Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)

1h 53m
Running Time

October 1, 1991
Release Date

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)

1h 53m
Running Time

October 1, 1991
Release Date

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Florentine Films

Plot.

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of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.

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Cast & Crew.

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice)

Red Barber

Red Barber

Self - Radio Announcer

Erik Barnouw

Erik Barnouw

Self - Historian

Ken Bilby

Ken Bilby

Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff

Norman Corwin

Norman Corwin

Self - Writer

Susan Douglas

Susan Douglas

Self - Historian

Frank Günther

Frank Günther

Self - Engineer

Jeanne Hammond

Jeanne Hammond

Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong

Loren Jones

Loren Jones

Self - Engineer

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Self - Writer

Helen Kelley

Helen Kelley

Self - Radio Broadcaster

Robert Morris

Robert Morris

Self - Engineer

Dana Raymond

Dana Raymond

Self - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong

Gertrude Tyne

Gertrude Tyne

Self - Engineer

Fred Allen

Fred Allen

Self - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage)

Gene Autry

Gene Autry

Self - Sings (archive sound)

Details.

Release Date
October 1, 1991

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 53m

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

radio
radio wave

Wiki.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio is a non-fiction book by Tom Lewis, which traces the early development of radio broadcasting in the United States, published by HarperCollins in 1991. The book was adapted into both a 1992 documentary film by Ken Burns and a 1992 radio drama written and directed by David Ossman. The source of the title is from a quote by Lee de Forest.

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