And then one bit me just below the rim of my goggles. I managed to tear it away, but the agony of the bite and its venom drilled into the eye nerves.

11 seconds sound clip from the Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:25:00 in the radio play.

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[...]

- And the water was rising... rising behind the breakwater... closer to the top. Closer!

- And then it was spilling over. The flooding of the plantation had begun.

- I let go of the wheel and started back through the ants. I was coated from head to foot with the fiends.

- Tongues of fire stabbed at me as they bit into my flesh.

- I almost lost my head with the pain as I ran, knocking ants from my body, brushing them from my bloodied face.

- And then one bit me just below the rim of my goggles. I managed to tear it away, but the agony of the bite and its venom drilled into the eye nerves.

- I saw now through circles of fire into a milky mist. I was almost blinded, but I knew that if I tripped and fell...

- I ran on, my heart pounding as if it would burst, blood roaring in my ears, a giant's fist battering my lungs.

- Then, I could see dimly that wall of flame at the ditch. But it was too far away. I could not last half that distance.

- I stumbled and fell. I felt myself being swarmed over... devoured!

- Tried to rise... A great weight... Then suddenly the vision of the half-devoured stag in my brain.

[...]

Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) Sound Clip

Leiningen Versus the Ants (Escape)Quotes with voice clips from Leiningen Versus the Ants - Escape Radio Show episode aired on January 14th, 1948, based on a story by Carl Stephenson.

Actors: William Conrad (Leiningen), Lou Merrill (The Commissioner)

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