Empire of the air : the men who Made Radio
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Originally broadcast on PBS in 1991.
Based on the book: Empire of the air / by Tom Lewis.
Jason Robards, narrator.
Story of radio from 1906-1955 and the three men who made it happen: Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff. Combines archival photographs, newsreels of the period, interviews, and radio soundtrack.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen presentation; mono.
Contents: Empire of the air.
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SERIES
Ken Burns' America collection.
Empire of the air (Television program)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
PUBLISHED
[Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004, c1991.
Year Published: 1991
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
141570239X
9781415702390
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Wesson, Morgan.
Lewis, Tom, 1942-
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Robards, Jason.
Florentine Films.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Armstrong, Edwin H. -- 1890-1954.
De Forest, Lee, -- 1873-1961.
Sarnoff, David, -- 1891-1971.
Radio -- Biography.
Radio -- History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.