H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Hines film) the Martian invasion. The film bases its approach on the 1938 Orson Welles CBS radio Halloween broadcast of "War of the Worlds", by presenting itself as a true account of actual events. Director Timothy Hines said, in reference to this technique, "When Orson Welles broadcast "War of the Worlds" on the radio in the late 1930s, he presented it in such a way as to not clearly identify that it was a work of fiction. He did it for the drama. And many people mistook the fictional news broadcast as a real news broadcast. People believed they were hearing an
Orson Welles "Ceiling Unlimited" (November 9, 1942 – February 1, 1943), sponsored by the Lockheed-Vega Corporation. The program was conceived to glorify the aviation industry and dramatize its role in World War II. Welles's shows were regarded as significant contributions to the war effort. Throughout the war Welles worked on patriotic radio programs including "Command Performance", "G.I. Journal", "Mail Call", "Nazi Eyes on Canada", "Stage Door Canteen" and "Treasury Star Parade". In early 1943, the two concurrent radio series ("Ceiling Unlimited", "Hello Americans") that Orson Welles created for CBS to support the war effort had ended. Filming also had wrapped on the