| Description |
1 online resource (52 min., 10 sec.) : digital, sound, color |
| Summary |
Shortly after 8 p.m. on the Halloween Eve, 1938, the voice of a panicked radio announcer broke in with a news bulletin reporting strange explosions taking place on the planet Mars, followed minutes later by a report that Martians had landed in the tiny town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Although most listeners understood that the program was a radio drama, the next day's headlines reported that thousands of others plunged into panic, convinced that America was under a deadly Martian attack. It turned out to be H.G. Wells' classic The War of the Worlds, performed by 23-year-old Orson Welles. 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 |
| Notes |
Includes special features |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Cathleen O'Connell ; edited by Brian Funck ; story by Michelle Ferrari & A. Brad Schwartz ; telescript by Michelle Ferrari |
| Performer |
Narrated by Oliver Platt |
| Event |
Originally broadcast October 29, 2013, as an episode of the PBS series American Experience |
| Notes |
Rating: Not rated |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing |
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Title from program's website (viewed February 13, 2014) |
| Subject |
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. War of the worlds.
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| SUBJECT |
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. fast (OCoLC)fst00037177 |
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War of the worlds (Radio program) -- History and criticism
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War of the worlds (Radio program) fast (OCoLC)fst01366494 |
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War of the worlds (Wells, H. G.) fast (OCoLC)fst01361827 |
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Radio plays -- History and criticism
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Radio plays -- Production and direction.
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Hysteria (Social psychology)
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Hysteria (Social psychology)
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Planets in literature.
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Radio plays.
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Radio plays -- Production and direction.
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Mars (Planet) -- In literature
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Mars (Planet)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary television programs.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Documentaires télévisés.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Platt, Oliver, narrator.
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O'Connell, Cathleen, film producer, film director.
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Ferrari, Michelle, screenwriter.
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Schwartz, A. Brad (Austin Bradley), screenwriter.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), sponsoring body.
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WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.
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Desert Penguin Pictures (Firm), production company.
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