:55:02
The German battleship has survived...
:55:04
the heaviest guns and ships
in the British navy...
:55:07
and the gloomy speculation now is...
:55:09
that the British navy
may have trouble finding her...
:55:12
let alone destroying her.
:55:13
Of one thing we can be sure...
:55:16
The lights will burn late
in the admiralty tonight.
:55:19
This is her last known position...
:55:19
This is her last known position...
:55:22
and this...
:55:25
her farthest on.
:55:27
That means she has to be
somewhere inside that circle.
:55:31
In this sector, search aircraft
from Victorious.
:55:34
To the south and west...
:55:36
cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk.
:55:39
That leaves two possibilities.
:55:41
Either she's broken back to Germany...
:55:43
or she's headed for
one of the French ports.
:55:48
Now, Miss Davis...
:55:50
if you were Bismarck, what would you do?
:55:53
Well, I suppose I'm not very brave.
:55:56
I'd head for home, sir.
:55:57
And a very sensible thing to do, too.
:56:00
Plenty of fuel, good repair facilities...
:56:03
complete protection.
:56:05
But not Lutjens...
:56:07
or any other German fleet commander.
:56:09
Why not?
:56:10
Because in Nazi Germany, he'd lose face.
:56:13
I've fought these people before.
:56:15
They have to prove
their superiority every day.
:56:18
That's their one tremendous weakness.
:56:20
Sir.
:56:21
Yes?
:56:22
Signal from the Commander-in-Chief.
:56:24
"King George V running short of fuel.
:56:26
Can't maintain full speed much longer."
:56:29
[Telephone Rings]
:56:33
Supposing she is heading
for a French port.
:56:36
Won't be long...
:56:38
before she gets
friendly submarine support...
:56:40
and complete air cover.
:56:42
Too late to stop her then.
:56:43
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest.
:56:46
Supposing Bismarck joins up with them...
:56:48
and all three of them
decide to come out together.
:56:52
What then?
:56:54
[Door Opens]
:56:55
What's the trouble?
:56:57
He just collapsed, sir.
:56:58
Take him in the office.