Reach for the Sky Page #2

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- It's said you'll play for England.

- Well, I may be lucky.

Well, well, quite the all-rounder.

Rugger, cricket, boxing, Hendon.

Some show you put on at Hendon!

- Pricky Day's a great pilot.

- We ought to go.

- Why don't you beat up the field?

- No chance, old boy.

- Come on, give us a show!

- You heard Sanderson.

- The CO forbids the low stuff.

- Oh(!)

- Come on, we ought to get back.

- Sorry.

These boys only perform...

...when there's a crowd.

(panicked shouting)

See where the ambulance is! Hurry it up!

Hold on, we'll have you out in a moment.

Get those parachutes clear.

Take it easy, Douglas. They won't be long.

- This is damn silly. Let me get up.

- No, hold on, old boy. Lie still.

John... I can't feel my legs.

- (knock at door)

- Come in.

Mr Joyce, have you time to see

a young RAF officer?

- He's had a very bad crash.

- I have an appointment.

The House Surgeon says

there's very little hope.

- Tell Taylor I'll be delayed.

- You've only just caught him.

Yes, it was lucky.

This patient needs all the luck he can get.

(Joyce) Pulse is stronger.

It's amazing. He should be dead.

- (Price) He must be fit.

- Let me see the X-rays. Right leg.

Left leg.

Hello, you've had an accident.

Don't worry, just lie back.

- We'll fix you up.

- Don't give me anaesthetic, doc.

- I can't bear the stuff.

- We'll see things are all right.

Relax.

Now breathe... quite naturally.

What's the extent of his injury?

Right leg's practically severed,

left leg's crushed.

Two ribs broken.

Minor facial injuries.

We have to work fast.

He's lost a lot of blood.

I don't think we've got too much time.

I got here as fast as I could.

- What about his mother?

- I rang her.

- She'll be here tomorrow.

- Helluva mess.

A fellow like him

either flies that way or not at all.

- Oh, sister, what's happening?

- He's in theatre.

- How is he?

- They're amputating his right leg.

What a helluva thing to happen

to a man like Douglas.

- Sister, Mr Bader's mother's here.

- Show her into the waiting room.

All right, nurse,

you can take the dressings off now.

What am I doing here?

Oh, you're awake, are you?

- Of course I am. Where am I?

- In hospital.

- You had an accident.

- Accident?

- You crashed in an aeroplane.

- Bloody silly thing to do.

This is Mr Joyce.

He operated on you.

What did I do? Break a leg?

(Joyce) You broke both of them.

I suppose that sort of thing happens

in an aeroplane crash.

I'm sorry, old chap,

we had to take off the right leg.

- I hope I haven't been a nuisance.

- (Nurse) Ready, sister.

We'd better see

how the other leg's getting along.

This might hurt a little.

I can't remember anything.

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