Words at War · 1977 · 29 min · 4,476 words
The transcript of “At War44-12-1977The Cross And The Arrow”, an episode of Words at War from 1977. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Words at War plays Words at War free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Words at war. Oh, shoot! I'm trying to give a signal to the enemy, huh? This will teach you your swine. Stop it! Stop it! You fool you kill him! What's wrong with that? He's a traitor! He's set fire to the haystack!
Look, it's shaped like an arrow and punched a little factory! You fool if you kill him now, how are we going to find out who his accomplices are? In the stock! Why couldn't you have shot him in the leg? You fool! Why don't you use your brain?
I was only trying to do my duty. I saw him. Never mind what you saw. Let's get him to the hospital immediately. There they come. They saw the signal to be back tomorrow night. And then it'll be all over for us. We'll get to hear it, Robert, once.
National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with the Council on Books in War Time, presents another of the most widely discussed programs in America, Words at War, gramitizing the most representative books to come out of this great world conflict.
Tonight, Albert Maltz's new novel about Germany, the Cross and the Arrow, Grammatized for radio by Ben Cagan. Hey, Bummer, I'm Commissar Care, you're stappled. Yes, come in, Commissar, I've been expecting you. Now I'll give you the background of the case.
We make medium tanks here, turn them out like rolls. We used to be in Dusseldorf, but the bombings got too hot, so we were moved seven months ago. As you'll see tomorrow, we're situated in the wood, all around us is farming community.
Our camouflage people have done a first-rate job. In eight months there have been British planes over here, but always after another objective. But tonight I work here, try to signal the plane. How? My dear, Karma, sir, I have no intention of keeping it a secret from you.
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