The labor of centuries gone in an instant.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:42:35 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Look. An atomic satellite zeroing in. That's important.
- But I've got to talk to you!
- Hurry! Hide till the all clear!
- But, Filby, I've got to talk to you!
(BUILDINGS EXPLODING AND CRUMBLING, FIRE BURNING)
- The labor of centuries gone in an instant.
- Then mother earth, aroused by man's violence, responded with volcanic violence of her own.
- Only my speed through time saved me from being roasted alive and encased in stone forever.
[...]