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[musical swirl]
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[electric chimes]
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[orchestra tuning]
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[soft music]
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[muffled sounds]
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[music swells]
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[birds chirping]
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[soft snoring]
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[distant Indian
war whoops and gunfire]
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[canon fire and yelling]
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[cannon fire booms]
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[cannon fire booms]
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[gasping]
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[cacophony of
gunfire and yelling]
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[horse neighs]
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Where is the General?
Where is he?
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Where is Braddock?
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[gun cocks]
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What happened?
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We've been ambushed!
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From where?
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Over the hill!
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[panting]
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[sounds muffle,
gasping as ringing starts]
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[grunts, sounds returning]
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[dramatic music]
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[cannon fire booms]
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[dramatic music intensifies]
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[coughing]
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I wouldn't bother, Washington.
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The battle is lost.
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Where is the General?
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Ordered a full retreat.
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That way lies nothing but death.
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And my men?
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You have no men.
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The Virginians.
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They were at
the front of the line.
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If you go that way,
you will die.
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You look like death already.
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Listen to me.
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You'll never find them,
and even if you did,
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you'd never make it back.
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[cannon fire booms]
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Washington.
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Washington!
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Come, my friend.
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What could be worth the risk?
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[dramatic stinger]
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[solemn music]
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[solemn music continues]
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- [Lawrence] Mary.
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I'm so sorry.
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This must be Jack.
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This is... our Jack
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[Mary whispers to baby]
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Where is he?
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He's there.
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He’s not spoken since...
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[Mary] since his father died.
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[solemn music continues]
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Hello, George.
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Do you remember me?
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I'm your half-brother.
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Lawrence.
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You're an officer?
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I was, yes.
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Captain in his Majesty's Navy.
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I have something for you.
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It’s a surveyor’s compass.
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It measures distances
of land and sea.
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This was our father's.
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And now it's yours.
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Won’t you need it?
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Well, my next adventure is
here with you, George.
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I have been appointed Adjutant
General of the Virginia militia.
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So, you will command soldiers?
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I'm to organize militia.
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Volunteers, really.
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[wagon wheels rumbling]
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[mournful music plays]
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[George] Do Washington
men die young?
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[Lawrence] What?
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[George] I heard them say
Washington men die young.
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That it's a curse to our name.
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Is that true?
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Are you afraid to die?
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[George] Mother says I will
not be going back to school.
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[Lawrence] There's nothing
wrong with tenant farming.
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It's an honorable profession.
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[George] But that is not
what I want.
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[Lawrence] It's what
duty demands.
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Time and circumstance
have changed.
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William Fairfax
is attending school.
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Why can I not?
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The Fairfaxes
are of a superior class.
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With advantages we
will never possess, George.
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The world is
often an unfair place.
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And you must take what
it gives you and make it yours.
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Now come inside.
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[bright music plays]
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George, where are you going?
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To school!
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Stubborn child.
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[Lawrence] It's two miles.
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I know.
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They will not let you in.
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[George] They will.
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[axe thuds]
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Don't take it out on the tree.
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George. Stop, stop!
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[Mary sighs]
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They turned me away.
Because of you.
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And now I have nothing.
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Nothing?
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[scoffs]
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We have 250 acres.
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Ten slaves in bondage
to feed.
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And one widow's purse,
near empty.
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You're the eldest son
in this house,
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and you have
a duty to it.
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That is not what I want.
I want more than this.
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And I want a husband,
back from his fever.
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Providence denied me this.
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Then Providence is cruel!
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God raises
what is well grounded.
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You'll not abandon
what is yours, nor will I.
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You're my son,
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and a Washington,
and you'll behave like both.
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[Mary sighs deeply]
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[sighs]
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[door creaks open]
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[Lawrence breathes deeply]
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Here.
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Rules of Civility
and Decent Behavior.
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That will teach you
how to be a proper gentleman.
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Then Cato. Plutarch.
Essential readings.
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Seneca and Cincinnatus.
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If one desires to be great,
he must study those that were.
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It’s a lot of books, I know--
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I am sorry for
your misfortune, George.
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If no one else will
teach you, I'll teach you.
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But I could loan you these,
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one by one,
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if you do your chores.
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[bright music]
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[Lawrence] “Every public
action should” what?
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[George] “Show respect to
those who are present.”
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What do you
think respect means?
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[George] To listen to or obey
the one you are respecting.
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[Lawrence] Perhaps.
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But obedience can be commanded.
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Respect must be earned.
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That is why I became a soldier.
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[bright music continues]
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Aristocracy is a game, George.
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But, you could learn
to play it, I suppose.
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What piece are we?
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We are pawns, George.
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But even a pawn can take a king.
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Play again?
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Yeah.
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Up.
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[Lawrence] Very nice, George.
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[Lawrence] Remember, heels down,
chest up.
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I think it's
now time you ride alone.
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Wouldn't you agree?
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Yes.
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Very well.
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Go on then.
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[adventurous music]
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[Lawrence] Not too fast now.
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Steady.
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[young George] “To obtain
the applause of
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deserving men
is a heartfelt satisfaction...”
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[adventurous music swells]
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[George] “...to merit them
is my highest wish...”
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Col. Gooch] So, here he is.
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The boy who
writes all the letters...
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petitioning for a
‘royal’ commission?
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Yes, sir.
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I dream of
becoming a British officer.
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Ensign or lieutenant,
as his Majesty sees fit.
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I believe my brother
communicated this on my behalf.
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Lawrence Washington.
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He served under the--
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If I were to allow it...
the purchase price
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for an ensigncy in the
Coldstreams is £700.
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Do you possess that, sir?
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No, sir. I do not.
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Then why not
seek to join the militia?
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Well, I wish to serve
the Crown as an actual officer.
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Then how much
land do you possess?
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I am a custodian, um,
under my brother's estate
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at Mount Vernon.
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Tenant farmer.
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Education?
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I received no formal schooling
after my father died, sir.
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But I recently obtained
my surveyor's license.
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To be a British officer,
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you must first be a gentleman.
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If I may, sir, how is it that my
brother qualified yet I do not?
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He owns Mount Vernon.
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He was properly
educated in England.
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And what's more,
he's married to a Fairfax.
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Yes, and he has
been a great mentor to me.
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I-I've studied
to become a gentleman.
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I've even compiled
all I've learned.
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Goodness, man,
how much do you write?
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Well, I've compiled
it from other books.
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It's called Rules of
Civility and Decent Behaviour.
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Which is to say
you plagiarised it.
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No. No, no--
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Well, yes, but, err...
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Imitation of great men
does not make you one.
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I... I ask again, sir.
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How may I become a
British officer of the Crown?
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- You cannot--
- There must be a path.
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There is not for you.
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And please,
stop writing me letters.
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Go!
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[dramatic music]
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[George] Hello, Jack.
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Good to see you.
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Are you an officer now?
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Not yet.
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But someday.
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[Mary] Or never.
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If God hears my prayers.
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“Be not tedious in discourse.”
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[exhales]
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Especially tonight.
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[distant footfalls]
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Where are you off to?
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To see Lawrence.
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At Belvoir? You're not invited.
How do you expect to get in?
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Is it a sin to seek advancement?
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It is to them.
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You're just a pawn to them.
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Well, even a pawn
can take a king.
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[noble fanfare]
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[classical music plays]
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[Steward] Invitation, sir.
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I am Mr. Washington, uh,
George Washington.
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Half-brother to Lawrence,
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who is married to Anne,
formerly Fairfax.
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Thank you for the genealogy.
Now, your invitation, sir?
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Ah.
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Um... I don't have it.
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The guests for this party
have been chosen
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with great specificity,
so I suggest you find it.
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Mr. Washington.
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Sir.
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Ah...
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- Good evening.
- Thank you.
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[curious music]
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[laughter]
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Good evening.
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- Good evening.
- Evening, sir.
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We need more ice.
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Uh, can I, can I carry
that upstairs?
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Uh, no need, sir.
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How-how do I get in
the house?
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[string music plays]
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[woman] You don't
belong here.
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Clever entrance, though.
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Most guests just
enter through the front door.
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My brother spoke to
me of this gathering. He is--
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Married to Ann Fairfax.
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Yes, I know.
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00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:26,796
You, on the
other hand, are not.
273
00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:28,798
A child of one of Virginia's
274
00:17:28,923 --> 00:17:31,384
largest fortunes and
family estates?
275
00:17:31,509 --> 00:17:33,094
You're right. I'm not.
276
00:17:33,803 --> 00:17:35,805
And you were right. I'm rich.
277
00:17:36,514 --> 00:17:37,515
But...
278
00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:39,350
I also don't feel
like I belong.
279
00:17:39,476 --> 00:17:42,312
Well, that's like saying a rose
doesn't belong in a garden.
280
00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:47,066
I'll take that compliment.
281
00:17:47,317 --> 00:17:49,819
I'd be happy
if there were more.
282
00:17:51,529 --> 00:17:55,325
Here's the problem with
trying to sneak into a party.
283
00:17:55,533 --> 00:17:58,912
You, sir, stand out in a crowd.
284
00:18:01,164 --> 00:18:02,540
Then dance with me.
285
00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:05,126
I only dance
with invited guests.
286
00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:08,838
Well, perhaps you should make
room for someone truly worthy.
287
00:18:08,963 --> 00:18:12,050
Because, I don’t see anyone
like that here.
288
00:18:12,967 --> 00:18:16,304
Mr. Washington, aren't you bold?
289
00:18:19,349 --> 00:18:20,350
Well, I'm off.
290
00:18:20,475 --> 00:18:21,184
To where?
291
00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:25,188
To fulfill my solemn duty.
292
00:18:27,649 --> 00:18:28,650
Charm.
293
00:18:33,071 --> 00:18:35,490
[Lawrence] Gently does it,
George.
294
00:18:36,282 --> 00:18:38,660
Best to proceed with caution.
295
00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:41,037
It would profit Sally's
family greatly
296
00:18:41,162 --> 00:18:43,581
if she were to
marry a Fairfax.
297
00:18:43,706 --> 00:18:44,916
Like you did?
298
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:46,876
[Lawrence chuckles]
299
00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:48,336
Yes.
300
00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:53,216
And until I did, I held all my
hopes very loosely.
301
00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:56,803
The odds were against me.
302
00:18:59,347 --> 00:19:02,433
Well, the odds
have always been against us.
303
00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:03,476
Wish me luck.
304
00:19:05,019 --> 00:19:05,728
Good luck.
305
00:19:08,731 --> 00:19:10,316
[indistinct conversation]
306
00:19:12,235 --> 00:19:15,196
William. Thank you for
having me in your home.
307
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,156
George, what a surprise.
308
00:19:17,907 --> 00:19:20,535
I didn't expect to
see you in a place like this.
309
00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,120
How ever did you get in?
310
00:19:22,245 --> 00:19:25,415
I was enticed by the
promise of beautiful women.
311
00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:27,417
Well, we'd
hate to disappoint you.
312
00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:28,585
You haven't.
313
00:19:29,586 --> 00:19:31,045
Meet Thomas Gage.
314
00:19:31,254 --> 00:19:34,674
Newly minted Major,
recently arrived from London
315
00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:36,050
by order of the Crown.
316
00:19:37,093 --> 00:19:37,760
Pleasure.
317
00:19:37,886 --> 00:19:38,595
Pleasure is mine.
318
00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:40,972
I, too, one day
hope to serve His Majesty.
319
00:19:41,222 --> 00:19:43,975
Tell me, Washington,
what is your opinion
320
00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,895
of the French
building forts on our land?
321
00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:49,647
Well, I think the Ohio
is a frontier.
322
00:19:49,772 --> 00:19:51,357
It belongs to the one
who tames it.
323
00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:52,609
- [William] Ah.
- Well said.
324
00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:57,822
But in reality, it belongs to
the one who buys it.
325
00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,199
That is the way
of things, is it not?
326
00:20:00,325 --> 00:20:01,659
[a minuet begins to play]
327
00:20:02,035 --> 00:20:05,997
Ah, a minuet.
I love a minuet.
328
00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:10,668
I believe I have the first
dance, if you'll excuse us.
329
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,967
Pleasure to meet you.
I hope we meet again.
330
00:20:18,092 --> 00:20:18,968
Pleasure.
331
00:20:23,306 --> 00:20:24,807
- Where are you off to?
- Sally.
332
00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,434
My solemn duty.
333
00:20:36,277 --> 00:20:37,695
[deep sigh]
334
00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:44,202
Ah!
335
00:20:46,162 --> 00:20:48,122
Lord Fairfax.
Begging your pardon.
336
00:20:48,831 --> 00:20:51,417
I've dreamed of
seeing your library.
337
00:20:53,336 --> 00:20:55,213
These are my true tenants.
338
00:20:57,340 --> 00:20:58,383
Who are you?
339
00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:01,219
George Washington, sir.
Brother to Lawrence.
340
00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:02,929
I didn't know he'd invited you.
341
00:21:03,054 --> 00:21:04,722
Neither did he,
if you must know.
342
00:21:04,847 --> 00:21:08,685
Ah! So, I've caught
you slipping in.
343
00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:10,103
And you...
344
00:21:10,728 --> 00:21:12,814
caught me slipping out. Come.
345
00:21:14,148 --> 00:21:15,608
I can't take much
of these soirées.
346
00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:17,360
So, I hide.
347
00:21:18,361 --> 00:21:21,698
Until my wife finds me
and rousts me back out.
348
00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:26,703
"When vice prevails, and
impious men bear sway,
349
00:21:26,828 --> 00:21:29,706
the post of
honor is a private station."
350
00:21:29,872 --> 00:21:30,832
Cato.
351
00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:32,417
You've seen the play?
352
00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:34,919
No, but I've read it
50 times over.
353
00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:37,296
"Tis not in mortals
to command success.
354
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,757
But we'll do more.
We'll deserve it."
355
00:21:39,966 --> 00:21:41,342
Well said. [chuckles]
356
00:21:42,093 --> 00:21:44,595
Do you happen to
have Pope's Essay on Man?
357
00:21:44,721 --> 00:21:46,639
Would it be imposing if I
asked to borrow it?
358
00:21:47,432 --> 00:21:49,642
I obtained a letter of
introduction from your cousin.
359
00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:52,812
An eccentric fellow, isn't he?
360
00:21:53,354 --> 00:21:54,272
Indeed he is.
361
00:21:54,939 --> 00:21:57,442
He lent me a book on surveying
from his library.
362
00:21:57,567 --> 00:21:59,360
Not nearly as grand as yours.
363
00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:01,696
I put it to good use
and obtained my license.
364
00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,823
I know you own
five million acres now.
365
00:22:04,449 --> 00:22:06,492
The only thing
a landowner ever desires...
366
00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,038
is the plot next to his.
367
00:22:11,789 --> 00:22:12,498
Yes, I do.
368
00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:16,502
I also know a
great amount of that land
369
00:22:16,627 --> 00:22:20,089
is in the Ohio Valley
and has not been charted.
370
00:22:20,423 --> 00:22:23,843
I sense a looming storm
over the Ohio Territory.
371
00:22:25,470 --> 00:22:26,596
Inevitable, I'm afraid.
372
00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:28,389
I could go there.
373
00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:30,600
Survey it and map it for you.
374
00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:32,226
A land that isn't
properly measured
375
00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:33,561
cannot be properly valued,
376
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:34,854
or protected.
377
00:22:34,979 --> 00:22:36,981
Much of that
territory is unexplored.
378
00:22:37,106 --> 00:22:39,192
Many have traveled there,
never to be seen again.
379
00:22:39,317 --> 00:22:39,984
Yes.
380
00:22:41,152 --> 00:22:43,446
But no man who
lived a life of ease
381
00:22:43,571 --> 00:22:46,324
ever left a name
worth remembering, sir.
382
00:22:46,449 --> 00:22:48,117
I'll take the risk upon myself.
383
00:22:48,242 --> 00:22:49,118
I'll make it to the furthest
384
00:22:49,243 --> 00:22:51,537
reaches of your
plot and report back.
385
00:22:51,662 --> 00:22:53,706
And I'll put my name
to that promise.
386
00:22:53,831 --> 00:22:56,042
Is this man bothering you, sir?
387
00:23:00,588 --> 00:23:01,255
Hardly.
388
00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,425
I accept your proposal, George.
389
00:23:04,801 --> 00:23:05,885
Thank you, sir.
390
00:23:06,969 --> 00:23:08,971
[spirited, upbeat music]
391
00:23:13,226 --> 00:23:15,228
Enjoy the party, Washington.
392
00:23:18,106 --> 00:23:20,191
[indistinct chatter]
393
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:25,488
[man] Get out of the way.
394
00:23:32,537 --> 00:23:33,746
Christopher Gist.
395
00:23:35,665 --> 00:23:36,582
George?
396
00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:38,209
George.
397
00:23:42,213 --> 00:23:43,047
Good to see you.
398
00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:44,298
It's good to see you.
399
00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:48,344
George, these are the brothers
Frisk. Henry, the oldest,
400
00:23:48,636 --> 00:23:50,638
And his baby brother, David.
401
00:23:50,972 --> 00:23:52,807
[Christopher] My two
most loyal friends.
402
00:23:53,808 --> 00:23:54,475
Do not trust them.
403
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:55,810
[laughs]
404
00:23:56,144 --> 00:23:57,770
That's a nice coat
you got there.
405
00:23:57,937 --> 00:23:59,438
Careful! He's a thief!
406
00:23:59,564 --> 00:24:00,314
Shut your--
407
00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:01,691
Leave him alone!
408
00:24:03,234 --> 00:24:05,611
Where are you
coming from, all...
409
00:24:06,112 --> 00:24:07,405
fresh and plucked?
410
00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:10,116
Belvoir.
411
00:24:10,491 --> 00:24:12,243
[mockingly] Ooh!
412
00:24:13,161 --> 00:24:16,747
That mean you too fancy to, uh,
place a little wager?
413
00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:22,461
How bout you place one for me?
414
00:24:22,587 --> 00:24:23,421
[laughs]
415
00:24:23,546 --> 00:24:25,423
Oh, I like him.
416
00:24:25,548 --> 00:24:26,924
What are you doing here?
417
00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:28,467
I have a job for us.
418
00:24:28,759 --> 00:24:30,386
I'm too drunk for work.
419
00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:32,889
Ambition waits for no man.
420
00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:33,890
What is it?
421
00:24:34,098 --> 00:24:36,267
Surveying the Ohio territory.
422
00:24:36,392 --> 00:24:38,269
I need someone who can
keep me alive.
423
00:24:39,228 --> 00:24:39,896
For who?
424
00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:41,230
Lord Fairfax.
425
00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:44,567
What part?
426
00:24:44,692 --> 00:24:45,902
Most all of it.
427
00:24:46,235 --> 00:24:47,486
He pays by the acre.
428
00:24:48,404 --> 00:24:49,405
[Henry laughs]
429
00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:54,118
Well...
430
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:56,412
let's get it done.
431
00:24:56,621 --> 00:24:57,580
[laughs]
432
00:24:58,372 --> 00:24:59,248
To Virginia!
433
00:24:59,874 --> 00:25:00,750
To Virginia!
434
00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:04,420
[spirited, upbeat
music continues]
435
00:25:04,545 --> 00:25:06,923
That is the last time,
Henry!
436
00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:07,840
David!
437
00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:09,217
[incoherent yelling]
438
00:25:09,342 --> 00:25:10,968
She's your mother, too!
439
00:25:11,594 --> 00:25:13,262
Yeah, we don't
know that for sure.
440
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:14,430
[men yelling fades out]
441
00:25:16,057 --> 00:25:19,143
[adventurous music]
442
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,480
[George] It's beautiful,
isn't it?
443
00:25:23,147 --> 00:25:23,814
Yeah.
444
00:25:27,151 --> 00:25:29,070
But it don't belong to you.
445
00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:33,616
Well, if we go far enough,
it doesn't belong to anyone.
446
00:25:38,955 --> 00:25:40,206
[George] Dear madam,
447
00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:44,293
Gazing at the new world,
I now write to express my joy.
448
00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:45,795
I was honored with
your short
449
00:25:46,003 --> 00:25:49,632
but very agreeable favor
of our first acquaintance.
450
00:25:50,758 --> 00:25:51,717
In this case,
451
00:25:51,842 --> 00:25:54,637
the one who is too sensible of
her charms to deny the power,
452
00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:57,390
whose influence I feel
and must ever submit to.
453
00:25:57,848 --> 00:26:00,434
I am aware of
how impossible this is. But...
454
00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:02,144
if you will allow me
to prove myself,
455
00:26:02,311 --> 00:26:04,605
I pledge to rule out
all disappointment.
456
00:26:09,402 --> 00:26:12,154
I wish I could be with you.
Or rather, you here with me.
457
00:26:12,488 --> 00:26:16,075
So you could witness the
beauty of this land.
458
00:26:17,493 --> 00:26:18,828
Let's see who this is.
459
00:26:18,953 --> 00:26:20,538
Pass it-- pass it back.
Pass it back.
460
00:26:20,663 --> 00:26:22,415
Miss Sally Cary?
461
00:26:25,543 --> 00:26:28,587
You might as well petition the
Queen of England, George.
462
00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:30,506
She's above your station.
463
00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:31,966
Permanently.
464
00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:36,721
Fight battles you can win,
George.
465
00:26:38,389 --> 00:26:39,849
Nice signature, though.
466
00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:44,061
“I am your humble
devoted servant”.
467
00:26:46,397 --> 00:26:47,523
[rushing water]
468
00:26:55,906 --> 00:26:57,199
[horse neighing]
469
00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:00,745
[Christopher] We're not
going to make it back
470
00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,455
before winter sets in.
471
00:27:02,997 --> 00:27:04,749
[George] The horses
have done all they can.
472
00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:06,959
We must leave them.
473
00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:09,086
There’s a village,
474
00:27:09,253 --> 00:27:12,048
about a half a day’s
journey from here.
475
00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:14,008
We could shelter.
476
00:27:14,550 --> 00:27:15,301
Ride out the cold.
477
00:27:15,426 --> 00:27:17,053
No, no, that's too long a time.
478
00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:19,722
[shivering] I suppose you'd
rather freeze to death.
479
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:22,475
We have to return.
480
00:27:23,017 --> 00:27:24,101
So you can see your
woman?
481
00:27:24,352 --> 00:27:25,728
So we can get paid.
482
00:27:26,729 --> 00:27:30,232
It’s unbecoming of a gentleman
to lie to himself.
483
00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:32,443
[whistles]
484
00:27:35,821 --> 00:27:37,740
[ominous music]
485
00:27:42,870 --> 00:27:44,997
[Christopher speaks Seneca]
486
00:27:51,253 --> 00:27:52,963
[speaking Seneca]
487
00:27:57,051 --> 00:27:59,470
He's not too
fond of your compass.
488
00:28:01,138 --> 00:28:02,390
Offer them the horses.
489
00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:03,307
George?
490
00:28:03,432 --> 00:28:05,059
They’re no longer
of use to us...
491
00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:07,728
but they could still be
saved to serve them.
492
00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:09,480
You offer dying horses?
493
00:28:11,565 --> 00:28:14,276
For the land
given to me by my father?
494
00:28:15,778 --> 00:28:17,113
To him by his father?
495
00:28:17,238 --> 00:28:18,614
Hey... hey.
496
00:28:20,449 --> 00:28:24,120
You have no right to take
what we possess for generations.
497
00:28:24,245 --> 00:28:26,747
We are not here
to claim this land.
498
00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:31,127
We are surveyors only.
499
00:28:53,858 --> 00:28:56,235
I know what
you want, Englishman.
500
00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:58,696
And I offer something
more.
501
00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:04,243
Something for your king.
502
00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:12,543
[dramatic music]
503
00:29:23,304 --> 00:29:24,555
Whose fort is that?
504
00:29:26,515 --> 00:29:27,641
The French.
505
00:29:32,146 --> 00:29:34,023
[dramatic music continues]
506
00:29:36,901 --> 00:29:38,194
[Christopher] Are you
sure
507
00:29:38,319 --> 00:29:40,154
this is the fastest way home?
508
00:29:40,988 --> 00:29:42,323
[George] Saves us two days.
509
00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:43,824
[Christopher] If we fall off
this raft,
510
00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:45,242
we'll freeze to death.
511
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:46,952
No, no. We have to get
this information back.
512
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:48,787
[grunts]
513
00:29:48,913 --> 00:29:50,998
You're full of
surprises, you know.
514
00:29:51,123 --> 00:29:52,416
Speaking their tongue?
515
00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:54,835
Well...”know thy enemy.”
516
00:29:55,211 --> 00:29:56,587
Are they the enemy?
517
00:29:56,837 --> 00:29:57,922
They let us go.
518
00:29:58,255 --> 00:30:00,382
Only because they hate
the French more than--
519
00:30:00,508 --> 00:30:02,218
More than they hate us.
520
00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:06,305
George.
521
00:30:06,430 --> 00:30:07,556
George, look!
522
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:08,807
Look, look.
523
00:30:16,065 --> 00:30:17,066
Get to the shore!
524
00:30:17,191 --> 00:30:18,442
[both grunt with effort]
525
00:30:19,276 --> 00:30:19,985
Push!
526
00:30:20,194 --> 00:30:20,903
I'm trying.
527
00:30:21,028 --> 00:30:21,737
Get to the shore!
528
00:30:21,904 --> 00:30:23,614
The current is too strong.
529
00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:26,534
No.
530
00:30:28,869 --> 00:30:29,870
Christopher...
531
00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:31,038
Hold on, hold on.
532
00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:32,540
[both yell]
533
00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:35,251
[music intensifies]
534
00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:37,336
[gasps]
535
00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:47,221
[George] Swim!
536
00:30:48,430 --> 00:30:49,306
[Christopher] The maps!
537
00:30:49,598 --> 00:30:50,891
[George] Christopher!
538
00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,061
[dramatic music]
539
00:30:58,065 --> 00:30:59,191
Did you get the maps?
540
00:31:00,609 --> 00:31:02,111
[grunts]
541
00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:15,624
[grunts]
542
00:31:15,749 --> 00:31:16,792
[both shivering]
543
00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:20,087
George, you think
you could swim across?
544
00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:23,299
[grunts]
545
00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:30,264
Stay awake, George.
546
00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,104
Save your strength.
547
00:31:56,332 --> 00:31:57,207
Christopher.
548
00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:00,669
Christopher, wake up.
549
00:32:00,794 --> 00:32:01,462
Wake up!
550
00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:03,422
Christopher!
551
00:32:05,466 --> 00:32:07,134
[Christopher breathes
raggedly]
552
00:32:09,511 --> 00:32:11,221
You believe in miracles?
553
00:32:18,020 --> 00:32:18,729
Get up.
554
00:32:18,854 --> 00:32:20,147
How did it freeze?
555
00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:24,985
Do we risk it?
556
00:32:34,244 --> 00:32:35,829
[gasps]
557
00:32:44,546 --> 00:32:46,006
[Lawrence coughs]
558
00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:52,680
You can confirm this?
559
00:32:53,722 --> 00:32:54,390
Yes.
560
00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:56,809
So can Christopher Gist.
561
00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:58,143
[coughs]
562
00:32:59,228 --> 00:33:03,023
If you have these delivered to
Governor Dinwiddie, he can...
563
00:33:06,193 --> 00:33:07,319
Consumption.
564
00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:09,279
They say.
565
00:33:09,697 --> 00:33:10,864
[Lawrence coughs]
566
00:33:15,661 --> 00:33:17,413
All men die, George.
567
00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:20,416
I can't go to the governor
in my state.
568
00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:22,793
[coughs]
569
00:33:23,502 --> 00:33:25,879
You wish to
advance your station?
570
00:33:27,256 --> 00:33:29,550
My condition
may be your answer.
571
00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:31,552
[coughs]
572
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,559
[coughs]
573
00:33:39,601 --> 00:33:41,186
[coughs]
574
00:33:45,107 --> 00:33:46,191
[church bells toll]
575
00:33:46,358 --> 00:33:47,651
[indistinct chatter]
576
00:33:53,073 --> 00:33:55,284
You saw these
things with your own eyes.
577
00:33:55,409 --> 00:33:56,535
Yes, Your Excellency.
578
00:33:56,744 --> 00:33:58,871
On land owned
rightly and duly by us--
579
00:33:58,996 --> 00:34:00,706
Well, the-- the Fairfaxes.
580
00:34:00,831 --> 00:34:03,625
I also own a significant
share of land there.
581
00:34:03,751 --> 00:34:05,586
This French encroachment
cannot stand.
582
00:34:05,711 --> 00:34:07,212
They must be told
to abandon it.
583
00:34:07,337 --> 00:34:09,882
By whom, sir? We don't
even know where they are.
584
00:34:10,007 --> 00:34:11,341
I do, sir.
585
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,761
I could lead this expedition.
586
00:34:13,886 --> 00:34:16,096
To deliver your demands
to the French.
587
00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:18,098
I know the land, sir,
better than anyone.
588
00:34:18,223 --> 00:34:19,183
You?
589
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:21,435
In the 15 years since the
Crown sent me to serve,
590
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,480
I've yet to have a good
experience with a... colonist.
591
00:34:24,605 --> 00:34:26,148
Well, I look forward
to changing your opinion.
592
00:34:26,273 --> 00:34:27,941
If there used to be a
colonial expedition,
593
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:29,860
it would be led
by your own brother.
594
00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:31,445
He commands the militia.
595
00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,030
Lawrences health fails him, sir.
596
00:34:33,155 --> 00:34:36,074
And he is no longer able to
fulfill the duties of his post.
597
00:34:36,366 --> 00:34:37,367
Here.
598
00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:40,704
He recommends me
as his replacement.
599
00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:46,043
So you have ambition?
600
00:34:46,168 --> 00:34:47,669
Yes, sir. I do.
601
00:34:48,295 --> 00:34:50,714
I see you met the savage
we call the Half-King.
602
00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:52,216
I have met the man.
603
00:34:52,341 --> 00:34:54,468
He led me to this information,
but...
604
00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:57,221
whether he can be trusted...
I’m not certain.
605
00:34:57,346 --> 00:34:59,640
I should be
alarmed if you were.
606
00:35:01,183 --> 00:35:03,352
Go and parley with
this Half-King,
607
00:35:03,477 --> 00:35:05,020
learn all you can from him.
608
00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:06,730
Then take your men
to Fort LeBoeuf,
609
00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:08,565
demand the French leave.
610
00:35:09,483 --> 00:35:12,569
My... my... my men, sir?
611
00:35:12,694 --> 00:35:16,198
Yes. Recruit 150
of your fellow Virginians.
612
00:35:16,532 --> 00:35:19,409
Lead them and
deliver this message.
613
00:35:20,327 --> 00:35:21,954
Which says what, sir?
614
00:35:22,079 --> 00:35:24,081
That they leave immediately.
615
00:35:24,665 --> 00:35:25,999
And if the French refuse?
616
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,626
Do not permit them to refuse.
617
00:35:27,751 --> 00:35:29,044
So, then I am to fight?
618
00:35:29,169 --> 00:35:32,047
You are to deliver a message
and await further orders.
619
00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:33,340
[Gage] Your Excellency,
if I may.
620
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:34,842
Will he not need the assistance
621
00:35:34,967 --> 00:35:36,802
of professional soldiers
of the Crown?
622
00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:41,390
No, militia will do. Especially
under one of such ambition.
623
00:35:42,432 --> 00:35:45,769
You shall receive the rank of
Major in the Virginia militia,
624
00:35:45,894 --> 00:35:47,980
which is not a
royal commission, understood?
625
00:35:48,105 --> 00:35:49,064
Mmm.
626
00:35:50,190 --> 00:35:54,486
There is an interpreter here.
Van Braam. Dutchman. Take him.
627
00:35:55,612 --> 00:35:58,198
Will my men and
I receive equal pay, sir?
628
00:35:58,448 --> 00:35:59,116
To whom?
629
00:36:00,242 --> 00:36:02,494
British officers of the Crown.
630
00:36:02,619 --> 00:36:04,830
Mr. Washington, you've just
advanced from farmer
631
00:36:04,955 --> 00:36:06,582
to Major in a
matter of seconds.
632
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:09,334
What you ask for is
offensive to me.
633
00:36:09,459 --> 00:36:11,837
Then I will
volunteer my service.
634
00:36:12,254 --> 00:36:13,755
I have no need
to pay that is not equal
635
00:36:13,881 --> 00:36:16,967
to those of whom
I will prove myself equal.
636
00:36:17,426 --> 00:36:18,093
Sir.
637
00:36:19,887 --> 00:36:21,179
God save the King.
638
00:36:27,352 --> 00:36:28,520
[uplifting music]
639
00:36:31,607 --> 00:36:33,525
[Sally] I can't say
red becomes you, George.
640
00:36:34,026 --> 00:36:35,193
You don't think so?
641
00:36:35,319 --> 00:36:38,155
Well, even if I did,
I wouldn't say.
642
00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:40,073
[Sally] Thank you for
your letters.
643
00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:42,409
I read them all ten times over.
644
00:36:44,411 --> 00:36:47,998
At the river's fork, the world
widened as though God himself
645
00:36:48,123 --> 00:36:51,710
had drawn back the curtain
and whispered, "Begin."
646
00:36:53,921 --> 00:36:55,714
These are not surveyor’s notes.
647
00:36:55,839 --> 00:37:00,260
No. You love the frontier the
way poets love their first muse.
648
00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:01,511
Why?
649
00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:05,766
It loved me first, I guess.
Offered fairness.
650
00:37:06,266 --> 00:37:06,934
Fairness?
651
00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:10,646
Yes. Because the frontier is
new, wild, unclaimed.
652
00:37:11,188 --> 00:37:13,523
Vast enough to outrun
the old ways.
653
00:37:13,649 --> 00:37:17,736
And old rules? Like dowries and
fathers who barter daughters.
654
00:37:17,861 --> 00:37:22,157
Rules that say a man is measured
by ancestors you never met.
655
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:28,330
Do you ever fear of
choosing incorrectly?
656
00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:32,960
That the path you seek might
vanish if you hesitate?
657
00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:36,838
The fear of not being able
to choose is worse.
658
00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:40,676
My fear is choosing.
659
00:37:41,468 --> 00:37:44,304
Then being told it was never
my choice to begin with.
660
00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:47,307
Then what would your choice be?
661
00:37:59,820 --> 00:38:03,865
If we were to follow
the river west, just you and I,
662
00:38:05,492 --> 00:38:07,577
what would we call that life?
663
00:38:09,162 --> 00:38:12,874
Wild. Beautiful.
664
00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:16,712
Dangerous. But, but free.
665
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:23,301
I yearn for the
courage I see in you.
666
00:38:24,011 --> 00:38:26,930
And I, for the grace
you carry with ease.
667
00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:32,477
I should be getting back.
668
00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:36,690
Where?
669
00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:40,402
Another party.
Another performance.
670
00:38:43,780 --> 00:38:45,032
My solemn duty.
671
00:38:51,788 --> 00:38:54,041
[romantic music]
672
00:39:06,470 --> 00:39:07,888
[adventurous music]
673
00:39:24,988 --> 00:39:27,074
Congratulations on your first
command, Major.
674
00:39:27,199 --> 00:39:31,620
An army of outlaws,
debtors, slaves, and...
675
00:39:32,579 --> 00:39:33,330
[chuckles] well, patriots.
676
00:39:33,455 --> 00:39:35,207
Got any rum in
those carts?
677
00:39:35,332 --> 00:39:36,541
Only what’s rationed.
678
00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:38,168
Well, then ration us some.
679
00:39:38,418 --> 00:39:39,753
Back in line, Frisk.
680
00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:41,046
[Henry] Ain't no line.
681
00:39:41,421 --> 00:39:43,256
That snake trail is
the best we can do.
682
00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:45,217
It ain’t wide enough
for the carts.
683
00:39:45,342 --> 00:39:46,384
We should leave ‘em.
684
00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:48,595
Then how would we carry the rum?
685
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:49,679
Fair point.
686
00:39:51,139 --> 00:39:52,015
Tucker!
687
00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:53,350
Yes, sir.
688
00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:55,310
We’ll camp here for the night.
689
00:39:55,435 --> 00:39:58,313
Ride ahead.
Make sure the road is clear.
690
00:40:05,195 --> 00:40:06,446
[Christopher] I wake
up at midnight,
691
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:08,698
George is staring
into the woods.
692
00:40:08,824 --> 00:40:10,659
Propped against a tree,
musket in his lap.
693
00:40:11,034 --> 00:40:13,411
He says he's
been keepin' watch.
694
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:15,205
You scared of the dark, George?
695
00:40:15,622 --> 00:40:17,499
George, you remember?
696
00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:18,959
[men laugh]
697
00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:20,377
Another love letter.
698
00:40:20,502 --> 00:40:21,920
[laughing]
699
00:40:22,629 --> 00:40:24,548
[Christopher] That woman's
gonna make you soft.
700
00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:26,591
[horse neighs]
701
00:40:31,555 --> 00:40:33,056
It's Tucker's horse.
702
00:40:44,276 --> 00:40:45,402
[muskets cracking]
703
00:40:46,820 --> 00:40:47,904
Van Braam.
704
00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:52,033
What business do you have with us?
705
00:40:53,034 --> 00:40:55,579
We have no conflict with you.
706
00:40:55,871 --> 00:40:57,872
We are only here...
707
00:40:57,873 --> 00:40:59,541
To speak to the French.
708
00:41:01,418 --> 00:41:02,794
We meet again.
709
00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:07,090
I'm Tanacharison.
710
00:41:07,215 --> 00:41:08,758
Of the Seneca nation.
711
00:41:08,884 --> 00:41:10,886
You ride on land we call home.
712
00:41:11,011 --> 00:41:14,514
The Governor assures
me you're willing to aid us.
713
00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:19,019
Many Indians are aligned
with the French. Why aren't you?
714
00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:20,562
I know their nature.
715
00:41:21,855 --> 00:41:23,356
And their intentions.
716
00:41:24,441 --> 00:41:25,525
What are yours?
717
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:27,319
To demand they leave.
718
00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:29,154
And when they do not?
719
00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:30,947
That's not my decision.
720
00:41:31,072 --> 00:41:31,823
And yet you are here.
721
00:41:31,948 --> 00:41:34,576
Yes, and I would
greatly appreciate
722
00:41:34,701 --> 00:41:36,620
any help you
could give us.
723
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:43,919
What are you called?
724
00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:46,213
George.
725
00:41:48,006 --> 00:41:49,799
Major George Washington.
726
00:42:02,395 --> 00:42:04,898
The French fort is
a day from here.
727
00:42:07,067 --> 00:42:08,318
We can take you.
728
00:42:08,985 --> 00:42:10,654
[ominous music]
729
00:42:40,517 --> 00:42:42,060
Why are you here?
730
00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:04,082
Why do you hate them?
731
00:43:06,293 --> 00:43:08,502
When I was a child
732
00:43:08,503 --> 00:43:13,591
I was taken captive by the French
733
00:43:09,045 --> 00:43:10,505
[horse neighing]
734
00:43:13,633 --> 00:43:18,345
I watched them boil my father.
735
00:43:18,346 --> 00:43:22,142
And eat him.
736
00:43:29,149 --> 00:43:32,652
From the royal Governor of Virginia:
737
00:43:32,694 --> 00:43:37,907
Sir, the lands upon the Ohio River
are notoriously known
738
00:43:37,949 --> 00:43:41,786
to be the property
of the Crown of Great Britain
739
00:43:41,828 --> 00:43:45,165
that it is a matter of equal concern
and surprise to hear that a body of
740
00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:51,045
French forces are erecting fortresses
within His Majesty's dominions.
741
00:43:51,046 --> 00:43:52,464
His dominion?
742
00:43:54,674 --> 00:43:56,217
Continue.
743
00:43:57,260 --> 00:44:01,556
In the name of the King, my master,
I have sent the bearer hereof,
744
00:44:01,598 --> 00:44:03,224
Major George Washington,
745
00:44:03,266 --> 00:44:08,063
one of the Adjutants-General
of this British Dominion.
746
00:44:10,857 --> 00:44:12,317
You are the Major?
747
00:44:12,734 --> 00:44:14,069
or his aide?
748
00:44:14,527 --> 00:44:16,112
I am Major Washington.
749
00:44:19,491 --> 00:44:20,617
[speaking French]
750
00:44:20,742 --> 00:44:22,786
[men laugh]
751
00:44:26,831 --> 00:44:28,917
[speaking French]
752
00:44:37,258 --> 00:44:40,053
He's inviting
us to dine with them.
753
00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:50,063
[ominous music]
754
00:44:58,446 --> 00:45:00,156
Can we speak in private?
755
00:45:02,075 --> 00:45:03,618
[speaking French]
756
00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:10,417
He says there's no
need to leave the table.
757
00:45:10,542 --> 00:45:11,501
We are all friends here.
758
00:45:12,168 --> 00:45:13,461
[Christopher speaking
Seneca]
759
00:45:16,297 --> 00:45:17,966
Know thy enemy indeed.
760
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:27,267
So, how is it you are a Major?
761
00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:30,937
Do you even shave?
762
00:45:31,062 --> 00:45:32,564
[men laugh]
763
00:45:33,273 --> 00:45:35,358
You have no military service.
764
00:45:35,483 --> 00:45:36,609
Is it true?
765
00:45:37,610 --> 00:45:39,404
Magnifique.
You are not British,
766
00:45:39,529 --> 00:45:41,739
yet they send you
to speak for them.
767
00:45:42,532 --> 00:45:44,325
Why do you think that is?
768
00:45:45,577 --> 00:45:49,831
So that when you fail,
they'll have someone to blame.
769
00:45:52,250 --> 00:45:55,712
The King emphatically demands
you leave the Ohio country,
770
00:45:57,046 --> 00:45:59,257
and the territories altogether.
771
00:46:00,383 --> 00:46:03,761
This land has long been
claimed by the British Crown.
772
00:46:03,887 --> 00:46:05,722
And when was this?
773
00:46:05,847 --> 00:46:06,848
[in French] When?
774
00:46:07,724 --> 00:46:09,684
When did they claim it?
775
00:46:10,977 --> 00:46:12,479
You must withdraw.
776
00:46:12,604 --> 00:46:15,190
Because you
think you own this land?
777
00:46:17,192 --> 00:46:19,110
Who does own this land,
778
00:46:19,235 --> 00:46:21,446
if not the one who has
the will to tame it?
779
00:46:21,571 --> 00:46:23,114
[fists banging on the table]
780
00:46:24,657 --> 00:46:26,075
[indistinct chatter]
781
00:46:37,712 --> 00:46:39,547
I accept your message.
782
00:46:40,632 --> 00:46:42,383
You have delivered it.
783
00:46:43,343 --> 00:46:44,260
Now go.
784
00:46:46,387 --> 00:46:48,181
The King demands a reply.
785
00:46:54,229 --> 00:46:57,524
Then tell your King
we have claimed it.
786
00:46:59,359 --> 00:47:01,027
We will never leave.
787
00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:04,113
Then we will force you to leave.
788
00:47:05,156 --> 00:47:06,324
Oh.
789
00:47:09,369 --> 00:47:11,871
You do not want to start a war.
790
00:47:16,918 --> 00:47:19,295
Take your pet savage and go.
791
00:47:23,049 --> 00:47:24,551
[tense music]
792
00:47:28,638 --> 00:47:30,473
[George] Camp 15 miles
south of here.
793
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,517
I’m going to ride ahead
and deliver the message.
794
00:47:32,642 --> 00:47:33,810
Should we send a scout?
795
00:47:33,935 --> 00:47:36,062
I'm the fastest scout we have.
796
00:47:36,187 --> 00:47:38,273
[ominous music]
797
00:48:02,547 --> 00:48:03,423
[door opens]
798
00:48:03,548 --> 00:48:04,507
Major.
799
00:48:05,883 --> 00:48:08,928
You will deliver
this ultimatum at once.
800
00:48:11,514 --> 00:48:13,766
The French spit in my face.
801
00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:15,435
Governor, with respect,
could you clarify--
802
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:17,395
Transcribe all you have,
so I can report this
803
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,647
to the council in the morning.
804
00:48:20,732 --> 00:48:21,649
Very well.
805
00:48:22,734 --> 00:48:24,485
Grant me one night’s rest
and fresh mounts.
806
00:48:24,611 --> 00:48:25,945
I’ve ridden
300 miles to--
807
00:48:26,070 --> 00:48:29,616
You will rest when
His Majesty's frontier rests.
808
00:48:29,741 --> 00:48:30,950
Before dawn, you'll present a
809
00:48:31,075 --> 00:48:32,744
full transcription
of your journal.
810
00:48:32,869 --> 00:48:35,580
Maps, strength estimates,
every scratch of observation,
811
00:48:35,705 --> 00:48:38,833
for the council's brief
at ten o'clock. Understood?
812
00:48:38,958 --> 00:48:39,709
Understood, sir.
813
00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:40,710
Good.
814
00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:42,962
Now go and prove
the Crown correct
815
00:48:43,087 --> 00:48:45,423
in placing
trust in a provincial.
816
00:48:50,011 --> 00:48:52,805
This is a dangerous escalation,
George.
817
00:48:53,848 --> 00:48:55,683
You are to deliver this?
818
00:48:57,101 --> 00:48:58,978
I've been ordered
to deliver this.
819
00:48:59,103 --> 00:49:00,480
You volunteered.
820
00:49:04,734 --> 00:49:05,401
No.
821
00:49:06,235 --> 00:49:08,071
- No, perhaps I can speak--
- No, no.
822
00:49:08,196 --> 00:49:09,822
This is the moment
I've been waiting for.
823
00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:11,949
I don't think it is, George.
824
00:49:14,369 --> 00:49:16,829
Why has no one else volunteered?
825
00:49:18,289 --> 00:49:21,793
Why does no British
officer lead this expedition?
826
00:49:26,422 --> 00:49:28,299
They’re using you, George.
827
00:49:28,758 --> 00:49:32,220
As a proxy.
To claim land for them.
828
00:49:33,221 --> 00:49:36,474
If you succeed,
they will rob you of the glory.
829
00:49:36,599 --> 00:49:38,976
If you fail, they'll have
a colonial to blame.
830
00:49:39,102 --> 00:49:39,977
Then I will not fail.
831
00:49:40,103 --> 00:49:41,688
If you do,
it could start a war.
832
00:49:41,813 --> 00:49:43,856
Thank you for your trust in me.
833
00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:45,692
That's not what I meant.
834
00:49:46,442 --> 00:49:49,862
I will claim it, and
I will earn their respect.
835
00:49:50,113 --> 00:49:52,824
That is what you
taught me, is it not?
836
00:49:52,949 --> 00:49:54,909
Besides, this is a new world.
837
00:49:55,076 --> 00:49:55,952
A new world?
838
00:49:56,452 --> 00:49:57,662
The soil may be new,
839
00:49:57,787 --> 00:49:59,872
but it’s owners still write
their ledgers in old ink.
840
00:49:59,997 --> 00:50:01,207
Let them write.
841
00:50:05,795 --> 00:50:10,633
You're betting your life on a
system designed to deny you.
842
00:50:11,551 --> 00:50:14,637
Every triumph you have
will be chalked up to luck,
843
00:50:14,762 --> 00:50:18,141
or the Native allies
or the British themselves.
844
00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:19,308
Never you.
845
00:50:19,434 --> 00:50:21,018
So I should stay here,
846
00:50:21,144 --> 00:50:24,897
mind the crops and live quietly
because I was born quietly?
847
00:50:25,022 --> 00:50:26,441
Do nothing with my life?
848
00:50:26,566 --> 00:50:28,151
Better alive and quiet
849
00:50:28,985 --> 00:50:30,737
than dead and forgotten
in the Alleghenies.
850
00:50:30,862 --> 00:50:31,988
You sound like mother.
851
00:50:32,113 --> 00:50:33,072
I speak the truth.
852
00:50:33,197 --> 00:50:34,782
[laughs] Well I would rather die
unknown than live
853
00:50:34,907 --> 00:50:37,034
believing the world’s
measure of me is fixed.
854
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,162
That... that is pride.
855
00:50:39,287 --> 00:50:41,414
No, that is faith in what a man
can forge with his own hands.
856
00:50:41,539 --> 00:50:43,416
You cannot forge
your way into their system.
857
00:50:43,541 --> 00:50:44,250
And why not?
858
00:50:44,375 --> 00:50:45,960
Because that is not
the way the world works.
859
00:50:46,085 --> 00:50:47,336
Then someone should remake it.
860
00:50:47,462 --> 00:50:48,671
[Lawrence coughs]
861
00:50:52,133 --> 00:50:55,595
George, you
cannot change these things.
862
00:50:57,764 --> 00:51:00,266
You may well die trying.
863
00:51:03,561 --> 00:51:04,228
George--
864
00:51:04,353 --> 00:51:06,647
I wish you believed in me.
865
00:51:10,526 --> 00:51:12,653
[coughing]
866
00:51:18,743 --> 00:51:21,412
[soft string music]
867
00:51:21,537 --> 00:51:23,080
[indistinct chatter]
868
00:51:46,312 --> 00:51:47,396
[Sally] Major Washington.
869
00:51:47,522 --> 00:51:49,649
I thought you were leading
your men to the frontier.
870
00:51:49,774 --> 00:51:50,900
Tomorrow I am.
871
00:51:51,025 --> 00:51:52,777
But I have returned
on an urgent matter.
872
00:51:52,902 --> 00:51:54,237
I'll go back in the morning.
873
00:51:54,403 --> 00:51:56,697
But, tonight, I am here for you.
874
00:51:56,823 --> 00:51:58,199
[inaudible whispers]
875
00:51:59,367 --> 00:52:01,869
George, there is no
fairness here.
876
00:52:01,994 --> 00:52:04,497
Miss Cary—may I
have this dance?
877
00:52:04,872 --> 00:52:06,415
[string music plays]
878
00:52:06,833 --> 00:52:07,792
Yes, Major.
879
00:52:44,912 --> 00:52:48,416
George, I see
you found a tailor.
880
00:52:48,708 --> 00:52:49,625
Yes.
881
00:52:49,792 --> 00:52:51,961
Tonight I wear
His Majesty's commission.
882
00:52:52,086 --> 00:52:53,671
At dawn, I am
to lead 150 soldiers
883
00:52:53,796 --> 00:52:56,007
to demand the
French leave our land.
884
00:52:56,132 --> 00:52:59,468
Well, our land, to be precise.
885
00:52:59,927 --> 00:53:02,763
And this is not exactly
His Majesty's commission.
886
00:53:02,889 --> 00:53:05,516
Your uniform, however,
crimson, still prints colonial.
887
00:53:05,641 --> 00:53:06,350
William.
888
00:53:06,559 --> 00:53:09,562
It is a point I make
intentionally, Sally.
889
00:53:09,770 --> 00:53:12,315
I fear for you, George.
890
00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:16,569
And I question
our Governor's decision.
891
00:53:17,695 --> 00:53:21,032
If the situation
with the French is so dire,
892
00:53:21,157 --> 00:53:22,241
why would they not
893
00:53:22,366 --> 00:53:25,119
send professional
soldiers of the Crown?
894
00:53:25,244 --> 00:53:26,829
Because I volunteered.
895
00:53:27,830 --> 00:53:30,291
And if you care so much,
why didn't you?
896
00:53:30,416 --> 00:53:32,793
Because I have an estate to run.
897
00:53:33,794 --> 00:53:36,047
And I have a fortune to manage.
898
00:53:36,714 --> 00:53:38,674
And people depend on me.
899
00:53:40,384 --> 00:53:41,385
But...
900
00:53:42,511 --> 00:53:47,516
I can send along two of
my best slaves, Charles and Sam.
901
00:53:48,142 --> 00:53:52,229
Charles knows horses better than
most grooms in Virginia.
902
00:53:52,438 --> 00:53:56,150
Well, I wouldn't want
to deprive you of their labor.
903
00:53:56,317 --> 00:53:57,735
We have plenty.
904
00:53:58,069 --> 00:53:59,362
[Lord Fairfax] Major
Washington.
905
00:54:01,697 --> 00:54:05,117
Congratulations on
your rank and assignment.
906
00:54:05,368 --> 00:54:06,827
An astonishing rise.
907
00:54:07,912 --> 00:54:08,996
Thank you, sir.
908
00:54:09,372 --> 00:54:13,125
So, what think you of our young
William and Sally?
909
00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:13,918
Yes.
910
00:54:14,043 --> 00:54:16,629
Do they not make a,
a handsome couple?
911
00:54:17,254 --> 00:54:20,299
We are gathered
here to celebrate this.
912
00:54:20,716 --> 00:54:23,511
Their betrothal
is scarcely a week old.
913
00:54:25,137 --> 00:54:26,138
Uh...
914
00:54:26,263 --> 00:54:27,556
Indeed they do.
915
00:54:27,682 --> 00:54:28,808
Splendid!
916
00:54:28,933 --> 00:54:30,851
Now, may I propose a toast?
917
00:54:31,852 --> 00:54:35,272
To Major Washington—
who rides at first light...
918
00:54:35,398 --> 00:54:37,149
[speech fades behind music]
919
00:54:41,362 --> 00:54:42,947
[low rumbling sound]
920
00:54:43,114 --> 00:54:44,323
[Fairfax] Major Washington.
921
00:54:46,575 --> 00:54:48,035
William, Miss Cary.
922
00:54:48,577 --> 00:54:49,412
Forgive the stir.
923
00:54:49,537 --> 00:54:52,748
I look forward to returning
worthy of your investment...
924
00:54:52,873 --> 00:54:54,375
and your care.
925
00:54:56,127 --> 00:54:58,421
[soft music]
926
00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:08,806
[George] Act on the defensive
927
00:55:09,265 --> 00:55:12,101
But if any attempts are made to
disrupt our work or settlements,
928
00:55:12,226 --> 00:55:13,644
restrain all such offenders,
929
00:55:13,769 --> 00:55:17,440
and make prisoners of,
or kill and destroy, them.
930
00:55:18,774 --> 00:55:20,109
Well, that’s clear as mud.
931
00:55:20,234 --> 00:55:21,485
He cannot be serious.
932
00:55:21,610 --> 00:55:22,695
“Destroy them?”
933
00:55:22,820 --> 00:55:24,697
If it’s war he wants,
it's best to reinforce us
934
00:55:24,822 --> 00:55:26,032
with proper British soldiers.
935
00:55:26,157 --> 00:55:27,283
We ain't here to fight.
936
00:55:27,408 --> 00:55:28,200
Then why are you?
937
00:55:28,325 --> 00:55:29,201
To get paid.
938
00:55:29,410 --> 00:55:30,202
This is our duty.
939
00:55:30,327 --> 00:55:31,537
No, it ain't.
940
00:55:32,288 --> 00:55:34,832
We delivered his little letter.
We should leave.
941
00:55:34,957 --> 00:55:35,875
You will not.
942
00:55:36,625 --> 00:55:39,545
Or I will have
you flogged as a deserter.
943
00:55:40,671 --> 00:55:42,506
Now, we didn't
sign up for no war.
944
00:55:42,631 --> 00:55:44,133
You put on the coat!
945
00:55:45,009 --> 00:55:46,218
You took an oath.
946
00:55:47,553 --> 00:55:49,889
You have a duty, as do I.
947
00:55:53,392 --> 00:55:55,770
If this goes wrong,
he’ll blame Virginia.
948
00:55:55,895 --> 00:55:58,314
[George] Dinwiddie speaks
for the Crown.
949
00:55:59,815 --> 00:56:03,277
It's decided. This is a direct
order and we will obey it.
950
00:56:03,402 --> 00:56:04,612
It's not direct at all.
951
00:56:04,737 --> 00:56:06,697
Then your gods have
delivered you to war.
952
00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:08,365
It is not our intent.
953
00:56:08,491 --> 00:56:10,284
[Tucker] I found
their encampment.
954
00:56:11,535 --> 00:56:13,704
It’s much further south.
Much closer.
955
00:56:13,829 --> 00:56:14,538
How close?
956
00:56:14,914 --> 00:56:15,706
Five miles.
957
00:56:16,123 --> 00:56:18,709
[Tanacharison] He searches for
land to build another fort.
958
00:56:18,834 --> 00:56:22,254
To demand you abandon
the land he calls his own.
959
00:56:23,506 --> 00:56:24,590
Take me to him.
960
00:56:26,425 --> 00:56:28,844
A simple
reconnaissance. Agreed?
961
00:56:38,604 --> 00:56:41,107
[tense music]
962
00:57:08,175 --> 00:57:09,760
[Tanacharison] Drunk with
his own pride.
963
00:57:09,885 --> 00:57:13,472
He defies you and your King
by traveling this far.
964
00:57:18,561 --> 00:57:19,854
What will you do?
965
00:57:25,568 --> 00:57:26,986
Hold your ground.
966
00:57:28,112 --> 00:57:29,697
I'll tell them once
again to leave.
967
00:57:29,822 --> 00:57:31,991
What will you do
when they refuse?
968
00:57:32,116 --> 00:57:33,159
- Pray they--
- [gunshot]
969
00:57:38,622 --> 00:57:40,040
Who fired that shot?
970
00:57:41,667 --> 00:57:42,835
[gunshot]
971
00:57:45,796 --> 00:57:47,214
Hold your ground!
972
00:57:47,339 --> 00:57:48,174
Hold your ground!
973
00:57:48,299 --> 00:57:49,383
[yelling in French]
974
00:57:53,679 --> 00:57:55,055
[indian whoops and yells]
975
00:57:57,641 --> 00:57:59,018
[gunshots]
976
00:58:00,227 --> 00:58:01,937
[yelling in French]
977
00:58:15,534 --> 00:58:16,744
Forward!
978
00:58:23,459 --> 00:58:25,628
[yelling]
979
00:58:25,753 --> 00:58:28,422
[gunshots]
980
00:58:35,554 --> 00:58:36,639
Hold your fire!
981
00:58:37,139 --> 00:58:38,224
Hold your fire!
982
00:58:38,349 --> 00:58:39,433
Prisoners only!
983
00:58:39,558 --> 00:58:40,851
Prisoners only!
984
00:58:40,976 --> 00:58:41,644
Prisoners--
985
00:58:41,769 --> 00:58:43,979
[yelling]
[gunshot]
986
00:58:44,104 --> 00:58:45,564
[sigh]
987
00:58:45,689 --> 00:58:46,774
[sound of heartbeat]
988
00:58:50,236 --> 00:58:52,071
[sound of heartbeat]
989
00:58:52,196 --> 00:58:53,822
[soldier yells]
990
00:58:56,116 --> 00:58:58,619
[yelling]
[gunshots]
991
00:59:04,041 --> 00:59:06,252
We should have killed everyone of you.
992
00:59:12,258 --> 00:59:14,343
Thou art not yet dead, my father.
993
00:59:18,973 --> 00:59:20,224
- Wait!
- [Jumonville groans]
994
00:59:20,683 --> 00:59:21,767
Wait!
995
00:59:23,435 --> 00:59:25,312
[indian whoops and cheers]
996
00:59:29,942 --> 00:59:32,820
[George] I do not know who
fired that first shot,
997
00:59:33,237 --> 00:59:35,406
but in light of
these unfortunate events,
998
00:59:35,531 --> 00:59:39,118
I fear a war with the
French is indeed imminent.
999
00:59:39,994 --> 00:59:44,123
We are building a fort and
taking up a defensive position.
1000
00:59:44,248 --> 00:59:46,166
In the spirit
of mutual benefit,
1001
00:59:46,292 --> 00:59:49,670
please send reinforcements
to aid our endeavor.
1002
00:59:52,381 --> 00:59:53,799
[David] Hey,
why don't we arm them?
1003
00:59:54,091 --> 00:59:56,302
We need all the men we can get.
1004
00:59:57,636 --> 00:59:59,179
They might shoot us.
1005
01:00:00,097 --> 01:00:01,181
Wouldn't you?
1006
01:00:01,890 --> 01:00:02,850
Fair point.
1007
01:00:03,309 --> 01:00:04,476
- Gist!
- Yep.
1008
01:00:07,229 --> 01:00:09,148
Permission to speak my mind.
1009
01:00:09,273 --> 01:00:10,316
Never stopped you?
1010
01:00:10,441 --> 01:00:11,442
[sarcastic laugh]
1011
01:00:12,109 --> 01:00:14,028
Building this fort too low.
1012
01:00:14,361 --> 01:00:15,779
What do you mean?
1013
01:00:16,322 --> 01:00:17,406
The walls?
1014
01:00:18,949 --> 01:00:20,492
No, not the walls--
1015
01:00:20,617 --> 01:00:23,245
This here, this is a
dry lake bed.
1016
01:00:23,996 --> 01:00:26,874
One good rain, it’ll flood out.
1017
01:00:27,249 --> 01:00:31,170
Besides, I could shoot
every one of us from them trees.
1018
01:00:35,174 --> 01:00:37,134
Major know what he’s doin?
1019
01:00:41,055 --> 01:00:42,264
What you writing?
1020
01:00:42,556 --> 01:00:44,558
Another plea for reinforcements.
1021
01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:45,976
From who?
1022
01:00:46,685 --> 01:00:47,644
Colonies.
1023
01:00:49,021 --> 01:00:52,232
Pennsylvania don't care
about Virginia's problems.
1024
01:00:52,358 --> 01:00:55,361
The French are the
concern of all. Agreed?
1025
01:00:57,237 --> 01:00:59,198
This area lies awfully low.
1026
01:01:00,074 --> 01:01:01,950
The forest gives us cover.
1027
01:01:02,534 --> 01:01:03,827
The great meadows offer
plenty of space
1028
01:01:03,952 --> 01:01:05,871
and a clear view
of any oncoming threats.
1029
01:01:05,996 --> 01:01:07,831
If they attack,
it'll be from the front.
1030
01:01:07,956 --> 01:01:11,627
Or, we'll be easy
targets, when the fort floods.
1031
01:01:14,963 --> 01:01:16,799
Well, Gist, what would
you have me do?
1032
01:01:16,924 --> 01:01:18,133
Major Washington.
1033
01:01:18,842 --> 01:01:19,802
The King's troops.
1034
01:01:19,927 --> 01:01:21,053
What about them?
1035
01:01:21,553 --> 01:01:22,971
[Tucker] They're here.
1036
01:01:45,619 --> 01:01:46,995
Where's Washington?
1037
01:01:47,287 --> 01:01:48,455
I am Major Washington.
1038
01:01:48,622 --> 01:01:49,331
[scoffs]
1039
01:01:49,706 --> 01:01:51,208
Captain James Mackay.
1040
01:01:52,376 --> 01:01:54,586
Orders from Governor Dinwiddie.
1041
01:01:56,046 --> 01:01:58,924
We are here to reinforce
the Virginia Regiment
1042
01:01:59,049 --> 01:02:02,636
and deal with this...
situation you’ve created.
1043
01:02:03,887 --> 01:02:06,557
French and Indian soldiers.
Professional soldiers.
1044
01:02:06,682 --> 01:02:08,267
Are nearly upon us.
1045
01:02:08,392 --> 01:02:10,310
Over a thousand in total.
1046
01:02:10,436 --> 01:02:13,605
They are commanded by
Louis Coulon de Villiers.
1047
01:02:13,730 --> 01:02:17,192
Brother to Joseph Coulon
de Villiers de Jumonville.
1048
01:02:17,317 --> 01:02:19,486
The man who you killed.
1049
01:02:24,408 --> 01:02:26,493
This letter says Colonel
Joshua Fry is in command.
1050
01:02:26,618 --> 01:02:28,120
Oh, the boy can read.
1051
01:02:28,495 --> 01:02:29,371
Where is he?
1052
01:02:29,496 --> 01:02:30,497
Dead.
1053
01:02:31,081 --> 01:02:34,209
Fell from his horse two
days ago and broke his neck.
1054
01:02:34,334 --> 01:02:38,213
You are to assume his rank
as Colonel, Mr. Washington.
1055
01:02:40,132 --> 01:02:41,508
[George] Well then, welcome.
1056
01:02:41,842 --> 01:02:44,094
We need all
the help we can get.
1057
01:02:44,219 --> 01:02:45,929
I do not take orders from you.
1058
01:02:46,054 --> 01:02:47,055
But...
1059
01:02:47,598 --> 01:02:49,475
you said I was to
assume the rank is Colonel.
1060
01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:51,226
My commission is royal.
1061
01:02:51,477 --> 01:02:54,480
You could be a general and I
wouldn't have to listen to you.
1062
01:02:54,605 --> 01:02:55,397
Praise God.
1063
01:02:56,482 --> 01:02:59,902
Now, what do
you call this... fort?
1064
01:03:00,736 --> 01:03:02,779
Well, it was made by necessity.
1065
01:03:02,905 --> 01:03:04,281
So I think
that's a fitting name.
1066
01:03:04,406 --> 01:03:05,407
Mmm.
1067
01:03:06,074 --> 01:03:08,368
We will camp 100 yards
to the front.
1068
01:03:08,494 --> 01:03:11,580
No doubt the French
will engage us there.
1069
01:03:11,747 --> 01:03:13,332
Colonel.
1070
01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:14,541
Van Braam.
1071
01:03:19,630 --> 01:03:20,547
[Mackay] The boy can read.
1072
01:03:20,672 --> 01:03:21,757
[Mackay chuckles]
1073
01:03:26,053 --> 01:03:28,055
[water splashing]
1074
01:03:29,431 --> 01:03:31,183
[thunder booms]
1075
01:03:47,991 --> 01:03:49,368
How's the progress?
1076
01:03:49,576 --> 01:03:52,329
Ditch is taking in water
faster than we can throw it.
1077
01:03:52,454 --> 01:03:55,165
I say, this keeps up.
1078
01:03:55,374 --> 01:03:59,169
I’ll commission my men to
construct a Royal Navy.
1079
01:03:59,294 --> 01:04:00,379
Keep trying.
1080
01:04:03,257 --> 01:04:05,008
I could shoot you
from the trees.
1081
01:04:05,133 --> 01:04:06,969
The French won’t fire
from the trees.
1082
01:04:07,094 --> 01:04:11,098
They’ll assemble in open fields.
To fight with honor.
1083
01:04:11,306 --> 01:04:13,433
You call this
land the New World?
1084
01:04:13,559 --> 01:04:15,394
Yet you live by the old ways.
1085
01:04:15,519 --> 01:04:17,521
They will lead you to death.
1086
01:04:17,729 --> 01:04:19,856
Any recruits among the Shawnee?
1087
01:04:19,982 --> 01:04:20,649
No.
1088
01:04:20,774 --> 01:04:22,693
What about the Delaware
or the Mingo?
1089
01:04:22,818 --> 01:04:25,195
No. Some have
even joined the French.
1090
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:26,780
None will aid you.
1091
01:04:28,782 --> 01:04:30,158
Neither will we.
1092
01:04:31,159 --> 01:04:32,536
You will not leave!
1093
01:04:34,496 --> 01:04:36,164
Your vengeance started this.
1094
01:04:36,290 --> 01:04:38,166
And your stubbornness
will be the end of it.
1095
01:04:38,292 --> 01:04:39,918
The French are cowards.
1096
01:04:40,043 --> 01:04:41,628
The British are fools.
1097
01:04:41,753 --> 01:04:43,755
You do not
know how to fight here.
1098
01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:46,300
I was born here on
this land, as were you.
1099
01:04:46,425 --> 01:04:48,802
Can we not
fight for it together?
1100
01:04:49,511 --> 01:04:53,390
This land
does not belong to you.
1101
01:04:53,515 --> 01:04:55,392
While you kill each other,
1102
01:04:56,101 --> 01:04:57,686
we wait to reclaim it.
1103
01:05:00,105 --> 01:05:03,233
[Christopher] George, you made
the wrong choice of ground.
1104
01:05:03,567 --> 01:05:07,654
Admit it. That's it, It's
alright, it's alright. Admit it.
1105
01:05:07,779 --> 01:05:09,114
Our supplies are exhausted.
1106
01:05:09,239 --> 01:05:11,241
We’ve two days' rations at best.
1107
01:05:11,366 --> 01:05:15,329
Move camp and save the men.
1108
01:05:18,498 --> 01:05:20,208
We will stand our ground.
1109
01:05:27,466 --> 01:05:29,092
Any sign of the French?
1110
01:05:29,509 --> 01:05:31,595
Nothing. No doubt the arrival
of actual soldiers
1111
01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:33,263
put a stop
to their advancements.
1112
01:05:33,388 --> 01:05:37,100
But listen, my men are
camping in what is now a swamp.
1113
01:05:37,225 --> 01:05:38,769
What do you want me to do?
1114
01:05:38,894 --> 01:05:40,062
Find solid ground.
1115
01:05:40,187 --> 01:05:42,731
Or better yet, an
experienced commander.
1116
01:05:42,856 --> 01:05:44,858
Are you
challenging my authority?
1117
01:05:44,983 --> 01:05:46,485
[scoffs] You have no authority.
1118
01:05:46,652 --> 01:05:47,819
- [gunshot]
- [Mackay grunts]
1119
01:05:54,409 --> 01:05:57,412
Trees! They're in the trees!
Take cover!
1120
01:05:57,537 --> 01:05:58,789
- [horse neighs]
- [gunshots boom]
1121
01:06:02,834 --> 01:06:04,169
[yelling and gunshots]
1122
01:06:05,295 --> 01:06:06,463
Move, move.
1123
01:06:06,672 --> 01:06:07,547
Go, go, go.
1124
01:06:07,673 --> 01:06:08,465
Grab a musket.
1125
01:06:09,299 --> 01:06:10,926
Move, move, move, move!
1126
01:06:11,843 --> 01:06:12,803
[George] Hold the line.
1127
01:06:13,220 --> 01:06:14,513
Form a line on me.
1128
01:06:14,638 --> 01:06:16,598
A line? Yeah, a smart idea.
1129
01:06:20,727 --> 01:06:21,728
Fire!
1130
01:06:26,108 --> 01:06:27,651
They’re firing from all sides.
1131
01:06:27,776 --> 01:06:29,277
To the front with me!
1132
01:06:31,363 --> 01:06:33,573
Form up! On me, on me.
1133
01:06:36,451 --> 01:06:37,119
Christopher.
1134
01:06:37,244 --> 01:06:37,911
Yeah?
1135
01:06:38,328 --> 01:06:40,580
Divide the men. Keep 50 in
the fort and fire to the trees.
1136
01:06:40,706 --> 01:06:42,541
50 won’t fit in the fort,
it’s flooded out.
1137
01:06:42,666 --> 01:06:43,750
As many as you can, then.
1138
01:06:43,875 --> 01:06:45,836
All right men on me!
Move, move, move, move.
1139
01:06:45,961 --> 01:06:47,295
Everyone to the front line.
1140
01:06:47,421 --> 01:06:48,088
Present.
1141
01:06:49,047 --> 01:06:50,048
Fire!
1142
01:06:52,551 --> 01:06:54,386
[Henry] George, cannons!
1143
01:06:59,433 --> 01:07:00,809
[David] George,
what's the plan, here?
1144
01:07:01,435 --> 01:07:02,477
Second rank!
1145
01:07:02,602 --> 01:07:03,812
Forward!
1146
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:06,481
Present!
1147
01:07:08,859 --> 01:07:09,735
Make ready!
1148
01:07:10,235 --> 01:07:11,403
Fire!
1149
01:07:13,780 --> 01:07:15,198
[bullets whizzing]
1150
01:07:17,701 --> 01:07:18,994
Fire!
1151
01:07:24,124 --> 01:07:25,584
[men yell]
1152
01:07:28,545 --> 01:07:29,421
Retreat!
1153
01:07:30,547 --> 01:07:31,798
Back to the fort.
1154
01:07:42,851 --> 01:07:44,936
Back to the fort. Get inside!
1155
01:07:52,527 --> 01:07:53,445
[George] Move!
1156
01:07:53,570 --> 01:07:56,156
Get inside! Get inside!
1157
01:07:56,990 --> 01:07:57,657
[George] Move!
1158
01:07:59,743 --> 01:08:01,828
[men yelling]
1159
01:08:05,081 --> 01:08:06,625
Come on. Get in!
1160
01:08:07,626 --> 01:08:08,543
Get in there!
1161
01:08:09,544 --> 01:08:10,337
[George] Get inside!
1162
01:08:11,505 --> 01:08:12,172
Inside!
1163
01:08:12,339 --> 01:08:13,507
[Christopher] George!
George!
1164
01:08:13,632 --> 01:08:15,008
[George] Barricade the door!
1165
01:08:15,175 --> 01:08:16,092
[George] Hold!
1166
01:08:16,676 --> 01:08:18,220
- [cannon fire booms]
- [men yelling]
1167
01:08:20,305 --> 01:08:21,681
[Henry] Powder’s wet.
1168
01:08:21,807 --> 01:08:22,891
Nothing's firin'!
1169
01:08:23,016 --> 01:08:24,601
We’re sittin’ ducks here,
Colonel.
1170
01:08:24,726 --> 01:08:26,144
We keep fighting!
1171
01:08:26,269 --> 01:08:27,395
Attach bayonets!
1172
01:08:27,646 --> 01:08:29,022
The battle is lost.
1173
01:08:29,231 --> 01:08:30,398
The battle is just begun.
1174
01:08:30,524 --> 01:08:31,191
George!
1175
01:08:31,650 --> 01:08:32,692
Man your post!
1176
01:08:32,818 --> 01:08:33,610
Man your posts!
1177
01:08:33,735 --> 01:08:34,486
Washington!
1178
01:08:34,611 --> 01:08:35,445
Save your men!
1179
01:08:35,570 --> 01:08:38,281
I will not
surrender my first command.
1180
01:08:38,657 --> 01:08:39,491
Advance troops!
1181
01:08:40,033 --> 01:08:41,326
They're coming in.
1182
01:08:42,494 --> 01:08:43,620
Man your posts!
1183
01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:49,960
Hold, hold, hold!
1184
01:08:50,085 --> 01:08:51,169
[Christopher grunts]
1185
01:08:59,302 --> 01:09:00,220
Gist!
1186
01:09:00,554 --> 01:09:02,055
Gist!
1187
01:09:05,267 --> 01:09:06,893
Just breathe, just breathe.
1188
01:09:07,602 --> 01:09:08,687
Hey, hey.
1189
01:09:09,437 --> 01:09:11,147
You're gonna be okay.
You're gonna be okay.
1190
01:09:11,273 --> 01:09:15,235
Breathe, breathe,
breathe, I'm sorry.
1191
01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:18,780
[sound muffles
behind music]
1192
01:09:40,886 --> 01:09:41,928
Major!
1193
01:09:45,765 --> 01:09:46,766
Yes.
1194
01:09:48,518 --> 01:09:49,686
[George] Surrender.
1195
01:09:50,562 --> 01:09:52,439
[solemn music]
1196
01:09:55,525 --> 01:09:57,152
I'm sorry, Christopher.
1197
01:09:57,360 --> 01:09:58,695
I am so sorry!
1198
01:10:45,408 --> 01:10:46,534
[Jacob] Washington.
1199
01:10:52,999 --> 01:10:55,251
Terms are somewhat favorable.
1200
01:10:55,752 --> 01:10:57,796
It's a mutual withdrawal.
1201
01:10:58,254 --> 01:10:59,965
They take our artillery,
1202
01:11:00,215 --> 01:11:01,800
we'll remove the flag.
1203
01:11:02,467 --> 01:11:05,387
And also they demand
you take responsibility
1204
01:11:05,512 --> 01:11:08,390
for their commander's
unfortunate death.
1205
01:11:10,892 --> 01:11:12,602
We didn't start this.
1206
01:11:14,646 --> 01:11:17,440
Nobody knows
who fired that first shot.
1207
01:11:20,276 --> 01:11:22,612
I've offered myself as security.
1208
01:11:22,737 --> 01:11:24,197
I will go with them.
1209
01:11:26,324 --> 01:11:29,411
This is the best
possible outcome, Colonel.
1210
01:11:40,088 --> 01:11:41,297
Colonel.
1211
01:11:52,350 --> 01:11:53,977
What is the date today?
1212
01:11:54,602 --> 01:11:55,770
July third.
1213
01:11:56,187 --> 01:11:58,565
July the third will be
etched in my memory forever.
1214
01:12:10,368 --> 01:12:12,245
[solemn music]
1215
01:13:18,019 --> 01:13:19,229
I'm so sorry.
1216
01:13:20,897 --> 01:13:22,398
I'm so, so sorry.
1217
01:13:33,076 --> 01:13:34,577
[Dinwiddie]
Assassination.
1218
01:13:35,036 --> 01:13:38,456
You confessed to assassinating
a French Officer!
1219
01:13:38,957 --> 01:13:40,583
It was not my intention,
Your Excellency.
1220
01:13:40,708 --> 01:13:42,627
Is this not your signature?
1221
01:13:44,796 --> 01:13:46,881
Our intention had
never been to trouble peace,
1222
01:13:47,006 --> 01:13:48,383
but only to revenge
1223
01:13:48,508 --> 01:13:51,511
the assassination of
one of our officers.
1224
01:13:51,636 --> 01:13:52,720
The translator failed me, sir.
1225
01:13:52,846 --> 01:13:54,264
I didn't realize.
I thought that--
1226
01:13:54,389 --> 01:13:55,515
Washington.
1227
01:13:55,723 --> 01:13:58,977
To lead is to forfeit
the right to make excuses.
1228
01:13:59,769 --> 01:14:02,105
Have you any
idea what you've done?
1229
01:14:02,272 --> 01:14:04,232
You've started a war!
[slams desk]
1230
01:14:06,359 --> 01:14:07,777
I'll report that
the battle was lost
1231
01:14:07,902 --> 01:14:10,029
due to poor munitions
and lack of supplies.
1232
01:14:10,155 --> 01:14:12,365
But that is not the truth, sir.
1233
01:14:12,574 --> 01:14:15,076
That is the truth
that suits me, otherwise--
1234
01:14:15,201 --> 01:14:18,163
Sir, I came here
to resign my commission.
1235
01:14:21,499 --> 01:14:23,251
I am not fit to lead.
1236
01:14:24,335 --> 01:14:26,337
I was never fit to lead.
1237
01:14:30,758 --> 01:14:32,051
God save the King.
1238
01:14:35,763 --> 01:14:39,309
And your resignation would
say that I'm not fit to choose.
1239
01:14:39,434 --> 01:14:41,644
Washington, you
abandon this office,
1240
01:14:41,769 --> 01:14:44,606
you abandon your
ambition with it.
1241
01:14:45,106 --> 01:14:46,232
Understood, sir.
1242
01:15:20,350 --> 01:15:21,768
Where's Lawrence?
1243
01:15:27,315 --> 01:15:28,816
I'm sorry.
1244
01:15:50,588 --> 01:15:51,881
[screams]
1245
01:16:07,397 --> 01:16:09,899
He wanted you
to have his journals.
1246
01:16:13,194 --> 01:16:14,570
You were right.
1247
01:16:16,114 --> 01:16:17,907
You knew I would fail.
1248
01:16:19,075 --> 01:16:20,910
It's not your fault, George.
1249
01:16:21,035 --> 01:16:24,455
You did not lay your
brother low. Nor those men.
1250
01:16:26,708 --> 01:16:28,084
I chose the ground.
1251
01:16:28,626 --> 01:16:30,628
I put on the coat.
I gave the order.
1252
01:16:30,753 --> 01:16:32,630
And now
because of that...
1253
01:16:35,258 --> 01:16:36,759
Good men are dead.
1254
01:16:45,727 --> 01:16:47,562
When your father died,
1255
01:16:48,521 --> 01:16:52,567
there were accounts
I could not read,
1256
01:16:53,443 --> 01:16:58,281
acres I could not plow.
But I learned, as women do,
1257
01:16:59,198 --> 01:17:03,995
to keep a tally with one hand
and a prayer with the other.
1258
01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:09,459
I hardened because
the wind here is hard.
1259
01:17:10,168 --> 01:17:12,587
Put iron in my voice.
1260
01:17:14,047 --> 01:17:15,965
I was hard on you, George.
1261
01:17:17,258 --> 01:17:21,679
I see you learned
to be hard on yourself.
1262
01:17:22,555 --> 01:17:23,890
That was my sin.
1263
01:17:34,025 --> 01:17:36,527
You said Providence
placed me here.
1264
01:17:41,282 --> 01:17:42,200
Why?
1265
01:17:43,993 --> 01:17:45,536
For me to fail?
1266
01:17:46,496 --> 01:17:47,330
Perhaps.
1267
01:17:49,749 --> 01:17:52,126
Failure is
the tutor sent by God.
1268
01:17:53,169 --> 01:17:55,463
If you don't learn from it,
you've failed twice.
1269
01:17:55,588 --> 01:17:59,050
If you do learn from it,
you've earned wisdom.
1270
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:01,552
So...
1271
01:18:03,137 --> 01:18:04,639
What did it tell you?
1272
01:18:06,974 --> 01:18:08,017
To go back.
1273
01:18:12,188 --> 01:18:13,606
But I'm afraid...
1274
01:18:14,690 --> 01:18:16,150
of making the same mistakes.
1275
01:18:20,780 --> 01:18:25,701
War is not the path I would
choose for you. But...
1276
01:18:26,661 --> 01:18:27,537
Oh...
1277
01:18:27,995 --> 01:18:29,997
On your feet, son.
1278
01:18:33,543 --> 01:18:39,090
If you must
return to soldiering, go.
1279
01:18:41,968 --> 01:18:46,097
As God's servant.
Do it with your whole heart.
1280
01:18:47,723 --> 01:18:48,975
Find your path.
1281
01:18:49,934 --> 01:18:50,935
Make it yours.
1282
01:18:51,519 --> 01:18:52,728
Make it straight.
1283
01:18:55,523 --> 01:18:57,108
And prove them wrong.
1284
01:19:02,238 --> 01:19:05,533
Because even a
pawn can take the king.
1285
01:19:18,629 --> 01:19:21,340
[dramatic music]
1286
01:19:43,821 --> 01:19:45,615
[drum beat plays]
1287
01:20:08,054 --> 01:20:09,639
I'm sorry to disturb, sir.
1288
01:20:10,389 --> 01:20:11,807
I am George Washington.
1289
01:20:11,933 --> 01:20:12,600
Ah!
1290
01:20:14,018 --> 01:20:15,728
The reason I am here.
1291
01:20:16,979 --> 01:20:18,814
Meet Colonel Thomas Gage.
1292
01:20:20,066 --> 01:20:22,151
Gage has recently
been promoted to colonel
1293
01:20:22,276 --> 01:20:23,694
by Royal Commission.
1294
01:20:24,153 --> 01:20:25,112
We’ve met.
1295
01:20:25,404 --> 01:20:28,533
I'm assuming you
seek your previous command.
1296
01:20:28,658 --> 01:20:30,993
Gage has been tasked
with leading your militia
1297
01:20:31,118 --> 01:20:33,287
and is far more qualified.
1298
01:20:33,788 --> 01:20:34,997
I'm sure he is.
1299
01:20:35,289 --> 01:20:37,333
I neither ask for rank nor pay.
1300
01:20:37,458 --> 01:20:39,460
I'm here to volunteer
as your aide-de-camp.
1301
01:20:39,585 --> 01:20:41,045
I believe I could be
of some assistance to you.
1302
01:20:41,170 --> 01:20:42,547
Oh, do not worry.
1303
01:20:42,797 --> 01:20:45,967
Young Washington. These uh,
these French and their savages
1304
01:20:46,092 --> 01:20:49,554
may have been a formidable enemy
to you and your militia,
1305
01:20:49,679 --> 01:20:53,808
but to the King's troops, they
are more of a nuisance, really.
1306
01:20:53,933 --> 01:20:56,018
Bit of a waste of powder.
1307
01:20:56,352 --> 01:20:58,688
We will prevail. With ease.
1308
01:20:58,813 --> 01:20:59,897
But with all due respect, sir,
1309
01:21:00,022 --> 01:21:02,149
I do not think
it will be with ease.
1310
01:21:02,275 --> 01:21:04,193
- Having fought--
- And lost.
1311
01:21:04,402 --> 01:21:06,195
Having fought
within the region, sir,
1312
01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:08,030
I believe I could
be of some help to you.
1313
01:21:08,155 --> 01:21:09,615
Fort Duquesne is difficult.
1314
01:21:09,740 --> 01:21:13,703
Duquesne can hardly detain me
above three or four days.
1315
01:21:13,828 --> 01:21:16,289
Sir, this is a very
different type of battle.
1316
01:21:16,414 --> 01:21:18,332
Just the trip to the fort
alone is treach--
1317
01:21:18,457 --> 01:21:19,500
A week at most.
1318
01:21:19,625 --> 01:21:20,334
A month.
1319
01:21:21,252 --> 01:21:22,044
A month?
1320
01:21:22,295 --> 01:21:23,212
If lucky.
1321
01:21:24,505 --> 01:21:25,214
For most of the journey,
1322
01:21:25,339 --> 01:21:26,465
you'll be
traveling a single file.
1323
01:21:26,591 --> 01:21:28,384
over what is barely a trail.
1324
01:21:28,509 --> 01:21:30,428
Not even wide enough for wagons.
1325
01:21:30,553 --> 01:21:31,512
I've surveyed the land.
1326
01:21:31,637 --> 01:21:32,847
I know this land.
1327
01:21:33,347 --> 01:21:35,683
The French are located here,
where the three rivers meet.
1328
01:21:35,808 --> 01:21:38,102
Because of the land, the style
of warfare is, uh,
1329
01:21:38,227 --> 01:21:39,687
it's different.
1330
01:21:40,062 --> 01:21:41,314
These are not the
open battlefields
1331
01:21:41,439 --> 01:21:42,315
to which you're accustomed.
1332
01:21:42,440 --> 01:21:45,401
I have fought on
a great many battlefields.
1333
01:21:45,526 --> 01:21:46,861
Not in the new world, sir.
1334
01:21:46,986 --> 01:21:48,988
You lost in the new world.
1335
01:21:52,950 --> 01:21:54,243
Yes.
1336
01:21:54,410 --> 01:21:55,536
You're right.
1337
01:21:55,828 --> 01:21:58,039
But failure is a great teacher.
1338
01:22:00,458 --> 01:22:01,834
I desire to serve under
someone of your ability
1339
01:22:01,959 --> 01:22:04,045
and experience to learn more.
1340
01:22:04,545 --> 01:22:05,338
Sir.
1341
01:22:11,010 --> 01:22:14,388
You may come. As advisor
and aide. That is all.
1342
01:22:15,514 --> 01:22:16,891
Thank you, General Braddock.
1343
01:22:17,016 --> 01:22:19,644
Colonel Gage see
that he is accommodated.
1344
01:22:19,769 --> 01:22:20,853
Yes, sir.
1345
01:22:24,607 --> 01:22:26,901
[drum beat plays]
1346
01:22:56,806 --> 01:22:58,099
[Braddock] What is the delay?
1347
01:22:58,307 --> 01:22:59,350
Move these wagons.
1348
01:22:59,475 --> 01:23:00,810
So, Washington.
1349
01:23:02,144 --> 01:23:06,232
From colonel to aide-de-camp,
How the mighty have fallen.
1350
01:23:06,440 --> 01:23:09,443
Well, I was never given
the Royal Commission as colonel,
1351
01:23:09,568 --> 01:23:11,195
so did it truly matter?
1352
01:23:12,780 --> 01:23:14,281
This is important to you?
1353
01:23:14,407 --> 01:23:15,574
Fairness? Yes.
1354
01:23:16,617 --> 01:23:19,912
Gage, what on
God's earth is the delay here?
1355
01:23:20,287 --> 01:23:21,455
Fallen tree, I believe, sir.
1356
01:23:21,580 --> 01:23:22,873
Well, how-how do you expect
to win a battle
1357
01:23:22,998 --> 01:23:24,500
if you can't
even defeat a tree?
1358
01:23:24,625 --> 01:23:25,292
Yes, sir.
1359
01:23:25,793 --> 01:23:29,714
I have fought the King's battles
on three continents,
1360
01:23:29,964 --> 01:23:32,883
but never have I
been defeated by a tree.
1361
01:23:33,801 --> 01:23:35,594
[Braddock] This is no army.
1362
01:23:35,803 --> 01:23:38,180
This is a centipede with gout.
1363
01:23:40,391 --> 01:23:43,144
[Tucker] Henry, David.
Look who's here.
1364
01:23:46,063 --> 01:23:47,022
Major?
1365
01:23:47,273 --> 01:23:48,899
Aide-de-camp.
1366
01:23:49,692 --> 01:23:52,236
It seems you're my
superiors, actually.
1367
01:23:53,320 --> 01:23:55,781
Take up an axe
and help us with this tree.
1368
01:23:56,282 --> 01:23:57,158
Gladly.
1369
01:24:04,457 --> 01:24:06,292
[Gage] What seems to
be the delay?
1370
01:24:06,417 --> 01:24:07,918
I'm sorry, Colonel.
1371
01:24:08,419 --> 01:24:09,920
There's no damn road.
1372
01:24:10,963 --> 01:24:12,173
That's the delay.
1373
01:24:13,632 --> 01:24:15,760
[Gage] Washington,
these are your friends?
1374
01:24:16,302 --> 01:24:18,137
Why do they not wear
the King’s red?
1375
01:24:18,262 --> 01:24:19,096
Or at least try?
1376
01:24:19,221 --> 01:24:21,348
You stole our last uniforms.
1377
01:24:21,891 --> 01:24:23,726
Thievin' bastards.
1378
01:24:24,226 --> 01:24:27,313
See, uh, indigo
grows wild around here.
1379
01:24:27,813 --> 01:24:29,148
We use it for blue dye.
1380
01:24:29,273 --> 01:24:30,483
That's the color of Virginia.
1381
01:24:30,608 --> 01:24:31,817
You boys go’head,
1382
01:24:31,942 --> 01:24:34,987
wear all them pretty colors
and get shot first.
1383
01:24:35,112 --> 01:24:38,324
I’ll blend into the woods
and die an ol’ man.
1384
01:24:44,455 --> 01:24:47,082
What happened
with your grand design?
1385
01:24:48,125 --> 01:24:49,585
Royal commission.
1386
01:24:50,753 --> 01:24:51,962
Little rich girl.
1387
01:24:52,505 --> 01:24:55,883
I buried those plans
when I buried Christopher.
1388
01:25:03,265 --> 01:25:04,683
Why'd you come back?
1389
01:25:05,309 --> 01:25:07,311
Came back to apologize.
1390
01:25:08,521 --> 01:25:10,231
My ambition was selfish.
1391
01:25:10,731 --> 01:25:13,400
I owe a debt to
every single one of you.
1392
01:25:13,526 --> 01:25:15,611
A debt I cannot repay, but...
1393
01:25:16,946 --> 01:25:21,492
When the time comes
for battle, I will be there.
1394
01:25:21,951 --> 01:25:23,911
Fighting beside you.
1395
01:25:26,997 --> 01:25:28,082
Works for me.
1396
01:25:30,543 --> 01:25:31,710
[Henry chuckles]
1397
01:25:41,387 --> 01:25:42,721
[low rumbling sound]
1398
01:25:42,847 --> 01:25:44,098
[metal clinking]
1399
01:25:47,142 --> 01:25:49,645
[David] You need to place
a wager, George.
1400
01:25:53,274 --> 01:25:56,861
How about you, uh,
how about you place one for me?
1401
01:26:00,072 --> 01:26:02,074
You sure you're all right?
1402
01:26:03,450 --> 01:26:05,327
Yeah, never better.
1403
01:26:08,789 --> 01:26:11,041
- Thank you.
- Of course.
1404
01:26:15,379 --> 01:26:17,006
Excuse me.
1405
01:26:19,842 --> 01:26:21,385
Why are y'all here?
1406
01:26:22,052 --> 01:26:23,137
We were sent.
1407
01:26:23,345 --> 01:26:24,013
By who?
1408
01:26:24,346 --> 01:26:25,639
The Fairfaxes.
1409
01:26:25,806 --> 01:26:27,266
You'll fight for nobles?
1410
01:26:27,391 --> 01:26:29,143
We fight in their stead.
1411
01:26:36,734 --> 01:26:38,986
[piano plays softly]
1412
01:26:39,445 --> 01:26:40,821
Is that a piano?
1413
01:26:43,657 --> 01:26:44,742
Braddock's.
1414
01:26:45,409 --> 01:26:48,078
Hauled it all the way
from Alexandria.
1415
01:26:48,203 --> 01:26:49,163
I'm sorry.
1416
01:26:49,288 --> 01:26:52,958
We're cuttin' a road all the way
through the Ohio territory...
1417
01:26:53,083 --> 01:26:54,710
for a piano.
1418
01:26:59,548 --> 01:27:00,841
God help us.
1419
01:27:01,634 --> 01:27:04,011
[George] One. Two.
Three!
1420
01:27:04,136 --> 01:27:05,596
[men groan with effort]
1421
01:27:06,972 --> 01:27:08,140
- [David] Tucker!
- [Henry] Watch your feet.
1422
01:27:08,390 --> 01:27:09,433
[David] It's gettin'
stuck.
1423
01:27:09,558 --> 01:27:11,060
[overlapping chatter]
1424
01:27:11,518 --> 01:27:12,686
[David] Keep goin'!
1425
01:27:13,145 --> 01:27:14,188
[men groan with
effort]
1426
01:27:14,313 --> 01:27:15,272
[George groans in
pain]
1427
01:27:15,397 --> 01:27:16,357
[George coughs]
1428
01:27:16,482 --> 01:27:18,025
Hey, George.
You sure you're all right?
1429
01:27:19,276 --> 01:27:20,069
I'm fine.
1430
01:27:20,194 --> 01:27:21,236
Keep pushing, keep pushing.
1431
01:27:21,362 --> 01:27:22,196
We're nearly there.
1432
01:27:22,321 --> 01:27:24,448
[Braddock] You will acquaint
Mr. Hunter
1433
01:27:24,573 --> 01:27:27,201
that His Majesty’s service
requires the further sum
1434
01:27:27,326 --> 01:27:29,912
of 10,000 pounds sterling.
1435
01:27:31,038 --> 01:27:34,541
[Braddock] How else are we to
deal with the lack of roads
1436
01:27:34,792 --> 01:27:38,337
in a wilderness
that is proven formidable?
1437
01:27:39,004 --> 01:27:40,089
Did you get that?
1438
01:27:40,214 --> 01:27:41,340
Yes, Your Excellency.
1439
01:27:41,465 --> 01:27:42,841
Now, where was I?
1440
01:27:45,010 --> 01:27:47,471
The siege had been the
longest and the bloodiest...
1441
01:27:47,596 --> 01:27:48,389
[warbling voices]
1442
01:27:48,514 --> 01:27:49,306
Washington?
1443
01:27:49,431 --> 01:27:51,308
oh man, you’re pale as a ghost.
1444
01:27:54,395 --> 01:27:55,688
[Braddock muffled]
Washington.
1445
01:27:56,563 --> 01:27:57,690
[Braddock]
Washington!
1446
01:27:57,815 --> 01:27:58,691
Deliver the dispatch!
1447
01:27:58,816 --> 01:28:02,861
Sorry, Your Excellency, I was
lost in your story.
1448
01:28:11,161 --> 01:28:12,037
Gist!
1449
01:28:18,544 --> 01:28:19,670
[Gage] How is he?
1450
01:28:22,715 --> 01:28:24,049
Dysentery.
1451
01:28:24,425 --> 01:28:26,135
His case is very severe.
1452
01:28:26,760 --> 01:28:29,054
High fever,
terrible nightmares.
1453
01:28:29,179 --> 01:28:30,389
He calls out names.
1454
01:28:30,514 --> 01:28:32,391
How long will he be down?
1455
01:28:32,516 --> 01:28:36,729
Days, a week, forever.
1456
01:28:37,396 --> 01:28:38,647
Forever?
1457
01:28:38,856 --> 01:28:40,774
He'll survive, won't he?
1458
01:28:48,907 --> 01:28:49,908
Washington.
1459
01:28:53,537 --> 01:28:54,496
You're awake.
1460
01:28:55,080 --> 01:28:56,040
Where are we?
1461
01:28:56,457 --> 01:28:58,709
Five miles south of the river,
past the great meadows,
1462
01:28:58,834 --> 01:28:59,960
where you fought.
1463
01:29:00,085 --> 01:29:01,628
At Necessity. Yes.
1464
01:29:01,754 --> 01:29:05,758
I’ve been tasked with a command
of a flying column and 900 men.
1465
01:29:05,883 --> 01:29:07,718
We cross the
Monongahela River tomorrow.
1466
01:29:07,843 --> 01:29:10,429
The next day we
reach Fort Duquesne.
1467
01:29:10,763 --> 01:29:12,139
You should rest.
1468
01:29:12,306 --> 01:29:13,265
No!
1469
01:29:20,105 --> 01:29:21,398
Look to the trees.
1470
01:29:22,357 --> 01:29:25,277
This is a new world,
treat it that way.
1471
01:29:25,402 --> 01:29:27,154
Do you not think me
up to the task?
1472
01:29:27,279 --> 01:29:28,572
You weren't there.
1473
01:29:29,782 --> 01:29:31,575
I question the strategy.
1474
01:29:32,159 --> 01:29:33,285
[Nurse] That's enough.
1475
01:29:33,535 --> 01:29:35,412
Gage, look to the trees.
1476
01:29:36,747 --> 01:29:40,250
I've been preparing
for this all my life, George.
1477
01:29:45,005 --> 01:29:46,048
Courage, man.
1478
01:29:49,468 --> 01:29:50,844
God please help us.
1479
01:29:59,520 --> 01:30:01,980
[dramatic music]
1480
01:30:06,568 --> 01:30:07,945
Hold the advance.
1481
01:30:08,070 --> 01:30:09,780
[Soldier] Hold the
advance!
1482
01:30:10,072 --> 01:30:11,657
[Soldier] Hold the
advance.
1483
01:30:16,078 --> 01:30:17,913
[eerie music plays]
1484
01:30:19,957 --> 01:30:21,333
Advance the column.
1485
01:30:21,667 --> 01:30:23,168
[Soldier] Advance the
column.
1486
01:30:34,138 --> 01:30:36,390
[eerie music continues]
1487
01:30:43,272 --> 01:30:44,481
[bird call sound]
1488
01:30:44,857 --> 01:30:45,899
Halt!
1489
01:30:46,150 --> 01:30:47,234
[Soldier] Halt.
1490
01:30:51,321 --> 01:30:54,032
[man] Whoo!
1491
01:30:55,284 --> 01:30:57,536
[overlapping chatter]
1492
01:31:00,205 --> 01:31:01,248
[gunshot]
1493
01:31:02,749 --> 01:31:03,834
Ambush!
1494
01:31:04,084 --> 01:31:05,043
[men yelling]
1495
01:31:05,169 --> 01:31:06,128
[guns cock]
1496
01:31:06,253 --> 01:31:07,671
In line formation.
1497
01:31:09,423 --> 01:31:11,133
[Gage] In line
formation!
1498
01:31:13,844 --> 01:31:14,845
[men whooping]
1499
01:31:14,970 --> 01:31:15,846
Form square!
1500
01:31:16,180 --> 01:31:17,055
Form square!
1501
01:31:17,598 --> 01:31:20,017
Form square,
protect the column!
1502
01:31:20,934 --> 01:31:22,436
[gunshots impacting]
1503
01:31:23,270 --> 01:31:24,813
[men yelling and
whooping]
1504
01:31:33,822 --> 01:31:35,741
Number one section,
number two section.
1505
01:31:35,866 --> 01:31:37,159
In line formation.
1506
01:31:37,868 --> 01:31:41,205
Number one section,
present... fire.
1507
01:31:44,833 --> 01:31:48,212
Number two section,
present... fire.
1508
01:31:48,921 --> 01:31:51,340
Number one section,
number two section.
1509
01:31:51,465 --> 01:31:52,799
To my rear!
1510
01:31:53,383 --> 01:31:54,885
Protect the colors!
1511
01:31:55,636 --> 01:31:56,762
Get 'em to the river.
1512
01:31:56,970 --> 01:31:58,555
- [David] To the river!
- [Henry] To the river!
1513
01:31:58,680 --> 01:32:00,349
[inaudible yelling]
1514
01:32:00,724 --> 01:32:01,725
[Henry] To the river!
1515
01:32:01,850 --> 01:32:03,810
Get 'em to the river.
Come on!
1516
01:32:04,478 --> 01:32:06,021
We'll regroup at the river!
1517
01:32:06,146 --> 01:32:07,898
[cacophony of yelling
and gunfire]
1518
01:32:08,023 --> 01:32:09,066
Retreat!
1519
01:32:09,650 --> 01:32:10,776
[horse neighing]
1520
01:32:11,652 --> 01:32:13,570
[intense drum beats]
1521
01:32:18,116 --> 01:32:20,160
[Braddock] Make ready!
Present...
1522
01:32:21,078 --> 01:32:21,745
Fire!
1523
01:32:22,829 --> 01:32:24,706
[gunfire]
1524
01:32:24,831 --> 01:32:26,375
Build a rank, build a rank!
1525
01:32:26,500 --> 01:32:27,417
Build a line!
1526
01:32:27,876 --> 01:32:28,543
Move forward!
1527
01:32:28,669 --> 01:32:29,628
Move forward!
1528
01:32:30,796 --> 01:32:31,546
[gunfire]
1529
01:32:32,756 --> 01:32:34,216
Build a rank!
1530
01:32:34,549 --> 01:32:35,842
[Braddock] Hold the line!
Hold the line!
1531
01:32:36,677 --> 01:32:38,220
[intense, epic music]
1532
01:32:39,680 --> 01:32:41,181
[gunfire]
1533
01:32:43,100 --> 01:32:44,142
[cannon fire booms]
1534
01:32:53,443 --> 01:32:54,444
[cannon fire booms]
1535
01:32:57,114 --> 01:32:58,448
[gasping]
1536
01:33:04,663 --> 01:33:06,456
[cacophony of
gunfire and yelling]
1537
01:33:06,623 --> 01:33:08,000
[explosion]
1538
01:33:08,125 --> 01:33:09,293
What happened?
1539
01:33:09,876 --> 01:33:10,877
We've been ambushed!
1540
01:33:11,003 --> 01:33:11,837
From where?
1541
01:33:11,962 --> 01:33:12,963
Over the hill!
1542
01:33:14,131 --> 01:33:15,799
[gunfire]
1543
01:33:19,720 --> 01:33:23,181
[sounds muffle,
gasping as ringing starts]
1544
01:33:23,307 --> 01:33:24,641
[grunts with effort]
1545
01:33:28,729 --> 01:33:29,646
[gunfire]
1546
01:33:30,439 --> 01:33:32,107
[cannon fire]
1547
01:33:33,191 --> 01:33:35,235
[epic music]
1548
01:33:42,242 --> 01:33:43,618
I wouldn't bother,
Washington.
1549
01:33:44,202 --> 01:33:45,495
The battle's lost.
1550
01:33:46,580 --> 01:33:47,456
Where's the General?
1551
01:33:47,581 --> 01:33:49,082
Ordered a full retreat.
1552
01:33:49,207 --> 01:33:50,000
And my men?
1553
01:33:50,208 --> 01:33:51,126
You have no men.
1554
01:33:51,251 --> 01:33:52,336
The Virginians.
1555
01:33:53,253 --> 01:33:54,796
They were at the
front of the line.
1556
01:33:54,921 --> 01:33:56,882
It's nearly four
miles from here.
1557
01:33:57,549 --> 01:33:59,760
If you go that way,
you will die.
1558
01:34:00,635 --> 01:34:02,637
You look like death already.
1559
01:34:03,055 --> 01:34:04,264
Listen to me.
1560
01:34:06,266 --> 01:34:07,225
You'll never find them.
1561
01:34:07,351 --> 01:34:09,394
And even if you did,
you'd never make it back.
1562
01:34:10,062 --> 01:34:11,313
[bullet whizzes]
1563
01:34:11,438 --> 01:34:12,439
Washington.
1564
01:34:13,148 --> 01:34:14,107
Washington.
1565
01:34:14,983 --> 01:34:16,109
Come, my friend.
1566
01:34:17,152 --> 01:34:19,237
What could be worth the risk?
1567
01:34:22,574 --> 01:34:24,117
[dramatic stinger]
1568
01:34:24,242 --> 01:34:25,577
My men.
1569
01:34:30,582 --> 01:34:31,958
[epic music]
1570
01:34:36,922 --> 01:34:39,633
[explosions thunder]
1571
01:34:45,430 --> 01:34:46,431
[soldier grunts]
1572
01:34:51,395 --> 01:34:52,521
[cannon booms]
1573
01:34:53,730 --> 01:34:54,731
[groans]
1574
01:34:54,856 --> 01:34:56,149
[epic music continues]
1575
01:35:02,906 --> 01:35:04,241
[Indistinct yelling]
1576
01:35:04,574 --> 01:35:05,826
Where is the General?
1577
01:35:05,951 --> 01:35:07,244
Where is Braddock?
1578
01:35:07,369 --> 01:35:09,162
Hey! Listen to me!
1579
01:35:09,287 --> 01:35:10,747
- [bullet whizzes by]
- [horse neighs]
1580
01:35:11,164 --> 01:35:12,332
[groans]
1581
01:35:13,250 --> 01:35:15,710
Number one section.
Number two section.
1582
01:35:15,836 --> 01:35:17,129
Fix bayonets.
1583
01:35:18,755 --> 01:35:19,881
[cacophony of gunfire
and screams]
1584
01:35:20,006 --> 01:35:21,967
[yelling]
1585
01:35:22,175 --> 01:35:23,343
[indistinct yelling]
1586
01:35:24,845 --> 01:35:25,846
[groans]
1587
01:35:35,730 --> 01:35:37,649
[ominous tones]
1588
01:35:45,615 --> 01:35:47,200
[gunshots crack]
1589
01:35:49,578 --> 01:35:51,329
Where is the General?
1590
01:35:51,496 --> 01:35:52,914
[soldier] He's over
here!
1591
01:35:53,165 --> 01:35:54,207
Over here!
1592
01:35:57,169 --> 01:35:58,086
General.
1593
01:35:58,462 --> 01:35:59,129
General.
1594
01:35:59,463 --> 01:36:01,923
[panting]
1595
01:36:02,340 --> 01:36:03,425
Washington.
1596
01:36:03,967 --> 01:36:04,968
Sir.
1597
01:36:06,052 --> 01:36:07,137
You ordered a retreat?
1598
01:36:07,596 --> 01:36:10,098
I ordered no retreat.
1599
01:36:13,768 --> 01:36:16,354
Rally the men and fall back.
1600
01:36:18,648 --> 01:36:19,316
Wear...
1601
01:36:19,649 --> 01:36:20,358
Wear this.
1602
01:36:20,525 --> 01:36:22,235
They'll know it's mine.
1603
01:36:26,573 --> 01:36:32,162
Take my horse and save
as many as you can.
1604
01:36:34,873 --> 01:36:35,749
Yes, sir.
1605
01:36:37,501 --> 01:36:39,211
I won't let you down.
1606
01:36:40,921 --> 01:36:42,339
[dramatic music]
1607
01:36:44,633 --> 01:36:46,259
Who would have thought?
1608
01:36:48,053 --> 01:36:50,430
[inspiring music]
1609
01:36:52,766 --> 01:36:53,767
Retreat!
1610
01:36:53,892 --> 01:36:55,602
[booming thuds]
1611
01:36:57,646 --> 01:37:00,106
[George] Hold your ground,
there is no retreat.
1612
01:37:00,232 --> 01:37:01,358
This way!
1613
01:37:02,817 --> 01:37:04,236
There is no retreat.
1614
01:37:05,987 --> 01:37:07,781
Fall back! Fall back!
1615
01:37:07,906 --> 01:37:10,617
Hold your ground,
there is no retreat!
1616
01:37:10,825 --> 01:37:12,160
Hold fast!
1617
01:37:15,205 --> 01:37:16,331
Forward!
1618
01:37:18,708 --> 01:37:19,793
On me!
1619
01:37:20,418 --> 01:37:21,419
[Tucker] George!
1620
01:37:22,754 --> 01:37:24,005
Their advance ends here.
1621
01:37:24,130 --> 01:37:25,966
We will hold this line.
1622
01:37:26,258 --> 01:37:27,467
Fire and move!
1623
01:37:28,885 --> 01:37:30,220
Find cover in the trees.
1624
01:37:30,345 --> 01:37:31,721
Fire from the trees.
1625
01:37:31,846 --> 01:37:32,639
Spread out.
1626
01:37:32,806 --> 01:37:33,598
Spread out.
1627
01:37:34,474 --> 01:37:37,602
Men this is our land
and we will fight for it.
1628
01:37:37,727 --> 01:37:38,728
Independent fire.
1629
01:37:38,853 --> 01:37:39,771
Independent fire!
1630
01:37:41,606 --> 01:37:42,607
George!
1631
01:37:43,066 --> 01:37:43,733
Tucker.
1632
01:37:44,568 --> 01:37:45,485
Where are the others?
1633
01:37:45,610 --> 01:37:46,653
Where's David?
Where's Henry?
1634
01:37:46,778 --> 01:37:48,321
By the river, surrounded.
1635
01:37:48,446 --> 01:37:50,115
If they're still alive.
1636
01:37:50,240 --> 01:37:51,658
I'm going to try to reach them.
1637
01:37:51,783 --> 01:37:53,994
Tucker, rally as many as you can
and move to the river.
1638
01:37:54,119 --> 01:37:55,453
Wait for my signal.
1639
01:37:55,579 --> 01:37:57,038
I won't let you down, sir.
1640
01:37:57,163 --> 01:37:58,248
I'm no officer.
1641
01:37:58,415 --> 01:38:00,333
You are the only leader
on this field.
1642
01:38:00,458 --> 01:38:01,668
Buy me some time.
1643
01:38:03,878 --> 01:38:04,546
You there...
1644
01:38:04,671 --> 01:38:06,339
You, you, and you, follow
me. We'll get to the river.
1645
01:38:06,464 --> 01:38:07,424
On my command!
1646
01:38:07,549 --> 01:38:08,466
[groans]
1647
01:38:08,592 --> 01:38:09,634
Make ready.
1648
01:38:10,343 --> 01:38:11,344
[horse neighs]
1649
01:38:11,469 --> 01:38:12,554
Fire!
1650
01:38:12,929 --> 01:38:14,639
[gunshots ring out]
1651
01:38:17,767 --> 01:38:20,145
[loud booming thuds]
1652
01:38:21,896 --> 01:38:23,398
[men yelling]
1653
01:38:24,774 --> 01:38:25,650
[gunshot]
1654
01:38:26,693 --> 01:38:29,070
Argh! You damn British guns.
1655
01:38:30,614 --> 01:38:31,615
[Sam whimpers]
1656
01:38:31,740 --> 01:38:33,617
No, No, No. Sam,
stay with me, son.
1657
01:38:33,742 --> 01:38:35,952
Brits left us here to die.
1658
01:38:36,202 --> 01:38:37,704
You sound surprised.
1659
01:38:38,371 --> 01:38:39,372
[Charles] Sam...
1660
01:38:42,876 --> 01:38:44,085
[Henry] How many
rounds left?
1661
01:38:44,252 --> 01:38:46,546
My gun doesn't even work, Henry.
1662
01:38:47,380 --> 01:38:48,590
[gunshots ringing]
1663
01:38:49,674 --> 01:38:50,884
Check for powder.
1664
01:38:54,512 --> 01:38:55,388
[horse neighs]
1665
01:38:56,222 --> 01:38:57,390
Henry, look.
1666
01:38:58,391 --> 01:38:59,643
[Henry] Is that...
1667
01:38:59,934 --> 01:39:01,603
[epic music]
1668
01:39:04,939 --> 01:39:06,232
It's Washington.
1669
01:39:06,358 --> 01:39:07,651
Man's a damn fool.
1670
01:39:11,905 --> 01:39:12,822
[grunts]
1671
01:39:12,947 --> 01:39:14,866
Come on.
1672
01:39:14,991 --> 01:39:16,159
[gunshots]
1673
01:39:16,284 --> 01:39:17,535
[grunting]
1674
01:39:22,624 --> 01:39:24,000
[yelling]
1675
01:39:24,668 --> 01:39:25,919
[gunshot]
1676
01:39:37,514 --> 01:39:38,556
- They're behind us.
- [David] Huh?
1677
01:39:38,807 --> 01:39:40,475
They flanked you
from the right side.
1678
01:39:40,600 --> 01:39:41,726
Well, what do we do?
1679
01:39:41,851 --> 01:39:42,519
We fight.
1680
01:39:42,644 --> 01:39:44,229
We're all out of power.
1681
01:39:45,563 --> 01:39:47,190
Has anybody got powder?
1682
01:39:47,399 --> 01:39:48,066
Who has powder?
1683
01:39:48,191 --> 01:39:49,275
Here! I got it!
1684
01:39:51,695 --> 01:39:52,821
Let's make 'em pay.
1685
01:39:54,114 --> 01:39:55,740
Reload every weapon
you can find.
1686
01:39:55,865 --> 01:39:57,992
Men of Virginia,
reload your weapons.
1687
01:39:58,118 --> 01:39:59,703
To the right, follow me.
1688
01:39:59,828 --> 01:40:02,163
Keep that powder on you
and keep it dry.
1689
01:40:02,372 --> 01:40:04,374
Let's go, let's go!
Let's give'em hell.
1690
01:40:05,417 --> 01:40:06,751
[David] Keep your
head down, Henry.
1691
01:40:07,001 --> 01:40:07,961
[grunting]
1692
01:40:08,086 --> 01:40:10,338
[George] Virginians, take
cover along the berm!
1693
01:40:12,465 --> 01:40:14,342
Keep your heads down.
1694
01:40:14,801 --> 01:40:16,636
[cacophony of gunfire
and cannon explosions]
1695
01:40:21,933 --> 01:40:24,102
Reload your muskets.
1696
01:40:26,521 --> 01:40:28,732
Ahh... you bastard.
1697
01:40:29,399 --> 01:40:30,483
Make ready.
1698
01:40:31,818 --> 01:40:32,902
Ready?
1699
01:40:33,027 --> 01:40:34,112
Present arms!
1700
01:40:36,489 --> 01:40:37,532
Fire!
1701
01:40:39,284 --> 01:40:40,160
Second rank.
1702
01:40:43,830 --> 01:40:44,622
Make ready.
1703
01:40:45,457 --> 01:40:46,374
Present arms.
1704
01:40:47,250 --> 01:40:48,251
Fire!
1705
01:40:52,213 --> 01:40:55,383
On my signal, take the men
as fast as you can to the right.
1706
01:40:55,508 --> 01:40:57,302
What are you going to do?
1707
01:41:00,180 --> 01:41:01,556
George.
1708
01:41:02,182 --> 01:41:03,600
[epic music]
1709
01:41:08,104 --> 01:41:09,355
[gunfire]
1710
01:41:16,529 --> 01:41:18,406
He's makin’ himself a target.
1711
01:41:20,700 --> 01:41:22,494
[epic music]
1712
01:41:25,789 --> 01:41:27,165
[speaking Seneca]
1713
01:41:31,753 --> 01:41:33,129
[bullets whizzing]
1714
01:41:42,722 --> 01:41:43,640
Now!
1715
01:41:43,932 --> 01:41:44,766
Now!
1716
01:41:46,935 --> 01:41:47,936
[Tucker] Present!
1717
01:41:49,229 --> 01:41:50,188
Fire!
1718
01:41:52,398 --> 01:41:53,358
[Tucker] Freedom!
1719
01:41:53,483 --> 01:41:55,109
Independent fire!
1720
01:41:55,735 --> 01:41:58,238
[muskets cracking]
1721
01:41:58,530 --> 01:42:00,865
Men of Virginia, to the right!
1722
01:42:01,783 --> 01:42:03,159
[George] Go! Go!
1723
01:42:03,743 --> 01:42:05,245
[triumphant music]
1724
01:42:08,164 --> 01:42:09,791
[explosions thunder]
1725
01:42:18,424 --> 01:42:20,635
[dramatic music
intensifies]
1726
01:42:39,279 --> 01:42:40,947
[distant gunshots]
1727
01:42:48,413 --> 01:42:51,833
Only tend to the ones who
you can see breathing.
1728
01:42:51,958 --> 01:42:52,876
What is that?
1729
01:42:55,795 --> 01:42:58,756
[triumphant music]
1730
01:43:00,633 --> 01:43:01,926
[birds chirping]
1731
01:43:25,783 --> 01:43:27,911
[triumphant music continues]
1732
01:43:47,972 --> 01:43:49,515
What's wrong, sir?
1733
01:43:50,516 --> 01:43:51,726
Seen a ghost?
1734
01:43:52,310 --> 01:43:54,020
[triumphant music]
1735
01:44:04,072 --> 01:44:04,906
There was no order.
1736
01:44:05,031 --> 01:44:05,698
What?
1737
01:44:05,949 --> 01:44:07,033
To retreat.
1738
01:44:12,705 --> 01:44:14,791
The battle was lost, George.
1739
01:44:15,750 --> 01:44:18,836
I see no point in
joining him in the grave.
1740
01:44:19,837 --> 01:44:22,006
Whose land is this, anyway?
1741
01:44:22,966 --> 01:44:24,175
It's our land.
1742
01:44:24,634 --> 01:44:26,886
Well, my land is an ocean away.
1743
01:44:34,519 --> 01:44:37,522
See, that is the
difference between us.
1744
01:44:45,655 --> 01:44:46,781
You all right?
1745
01:44:46,948 --> 01:44:48,324
How are the others?
1746
01:44:48,741 --> 01:44:49,909
We lost a lot of men.
1747
01:44:50,034 --> 01:44:51,035
How many?
1748
01:44:52,161 --> 01:44:53,329
Hundreds.
1749
01:44:54,789 --> 01:44:56,624
[solemn music]
1750
01:45:04,382 --> 01:45:09,137
Thank you for
coming back for us.
1751
01:45:15,184 --> 01:45:18,688
Major Washington, the Half-King.
1752
01:45:24,736 --> 01:45:26,863
[ominous music]
1753
01:45:43,296 --> 01:45:44,922
So, now you fight
for the French?
1754
01:45:45,631 --> 01:45:48,551
I no longer fight wars
that are not my own.
1755
01:45:48,676 --> 01:45:50,261
Then why are you here?
1756
01:45:50,762 --> 01:45:51,637
To find you.
1757
01:45:53,514 --> 01:45:54,515
Follow me.
1758
01:45:56,392 --> 01:45:57,769
[ominous music
builds]
1759
01:46:04,442 --> 01:46:05,860
[speaking Native language]
1760
01:46:06,736 --> 01:46:09,155
He wants to know who you are.
1761
01:46:10,865 --> 01:46:11,824
Why?
1762
01:46:13,868 --> 01:46:15,495
[speaking Native language]
1763
01:46:21,042 --> 01:46:23,878
I ordered my
warriors to shoot you.
1764
01:46:24,337 --> 01:46:25,588
All of them.
1765
01:46:27,215 --> 01:46:28,716
My men never miss.
1766
01:46:29,842 --> 01:46:32,637
[speaking Native language]
1767
01:46:41,187 --> 01:46:44,524
Our people have a legend.
1768
01:46:45,316 --> 01:46:48,402
A spirit of protection that
shields those chosen,
1769
01:46:48,528 --> 01:46:50,404
those who walk in destiny.
1770
01:46:50,571 --> 01:46:54,075
[speaking Native language]
1771
01:46:54,575 --> 01:46:56,035
Creator chose you.
1772
01:46:56,494 --> 01:46:58,663
You've been
shielded by the spirit.
1773
01:46:58,788 --> 01:47:01,833
[speaking Native language]
1774
01:47:01,958 --> 01:47:03,084
So, I ask again.
1775
01:47:03,334 --> 01:47:04,752
What are you called?
1776
01:47:07,880 --> 01:47:09,966
My name is George Washington.
1777
01:47:12,093 --> 01:47:13,553
[speaking Native language]
1778
01:47:16,389 --> 01:47:18,266
I will remember this name.
1779
01:47:21,978 --> 01:47:24,272
[Dinwiddie] Are those bullet
holes in your jacket?
1780
01:47:24,564 --> 01:47:25,273
Apologies,
1781
01:47:25,439 --> 01:47:26,691
sir, this is
the only uniform I own--
1782
01:47:26,816 --> 01:47:28,526
You misunderstand my statement.
1783
01:47:28,651 --> 01:47:29,569
And your hat?
1784
01:47:30,194 --> 01:47:32,196
Yes, it's the
only one I own as well.
1785
01:47:32,321 --> 01:47:33,364
The militia is in general--
1786
01:47:33,489 --> 01:47:36,075
It also has a
bullet hole in it.
1787
01:47:39,203 --> 01:47:40,788
How are you alive?
1788
01:47:42,373 --> 01:47:44,208
A divine hand, perhaps.
1789
01:47:44,417 --> 01:47:45,334
Perhaps.
1790
01:47:45,751 --> 01:47:46,878
That says maybe.
1791
01:47:47,837 --> 01:47:50,590
But you are
the man of the hour.
1792
01:47:50,840 --> 01:47:51,924
That's certain.
1793
01:47:52,216 --> 01:47:54,302
Your journals to the council,
they've been published
1794
01:47:54,427 --> 01:47:55,595
and have made
you quite well known.
1795
01:47:55,720 --> 01:47:57,346
They've even awakened London
1796
01:47:57,471 --> 01:47:59,515
to the situation our
colonies now face.
1797
01:47:59,640 --> 01:48:01,350
The way you
describe the frontier
1798
01:48:01,475 --> 01:48:04,770
has sparked the
imagination of many.
1799
01:48:06,564 --> 01:48:10,735
And, um... to your
recent actions,
1800
01:48:12,612 --> 01:48:15,615
Mr. Washington's
exemplary courage
1801
01:48:15,740 --> 01:48:19,160
was on full display as he evaded
many attacks on his person
1802
01:48:19,285 --> 01:48:22,705
while he felled
Indian and French enemies alike.
1803
01:48:22,830 --> 01:48:26,834
He also selflessly
rescued hundreds of his men
1804
01:48:26,959 --> 01:48:28,753
during a most
impressive retreat,
1805
01:48:28,878 --> 01:48:31,672
during which he continued
to battle the enemy with fervor,
1806
01:48:31,797 --> 01:48:33,633
despite his infirm condition.
1807
01:48:33,758 --> 01:48:35,384
Well, we were defeated.
1808
01:48:35,843 --> 01:48:38,638
Sir, 450 lives lost,
another 500 wounded.
1809
01:48:38,763 --> 01:48:39,764
But you have won.
1810
01:48:40,598 --> 01:48:42,225
Because you endured.
1811
01:48:43,309 --> 01:48:45,228
For most, failure is the end.
1812
01:48:45,353 --> 01:48:48,356
For you, it seems
only to be the beginning.
1813
01:48:48,481 --> 01:48:51,275
And since
leadership is the problem,
1814
01:48:53,736 --> 01:48:57,406
I'm going to give you
the opportunity to answer.
1815
01:48:57,740 --> 01:48:59,033
A second chance.
1816
01:49:01,118 --> 01:49:02,995
We're forming
a Virginia regiment,
1817
01:49:03,120 --> 01:49:05,289
1500 men, first of
its kind in the colonies,
1818
01:49:05,414 --> 01:49:06,749
and want you to lead it.
1819
01:49:06,874 --> 01:49:08,542
I'm reinstating your
rank as Colonel
1820
01:49:08,668 --> 01:49:10,044
in the Virginia Regiment.
1821
01:49:10,169 --> 01:49:12,046
And Commander
in Chief of all forces
1822
01:49:12,171 --> 01:49:15,174
raised in defense
of His Majesty's colony.
1823
01:49:15,758 --> 01:49:18,970
Do you accept
this great honor?
1824
01:49:21,806 --> 01:49:23,933
Yes, sir. I do.
1825
01:49:24,183 --> 01:49:25,101
Well then.
1826
01:49:25,518 --> 01:49:26,644
We have much to discuss.
1827
01:49:26,769 --> 01:49:28,938
I have... but one request.
1828
01:49:29,981 --> 01:49:33,442
Washington, if you ask for equal
pay or a royal commission--
1829
01:49:33,567 --> 01:49:34,402
No, sir.
1830
01:49:35,736 --> 01:49:38,322
I would like to
discuss the uniform.
1831
01:49:43,411 --> 01:49:44,412
Fall in!
1832
01:50:08,227 --> 01:50:10,438
Form up on Colonel Washington!
1833
01:50:15,151 --> 01:50:17,069
I am not a British officer.
1834
01:50:20,072 --> 01:50:22,533
I am not a
gentleman of England.
1835
01:50:24,410 --> 01:50:27,913
I have no title,
no royal commission.
1836
01:50:30,583 --> 01:50:32,710
But what I do have is you.
1837
01:50:34,754 --> 01:50:35,838
All of you.
1838
01:50:38,632 --> 01:50:40,092
I am a Virginian.
1839
01:50:43,012 --> 01:50:45,598
And it is my
honor to serve you.
1840
01:50:46,557 --> 01:50:48,017
To Virginia!
1841
01:50:48,225 --> 01:50:49,560
[men] To Virginia!
1842
01:50:49,769 --> 01:50:51,520
[men yell and cheer]
1843
01:51:02,656 --> 01:51:04,075
To Virginia.
1844
01:51:12,416 --> 01:51:14,126
[dramatic music]
1845
01:51:55,292 --> 01:51:58,003
[dramatic music]
1846
01:52:22,736 --> 01:52:23,946
Thank you
for being here tonight.
1847
01:52:24,280 --> 01:52:25,489
You're not
just watching a film,
1848
01:52:25,865 --> 01:52:27,074
you're helping launch a movement
1849
01:52:27,700 --> 01:52:29,535
because the ideals
at the heart of this country
1850
01:52:30,035 --> 01:52:30,744
still matter.
1851
01:52:31,036 --> 01:52:32,705
We believe the story
of George Washington,
1852
01:52:33,372 --> 01:52:36,792
of sacrifice, courage,
humility, perseverance,
1853
01:52:36,917 --> 01:52:38,461
and faith still matters.
1854
01:52:39,253 --> 01:52:41,589
Freedom matters,
virtue matters.
1855
01:52:42,047 --> 01:52:44,383
The belief that
liberty is worth fighting for,
1856
01:52:45,593 --> 01:52:46,594
that still matters.
1857
01:52:47,136 --> 01:52:49,597
So we are inviting
you tonight to Pay it Forward
1858
01:52:49,763 --> 01:52:51,807
because when you do,
you give countless families
1859
01:52:51,932 --> 01:52:53,225
the chance to see
Young Washington,
1860
01:52:53,517 --> 01:52:55,394
and with your help,
Young Washington
1861
01:52:55,603 --> 01:52:57,897
can be America's
number one movie.
1862
01:52:58,731 --> 01:53:01,942
On the 250th anniversary
of our nation's birth,
1863
01:53:02,610 --> 01:53:04,445
we can send a
message loud and clear
1864
01:53:04,570 --> 01:53:08,282
that America, and founding
principles that shaped her,
1865
01:53:09,116 --> 01:53:10,326
are still worth fighting for.
1866
01:53:11,410 --> 01:53:12,661
Thank you so
much for your help.
1867
01:53:13,913 --> 01:53:15,956
[dramatic music]
1868
01:54:20,354 --> 01:54:22,356
[dramatic music]