At that same moment, the enormous commerce of our briskly modern world roared and thundered in the streets.

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

You can hear this line at 00:34:51 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- High noon, and silence.

- All over the world, traffic stopped dead in a million streets.

- Here and there, a horse-drawn vehicle clopped its melancholy way among the motionless motors.

- Bicycles moved, before awe and the common desolation made the riders stop of their own free will.

[...]

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