2:00:00
-We have two attacks a day.
-Two attacks a day?
2:00:04
Sure.
2:00:05
The Reb's have decided that damn bridge
is the key to this whole area.
2:00:11
Stupid, useless bridge.
2:00:14
A flyspeck on headquarters' maps.
2:00:18
And headquarters has declared that
we must take that ridiculous flyspeck...
2:00:24
...even if all of us are killed.
2:00:27
Otherwise, the key'll get rusty
and just be a spot on the wall.
2:00:32
And that's not all.
2:00:34
Both sides want the bridge intact!
2:00:37
lntact is how the South wants it.
And we want it intact, too.
2:00:44
You'll all turn to dust,
but one thing is sure, boys...
2:00:49
...Branston Bridge will stand unbroken.
2:00:53
ls it bad...
2:00:55
...to speak the way l do to volunteers?
2:00:58
l've done a lot worse.
2:01:05
l've done it. l've blown it up...
2:01:10
...in here. l've destroyed it all.
2:01:14
lt's a court-martial offense to imagine--
to dream of blowing it up.
2:01:17
A serious crime.
2:01:19
Even to think of destroying
that bridge is just....
2:01:26
Why not really blow it up, captain?
2:01:30
Yeah, captain, it's nothing.
Let's scare the hell out of them!
2:01:37
l've been dreaming about it.
2:01:43
l've even worked out a plan.
2:01:46
l sure have!
2:01:49
The best time is after the attack...
2:01:52
...when there's a truce
to get the wounded.
2:01:56
lf l could do it...
2:01:58
...l could save many thousands of men.