The War of the Worlds (1953) (DVD)

Dr Clayton Forrester and Sylvia Van Buren are among the humans intrigued when a meteor-like object crashes to Earth...but its occupants are definitely not friendly. The assault on Earth is underway and the Martian machines--hovering "swan-'shaped vehicles of destruction--are both beautiful and terrifying as they cut a relentless path-of-annihilation.