1984

" From the devastation wrought by the atomic raids of 1965 ,

" three great Police states rose to divide the world .

" Oceania, Eurasia .. and Eastasia .

" Atomic weapons were abolished, but not war itself .

" For only by maintaining the strain and tension of continual conflict ...

" could the ruling parties enforce absolute power .

" London ,

" with its bomb-proof ministries, became capital of Airstrip One ,

" a province of Oceania ."

" Take cover everybody. Take cover everybody .

" Special bulletin from the Ministry Of Peace .

" Eurasian rocket-bombs are approaching London .

" Take cover. Take cover, everybody ."

" Take cover immediately. Take cover immediately .

" Eurasian rocket-bombs are now over London .

" Take cover at once .

" Take cover at once .

" Take cover at once ."

" Stand by for an important announcement .

" The Ministry Of Peace is happy to report

" that thanks to the vigilance of our gallant interceptors

" no Eurasian rocket-bomb was able to reach targets of any importance .

" We continue now with our regular broadcast ."

" April 18th 1984 .

" Nobody keeps a diary today .

" Because to do so

" would be punishable by death .

" I don't care anymore .

" I found this old book by chance

" and I am going to set down what I dare not say aloud to anyone .

" I've seen that girl again .

" I am sure she was following me .

" Perhaps they suspect me already ."

" We interrupt this program for an important bulletin .

" The saboteurs, Lewis and Seagal were caught minutes ago in Victory Square ,

" and have already confessed their guilt .

" As he was arrested, Lewis was heard to shout in a loud voice :

" Long live Big Brother! "

Up with your hands!

You are a traitor! You are a thought-criminal.

You're a Eurasian spy.

I'll shoot you. I'll vaporise you.

I'll send you to the uranium mines.

Quieter now, Selina. Quieter.

You can't blame her for being excited, you know. This is her evening with the Spies.

Traitor! Thought-criminal!

I thought we could take her there, and then go and have a drink.

Why have you got this desk so far away from the telescreen?

It ought to be over there.

There is something in what she says, you know.

She doesn't miss a thing.

- I'll have to report you. - Nonsense, Selina. Nonsense.

Winston has nothing to hide.

Have you, Winston?

Ready then?

Yes, I'm ready.

" 6748. Smith W .

" Regulation 6040 .

" Outer Party members will always wear identification badges in public places ."

" And Smith .

" Don't forget again ."

All right, I'm ready.

- I'll order some gin. - Right.

Not here.

Over there.

- Didn't you recognise them? - No.

Jones and Rutherford.

- I thought they had been liquidated. - They ought to have been.

- Evil traitors. - I remember their trial.

They confessed to being in Eurasia during Hate-Week last year.

That's why the war went badly for a few months afterwards.

They were able to disclose a lot of secret information.

What are they doing at liberty?

BB granted them a pardon.

Don't you remember?

He freed 25 prisoners in honour of the Mediterranean victory.

Only BB could make a gesture like that.

I imagine they spent some time at the Ministry Of Love.

Oh yes. That's why they're here.

They're cured.

Better not show so much interest.

Two gins.

Good.

Thank you.

Maybe we shouldn't have stopped here.

I get pretty uneasy when I'm near people who aren't...

"healthy" if you know what I mean.

Oh well.

Long live BB.

Long live BB.

- Anything wrong? - No.

Coffee, please.

You looked at that girl as though you were scared.

I...

I dislike her.

Then you know her?

Yes, she works in the Ministry Of Truth, in the Fiction department.

They turn out books for the people.

But you've never spoken to her.

No. She watches me.

That needn't bother you.

I mean, even if she's a member of the Thought Police,

you've got nothing to worry about.

That's right.

" Here is an important bulletin from the Ministry Of Love .

" Tonight Big Brother ordered the re-arrest

" of the arch-traitors Jones... and Rutherford ."

Once a traitor, always a traitor.

- Would you like another gin? - No, thank you.

What's the matter?

Don't you feel well?

I have a headache. I think I'll skip the community centre tonight.

" This week, the number of entrants in the Big Brother victory lottery

" has exceeded all previous records ,"

" and after deducting the usual percentage for the bombed areas ,

" the proceeds to be distributed as prizes

" are the greatest since the inception of this lottery .

" Here are the results. They were drawn by the hand of Big Brother himself

" from the millions of numbers .

" The first prize, higher than ever before, goes to ...

" 6-3-4-9-2-1 .

" Second prize, also larger than any previous week's draw ,

" goes to number 8-1-3-4-6-2-9-4 ."

- Good evening. - Good evening.

Remember me?

You're the gentleman that bought that old diary.

Yes.

I... uh...

I was just passing by. I looked in.

I...

I wondered if you might have anything else in which I'd be interested.

- Do you mind if I look around? - Not at all.

What is this?

Oh, that's coral that is.

That probably came from the Indian Ocean.

Look.

They used to embed it in glass like that.

Oh, it must be a hundred years old, or more.

It's a beautiful thing.

Yes, it is a beautiful thing.

Not beauty as we understand it today of course. It serves no useful purpose.

It -

But then...

I'm an old man. I -

How much is it?

I could let you have it for...

fifteen shillings?

- Have you change? - Yes.

Thank you.

Oh... there is another room upstairs.

There is not much in it. Just a few pieces.

Perhaps you would you care to see it?

Yes, I'd like to.

I'll lead the way.

We lived here until my wife died.

I'm selling off the furniture little by little.

There is no telescreen here.

Of course not.

It's a People's Area.

I know. But it seems strange.

That's an interesting picture.

It was a church.

Do you know that word?

Yes, there were still churches when I was a child.

You must have been a grown man before I was born.

You can remember what it was like in the days before the revolution.

Yes.

You can remember the oppression and the injustice and poverty back in the 50s.

Vaguely.

I'm keeping you from your other customers.

Yes.

Well.

You have a look around.

Oh.

Excuse me.

Good evening.

Good evening.

I saw some things in the window and wanted to have a closer look.

Anything in particular?

No.

You seem to have some interesting things.

I doubt if I have anything of interest to a young lady like yourself.

I see. Do you have many customers?

Alas, no. The antique business is just about finished.

- Do many Outer Party members come here? - Why should they come?

Ah, there you are.

Your change.

Thank you.

Your paperweight.

Who are you?

6748. Smith. W.

- Where do you work? - In the Ministry Of Truth.

- Which department? - The Records department.

What is your business in the People's Area?

I had a headache. I thought if I got a little air...

- When did you leave work? - 18:00 hours.

It is now 22:00. Report tomorrow morning at 08:00 hours to Thought Administration.

" 6748. Smith. W ."

You took a rather long walk, last night.

Yes.