But I thought it was your bank.
Yes, well, I'm one of the younger officers,
so in a sense it is, sort of.
Michael, look!
- It's her!
- Who? It's who?
The bird woman. Just where
Mary Poppins said she would be.
- You do see her, don't you, Father?
- Well, of course I can see her.
Do you think I can't see
past the end of my nose?
Listen, Father, she's saying it.
Feed the birds. Tuppence a bag.
Well, of course she's saying it.
What else would she be saying?
- Please may we feed the birds?
- Whatever for?
- I have tuppence from my money box.
- Just this once, please?
Waste your money
on a lot of ragamuffin birds? Certainly not.
But Mary Poppins...
I am not interested
in what Mary Poppins says.
Nor do I wish to keep hearing her name for
the remainder of the day. Now come along!
But it's my tuppence!
Michael, I will not permit you
to throw your money away!
When we get to the bank, I shall show you
what may be done with your tuppence.
And I think you'll find it
extremely interesting.
Hello, Banks. What's all this about?
- These are my children, Mr. Dawes.
- Well, so I assumed.
- But why are they here?
- They wish to open an account, sir.
- Oh, indeed?
- Yes.
And just how much money do you have,
young man?
Tuppence.
But I want it to feed the birds.
Tuppence?
Tuppence? Precisely how I started.
That's the chairman of the bank,
the elder Mr. Dawes.
- A giant in the world of finance.
- A giant?
Uh, Father, these are Banks's children.
They want to open an account.
Oh, they do, do they, boy?
Excellent, excellent.
We can always use... use more money
to put to work for the bank, can't we, boy?
So, you have tuppence?
May I be permitted to see it?
No. I want it to feed the birds.
Fiddlesticks, boy! Feed the birds
and what have you got? Fat birds!
But...
If you invest your tuppence
Wisely in the bank
Safe and sound
Soon that tuppence
safely invested in the bank
Will compound
And you'll achieve that sense of conquest
As your affluence expands
In the hands
Of the directors
Who invest
As propriety...
Demands
- May I, sir?
- Carry on, Banks.
You see, Michael, you'll be part of...
- Railways through Africa
- Exactly!
Dams across the Nile
The ships. Tell them about the ships.
- Fleets of ocean greyhounds
- More, tell them more!
- Majestic self-amortizing canals
- Oh, it fires the imagination!
Plantations of ripening tea
All from
Tuppence prudently, thriftily, frugally
Invested in the...
To be specific
In the Dawes, Tomes, Mousley, Grubbs
Fidelity Fiduciary Bank
- Very well, my boy, give me the money.
- No, I won't! I want it to feed the birds.
- Banks!
- Yes, sir. Now, Michael...
When you deposit tuppence
in a bank account
- Go on!
- Soon you'll see
Tell them more!
That it blooms into credit
of a generous amount
Semiannually
And you'll achieve that sense of stature
As your influence expands
To the high financial strata
That established credit now commands
You can purchase
first and second trust deeds
Think of the foreclosures!
Bonds, chattels, dividends, shares
- Bankruptcies
- Debtor sales
- Opportunities
- All manner of private enterprise
- Shipyards
- The mercantile
- collieries
- Tanneries
- corporations
- Amalgamations
Banks!
While stand the banks of England...
England stands.
When fall the banks of England,
England falls!
You see, Michael? All for the lack of...
Tuppence
Patiently, cautiously
Trustingly invested in the...
To be specific
In the Dawes, Tomes, Mousley, Grubbs
Fidelity Fiduciary Bank
Welcome to our joyful family of investors.
Give it back!
Gimme back my money!
- Michael, behave.
- Give it to me!
- Michael, behave! Jane! Jane!
- Gimme back my money!
Jane! Michael! Michael! Michael!
- Gimme back my money!
- Michael!
There's something wrong.
The bank won't give someone their money!
Well, I'm going to get mine!
Come along, young man! Every penny!
- And mine too!
- And give me mine too!