Titanic: Blood and Steel

I'll come visit you whenever I can

but this should help you get back on your feet.

Son...

Ah, it's a warm bed, hot water.

Certainly less cockroaches than the last place.

There weren't any cockroaches.

The rats had them all scared off.

Well, that's yours. Thank you.

And do you need anything while I'm out? No, thank you, son.

Well...

see you soon.

How much for a month? Just let me check, sir.

My father wants me to change my mind.

You can't.

It's not as simple as that. Yes, it is.

Andrea's not the right man for you. I know it, you know it.

But he thinks I should give Andrea time.

He's your father's choice, not yours.

- Do you love him? - No! - Well, there's your answer then.

It's easy for you, Emily. Look, I know I'm lucky.

I knew I wanted to marry Walter the minute I met him.

When you meet the right person, you just know. Is Andrea that person?

Absolutely not.

Then you just need to be strong, Sofia.

Yeah.

This Saturday, march for your rights!

A right to be paid if you're injured at work so your family don't starve.

March with your brothers. And sisters!

Workers' march for rights.

Am I not a working man?

I had you down for a capitalist.

Then appearances can be deceiving.

It's Mr Larkin, isn't it? It is indeed, Lord Pirrie.

Your reputation from the Liverpool Docks precedes you, Mr Larkin.

May I?

Thank you.

You'll find this man wound pretty tight.

He doesn't like a smart mouth, so keep your answers simple,

to the point, and you'll do all right.

This your brother then, is it?

That's right, Mr Chorley. This is him.

Right, then. Let's have a look at you.

What's your name, son? Conor McCann, sir.

Right. What do you know about working in a shipyard?

Precious little, to tell you the truth, sir.

But he's a bright lad, and a fast learner. What was your last job?

I was in the army, sir.

Serving the King?

Good man.

You do as you're told and you'll do just fine.

Well, I'm very good at that.

And I'll, of course, guarantee his conduct, Mr Chorley.

Indeed you will.

Army or no army.

Right, he starts today but he's on probation, mind.

Thank you, Mr Chorley.

Is that it, then? I'm in?

What do you want - Lord Pirrie's shilling?

Follow me.

Oi!

I don't understand what happened.

I really thought she liked me.

Andrea...

Sofia is... like her mother.

My Marianna...

..made everybody... feel special.

A look, a... a few words.

It was like magic. It was just the...

..the way she was.

I guess that's what I felt with Sofia.

She didn't mean to hurt you.

Maybe. (SIGHS)

I gave you her hand.

Don't give up. Huh? Come on!

And for our next bit of business-

where are we on the steam-driven generators?

Aye, no delays.

So we can have our Turkish baths, then?

Thank you, gentlemen.

Now, the main problem...

Rivet shortage. Jordan?

There's no way out of it, sir. I've scoured the island.

We'll have to start buying from the mainland.

But it's gonna go over our budget if we buy grade 4 "best best".

And grade 3 best?

I don't think that's a good idea, Mr Andrews.

We all know that there's impurities in the steel.

Thank you, Dr Muir. At this point,

we're confining the discussion to rivets. Jordan.

Order what you can within budget. Check with me first.

All right, that's it, gentlemen. Thank you.

Who manufactures our raw steel?

Er, Colville and Son, for about, er, 30 years.

I'll need two ingots of their steel.

Er, if you think it's all right with Mr Andrews.

I answer directly to Mr Morgan. So unless you've got..!

No, no. That'll be fine, Dr Muir.

So, you were in the army, then? I was. It was either that or jail.

But not long after I joined the army did I realise

I'd made a terrible mistake in avoiding the comforts of jail.

Did you do much fighting? Every Saturday night, near enough.

The guardhouse was my second home!

We get paid by the rivet, boys. One second.

Still, it must have been exciting, though?

You wanna know the truth, Jack?

It was two things. It was terrifying and it was boring at the same time.

Hours and days just waiting, knowing that any moment,

when they give the order, you'll be sent into action.

Knowing that when they say, it's kill or be killed.

Can you imagine that?

Knowing that you could snuff out someone's life

with one small movement of your finger.

Don't listen to him, son.

The only action he saw was on the parade ground.

That's not true. And I've got the medals to prove it.

I'll tell you what I did learn, Jack.

I learnt that there's things worth fighting for...

and there's things that ain't.

And the British Empire ain't.

No offence.

Are you gonna do any work here today or what?

Get me another rivet, Conor. This one's cold.

What time is it?

Evening.

Already, huh?

Yeah.

I brought food.

I'm not that hungry.

Eat.

You don't have to do this.

I know.

Do you need anything else?

No.

Well, er, I've got to be somewhere.

OK, sure.

Oh, and er...

Oh, no, I can't!

Take it.

And easy on the drink. Yeah?

It's only since I've been back that I realise why you made me go away.

You've become a man of standing.

With education.

With choices.

You're not governed by your religion.

Only here in Ireland does that matter.

They say you can travel the world by reading a book.

But we can't read.

We weren't allowed.

All we can do is carry and lift things.

Hammer and dig.

But you...

you can imagine and build things in your mind.

And what you imagine... can work.

But you have life experience.

That counts for something.

Not this life.

Not the way we live.

You've lost your pride.

Aye.

In myself.

But I have pride in you.

And I've earned that.

What the hell is her problem? What is it?

Let me give you a piece of advice.

Move on. Get out.

Or I'll find you another woman. I know plenty.

But they're not her!

What am I doing here, stuck with Pietro, as his apprentice?

In hock to him, for Christ's sake.

Gotta send what little I've earned back home.

Hey, what are you doing? Hey, come on. You stay out of this!

Get off me. Get off me! Leave the lad alone.

What do you want? Eh?! What do you want?

What the hell are you doing here? Showing you how to be a man.

You should be at work now, with me! I don't feel like it!

Grow up. Your father paid me to make you my apprentice.

If you walk out, you let him down. Huh?

No wonder she doesn't want to marry you. Eh?

Look at you. Look at yourself. Get back to the work.

Prove yourself to me and to her.

Ashley!

Well, let's have it. Ashley! Good luck, Ashley.

I've always loved the way the light plays on those oaks.

My father was very proud of them too.

Not a day for the glories of nature? No.

I'm preoccupied with losing money. Hand over fist.

Many of us are.

I tell you, Henry, we need to take a very firm hand.

These strikers, these Bolsheviks, it's insane.

They'll put us all out of business.

They need to be crushed.

I agree.

I mean, this coming Saturday, there's going to be, what,

300,000 of them on the streets?

Sure that's anarchy! That's how revolutions start.

Have you heard this man Larkin?

No, but I've read his literature.

If the Catholic workforce finds its voice,

the Liberal Home Rule Movement will gain momentum.

Well, there'll be no home rule here.