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Really, this is where I work and I only have a short time for lunch today. If you'll excuse me...

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

You can hear this line at 00:34:17 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Mr. Carpenter... what are you doing here?

- I came to see you.

- Well, I was just going to lunch. What is it?

- I saw Bobby this morning before he went to school. I want to know what he told you.

- Oh, Bobby has such an active imagination.

- Did you believe what he told you?

- Really, this is where I work and I only have a short time for lunch today. If you'll excuse me...

- I'll go down with you.

- If you like. The service elevator's open.

- You'll have to press the button, Mr. Carpenter.

- Oh, yes. Yes.

(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.

[...]

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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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