War of the Worlds (1938 Radio Broadcast).MP4

War of the Worlds 1938 Radio Broadcast

[@thememecrusadingdolphin2729]

The original "It's just a prank bro"

[@DaRealNastyBoi]

The Meme Crusading Dolphin ya I no it's fake

[@RenKiely]

Seriously... this really does sound legit! I can see why it caused such a real panic.

[@astrolight5708]

@@cripppton What's that about Americans being dumb when I am American?

[@cripppton]

@@astrolight5708 Americans are good and USA is amazing

[@rileymccreanor6492]

@@cripppton or both are dumb as fuck

[@lonebattledroid4474]

Actually it didn't cause a big panic like everyone thought. In America only about 15-20% of Americans actually listened to it and police reports that night showed no panics, riots, or injuries related to it. Reporters just made it up to sell a good story.

[@uncleshy.8113]

"Hey, guys, let's cause worldwide panic." "Won't that be bad?" "Don't worry, it's just a prank bro."

[@uncleball78]

Then Bill Gates had an epiphany for 2020.

[@neeravsahay]

Sounds like Trump's entire presidency

[@Kseriessuck]

Not so funny now in 2021 seems like practice for them

[@SomeThingsAreNice]

Maybe it was real.. And they covered it up by saying that it was a Halloween joke

[@markbalan294]

Not this was creepy

[@camicamilaXD]

No, it wasn't I had to read a report of that :p and it was all fake, but at that time everyone thought it was true because of the sound effects well used and everything XD

[@hawj89]

wow! i can see why so many ppl fell for it. it sounds pretty legit on the radio. i'd love to see it happen though! CRAZY!

[@matanshermak5844]

first troll ever

[@fromthesidelines]

Only a SMALL fraction of the national radio audience listened to the entire program (and the opening, clearly stating this was a radio play), as the #1 show on Sunday nights at 8pm(et) in the fall of 1938 was NBC's "CHASE & SANBORN HOUR" [featuring Edgar Bergen and "Charie McCarthy"]. When Dorothy Lamour began singing her musical number around 8:14pm(et), millions of radio dials were spinning- and most landed on CBS, almost at the moment the "Martian machine" was starting to "unscrew" its top...

[@nineinchpencils]

Im curious about that too! I love to listen to it...! Old documentaries and WWII era films...!

[@kellykitkat40]

What is truly sad is that in most American households which heard this radio broadcast, there was not one found who could say to the others, "Oh yeah, this is based on that book, by h g wells...", cuz most Americans hate reading science fiction.

[@AllGamingStarred]

@Hellspear6 it's amazing really, such a insignificant little broadcast causing such a big panic.

[@patricka.crawley6572]

Nenad Mijailovic. Photo at 1:16 War Of The Worlds 1953

[@tuesmorninginsept]

It just might be one of the most valuable historical accounts in recorded history. It is uploaded on my channel. A never before released wtc attack video that is a continuous running account. The only such video account that exists. It is a time capsule; it is the answer to the question: what would it have been like to watch that all unfold right before my eyes.. without the media.. just to watch it all from beginning to the end.. in a non-production way. Only one 'Tuesday Morning in September'

[@seanflannick9215]

What are saying? Confused

[@fromthesidelines]

...and because there were numerous bulletins interrupting radio programming at the time [due to "war jitters" in Europe], most people took the Mercury Theater's fictional "news actuality" as FACT...and that's why the "panic" happened. By the time announcer Dan Seymour identified the program as a "dramatization" around 8:38pm(et), it was too late.

[@TheOgo1971]

Brilliant..Pranked nearly everyone hehe

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

+franny YNWA .... almost ironic that Orson didn't pay HG Wells anything so Orson pranked the author too?

[@TheOgo1971]

JazzKeyboardist1 Yep..

[@9etherian666]

Corona virus brought you here didn't it?

[@AmericanBornFighter]

(1938 Radio Broadcast) that shook the world!

[@ochavez74]

This was freak'n awesome!! Wish I was alive when this first aired. People had more imagination back then.

[@socialburden]

you just got radio rolled!

[@BertBerg]

thanks!!!!

[@nakyer]

Did you stop to think those pictures were done RECENTLY? The radio show didn't air with PICTURES, friend. Besides, the stories about "grays", even if going back a long time, would be behind the stories of today. Legends live on.

[@crninex9]

@vitrugo Thanks man for the quick reply!

[@maxwolf333]

awesome

[@TheSeriousAnalysist]

We should redo thus today bruh 😂😂😂😂

[@kianakeino]

oh my god... i don't even want to think like that... 0_0

[@alwingee5938]

Awesome

[@laiaraventos8005]

Can I use this audio on my podcast, as I am talking about extraterrestial intel·ligence, or are there rights involved?

[@sajins7444]

i think its ok, im using this on my slideshow edit: oops im late.

[@maureenward5534]

Its so good story as anybody seen the musecul it is awsome

[@Sheeponwheels]

shiiiiit! if i'd have heard that, i'd have cacked me pants!!

[@LemurInBlack]

@matrix4022 True that.

[@MikeTheGamer77]

i have tapes of a bunch of the old radio operas.. like the green hornet and others

[@521i]

2000s quality + during ww2 + Most only have radios = chaos

[@martini5345]

its just a prank bro

[@ADHD555Wolfy2]

We're using this video in my sociology class as an example of mass hysteria

[@granddad2002]

Great moment in American folklore.

[@IIVDevilsMayCareVII]

After that broadcast Orson Welles reportedly went back on air and said "Trololololol". After that he then asked his listeners " U Mad my fellow Americans?". Orson Welles: The Father of the Modern Day Troll

[@9specter528]

This is great and all but, what's with the Guilala and Cryptosporidium cameos?

[@garyhosty9874]

anywhere you can get the last three minutes or so of the broadcast ?

[@ARAVENSWING]

THAT was part of the original broadcast that actually fooled people into believing it was real?

[@arandomguy9756]

so they didn't have other radio stations to justify the news

[@ConConz01]

That makes sense!

[@bus18041981]

@ARAVENSWING yes it is

[@alessandrolucia1931]

Hi! I want to sample a part of the audio of this video, does anyone know how can I do it? I mean, do I have to ask the author of the video for permission/license or something like that? Thanks to whom will answer :)

[@ratmaster5]

Alessandro Lucia no it's so old you can use it

[@idont3282]

@@ratmaster5 *late but with news, Yes, this is so old that this is public domain already, but you're on KZbin, someone took the audio and made a music out of it? Claimed, that's not original work but, claimed gime 50% of your revenue

[@TheaWeaver55]

Tyler can you hear me....

[@mosquitoinyourears9973]

Some of these photos are real. Can you tell which one?

[@JustSomeGuyOk]

@gematriagrim666 ...or could iiiiii...?

[@welcometocancer9403]

You just got PRAKED BOI

[@Dollymayfrosty]

Several people killed themselves they freaked out so much.

[@IIVDevilsMayCareVII]

@AchillesSmile Uhhh what?

[@Abthcrab]

Nice vid

[@Found911]

Wells was a genius!

[@GodEyes10]

The first troll

[@carsonkundolf3448]

Oh he messed up

[@nakyer]

I know what you were doing, but even jokes have to have a measure of "real" to them. I pointed out that the way the show played out, there's no way it could have been the way you suggested, so it didn't even make any sense, let alone make it to "funny".

[@tomhas10]

its funny seeing comments saying it was a deliberate hoax, it wasn't meant to scare people! it was designed to be a fake broadcast based on The War Of The Worlds. They did announce it was fake but many people didn't hear them say it which lead to the panic! Its like the old saying "dont believe what you see on tv!"

[@extenduss]

Alpha Unit Tom Well to be honest it was broadcasted on Halloween so I'm pretty sure it was supposed to scare people,but not make people panic.

[@AndreaVaughan]

oh boy!

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

It's just a prank bro

[@fishnchips4629]

it's just a prank bro

[@xxsuperpikachuxx1455]

yes it is I am learning about it in school it is real and it happend that is primary evidance not secondary

[@DeN-nc7rx]

+GamingWithCheese Rd45 wtf?

[@xxsuperpikachuxx1455]

+Di N the audio is real but it was just a trick they really said this stuff but there was no alien

[@Rymark]

+GamingWithCheese Rd45 Oh... U dont say so smartass...

[@JustSomeGuyOk]

what if it was actually real and they were just told to cover it up and say it was a 'hoax' ... ?

[@crninex9]

Photo at 1:16! What is the name that movie ??!?!!

[@thegrimscreamer7561]

War of the worlds (1953) Late as hell💀

[@sletha2067]

@RadTheDude my favourite game ever

[@Hollywood1898]

They should have read the book first

[@tonya1923]

Its just a prank bro

[@aspe7187]

Americans are too wise to fall for such crap 💩 today! Now, where’s that ice-cold Corona 🦠 Beer 🍺 that I just opened!? And where is my TV 📺 remote!?

[@pokkemuur6539]

Are you okay?

[@HikaruYamamoto]

it helped filter out the stupid ones yay! xD

[@bestamerica]

' old time movie was the best... why this alien UFO person have 2 big black eyeballs

[@RJ_JR_]

Was this real?

[@djolivas1818]

Omg no it's just a advertisement for a movie. Back then people believed everything I guess this is still true for some people

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

+Djolivas18 .....About five percent of the public is always crazy and some go on mass shootings. but this was closer to college students rioting after their school wins their conference and then turning over cars, or an European soccer riot,, or the first Milgram psychology experiment

[@Rymark]

+Steven Hannah ye?

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[@nakyer]

Baloney. The entire state of New Jersey was pretty much DEAD half way thru the broadcast, and civilization had totally broken down by the end of the story, which included narration by Welles' character. There's no way it could have been set up like that at the last minute. You have no idea what you're talking about, and this crummy 2 minute thing is nothing. The show was about an hour long. A few people have posted it here on YT. Look for it if you want to hear the entire thing.

[@Banananapho]

Wow.... We r doin this for drama(fake part)

[@snowboredsnj]

Educated.

[@orasell1]

LOL Government Human Experimentation, yah real funny stuff. Mind control, world control, & chemtrails_- Hilarious! I don't consider it laughing with me, I consider it laughing at me.