Leiningen stood motionless, absorbing the news of his defeat without a word.

6 seconds sound clip from the Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:18:42 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Three times, the ditch was emptied. Three times, the ants raced across its bottom. And three times, the rushing water, arriving just in time, carried them away.

- But the fourth time, as the water lowered nearly to the bottom of the ditch, we waited in vain for the rushing water and then...

- Senor!

- What's the matter? What's gone wrong at the dam?

- The ants! Just as the man at the dam lowered the water almost to the bottom, the ants attacked. Before he could open the floodgates, he was almost surrounded.

- He ran. The ants kept coming. They are across the ditch!

- Leiningen stood motionless, absorbing the news of his defeat without a word.

- Then he raised his pistol and fired 3 shots into the air - the prearranged signal for all men to retreat, instantly, to the second line of defense, the concrete ditches more than a mile from the point of invasion.

- Soon after we arrived there, the natives commenced straggling in, silently.

- Leiningen waited until all of them had gathered. Then he spoke to them.

- Well, lads... we won the first round, lost the second. But we'll smash the crawlers yet.

[...]

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Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) Sound Clip

Leiningen Versus the Ants (Escape)Quotes with voice clips from Leiningen Versus the Ants - Escape Radio Show episode aired on January 14th, 1948, based on a story by Carl Stephenson.

Actors: William Conrad (Leiningen), Lou Merrill (The Commissioner)

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