shall show you what may be
done with your tuppence.
And I think youґll find it
extremely interesting.
Hello, Banks.
Whatґs 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.
- Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
Tuppence?
Tuppence? Precisely how I started.
Thatґs the chairman of the bank,
the elder Mr Dawes.
A giant in the world of finance.
- A giant?
- Shh, shh, shh.
Uh, Father, these
are Banksґs children.
- They want to open an account.
- Oh, they do, do they, boy?
Excellent. Excellent.
We can al-always use...
al-always use more money to, to put
to work for the bank, canґt 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 youґll 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,
youґll 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
How 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 wonґt! I want it
to feed the birds.
- Banks!
- Yes, sir. Now, Michael.
WHen you deposit tuppence
in a bank account
- Go on!
- Soon youґll see
- Tell him more!
- THat it blooms into credit
of a generous amount
Semiannually
And youґll 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.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
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.
- Banks!
- Give it to me!
- Michael, behave.Jane!Jane!
- Gimme back my money!
Jane! Michael!
Michael! Michael!
- Gimme back my money!
- Michael!
Thereґs something wrong. The bank
wonґt give someone their money!
Well, Iґm going to get mine! Come along,
young man! I want every penny!
- And mine too!
- And give me mine too!
Stop all payments.
Stop all payments.
- Michael!Jane!
- Give me my money!
- Children, come back here.
- Stop those children.
-Jane! Michael!
Gimme my money back!
I want my money!
Come on.
Stop those children!
Stop those children!
Come with me, my dears.
Grannyґll hide you!
-Here, here, half a mo.
-Leave her alone! Leave my sister alone!
Easy, now. Your old friend
ainґt gonna hurt ya.
Bert, itґs you!
In the flesh,
and at your service.
- Youґre filthy!
- Oh, perhaps a smudge or two.
It so happens that today
Iґm a chimney sweep.
Oh, Bert, weґre so frightened.
Now, now, donґt take on so.
Bertґll take care of you
like I was your own father.
- Now, whoґs after you?
- Father is.
- What?
- He brought us to see his bank.
I donґt know what we did,
but it mustґve been