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

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

You can hear this line at 00:52:21 in the DVD version of the movie.

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- As more of their cylinders came from the mysterious depths of space, their war machines, awesome in their power and complexity, created a wave of fear which swept into all corners of the world.

- In every country, government officials met in desperate conclave, seeking ways to coordinate their defenses with those of other nations.

- The government of India, driven from New Delhi, met in a railroad coach...

- While massive Hindu populations streamed for the imagined safety of the faraway Himalayas.

- The redoubtable Finnish and Turkish armies, Chinese battalions and Bolivians worked and fought furiously.

- 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.

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

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