’War of the Worlds’ 1953 White flag scene

Actors Bill Phipps, Jack Kruschen, and Paul Birch’s bid at interplanetary relations receives a decidedly warm reply. On a side note: poor Jack Kruschen, whose later role in “The Apartment“ (1960) would garner him an Oscar nomination, nevertheless, had the worst cinematic luck with Mars during the 1950’s! (Spoilers ahead)