1 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,942 [waves crashing] 2 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:06,232 [breathing heavily] 3 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:14,107 [breathes heavily] 4 00:01:16,943 --> 00:01:21,648 ♪ Every morning, every evening Ain't we got fun? ♪ 5 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:25,852 ♪ Not much money, oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 6 00:01:27,354 --> 00:01:28,621 [sighs] 7 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:30,824 [exhales deeply] 8 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:38,832 [exhales] 9 00:01:42,702 --> 00:01:44,871 [explosion in distance] 10 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:52,212 [bells clanging] 11 00:01:53,213 --> 00:01:55,115 [people clamoring] 12 00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:57,917 [shouting] 13 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:03,289 [fire rumbles] 14 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:15,335 [gasps] 15 00:02:17,370 --> 00:02:18,905 [crying] 16 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,374 How many times has Mom told you to stay put? 17 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:22,475 [gasps] What happened? 18 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:26,379 Just mind your p's and rest. 19 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:30,283 [speaking German] 20 00:02:33,860 --> 00:02:34,654 [child whimpers] 21 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:39,225 Her fever is back. Meg, go down and get a towel for her. 22 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:42,462 I saw smoke. 23 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:45,732 I saw black smoke. 24 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,903 A ferry caught fire as it came to dock. 25 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:52,380 They say hundreds dead. 26 00:02:53,306 --> 00:02:54,307 Mostly women. 27 00:02:55,775 --> 00:02:56,776 Why women? 28 00:02:59,612 --> 00:03:01,781 Thirty feet from shore, and they wouldn't jump. 29 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:03,450 -They stayed on the boat. -Why? 30 00:03:05,285 --> 00:03:06,453 [speaking German] 31 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:09,856 I don't understand. Why did they stay on the boat? 32 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:13,993 They can't swim. 33 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:21,901 [ragged breath] 34 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,571 [people chatter in German] 35 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,484 [banging] 36 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:40,353 [speaking German] 37 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:48,328 [footsteps] 38 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:49,562 [door opens] 39 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:53,867 They're charging the German butchers more for meat. 40 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:56,169 Thirty cents a pound west of the 17th. 41 00:03:57,437 --> 00:03:59,500 They're running us off with the Irish. 42 00:04:03,430 --> 00:04:04,377 [speaking German] 43 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:09,582 Dr. Weiss is upstairs with Trudy. 44 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:13,920 Meg, take Henry across the street to your Uncle Jan. 45 00:04:13,987 --> 00:04:16,489 -We're staying. -Yeah, we're staying. 46 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:18,391 [footsteps] 47 00:04:23,290 --> 00:04:25,198 Some water, Meg. Fresh water, please. 48 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:29,269 The measles have taken hold of her. 49 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:30,937 The fever won't break. 50 00:04:32,739 --> 00:04:36,376 Trudy fought hard. A strong girl. 51 00:04:37,377 --> 00:04:38,645 But she can't fight the measles. 52 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:41,581 How long? 53 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:44,784 Tonight, Meg. 54 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:47,987 I'll stay with her. 55 00:04:48,988 --> 00:04:53,493 But the next time I come down the stairs, she will be gone. 56 00:04:56,463 --> 00:04:57,997 I'm sorry. 57 00:05:04,838 --> 00:05:06,139 [Meg sniffles, whimpers] 58 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:10,810 [footsteps through ceiling] 59 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:18,840 [door opens, shuts] 60 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,440 [mother] I went down to the docks, Henry. Watched them count the body bags. 61 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:46,279 The women from that ship were from this neighborhood. 62 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:48,982 A church group. 63 00:05:49,820 --> 00:05:50,116 This is not the time. 64 00:05:50,817 --> 00:05:52,485 This is the time. 65 00:05:53,153 --> 00:05:55,188 I've decided the children will learn to swim. 66 00:05:55,288 --> 00:05:58,124 You decided, Gertie? You decided? 67 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:59,626 They could've walked to shore. 68 00:06:00,393 --> 00:06:03,463 [sighs] Henry Jr., yes, we will teach him. 69 00:06:04,564 --> 00:06:05,598 But not Meg. 70 00:06:07,330 --> 00:06:10,700 It's indecent for a girl. What will people say? 71 00:06:10,170 --> 00:06:12,906 They will say she didn't stand on a burning ship. 72 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:14,708 -[sighs] -[door creaks] 73 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:18,878 [footsteps across the ceiling] 74 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:24,651 [breathing shakily] 75 00:06:36,996 --> 00:06:38,531 [sighs] 76 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:43,703 Dr. Weiss fell asleep upstairs. Is he okay? 77 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:45,338 [gasps] 78 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:49,420 His snoring woke me. Is there any cheese? 79 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:51,378 Oh, I'm starving. 80 00:06:51,945 --> 00:06:53,790 [snickers] 81 00:06:54,114 --> 00:06:55,148 [Meg] Trudy. [gasps] 82 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:59,185 Trudy, you're okay. [sighs] 83 00:07:09,620 --> 00:07:11,231 [beachgoers chattering] 84 00:07:20,573 --> 00:07:22,642 -[chattering continues] -[Meg laughs] 85 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:26,379 Head up! Paddle faster! Like a dog! 86 00:07:27,247 --> 00:07:29,983 [people shouting] 87 00:07:30,830 --> 00:07:31,840 [sighs] 88 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:35,689 [whistle blows] 89 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,190 If Meg swims, I swim. 90 00:07:38,491 --> 00:07:40,226 Why do you need to swim so badly? 91 00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:43,363 You won't let me play stickball. You won't let me box. 92 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:45,398 Box! Keep your voice down. 93 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:49,569 If you swim around the pier, you get a free hot dog at Nathan's. 94 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:52,572 But little girls don't swim around things. 95 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:55,642 The doctor said water will hurt your ears. 96 00:07:55,742 --> 00:07:57,243 So find another hobby. 97 00:07:58,645 --> 00:07:59,779 Here. 98 00:08:00,914 --> 00:08:03,183 Five cents for the hot dog. 99 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:05,785 [coins clink] 100 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:08,455 I don't wanna buy it. I wanna win it. 101 00:08:11,558 --> 00:08:13,693 -I will swim! -[sighs] 102 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:27,407 ♪ Every morning, every evening ♪ 103 00:08:27,474 --> 00:08:28,942 ♪ Ain't we got fun? ♪ 104 00:08:29,776 --> 00:08:32,712 ♪ Not much money, oh, but, honey ♪ 105 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:34,247 ♪ Ain't we got fun? ♪ 106 00:08:35,150 --> 00:08:38,952 ♪ The rent's unpaid, dear We haven't a car ♪ 107 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:42,655 ♪ Every morning, every evening Ain't we got fun? ♪ 108 00:08:42,756 --> 00:08:43,723 -Whoo! -[women laugh] 109 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:47,394 ♪ Every morning, every evening Ain't we got fun? ♪ 110 00:08:47,994 --> 00:08:51,398 ♪ Not much money, oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 111 00:08:51,498 --> 00:08:52,665 You're scaring the customers away. 112 00:08:52,732 --> 00:08:54,601 ♪ Tax collector's getting closer ♪ 113 00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:55,769 ♪ Still we have fun ♪ 114 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:57,103 [neighbor] Gertrude! Gertrude! 115 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:58,204 [speaking German] 116 00:08:58,271 --> 00:09:01,241 Keep that child quiet! Bitte! Please! 117 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:02,742 -[Meg] Stop it! -[Henry Jr.] Be quiet! 118 00:09:02,809 --> 00:09:03,910 ♪ Ain't we got fun? ♪ 119 00:09:03,977 --> 00:09:05,311 Trudy, stop. You're being too loud! 120 00:09:05,412 --> 00:09:08,148 ♪ Oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 121 00:09:08,248 --> 00:09:10,316 -♪ The rent's unpaid, dear ♪ -[thumping] 122 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:11,918 [Trudy through ceiling] ♪ We haven't a car ♪ 123 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:14,287 -[baby crying] -[Trudy] ♪ But anyway, dear ♪ 124 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:16,389 I will swim! 125 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:18,658 [through ceiling] ♪ Every morning, every evening ♪ 126 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:19,726 Trudy! 127 00:09:19,826 --> 00:09:21,895 ♪ Ain't we got fun? ♪ 128 00:09:21,995 --> 00:09:25,532 ♪ Not much money, oh, but, honey ♪ 129 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:30,737 [plays "Shave and a Haircut"] 130 00:09:36,420 --> 00:09:37,430 [sighs heavily] 131 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:39,145 [waves crashing] 132 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:43,149 [people shouting] 133 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:46,486 Why can't she learn in the pool? 134 00:09:47,821 --> 00:09:50,523 Trudy was sick. They won't allow it. 135 00:09:50,623 --> 00:09:52,158 I'm gonna teach her myself! 136 00:09:53,226 --> 00:09:54,694 Do you know how to swim? 137 00:09:54,794 --> 00:09:58,431 Of course. My father sold trout. 138 00:10:01,368 --> 00:10:03,903 Okay. [straining] Good. 139 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:09,109 Go on, then. Swim. 140 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,629 There's no reason to be scared. I got you. 141 00:10:30,530 --> 00:10:31,831 Nice and slow. 142 00:10:35,935 --> 00:10:37,203 What are you waiting for? 143 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:44,611 No! Trudy, wait! 144 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:46,446 Trudy! [muffled] Wait! 145 00:10:46,546 --> 00:10:48,114 No, wait! 146 00:10:48,181 --> 00:10:50,850 -Trudy! Wait! -[inhales deeply] 147 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:52,786 [bubbling] 148 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:05,999 [gasps, laughs] 149 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:09,602 -[Meg] Trudy! -[Trudy laughs] Meg! 150 00:11:09,703 --> 00:11:11,905 -Race you 'round the pier! -Get ready to lose! 151 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:18,445 [Trudy laughs] 152 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:21,748 [muffled] You want another? 153 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:24,284 [scoffs] I can't eat four hot dogs. 154 00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:25,985 [muffled] Suit yourself. 155 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:27,287 I'll be right back. 156 00:11:28,455 --> 00:11:29,456 [chuckles] 157 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:32,859 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, 158 00:11:32,959 --> 00:11:37,697 these boys represent the best of America, athletes of the highest order, 159 00:11:37,764 --> 00:11:40,834 who will compete in six races today. 160 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:45,538 Some will go to the Olympics in Paris. Getting going in just a moment. 161 00:11:45,605 --> 00:11:49,776 -Meg, that boy is staring at you. -Quiet. You don't know your onions. 162 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:51,778 I know my onions. I love onions. 163 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:52,912 [referee] On your marks! 164 00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:57,417 Stop looking at him. 165 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:00,920 Ready! 166 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:03,289 [crowd cheering] 167 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,529 Meg, you should join the next race. They don't look that fast. 168 00:12:09,629 --> 00:12:10,997 I think you could win. 169 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,234 Sorry, girls. Boys only. Women's pool's over there. 170 00:12:14,334 --> 00:12:15,335 She could beat them. 171 00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:19,205 I've seen her dog paddle. Maybe she could race a German shepherd. 172 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:24,770 [speaking German] 173 00:12:24,144 --> 00:12:25,278 [gulps] 174 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:31,618 I've decided Meg and Trudy will join a swim team. 175 00:12:36,220 --> 00:12:37,230 A what? 176 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:40,527 They will join a team to race with other girls. 177 00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:41,661 You mean Henry will join. 178 00:12:41,728 --> 00:12:45,865 No, not Henry. He hates to swim. The girls. 179 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:53,640 [laughs] Yes. Wonderful. 180 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:57,944 A swim team for Meg and Trudy. You go ahead. [laughs] 181 00:12:58,745 --> 00:12:59,979 What's so funny? 182 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,582 For girls? There's no such thing. 183 00:13:03,750 --> 00:13:05,752 [laughing] 184 00:13:08,855 --> 00:13:09,856 [laughing continues] 185 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:13,660 [shouting in distance] 186 00:13:15,328 --> 00:13:16,496 [chuckles] 187 00:13:20,834 --> 00:13:23,203 [woman, echoing] That's right. Strong arms. 188 00:13:23,269 --> 00:13:25,710 Come on, Ruth. Kick those feet. 189 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:27,574 Good. 190 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:32,712 Arms and legs kick together at 28 beats per minute. Not 26, not 27. 191 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:38,251 [gasps] 192 00:13:39,190 --> 00:13:41,654 -What are they doing? -I have no idea. 193 00:13:41,755 --> 00:13:43,256 Twenty-eight beat American crawl, 194 00:13:44,570 --> 00:13:46,793 a stroke invented by Louis J. Handley, fastest stroke there is. 195 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:48,128 Is Mr. Handley here? 196 00:13:48,962 --> 00:13:50,730 -I wish to speak to him about my girls. -[chuckles] 197 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:52,932 Ah, you wanna speak to the boss? The man in charge? 198 00:13:53,330 --> 00:13:54,167 Yes. 199 00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:57,504 You know most men believe that women who exercise will harm themselves? 200 00:13:57,570 --> 00:14:00,940 That we're too weak to run, swim, compete? 201 00:14:01,410 --> 00:14:03,109 That our hearts will explode? 202 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:06,746 And yet in nature, it's the lioness who hunts, 203 00:14:06,813 --> 00:14:09,749 while the lions sit around on their big ***es. 204 00:14:09,816 --> 00:14:13,286 And it's the queen bee who rules the hive. 205 00:14:14,870 --> 00:14:15,822 See my point? 206 00:14:16,623 --> 00:14:18,358 I'm Charlotte Epstein. This is my team. 207 00:14:21,294 --> 00:14:22,495 Call me Eppy. 208 00:14:24,164 --> 00:14:28,680 And this is Meg and Trudy. They won a free hot dog. 209 00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:37,944 [girls giggling] 210 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,713 I can take the older one. She's got potential. 211 00:14:40,447 --> 00:14:41,614 And Trudy? 212 00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:43,950 She swims like a horse with two broken legs. 213 00:14:44,170 --> 00:14:45,618 Quite possibly three. 214 00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:47,854 You see the way she fights the water? 215 00:14:47,954 --> 00:14:50,323 -[girls giggling, chattering] -We call that drowning. 216 00:14:52,492 --> 00:14:54,461 Trudy is very strong and has no fear. 217 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:57,764 She swims alone in the ocean, goes as far as the boys. 218 00:14:57,864 --> 00:14:59,933 Feet! Kick your feet, child. 219 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:02,435 [panting] 220 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:04,704 She's a good girl, will do exactly what you say. 221 00:15:04,771 --> 00:15:06,606 She wants to be like her sister. 222 00:15:09,976 --> 00:15:12,612 Part of my agreement here is to feed the boiler. 223 00:15:12,712 --> 00:15:16,249 You have to keep it running all day. Bring in coal for the stoker. 224 00:15:17,317 --> 00:15:19,850 Sixty-pound bags. 225 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:22,122 If Trudy helps out, she can practice in the pool after hours. 226 00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:24,124 Trudy will help with the furnace. 227 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,526 [hands clasp] 228 00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:30,630 Congratulations, your girls just joined the Women's Swimming Association. 229 00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:32,832 That'll be two dollars a week. Will that be a problem? 230 00:15:32,899 --> 00:15:34,401 No. 231 00:15:35,235 --> 00:15:36,236 [Henry] Absolutely not. 232 00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:41,274 Two dollars to swim? Swimming is free. 233 00:15:42,750 --> 00:15:44,577 I am saving money to buy a telephone. 234 00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:47,113 -A telephone? -Mm-hmm. 235 00:15:47,213 --> 00:15:48,181 For what reason? 236 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:50,850 I'm not sure, but I want one. 237 00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:52,852 I see. 238 00:15:58,124 --> 00:15:59,159 What are you doing? 239 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:04,330 If you won't pay, I will. 240 00:16:05,732 --> 00:16:06,733 What about dinner? 241 00:16:07,534 --> 00:16:09,336 I'm not hungry. Thank you. 242 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,309 [boys shouting] 243 00:16:18,912 --> 00:16:20,714 -Herr Daniel. -Gertrude! 244 00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:22,582 [speaking German] 245 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:35,562 [Eppy] All right. Let's go. Let's keep it up! 246 00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:38,198 Reach, Meg. Keep reaching. 247 00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:41,167 [girls cheer] 248 00:16:41,234 --> 00:16:44,371 -[girl] Well done, Meg. -[Eppy] Okay, ladies. Over here. 249 00:16:50,577 --> 00:16:52,112 [wheels squeaking] 250 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,583 [people screaming] 251 00:17:01,187 --> 00:17:03,230 [gasping] 252 00:17:03,123 --> 00:17:06,590 [speaking German] 253 00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:11,364 [wheels squeaking] 254 00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:15,201 Trudy. Oh, you got a little dirt on your chin. 255 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:18,605 Why don't you run to the corner and buy us a sinker? 256 00:17:19,105 --> 00:17:22,776 We said, go to the corner, and get us a doughnut. You hear us, boiler girl? 257 00:17:22,876 --> 00:17:24,440 -[laughs] -Hey! 258 00:17:24,110 --> 00:17:25,445 Leave her alone. 259 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:26,946 What? She needs you to fight? 260 00:17:27,470 --> 00:17:29,983 Trudy beat measles. You goons wouldn't stand a chance. 261 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:31,785 Back in the water, girls. 262 00:17:32,786 --> 00:17:34,154 [chuckling] 263 00:17:36,790 --> 00:17:37,791 You had measles? 264 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:40,827 [grunts] It went to my ears, but I hear just fine. 265 00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:42,896 They tell you not to go in the water? That you could go deaf? 266 00:17:42,996 --> 00:17:45,665 Oh, yeah. They told me. But it won't stop me. 267 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:49,102 Go home, Trudy. The other girls laugh at you. 268 00:17:49,202 --> 00:17:50,503 Why don't you fight back? 269 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,500 You won't let me in the pool. 270 00:17:57,430 --> 00:17:58,311 [breathes heavily] 271 00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:06,186 All right. Listen up. 272 00:18:06,286 --> 00:18:08,621 We're gonna start something new. 273 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:10,790 Every day, you'll race each other. 274 00:18:10,857 --> 00:18:12,392 Last place feeds the boiler. 275 00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:14,160 [groaning, sighing] 276 00:18:14,728 --> 00:18:15,729 Starting now. 277 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:28,208 [exclaims] 278 00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:32,912 Twenty-eight beats a minute, Trudy. Like music. 279 00:18:34,470 --> 00:18:40,987 ♪ All around the water tank Waiting for a train ♪ 280 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:48,194 ♪ A thousand miles away from home Sleeping in the rain ♪ 281 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:49,496 [panting] 282 00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:10,183 [Eppy] ♪ He said, "If you've got money Boy, I'll see that you don't walk" ♪ 283 00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:16,523 ♪ I haven't got a nickel Not a penny can I show ♪ 284 00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:19,590 ♪ Get off, get off ♪ 285 00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:20,460 Boiler duty. 286 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,267 Come on, Trudy! 287 00:19:29,202 --> 00:19:31,905 -Go, Trudy! Go! -[Eppy] Keep it up, ladies! 288 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:34,240 [girl] Sandy, come on! 289 00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:35,375 [Eppy] Strong arms! 290 00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:39,779 [Meg] Trudy! Whoo! Whoo-hoo! 291 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:42,349 -Yes! -[applause] 292 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:45,819 -[applause stops] -Ruth, feed the boiler. 293 00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:47,620 [gasps, laughs] 294 00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:56,620 [Eppy] Learn to kick your feet, and you'll never leave the pool again. 295 00:20:02,836 --> 00:20:04,871 [gasping] 296 00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:11,311 [chattering] 297 00:20:11,411 --> 00:20:13,747 -[kid] Hey, look what I drew in the sand! -[Meg chuckles] 298 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:20,320 [jaunty music playing] 299 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:21,654 [people laughing, chattering] 300 00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:29,620 [audience laughing] 301 00:20:34,670 --> 00:20:35,902 [audience laughing] 302 00:20:38,138 --> 00:20:41,141 [Henry Jr.] "Burgess spent 22 hours and 35 minutes in the water." 303 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:45,780 Twenty-two hours in that water? It's not possible. 304 00:20:47,347 --> 00:20:48,548 [jaunty music continues] 305 00:20:51,170 --> 00:20:53,386 [whispering] Meg! Meg, there's gonna be a race next week. 306 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:55,789 The best swimmers are coming from Australia. 307 00:20:55,889 --> 00:20:56,923 There's a race every week. 308 00:20:56,990 --> 00:20:59,459 Not the boys, Meg. Us. 309 00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:02,462 [horns playing] 310 00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:04,164 [cheering] 311 00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:07,100 [over speaker] Ladies and gentlemen, the American Olympic Union 312 00:21:07,167 --> 00:21:10,370 welcomes the champion swimming girls from Australia. 313 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:14,808 Here to compete in today's exhibition against our four brave American girls. 314 00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:19,512 Now, remember, these graceful birds have all been trained by professionals, 315 00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:22,749 which is why we are allowing them in the men's pool. [chuckles] 316 00:21:22,849 --> 00:21:24,517 [Eppy] Coming through, boys. Clear the way. 317 00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:26,553 [spectator 1] All eyes on the Australian dolls! 318 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:29,155 Meg! You have the speed to stay with Kellerman. 319 00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:30,790 When she breaks, you break with her. 320 00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:33,293 -What should I do, Mrs. Epstein? -Stay out of their way. 321 00:21:33,927 --> 00:21:38,331 Ladies, there are lifeguards on both ends for your safety, 322 00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:41,167 and a medical doctor is standing by. 323 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:43,837 [feedback on speaker] 324 00:21:43,903 --> 00:21:47,640 The girls will race four laps, 200 meters. 325 00:21:48,675 --> 00:21:51,344 [referee] On your marks. Ready. 326 00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:54,347 -[pistol fires] -[cheering] 327 00:21:54,414 --> 00:21:55,949 [gasps] 328 00:21:58,840 --> 00:21:59,586 [gasping] 329 00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:08,128 Come on! Strong arms! 330 00:22:08,228 --> 00:22:11,865 The Australians take the lead in front of Meg Ederle. 331 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:17,370 [cheering] 332 00:22:18,471 --> 00:22:20,640 [announcer] These birds are going very fast. 333 00:22:28,548 --> 00:22:30,417 [gasping] 334 00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:32,786 [spectator 2] Whoo-hoo! 335 00:22:32,886 --> 00:22:33,887 Three laps to go. 336 00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:35,455 [gasping] 337 00:22:36,289 --> 00:22:38,725 -[gasping] -[spectator 3] You can do it! Keep going! 338 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:40,930 Strong arms, Meg! 339 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,294 [gasps] 340 00:22:41,394 --> 00:22:46,766 And it appears to be neck and neck between Annette Kellerman and Meg Ederle. 341 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,702 [cheering] 342 00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:50,470 [gasps] 343 00:22:53,340 --> 00:22:54,908 Head down! 344 00:22:55,709 --> 00:22:57,177 [gasps] 345 00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:12,580 Kick! Kick, kick, kick, kick, kick. 346 00:23:12,125 --> 00:23:13,226 [gasps] 347 00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:22,369 [shouting, indistinct] 348 00:23:22,469 --> 00:23:26,539 There is one girl gaining. An American in the center lane. 349 00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:28,410 -[gasps] -[Eppy] Kick those feet! 350 00:23:33,460 --> 00:23:34,447 Whoo! 351 00:23:35,281 --> 00:23:37,384 [cheering] 352 00:23:39,219 --> 00:23:40,520 [Meg] Go, go! 353 00:23:40,587 --> 00:23:41,721 The final lap. 354 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,296 Trudy? 355 00:23:50,363 --> 00:23:51,364 [spectator 4] Who's she? 356 00:23:51,865 --> 00:23:53,299 [feedback] 357 00:23:53,366 --> 00:23:57,570 The American, Trudy Ederle, has moved into second place. 358 00:24:05,779 --> 00:24:08,348 Kick! Kick those feet! 359 00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:19,459 [crowd cheering] 360 00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:23,630 [cheering] 361 00:24:23,697 --> 00:24:24,798 [spectator 5] Trudy! 362 00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:27,333 The winner is Trudy Ederle! 363 00:24:32,872 --> 00:24:33,907 You did it! [laughing] 364 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:35,975 [laughs] 365 00:24:37,844 --> 00:24:40,130 [cheering continues] 366 00:24:42,615 --> 00:24:44,250 ♪ Yes, we have no bananas today ♪ 367 00:24:44,351 --> 00:24:46,586 Trudy's name's in the paper. 368 00:24:47,587 --> 00:24:48,755 ♪ We have string beans and onions ♪ 369 00:24:48,822 --> 00:24:50,290 Yes. Next to the dead people. 370 00:24:54,627 --> 00:24:56,196 [crowd cheering] 371 00:24:56,296 --> 00:25:00,533 [announcer] Trudy Ederle now holds the state record for 100 meters! 372 00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:02,335 [cheering] 373 00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:10,310 [chanting, indistinct] 374 00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:15,515 [announcer] And the winner is… Trudy Ederle! 375 00:25:25,392 --> 00:25:30,263 [over speaker] A new national record for the unstoppable Trudy Ederle! 376 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:34,834 -[gasps] -[announcer] Ederle wins again! 377 00:25:40,306 --> 00:25:42,709 [crowd hooting] 378 00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:45,612 Come on! 379 00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:49,549 -Whoo! -4:28! 380 00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:53,353 [bell jingles] 381 00:25:55,889 --> 00:25:58,758 Your daughter Trudy has the record in 200 meters swimming. 382 00:25:58,825 --> 00:26:00,260 What record? 383 00:26:03,763 --> 00:26:04,798 World. 384 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,742 She won a blue ribbon. 385 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:19,346 -What, like a cow? -Get back to work. 386 00:26:22,382 --> 00:26:23,416 [pistol fires] 387 00:26:28,555 --> 00:26:30,223 [ticking] 388 00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:33,993 [Eppy] Trudy is a very gifted athlete-- 389 00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:37,197 Does she bake? We'd like to get a photo of her with a pie. 390 00:26:37,297 --> 00:26:38,331 Do Germans eat pie? 391 00:26:38,431 --> 00:26:41,301 She holds four world records. Nobody has ever done this before. 392 00:26:41,368 --> 00:26:43,336 She'd probably do really well in a dance marathon. 393 00:26:43,403 --> 00:26:46,172 Oh, has she considered that? Does she have a boyfriend? 394 00:26:46,239 --> 00:26:50,977 [Henry] I had to kick them out. In front of the store. [laughs] 395 00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:53,747 Ah, where have you been, girls? 396 00:26:53,847 --> 00:26:55,782 Come here, Trudy. Come. Come here. 397 00:26:55,882 --> 00:26:58,752 This is Horst. Just arrived from Heidelberg. 398 00:26:58,852 --> 00:27:01,321 His father is cousins with Rolfe's wife. 399 00:27:01,421 --> 00:27:03,890 Rolfe's cart in front of the store. 400 00:27:03,156 --> 00:27:04,224 [Henry Jr.] The nut peddler. 401 00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:07,961 Ah, it's very delicious nuts. His English is not so good, but he's learning. 402 00:27:08,610 --> 00:27:09,290 [Horst chuckles] 403 00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:11,798 -Nuts. -[laughs] 404 00:27:11,865 --> 00:27:13,800 [Henry] Horst is going to stay for supper. 405 00:27:13,867 --> 00:27:15,100 [Horst] Nuts. 406 00:27:15,101 --> 00:27:17,370 [Henry laughs] 407 00:27:17,137 --> 00:27:19,906 [radio playing] 408 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:21,708 Mutter, you have to stop this. 409 00:27:21,808 --> 00:27:23,309 -What's happening? -[men laughing] 410 00:27:23,376 --> 00:27:25,178 -They're trying to arrange a marriage. -For who? 411 00:27:25,945 --> 00:27:27,130 You and Horst. 412 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:28,548 -[whispering] What? -[Meg] Shh! 413 00:27:29,349 --> 00:27:30,717 [speaking German] 414 00:27:30,784 --> 00:27:33,553 [whispering] But Meg is the oldest. Why has he never brought a boy for her? 415 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:36,489 -Because Meg's arrangement has been made. -What? 416 00:27:36,589 --> 00:27:39,392 That boy from the Durshley family aus Hamburg. 417 00:27:39,459 --> 00:27:42,929 His name is Karl. He'll arrive as a butcher's apprentice. 418 00:27:43,496 --> 00:27:44,998 You think I'd marry a butcher? 419 00:27:49,369 --> 00:27:51,404 Your father only knows the old ways. 420 00:27:52,739 --> 00:27:54,541 Like how I was taught to gut a chicken. 421 00:27:56,409 --> 00:27:59,846 You cut off the neck at the backbone, then get rid of the head. 422 00:27:59,913 --> 00:28:02,449 You see? All gone. 423 00:28:03,383 --> 00:28:06,419 Meg, what's happening? Is she telling us to kill him? 424 00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:10,256 [sighs] She's telling us to gut the chicken. 425 00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:23,103 [chattering] 426 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:25,205 I'll wait by the end of the pier, Trudy, okay? 427 00:28:25,305 --> 00:28:26,573 Got it. 428 00:28:29,342 --> 00:28:30,343 Trudy. 429 00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:39,419 I… am… Horst. 430 00:28:40,453 --> 00:28:41,988 Yes. Horst. 431 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,558 Horst. Trudy. 432 00:28:45,625 --> 00:28:50,697 -[Meg shrieks] Trudy! Trudy! Help me! -[yelling] Meg? 433 00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:54,667 -I slipped, Trudy. Don't let me fall! -What are you doing? Take my hand! 434 00:28:55,335 --> 00:28:57,804 [Meg] I can't hold on much longer. I don't wanna die. 435 00:28:57,871 --> 00:28:59,205 -[both scream] -[splashes] 436 00:28:59,305 --> 00:29:00,507 [gasps] 437 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,150 [speaking German] 438 00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:14,120 Nuts. Nuts! Nuts! 439 00:29:14,988 --> 00:29:15,989 Nuts! 440 00:29:16,890 --> 00:29:18,625 [laughing] Nuts! 441 00:29:18,725 --> 00:29:22,362 -[laughing] Nuts! -[laughing] 442 00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:25,999 [laughing] Nuts! 443 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:29,436 That's it. Okay. 444 00:29:29,502 --> 00:29:32,972 That's it. No swimming for both of you. One month! 445 00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:38,912 Two days! No swimming for two days! 446 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,347 Horst is a good boy. 447 00:29:40,413 --> 00:29:42,415 Who do you think will marry a girl like Trudy? 448 00:29:42,515 --> 00:29:43,516 [whispering in German] 449 00:29:43,583 --> 00:29:46,386 She left school because she was sick, she has trouble hearing. 450 00:29:46,453 --> 00:29:48,788 What kind of future does she have? Who will take care of her? 451 00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:53,326 [chuckles] What's wrong? 452 00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:55,995 Nothing. 453 00:29:59,866 --> 00:30:01,701 We'll always be together, Trudy. 454 00:30:03,203 --> 00:30:04,304 Promise? 455 00:30:05,138 --> 00:30:06,206 Promise. 456 00:30:09,843 --> 00:30:13,513 -[car rumbling] -[salesperson] Nuts! Nuts! 457 00:30:13,580 --> 00:30:14,581 Get your nuts! 458 00:30:16,182 --> 00:30:19,953 [salesperson] Peanuts! Walnuts! Nuts! 459 00:30:22,122 --> 00:30:23,490 [bell jingles] 460 00:30:23,590 --> 00:30:24,591 [speaking German] 461 00:30:29,496 --> 00:30:31,798 -[man] Henry Ederle? -[Henry] Yes. 462 00:30:31,865 --> 00:30:33,600 James Sullivan, AOU. 463 00:30:36,436 --> 00:30:38,738 After months of, uh, consideration, 464 00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:43,910 I have decided to send six female swimmers to the Olympic Games in Paris, France. 465 00:30:44,644 --> 00:30:45,779 Congratulations. 466 00:30:45,879 --> 00:30:48,682 Okay, why? Their place is here at the butcher shop. 467 00:30:48,748 --> 00:30:52,552 Sir, we will show the world that America is not afraid to let women compete. 468 00:30:52,619 --> 00:30:55,655 As long as it's not archery. Archery is inherently dangerous-- 469 00:30:55,755 --> 00:30:57,570 And when it's over? Then what? 470 00:30:57,123 --> 00:30:58,758 She'll win us four gold medals. 471 00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:03,763 Trudy, we're expecting great things from you in Paris. 472 00:31:04,431 --> 00:31:05,999 -Have you ever had mousse? -What about Meg? 473 00:31:08,168 --> 00:31:11,571 There were only a few spots. I'm sorry. 474 00:31:15,508 --> 00:31:20,246 Trudy, win four gold medals, and the world will be your oyster. 475 00:31:21,948 --> 00:31:23,783 [raining] 476 00:31:29,389 --> 00:31:30,724 [sighs] 477 00:31:33,930 --> 00:31:34,940 [gasps] 478 00:31:38,498 --> 00:31:39,599 [Henry] Where were you? 479 00:31:41,340 --> 00:31:42,350 I was with Trudy. 480 00:31:42,135 --> 00:31:44,137 She's been home for hours. 481 00:31:44,738 --> 00:31:46,806 You think I don't know what's happening? 482 00:31:46,873 --> 00:31:48,740 [sniffs] 483 00:31:48,174 --> 00:31:51,211 What whiskey smells like? Who is he? 484 00:31:53,546 --> 00:31:55,281 I don't know what you're talking about. 485 00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:58,180 -What's wrong? -Please stay out of this, Trudy. 486 00:31:58,551 --> 00:32:01,221 Drinking, home past midnight. 487 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:03,990 Do you know what people will say about my daughter? 488 00:32:04,591 --> 00:32:06,459 -What's his name? -[Meg] Chip. 489 00:32:08,962 --> 00:32:10,463 His name is Chip Anderson. 490 00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:16,169 He wants to marry me. 491 00:32:16,269 --> 00:32:18,371 You think a boy named Anderson will marry you? 492 00:32:19,673 --> 00:32:21,541 The daughter of a German butcher? 493 00:32:21,641 --> 00:32:23,510 You will not see him again. 494 00:32:23,576 --> 00:32:26,246 It's my job to protect this family, my children. 495 00:32:26,346 --> 00:32:28,381 I'm not Trudy. You can't tell me what to do. 496 00:32:29,749 --> 00:32:30,750 Meg. 497 00:32:32,850 --> 00:32:33,753 -[door opens] -[raining] 498 00:32:33,820 --> 00:32:36,589 Meg. Meg! 499 00:32:38,425 --> 00:32:39,426 Meg! 500 00:32:41,227 --> 00:32:43,463 -Tell them you're sorry! -I'm not sorry! 501 00:32:44,970 --> 00:32:47,634 We'll talk to the men at the Olympics. You and I can go to Paris together! 502 00:32:47,701 --> 00:32:49,502 You still don't understand. 503 00:32:50,870 --> 00:32:52,339 They don't want me. 504 00:32:54,541 --> 00:32:55,642 I'm not good enough. 505 00:32:56,876 --> 00:32:59,450 Wait. Wait. 506 00:33:01,810 --> 00:33:02,248 I can't do it alone. 507 00:33:03,516 --> 00:33:05,185 You have nothing to worry about. 508 00:33:06,886 --> 00:33:09,656 -You're the fastest woman in the world. -And you're my sister. 509 00:33:09,756 --> 00:33:11,458 Said we'd always be together. 510 00:33:11,558 --> 00:33:14,227 Please. Come with me. 511 00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:16,696 I'm not going anywhere. 512 00:33:19,466 --> 00:33:21,340 I'm sorry, Trudy. 513 00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:31,644 Ladies, this is Jabez Wolffe. 514 00:33:31,711 --> 00:33:33,947 He'll be coaching the women's swim team. 515 00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:36,850 -The floor is yours, Mr. Wolffe. -Thank you. 516 00:33:36,916 --> 00:33:38,385 Right. 517 00:33:38,451 --> 00:33:41,321 It's my job to protect you on the ship to France. 518 00:33:41,821 --> 00:33:45,910 To make sure there is no contact with the male athletes. 519 00:33:45,992 --> 00:33:49,863 To that end, you won't leave your rooms without alerting your escorts. 520 00:33:49,963 --> 00:33:51,798 -Escorts? -Nuns. 521 00:33:52,499 --> 00:33:55,335 They'll be standing guard outside your cabins. 522 00:33:56,302 --> 00:34:00,640 I expect all of you to memorize the US Olympic Decorum Pamphlet, 523 00:34:00,707 --> 00:34:02,409 specifically chapter two. 524 00:34:03,510 --> 00:34:05,745 "What to Do if You're Approached by a Frenchman." 525 00:34:05,845 --> 00:34:06,713 [chuckles] 526 00:34:06,780 --> 00:34:10,116 Also, women should only swim the breaststroke. 527 00:34:11,284 --> 00:34:15,155 The stroke I used to swim the English Channel 21 times. 528 00:34:15,255 --> 00:34:17,257 Did you ever make it across, Mr. Wolffe? 529 00:34:21,961 --> 00:34:23,129 One day I will. 530 00:34:25,632 --> 00:34:27,200 [chattering] 531 00:35:00,967 --> 00:35:04,370 Come on! Let's go! Go! Fifty more! 532 00:35:04,137 --> 00:35:06,390 Got 20 more seconds to go! 533 00:35:15,715 --> 00:35:18,118 [groans, coughs] 534 00:35:23,223 --> 00:35:25,425 [crunching] 535 00:35:26,993 --> 00:35:27,994 [groans] 536 00:35:30,263 --> 00:35:32,298 -[girl] Mr. Wolffe, it's been over a week. -Oh, geez. 537 00:35:32,365 --> 00:35:33,600 We need to train. 538 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:36,603 Back to your rooms, girls. I'm not feeling well. 539 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:40,540 The men swim in the tub all day. They run laps on deck, lift dumbbells. 540 00:35:41,408 --> 00:35:43,910 My responsibility to keep you safe. 541 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:47,580 There are 300 men on this ship, another 50 on the crew. 542 00:35:47,681 --> 00:35:49,683 And some of them are Norwegian. 543 00:35:49,749 --> 00:35:53,353 Our cabins are next to the engine rooms. We can't sleep. 544 00:35:53,420 --> 00:35:56,122 And they bring us nothing but bread and cheese twice a day. 545 00:35:56,222 --> 00:35:59,959 I'll let you walk the deck a few times when the men are eating in the ballroom. 546 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,662 What about Paris? Do we get to train there? 547 00:36:02,762 --> 00:36:05,198 You'll get your chance when the gun sounds. 548 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,370 [engine rumbling] 549 00:36:13,907 --> 00:36:16,409 [cheering] 550 00:36:16,509 --> 00:36:18,878 [announcer shouting, indistinct] 551 00:36:30,290 --> 00:36:31,658 Concentrate! 552 00:36:31,758 --> 00:36:32,759 [gunshot] 553 00:36:40,333 --> 00:36:41,334 [gasps] 554 00:36:41,434 --> 00:36:47,700 Gold medal for Bauer. Silver, Kellerman. Bronze for Ederle. 555 00:36:51,644 --> 00:36:57,617 Gold medal for Kurtz. Silver medal for Stromburg. Bronze for Gilmore. 556 00:36:57,717 --> 00:36:59,519 [breathing heavily] 557 00:37:08,495 --> 00:37:12,966 [on radio] This is Harry Horlick with a report from the Olympic Games in Paris. 558 00:37:13,330 --> 00:37:15,100 American champion Johnny Weissmuller 559 00:37:15,101 --> 00:37:17,570 won his third gold medal for the United States 560 00:37:17,671 --> 00:37:19,506 -on the last day of competition. -What about Trudy? 561 00:37:19,572 --> 00:37:22,842 A hero for the ages is coming home. 562 00:37:36,589 --> 00:37:38,625 [chattering] 563 00:37:42,696 --> 00:37:45,632 [reporter 1] Camera rolling, please. Ready for when Johnny comes out. 564 00:37:47,634 --> 00:37:50,170 -[reporter 2] Johnny! -[crowd cheering] 565 00:37:50,270 --> 00:37:51,404 [reporter 2] Johnny! 566 00:37:51,504 --> 00:37:54,207 -[reporter 1] Give us a wave! -[reporter 3] Big smile for the camera! 567 00:38:06,853 --> 00:38:07,921 [grunts] 568 00:38:18,698 --> 00:38:20,934 Mom made Berliner with jam for you. 569 00:38:25,405 --> 00:38:26,973 When will you race again? 570 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,142 They say they won't let women swim again. 571 00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:33,460 No more funding. No more trainers. 572 00:38:33,113 --> 00:38:37,417 It's over. From now on, I work downstairs. 573 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,420 So you'll be here for Meg's wedding? 574 00:38:42,422 --> 00:38:43,456 What did you say? 575 00:38:43,556 --> 00:38:45,792 [chattering] 576 00:38:56,970 --> 00:38:58,872 How could you get engaged and not tell me? 577 00:38:59,639 --> 00:39:01,841 You were gone. It happened so fast. 578 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,246 I want you to be my maid of honor, Trudy. 579 00:39:07,213 --> 00:39:08,848 [laughs] How did you convince them? 580 00:39:08,915 --> 00:39:11,951 Suddenly nobody cares that you're about to be Meg Anderson? 581 00:39:13,253 --> 00:39:14,654 Anderson? 582 00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:19,590 They didn't tell you? 583 00:39:21,161 --> 00:39:23,463 It's not Anderson. It's Durshley. 584 00:39:24,764 --> 00:39:26,332 I'm marrying Karl Durshley. 585 00:39:27,330 --> 00:39:28,340 The butcher? 586 00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:33,600 You need to call it off. Tell them you changed your mind. 587 00:39:33,730 --> 00:39:35,141 I have to marry Karl. 588 00:39:35,208 --> 00:39:36,543 That was part of the deal. 589 00:39:36,643 --> 00:39:37,811 Part of the deal? 590 00:39:37,877 --> 00:39:39,679 It's the reason he came to America. 591 00:39:39,746 --> 00:39:41,470 You're not part of any deal. 592 00:39:41,114 --> 00:39:43,516 What do you think happens to girls around here? 593 00:39:46,386 --> 00:39:48,321 What do you think will happen to you? 594 00:39:48,822 --> 00:39:51,910 Your future, it's already been decided. 595 00:39:54,394 --> 00:39:56,796 [whispering] Dad put all of my trophies in a box. 596 00:39:58,431 --> 00:39:59,766 You'll be okay. 597 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,969 -I promise-- -Maybe if I'd have won-- 598 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:04,871 None of it matters, Trudy. 599 00:40:06,573 --> 00:40:09,909 Do you think people around here care if you win or lose? 600 00:40:10,677 --> 00:40:14,140 Two girls from the butcher's shop? We can't win. 601 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:16,182 People, th-- 602 00:40:16,249 --> 00:40:18,251 They don't want us to be heroes. 603 00:40:20,253 --> 00:40:21,988 They don't want us to be anything. 604 00:40:23,323 --> 00:40:26,626 [crying] I'm sorry, Trudy. I tried. 605 00:40:28,228 --> 00:40:29,195 [Meg cries softly] 606 00:40:30,196 --> 00:40:31,531 My hero was you. 607 00:40:34,768 --> 00:40:36,102 [breathing shakily] 608 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:41,808 [Trudy crying softly] 609 00:41:05,265 --> 00:41:06,666 Bare legs are not allowed, ladies. 610 00:41:06,766 --> 00:41:07,767 -[yelps] -Let's go. 611 00:41:07,834 --> 00:41:08,935 Let's go. 612 00:41:16,376 --> 00:41:19,279 [children laughing, shouting] 613 00:41:41,201 --> 00:41:43,636 [softly] Look, it's Trudy. It's her. 614 00:41:45,138 --> 00:41:47,640 Excuse me, miss? Are you Trudy? 615 00:41:48,208 --> 00:41:49,242 Yes. 616 00:41:49,342 --> 00:41:53,713 I just wanted to say that because of you, they let me swim. 617 00:41:59,219 --> 00:42:00,286 Are you fast? 618 00:42:00,387 --> 00:42:05,580 I once beat my brother in a race, but he says it never happened. 619 00:42:05,125 --> 00:42:06,159 That it's impossible. 620 00:42:07,930 --> 00:42:09,796 But it did happen, didn't it? The impossible. 621 00:42:10,430 --> 00:42:11,798 Sure did. 622 00:42:11,865 --> 00:42:14,167 One day, I wanna be just like you. 623 00:42:16,803 --> 00:42:19,239 -[friend] You really got to speak to her! -[fan] She's my hero. 624 00:42:19,339 --> 00:42:20,840 [children giggle] 625 00:42:30,183 --> 00:42:34,454 Today, the Coney Island Vaudeville Extravaganza 626 00:42:34,554 --> 00:42:39,492 presents a swimming exhibition from Englishman Bill Burgess! 627 00:42:40,427 --> 00:42:43,163 -[Burgess] Get off me! -[barker] Only the second man to conquer 628 00:42:43,263 --> 00:42:46,533 the treacherous waters of the English Channel. 629 00:42:47,534 --> 00:42:50,300 That water of the Channel is close to frozen, 630 00:42:50,103 --> 00:42:53,640 currents strong enough to throw a steamer against the rocks! 631 00:42:53,707 --> 00:42:57,544 So welcome a true living legend as he comes to shore! 632 00:42:58,144 --> 00:43:03,950 For only a penny, you can shake the hand of the greatest swimmer on Earth, 633 00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:08,880 -[gasping, screaming] -[person] Hey, Bill! 634 00:43:08,955 --> 00:43:11,424 -[women screaming] -[sighs] 635 00:43:13,526 --> 00:43:15,395 That man is naked. 636 00:43:15,495 --> 00:43:18,398 [barker] Uh, nobody panic! Nobody panic! 637 00:43:18,498 --> 00:43:23,503 Ladies and gentlemen of America! 638 00:43:24,237 --> 00:43:26,600 [women screaming] 639 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:29,409 I swim in the buff. 640 00:43:30,210 --> 00:43:31,211 [grunting] 641 00:43:31,311 --> 00:43:35,115 Get down! You're under arrest for indecency. 642 00:43:35,181 --> 00:43:36,516 [grunting] 643 00:43:37,851 --> 00:43:39,919 [shouts] 644 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,322 [officer] Get him. Get him up. 645 00:43:42,389 --> 00:43:45,250 -All right, that's it. Let's go. -[laughs] No! Hey! 646 00:43:45,910 --> 00:43:47,794 Hey, what are you doing? Hey, I want me bloody money! 647 00:43:47,894 --> 00:43:49,462 I'm not going-- I want me money! 648 00:43:50,230 --> 00:43:53,833 Give me me money! I've-- I've signed a contract! 649 00:44:00,340 --> 00:44:01,875 [audience gasps] 650 00:44:35,208 --> 00:44:37,777 [applause] 651 00:44:45,151 --> 00:44:47,520 [speaking German, indistinct] 652 00:45:05,905 --> 00:45:07,574 You look so beautiful. 653 00:45:10,143 --> 00:45:11,644 How far is it across? 654 00:45:11,711 --> 00:45:13,546 Meg, it's your wedding day. 655 00:45:14,381 --> 00:45:15,849 How far is it from France to England? 656 00:45:15,949 --> 00:45:17,550 [chuckling] You don't know your onions. 657 00:45:17,650 --> 00:45:19,486 I know you've thought about it. 658 00:45:19,552 --> 00:45:21,988 Doesn't matter. We can't win. 659 00:45:23,823 --> 00:45:25,592 Well, we won free hot dogs. 660 00:45:26,292 --> 00:45:28,628 And in case you forgot… [sighs] …there were onions. 661 00:45:33,933 --> 00:45:36,690 It's 21 miles across. 662 00:45:37,504 --> 00:45:38,905 Sounds like fun. 663 00:45:40,730 --> 00:45:41,641 Do you think I could do it? 664 00:45:44,144 --> 00:45:45,378 Do you think I can? 665 00:45:46,846 --> 00:45:48,114 You bet your ***. 666 00:45:48,181 --> 00:45:50,383 -[chuckling] Did you just curse? -[chuckles] No. 667 00:45:50,483 --> 00:45:52,520 You said ***. [laughs] 668 00:45:53,253 --> 00:45:54,254 Hmm. 669 00:45:55,388 --> 00:45:58,425 [sighing] Well, I'm going to dance with my husband. 670 00:46:00,694 --> 00:46:02,362 Where are you going, Trudy? 671 00:46:05,298 --> 00:46:09,903 ♪ In the morning In the evening ♪ 672 00:46:09,969 --> 00:46:11,638 ♪ Ain't we got fun? ♪ 673 00:46:12,505 --> 00:46:15,642 ♪ Not much money, oh, but, honey ♪ 674 00:46:16,142 --> 00:46:17,877 ♪ Ain't we got fun? ♪ 675 00:46:21,881 --> 00:46:23,316 [women clamoring] 676 00:46:23,883 --> 00:46:24,884 [girl] Yeah, you got it! 677 00:46:24,984 --> 00:46:26,920 [Eppy] Twenty-eight strokes, Vera. 678 00:46:29,422 --> 00:46:30,924 Do you think it's possible? 679 00:46:32,859 --> 00:46:36,363 I asked to coach the women's Olympic team. They told me I could be chaperone. 680 00:46:37,697 --> 00:46:40,433 -They're not ready for us. -What if I'm ready? 681 00:46:41,768 --> 00:46:45,405 You know what'll happen when you fail? When you get hurt? 682 00:46:46,439 --> 00:46:50,844 They'll use that failure to shut us down, to kick every girl out of my pool. 683 00:46:50,944 --> 00:46:53,546 And what if I make it? What then? 684 00:46:56,490 --> 00:46:58,184 Then they got a serious problem. 685 00:46:58,251 --> 00:47:02,188 [jazz plays on radio] 686 00:47:04,891 --> 00:47:06,459 [Henry Jr.] …nobody has ever called. 687 00:47:06,559 --> 00:47:08,194 I will be ready. 688 00:47:10,964 --> 00:47:12,999 [speaking German] 689 00:47:17,137 --> 00:47:19,139 I've decided to swim the English Channel. 690 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:20,473 [utensils clatter] 691 00:47:26,546 --> 00:47:28,715 -[engine rumbles outside] -[whispering in German] 692 00:47:28,815 --> 00:47:31,518 [softly, in German] 693 00:47:31,584 --> 00:47:36,189 [chuckling] 694 00:47:39,626 --> 00:47:41,194 What do you mean? 695 00:47:41,261 --> 00:47:44,597 I'm going to swim the English Channel. Please pass the bread. 696 00:47:44,698 --> 00:47:47,167 -No, I'm saying-- -I wasn't asking. 697 00:47:51,438 --> 00:47:52,839 [speaking German] 698 00:47:52,939 --> 00:47:56,109 [Sullivan] I've fought against female athletics most of my life. 699 00:47:56,176 --> 00:47:58,478 I voted against women competing in the Olympics. 700 00:47:58,545 --> 00:48:01,114 Yes, Mr. Sullivan. I'm aware of the fact that you're a Temper Kop. 701 00:48:01,181 --> 00:48:02,182 [secretaries giggling] 702 00:48:02,282 --> 00:48:03,249 [giggling stops] 703 00:48:05,218 --> 00:48:06,219 What is that? 704 00:48:06,319 --> 00:48:08,540 Yiddish for "imbecile." 705 00:48:09,222 --> 00:48:12,425 And yet you come here and ask me to pay for Trudy to swim the Channel, 706 00:48:12,525 --> 00:48:14,940 after she embarrassed us in Paris. 707 00:48:14,194 --> 00:48:17,931 She didn't train for three weeks because of you. You failed her. 708 00:48:18,698 --> 00:48:21,501 You need Trudy, Mr. Sullivan. Think of the publicity. 709 00:48:22,569 --> 00:48:25,772 The Channel is 21 miles across. 710 00:48:25,839 --> 00:48:28,141 Currents changing every few hours. 711 00:48:28,241 --> 00:48:31,711 To fight those currents, she'd have to swim close to 50 miles. 712 00:48:33,446 --> 00:48:35,150 The water is freezing. 713 00:48:35,548 --> 00:48:39,986 Storms blow in without warning and bring waves 20 feet high. 714 00:48:40,530 --> 00:48:42,880 There's jellyfish and sharks, 715 00:48:42,188 --> 00:48:45,892 even the occasional unexploded mine left over from the war. 716 00:48:45,959 --> 00:48:46,960 [sighs] 717 00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:49,529 I honestly believe she'll die in that water. 718 00:48:50,300 --> 00:48:52,320 I don't need that publicity. 719 00:48:52,980 --> 00:48:53,266 Now, if you'll excuse me, 720 00:48:53,366 --> 00:48:55,835 I have to meet my mother for dinner in the Jersey Highlands. 721 00:48:57,170 --> 00:48:58,905 It's her 88th birthday. 722 00:48:58,972 --> 00:49:03,543 She's requested Penner's for lobster, a table on the water. 723 00:49:03,643 --> 00:49:05,979 What if I meet you there, Mr. Sullivan? 724 00:49:07,447 --> 00:49:08,548 [chuckling] I don't understand. 725 00:49:08,648 --> 00:49:12,686 You drive your car, and I'll swim from New York to New Jersey. 726 00:49:12,752 --> 00:49:15,522 [scoffs] You wanna swim to Jersey? 727 00:49:15,588 --> 00:49:18,525 It's about seven miles across the lower bay from Rockaway Point. 728 00:49:18,591 --> 00:49:22,862 We'll make a deal. If I make it, the AOU pays my way to the Channel. 729 00:49:22,929 --> 00:49:26,366 Passage, trainer, guide boat, everything. 730 00:49:26,433 --> 00:49:27,801 [scoffs] 731 00:49:29,235 --> 00:49:31,771 Seven miles. In how many hours? 732 00:49:31,838 --> 00:49:33,340 -Five. -I'll do it in four. 733 00:49:35,108 --> 00:49:36,209 Three. 734 00:49:36,710 --> 00:49:37,877 [chuckles] 735 00:49:37,977 --> 00:49:41,114 Do it in three, and we'll sponsor you. 736 00:49:42,949 --> 00:49:45,510 And dinner will be on me. 737 00:49:53,727 --> 00:49:57,430 [Eppy] Right now, it's 6:30. Ride the evening tide. Don't fight it. 738 00:49:57,530 --> 00:49:59,299 Keep the sunset on your right shoulder. 739 00:49:59,899 --> 00:50:02,168 We don't have a guide boat. You need to watch for barges. 740 00:50:02,268 --> 00:50:04,571 Use the Highlands lighthouse as your guide. 741 00:50:04,637 --> 00:50:06,306 If you get lost, follow the buoys. 742 00:50:06,406 --> 00:50:08,641 There's moorings all the way to Jersey. 743 00:50:08,708 --> 00:50:11,277 -What's the name of the restaurant? -Penner's. 744 00:50:11,344 --> 00:50:12,779 That way. Go! 745 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:15,849 -Come on. Let's go. -[engines start] 746 00:50:23,356 --> 00:50:25,458 [laughing] 747 00:50:27,927 --> 00:50:28,928 Thank you. 748 00:50:38,710 --> 00:50:39,739 You're not too cold, are you, Mom? 749 00:50:40,340 --> 00:50:42,876 [engines rumble] 750 00:50:49,616 --> 00:50:50,583 Come on. 751 00:51:01,594 --> 00:51:03,129 [gasping] 752 00:51:10,804 --> 00:51:11,805 [gasps] 753 00:51:11,905 --> 00:51:14,307 [ship horn blows] 754 00:51:15,175 --> 00:51:16,843 [gasps] 755 00:51:17,510 --> 00:51:18,511 [gasps] 756 00:51:26,753 --> 00:51:28,988 Oh, darling. Thank you. 757 00:51:29,856 --> 00:51:33,126 -[chuckles] -[applause] 758 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,134 Sorry, Mrs. Epstein. A deal's a deal. 759 00:51:41,634 --> 00:51:45,505 It's 9:30. Her time is up. 760 00:51:47,874 --> 00:51:49,209 How was dinner, Mr. Sullivan? 761 00:51:51,778 --> 00:51:56,116 Two hours and 56 minutes. Your men will verify the time. 762 00:51:56,182 --> 00:51:59,719 [breathes heavily] 763 00:51:59,819 --> 00:52:01,888 [laughing] 764 00:52:03,256 --> 00:52:05,392 -Mmm. -Mmm! 765 00:52:07,594 --> 00:52:08,595 [laughs] 766 00:52:08,695 --> 00:52:09,863 [door closes] 767 00:52:11,464 --> 00:52:12,465 Where were you? 768 00:52:15,235 --> 00:52:16,903 If your father finds out you're home this late-- 769 00:52:16,970 --> 00:52:18,271 I was swimming. 770 00:52:19,272 --> 00:52:21,875 Swimming? At night? 771 00:52:22,475 --> 00:52:23,843 To New Jersey. 772 00:52:23,943 --> 00:52:26,120 I swam from New York to Jersey. 773 00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,115 Did you say New Jersey? 774 00:52:31,685 --> 00:52:33,420 I leave for the Channel next week. 775 00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:34,587 [speaking German] 776 00:52:36,690 --> 00:52:41,194 You are my child. And the thing you love most, it… 777 00:52:42,962 --> 00:52:44,431 it terrifies me. 778 00:52:50,136 --> 00:52:52,972 I-- I-- I can't stay here. 779 00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,675 I look at Meg, the other girls… 780 00:52:56,676 --> 00:52:58,545 I don't know how to be like them. 781 00:53:09,689 --> 00:53:11,124 [Gertrude] I had a twin sister. 782 00:53:13,927 --> 00:53:15,562 She drowned when we were seven. 783 00:53:18,365 --> 00:53:19,599 What was her name? 784 00:53:21,167 --> 00:53:22,769 [speaking German] Pearl. 785 00:53:30,677 --> 00:53:32,812 I won't be there if something happens to you. 786 00:53:35,682 --> 00:53:37,851 I can't imagine where you get the courage. 787 00:53:43,590 --> 00:53:44,591 From you. 788 00:53:55,735 --> 00:53:58,605 Tell me what it's like out there in the dark. 789 00:54:01,141 --> 00:54:04,440 Well, tonight, while I was swimming, a harbor seal followed me. [chuckles] 790 00:54:04,878 --> 00:54:05,879 A seal followed you? 791 00:54:08,281 --> 00:54:09,649 I'm pretty sure. 792 00:54:09,716 --> 00:54:13,186 Not followed, Trudy. Chased. 793 00:54:25,231 --> 00:54:26,633 [faded laughing, chattering] 794 00:54:26,733 --> 00:54:28,234 [Wolffe] Thank you. One day, I will. 795 00:54:28,301 --> 00:54:30,270 [laughing continues] 796 00:54:30,337 --> 00:54:34,474 Trudy, I'd like you to meet the man I've selected to train you. 797 00:54:37,100 --> 00:54:38,812 Charlotte Epstein is going to train me. 798 00:54:38,878 --> 00:54:41,981 A woman training a woman? Ha. 799 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,984 Like a lion taming a lion. Bad idea. [laughs] 800 00:54:45,510 --> 00:54:46,520 She's my coach. 801 00:54:46,152 --> 00:54:48,254 Mr. Wolffe is your coach, Trudy. 802 00:54:48,855 --> 00:54:49,856 [Wolffe laughs] 803 00:54:50,890 --> 00:54:52,292 Or we don't sponsor. 804 00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:57,300 [Wolffe] Don't worry, darling. I'll take care of you in that big ocean. 805 00:55:11,811 --> 00:55:12,812 Trudy! 806 00:55:13,380 --> 00:55:16,116 [seagulls crying] 807 00:55:21,421 --> 00:55:24,324 [people chattering] 808 00:55:24,391 --> 00:55:26,590 [Wolffe] Wait here. I'll get your key. 809 00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:33,133 [patron clears throat] 810 00:55:36,770 --> 00:55:41,700 [inhales deeply] We're drinking to our friend Rudolph Vittali. 811 00:55:41,107 --> 00:55:43,109 He died this week trying to cross. 812 00:55:43,176 --> 00:55:46,212 He got lost in the darkness of the shallows. 813 00:55:47,180 --> 00:55:52,850 See, this is a place where men come to risk everything. 814 00:55:52,185 --> 00:55:53,319 So… 815 00:55:57,570 --> 00:55:58,458 [exhales deeply] 816 00:55:58,958 --> 00:56:02,595 What gives a woman the right to come to such a place? 817 00:56:02,696 --> 00:56:05,198 [chattering, chuckling] 818 00:56:09,736 --> 00:56:12,238 To Vittali! A great swimmer. 819 00:56:14,140 --> 00:56:15,842 -[people chattering] -[glasses clinking] 820 00:56:17,177 --> 00:56:19,112 -[exhales deeply] -Trudy. 821 00:56:23,383 --> 00:56:24,384 Hmm. 822 00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:34,260 Trudy! Breaststroke, right? 823 00:56:36,463 --> 00:56:38,131 It's not a race. 824 00:56:44,304 --> 00:56:45,438 [exhales sharply] 825 00:56:50,477 --> 00:56:52,379 Slow and steady. 826 00:56:52,479 --> 00:56:53,947 [breathes deeply] 827 00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:02,422 [breathes deeply] 828 00:57:06,126 --> 00:57:07,494 [Horlick] News coming from Europe, 829 00:57:07,594 --> 00:57:10,597 where Trudy Ederle trains to swim the English Channel. 830 00:57:10,663 --> 00:57:14,667 The odds of her making it have been set by Lloyd's of London at 100-to-1. 831 00:57:14,768 --> 00:57:18,872 Babe Ruth predicted today that this is one long shot that will not come in. 832 00:57:18,972 --> 00:57:21,374 [sighs] Babe Ruth is as German as we are. 833 00:57:22,342 --> 00:57:23,410 He can suck an egg. 834 00:57:23,510 --> 00:57:25,745 …whether this type of swim should be considered sport for women. 835 00:57:35,455 --> 00:57:36,656 How many times have you tried? 836 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:40,794 Twelve. [chuckles] 837 00:57:40,894 --> 00:57:43,630 Once I came within a few miles, 838 00:57:43,129 --> 00:57:46,433 but the tide from the Atlantic came in sideways, oof. 839 00:57:47,333 --> 00:57:49,200 Pushed me toward the shallows. 840 00:57:49,102 --> 00:57:51,171 The last obstacle before England. 841 00:57:52,305 --> 00:57:53,973 They saved me, you know, 842 00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:58,345 before I went into that, that hell on earth, where the current, it just… 843 00:57:58,411 --> 00:58:00,780 holds you like the hand of God. 844 00:58:01,548 --> 00:58:03,717 It's impossible to break. 845 00:58:05,785 --> 00:58:07,454 They're rooting against us, Trudy. 846 00:58:08,421 --> 00:58:10,256 They want the water to win. 847 00:58:10,890 --> 00:58:12,559 I'm rooting for you, Benji. 848 00:58:14,728 --> 00:58:15,662 And I you. 849 00:58:30,877 --> 00:58:32,479 [gasping] 850 00:58:40,353 --> 00:58:43,890 [utensils clinking] 851 00:58:46,226 --> 00:58:49,329 I swam three hours this morning. I'm starving. 852 00:58:49,829 --> 00:58:52,532 You've got to look good for the papers. Eat like a lady. 853 00:58:52,632 --> 00:58:54,167 Eppy told me I need more than this! 854 00:58:54,267 --> 00:58:55,702 [whispering] Lower your voice. 855 00:58:58,905 --> 00:59:00,240 I'll get you more fruit. 856 00:59:11,751 --> 00:59:16,890 And here it is! [screams indistinctly] 857 00:59:16,156 --> 00:59:18,558 Benji, take a look outside. 858 00:59:18,625 --> 00:59:21,961 Looks like you might have some company for your swim tomorrow. 859 00:59:25,999 --> 00:59:27,967 I'm guessing that's just the baby. 860 00:59:30,970 --> 00:59:32,372 [chuckles] 861 00:59:33,239 --> 00:59:35,141 Fruit. [groans] 862 00:59:35,208 --> 00:59:36,309 You didn't have to do that. 863 00:59:36,376 --> 00:59:39,120 He won't make a fool of me, and neither will you. 864 00:59:41,881 --> 00:59:45,452 ♪ Every morning, every evening Ain't we got fun? ♪ 865 00:59:45,552 --> 00:59:46,553 Stop that. 866 00:59:46,619 --> 00:59:48,221 -♪ Not much money ♪ -Stop singing. 867 00:59:48,288 --> 00:59:51,424 ♪ Oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 868 00:59:51,925 --> 00:59:57,970 ♪ Every morning, every evening Ain't we got fun? ♪ 869 00:59:57,630 --> 00:59:58,998 ♪ Not much money ♪ 870 00:59:59,990 --> 01:00:02,202 ♪ Oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 871 01:00:03,103 --> 01:00:07,474 ♪ Every morning, every evening Ain't we got fun? ♪ 872 01:00:07,540 --> 01:00:08,842 [swimmers laugh] 873 01:00:08,908 --> 01:00:09,909 ♪ Not much money ♪ 874 01:00:10,100 --> 01:00:12,746 ♪ Oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 875 01:00:12,846 --> 01:00:14,714 [camera shutters clicking] 876 01:00:18,418 --> 01:00:19,886 [reporter speaking French] 877 01:00:28,461 --> 01:00:30,397 If I die, Trudy, 878 01:00:31,631 --> 01:00:32,766 you make the toast. 879 01:00:33,533 --> 01:00:35,435 Hmm? You raise the glass? 880 01:00:36,669 --> 01:00:39,500 Benji, go make history. 881 01:00:56,923 --> 01:00:58,925 -[knocking on door] -Yeah? 882 01:01:00,260 --> 01:01:04,130 She's making a fool of me, Mr. Sullivan. Laughing, singing in my face. 883 01:01:04,197 --> 01:01:05,265 I won't stand for it. 884 01:01:05,331 --> 01:01:08,368 People are betting on your girl. The odds have come way down. 885 01:01:08,468 --> 01:01:12,380 She's not my girl. She's yours. This charade is your doing. 886 01:01:13,173 --> 01:01:16,309 I've spent years defending the purity of sport, 887 01:01:16,376 --> 01:01:21,715 watched them give women the vote, but nobody can give them this. 888 01:01:22,349 --> 01:01:23,450 Am I right? 889 01:01:23,550 --> 01:01:25,785 A-A woman? Out there? 890 01:01:26,553 --> 01:01:30,560 She won't get past the seventh mile. Bet on it. 891 01:01:30,824 --> 01:01:33,126 [crew members grunting] 892 01:01:34,928 --> 01:01:36,396 [crew member 1 speaking French] 893 01:01:36,930 --> 01:01:38,980 [Trudy] Benji? 894 01:01:38,164 --> 01:01:40,333 Get the doctor! He's frozen stiff! 895 01:01:40,433 --> 01:01:42,469 We lost him ten miles out! 896 01:01:42,535 --> 01:01:43,837 [Trudy] Benji! 897 01:01:43,937 --> 01:01:45,805 [crew member 2] Lucky we found him at all. 898 01:01:45,872 --> 01:01:47,807 Benji. Benji! 899 01:01:47,874 --> 01:01:49,976 -[whispering] Benji, Benji. -[snorts] 900 01:01:51,244 --> 01:01:52,245 [gags] 901 01:01:52,345 --> 01:01:53,747 [gasps] You're okay. 902 01:01:54,948 --> 01:01:56,182 Wasn't my time. 903 01:01:57,617 --> 01:01:59,853 Hand of God, Trudy. 904 01:02:00,587 --> 01:02:03,990 You have to break it for me, hmm? You will make it. 905 01:02:05,458 --> 01:02:07,160 -[grunts] -[crew member 3] One, two, three! 906 01:02:09,396 --> 01:02:10,497 Get him in quickly! 907 01:02:11,631 --> 01:02:12,632 Hurry! 908 01:02:15,350 --> 01:02:16,970 [wind howling] 909 01:02:36,156 --> 01:02:37,757 [captain shouting] 910 01:02:47,634 --> 01:02:49,869 [reporter 1] Take that and give it to Christopher. 911 01:02:52,205 --> 01:02:55,408 [reporter 2] Over here, Trudy! Big smile. Let's see your teeth! 912 01:02:55,508 --> 01:02:58,110 [reporter 3] You got beautiful hair under that cap, Trudy? 913 01:02:58,780 --> 01:03:00,800 [reporter 4] Ever get worried about the cold, Trudy? 914 01:03:00,180 --> 01:03:01,614 [chattering] 915 01:03:04,551 --> 01:03:08,621 The rules of the swim dictate that no swimmer can be touched 916 01:03:08,722 --> 01:03:10,757 at any point while in the water. 917 01:03:11,491 --> 01:03:14,494 Once a swimmer is touched, even in the white water, 918 01:03:14,594 --> 01:03:16,963 it is an immediate disqualification. 919 01:03:22,135 --> 01:03:24,170 [speaking German] 920 01:03:25,380 --> 01:03:27,140 -That as loud as it can go? -[Henry Jr.] Yes. 921 01:03:27,207 --> 01:03:30,430 [radio performer] It's the most wonderful feeling in the world. 922 01:03:30,810 --> 01:03:32,312 -[Horlick] I'm your host and bandleader… -Shh! 923 01:03:32,379 --> 01:03:35,215 …Harry Horlick, and this is the A&P Liberty Hour. 924 01:03:35,281 --> 01:03:37,684 Before we begin, some news from Europe. 925 01:03:37,751 --> 01:03:41,755 Trudy Ederle will attempt to swim the English Channel at sunrise today 926 01:03:41,855 --> 01:03:45,825 as the world waits to see if a woman can survive the hardest test 927 01:03:45,925 --> 01:03:47,260 in all of sports. 928 01:03:47,327 --> 01:03:49,829 [Horlick continues in distance] 929 01:03:54,801 --> 01:03:55,935 [foghorn blows] 930 01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:57,337 [captain shouts] 931 01:04:05,545 --> 01:04:07,213 [reporters clamoring] 932 01:04:17,657 --> 01:04:20,460 You promised me some music, Mr. Wolffe! 933 01:04:25,131 --> 01:04:28,334 [playing "Scotland the Brave"] 934 01:04:34,708 --> 01:04:36,209 [crowd member] You're the best, Trudy! 935 01:04:37,310 --> 01:04:38,878 Lucky I don't hear so good. 936 01:04:43,583 --> 01:04:45,752 [reporters shouting] 937 01:05:04,637 --> 01:05:07,700 [Wolffe] Trudy! Breaststroke! 938 01:05:08,375 --> 01:05:09,376 Trudy! 939 01:05:10,243 --> 01:05:11,478 Breaststroke! 940 01:05:19,285 --> 01:05:21,955 [reporters shouting] 941 01:05:25,558 --> 01:05:26,826 [reporter] We got it! 942 01:05:49,215 --> 01:05:54,387 7:15 a.m., air is 48 degrees, water is 61 degrees. 943 01:05:54,454 --> 01:05:57,657 Trudy Ederle is in the water swimming the American crawl. 944 01:05:58,425 --> 01:06:00,493 -[reporter 1] Send that to New York! -[reporter 2] Let's go! 945 01:06:00,593 --> 01:06:02,228 -NBC. -[speaking French] 946 01:06:02,295 --> 01:06:05,331 -[reporter 3] Coming through. -[reporter 4] Sixty-one. Send it now. 947 01:06:06,466 --> 01:06:09,202 [music playing on radio] 948 01:06:09,302 --> 01:06:11,871 [Horlick] Reports from the frigid waters of the English Channel. 949 01:06:11,971 --> 01:06:16,142 Trudy Ederle is now two miles into her swim and is looking strong. 950 01:06:16,209 --> 01:06:18,378 Trudy is not swimming the breaststroke. 951 01:06:18,478 --> 01:06:21,348 She is swimming the 28-beat American crawl. 952 01:06:21,414 --> 01:06:24,117 -And now a message from our sponsor. -Come on. Come on, girl. 953 01:06:24,217 --> 01:06:25,585 Kick your feet! 954 01:06:33,393 --> 01:06:35,895 Trudy! Slow down. 955 01:06:47,140 --> 01:06:48,141 Trudy! 956 01:06:50,377 --> 01:06:51,378 Slow down! 957 01:06:52,212 --> 01:06:53,213 [chuckles] 958 01:06:54,381 --> 01:06:56,116 [reporter 1 chuckles] She's not listening to him. 959 01:06:56,216 --> 01:06:57,217 [reporters chuckle] 960 01:06:57,283 --> 01:06:59,586 Four miles in and showing no signs of fatigue. 961 01:06:59,686 --> 01:07:01,688 Trudy Ederle is swimming faster. 962 01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:19,139 [sighs] 963 01:07:29,883 --> 01:07:30,884 Trudy! 964 01:07:33,530 --> 01:07:34,954 Fruit! You need to eat! 965 01:07:39,726 --> 01:07:40,927 Get me closer. 966 01:07:41,428 --> 01:07:42,429 Closer! 967 01:07:45,298 --> 01:07:46,700 [captain speaking French] 968 01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:03,383 [grunting] 969 01:08:04,584 --> 01:08:06,119 Grab it! 970 01:08:06,219 --> 01:08:07,387 [Trudy grunting] 971 01:08:08,755 --> 01:08:09,889 [Trudy shouts] 972 01:08:16,162 --> 01:08:17,964 -Trudy! Take it! -[grunts] 973 01:08:18,310 --> 01:08:19,599 [Wolffe] Take it! 974 01:08:20,533 --> 01:08:21,868 [grunts] 975 01:08:24,104 --> 01:08:25,538 He almost touched her! 976 01:08:25,638 --> 01:08:27,540 -He almost touched her! -[reporter 2] Did he touch her? 977 01:08:30,710 --> 01:08:33,580 ["Scotland the Brave" continues playing] 978 01:08:38,510 --> 01:08:39,850 [groans] 979 01:08:40,553 --> 01:08:41,921 [sighs] 980 01:08:45,959 --> 01:08:47,127 Shut up! 981 01:08:55,602 --> 01:08:56,936 [retches] 982 01:08:57,470 --> 01:09:01,174 Don't worry, old boy. Only 16 miles to go. 983 01:09:01,975 --> 01:09:02,976 [sighs] 984 01:09:03,643 --> 01:09:04,644 [groans] 985 01:09:23,396 --> 01:09:25,598 [gags, groans] 986 01:09:58,310 --> 01:09:59,332 [crew member shouts] 987 01:10:06,172 --> 01:10:07,340 Trudy! 988 01:10:07,841 --> 01:10:09,175 Halt! Tea! 989 01:10:17,951 --> 01:10:19,686 Here. Take it. 990 01:10:21,588 --> 01:10:23,560 [grunts] 991 01:10:27,930 --> 01:10:29,129 [gasps] Got it! 992 01:10:30,130 --> 01:10:31,131 That's good. 993 01:10:40,240 --> 01:10:41,374 Thank you! 994 01:11:00,293 --> 01:11:02,562 Six miles in. She's slowing down. 995 01:11:03,129 --> 01:11:05,665 [reporter] Here you go, fellow. Take this. Take it. It's yours. 996 01:11:22,949 --> 01:11:24,417 [coughs] 997 01:11:25,418 --> 01:11:26,419 You all right? 998 01:11:27,354 --> 01:11:29,550 [coughing] 999 01:11:33,226 --> 01:11:34,594 [Wolffe] Trudy, hey! 1000 01:11:34,661 --> 01:11:36,129 [reporters murmuring] 1001 01:11:38,431 --> 01:11:39,499 [Wolffe] Trudy! 1002 01:11:40,667 --> 01:11:42,535 You're swimming the wrong way. 1003 01:11:43,603 --> 01:11:45,405 Wrong way. This way. 1004 01:11:47,640 --> 01:11:49,642 [coughing] 1005 01:12:00,353 --> 01:12:02,220 [coughs, chokes] 1006 01:12:03,223 --> 01:12:06,726 Well, look at her. Not even seven miles. 1007 01:12:07,994 --> 01:12:09,396 We've all be suckered. 1008 01:12:09,462 --> 01:12:11,264 [reporter 1] Wasted everyone's time. 1009 01:12:11,331 --> 01:12:12,332 [Wolffe, distorted] Trudy! 1010 01:12:13,500 --> 01:12:15,301 -Trudy! -[Meg, echoing] Trudy! 1011 01:12:15,368 --> 01:12:17,300 [normal voice] Trudy! 1012 01:12:17,103 --> 01:12:18,538 [reporter 2] Trudy, look here. 1013 01:12:18,638 --> 01:12:20,400 -[reporter 3] Trudy! -[Trudy coughs] 1014 01:12:21,574 --> 01:12:22,575 It's over. 1015 01:12:23,176 --> 01:12:24,210 [reporter 4] That's it. 1016 01:12:44,998 --> 01:12:47,600 Trudy is saved by her coach, Jabez Wolffe, 1017 01:12:47,667 --> 01:12:50,303 who dives in as she sinks beneath the waves. 1018 01:12:50,370 --> 01:12:51,371 Excuse me. 1019 01:12:51,471 --> 01:12:53,373 [reporters chattering] 1020 01:12:58,845 --> 01:13:02,820 [Horlick] It is now clear that Trudy Ederle simply did not possess 1021 01:13:02,182 --> 01:13:04,217 the necessary strength or endurance. 1022 01:13:04,751 --> 01:13:07,954 But courage alone was not enough to tame those waters. 1023 01:13:08,755 --> 01:13:11,224 Only five men have succeeded to date. 1024 01:13:11,291 --> 01:13:15,328 Captain Webb being the first to cross in 21 hours and 45 minutes. 1025 01:13:15,428 --> 01:13:17,430 Over a dozen brave men have died… 1026 01:13:17,497 --> 01:13:18,498 [Meg sobs] 1027 01:13:30,410 --> 01:13:32,178 [Horlick, in distance] The world reacts to the news 1028 01:13:32,245 --> 01:13:33,880 that Trudy Ederle has collapsed at sea. 1029 01:13:33,947 --> 01:13:37,217 After the results at the Olympics and now in the Channel, 1030 01:13:37,283 --> 01:13:40,887 it will be a rallying cry for those to oppose female athletics. 1031 01:13:40,954 --> 01:13:44,657 As predicted, the English Channel was too great a force for any woman. 1032 01:13:44,758 --> 01:13:45,925 [radio stops] 1033 01:13:50,597 --> 01:13:53,330 [knife scraping] 1034 01:13:56,269 --> 01:13:59,706 [Horlick] Ladies and gentlemen, Trudy Ederle was pulled from the water 1035 01:13:59,806 --> 01:14:01,641 after only six miles. 1036 01:14:02,342 --> 01:14:04,310 The swim is over. 1037 01:14:04,377 --> 01:14:07,180 And it is safe to say that if Trudy Ederle can only get 1038 01:14:07,247 --> 01:14:09,549 a few miles from the French shore, 1039 01:14:09,616 --> 01:14:13,186 no woman will ever swim the English Channel. 1040 01:14:16,556 --> 01:14:18,758 [breathing heavily] 1041 01:14:25,980 --> 01:14:26,833 [distorted] What happened? 1042 01:14:27,634 --> 01:14:29,769 [echoing] You went too fast. 1043 01:14:42,549 --> 01:14:45,118 [seagulls crying] 1044 01:14:53,226 --> 01:14:55,628 All the nurses think you're very brave. 1045 01:14:55,729 --> 01:14:58,331 How far did I get? Nobody will tell me. 1046 01:14:58,431 --> 01:14:59,432 It's okay, Trudy. 1047 01:14:59,966 --> 01:15:01,301 Been here for two weeks. 1048 01:15:01,868 --> 01:15:04,971 I wanna go home. I wanna go home right now. 1049 01:15:06,206 --> 01:15:07,374 Home came to you. 1050 01:15:18,952 --> 01:15:20,353 What are you doing here? 1051 01:15:20,420 --> 01:15:24,491 I came to say it's not right. They should let women be butchers. 1052 01:15:25,910 --> 01:15:26,920 I will teach you. 1053 01:15:26,159 --> 01:15:28,128 I don't wanna be a butcher. 1054 01:15:29,329 --> 01:15:32,332 I'm sorry. But while I was listening to you on the radio… 1055 01:15:33,700 --> 01:15:37,303 My daughter on the radio? And you were alone. 1056 01:15:38,400 --> 01:15:41,307 And I was ashamed of myself. Ashamed I was not here. 1057 01:15:43,900 --> 01:15:44,100 You're here now. 1058 01:15:44,878 --> 01:15:47,470 Yeah. We came to take you home. 1059 01:15:47,714 --> 01:15:48,715 We? 1060 01:15:50,183 --> 01:15:52,185 You didn't think I'd let him come without me? 1061 01:15:52,719 --> 01:15:55,388 [laughs] Meg. Meg! 1062 01:15:55,955 --> 01:15:57,557 [laughs] 1063 01:15:57,624 --> 01:15:59,459 I've been dreaming about you. 1064 01:15:59,559 --> 01:16:01,928 And cheese. I'm starving. 1065 01:16:04,264 --> 01:16:07,500 There's a ship leaving tomorrow. You think you're strong enough? 1066 01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:08,968 [Burgess speaking French] 1067 01:16:09,350 --> 01:16:10,837 Trudy Ederle, where is she? 1068 01:16:10,937 --> 01:16:12,972 [nurse] Sir, you must leave the hospital immediately. 1069 01:16:13,390 --> 01:16:14,240 Mr. Burgess? 1070 01:16:15,208 --> 01:16:18,645 You were swimming 12-and-a-half minute miles across every tide. 1071 01:16:19,346 --> 01:16:20,413 Who is this man? 1072 01:16:20,513 --> 01:16:21,514 What happened? 1073 01:16:22,449 --> 01:16:26,386 Twenty-eight strokes per minute, 12-and-a-half minute miles. 1074 01:16:26,920 --> 01:16:27,921 Outstanding. 1075 01:16:29,155 --> 01:16:30,924 You will leave my daughter alone, sir. 1076 01:16:32,826 --> 01:16:34,761 The captain of the Alsace is a friend of mine. 1077 01:16:35,462 --> 01:16:37,997 He said Mr. Wolffe almost touched you in the water. 1078 01:16:38,598 --> 01:16:39,599 He slipped. 1079 01:16:40,166 --> 01:16:42,100 Well, he's a Channel swimmer, he didn't slip. 1080 01:16:43,536 --> 01:16:46,339 You were swimming two knots against every chop. 1081 01:16:46,406 --> 01:16:48,908 And then suddenly you were drowning. 1082 01:16:50,243 --> 01:16:51,311 So what happened? 1083 01:16:52,846 --> 01:16:55,348 Wolffe gave me tea. I was sick after I drank it. 1084 01:16:55,415 --> 01:16:58,184 First my stomach, then my head. 1085 01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:01,855 I couldn't stay awake. 1086 01:17:02,455 --> 01:17:03,456 Tea? 1087 01:17:07,827 --> 01:17:10,960 He carries pills to put himself to sleep. 1088 01:17:11,297 --> 01:17:12,465 Seasick pills. 1089 01:17:13,633 --> 01:17:14,667 [scoffs] 1090 01:17:15,301 --> 01:17:16,469 No wonder he left so fast. 1091 01:17:19,172 --> 01:17:20,473 He poisoned my daughter? 1092 01:17:21,174 --> 01:17:23,743 Take it as a compliment, Mr. Ederle. 1093 01:17:24,844 --> 01:17:28,810 Women must be making progress if their coaches are trying to kill 'em. 1094 01:17:28,181 --> 01:17:30,160 Uh, we'll go to the press. 1095 01:17:30,830 --> 01:17:33,753 No. They'll never believe some biscuit who almost drowned. 1096 01:17:33,853 --> 01:17:36,156 Not until she's touched the sand on the other side. 1097 01:17:38,458 --> 01:17:40,493 It'd be my honor to show you the way. 1098 01:17:40,593 --> 01:17:41,995 For another swim? 1099 01:17:42,996 --> 01:17:46,833 Please. If your mother finds out, she will kill me. 1100 01:17:47,434 --> 01:17:49,502 [Meg] Trudy, what do you wanna do? 1101 01:18:03,850 --> 01:18:06,853 I came all this way. Might as well see England. 1102 01:18:09,756 --> 01:18:12,959 Ladies and gentleman, not all experiments succeed. 1103 01:18:13,590 --> 01:18:16,596 At this moment, Trudy's health is all we care about. 1104 01:18:16,663 --> 01:18:19,632 I will personally make sure she recovers on that ship. 1105 01:18:19,699 --> 01:18:21,134 -[reporter 1] Right here! -Yes. 1106 01:18:21,201 --> 01:18:23,837 [Sullivan] I will answer another question. One at a time. 1107 01:18:23,937 --> 01:18:25,505 [reporter 2] What will be your next venture? 1108 01:18:26,206 --> 01:18:28,708 Get some rest in your cabin, Trudy. 1109 01:18:28,808 --> 01:18:30,430 Ah. 1110 01:18:30,143 --> 01:18:34,614 In a few days, you'll be home and all of this will be forgotten. 1111 01:18:35,281 --> 01:18:36,750 As if it never happened. 1112 01:18:37,550 --> 01:18:38,551 Yeah. 1113 01:19:00,540 --> 01:19:01,841 [panting] 1114 01:19:05,450 --> 01:19:06,146 [shouts] 1115 01:19:09,150 --> 01:19:10,750 Whoo! [coughs] 1116 01:19:15,955 --> 01:19:18,725 We have three days until that ship arrives in New York, 1117 01:19:19,726 --> 01:19:22,950 until the world finds out you're still in France. 1118 01:19:23,296 --> 01:19:25,532 But what if she's not strong enough in three days? 1119 01:19:26,299 --> 01:19:30,437 Well, there's a storm coming. The water temperature's 56 and dropping. 1120 01:19:30,503 --> 01:19:32,472 Any lower and she won't survive. 1121 01:19:32,539 --> 01:19:33,573 Look, we can't wait. 1122 01:19:34,541 --> 01:19:35,809 I go in three days. 1123 01:19:36,343 --> 01:19:39,512 No press. No crowds. Nobody to stop me. 1124 01:19:51,910 --> 01:19:53,159 Everyone thinks it's a straight line to England. 1125 01:19:54,461 --> 01:19:56,429 But it's the current that dictates the line. 1126 01:19:57,163 --> 01:19:59,866 Now, you know where the North Sea and the Atlantic are gonna surge, 1127 01:19:59,966 --> 01:20:02,435 then you can follow that current like a map. 1128 01:20:03,937 --> 01:20:06,172 I need you to promise me something, Mr. Burgess. 1129 01:20:06,840 --> 01:20:09,542 Don't let anyone take me out of the water no matter what. 1130 01:20:14,214 --> 01:20:15,548 It's not right what you're asking. 1131 01:20:15,615 --> 01:20:18,952 I decide what's right. I go on my terms. 1132 01:20:19,753 --> 01:20:20,754 Promise me. 1133 01:20:21,254 --> 01:20:24,224 What about your father or your family? 1134 01:20:26,126 --> 01:20:29,462 They could never understand, but you do. 1135 01:20:30,263 --> 01:20:32,599 So promise me you won't pull me out. 1136 01:20:32,665 --> 01:20:35,335 I've broken every promise I've ever made to a woman. 1137 01:20:35,835 --> 01:20:38,538 You know, back in England, they-- they bought me a thousand whiskeys. 1138 01:20:38,638 --> 01:20:40,140 Dragged me before the Queen. 1139 01:20:40,874 --> 01:20:44,811 But I let them all down. I couldn't be what they wanted me to be. 1140 01:20:45,345 --> 01:20:47,414 -And what's that? -A bloody hero. 1141 01:20:48,348 --> 01:20:49,683 Well, you're asking the wrong man. 1142 01:20:51,217 --> 01:20:53,720 I'm asking for your word, Mr. Burgess. 1143 01:20:55,210 --> 01:20:56,990 We go to England or die trying. 1144 01:21:01,610 --> 01:21:02,620 [Burgess sighs] 1145 01:21:24,384 --> 01:21:29,889 ♪ Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you ♪ 1146 01:21:29,956 --> 01:21:32,792 ♪ Let me hear you whisper That you love-- ♪ 1147 01:21:32,892 --> 01:21:33,960 God. 1148 01:21:34,594 --> 01:21:36,496 Trudy, you're cut to pieces. 1149 01:21:36,596 --> 01:21:39,165 I'm used to it. Every bathing gown cuts the same. 1150 01:21:39,265 --> 01:21:40,266 [Meg sighs] 1151 01:21:41,167 --> 01:21:42,435 This needs to be tighter. 1152 01:21:43,103 --> 01:21:45,271 We need to remove the drag across the shoulders, 1153 01:21:46,172 --> 01:21:47,741 and we should get rid of everything else. 1154 01:21:47,841 --> 01:21:49,175 What are you talking about? 1155 01:21:51,344 --> 01:21:53,246 Most swimmers avoid the moon. 1156 01:21:53,346 --> 01:21:55,615 Fear of the neap tide when the slack water's high. 1157 01:21:56,383 --> 01:22:00,200 This is the route Trudy'll take to defeat the tide. 1158 01:22:00,754 --> 01:22:03,556 Look, she'll make two 90 degree turns during the swim. 1159 01:22:04,624 --> 01:22:07,560 Add about 20 miles. 1160 01:22:08,940 --> 01:22:09,229 Add 20 miles? 1161 01:22:09,295 --> 01:22:12,599 My only concern is the weather slowing her down, 1162 01:22:13,466 --> 01:22:15,602 which could push her south of the Goodwin Sands. 1163 01:22:16,169 --> 01:22:17,537 What the hell are you talking about? 1164 01:22:17,637 --> 01:22:21,574 The shallows. Look, she gets caught there and we can't follow. 1165 01:22:21,675 --> 01:22:23,376 But the darkness is our enemy. 1166 01:22:23,476 --> 01:22:25,912 If Trudy loses her way, then a current can take her. 1167 01:22:26,513 --> 01:22:29,716 Not even Trudy is strong enough to swim perpendicular to that tide. 1168 01:22:30,450 --> 01:22:31,518 She'll be swept out to sea. 1169 01:22:33,386 --> 01:22:34,387 [Meg] Okay. 1170 01:22:35,550 --> 01:22:37,123 It's done. Here she is. 1171 01:22:39,225 --> 01:22:40,727 -What do you think? -No, no, no, no, no. 1172 01:22:40,794 --> 01:22:43,830 She's not going out in that. Even the French will lock her up. 1173 01:22:43,930 --> 01:22:45,965 I'll be covered in porpoise fat and lanolin. 1174 01:22:46,320 --> 01:22:48,268 Nobody'll ever know the emperor's got no clothes. 1175 01:22:49,536 --> 01:22:52,172 -All of you are crazy! -[Trudy, Meg chuckle] 1176 01:22:53,873 --> 01:22:54,874 [Sullivan] Trudy? 1177 01:22:57,644 --> 01:23:00,130 Some reporters upstairs wish to speak with you. 1178 01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:01,915 You need to come out of your room. 1179 01:23:08,388 --> 01:23:10,490 [wind howling] 1180 01:23:15,950 --> 01:23:20,266 I need to send a telegram to the owner of the Gray Nose Hotel in France. 1181 01:23:20,333 --> 01:23:21,468 What should it say, sir? 1182 01:23:22,535 --> 01:23:24,637 Ask him if she's in the water. 1183 01:23:26,740 --> 01:23:28,208 [friends shouting] 1184 01:23:38,184 --> 01:23:40,887 [breathing heavily] 1185 01:23:50,330 --> 01:23:53,266 ♪ In the morning In the evening ♪ 1186 01:23:53,333 --> 01:23:54,768 ♪ Ain't we got fun? ♪ 1187 01:23:55,368 --> 01:23:56,669 ♪ Not much money ♪ 1188 01:23:56,770 --> 01:23:59,839 ♪ Oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 1189 01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:08,581 Trudy, you don't have to do this. 1190 01:24:10,550 --> 01:24:11,718 I don't know. 1191 01:24:11,785 --> 01:24:13,553 Seems like a nice day for a swim. 1192 01:24:19,392 --> 01:24:20,960 [reporters shouting] 1193 01:24:21,610 --> 01:24:23,463 -She's going again. -[reporter 1] She's down by the water! 1194 01:24:23,563 --> 01:24:24,864 [reporter 2] Trudy! Trudy! 1195 01:24:26,990 --> 01:24:28,368 [reporter 3] Trudy! Are you going again? 1196 01:24:28,468 --> 01:24:29,602 Get on the boat. 1197 01:24:47,530 --> 01:24:49,890 [crew member speaking French] 1198 01:24:49,155 --> 01:24:50,657 [reporters shouting] 1199 01:24:52,258 --> 01:24:54,940 [reporter 4] Trudy! Over here! Over here! 1200 01:24:54,594 --> 01:24:55,895 [sighs] 1201 01:25:22,555 --> 01:25:25,759 I'll pay £20 for a spot on the first boat that leaves the docks. 1202 01:25:25,825 --> 01:25:27,794 American Trudy Ederle never went home. 1203 01:25:27,894 --> 01:25:29,729 She's still in France and back in the water. 1204 01:25:38,271 --> 01:25:40,306 ["Ain't We Got Fun" playing on record player] 1205 01:25:43,576 --> 01:25:48,480 ♪ Every morning, every evening Ain't we got fun? ♪ 1206 01:25:48,948 --> 01:25:50,750 ♪ Not much money ♪ 1207 01:25:50,850 --> 01:25:53,887 ♪ Oh, but, honey Ain't we got fun? ♪ 1208 01:25:55,550 --> 01:25:59,926 ♪ The rent's unpaid, dear We haven't a car ♪ 1209 01:26:00,460 --> 01:26:02,762 [music playing on radio] 1210 01:26:03,430 --> 01:26:05,498 [snoring] 1211 01:26:05,598 --> 01:26:08,368 [Horlick] The National Broadcast Company interrupts the A&P Liberty Hour 1212 01:26:08,468 --> 01:26:09,636 to report from France, 1213 01:26:09,703 --> 01:26:12,706 where Trudy Ederle has been seen back in the water. 1214 01:26:12,806 --> 01:26:14,674 [music continues] 1215 01:26:19,479 --> 01:26:23,116 I think Harry Horlick just said that Trudy was swimming again. 1216 01:26:23,616 --> 01:26:24,617 She's in the Channel. 1217 01:26:24,718 --> 01:26:26,920 It was a dream. They come home tomorrow. 1218 01:26:28,540 --> 01:26:29,155 [speaking German] 1219 01:26:29,255 --> 01:26:31,291 Okay. Good night. 1220 01:26:31,391 --> 01:26:32,392 [speaking German] 1221 01:26:35,595 --> 01:26:36,629 [music stops] 1222 01:26:40,500 --> 01:26:43,103 [Horlick on radio, in distance] …and she's making her second attempt 1223 01:26:43,169 --> 01:26:45,400 to swim the English Channel. 1224 01:26:45,772 --> 01:26:47,240 [neighbor, indistinct] 1225 01:26:50,760 --> 01:26:52,679 [Horlick in distance] …interrupting our programming once again 1226 01:26:52,746 --> 01:26:54,180 with news just in from Europe 1227 01:26:54,247 --> 01:26:56,683 about the attempt to cross the English Channel. 1228 01:26:56,750 --> 01:26:59,190 [radio broadcaster] Trudy Ederle is making a second attempt 1229 01:26:59,850 --> 01:27:00,186 to swim the English Channel. 1230 01:27:02,756 --> 01:27:05,592 [Horlick] Trudy Ederle is four miles out and swimming strong. 1231 01:27:05,658 --> 01:27:08,228 -Another update in 30 minutes. -Henry, get dressed! 1232 01:27:13,666 --> 01:27:16,200 ["Ain't We Got Fun" continues on record player] 1233 01:27:21,408 --> 01:27:22,409 [record scratch] 1234 01:27:27,347 --> 01:27:28,381 Ten-and-a-half. 1235 01:27:29,883 --> 01:27:31,951 Nineteen degrees starboard! 1236 01:27:32,520 --> 01:27:33,530 [captain] Hang on! 1237 01:27:34,521 --> 01:27:37,390 [shouting] 1238 01:27:42,996 --> 01:27:44,798 England is that way, Mr. Burgess! 1239 01:27:44,864 --> 01:27:46,332 But we'll keep her with the tide! 1240 01:27:50,603 --> 01:27:52,138 [reporter 1] Hey, hey, get-- get closer. 1241 01:27:54,474 --> 01:27:55,709 [shouting, indistinct] 1242 01:27:58,345 --> 01:28:00,547 -Closer! -[reporter 2] We need to respect distance! 1243 01:28:00,647 --> 01:28:01,915 [reporter 1] Get closer! 1244 01:28:04,751 --> 01:28:06,686 [reporter 3] In the water! Look there! 1245 01:28:06,753 --> 01:28:08,355 [shouting, indistinct] 1246 01:28:08,955 --> 01:28:10,560 Look what she's wearing! 1247 01:28:10,123 --> 01:28:11,758 -[reporter 1] Trudy! -[reporter 4 shouting] 1248 01:28:11,825 --> 01:28:13,293 They're too close. 1249 01:28:15,950 --> 01:28:16,663 -Hey! -[reporter 1] Get closer. 1250 01:28:16,763 --> 01:28:19,320 -Hey! Get away from her! -[reporter 2] Trudy, over here! 1251 01:28:19,132 --> 01:28:21,301 -[Burgess] Get away from her! -Get away from her! 1252 01:28:21,368 --> 01:28:22,769 Just-- J-Just one photograph! 1253 01:28:23,436 --> 01:28:25,105 -[Henry] Get away from her! -Get closer! 1254 01:28:25,171 --> 01:28:26,706 -[gunshot] -[reporters shouting] 1255 01:28:29,709 --> 01:28:32,780 [reporters shouting] 1256 01:28:32,178 --> 01:28:33,847 Get away from her 1257 01:28:34,347 --> 01:28:35,882 or I'll shoot ya! 1258 01:28:35,949 --> 01:28:38,180 Nobody touches her in the water. 1259 01:28:45,910 --> 01:28:46,226 [chuckles] 1260 01:28:47,794 --> 01:28:49,562 [reporters shouting] 1261 01:28:52,966 --> 01:28:54,868 -He shot at us. -Yeah. 1262 01:29:07,580 --> 01:29:08,948 [Trudy shouts] 1263 01:29:09,490 --> 01:29:10,950 They're leaking! I can't see! 1264 01:29:38,511 --> 01:29:44,117 [on speakers] ♪ We have no bananas We have no bananas today ♪ 1265 01:29:44,217 --> 01:29:45,518 You can't be in here. 1266 01:29:47,220 --> 01:29:49,155 Excuse me, ma'am. You can't be in here! 1267 01:29:49,255 --> 01:29:52,225 My name is Gertrude Ederle, the mother of Trudy Ederle. 1268 01:29:52,792 --> 01:29:54,994 It takes too long for you people to tell us what's happening. 1269 01:29:55,950 --> 01:29:57,530 I want you to tell me where she is. Now. 1270 01:29:57,630 --> 01:29:59,866 Uh, why don't you all have a seat? 1271 01:29:59,966 --> 01:30:01,634 As reports come in, you'll see 'em as we do. 1272 01:30:02,335 --> 01:30:04,504 -Where is she? -I don't know. Tommy? 1273 01:30:04,604 --> 01:30:06,339 [fingers snapping] 1274 01:30:08,708 --> 01:30:11,311 Thank you. Uh, eight miles, 5-foot swells, 1275 01:30:11,378 --> 01:30:14,470 air temperature is 56 degrees, water is 55. Please. 1276 01:30:14,547 --> 01:30:20,200 ♪ We have an old-fashioned tomato ♪ 1277 01:30:20,860 --> 01:30:22,922 ♪ And a Long Island potato ♪ 1278 01:30:22,989 --> 01:30:26,259 I don't like this music. Change it. 1279 01:30:26,326 --> 01:30:28,261 ♪ We have no bananas today ♪ 1280 01:30:29,462 --> 01:30:31,297 [ship creaking] 1281 01:31:01,428 --> 01:31:04,431 Look ahead! The water has turned red out there. 1282 01:31:09,369 --> 01:31:10,670 [Burgess] Slow the boat down! 1283 01:31:13,390 --> 01:31:14,541 -Slow down! -[bell rings] 1284 01:31:14,641 --> 01:31:15,842 [captain shouting] 1285 01:31:28,121 --> 01:31:29,255 [whistles] 1286 01:31:34,561 --> 01:31:35,962 Red jellyfish! 1287 01:31:41,634 --> 01:31:42,702 What can we do? 1288 01:31:42,802 --> 01:31:43,970 Nothing. She swims through. 1289 01:31:47,400 --> 01:31:49,509 [breathing heavily] 1290 01:31:54,781 --> 01:31:57,117 [reporters clamoring] 1291 01:32:13,266 --> 01:32:14,267 [Trudy screams] 1292 01:32:26,479 --> 01:32:27,447 [screaming] 1293 01:32:34,287 --> 01:32:35,288 [groans] 1294 01:32:40,560 --> 01:32:41,594 [Trudy screams] 1295 01:32:41,661 --> 01:32:42,896 Come on, Trudy. 1296 01:32:45,799 --> 01:32:46,800 [grunts] 1297 01:32:49,469 --> 01:32:50,470 [screams] 1298 01:33:03,183 --> 01:33:05,719 [panting] 1299 01:33:08,355 --> 01:33:09,556 [shouts] 1300 01:33:22,268 --> 01:33:23,770 [coughs, pants] 1301 01:33:39,386 --> 01:33:41,788 She's done. Get her out, Mr. Burgess. 1302 01:33:42,322 --> 01:33:43,923 She's just resting. It's all right. 1303 01:33:44,424 --> 01:33:50,230 [Henry] All right? This has gone too far! You had her swim sideways into jellyfish. 1304 01:33:50,296 --> 01:33:52,332 When are you going to turn her back to England? 1305 01:33:52,432 --> 01:33:55,100 [Burgess, indistinct] 1306 01:33:55,101 --> 01:33:56,436 [Henry] This is madness! 1307 01:33:56,503 --> 01:33:58,371 She just got stung by a hundred jellyfish! 1308 01:33:58,471 --> 01:34:01,474 Aye. And she still swam at three-and-a-half knots. 1309 01:34:03,910 --> 01:34:05,578 [panting] 1310 01:34:07,547 --> 01:34:09,749 What are you waiting for, lazybones? 1311 01:34:09,849 --> 01:34:10,850 England is that way. 1312 01:34:10,917 --> 01:34:13,687 Keep going! Stay strong! 1313 01:34:16,656 --> 01:34:17,924 [coughing] 1314 01:34:35,375 --> 01:34:36,476 [reporter] She made it. 1315 01:34:41,214 --> 01:34:42,349 [pigeon coos] 1316 01:34:43,830 --> 01:34:44,918 [beeping] 1317 01:34:46,453 --> 01:34:49,989 [Horlick] Trudy Ederle battles strong currents and stinging jellyfish 1318 01:34:50,900 --> 01:34:52,425 as she cuts a path towards England. 1319 01:34:53,426 --> 01:34:55,662 -Swim, Trudy, swim! -[horn honks] 1320 01:35:16,716 --> 01:35:17,717 [telegraph beeping] 1321 01:35:17,784 --> 01:35:21,254 [news anchor] The American girl, Trudy Ederle, is still going strong. 1322 01:35:21,354 --> 01:35:23,423 She has now spent eight hours in the water. 1323 01:35:23,490 --> 01:35:26,659 [news anchor in French] 1324 01:35:26,760 --> 01:35:31,598 [news anchor in Spanish] 1325 01:35:34,534 --> 01:35:37,837 [spokesperson] Donnelly cod liver pills can help keep you calm. 1326 01:35:37,937 --> 01:35:38,905 How far is she? 1327 01:35:40,573 --> 01:35:43,143 Ladies and gentlemen, an update from the English Channel. 1328 01:35:43,209 --> 01:35:44,744 Trudy Ederle is… 1329 01:35:45,578 --> 01:35:47,130 halfway to Dover. 1330 01:36:11,204 --> 01:36:12,305 [gasping] 1331 01:36:27,870 --> 01:36:28,121 [Trudy shrieks] 1332 01:36:28,955 --> 01:36:31,570 It's been over an hour, and she barely moved. 1333 01:36:31,725 --> 01:36:33,930 She's exhausted. 1334 01:36:34,461 --> 01:36:35,995 The current is too strong. 1335 01:36:49,376 --> 01:36:50,543 Hey, get me in front of her! 1336 01:36:50,643 --> 01:36:52,979 Meg, what are you doing? 1337 01:36:53,460 --> 01:36:54,547 Trudy hates to lose a race. 1338 01:36:57,550 --> 01:36:59,190 [Henry] Meg! 1339 01:37:07,761 --> 01:37:09,295 Race you around the pier! 1340 01:37:13,933 --> 01:37:15,668 [Trudy] Meg! No! 1341 01:37:15,769 --> 01:37:17,670 [Trudy, Meg laughing] 1342 01:37:23,743 --> 01:37:25,545 -Meg! -[Meg] Come on, Trudy! 1343 01:37:26,680 --> 01:37:29,820 [news anchor on radio] Mile 13 and Miss Trudy Ederle 1344 01:37:29,182 --> 01:37:30,750 continues to maintain an even stroke. 1345 01:37:30,850 --> 01:37:33,530 Looks like she's coming our way, Mr. Wolffe. 1346 01:37:34,587 --> 01:37:36,122 You must be rooting against her. 1347 01:37:36,990 --> 01:37:38,258 Why would I do that? 1348 01:37:39,426 --> 01:37:41,961 If she makes it, you'll go down in history. 1349 01:37:42,629 --> 01:37:44,297 The man who couldn't swim it. 1350 01:37:44,964 --> 01:37:46,132 And couldn't coach it. 1351 01:37:46,199 --> 01:37:47,267 [patrons chuckle] 1352 01:37:47,333 --> 01:37:49,803 We no longer ask if she belongs in the Channel. 1353 01:37:49,869 --> 01:37:51,805 We now ask, "Can she defeat it?" 1354 01:37:59,312 --> 01:38:00,280 Trudy. 1355 01:38:01,715 --> 01:38:03,717 I'm sorry, but I can't swim anymore. 1356 01:38:04,284 --> 01:38:05,785 Get back on the boat. 1357 01:38:05,885 --> 01:38:07,187 Tell Burgess I'm starving. 1358 01:38:07,921 --> 01:38:08,922 What do you want? 1359 01:38:09,220 --> 01:38:11,925 [chuckles] Anything but tea! 1360 01:38:15,295 --> 01:38:16,663 [chuckles] 1361 01:38:27,474 --> 01:38:28,508 [sighs] 1362 01:38:31,440 --> 01:38:32,312 [shivering] 1363 01:38:33,513 --> 01:38:35,480 I can't feel my hands or feet. 1364 01:38:35,115 --> 01:38:36,516 What? 1365 01:38:36,583 --> 01:38:38,218 I don't know how she's still out there. 1366 01:38:38,284 --> 01:38:39,285 [Trudy] Another! 1367 01:38:41,888 --> 01:38:42,889 Ah. 1368 01:38:43,890 --> 01:38:44,891 Mmm. 1369 01:38:48,595 --> 01:38:50,330 Another! 1370 01:38:50,430 --> 01:38:52,532 [Horlick] We'll bring another update in 30 minutes. 1371 01:38:56,102 --> 01:38:58,705 What? What's wrong? 1372 01:38:58,805 --> 01:39:00,740 She's six miles from England. 1373 01:39:02,375 --> 01:39:04,210 [sighs] 1374 01:39:05,912 --> 01:39:07,470 Stop smiling. 1375 01:39:07,847 --> 01:39:09,549 It's a long way to go. 1376 01:39:11,618 --> 01:39:14,354 [Horlick] She now faces the most treacherous part of the Channel 1377 01:39:14,421 --> 01:39:17,123 that has taken so many lives already. 1378 01:39:17,624 --> 01:39:20,930 How much more does Trudy Ederle have in the tank 1379 01:39:20,160 --> 01:39:23,596 as she faces the ultimate long-distance challenge? 1380 01:39:46,519 --> 01:39:48,221 Shallows! We're in the shallows! 1381 01:39:48,288 --> 01:39:49,723 Hold on! 1382 01:39:49,789 --> 01:39:51,391 [shouting] 1383 01:40:00,800 --> 01:40:03,603 [ship horn blows] 1384 01:40:04,604 --> 01:40:05,772 [coughs] 1385 01:40:08,740 --> 01:40:09,142 What's happening? 1386 01:40:09,676 --> 01:40:11,478 The currents pushed us into the Goodwin Sands. 1387 01:40:12,912 --> 01:40:15,615 [Burgess speaking, indistinct] 1388 01:40:15,715 --> 01:40:20,854 [distantly] She'll come through the mouth of Dover onto the Kingsdown Beach. 1389 01:40:20,920 --> 01:40:24,900 She'll have to swim across the shallows for the last five miles alone. 1390 01:40:24,824 --> 01:40:28,595 What if she gets lost in the dark? What if she gets sucked out to the sea? 1391 01:40:28,661 --> 01:40:29,662 She can do it. 1392 01:40:30,430 --> 01:40:34,100 Take her out of the water now, Mr. Burgess. Get my daughter out! 1393 01:40:35,268 --> 01:40:36,770 Get my daughter out! 1394 01:40:40,373 --> 01:40:41,374 I will not take her out. 1395 01:40:41,474 --> 01:40:42,809 Take my daughter out! 1396 01:40:42,876 --> 01:40:45,545 As long as she wants to swim, she swims! 1397 01:40:47,681 --> 01:40:49,616 -She'll make it. -[Henry] No, we are losing light. 1398 01:40:50,216 --> 01:40:52,385 She's frozen stiff. She's slowing down. 1399 01:40:52,452 --> 01:40:54,954 She will be alone in the dark without a ship to guide her! 1400 01:40:55,550 --> 01:40:58,258 -Hey! Hey! -[Henry] I want her out of the water! 1401 01:40:59,592 --> 01:41:00,593 Trudy! 1402 01:41:01,895 --> 01:41:06,199 Trudy, we can't follow you through the shallows. 1403 01:41:06,299 --> 01:41:08,340 Without us, you will be lost. 1404 01:41:09,135 --> 01:41:11,604 Get out now. The swim is over. 1405 01:41:18,978 --> 01:41:19,979 It's not over. 1406 01:41:26,619 --> 01:41:27,754 I love you. 1407 01:41:41,334 --> 01:41:42,635 We'll meet her on the beach. 1408 01:41:49,909 --> 01:41:52,579 [engine rumbling] 1409 01:42:46,990 --> 01:42:48,668 [news anchor 1] Having achieved more than so many men before her, 1410 01:42:48,768 --> 01:42:52,272 Trudy Ederle now attempts the final stretch of the swim. 1411 01:42:52,739 --> 01:42:55,842 [Horlick] Trudy Ederle has entered the shallows alone. 1412 01:42:55,909 --> 01:42:59,790 A sandbank that guards the shores of England. 1413 01:42:59,179 --> 01:43:02,349 [new anchor 2] Mademoiselle Trudy Ederle has spent almost 13 hours in the water 1414 01:43:02,415 --> 01:43:05,585 in freezing temperatures in the most perilous part of the swim. 1415 01:43:40,553 --> 01:43:42,922 [breathing shakily] 1416 01:43:49,462 --> 01:43:52,165 [thunder rumbling] 1417 01:43:57,804 --> 01:43:59,372 [whimpers] 1418 01:44:04,210 --> 01:44:06,179 [coughing, panting] 1419 01:44:12,285 --> 01:44:13,286 No. 1420 01:44:32,105 --> 01:44:33,373 [whimpers] 1421 01:44:37,510 --> 01:44:39,212 No, no, no! 1422 01:44:40,213 --> 01:44:42,849 No, no! [coughs] 1423 01:44:43,450 --> 01:44:45,952 No! [crying] 1424 01:45:01,167 --> 01:45:03,360 [Horlick] She's lost in the shallows. 1425 01:45:04,170 --> 01:45:05,271 They can't find her. 1426 01:45:05,338 --> 01:45:07,741 [sniffles, sobs] 1427 01:45:14,180 --> 01:45:18,451 [Horlick] We have reports that Trudy Ederle is lost in the Goodwin Sands, 1428 01:45:18,551 --> 01:45:20,620 only five miles from England. 1429 01:45:23,590 --> 01:45:27,994 We pray she finds her way to Dover and the beach at Kingsdown. 1430 01:45:41,474 --> 01:45:44,440 [gasps, coughs] 1431 01:45:46,790 --> 01:45:47,847 [sobs, coughs] 1432 01:45:56,756 --> 01:45:58,758 [breathing shakily] 1433 01:46:02,295 --> 01:46:04,464 [gasps, shivering] 1434 01:46:27,120 --> 01:46:29,289 [Henry] We have to go back on that boat and find her. 1435 01:46:29,923 --> 01:46:32,559 [Burgess] There's no going back. This is where it ends. 1436 01:46:33,326 --> 01:46:34,594 [Henry] It's been hours! 1437 01:46:35,929 --> 01:46:38,980 How is she supposed to find her way? 1438 01:46:38,164 --> 01:46:40,300 [horns honking] 1439 01:46:45,400 --> 01:46:46,500 Look. 1440 01:47:00,420 --> 01:47:02,522 [chattering] 1441 01:47:11,798 --> 01:47:12,999 [sighs] Please. 1442 01:47:13,500 --> 01:47:15,368 [shivering] 1443 01:47:36,423 --> 01:47:39,920 [Horlick] There's fires burning on the cliffs of Dover 1444 01:47:39,159 --> 01:47:41,928 as the world stops now and waits. 1445 01:47:43,830 --> 01:47:46,166 We are all with her in that freezing water. 1446 01:47:46,266 --> 01:47:48,868 Tonight, we're all with Trudy. 1447 01:47:59,512 --> 01:48:02,282 [shivering] 1448 01:49:13,953 --> 01:49:15,822 [chattering] 1449 01:49:19,559 --> 01:49:20,560 There! 1450 01:49:21,261 --> 01:49:22,295 -Where? -There! 1451 01:49:27,000 --> 01:49:28,101 [gasps] 1452 01:49:30,336 --> 01:49:31,371 -[Burgess] It's-- -Trudy! 1453 01:49:31,471 --> 01:49:32,472 Trudy! 1454 01:49:35,842 --> 01:49:38,545 [spectators shouting] 1455 01:49:43,350 --> 01:49:45,852 -[sighs] -[woman 1] She's been out there for hours! 1456 01:49:46,553 --> 01:49:48,540 [woman 2] You made it! Come on! 1457 01:49:48,121 --> 01:49:49,289 [spectators clamoring] 1458 01:49:49,989 --> 01:49:51,224 Nobody touches her! 1459 01:50:20,720 --> 01:50:22,889 [water splashes] 1460 01:50:27,494 --> 01:50:28,895 [gasps] 1461 01:50:32,799 --> 01:50:33,833 [coughs] 1462 01:50:40,674 --> 01:50:42,509 [cheering] 1463 01:50:46,913 --> 01:50:47,914 [sobs] 1464 01:50:53,853 --> 01:50:54,854 [sobs] 1465 01:50:58,224 --> 01:50:59,626 [gasps] 1466 01:51:09,335 --> 01:51:11,370 [shivers] 1467 01:51:15,241 --> 01:51:17,510 Come on, Trudy. Just a few more steps. 1468 01:51:22,682 --> 01:51:24,500 B-Bloody hero. 1469 01:51:24,117 --> 01:51:25,952 [Burgess laughs] 1470 01:51:38,264 --> 01:51:39,866 Welcome to England. 1471 01:51:41,468 --> 01:51:44,104 -Yeah! -[spectators cheering] 1472 01:51:45,372 --> 01:51:47,307 [laughing] 1473 01:51:52,312 --> 01:51:53,680 My daughter! 1474 01:51:53,747 --> 01:51:55,949 I taught her to swim! I taught her! 1475 01:51:57,500 --> 01:51:58,518 [Trudy, Meg laughing] 1476 01:51:59,219 --> 01:52:01,554 -[reporter 1] This way, Trudy! -[reporter 2] Big smile! 1477 01:52:01,621 --> 01:52:02,956 [Meg] Look, you're freezing. Here. 1478 01:52:03,560 --> 01:52:04,424 [shivers] 1479 01:52:04,491 --> 01:52:06,920 -Here, take this. -Okay. 1480 01:52:08,940 --> 01:52:09,396 [coughs] 1481 01:52:09,929 --> 01:52:10,964 [Meg laughs] 1482 01:52:14,200 --> 01:52:16,803 [woman 1] We love you, Trudy! 1483 01:52:16,870 --> 01:52:19,372 [woman 2] Hooray! Bravo! 1484 01:52:19,973 --> 01:52:22,742 -[spectator 1] Bravo, Trudy! Bravo! -[spectator 2] We love you, Trudy! 1485 01:52:25,712 --> 01:52:27,714 Whoo! 1486 01:52:29,449 --> 01:52:31,840 [spectator shouting, indistinct] 1487 01:52:41,161 --> 01:52:42,629 Your daughter is in England! 1488 01:52:42,729 --> 01:52:44,330 [cheering] 1489 01:52:55,508 --> 01:52:57,877 Come on. Let's go. It's time for school. 1490 01:52:58,578 --> 01:52:59,713 School? 1491 01:53:00,647 --> 01:53:02,182 Trudy just swam the Channel. 1492 01:53:02,248 --> 01:53:04,451 Yes, she did, but you did not. 1493 01:53:10,657 --> 01:53:12,459 [laughter] 1494 01:53:15,610 --> 01:53:19,966 Ladies and gentlemen, today I can report that the greatest athlete in the world 1495 01:53:20,330 --> 01:53:22,669 is not Babe Ruth or Jack Dempsey. 1496 01:53:23,837 --> 01:53:29,876 The greatest athlete in the world is a young woman from New York City. 1497 01:53:31,478 --> 01:53:32,679 Trudy Ederle. 1498 01:53:35,849 --> 01:53:40,860 Yes! You did it, Trudy! 1499 01:53:40,186 --> 01:53:42,622 [cheering] 1500 01:53:42,722 --> 01:53:45,492 [pants] 1501 01:53:48,161 --> 01:53:50,397 [seagull crying] 1502 01:53:57,137 --> 01:53:59,839 Uh, I'm sorry. I-I can't let you into the country without a passport. 1503 01:54:00,707 --> 01:54:02,842 [laughing] 1504 01:54:02,909 --> 01:54:04,978 You-- You're gonna have to call someone. 1505 01:54:05,645 --> 01:54:07,681 [laughing] 1506 01:54:21,828 --> 01:54:23,496 [cheering] 1507 01:54:33,873 --> 01:54:34,874 [Trudy laughs] 1508 01:54:47,954 --> 01:54:49,656 [spectator] Welcome back, Trudy! 1509 01:55:01,201 --> 01:55:02,435 [Trudy laughs] 1510 01:55:02,502 --> 01:55:03,503 [Eppy] You did it. 1511 01:55:04,804 --> 01:55:05,905 Yes! 1512 01:55:06,500 --> 01:55:07,874 [laughs] Benji! 1513 01:55:07,974 --> 01:55:11,440 It's your time, Trudy. This is your time. 1514 01:55:11,578 --> 01:55:13,146 -[mayor] Trudy, we have to go. -Go on, Trudy! 1515 01:55:15,480 --> 01:55:16,416 My coach rides with me. 1516 01:55:20,620 --> 01:55:22,956 [spectators cheering] 1517 01:55:39,172 --> 01:55:40,874 Yeah, Trudy! 1518 01:55:54,870 --> 01:55:55,555 The Yankees! 1519 01:55:56,890 --> 01:55:57,991 Yeah! [laughs] 1520 01:55:58,958 --> 01:56:00,260 Babe Ruth!