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"The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed and broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938, over the CBS Radio Network.
Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast.The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology serie...
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Oct 30, 2023 · Listen to the famous radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' sci-fi novel, directed and narrated by Orson Welles, as a Halloween episode in 1938. The broadcast caused panic and confusion among some listeners who mistook it for a real invasion.
On 30 October 85 years ago, the population of the US was – according to Orson Welles – overwhelmed by mass panic, terrified by the all-too-real broadcast of his alien-invasion drama The War of...
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May 6, 2015 · How did Welles and his Mercury Theatre create a radio broadcast that terrified America with a fake Martian invasion? Explore the behind-the-scenes story of the 1938 show, its sources, its reception, and its legacy.
Oct 29, 2009 · Learn how Orson Welles's 1938 adaptation of H.G. Wells's novel caused panic among some listeners who mistook it for a real invasion. Find out how the broadcast influenced Welles's career and the radio industry.
The historic October 30, 1938 Halloween episode of the "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" CBS series by Orson Welles, based on H. G. Wells's novel "The War of the Worlds" (1898), which caused...
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