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- Look, do you think they'd accept these?
- Gee! What are they? Diamonds?
- Well, in some places these are what people use for money. They're easy to carry and they don't wear out.

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

You can hear this line at 00:15:45 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Don't they have places like this where you've been?

- Not like this one.

- You see, they don't have any wars.

- Let's walk.

- All right.

- What would you like to do now?

- Go to the movies.

- All right.

- No foolin'?

- No fooling.

- Do you have to have money to go there?

- Well, I've got two dollars. I'll treat you, okay?

- No, I want to take you.

- Look, do you think they'd accept these?

- Gee! What are they? Diamonds?

- Well, in some places these are what people use for money. They're easy to carry and they don't wear out.

- I'll bet they're worth a million dollars.

- Would you give me your two dollars for two of these?

- Sure, okay.

- There you are.

- Let's not say anything to Mom about this, huh?

- Why not?

- Well, she doesn't like me to take advantage of people.

- Hey, before we go to the movies, would you like to see the Abraham Lincoln Memorial?

- Thank you, yes, I would.

- Well, this is it. That's the Gettysburg speech up there.

- 'That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.' Those are great words.

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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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