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Title:

War of the worlds (DVD). American experience

Publisher:

PBS,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 DVD video (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),--1866-1946--Criticism and interpretation.
Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),--1866-1946.--War of the worlds.
Mars (Planet)--In literature.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.

Other Authors:

Platt, Oliver, narrator.
O'Connell, Cathleen, television director. television director.
Ferrari, Michelle, screenwriter. screenwriter.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster. broadcaster.

Other Titles:

Contained in: American experience (Television program)

Notes:

Title from container. Narrated by Oliver Platt. Rating: Not rated. Includes special features.

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.

ISBN:

1608839648
9781608839643

UPC:

841887019675

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)