5 seconds sound clip from the The Snow Goose (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:18:07 in the radio play.
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- 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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