The first theatrical film adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel, 1953’s The War of the Worlds is already part of the National Film Registry, and now it’s joining The Criterion Collection.

The War of the Worlds comes to Criterion DVD & Blu-ray on July 7, and the release boasts a brand new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray.

Here’s the full breakdown of Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

New alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, created by sound designer Ben Burtt and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray

Audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker Joe Dante, film historian Bob Burns, and author Bill Warren

Movie Archaeologists, a new program on the visual and sound effects in the film featuring Burtt and film historian Craig Barron

From the Archive, a new program about the film’s restoration featuring Barron, Burtt, and Paramount Pictures archivist Andrea Kalas

Audio interview with producer George Pal from 1970

The Sky Is Falling, a 2005 documentary about the making of the film

The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds from 1938, directed and narrated by Orson Welles

Radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between Welles and H. G. Wells, author of the 1897 novel The War of the Worlds

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by film critic J. Hoberman