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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189944)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 24
On October 30, 1938, a live broadcast of Orson Welle's radio drama "The War of the World" was presented in New York City. There were 10 actors and a 27-piece orchestra for the weekly "Mercury Theatre on the Air".
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
30 Oct 19
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1938 - Orson Welles broadcast his radio play of H. G. Wells' "War of the Worlds", causing some audience members in the United States to become acutely anxious.
1939 - Grace Slick was...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189944)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 18
On September 30,1938 Orson Welles produced and broadcast his version of War of the World on the radio. It is said that over a million people across the US panicked and really believed we were being attacked by Martians. After the...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189944)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Oct 15
On October,30,1938 a broadcast of H.G.Wells' 1898 War of the World done by Orson Wells took place on the CBS radio station. It put some areas of the U.S. into a long period of panic and fear. In those days people listened to the...
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