Flashes that activated a giant robot into knocking out his guards, so that Mr. Carpenter from the boardinghouse could get into the shed the Army had built around the spaceship.

13 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:30:38 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Then Mr. Carpenter came out carrying the flashlight and stealing down the steps like a thief.

- This was peculiar. But this was adventure.

- Bobby followed Mr. Carpenter...

- And what he saw couldn't have been a dream... it was too real. But it couldn't have been true, either... it was too deliciously frightful.

- Dream or not, it was filled with darkness, stung by staccato flashes from a genuine Boy Scout flashlight...

- Flashes that activated a giant robot into knocking out his guards, so that Mr. Carpenter from the boardinghouse could get into the shed the Army had built around the spaceship.

- And dream or not, Bobby saw this Mr. Carpenter go into the spaceship.

- And then a wave of sheer terror swept over Bobby at last and he turned and ran wildly away...

- The way little boys always run in nightmares, trying so hard and moving so slowly, and all the time falling down.

- It was awful. It was swell.

- When his mother came home around midnight, Bobby was curled up on the sofa.

[...]

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) Sound Clip

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954)Relive the nostalgia of old-time radio with sound bites from Lux Radio Theater's "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Classic sci-fi, vintage sound & dialogue.

Actors: Michael Rennie (Klaatu), Jean Peters (Helen Benson), Paul Frees (Narrator), Lamont Johnson (Tom), Herb Butterfield (Professor Barnhardt), Tudor Owen (Mr. Harley), Billy Gray (Bobby), Edith Evanson (Mrs. Crockett)

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