1 www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2014. (BOTH MIMIC PLANE ENGINE / MACHINE-GUN FIRE) Bandits at 2 o'clock. Throttle. Dive! (BOTH MIMIC PLANE ENGINE / MACHINE-GUN FIRE) Spell it right, Rafe. Rudder is spelt with two Ds. Thanks, old man. Sure. Hey, whoa! Bandits! (MIMICS MACHINE-GUN FIRE) Crack shootin', Danny. Crack shootin', Rafe. Land of the free. Home of the brave. (BOTH MIMIC MACHINE-GUN FIRE) Great flying, Dad! Come on. I'll teach you how to fly. I'll get in the front. No. You take the back. I'm bigger so I'm in front. I'm older and I'm teachin'. Wow. It's like we're really flyin'. I did it a lot. Man the guns. I'll give it throttle. We gotta get them German bandits. (BOTH MIMIC MACHINE-GUN FIRE) (BANG!) Oh, gosh! Rafe! Hang on! Make it stop, Rafe! I see my dad. Don't worry! Rafe! Oh, my gosh! we're flying! We're flying! (GASPS) Wow... My dad's gonna kill me. Come on. Yes! Wuh-hoo! We flew! We flew! Yes! I'm a pilot! I know! Yeah! You no can't, boy! Hey! I done told you! You spend time with this stupid boy, he can't read, you won't amount to nothin'. He ain't stupid, Daddy! Daddy... Ugh! Come on! Get on back home. Now! (SOBS) You got a lot of work to do! Come on! Come on! Get on home! Argh! Let him alone! Daddy, no! I will bust you open, you dirty German! What did you call me? I fought the Germans in France. And I fought 'em in the trenches. And I pray to God nobody has to see the things I saw. You're my best friend. Daddy, wait! Daddy, wait! 'Adolf Hitler builds the German military machine and drags all of Europe into war.' 'But even while France falls to Hitler, America still refuses to join the fighting.' Where's McCawley and Walker? Still training, sir. All right, Danny, I'll show 'em how to fly. We'll play chicken. This ain't the farm. I'm not playin' chicken. Don't worry. I'm not doin' it, Rafe. I'm coming right at you. You can turn or hit me. What the...? Oh, boy. Why are you always bustin' my ass, Rafe? Which way? I-I guess I'll go right. No, I'll go left. OK, we'll go left, right? "Er, right, right?" Left or right?! Now I'm all mixed up. Make up your mind! Rafe, we're goin' right! Wuh-hoo! (ALL CHEER) (SHOUTS) Those are some smooth aces. Did you say somethin'? Cos let me tell ya. Those farm boys are grounded. Yes, sir. An entirely unacceptable use of m-m-m-military aircraft, sir. Get my hat. Sir. Get those hedgehoppers in Doolittle's office. After two years of training you believe a $45,000 aeroplane is there for your amusement? No, sir. I was just trying to keep my edge. When you did the outside loop last week, what was that? Honing skills? It's not training. It's a stunt. I consider it to be reckless and irresponsible. Major... How is that when you're the first man to ever do it? Don't get cute, son. No, sir. I don't mean to be disrespectful. I just... Well, it is reckless and irresponsible if you're doin' it to be a show-off, but I was doin' it to try and inspire the men, sir, the way you've inspired me. The French have a word for when they honour their leaders. Homage, sir. What? An homage ` That's bullshit, McCawley! (WHINES) But it's... very, very good bullshit. Thank you, sir. McCawley, you remind me of myself 15 years ago, which is why we need to discuss this. Have a seat, son. The British have accepted you into the Eagle Squadron. You're on your way to England tomorrow, if you still wanna go. (SIGHS) Wow. A few British pilots stand between Hitler and total victory in Europe. They need all the help they can get. Yes, sir. I'm on my way. I'm supposed to ask you to reconsider. Sir? Sooner or later we'll be in this war whether we like it or not and I'm gonna need all of my best pilots. So it's my duty to ask you to stay. Major, what would you do? If it was me,... ..I'd go. Am I goin' bald right back here? Whoo! Man, I am one good-lookin' son of a bitch. Don't you ever die. Die. That's exactly the concept you gotta work tonight. Put a drop of this clove oil under your eyes and you let them sting and well up. Get your nurse alone, take a breath, let her see your eyes glisten and say, "Baby, they're training me for war." "And I don't know what'll happen." "But if I die tomorrow, I want to know we lived all we could tonight." Guys, we got nurses waitin'. Before the rest of his hair falls out. How could you do this? Doolittle assigned me. He wanted me to get some real combat training in. Well, guess what. It's not trainin' over there, it's war. There aren't any winners. Just guys who turn into wrecks like my father. I understand. But I got a duty to go. Don't preach to me about duty. I wear the same uniform you do. If trouble wants me, I'm ready for it. But why go lookin' for it? God, Danny, come on. I'm gonna be 25. I might as well be an old man. They'll have me as a flight instructor. I don't wanna teach loops and rolls. I wanna be a combat fighter. Come on! Nurses can't d-d-d-d-dance by themselves! Let's go. (PARPING) If duty means seeing 150 men in underwear, we are here to serve. I can't believe it. Saturday night in New York city. Do you know what they're doing where I come from? Cow tipping. (ALL LAUGH) That's why you joined the Navy. To see the world. May I remind you, Barbara, we're Navy nurses not tourists. I joined to do my duty and to meet guys. (ALL LAUGH) Me too. We'll have so much fun in the city. Tell them the story, Evelyn. Come on. Tell us. It's such a long story. We got time. I saw it happen. Well, it was about four weeks ago. What is b-b-b-b-b-better? All in the one cheek or spreading 'em out? OK. Fusco, Anthony. (SQUELCH!) Ugh... Are you all right, buddy? Sweetie, do you really have to do this? I'm not gonna get yellow fever in my barracks. No? If you'd rather, she can do it. (WINCES) (Oh...) Oh, oh, just give me a minute. Honey, the government says, "Stick 'em", we stick 'em. Hey, Red, you all right? Eye exam number four. Listen, Doc, I have passed a dozen checks. Write it, they won't let me fly. Sorry, son. I'm gonna fail. They're gonna take my wings away. No, they won't. Just relax. Read the bottom line. Rafe, the bottom line. I'm right behind you. "J L M K P O E T X." Thank you. Next. Ma'am. "J L M K P O E T X." Eyes like an eagle, ma'am. Slow down, fly boy. Instead of the bottom read the top. Both lines. "C." Sorry. "J." (CLEARS THROAT) "C W..." Er... "Q ` " Er... Er... "Q." Read the bottom line again, please. But right to left and every other letter. "E..." (SIGHS) "X..." ("X E.") "X E." "X E." Ma'am, I know how this looks. I'm sorry, I really am but Army and Navy require 20-20 vision. Oh, I... It's not a problem with my eyes. I can hit a runnin' rabbit with a three dollar pistol. I got a problem with letters. Maybe after schooling you can come back. No, I had schoolin'. The teachers just never knew what to make of it. It's just letters. I mix 'em up sometimes. I get 'em backwards. Look. My math and spatial reasoning, and verbal scores are excellent. You barely passed the written exam. He did pass. My turn? Wait your turn. Yes, ma'am. Ma'am, I'm never gonna be an English teacher. But I know why I'm here. To be a pilot. You don't dogfight with manuals or fly with gauges. It's feeling and letting that plane become you. That manual says a guy who reads slow can't be a good pilot. That file says I'm the best pilot here. Ma'am,... please. Don't take my wings. I felt so bad. Evelyn, rotate to station three. 'I had no choice.' I passed him. (ALL LAUGH) 'So then this cocky pilot comes back.' Say, fella, are you enlisted? Yeah. "Yeah"? Boy, you're talking to an officer. Sorry, sir. Give me that file. Yes, sir. Parade, rest. Yes, sir. Ma'am, I didn't get a chance to thank you. Drop your skivvies. Oh. OK. Just like this? That's fine. 'He did have a very cute butt.' You didn't have to pass me but you did. I didn't think you'd understand. You did ` You haven't said, "Thank you". Thank you. You're welcome. Why'd you do it? I'm, I'm just curious. You're like my hero now. Actually, my father was a pilot. I've seen what happens when a pilot loses his wings. You know what? Your father's my hero too. In fact, as an officer, I think it'd be my duty to take my new hero's daughter out tonight ` Argh! Gosh, did I poke too deep? (GROANS) I think you hit the bone there. (ALL WOMEN LAUGH) You are so mean. (SIGHS) So, is there any chance that you might, kinda, sorta, like me? How did you guess? (They never taught us how to deal with this... feeling.) Wh-What feelin'? (Well, it's kind of like... this.) Ow! Well, he was getting fresh so I poked him again. (ALL LAUGH) All right, Romeo, I wanna get this over with. Hold on a second. Miss, I really, really lick you ` (ALL GASP) What did he mean? Like you. I didn't mean to say that. And I just wanna ask you, please, if I can donate dinner. 'He started to act very strange.' Or, well,... buy you dinner. This isn't your chart. Whoa. No, that's the, er, this little fellow's over here. Have you already had this shot? Yeah, well, once already. I wanna... I mean, can I ask you out? No. (DROWSILY) All right... And he just went, "Wham!" Ugh! Ugh... Oh! What did you do? (ALL LAUGH) Poor guy. Hey! Hey. Oh, my God. Are you OK? Er, yeah. I'm fine. I feel great. This is just a standard, precautionary... thing. Look, I got some, er,... genuine French champagne... ..from France. Maybe we could celebrate. Celebrate what? Oh, I don't know. Er, you bein' my hero for one. OK. Why not? So, er... I wanted to thank you. And I just wanted to, er... Put your mind at ease about passing me. Because I really do think you did this country a service. I am a great flier. And, if you have a fault, which you obviously don't, it's modesty(!) No. If I have a fault, it's candour. You are just so ` The cork just got away from me. (GASPS) (LAUGHS) God... It hurts. It hurts something fierce. (LAUGHS) Oh, I'm sorry. Argh... It's bleeding. Agh... Oh.... Ugh... Lay still. I ruined everything. Lay still. Oh, it hurts. Argh! It's cold. It'll stop the bleeding. I can't breathe. Lay still. You are so beautiful it hurts. It's your nose that hurts. I... think it's my heart. 'And then I kissed him.' It's the most romantic story I ever heard. It's been the most romantic four weeks and two days of my life. I'm so jealous. (ALL GIGGLE) Hello, Lieutenant. It's good to see you. You too, Lieutenant. Pick a hand. It's beautiful. What's in your other hand? Mine. It took me six hours to fold these. (LAUGHS) Oh! I want you to meet my friends. Rafe, this is Martha, Barbara, Sandra ` Hi. I'm Betty. Hi. Would you happen to have any friends? Take your pick. Hi. (JIVE MUSIC) If we ever get into this war and something happens to me, I can't tell you how good it makes me feel to know that someone as sweet as you will be there to nurse me back to health. Good. But we're not in the war yet. OK, that was a bad line. Hi. (LAUGHS) I'm Red. Red... (PROLONGED STUTTER) ..strange. Your last name's Strange? She's all yours, Soldier. No, it's Winkle. (LAUGHS) Red is such a ladies' man. Do you always stutter? Only when I'm...(PROLONGED STUTTER) She's totally buying it. Nervous? Yeah. Why can't I get somethin' like that? Hello. Hi. Danny seems kind of shy around the girls. It's not that he's shy. He's just... ..a little unsure of himself, you know. His old man used to run him down a lot. Get him in a plane, he's sure of himself. He's like my brother, he's like my best friend. My right hand. Which, at the moment, is a long way south of my waist. Oh, I'm sorry. I lost a little altitude. I guess you did. Excuse me. You and me, we gotta talk. So the rumour is the Navy's shipping us to Pearl Harbor. Well, it won't be so bad. It's about as far from the fighting as you can get. Get a suntan. Maybe the army will post you guys there too. You are a super special woman. And... And, well, well, they're, they're training me to be a big, bad warrior. And... Whoa. You never know what might happen tomorrow... Or any day after that, you know? So... God... We need to make tonight super special. Why are you crying? I guess it's the thought that I might not get to see you again. Dry your eyes, toots. Tonight you're mine. I don't wanna be with the crowd. I just wanna be alone with you. How does New York harbor by moonlight sound? Oh! (LAUGHS) Are you being a bad influence? Of course I'm a bad influence. We can commandeer this vessel cos we're officers of the US government. Not for long. When will we take a trip on a boat like that? Would you like that? We'll be dressing for cocktails and walking to the grand salon. And no-one's talking about war, they're just dancing to Cole Porter. I'll have to get a tux. Yeah. (LAUGHS) Come on. There you go. All aboard. You're out of your mind. Yeah. Careful now. Sit down. Let's see here. OK... There we go. You see, this is as close as I can get you to your ship. So at least I tried, right? Actually, you know what? This is better. Yeah, it is. (God, you're pretty.) What's gonna become of us all, Rafe? Well,... ..the future's not exactly in our hands, is it? No, I guess you're right. (SCREAMS) Whoa...! Oh, my God. Are you all right? Yeah. You? That was not part of the date. Watch your step. Oh, thank you. (LAUGHS) Evelyn! Guys, come up! Come on! Come on! 321! I've gotta tell you something. You've got no secrets from me, I've seen your medical chart(!) It can't be good or it wouldn't be so hard to say. Yeah... I gotta go away. We're all going away. Yeah. But I'm goin' to the war. Tomorrow. I'm flyin' with the Eagle Squadron. It's an outfit the British started for American pilots. I don't understand. You're in the US Army. How could they order you to go? They didn't order me. I volunteered. (SIGHS) I passed you. I let you through. And now you've volunteered for the most dangerous place you can go? It's not your responsibility. It's not your choice. Flying's the only thing I ever wanted to do. Everything in my life has led me to this point. Meeting you. I love you. (SIGHS) I love you so much. (Let's go inside.) Wait a minute. Wait. I can't do this. It's just not right. I'm sorry. It's just... You see, I can't do this. I can. I want to. I'm not trying to be noble. I'm not saying I know what would happen. I need to stop talkin'. I just don't want it to be like everybody else. I don't want you to have anything about tonight that you'll regret. It's been the most incredible night of my life. I don't wanna ruin that. (SIGHS) Oh, you couldn't ruin it. If I only had one more night to live, I'd wanna spend it with you. You see, that's what I wanna come home to. That's what I want to have to think about and dream about. I wanna know that the best part of my life's still ahead of me. Look, don't, erm... Could you... ..not come see me off? Saying goodbye to you once is hard enough. (Here.) (Take this.) Do you think it looks good on me? (SIGHS) I will come back. I thought you said you told her not to come? I did. Why look for her? It's my test. If I tell her not to come and she comes anyway, I know she loves me. All aboard...! Track 57! (SIGHS) If, er, anything happens to me, I want you to be the one to tell her, all right? You just make sure and come back for the both of us. See you when I get back. (Yeah.) Good huntin', Rafe. (VOICE MUTED) Evelyn! Evelyn! Evelyn! Evelyn! Evelyn! Hey! She loves me. Or you work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. You might only drive short distances to work each day. You might not drive your car to work at all. You might park securely at work. Or these days, everybody travels to you. Maybe you only do school runs. Or you work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. At Youi, we get that everyone's not the same, so we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. Call: Or go to youi.co.nz today. 1 'The Luftwaffe relentlessly bombards downtown London,... 'while Churchill's Royal Air Force is in a deadly struggle to maintain control of the British skies.' This is a real mess. Lieutenant McCawley reporting for duty, sir. Good. We'll get you settled into your quarters and then introduce you to the crate you'll be flying. If y'all are getting bullet holes here, maybe we oughta skip the housekeeping and get me into an aeroplane. Two didn't come back. We counted only 11. Are all Yanks quite as anxious to get themselves killed as you? Not anxious to die, sir, just anxious to matter. Please, be seated, gentlemen. I'm afraid I'm in a bad mood. Churchill and Stalin are asking me what I'm asking you. How long is America going to pretend the world is not at war? We've increased food and oil supply shipments to them ` What they really need are tanks, planes, bullets, bombs and men to fight. But our people think Hitler and his Nazi thugs are Europe's problem. We have to do more. Send the Brits and Russians more of our ships and weapons. And cannibalise the Pacific fleet? What choice do we have? We're building refrigerators while our enemies build bombs. (JAPANESE) This is so exciting. There about 100 ships on Pearl. How many sailors per ship? There's more on a battleship than a sub. But say, about 2000. Then there's fliers, marines, the base personnel. I'm still working on sailors. I think the odds are in your favour. Like, 4,000 to 1. Paradise. (WHISTLING) See you on the beach, boys! We're in Hawaii! Look. It says right here, "Never ride waves among rocks or submerged pilings." See? You should never do that. How will you know they're submerged if they're submerged? Gooz, what in the hell are you doin'? Tryin' to fix his surf board. He takes chunks off his nose on the rocks. This is my new invention. The Gooz cruise fin. I'm gonna be a rich fella. Every surf board will need one. You need a broom. Check out these new recruits. Hi. Aloha. Y'all pilots? We're working on it. There's a lot of switches and stuff. (LAUGHS) Pride of the Pacific. Who are you? The Terrors of the Skies. Welcome, ladies. (ALL) Hi. I have to deal with this guy's sunburnt fanny before I can show you round. (ENGINE RATTLES) '"Dear Evelyn, it's different than I thought it would be here."' '"It's cold."' '"So cold that it goes deep into your bones."' '"There is one place I can go to find warmth."' '"And that is to think of you."' '"I just wish I could be back there with you."' '"It's not easy making friends."' '"Two days ago I had a beer with a couple of the RAF pilots."' '"Yesterday both of them got killed."' '"Dear Rafe, I miss you so much."' '"It's so strange to be half a world away from you."' I'm right on his tail! Got one! '"Every night I look at the sunset and try to draw the last ounce of heat from its long day and send it from my heart to yours."' Family? A girl, sir. The girl. A lot of people frown on the Yanks for not being in this war yet. I'd just like to say, if there are any more back home like you, God help anyone who goes to war with America. (DONG!) Atten hut! Attention on deck! Admiral Kimmel, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, on deck. Sharp presentation, Captain. Thank you, Admiral Kimmel. For four months, Washington's blown smoke about the threat from Japan. We could lose our fighting edge. I won't let that happen. With your permission, Captain. Admiral, urgent from Washington. I have to keep this fleet battle ready to take on the Japanese. Now they want me to transfer another 12 destroyers to the Atlantic. They feel Europe is the greater danger, Admiral. Do these risk assessments include Hawaii? Pearl Harbor is too shallow for an aerial torpedo attack. Our only worry is sabotage so we bunched our planes together to make protection easier. Distance is our ally. You analysts got it all figured out, don't ya. The smart enemy hits you exactly where you think you're safe. (JAPANESE) (AIR-RAID SIREN) I fixed the hydraulics and electrics, sir, but the oil hoses need attention. Crank it, Ian. Godspeed you, sir. Red section, take the bombers. Blue section, watch for fighters. Bombers dead ahead. Let's give them a reception. Red-2, follow my lead, high side. Go right at the lead bomber. Following you, Red-1. Good hit! Good hit! Red-1 coming around for the kill. I have the middle bomber. Hammer down. We got him. Nice shot, Red-2. I got two enemies dead ahead. I'm on him. I'm on his tail. Hammer down! I got one of 'em! I got another one! Red-1, you've got fighters all over you! I'm under fire! Red-1, get outta there! Pull up! Pull up! Argh! Argh! I got an oil leak. Argh...! I can't see a damn thing! I can't bail! My canopy's stuck! I can't bail out! He's on my tail, Red-2! I'm hit! I'm hit! Mayday! Mayday! Oh, my God. I'm no good at church. What do you mean? Whenever I'm up there getting my slate wiped clean I can't help but think how I'm gonna dirty it again. This from a virgin. I've gotta inventory supplies. (ALL GROAN) Kill me now. Could you be any more boring? Don't bother. Sundays she writes Rafe. 10 pages instead of the usual five. (SIGHS) Gosh, I wish I was in love. (HORN) Hey, sweetheart. She hates me. Good to see you, Red. Sure good to see you, too, Betty. Want to come for a ride? Come on. Yeah, I'll be your chauffeur. (CHEERING) Be a mad dog! You hit pretty hard... (PANTS) ..for a cook. Walker, who you got? I'll take the cook. Why? You don't like money? I'll put five on it. Done. Against the mechanic? That guy craps rivets. How's the feel in that dark engine room? Sunlight bother you? Ow. He's getting busted up! Boom! Boom! (BELL) Come here. We got to talk. Get down here. He can't hurt us. He can hurt us. He cut us. We're bleedin'. Bleedin'? A scratch! See this? This is the hard-earned greenbacks of every pot-scrubbin', dish-washin' chop in this fleet. If we don't win, I'll have to find myself another ship. I can't go back to the Arizona empty handed. It ain't about the money. I'll send that smug, engine-fixin' snipe back below decks where he belongs. (BELL) Come on! We the man! He slapped your mama, remember? Be a son of a bitch! Look at this! That's enough! That's enough! (BELL) Oh! Where's my money? Nah. Fight's rigged. We're rich! Mwah! (LAUGHS) 'How did you get this?' Boxing. Did you win? Yes, ma'am. And what do you get for winning? Respect. So, why do you have to fight with your fists to get respect? I left my mama in Texas and joined the Navy to see the world, to become a man. They made me a cook. Not even that. I clean up after the other sailors eat. In two years, they never even let me fire weapon. Let's hope you never have to. Yes, ma'am. You take care, Petty Officer Miller. You, too, ma'am. You know, he taught me to fly. And I always knew no matter what kinda trouble I got into, I'd never be in it alone. He'd be there with me. Up there he was always pushing me to be better and faster. He told me you were a great flier. It was that night he told me he'd volunteered to go to England. Volunteered? He told me he'd been assigned. He was always trying to protect me. You know, I look at myself in the mirror this uniform and I... I still don't know who I am. I look like a hero. (But I don't feel like it.) Rafe,... he always looked the part, didn't he? He couldn't wait to be one. (THUNDER) To Rafe McCawley,... the best pilot... and the best friend I ever knew... or ever will know. (THUNDER) (To Rafe.) # One of them said, 'Larz, you a teen heart-throb ` # 'make my baby faint; INDISTINCT CHATTER Bro. It's Pamela. SMOOTH MUSIC (SLURPS) # You know we get down with all the cyber moms. # One of them told me I was hot right now like Tiger Balm. # One of them said, 'Larz, you a teen heart-throb ` # 'make my baby faint; make a tween's heart stop.' # (GRUNTS, RETCHES) Ewww. He's a bit of a grossie, eh? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) < (GRUNTS) Is that your friend? Him? (CHUCKLES) Nah. < (RETCHES) Ooh. (CHUCKLES) 1 Look, the Japanese are flooding the Pacific with radio traffic. Everywhere from the Panama Canal to Southeast Asia. With no logical pattern. No, there's always logic. They know we read their mail. They want us to think their fleet is moving south. I don't buy it. Something. Something's up. Otherwise, why would they take the trouble to bullshit me? (SOBS) Evelyn, I signed for these letters for you today. They're from England. From Rafe. I'm sorry, Ev. You know how long it takes mail to get here. Hurry up! Come on. "America awaits Japan's response to peace proposals." "Ambassador Nomura arrives in Washington for what could guarantee continued peace in the Pacific." "In Britain, Churchill declares, 'Give us the tools and we will finish job.'" "The RAF has fought bravely against Hitler's ambition to rule the skies over the Channel." "Victory does not come without sacrifice." Evelyn. Danny. Hey. Some comedy, huh? (SIGHS) Yeah. It's been a while. Yeah, I've been logging a lot of flight hours. I've kinda been avoiding you too. Yeah... Would you ` ? Listen ` You wanna? Sure. Yeah. All right. I remember this one time. I was seven and always building these gadgets and things. He asked me to build him wings, so he could fly like his dad. I said, "You can't fly with no engine." Right? But he wouldn't listen. He said, "Just build them." So I did. I'm strapping big wings to his back that we made from paper, glue and these massive silk bloomers we stole. He looked stupid. I said, "You can't jump off the barn in these." And, bam! He busted his leg on the backhoe. (LAUGHS) God, I miss him. Yeah. But Rafe was back up there the next day, gassed and everything, telling me to make adjustments on those wings. Wow! Check this out. "Crossroads to the Pacific." Tahiti. "1700 miles." All right. Argh! Say, Betty. W-W... Get up! What's going on? Stand up, please. Why? Just stand up. I'll stay down here. Oh...! B-B-Betty ` Red, come on! We got a dinner reservation! Can I get a minute? Are you sick? Can't a guy propose?! Oh! Am I talking too much? Sometimes I do that. I'm sorry. Hold up. Look who it is. Let's get out of here. I guess I should go. Don't let it be three months before I see you again. I had a good time. Yeah, me, too. Do you want me to walk you home? No, I'll be fine. No, of course. Good night, Danny. Night. I was wondering if maybe I could come by sometime and get a cup of coffee or a piece of pie. What am I doing? OK. Oh, you were asleep. I'm sorry. You're not wearing clothes. You're not dressed. There's no problem... Hi. It's just Danny. Just... You forgot this. Oh, thanks. It was good of you to take the trouble to drop it over... ..now. I thought you might need it, you know, er, maybe tomorrow morning. Not that you wear this to work, but, er... No, it's a hankie. Right. Right. Yeah. Listen, I was thinking maybe, er, I could come by sometime and give you a call. Shhh. (If I gave you a call, could I come by?) Once maybe, if you're not busy. (Yeah, maybe.) (Maybe?) OK. All right. (Thanks.) Good night. Good night. You are such an idiot. Did you have fun last night? It wasn't how it looked. And if it was, it'd be all right. It's been months. It's time to move on. I am moving on. Ev, don't lie. I hear you crying when you think I'm asleep. When my dad left I was too much for my mom so I lived with my aunt. I thought my life was over but you don't know where it's all gonna lead. If I hadn't run away and lied about my age and enlisted, I wouldn't have met Red. And now he's my fiance. I can't get used to that word. It's only been 12 hours. Oh, Betty. Aw, little Betty beat us all to the post. This is Ward 3. As you see, no patients. Welcome to Hawaii. I'll show you the bar. New recruits to torture. Excuse me, ladies. Hi... We're waiting two years until I'm 19. Red can buy me a ring. (LAUGHS) Rafe sent his best friend to tell you so you'd be OK, so you could move on. You gotta go on living, Ev. Red! Whoo! Sorry. (Bye, Rafe.) The Japanese fleet is missing. They're operating under radio silence. This footage was shot four days ago on October 28th. We're sending scout planes all over the Pacific, but they get nothing. They could be anywhere in here. I don't understand how two whole carrier divisions can disappear. Clear! We're all over the page. One's wall eyed and one's pigeon-toed. Anthony, tap in number six. All right! Gooz! Yeah? Tap in number three. All right! Hey. We got a visitor. Oh... That ain't no Navy issue uniform. (Danny. It's Evelyn.) (Jesus!) Are you all right? Yeah. No. I` I think I'm failing for her. I saw this coming. I didn't want this to happen. It just did. She's gotta be with somebody. It might as well be you. If I died and saw my buddy doing my girl I'd come back and kill him. Tony, back off. I'd be back so fast. Danny's been taking caring of her. I got a girlfriend. Great. Come on, fellas, let's split. Danny, whatever happens now is just about you and her. You gotta try and forget about Rafe. Be careful, all right? Ladies... cloud the mind. Thanks, Gooz. You're welcome. Hey, Danny. Where's everybody going? Just being discreet. Isn't everyone acting a bit strange? Nah. Well, maybe a little. Yeah. Well... People in this outfit have way too much time on their hands. Yeah. I just hope they don't think something's going on between us. Oh, no. It would be embarrassing. (CLATTERING) I forgot these. It would definitely be embarrassing. Yeah. Bye. I forgot these. Hey... He really doesn't have to leave. No... I, er, I'm going out with the girls, so... ..I guess I'll see you later. Yeah... All right. Yeah. All right. I'll see you around. (Jesus...) Evelyn! Ever seen Pearl Harbor at sunset? Of course. Well,... from the air? I could get kicked out of the military this. Really? Stay down. The Hawaiians call this harbor "Wai Momi." It means "Water of Pearls". It's so beautiful. My dad took me up a couple of times. Just don't do what he did when you flip over. A barrel roll? Yeah. I won't. (SCREAMS) Yeah...! (LAUGHS) What do you think? I liked that. MAN: Hey, that plane was supposed to be back here an hour ago! Wait in the parachute hangar. My heart is pounding. 1 (SIGHS) Danny, we need to talk about this. Evelyn! Danny. Hey... Hi. (Hi...) I didn't sleep a wink last night. I had to see you. Last night was crazy, I know. But... I'm not sorry. Are you? I don't know. (SIGHS) Danny, I had a wonderful time last night. It's just all too fast. Evelyn, This mornin' I watched the sun rise. And I knew everything was gonna be different. That this was the start of something new. In this place, in this moment. I don't care what anybody else says. How can I not feel this way? I kinda like you. Oh, you do? You have your tie on crooked. (Everything's gonna be all right.) (Everything's gonna be all right.) Do you have any air tours going through the Valley of Oahu? You do? (RADIO) "Aloha. This is KGMB in Honolulu on another beautiful fall day in paradise. We have enough information. We are returning home. 'Do you ever wonder if the war will catch up with us?' Not a whole lot. Every moment we're not together, you're training for it. Yeah, well, I'm training for moments like these cos I have no idea how to get this car out the sand. (LAUGHS) Evelyn, you've been in there for an hour. Evelyn! What are you trying to do? Look like me? (< LAUGHTER) Are you OK? Yeah. What's the matter? No! Too late! > (< LAUGHTER) They call it the Vacant Sea. No major lanes go through it. You could bury Asia there and nobody would know. From there they could attack anywhere. Our last intercept indicates the Japanese task force is heading towards the Philippines or Southeast Asia. But Captain Thurman of Naval Intelligence has his own theory. Sir, I believe they'll hit us where it'll hurt the most. Pearl Harbor. It's over 4,000 nautical miles from Japan to Pearl. That's a long distance to steam a navy, Captain. Your theory is based on what? Well, it's what I would do. It's not exactly hard evidence, Captain. If I had hard evidence, we'd already be at war. Sir, we can read their diplomatic codes fast. But the Captain's team hasn't cracked naval codes. The intercepts have missing words and garbled lines. To explain the decrypts, we have to interpret what we think they'll do. Interpret? You mean guess. They use their informed intuition, sir. We guess. It's like playing chess in the dark. Any rumour, troop or ship movement, spine tingle, we pay attention to it. When I was in the Asiatic fleet, the locals would try to see a problem from the outside. I see a strike on Pearl. Nothing could be worse. It would devastate the Pacific Fleet's abilities. So you would have us mobilise the fleet at the cost of millions of dollars based on this spine-tingling feeling of yours. No, sir. My job is to gather and interpret material. Making difficult decisions based on incomplete information from my limited decoding ability is your job, sir. Then break the damn code, Captain, so I can make a better decision. Aye, sir. We're trying. I wonder if we shouldn't put the Pacific Fleet on full alert. In case the optimism of the Honolulu Advertiser proves unfounded, what are General Short and the Army gonna do about protecting my ships? Within ten miles of your harbor, we have fighters at Wheeler, bombers at Hickam and a strip at Haleiwa. We established a radar station that can detect planes 125 miles out. It's a month old, and untested. I've seen these new radar screens. There's no way to tell if they're ours, theirs or a flock of birds. I'm intercepting a call from Tokyo to somewhere close by Pearl. There's a call from Tokyo. They say they don't know you. Hello? "(JAPANESE)" (CONTINUES SPEAKING JAPANESE) It's a local dentist. He can see Pearl Harbor from his office. "Many sailors." (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Er,... the dentist says that the flat ships are not in port. 'They're talking about the weather.' He doesn't seem to know who he's talking to. Hello? Hello? (SPEAKS JAPANESE) "Hello?" That was a strange call. Admiral, may I speak to you in private? 'Why would a spy use a phone?' They know we're listening. Our listeners feel it's not code talk. Someone in Japan is asking the location of our carriers. That makes me feel warm inside(!) Get the FBI on it immediately. Have we found the Japanese fleet yet? No, Admiral. The bases are looking. It could be at Diamond Head and we'd never know. Get on it. 'I'm alive.' 'This is the first I could get word out.' (GASPS) (SHOUTING IN FRENCH) (GASPS) (SIGHS) (I told you I'd come back.) (Here, sit down.) (It's OK.) It's all right. You're real. Yeah... I wished for this every day. (I know. Me too.) Every single day. So did I. I thought you were dead. They said you been shot down in the sea. (Yeah, I was.) (I was in the ocean. It was so cold.) (I missed you.) I got picked up by a French fishing boat. I was in occupied France. I couldn't get word out. I'll tell you all about it. I promise. (But I'm fine. I'm OK. And I'm here now. Evelyn, I just wanted to see you. You're so beautiful.) (I know...) Hey, it's OK. It's OK. Evelyn, Evelyn, I'm back. It's OK. I won't leave you again. I promise. Rafe, you died. And so did I. I know, but I'm... It's fine now. I'm back. We're together. I mean, we are together,... right? I don't know where I am. Rafe. Rafe. Stay away. Rafe. 1 "This is Radio Honolulu, playing the sweetest music on the sweetest island in the Pacific. "It's a beautiful December 6th..." (HAWAIIAN MUSIC) Rafe...! Goddammit, there you are. A real live ace! (WHOOPING) This is only five. I shot down six MEs. And I got two smokers too. They don't count. Course, I got shot down myself. Back from behind enemy lines! What's the combat like? Were you scared? Hey...! One at a time. Well, them Luftwaffe boys can fly pretty good. It's not like trainin'. They're, er... Danny. It's all about tactics. You see, the Nazis are faster than you are. So they'll disappear. They do a roll and come round on your highside. Shoot you from behind, like some Americans. Hey,... (PROLONGED STUTTER) Gooz, you're looking at a real live ace. Let me give you the shirt off my back! (ALL CHEER) Aloha! There you go! I'll take it from you! I see how you spend your time up here. Rafe, we gotta talk. I ain't got nothin' to talk about with you. Here. Why don't you have a drink? I'll make a toast. To returning from the dead. It wasn't all I expected but that's life. To my best friend and loyal buddy, Danny, for keeping up the war effort back here at home. Ah... You know, where I come from if someone makes a toast to you and you don't drink, that's saying somethin'. All right, Rafe. If that's how it's gonna be. To you. You two gotta spend some time alone. Hell, no, Red. No, no, no. We're celebratin' here. Me over there fightin', almost gettin' killed. My friend, Danny, back here looking after my interests. Do y'all know he was even good enough to look after my girl for me? We thought you were dead, Rafe. It gutted us both. We were trying to get on with our lives. Life is good, ain't it, Danny. You always were a rotten drunk. Well, you're a lousy friend. That's a new development. You left her to fight somebody else's war. And you made sure I didn't go with ya. We thought you were dead. I almost did die, you little son of a bitch! Her face was the last thing through my mind. Don't act like it's OK! Yeah, Rafe, well, I stayed. I stayed. You made sure of that and things changed. I hope you can get used to it. Oh, I have to? All right. We'll see how I can get used to it. (SHOUTING) Get used to that, boy! Hey! That's my left hand too! Send the MPs! Argh! Ugh! Go get 'em. (WHISTLE) (GROANS) They're gonna throw us in the brig. Let's go. (RETCHES) (GROANS) Rafe,... you're the only family I got. When you were gone it's the loneliest I've ever been. And the same for her too. Oh, boy, now you're really breaking my heart(!) If you hadn't gone, none of this would've happened. My fault(!) (MUMBLES) I just know there's got to be some way we can work things out so that... things can be right between me and you. I just don't see how it could ever be the same. '"Revered Father,... ..I go now to fulfil my mission and my destiny."' '"I hope it is a destiny that will bring honour to our family."' '"And if it requires my life, I will sacrifice it gladly to be a good servant of our nation."' Hey. We got a large haze. Too big for planes, right? Is that what you want to do? Knight to Knight-5? Boom! Wrong move. Radar's picking up a large return moving in from the Northeast. Wait. Relax! It's a flight of B-17s coming in from the mainland. Nothing to worry about. Heck of a lot of B-17s. Good shot. This better be good, Commander. A destroyer reports having fired and sunk enemy sub attempting to enter Pearl Harbor at 0653. It's 7:20. We had decoding delays. Tell Washington. Recall the staff. "Failure..." "Peace talks... useless." Thurman here. Tokyo transmitting to their embassy in Washington. "Discontinue use of your decoding machine and dispose of it." "Special emphasis on destroying important parts." Admiral, a transmission from Tokyo to the Japanese embassy in Washington instructing them to break apart decoder machines and burn documents. The Japanese are expecting a war. Should we? Warning of Japanese aggressive movement in any direction. "Broken relationship. Hostilities imminent." But where? (SHOUTS) Did you ever lose a fight, Miller? I've been lucky so far, Captain. From what I hear it ain't luck. The ship's proud of you, son. (ALL LAUGH) Yeah! ( DRONING) Why the hell is the Navy doin' practice this early on a Sunday? (ENGINES ROAR) (ACTION MUSIC) (WHIRRING) (BANG!) (EXPLOSIONS) (MACHINE-GUN FIRE, SHOUTING) Go! Go! Go! Go! I'm with the Navy Newsreel. Them ain't Navy planes. (RUMBLING) "All hands, man your battle stations." Get up! Get up! "All hands, man your battle stations." Jesus Christ. "Man your battle stations." Another dumb drill! "Man your battle stations." What was that? A bomb! (ALL SHOUT) Son of a Bi- (RUMBLING / SIREN) Get me the engine room! My God. This is no shit! They just sunk the Arizona! General quarters! Man your battle stations. This is no damn drill! (MACHINE-GUN FIRE) They look like Japs. I didn't even know the Japs were sore at us! Just get me into a goddamn aeroplane! Holy Jesus! Holy God! This is good footage! Did you see? Holy cow! I hope there's still an airfield left. (DISTANT RUMBLING / EXPLOSIONS) What in the world...?! Look! There's so many! Everybody to the hospital! 1 Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-The ` ! Why's the Navy always buzzin' us? (PROLONGED STUTTER) Shut up, Red! (PROLONGED STUTTER) The Japs are here! (MACHINE-GUN FIRE) What the hell! Let's go! (SHOUTING) Get Coleman to the bridge! Aye, Captain. (RUMBLING) Argh...! (HEAVY MACHINE-GUN FIRE) On deck, you cowards! Get up and fight! Move it! I got you, Captain. Radio for air cover! Initiate damage control. Find my Ex-O. Tell him to assume command. And you make sure ` Everyone's where they need to be, Captain. You trained us well. You trained us well. Captain? (DRONING) Argh! Move, move, move, move! (AIR-RAID SIREN) Everybody move! Get the ammo for that 50 cal! Get that 50 cal! Come on, man. We gotta get this thing loaded up. (ENGINES ROAR / EXPLOSIONS / GUNFIRE) Let's go! Let's go! (GROANS) (GUNFIRE CONTINUES, MEN YELL) (EXPLOSIONS) Come on! Danny, get me into a damn plane. Come on! We need some ammo up here! Sir! Captain says you're in charge, sir! (EXPLOSION) (MACHINE-GUN FIRE) Raaaaargh! Raaaaargh! Raaaaargh! Come on! Ah-hah! Hooya! Get to the supply room! Get everything out! Wait! Incoming! (EXPLOSION) Cut 'em down! Get them away from the windows! (COUGHS) (GUNFIRE) Hold your fire! Shit! Get down, Danny! (MACHINE-GUN FIRE) Oh! (PHONE RINGS) Hello! "It's Walker!" We need those planes fuelled and loaded! What's goin' on out there?! What's that noise? You doin' target practice? World War Two just hit us! (PLANES ROAR / GUNFIRE) (MEN YELL) (EXPLOSIONS, MEN SCREAM) Get down! Danny! Danny, are you all right?! Come on! Let's go! Let's go! Gooz, come on, man! Move it now! Joe, go! Come on! We're gettin' outta here! Get in the car! Get in! Let's go! Get outta the way! Get outta the way! Where are we're goin'? A small mechanics' runway ten minutes away. It hasn't been hit yet. Zeros on our six! (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (ENGINES ROAR) (RAPID GUNFIRE) (ENGINES ROAR / GUNFIRE) (EXPLOSIONS / MEN SCREAM) (MEN SHOUT INDISTINCTLY) How bad? It's still not over, sir. An entire... fleet sank. My God, my God. '(JAPANESE)' I need more ammo! I need more ammo, ladies! I need more ammo! Earl, are we good to go?! Yeah, mostly. But ` ( DRONING) Get down! Holy shit. Earl, get in here! Hey, sergeant! If they come back, we'll need more than a shotgun! Got any weapons to lay down cover fire?! Inside that ammo locker! Come on! Let's go! Move it! You said, "The planes are mostly ready but ` " But what? They're broke and shit. I got four. One's good. Two need ammo, one fuel. Fall out and load up. Let's go! Get down! All right, Anthony, Red, you two stay here and man the 50 calibre. Gooz, you get up to the next bunker and lay down cover fire. (DRONING) (Planes.) (Should we fire?) Stay down. No, goddammit. Stay still. Nobody fire. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. They don't know we're here. Stay down. No, no. They don't know we're here. Stay still. Don't fire. (Oh, God.) I don't see any ordinance. I think they're goin' home. They'll be back. We still got planes. All right, pilots, listen. Get speed off the runway and don't get on the stick till the end. When you get up stay low between the buildings. Any Zeros on your tail, don't freeze. All right? Just keep movin'. We'll try to separate 'em. Then we'll take 'em out one by one. P-40s can't outrun Zeros. So don't try. We'll have to outfly 'em. High-level bombers. They'll bust this hanger open. Grab the 50s! Let's move! (ALL SHOUT) Zeros! Take cover! Take cover! (MEN YELL / GUNFIRE) Take cover! Take cover! Get down, get down, get down! Uhhh! Danny! Ohh! Ohhh! (WHISTLING SOUND OF MISSILE FALLING) They're kickin' our butt. Get to the airplanes! Go, go, go! (YELLING / GUNFIRE CONTINUES) (ENGINES ROAR) (INDISTINCT SHOUT) Knock 'em dead. Quick! Get in! Put this on. They're coming around. Bring 'em out! Let's go! Go! Red, get out of here, goddamn it! I'm all right! Go! Go! Come on, let's go! Joe, get out of the way! I'm rollin'! I'm rollin'! Planes! Planes! Come on, help me! Hey, Joe! You got three Zeros behind you! Three Zeros on your six! Turn! Turn! Oh, God! Alex! What are you doing? Get going, get moving! Start that thing and get in the air. I'm not much good without a wingman. "I need you." I got you. Let's do it! It's real tight, Rafe. It's real tight! Hey, Rafe! I'm not sure we have enough runway! Get your air speed up before you leave the dirt. Don't freeze! I don't think I'm gonna make it up over this! We did it! I'm up! We got Zeros behind us, Rafe! How many you see back there? We got five on our six! Take it down to the deck, Danny, now! (ALL YELL) We gotta split 'em up, Danny. You take left, I'll take right. Earl, you better get some guns in that goddamn tower up there! OK! OK! Let's go! Into the truck! Follow me! Danny, I got three on my six. Whoo! Stop! Stop! Let's go! Let's go! Move it! Move it, Red! Let's go! Move it. Gimme the fifty! Go! Go! All right! "I still got two behind me, Rafe." Sonofabitch! Earl, do you hear me? Goddamn it, get some guns in that tower! Earl, do you hear me? Goddamn it, get some guns in that tower! On the tower. Going ten storeys up. It's a long sonofabitch! Rafe, they're all over me! I can't get 'em off me! Danny, I still got three on my tail! Keep shaking it! Don't let them get a handle on you. I can't shake 'em! Goddamn it. Danny, let's play some chicken with these Jap suckers! All right, I'm with you. Jesus! I'm coming right at you, Rafe! Don't break till I say. Hold on! Not yet! Not yet! Come on! Come on! Go left! Now! (GRUNTS) Whoo! We got 'em! (LAUGHS) Set up over there! Come on, load it! OK, we're at the top of the tower. I got one on my tail. I'll bring him right by you. He's coming around! Let's get this Jap sucker! Hold your fire. Hold your fire. Here he comes. You better be cocked and locked when I come by there! Hold your fire! Fire! Whoo! Good shootin', boys! Nice shot, Earl! Let's head over to battleship row! I'm with you! Let's go do some business. I'm going after 'em. Rafe! I got him! (TRIUMPHANT CHEERS) P-40's! Yeah! They're pullin' out. We ain't gonna let these sons of bitches get home! How do you like it when someone's shooting back at you? Oh, I'm on your ass now! Yeah, I got one! Come on! Ahh, come on! Come on, stay in there! Stay in there! Whoa! I got you, you sonofabitch! 1 (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Who taught you how to fly, Lieutenant? He did. We're running out of morphine. So you gotta mark 'em. Find some way to mark 'em so we can keep track of who's got the morphine already. What ship are you from? It's not marking. You got a marker? Uh, uh... Oh, no! Use my lipstick! Put M for morphine. Evelyn, we need a tourniquet! Tourniquet! There's nothing left! Evelyn! Use this! I need you to go outside. There's too many to help. Sort them out. Only those that can be saved you bring in. You got that? But I can't. No, please, do it! I need you to do it! Go! Go! (DISTORTED CRIES FOR HELP) '(DEEP BREATHS)' Don't look at anyone without a mark! Stand back! I told you, stand back! Stay outside! Keep 'em outside! I told you, stand back! Stay outside! Keep 'em outside! Ohh! Ohh! Wait here! Don't touch me, you Jap! Get your hands off me! Get him into critical. Keep him off me. Critical, front ward! Critical in the ward! Get him morphine. Take him over there! Burn victims by the tree. I just found her! I don't think she's breathing. No, she's dead. Take her. Oh, God. Are you sure, Ev? Could you check her one more time? She's dead. Take her over there! You've gotta be sure before you send her over there. Go back to work, Sandra. (SOBS) I don't know what to do! (DIALOGUE / SHOUTS DROWNED OUT BY ETHEREAL VOCALS) (SHOUTS / CRIES) (ETHEREAL VOCALS CONTINUE) Admiral? From Washington. "Attack by Japan considered imminent." They're only an hour late. (SOBS) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (DISTORTED, SLOWED-DOWN SOUND) '(BREATHING)' How can we help? We need blood. Come on. "Today you will be with me in paradise so fear not, fear not, my son." You are a man truly blessed. You will die in a state of grace. Remember pain is temporary, but glory is forever. Hold onto your faith. Yesterday, December 7, 1941 ` a date which will live in infamy. The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan. It is obvious that planning the attack began many weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this pre-meditated invasion, The American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. (APPLAUSE) Because of this... unprovoked, dastardly attack by Japan, I ask that the Congress declare a state of war. Is it true men are still trapped alive inside the Arizona? We can hear tapping from inside the hull. We're doing all we can to get to them but they're 40ft below water. We've been trained to think that we're invincible. And now our proudest ships have been destroyed by an enemy we considered inferior. We're on the ropes, gentlemen. That's exactly why we have to strike back now. We're preparing an attack against the Marshall Islands. I'm talking about hitting the heart of Japan, the way they have hit us. Mr President, Pearl Harbor caught us unawares because we didn't face facts. This isn't a time for ignoring them again. The Air Corps has bombers but no place to launch them. Midway is too far and Russia won't allow us to launch a raid from there. Admiral? Navy's planes are small. They have a short range. We'd have to get them within a few hundred miles of Japan. We'd risk our carriers. Without them we have no shield against invasion. Does anyone in this room think victory is possible without facing danger? We are at war. Of course there's a risk. But consider the risk, Mr President. If the Japanese invade us right now they'd penetrate as far as Chicago before we could stop them. Gentleman,... ..most of you did not know me when I had the use of my legs. I was strong and proud... and arrogant. Now I wonder, every hour of my life, why God put me into this chair. But when I see defeat in the eyes of my countrymen ` in your eyes right now ` I start to think that maybe he brought me down for times like these when we all need to be reminded who we truly are, that we will not give up or give in. Mr President, with all respect, sir, what you're asking can't be done. Mr President! Get back, George! Get back. (INHALES DEEPLY) Do not tell me it can't be done. 'Japan continues its military conquest throughout the Pacific. 'But back home millions of American workers band together bringing factories to life to avenge Pearl Harbor.' Mr President, I think we have an idea about how to bomb the Japanese. Sir, it's risky... but it's bold. Who are you? I, sir? Captain Low, Mr President. He's a submariner. He came up with this idea, sir. I like sub commanders. They don't have time for bullshit and neither do I. Fire away, gentleman. # "The Last Post" (MUSIC AUDIBLE FROM OUTSIDE) And where is God's love... Our enemies believe that a divine wind protects them,... but we see our friends laid out here before us. Hey, Cap'. Lieutenants Rafe McCawley, Daniel Walker? Yes, Major. You're both going stateside. You fly out in two hours. What for, sir? Ask Colonel Doolittle. Yes, sir. You're packing. Orders. What kind of orders? (SIGHS) The top secret kind. The dangerous kind. I, uh... I can't find Danny. Is that why you're here? Looking for Danny? Probably saying goodbye to his squadron. We've been assigned to Doolittle. I wasn't looking for Danny. I couldn't have you go away without you understanding something. Yeah. Well, you don't have to explain anything to me. I do. You're acting like I didn't love you. Evelyn,... loving you kept me alive. I should've died over there. When I was in that water, I made a deal with God. I told him I was sorry. I told him that I knew I'd been a fool for leaving you, trying to go over there and be a hero and I promised I'd never ask for anything again if I could just see you one more time. And you know what? It was worth it. You kept me alive, Evelyn. You brought me home. So I'm gonna stand by my end of the deal. I'm gonna walk away. And I won't ask you for anything. But I just wanna know why. Just tell me that, will you, please? Just tell me why. Rafe, I'm pregnant. Oh my God. I didn't even know until the day you turned up alive. And then all this happened. I haven't told Danny. I don't want him to know. All he needs to think is how to do this mission and get back alive. Rafe,... all I ever wanted was for us to have a home, grow old together... but life never asked me what I wanted. Now, I'm gonna give Danny my whole heart but I'll never look at another sunset without thinking of you. (I'll love you my whole life.) I'll see you on board. You know,... the only thing that scares me is that you might love him more than you love me. I love you, Danny. And I'll be here waiting for you when you come back. Follow me. Colonel. Congratulations on your promotion. I heard what you did. We can explain that, sir. Explain what? Whatever it is you heard about us, sir. You mean the hula shirts you were flying in? Or the seven planes you shot down? You're both being awarded the Silver Star and promoted to captain. Is that the good news, sir, or...? You're just about the only pilots in the Army with combat experience. I need you for a mission I've been ordered to put together. You know what top secret is? Yes, sir. It's the kind of mission where you get medals. But they send 'em to your relatives. It means you train for something never done before in aviation history and you go without knowing where you're going. You do it on that basis or not at all. I'll go, sir. I'll go, too, sir. By the way, the Brits sent this over. It's your personal effects. Thank you, sir. There's only one more thing I can tell you. Leave your goddamn hula shirts at home. (WHISTLE BLOWS) Now, what's Henderson doing wrong? Everyone? Anyone? Argh! UP&GO is the most important drink of the day. It's got the protein, energy and fibre of 4 Weet-Bix and milk. Nice one, Henderson! 1 'Dear Rafe. It's so strange to be this far from you, 'but you should know this ` every night I look at the sunset...' I've been looking all over for ya. (SIGHS) Danny, this, this... this ain't no time to leave things unsaid. Now, we gotta face facts here. The fact is, we just both love the same woman. You know, she's the first girl I ever felt this way about, Rafe. (SIGHS) I couldn't help what happened any more than you could. This is different, though, Danny. She already lost a man she loved. I don't want it to happen again. Guys like us got no choice. This is war. She knows that. Danny, don't do this. Don't go on this mission. You got nothin' to prove. You've tried to protect me since we were kids. Yeah. Well, you do tend to need it from time to time. The mission I'm asking volunteers for is exceptionally dangerous. Take a look at the man beside you. It's a good bet that in the next six weeks you or he... ..will be dead. Everyone brave enough to accept this,... ..step forward. Your grandmother can take a B-25 off on a mile-long runway. Well, I'm gonna train you to do it in 467 feet. Because at 468 feet... ..you're dead. And once you get it up, you're gonna learn to fly it like a fighter. 30 feet off the ground. Say hello to Lieutenant Jack Richards, Navy Aviation. He'll help us lighten these fat ladies here. Dump that ash can. See that bomb sight? Get rid of it. Colonel, he's crazy. Listen to him. She's fat. We want a skinny lady. Max power. (TYRES SCREECH) Get it up! Damn! Damn! They just keep rollin' past that line. Maybe it's a bad idea. No. They're too heavy. Get drastic. This armoured plating's gotta go. I'm sure. Lose it like a skirt, son. Release brakes. Come on! God! Put every man on the line now! Let's show these boys how this thing is done! Come on! Max power! Well, if he can do it... (LAUGHS) Well, gentlemen, now I can tell you that we're goin' to Tokyo. And we're gonna bomb it. (ALL CHEER) It comes as a special request directly from President Roosevelt. The Navy'll sneak us about 400 miles off the Japanese coast where we'll launch from the carrier. Has it been done before? Takin' Army bombers off of Navy carriers? No. OK. Any other questions? Sir, is it even possible to land a B-25 on an aircraft carrier deck? That won't matter. As soon as we're airborne the carrier will back to Hawaii. But where do we land? I have a phrase I want you to memorise. "Wo shi mei guo ren." It means, "I am an American"... ..in Chinese. This isn't gonna be any easier. It's three feet short. Fellas. Sir. Sir. The Secretary of the Navy gave me these. What are they? Friendship medals from Japan when they said they wanted peace. What does he want you to do with them, sir? Wire them to the bombs. So, what's goin' on? Well, sir, we only have 16 planes. So? When the Japs hit us they had more than 300. How much can we do? It's not that we're afraid. We might die so we wanna know what it's for. You know, at Pearl they hit us with a sledgehammer. This raid, even if we make it through,... ..it'll only be a pin prick. But it'll be straight through their hearts. Victory belongs to those who believe in it the most and believe in it the longest. We're gonna believe. We're gonna make America believe too. Colonel! Excuse me, Major Jackson. Yes? Do you remember me? Oh,... sure I do. I'm sorry. I've been meaning to thank you. Maybe you can. When the news comes in about those boys in the Doolittle outfit, I wanna be in the command post. I'm sorry. I-I don't know what you're talking about. How in the hell do you know about this mission? Let's call it an inadvertent disclosure. So some fly boy shot his mouth off. Actually, it's about two pilots. I know they're going to great danger. I just wanna be there when the news comes in to tell us if they lived. Most officers would have thrown you in the brig. Most nurses would have gone onto someone else instead of keeping their fingers plugged in your artery. (ENGINE REVS) I can't promise you anything. Hey, Red, do you think they just picked us cos we're young and dumb? Come on, Gooz. We're the tip of the sword. In honour of our trip to Japan I got us some, er, victory cigars! (LAUGHS) Victory cigars. There you go. Put it next to your heart. You know, Jack, we may lose this battle but we'll win this war. You know how I know? No. Them. Because they're rare. At times like these you see them, stepping forward. There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer, Jack. My friends in the war department don't want me to lead this raid cos they say I'm too valuable. They don't want me up in the air flying with the men I've chosen, that I've chewed out, cussed out, pushed to the limit,... ..and that I've come to respect. They want me to wave you off. Well, I don't see it that way. So I'm going with you. We take off tomorrow afternoon, drop our fire and head for China. Our mission is to hit military targets. Aircraft and tank factories. Colonel. You've given us the homing beacons but China's overrun by Japs. What do we do if the beacons are switched off? Bring her down and do your best to avoid capture. What if we have to bail out over Japan? Well,... in that situation I can't tell you what you should do. What would you do, Colonel? I wasn't built to be a prisoner. So I would have my crew bail out,... ..I'd find the sweetest military target I could and drive my plane right smack into the middle of it. But that's just me. I'm 45 years old. I'm an old man. You guys have your lives to live. So what you do is up to you. Mission will launch in a few hours. You'll stay right in here. Stay here. Don't talk to them, they won't talk to you. Pretend to type whatever information we pass you. "This is Orphan Annie from Radio Tokyo. "To our boys in the South Pacific, watch out, the enemy will get you." Maybe she's right. Japs transmitting! Japs transmitting! Captain, radar reports Japanese patrols, range of 400 yards. How many? 400 yards and closing, sir. Richards, Japs 400 yards, let's go! The Admiral is ordering the cruisers to fire! Sink the Jap boats before they give away our position. General quarters! (SIREN) Go, go, go...! Oh God. This can't be good. "Man your battle stations." Japs one mile away! They reported our position! We launch 400 miles away. How many are we at? 624 miles. Jesus. What do you wanna do? (624...) I don't know if the planes carry enough fuel to make it to China. Now. We launch now. Army pilots, man your planes. "Man your planes!" They're shootin' at somethin'. (SHOUTING) Let's go! Let's go! Get to your bombers! Go! Go! Go! We're too far out. These planes need more fuel but it may make them too heavy. Strip everything you don't need out of this plane now! Start pre-flight! Let's go! 10 more cans of fuel for each plane! Every plane! Let's go! Move! Come on, guys, get up there! Lose those suitcases! What's your favourite gun? What? You wanna take off, give me one of those guns now! It's still too heavy! Go to the kitchen, get some broomsticks. Cut 'em, paint 'em black and bring 'em. Here. We'll put a broomstick where this gun was. Tell your crew to take a piss before they take off or they won't clear the deck. We've got broomsticks for tailguns. Yeah. Maybe it'll scare 'em. You take care of yourself up there. I will. Now, you be careful, you hear me? I will. I'll see you, Rafe. Rafe. We're the tip of the sword! (ENGINES HUM) Turning on One! Turning on Two! Are you ready for this? Superchargers low and latched. Superchargers. We're full into the wind. More speed! More speed! Are you nervous? Yes, sir. Yes. When did you find religion? When you assigned me to this mission, sir. Do me a favour? What's that, Colonel? Pray for both of us. Ready! Let's go! Max power! Come on! Come on! Huh! Yeah! Way to go! Jesus, that was short. Move 'em up! Full power! Come on! (LAUGHS) Whoo! Come on! Here we go! (ALL CHEER) Whoo...! We made it! (ALL CHEER) From Berlin, Rome and Tokyo we have been described as a nation of weaklings and playboys... "who hire British or Russian or Chinese soldiers to do our fighting for us." Let them repeat that now. Let them tell that to General MacArthur and his men. "Let them tell that to the soldiers who today "are fighting hard in the far waters of the Pacific." Let them tell that to the boys in the Flying Fortresses. Let them tell that to the Marines. That's Japan right there, fellas. Tighten up back there! Man your guns! We're in the enemy's back yard. All right, look alive back there. I see the coastline. Heads up, boys! Heads up. Man your guns back there. I'm cocked and locked! Get ready, you suckers! Approaching targets for bombing raid! Open bomb bay doors. Ripley, you got our target in sight? 37 degrees! Target in sight! Let's knock their clocks off! Drop your ordnance. Bombs away! One away! Bombs away! Bombs away! Two away! Three away! Four away! "We caught 'em by surprise!" "Dropped in ordnance!" "Bombs away! Bombs away!" "Blew up the factory." Whoo! We got it! "We hit our targets! Good job, Raiders!" (ALARMS SOUND / SHOUTS IN JAPANESE) Jesus! What...? Shit! We got flak everywhere! Go get Gooz! I want everyone to separate! "(DISTORTED SOUND)" Clean that up! Yes, sir. Try and clean that up! (DIALOGUE MUTED) We gotta try and get out of this shit, Gooz! No! No! We got fire! We got fire! The electrics! We got a fire back here! I gotta short this out! "Get into the clouds, now! Get up!" Goddamn! Red, go check it out! We're getting covered! Just hope they don't hit a prop! They're gonna tear this plane apart! We gotta take it up, 800ft. We'll pull out of this! Come on! Thank you, George. What is it, General? Colonel Doolittle had to advance his execution order by 12 hours, sir. There'll be no homing beacons. The plane carrying them crashed en route and our bombers may lack the fuel to reach the mainland. So our boys are flying blind on empty tanks... God help them. 1 We're still not getting a signal. All ocean, no land. Homing in on nothing. How many cans of fuel we got left? These are all empty! Is this all you got? That's all we got, Red. Rafe! You better pray for land! Break radio silence. I'm sorry, gentleman. You're all brave souls. Among the bravest I've had the privilege of flying with. But we're on our own. This really was a suicide mission. (SPLUTTERS) Engine one's fluctuating. We'll lose it any minute. You gotta prime it. I'm priming. How about now? I see the coast. I see the coast! "Copy that, Rafe." We're gonna make it. Yeah. Follow me. We can make this. "It's only a few miles out. Follow me." We're following. Got to find a soft landing spot. I'm pushing up on two. This is gonna be a hard landing. I see rice paddies, right there. We'll bring it in right here. "Oh, God, engine one's dead." We'll lose engine two any second. We can make it in. Easy. Pull it back, we'll glide in, go in on fumes. Japs! We got Jap patrols all over the place! There's Japs everywhere! Danny, land somewhere else! Strap yourselves in, boys. We're coming in hard! We're dead! Get outta the nose! Hold on, boys! We're going down! Watch the trees! Ahh! Oh, God! (ALL YELL) Everyone all right? (OTHERS COUGH) I'm OK! I'm OK! Where's Ripley? He's dead. Watch for Japs! Watch for Japs! (ALL COUGH) Jap patrols! Take cover! (SHOUTS IN JAPANESE) (SHOUTS IN JAPANESE) Who's got extra magazines? I got 'em! Gotta get up into those hills, find the Chinese. (JAPANESE ROAR) They got us pinned down! (ROARS CONTINUE) Danny! Rafe! Rafe, no! Danny! Rafe, you don't have a chance! God... damn. Danny! Come on! Gooz? You OK, man? Danny? Aw, sh... Anthony. Gooz! Can you hear me? Yeah. Come on. Danny. Easy, easy, easy. I've had better landings. You saved us back there. I got something in my neck. Let me pull this out. Where's Gooz? He's fine. He's right over there. (GROANS) (SHOUTS IN JAPANESE) Rafe! (GRUNTS) (OFFICERS SHOUT AT EACH OTHER IN JAPANESE) (SHOUTING CONTINUES) (ALL ROAR) (GROANS) Ohh! Danny! Danny! Oh! Hold on! Rafe! Hold on, now. I got you. You're all right. You're all right. I'm not... I'm not gonna make it. Oh, yes, you are. Yes, you are. Now look at me. Rafe,... I'm so cold. I'm so cold. You're all right. Hey, Rafe? Can you do me a favour? What? Can you have somebody else write my name on the tombstone?! You're not gonna die. Look at me, listen to me! You ain't gonna die. Danny. (GROANS) Danny, you can't die. You can't die. You know why? Cos you're gonna be a father. You're gonna be a daddy. (SOBS) I wasn't supposed to tell you. (You're gonna be a father!) Please! No, you are! Danny. Danny? Danny? Please, please! Please! God! Please, Danny. (SOBS) Hold your fire! They're Chinese. 'When the action is over and we look back, we understand both more and less.' 'This much is certain.' 'Before the Doolittle raid, America knew nothing but defeat.' 'After it, nothing but victory.' 'Japan realised for the first time they could lose and began to pull back. America realised she would win, and surged forward. It was a war that changed America.' 'Dorie Miller was the first black American awarded the Navy Cross.' 'But he would not be the last.' 'He joined a brotherhood of heroes.' That's for all the Raiders. 'World War II for us began at Pearl Harbor 'and 1177 men still lie entombed in the battleship Arizona. 'America suffered, but America grew stronger. 'It was not inevitable. 'The times tried our souls and through the trial,... 'we overcame.' Hey, Danny,... how'd you like to go flying? (CHUCKLES) Come here. IMS Subtitles CHRIS G ALLAN & DAMIAN O'HARA. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2014.