091: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)

In 1898 H.G. Wells imagined a war between the people of Earth advanced invaders from Mars. Since then storytellers have re-envisioned this conflict for their own times. One of these was George Pal, whose 1953 movie became a generation's iconic depiction of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. How does that mid-century version hold up seventy years later?

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