Summary Can we trust historical documents to be genuine - and how do we know that a dramatic news report is actually just an unusually skillfully acted play? About Orson Welles radio play "War of the Worlds"(1938) which led to panic around the US as people tried to escape the invading Martians that the program warned of. And the sensational publication in the German newspaper Stern in 1983 of what were claimed to be Hitler's handwritten diaries.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Peter Guinness Stephen Beckett Adrian Fear Benjamin Till
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Nov 2, 2005
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : BBC Documentaries BBC Four
Language : English
Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) History Channel Lion Television
Summary Can we trust historical documents to be genuine - and how do we know that a dramatic news report is actually just an unusually skillfully acted play? About Orson Welles radio play "War of the Worlds"(1938) which led to panic around the US as people tried to escape the invading Martians that the program warned of. And the sensational publication in the German newspaper Stern in 1983 of what were claimed to be Hitler's handwritten diaries.
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Nov 2, 2005
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : BBC Documentaries BBC Four
Language : English
Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) History Channel Lion Television