Now, that was easy enough, but it was the detonators took some doing. And you know what I used? Cartridges and nails and blocks of soft wood.
9 seconds sound clip from the The African Queen (1952) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:49:31 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Now, don't you believe her, Your Honor, she's tetched, you know... fever.
- And just how, Fraulein, did you propose to sink the Louisa?
- Charlie, tell them how you made the torpedoes.
- And where is the African Queen?
- She sank last night in the storm.
- Too bad. I should like to have seen those torpedoes.
- Perhaps you will. They'll still be floating around somewhere nearby.
- Yeah, they could still sink this ship.
- Enough of this torpedo nonsense.
[...]