05-12-2010, 06:53 AM
(05-11-2010, 09:21 PM)kandrathe Wrote: How many believed that Martians were attacking October 30, 1938?Hi,
Two War of the Worlds movies were made both are great to watch.
Too many believed that Martians were attacking October 30, 1938. I often wonder IF I would have believed. Listen to the original Broadcast
Quote:Listen to the original "The War of the Worlds" broadcast in RealAudio
In the fall of 1938, genius extraordinaire Orson Welles, then master of broadcast theatre production for the Columbia Broadcasting System, produced and starred in an exciting on-air dramatization by Howard Koch, based on author H.G. Wells' classic science-fiction "The War of the Worlds" as part of the Mercury Theatre's Halloween offering.
The play was aired on the 30th, the day before Halloween.
Big mistake. http://www.mercurytheatre.info/
Quote:Read the original New York Times Article regarding the broadcast.
The Original New York Times Article
October 31, 1938
A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, "The War of the Worlds," led thousands to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York.
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Have a Great Quest,
Jim...aka King Jim
He can do more for Others, Who has done most with Himself.