What's happened to this family? All this atomic energy and scientific efficiency.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:26:46.379 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Because when you combine atomic energy with jet propulsion, and radar and guided missiles, well, just think of the...

- Oh, heh, you're just kidding me, Dad. You've been to all these places and you've seen everything.

- I've seen nothing. I should have stayed home and found out what was really going on.

- I finished the dishes.

- Why do you have to do that? Is this the maid's night out?

- Our maid took a night out three years ago, we haven't seen her since. But everything's all right because I took a course in domestic science. Even bought a cook book.

- What's happened to this family? All this atomic energy and scientific efficiency.

- It was the war. You heard about that. All those problems on the home front.

- We used to read about them in Stars and Stripes. We felt awfully sorry for the civilians.

- You don't have to worry about us, though, Dad. We can handle the problems. We're tough.

- Rob, haven't you any homework?

- Oh, sure.

- Good night, Dad.

- Don't see why you have to go now, just when we...

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