Bertie (00:13):
Archbishop.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Your Majesty. A great moment, sir.
Bertie (00:23):
Prime Minister.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
Your Majesty.
Bertie (00:27):
Nice to see you again so soon. Good of you to be here. I'm sure you have a rather busy day.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
We hope we have no more interruptions from those then silenced.
Bertie (00:47):
Oh, the vetted dogs. Congratulations, First Lord of the Admiralty.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Your Majesty.
Bertie (01:00):
A long walk.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Good luck, sir. I too dread this apparatus. Had a speech impediment myself, you know.
Bertie (01:17):
I didn't.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Family secret. Tongue tied. An operation was considered to be too dangerous. I eventually made an asset of it.
Bertie (01:30):
Thank you, Mr. Churchill.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Sir.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Darling.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
How long, Logue?
Logue (01:36):
Just under three minutes.
Speaker 7 (01:37):
[inaudible 00:01:37]. Hello, Broadcasting House. [inaudible 00:01:37]. Just to let you know, I can send you a tone, a 45-second tone, [inaudible 00:01:40] five seconds in five, four-
Speaker 8 (01:37):
As I have checked-
Speaker 7 (01:37):
... three, two, one.
Speaker 8 (01:37):
... [inaudible 00:01:40]. I can confirm also that the feed is linked into the empire service.
Speaker 9 (01:37):
[inaudible 00:01:40].
Bertie (01:40):
Mr. Wood.
Mr. Wood (02:09):
Good luck, your Majesty.
Speaker 8 (02:10):
[inaudible 00:02:10] we have two minutes [inaudible 00:02:12].
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Mr. Wood.
Bertie (02:16):
You've redecorated, Logue.
Logue (02:18):
I made it cozy. Some fresh air.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
There you are, darling.
Bertie (02:34):
I am a thistle sifter. I have a sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. A sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. Because I'm a-
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Bertie.
Bertie (02:39):
... thistle...
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Darling, make sure it's not switched on.
Logue (02:42):
Remember, the red light would blink four times and I've asked them to turn it off, because we don't want that evil eye staring at you all the way through.
Speaker 11 (02:50):
One minute, sir.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I'm sure you'll be splendid.
Speaker 11 (03:08):
40 seconds, sir.
Bertie (03:13):
Logue. However this turns out, I don't know how to thank you for what you've done.
Logue (03:22):
Knighthood?
Speaker 11 (03:22):
20 seconds.
Logue (03:39):
Forget everything else and just say it to me. Say it to me as a friend.
Bertie (04:29):
In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful in our history, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and overseas, this message. Spoken with the same depth of feeling for each one of you as if I were able to cross your threshold and speak to you myself. For the second time in the lives of most of us, we are at war. Over and over again, we have tried to find a peaceful way out of the differences between ourselves and those who are now our enemies. But it has been in vain. We have been forced into a conflict, for we are called to meet the challenge of a principle, which if it were to prevail, would be fatal to any civilized order in the world.
(06:50)
Such a principle, stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that might is right. For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, it is unthinkable that we should refuse to meet the challenge. It is to this high purpose that I now call my people at home and my peoples across the seas, who will make our cause their own. I ask them to stand calm and firm, and united in this time of trial. The task will be hard. There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield. But we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail.
Logue (09:30):
It's very good, Bertie. You still stammered on the W.
Bertie (09:34):
But had to throw in a few, so they knew it was me.