:33:01
...you done much marching
in desert terrain?
:33:03
- On exercises and that sort of thing.
- How far?
:33:06
Ten or 15 miles.
Full equipment, of course.
:33:09
- Plenty of water, I suppose?
- Sufficient.
:33:13
Look, I don't know what your practical
navigation's like, mine's not bad.
:33:18
But I wouldn't march
10 paces from here.
:33:22
In the daytime,
it's hitting 120 in the shade...
:33:26
....and out there, there is no shade.
:33:31
If you could take as much
as four pints a day with you...
:33:34
- ...you'd still be sweating 10.
- We intend marching by night.
:33:39
Fine, well, precisely in what direction?
:33:43
- There are compasses, you know.
That's fine.
:33:46
That's just fine.
Someday I'll have you tell me...
:33:49
...what your compass was reading as
you passed the Jebel Haroudj Mountains.
:33:53
They're mostly magnetic rock...
:33:55
...and that sort of makes nonsense
out of the compass.
:33:59
- One can navigate by the stars.
- If you marched 106 miles by the stars...
:34:04
...and your calculations
were just one percent out...
:34:08
...you could pass the Eiffel Tower
in daylight and never see it.
:34:12
Look where Marada is.
There's absolutely n-n-noth-
:34:15
- Nothing.
Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
:34:18
If you miss this glorious
little bunch of trees...
:34:21
...there's n-nothing between you
and the coast, and that's 500 miles.
:34:26
Well, nobody's suggesting
that it was easy, Mr. Moran.
:34:32
Tell me this, captain,
are you right-handed?
:34:36
- Yes, as a matter of fact.
That means your right leg...
:34:39
...is more developed than the other
and takes a longer step.
:34:42
If you have an unreliable compass,
you just go around...
:34:45
...in a left-handed circle
and there's nothing you can do about it.
:34:49
You're right, Mr. Towns, but you're
talking about right-handed civilians.
:34:54
In an officer's training corps...
:34:56
...we military men are taught to march
with absolute precisión.