Gentlemen, this is a rough design of our ship. Now, instead of taking off in the customary manner, straight up, we will conserve fuel by using a mile-long slide to give us impetus.

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

You can hear this line at 00:29:35.668 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Why not? Why should you set yourself up as the only one to give life or take it away?

- The proposition still stands: Your money for your life.

- You know I can't refuse. Build it.

- Herzog, Mason, Fitzsimmons, Brown, Parson, Grossman, Stone, Ising, Matisse, Garson, Marachek, Van Dyke, Duvall, Ortego, Cassinelli.

- You are the men selected.

- Gentlemen, this is a rough design of our ship. Now, instead of taking off in the customary manner, straight up, we will conserve fuel by using a mile-long slide to give us impetus.

- For this slide, the ship will be cradled on a rocket-propelled undercarriage, which will be automatically released at the end of the run.

- At approximately this point, the wing engines will be turned on, and here, the full power of all engines will be used to carry us out of the gravitational pull of the Earth.

- We will then be in free ascent, and no power will be used until we reach the gravitational pull of Zyra, at which time the ship will be operated as a normal aircraft.

- Similar rocket ships are also being constructed in other countries.

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