Dunkirk Page #10

Got the best men

in the right jobs.

You think we made a start,

with old Churchill, I mean?

Yes. Yes,

I think we've made a start.

We found the trouble.

What was it?

A rope around the prop.

It must've stopped her

with a jerk

and then jumped the gears.

We can't do anything about it

in the dark,

but Mr. Holden says there'll be

plenty of time in the morning.

The tide won't be

in for hours.

That's right,

it won't.

Will I try it?

Might as well.

We're lucky.

Give it a swing.

[ENGINE REVS]

We've done it.

You'll need to go easy,

though.

There's a three-inch crack

in the casing.

Will she run?

We'll try her

when the tide's in.

[ALL CHATTERING]

[HARMONICA PLAYS TUNE]

[MEN CHEERING]

Church parade?

Yeah, Sunday morning.

Sunday?

Yes, of course,

I should've known.

I'm glad I came,

Frankie, very glad.

[MEN CHATTERING]

Our Father...

ALL:

Our Father...

PRIEST:

Who art in heaven...

ALL:

Who art in heaven...

PRIEST:

Hallowed be thy name.

ALL:

Hallowed be thy name.

PRIEST:

Thy kingdom come...

ALL:

Thy kingdom come...

PRIEST:

They will be done...

ALL:

They will be done...

PRIEST:

On earth as it is in heaven.

ALL:

On earth as it is in heaven.

PRIEST:
Give us this day

our daily bread...

ALL:
Give us this day

our daily bread...

PRIEST:

Forgive us our trespasses...

ALL:

Forgive us our trespasses...

PRIEST:
As we forgive them

that trespass against us.

ALL:
As we forgive them

that trespass against us.

PRIEST:

Lead us not into temptation...

ALL:

Lead us not into temptation...

PRIEST:

But deliver us from evil.

ALL:

But deliver us from evil.

PRIEST:

For thine is the kingdom...

ALL:

For thine is the kingdom...

PRIEST:

The power and the glory..

[FIGHTER PLANE WHINING]

He's a civvy.

Must be a Frenchman.

No, he's not.

He's Mr. Foreman.

Are you hurt bad, Mr. Foreman?

Oh, my back!

[GROANS]

Get to the boat, Frankie.

Tell Mr. Holden....

Stretcher bearers!

Stretcher bearers!

MAN:

Stretcher bearers!

Stretcher bearers!

Get to the boat, Frankie.

Tell Holden...

Tell my wife...

We'll get you away with us.

I don't think so.

[WHIMPERING]

Is he a civvy?

What's the difference?

Well, it won't be long now.

Where's the corporal?

You'd better tell him

to get his men together.

[WATER SPLASHING]

What's the matter,

Frankie?

[WHIMPERING]

Frankie, what's the matter?

Where's Mr. Foreman?

He's dead, Mr. Holden.

He's dead.

He's dead all right.

That last Stuka got him.

We were at church parade.

He said you were

to tell his wife, Mr. Holden.

Poor Diana.

Oh, God.

We had to leave him,

Mr. Holden.

We had to.

You'd better get

your men together, corporal.

How many of them are there?

Seven altogether.

No. No, only six now.

I'll take 12. We can't carry

more than that on a long trip.

Get the anchor in, Frankie.

I want six of you,

six and no more.

Six.

Sorry, that's the lot.

[MEN SHOUTING]

All right, lads.

Shove the bows round.

Jump aboard, lads.

Jump aboard, Frankie.

[ENGINE STOPS]

It had to happen.

Must be the gears again.

Let's have a go anyway.

What do we do now?

Here, what's

that town over there?

Calais, must be.

Well, we're drifting

into it fast.

It's the tide.

The tide's taking us in.

Well, so long as

it's dry land.

Don't be a mug!

Jerry's got Calais.

He's had it for a week now.

How's it going,

Mr. Holden?

It's not.

It's okay, lads.

Here comes the ruddy Navy.

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OFFICER:
Small boat bearing

green 2-0, sir.

Very good.

Small boat, bearing green

2-0, sir.

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[PEOPLE CHEERING]

England, I don't believe it.

You wouldn't, would you,

you moaning bleeder.

We're home, Tubby.

Yeah.

I never thought

we'd make it.

We wouldn't have made

the beaches

if it hadn't been for you.

All right, soldiers,

come on, keep moving.

Get up on the pier.

They'll give you tea

and something to eat

in the fish sheds.

Keep moving, soldiers.

All right, soldiers,

keep moving.

Soldiers.

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NARRATOR:

This was Dunkirk.

Over a third

of a million men

were lifted from the mole

and the beaches.

But for others,

there was no escape.

Some thousands, mainly the sick

and the wounded,

were held in the captivity

that was to last

five long years.

Many remained,

never to return.

Those that were saved

straggling ashore,

dazed and resentful

found, almost

to their astonishment,

a new reality

waiting for them.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Dunkirk was a great defeat

and a great miracle.

It proved,

if it proved anything,

that we were alone,

but undivided.

No longer were there

fighting men and civilians.

There were only people.

And nation

had been made whole.

[FOOTSTEPS MARCHING]

SERGEANT MAJOR:

Parade, halt!

Parade will retire.

Left, turn!

Order!

Come on, come on,

smarter than that! Wake up!

Slope, arms!

Order, arms!

Stand at ease!

All right. Look, from the way

you're going on,

anyone might think

we just won a war.

But you may as well know it

we came darn near

losing one!

You got a long way

to go yet.

And the quicker you get

going, the better!

Parade, shun!

Parade will advance!

About turn!

Slope, arms!

Parade will move to the right

in threes!

Right turn!

By the left, quick march!

Left, right,

left, right, left!

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