Ethel & Ernest

441 00:30:49,655 --> 00:30:53,092 <i>♪ Underneath the spreading chestnut tree</i> 442 00:30:53,226 --> 00:30:56,321 <i>♪ Mr Chamberlain said to me</i> 443 00:30:56,462 --> 00:30:59,523 <i>♪ If you want your gas mask fitted free</i> 444 00:30:59,665 --> 00:31:03,158 <i>♪ Join the blinking ARP</i> 445 00:31:06,139 --> 00:31:08,973 Read this booklet until you know by heart what it contains. 446 00:31:09,108 --> 00:31:10,132 Ohh! 447 00:31:10,276 --> 00:31:12,472 I wish I had a proper gas mask carrier. 448 00:31:12,578 --> 00:31:15,639 Not a soppy old cardboard box and string. 449 00:31:15,782 --> 00:31:18,251 It's not fair! 450 00:31:18,351 --> 00:31:19,979 Oh, dear, Ernest. 451 00:31:20,119 --> 00:31:22,088 Ernest, can you hear me? 452 00:31:22,188 --> 00:31:23,952 - No. - I can. 453 00:31:24,090 --> 00:31:26,286 Be quiet, son. 454 00:31:27,493 --> 00:31:31,954 Can you beat it? IRA bombs in London, Manchester and Birmingham. 455 00:31:32,098 --> 00:31:35,330 - When will it end? - Oh, those Irish. 456 00:31:35,468 --> 00:31:38,927 They're just like the blessed Arabs and Jews. Always at it. 457 00:31:39,071 --> 00:31:42,269 Don't forget the Serbs and Croats. They're just as bad. 458 00:31:42,375 --> 00:31:44,367 Then there's the Hindus and the Moslems. 459 00:31:44,510 --> 00:31:49,210 Why can't they all just be like us and live in peace? 460 00:31:50,349 --> 00:31:52,614 <i>We interrupt this broadcast</i> 461 00:31:52,785 --> 00:31:56,381 <i>with an announcement from the Prime Minister in London.</i> 462 00:31:58,090 --> 00:32:03,529 <i>I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street.</i> 463 00:32:03,629 --> 00:32:05,598 <i>♪ Underneath the spreading chestnut tree</i> 464 00:32:05,731 --> 00:32:07,495 Shush. It's the Prime Minister. 465 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,760 <i>- … the British Ambassador… ♪ Mr Chamberlain said to me</i> 466 00:32:09,836 --> 00:32:10,836 Shush, dear. 467 00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:14,600 <i>… handed the German Government a final note…</i> 468 00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:19,576 <i>stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock,</i> 469 00:32:20,446 --> 00:32:25,612 <i>that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland…</i> 470 00:32:25,751 --> 00:32:28,915 <i>a state of war would exist between us.</i> 471 00:32:30,923 --> 00:32:36,328 <i>I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received…</i> 472 00:32:37,230 --> 00:32:42,828 <i>and that consequently, this country is at war with Germany.</i> 473 00:32:46,038 --> 00:32:47,768 Blimey, duck. 474 00:32:47,940 --> 00:32:49,738 This is it. 475 00:32:51,077 --> 00:32:52,943 Mum? 476 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:25,803 <i>The Government announced today</i> 477 00:33:25,978 --> 00:33:28,675 <i>that one and a half million children are to be evacuated.</i> 478 00:33:28,814 --> 00:33:30,806 <i>Children living in big cities and towns…</i> 479 00:33:30,983 --> 00:33:34,920 - No. No, they're not taking ours away. 480 00:33:35,054 --> 00:33:38,183 - Course they are. - No, they're not! 481 00:33:38,291 --> 00:33:40,317 Over my dead body! 482 00:33:40,459 --> 00:33:43,190 It'll be over <i>his</i> dead body, then! Is that what you want? 483 00:33:43,296 --> 00:33:44,320 No, Ernest. 484 00:33:44,463 --> 00:33:47,228 Well, that's exactly what will happen. He's got to go. 485 00:33:49,502 --> 00:33:53,303 Oh, sorry, darling. Come on. 486 00:33:53,439 --> 00:33:56,034 - Don't cry. - My little baby. 487 00:33:56,142 --> 00:33:57,735 Don't cry, love. 488 00:33:57,910 --> 00:34:00,675 I know, I know. 489 00:34:24,103 --> 00:34:26,629 You be a good boy, now, Raymond. 490 00:34:28,541 --> 00:34:30,669 Come on, then. 491 00:34:30,776 --> 00:34:32,745 Up you go, son, that's it. 492 00:34:35,348 --> 00:34:36,873 Bye, son. 493 00:34:37,049 --> 00:34:41,282 - We'll send you some things in the post. - Stand clear now. 494 00:34:41,387 --> 00:34:43,083 I know, I know. 495 00:34:58,771 --> 00:35:00,535 Bye, son. 496 00:35:13,386 --> 00:35:15,378 He's gone. 497 00:35:15,521 --> 00:35:17,922 He's gone. 498 00:35:18,090 --> 00:35:21,925 Don't cry, darling. He'll be safe down the country. 499 00:35:23,429 --> 00:35:26,422 He's only five. 500 00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:53,322 Ernest! 501 00:35:53,426 --> 00:35:56,191 Ernest, it must be from Raymond. 502 00:35:56,328 --> 00:35:57,660 Yes. Yes. 503 00:35:57,797 --> 00:36:03,964 "Dear Mum and Dad. Aunty Flo and Aunty Betty are very nice ladies." 504 00:36:04,136 --> 00:36:08,073 Oh, look, he's done some drawings, too. 505 00:36:08,207 --> 00:36:11,473 "I sleep on a camp bed in Aunty Flo's bedroom." 506 00:36:11,610 --> 00:36:14,239 Oh, poor little mite. 507 00:36:15,081 --> 00:36:19,485 "I get the milk in a can. It is not in bottles, because it is cows." 508 00:36:19,...