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stumbles and falls.

All right, what would you do: kill him

at once or would you wait till he got up?

Three.

What do you got there, you?

- It's some candy...

- Some candy... Two!

- This is from my wed...

- Shut up! Nobody asked you!

One!

Ready personnel - this way!

- And you, how old are you?

- 20 next month... - Huh!

Ten times ten?

Go ahead:
right, left, right, left...

Get in line!

And - left, right, left, right, left...

In step...

Squad, left, right, ...

Squad... squad... halt!

Right... face!

Now we'll begin the exercises.

Lower arms!

The rifle you have is fully automatic,

you hear? Its operation is simple,

even the world's silliest

moron can understand.

All you need is one forefinger. You

have one. Everybody has one!

Raise your forefingers!

Now bend them very slowly at first.

It has to remain flexible for that reason.

You must exercise it every day.

Improve its operation.

By flexing that forefinger. Start by

moving slow... And then faster! Faster!

Faster! Faster!

Faster, faster!

Squad, halt.

Now, did you get that?

To the firing range!

Faster! Faster, faster!

Take your firing positions.

Faster.

At the order to open fire

start shooting at the wooden figures.

Are you ready?

Ready... Aim... Fire!

And now we'll have camouflage drill.

Camouflage number 3!

Shrubbery... up!

Faster!

Camouflage number 4!

Down on the ground, you're a flock of sheep!

Get lower! Crawl, sheep, crawl!

Sheepie, nice, sheepie, crawl!

Sheepie-sheepie-sheepie-sheepie-sheepie...

Sheepie-sheepie-sheepie-sheepie-sheepie...

Good... Good. And now flock... as you were!

Flock, halt!

Camouflage... skip to number 6!

Merge six up! Same as number 3.

Shrubbery, except you're trees now.

- Camouflage number 7!

- Jack! Jack!

Casualties!

Camouflage number... 1!

Stand up!

Rifles up!

Get... up!

He's dead...

Attention!

Hey you! Everybody out!

To the air raid shelter!

Everybody to the air raid shelter!

- I am not going down now!

- You obey like everyone else!

No, I am in my home here.

I am staying here.

I said everybody has to obey

even if he doesn't like it.

- We'll kick the door open if you don't.

- Kick my door down, eh? That's right!

What the devil's this world

coming to, anyway?

You can't die anymore.

No right to die where we want.

Listen, may you try to be sensible?

You should be more sensible at your age.

- Get out! - Look, I've just paid off my house,

my final installment was paid last month...

- You're coming out!

- And it took 30 years to pay off...

All right, I'd be out in a minute.

You keep my front door, you there.

I'm coming.

Maria!?

Maria!

Oh, I am sorry. You look like

someone who is dear to me, and...

It's quite all right.

You there!

- Take the old man to the shelter.

- They can't get into my house, to break in!

They've tried!

I've got my own home, sir!

Take him away.

Search every house

on both sides of the street.

- So only force counts these days?

- There is nothing I can do about it.

Here, give me your suitcase.

You let me go and I'll give you a lighter!

- It works well!

- I am sorry, I've got to do my duty.

Yeah, I've heard that before, son.

- Were you born in the South?

- No, out West.

- What, out West? So was I! Wouldn't you

let me go? - I can't do it, I'm sorry!

Open the door!

You can't come in!

Not through an air raid!

Come on!

Hurry up, will you?

Hey, open up, open, arm's caught!

We can't open during an air raid,

it's impossible, we can't do it!

But a man's arm is caught!

Hey, open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Will you please open this door?!

- Open the door!

- Stay there, stay!

Now that you're in, you're gonna

have to stay until it's all over.

You caught my arm, I have

to go, I'm on a duty!

You'd better wait until they

finish dropping their bombs.

You'll go then. The nurse will take care

of your arm in the meantime.

Hey, you there, soldier...

Those bombs that they're dropping...

Are any of them atomic bombs?

What's that?

Of course not!

According to the agreements the

atomic bomb has been outlawed!

At the last United Nations meeting everyone

agreed the bomb would never be used, so...

This way... This way.

You too, old man. This way.

I'm sorry.

- John!

- Oh, John, John, what a surprise!

- And Maria?

- John! - Maria!

- Everything all right?

- Oh yes, thank you!

- John... And Jack, where is my Jack?

- In the barracks. He stayed.

How's he feeling?

How are they treating him?

Well... well, as a soldier.

How else, Auntie?

- And how does he look in uniform, John?

- We've all been given nice uniforms, I...

I thought he'd be with you all

the time so you'd look after him.

I'm on a mission, it's what

you'd call an inspection tour.

And... say, why is that, that you

all here, in this bomb shelter?

And whose child is this?

We were together when the raid

started so we came here.

And it's a very good shelter,

with all comforts.

I think we'd better sit down,

or we'll lose our places.

Hello there, little fellow. How are you?

Oh, look at that nose, will you?

- What's your name?

- John, tell me!

- Tell me, John!

- Jack's dead, Maria.

I don't understand anything anymore.

It's horrible... Auntie was so worried.

I cared, because she was worried, and also

because I thought we'd see each other.

I had a feeling...

- John... You won't ever leave again,

I need you. - I must obey.

We always have to obey some kind

of order, why must we do it?

- We don't, John.

- Yes, we do.

- You don't have to, John.

- I don't know anymore.

I'm going to take him off your hands.

- He must be fed.

- A mother of three and waiting for a fourth.

- It's due soon too, isn't it?

- That's right, the poor thing would be

a whole lot better off

if he weren't born at all.

Yes, with this war and everything -

it's true. Much too true.

I'm afraid it is.

I know...

No, that woman is wrong.

Maria...

Your attention, please!

Your attention, please.

In a few moments the President of

the Republic will address the nation.

This is everyone's war, you all know this.

Our common aim, and I'm sure you agree,

is to win this war as fast as we can,

to spend all energy,

to bring about a complete,

a total victory over our brutal enemy.

The decision which I have taken is a means

of squashing the merciless criminals

who would drop the atomic

bomb on our land.

If we do not act fast, in less

than a single minute,

our aspiration towards progress

and prosperity will become a dead letter.

And this we simply cannot allow.

- John, what you said is true, isn't it?

- It's true, Auntie. It's true.

It is a radical decision which shall meet

with the approval of the entire nation.

Can't you tune that thing properly?

We are absolutely certain,

we are absolutely convinced

you will hail the choice we have made.

You are the nation. The time has come for all

of you to share your responsibilities as a nation.

If we do not win,

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