Old Radio Broadcasts

Loki · 20 Mar 2006 at 09:42

Not sure if this should be here or in GD.

I was watching a programme called the "Real War of the Worlds" on Discovery over the weekend. It's all about the Orson Wells broadcast of War of the Worlds in 1930's America. It had some excerpts from it and it sounded a pretty amazing drama. You can understand how so many people were duped by it At it's peak they claimed that 1 in 2 Americans tuned into listen to it.

Anyone know if you can buy this as a CD or is it available archived anywhere to listen to

Pinkeyes · 20 Mar 2006 at 13:55

Without risking links to competitors...

Froogle for "war worlds orson wells"

There are plenty of links to the documentary, but there is also CD, and two LP verison !!

Hope this helps

SexyGreyFox · 20 Mar 2006 at 22:23

I actually have the original broadcast.

SourChipmunk · 21 Mar 2006 at 00:17

This is what you really want:

The Night That Panicked America

It was never officially released on video or DVD, but I scored a copy a few months ago. Not the greatest copy, but I'm sure someone has another copy for auction.