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Empire of the air [videorecording] : the men who made radio /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: EAMR601 | PBS DVDSeries: Ken Burns' America CollectionPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS DVD : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010], c1991.Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (112 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 141570239X
  • 9781415702390
Uniform titles:
  • Empire of the air (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 621.384/109034 22
LOC classification:
  • TK6545.A1 E457 2010
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor, Paul Barnes ; music direction, Ken Burns, Jesse Carr.
Narrator: Jason Robards.Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DOCU DVD EMP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000465024

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.

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.

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