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DescriptionOrson Welles War of the Worlds 1938.jpg
Photo of Orson Welles meeting with reporters in an effort to explain that no one connected with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had any idea the show would cause panic.
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1938. There were no listings for Acme News Photos; there's no evidence of original copyright for this photo.
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MOST IMPORTANT NEWS PICTURES OF '38 Panic that spread from coast to coast as a result of the broadcast from New York of a play which described an imaginary invasion of the United States by men from Mars had its repercussions Oct. 31. Orson Welles, who described the fictitious attack over the air, is shown here (center) as he explained to newspaper reporters all about it. He and broadcast officials had no idea that the play, conceived as a novel years before by author H. G. Wells, would create such furor, he said.
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