The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript
The English mission failed when both planes crash landed, and the surviving soldiers killed by the Nazis. Leif Tronstad convinces the allied to gather a local force to bomb Vemork. They are named Gunnerside.
WIND WHISTLES
SOLDIERS SHOUT
.. I've got planes ready to
go to send in another 40 guys,
and you tell me you've
got 40 guys ready?!
You've got another plan that's
gonna work this time?!
Because the last one
was a royal fuck up!
We're gonna do a job.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let
somebody screw this up again!
Do you understand?!
This is ridiculous!
You gotta be shittin' me!
DOOR SLAMS
- What's going on?
- Apparently, the Americans
have been planning to bomb
the factory for the last year.
Can't be bombed. The
building is too solid.
There's seven floors
of armed concrete...
They'll never get to the source.
The whole thing's a disaster,
it couldn't be worse.
What about Grouse?
Await orders. We'll
send another team.
My men are not prepared for winter.
They don't have enough food...
I am currently informing 41 families
that they won't see their boys again.
And you're concerned about what?
Four Norwegian commandos.
Can't they shoot?!
Can't they live off the land?!
You told me yourself how
well prepared they are.
So that shouldn't be
a problem, should it?
DOOR SLAMS
THEY LAUGH
DOOR CLOSES
ALARM WAILS
Forget it! We'll bomb it.
I have 100 planes that
are ready to go.
The factory... has seven floors
made of armed concrete.
Yeah, so you keep saying.
You sure you're not just worried
about local casualties?
I built this factory.
We need someone to get the
explosives into the basement.
That's why it has
to be a small group.
A group of five people
who know the area.
Dropped above the mountain,
heavily supervised,
with only the heavy water
plant as their target.
OK. Get the group.
In a month. One month.
Or so help me, I'll go in and
I will level the whole valley.
Number four.
- How old is he?
- 23.
- 23?
- He's mature for his age.
- Competent?
- The best.
He came over here two years ago,
quickly got in the system.
Linge, SOE, last year
as an instructor,
Glenmore and Forest Lodge
and he's got a special love
for everything that has to
do with explosives and maps.
Well, that works.
- What's his name?
- Ronneberg.
Well, he's a handsome chap.
I'll give him that.
Don't worry, Tronstad --
he's not as handsome as you.
WIND WHISTLES
HE BREATHES HARD
BREATHES HARD
Gentlemen, sit.
Sorry I'm late, sir.
Right, some of you already
know why you're here.
Operation Gunnerside.
Southern Norway.
The target is the heavy
water plant at Rjukan.
From now on, whatever you
do, you will do as a group.
A unit. A team.
No solo efforts. No
individual heroics.
We only care about what you
manage to do as a team.
So if anybody has a problem with
that, please do let me know.
WIND WHISTLES
HE CHUCKLES
Ah!
THEY CHUCKLE
SPEECH FADES
ALARM WAILS
All right, gentlemen, turn
off the lights and get ready!
Four, five, six, seven... nine.
- Is he here yet?
- No, not yet.
HE SPEAKS NORWEGIAN
- Can we put our parachutes on?
- Let's wait.
- What's that?
- Wire cutters.
- Well, I know that. What's it doing in there?
- I just thought that...
Too heavy. Get rid of it.
Yes, Captain.
Sir!
Heavy snow along the coast.
All right, let's postpone.
Merry Christmas.
MUSIC: O Come, All Ye Faithful
MUSIC CONTINUES
Are you not coming?
You can't plan a new
mission with a hangover.
Well, we're not going to plan a new
mission tomorrow, for Christ's sake --
it's Christmas and that's blasphemy.
- Or do Norwegians not celebrate Christmas?
- Yes, we do.
ORNAMENT CHIMES
I should be with my family.
Mm-hmm.
I should be with my husband.
I need a drink.
♪ Oh, Danny Boy
♪ The pipes, the pipes are calling
♪ From glen to glen
♪ And down the mountainside
♪ The summer's gone
♪ And all the leaves are falling
♪ Tis you, tis you, must
go and I must bide
♪ But come ye back when
summer's in the meadow
♪ And when the valley's
hushed and white with snow
♪ Yes, I'll be here when
summer is in shadow
♪ Oh, Danny Boy,
♪ Oh, Danny Boy
♪ I love you so. ♪
LAUGHTER
LAUGHTER
APPLAUSE
Go.
SOLDIERS SHOUT
.. I've got planes ready to
go to send in another 40 guys,
and you tell me you've
got 40 guys ready?!
You've got another plan that's
gonna work this time?!
Because the last one
was a royal fuck up!
We're gonna do a job.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let
somebody screw this up again!
Do you understand?!
This is ridiculous!
You gotta be shittin' me!
DOOR SLAMS
- What's going on?
- Apparently, the Americans
have been planning to bomb
the factory for the last year.
Can't be bombed. The
building is too solid.
There's seven floors
of armed concrete...
They'll never get to the source.
The whole thing's a disaster,
it couldn't be worse.
What about Grouse?
Await orders. We'll
send another team.
My men are not prepared for winter.
They don't have enough food...
I am currently informing 41 families
that they won't see their boys again.
And you're concerned about what?
Four Norwegian commandos.
Can't they shoot?!
Can't they live off the land?!
You told me yourself how
well prepared they are.
So that shouldn't be
a problem, should it?
DOOR SLAMS
THEY LAUGH
DOOR CLOSES
ALARM WAILS
Forget it! We'll bomb it.
I have 100 planes that
are ready to go.
The factory... has seven floors
made of armed concrete.
Yeah, so you keep saying.
You sure you're not just worried
about local casualties?
I built this factory.
We need someone to get the
explosives into the basement.
That's why it has
to be a small group.
A group of five people
who know the area.
Dropped above the mountain,
heavily supervised,
with only the heavy water
plant as their target.
OK. Get the group.
In a month. One month.
Or so help me, I'll go in and
I will level the whole valley.
Number four.
- How old is he?
- 23.
- 23?
- He's mature for his age.
- Competent?
- The best.
He came over here two years ago,
quickly got in the system.
Linge, SOE, last year
as an instructor,
Glenmore and Forest Lodge
and he's got a special love
for everything that has to
do with explosives and maps.
Well, that works.
- What's his name?
- Ronneberg.
Well, he's a handsome chap.
I'll give him that.
Don't worry, Tronstad --
he's not as handsome as you.
WIND WHISTLES
HE BREATHES HARD
BREATHES HARD
Gentlemen, sit.
Sorry I'm late, sir.
Right, some of you already
know why you're here.
Operation Gunnerside.
Southern Norway.
The target is the heavy
water plant at Rjukan.
From now on, whatever you
do, you will do as a group.
A unit. A team.
No solo efforts. No
individual heroics.
We only care about what you
manage to do as a team.
So if anybody has a problem with
that, please do let me know.
WIND WHISTLES
HE CHUCKLES
Ah!
THEY CHUCKLE
SPEECH FADES
ALARM WAILS
All right, gentlemen, turn
off the lights and get ready!
Four, five, six, seven... nine.
- Is he here yet?
- No, not yet.
HE SPEAKS NORWEGIAN
- Can we put our parachutes on?
- Let's wait.
- What's that?
- Wire cutters.
- Well, I know that. What's it doing in there?
- I just thought that...
Too heavy. Get rid of it.
Yes, Captain.
Sir!
Heavy snow along the coast.
All right, let's postpone.
Merry Christmas.
MUSIC: O Come, All Ye Faithful
MUSIC CONTINUES
Are you not coming?
You can't plan a new
mission with a hangover.
Well, we're not going to plan a new
mission tomorrow, for Christ's sake --
it's Christmas and that's blasphemy.
- Or do Norwegians not celebrate Christmas?
- Yes, we do.
ORNAMENT CHIMES
I should be with my family.
Mm-hmm.
I should be with my husband.
I need a drink.
♪ Oh, Danny Boy
♪ The pipes, the pipes are calling
♪ From glen to glen
♪ And down the mountainside
♪ The summer's gone
♪ And all the leaves are falling
♪ Tis you, tis you, must
go and I must bide
♪ But come ye back when
summer's in the meadow
♪ And when the valley's
hushed and white with snow
♪ Yes, I'll be here when
summer is in shadow
♪ Oh, Danny Boy,
♪ Oh, Danny Boy
♪ I love you so. ♪
LAUGHTER
LAUGHTER
APPLAUSE
Go.