![]() ![]() At the impact site, he meets USC library science instructor Sylvia Van Buren and her uncle, Pastor Matthew Collins. Clayton Forrester, a well-known atomic scientist, is fishing with colleagues when a large object crashes near the small town of Linda Rosa, California, southeast of Corona. In 2011, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The War of the Worlds won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and went on to influence other science fiction films. In the film, Earth is suddenly invaded by Martians, and American scientist Clayton Forrester searches for any weakness to stop them. The setting is changed from Victorian era England to 1953 Southern California. It is the first of several feature film adaptations of H. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American science fiction horror film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. ![]() The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. ![]()
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