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- Your father was very young, wasn't he, Bobby?
- He was killed at Anzio.

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

You can hear this line at 00:15:09 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I'd be glad to spend the day with Bobby, if you'd let me.

- Great, thanks!

- Well, it's very nice of you to offer.

- Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Carpenter, this is Tom Stevens.

- Hi.

- How do you do?

- Bobby and I had a fine time yesterday afternoon. I thought he might show me around the city today... Please, I'd enjoy it.

- And this is where my father is buried. 'Robert Benson, Virginia, First Lieutenant, Forty-Fifth Infantry. April 10th, 1916 - January 29th, 1940.'

- Your father was very young, wasn't he, Bobby?

- He was killed at Anzio.

- Did all these people here die in wars?

- Oh, most of 'em. Didn't you ever hear of Arlington Cemetery?

- I'm afraid not.

- You don't seem to know much about anything, Mr. Carpenter.

- I've been far away, Bobby.

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

- Not like this one.

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

[...]

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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