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Orson Welles-Mr. BrunsThe War of the Worlds

This is the 1938 radio broadcast of Orson Welles "War of the Worlds".


This audio is part of the collection: Ourmedia

Artist/Composer: Orson Welles-Mr. Bruns
Keywords: war of the worlds; orson welles

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

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Reviewer: Samurai_Al - - October 11, 2009
Subject: My two cents
The audio quality of this mp3 is perfect. The actual program content was so captivating, I don't recommend trying to listen in your car. This will dominate your attention.

I was planning to test it to see if it would play, and I ended up taking in the entire hour. It stays on my mp3 player now and every once and again I dig it up.

I listen to a lot of old time radio and I have a fair idea of what it may have sounded like to listen to the news in 1938. I'm stunned how close this sounds (most of it) to a news broadcast. I totally understand the mass panic that went along with this programs original airing.

No words can describe this experience. You must listen.

Reviewer: i_d_simpson - - May 10, 2009
Subject: Can't believe it's only been downloaded 6000 times
This is brilliant theatre. You have to listen.

Reviewer: ChefJLo - - March 2, 2009
Subject: Thank You!
A little noisy, but it was 60 years ago...

Reviewer: russbrady22 - - October 20, 2008
Subject: Very Good Quality
I just had to comment that this is a very good quality mp3 encode of this classic broadcast. Also, I believe this is the complete original, with no new material added. Thank you for uploading this.