Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres,
00:54:00 # Mademoiselle
00:54:03 # She's really fat
00:54:06 - What's up, Lieutenant?
00:54:08 Well done, sir.
00:54:10 Thank you, Sergeant Fraser.
00:54:12 Hey, Sarge!
00:54:15 As you were!
00:54:30 We're moving up the line.
00:54:32 We load up at midnight.
00:54:34 How come you bastards get to leave
00:54:37 Because only real soldiers
00:54:39 get to move up the line.
00:54:42 Where we heading, sir?
00:54:44 Belgium.
00:54:46 Hill 60.
00:54:55 Better get your gear.
00:54:59 Righto, you blokes. Let's go.
00:55:07 Keep your heads down, lads.
00:55:09 I nearly forgot - a present from
00:55:14 He said to say,
00:55:16 Cheers, mate.
00:55:22 You'll be right,
00:55:25 Thanks, mate.
00:55:59 Too early for the grey hen, sir?
00:56:05 Never too early.
00:56:28 - I'm right.
00:56:30 You're just skin and bones.
00:56:32 Come on, son.
00:56:34 She'll send me another parcel
00:56:43 Decent fit.
00:56:45 My Elsa's a first-rate knitter.
00:56:47 When we get back, she'll have
00:56:51 Want to be a bit better-looking
00:57:00 Your boy's gonna make
00:57:02 Don't I know it? And he's still
00:57:07 You join up together?
00:57:11 One of them recruiting blokes
00:57:14 Gets the young fella all excited
00:57:16 and seeing the Pyramids
00:57:20 Never spent one bloody night
00:57:23 and he's quit the pits and joined up.
00:57:24 Elsa's nearly had bloody kittens,
00:57:29 Yep.
00:57:30 Well, you can't unjoin.
00:57:32 So, after Walt went to bed,
00:57:35 "I've looked after him all his life.
00:57:38 I told her if I joined up,
00:57:42 Elsa didn't know what was worse -
00:57:45 her boy going off to the war by
00:57:51 And she's been knitting like buggery
00:58:06 Douse them flaming lights!
00:58:12 Stay low! Stay low!
00:58:25 Stay here!
00:58:38 - Where's Fosse Way?
00:58:41 He said that way!
00:58:44 Or south to Hill 60?
00:58:46 Fraser! This way!
00:58:52 Let's go!
00:58:57 Keep down!
00:59:11 Come on, boys!
00:59:21 You alright, Walt?
00:59:23 Get up! Go!
00:59:32 Where are the others?
00:59:46 Sir!
00:59:50 We left the bloody kids behind.
00:59:52 Who's missing?
00:59:53 Young Sneddon, Tiffin and Bacon.
00:59:55 Walter!
00:59:56 Walt!
01:00:14 Arggh!
01:00:33 How can Fritz get to us?
01:00:36 He's got the high ground.
01:00:41 Walter!
01:00:43 Over here!
01:00:46 Oh, fuck!
01:00:47 We've missed it.
01:00:50 Sap's over to the right. About 25
01:00:58 You ready?
01:01:02 Walt, we can't stay here, mate.
01:01:13 Tell you what,
01:01:15 I'll go to the left and draw crabs.
01:01:17 Soon as you hear that MG open up,
01:01:19 Don't bloody stop
01:01:23 No.
01:01:25 I'm twice as fast as you blokes.
01:01:28 Probably make it before youse do.
01:01:33 Come on, Walt!
01:01:46 - Stay low!
01:01:48 Walt!
01:01:50 Over here, mate!
01:01:52 Come on.
01:01:54 Streaky's still out there!
01:01:59 Billy!
01:02:00 Billy Bacon!
01:02:05 Streaky!
01:02:10 Did they get home?!
01:02:13 They're home!
01:02:17 - Streaky!
01:02:20 Run!
01:02:21 - Billy!
01:02:23 - Billy!
01:02:26 Come on, Streaky!
01:02:28 - Run, Billy!
01:02:32 Arggh!
01:02:45 Stretcher!
01:02:47 Stretcher bearers!
01:03:33 Streaky?
01:04:01 Oh, this is God's
01:04:17 Grab his disc and pay book.
01:04:19 We'll bury him in the morning.
01:04:36 Come on, Frank.
01:04:44 Gas masks on now!
01:05:06 Captain Woodward.
01:05:08 1st Australian Tunnellers.
01:05:11 - McBride!
01:05:14 Where you been?
01:05:22 Hell of a place, eh?
01:05:27 Your men can bunk down in there.
01:05:30 Stow your kits.
01:05:33 Couple of hours?
01:05:35 Gee, sir. They'll turn soft on you.
01:05:37 Come on!
01:05:50 Have you seen the tunnels?
01:05:52 You've got a big surprise
01:05:58 Come on.
01:05:59 Officers' dugout's down this way.
01:06:02 I might just bunk down here
01:06:15 Wetter in here
01:06:17 More rats than in frickin'
01:06:20 At least they're Belgian
01:06:23 Change is as good as a holiday.
01:06:27 Keep your gas bags
01:06:35 At least we're back underground.
01:06:42 And we'll be staying underground.
01:06:46 One way or another.
01:06:47 What's that supposed to mean?
01:06:50 This is how it goes from now on.
01:06:53 We'll be dodging shells and shrapnel
01:06:55 and out of the blue,
01:06:58 like poor old Streaky.
01:07:01 And it's no game of skill
01:07:04 Get eaten by rats,
01:07:07 or buried alive
01:07:22 Well, that cheered us all up.
01:07:47 Mr Waddell.
01:07:50 Oliver.
01:07:54 When do you set off?
01:07:56 About three weeks.
01:08:01 Right, well... you'd better come in,
01:08:04 Actually...
01:08:05 ...I'd like to ask you something.
01:08:13 I would like your permission to write
01:08:18 And...
01:08:20 ...I'd like to spend some time with
01:08:28 - I know.
01:08:30 Oh.
01:08:31 - Emma.
01:08:34 I'm gonna take my walk now,
01:08:37 Your walk?
01:08:41 Aye.
01:08:42 If you'd care to come?
01:08:48 Oh... of course.
01:08:58 They've never taken
01:09:13 When I get back...
01:09:15 ...I'll take you walking every day.
01:09:59 Ja.
01:10:58 Can't see it.
01:11:04 Keep going.
01:11:05 Mate, can I have a bo-peep?
01:11:07 - Yeah, help yourself.
01:11:11 Hey, Pull Through.
01:11:21 Is that it?
01:11:22 What were you expecting, Morris?
01:11:26 I was expecting something bigger
01:11:43 So, why 'Berlin Sap'?
01:11:45 It goes so deep
01:11:47 they reckon it almost reaches Berlin.
01:11:49 It's just mud and slurry.
01:11:52 Yeah, the blue clay's
01:11:54 This whole area is below sea level.
01:11:59 Keeping the water out
01:12:02 Was?
01:12:03 Now it's ours.
01:12:15 We're 90 feet down now.
01:12:17 Right below German lines.
01:12:19 Hill 60 is directly above us.
01:12:21 Eh, eh, eh? Shh-shh. Shh.
01:12:27 The blue clay of Flanders.
01:12:35 Beautiful.
01:12:37 Major North, 3rd Canadian Tunnellers.
01:12:40 Fritz has set up in the swim sand.
01:12:42 He can't get at us. Oh, no, no, no.
01:12:48 If you will.
01:12:54 53,000 pounds of
01:12:58 8,000 pounds of guncotton.
01:13:02 I've never seen
01:13:04 No, nobody has. Nobody.
01:13:09 500 feet down there
01:13:12 That one's 70,000 pounds.
01:13:16 There's 21 of them.
01:13:17 We've undermined the whole
01:13:21 nearly a million pounds of ammonal.
01:13:32 Mm-hm?
01:13:34 You know, when this thing blows,
01:13:36 it'll be the biggest explosion
01:13:47 Each mine has detonators and leads
01:13:50 Mm-hm.
01:13:52 All we have to do
01:13:54 and keep it secret from Fritz.
01:13:56 No, no, no. No. Fritz has got no
01:14:04 He thinks we're digging wells.
01:14:08 Well, this'll finish the war.
01:14:11 End it altogether.
01:14:13 Think of that, huh?
01:14:17 When do they plan to detonate?
01:14:31 They're pulling me out.
01:14:35 It's up to you now.
01:14:41 It's all up to you.
01:14:58 Poor bugger.
01:15:01 Yeah, he sleeps down here.
01:15:03 He hasn't been to the surface
01:15:09 So, when are they gonna blow them?
01:15:11 No-one knows.
01:15:13 - Could be months away.
01:15:15 Well, I'm a miner not a general...
01:15:19 ...but I reckon it's simple
01:15:21 If we blow the mines now,
01:15:25 But if they think
01:15:28 they will stack those trenches
01:15:33 And kill thousands.
01:15:34 Time it right,
01:15:37 tens of thousands.
01:16:00 Nein.
01:16:16 Ja.
01:16:28 Jim, check every prop and every stay,
01:16:30 starting here, all the way
01:16:33 - Take Walter and Ginger.
01:16:36 - I'll do the same for Caterpillar.
01:16:39 Pull Through, there are
01:16:43 - Take Percy.
01:16:45 Fraser, you check the water line.
01:16:49 I want to know the depth
01:16:51 I want to know
01:16:53 I want to know at exactly what depth
01:16:58 - Take Tiffin with you.
01:17:01 Come on, Tiffin.
01:17:17 To the left.
01:17:20 Yep, yep, yep. That's another.
01:17:26 Come out!
01:19:50 Nah. No, you're alright.
01:20:07 Bit bloody close.
01:20:10 Sniper shell, by the size of it.
01:20:12 Would have made a mess
01:20:14 Saw one bloke hit by one of them -
01:20:19 Only his smile left.
01:20:29 How old are you?
01:20:33 16.
01:20:36 When they found out,
01:20:38 Keep me away from the horrors of war.
01:20:47 Stretcher bearers!
01:20:52 Over here.
01:20:56 Stretcher bearer!
01:21:00 Alright, come on. Let's go.
01:21:09 It's like trying to stop the tide
01:21:19 Top level's mostly sand.
01:21:23 Water seeps down,
01:21:26 Where it finds a tunnel,
01:21:29 We have 60 blokes manning the pumps
01:21:32 just to keep the water level down.
01:21:34 If we lose even a few of those men,
01:21:36 bloody mines'll be useless.
01:22:21 Where did they get this lot?
01:22:24 The sappers are getting it
01:22:29 All the forests have been cut down
01:22:34 That's oak.
01:22:38 Me dad's a carpenter.
01:22:41 After the war, I'm gonna
01:22:44 Get out of them bloody pits.
01:22:50 More 'an likely, it came from
01:22:53 Church?
01:22:55 Cathedral. Ypres Cathedral.
01:23:00 Probably.
01:23:13 - That's the lowest point in the sap.
01:23:16 What if we sink a shaft
01:23:19 and get the water out that way?
01:23:21 Canadians have tried it.
01:23:23 The whole middle section is unstable.
01:23:25 Shaft walls collapse
01:23:29 Besides, 90 feet vertical
01:23:41 We've got electricity
01:23:43 We propose sinking a shaft
01:23:46 down to a gallery
01:23:49 - Install electric pumps.
01:23:59 Rutledge?
01:24:04 This is over 90 feet deep.
01:24:05 I shouldn't have thought an electric
01:24:08 The new ones will, sir.
01:24:10 And this shaft
01:24:12 This is not a new idea, sir.
01:24:13 It's impossible to go through the wet
01:24:17 Have you been down there, Colonel?
01:24:21 Alright. That will be all.
01:24:25 Thank you, sir, and I apologise
01:24:33 General, our plans differ
01:24:36 - How?
01:24:39 We build the shaft head
01:24:43 We construct galleries large enough
01:24:46 and hide the blue clay.
01:24:47 Captain Woodward, 20 feet down
01:24:50 will put you right in the middle
01:24:53 You are wrong, Colonel!
01:24:55 It would set us just above
01:25:02 We'll use steel sections
01:25:05 and stop the walls collapsing.
01:25:06 We use jacks from the roof
01:25:08 to force the steel sections
01:25:10 And how many months or years
01:25:15 - Rough estimate?
01:25:21 Three weeks, give or take.
01:25:33 Go, go, go!
01:25:47 Go! Keep going.
01:25:50 Aarggh!
01:25:52 Run! Run, boys, keep going.
01:26:00 Aarggh!
01:26:28 One more.
01:26:31 Yep.
01:26:38 Shh. Shh.
01:27:17 We're nearly there.
01:27:19 Bucket it out. Get those jacks back
01:27:21 Have that steel section
01:27:23 Drive it further into the clay.
01:27:55 It's going, sir.
01:28:07 Not exactly gushing.
01:28:15 What's happening, Tiffin?
01:28:18 I don't know, sir.
01:28:19 It seems to be working.
01:28:23 No idea. It's working at that end.
01:28:31 Ridiculous.
01:28:38 Must be too much pressure.
01:28:43 I'm sure we...
01:28:46 Full report by the morning.
01:29:00 Yes!
01:29:24 - What if the pump fails?
01:29:31 Off the shaft head,
01:29:34 and two diversion tunnels.
01:29:35 - What diversion tunnels?
01:29:37 There's no need.
01:29:39 - It's no trouble.
01:29:47 There's more activity
01:29:51 I think Fritz is coming at us again.
01:29:53 That means it's working.
01:29:55 He's been quiet for four minutes.
01:29:59 I reckon he could be ready to blow.
01:30:01 Let them.
01:30:03 Is it just the two of you down there?
01:30:05 - Just me, sir.
01:30:06 He's up getting me a billy of tea.
01:30:09 What? He abandoned his post?
01:30:11 - No, he just...
01:30:14 Why aren't you at your post?
01:30:15 - As I said, I think Fritz...
01:30:22 Sir, the listeners have permission...
01:30:23 I know the orders, Captain!
01:30:27 Get back down there.
01:30:32 If you see Walt, you tell him...
01:30:43 Sir...
01:30:48 My dad likes a cup of tea
01:30:55 Jim.
01:30:58 Jim!
01:31:02 Dad!
01:31:07 Dad!
01:31:10 Dad!
01:31:13 Jim!
01:31:18 Dad!
01:31:24 Daddy, can you hear me? Dad!
01:31:37 Restore, establish and strengthen you
01:31:43 Amen.
01:32:43 Sir?
01:32:49 I've been wanting to give you this...
01:32:53 ...for that girl of yours, sir.
01:32:55 I made it from that wood you liked...
01:32:59 ...from the cathedral.
01:33:04 It's beautiful.
01:33:24 This box was made
01:33:27 by a nice young chap named Frank
01:33:30 I'm sure you'll get to meet him
01:33:32 and thank him for his handiwork.
01:35:30 - What is it?
01:35:33 15 degrees, about 20ft forward,
01:35:46 Nothing.
01:36:07 An attack tunnel?
01:36:09 No, it's different.
01:36:14 - I think it's some kind of shaft.
01:36:22 No. Can't be.
01:37:00 Come on!
01:37:23 Come on!
01:37:47 Du, nach oben.
01:38:43 Woodward? Woodward?
01:38:46 Woodward!
01:38:48 Captain Woodward, get up!
01:38:57 We're firing the mines Thursday
01:39:01 That's in 36 hours.
01:39:03 You'll be firing the Hill 60
01:39:05 McBride, you'll have
01:39:09 Sir.
01:39:10 There'll be 21 blasts in all.
01:39:12 Yours will be the final two
01:39:15 It's critical to the entire operation
01:39:17 that each mine goes off
01:39:23 Yes, sir.
01:39:26 Firing orders.
01:39:31 Attention.
01:40:10 You were on listening duty?
01:40:12 All quiet, sir,
01:40:16 - Rats?
01:40:19 Probably rats mating, sir,
01:40:24 Why do you say that?
01:40:26 They were kind of regular squeaks,
01:40:32 Where?
01:40:35 Lower listening post, Berlin Sap.
01:40:52 Windlass.
01:40:57 It's a shaft.
01:41:00 Right here.
01:41:04 That's right on top of the mine
01:41:06 We've been counting the squeaks
01:41:08 - I've calculated the depth...
01:41:10 63 feet, sir.
01:41:12 We blow in 10 hours.
01:41:17 When do you predict they'd hit the
01:41:19 At their current rate of progress,
01:41:23 I hold you personally responsible.
01:41:29 Do what you have to do, Woodward.
01:41:36 - We're driving an attack tunnel.
01:41:39 Lower Berlin Sap listening post
01:41:42 - That's just above the mine.
01:41:46 That's suicidal.
01:41:48 That's an order, Sergeant.
01:41:53 Let's go.
01:41:54 Come on, let's go!
01:43:00 They're 10 feet forward, 15 feet up.
01:43:04 Morris.
01:43:09 Resistance is good.
01:43:12 Check it again.
01:43:15 Were the leads reconnected
01:43:18 Mm-hm.
01:43:27 29 minutes.
01:43:33 I'm going back down.
01:43:42 Clear, please.
01:43:43 Out of the way!
01:44:03 Some tea coming.
01:44:44 On three.
01:44:45 One...
01:44:47 ...two...
01:44:48 ...three.
01:45:00 They're almost on top of us.
01:45:02 I've gotta set the charge.
01:45:04 No. That'll set off the main mine.
01:45:07 Wait till they're a few feet away.
01:45:09 Then use the camouflet.
01:45:11 A few feet?
01:45:16 Another four feet forward.
01:45:18 There's no time.
01:45:23 Four feet forward, Fraser.
01:45:25 Then set the charge.
01:45:59 Set the charge.
01:46:03 Finish the backing, boys.
01:46:42 They did it.
01:46:48 Guess what, Mutter?
01:46:49 I'm coming home.
01:46:51 Voomp!
01:46:55 Splat!
01:46:58 Go easy, boys.
01:46:59 Load up. Let's get out of here.
01:47:03 Nein, nein! Schnell! Schnell!
01:47:05 Fritz will be landing
01:47:20 - All clear below?
01:47:22 The German shaft has been crumped.
01:47:24 All circuits are complete.
01:47:36 Five minutes!
01:47:38 Five minutes!
01:47:41 Five minutes! Five minutes!
01:47:46 Five minutes!
01:48:15 This is our great occasion.
01:48:20 - Yes, sir.
01:48:24 Good luck.
01:48:36 Four minutes to go.
01:48:38 - Did it easy.
01:48:43 Man buried!
01:48:46 - Who is it?
01:48:48 Fuck.
01:48:50 Go! Go!
01:48:57 Tiffin!
01:48:59 Tiffin!
01:49:02 Sarge?
01:49:06 It's gonna take
01:49:09 I'll get them to hold the mine.
01:49:31 Well, what do we do?
01:49:35 Tiffin!
01:49:38 Just go.
01:49:40 No point in all of us dying.
01:49:49 Fraser will get them to stop!
01:49:53 We'll come back when we know!
01:49:59 Righto!
01:50:05 'Bye, Tiffin!
01:50:08 Come on, Walt! Come on!
01:50:13 Cheerio, lads.
01:50:16 One minute!
01:50:25 Out of the way, please! Move!
01:50:27 Fuckin' move!
01:50:28 Fix bayonets!
01:50:30 Out of the way! Move!
01:50:32 Out of the way! Make way!
01:50:35 Out of the fuckin' way!
01:50:39 20 seconds!
01:50:50 Out of the way! Move! Out of the way!
01:50:52 - Out of the fuckin' way!
01:50:58 Tiffin's still in there.
01:50:59 - What happened?
01:51:05 Sir, please.
01:51:06 10 seconds!
01:51:10 - He's still alive.
01:51:12 Eight!
01:51:13 We'd have him out in a few minutes.
01:51:15 Seven!
01:51:16 Six!
01:51:18 Five!
01:51:20 Four!
01:51:22 Three!
01:51:23 Woodward!
01:51:25 For Christ's sake! It's
01:51:28 Fire!
01:52:44 That's your heart.
01:52:47 Feel it?
01:52:50 You're hearing your own heartbeat.
01:53:20 Woodward.
01:53:25 Woody, are you alright?
01:53:32 I'm fine.
01:53:35 I'll be out shortly.
01:54:00 You right?