Description
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of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.
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Release Date1991
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Runtime1 hr 52 min
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Languageen
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Rating7.5 (8)
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Genres
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DirectorKen Burns
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CastJason RobardsRed BarberErik BarnouwKen BilbyNorman CorwinSusan DouglasFrank GüntherJeanne HammondLoren JonesGarrison KeillorHelen KelleyRobert MorrisDana RaymondGertrude TyneFred AllenGene AutryJohn BarrymoreWinston ChurchillCharles J. CorrellLee De ForestRalph EdwardsDwight D. EisenhowerEugenia FarrarFreeman F. GosdenGuglielmo MarconiMarie MosquiniNelson RockefellerFranklin D. RooseveltDavid SarnoffFrank SinatraArturo ToscaniniHarry S. TrumanBob WarrenOrson Welles
