The original radio broadcast itself is available through various "nostalgia" and "old radio" sources, if that would be of help. >Dear AMIA-L and Screen-L People: > >Does anyone know of a source for purchase or rental of a video (or even >film) of the Paramount TV production The Night that Panicked America? > >It was broadcast in the Los Angeles area on 31 October 1975, on KABC. >It is a docudrama about the events surrounding Orson Welles' Mercury >Theater radio production of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds in 1938. > >We have a professor who would like to screen it in September to a class >that he is teaching. > >I've checked a number of commercial video sources (Facets, Movies >Unlimited, etc.) and found nothing. I've sent email to Paramount Home >Movies, Television, and Motion Pictures people, but it is too soon to >have received a response. > >Any assistance would be appreciated! > >Thanks, > >Leslie the Librarian who usually just lurks and enjoys the discussions >and information > >-- >Leslie Kay Swigart, Librarian >University Library, California State University, Long Beach >1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California, USA 90840-1901 >Voice: 562-985-8327 FAX: 562-985-8327 Email: [log in to unmask] > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite