April 28, 2008
Don’t…
What is the this news bulletin’s claim to fame ?
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Answer: This is an Orson Welles-directed rendition of War of the Worlds on CBS radio on Halloween day, 1938. Millions of viewers didn’t hear the first part of the program, and hence missed the disclaimer that it was fictional. They panicked thinking the martians were actually invading, and much hijinks followed. Hear the complete show at The Internet Archive.
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April 28th, 2008 at 7:22 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209435736 )
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209436349 )
Orson Welles’ gag of recreating the War of the Worlds over radio.
“1,200,000 of the estimated 6,000,000 listeners took the broadcast literally and reacted accordingly. Several million more who had not heard the broadcast were caught up in the mass hysteria. The next day the newspapers were choked with wild stories of hysterical reactions to the broadcast.”
April 28th, 2008 at 7:48 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209437331 )
This is from Orson Welles’ ‘War of the Worlds’
April 28th, 2008 at 8:33 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209440029 )
This is an excerpt from “The War of the Worlds”.
The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theater on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween special on October 30, 1938 and aired over the CBS Radio network. Directed by Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells’ classic novel The War of the Worlds.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:44 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209444282 )
Orson Wells War of the Worlds Broadcast
April 28th, 2008 at 9:56 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209444963 )
This broadcast,based on HG Wells’s novel, The War Of The Worlds, was performed as a Halloween prank,on Oct 30,1938 by Orson Welles.The show suggested that an actual Martian invasion was in progress..
April 28th, 2008 at 10:22 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209446558 )
Orson Welles War of the worlds broadcast?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:24 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209450267 )
Orson Welles in Aladdin Radio Theater’s adaption of War of the Worlds
April 29th, 2008 at 12:24 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209453893 )
Orson Welles, broadcasting his radio play from the Mercury Theater in 1938 based on H.G Welles \
April 29th, 2008 at 1:24 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209457499 )
The famous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast in 1938 over CBS radio, directed by Orson Wells- which created a panic attack all over US suggesting that Martians have invaded the earth.
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Tathagata Chatterjee
April 29th, 2008 at 1:44 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209458689 )
It’s like nakednews, the anchors keep stripping as the news goes on; only, you can’t see them.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:12 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209460328 )
Its Orson Welles Mars hoax.
Considered as the greatest Martian invasion hoax. Radio drama based on H.G.Wells “war of the worlds” was embedded with the hoax announcement, which was actually part of radio play was mistaken as actual martian invasion by more than 3 million people.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:35 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209468943 )
Orson wells’ war of the worlds radio broadcast,performed as a Halloween special on October 30, 1938 and aired over the CBS Radio network. cause a whole lot of panic as people thought it was real!
April 29th, 2008 at 4:50 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209469837 )
Orson Welles’ infamous viral marketing idea/War of the Worlds radio show.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:13 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209471184 )
War of the Worlds Halloween radio prank.
Orson Welles spooked millions of radio listeners with his “War of the Worlds” broadcast [October 30th]. Many who did not hear the “only fiction” disclaimers fled their homes to avoid imminent gas attack by marauding Martians who had landed in Grovers Mill, N.J., creating traffic jams and sending dozens to the hospital for shock and hysteria.
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April 29th, 2008 at 6:04 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209474253 )
Don’t Panic - it’s only Orson Welles reading of HG Wells’ War of the Worlds on radio.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:47 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209476877 )
Oh, that’s got to be the Halloween War of the Worlds broadcast that fooled half the United States!
April 29th, 2008 at 6:51 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209477074 )
H.G. Wells alien-invasion novel, “The War of the Worlds”
“War of the Worlds” became permanently etched in the American popular psyche when actor and director, Orson Welles, broadcasted his radio play from the Mercury Theater in 1938
April 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209501408 )
Orson Welles\’ \
April 29th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209501530 )
Orson Welles’ ” War of the Worlds ” was revealed as fiction which relieved millions of Americans of the reported Martian Landings somewhere in New Jersey.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:40 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1209512411 )
This is one of Mercury Theater’s false news like announcements of Martian invasions and the like on Radio. H.G.Well’s War of the Worlds funda
April 30th, 2008 at 12:12 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209539552 )
It must be noted that MP3 downloads are blocked here during daytime, and I had to answer :).
April 30th, 2008 at 6:25 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209561908 )
I’m cribbing here, but you asked for claim to fame, which I was right about. I assumed that people panicked was why War of the Worlds itself is famous. It’s the equivalent of saying, that’s a picture of Don Bradman, and not mentioning that he has the highest test batting average, no?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:45 am, GMT -0700 ( 1209577534 )
@Dibyo: Just the fact that it’s Welles doesn’t make it truly noteworthy, and neither does the fact that it’s War Of The Worlds. What made it stand out was that people thought it is _real_.
WOTW did not become famous because of this incident. It is/was an amazing work of science fiction in its own right, and was recognized as such by readers. Welles, however, gained a lot of fame for this, but a star’s rise to fame isn’t the kind of material that interests BB :)
However, I do agree that the question’s wording was slightly ambiguous, hence the points to everyone who has mentioned Welles.