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• Actors: Mary Sinclair, Maria Riva, James Daly, Richard Purdy, Charlton Heston
• Directors: Fletcher Markle, Karl Genus, Norman Felton, Tony Barr
• Writers: Agnes Nixon, Alfred Harris, Alfred Lewis Levitt, Anthony Spinner
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Video Service Corp
• DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006RJH7
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #85,421 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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This collection of episodes from the live telecast STUDIO ONE contains two installments concerned with panic and fear. "The Night America Trembled" dramatizes the panic caused by the original radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." The reading is del

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Falling UFOs and Rising Stars, June 8, 2006

By	R. Epstein "asanisimasa" (USA) - See all my reviews

The first time I heard about Orson Welles' 1939 debacle of the Mercury Theater's broadcast of "War of the Worlds" was in 1975, when a TV movie called "The Night That Panicked America" aired. Little did I know that eighteen years earlier, a shorter and much more intense TV movie aired about the same event. Perhaps it was because this TV-movie was aired in a more innocent time that Welles' original programme seemed more palpable. I actually felt for the first time that 'maybe' had I just turned on the radio that Sunday evening in October of 1938, I too would have been peering out my window to see if any octopus-men from Mars were scampering down my street. As warm and intimate as live radio broadcasts were in the 1930s and 40s, live TV of the 1950s somehow made entertainment seem even more intimate and real. This is the first DVD that I've seen of the "Studio One" series, and I'm looking forward to seeing more. I have to admit, "Sentenced To Death" didn't blow me away, although it was still a fun experience. "The Night America Trembled" did blow me away, and it had the added fun of seeing familiar faces such as Edward R. Murrow, James Coburn, Warren Beatty, Ed Asner, Warren Oates, John Astin and Vincent Gardenia. Do watch the movies with the commercials; Westinghouse's praise for atomic power is a definite chuckle as is their cheesy-looking refrigerator, but I have to admit... I wish TV commercials were still like that! No fifty images per-minute trying to sell you a 'cool' image. At least back in the 1950s, they were really trying to sell you a product! This DVD is a great evening's entertainment as well as a historical look at who we were as a nation some fifty years ago.

4.0 out of 5 stars Orson Who?, August 24, 2007

By	Thomas R. Gough (Sydney) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You know, in the entire "Night America Trembled" the words "Orson Welles" are never heard. I actually went back and played it through again to be sure. The character is split into two - the director and the star, and in his out-of-character sign-off is referred to only as "your host" (Welles names himself in the original). Now what I want to know is, was that Welles' demand of the show to remove his name, or the show's idea to exspunge his involvement (and who were they trying to kid in doing so)?

Otherwise a very compelling drama. Too bad George Clooney's attempt to revive the genre (Fail Safe) didn't succeed. Now live drama is "Big Brother". How far we have fallen.