I can only imagine the audience reaction when this film was released in 1953. The special effects and audio are amazing! It is truly a science fiction masterpiece, even today 68 years later.

This is still the best & definitive version of H.G.Wells' "War of the Worlds".

The Destruction of L.A. in this movie was incredible ! Plus the Death Ray sound effect !! Brilliance !!

Tom Cruise's version has nothing on this one. This is the true classic. 👍🏻👍🏻

The sound of the alien ships make had scared me back then and still do today . Don't know why, but it does . 😱😱😱😱

This movie was one of a kind, love those types of effects they used before CGI, which still looks very good to this day, and that really goes to show how well made a movie like that is! I think this could be my favourite movie from the 1950s, it may have its flaws here and there, but it's still so entertaining to watch.

A true classic, and the special effects by George pal stand up very well even today.

This is STILL one of the best battle sequences in SciFi cinema.

I'd get nightmares everytime I watched this movie when I was a kid, but I watched it every time it came on. One of my childhood favorites. A classic.

War of the Worlds (1953), The Thing (1951), and Forbidden Planet are my favorites. Great stories and special effects. This exchange between the US military and the three Martian ships is just beyond awesome! The colors and sound effects are crazy. I play this scene through my big speakers and the house shakes; just gripping stuff!😀

One of the greatest Sci-Fi movies of the 50's & it still packs a wallop decades later with its emotional drama. 🛸

cannot believe how good this version is

This movie is and was pure genius. Of all of the iterations created since Orson Welles did his scary radio show this is by far the best production ever done.

1:15 one of the most chilling and iconic scenes in science fiction history. The sounds that the martian machines make still send a shiver down my spine.

Imagine seeing this movie at 9yrs old in the 70's. Scarrry! And all these years later it still holds up.😆😆😆

Author! Author! Superbly written book by H.G. Wells and movie and book match!

Made before I was born, it’s still in my top ten. I do have a minor obsession with the story, from Orson Wells to Jeff Wayne, but this is just brilliant. The special effects are top drawer for its time. I love this.

Roderick Harris I was 9yrs old in 1953 when this movie was first shown in our local theater! Scared the hell out of me then. But to this day I'm still a hugh fan of this movie. As well as the 1951 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still!! "Gort burrata nikto"

this movie has the most satisfying alien sounds that I've heard from Scooby doo and other science fiction stories

one of my all time favorites

The most spectacular battle ever fought on a 1953 screen man fighting against an Alien threat. That would have been a hell of a site back then. Amazing SciFi technology. I watched this in the mid 1970s as a kid. Can't remember but I was probably staring at the B/W TV mouth open maybe. Who knows. Great stuff.👍

Magic shields, effective against humans since 1953.

One of sci-fi's masterpieces. It still holds up after over 60years.👽

The film was frightening when you realize that that this was never actuaiiy a war , but a harvest!

Anyone else notice that when the Martians destroy the farmhouse that another carrier ship arrives in the background. Expertly done!

This is the first time I'm seeing this iteration but damn, the effects are gorgeous for a movie made in the '50s. I can't even imagine seeing something like this back then, it must've been nothing short of marvelous.

I remember renting this on VHS when I was 13 yrs old.. The scene where the alien touches the woman on the shoulder really made me shit myself and didn't sleep at all for 3 days. They made this movie very well, despite its made in the fifties. Now i own a copy and its still scary.

Still a masterpiece today, especially the design of the ships.

"Dad, what's happened to those tanks?!" "Watch the film!"

the special effects are very good for 1953 movie

Still stands the test up today!! Great film from a classic age!!

This and 'Forbidden Planet' are two of the best Sci-Fi films ever made, even without CGI.

Those sound effects are amazing especially when it’s a 68 year old movie

I was born in 53 so both the movie and I are the same age. It is a great adaptation. As a side note, when George Pal the producer and director was setting up to make the movie, he visited Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, and consulted with a number of the Officers and Men about the story and whether or not they could defeat the Martians. They all told him that if he stuck to the original story, the Martians would be toast as they had no protective shielding to the modern weapons they had. As a result of these interviews, Pal came up with the concept of the Force field in order to stay true to Welles' story.

I watched this movie in the theatres. Scared the hell out of me. Today, I still think it was one of the elite and best sci-fi movies to come out of the 50s. The others would be The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet

Always one of my favorite Sci Fi films. Special effects/sounds were and still are one of the best.

Awesome movie, a true classic and the War of the World's CD soundtrack is brilliant

Two things I noticed in this movie. The military IS organized and has powerful weapons. The acting is great. We should have reconstruction and update of this plot with a 'genuine' sense of realism with the military. The newer version is nowhere near this quality. CGI at the right moment works. Models at the right time works too. Painted scenarios too. The great artistry of cinema is the combination of these techniques. It helps these movies age well. I want a remake of this move with a similar plot without throwing away the great attributes of this one. This is outstanding.

I was born in 1946 and saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. I was terrified and deeply disturbed by it. My parents shoul not have let me see it!

Never realized before the spirituality at the end. That "Amen" gave me chills.

I’ve been searching for that shot at 0:39 my whole life. I’m 35 now but remember my grandfather lying on his bed watching his small TV in my grandparents’ bedroom with that flying saucer shot. All my life I’ve wondered if it was a dream or real, but now I know it was real. My God, I must have been 6 years old.

The War Of The Worlds is considered a one of the Classics from the 1950's SiFi Catalog!

"This type of defense is useless against that kind of power." A great line in which the only response would be, "OMG, what the hell are we gonna do now?"

Best sci-fi film ever made.

3:48 when the heat ray hits the headquarters, such an awesome effects moment.

One of my all time favourite movies, absolutely loved this!! 😀 😀

Still the best version of this story.The effects are great.The sound of the Martian machines is so unique and this version is the only one where the main Character,the scientist,Dr Forrester, actually has a part in defeating them.Just an amazing movie.The most recent BBC version did have incredibly creepy Martians in it though, who we see alot more of than this movie.

One of the best sci-fi movies ever made.

I saw this in a theater in the mid-50s and still love it. This is big screen fare.

Still my favorite Martian ship design. The effects were awesome for the time. I can still watch this over and over.

I was born in '58. Remember this scaring the hell out of me, and that was just a year ago! 😄. I believe this and Forbidden Planet are the two best SciFy movie from the dawn of the modern Techno Thriller in the 1950's

What a great movie, 70 years old ❤😊

The death ray sound effects are awesome. 🛸

The way the Martian ships cruise along serenely while destroying everything in their path is just amazing. I've seen the Tom Cruise version once, but the original dozens of times.

Nice re-cutting of Leith Stevens' musical score to fit scenes! I personally don't think he wrote enough music for the entire movie, but you did a great job of matching the themes in the opening score to scenes in the movie. Paramount was definitely working within a tight budget on this one, but it turned out to be a classic. One of my other favorites was Russel Garcia's score from 1960's "The Time Machine".

1:14 to 4:42, the most iconic scene in the entire movie. Those poor guys couldn't even get their screams finished. The only prolonged scream was the soldier that the heat ray barely touched. These were the best of times for sci fi filming.

6:06 I love how the alien just slides away

This film scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Even before the Martian ship starts firing, the terrifying sounds were stomach churning.

I was 14 when I first saw this. Sitting in my parents living room, lights out, eleven at night. The scene where the Sargent in the bunker gets fried, scared the crap out of me. Loved the movie an the story ever since. Get the dvd out about once a yr an watch. Never gets old.

Not many things can be called classic WOW is one of them 🖖

The effects, both visual and the audio are fantastic. Brings out the kid in you, play fighting your toys. Much better than cgi. Also love the fact the Martians let the humans fire away, so they can judge our weapons and see our positions, then simultaneously open fire and wipe us out.

Great Sci-Fi cinema and is much more believable than any CGI crap we see nowadays......Give it 5 Stars!

I was 7 years old when this hit the theaters. I went to see it and it scared the shit out me. To this day, it's one of my favorite scifi movies. Still gets me thinking "what if"

I gotta give props to the guys who did the special effects for this film like the aliens using they're weapons that was really impressive for the time long before C.G.I. technology so good job guys.

One of my all time favorites! Still holds up well even today! Funny story, my wife and daughter refuse to watch the scene where the Martian puts Its hand on Sylvia to this day! Too scary!

There's nothing like seeing these old movies on a big screen in a theater. I was lucky enough to see "Godzilla", " Forbidden Planet", "Kronos", and "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" in a theater. Never got to see WOTW though. My DVD is from a 35mm print.

😲 this STILL holds today because those effects were so fantastic for its time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The makers of Independence Day used that scene of that nuclear bomb over the Marshian machines as an influential scene in their movie means how great the "War Of The Worlds" STILL last to this DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

The music and the drums just add so much to this film. And what more can you say about those terrific sound effects! Saw this as a kid and still enjoy it.

now you know where cell phones came from for the time, this was a really great movie, and the special effects were great. i was unhappy to see they cut the part where the COL yells, everyone has go to go, as he is vaporized. i thought great last words

There should never have been a remake of this masterpiece I watched the remake once out of curiosity that was enough

Awesome classic, thanks for sharing @Mkokubun!!

This is how you do effects, chilling sound and lots of ash piles, no surviving but shadows left over s

Wow! I'm watching this in 2022 and I'm really moved and thrilled! The special effects are still good! I imagine that the people who saw this back in 1953 must have been dazzled! Really good movie!

Real special effects, when done well, are always more interesting than CGI. Love this movie!

I’ve got the original one on dvd and it’s got behind the scenes and how the original spaceship was made it’s very good👍.

*70-years Luego & I Love the GOD Part & There is No Other Like it since!!!!*

👏👏👏👏👏👏💎Toda una joya de la cinematografía,💖😻😻😻😻😻😸gracias por subir el vídeo.

Hey this is my favourite movie😊 are you still watching all day and now I see it now😊👍

I just noticed that some of the sound effects used in this film for the Martian ships were re-used in the original Star Trek TV series as the sound effects for phasers and photon torpedoes. I presume they were able to do that because both were produced by Paramount Studios.

One of my favorite scenes of all time, but an interesting technical consideration. The War Machines can do three things: Move, Fire, and deploy Shields (I believe the first use of the concept). Yet they only ever do two at any given time, sort of a reactor power limitation. This is very consistent throughout the movie.

Specifically, 5:03 to 5:59

That audio, just deadly. This scene scared the crap out me when I was a 6 year old kid. Heck, 54 years later and it still does.

For 1953, simply amazing

I saw this when I was 6 years old. My dad called to me to come to the living room. Just when the Matrtian touched the girls back with its suction cup fingertips. TERRIFYING! HAD BAD DREAMS! It's the best ET movie of all.

Are martians smart enough to add shields? Later: Human Coughs. I didn't even know that martians are looking like that.

Has anyone ever noticed that food and eating are recurrent themes in this movie? The forest ranger enlists the help of scientists who are at their campfire having a fish fry. The ranger helps himself to food. The pastor talks about setting up picnic tables near the first cylinder. At the square dance, the guests are drinking soda pop. On the eve of the first battle, Sylvia is distributing coffee and donuts to the troops. Later, she and Dr. Forester cook up bacon, eggs, and toast (with orange juice and coffee.) I imagine the concession stands of 1953 must have loved the business this movie generated!

Good movie. Got it on DVD. Uncle Matthew gets the heat ray. ⚡👀

I love that part in the movie where they're in the house and she had time to cook and sit down and eat. So 50-ish and I love it.

Great Classic 🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸 Three years before I was born . I've watched this from Black and White TV to Early Color . I just wish that I could find a copy of it that's NOT Tampered with .

I think it sucks that YT is so money hungry that they want me to pay to watch a movie I've been watching since I was a kid in the 60's. Hasn't been that long ago that you could watch hundreds of movies here but not anymore, greed rules all with these clowns.

I loved the way the Alien's kicked ass.

this version will neaver be matched my all-time favourite film

One of the best sci-fy movies ever made. Better than 90% of the comic books they show today.

Really sad to think that Pastor Matthew went out to face the Martians, knowing full well that he would most likely die, but like soldiers, who are prepared for death to defend others, he went out, doing what he believed was his duty as a Christian minister: to offer peace, success or failure notwithstanding.

Byron Haskin, the director of Paramount Pictures' original "WAR OF THE WORLDS" (1952) later worked as an unofficial associate producer on ABC-TV's "THE OUTER LIMITS" (1963-1965), and also directed six episodes -including "Demon With A Glass Hand", "The Invisible Enemy", "The Architects Of Fear", "The Hundred Days Of The Dragon", "A Feasibility Study", and "Behold, Eck!"

Epic battle between man and martians you got to love it best movie 😊😊

A great movie 😮I saw this movie on a outdoor theater back in my youth with my parents

I love both this and the 2005 version

Idk why i feel classic ufo thingy on 1953 adaptation, which is we always see on every alien invasion series. Acting is too basic, how the hell actors don't act scared in this movie and walk towards ufos with a ''peace'' flag lol. What about that martian running away when seeing flashlight. Why do they invade earth if they'd end up running away like this idk again. They are supposed to be millions of superior than humanity but not against bacterias as their plans weren't on bacterias. But 2005 one still has impact on me. I can feel how scary those tripods are and their sounds too. The scary atmoshphere where people are consumed by tripods and desperateness of staying alive. The way their tentacle cameras can spot you even when you hide in the most secret corner of the building. And when those tripods began process of spraying blood on earth to grow up red weeds. 2005 adaptation still gives me goosebumps.

There was also Gene Barry's Line, from That Movie, that resonates with me, especially Today. He was commenting, on the Panicked Mob, who hijacked The Institute's truck; and destroyed the instruments, and evidence, gained from the Martians: "THE FOOLS! THEY'VE CUT THEIR OWN THROATS!!"