Basic Info
Release: October 01, 1991
Runtime: 113 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.5/10 (8 votes)
Status: Released
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
113 min
⭐ 7.5/10
8 votes
Overview
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways. This is the story of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.
Genres
Documentary
History
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Jason Robards
Narrator (voice)
Red Barber
Self - Radio Announcer
Erik Barnouw
Self - Historian
Ken Bilby
Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff
Norman Corwin
Self - Writer
Susan Douglas
Self - Historian
Frank Günther
Self - Engineer
Jeanne Hammond
Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong
Loren Jones
Self - Engineer
Garrison Keillor
Self - Writer
Helen Kelley
Self - Radio Broadcaster
Robert Morris
Self - Engineer
Crew
Ken Burns
Director
Ken Burns
Producer
Morgan Wesson
Producer
Tom Lewis
Producer
Geoffrey C. Ward
Writer
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
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