Shortly after 8 PM on Halloween Eve, 1938, the voice of a panicked radio announcer broke in with a news bulletin reporting strange explosions taking place on the planet Mars, followed minutes later by a report that Martians had landed in the tiny town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Although most listeners understood that the program was a radio drama, the next day's headlines reported that thousands of others plunged into panic, convinced that America was under a deadly Martian attack. It turned o

989K views · 10K reactions | September 12-17th, we're spotlighting U.S. education, with eleven films and documentaries, including special episodes of NOVA l PBS, FRONTLINE and PBS NewsHour, a new film from POV, the premiere of TED TALKS, “The Education Revolution,” and concluding with the 5th annual AMERICAN GRADUATE DAY. More: pbs.org/spotlighteducation | PBS | Facebook