Things to Come (1936) [Colorized].eng Subtitles

00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,Hullo, young Harding!
You're early.

00:03:36,832 --> 00:03:39,Yes, I had finished up. It was
too late to start anything fresh.

00:03:40,019 --> 00:03:42,What's all this fuss about
in the papers tonight, Mr. Cabal?

00:03:42,409 --> 00:03:44,- Wars and rumours of wars.
- Crying wolf?

00:03:45,197 --> 00:03:48,Some day the wolf will come.
These fools are capable of anything.

00:03:48,981 --> 00:03:52,- In that case, what happens to
medical research? - It has to stop.

00:03:53,164 --> 00:03:55,- That will mess me up.
- Mess you up. Mess everything up.

00:03:56,151 --> 00:03:57,My God, if war gets loose again...

00:03:58,143 --> 00:03:59,Merry Christmas, everyone!

00:03:59,935 --> 00:04:04,'While shepherds watched
their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground...'

00:04:04,715 --> 00:04:06,What's the matter with you fellows?

00:04:07,304 --> 00:04:11,Oh, that. This little upset across
the water doesn't mean anything.

00:04:11,288 --> 00:04:14,Threatened men live long, and
threatened wars never occur.

00:04:15,271 --> 00:04:17,Another speech by him.

00:04:17,462 --> 00:04:21,I tell you there's nothing in it.
It's just to buck people up
over the air estimates.

00:04:21,843 --> 00:04:25,Now why meet wars half-way? Why not
look at the bright side of things?

00:04:25,428 --> 00:04:29,You're all right, your business
is going up, you've g***t a jolly wife,
a pretty home.

00:04:29,411 --> 00:04:31,All's right with the world, eh?

00:04:31,801 --> 00:04:33,- All's right with the world.
- Certainly!

00:04:34,191 --> 00:04:36,Passworthy, you should have
been called Pippa Passworthy...

00:04:37,378 --> 00:04:39,And Cabal, you've been smoking too much.

00:04:39,369 --> 00:04:41,You're not - you're not eupeptic...

00:04:42,158 --> 00:04:46,Oh, come on, it's Christmas.
'No-el! No-el!'

00:04:46,340 --> 00:04:48,'No-el! No-el!'

00:04:49,128 --> 00:04:53,'Born is the King of Israel.'

00:05:04,464 --> 00:05:07,Nice toys they have nowadays, nice toys.

00:05:08,049 --> 00:05:11,The toys we had were simpler.
Ever so much simpler.

00:05:11,634 --> 00:05:13,Noah's Arks and wooden soldiers.

00:05:14,024 --> 00:05:16,Nothing complex like these.

00:05:17,011 --> 00:05:21,You know, I wonder sometimes if
perhaps all these new toys
aren't a bit too much for them.

00:05:22,189 --> 00:05:23,It teaches them to use their hands.

00:05:24,778 --> 00:05:28,And I suppose their grandchildren
will see even more wonderful things.

00:05:29,757 --> 00:05:31,Progress - progress -

00:05:32,944 --> 00:05:35,I'd like to see - the wonders
they'll see.

00:05:36,131 --> 00:05:37,Don't be too sure of progress.

00:05:38,122 --> 00:05:39,Oh, listen to the incurable pessimist.

00:05:40,114 --> 00:05:42,What's to stop progress nowadays?

00:05:42,902 --> 00:05:44,War!

00:05:45,093 --> 00:05:47,Firstly, there isn't going to be a war,
and secondly, war doesn't stop progress.

00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,It stimulates progress.

00:05:49,873 --> 00:05:52,Yes, war can be a highly
stimulating thing.

00:05:52,661 --> 00:05:54,But you can overdo a stimulant.

00:05:55,649 --> 00:05:57,Oh, well, after all, aren't we
exaggerating the horrors of war?

00:05:58,238 --> 00:06:00,Don't we rather overdo that song?

00:06:00,628 --> 00:06:03,After all, you know, the last war
wasn't as bad as some people make out.

00:06:03,814 --> 00:06:07,We didn't worry. Something great
seemed to have g***t hold of us.

00:06:08,395 --> 00:06:10,Something greater still may
get hold of us next time.

00:06:11,581 --> 00:06:13,If we don't end war -
war will end us.

00:06:14,370 --> 00:06:16,Well, what can you do?

00:06:17,556 --> 00:06:20,Yes, what can we do?

00:06:41,881 --> 00:06:44,Peace on earth,
Goodwill to all men.

00:06:44,271 --> 00:06:46,A real old-fashioned
Christmas this year.

00:06:46,461 --> 00:06:48,Fresh, a little snow,
with a nip in the air.

00:06:50,643 --> 00:06:53,What was that?
It sounded like a gun.

00:06:53,431 --> 00:06:55,No guns here.

00:06:55,223 --> 00:06:58,Merry Christmas, Cabal - here's
to another good year for all of us.

00:06:58,210 --> 00:07:00,Another year of recovery, eh?

00:07:01,595 --> 00:07:03,What are searchlights doing now?

00:07:06,772 --> 00:07:08,Yes.
Anti-aircraft manœuvres, I expect.

00:07:08,365 --> 00:07:10,Well, it must be -
anti-aircraft manœuvres.

00:07:11,551 --> 00:07:13,Manœuvres at Christmas?
No!

00:07:15,733 --> 00:07:17,Listen.
Guns again.

00:07:27,482 --> 00:07:29,Yes? Cabal speaking.

00:07:31,066 --> 00:07:34,The Hilltown air base at three?
I'll be there.

00:07:38,036 --> 00:07:39,- Mobilisation!
- Oh God!

00:07:40,624 --> 00:07:42,Perhaps it's only
a precautionary mobilisation.

00:07:47,594 --> 00:07:49,The unknown aircraft
passed over Seabeach

00:07:49,784 --> 00:07:53,and dropped bombs within a few
hundred yards of the waterworks.
They then turned seaward again.

00:07:53,966 --> 00:07:57,By this time they had been
picked up by the searchlights
of the battleship Dinosaur.

00:07:57,550 --> 00:07:59,Before they could mount out of range,

00:07:59,343 --> 00:08:02,she had opened upon them
with her anti-aircraft guns.
Unfortunately without result.

00:08:03,126 --> 00:08:06,- Of course everyone has said
'This time they'll start without
any declaration of war.' - Oh, listen!

00:08:06,909 --> 00:08:09,We do not yet know the nationality
of these aircraft,

00:08:09,299 --> 00:08:11,though of course there can be
little doubt of their place of origin.

00:08:11,689 --> 00:08:14,But before all things it is necessary
for the country to keep calm.

00:08:16,069 --> 00:08:17,No doubt the losses suffered
by the fleet are serious.

00:08:18,061 --> 00:08:19,- What? Losses of the fleet?
- Listen! Listen!

00:08:20,052 --> 00:08:23,And it is imperative that the whole
nation should at once stand to arms.

00:08:23,437 --> 00:08:26,Orders for a general mobilisation
have been issued

00:08:26,225 --> 00:08:31,and the precautionary civilian
organisation against gas will
at once be put into operation.

00:08:31,203 --> 00:08:32,Ah - instructions have
just come to hand.

00:08:33,593 --> 00:08:36,We shall cut off for five minutes and
then read you the general instructions.

00:08:36,978 --> 00:08:39,Please call in all your friends.
Call in everyone you can.

00:08:43,350 --> 00:08:45,You've g***t your stimulant, Passworthy.

00:08:45,939 --> 00:08:49,Something great has g***t you.
War has come.

00:10:02,987 --> 00:10:04,War has broken out suddenly.

00:10:04,978 --> 00:10:08,There may be an air raid,
but it is not likely to be
a very serious one.

00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,You must be prepared for it.
The danger will not be great.

00:10:12,544 --> 00:10:15,As soon as the danger is over,
bugles will sound 'all clear'.

00:10:15,929 --> 00:10:17,The streets will be dangerous.

00:10:17,721 --> 00:10:20,Do not assemble in crowds.
Keep indoors. Go home.

00:10:21,106 --> 00:10:24,Those who are far from home, can take
refuge in the underground railways.

00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:27,Go home. Go home. Go home.

00:10:27,278 --> 00:10:29,Get out of the squares.
Get out of the streets.

00:10:30,065 --> 00:10:31,Go home and stay calm.

00:10:31,857 --> 00:10:33,Turn out all the lights.
Close all the windows.

00:10:34,247 --> 00:10:37,Put a wet sheet or a wet blanket
over doors and windows.

00:10:55,949 --> 00:11:01,My dear, my dear, are you sorry we -
had these children?

00:11:01,524 --> 00:11:04,No. Life must carry on.

00:11:06,303 --> 00:11:09,Why should we surrender life
to the brutes and fools?

00:11:09,887 --> 00:11:11,I loved you.

00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,I wanted to serve you
and make life happy for you.

00:11:17,254 --> 00:11:19,But think of the things
that may happen to them.

00:11:22,629 --> 00:11:25,- Were we selfish?
- You weren't afraid to bear them -

00:11:26,014 --> 00:11:27,We were children yesterday.

00:11:28,802 --> 00:11:31,We are anxious, but we are not afraid.

00:11:33,182 --> 00:11:34,Really.

00:11:37,562 --> 00:11:39,Courage, my dear.

00:11:40,151 --> 00:11:42,And may that little heart have courage.

00:12:00,997 --> 00:12:02,Are you an officer, daddy?

00:12:03,187 --> 00:12:05,Well, you've g***t to do our bit,
you know, sonny. G***t to do our bit.

00:12:06,173 --> 00:12:07,I'm an officer too, daddy.

00:12:08,164 --> 00:12:10,That's the spirit.
Carry on, sir. Carry on.

00:12:13,738 --> 00:12:15,Goodbye, son.

00:12:18,516 --> 00:12:20,Quick march!

00:12:40,017 --> 00:12:43,An air raid is approaching Everytown.
An air raid is approaching Everytown.

00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,Gas masks are being...