[many voices speaking at once, flash bulb sounds]
"Shhhh!"
[Orson Welles]: I am of course surprised that
the H. G. Wells classic --
which is the original for
many fantasies about
invasions
by mythical monsters
from the planet Mars --
I am extremely surprised to learn that
a story which has become familiar to children
through the medium of comic strips
and
many succeeding
novels and adventure stories
should have had such an
immediate and profound effect upon
radio listeners.
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[many sound breaks in this story]
[Narrator, British accent]: . . . the buildings of the hospital
being affectionately greeted by
the Princess Royal, the hospital's royal [president?]
After an hours stay . . . [sound breaks]
. . . and as the local dignitaries do appear [sound breaks]
. . . in the ward [sound breaks]
One of the hospital's present nurses
is the daughter of the Emperor Haile Selaissie
[sound break] . . . considerable time at the bedsides
of several of the tiny . . . [sound break]
. . . a real bank holiday
Their tea party, with a genuine Queen as guest
was a most outstanding success,
sticky pastries and everything!
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[loud crowd cheers]
[sprocket hole noise]
[crowd whistling, chanting, and cheering]
[crowd roars]
[no sound until 5:23]
[crowd cheers and roars]
[no sound for rest of reel]