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.

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

You can hear this line at 00:18:27 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- Over them are flying the planes like steel peregrines, hawks and falcons. There's no shelter in which to hide.

- They're lost and storm-driven and harried, like the lost princess was when you found her, and brought her to me from the marshes that time we healed her, you remember?

- You're not... You're bad arm, Philip.

- This is something I can do. You know I can. Just for once I can be a man and play my part.

[...]

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The Snow Goose (1954) Sound Clip

Laurence Olivier 1970s portraitListen 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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