Watching "The Night That Panicked America" (1975), a schlocky 70s made-for-tv movie about Orson Welles' broadcast of "The War of the Worlds."
It's great! I loved this when I first saw it as a little kid. All the details about how they did live sound effects. Live music played by real musicians! The glory days of the radio.
And now we have to be nostalgic about CBS itself.
https://archive.org/details/night-that-panicked-america-1975
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