Orson Welles apologizes for the The War of the Worlds' mass panic

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

" I seriously can not believe I'm having to do this" Orson Welles

[@Saturnia2014]

Orson Welles was the king of dry wit and sassiness 😂 but yeah, it's pretty ridiculous he had to tell people that it wasn't real.

[@richardweddle3408]

Thanks for posting this.

[@KatanaDen]

Didn't he go on to say later that that was his best acting yet?

[@timprice420]

This was an amazing production. People don't realize that back then it was just radio. The 30s was about just people interacting with people for entertainment. Radio was a plus. Being ahead of his time, this was like Star Wars for its time!

[@robert50700]

In a later statement he admitted that he wasn't as innocent as he portrayed in this video.

[@kennethwallace1225]

They did not realize, at the time, that he did the public a service, by getting them to realize they cannot believe everything somebody was saying out of a radio box, his apology might have been somewhat tongue in cheek, as it could have partly been done as an experimental broadcast, amazing how little has changed since so many people today, still just believe what their told, without question, and certainly without further research. They should have been thanking him , not condemning him.

[@martinhanley9524]

So relevant today how people are always taking the ‘noise’ as gospel ! Orson Welles was brilliant !!

[@merccadoosis8847]

As Welles points out, the broadcast was on Halloween 1938, the date of the fictional narrative was 1939 - but some missed that note.

[@gterrymed]

I Know. People don't listen and then Mob Psychosis kicks in.

[@velveetaslingshot]

That and the time jumps dont add up at all. Like how in less than 10 minutes, 7000 soldiers have surrounded the cylinder in Grover's Mill.

[@model-man7802]

Welles was way ahead of his time.People back then were more naïve and depended on radio like we do on the internet now.Nowadays people are not easy to impress or scare.

[@CSestp]

Bullshit, people are the same as ever. If all of a sudden you started getting feeds from Facebook, videos from reddit, and other similar sources of alien landings/war with full on video/pics. You would be freaking the fuck out too.

[@franklynpolster8949]

People are the same... the people who influence the minds of man are smarter. Scarry.

[@LEDRavecom]

The fact that "Flat Earthers" even exist in the Westernized world prove you wrong. LOL

[@eddiemcdonald4720]

CSestp there was no video or pics... we live in the world of deep fakes. Even if it was a real mass murder we trust the govnt/media so little that we’d still call it fake news..... side note “aliens” are just friendly humanoids... check out the phoniex lights

[@eddiemcdonald4720]

LEDRavecom yes why doesn’t everyone conform... not a flat earther that’s silly but good for them for thinking outside the box they were placed in

[@claytonshank6871]

Welles’ bafflement for a kind of American public that bought a Martian invasion broadcast wholesale is brilliantly veiled, and only breaks through visibly once or twice to my eyes. So ahead of his time.

[@Kelly14UK]

DeCaprio should play him.

[@LuisMedinaInformador]

TOTALLY.

[@LoyalOpposition]

No. They should get an actor to play him

[@vafanapoli5396]

No. They should get an actor to play him

[@Kelly14UK]

@@vafanapoli5396 The three of you mean someone should play DiCaprio? In agreement. Genius actor.

[@JosephCaquiasMusic]

It would be cool to see a movie about this

[@kencoakley8366]

I heard the program because I used to collect vintage radio shows on cassette and CD. The first half played like an actual music program and was interrupted by a news bulletin. It sounded very real and, if played today, would have gotten the same reaction. It wasn't until the second half, when Welles narrates from the viewpoint of a survivor.

[@NatalieHawkinsMusic]

Orson Welles was such a BABE!

[@hahalol1452]

he was so hot for no reason

[@mikal]

Why should he apologize for low intellect people? It was the normal weekly Mercury Playhouse presentation, and it was advertised that way. Nobody was trying to fool anyone.

[@ewertonvieira3398]

Fucking GENIUS!

[@antoniosantorini9355]

One of the greatest directors

[@jackekdahl395]

AAAAaaaAaaahhhhh... the french... champagne...

[@mmmmmmichael]

I wish I had a time machine, with a reset button, so I could visit, without messing everything up. Wells had the most amazing voice

[@B4iCQ]

Jump forward to 2024... How applicable were Orwell's words back then to today!

[@chuckkourouklis1980]

He was SO BEAUTIFULLY *full of shit* in this apology, wringing his brow in a wondrously comic overstatement of earnestness and contrition. I swear he's teetering on the verge of cracking up @ the 5:57 mark when he's parenthetically reminding everyone *HG WELLS WROTE THE F(*&ING CLASSIC BOOK* ("the original for so many succeeding comic strips and adventure stories and novels"). It's SO easy to see exactly what he's doing in hindsight - I wonder who might have caught it at the time...

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

He had to know that there would be some hysteria as he had some rather lengthy pauses during the show. I've listened to it recently and its absolutely amazing how your imagination can run wild as it happened to folks back then.

[@villll]

yeah it’s true, you get caught up in it even now. And yes he did know l, he admitted that he was fed up with how everyone took the word on the radio as gospel

[@krugerfuchs]

He's enjoying it

[@Safe-and-effective]

In 2020 people still don't understand just how powerful the media is when creating public opinion. #stayhome #itsaveslives

[@mabbayadfamily7204]

I wish some producer will be interested to make a movie out of this incident. Whether big screen or stream.

[@arthurvasey]

Somebody did - The Night That Panicked America! Clips can be seen on KZbin - can’t find the full film - I think it was a TV movie made in 1975!

[@KarenLeos91]

He said it’s not his fault ppl are stupid 😤

[@queenfubi]

It was a Council on Foreign Relations experiment in psychological terror, 81 years ago tonight

[@eddiemcdonald4720]

queenfubi with the brookings institute doing the write up

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@eddiemcdonald4720 You can protect yourself from “their” mind control plans for you by wearing hats, made of tinfoil. This will deflect the orbital mind control lasers.

[@Become_A_Paid_Electronics_Tech]

@@hoodatdondar2664 or just ware a mask!

[@xx8307]

So young and so professionnal

[@lisaburns4131]

Arr he looks so young and vulnerable, On this film. There is just him and hes surrounded by the press.

[@velveetaslingshot]

He says at the end of the broadcast that his intention was to "soap everyone's windows". It was a genius prank and he was LOVING the attention from all those reporters!

[@citeriorcf]

Where is the footage from? News reels?

[@JohnDoe-hn5nl]

Now they’re trying to say this never happened

[@intelligenceservices]

even this press conference might have been staged. I mean there's a fourth wall perspective and film isn't cheap.

[@lisaburns4131]

I agree with some of the comments made about DiCaprio should play Orson in a film, no he shouldn't at all, that is an absolute insult to orson. Orson was a one off and a genius.

[@lizriveratoro8729]

Leo DiCaprio is also a genius that will be delightful and pleasant... 🩷🫶🏼

[@robertvertacnik9989]

I wonder why people didn't just tune to another station to hear if they were reporting the Mars invasion as well?

[@terrellejones632]

Robert Vertacnik i asked the same question then i had to think about how people see information on one website and get their heads wrapped around it. considering the internet is so huge, surely you’d think that the person wouldn’t become that worked up by seeing only one thing from one source.

[@graniteman62]

Put Welles on the map. Great publicity

[@lizriveratoro8729]

#GeorgeOrsonWells was way to advanced for the late 30's and 40's. Where talented people or genius in he's case. Wasn't appreciated. Like still now days people don't appreciate 🧬 genius. Forgetting that we have a brain 🧠.

[@pgvandy1]

I have the full broadcast (listening to it right now) of the radio show during this time. I wasnt even aware of Grovers Mill so interesting to see a visual with the actual radio show. Thank you for sharing.. a piece added to history. :) Whats interesting.. the media currently... intentionally "creates" news & embellishes it, for the drama or entertainment of radio but to control the thoughts of those listening. Sadly they believe anything. .. also sad.. our news today has messed up Americans trust in whats real and not. Seems nothing has changed, just a different motive.

[@carrot2596]

Would I be able to use parts of this audio without copyright infringements? I wouldn't be making profit from it.

[@boboayame2065]

Well this guy is

[@Become_A_Paid_Electronics_Tech]

profit from it? News does, they make a profit from broadcasting fear!

[@linnycrocus6023]

Why is he apologizing for other people's stupidity of thinking a radio play was real? lmao

[@koalabear1984]

Back then it was the equivalent of the news playing on flatscreens in public

[@firefirefire3277]

No, people thought it's a legit news because the radio play was suddenly interrupted by a radio breaking news about an alien invasion but the radio breaking news was part of the radio play all along.

[@jamesdavis625]

The broadcast literally had introduced itself at the beginning as a Dramatization for Halloween and also at the end... Even in the middle there had been significant time jumps which would denote that it was a radio drama... ppl back then were just simple and gullible

[@Basketofcups]

Back then , definitely not now

[@hahalol1452]

@@Basketofcups people are extremely gullible now.

[@davidgerald133]

Orson . The first mass media troll

[@killerjoe5628]

At the very end of the segment Orson Welles sums it up: I'm not to blame for people being so stupid.

[@Become_A_Paid_Electronics_Tech]

CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX, {and so on} are not to blame for people being so stupid. yes yes beleve EVERYTHING we tell you and act on it! put that mask on or else!

[@teodelfuego]

The audio speed is off: too fast.

[@DeanH92]

It’s the pitch, not the speed.

[@RandomRoss]

If I were this guy I wouldn't saying sorry I would just tell everyone their total gullible morons buying into it I mean I would apologise for scaring kids yes but adults come on?

[@Marconel100]

1939 not 1938!

[@kamokkan]

He doesnt need to apologize for creating a historical moment for sci-fi horror topics.

[@飯田ケイ子]

いつヤングの、音楽が好きです

[@robcochran6213]

I'm sorry. not sorry

[@tiredaf7270]

Now we have coronavirus

[@jonathanjonnylightning718]

Lol right

[@Become_A_Paid_Electronics_Tech]

hard to see that boogeyman, coronavirus BUT people think its there because they were told to!

[@jacoblang2712]

No way id of said I was sorry ..was a good show ..

[@deez4957]

Why he look and sound like Decaprio?

[@飯田ケイ子]

オソーンウエルズの動画をたくさんながして

[@psychicbloodbrother]

The mass hysteria today of the corona virus is eerily similar.......

[@juniorlongoria1297]

Exactly

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@juniorlongoria1297 except that the virus exists.

[@Become_A_Paid_Electronics_Tech]

@@hoodatdondar2664 did you see it?

[@JamesSavage-l4p]

Leonardo knows very little about being married. Orson wed three times.

[@kamolkaewya122]

basketball

[@joeychiarolanza6310]

Crumb crisp coating

[@yonggaryakareptilian9613]

I think that the panic that followed the broadcast was unusual, you'd expect them to know what's true and what isn't.

[@no288]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGOcc4eppK57prM

[@eddiemcdonald4720]

Yonggary AKA Reptilian back then they believed what they were told... no such thing as fake news. News was true until they were told otherwise.

[@飯田ケイ子]

オソーンウエルズばかりで、はまってます

[@callumbutler1378]

There was no mass-panic.

[@MetalandHotRods]

Dr. Fauci should apologize for Corona hype/scare

[@adamriggs2698]

You are the idiots that would have shit your pants over this broadcast, stfu

[@catherinewilson9894]

Sweet pea, Faucie didn’t kill all those people. The corona viruse and Fauci are actually separate entities but since respiratory diseases can’t talk or apologize for scaring you…maybe Fauci will! Maybe he can hug you and everything!❤

[@VerisimilitudeFilms1]

Why is the speed of his voice sped to be so high? This is annoying.

[@rustcohle3803]

Dude was really handsome, wish he didn't go overweight.

[@millionairemallory9361]

Just wait until they pull this crap again 2020 #projectbluebeam

[@Become_A_Paid_Electronics_Tech]

they did pull that crap.... coronavirus

[@KrateFocksKratesCrateofGaming]

TL:DR Sorry. Not Sorry

[@lizriveratoro8729]

If i was #GeorgeOrsonWells #NPR or #Lawyer in that time i woulded tell people to get a grip and a brain 🧠. They can use more than there 10 % of there grey mass. ✌️🫶