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On October 30th, 1938 a radio adaption of H.G. Wells novel The War of The Worlds was aired over the Columbia Broadcasting system radio network. It was directed and narrated by actor and future film maker Orson Welles.
The first two thirds of the 62 minute broadcast were presented as a series of news bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that an actual alien invasion by Martians was actually taking place. one of the issues was was the fact that the Mercury Theatre on the Air was a sustaining show and it ran without breaks which added to the programs realism. Also one of main reasons so many people panicked was because of the fact a lot of people tuned in late in which the missed the start where they announced this was taking place. This caused a lot of people to think this was actually real.
Several days after the adaptation there was widespread outrage in the media and panic by many listeners. The news bulletin format was described as cruelly deceptive by some newspapers and public figures leading to an outcry against the perpetrators of the broadcast.
Despite all of the complaints, the episode secured Welles's fame as a dramatist.
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