The Night That Panicked America
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles's radio play "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provokes mass panic.
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"This film was a very entertaining, and historically accurate recreation of Orson Welles' radio program "War of the Worlds", which was based loosely on H G Wells' novel of the same name. It is utterly amazing that so many people believed that this radio drama was real, and the film does an excellent job of dramatizing the reactions of several people who seriously believed that the Earth was being invaded by Martians. What amazes me even more is the fact that no one has made this excellent production available for sale on video. It surely is a marketable product...."
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CBS, now the copyright holder to the telefilm, made numerous 'disclaimers' during the broadcast, which is why no one ever successfully sued the network or Welles, despite numerous lawsuits.
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On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles's radio play "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provokes mass panic.