“The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938. Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century science fiction novelTheWar of...
Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the U.S. heard a startling report of mysterious creatures and terrifying war machines moving toward New York City. But the hair-raising broadcast was ...
On the night of October 30, 1938, a live broadcast of an Orson Welles radio drama “The War of the Worlds,” rattled Americans who thought Martians were attacking the planet.
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The War of the Worlds H.G.威尔斯著名的科幻小说《世界之战》,曾经被斯皮尔伯格搬上大银幕,阿汤哥主演。 故事讲的是火星人入侵地球,并大肆屠杀人类。在外星人的高科技武器威力下,地球人节节败退,眼看就要沦陷。危急时刻人类的好朋友微生物们及时施以援手。火星人纷纷倒在这个看不见的对手脚下,并被迅速击溃。人...
of radio, especially the reaction to Herbert Morrison's reports of theHindenburg airship disaster. The notion of presenting a story over the radio in the form of a news report was intriguing, just a few weeks before the infamousWar of the Worldsbroadcast, Welles hadH.V. Kaltenbornprovide ...
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We all know the image of Martians descending from space, moving on giant metal tripods and using deadly heat rays to ruthlessly destroy everything in their wake. Most infamous was the 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that had average Americans convinced they were being invaded by Martians. Then...
So began one of the most famous radio broadcasts of all time: the October 30, 1938 adaptation of H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. Whenever Halloween rolls around, I always get in the mood to listen to the so-called "Panic Broadcast". It's one of my favouite radio shows. Not...
War of the Worlds: Created by Greg Strangis. With Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green, Philip Akin, Richard Chaves. Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.