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Well, you see, what I did was, I took the heads off, two cylinders of oxygen, I filled them up with live explosives... about two hundred weight...

11 seconds sound clip from the The African Queen (1952) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:49:22 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Charlie, dear, at least, let's have the pleasure of telling them.

- 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?

- Why, with torpedoes.

- Torpedoes?

- Yes. Mr. Allnut made them.

- Made them? Amazing.

- Charlie, tell them how you made the torpedoes.

- Well, you see, what I did was, I took the heads off, two cylinders of oxygen, I filled them up with live explosives... about two hundred weight...

- 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.

- Go on, please.

- Then I took the two cylinders and hung them port and starboard on the bow of the African Queen so's when we rammed ya, bloof!

- 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.

[...]

The African Queen (1952) Sound Clip

The African Queen (1952)Quotes with sound clips from The African Queen - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on 15 December 1952.

Actors: Greer Garson (Rose), Humphrey Bogart (Charlie Allnut)

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