What does it mean, sir,"flogging through the fleet"? Sentence of court-martial,two dozen...
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What does it mean, sir,
"flogging through the fleet"? Sentence of court-martial,
two dozen lashes at each ship. What was the man's crime, sir? Struck his captain. But that's over 300 lashes.
I don't understand why-- Can you understand this?
Discipline's the thing. A seaman's a seaman, captain's
a captain. And a midshipman... ...is the lowest form of animal life
in the British navy. Now you know what
a midshipman is
"flogging through the fleet"? Sentence of court-martial,
two dozen lashes at each ship. What was the man's crime, sir? Struck his captain. But that's over 300 lashes.
I don't understand why-- Can you understand this?
Discipline's the thing. A seaman's a seaman, captain's
a captain. And a midshipman... ...is the lowest form of animal life
in the British navy. Now you know what
a midshipman is
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What does it mean, sir,
"flogging through the fleet"?
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Sentence of court-martial,
two dozen lashes at each ship.
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What was the man's crime, sir?
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Struck his captain.
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But that's over 300 lashes.
I don't understand why--
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Can you understand this?
Discipline's the thing.
00:00:17.183 --> 00:00:20.386
A seaman's a seaman, captain's
a captain. And a midshipman...
00:00:20.561 --> 00:00:23.681
...is the lowest form of animal life
in the British navy.
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Now you know what
a midshipman is.
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Movie Summary
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
