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00:34♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah. Glory, glory, hallelujah. Glory, glory, hallelujah. His truth is marching on.
00:49Glory, glory, hallelujah. Glory, glory, hallelujah. Glory, glory, hallelujah. His truth is marching on.
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01:49Join the 7th Militia, sir. New York's best.
01:59Join the 7th Militia, gentlemen. New York's best.
02:05No luck there, soldier.
02:07No, sir. And war with the rebels any day now, sir.
02:09I should suggest a more persuasive tone.
02:11Or a more persuasive tune. Why remind the gentleman that John Brown's molding in advance?
02:17Right you are, lieutenant.
02:18He's always right.
02:19Come now, something lively.
02:24That's better.
02:26Hands off the girls of Italy and Spanish eyes are thrilled.
02:30Still though I bask beneath their smiles, their charms never buy me.
02:34And I promise never to gain, say, the girl I left behind me.
02:41Well, here's where I leave you, sailor.
02:42My respects to your uncle.
02:43And mine to your father.
02:44My sister Constance.
02:45That, Raymond, is a matter I shall attend to personally.
02:49There'll be a moon in Central Park tonight.
02:51And Julie.
02:52And Constance.
02:53Aye, aye, sir.
02:54Aye, aye.
03:15Oh, hey, I tell you.
03:20How many times must...
03:23Kenneth!
03:25Roast a fatted calf, Uncle John. I'm home on leave.
03:28Don't worry, I roast you plenty.
03:31Well, how was the trip?
03:32Oh, it was a grand trip, sir. The Merrimack's mighty seaworthy.
03:35Yeah, so is Noah's Ark.
03:38Yeah, what are you standing there for?
03:40Yeah, so is Noah's Ark.
03:43Yeah, what are you standing there for? Take the bellows. The fire is dying down.
03:49So you like the Merrimack, eh?
03:51Why, Uncle, she's the greatest ship afloat.
03:53There never was or ever will be a ship of war that can stand up to her.
03:56Quiet. We don't talk now.
03:59Report.
04:01Wooden ships. Bah, you talk like one of those empty office admirals in Washington.
04:08Here.
04:16Look.
04:17A plan of my new ironclad.
04:20Simple?
04:21I will explain it like ABCs.
04:24Here is a crossroad.
04:26I will explain it like ABCs.
04:29Here is a cross section of a submerged...
04:31Uncle, we're going to spend a great deal of time together on this leave.
04:35But right now...
04:36You just came and you want to run away?
04:38You got something more important?
04:40Well, uh, if you don't mind...
04:43The Commodore.
04:44I'm not to mind the Commodore while you mind the Commodore's daughter, eh?
04:49Well, her brother's on leave too and we have something...
04:52More interesting than ships.
04:54Well, have a good time.
04:58But tomorrow you don't get away so easy.
05:00Right. Goodbye.
05:12Is my skating so bad?
05:13It's far too good.
05:15I've been waiting for something romantic to happen.
05:17Like?
05:18Like you're falling down.
05:19Kenneth!
05:20Just so that I could hold you in my arms.
05:22I'm going to sit comfortably here until Raymond comes along.
05:26Raymond will keep on in the other direction.
05:28Acting under orders?
05:30Strictly. I'm his superior officer, you know.
05:32And he adores you.
05:33That, my dear, is something you should consider.
05:35He's talked of nothing but you since he got home.
05:37You must have Kenneth tell you this.
05:39You must have Kenneth tell you that.
05:41That he loves you.
05:43No, he didn't say that.
05:44He should.
05:46Why?
05:47Orders.
05:49Well, he's on leave.
05:51And so am I at the moment.
05:53Connie!
05:54Wait a minute!
06:00Darling!
06:03Well, you did it!
06:04You fell down.
06:06I'm afraid I did.
06:09Well, aren't you going to help me up?
06:11No.
06:13I'm going to sit comfortably here until Raymond comes along.
06:16On the ice?
06:17Why not? The thaw won't set until spring.
06:19Well, then I'll...
06:29Darling, you two better get up. You'll have pneumonia.
06:31Well, all I can say is their lips may be gone,
06:33but when they're going to have children, there's something else to tend to.
06:37Julie, I think that's terrible, eavesdropping like that.
06:39We weren't eavesdropping, Connie. We were just watching.
06:42Well, then I guess I'd better explain, you see.
06:45You're engaged right here in the middle of the night.
06:48Well, that is...
06:49Why, congratulations, sir.
06:50This couldn't have picked a better man than you.
06:52She had us kind of worried, being 23, unhitched,
06:54and still hanging around the house.
06:56I don't know how you do it, Connie.
06:57I've been falling down all evening,
06:59only to find that some folks can get engaged
07:01the minute they hit the ice.
07:03I advise you, sir, to make immediate report to the Commodore.
07:05I certainly am excited.
07:07This is so thrilling, it's left me speechless.
07:09Positively speechless.
07:11Julie, I'm just trying to tell you
07:13that Connie hasn't accepted me yet.
07:15Oh, then you're not engaged.
07:18Oh, no, you see, the...
07:20Yes, we are.
07:34Father, I want to tell you...
07:36I'm sorry, dear, but Captain Buchanan and I
07:38have an urgent call to Washington.
07:40Oh, Daddy, has something happened?
07:41I haven't time to talk now, honey,
07:42but everything is going to be all right.
07:45Raymond, take charge of things here.
07:55I wouldn't worry, darling.
07:57It may not be anything serious.
08:10Gentlemen, this is serious business.
08:14Delegates from six cotton states
08:16have met in Montgomery, Alabama
08:18and formed the Confederate States of America.
08:21Virginia has called a state convention
08:23to decide whether or not she will secede.
08:26Among you gentlemen,
08:28there are two native-born Virginians.
08:31It is imperative that the affairs of the Navy Department
08:34be undertaken with no division of loyalty.
08:37I must therefore ask these two gentlemen
08:40to declare their intentions
08:42should their native state
08:44follow the course of her southern sisters.
08:47Captain Buchanan.
08:54The question raised by Mr. Secretary
08:56has been weighing heavily upon me
08:59these past few months.
09:01I was born in Virginia,
09:03the son of Virginians.
09:05Birth has determined my decision.
09:08As my state goes, so must I.
09:11It is with regret
09:13that I am compelled to tender my resignation
09:16from the United States Navy.
09:25Good night, gentlemen.
09:38And you, Commodore Jordan.
09:46I have seen 47 years' service in the Navy.
09:50Until I was assigned to duty in the North,
09:53Captain Buchanan was my neighbor.
09:56Our children grew up together.
09:59I hope he will ever be my friend.
10:03I, too, have a kindred feeling
10:05for my home state, Virginia.
10:09But any section of the land
10:12over which old glory waves
10:15is my home.
10:17I gather from your words, sir,
10:20the sentiments of Stephen Decatur.
10:23My country, may she ever be right,
10:26but right or wrong,
10:28my country.
10:30Mr. President,
10:32I'm at your service.
10:54Julie, it won't be long.
10:56Mr. Lincoln doesn't want war.
10:58I'm afraid your Mr. Lincoln is practically declared war.
11:02Raymond and Julie only have a few minutes left.
11:05Goodbye, Julie.
11:07Regardless of what's decided for us,
11:08we're still friends, aren't we?
11:10Goodbye, dear.
11:12Try to remember that wars were made by men, not women.
11:15Nothing can hurt our friendship and our love.
11:18O'Connor.
11:20Excuse me, child. It's mighty close to stock.
11:22We'll wait in the carriage.
11:28Julie, I...
11:29I reckon you hate me now, don't you?
11:32Honey, I couldn't hate you,
11:34because I love you.
11:38It's best we say goodbye here.
11:41Aren't you going to let me put you on the train?
11:45Julie, what's happened to you?
11:47Don't you put your arms around me,
11:48you wearing that uniform.
11:52Once you were proud of my wearing this uniform,
11:55I haven't changed.
11:57You have. You'll be fighting against my father.
12:00You can't love me and aim to kill those I love.
12:06Come, Julie. It's time.
12:09Now, now. No tears.
12:15Goodbye, young man.
12:17Goodbye, sir.
12:28Didn't you take her to the train?
12:30She wouldn't let me.
12:32She wouldn't let me touch her.
12:34That's what it means, hate.
12:36Hate for those we love.
12:38She's just a little girl. She doesn't understand.
12:41Neither do I.
12:43Well, we'd better go, Raymond.
12:46The Commodore wants to see us.
12:51As the situation stands,
12:54we must keep up peace while we prepare for war.
12:57All leave has been canceled.
12:59You'll return to your ship immediately.
13:00Yes, sir.
13:01Forts, arsenals, and other government property
13:03are being seized in the name of the Southern Confederacy.
13:06We must take every...
13:07Just a moment, sir.
13:08Before divulging further confidential matters,
13:10please hear what I have to say.
13:11This is a breach of conduct, sir.
13:13I'm giving orders.
13:14Sorry, sir. I'm not taking them.
13:15Raymond!
13:16Sir.
13:17Because I'm resigning from the United States Navy.
13:19Raymond, you don't know what you're doing.
13:20I know that everything I hold dear belongs to Virginia.
13:24So do I.
13:27You have sworn to defend the Constitution of the United States.
13:32I renounce that vow to fulfill a more sacred duty.
13:37You realize that your decision places us on opposing sides?
13:42I regret that deeply, sir.
13:47Ken, thanks for all you've taught me.
13:50I hope I'll make a worthy opponent.
13:55Goodbye, Father.
14:04Goodbye...
14:07son.
14:12Report with ease to Captain Gilman
14:14in command of Gosport Navy Yard, Norfolk.
14:17In the absence of Captain Batterman and Captain Pearson,
14:20you will be placed in temporary command of USS Merrimack.
14:24Yes, sir.
14:25You realize the necessity of preserving for the Union
14:28the ship's armament and ammunition stored there?
14:30I do, sir.
14:31Then I needn't further stress the importance of this assignment.
14:36Good luck.
14:38Thank you, sir.
14:55First Raymond, and now you.
14:57Raymond has his duty and so have I.
15:00Strange idea of duty.
15:02To rush out and kill.
15:05It isn't that.
15:06Raymond thinks it's his duty to take up arms against Father.
15:10And you love me and yet you think it's your duty
15:13to fight against my brother.
15:15I'm afraid I'm not.
15:16I'm afraid I'm not.
15:17I'm afraid I'm not.
15:18I'm afraid I'm not.
15:19I'm afraid I'm not.
15:20I'm afraid I'm not.
15:21I'm afraid I'm not.
15:22I'm afraid I'm not.
15:23Will it be your duty to fight against my brother?
15:25Connie, there isn't any war yet.
15:27And if it happens, it won't last long.
15:29It will be small comfort to the families who are destroyed.
15:34It's time for me to go now.
15:36You won't let me see you cry, will you?
15:41Then don't let me see you leave.
15:44I'll turn around and talk to you...
15:46...about the night...
15:48...the night we were skating and...
15:50You placed a rustic bench beneath the leafless tree,
15:55and I laughed, skated away, and then I fell down.
16:12But don't you realize, Captain Buchanan,
16:15every moment we delay may prove more costly than we know.
16:18That's right. With Norfolk Navy Yard in federal hands,
16:20our city can be shelled and destroyed in 24 hours.
16:23You young men are fired with excitement and eagerness.
16:26The fact is, war has not yet been declared.
16:28Not in so many words, but war is here, sir.
16:31It was actually begun when South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter.
16:34Well, yes, it was.
16:36You hear that? It's war. Sure enough.
16:38Raymond knows.
16:40Virginia State Militia is ready to act.
16:42I say, let's seize the Navy Yard.
16:46Gentlemen, you must not take violent action at this time.
16:48Now is the time for action.
16:50We want more delay.
16:52The time is not yet here.
16:54How can you say that, sir,
16:56when you know the North has declared a blockade on southern ports?
16:58And that means we'll be starved out in six months.
17:00You all got to wait for that?
17:02No!
17:03All right, then. We'll take Norfolk Navy Yard tonight.
17:06Are you with us, men?
17:08Yes!
17:15Let's go!
17:46With gliding craft
17:48Set sail farewell to the land
17:52The gale follows fair Abab
17:56We shoot through the sparkling foam
17:59Like an ocean bird set free
18:03Like the ocean bird our home
18:07We'll find far out on the sea
18:13Oh, and speaking of love,
18:15there's real love for you.
18:17Well, there you are, Molly, old girl.
18:19You're no prettier, but you're cleaner.
18:24At ease, Paddy. This isn't official.
18:26Yes, sir. It's glad we all got to see you back, sir.
18:29Even Molly's recognized you.
18:31See the sparkle of her.
18:33No use, Molly. The lieutenant's engaged.
18:37Although I still can't believe it.
18:39Why not?
18:41I thought you were in love with a Merrimack.
18:43This old chubby is mighty close to my heart.
18:55Halt! Who goes there?
18:57Lieutenant Cosgrove with a dispatch for Captain Dillman.
18:59Pass.
19:05Are you sure, Cosgrove, there are three regiments?
19:08Yes, sir.
19:09Fully armed?
19:10The advance guard will reach here at any moment.
19:11Three regiments.
19:13We'll never be able to hold out against such a force.
19:15Evans, Herford, Smith, each of you to take a detail.
19:18We must destroy the yard.
19:20Captain Dillman, did you say destroy the yard, sir?
19:22I did.
19:23This Navy yard is invaluable to the Union.
19:25The loss in arms, equipment, and ammunition alone
19:27would be tremendous.
19:28Is it wise, sir, to destroy it?
19:30It is, rather than have it fall into Confederate hands.
19:32And when I wish for your advice, lieutenant,
19:34I shall ask for it.
19:36Yes, sir.
19:37Now, remember, not a single musket
19:39can be salvaged by the enemy.
19:40Now, hurry!
19:41Hurry!
19:53Now, stay in here!
19:59Fire, men!
20:00Now, quick!
20:10Halt!
20:11The Merrimack!
20:12Double time!
20:13Halt!
20:21Enemy forces advancing.
20:22Orders to destroy the post.
20:23Set fire to your ship at once.
20:25Burn the Merrimack?
20:26That's insane.
20:27I can take her out of the harbor.
20:28Don't be a fool, lieutenant.
20:29I'm not.
20:30With our guns trained on the city,
20:31we can keep them off till reinforcements arrive.
20:33You will obey Captain Dillman's orders.
20:35My orders are to protect government property,
20:37not destroy it.
20:38Sound general quarters.
20:39Prepare to get underway.
20:40We're taking her to sea.
20:41Careful, Reynolds.
20:42After all, this is Dillman's responsibility.
20:44This ship is my responsibility.
20:46Yes, sir.
20:48That's open mutiny, sir.
20:50Captain Dillman ordered that you fire your ship without delay.
20:52Have you those orders in writing, sir?
20:54There wasn't time for writing.
20:55Then as commanding officer of this ship,
20:57I refuse to execute such verbal orders.
21:01All right, men.
21:02Fire the ship!
21:08Hey!
21:09I'm going to sink it!
21:10What?
21:11We'll at least save a hull and engines from the fire.
21:13Stand them off.
21:14Yes, sir.
21:15The only ones to get by will be dead ones.
21:38Here.
21:39Why don't you help me?
21:40Help me.
21:41Give me your hand, will you?
21:42Here.
21:43Help me, someone.
21:44Help me.
21:45Let go!
21:46Get off before you burn to a cinder!
21:47I'll budge and all budge without volition.
21:49The man's dead!
21:50Come on!
21:51Come on!
21:52Let me go!
21:53I'll budge and all budge without volition.
21:55The man's dead!
21:56Come on!
21:57Come on!
21:58Let me go!
22:24Lieutenant Burns.
22:25I...
22:26I call you to account for your actions.
22:28I'll answer to the Board of Inquiry.
22:30In your panic, you had us set afire.
22:32I flooded her to save a hull and engines.
22:34Saved her for the enemy.
22:35To be raised as good as new.
22:37I charge you with conduct of becoming an officer,
22:40with insubordination and mutiny.
22:42Place him under arrest.
22:45In view of the fact that a state of war did not exist
22:48at the time such mutinous acts were committed,
22:50this sentence is as prescribed in articles for the government of the United States Navy
22:53in time of peace.
22:55Therefore, it is the sentence of this court-martial
22:58that the defendant be dismissed from the United States Naval Service
23:02with a dishonorable discharge.
23:10Hello, Miss Adams.
23:11Hello, Miss Jordan.
23:12Don't bother to announce me.
23:13I'll go right down.
23:14If I may say so, Miss.
23:15It's like putting your head in a noose.
23:17Still hard at it, huh?
23:18Night and day.
23:19They don't sleep.
23:20They won't eat.
23:21I'm fearful enough, ma'am.
23:23Maybe this will tempt them.
23:25Good luck.
23:26Oh, I'm not frightened.
23:29Follow me.
23:41Steady, steady.
23:42Too late to make mistakes now.
23:45Can I work in such a bedroom?
23:48Constance.
23:51You told me to come today that it would be finished.
23:53And finished it is.
23:57Don't you look until she gets her top knot on.
24:01Behold the monitor.
24:03There it is.
24:07I've never seen anything quite like it.
24:09You're right.
24:10There never has been anything quite like it.
24:12Oh, I am happy.
24:13Also very hungry.
24:14Mm, wine.
24:16I'm very happy.
24:17Oh, that's to christen the monitor.
24:19Fine, you can break it over the bow and let the wine flow.
24:21Better such good wine flows this way.
24:24Are you going to take it to Washington?
24:26At once.
24:27Father says Mr. Bushnell is submitting plans for 9 o'clock too.
24:30Bushnell?
24:31He's the biggest shipbuilder in all the land.
24:33But I'm the best.
24:34And besides, ships don't go to land.
24:38The monitor.
24:39The monitor.
24:40The monitor.
24:48I will not bother to introduce myself because you all know who I am.
24:51Mr. Secretary of the Navy, we have met before.
24:53And Senator Pillsbury, I have had the misfortune to deal with.
24:58However, we have no time.
25:00My model.
25:02Mr. Erickson, we've examined your plans,
25:05but I fail to see how the guns can be fired from your ship.
25:08Why don't you study how to read plans?
25:11From the drawings, you will find it is from the revolving turret that we do the firing,
25:14through the narrow ports.
25:16One good shot against that turret and there wouldn't be any firing.
25:19So?
25:21I show you.
25:24No shot can stop it.
25:26No matter how hard you hit the turret, it turns.
25:30That's quite all right, Captain Erickson.
25:32I'm sure your turret will work.
25:34But we've already awarded the contract to Bushnell.
25:37You have already awarded? Why?
25:39The committee has just approved the contract.
25:41Then you've made a mistake.
25:43A very bad mistake.
25:44Possibly.
25:46I'd be glad to resubmit your plans to the board.
25:49If Mr. Bushnell and his associates should fail us.
25:51Don't worry, he will.
25:53About warships, he knows even less than your committee.
26:04Vader.
26:05Vader!
26:10Yes, sir.
26:13I know your capacity, Uncle John, but don't you think...
26:15What else is there for me to do but drink in a town like this?
26:18You keep me here surrounded by politicians and gold-braiders.
26:21Why don't we go back to New York where we can work?
26:24But the Union needs your monitor and sooner or later they'll realize it.
26:27They realize nothing.
26:28I tell you I won't stay here another day, not another.
26:31Put that down and don't come.
26:33Is everybody in Washington got wooden heads?
26:46Mint julep, please.
26:49What did you say, sir?
26:51I asked for a mint julep.
26:53And unless I'm mistaken, you heard me ask for a mint julep.
26:56I presume you realize, sir, you asked for a southern drink.
26:59I beg your pardon, but my name is Adolph Schultz,
27:02Vice President of Union Loyalty League.
27:04Pardon me.
27:05My name is Commodore David G. Farragut of the United States Navy.
27:11I beg your pardon.
27:12Granted, if you let me stand around a mint julep...
27:15Sure, why not?
27:16After all, it's the men of the South we're fighting, not their liquor.
27:23Would you gentlemen care to join us?
27:26Oh, Captain Erickson.
27:28I'm right glad to see you, sir.
27:30Well, I'm glad somebody's glad to see me.
27:33How are you, Commodore?
27:35My nephew, Kenneth Reynolds.
27:37Oh, how do you do, sir?
27:38How do you do?
27:39I'd deem it most friendly if you'd join me at the bar.
27:45This is good friend, Mr. Bushnell.
27:47I know, Captain.
27:53What are you doing in Washington?
27:55Nothing.
27:56All the great work has already been done.
27:58Captain Erickson submitted a model of his monitor to the Navy Department.
28:01Oh, the monitor. I sure would like to see it.
28:04Would you, sir?
28:05It's right up in the room. We can take you up there if you like.
28:07It should interest you, Bushnell.
28:09It should, but it won't. My monitor's not on exhibition.
28:12This may be the chance...
28:13This is final. Nobody sees my monitor.
28:16Bardender, another round of mid-July.
28:20And so you see how without maneuvering around, we keep on firing.
28:38Boom, boom, boom.
28:41Genius, my dear friend. Sheer genius.
28:45You hear that, Kenneth?
28:47From the finest shipbuilder in the country.
28:50You honor me, sir.
28:51Oh, it's I who am honored.
29:00It just goes to prove what I've always said.
29:03Commodore Farragut is an amazing man.
29:05Oh, he's a magnificent man.
29:07And the Minjuvs, were they his idea?
29:09Naturally.
29:10How many did it take?
29:12Surprisingly few.
29:13Uncle John started the mellow after the seventh.
29:16Oh, do sit down. You're getting far too excited.
29:19I've reason to be. I've work to do.
29:21I'm finally going to be of some use.
29:23And what's Mr. Bushnell like?
29:25He's a man of great generosity.
29:27He willingly sacrificed his plans and took us in on the contract.
29:30Oh, I'm so happy.
29:33That's the best news of all.
29:35And do you start work immediately?
29:37Full speed ahead.
29:39Oh, there I go. Let me whine.
29:41I can't sit still.
29:44We'll build the greatest warship that ever fired a salvo.
29:48I'll think of it only as building a great ship.
29:55Let's celebrate.
29:57How?
29:58Would you consider dining sumptuously with me at the Brevoort house?
30:01I have a new dress that's just aching to see the Brevoort house.
30:04Then I'll call for you in a coach and four.
30:07Of course, we'll take Uncle John along.
30:10And on second thought, the Commodore.
30:12Oh, can't we dine alone?
30:14You see, darling, we take Uncle John for financial reasons.
30:17And father?
30:19He has the coach.
30:21But only one horse.
30:33Hereafter, I'll fire a salute of at least 21 guns before entering a conservatory.
30:38Commodore, you're just the man I want to see.
30:41Will you bring your coach?
30:43Will you bring your horse?
30:45You tell him I can't. I'll go home and dress.
30:58You'd better get into your Sunday uniform. We're dining out.
31:06What's the matter, dear?
31:08Oh, nothing. Nothing.
31:10I'm a bit tired.
31:12Cheer up, darling. We're going out to celebrate Kenneth's...
31:16Kenneth's good fortune.
31:20What's disturbing you, dear?
31:22Is it bad news?
31:24Is it Raymond?
31:26Tell me.
31:28Raymond has been appointed third in command aboard the Merrimack.
31:35It's a promotion, isn't it?
31:37Going aboard the Merrimack.
31:39Yes.
31:41The ship we have to destroy.
31:45With the monitor.
31:47Erickson's monitor.
32:02All together, men. Ram a home!
32:05Work, ye terriers, work, work, work
32:09Work, ye terriers, work, work, work
32:13All is work all day, no time to play
32:17The rolls have sunk and there ain't much pay
32:21But work, ye terriers, work, work, work
32:36I'm afraid Erickson's monitor didn't do so well in the trial.
32:40The steering gear jammed, but it's been fixed.
32:42Do you think it will work now?
32:44I do, sir.
32:46Many of our naval experts, as you know, report the ship unseaworthy and impracticable for combat duty.
32:49I don't agree with them, Mr. Secretary.
32:51Good.
32:53The President, sir.
32:55Good morning, gentlemen.
32:57Be seated.
32:59Lieutenant Gordon.
33:01The Secretary tells me that you volunteered to command the monitor.
33:04Yes, Mr. President.
33:06My compliments.
33:08Thank you, sir.
33:10Although I share your confidence in the monitor,
33:12I should never permit it to go out just yet,
33:14were it not that our cause is in desperate straits.
33:16I understand, sir.
33:18Do not assign a crew.
33:20It should be manned solely by volunteers.
33:22In view of the many criticisms already heaped upon her,
33:24that is very wise, Mr. President.
33:26See that each volunteer before signing
33:28is warned of the dangers of the adventure
33:30and the odds against it.
33:32Yes, sir.
33:34Assure them, however,
33:36that the government will take care of their families,
33:38should they not survive.
33:40Well, good luck and godspeed.
33:50Take these men to Lieutenant Green aboard ship.
33:54Well, that gives us nine officers and 37 men.
33:56It's been more difficult getting volunteers than we expected.
33:58Appearance hasn't helped us any.
34:02Paddy! Mac!
34:04We got your word, sir.
34:06We're reporting for duty.
34:08Oh, I knew I could count on you.
34:10How have you been?
34:12Fine, sir, except Paddy here has never been quite the same
34:14since he lost Molly.
34:16Lieutenant Worden, this is McPherson and Callahan.
34:18They serve with me on the Merrimack.
34:20Both good men.
34:22Glad to have them aboard.
34:24Mean and no offense, sir,
34:26but how does an able-bodied seaman
34:28get aboard such a looking object?
34:30Use your head, man.
34:32The lieutenant here helped build it.
34:34He'll know how to get on it.
34:36We'll watch him and do likewise.
34:38But I'm not going.
34:40Oh, then you're not so daft as I thought you were.
34:42I'm sorry, sir.
34:44We go to sea in a tin can with him.
34:46But if he's not going...
34:48Well, we're not going either.
34:50But they need you boys.
34:52Oh, so they don't think you're good enough to sail on it.
34:54Oh, it isn't that.
34:56Reynolds, you know the ship pretty well, don't you?
34:58I ought to.
35:00How would you like to come along with us?
35:02How would I like to come along?
35:04Thanks very much, sir, but that's impossible.
35:06Why?
35:08Well, I've been dismissed.
35:10Yes, I know all about that.
35:12But I've been given the right to pick a volunteer crew.
35:14Pack your bags and report for duty.
35:16Aye, aye, sir.
35:18Begging your pardon, sir.
35:20Report to Lieutenant Green.
35:22We sail tonight, after dark.
35:28It is relieved I am.
35:30You know, I wouldn't like enemy friends to see me
35:32and all that in broad daylight.
35:34Aye.
35:36These plans you should have in your head.
35:38I don't really need them.
35:40Well, take them along anyway for reference, maybe.
35:42I wish you were coming along too, Captain.
35:44But me?
35:46You've hit his weakness, Lieutenant Warden.
35:48I can sail ships, but I don't ride on them.
35:50I get seasick.
35:58Congratulations, Captain Erickson.
36:00You've done splendidly.
36:02Nothing unusual. What did you expect?
36:04We of the committee are here to make a final tour of inspection
36:06before the monitor sails.
36:08All right, everything is fixed.
36:10The monitor is ready, and nothing you can say
36:12will even make me mad.
36:14You'd better get aboard, Reynolds.
36:16Goodbye, sir.
36:18Goodbye.
36:20Why, yes. Just a moment.
36:22Reynolds' work on the monitor is finished.
36:24What do you know about it?
36:26He's reporting for duty, sir.
36:28On what authority?
36:30I was given the right to select a volunteer crew.
36:32Reynolds was dishonorably discharged from the Navy.
36:34Captain Gilman.
36:36I helped build the monitor.
36:38I know every rivet and seam in her.
36:40Lieutenant Warden needs me, wants me,
36:42and has accepted me for duty.
36:44You've kept the ship in record time,
36:46should more than outweigh whatever has happened in the past.
36:48Absolutely right.
36:50If he had carried out my orders at Norfolk,
36:52there'd be no Merrimack threatening us today.
36:54I agree with Captain Gilman.
36:56This ship's mission is too secretive
36:58to include among its officers a man guilty of mutiny.
37:00Lieutenant Warden is subject to our orders.
37:02This is a case for us to decide.
37:04For you to decide?
37:06No, I, John Erickson, decide.
37:08He goes.
37:10You forget yourself, sir.
37:12I don't forget this ship is not paid for,
37:14and until then, she is mine.
37:16If Reynolds don't go,
37:18the monitor stays right here, tied to the dock,
37:20and you go fight the Merrimack with your speeches.
37:24I think that settles it, gentlemen.
37:26Come, we go.
37:28Maybe you find something wrong, eh?
37:30Then you don't feel so bad.
37:38Darling, our first victory.
37:40I'm going after all, aren't you glad?
37:42Should I be?
37:44Well, I thought for myself.
37:46Why do you insist upon going?
37:48Your work on the monitor is completed.
37:50They don't even want you.
37:52But darling, this is my one chance.
37:54I hardly dared hope for it and it's come.
37:56Don't you see this is a chance to vindicate myself?
37:58No.
38:00There was a time when I didn't even want you to go on with the work.
38:02But then I realized that
38:04with or without your help, the monitor would be built.
38:06But I've got to see it through.
38:08You don't realize how vital it is
38:10that the monitor succeeds.
38:14Its success will spell failure
38:16for you and me.
38:18My brother
38:20is an officer on the Merrimack.
38:24Raymond?
38:26Raymond.
38:28That's why I stood here hoping that those men
38:30wouldn't let you go.
38:32There's nothing left but to beg you not to.
38:34Nothing I can say to you now
38:38will ever make you see this
38:40as I do.
38:42Ken, there's work to do out on the west coast.
38:44They're building harbors
38:46and ships.
38:48Why do you stand there
38:50staring at me?
38:52I know that you're going.
38:54I can't forgive it.
38:56I never will.
39:00Don't let me leave you like this.
39:02Don't let me leave you like this.
39:04There's no other way.
39:18What's Erickson's idea
39:20in having us appear?
39:22Might as well. You'll never ban us from interviewing any other place.
39:24I've seen some freaks.
39:26But that boat certainly takes the prize.
39:28Crazy Erickson.
39:30Remember when those guns exploded and killed six men on the Princeton?
39:32Yeah.
39:34They say there's a storm coming up.
39:36Twenty to one, none of that crew ever come back.
39:42There she goes.
39:44The Iron Coffin.
39:46A good name for her.
40:00Gentlemen,
40:20Commodore Buchanan
40:22will address you.
40:24Our mission
40:26is to clear this harbor of enemy craft
40:28of which the Cumberland, the Congress, and the Minnesota
40:30now ride before us.
40:32Their fire cannot hurt us.
40:34So disregard it.
40:36And remember that what you do today
40:38will be the history of tomorrow.
40:40Our homes, our wives, our children
40:42shall be free if we succeed.
40:44That is all.
40:50Lieutenant, get underway immediately.
40:52We'll first attack the Cumberland.
40:54Aye, aye, sir.
40:56Sound general quarters.
41:16Stand by!
41:22Stand by!
41:32Thank you, Yankees.
41:34What is it?
41:36Our strongest shot barely hurt.
41:38It has no effect.
41:40We'll give them a bronco.
41:48Stand by to ram.
41:50Fire!
41:52Ready!
42:00Upwind!
42:02Over the side!
42:10Cumberland is sinking.
42:12Attack the Congress. Aye, aye, sir.
42:20Fire!
42:42Fire!
42:50Quick, help me get the Commodore below.
42:52Nothing serious.
42:54Hold to your course.
42:56Keep firing.
43:20Fire!
43:28Aye, it's going out.
43:30Chance of running aground in this smoke, sir.
43:32I hope to attack the Minnesota.
43:34Let's take no risk.
43:36We'll finish the rest tomorrow.
43:46Secretary.
43:48Sir, the Merrimack is sweeping the Union fleet before her.
43:50She will receive the northern cities
43:52and levy tribute from each of them.
43:54Why, even the capital will be at the mercy
43:56of the guns of the Merrimack.
43:58What of the Monitor?
44:00The Monitor? If she ever does reach Hampton Roads,
44:02which I doubt, the Merrimack will blow her out of the water.
44:04Gentlemen, you'll be pleased to hear
44:16that Commodore Buchanan is doing very nicely.
44:18Unfortunately, however,
44:20he is unable to be with us today.
44:22Lieutenant Jones assumes command.
44:24We will complete the mission started yesterday.
44:26By nightfall, I'm confident that there will not be
44:28a Union vessel left in Hampton Roads.
44:30Hooray!
44:32We will first attack the Minnesota.
44:34Aye, aye, sir.
44:36Down, General Quarters.
44:56Down, General Quarters.
45:02Down, General Quarters.
45:18Don't open fire. Open a ramp.
45:20Aye, sir.
45:22Jordan! Jordan, look!
45:32What in tarnation is it?
45:34I don't know, but...
45:38It looks to me like a
45:40cheese box on a raft.
45:42So that's the Monitor.
45:48Ain't you a little thing?
45:50Hey, let's take it aboard
45:52and keep it for a pet.
45:54Mind your range.
45:56Aye, aye, sir.
45:58Pull one gun. Generate a fire.
46:02Use the whorl, sir.
46:14There you are, young lady.
46:16Now, now, now.
46:18Now, now, now.
46:20Now, now, now.
46:22There you are, young lady.
46:24And if you do a good job,
46:26I may learn to like you, too.
46:28Fire!
46:38Stand by for broadside.
46:40Stand by for broadside!
46:52Fire!
47:04On your head, sir!
47:08They got her.
47:10Nothing could stand a fire like that.
47:14But you're wrong, sir.
47:16Look!
47:22Lieutenant Worden is badly wounded, sir.
47:24He orders you to take command.
47:26Lieutenant Ulrich,
47:28take charge of the turret.
47:30Aye, aye, sir.
47:32Colonel, you're in command of the number two gun.
47:34Aye, aye, sir.
47:36Take over.
47:38Aye, aye, sir.
47:42Powder!
47:46Ready?
47:48Ready, yes, sir.
47:50Fire!
47:58Keep both guns going!
48:00Aye, aye, sir.
48:02Aim for four!
48:04Come on, Jim!
48:06Step on me!
48:08It's very low, sir.
48:10If we don't return now,
48:12we'll go around in the sandbar and be at their mercy.
48:14Pardon, sir.
48:16I suggest a boarding party.
48:18Well, we can try.
48:20Pull alongside the monitor.
48:22Good luck.
48:24If we have to capture her, we'll turn back.
48:26We're going to lay alongside the monitor.
48:28Who will volunteer to help me take her?
48:30I!
48:32Then come on!
48:42We're aiming at the borders.
48:48What's yours?
49:06She's cease-fired!
49:08Looks like she's turning back!
49:18We did it!
49:20We've killed four!
49:22Hooray!
49:24Hooray!
49:26Hooray!
49:28Hooray!
49:30Hooray!
49:48Constance.
49:58Please, Kenneth.
50:00I know there isn't much I can say.
50:04What is there to say?
50:08Raymond died gallantly.
50:10You were only doing your duty.
50:12There's nothing else.
50:14Except to keep on loving you.
50:16Long ago, I said that all the wars in all the world
50:18couldn't stop me from doing that.
50:22I should hate you, but I can't.
50:24There's no hate left in me.
50:26There's no feeling, nothing.
50:44Good morning, Miss Jordan.
50:46Hi, Mr. Lincoln.
50:48I walk here often.
50:50It's the trees.
50:52They're above the bickering of men.
50:54Oh, may I?
50:56This is Kenneth Reynolds.
50:58Kenneth Reynolds of the monitor?
51:00Yes, sir.
51:02My humble thanks.
51:04Tomorrow, a grateful government
51:06will publicly acknowledge the wrongs done to you.
51:08Mr. President.
51:10Mr. President.
51:12May I speak plainly?
51:14By all means.
51:16It isn't honor nor reinstatement I seek.
51:18I've seen destruction.
51:20Men die.
51:22I saw my best friend die.
51:26I see them, too,
51:28as I walk this path.
51:30If I could only remain forever in the dark,
51:32away from the rising sun
51:34that brings to light their numbers
51:36increased by thousands.
51:38But there's no turning back.
51:42We must finish the work we're in,
51:44lest those who have already gone
51:46will have died in vain.
51:48You're both young.
51:50Yours will be the good fortune to survive.
51:52Let's hope that from you
51:54will come a generation with vision
51:56broad enough to realize the futility of war.
52:00I'll never forget this talk, sir.
52:02And I
52:04shall remember you always, Mr. Lincoln.
52:06That's uncommon kind of you, ma'am.
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