7 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:44:18 in the radio play.
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- And it was John Honeyman who, on Christmas Eve, crossed the Delaware alone, entered Trenton, discovered the condition of the Hessian troops, and reported back to Washington on the other side.
- On Honeyman's unsupported testimony, Washington made his celebrated crossing, won his celebrated victory that turned the tide.
- Honeyman returned to his New Jersey home after the war, still an outcast, still an object of hate and scorn.
- His magnificent services were never announced until Washington himself made a special trip to Hackensack and publicly proclaimed him one of the greatest heroes of the American Revolution.
- His example will always remain a shining light to Americans who seek to serve in the silent, secret and sometimes inglorious ways of espionage. I thank you.
- Thank you, Major, that's very interesting.
- Once again, 'The 39 Steps,' starring Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino, with Isabel Jewel and Gene Lockhart.
- It's early the following morning.
- Richard Hannay stirs restlessly in the armchair and rubs his eyes sleepily.
- Suddenly, he jumps from the chair and stands in the middle of the room, staring down at the handcuffs which are dangling from his wrist.
- Pamela Stuart, on the other side of the room, smiles cheerily.
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