It became a giant stampede without order and without goal.
6 seconds sound clip from the The War of the Worlds (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:52:41 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- While massive Hindu populations streamed for the imagined safety of the faraway Himalayas.
- 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.
- It was plain the Martians appreciated the strategic significance of the British Isles.
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