"You aren't quite serious in America yet. You haven't got the war right under your chins. And the consequence is you can still play with ideas of terror and conflict." Chilling words from Mr. H.G. Wells, then and now.

Orson Welles didn't need Harvard. But Harvard needed Orson Welles.

This is one meeting in History, i would only wish to have been there, truly a moment in time.

Terrific find Rodrigo. Gracias. THANKS, two creative visionary minds..

Brilliant conversation. Heard an edited version in the past, but this was compelling from beginning to end.

Never heard the full interview before! Thank you for sharing this.

What a wonderful combination.two great creative minds .

This was definitely a great meeting of the minds in San Antonio in 1940. H.G. Wells had long been a visionary in his writings and now Orson Welles was becoming one of America's greatest talents. I know that Wells had been a socialist, but he came to find faults with the system, especially when he saw what Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were doing with national socialism. He recognized that the future of democracy was at stake with the war and Welles shared many of the writer's thoughts and visions.

great interview but I can't get over the fact that Wells was in San Antonio for the United States Brewers Association

Rather cute to hear 25-year-old Welles, who in later interviews is usually so commanding, confident, and persuasive with his bearing, act rather sheepish and nervous here, no doubt due to his being in the company of one of England's all-time greatest literary minds. It's a testament to Welle's own starling genius, already on full display at this tender age, that a personage no less brilliantly perceptive than H.G. Wells could see in a young man nearly fifty years his junior the raw intellect, professional competence, and artistic vision of someone many decades older.

Wells was 74; Welles was 25.

Thank you for uploading

Thanks a lot!

Incredible analysis of political affairs from both men which resonates still today

The son of Ellen Terry whom H.G. Wells referred to was Gordon Craig.

Mentioned by Alan Dean Foster in his interview with the guys form Midnight's Edge :-)

I can't find this interview on iTunes

One of the most interesting things I've ever heard.

Touche away!

@stephenetridge2584

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He does like him!!

@Cool2BCeltic

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@@stephenetridge2584 I was making reference to the fact that H G Wells does sound like the cartoon character Touche Turtle.

@stephenetridge2584

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@@Cool2BCeltic oops I missed the word sound in my reply. I was agreeing with you

Nice to learn that Russia had no territorial ambitions in Europe. /s

Too apologetic toward the USSR.

@Lennonlover06

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No our times are too unapologetic. The ussr fought nazism tooth and nail.

@milkwater1204

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It was the '40s. The USSR were the greatest force against Hitler at the time. There was still a dream of cooperation between the East and West.

@brachio1000

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@@Lennonlover06: Welles was one of the intellectuals fooled by the USSR's propaganda.

@brachio1000

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@@milkwater1204: Welles was one of the intellectuals fooled by the USSR's propaganda.

@Lennonlover06

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@@brachio1000 you think intellectuals are fools? 🧐