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American experience. War of the worlds / produced and directed by Cathleen O'Connell ; a Desert Penguin Pictures, LLC production for American Experience.

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On Halloween Eve, 1938, a news bulletin reported that Martians had landed in a tiny New Jersey town. Although most listeners understood that the program was a radio drama, thousands of others plunged into panic, convinced that America was under a deadly attack. War of the Worlds explores how Orson W...

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Online Access: Streaming Video (via Alexander Street Press)
Other Authors: O'Connell, Cathleen (Director, Producer), Platt, Oliver (Narrator), Ferrari, Michelle (Screenwriter), Schwartz, A. Brad (Austin Bradley) (Screenwriter)
Other title:War of the worlds.
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2013.
Subjects:
Wells, H. G. > (Herbert George), > 1866-1946 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wells, H. G. > (Herbert George), > 1866-1946. > War of the worlds.
War of the worlds (Radio program)
Radio plays > History and criticism.
Radio plays > Production and direction.
Radio broadcasting > United States > History.
Hysteria (Social psychology)
Mars (Planet) > In literature.
Documentary television programs.

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