:13:01
if it hadn't been something
really important.
:13:05
Then we'll proceed on the assumption...
:13:07
that it's Bismarck.
:13:08
May I suggest we put
Coastal Command to work...
:13:11
on air reconnaissance?
:13:12
Yes. Everything from Bergen southwards.
:13:14
Tell them to photograph
everything that looks suspicious.
:13:16
I'll talk to Commander-in-Chief
at Scapa Flow.
:13:19
Aye aye, sir.
:13:20
[Ship Horn Sounding]
:13:22
[Ship Horn Sounding]
:13:24
Excuse me, sir.
:13:26
First sea lord on the line, sir.
:13:33
Commander-in-Chief, sir.
:13:35
Hello,Jack. How are you?
:13:36
I'm fine.
:13:38
Those two German ships...
:13:39
were sighted off southern Norway
at 033 5.
:13:41
One is the Prinz Eugen...
:13:43
and we're not sure about the other.
:13:45
Do you think it's...
:13:47
I suggest you proceed
on the worst possible assumption...
:13:50
that it's Bismarck
and she's breaking out.
:13:52
I can't think of anything worse.
:13:55
We can't let that ship
get loose in the Atlantic.
:13:58
I'll come to immediate notice
for steam, sir.
:14:00
All right. Good-bye.
:14:04
We're directed to assume
that it's Bismarck...
:14:06
accompanied by Prinz Eugen...
:14:07
and that they're attempting to...
:14:09
break out into the convoy lanes.
:14:11
Now, gentlemen, they'd have
four available passages...
:14:13
wouldn't they?
:14:15
Here's the Denmark Strait...
:14:16
the passage south of Iceland...
:14:18
the Faeroes-Shetland Passage...
:14:19
and the Fair Island Channel...
:14:21
between the Orkneys and the Shetlands.
:14:24
Anyone care to place a bet?
:14:25
What about the Iceland-Faeroes
Channel?
:14:27
Not too near our bases,
room to maneuver.
:14:30
Why wouldn't he take the nearest exit?
:14:33
Fair Island Channel's
only a few hundred miles.
:14:36
Too close to our air patrol.
:14:38
All you're saying is
it could be any one of the four.
:14:42
Actually, of course,
you're perfectly right.
:14:44
I'm afraid somehow or other...
:14:45
we've got to guard them all.
:14:47
Have we any idea
where they are now, sir?
:14:50
Nothing definite.
:14:53
Jenkins, check with Coastal Command...
:14:55
that they're carrying out a search.
:14:57
Aye aye, sir.