The American Experience ~ War of the Worlds

The Martians are Coming!!! The Martians are coming!!!

Today on Far Future Horizons we will commemorate the seventy-eighth anniversary of Orson Welles’ infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast.   

The Martians Invade New York City on October 30, 1938

Today’s video feature is The American Experience Documentary – War of the Worlds.

The Transatlantic Cable

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the PBS documentary “The Great Transatlantic Cable” which concerns  Cyrus West Field and his epic struggle to lay the first transatlantic cable between the Old and New Worlds.

In today’s era of high-speed communications and global connectivity it’s difficult to imagine a time when news travelled no faster than it could be delivered in person. A message can now be sent around the world in less time than it takes to read this sentence.