19500818 Dimension X "The Martian Chronicles"

Ray Bradbury's book in radio form! First, it's the distant futuristic date of January 1999, and humans land on Mars infecting the population with the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared for. Second, it's the distant futuristic date of October 5, 2026, and a family escapes earthly atomic devastation by immigrating to Mars. First aired August 18, 1950