There Was No Stopping Orson Welles

Season 25 Episode 6

CBS network executives ordered a break in the broadcast, but Welles could not be stopped.

At one point during Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, CBS network executives ordered an identifying station break to tell listeners that it was only a play. By that time, however, there was no stopping Orson Welles.

AIR DATE 10/29/13

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Orson Welles' Press Conference

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From Martian to German

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A Grave Announcement

We Interrupt this Program...

We Interrupt this Program...

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War of the Worlds Chapter 1

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There Was No Stopping Orson Welles

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Orson Welles' Press Conference

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