Mercury Theatre War of the Worlds 1938 Sci-Fi Radio Broadcast HG Wells

Description: Mercury Theatre War of the Worlds 1938 Sci-Fi Radio Broadcast HG Wells 1h 1min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | NR ** THIS DVD IS NOT - A MOVIE ** ** THIS DVD IS - THE MERCURY THEATRE RADIO BROADCAST AS NARRATED BY ACTOR AND FUTURE FILMMAKER ORSON WELLS AN ADAPTATION OF THE H.G. WELL'S NOVEL WAR OF THE WORLDS. A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion. This DVD of the 1938 Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller H.G. Wells Radio Broadcast - The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast has been digitally re-mastered to maintain the original retro/classic scratched look and feel of the original movie that was so common at the time of its creation. Director: Orson Wells Writers: H.G. Wells Stars: Orson Wells The War of the Worlds is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898). It was performed and broadcast live as a Halloween episode at 8 p.m. on Sunday, October 30, 1938, over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. The episode became famous for causing panic among its listening audience, although the scale of panic is disputed as the program had relatively few listeners. The show opens with an introductory monologue based on the beginning of the original novel, after which the program takes on the format of an evening of typical radio programming being periodically interrupted by news bulletins. The first few bulletins interrupt a program of live music and relatively calm reports of unusual explosions on Mars followed by a seemingly unrelated report of an object falling on a farm in Grover's Mill, New Jersey. The crisis escalates dramatically when a correspondent reporting live from Grover's Mill describes creatures emerging from alien craft and incinerating police and onlookers with a heat ray until his audio feed abruptly goes dead. This is followed by a rapid series of news updates detailing the beginning of a devastating alien invasion and the military's futile efforts to stop it. The first portion of the show climaxes with another live report from the rooftop of a Manhattan radio station. The correspondent describes crowds fleeing clouds of poison smoke released by giant Martian "war machines" and "dropping like flies" as the gas inexorably approaches his location. Eventually, he coughs and falls silent, and a lone ham radio operator is heard mournfully calling "Is there anyone on the air? Isn't there... anyone?" with no response. Only then did the program take its first break, over thirty minutes after Welles's introduction. * To keep our movies affordable for everyone, we print ALL LABELS in Black and White. Every disc is individually processed and labeled for quality before shipping. Movies are all in their originally released Black and White or Colour Formats. * Every movie is shipped in a stylish black paper DVD sleeve designed to keep Retro Movie Club DVDs playing like new, accompanied by a summary of the movie similar to the one listed here. All discs are shipped in a firm cardboard envelope via USPS Media Mail with tracking information provided. * All Retro Movie Club movies and games available are US Patented or Trademarked by Phoenix Entertainment OR licensed to Phoenix Entertainment, public domain OR supplied in guidance of US GPL/GNU License. Items have violated NO Trademarks, copyrights, or rules. This Retro Movie complies with all compilation rules, international media, and downloadable media. * Can't find that classic movie or a quality legal copy you want to watch? Check the Retro Movie Club store https://www.ebay.com/str/retromovieclub Need More Help? Contact Me. DVD Disc Are MailedUSPS Shipping and TrackingRetroMovieClub.com

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