Battle of Britain
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- Year:
- 1969
- 132 min
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Who the hell
is he trying to kid?
Hello? Hello, Abbeville?
What? But if you cannot
place them, advise Paris.
I'm at my winds end,
but carry on.
Reinforcements, sir?
Why don't you cut out
the clowning?
- Me, sir? What have I done?
- Don't ever let me see you...
doing a victory roll
over my airfield again.
the civilians.
For God's sake, Jamie,
give your brain a chance.
Corporal,
refuel them immediately!
Yes, sir.
So anyway, he hit me
and made me nose bleed...
Corporal, I don't mean
with your blood.
I gave him a couple of socks...
And re-arm them.
Yes, sir!
Hello, Harvey. Where's Jumbo?
Posted missing last night.
You acting C.O.?
Oh, yeah. Of what?
Five serviceable aircraft.
No spares. No contact.
First we knew the bastards
would overrun us...
was when we tried to land.
But yes, I hear you very well.
Eh? What?
Are you sure?
They are at Sedan?
For the benefit
of the uneducated among us...
I shall translate.
Archam can't believe
that Sedan's fallen. I can.
It's no use. They'll be here
in half an hour.
We must leave immediately.
Yes, let's get
the hell out of it.
Where to, sir?
Why don't you follow me
and find out? Come on, idiots.
After you.
Unless they've got there
before us.
Get that buzzard out of here!
We'll go with what we've got!
All right.
Forget your kit. Let's move.
Get all the transport you can
and get the men out of here.
All N.C.O. S report to me
immediately!
You know what to do
with the lame ducks?
Yes, sir.
Bombs away.
All the yanks, over here!
Load 'em up!
Over the wing.
Flood the cowling.
Plenty of it.
Right! Stand clear!
Into the trucks!
Come on!
We haven't got all day!
"To the permanent
Secretary of State for air...
"Sir, I have the honor to refer
to the very serious calls...
"which have recently been
made upon fighter command...
"in an attempt to stem
the German invasion...
"of the continent.
"I hope and believe that our
armies may yet be victorious...
"in France and Belgium...
"but we have to face
the possibility...
"that they may be defeated.
In this case...
I presume that there is no one
who would deny...
"that England
should fight on...
"even though the remainder
of the continent of Europe...
"is dominated by the Germans.
"I must therefore request...
"That not one more fighter
be sent across the channel.
"If the home defense
is drained away...
"in desperate attempts to remedy
the situation in France...
"defeat in France will involve
the final, complete...
"and irremediable defeat
of this country.
"I have the honor to be, sir...
"your obedient servant,
H.C.T. Dowding."
Air Chief Marshal Dowding, sir.
You do realize, Dowding,
the position this puts us in?
I realize that the French have
been promised this squadron.
By Churchill personally.
He's given the French
prime minister his word.
You do appreciate, Dowding...
that Churchill
will have to see this?
That's why I wrote it.
This is the BBC home service.
Here is the news.
In the House of Commons
this afternoon...
the prime minister,
Mr. Churchill, said...
"What General de Gaulle called
The battle of Britain
is about to begin."
Eyes right!
I welcome you in the name of
the Second Luftwaffe, General.
Thank you, thank you,
Kesselring.
- My dear Fink.
- General.
Everything all right?
We are ready, General.
We can start.
Very well, gentlemen,
then forward.
Attention!
Eyes right!
Call out the guard!
Call out the guard!
Attention!
If I have to inspect
one more bomber...
I won't recommend you for
a Field Marshal, Kesselring.
Please, may I finish
the inspection?
Certainly.
Sir.
Pleasant return journey.
The English are not ordained
by fate to be our enemies.
You heard it yourself,
Jeschonnek.
This time he's wrong.
They are completely
finished... done for.
We'll never have a chance
like this again.
Absolute nonsense!
Nonsense, do you call it?
It's a pure catastrophe.
Herr Baron von Richter.
The Fuehrer
will speak to you now.
My dear Max!
How lovely to see you
back in Switzerland so soon.
I came straight from Berlin
an hour ago.
The ambassador
will see you now, sir.
Thank you. Excuse me, please.
Sir David,
I'm again instructed...
to emphasize that
the Fuehrer wishes...
England is not
our natural enemy...
and he offers guarantees
for the British empire...
if you give Germany
a free hand in Europe.
Goering and his Luftwaffe
would like to flatten London...
as a prelude to invasion.
It's two lumps you take,
isn't it?
What's left of your army...
abandoned its weapons
at Dunkirk.
You're defenseless
and just playing for time.
We know of the moves
you're making in Washington.
We know the Americans
won't be drawn in.
Their embassy in London
gives you two weeks.
So what's stopping you?
Look, David. The Fuehrer
is being very reasonable.
He offers guarantees.
Experience shows the Fuehrer's
guarantees guarantee nothing.
What about Churchill?
After our last appeal,
what do we hear?
"We will fight them
on the beaches."
With what?
Winston gets
carried away sometimes.
With liquid courage.
That's what they tell me.
Clearly, you don't know him.
David, we are not
asking for anything.
Europe is ours.
We can walk into Britain
whenever we like.
If you think
we're going to gamble...
on Herr Hitler's guarantees,
you're making a grave mistake.
All those years in England seem
to have left you none the wiser.
We're not easily frightened.
Also, we know how hard it is for
an army to cross the channel.
The last little corporal
to try it came a cropper.
So don't threaten
or dictate to us...
until you're
marching up Whitehall!
And even then we won't listen.
Heil Hitler.
It's unforgivable.
I lost my temper.
The maddening thing
is that he's right.
We're not ready.
We're on our own.
We've been playing for time.
And it's running out.
Silly b*tch!
He's calling you
names again, Harold.
I spent half a week settling her
and the kids in the country...
and now,
"I'm bored," she says!
One of your elite
trying to land without wheels.
Boomps-a-daisy.
It's enough to make you weep.
And welcome home, sir.
Undercarriage lever
a bit sticky, was it, sir?
Yes, as a matter of fact,
it was.
Well, I wouldn't tell the C.O.
That, sir, not if I were you.
You can teach...
monkeys to fly
better than that!
I'm terribly sorry
about that, sir.
- It won't happen again.
- Keep your jacket on, boy.
How many hours have you done
in spits, Simon?
On spits, sir? 101/2.
We'll make it eleven before
Jerry has you for breakfast.
in one easy lesson.
Attack, attack, attack...
This is Rabbit Leader.
Are you receiving me?
Hello, Rabbit Leader.
Red-3 on 3.
Receiving you loud and clear.
Right. I'll try
and get on your tail...
and I want you to take
evasive action. Understood?
Hello, Rabbit Leader.
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