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You talk of disarmament but where is it

To bear witness to the truth, a date the World War is to be crowned by peace. The world...

Cavalcade • 1933

Man at Disarmament Conference: [the various montage glimpses of 'new-age' ideals, concerns, outlooks, and viewpoints] ... the alternatives of the disarmament, why are we here in Geneva?: to bear witness to the truth, a date the World War is to be crowned by peace. The world must disarm. All efforts to avoid this...
Speaker: ...We talk of disarmament, but where is it? What defence does it offer? What this poison gas gives us is security...
Agitator: ...What's all this talk about balancing the budget? The whole world's broke; we're all broke! The whole thing is a halfless mockery. You ever tire of...
Man at Microphone: ...centuries of investigation, it comes to this: God is a superstition too cruel to impose upon a child. We abandon the primitave yearning of a savage for an object of worship and focus...
Minister on the Pulpit: ...we are all free to join in the scramble for power and riches and to sell our beliefs to buy success, but each of us must one day face an awful question that is echoing down through the ages: 'what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world?'

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You talk of disarmament but where is it

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What defense does it offer

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But this poison gas gives us security

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What's all this talk about balancing the budget

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The whole world's broke

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We're all broke The whole thing is a heartless mockery

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After centuries of investigation it comes to this

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God is a superstition too crude to impose upon a child

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We abandon the primitive yearning of a savage for an object of worship

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and focus instead We are all free to join the scramble

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for power and riches and to sell our beliefs to buy success

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But each of us must one day face an awful question

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that is echoing down through the ages

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What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world

Duration

64 seconds

Views

134

Timestamp in Movie

01:36:35

Uploaded

Feb 02, 2025

Genres

drama, romance, war

Production

Fox Film Corporation

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Movie Summary

A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.