Desperate Journey Page #7

Oh, ho.

- Kaethe. How nice to see you.

Hello, Kaethe.

- So you did get here safely?

- Yes. How's the doctor?

- Is he all right?

- Fine.

- Your plan worked perfectly.

- Good.

Should have come with us.

- Where's my father?

Outside making

telephone arrangements for us.

- He's great.

- He's always glad to do anything.

So here I have nice, hot coffee for you.

Who is this woman? This man?

You mean, you...

They're not your parents?

I've never seen them before in my life.

Who are you? What's your name?

- My name is...

Where's my father and my mother?

What has become of them?

The same that will...

Speak English. Where are they?

Where you all very soon will be.

In a concentration camp.

I was phoning my superior

at the local police office.

You'll never see England again.

See who that is, quick.

It's the police.

- Police?

They're all around.

- Any side doors or windows?

None that they can't cover.

- The roof. We can escape over the roof.

- That's it. Come on.

Quick, untie her. Hurry up.

- Where are the Englishmen?

- Ran up to the roof.

Forwards!

- To the roof.

Quick. After them.

- Can you make it?

- I'll try.

All right.

All right. Come on, Kirk.

Kirk. Come on, jump.

Come on, jump.

Kirk.

Come on, jump.

Halt!

Secret State Police, group Muenster!

- Major Baumeister.

- At your command, major.

Where are the Englishmen?

- In number 37. Our men are there.

- Good. You stay here.

At your command.

- Hey. That looks like...

- Yeah. The iron fist.

Don't let them get away. After them.

We must get these guys.

- Kaethe. Where are you going?

- I must leave you here.

Back up the car. First turn to the left.

- What'll happen to you?

- People I know will hide me.

No, you come with us.

- With any luck, we'll reach England.

- No, I must stay here.

And warn those who worked with my father

what happened to him.

- Help carry on the work.

- But you've done your share and more.

No one's share will be done

till the war is over.

There will be other men,

from prison camps...

...the concentration camps,

the conquered countries.

It's our job, the job of the underground

to return them to the fight.

We must all do our work before

we can go back to doing what we like.

- Strange, that's what Jed said.

- Go now. That way.

Take the first road to the left.

It leads to the highway to the Dutch border.

Get to Berghofen. Find Herr Van Paalt.

He will help you.

And when you are across the Channel,

tell the people in England...

...that there are people like us

left in Germany...

...still living, still hoping, still fighting.

It would be nice to know that they know.

We'll tell them.

Till we meet again.

Goodbye.

Till we meet again.

Goodbye, Kaethe. Thanks.

Car in sight. Barriers down.

- Password.

- Staff our for General von Schlegel.

Are in a hurry.

Can pass. Barriers up.

- We got away with that.

- What did you tell him?

Told him we're a staff car for

General von Schlegel, whoever he is.

Barriers down.

Did a staff car with soldiers pass here?

Yes, major.

About four or five minutes ago.

The occupants were Englishmen.

Have you got motorcycle riders here?

Yes, major. Motorcycle riders.

Quick. Follow that car.

- Hey, Johnny?

Yeah.

Do you see what I see?

First time in my life I wished

I was being tailed by speed cops.

Getting close. Can you get more speed

out of this crate?

She's doing all she can now.

Hang on, fellows.

We're going cross-country.

Looks like we lost them.

They're heading us off.

So now.

- What are you doing?

- An old Yankee bootlegger trick.

Let the fellows lie there.

Come on, let's go.

Clear the road.

Drive quicker. It will be your fault

if these guys escape us.

There is a telephone.

- Jump off and phone ahead.

- At your command.

Slower.

Telephone connection.

Connect the telephone. Official business.

Yes, sir. Right away.

Hurry up.

Your connection.

Give me post number 14, urgent.

Yes. At your command.

I understand.

It will be done immediately.

Attention. Out. Build up barricades.

Block the street. Let nobody pass.

Attention. Here.

What are you doing there?

Get in the truck.

Block the road.

The rest follow me to the wagon, here.

Lend a hand! Quickly!

Clear the wheels! Fill the gap!

Put the wagon here in this gap!

Take the boxes down.

- Have we lost them?

I think so.

No, look.

Slow down.

Keep at a distance.

- They just seem to be tailing us.

- Don't like the look of it.

Give it full gas.

Hang it all.

You oaf. Couldn't you get through?

Let me out of here.

Hey, if this is what I think it is...

It is.

Well, this is the first time I ever ran out

of gas with a couple of guys.

- Did you see that? Gas.

- He's turned off.

Well, what are we waiting for?

What's that?

Hey, that's one of our aircraft.

To the right. To the right.

Stop over there

and give a hand here. Help them, will you?

This is the biggest bomb I've ever seen.

It's like the giant Goliath.

lt'll blow out the

Battersea Waterworks into a thousand bits.

There is no doubt about it.

Watch out.

Be careful. Watch out. Be careful.

Stop! That's fine.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Hey.

Did I hear him say Battersea Waterworks?

You did. We've gotta stop them

before they got started.

Sure. We'll walk out and say,

"We need your gasoline for a car we stole."

When that plane leaves...

...it'll be followed by a mass flight

of bombers loaded with incendiaries.

They've been trying to knock off

the Battersea Waterworks for two years.

We're steamed up because one plane

with one egg will lead the parade.

An English plane, able to come over so low,

it can't miss.

Suppose Japs had an American bomber...

...and dropped a 2-ton bomb

on the Boulder Dam power plant?

That'd cut off juice from half the

West Coast. But the waterworks...

Supplies half the water

for the fires of London.

- Why, the...

- Shh.

- lf I only had a pistol.

- Huh. How about a tank?

A pistol would do.

I could put a slug in that bomb...

...before those Krauts

knew what was going on.

We'll get a chance to do something

if they break for lunch.

- Why wait? There's only twelve of them.

- Listen.

Wait here.

Schneider. Here is the flight order.

- Have the motors been checked?

- Yes, captain.

Back up the car.

- How is the weather forecast?

- Pretty good.

Put the dogs on the trail.

There were three soldiers here.

Detachment, follow me.

Attention. About face. Forward.

- The field must be smoothed out yet?

- Yes, sir.

- We can start with that in half an hour.

- Yes.

Let the motors warm up.

- Any luck?

- Yeah. Quite a bit. Come over here.

Crew arrived, checked the ship over.

They're getting ready to leave at sunset.

- Where's the luck in that?

- Pilot wants the field smoothed off.

Unteroffizier said he'd get the mechanics,

have it cleared in half an hour.

- Leaving the plane unguarded?

- Unguarded enough.

- Supper in England.

- Supper in London.

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