Even if the world were to end, would it be less unpleasant to die out in space than here, on firm ground?

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8 seconds sound clip from the When Worlds Collide (1951) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:23:13.519 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- My colleagues, Dr. Felix Zenta, Professor of Astronomy at Cornwall University, and Dr. Jonathan Wilson, President of the International Planetary Research Institute, and I have examined the photographs and data submitted by Drs. Hendron and Bronson.

- Our findings show there is no cause for alarm. No reason to spend billions of dollars to build spaceships which never will be needed.

- And suppose they were built? Do either of you believe that spaceships can fly to any planet?

- It is theoretically possible.

- I, too, believe in theories, Doctor, but when you tell me flying to another planet is a possibility, you're out of the realm of theory. You're in a dream world of the impossible.

- Even if the world were to end, would it be less unpleasant to die out in space than here, on firm ground?

- The world will not end. Certainly, these new bodies will pass our planet. Heavenly bodies frequently do. But we are still here.

- Predicting the end of the world is an annual crackpot event in our society, an attempt to corner the newspaper headlines.

- But I did not expect a man of Dr. Hendron's background to join this headline-hunting parade.

- Read all about it! End of the world just around the corner! Read all about it! Get your...

- Let's be thankful for small favors.

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Time is all that counts. The money doesn't matter at all.

Aren't you fellows ever positive? -Only about doomsday.

Astronomy is a very exact science. -Maybe so, but when they start telling me doomsday is just around the corner, we part company.

At 1:00 on July 24th, Zyra, a new planet, will pass so close to the Earth, it will cause vast destruction. There is no doubt about the coming of Zyra. Remember, there is no doubt.

The silence, an eerie foretelling of the destruction to come at 1:00, the hour of doom.

When Worlds Collide (1951) Sound Clip

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Actors: Richard Derr (David Randall), Barbara Rush (Joyce Hendron), Peter Hansen (Dr. Tony Drake), John Hoyt (Sydney Stanton), Larry Keating (Dr. Cole Hendron)

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