It's vital to prevent the Martian machines from linking up. Once they do, they adopt an extraordinary military tactic.
8 seconds sound clip from the The War of the Worlds (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:54:23 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Urgent. Major Bentley Dawson, report to General Mann.
- Make every effort to contact the civil authorities...
- They slash across country like scythes, wiping out everything that's trying to get away from them.
- That explains why communication is cut the moment their machines begin moving.
- Nothing more's come through.
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