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Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
On Halloween Eve in 1938, people across America gathered around the radio to listen to their favorite Sunday evening program. Expecting to hear the latest drama from Orson Welles's "Mercury Theatre", many were alarmed when news bulletins interrupted the show. New Jersey had been rocked by mysterious explosions. The announcements continued, each more frantic than the last. An invading army's strange and powerful weapons thousands. Listeners feared...
5) H.G. Wells
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Formats
Description
Adaptations of eight stories by H.G. Wells, including The War of the Worlds and The Illustrated Man, illustrated by a variety of artists.
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Tells the story behind Orson Welles' broadcast of "War of the Worlds", discussing why he decided to try and trick people into believing Earth was being invaded, how people reacted to his broadcast, what effect his actions had on the radio industry, and other related topics. Includes a CD-ROM with the complete broadcast.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
What began as a broadcast performance of H.G. Welles' fantasy, The War of the Worlds, turned into one of the biggest mass hysteria events in U.S. history. American Experience examines the elements that together created this frenzy, including our longtime fascination with life on Mars; the emergence of radio as a powerful new medium; and the creative wunderkind Orson Welles, the twenty-three-year-old director of the drama and mischief-maker supreme....
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