The Power of the Radio

People in the 1930s and '40s relied on their radios to deliver "the truth" in the American way. But Orson Welles' hair-raising broadcast of "War of the Worlds" proved that you couldn't always believe what you heard. In this section, you are invited to join our fictional family in their living room as they experience the terror and aftermath of "War of the Worlds."
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