The War of the Worlds (1953 film)

The War of the Worlds also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds is a 1953 American Technicolor science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. The film is a loose adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel of the same name. Modernized and relocated to a United States setting, the film tells of a worldwide invasion of Earth by Martians from the point of view of an American scientist.

Forrester and Van Buren escape the carnage in a small military spotter plane, but later crash land, barely avoiding colliding with other Martian war machines now on the move. They eventually hide in an abandoned farmhouse, but are trapped inside when another meteoriteship comes crashing down, halfburying the farmhouse. Later, a Martian electronic eye attached to a long, flexible cable inspects the ruined farmhouses interior, but fails to notice them, finally leaving the ruins. When a lone Martian explorer later confronts Van Buren, Forrester wounds it with an axe. Forrester saves a sample of Martian blood on Van Burens scarf after quickly using the axe to sever the thick, long cable of the returned electronic eye he then grabs the undamaged camera housing, and they quickly escape before the hovering war machine blasts the farmhouse. The Martians sweep across the globe until the United States is the only nation unconquered. They eventually rejoin Forresters coworkers at Pacific Tech in Los Angeles. From the blood sample and the electronic eyes optics, the scientists make deductions about Martian eyesight and physiology, in particular that the creatures are physically weak and have anemic blood.In a desperate bid to stop the invaders, a United States Air Force Northrop YB49 Flying Wing bomber drops an atomic bomb on the war machines, but it cannot penetrate their force fields the Martians continue to advance and the government orders an immediate evacuation of Los Angeles. The Pacific Tech scientists estimate the Earth can be conquered in just six days. Widespread panic among the populace scatters the Pacific Tech group as they leave a mob stops and then steals their trucks and wrecks their equipment, and in the chaos Forrester and Van Buren become separated. ........

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