The Night America Trembled (3/6)

On the night of October 30, 1938, one of the most bizarre experiences in the history of radio occurred. It might be argued that nothing of this nature happened before or since.

On that night, the CBS radio network aired the Halloween episode of Mercury Theatre on the Air. Narrated by Orson Welles, this compelling story of Martians invading earth captured the attention of listeners nationwide. Despite disclaimers issued during the broadcast, many people took the broadcast literally and panicked. The broadcast was actually an adaptation of H. G. Welles' novel, The War of the Worlds.

In this Studio One recreation of the story, renowned newsman Edward R. Murrow brings us the story of what happened that most unusual night. Look for some familiar faces among the cast!

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[LandondeeL]

"Two Sleepy People" was not played on that Mercury Theatre program, it was however played on the competing Charlie McCarthy broadcast that night.

[Novak67766]

@Novak67766 And a young Ed Asner...with hair!

[Novak67766]

Goodness! that's a young Warren Beatty.

[MegaDede43]

i love the old fashion movies like this, when kissing scene is going on it stops there. today they would be humping by now and the camera man would have gotten a shot of her tits and his ass. they don't make movies like this anymore. this movie is really refreshing. thanks for posting my mom was 10 yrs. old and remembers this.

[niflap]

I wonder what scared people more back then, invading Martians or nuclear energy commercials. arararar

[LoudCitizen]

Let's hear it for good old Ramón Raquello and his orchestra!

[LoudCitizen]

Let's hear it for good old Ramon Raquello and his orchestra!

[Songsmirth]

This man's voice is every bit as sober as OW's must have been. I didn't know a documentary like this exhisted. Thank you Hwy for sharing with us. I think it would be very difficult to understand how people thought at that time and why it was taken so seriously. America was shocked over the fact that scientists could invent and use the atomic bomb so I don't think it would have been shocking to see how people reacted to this broadcast. People didn't know how dangerous smoking was. Nobody knew.