The government has made an appeal. Every tug or fishing boat or launch that can get there heading across the channel to take the men off the beaches.

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8 seconds sound clip from the The Snow Goose (1954) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:18:00 in the radio play.

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- Well, they can't fight any longer. They're trapped. The Germans in front of them and the sea behind them.

- They're out on the sands there. A whole army without weapons, without any cover, waiting for the German advance.

- The port's in flames, the position's hopeless for them. A whole army, you see, trapped out there, helpless.

- But what can you do for them, Philip? You'll be killed too.

- Oh, no, I shan't. I hope.

- All the men with boats in Chelmbury are putting out, and the little ships along the whole coast, all going over to help get the men back to England.

- The government has made an appeal. Every tug or fishing boat or launch that can get there heading across the channel to take the men off the beaches.

- But it's madness. They'll all be killed. What can they do?

- Well, they can do something. Get the men off the beaches to the transports and destroyers that are standing offshore, that can't get into the shallows.

- You see, that's what I can do. Six or seven men at a time. Get them off the beaches.

- Philip, must you go? You'll not come back. Why must it be you?

- Oh, no, listen. Those men are huddled on the beaches like hunted birds. You know, the wounded and the hunted birds we used to find and bring into the sanctuary.

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The Snow Goose (1954) Sound Clip

Listen to Laurence Olivier bring the characters of Paul Gallico's story 'The Snow Goose' to life in this rare 1954 Theatre Royal radio play, featuring sound clips on our page.

Actors: Laurence Olivier (Narrator / Philip Rhayader)

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