Here and there, a horse-drawn vehicle clopped its melancholy way among the motionless motors.

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

You can hear this line at 00:35:34 in the radio play.

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[...]

(ELEVATOR DOORS CLOSE)

- It was just five seconds before noon of that fateful day when Helen Benson and Mr. Carpenter stepped into that electric elevator.

- At that same moment, the enormous commerce of our briskly modern world roared and thundered in the streets.

- High noon, and silence.

- 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.

- All across the powered world, the machines stood still.

- Toasters failed to pop and battle fleets on maneuvers drifted aimlessly on their dead propellers.

- Joe Smith's milkshake didn't spin.

[...]

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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