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Gort the machine, the automaton, was applying electrodes to his master and a piercing, whining, maddening sound filled the ship.

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

You can hear this line at 00:49:03 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Gort! Gort! Klaatu... Klaatu barada... barada nikto.

- Helen Benson fainted.

(EERIE ELECTRONIC HUM)

- When she returned to consciousness, she was lying on a dais bathed in a soft, shadowless light, in a chamber vaguely circular, of completely unfamiliar build.

- She was in the space machine. Across the room stood Gort, with his back to her, and lying in front of him on a platform was Klaatu.

- Gort the machine, the automaton, was applying electrodes to his master and a piercing, whining, maddening sound filled the ship.

- Klaatu moved. He sat up. Stood up.

- Mr. Carpenter...! I thought you were...

- I was.

- They took me to an emergency hospital at the city jail. Gort broke in and took me back here.

- This technique can restore life, in some cases, only for a limited time.

- How long?

- No one can tell.

- Time enough and more for me to go outside and speak to Professor Barnhardt's scientists.

[...]

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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