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Night That Panicked America
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00:00:00 The program you're about to see is a recreation of the War of the Worlds panic broadcast of
00:00:06 1938. It is based on fact. All interruptions for news bulletins are simulated, and certain
00:00:13 names, characters, and incidents are changed in the interests of dramatization.
00:00:21 In the late years of the 1930s, we were witness to our world gripped in the first agonies
00:00:26 of invasion and war. No section of the earth seemed free from these terrors, or from the
00:00:34 nightmares of what was to come. Nightmares that for the first time were brought vividly
00:00:39 into every home by the force of a new medium. Radio.
00:00:45 This is Alan Field reporting to you by radio remote from Madison, Alabama. For the first
00:01:09 time, we are at all-clear. This is the moment marching into Austria. The Nazis is coming.
00:01:16 And America listened to the distant thunder brought by this medium, wanting desperately
00:01:43 to believe that they were secure from the lightning that was to come.
00:01:46 It is October 30th, 1938, 623 Eastern Standard Time. An invasion is being planned by a small
00:01:57 group, and this man is part of it. Not the invasion one might expect, but an unwitting
00:02:04 invasion of the mind that will send a panicked nation fleeing out into the streets. In exactly
00:02:11 one hour and 37 minutes, the nightmare will begin. A fitting night has been picked. It
00:02:18 is Halloween Eve.
00:02:19 We're late. The world's late.
00:02:20 Yeah. Force them to come in yet?
00:02:21 Save yourself. What's the show tonight?
00:02:22 Our version of War of the Worlds.
00:02:23 War. H.G. Wells.
00:02:24 Ain't that enough war on the radio as it is?
00:02:25 No, this is a different kind of war.
00:02:26 Different? How different? Either got Germans, Japanese, or Italians.
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00:21:22 Ladies and gentlemen, the director of the Mercury Theatre and star of these broadcasts, Orson Welles.
00:21:30 We know now that in the early years of the 20th century, this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own.
00:21:46 We know now that as human beings busied themselves about their various concerns, they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
00:22:02 With infinite complacence, people went to and fro over the earth about their little affairs, serene in the assurance of their dominion over this small, spinning fragment of solar driftwood, which by chance or design, man has inherited out of the dark mystery of time and space.
00:22:24 Yet across an immense ethereal gulf, minds that are to our minds as ours are to the beasts in the jungle, intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic regarded this earth with envious eyes and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.
00:22:46 In the 38th year of the 20th century came the great disillusionment. It was near the end of October. Business was better.
00:22:56 Hey, Orville.
00:23:01 Hey, it's all right. Let me have some of that action you get through with me.
00:23:07 There you go.
00:23:10 What's in that machine that's got you so excited about, buddy Joe?
00:23:13 I ate them candies last October.
00:23:18 The war scale was over. More men were back at work. The sales were picking up.
00:23:35 You gonna sulk all night on account of I won't let you go over there and fight Germans?
00:23:50 More men were back at work. On this particular evening, October 30th, the Crossley service estimated that 32 million people were listening in on the radio.
00:24:13 Seven. Seven.
00:24:36 Causing a low pressure area to move down, bringing a forecast of rain accompanied by winds of light gale force.
00:24:42 Maximum temperature 66, minimum 48. This weather report comes to you from the Government Weather Bureau.
00:24:49 We now take you to the Meridian Room in the Hotel Park Plaza in downtown New York, where you'll be entertained by the music of Raymond Riquello and his orchestra.
00:25:14 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. From the Meridian Room in the Park Plaza in New York City, we bring you the music of Raymond Riquello and his orchestra.
00:25:22 With a touch of the Spanish, Raymond Riquello leads off with La Paloma.
00:25:38 I hate that music. I hate that music.
00:25:43 Harrison, would you please put something on the radio? Yes, miss. Oh, all this is awful. Mary, would you please get these out of my life now?
00:25:51 No, I mean it. I mean, this isn't the kind of music I'd recommend for a party. Don't you all agree?
00:26:01 Oh, I love it. It's so awful. I absolutely love it. Come on, put those down and dance with me.
00:26:19 What the devil is she doing? Anyway, the players were there for over a month, you know, and they said that at least the Pachis made the trams run on time.
00:26:30 Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News.
00:26:38 Twenty minutes before eight central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars.
00:26:50 The spectroscope indicates the gas to be hydrogen and moving toward the Earth with enormous velocity.
00:26:56 Professor Pearson of the Observatory of Princeton confirms Farrell's observation and describes the phenomenon as, quote, like a jet of blue flame shot from a gun, unquote.
00:27:06 We now return you to the music of Ramon Regalado playing for you in the Meridian Room of the Park Plaza Hotel, situated in downtown New York.
00:27:26 I would, you know. I want to know where you're going.
00:27:39 I don't know. I know where I can find a job. Oh, I don't believe that.
00:27:46 I don't believe one word you've said to me. You just take it easy. I want the kids to hear this.
00:27:54 You got everything? How about this, Mr. Priestfield? You are invited.
00:28:05 I don't remember hearing that. I met in the car at the Palisades. I don't remember hearing that. Where were you?
00:28:21 I don't remember that. I don't remember.
00:28:36 I just turned it on. Honest.
00:29:01 Ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given an hour before the...
00:29:04 How many times have we told you? Your mother and me, that when you go to sleep, there's no way you're going to sleep. Understand that?
00:29:11 Because you're... your sister is listening to you.
00:29:21 You go to sleep now, huh? No more radio.
00:29:41 In a few moments, we will take you to the Princeton Observatory at Princeton, New Jersey. We return you until then to the music of Ramon Rechelo and his orchestra.
00:30:04 We are ready to take you to the Princeton Observatory at Princeton, where Carl Phillips, our commentator, will interview Professor Richard Pearson, famous astronomer.
00:30:12 We take you now to Princeton, New Jersey.
00:30:20 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Carl Phillips.
00:30:23 Daddy, must we listen to this?
00:30:25 I'm standing in a large, semi-circular room.
00:30:28 This is such a bore. Come on, let's get some fresh air.
00:30:31 Through this opening, I can see a sprinkling of stars that cast a kind of frosty glow over the intricate mechanism of a huge telescope.
00:30:39 The ticking sound you hear is the vibration of the clockwork.
00:30:43 Professor Pearson stands directly above me on a small platform, peering through the giant lens.
00:30:49 I ask you to be patient, ladies and gentlemen, during any delay that may arise during our interview.
00:30:54 Besides his ceaseless watch of the heavens, Professor Pearson may be interrupted by telephone or other communications.
00:31:01 During this period, he is in constant touch with the astronomical centers of the world.
00:31:06 Professor, may I begin our questions?
00:31:09 At any time, Mr. Phillips.
00:31:10 Professor, would you please tell our radio audience exactly what you see as you observe the planet Mars through your telescope?
00:31:16 Nothing unusual at the moment, Mr. Phillips. A red disk swimming in a blue sea, transverse stripes across the disk.
00:31:23 Quite distinct now because Mars happens to be at the point nearest the Earth. In opposition, as we call it.
00:31:30 In your opinion, what do these transverse stripes signify, Professor Pearson?
00:31:34 Not catalysts, I can assure you, Mr. Phillips, although that's the popular conjecture of those who imagine Mars to be inhabited.
00:31:42 From a scientific viewpoint, the stripes are merely the result of atmospheric conditions peculiar to the planet.
00:31:48 And you're quite convinced as a scientist that living intelligence as we know it does not exist on the planet Mars.
00:31:53 I should say the chances against it are a thousand to one.
00:31:56 How do you account for these gas eruptions occurring on the surface of the planet at regular intervals?
00:32:01 Mr. Phillips, I cannot account for it.
00:32:05 By the way, Professor, for the benefit of our listeners, how far is Mars from the Earth?
00:32:10 Approximately 40 million miles.
00:32:12 Well, that seems a safe enough distance.
00:32:15 Just a moment, ladies and gentlemen. Someone has just handed Professor Pearson a message.
00:32:19 While he reads it, let me remind you that we are speaking to you from the observatory in Princeton, New Jersey,
00:32:24 where we are interviewing the world famous astronomer, Professor Pearson.
00:32:28 One moment, please.
00:32:30 Professor Pearson has passed me a message which he has just received.
00:32:33 Professor, may I read the message to the listening audience?
00:32:36 Certainly, Mr. Phillips.
00:32:38 Ladies and gentlemen, I shall read you a wire addressed to Professor Pearson from Dr. Gray of the National History Museum, New York.
00:32:44 Of course I don't agree with everything Hitler does, but he's got to understand his position, especially considering his weight.
00:32:50 Seismograph, registered shock of almost fifth-quake intensity occurring within a radius of 20 miles of Princeton.
00:32:57 Please investigate. Signed Lloyd Gray, chief of astronomical...
00:33:00 What's that about Princeton?
00:33:01 Professor Pearson, could this occurrence possibly have something to do with the disturbance observed on the planet Mars?
00:33:06 Hardly, Mr. Phillips.
00:33:09 This is probably a meteorite of unusual size, and its arrival at this particular time is merely a coincidence.
00:33:17 However, we shall conduct the search as soon as daylight permits.
00:33:21 Thank you, Professor.
00:33:22 Ladies and gentlemen, for the past ten minutes, we've been speaking to you from the observatory at Princeton,
00:33:27 bringing you a special interview with Professor Pearson, noted astronomer.
00:33:31 This is Carl Phillips speaking. We now return you to our New York studio.
00:33:36 Charlie McCarthy!
00:33:38 I couldn't figure out what it was. Maybe you had a snoot phone.
00:33:48 Oh, now see what you did? You made me miss the opening.
00:33:52 He'll be back.
00:33:53 I don't care. I ain't gonna listen to that.
00:34:01 Now, here at home comes a special announcement from Trenton, New Jersey.
00:34:05 It's reported that at 8.50 p.m.
00:34:07 Hey, turn that back. Or forward. Let's hear that report.
00:34:14 A huge flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm in the neighborhood of Grover's Mill, New Jersey, 22 miles from Trenton.
00:34:24 The flash in the sky was visible within a radius of several hundred miles.
00:34:28 And the noise of the impact was heard as far north as Elizabeth.
00:34:31 We've dispatched a special mobile unit to the scene and will have our commentator, Mr. Phillips, give you a word description as soon as he can reach there from Princeton.
00:34:39 In the meantime, we take you to the Hotel Martinet in Brooklyn, where Bobby Mallette and his orchestra are offering a program of dance music.
00:34:47 [Music]
00:35:08 We take you now to Grover's Mill, New Jersey.
00:35:14 Ladies and gentlemen, this is Carl Phillips again at the Wilmot Farm, Grover's Mill, New Jersey.
00:35:18 Professor Pearson and myself may be 11 miles from Princeton in 10 minutes.
00:35:22 Well, I hardly know where to begin to paint for you a word picture of the strange scene before my eyes, like something out of a modern Arabian Nights.
00:35:32 Well, I just got here. I haven't had a chance to look around yet.
00:35:35 I guess that's it. Yes, I guess that's the thing.
00:35:40 [Music]
00:35:48 What I can see of the object itself doesn't look very much like a meteor, or at least not the meteors I've seen.
00:35:54 It looks more like a huge cylinder. It has a diameter of, what would you say, Professor Pearson?
00:36:00 About 30 yards.
00:36:02 About 30 yards.
00:36:03 The metal on the sheath is, well, I've never seen anything like it. The color is sort of a yellowish white.
00:36:10 Curious spectators now are pressing close to the object in spite of the efforts of the police to keep them back.
00:36:15 They're getting in front of my line of vision. Would you mind standing on one side, please?
00:36:19 [Indistinct chatter]
00:36:22 While the policemen are pushing the crowd back...
00:36:24 [Gunshots]
00:36:26 I guess that's about enough of that.
00:36:28 No, leave that.
00:36:29 I thought you wanted to hear Charlie McCarthy.
00:36:31 Oh, never mind Charlie McCarthy for once, will you? Go get the tables.
00:36:35 Something's happening right in our own backyard. Ain't you interested?
00:36:39 Closer and louder, please. Louder, please.
00:36:43 [Radio chatter]
00:36:56 Isn't there one known named Wilma?
00:37:00 Probably means Wilson. Can't figure how he missed that.
00:37:04 I heard something.
00:37:05 And what did you hear?
00:37:07 A hissing sound.
00:37:09 We didn't see it, neither.
00:37:10 Don't shush.
00:37:11 Kind of like a Fourth of July rocket.
00:37:13 Then what?
00:37:14 Oh, I turned my head out the window and would have swore I was to sleep and dreaming.
00:37:18 Yes.
00:37:19 I seen a kind of greenish streak and then a zingo. Something smacked the ground. Knocked me clear out of my chair.
00:37:25 Well, were you frightened, Mr. Wilma?
00:37:27 Oh, I'm quite sure. I reckon I was kind of riled.
00:37:31 Thank you, Mr. Wilma, thank you.
00:37:33 Oh, you want me to tell you something?
00:37:34 No, that's fine. All right. That's pleasant.
00:37:36 Ladies and gentlemen, we've just heard Mr. Wilma, owner of the farm, where this thing has fallen.
00:37:40 I wish I could convey the atmosphere, the background of this fantastic scene.
00:37:45 Hundreds of cars are parked in the field in back of us.
00:37:48 Police are trying to rope off the roadway leading into the farm, but it's no use.
00:37:51 They're breaking right through.
00:37:53 Their headlights throw an enormous spot on the pit where the object's half buried.
00:37:57 Some of the more daring souls are venturing near the edge.
00:38:00 Their silhouettes stand out against the metal sheen.
00:38:03 One man wants to touch the thing. He's having an argument with a policeman.
00:38:06 You can't tell me where I am without your dog with your hands on it.
00:38:11 I like you.
00:38:13 Yeah, I do that.
00:38:16 I mean, I'll let you know where I am.
00:38:18 Ladies and gentlemen, there's something I haven't mentioned in all this excitement, but it's becoming more distinct.
00:38:22 Perhaps you've caught it already on your radio. Listen.
00:38:25 Do you hear it? It's a curious humming sound that seems to come from inside the object.
00:38:37 I'll move the microphone nearer. Here.
00:38:40 There's nothing to be frightened about. They just fill those things up good enough.
00:38:45 Oh, Professor Pearson?
00:38:46 Yes, Mr. Phillips.
00:38:47 Can you tell us the meaning of that scraping noise inside the thing?
00:38:50 It's possibly the unequal cooling of its surface.
00:38:53 Still think it's a meteor, Professor?
00:38:55 I don't know what to think. The metal casing is definitely...
00:38:59 It is just a radio show. So when are you going to tell them?
00:39:03 I'll tell them as soon as they ask me.
00:39:07 ...and as you can see, a saline...
00:39:09 Just a minute! Something's happening. Ladies and gentlemen, this is terrific.
00:39:14 This end of the thing is beginning to flake off.
00:39:17 The top is beginning to rotate like a screw. The thing must be hollow.
00:39:23 [scraping noise]
00:39:28 [scraping noise]
00:39:32 [scraping noise]
00:39:53 [scraping noise]
00:39:57 [scraping noise]
00:40:18 Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most terrifying thing I've ever witnessed.
00:40:23 Wait a minute.
00:40:24 Someone's falling out of the hollow top.
00:40:27 Someone or something is appearing out of that black hole.
00:40:31 Two luminous disks are the eyes. It might be a face. It might be...
00:40:36 Good heavens!
00:40:38 Something's wriggling out of the shadow like a grey snake.
00:40:42 Now it's another one. And another.
00:40:45 They look like tentacles to me. There, I can see the thing's body.
00:40:50 Oh, it's large as a bear and it glistens like wet leather.
00:40:55 But that face... It's indescribable.
00:41:00 I can hardly force myself to keep looking at it.
00:41:04 The eyes are black and gleam like a serpent.
00:41:07 The mouth is V-shaped with saliva dripping out.
00:41:10 I can see the quivering pulsate.
00:41:13 The monster or whatever it is can hardly move.
00:41:16 It seems weighed down by possibly gravity or something.
00:41:20 The thing's raising up. The crowd falls back. They've seen enough.
00:41:24 This is the most extraordinary experience. I can't find words.
00:41:28 I'm pulling this microphone with me as I talk.
00:41:31 I'll have to stop the description until I've taken a new position.
00:41:35 Hold on, will you please? I'll be back in a minute.
00:41:39 [Music]
00:41:45 My God, Hank. What is it? What's happening?
00:41:52 Nothing, you see. Just take it easy now.
00:41:55 It's just probably one of those things from a media...
00:41:59 But didn't you hear what he said? I heard what he said.
00:42:01 What's that?
00:42:02 [Music]
00:42:06 We are bringing you an eyewitness account of what's happening on the Wilmoth Farm, Rovers Mill, New Jersey.
00:42:11 [Music]
00:42:17 Let's see what else. Don't touch that dial!
00:42:23 Maybe they know more about it on another station.
00:42:26 They're really saying no to...
00:42:28 ...can't hurt, couldn't he?
00:42:31 Six-nine.
00:42:34 I'm not going to finish this story.
00:42:36 Well, why not?
00:42:37 Well, I'm not going to make a fool of myself.
00:42:39 Turn it back! They don't even know it's happening!
00:42:42 Wait a minute, will you?
00:42:43 Walter, come on.
00:42:45 Okay.
00:42:47 Ladies and gentlemen, we now return you to Carl Phillips at Rovers Mill.
00:42:55 Ladies and gentlemen...
00:42:59 Am I on?
00:43:00 Ladies and gentlemen, here I am, back of a stone wall that adjoins Mr. Wilmoth's garden.
00:43:05 From here I get a sweep of the whole scene.
00:43:07 I'll give you every detail as long as I can talk.
00:43:09 As long as I can see.
00:43:11 More state police have arrived.
00:43:13 They're drawing up a cordon in front of the pit, about 30 of them.
00:43:16 No need to push the crowd back now. They're willing to keep the distance.
00:43:19 The captain is conferring with someone.
00:43:21 We can't quite see who.
00:43:23 Oh, yes, I believe it's Professor Pearson.
00:43:25 Yes, it is.
00:43:26 Now they've parted.
00:43:27 The professor moves around one side, studying the object, while the captain and two policemen advance with something in their hands.
00:43:33 I can see it now. It's a white handkerchief tied to a pole.
00:43:37 A flying...
00:43:38 Those creatures know what that means, what anything means.
00:43:42 Wait! Something's happening!
00:43:45 A hump shape is rising up...
00:43:47 Shut that thing off!
00:43:48 What do you think, Joey?
00:43:49 ...against a mirror.
00:43:50 What's that?
00:43:51 There's a jet of flame swinging from that mirror.
00:43:55 But it leans right at the advancing men.
00:43:58 It strikes them head on.
00:44:00 All right, buddy. What's going on here, man?
00:44:06 Huh?
00:44:07 Don't you know what's happening?
00:44:15 Come on, come on. You'll have to move the car. There's no parking along.
00:44:18 Listen, listen!
00:44:20 (Screaming)
00:44:22 Now the hell are you looking for?
00:44:27 That's just regular old age.
00:44:30 (Screaming)
00:44:32 It's spreading everywhere.
00:44:36 It's coming this way, about 20 yards to my right.
00:44:41 (Gunshot)
00:44:42 Let's go.
00:44:56 Ladies and gentlemen, due to circumstances beyond our control,
00:45:02 we are unable to continue the broadcast from Grover's Mill.
00:45:05 (Radio chatter)
00:45:08 Planet.
00:45:27 We continue now with our piano interlude.
00:45:31 (Piano music)
00:45:34 Columbia Broadcasting System.
00:45:45 What?
00:45:46 Well, not that I know of.
00:45:48 I believe it's only a play.
00:45:51 That's right. It's just a play.
00:45:54 That's what's on our program schedule.
00:45:56 You're welcome.
00:45:57 (Piano music)
00:46:00 Ladies and gentlemen, I've just been handed a message
00:46:05 that came in from Grover's Mill by telephone.
00:46:07 At least 40 people, including six state troopers,
00:46:10 lie dead in a field east of the village of Grover's Mill,
00:46:13 their bodies burned and distorted beyond all possible recognition.
00:46:17 The next voice you hear will be that of Brigadier General Montgomery Smith,
00:46:20 commander of the state militia at Trenton, New Jersey.
00:46:26 Okay, General.
00:46:27 Over here.
00:46:28 Now.
00:46:29 Over here.
00:46:30 (Clears throat)
00:46:31 I have been requested by the governor of New Jersey
00:46:34 to place the counties of Mercer and Middlesex
00:46:37 as far west as Princeton and east to Jamesburg
00:46:40 under martial law.
00:46:41 No one will be permitted to enter this area
00:46:44 except by special pass issued by state or military authorities.
00:46:48 (Siren blaring)
00:46:52 (Siren blaring)
00:46:55 Head for cover.
00:46:59 It's on the radio.
00:47:00 Quick!
00:47:01 (Siren blaring)
00:47:05 (Radio chatter)
00:47:09 Mommy.
00:47:10 I had a bad nightmare.
00:47:14 I want to sleep in your room.
00:47:17 Oh, it's all right.
00:47:19 It's all right.
00:47:21 I understand.
00:47:23 No.
00:47:24 The strange creatures, after unleashing their deadly assault,
00:47:28 crawled back in their pit and made no attempt
00:47:30 to prevent the efforts of firemen to recover the bodies
00:47:32 and extinguish the fire.
00:47:34 Let's get out of here!
00:47:35 Come on!
00:47:36 Come on!
00:47:37 Hey!
00:47:38 (Shouting)
00:47:40 Ladies and gentlemen, I've just been informed
00:47:43 that we have finally established communication
00:47:45 with an eyewitness of the tragedy.
00:47:47 Professor Pearson has been located at a farmhouse
00:47:49 near Grover's Mill where he's established
00:47:51 an emergency observation post.
00:47:53 As a scientist, he will give you his explanation
00:47:56 of this calamity.
00:47:57 The next voice you hear will be of Professor Pearson,
00:48:00 brought to you by direct wire.
00:48:02 Professor Pearson.
00:48:03 Of the creatures in the rocket cylinder at Grover's Mill,
00:48:06 I can give you no authoritative information,
00:48:09 either as to their nature, their origin,
00:48:11 or their purposes here on Earth.
00:48:13 Of their destructive instrument,
00:48:16 I might venture some conjectural explanation.
00:48:19 (Static)
00:48:21 (Shouting)
00:48:23 (Shouting)
00:48:25 It's all too evident that these creatures
00:48:27 have scientific knowledge far in advance of our own.
00:48:29 (Shouting)
00:48:31 (Shouting)
00:48:32 They are able to generate an intense heat
00:48:34 in a chamber of practically absolute non-conductivity.
00:48:37 This intense heat they project in a parallel beam
00:48:41 against any object they choose
00:48:43 by means of a polished parabolic mirror
00:48:46 of unknown composition,
00:48:47 much as a mirror of a lighthouse
00:48:49 projects a beam of light.
00:48:51 And that is my conjecture of the origin of the heat ray.
00:48:55 Thank you, Professor Pearson.
00:48:57 (Static)
00:49:00 Ladies and gentlemen, here is a bulletin from Trenton.
00:49:02 It is a brief statement informing us
00:49:04 that the charred body of Carl Phillips
00:49:06 has been identified in a Trenton hospital.
00:49:08 We have received a request from the militia at Trenton
00:49:12 to place at their disposal
00:49:14 our entire broadcasting facilities.
00:49:17 In view of the gravity of the situation
00:49:20 and believing that radio has a definite responsibility
00:49:23 to serve in the public interest at all times,
00:49:26 we are turning over our facilities
00:49:28 to the state militia at Trenton.
00:49:30 Well, it's about time they got the military involved.
00:49:34 (Shouting)
00:49:37 Mr. Matlock.
00:49:38 Shh!
00:49:40 We take you now to the field headquarters
00:49:42 of the state militia near Grover's Mill, New Jersey.
00:49:45 I need some artillery up here!
00:49:48 (Shouting)
00:49:51 This is Captain Lance Ely,
00:50:00 signal core test of the state militia
00:50:02 now engaged in military operations
00:50:04 in the vicinity of Grover's Mill.
00:50:07 Situation arising from the reported presence
00:50:09 of certain individuals of unidentified nature
00:50:12 is now under complete control.
00:50:14 The cylindrical object,
00:50:16 which lies in a pit directly below our position,
00:50:19 is surrounded now on all sides by eight battalion--
00:50:22 Daddy, what's the matter?
00:50:24 You go to sleep.
00:50:25 Why is Mommy crying?
00:50:27 Oh, Mommy has a headache.
00:50:28 That's why Mommy's crying.
00:50:29 I can't go to sleep.
00:50:31 I'm afraid my bad dream will come back.
00:50:33 Oh, no, you know why?
00:50:35 You come in the other room with Daddy,
00:50:37 and you sleep on the couch, huh?
00:50:39 I can see they're hiding, but it's plain to declare
00:50:41 the searchlight's in with all their reported resources.
00:50:44 Hey, it is gonna be all right.
00:50:47 Everywhere it's an interesting outing for the troops.
00:50:51 We've got a set of uniforms crossing back and forth
00:50:55 now in front of the lights.
00:50:57 It almost looks like a real war.
00:50:59 What?
00:51:00 Oh, yeah, there appears to be some slight smoke
00:51:03 in the woods bordering the mills now.
00:51:06 How are we gonna fight these things?
00:51:07 Just what our shotgun--
00:51:08 You just keep your eyes peeled for us.
00:51:11 Don't you worry about that heat ray.
00:51:13 First, let's just find 'em,
00:51:15 and we'll give them something to worry about.
00:51:18 You looking for a fight?
00:51:22 Mr. Matlock, sir, please.
00:51:25 Harrison, don't get involved in things you don't understand.
00:51:29 [men shouting]
00:51:32 [men shouting]
00:51:35 [men shouting]
00:51:38 Say, have you been listening?
00:51:40 Shh, shh.
00:51:42 All right, deploy for North Poont,
00:51:44 on the west wing--
00:51:45 What are you gonna do?
00:51:46 I don't know what to do.
00:51:48 You know the piercers down the hall?
00:51:50 They're putting everybody in the car.
00:51:52 They figure they'll be safer across the river in New York.
00:51:55 You're going to New York?
00:51:56 We're leaving here now.
00:51:57 What do you mean, we're leaving here now?
00:51:58 Me too.
00:51:59 We're leaving here now.
00:52:00 I'm gonna pack up the kids.
00:52:01 Honey, you don't feel good right now.
00:52:02 You've got a lot of blood down there.
00:52:03 You don't feel good.
00:52:04 It's like--
00:52:05 What is it?
00:52:06 You know Pete the handyman?
00:52:08 He says it's the Germans.
00:52:10 The Germans?
00:52:11 Wait a minute.
00:52:13 I see something on the top of the cylinder.
00:52:15 No, nothing but a shadow.
00:52:17 Well, troops are on the edge of the Wilmers Farm.
00:52:20 We have 7,000 armed men closing in on an old metal tower.
00:52:26 Wait a minute.
00:52:27 [alarm ringing]
00:52:29 That wasn't a shadow.
00:52:31 Something moving.
00:52:33 Solid metal.
00:52:34 Kind of a shield-like affair rising up out of the cylinder.
00:52:38 Going higher and higher.
00:52:40 Standing on legs, actually rearing up on a sort of metal framework.
00:52:44 Now it's reaching above the trees.
00:52:47 [inaudible]
00:52:49 Hang on!
00:52:50 Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave announcement to make.
00:53:00 Incredible as it may seem, both the observations of science and the evidence of our eyes
00:53:04 lead to the inescapable assumption that those strange beings who landed in the Jersey farmlands tonight
00:53:09 are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars.
00:53:12 The battle which took place tonight at Grover's Mill
00:53:14 descended in one of the most startling defeats ever suffered by an army in modern times.
00:53:19 7,000 men armed with rifles and machine guns
00:53:22 pitted against a single fighting machine of the invader from Mars.
00:53:25 120 known survivors.
00:53:27 The rest strewn over the battle area from Grover's Mill to Plainsboro,
00:53:30 crushed and cradled to death under the metal feet of the monster
00:53:33 or burned to cinders by its heat rays.
00:53:36 The monster is now in control of the middle section of New Jersey
00:53:39 and has effectively cut the state through its center.
00:53:41 Communication lines are down from Pennsylvania to the Atlantic coast.
00:53:44 Go to Chief Roberts at the police station.
00:53:46 Yes, sir.
00:53:47 ...and service from New York and Philadelphia
00:53:48 discontinued except routing some of the trains through Allentown and Phoenixville.
00:53:52 Highways to the north, south, and west are clogged with frantic human traffic.
00:53:56 Police and Army reserves are unable to control the mad flight.
00:53:59 By morning, the fugitives will have swelled Philadelphia, Camden, and Trenton,
00:54:03 it is estimated, to twice their normal population.
00:54:06 At this time, martial law prevails throughout New Jersey and--
00:54:09 Hey, Orville, it is a radio program, ain't it?
00:54:12 It ain't no radio show.
00:54:14 Now, shut up, will you?
00:54:15 The Secretary of the Interior.
00:54:17 Citizens of the nation,
00:54:20 I shall not try to conceal the gravity of the situation
00:54:27 that confronts the country,
00:54:29 nor the concern of your government--
00:54:34 It's Roosevelt.
00:54:36 What's that idiot doing now?
00:54:38 However, I wish to impress upon you,
00:54:44 private citizens and public officials--
00:54:47 There is no answer, sir.
00:54:48 All of you should urgently need a calm and resourceful attitude.
00:54:56 Fortunately, this formidable enemy is still confined to a comparatively small area,
00:55:06 and we may place our faith in the military forces to keep them there.
00:55:14 In the meantime, placing our faith in God,
00:55:19 we must continue the performance of our duties, each and every one of us,
00:55:26 so that we may confront this destructive adversary
00:55:32 with a nation united, courageous,
00:55:36 and consecrated to the preservation of human supremacy on this earth.
00:55:43 I thank you.
00:55:45 You have just heard the Secretary of the Interior speaking from Washington.
00:55:53 Bulletins too numerous to read are piling up in the newsroom here.
00:55:56 We are informed that the central portion of New Jersey is blacked out from radio communication
00:56:00 due to the effect of the heat ray upon power lines and electrical equipment.
00:56:04 Here is a special bulletin from New York.
00:56:09 The cables received from the English, French, German scientific bodies offering assistance.
00:56:14 Astronomers report continued gas outbursts at regular intervals on the planet Mars.
00:56:21 Majority vote opinion.
00:56:25 Their apparent objective is to proxy-resist the nuclear launch.
00:56:30 Hey, boy, wait. You stopped me, boy. We got to get out of here.
00:56:38 I just want to find out where the fire is at. That's all.
00:56:40 Fire? Are you serious?
00:56:42 Yeah, you see, you were going about 80 miles.
00:56:44 Are you crazy? Don't you know what's happening? Ain't you hurt? Just listen.
00:56:47 ...the first army...
00:56:48 ...to blow up second invading unit before cylinder can be opened and the Martian fighting machine ready.
00:56:53 Martians, yeah.
00:56:54 They've landed on Earth. New Jersey's under Martial Law.
00:56:58 Just listen. Just listen. Listen.
00:57:00 ...foothills of the Wachung Mountains.
00:57:02 Another bulletin from Langham Field, Virginia.
00:57:05 ...report enemy machines...
00:57:07 That way you let me go? I got to get back to the farm.
00:57:09 You ain't getting out of here.
00:57:11 I got to get out of here. We got a favorite in there.
00:57:13 Come here.
00:57:15 Hold it.
00:57:17 That's a radio play, old buddy.
00:57:25 Well, that guy...
00:57:31 Turn around.
00:57:33 Just a moment.
00:57:35 Oh, hell, I know it was a radio play.
00:57:38 ...the artillery line...
00:57:39 ...and adjacent villages to give you direct reports in the zone of the advancing enemy.
00:57:43 First, we take you to the battery of the 22nd Field Artillery located in the Wachung Mountains.
00:57:48 Range, 32 meters.
00:57:56 32 meters.
00:57:57 Projection, 39 degrees.
00:57:59 39 degrees.
00:58:00 Fire.
00:58:01 Fire.
00:58:03 140 yards to the right, sir.
00:58:06 Shift range, 31 meters.
00:58:09 31 meters.
00:58:10 Projection, 37 degrees.
00:58:12 37 degrees.
00:58:13 Fire.
00:58:14 Fire.
00:58:15 I hit Sarah. We got a tripod in front of them. They've stopped.
00:58:23 Come on. Come on.
00:58:24 The others are trying to repair it.
00:58:25 Go inside and let your girl out.
00:58:26 No, honey, you can't take doors, I'm afraid.
00:58:29 Projection, 27 degrees.
00:58:31 You're not a zombie.
00:58:34 You gotta be kidding.
00:58:36 They're letting off the smoke.
00:58:38 Well, how could they?
00:58:39 A black smoke, sir, moving this way.
00:58:41 Well, what do you want me to do?
00:58:43 It's moving fast.
00:58:45 Oh, okay. All right, I'll see what I can do.
00:58:48 Paul, we got trouble.
00:58:50 Listen, people are taking this thing seriously.
00:58:52 That's ridiculous.
00:58:53 Well, we gotta do something about it.
00:58:54 Well, we'll give them a disclaimer.
00:58:56 Where?
00:58:57 Well, where else? At the station break.
00:59:00 23 meters.
00:59:02 23 meters.
00:59:04 Projection, 22 degrees.
00:59:07 22 degrees.
00:59:09 Harrison, don't just stand there. Call someone.
00:59:20 Come on, Harrison.
00:59:22 Mr. Matlock.
00:59:31 Let me go.
00:59:32 Mr. Matlock, perhaps we're reacting precipitously.
00:59:34 What are you talking about?
00:59:35 Perhaps we should try to understand them.
00:59:37 Understand them?
00:59:38 The Martians.
00:59:39 They may have been forced into this glass of living space.
00:59:43 You're mad.
00:59:44 Perhaps they could even try to help us.
00:59:46 You're absolutely right.
00:59:47 Pull us up by our bootstraps, so to speak.
00:59:49 22 meters.
00:59:50 22 meters.
00:59:51 Projection, 22 degrees.
00:59:53 Maybe they could even help us to get the trains to run on time.
00:59:58 Army bombing plane V843 off Bayonne, New Jersey.
01:00:10 Lieutenant Boyd, commanding eight bombers.
01:00:12 Reporting command of Fairfax Langham Field.
01:00:14 Let's see what's going on, Paul.
01:00:16 Go ahead.
01:00:19 This is Boyd, reporting command of Fairfax Langham Field.
01:00:22 Enemy tripod machines are now in sight.
01:00:25 Reinforced by three machines from the Morristown cylinder.
01:00:28 There are six now altogether.
01:00:30 One machine partially crippled.
01:00:32 Believe hit by a shell from army gun.
01:00:35 Where, damn it? Where?
01:00:39 Guns now appear silent.
01:00:41 A heavy black fog is hanging close to the earth now.
01:00:45 Extreme density. Nature unknown.
01:00:47 No sign of heat ray.
01:00:49 Enemy now turns east, crossing Pazank River into Jersey Marshes.
01:00:55 Another straddles the Pulaski Skyway.
01:00:58 They're on the skyway.
01:01:00 They're pushing down a high-tension power station now.
01:01:03 Machines are close together.
01:01:05 We are ready to attack.
01:01:07 Planes circling, ready to strike.
01:01:14 A thousand yards and we'll be over the French.
01:01:17 Eight hundred yards.
01:01:22 Linda! Linda! Hey!
01:01:28 Four hundred.
01:01:42 Two hundred.
01:01:44 In thy name, the king can come.
01:01:51 Linda!
01:01:53 Stephanie?
01:01:56 Oh, my God!
01:01:58 Linda, no!
01:02:00 Come on, we gotta get out of here.
01:02:02 This is a place safe.
01:02:04 This is our home. This is the safest place.
01:02:07 No harm can come to you.
01:02:09 No harm? The Martians are taking over.
01:02:11 Martians? No, no.
01:02:13 They are the angels of darkness, the forces of evil.
01:02:16 Come on, we're getting married.
01:02:18 We're getting married right now.
01:02:20 No, Stephanie!
01:02:21 Now, I love you, we're getting married.
01:02:23 Under the resurrection, there shall be no marriage or giving of hands unto Mary.
01:02:27 You'll be like the angels of God in heaven.
01:02:29 Stephanie, please.
01:02:31 Stephanie.
01:02:33 We wrestle not against flesh and blood.
01:02:35 Okay, the first church we find, okay?
01:02:36 Are you coming with us?
01:02:37 Against the forces of darkness.
01:02:39 Talk to him.
01:02:40 We've fought and we've ruled before.
01:02:42 But take ye no heed.
01:02:44 There shall no harm come to us.
01:02:46 For I see it now.
01:02:48 Hathor and Omega.
01:02:50 It is the beginning and the end.
01:02:53 It is the revelation.
01:02:55 Let it come down like buckets of blood.
01:02:58 Come on.
01:02:59 There shall be a new heaven and a new earth.
01:03:02 Let it come down.
01:03:03 Give it to us, oh Lord.
01:03:05 No, no, no!
01:03:07 This is my home, my sanctuary.
01:03:09 There is no sanctuary, no antichrist.
01:03:11 This is an invasion from Mars.
01:03:13 I know.
01:03:15 They're spraying us with flames.
01:03:28 Two thousand feet.
01:03:30 Engines giving out now.
01:03:33 No chance to release bombs.
01:03:35 Only one thing left.
01:03:38 Drop on 'em plain and all.
01:03:40 We are dabbing on the first one.
01:03:45 Do you understand?
01:03:46 We're helpless against them.
01:03:47 Listen.
01:03:48 Get in there.
01:03:49 Revelation.
01:03:50 We'll be there.
01:03:52 Get going!
01:03:53 This is the end.
01:03:54 This is the end of the world.
01:04:00 No, no, it's not the end of the world.
01:04:01 It's the end of our world.
01:04:02 They're gonna be alright.
01:04:03 They'll still be here when they're done with us.
01:04:05 Get in.
01:04:06 No man was made in God's image.
01:04:09 These are mechanical monsters.
01:04:11 Bugs.
01:04:12 Maybe God is a mechanical bug.
01:04:14 Would you get in?
01:04:15 No!
01:04:16 No!
01:04:17 No!
01:04:18 No!
01:04:19 Father!
01:04:20 No!
01:04:21 Come on, come on.
01:04:22 Not bugs.
01:04:27 Sanctuary.
01:04:28 Father!
01:04:30 Father!
01:04:31 Urban Davis.
01:04:32 Come on.
01:04:34 Somebody's coming.
01:04:35 Come on, come on.
01:04:36 Father!
01:04:39 I have to get out of the house.
01:04:43 This is Bayonne, New Jersey calling Langham Field.
01:04:47 This is Bayonne, New Jersey calling Langham Field.
01:04:49 Come in, please.
01:04:50 We've had no calls from the airport.
01:04:54 It's the Mercury Theater.
01:04:55 That's correct.
01:04:56 There's no need to call the police.
01:04:58 It's just a play.
01:04:59 Good evening.
01:05:00 Calumny Broadcasting Systems.
01:05:01 You're welcome.
01:05:02 Calumny Broadcasting Systems.
01:05:03 Calumny Broadcasting Systems.
01:05:04 Disconnected on that line.
01:05:05 It's a play called War of the Worlds.
01:05:07 Sorry, I can't give you that information.
01:05:09 You're welcome.
01:05:10 They all act like the world is coming to an end.
01:05:12 What in the hell are they doing up there?
01:05:14 This is Bayonne, New Jersey calling Langham Field.
01:05:16 This is Bayonne, New Jersey calling Langham Field.
01:05:18 Come in, please.
01:05:19 Come in, please.
01:05:20 This is Langham Field.
01:05:21 Go ahead.
01:05:22 Eight army bombers in engagement with enemy tripod machines over Jersey Flats.
01:05:26 Engines incapacitated by heat rays.
01:05:28 All class.
01:05:29 One enemy machine destroyed.
01:05:32 Enemy now in the structure.
01:05:34 This is Jersey One.
01:05:36 Possible flak smoke whirling in from the Jersey Flats.
01:05:39 Those field tunnels were in the gas area.
01:05:41 They used to use birds for poison gas detection.
01:05:45 Automobiles is at 72324.
01:05:49 Exploring congested areas.
01:05:51 Smoke now spreading over Raymond Boulevard and P.V.
01:05:54 Raymond, go to mine.
01:05:56 Follow me.
01:05:58 Hold on.
01:06:00 You okay?
01:06:06 Yeah.
01:06:07 [Indistinct chatter]
01:06:28 We'll get it.
01:06:30 All right, look.
01:06:31 We're getting out of the car.
01:06:33 I want everybody to hurry up.
01:06:34 Leave everything here. Hurry up now.
01:06:35 Take it easy. Hurry up.
01:06:37 Come on, let's go. Everybody out.
01:06:39 Don't take everything.
01:06:41 Don't take...
01:06:42 Take the food. Come on.
01:06:43 You don't need this.
01:06:44 You don't need this. Come on.
01:06:45 Hurry up. Take it easy.
01:06:47 [Indistinct chatter]
01:06:54 [Silence]
01:07:11 Father.
01:07:12 [Groaning]
01:07:15 Hey!
01:07:16 [Groaning]
01:07:18 No!
01:07:19 [Groaning]
01:07:22 Okay.
01:07:23 Okay.
01:07:24 Okay, outside.
01:07:25 Outside.
01:07:26 Out.
01:07:27 [Groaning]
01:07:29 [Groaning]
01:07:31 [Radio chatter]
01:07:39 2X2L calling 8X3R.
01:07:43 Come in, please.
01:07:45 This is 8X3R coming back at 2X2L.
01:07:49 How's reception?
01:07:51 Okay.
01:07:52 Please.
01:07:53 Where are you, 8X3R?
01:07:56 What's the matter?
01:07:58 Where are you?
01:08:00 [Bell ringing]
01:08:02 I am speaking from the roof of Broadcast Building, New York City.
01:08:05 The bells you hear are ringing to warn the people to evacuate the city as the Martians approach.
01:08:10 Estimated in the last two hours, three million people have moved out along the roads to the north.
01:08:14 Hutchinson River Parkway was kept open, and motor traffic is still moving along nicely.
01:08:19 Avoid bridges to Long Island, hopelessly jammed.
01:08:22 All communication with Jersey Shore closed ten minutes ago.
01:08:25 No more defenses.
01:08:26 Army wiped out.
01:08:27 Artillery, Air Force, everything wiped out.
01:08:30 This may be the last broadcast.
01:08:32 We'll stay here to the end.
01:08:34 People, as you can hear, are holding service below.
01:08:37 [Bell ringing]
01:08:40 Now I look down the harbor.
01:08:43 All manner of boats overloaded with fleeing population pulling out from the decks.
01:08:47 The streets are jammed.
01:08:50 Noise in the crowds like New Year's Eve in...
01:08:53 Whitby.
01:08:55 Enemy now in sight above the Palisades.
01:08:57 Three, four, five break machines.
01:09:00 The first one is crossing the river.
01:09:02 I can see it from here, wading the Hudson like a man wading through a brook.
01:09:06 Seems to be timed.
01:09:07 There's faith.
01:09:09 Now the first machine reaches the shore.
01:09:11 [Bell ringing]
01:09:13 Oh, no.
01:09:15 All right, thanks.
01:09:17 That was the switchboard.
01:09:19 Now the police are starting to call in.
01:09:21 I can't talk now.
01:09:22 We're running almost two minutes over.
01:09:23 Well, where's that disclaimer?
01:09:25 I forgot.
01:09:26 I didn't have enough time to finish it.
01:09:27 Oh, all right, all right.
01:09:28 I'll take care of it.
01:09:30 My God, how did he think this was real?
01:09:32 You're not gonna scrub the second half of the show.
01:09:34 I don't know.
01:09:36 Austin's not gonna like a disclaimer.
01:09:39 [Muttering]
01:09:42 [Radio chatter]
01:09:45 [Horn honking]
01:09:48 [Radio chatter]
01:09:51 [Horn honking]
01:09:54 [Radio chatter]
01:09:57 [Horn honking]
01:10:00 [Radio chatter]
01:10:03 [Horn honking]
01:10:06 [Radio chatter]
01:10:09 [Horn honking]
01:10:12 [Radio chatter]
01:10:15 [Horn honking]
01:10:18 [Radio chatter]
01:10:21 [Horn honking]
01:10:24 [Radio chatter]
01:10:27 [Horn honking]
01:10:30 [Radio chatter]
01:10:33 [Horn honking]
01:10:36 50 feet! [Coughing]
01:10:38 2L, 2L, call at CQ.
01:10:56 2X, 2L, call at CQ.
01:11:01 2X, 2L, call at CQ.