85th Anniversary Of The War Of The Worlds Broadcast

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In 1938 sales of radio receivers were robust it was the years before television and a variety of commercial radio programming graced the air waves. The public huddled around those receivers to listen to music, comedy and radio plays. An up and coming actor Orson Welles developed a radio play about an H.G. Welles science fiction novel. With Halloween coming his intention was to broadcast a play of a fictious invasion of New York and the World. Refer to your internet to find out how radio became a powerful media. The Mercury Theatre along with Orson Welles adaptation of H.G. Welles novel The War Of The Worlds.

This October Marks the 85th anniversary of the Broadcast

If you would like to listen to a recording of the broadcast please refer to the Link below