While the government does not minimize the crisis...

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

You can hear this line at 00:11:13 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Good day, Mr. Klaatu.

- The door will be locked. Will it now?

- Klaatu escaped. Nor could the embarrassing news of his disappearance long be suppressed.

- It was read about in the papers and described in excited tones over the radio.

- The authorities at Walter Reed Hospital still refuse to comment on how he managed to escape except to say that he broke into a hospital locker and stole clothing belonging to a staff doctor.

- While the government does not minimize the crisis...

- This was the latest and the only news, and among the countless millions listening, were two women and a boy in an ordinary home on an ordinary street in Washington.

- Mrs. Crockett's rooming-house. There was Mrs. Crockett and Helen Benson and little Bobby Benson.

- We may be up against powers that are beyond our control or understanding.

- Oh, I just can't stand any more of this.

- Oh, I wanted to hear more, Mrs. Crockett.

[...]

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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