Delivering the Message Across Enemy Territory | 1917 | Nominee

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]Lance Corporals Blake and Schofield, sir.

[00:00:05]Which one of you is Blake?

[00:00:06]Sir.

[00:00:08]You have a brother, a lieutenant in the Second Devons.

[00:00:11]Yes, sir.

[00:00:12]Joseph Blake, is he alive?

[00:00:14]As far as I know.

[00:00:16]And with your help, I'd like to keep it that way.

[00:00:20]Sanders tells me you're good with maps, is that right?

[00:00:23]Good enough, sir.

[00:00:25]So, we are here.

[00:00:31]The Second Devons are advancing here.

[00:00:35]How long will it take you to get there?

[00:00:38]I don't understand, sir. Sir, that land is held by the Germans.

[00:00:41]>> Germans have gone.

[00:00:44]Don't get your hopes up.

[00:00:45]It appears to be a strategic withdrawal.

[00:00:49]They seem to have created a new line, 9 mi back here, by the looks of it.

[00:00:54]Colonel Mackenzie is in command of the Second.

[00:00:57]He sent word yesterday morning he was going after the retreating Germans.

[00:01:02]He is convinced he has them on the run.

[00:01:04]That if he can break their lines now, he will turn the tide.

[00:01:08]He's wrong.

[00:01:10]Colonel Mackenzie has not seen these aerials of the enemy's new line.

[00:01:15]Come around here, gentlemen.

[00:01:18]3 mi deep field fortifications, defenses, artillery, the like of which we've never seen before.

[00:01:26]The Second are due to attack the line shortly after dawn tomorrow.

[00:01:29]They have no idea what they're in for.

[00:01:32]And we can't warn them. As a parting gift, the enemy cut all our telephone lines.

[00:01:37]Your orders are to get to the Second at Croisilles Wood, 1 mi southeast of the town of Le Forest.

[00:01:44]Deliver this to Colonel Mackenzie.

[00:01:46]It is a direct order to call off tomorrow morning's attack.

[00:01:50]If you don't, it will be a massacre.

[00:01:53]We will lose two battalions, 1,600 men, your brother among them.

[00:01:58]You think you can get there in time?

[00:02:00]Yes, sir.

[00:02:01]Any questions?

[00:02:03]No, sir. Good.

[00:02:05]Over to you, Lieutenant.

[00:02:09]Supplies, gentlemen.

[00:02:12]Map, torches, grenades, and uh a couple of little treats.

[00:02:17]Leave immediately. Take this trench west, up on Sauchiehall Street, then northwest on Paradise Alley at the front. Continue along the front line until you find the Yorks.

[00:02:25]Give this note to Major Stevenson. He's holding the line at the shortest span of no man's land. You'll cross there.

[00:02:32]It'll be daylight, sir. They'll see us.

[00:02:34]No need to be concerned. You should meet no resistance.

[00:02:43]Sir, is it just us?

[00:02:47]Down to Gehenna or up to the throne. He travels the fastest who travels alone.

[00:02:52]Wouldn't you say, Lieutenant? Yes, sir.

[00:02:54]I would.

[00:02:57]Good luck.