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Empire of the air the men who made radio / [videorecording] : - Full screen version. - [Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS DVD : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010], c1991. - 1 videodisc (112 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - Ken Burns' America collection . - Ken Burns' America Collection. .

Originally broadcast on PBS in 1991. Based on the book Empire of the air by Tom Lewis. Running time on container has 120 minutes.

Cinematography, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor, Paul Barnes ; music direction, Ken Burns, Jesse Carr. Cinematography, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor, Paul Barnes ; music direction, Ken Burns, Jesse Carr.

Narrator: Jason Robards.

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; stereo.


Closed-captioned.

ISBN: 141570239X 9781415702390

Standard No.: 841887051323

Publisher. No.: EAMR601 PBS DVD

Subjects--Personal Names:
Armstrong, Edwin H. 1890-1954.
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961.
Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Radio--United States--Biography.
Radio--History.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

LC Class. No.: TK6545.A1 / E457 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 621.384/109034