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Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast (1938)
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Orson_Welles'_War_of_the_Worlds_broadcast_(1938)
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:radio_station
gptkbp:airedOn
gptkb:The_Mercury_Theatre_on_the_Air
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial
gptkb:H._G._Wells
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:National_Recording_Registry_(2002)
gptkbp:basedOn
gptkb:The_War_of_the_Worlds_(novel)
gptkbp:broadcastArea
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:broadcastOn
gptkb:CBS_Radio
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:directed
gptkb:Orson_Welles
gptkbp:duration
about 60 minutes
gptkbp:featuresActor
gptkb:Orson_Welles
gptkb:Frank_Readick
gptkb:Kenny_Delmar
gptkb:Ray_Collins
Richard Wilson
gptkbp:firstAired
1938-10-30
gptkbp:format
gptkb:radio_station
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:science_fiction
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
influenced media regulation
studied in mass communication
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast (1938)
gptkbp:influenced
later science fiction media
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:musicBy
gptkb:Bernard_Herrmann
gptkbp:notableFor
causing public panic
realistic news bulletin format
gptkbp:performedBy
gptkb:Mercury_Theatre_on_the_Air
gptkbp:referencedIn
popular culture
gptkbp:scriptAdaptedBy
gptkb:Howard_Koch
gptkbp:subject
Martian invasion of Earth
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:CBS_Radio_(historical)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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