Premier Quartet and Company
1918Internet Archive
Yes, but while it's more dangerous right here, there's danger everywhere on the sea.
From the recordingA Submarine Attack
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Voice clips for games, searchable by meaning.
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John J. Pershing
1918Library of Congress
Only the hardest blows can win against the enemy we are fighting.
From the recordingFrom the battlefields of France
Unidentified voice
1913Internet Archive
Maddened with jealousy, she is about to throw herself into a nearby pond, when she is restrained by the sound of Lothario's harp.
From the recordingNone listed
Unidentified voice
1915Internet Archive
Hope is banished from my soul, he exclaimed.
From the recordingNone listed
Robley D. Evans
1908National Jukebox
A perfect source of strength for upholding the safety and honor of our flag, and a security for such as pass on the Caesar from their lawful occasion.
From the recordingFarewell address to the Navy
Russell Hunting
1917Internet Archive
Your country has placed its honor and its flag in your hands.
From the recordingArrival Of U. S. Troops In France
Frank A. Vanderlip
1918Library of Congress
We ought clearly to comprehend that this is a war of equipment.
From the recordingOne hundred million soldiers
Duprez and Roberts
1909Internet Archive
The fire's in the gasoline tank.
From the recordingBLITZ AND BLATZ IN AN AEROPLANE
Josephus Daniels
1918Library of Congress
It was the prophecy and pledge of our service to those fighting in a common cause.
From the recordingThe Navy is ready
Golden and Heins
1918Internet Archive
There'll be no running in this army.
From the recordingThe Colored Recruits
Empire Vaudeville And Minstrel CO.
1924Internet Archive
Ancestral halls, and then you mustn't fail to prove there's indigo mixed in your blood.
From the recordingMINSTRELSY OF OTHER DAYS
Harry E. Humphrey
1913Library of Congress
They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
From the recordingGive me liberty, or give me death!
Burt Shepard
1906National Jukebox
Modern warfare, we all know, is horrible.
From the recordingA message from the dead
Breckinridge Long
1920Library of Congress
We should not have fought one more gun, or trained another soldier, and to have assumed responsibility for defeat.
From the recordingAmerica's accomplishment
Unidentified voice
1913Internet Archive
Sir Edgar, absent on an embassy to France to look after the interests of his native country, Scotland, dispatches many letters to his beloved Lucy.
From the recordingNone listed
Ben Greet
1912National Jukebox
Weak are the uses of adversity, which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
From the recordingThe duke's speech
Miss Pauline Potter
1914Internet Archive
And when Toss-Tax learns to speak kindly, I will remove the wicked spell.
From the recordingThe Fairy at the Fountain
Stephen S. Wise
1918Library of Congress
We have taken up arms which we shall never growl.
From the recordingWhat are we fighting for?
What kind of voice clips are available?
Selekt currently searches historical spoken recordings—not actors-for-hire, synthetic voices, or newly recorded character dialogue. We use historical exact-source audio because the archive source, publication record, and U.S. public-domain basis can be examined and documented before a recording is allowed to surface. That narrower catalog gives game developers a traceable starting point instead of an anonymous voice file.
Ways to use historical voice clips in a game
Use an excerpt before a boss battle, inside a period radio or public-address system, between chapters, under a menu, as environmental storytelling, or as the seed for a trailer. Search by the meaning of the moment rather than a filename. Quote Composer can then trim the exact bounds, arrange several speakers, set pauses and fades, and export a WAV with captions, provenance, and a separate Rights Receipt.
Source evidence is part of the asset
Every result links the original archive record and preserves the exact timing of the excerpt. Selekt confidently concludes that surfaced historical sound recordings pass its U.S. public-domain or CC0 gate. Separately protected words or music, privacy or publicity rights, and law outside the United States remain distinct questions, so review the source and receipt for your intended release. The receipt documents the process; it is not legal advice or a guarantee.
