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