Best broadcasts of 1938-39 (1939)

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AIR RAID Sound. — Whistle nearer. Third Man Air raid ! Fourth Man Air raid ! Fifth Man The bombers ! Second Man The bombers ! Announcer A police sergeant : he’s shouting ; He’s marching down through the street. He’s beating the shutters and shouting. He’s calling them out: Third Man The bombers. Sergeant The cellars. Sergeant Take the cellars. . . . Sergeant. — The cellars! Announcer. — ^Listen. Sergeant. — Take to the cellars ! W OMEN. — {Laugh) Sergeant. — Take to the church cellars. Announcer. — They only laugh! They lean from the open windows and laugh at him. First Woman, — You take the cellars! Second Woman. — You can take them, Sergeant! Third Woman. — ^Let the town policemen take the cellars! Fourth Woman. — They’ll smell the mice in the cellars! First Woman. — Maybe they’ll catch them! Sound. — Police whistle. Sergeant. — The alarm has been given. Five minutes have passed. In five minutes more they must be here. S37