From there, the news was forwarded to Washington, because here was the only remaining unassailed strategic point.
9 seconds sound clip from the The War of the Worlds (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:53:45 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- 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.
- Forty-eight north, two west.
- Thirty-one east. Anchored on Cairo.
- Checking. Dover blanked out.
- Urgent. Major Bentley Dawson, report to General Mann.
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