| Description |
1 DVD video (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround ; region 1. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Oliver Platt. |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Cathleen O'Connell ; edited by Brian Funck ; story by Michelle Ferrari & A. Brad Schwartz ; telescript by Michelle Ferrari ; director of photography, Stephen McCarthy & Jason Longo ; original music by John Kusiak ; a production of WGBH Boston. |
| Summary |
What began as a broadcast performance of H.G. Wells' fantasy, The War of the Worlds, turned into one of the biggest mass hysteria events in U.S. history. American Experience examines the elements that together created this frenzy, including our longtime fascination with life on Mars; the emergence of radio as a powerful new medium; and the creative wunderkind Orson Welles, the twenty-three-year-old director of the drama and mischief-maker supreme. |
| Subject |
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. War of the worlds.
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Mars (Planet) -- In literature -- Videodiscs.
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Radio programs -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Platt, Oliver, narrator.
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O'Connell, Cathleen, television producer, television director.
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Ferrari, Michelle, creator, screenwriter.
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Schwartz, A. Brad (Austin Bradley), creator.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), production company, broadcaster.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program) War of the worlds.
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| ISBN |
9781608839643 |
| Standard No. |
841887019675 |
| Music No. |
WWAE601 PBS |
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