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A collection of radio shows about the War of the Worlds, starting from the original October 30, 1938 broadcasting by Orson Welles
The War of the Worlds is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898). The first two thirds of the 60-minute broadcast were presented as a series of simulated news bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that an actual alien invasion by Martians was currently in progress. Compounding the issue was the fact that the Mercury Theatre on the Air was a sustaining show (it ran without commercial breaks), adding to the program's realism. Although there were sensationalist accounts in the press about a supposed panic in response to the broadcast, the precise extent of listener response has been debated. In the days following the adaptation, however, there was widespread outrage and panic by certain listeners, who had believed the events described in the program were real. The program's news-bulletin format was described as cruelly deceptive by some newspapers and public figures, leading to an outcry against the perpetrators of the broadcast. Despite these complaints, or perhaps in part because of them--the episode secured Welles' fame as a dramatist.
EPISODES LIST
DISC 1
1938 10 30 War of the Worlds Broadcast
1938 10 31 Orson Welles Press Conference 1938 10 31
1940 10 28 HG Wells Meets Orson Welles
1949 War of the Worlds in Quito Ecuador - Don Moore
1949 War of the Worlds in Quito Ecuador - Xavier Almeida
1953 War of the Worlds Film Soundtrack
1955 02 08 Lux Radio Theater War of the Worlds
1965 War of the Worlds KPEN San Francisco
1967 06 09 War of the Worlds British Drama
1967 06 16 War of the Worlds British Drama
1967 06 23 War of the Worlds British Drama
1967 06 30 War of the Worlds British Drama
1967 07 07 War of the Worlds British Drama
1967 07 14 War of the Worlds British Drama
1968 10 30 War of the World WKBW Radio Buffalo, NY w Sandy Beach
1968 War of the Worlds Plus 30
1971 10 30 War of the World WKBW Radio Buffalo, NY
1973 10 30 War of the World WKBW Radio Buffalo, NY with commercials
1973 10 30 War of the World WKBW Radio Buffalo, NY without commercials
1974 10 30 War of the World WKBW Radio Buffalo, NY
1978 11 03 Orson Welles Recalls The War Of The Worlds Broadcast
1988 10 10 War of The Worlds Larry Gassman Howard Koch
1988 10 14 War of The Worlds John Gassman Norman Corwin
1988 10 20 War of The Worlds John and Larry Gassman with Bob Kemp of Grovers Mill New Jersey
1988 10 22 War of The Worlds John and Larry Gassman with Nick Skrembelos and Radio Director Bob Steel
1988 10 24 War of The Worlds John Gassman Steve Allen
1988 10 27 War of The Worlds Current Affair. Fox News TV
1988 10 28 War of The Worlds CBS Morning News TV
DISC 2
1988 10 30 John and Larry Gassman War of the Worlds special on its 50th anniversary
1988 10 30 The Night The Martians Landed WGBH Boston and NPR
1988 10 30 The War of The Worlds - NPR - Part 1 of 2
1988 10 30 The War of The Worlds - NPR - Part 2 of 2
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds 50th Anniversary Special - Jeff Green
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Dick Joy
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Larry Gassman Scott Simon
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Promo 1 Jason Robards
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Promo 2 Jason Robards
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Promo Dan Haefele KPCC Pasadena
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Promo John And Larry Gassman for KPCC Pasadena
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Promo Steve Allen
1988 10 30 War of The Worlds Promo Teri Gross
1988 Orson Welles Theatre of the Imagination
1988 War of the Worlds 50th Anniversary
2000 War Of The Worlds Pt 1 of 2 Ziplow Productions
2000 War Of The Worlds Pt 2 of 2 Ziplow Productions
2005 06 23 Last Surviving Cast Member William Herz
2008 War of the World - Empire Radio Theater
2008 War of the Worlds - Radio Lab
LA Theater Works - War of the Worlds - Star Trek Cast
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 01
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 02
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 03
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 04
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 05
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 06
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 07
This is Orson Welles - Orson Welles Interview 08
War of the Worlds - Leonard Nimoy Interview
War Of The Worlds - Live on Stage Pt 1 of 2
War Of The Worlds - Live on Stage Pt 2 of 2
War Of The Worlds Remix Edition
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