The Gathering Storm

WINSTON, ALL THESE YEARS I'VE PUT UP WITH 584 00:31:46,072 --> 00:31:49,175 THE MISERIES OF POLITICAL LIFE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU 585 00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:51,310 AND SOMEHOW I SURVIVED. 586 00:31:51,343 --> 00:31:54,246 BUT TO HAVE YOU HERE ALL THE TIME IN RETIREMENT, 587 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,516 BAD TEMPERED, GETTING IN EVERYBODY'S WAY. 588 00:31:57,549 --> 00:32:02,254 THAT IS SOMETHING I JUST COULD NOT SURVIVE. 589 00:32:02,288 --> 00:32:04,656 ( chuckling ) 590 00:32:09,295 --> 00:32:11,363 YOU'RE GETTING PRETTY GOOD AT THIS, WINSTON. 591 00:32:11,397 --> 00:32:14,333 90 BRICKS AN HOUR, ISN'T THAT RIGHT, HARRY ? 592 00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:16,702 NEARER TO 60, I SHOULD SAY, SIR. 593 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:18,004 OH, VERY WELL, VERY WELL. 594 00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:19,705 BETWEEN 60 AND 90. 595 00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:22,874 I'VE BECOME A MEMBER 596 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:27,813 OF THE AMALGAMATED UNION OF BUILDING WORKERS. 597 00:32:27,846 --> 00:32:29,215 FULLY PAID UP. 598 00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:30,749 VERY GOOD. 599 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:36,188 THIS MATERIAL YOU'RE FEEDING ME ABOUT THE GERMAN AIR FORCE. 600 00:32:36,222 --> 00:32:39,391 IT'S TOO GENERALIZED. 601 00:32:39,425 --> 00:32:41,994 FACTS AND FIGURES, THAT'S WHAT I NEED. 602 00:32:42,028 --> 00:32:43,929 NOT EASY, THAT STUFF DOESN'T COME IN MY DIRECTION. 603 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:46,098 SO, HOW DO I GET HOLD OF IT ? 604 00:32:46,132 --> 00:32:46,898 TO BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. 605 00:32:46,932 --> 00:32:48,334 IT'S TOP SECRET, EYES ONLY. 606 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:49,735 GOES STRAIGHT TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE. 607 00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:51,137 SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO. 608 00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:53,505 I GOT THRASHED AGAIN IN THE HOUSE LAST WEEK. 609 00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:56,275 I NEED MUSCLE, DESMOND. 610 00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:59,278 I NEED TO FIGHT BACK. 611 00:33:00,212 --> 00:33:02,214 ( knocking ) 612 00:33:02,248 --> 00:33:04,383 COME IN. 613 00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:07,686 AH, RALPH, I THOUGHT YOU LEFT AGES AGO. 614 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:09,555 WELL, I'VE BEEN READING THIS. 615 00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:10,856 DRINK ? 616 00:33:10,889 --> 00:33:12,391 YES. 617 00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:13,725 IT'S A REPORT FROM BERLIN. 618 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:16,128 HITLER'S CABINET HAS APPROVED A NEW LAW. 619 00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:20,166 IT MEANS, IN EFFECT, THE COMPULSORY STERILIZATION 620 00:33:20,199 --> 00:33:23,035 OF ALL THOSE SUFFERING FROM HEREDITARY ILLNESSES 621 00:33:23,069 --> 00:33:25,337 WHICH ARE DEEMED AND I QUOTE, 622 00:33:25,371 --> 00:33:27,939 TO AFFECT THE HEALTH OF THE NATION. 623 00:33:27,973 --> 00:33:30,676 RACIAL PURITY, THIS... 624 00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:34,680 THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 625 00:33:36,882 --> 00:33:38,684 I'LL HAVE A WORD WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. 626 00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:40,819 MUCH GOOD THAT'LL DO, HE'LL JUST SAY 627 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:43,922 IT'S GERMAN DOMESTIC POLICY AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US. 628 00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:45,857 WHICH IS TRUE. 629 00:33:45,891 --> 00:33:48,560 IN ALL HONESTY, RALPH, THERE'S VERY LITTLE I CAN DO, 630 00:33:48,594 --> 00:33:49,761 IF ANYTHING. 631 00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:52,564 YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND, MAY THINK OTHERWISE. 632 00:34:00,739 --> 00:34:01,973 HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANY OF THIS 633 00:34:02,007 --> 00:34:03,575 TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT ? 634 00:34:03,609 --> 00:34:05,244 I'VE TRIED. 635 00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:07,846 I'VE SENT BRIEFING NOTES TO MR. BALDWIN 636 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,348 AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE CABINET. 637 00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:10,582 HAVE YOU HAD ANY REACTION ? 638 00:34:10,616 --> 00:34:13,119 NOBODY PAYS ANY ATTENTION. 639 00:34:13,152 --> 00:34:15,954 HITLER'S WAR MACHINE'S GETTING MORE POWERFUL EVERY DAY 640 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:18,390 AND THE BRITISH PUBLIC'S BEING DELIBERATELY MISINFORMED. 641 00:34:18,424 --> 00:34:22,328 OR AT LEAST DELIBERATELY KEPT IN THE DARK. 642 00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:27,633 I'VE MADE A SUMMARY OF THE FIGURES ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT 643 00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,868 COMPARING OUR MILITARY STRENGTH WITH THAT OF GERMANY. 644 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:32,871 ON THE NEXT PAGE ARE MY OWN FIGURES, 645 00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:35,040 WHICH ARE MUCH NEARER THE TRUTH. 646 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:37,943 GERMANY WILL SOON BE STRONG ENOUGH 647 00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:39,611 TO WAGE AN AGGRESSIVE WAR. 648 00:34:39,645 --> 00:34:41,880 WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE THEY INTEND TO DO. 649 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:45,050 YOUR FIGURES ARE VERY PRECISE. 650 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:48,387 MUCH MORE SO THAN THE INFORMATION I HAVE. 651 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:52,624 PRESUMABLY YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER REPORTS, OTHER STATISTICS ? 652 00:34:52,658 --> 00:34:55,527 ALL