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A great silence fell over half of Europe as all communication was disrupted.

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7 seconds sound clip from the The War of the Worlds (1953) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:52:56 in the DVD version of the movie.

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[...]

- Every effort against the tremendous power of their other-world antagonists ended in the same frantic rout.

- As the Martians burnt fields and forests and great cities fell before them, huge populations were driven from their homes.

- A stream of flight rose swiftly to a torrent.

- It became a giant stampede without order and without goal.

- It was the beginning of the rout of civilization, of the massacre of humanity.

- A great silence fell over half of Europe as all communication was disrupted.

- When the last wire photo out of Paris reached the French cabinet, exiled in Strasbourg, they hit upon the idea of using super-speed jets as couriers.

- Stripped of armament and loaded with extra fuel, these planes maintained connection with the Scandinavian countries, North Africa, the United States, and especially with England.

- It was plain the Martians appreciated the strategic significance of the British Isles.

- The people of Britain met the invaders magnificently, but it was unavailing.

- As Martians swept northward toward London, the British cabinet stayed in session, coordinating every item of information that could be gathered, passing it on to the United Nations in New York.

[...]

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Actors: Gene Barry (Dr. Clayton Forrester), Ann Robinson (Sylvia van Buren), Les Tremayne (General Mann)

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