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The Mercury Theatre production of The War of the Worlds is told from a news broadcaster's point of view for the first two-thirds of the broadcast.

This episode was Mr Welles adaptation of the H G Wells novel of the same name.

The initial point of view in the radio broadcast is that of the audience.

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