It'll tell us a lot about their metals and alloys.
4 seconds sound clip from the The War of the Worlds (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:56:35 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- We've been assigned as special detail.
- We're going in right afterwards, study its effect.
- We're leaving in half an hour.
- It'll tell us a lot about their metals and alloys.
- If this is actually a lens, we can find out about their optics.
- Interesting. Very interesting.
- And this... The blood of a Martian.
- I don't remember ever seeing blood crystals as anemic as these.
- They may be mental giants, but by our standards, physically they must be very primitive.
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