1
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Home.

2
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<i>Although it'll start off</i>

3
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<i>with some sunshine
in the morning,</i>

4
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<i>you'll find cloud coming
along in the afternoon.</i>

5
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<i>That's all, have a lovely day.</i>

6
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BBC News, <i>and good day.</i>

7
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<i>Just 24 hours after what many
are calling Black Monday,</i>

8
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<i>the FTSE 100 Index lost
another 250 points,</i>

9
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<i>leaving businesses
and investors reeling.</i>

10
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Well, that's what happens
when you deregulate.

11
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<i>Global markets have
rallied somewhat</i>

12
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<i>after yesterday's losses
which saw Wall Street close</i>

13
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<i>- a full 508 points down.</i>
- Idiots.

14
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<i>Supporters and families
of Tamil migrants</i>

15
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<i>have gathered outside a London
refugee detention centre</i>

16
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<i>to protest against
the government's plan</i>

17
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<i>to deport them.</i>

18
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<i>We came here because
in our country</i>

19
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<i>our lives are in danger.</i>

20
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<i>We came to keep
our children safe.</i>

21
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<i>A Home Office
spokesman described.</i>

22
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<i>Britain's humanitarian
record as outstanding.</i>

23
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<i>We'll have a report.</i>

24
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Hello, darling.

25
00:03:58,781 --> 00:04:00,467
I was worried this would be...

26
00:04:00,491 --> 00:04:02,326
- Huh?
- Burnt on top.

27
00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:11,144
You all right?

28
00:04:11,168 --> 00:04:13,688
- What?
- What's that?

29
00:04:13,712 --> 00:04:17,567
Well, what does it look
like? It's a button.

30
00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:19,819
- A button?
- Yes.

31
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Somebody just, uh,
put it in the tin.

32
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Honestly. People.

33
00:04:26,684 --> 00:04:29,186
Well, you never know when
it may come in handy.

34
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Hm.

35
00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:51,875
Oh.

36
00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:56,505
Oh, hello. What
have you got now?

37
00:04:57,506 --> 00:04:59,234
Oh, it's a typewriter.

38
00:04:59,258 --> 00:05:02,237
I know what it is, but
you've already got one.

39
00:05:02,261 --> 00:05:05,323
I know. It's not
for me. It's, um...

40
00:05:05,347 --> 00:05:08,118
They don't need it
anymore at the day centre,

41
00:05:08,142 --> 00:05:09,202
so I thought it
would be all right

42
00:05:09,226 --> 00:05:10,787
for the new care home.

43
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And, uh, we can hang on
to it in the meanwhile.

44
00:05:13,981 --> 00:05:15,375
- No.
- Huh?

45
00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:16,876
No.

46
00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:20,296
Why? Uh, I've also
got a desk outside.

47
00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,716
- What? Where?
- Well, I haven't brought it in yet but...

48
00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:24,801
- Oh, Nicky. It's too much.
- What?

49
00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:27,345
How will we fit everyone
in at Christmas?

50
00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:28,722
I don't know.

51
00:05:28,746 --> 00:05:29,889
They'll just have to
shove up, won't they?

52
00:05:29,913 --> 00:05:31,391
Your daughter is
seven months pregnant.

53
00:05:31,415 --> 00:05:33,810
- I know.
- She cannot "shove up".

54
00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:35,270
All right.

55
00:05:35,294 --> 00:05:37,147
Well, I'll move it
all to the study then.

56
00:05:37,171 --> 00:05:38,898
Oh, the study.

57
00:05:38,922 --> 00:05:41,192
I bet you have plenty
of room in the study.

58
00:05:41,216 --> 00:05:43,218
- God.
- Let's go and check the study.

59
00:05:45,012 --> 00:05:46,597
Oh, Nicky. Out.

60
00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:49,868
Do you still need all this?

61
00:05:49,892 --> 00:05:52,287
Yes. Why?

62
00:05:52,311 --> 00:05:55,999
What... What's in
all these drawers?

63
00:05:56,023 --> 00:05:58,108
Well, everything
I think. Darling.

64
00:06:00,819 --> 00:06:02,738
A domino, a biscuit

65
00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:07,177
and how many rubber
bands does one man need?

66
00:06:07,201 --> 00:06:09,787
I don't know. I've never
asked the question.

67
00:06:12,206 --> 00:06:15,602
And you've got to find
the right home for that.

68
00:06:15,626 --> 00:06:17,961
Somewhere it will
be appreciated.

69
00:06:20,756 --> 00:06:21,965
Please, Nicky,

70
00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,861
you have to let go.

71
00:06:24,885 --> 00:06:26,512
For your own sake.

72
00:07:31,285 --> 00:07:33,555
Oh, I'm so looking
forward to it.

73
00:07:33,579 --> 00:07:35,431
<i>Do you want me to stay with him?</i>

74
00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:38,560
No, no. No, he'll be fine.

75
00:07:38,584 --> 00:07:40,270
<i>Okay, well, maybe
I'll just call him.</i>

76
00:07:40,294 --> 00:07:45,048
Yes. Yes. He's a grown man.

77
00:07:48,177 --> 00:07:49,779
You don't have to wave me off.

78
00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:51,865
Of course I'm going
to wave you off.

79
00:07:51,889 --> 00:07:53,015
Everyone's here.

80
00:07:53,765 --> 00:07:54,766
Ah.

81
00:08:01,899 --> 00:08:03,066
Huh.

82
00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:13,535
Hm.

83
00:08:14,036 --> 00:08:15,889
Nicky,

84
00:08:15,913 --> 00:08:17,348
don't let yourself get...

85
00:08:17,372 --> 00:08:18,474
What?

86
00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:20,560
How you get.

87
00:08:20,584 --> 00:08:23,313
I won't. Of course I won't.

88
00:08:23,337 --> 00:08:24,880
You have a wonderful time.

89
00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,270
Home. Ah, Nicky.

90
00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:06,088
- You missed Martin.
- Damn.

91
00:09:07,464 --> 00:09:08,775
Two hearts. Kings.

92
00:09:08,799 --> 00:09:11,194
Uh, hello. Did Martin
say if he'd call back?

93
00:09:11,218 --> 00:09:12,904
Seven o'clock sharp.

94
00:09:12,928 --> 00:09:15,198
Oh.

95
00:09:15,222 --> 00:09:17,391
Thank you, mother.
You're very welcome, son.

96
00:09:19,017 --> 00:09:21,371
Isn't Martin the chap he was
supposed to be going skiing with?

97
00:09:21,395 --> 00:09:24,832
Yes. But Martin
is in Prague now,

98
00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:26,417
helping refugees.

99
00:09:26,441 --> 00:09:27,919
Prague?

100
00:09:27,943 --> 00:09:29,528
Well, precisely.

101
00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,801
Hello? <i>It's Martin.</i>

102
00:09:34,825 --> 00:09:36,135
<i>- Can you hear me? Nicky?</i>
- I... I can hear you.

103
00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:37,679
<i>- It's a terrible line.</i>
- I can hear you.

104
00:09:37,703 --> 00:09:39,055
<i>Listen, I'm not sure
you should come.</i>

105
00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:41,224
No, it's all arranged.
I have my ticket.

106
00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:43,101
<i>I have to leave Prague tonight.</i>

107
00:09:43,125 --> 00:09:46,562
<i>I'll have a man called
Trevor Chadwick meet you.</i>

108
00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:49,482
<i>I'm so sorry. It's
just such a mess here.</i>

109
00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:50,507
Happy Christmas.

110
00:09:56,555 --> 00:09:58,032
So, you going?

111
00:09:58,056 --> 00:10:00,267
I am, yes.

112
00:10:03,687 --> 00:10:06,749
Everyone in Prague
is trying to get out.

113
00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:09,043
My son is trying to get in.

114
00:10:09,067 --> 00:10:11,671
Did you speak to Martin?

115
00:10:11,695 --> 00:10:15,591
I did. Uh, turns out
he's not gonna be there.

116
00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,760
He's escorting some
refugees out of the country

117
00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:19,762
and then he's heading
back home to London.

118
00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:22,015
- Nicky.
- Look, I have to do something.

119
00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:23,933
It... Is...

120
00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:26,352
And you, of all people,
should understand that.

121
00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:27,687
Isn't that what you taught me?

122
00:10:27,711 --> 00:10:29,731
Well, I can't just sit
here reading about it.

123
00:10:29,755 --> 00:10:31,190
These people need help.

124
00:10:31,214 --> 00:10:34,569
I was never in doubt
that the cause was just,

125
00:10:34,593 --> 00:10:36,029
only whether Prague is safe.

126
00:10:36,053 --> 00:10:37,196
It's only a week.

127
00:10:37,220 --> 00:10:39,490
Uh, I'll be back before
you even miss me.

128
00:10:39,514 --> 00:10:41,784
Nicky, it's not a joke.

129
00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:43,101
I know, I know.

130
00:10:44,102 --> 00:10:45,354
I'm sorry, but I...

131
00:10:47,105 --> 00:10:48,315
I have to go.

132
00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:24,684
Here we are.

133
00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:29,582
- Mr Chadwick.
- This is Mr Winton.

134
00:11:29,606 --> 00:11:31,292
- Evening.
- Now, don't go giving him

135
00:11:31,316 --> 00:11:32,877
a better room than me.

136
00:11:32,901 --> 00:11:34,837
All our rooms are the
best rooms, Mr Chadwick.

137
00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:36,422
Rudi takes good care of us.

138
00:11:36,446 --> 00:11:40,242
Welcome. And Miss
Warriner is in the bar.

139
00:11:42,285 --> 00:11:44,847
Oh, that's Doreen

140
00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:46,706
with one of our refugees.

141
00:11:47,666 --> 00:11:49,668
Over here.

142
00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:54,315
Her husband was picked up

143
00:11:54,339 --> 00:11:55,924
on the street this morning.

144
00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:58,945
Picked up by?

145
00:11:58,969 --> 00:12:02,198
Doreen thinks Nazi spies
doing Hitler's dirty work.

146
00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:04,242
What will happen?
To him, I mean.

147
00:12:04,266 --> 00:12:07,286
Ah, thank you, thank you.

148
00:12:07,310 --> 00:12:08,663
He'll be dumped somewhere.

149
00:12:08,687 --> 00:12:10,063
Maybe alive,

150
00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:12,899
but probably not.

151
00:12:14,985 --> 00:12:16,629
You're Martin's friend,
the stockbroker.

152
00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:20,633
- Nicky. And you must be, uh...
- Unbelievably angry.

153
00:12:20,657 --> 00:12:22,093
So? We've managed to get

154
00:12:22,117 --> 00:12:23,511
Monika into a safe
house for the night

155
00:12:23,535 --> 00:12:25,245
and her daughter on
the plane out tomorrow.

156
00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:28,975
Well, that's something.

157
00:12:28,999 --> 00:12:31,727
So, Martin says you know
your way around a desk.

158
00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,146
That's quite an accolade.

159
00:12:33,170 --> 00:12:35,547
It is here.
Paperwork's everything.

160
00:12:39,217 --> 00:12:40,862
And can I just ask, um,

161
00:12:40,886 --> 00:12:43,322
why... why was that
woman's husband taken?

162
00:12:43,346 --> 00:12:45,116
He ran a newspaper in Germany.

163
00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:46,909
Spoke out against the Nazis.

164
00:12:46,933 --> 00:12:48,536
When it got too dangerous,

165
00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:49,954
they escaped over the
border into Czechoslovakia.

166
00:12:49,978 --> 00:12:51,289
- The Sudetenland.
- Where they thought

167
00:12:51,313 --> 00:12:52,665
they'd be safe.

168
00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:54,399
And so they fled to Prague.

169
00:12:56,234 --> 00:12:57,420
All right, I've got a lot to do.

170
00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:58,504
Taking supplies to
the camps tomorrow.

171
00:12:58,528 --> 00:12:59,905
I could use your help.

172
00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,472
Can I ask what
brought you out here?

173
00:13:07,496 --> 00:13:11,601
I came 10 years ago
for a study trip.

174
00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:15,688
I just... just love the
place, love the people.

175
00:13:15,712 --> 00:13:18,632
Now they're in trouble.
So I came back.

176
00:13:28,558 --> 00:13:30,786
Are they all from
the Sudetenland?

177
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,497
Mostly.

178
00:13:32,521 --> 00:13:37,210
Some from Austria and
Germany who fled there first.

179
00:13:37,234 --> 00:13:39,962
Drive an hour north of here,
towards the German border,

180
00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:41,380
you'll see the
towns they ran from

181
00:13:41,404 --> 00:13:42,822
hung with Nazi flags.

182
00:13:51,289 --> 00:13:53,059
Dear God.

183
00:13:53,083 --> 00:13:55,335
I know. And there are
thousands more like this.

184
00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:09,700
<i>Ahoj,</i> Hana. This
is Nicholas Winton.

185
00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:10,976
He's here to help out.

186
00:14:11,893 --> 00:14:13,496
Oh.

187
00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,790
Hana Hejdukova. Liaison
officer for Czech refugees.

188
00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:17,542
- Hello.
- Your first time

189
00:14:17,566 --> 00:14:20,836
- in Czechoslovakia?
- Yes, yes, it... Yes, it is.

190
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,464
Shame you didn't come sooner.
When there was more of it.

191
00:14:23,488 --> 00:14:24,698
Hana.

192
00:14:26,575 --> 00:14:28,928
Um, can you get the others?

193
00:14:28,952 --> 00:14:31,722
Oh, there we go.

194
00:14:31,746 --> 00:14:33,641
So, you've managed to
get doctors out to them?

195
00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:36,811
Oh, plenty of
doctors already here.

196
00:14:36,835 --> 00:14:38,854
Lots of these children grew
up thinking the worst thing

197
00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,256
that was ever gonna happen
to them was piano practice.

198
00:14:44,593 --> 00:14:45,594
Nicky.

199
00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:15,850
Hello.

200
00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:21,582
I'm so... I'm sorry,

201
00:16:21,606 --> 00:16:22,857
I haven't got anything.

202
00:16:24,359 --> 00:16:25,527
Oh, wait,

203
00:16:26,444 --> 00:16:28,196
now hold on a moment.

204
00:16:30,198 --> 00:16:31,658
Chocolate.

205
00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:36,013
Here we go.

206
00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:37,598
Oh, yes,

207
00:16:37,622 --> 00:16:39,850
of course you'd
like some as well.

208
00:16:39,874 --> 00:16:42,144
There we go.

209
00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:43,646
Oh.

210
00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,439
Let's see how far we go.

211
00:16:45,463 --> 00:16:47,525
Oh, crikey.

212
00:16:47,549 --> 00:16:48,859
There's only a tiny bit.

213
00:16:48,883 --> 00:16:50,653
And little bit for you.

214
00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:51,761
Little bit for you.

215
00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:54,990
That's it. That's
the last of it.

216
00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:56,891
There you go.

217
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:05,150
I'm sorry. I'll, um... I'll
bring more, another day.

218
00:17:07,986 --> 00:17:09,320
<i>Foto, foto.</i>

219
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:14,617
Yes, yes. It's a good idea.

220
00:17:15,577 --> 00:17:17,555
What's your name?

221
00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:19,014
I'm Nicky.

222
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,123
Can you say, "Nicky"?

223
00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:24,544
There we go.

224
00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:35,531
How will these children
survive the winter?

225
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:37,867
Well, they probably won't.

226
00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:39,768
And there are a dozen
more places like this.

227
00:17:41,853 --> 00:17:43,914
Surely, they should
be the priority,

228
00:17:43,938 --> 00:17:45,833
the children, families.

229
00:17:45,857 --> 00:17:48,169
My remit is to rescue politicals

230
00:17:48,193 --> 00:17:50,004
at imminent risk of arrest.

231
00:17:50,028 --> 00:17:51,797
And I've hardly the money
or manpower for that.

232
00:17:51,821 --> 00:17:52,798
What about the British
government trains?

233
00:17:52,822 --> 00:17:54,467
The Kindertransport?

234
00:17:54,491 --> 00:17:56,469
It's only for children
leaving Germany and Austria.

235
00:17:56,493 --> 00:17:58,053
Not from Czechoslovakia.

236
00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:00,097
Unfortunately, His
Majesty's government refuses

237
00:18:00,121 --> 00:18:01,956
to believe these
people are in danger.

238
00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:19,366
How many children
are we talking about?

239
00:18:19,390 --> 00:18:20,785
Oh, well, we don't know.
That's part of the problem.

240
00:18:20,809 --> 00:18:24,330
Thousands. There's
refugees all over the city.

241
00:18:24,354 --> 00:18:25,873
Jewish people, especially.

242
00:18:25,897 --> 00:18:26,999
But anyone, really,
who doesn't fit

243
00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:28,334
into Hitler's master race.

244
00:18:28,358 --> 00:18:29,710
They're banned from travel

245
00:18:29,734 --> 00:18:31,378
and the UK's
refusing entry visas

246
00:18:31,402 --> 00:18:34,173
to families trying to
get out. It's chaos.

247
00:18:34,197 --> 00:18:36,008
Welcome to the British Committee

248
00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:38,135
for Refugees from
Czechoslovakia.

249
00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:40,429
Hana, get him those
files, would you?

250
00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,181
That's quite a filing system.

251
00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:45,184
Yes. Well, if the Germans
send in their spies,

252
00:18:45,208 --> 00:18:47,269
at least they won't be
able to find anything.

253
00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:49,104
In any case,

254
00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:50,606
you're the one who's supposed
to be good with paperwork.

255
00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:51,714
This is you.

256
00:18:57,011 --> 00:18:59,406
Uh, yes, this report

257
00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:01,534
details the political activists

258
00:19:01,558 --> 00:19:02,934
in and around Prague.

259
00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:07,957
What's this?

260
00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:11,377
The Führer's travel
plans in black and white.

261
00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:13,337
He's got his sights
set on half of Europe.

262
00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:14,863
It's just a question of when.

263
00:19:16,197 --> 00:19:17,591
Who else has seen it?

264
00:19:17,615 --> 00:19:18,825
Half of Prague, I imagine.

265
00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:23,097
Meant to intimidate.

266
00:19:23,121 --> 00:19:25,307
Hitler's never made any
secret of his ambitions.

267
00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,892
The allies banked
on appeasing him

268
00:19:26,916 --> 00:19:28,644
with a fat slice
of this country.

269
00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:30,788
Now the vicious shit's just
gonna take the rest of it.

270
00:19:31,629 --> 00:19:34,275
The children. We
have to move them.

271
00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,277
Says the man who
arrived yesterday.

272
00:19:36,301 --> 00:19:38,696
Well, I'm not suggesting
it's gonna be easy.

273
00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:43,033
A mass transit of children
without money or... or visas?

274
00:19:43,057 --> 00:19:44,785
Well, we'll find a way.

275
00:19:44,809 --> 00:19:48,080
How long are you
here for? A week?

276
00:19:48,104 --> 00:19:49,373
And then you're
back to your bank.

277
00:19:49,397 --> 00:19:50,708
Can we please put
that aside for now?

278
00:19:50,732 --> 00:19:53,002
Well, can we please
be realistic?

279
00:19:53,026 --> 00:19:54,670
We can't give these
people false hope.

280
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:59,008
Look, we... we have to believe
that this might be possible.

281
00:19:59,032 --> 00:20:00,885
Look...

282
00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:03,637
Let me try. Let... Let... Let me

283
00:20:03,661 --> 00:20:05,723
find out the scale
of the problem.

284
00:20:05,747 --> 00:20:09,852
You know, how many
children, names and ages,

285
00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,085
where they're living.

286
00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,112
There must be
existing information.

287
00:20:17,592 --> 00:20:20,738
Well, the vulnerable
groups, they do have lists.

288
00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:24,241
But, they are scared
to share them.

289
00:20:24,265 --> 00:20:27,226
Well, then, we need
to earn their trust.

290
00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:30,205
We need those lists.

291
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:31,564
So, we have to persuade them.

292
00:20:33,483 --> 00:20:35,109
Please, let me try.

293
00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:42,509
Good afternoon. Uh,
my name is Winton.

294
00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:44,678
Nicholas Winton.

295
00:20:44,702 --> 00:20:47,014
Yes, I'm ringing from
the British Committee

296
00:20:47,038 --> 00:20:49,016
for Refugees from
Czechoslovakia.

297
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,001
Well, I'm looking to obtain a
list of vulnerable children.

298
00:20:54,337 --> 00:20:57,149
No, I understand, but we will
have everything in place.

299
00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:58,800
Hello? Hello?

300
00:21:06,182 --> 00:21:09,143
Yes. May I at least
come and meet?

301
00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:12,790
Thank you for seeing me.

302
00:21:12,814 --> 00:21:14,291
How could I resist?

303
00:21:14,315 --> 00:21:16,335
You're offering to get
children out of Prague.

304
00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:17,419
A lot of them.

305
00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,088
That is correct.

306
00:21:19,112 --> 00:21:21,382
Hitler will be thrilled
to know you're helping him

307
00:21:21,406 --> 00:21:22,865
eradicate Jews from the region.

308
00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:30,224
With... With respect,
uh, I'm moving children

309
00:21:30,248 --> 00:21:32,977
of all faiths and none.

310
00:21:33,001 --> 00:21:34,520
Separating them
from their families,

311
00:21:34,544 --> 00:21:37,231
perhaps from their religion?

312
00:21:37,255 --> 00:21:39,984
Accommodating them
in safe homes,

313
00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:42,611
with families in foster homes.

314
00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:43,845
Jewish foster homes?

315
00:21:47,098 --> 00:21:49,326
I don't know.

316
00:21:49,350 --> 00:21:51,412
I don't think that's
a question for now.

317
00:21:51,436 --> 00:21:54,123
But it's a question I'm asking.

318
00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:56,792
You are not the only
person at this table

319
00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:58,544
concerned about the
well-being of Jewish children.

320
00:21:58,568 --> 00:22:01,213
Parents in London are preparing

321
00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:03,173
to send their children
out of the city

322
00:22:03,197 --> 00:22:05,050
to safety in the event of a war.

323
00:22:05,074 --> 00:22:08,512
What I'm proposing
is no different.

324
00:22:08,536 --> 00:22:11,181
Your children would be protected

325
00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:14,000
and returned to their
families as soon as it's safe.

326
00:22:16,794 --> 00:22:19,213
Are you Jewish, Mr Winton?

327
00:22:22,425 --> 00:22:24,611
Why would you ask that?

328
00:22:24,635 --> 00:22:27,406
Because I wonder why a
person would undertake

329
00:22:27,430 --> 00:22:30,200
this daunting task for people

330
00:22:30,224 --> 00:22:32,619
to whom he has no
real allegiance,

331
00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:35,271
in a place where
he does not belong.

332
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:40,193
You're a stockbroker from London

333
00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:43,488
with a comfortable
life, I presume.

334
00:22:44,614 --> 00:22:46,717
You've done some research.

335
00:22:46,741 --> 00:22:50,846
It is a serious matter.
So, why are you doing this?

336
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:53,748
What I mean is, who
are you, Mr Winton?

337
00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:55,976
Well...

338
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,312
My father's family

339
00:22:58,336 --> 00:23:02,566
came from Germany to
London in the 1870s.

340
00:23:02,590 --> 00:23:04,884
Till just a few months
ago, we were Wertheims.

341
00:23:06,302 --> 00:23:07,654
We went through the last war

342
00:23:07,678 --> 00:23:10,657
with a German
surname and my mother

343
00:23:10,681 --> 00:23:14,369
my mother couldn't stand
doing it again, so...

344
00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:17,814
And my grandparents on
both sides were Jewish.

345
00:23:20,108 --> 00:23:23,003
But I was baptised in
the Church of England.

346
00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:24,403
So,

347
00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:27,549
I don't know what you'd call me.

348
00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:28,908
I would call you a Jew.

349
00:23:32,203 --> 00:23:34,622
I consider myself a European,

350
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,041
an agnostic,

351
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:39,418
and a Socialist.

352
00:23:41,254 --> 00:23:43,506
There are children here,

353
00:23:45,383 --> 00:23:49,554
living in fields, in the
open, in... in... in mud...

354
00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:53,325
The worst of winter's
still to come

355
00:23:53,349 --> 00:23:56,018
and under the threat
of Nazi invasion.

356
00:23:57,186 --> 00:23:58,521
I have seen this

357
00:23:59,647 --> 00:24:00,982
and I cannot unsee it.

358
00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:07,405
And because I may be able
to do something about it,

359
00:24:09,574 --> 00:24:10,575
I must.

360
00:24:12,034 --> 00:24:13,411
At least try.

361
00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:20,251
The task you propose

362
00:24:21,335 --> 00:24:23,605
requires money and visas.

363
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:25,631
I don't have them. Yet.

364
00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:31,971
But I'll get them.

365
00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:46,253
If I send these children to you,

366
00:24:46,277 --> 00:24:49,590
I'm placing their
lives in your hands.

367
00:24:49,614 --> 00:24:51,758
A very great responsibility.

368
00:24:51,782 --> 00:24:54,869
So, in the end, Mr Winton,

369
00:24:56,662 --> 00:24:58,748
it is a question of trust.

370
00:25:03,085 --> 00:25:05,004
In Hebrew, there is a saying.

371
00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:16,390
Don't start what
you can't finish.

372
00:25:29,904 --> 00:25:32,257
Hampstead, 7946.

373
00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:33,176
Mother?

374
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,427
Nicky! So good to hear you.

375
00:25:35,451 --> 00:25:36,553
Now, listen, I can't be long.

376
00:25:36,577 --> 00:25:38,680
<i>No, of course not. No, uh...</i>

377
00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:39,890
But are you all right?

378
00:25:39,914 --> 00:25:41,266
<i>Are you safe?</i>

379
00:25:41,290 --> 00:25:42,684
I'm perfectly fine.

380
00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:44,811
<i>You don't sound very convincing.</i>

381
00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:46,355
Just tell me you're
coming home, yes?

382
00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:48,190
Yes, yes, now, listen.

383
00:25:48,214 --> 00:25:49,757
<i>I need you to do
something for me.</i>

384
00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:51,777
Tell me.

385
00:25:51,801 --> 00:25:53,441
<i>And I'm afraid it's
not going to be easy.</i>

386
00:25:55,721 --> 00:25:57,699
Hello, Rudi, I'd like
to send a telegram.

387
00:25:57,723 --> 00:25:59,350
Yes, certainly,
sir, just a moment.

388
00:26:02,687 --> 00:26:04,873
To, Mr Hart, H-A-R-T...

389
00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:06,166
"H-A-R-T."

390
00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:09,002
At Crews Brothers, stockbrokers.

391
00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:10,045
Slight change of plan.

392
00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:13,382
- "Slight change."
- Stop.

393
00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:16,367
Working Prague with Refugees.

394
00:26:17,702 --> 00:26:19,036
<i>Return to office delayed.</i>

395
00:26:30,464 --> 00:26:32,985
He thought you were
official. German.

396
00:26:33,009 --> 00:26:35,445
Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry. Um...

397
00:26:35,469 --> 00:26:38,306
No, I'm... I'm... I'm
trying to help the families.

398
00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:50,252
- Madam.
- Oh.

399
00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:53,255
Good morning. My name
is Babette Winton.

400
00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:56,675
I'd like to speak to
someone in immigration.

401
00:26:56,699 --> 00:26:58,135
And where have you arrived from?

402
00:26:58,159 --> 00:27:00,971
From Hampstead, on the 24 bus.

403
00:27:00,995 --> 00:27:03,765
I'm a British citizen
seeking your advice.

404
00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:06,059
- Do you have an appoint...
- An appointment? No.

405
00:27:06,083 --> 00:27:07,668
But I'm happy to wait.

406
00:27:22,975 --> 00:27:24,185
Mr Jovak?

407
00:27:24,727 --> 00:27:25,787
Here.

408
00:27:25,811 --> 00:27:27,021
Come this way, please.

409
00:27:32,735 --> 00:27:33,879
<i>Anyone else?</i>

410
00:27:33,903 --> 00:27:37,174
Yes, actually, um,
there was a young girl

411
00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:39,801
that I first saw when Doreen
brought me here, um...

412
00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:41,261
She was about 11 or 12.

413
00:27:41,285 --> 00:27:43,347
She had a very
young baby sister.

414
00:27:43,371 --> 00:27:45,182
Applications are considered
according to protocol...

415
00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:47,684
Oh, protocol. That is
a meaningless phrase.

416
00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:50,687
You repeating it ad infinitum
really doesn't help.

417
00:27:50,711 --> 00:27:54,358
These are
unaccompanied children.

418
00:27:54,382 --> 00:27:55,817
They're children,
they are desperate,

419
00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:57,069
and they are starving.

420
00:27:57,093 --> 00:27:58,695
Like many poorer
British children.

421
00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:01,323
British children are
not facing the threat

422
00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:03,033
of imminent Nazi invasion.

423
00:28:03,057 --> 00:28:06,018
Mrs Winton, there are
other people waiting.

424
00:28:10,064 --> 00:28:11,583
If you don't mind...

425
00:28:11,607 --> 00:28:14,735
Young man, I have something
to tell you. Sit down.

426
00:28:22,535 --> 00:28:27,516
I came here 30 years ago,
from Germany, to marry.

427
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,726
I raised my family here.

428
00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:32,354
My husband is buried here.

429
00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:37,067
And what I have most
admired about this country

430
00:28:37,091 --> 00:28:41,113
is its commitment to
decency, kindness,

431
00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:43,615
and respect for others.

432
00:28:43,639 --> 00:28:46,868
I raised my son in
accordance with these values

433
00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:51,123
and he is in Prague,
now, as we speak,

434
00:28:51,147 --> 00:28:54,960
putting these values
into practice.

435
00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:58,380
I am merely asking
you to do the same.

436
00:28:58,404 --> 00:29:00,030
Is that too much to ask?

437
00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:10,767
Ask your questions, Mrs Winton.

438
00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:14,062
Thank you. Now, I need
you to concentrate

439
00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:15,838
and I need you to be very clear.

440
00:29:20,551 --> 00:29:21,677
She's 12.

441
00:29:40,738 --> 00:29:44,176
They don't know whose
baby it is. No one does.

442
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,910
She is helping care for her.

443
00:29:48,913 --> 00:29:51,123
But what about the parents?

444
00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:55,753
Hm, taken or dead.

445
00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:09,642
Right.

446
00:30:10,643 --> 00:30:11,644
Let's get on.

447
00:30:33,791 --> 00:30:35,519
<i>This is Maidenhead, 3310.</i>

448
00:30:35,543 --> 00:30:38,254
<i>Nicholas and Grete Winton.
Please leave a message.</i>

449
00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:42,025
<i>Hi, Dad.</i>

450
00:30:42,049 --> 00:30:45,070
<i>It's just me checking
in to see you're okay.</i>

451
00:30:45,094 --> 00:30:46,988
<i>We're all right. Had
just been to the clinic,</i>

452
00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:49,157
<i>everything's fine with the baby.</i>

453
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:50,700
<i>Mum says that you're thinking</i>

454
00:30:50,724 --> 00:30:52,827
<i>about what to do
with the briefcase.</i>

455
00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:54,329
<i>Um...</i>

456
00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:56,665
<i>I know that won't
be easy for you.</i>

457
00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:59,793
<i>I'm here if you
wanna talk about it.</i>

458
00:30:59,817 --> 00:31:01,610
<i>Hope you're swimming lots.</i>

459
00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:53,281
In Munich, Nazis
took my brothers.

460
00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:56,451
My nephews tried to stop them,

461
00:32:56,475 --> 00:33:00,622
12, 10 years old, just boys.

462
00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:04,292
They were beaten and
thrown down the stairs

463
00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:06,610
and taken to the camps.

464
00:33:13,951 --> 00:33:16,638
Eva and Vera.

465
00:33:16,662 --> 00:33:19,015
These are my sister's boys,

466
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:22,102
Honza and Tommy.

467
00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:25,254
Our family name is Diamantova.

468
00:33:29,133 --> 00:33:30,426
Oh, thank you.

469
00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:33,345
That's Vera.

470
00:33:34,221 --> 00:33:36,074
Eva.

471
00:33:36,098 --> 00:33:37,182
Honza, Tommy.

472
00:33:39,476 --> 00:33:42,122
Oh, what happened here?

473
00:33:42,146 --> 00:33:45,875
She fell. Skiing. She
loves the mountains.

474
00:33:45,899 --> 00:33:48,169
Oh. You like... You like skiing?

475
00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:49,695
I love skiing.

476
00:33:55,784 --> 00:33:58,138
Skiing and swimming.

477
00:33:58,162 --> 00:34:00,914
And swimming? Me too.

478
00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:04,853
- Morning, Rudi.
- Morning.

479
00:34:04,877 --> 00:34:06,354
Would you mind putting a call
through to this number for me?

480
00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:08,356
- Of course. Give me a moment.
- Thank you.

481
00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:11,067
And Mr Winton, you
have a telegram.

482
00:34:11,091 --> 00:34:12,593
Oh. Thank you.

483
00:34:27,149 --> 00:34:28,918
Mr Winton, your call.

484
00:34:28,942 --> 00:34:31,546
Cabin number two.

485
00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,506
<i>Nicky, you will not believe</i>

486
00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:36,134
<i>- what they are asking for.</i>
- All right, I'm ready.

487
00:34:36,158 --> 00:34:39,387
<i>A separate visa
application for each child.</i>

488
00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:42,348
An individual sponsor
who must promise to pay

489
00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:45,059
<i>for all the child's needs.</i>

490
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:50,148
And a fee of 50 pounds to pay
for their eventual return.

491
00:34:50,172 --> 00:34:51,775
- Fifty pounds?
<i>- Yes, I know.</i>

492
00:34:51,799 --> 00:34:52,883
Wait, there's more.

493
00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,904
A medical certificate,

494
00:34:55,928 --> 00:34:59,115
uh, and a foster parent
to care for the child

495
00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:00,742
till the age of 17

496
00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:03,453
or until they are
able to return home.

497
00:35:03,477 --> 00:35:04,829
Christ, Nicky!

498
00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:05,938
Yeah.

499
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:08,941
Nicky?

500
00:35:10,025 --> 00:35:11,878
Mr Slonek. Hello.

501
00:35:11,902 --> 00:35:14,464
Hello, hello. Uh...

502
00:35:14,488 --> 00:35:16,299
I have changed my mind.

503
00:35:16,323 --> 00:35:18,343
Here are, uh, photos,

504
00:35:18,367 --> 00:35:21,870
I believe now you
will help them?

505
00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:28,126
Jan. Petr.

506
00:35:29,545 --> 00:35:31,880
And... Karel. Karel. Karel.

507
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,926
When will they go... please?

508
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:39,405
What did I miss?

509
00:35:39,429 --> 00:35:41,115
Nicky was just saying
we have to assume

510
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:42,867
that this is happening.

511
00:35:42,891 --> 00:35:44,160
Yeah.

512
00:35:44,184 --> 00:35:46,037
We are moving the children.

513
00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:47,831
In big groups. By train.

514
00:35:47,855 --> 00:35:48,998
That's a two-day trip,

515
00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:50,416
which would mean
crossing Holland

516
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:51,960
and the Dutch have
shut their borders

517
00:35:51,984 --> 00:35:53,086
to Jewish refugees.

518
00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:55,380
And they'd have
to cross Germany.

519
00:35:55,404 --> 00:35:57,006
Yes, but they'd only
be passing through

520
00:35:57,030 --> 00:35:58,383
and on British visas.

521
00:35:58,407 --> 00:36:00,343
With British foster
parents waiting.

522
00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:01,845
Well, that is, if you can
find British foster parents.

523
00:36:01,869 --> 00:36:05,557
There are a thousand
children on that list.

524
00:36:05,581 --> 00:36:08,560
The welcome may not be as
warm as you're all imagining.

525
00:36:08,584 --> 00:36:11,229
Then we have to heat things up.

526
00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:13,314
We have to get
the press working.

527
00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:16,234
Get them moving and on our side.

528
00:36:16,258 --> 00:36:18,611
Ordinary people
wouldn't stand for this

529
00:36:18,635 --> 00:36:22,240
if they knew what was
actually happening.

530
00:36:22,264 --> 00:36:24,725
You've a lot of faith
in ordinary people.

531
00:36:26,393 --> 00:36:30,290
I do because I'm
an ordinary person.

532
00:36:30,314 --> 00:36:31,398
So am I.

533
00:36:32,566 --> 00:36:34,419
And me.

534
00:36:34,443 --> 00:36:36,462
Well, there you go.

535
00:36:36,486 --> 00:36:38,155
That's just what
we need, isn't it?

536
00:36:39,156 --> 00:36:41,593
An army of the ordinary.

537
00:36:41,617 --> 00:36:45,746
Nicky, you should go back
to London, raise funds.

538
00:36:46,371 --> 00:36:47,515
Raise a stink.

539
00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:49,642
I can do that. No problem.

540
00:36:49,666 --> 00:36:51,102
What about your job in the bank?

541
00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:53,229
Well, stock market closes
at half past three.

542
00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:55,648
And I'll take care of this end.

543
00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:57,483
- With Hana's help?
- Of course.

544
00:36:57,507 --> 00:36:59,235
Oh, God.

545
00:36:59,259 --> 00:37:01,219
We're actually doing
this, aren't we?

546
00:37:03,305 --> 00:37:05,700
Here's to the children's
section of the BCRC.

547
00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:07,726
- There isn't one.
- There is now.

548
00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:10,145
All those in favour.

549
00:37:16,318 --> 00:37:18,713
Nicky, if I may.

550
00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:20,965
What are you doing? Excuse me.

551
00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:23,009
My God.

552
00:37:23,033 --> 00:37:25,178
Those your socks?

553
00:37:25,202 --> 00:37:26,262
Look, you'll need something

554
00:37:26,286 --> 00:37:27,496
for all that paperwork.

555
00:37:28,997 --> 00:37:30,248
Thank you.

556
00:37:47,724 --> 00:37:50,078
<i>To</i> The Times' <i>letter section.</i>

557
00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:53,498
<i>Dear sir, I have just
returned from Prague,</i>

558
00:37:53,522 --> 00:37:55,625
where I was assessing the fate

559
00:37:55,649 --> 00:37:58,252
of refugees in the city.

560
00:37:58,276 --> 00:38:01,339
<i>Among the many
unfortunate souls,</i>

561
00:38:01,363 --> 00:38:03,949
<i>I found about 2,000 children</i>

562
00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:06,618
living in damp,

563
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,639
overcrowded camps.

564
00:38:09,663 --> 00:38:12,558
Overcrowded, insanitary camps.

565
00:38:12,582 --> 00:38:14,477
Yes, true.

566
00:38:14,501 --> 00:38:16,187
In one of the camps,

567
00:38:16,211 --> 00:38:18,672
several have already
succumbed to disease.

568
00:38:20,090 --> 00:38:23,861
<i>I saw a mother cradling
her dead child.</i>

569
00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:26,280
<i>The thousands
struggling to survive</i>

570
00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:29,200
<i>find themselves facing the
threat of Nazi invasion</i>

571
00:38:29,224 --> 00:38:31,953
<i>and the horrors that will bring.</i>

572
00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:35,039
<i>We are working to evacuate
these children by train</i>

573
00:38:35,063 --> 00:38:39,252
<i>to safety in Britain
as a matter of urgency.</i>

574
00:38:39,276 --> 00:38:44,382
<i>Will people please help with
donations or foster homes?</i>

575
00:38:44,406 --> 00:38:47,760
<i>Please contact Mr
Nicholas G Winton,</i>

576
00:38:47,784 --> 00:38:50,847
<i>the British Council for
Refugees in Czechoslovakia,</i>

577
00:38:50,871 --> 00:38:52,765
<i>Children's section.</i>

578
00:38:52,789 --> 00:38:55,852
<i>20 Willow Road, NW Three...</i>

579
00:38:55,876 --> 00:38:58,938
The wanderer returns!

580
00:38:58,962 --> 00:39:01,149
Crikey, Nicky, Hart's
been apoplectic.

581
00:39:01,173 --> 00:39:02,525
Oh, well.

582
00:39:02,549 --> 00:39:03,884
There goes your bonus.

583
00:39:18,315 --> 00:39:19,316
Mother.

584
00:39:20,192 --> 00:39:22,027
Sorry. Thank you.

585
00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:29,719
I've seen your
letter in the press.

586
00:39:29,743 --> 00:39:31,953
Well, then you
understand the urgency.

587
00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:34,599
The process...

588
00:39:34,623 --> 00:39:36,893
Our first group
consists of 20 children

589
00:39:36,917 --> 00:39:38,603
who are in the most dire need.

590
00:39:38,627 --> 00:39:41,272
They will arrive by train
into Liverpool Street Station

591
00:39:41,296 --> 00:39:43,131
in two weeks' time.

592
00:39:45,634 --> 00:39:49,572
Yes, two weeks, a fortnight.

593
00:39:49,596 --> 00:39:52,575
Which is why we're
asking for your help to

594
00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:53,951
to accelerate the process.

595
00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:56,162
Applications are
dealt with in turn.

596
00:39:56,186 --> 00:39:57,497
The process takes time.

597
00:39:57,521 --> 00:39:59,082
We don't have time.

598
00:39:59,106 --> 00:40:01,608
The German army could
cross the border any day.

599
00:40:04,903 --> 00:40:07,173
Mr Leadbetter

600
00:40:07,197 --> 00:40:10,593
these are your children, yes?

601
00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:11,969
- They are.
- There are families

602
00:40:11,993 --> 00:40:15,640
just like this, just like yours,

603
00:40:15,664 --> 00:40:18,810
living in conditions
you cannot imagine.

604
00:40:18,834 --> 00:40:20,812
The threat of war
hangs over them.

605
00:40:20,836 --> 00:40:23,231
What they have done for you

606
00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:26,692
is to stand against
Nazi expansionism.

607
00:40:26,716 --> 00:40:28,903
All they ask, in return,

608
00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:31,989
is a temporary refuge
for their children.

609
00:40:32,013 --> 00:40:35,785
From whatever horror
is yet to come.

610
00:40:35,809 --> 00:40:38,645
Isn't that the least this
country should offer?

611
00:40:42,983 --> 00:40:44,627
Provided your
paperwork is in order.

612
00:40:44,651 --> 00:40:45,986
It is in perfect order.

613
00:40:47,571 --> 00:40:49,132
Then I'll do my best.

614
00:40:49,156 --> 00:40:52,993
Two weeks, where are we
going to find the money?

615
00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:54,887
We'll find it.

616
00:40:54,911 --> 00:40:57,473
In two weeks?

617
00:40:57,497 --> 00:41:00,768
- And the foster families?
- I know. We'll do it.

618
00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:03,229
Olga Santer... Santer, yes.

619
00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:06,715
And Petr Slonek.
Slonek, Petr, yes.

620
00:41:11,553 --> 00:41:13,722
Right. It's a start.

621
00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:28,653
<i>Jan Slonek, number 174.</i>

622
00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:32,157
Petr Slonek, 144.

623
00:41:35,368 --> 00:41:36,578
<i>Rosa Lenart,</i>

624
00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:40,391
number 529.

625
00:41:40,415 --> 00:41:42,643
Good. Tommy Katschinsky,

626
00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:45,646
number nine.
Michael Lappert, 46.

627
00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:48,274
Landesmann, 19. Next.

628
00:41:48,298 --> 00:41:49,942
<i>Jacob</i>

629
00:41:49,966 --> 00:41:52,886
<i>number twenty-four.</i>

630
00:41:55,805 --> 00:41:58,117
<i>I have a family from Shropshire</i>

631
00:41:58,141 --> 00:42:01,662
<i>that will take a
girl, 8 to 11 years,</i>

632
00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:03,831
<i>and Mr and Mrs Horrell</i>

633
00:42:03,855 --> 00:42:06,542
that will take a boy, just one,

634
00:42:06,566 --> 00:42:09,962
but ideally under
eight and brown haired.

635
00:42:09,986 --> 00:42:11,821
There you go.

636
00:42:15,575 --> 00:42:17,345
Martin.

637
00:42:17,369 --> 00:42:19,138
So sorry I wasn't
with you in Prague.

638
00:42:19,162 --> 00:42:20,514
Not at all.

639
00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:23,434
Anyway, I'm here
now. What can I do?

640
00:42:23,458 --> 00:42:26,270
Well, we've got, uh, 20
children ready to travel

641
00:42:26,294 --> 00:42:27,855
and only eight foster homes.

642
00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:29,941
There's plenty of people
who'd gladly take a child,

643
00:42:29,965 --> 00:42:31,651
but they can't raise
the 50 pounds guarantee.

644
00:42:31,675 --> 00:42:36,197
So, that's what we need
most right now. It's money.

645
00:42:36,221 --> 00:42:37,472
Let me make some calls.

646
00:42:38,181 --> 00:42:39,158
Phone?

647
00:42:39,182 --> 00:42:41,160
Come with me. Coffee?

648
00:42:41,184 --> 00:42:43,621
Nicky, five pounds!

649
00:42:43,645 --> 00:42:47,875
Five pounds, 20 pounds from
the Girl Guides and then...

650
00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:50,378
That's 100 in one day!

651
00:42:50,402 --> 00:42:53,863
<i>And then</i> Picture Post
<i>has raised 90 pounds.</i>

652
00:43:15,176 --> 00:43:17,363
Ready? We've foster families

653
00:43:17,387 --> 00:43:20,700
for, uh, Marlia Keller,

654
00:43:20,724 --> 00:43:24,453
<i>uh, Kristina Novotka...</i> Mm-hmm.

655
00:43:24,477 --> 00:43:27,373
- The Blaufrank twins.
- <i>Yes.</i>

656
00:43:27,397 --> 00:43:29,959
<i>And Jan and Petr Slonek.</i>

657
00:43:29,983 --> 00:43:32,086
And their brother?

658
00:43:32,110 --> 00:43:33,945
No. No one would take all three.

659
00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:35,589
Goodness.

660
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,967
Tell them it won't be long now.

661
00:43:37,991 --> 00:43:40,386
- We'll be moving them soon.
<i>- Nicky,</i>

662
00:43:40,410 --> 00:43:42,096
it's getting harder here.

663
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,956
Two more people from Doreen's
list have disappeared.

664
00:43:47,042 --> 00:43:48,460
<i>I don't know how long we've got.</i>

665
00:44:54,859 --> 00:44:57,004
Come on, then. Good lads.

666
00:44:57,028 --> 00:44:59,823
There you go, good lads.

667
00:45:01,157 --> 00:45:02,158
All right.

668
00:45:43,575 --> 00:45:45,219
Thank God you're
here. I was worried.

669
00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:46,327
I'm so sorry.

670
00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:49,622
All right, all right, all right.

671
00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:54,562
- Petr Slonek.
- Slonek. Petr and Jan.

672
00:45:54,586 --> 00:45:56,021
174.

673
00:45:56,045 --> 00:45:57,606
Thank you.

674
00:45:57,630 --> 00:45:59,066
144.144.

675
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:01,068
So, that's only one
we're missing, now.

676
00:46:01,092 --> 00:46:03,154
Check them all.

677
00:46:03,178 --> 00:46:04,262
This is our train.

678
00:46:10,185 --> 00:46:11,352
Hello.

679
00:46:13,062 --> 00:46:14,439
141.141.

680
00:46:20,445 --> 00:46:21,672
Come on, then, let's go.

681
00:46:21,696 --> 00:46:24,300
Come on, come on, let's go.

682
00:46:24,324 --> 00:46:26,826
Okay. Okay.

683
00:46:28,036 --> 00:46:29,787
Good girl.

684
00:47:09,452 --> 00:47:11,680
<i>The train at platform eight</i>

685
00:47:11,704 --> 00:47:15,100
<i>is the 9:25 service to Ipswich.</i>

686
00:47:15,124 --> 00:47:19,188
<i>Calling at Shenfield,
Chelmsford, Witham,</i>

687
00:47:19,212 --> 00:47:23,216
<i>Colchester, Manningtree
and Ipswich.</i>

688
00:47:27,136 --> 00:47:29,907
<i>The train now arriving
at platform one</i>

689
00:47:29,931 --> 00:47:32,451
<i>is the delayed 8:47</i>

690
00:47:32,475 --> 00:47:34,578
<i>international train from Harwich</i>

691
00:47:34,602 --> 00:47:36,854
<i>to London Liverpool Street.</i>

692
00:48:13,016 --> 00:48:14,493
Stay... Stay together, everyone.

693
00:48:14,517 --> 00:48:16,120
Very good.

694
00:48:16,144 --> 00:48:18,438
Trevor! [Chuckles] Trevor.

695
00:48:22,358 --> 00:48:24,587
You made it. Bless you. Yes.

696
00:48:24,611 --> 00:48:26,589
Here, let me help you.

697
00:48:26,613 --> 00:48:28,299
This way, this way.

698
00:48:28,323 --> 00:48:29,699
Are you all right?

699
00:48:33,453 --> 00:48:37,099
So, Mr and Mrs
Willou... Willoughby?

700
00:48:37,123 --> 00:48:38,249
Here.

701
00:48:40,501 --> 00:48:44,148
Nina, Olga. Olga Santer.

702
00:48:44,172 --> 00:48:48,193
And Mr and Mrs Goodfellow.

703
00:48:48,217 --> 00:48:49,552
Yes. Here.

704
00:48:50,845 --> 00:48:53,699
- Nina.
- Hello.

705
00:48:53,723 --> 00:48:54,783
Good afternoon.

706
00:48:54,807 --> 00:48:57,745
Jan and Petr Slonek.

707
00:48:57,769 --> 00:48:59,413
- Lovely to meet you.
- Petr?

708
00:48:59,437 --> 00:49:01,206
- We'll look after you.
- Hello.

709
00:49:01,230 --> 00:49:02,291
Frank. Come on, boys,

710
00:49:02,315 --> 00:49:03,209
- let's get you home.
- Thank you.

711
00:49:03,233 --> 00:49:05,568
Mr and Mrs Harland?

712
00:49:07,362 --> 00:49:08,946
Harland?

713
00:51:10,151 --> 00:51:11,628
Hi, Nicky.

714
00:51:11,652 --> 00:51:12,755
Oh, hello, Geoff.

715
00:51:12,779 --> 00:51:14,089
You wanna come through?

716
00:51:14,113 --> 00:51:15,549
Yes, thank you.

717
00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:16,842
All right?

718
00:51:16,866 --> 00:51:19,261
Yes, of course I am.

719
00:51:19,285 --> 00:51:20,953
You don't have to
look so nervous.

720
00:51:21,704 --> 00:51:22,806
I can't help it.

721
00:51:22,830 --> 00:51:24,099
Whenever I see you comin',

722
00:51:24,123 --> 00:51:25,601
I know it's gonna
cost me a fortune.

723
00:51:25,625 --> 00:51:27,210
Oh, all in a good cause.

724
00:51:31,214 --> 00:51:33,400
So, which is it this time?

725
00:51:33,424 --> 00:51:36,177
Samaritans? MENCAP? Abbeyfield?

726
00:51:37,678 --> 00:51:41,617
Oh, something new.
Or rather, old.

727
00:51:41,641 --> 00:51:42,868
Take a seat, Nicky.

728
00:51:42,892 --> 00:51:45,186
Yes. Thank you.

729
00:51:51,901 --> 00:51:57,674
It's about, uh, documents
from the Second World War

730
00:51:57,698 --> 00:52:00,552
- rather relevant for today.
- The war?

731
00:52:00,576 --> 00:52:03,263
- Yes.
- Oh, it's exciting.

732
00:52:03,287 --> 00:52:07,601
It's the, uh, 50th anniversary
of the outbreak coming up.

733
00:52:07,625 --> 00:52:09,061
Yes, I suppose it must be.

734
00:52:09,085 --> 00:52:11,313
Yeah, we're planning a
series of special editions.

735
00:52:11,337 --> 00:52:12,606
- Oh.
- Where did you serve?

736
00:52:12,630 --> 00:52:14,233
Army, Navy?

737
00:52:14,257 --> 00:52:16,568
Oh, well, that's neither
here nor there, is it?

738
00:52:16,592 --> 00:52:18,135
Yeah, I bet you
got some stories.

739
00:52:19,345 --> 00:52:21,156
It's really not about me.

740
00:52:21,180 --> 00:52:23,724
It's actually very
important. It's, uh,

741
00:52:24,809 --> 00:52:26,477
about refugees.

742
00:52:28,104 --> 00:52:29,188
Refugees?

743
00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:31,148
Yeah.

744
00:52:32,650 --> 00:52:34,753
I'm not really seeing

745
00:52:34,777 --> 00:52:37,321
the Maidenhead
angle in refugees.

746
00:52:45,788 --> 00:52:48,183
<i>We wanna be famous.</i>

747
00:52:48,207 --> 00:52:50,644
<i>We wanna be on TV.</i>

748
00:52:50,668 --> 00:52:53,212
<i>Famous, famous Famous, famous.</i>

749
00:53:31,959 --> 00:53:34,187
<i>- Hello?</i>
- Hello.

750
00:53:34,211 --> 00:53:35,689
Guess who this is?

751
00:53:35,713 --> 00:53:37,691
Oh, good afternoon.
Good afternoon.

752
00:53:37,715 --> 00:53:39,342
I'm meeting Mr Martin Blake.

753
00:53:40,176 --> 00:53:41,278
Thank you.

754
00:53:41,302 --> 00:53:43,322
- Oh, certainly.
- Thank you.

755
00:53:43,346 --> 00:53:44,489
If you'd like to follow me?

756
00:53:44,513 --> 00:53:45,765
Yes. Thank you.

757
00:54:01,739 --> 00:54:04,468
Hello, Martin. Thank
you. How are you?

758
00:54:04,492 --> 00:54:05,844
- Nicky.
- Good to see you.

759
00:54:05,868 --> 00:54:07,971
So, you're footloose

760
00:54:07,995 --> 00:54:09,348
for a couple of days?

761
00:54:09,372 --> 00:54:10,724
Yes. Looks like it, doesn't it?

762
00:54:10,748 --> 00:54:12,225
Time to catch up. I'm glad.

763
00:54:12,249 --> 00:54:13,936
Yeah, it's not much
time, I'm afraid,

764
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:17,314
because, um, I've been given
my to-do list, you know?

765
00:54:17,338 --> 00:54:19,191
Grete's reorganising everything

766
00:54:19,215 --> 00:54:21,109
- before the baby arrives.
- Oh, yes!

767
00:54:21,133 --> 00:54:22,986
A grandfather. You excited?

768
00:54:23,010 --> 00:54:25,322
No, I'm bloody terrified. Why?

769
00:54:25,346 --> 00:54:27,282
- I don't know.
- It'll be fun, I'm sure.

770
00:54:27,306 --> 00:54:29,368
Oh, really? If you say so.

771
00:54:29,392 --> 00:54:32,579
Uh, anyway, at the
moment, we're just, um,

772
00:54:32,603 --> 00:54:34,373
throwing out a lot of old
stuff, you know? And, uh...

773
00:54:34,397 --> 00:54:36,875
- Piles up.
- Yes, it does. Yeah.

774
00:54:36,899 --> 00:54:38,043
You have to be ruthless.

775
00:54:38,067 --> 00:54:40,045
- I know.
- Yeah. Box files and,

776
00:54:40,069 --> 00:54:41,838
uh, records of all the old
charity work, you know?

777
00:54:41,862 --> 00:54:43,465
You've always been so busy.

778
00:54:43,489 --> 00:54:44,967
Oh, yeah.

779
00:54:44,991 --> 00:54:47,219
Do you still volunteer
with the Samaritans?

780
00:54:47,243 --> 00:54:48,512
No, no. They kicked me out.

781
00:54:48,536 --> 00:54:50,389
What? What on earth for?

782
00:54:50,413 --> 00:54:53,684
A woman, uh, phoned in
and told me she was, um

783
00:54:53,708 --> 00:54:55,352
planning on killing herself.

784
00:54:55,376 --> 00:54:56,937
I said, "Oh, dear me, there
must be something else"

785
00:54:56,961 --> 00:54:58,230
"you'd rather be
doing." You didn't.

786
00:54:58,254 --> 00:54:59,481
Yes, I did.

787
00:54:59,505 --> 00:55:01,525
She told me that
she wanted to visit

788
00:55:01,549 --> 00:55:03,235
her daughter in America.

789
00:55:03,259 --> 00:55:05,112
But her doctor warned
her that the journey

790
00:55:05,136 --> 00:55:06,780
would probably kill her.

791
00:55:06,804 --> 00:55:08,281
I said, "Well, that's exactly
what you want, isn't it?"

792
00:55:08,305 --> 00:55:09,408
"To be killed?"

793
00:55:09,432 --> 00:55:11,493
Yeah, well, she
had a good laugh.

794
00:55:11,517 --> 00:55:12,995
We both had a good laugh.

795
00:55:13,019 --> 00:55:14,830
She went off to America.
She saw her daughter.

796
00:55:14,854 --> 00:55:15,998
Had a wonderful time. Came back,

797
00:55:16,022 --> 00:55:17,374
- was happy as a lark.
- Oh.

798
00:55:17,398 --> 00:55:20,043
But, uh, ooh, the Samaritans.
Oh, God bless them.

799
00:55:20,067 --> 00:55:21,294
They gave me a real bollocking,

800
00:55:21,318 --> 00:55:22,629
pardon my French,

801
00:55:22,653 --> 00:55:24,423
and, uh, told me I'd
broken all the rules.

802
00:55:24,447 --> 00:55:26,383
Well, you know, I couldn't
just sit there, could I?

803
00:55:26,407 --> 00:55:28,802
I mean, you're listening
to a bunch of lonely people

804
00:55:28,826 --> 00:55:30,554
when there was something
I could actually say

805
00:55:30,578 --> 00:55:31,787
to help cheer them up.

806
00:55:34,165 --> 00:55:35,809
You might wanna
slow down anyway.

807
00:55:35,833 --> 00:55:38,270
What, with the baby coming.

808
00:55:38,294 --> 00:55:39,688
Why would I want to slow down?

809
00:55:39,712 --> 00:55:40,856
Oh, to enjoy it.

810
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:42,566
You've done enough.

811
00:55:42,590 --> 00:55:44,133
No. It's never enough, is it?

812
00:55:46,218 --> 00:55:47,988
Did you, uh, need more
time with the wine list?

813
00:55:48,012 --> 00:55:49,263
Oh, yes, um...

814
00:55:50,931 --> 00:55:52,224
They have nice <i>Château Neuf.</i>

815
00:55:56,353 --> 00:55:57,831
We'll have the <i>Chablis.</i>

816
00:55:57,855 --> 00:55:59,273
Oh, dear. Thank you.

817
00:56:00,649 --> 00:56:02,335
Where were we, now? Oh, yes.

818
00:56:02,359 --> 00:56:05,255
When I was clearing
out all the papers,

819
00:56:05,279 --> 00:56:08,175
I came across that old,
uh, scrapbook from Prague.

820
00:56:08,199 --> 00:56:09,342
- Do you remember that?
- I do.

821
00:56:09,366 --> 00:56:11,344
Yes, you're not
throwing that out.

822
00:56:11,368 --> 00:56:12,804
No, I think it could be quite

823
00:56:12,828 --> 00:56:14,514
an important little
record, in its way.

824
00:56:14,538 --> 00:56:17,017
You know, full of history
we should learn from.

825
00:56:17,041 --> 00:56:18,959
- It is.
- Yeah.

826
00:56:21,337 --> 00:56:23,065
Look, maybe the, um,

827
00:56:23,089 --> 00:56:26,359
the Wiener archive might
like it. In London.

828
00:56:26,383 --> 00:56:27,986
Yeah?

829
00:56:28,010 --> 00:56:30,572
I know people on the
board, I could mention it.

830
00:56:30,596 --> 00:56:33,658
Yeah, well, it'll probably
just gather dust there.

831
00:56:33,682 --> 00:56:35,827
I mean, I tried showing
it to the Editor

832
00:56:35,851 --> 00:56:37,829
of the Maidenhead
newspaper, what's it called?

833
00:56:37,853 --> 00:56:40,540
<i>The Advertiser</i> or something.

834
00:56:40,564 --> 00:56:43,210
And, um, it's funny
because when I told him

835
00:56:43,234 --> 00:56:44,920
about the refugees, he said,

836
00:56:44,944 --> 00:56:46,779
"I don't quite get
the Maidenhead angle."

837
00:56:48,155 --> 00:56:49,633
So, uh, he's a bit
of a twit, really.

838
00:56:49,657 --> 00:56:51,968
Well, you might like to
donate it to a museum.

839
00:56:51,992 --> 00:56:54,137
In Prague? Or in Israel?

840
00:56:54,161 --> 00:56:55,881
Most of the children
were Jewish, after all.

841
00:56:56,330 --> 00:56:57,414
Prague.

842
00:57:00,084 --> 00:57:02,670
Well... Yeah.

843
00:57:03,712 --> 00:57:04,755
Tell me something...

844
00:57:07,258 --> 00:57:08,652
Do you ever think
about the children

845
00:57:08,676 --> 00:57:10,153
and what happened to them?

846
00:57:10,177 --> 00:57:12,405
Yes, yes, I do.
From time to time.

847
00:57:12,429 --> 00:57:13,597
Do you?

848
00:57:15,349 --> 00:57:16,910
No, not really.

849
00:57:16,934 --> 00:57:19,538
Well, maybe a little, recently.

850
00:57:19,562 --> 00:57:23,125
It is incredible.
What you achieved.

851
00:57:23,149 --> 00:57:24,459
Oh, I don't think
of it that way.

852
00:57:24,483 --> 00:57:25,860
No, no, no, no, I mean it.

853
00:57:26,694 --> 00:57:28,505
Truly.

854
00:57:28,529 --> 00:57:29,965
I mean, you should be proud.

855
00:57:29,989 --> 00:57:32,008
- Well.
- Save one life,

856
00:57:32,032 --> 00:57:34,719
save the world. You know?

857
00:57:34,743 --> 00:57:37,222
Well, it's nothing
to brag about.

858
00:57:37,246 --> 00:57:39,266
I mean, look at Doreen
and, uh, Trevor.

859
00:57:39,290 --> 00:57:40,642
They did far more than I did

860
00:57:40,666 --> 00:57:41,893
and they took all the risks.

861
00:57:41,917 --> 00:57:44,437
And they actually
stayed in Prague.

862
00:57:44,461 --> 00:57:48,132
You know, Nicky, telling
people isn't bragging.

863
00:57:49,884 --> 00:57:51,760
No.

864
00:58:24,835 --> 00:58:26,688
Hampstead, 7946.

865
00:58:26,712 --> 00:58:28,940
The Germans crossed the
frontier this morning.

866
00:58:28,964 --> 00:58:30,025
<i>They've already taken over</i>

867
00:58:30,049 --> 00:58:31,568
<i>- the ministry.</i>
- Oh, God.

868
00:58:31,592 --> 00:58:34,696
Hitler's motorcade just
went past the hotel.

869
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:36,055
He was waving.

870
00:58:48,025 --> 00:58:51,504
What does this mean? For us?

871
00:58:51,528 --> 00:58:55,467
I have to go. We need
to check safe houses.

872
00:58:55,491 --> 00:58:57,469
Just be careful.

873
00:58:57,493 --> 00:59:00,204
Doreen? Doree...

874
00:59:08,712 --> 00:59:10,965
It's not safe for them
here. Please, get them home.

875
00:59:13,050 --> 00:59:14,969
Just make sure all the
lists are locked up.

876
00:59:43,747 --> 00:59:45,558
<i>Downing Street has advised</i>

877
00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:48,728
<i>that this development does not
mean that Germany is at war.</i>

878
00:59:48,752 --> 00:59:50,438
<i>The Germans are
understood to have taken</i>

879
00:59:50,462 --> 00:59:53,316
<i>an administrative position
in Czechoslovakia,</i>

880
00:59:53,340 --> 00:59:55,694
<i>replacing the
government in Prague.</i>

881
00:59:55,718 --> 00:59:56,820
<i>Flights from Prague...</i>

882
00:59:56,844 --> 00:59:58,530
What happens now?

883
00:59:58,554 --> 01:00:01,032
We work harder.

884
01:00:01,056 --> 01:00:04,577
Instead of standing here
wringing our hands in despair.

885
01:00:04,601 --> 01:00:06,162
We need more trains.

886
01:00:06,186 --> 01:00:08,373
We do whatever it takes
to make that happen.

887
01:00:08,397 --> 01:00:10,208
We find more homes.

888
01:00:10,232 --> 01:00:12,669
We place the children faster.

889
01:00:12,693 --> 01:00:14,379
We're doing as much as we can.

890
01:00:14,403 --> 01:00:16,405
It's not enough, though, is it?

891
01:00:19,658 --> 01:00:21,428
Look, we cannot

892
01:00:21,452 --> 01:00:24,514
we cannot let these people down.

893
01:00:24,538 --> 01:00:26,766
<i>Well, they tell us the
borders are still open.</i>

894
01:00:26,790 --> 01:00:29,293
The thing is now every
visa has to be approved

895
01:00:30,544 --> 01:00:32,147
and stamped by the Gestapo.

896
01:00:32,171 --> 01:00:34,381
<i>The bastards are all over
bloody everything now.</i>

897
01:00:38,844 --> 01:00:40,405
Mr Winton? Oh, yeah. Oh, hello.

898
01:00:40,429 --> 01:00:42,157
<i>The New Statesman.</i>

899
01:00:42,181 --> 01:00:43,742
Oh, hi.

900
01:00:43,766 --> 01:00:45,410
Uh, shall we speak as we go?

901
01:00:45,434 --> 01:00:46,786
Uh, yes, please.

902
01:00:46,810 --> 01:00:48,038
I don't think I can recall

903
01:00:48,062 --> 01:00:51,249
ever seeing anything
quite so moving.

904
01:00:51,273 --> 01:00:53,877
How many are there? There
must be, uh, nearly a hundred.

905
01:00:53,901 --> 01:00:55,837
Uh, yes, yes. Well
over a hundred.

906
01:00:55,861 --> 01:01:00,467
Hello. Uh, and this is our
largest transport so far.

907
01:01:00,491 --> 01:01:01,551
<i>And this is your fourth train.</i>

908
01:01:01,575 --> 01:01:02,927
<i>Are there more planned?</i>

909
01:01:02,951 --> 01:01:04,471
<i>Yes, absolutely.</i>

910
01:01:04,495 --> 01:01:06,806
<i>The fifth train's
only a few weeks away</i>

911
01:01:06,830 --> 01:01:08,725
<i>with more trains already booked.</i>

912
01:01:08,749 --> 01:01:12,145
<i>The eighth is confirmed, and
the ninth's in preparation</i>

913
01:01:12,169 --> 01:01:14,314
<i>and, um, hundreds of
children ready to board,</i>

914
01:01:14,338 --> 01:01:16,775
<i>but there are thousands
more who need our help</i>

915
01:01:16,799 --> 01:01:18,610
<i>all over Czechoslovakia.</i>

916
01:01:18,634 --> 01:01:21,446
<i>And these are children who are
homeless, they're starving.</i>

917
01:01:21,470 --> 01:01:24,157
<i>And we don't know how long
the border will remain open.</i>

918
01:01:24,181 --> 01:01:27,059
<i>So, we do desperately need
donations and foster homes.</i>

919
01:01:34,650 --> 01:01:36,002
Hello? <i>Nicky.</i>

920
01:01:36,026 --> 01:01:37,962
Nicky, it's me.

921
01:01:37,986 --> 01:01:40,465
Um, look, we have one or two
missing from the next list.

922
01:01:40,489 --> 01:01:42,842
Missing? <i>Yes, I don't know.</i>

923
01:01:42,866 --> 01:01:47,514
Either they panicked or...
or they were arrested.

924
01:01:47,538 --> 01:01:50,124
Uh, right. Well, um, you'd
better give me their names.

925
01:01:52,626 --> 01:01:53,836
This one, ah.

926
01:01:54,962 --> 01:01:57,714
That's her. Lenka Weiss.

927
01:01:59,550 --> 01:02:00,884
There was a baby, too.

928
01:02:04,888 --> 01:02:05,889
Damn.

929
01:02:09,435 --> 01:02:11,579
Nicky,

930
01:02:11,603 --> 01:02:15,125
you must know we
cannot save them all.

931
01:02:15,149 --> 01:02:17,317
You have to forgive
yourself that.

932
01:02:45,053 --> 01:02:47,365
If you want Leadbetter,
he's on his hols.

933
01:02:47,389 --> 01:02:49,659
Week in Eastbourne,
shame about the rain.

934
01:02:49,683 --> 01:02:51,661
Look, I urgently
need three visas

935
01:02:51,685 --> 01:02:53,621
for a transport leaving
Prague next week.

936
01:02:53,645 --> 01:02:56,356
Sorry. Can't help you there.

937
01:03:01,528 --> 01:03:02,881
- Trevor.
- Is everything all right?

938
01:03:02,905 --> 01:03:06,050
Listen, we're three visas short,

939
01:03:06,074 --> 01:03:10,805
Isabel Keller and Eva
and Vera Diamantova.

940
01:03:10,829 --> 01:03:13,248
<i>Is there anything you can do?</i>

941
01:03:26,053 --> 01:03:28,740
I don't know what you're doing.

942
01:03:28,764 --> 01:03:30,933
But if you're doing what
I think you're doing,

943
01:03:31,850 --> 01:03:33,477
I don't want to know.

944
01:03:37,064 --> 01:03:38,732
Train leaves at eight.

945
01:04:14,893 --> 01:04:16,246
- Where is he?
- I don't know.

946
01:04:16,270 --> 01:04:17,750
He should have been
here an hour ago.

947
01:04:28,574 --> 01:04:30,385
- Do you have them?
- Yes.

948
01:04:30,409 --> 01:04:32,744
We have them.

949
01:05:52,115 --> 01:05:53,575
They've left Prague.

950
01:06:38,370 --> 01:06:40,122
Yes.

951
01:07:01,518 --> 01:07:03,645
Why does England
want all these Jews?

952
01:07:22,372 --> 01:07:25,500
Miss Howson from Putney, please.

953
01:07:26,418 --> 01:07:29,772
Diamantova, Eva.

954
01:07:29,796 --> 01:07:32,650
Um, along here,
please. Uh, yes, sir.

955
01:07:32,674 --> 01:07:34,986
Thank you, Mrs MacFarlane.

956
01:07:35,010 --> 01:07:36,362
Mrs MacFarlane?

957
01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:37,471
Hello.

958
01:07:38,972 --> 01:07:41,701
Thank you. There they are.

959
01:07:41,725 --> 01:07:44,287
Thank you. Uh, Diamantova, Vera.

960
01:07:44,311 --> 01:07:46,456
Lovely to meet you.

961
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:48,541
Mrs Rainford.

962
01:07:48,565 --> 01:07:51,151
Yes. Sorry, excuse me.

963
01:07:52,277 --> 01:07:53,278
Hello, dear.

964
01:07:54,613 --> 01:07:55,614
Hello. Thank you.

965
01:07:58,533 --> 01:07:59,534
Come along.

966
01:08:02,829 --> 01:08:04,056
Are you hungry?

967
01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:05,600
Someone needs to
tell these people

968
01:08:05,624 --> 01:08:06,976
that they've only got
the children temporarily.

969
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:11,105
They've all got
families to return to.

970
01:08:11,129 --> 01:08:12,857
Our most urgent cases yet.

971
01:08:12,881 --> 01:08:14,984
They're booked on a
train, the ninth train,

972
01:08:15,008 --> 01:08:16,360
in three days' time.

973
01:08:16,384 --> 01:08:17,886
Please, Leadbetter.

974
01:08:26,311 --> 01:08:28,396
We'll do it. Of course.

975
01:08:29,356 --> 01:08:30,357
Thank you.

976
01:08:55,715 --> 01:08:56,758
Hello?

977
01:09:07,602 --> 01:09:09,372
<i>Today's main event.</i>

978
01:09:09,396 --> 01:09:14,418
<i>Germany has invaded Poland
and has bombed many towns.</i>

979
01:09:14,442 --> 01:09:18,798
<i>General mobilisation has been
ordered in Britain and France.</i>

980
01:09:18,822 --> 01:09:22,426
<i>Parliament was summoned for
six o'clock this evening.</i>

981
01:09:22,450 --> 01:09:25,388
<i>The mobilisation of the navy,
army and the air force...</i>

982
01:09:25,412 --> 01:09:28,724
Winton, where're
you going? Winton?

983
01:09:28,748 --> 01:09:30,309
There's nothing you
can do for them now.

984
01:09:30,333 --> 01:09:31,585
Winton!

985
01:09:42,804 --> 01:09:44,156
Excuse me. Excuse me.

986
01:09:44,180 --> 01:09:45,992
Excuse me. Stop pushing.

987
01:09:46,016 --> 01:09:47,326
Look, listen, what's happening
to the international trains?

988
01:09:47,350 --> 01:09:48,828
I don't know any
more than you do.

989
01:09:48,852 --> 01:09:50,621
There's a train due
to leave from Prague.

990
01:09:50,645 --> 01:09:52,915
You need to go to
the station now.

991
01:09:52,939 --> 01:09:54,083
I am staying to help.

992
01:09:54,107 --> 01:09:55,710
No, no.

993
01:09:55,734 --> 01:09:58,987
If they catch you, I can't
protect you. Go, now!

994
01:10:44,491 --> 01:10:45,468
Trevor.

995
01:10:45,492 --> 01:10:46,552
Are you all right?

996
01:10:46,576 --> 01:10:47,887
Yes, I am.

997
01:10:47,911 --> 01:10:49,096
I'm... I'm going to
go back to Doreen.

998
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:51,223
- Should I...
- You should leave now.

999
01:10:51,247 --> 01:10:54,560
You have your papers.
Go with the children.

1000
01:10:54,584 --> 01:10:55,645
See you in London.

1001
01:10:55,669 --> 01:10:56,753
Be careful.

1002
01:10:58,838 --> 01:11:00,674
You too. Bye.

1003
01:11:43,466 --> 01:11:45,319
Hello. Hello, darling.

1004
01:11:45,343 --> 01:11:47,947
Welcome back.

1005
01:11:47,971 --> 01:11:49,472
Ah. Mm.

1006
01:11:50,682 --> 01:11:51,975
Here you go.

1007
01:11:58,732 --> 01:12:00,626
Goodness.

1008
01:12:00,650 --> 01:12:01,818
Come and see this.

1009
01:12:03,111 --> 01:12:04,112
Big surprise.

1010
01:12:15,957 --> 01:12:17,435
Well...

1011
01:12:17,459 --> 01:12:20,521
You have got a lot done.

1012
01:12:20,545 --> 01:12:23,214
Yeah. Do you want a cup of tea?

1013
01:12:33,892 --> 01:12:35,453
<i>Hello, Mr Winton.</i>

1014
01:12:35,477 --> 01:12:37,288
<i>This is Karl Caplan
at the Weiner Library.</i>

1015
01:12:37,312 --> 01:12:38,622
<i>Uh, Martin Blake</i>

1016
01:12:38,646 --> 01:12:40,249
<i>gave us your details.</i> Oh.

1017
01:12:40,273 --> 01:12:41,917
<i>We have a researcher
who we think</i>

1018
01:12:41,941 --> 01:12:44,170
<i>might find your archives
very interesting.</i>

1019
01:12:44,194 --> 01:12:50,194
<i>So, if you can, please call
us back on 01-636-7247.</i>

1020
01:12:50,575 --> 01:12:52,911
<i>We look forward to hearing
from you. Many thanks.</i>

1021
01:12:55,830 --> 01:12:58,851
Um, I just mentioned
it in passing.

1022
01:12:58,875 --> 01:13:01,228
- Hmm.
- But, uh,

1023
01:13:01,252 --> 01:13:04,214
Martin, uh, he got
straight onto them.

1024
01:13:05,298 --> 01:13:08,652
And, uh... You know...

1025
01:13:08,676 --> 01:13:11,572
But I don't want it
to go into a library.

1026
01:13:11,596 --> 01:13:13,032
Why not?

1027
01:13:13,056 --> 01:13:15,284
Oh, well, it won't
teach anyone anything

1028
01:13:15,308 --> 01:13:16,601
stuck on the shelf.

1029
01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:22,690
Then call them.

1030
01:13:24,192 --> 01:13:25,193
Talk to them.

1031
01:13:30,990 --> 01:13:33,219
Yes. Well, I'm very grateful.

1032
01:13:33,243 --> 01:13:34,845
<i>Well, we look forward
to seeing you.</i>

1033
01:13:34,869 --> 01:13:35,954
Thank you.

1034
01:13:41,167 --> 01:13:43,521
Tell me.

1035
01:13:43,545 --> 01:13:46,982
Well, there's this woman who
wants to see the scrapbook.

1036
01:13:47,006 --> 01:13:48,442
She's a historian,

1037
01:13:48,466 --> 01:13:50,986
married to some... a
man from Czechoslovakia.

1038
01:13:51,010 --> 01:13:52,780
His name is Robert Maxwell.

1039
01:13:52,804 --> 01:13:54,156
The newspaper man?

1040
01:13:54,180 --> 01:13:56,826
Yes, that's right and, uh,

1041
01:13:56,850 --> 01:13:59,328
she's running some
kind of a conference

1042
01:13:59,352 --> 01:14:01,080
and she wants to meet me.

1043
01:14:01,104 --> 01:14:03,356
Elizabeth Maxwell, she
calls herself Betty.

1044
01:14:04,607 --> 01:14:06,568
She's French, apparently.

1045
01:14:35,972 --> 01:14:37,283
I'm Nicholas Winton.

1046
01:14:37,307 --> 01:14:38,907
Good afternoon. We've
been expecting you.

1047
01:14:46,441 --> 01:14:48,878
Oh. Oh, thank you so much

1048
01:14:48,902 --> 01:14:50,212
for coming all this way.

1049
01:14:50,236 --> 01:14:54,091
Here it is. The scrapbook.

1050
01:14:54,115 --> 01:14:57,803
Um, relates back

1051
01:14:57,827 --> 01:15:01,015
to some time I spent in
Prague before the war.

1052
01:15:01,039 --> 01:15:02,415
It's a little heavy, I'm afraid.

1053
01:15:04,959 --> 01:15:06,044
Yeah.

1054
01:15:07,837 --> 01:15:10,608
Now, a lot of that stuff
is just touristy stuff.

1055
01:15:10,632 --> 01:15:13,402
Postcards and so
on and so forth.

1056
01:15:13,426 --> 01:15:16,363
And, uh... Yes, there
are all... That's it.

1057
01:15:16,387 --> 01:15:17,698
There're some letters

1058
01:15:17,722 --> 01:15:20,242
relating to the
transport of children,

1059
01:15:20,266 --> 01:15:22,227
- uh, to Britain.
- Ah.

1060
01:15:23,895 --> 01:15:25,748
These are the eight
children you saved?

1061
01:15:25,772 --> 01:15:28,042
No, no. It was a
few more than that.

1062
01:15:28,066 --> 01:15:30,419
If you turn the
pages, you can see.

1063
01:15:30,443 --> 01:15:33,130
I sent out those cards,
uh for people to,

1064
01:15:33,154 --> 01:15:35,007
uh, choose, you know?

1065
01:15:35,031 --> 01:15:36,967
And, [chuckles] I must
say it was a bit like, um,

1066
01:15:36,991 --> 01:15:38,594
it was bit like
selling soap powder,

1067
01:15:38,618 --> 01:15:40,346
if you know what I mean.

1068
01:15:40,370 --> 01:15:42,181
I couldn't for the life of
me think how else I could,

1069
01:15:42,205 --> 01:15:45,059
uh, find enough families
to take in so many kids.

1070
01:15:45,083 --> 01:15:46,477
Uh, forgive me but
how many children

1071
01:15:46,501 --> 01:15:47,603
are we speaking about?

1072
01:15:47,627 --> 01:15:51,398
Oh. Uh... [chuckles] 669.

1073
01:15:51,422 --> 01:15:54,526
We successfully placed.

1074
01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:57,738
You... You... You
brought 669 children

1075
01:15:57,762 --> 01:15:58,822
from Prague to England?

1076
01:15:58,846 --> 01:16:02,076
Well, I mean with my colleagues

1077
01:16:02,100 --> 01:16:03,327
Doreen Warriner,

1078
01:16:03,351 --> 01:16:05,329
Trevor Chadwick,
and Hana and um...

1079
01:16:05,353 --> 01:16:07,539
But there were so many other
people involved, you know,

1080
01:16:07,563 --> 01:16:10,417
and my own mother.
She was a great help.

1081
01:16:10,441 --> 01:16:11,877
And I suppose...

1082
01:16:11,901 --> 01:16:13,587
I suppose I'm the
only one left, now.

1083
01:16:13,611 --> 01:16:15,321
At least I think I am.

1084
01:16:17,323 --> 01:16:19,260
Uh, the children
that are crossed out

1085
01:16:19,284 --> 01:16:20,970
are the ones we found homes for.

1086
01:16:20,994 --> 01:16:23,973
And the faces that
are not crossed out?

1087
01:16:23,997 --> 01:16:26,308
Ah, well, they were
the less fortunate

1088
01:16:26,332 --> 01:16:29,919
and, uh, it was a
lottery, I'm afraid.

1089
01:16:34,215 --> 01:16:36,151
You wrote to the president
of the United States?

1090
01:16:36,175 --> 01:16:38,904
Fat lot of good he was.

1091
01:16:38,928 --> 01:16:41,240
I never heard back from him.

1092
01:16:41,264 --> 01:16:44,118
Yeah, it's disappointing,
I must say.

1093
01:16:44,142 --> 01:16:46,203
Oh, yes, now, these, uh...

1094
01:16:46,227 --> 01:16:48,831
Those there are the
names of the children

1095
01:16:48,855 --> 01:16:50,815
and their new addresses.

1096
01:16:52,817 --> 01:16:54,545
Excuse me, Mr Winton.

1097
01:16:54,569 --> 01:16:56,505
This is not exactly
what I was expecting.

1098
01:16:56,529 --> 01:16:57,756
I'm a little taken aback

1099
01:16:57,780 --> 01:16:59,925
at the scale of your operation.

1100
01:16:59,949 --> 01:17:01,844
Oh. Oh, you know,

1101
01:17:01,868 --> 01:17:04,847
if we'd had more
money, more time

1102
01:17:04,871 --> 01:17:06,849
and more government support

1103
01:17:06,873 --> 01:17:08,958
we could've done a
lot more, I think.

1104
01:17:11,669 --> 01:17:12,712
Blank pages?

1105
01:17:13,880 --> 01:17:17,592
Yeah. That was the last train.

1106
01:17:19,385 --> 01:17:21,471
Something happened
to the last train?

1107
01:17:23,181 --> 01:17:26,785
Yes, it was the ninth train.

1108
01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:32,809
It was our largest group
of 250 children and uh...

1109
01:17:33,024 --> 01:17:36,253
<i>It was the 1st of
September, 1939.</i>

1110
01:17:36,277 --> 01:17:38,547
<i>The same day that
Hitler invaded Poland.</i>

1111
01:17:38,571 --> 01:17:40,281
<i>The very start of the war.</i>

1112
01:18:40,133 --> 01:18:41,610
Hana.

1113
01:18:41,634 --> 01:18:43,278
Trevor!

1114
01:18:43,302 --> 01:18:44,595
Hana!

1115
01:18:45,221 --> 01:18:46,222
Hana!

1116
01:18:51,561 --> 01:18:53,330
That was the end of that.

1117
01:18:53,354 --> 01:18:55,189
Bloody Hitler,
that's all I can say.

1118
01:18:59,652 --> 01:19:02,381
We had hundreds of
foster families waiting,

1119
01:19:02,405 --> 01:19:04,198
ready to welcome them, but

1120
01:19:04,866 --> 01:19:06,325
yeah.

1121
01:19:19,505 --> 01:19:20,506
<i>Merci.</i>

1122
01:19:29,182 --> 01:19:30,242
Take milk?

1123
01:19:30,266 --> 01:19:31,350
Uh, no, thank you.

1124
01:19:32,935 --> 01:19:34,061
Thank you.

1125
01:19:35,688 --> 01:19:37,315
That's wonderful. Thank you.

1126
01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:43,779
I'm sorry.

1127
01:19:46,574 --> 01:19:47,926
Must be very difficult for you

1128
01:19:47,950 --> 01:19:50,387
knowing what happened
to those children.

1129
01:19:50,411 --> 01:19:52,181
Well, I don't know
what happened, do I?

1130
01:19:52,205 --> 01:19:54,391
They were taken off the train,

1131
01:19:54,415 --> 01:19:56,584
returned to their families and

1132
01:19:57,919 --> 01:19:59,587
that was the end of that.

1133
01:20:01,339 --> 01:20:02,900
Surely, I'm almost certain

1134
01:20:02,924 --> 01:20:05,092
that they perished in the camps?

1135
01:20:07,970 --> 01:20:09,096
Hmm.

1136
01:20:52,348 --> 01:20:56,537
Well, you may be right about
those children, Mrs Maxwell.

1137
01:20:56,561 --> 01:21:00,332
But I've learned to keep
my imagination in check.

1138
01:21:00,356 --> 01:21:02,084
Uh, so I can still be of use

1139
01:21:02,108 --> 01:21:03,943
and not go raving mad.

1140
01:21:09,615 --> 01:21:10,866
Mr Winton,

1141
01:21:12,410 --> 01:21:15,138
around 15,000 children

1142
01:21:15,162 --> 01:21:18,934
went into concentration
camps in Czechoslovakia

1143
01:21:18,958 --> 01:21:23,021
and, uh, less than
200 of them survived,

1144
01:21:23,045 --> 01:21:27,925
and you saved 669.

1145
01:21:28,676 --> 01:21:30,052
Oh.

1146
01:21:31,345 --> 01:21:33,448
Ah.

1147
01:21:33,472 --> 01:21:35,867
Anyway, I'd best, uh,
I'd better be going

1148
01:21:35,891 --> 01:21:38,453
because my wife is expecting
me and I don't want...

1149
01:21:38,477 --> 01:21:40,372
I don't want to get
into any trouble,

1150
01:21:40,396 --> 01:21:41,832
if you know what I mean.

1151
01:21:41,856 --> 01:21:43,208
I would like very much

1152
01:21:43,232 --> 01:21:45,651
to hold on to your
scrapbook, if I may.

1153
01:21:47,987 --> 01:21:51,091
- Well, all right.
- And

1154
01:21:51,115 --> 01:21:56,138
with your permission, I would
like to show it to my husband.

1155
01:21:56,162 --> 01:22:00,166
I'm sure he will consider
it a very important story.

1156
01:22:01,125 --> 01:22:04,938
Oh. Well, thank you.

1157
01:22:04,962 --> 01:22:06,297
Thank you.

1158
01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:09,109
As many of you will know,

1159
01:22:09,133 --> 01:22:12,070
our group was founded in 1965

1160
01:22:12,094 --> 01:22:14,573
to encourage friendship
between Maidenhead

1161
01:22:14,597 --> 01:22:17,058
and its twin towns
across Europe.

1162
01:22:19,352 --> 01:22:23,749
We were met at the
airport by Maria Bechtler

1163
01:22:23,773 --> 01:22:26,460
and travelled by coach
to Bad Godesberg,

1164
01:22:26,484 --> 01:22:28,819
where we were given a warm...

1165
01:22:30,571 --> 01:22:31,572
All right?

1166
01:22:34,909 --> 01:22:37,929
Where we were given
a warm <i>Willkommen</i>

1167
01:22:37,953 --> 01:22:39,705
by our hostesses.

1168
01:23:06,023 --> 01:23:09,127
Thank you, darling.
Don't trip, it's heavy.

1169
01:23:09,151 --> 01:23:10,337
Hey, Steve.

1170
01:23:10,361 --> 01:23:11,463
Don't strain yourself, will you?

1171
01:23:11,487 --> 01:23:13,215
- Here. Let me.
- Give me a hand.

1172
01:23:13,239 --> 01:23:14,508
Oh, God.

1173
01:23:14,532 --> 01:23:16,051
I can't get over
all the space, Dad.

1174
01:23:16,075 --> 01:23:18,178
Hey, you could fit
in a playpen in here.

1175
01:23:18,202 --> 01:23:19,721
Oh, no.

1176
01:23:19,745 --> 01:23:22,057
It looks lovely, doesn't it?

1177
01:23:22,081 --> 01:23:24,226
- Doesn't it?
- Yeah. Doesn't it, Dad?

1178
01:23:24,250 --> 01:23:25,394
Yes.

1179
01:23:25,418 --> 01:23:26,687
Don't set it on fire.

1180
01:23:26,711 --> 01:23:27,979
Nicky!

1181
01:23:28,003 --> 01:23:29,356
Well, you did last
year, didn't you?

1182
01:23:29,380 --> 01:23:30,607
- I did not.
- Yes, you did

1183
01:23:30,631 --> 01:23:31,692
- and the year before that.
- No.

1184
01:23:31,716 --> 01:23:32,901
He loves to tease, doesn't he?

1185
01:23:32,925 --> 01:23:34,319
- Huh?
- Oh, it looks lovely.

1186
01:23:34,343 --> 01:23:36,822
Some of them new, aren't they?

1187
01:23:36,846 --> 01:23:38,907
- Well, merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

1188
01:23:38,931 --> 01:23:39,931
<i>Merry Christmas. Cheers.</i>

1189
01:23:54,155 --> 01:23:55,298
It's for you.

1190
01:23:55,322 --> 01:23:56,407
Oh.

1191
01:24:04,582 --> 01:24:06,518
Oh, this is interesting.

1192
01:24:06,542 --> 01:24:08,061
What is it?

1193
01:24:08,085 --> 01:24:10,397
It's from the Editor
of the <i>Sunday Mirror.</i>

1194
01:24:10,421 --> 01:24:13,442
"We would very much like
to publish a major article"

1195
01:24:13,466 --> 01:24:16,069
"detailing the
child evacuation."

1196
01:24:16,093 --> 01:24:17,988
But... That's marvellous.

1197
01:24:18,012 --> 01:24:19,698
Oh, yes. It says,

1198
01:24:19,722 --> 01:24:21,724
"With wider publicity in mind."

1199
01:24:23,058 --> 01:24:24,494
"I have been talking"

1200
01:24:24,518 --> 01:24:27,080
"to the BBC Television
program me <i>That's Life!"</i>

1201
01:24:27,104 --> 01:24:28,415
Surely not.

1202
01:24:28,439 --> 01:24:30,709
Yes, they want me
to go in and, uh,

1203
01:24:30,733 --> 01:24:32,502
check the historical accuracy.

1204
01:24:32,526 --> 01:24:35,380
But that's such a silly show.

1205
01:24:35,404 --> 01:24:36,506
- What?
<i>- That's Life!</i>

1206
01:24:36,530 --> 01:24:37,823
It's a very silly show.

1207
01:24:38,741 --> 01:24:39,801
It is.

1208
01:24:39,825 --> 01:24:41,052
Well, it's very
popular, isn't it?

1209
01:24:41,076 --> 01:24:43,078
I mean, a lot of
people watch it.

1210
01:24:44,121 --> 01:24:45,932
Should I come with you?

1211
01:24:45,956 --> 01:24:47,184
Why would you want
to come with me

1212
01:24:47,208 --> 01:24:48,542
if you think it's so silly?

1213
01:25:01,096 --> 01:25:02,097
Oh.

1214
01:25:04,517 --> 01:25:08,789
Hello. Hi, Mr Winton, such
a pleasure to meet you.

1215
01:25:08,813 --> 01:25:10,207
Just gonna take
you through here.

1216
01:25:10,231 --> 01:25:11,315
Yes. This way.

1217
01:25:13,734 --> 01:25:14,961
What exactly am I to do?

1218
01:25:14,985 --> 01:25:16,213
Oh, they're going
to explain all that.

1219
01:25:16,237 --> 01:25:17,964
- Oh.
- It's just through here.

1220
01:25:17,988 --> 01:25:19,114
All right.

1221
01:25:20,825 --> 01:25:21,826
Thank you.

1222
01:25:22,868 --> 01:25:23,869
Thanks.

1223
01:25:30,876 --> 01:25:32,813
Camera six.

1224
01:25:32,837 --> 01:25:34,505
Can you come from
the other side?

1225
01:25:36,006 --> 01:25:38,109
Thank you.

1226
01:25:38,133 --> 01:25:39,844
Thirty seconds to on air.

1227
01:25:44,890 --> 01:25:48,495
Okay, and you are just here.

1228
01:25:48,519 --> 01:25:51,081
- Couldn't I sit farther back?
- I'm afraid not.

1229
01:25:51,105 --> 01:25:52,457
Oh, I'd rather be backstage.

1230
01:25:52,481 --> 01:25:53,875
I'm... I'm really, really sorry.

1231
01:25:53,899 --> 01:25:55,126
It's just they told
me to put you here

1232
01:25:55,150 --> 01:25:56,419
and we're running out of time.

1233
01:25:56,443 --> 01:25:57,443
All right.

1234
01:26:07,913 --> 01:26:09,164
Who's that?

1235
01:26:27,933 --> 01:26:29,894
Hello. Good evening.

1236
01:26:37,985 --> 01:26:40,130
<i>And would you want to be
treated by this dentist</i>

1237
01:26:40,154 --> 01:26:43,782
<i>in Bath who goes by
the name Mr F Illing?</i>

1238
01:26:46,702 --> 01:26:47,703
<i>Esther.</i>

1239
01:26:49,163 --> 01:26:52,267
Now, an extraordinary
story has come to light

1240
01:26:52,291 --> 01:26:54,060
about a young man who,

1241
01:26:54,084 --> 01:26:56,605
many years ago, visited Prague,

1242
01:26:56,629 --> 01:27:00,775
and what he found there
was a terrible situation.

1243
01:27:00,799 --> 01:27:02,944
Thousands of refugees stranded,

1244
01:27:02,968 --> 01:27:05,363
living in desperate conditions,

1245
01:27:05,387 --> 01:27:09,034
<i>and at the mercy of
Hitler's imminent invasion.</i>

1246
01:27:09,058 --> 01:27:12,245
<i>This young man, whose
name was Nicholas Winton,</i>

1247
01:27:12,269 --> 01:27:14,915
<i>decided that something
had to be done.</i>

1248
01:27:14,939 --> 01:27:19,526
And so he managed to
rescue 669 children.

1249
01:27:20,694 --> 01:27:22,112
This is his scrapbook.

1250
01:27:23,447 --> 01:27:28,202
All sorts of
fascinating photographs.

1251
01:27:29,411 --> 01:27:31,288
Perhaps you can see...

1252
01:27:32,831 --> 01:27:35,644
Here's a photograph of
Nicholas Winton himself,

1253
01:27:35,668 --> 01:27:38,730
with one of the
children he rescued.

1254
01:27:38,754 --> 01:27:42,817
But at the very back, is a list

1255
01:27:42,841 --> 01:27:44,402
of all the children

1256
01:27:44,426 --> 01:27:46,237
<i>that he rescued.</i>

1257
01:27:46,261 --> 01:27:49,866
<i>Here is Vera Diamantova,
now Vera Gissing.</i>

1258
01:27:49,890 --> 01:27:52,911
We found her name on his list.

1259
01:27:52,935 --> 01:27:56,247
And Vera is here with
us tonight. Hello, Vera.

1260
01:27:56,271 --> 01:27:57,666
Hello. Now, I should tell

1261
01:27:57,690 --> 01:27:59,334
you that you are, in
fact, sitting next

1262
01:27:59,358 --> 01:28:01,443
to Mr Nicholas Winton.

1263
01:28:02,945 --> 01:28:03,988
Hello.

1264
01:28:06,073 --> 01:28:08,742
Hello.

1265
01:28:17,084 --> 01:28:18,085
Thank you.

1266
01:28:33,350 --> 01:28:34,995
I was reunited with my sister

1267
01:28:35,019 --> 01:28:36,913
a few years later.

1268
01:28:36,937 --> 01:28:38,665
And your parents?

1269
01:28:38,689 --> 01:28:42,127
My father was
tortured, in Terezin.

1270
01:28:42,151 --> 01:28:43,211
Mm-hmm.

1271
01:28:43,235 --> 01:28:45,821
And then sent to Auschwitz.

1272
01:28:48,198 --> 01:28:50,593
And then on to
another lab our camp.

1273
01:28:50,617 --> 01:28:52,137
Ah.

1274
01:28:52,161 --> 01:28:53,513
A fellow prisoner told me

1275
01:28:53,537 --> 01:28:56,999
he thought he'd been
shot on the Death March.

1276
01:28:58,709 --> 01:28:59,710
Hmm.

1277
01:29:01,128 --> 01:29:03,964
My mother, um, died of typhus.

1278
01:29:05,549 --> 01:29:07,926
- So sorry.
- Contracted at Belsen.

1279
01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:11,865
But she knew that we were safe.

1280
01:29:11,889 --> 01:29:13,682
For a mother, that
is everything.

1281
01:29:16,727 --> 01:29:20,898
And, um, my cousins,
Honza and Tommy

1282
01:29:22,524 --> 01:29:24,234
were on the last train.

1283
01:29:26,111 --> 01:29:27,881
Yeah.

1284
01:29:27,905 --> 01:29:30,157
Though I never saw
them again, of course.

1285
01:30:01,980 --> 01:30:02,981
Nicky.

1286
01:30:14,618 --> 01:30:15,786
Nicky.

1287
01:30:52,656 --> 01:30:53,740
I'm sorry.

1288
01:31:06,461 --> 01:31:08,731
I'm sorry. Very sorry.

1289
01:31:08,755 --> 01:31:09,840
Don't.

1290
01:31:16,763 --> 01:31:17,764
I'll get it.

1291
01:31:23,061 --> 01:31:24,914
Nicky! You've not
called me back.

1292
01:31:24,938 --> 01:31:26,583
I left messages!

1293
01:31:26,607 --> 01:31:29,419
- Doesn't it follow that I don't want to talk to you?
- Oh, come on, come on, let me do a piece.

1294
01:31:29,443 --> 01:31:30,753
No, thanks.

1295
01:31:30,777 --> 01:31:32,881
Come on. It's such a
brilliant story, Nicky.

1296
01:31:32,905 --> 01:31:37,010
You're a hero. Nicky,
please. Please.

1297
01:31:37,034 --> 01:31:38,720
What... It's not about me.

1298
01:31:38,744 --> 01:31:39,804
Nicky, come on,

1299
01:31:39,828 --> 01:31:40,913
give me a chance.

1300
01:31:43,373 --> 01:31:44,934
Maidenhead, 3310.

1301
01:31:44,958 --> 01:31:46,477
<i>Hello, is Mister
Winton there, please?</i>

1302
01:31:46,501 --> 01:31:49,606
No, he's not available.
Can I ask who's calling?

1303
01:31:49,630 --> 01:31:52,525
<i>This is Katinka Blackford
from</i> That's Life!

1304
01:31:52,549 --> 01:31:54,593
Oh. Oh, I see.

1305
01:31:56,428 --> 01:31:59,699
Two more children, huh?

1306
01:31:59,723 --> 01:32:04,037
They... They phoned in
after last week's show.

1307
01:32:04,061 --> 01:32:06,539
Yeah.

1308
01:32:06,563 --> 01:32:10,108
They so desperately
want to meet you.

1309
01:32:14,613 --> 01:32:16,323
You don't have to do it.

1310
01:32:17,574 --> 01:32:18,575
Don't I?

1311
01:32:20,702 --> 01:32:23,413
I asked them to send the
children's details to us.

1312
01:32:24,790 --> 01:32:26,583
I won't have you ambushed again.

1313
01:32:39,012 --> 01:32:40,698
Milena...

1314
01:32:40,722 --> 01:32:43,117
Well, goodness. This girl's
done very well for herself.

1315
01:32:43,141 --> 01:32:44,661
Yeah.

1316
01:32:44,685 --> 01:32:46,454
Milena is now Lady
Grenfell Baines.

1317
01:32:46,478 --> 01:32:47,997
Oh.

1318
01:32:48,021 --> 01:32:50,899
All right.

1319
01:32:55,445 --> 01:32:58,258
Who's that? Hanus.

1320
01:32:58,282 --> 01:33:00,718
Perhaps it's too much.
Perhaps you've done enough.

1321
01:33:00,742 --> 01:33:01,952
No, I...

1322
01:33:03,203 --> 01:33:05,723
I started the whole thing, so...

1323
01:33:05,747 --> 01:33:07,165
I have to finish it.

1324
01:33:10,252 --> 01:33:13,982
Last week was incredible
for us here at <i>That's Life!</i>

1325
01:33:14,006 --> 01:33:17,485
We told a story that touched
the hearts of so many people.

1326
01:33:17,509 --> 01:33:20,905
We've been overwhelmed
by the response.

1327
01:33:20,929 --> 01:33:23,741
One of the people who was
very affected last week

1328
01:33:23,765 --> 01:33:26,077
is with us here tonight.

1329
01:33:26,101 --> 01:33:30,039
Milena Fleischmann, now
Lady Grenfell Baines,

1330
01:33:30,063 --> 01:33:34,127
was also one of the children
that Nicholas Winton rescued.

1331
01:33:34,151 --> 01:33:38,131
Milena, I understand you
still have the name tag

1332
01:33:38,155 --> 01:33:39,507
that you wore around your neck

1333
01:33:39,531 --> 01:33:42,427
when you arrived here
as a little girl.

1334
01:33:42,451 --> 01:33:45,763
Yes, I wore this around my neck

1335
01:33:45,787 --> 01:33:49,309
and this is the actual pass

1336
01:33:49,333 --> 01:33:52,520
we were given to
come to England.

1337
01:33:52,544 --> 01:33:55,630
So, I am one of the
children that you saved.

1338
01:34:01,595 --> 01:34:04,741
Now, Mr Winton, having
introduced you to Milena,

1339
01:34:04,765 --> 01:34:07,910
there's somebody else that
we'd like to tell you about.

1340
01:34:07,934 --> 01:34:12,272
Hanus Schnabel was only
11 when he came over here.

1341
01:34:13,732 --> 01:34:14,900
We have his passport

1342
01:34:16,651 --> 01:34:19,714
with all the official
stamps in it.

1343
01:34:19,738 --> 01:34:22,216
I don't know
whether you can see,

1344
01:34:22,240 --> 01:34:24,761
but this is how he got here.

1345
01:34:24,785 --> 01:34:26,262
And he told us...

1346
01:34:26,286 --> 01:34:28,598
"I don't know how my
rescue was arranged.

1347
01:34:28,622 --> 01:34:31,225
"I had no idea when I left
my parents at Prague station

1348
01:34:31,249 --> 01:34:33,102
"that I would never
see them again.

1349
01:34:33,126 --> 01:34:35,104
"My older brother
Franta was supposed

1350
01:34:35,128 --> 01:34:36,814
"to come here by
train in September,

1351
01:34:36,838 --> 01:34:39,692
"but war broke out and I
never saw him again either.

1352
01:34:39,716 --> 01:34:42,236
"I hoped all through the
war that they would survive,

1353
01:34:42,260 --> 01:34:45,198
"but they were gassed
in a concentration camp.

1354
01:34:45,222 --> 01:34:47,158
"I've often wondered
who was responsible"

1355
01:34:47,182 --> 01:34:48,910
"for organising my rescue."

1356
01:34:48,934 --> 01:34:50,328
"I would dearly
love to meet him"

1357
01:34:50,352 --> 01:34:52,330
"and thank him for
helping us children"

1358
01:34:52,354 --> 01:34:54,916
"without any hope
of acknowledgement."

1359
01:34:54,940 --> 01:34:58,544
Hanus' name is on
Mr Winton's list.

1360
01:34:58,568 --> 01:35:01,196
And Hanus is here
with us tonight.

1361
01:35:04,783 --> 01:35:05,968
Oh.

1362
01:35:05,992 --> 01:35:07,077
Thank you.

1363
01:35:10,414 --> 01:35:12,058
Now, I don't want to rush you.

1364
01:35:12,082 --> 01:35:14,644
I know you've waited a
long time for this moment,

1365
01:35:14,668 --> 01:35:17,129
but you'll be able to
talk to Hanus later.

1366
01:35:18,755 --> 01:35:21,925
However, our evening
isn't quite over.

1367
01:35:26,012 --> 01:35:29,450
Can I ask, is there anyone
in the audience tonight

1368
01:35:29,474 --> 01:35:32,018
who owes their life
to Nicholas Winton?

1369
01:35:33,437 --> 01:35:35,564
If so, could you
stand up, please?

1370
01:35:54,791 --> 01:35:57,085
Mr Winton, would you
like to turn around?

1371
01:36:16,438 --> 01:36:17,999
You can meet all of these people

1372
01:36:18,023 --> 01:36:21,002
properly after the program me.

1373
01:36:21,026 --> 01:36:26,007
In the meantime, Mr Winton,
on behalf of all of them,

1374
01:36:26,031 --> 01:36:27,908
thank you very much indeed.

1375
01:38:31,906 --> 01:38:33,241
See Grandpa?

1376
01:38:40,874 --> 01:38:43,477
- Hello. Hello, Vera. Come in.
- Oh, Nicky.

1377
01:38:43,501 --> 01:38:45,605
Hello.

1378
01:38:45,629 --> 01:38:48,441
- Good, go through. Hello.
- Hi.

1379
01:38:48,465 --> 01:38:50,276
What's your name? Hi,

1380
01:38:50,300 --> 01:38:52,111
I'm Vera's daughter. Hello.

1381
01:38:52,135 --> 01:38:53,404
Nice to meet you.
Hello. Come through.

1382
01:38:53,428 --> 01:38:54,864
This is so beautiful.

1383
01:38:54,888 --> 01:38:56,240
Oh, this is Nicola.

1384
01:38:56,264 --> 01:38:57,742
- Oh, hello. Hello.
- My daughter.

1385
01:38:57,766 --> 01:38:59,368
And this is Rebecca,
my little grandchild.

1386
01:38:59,392 --> 01:39:00,953
Wow. Hello. Say, "Hello."

1387
01:39:00,977 --> 01:39:02,913
Hi. So, you do have a pool.

1388
01:39:02,937 --> 01:39:04,022
We do have a pool.

1389
01:39:05,440 --> 01:39:08,193
Nicky, turn the music down
a little bit, darling.

1390
01:39:12,947 --> 01:39:14,884
Hello, young man. Hello.

1391
01:39:14,908 --> 01:39:16,802
Right, be careful, though.

1392
01:39:16,826 --> 01:39:17,887
Not too fast.

1393
01:39:17,911 --> 01:39:19,930
Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it?

1394
01:39:19,954 --> 01:39:21,390
Oh, my goodness.

1395
01:39:21,414 --> 01:39:22,725
Darling, you must be
really careful here.

1396
01:39:22,749 --> 01:39:25,519
Oh, you have a
lovely pool, Nicky.

1397
01:39:25,543 --> 01:39:27,128
Yeah. I like to swim.

1398
01:39:30,298 --> 01:39:31,508
- You remember?
- Mm.

1399
01:39:34,135 --> 01:39:35,237
You all got towels?
Yes, yes, yes, yes.

1400
01:39:35,261 --> 01:39:37,281
Can we go in? Yes!

1401
01:39:37,305 --> 01:39:39,033
What's the temperature like?

1402
01:39:39,057 --> 01:39:40,642
It's all right if
you're a penguin.

1403
01:39:42,686 --> 01:39:44,872
Let's have a little
go, shall we?

1404
01:39:44,896 --> 01:39:47,524
Oh. Gotcha!

1405
01:39:48,191 --> 01:39:49,859
Oh!

1406
01:39:55,448 --> 01:39:57,575
Isn't that lovely.