At that same moment, the enormous commerce of our briskly modern world roared and thundered in the streets.
9 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:34:51 in the radio play.
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[...]
- Really, this is where I work and I only have a short time for lunch today. If you'll excuse me...
- If you like. The service elevator's open.
- You'll have to press the button, Mr. Carpenter.
- All over the world, traffic stopped dead in a million streets.
- Here and there, a horse-drawn vehicle clopped its melancholy way among the motionless motors.
- Bicycles moved, before awe and the common desolation made the riders stop of their own free will.
- Electric clocks stopped on the dot of noon.
[...]
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