I wondered if there was still a war being waged on the ground above me, if man would still exist on earth, when I saw the sun again.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:44:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Only my speed through time saved me from being roasted alive and encased in stone forever.
- Darkness. Darkness for centuries.
- I put my trust in time and waited for the rock to wear down around me.
- Thousands of centuries had passed, but the earth had stayed green.
- There was no winter, no wars.
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