[78-L] War of the Worlds broadcast [was Here's another even more oddball 78 album]

[David Weiner]

PBS Is showing a new documentary on Welles' WAR OF THE WORLDS this week on
the 75th anniversary of the original broadcast.

Dave Weiner

On 10/28/13 2:41 PM, "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>On 28/10/13 18:26, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> Speaking of Westinghouse, they sponsored this 1957 broadcast of Studio
>>One, which featured "The Night America Trembled," a retrospective on the
>>1938 Mercury Theatre production of "War of the Worlds," which celebrates
>>its 75th anniversary this Wednesday. I had thought that the superb 1975
>>TV movie "The Night That Panicked America" was the only such show
>>recreating the Orson Welles broadcast. T
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>================
>There was a programme about the "War of the Worlds" 1938 broadcast on
>BBC Radio 4 on Saturday night. They played extracts from the programme.
>The question is: Was the programme committed to a transcription disc
>(meaning it didn't go out live), or was this a Boris Rose effort?
>
>      Julian Vein
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