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Empire of the air : the men who made radio
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- Summary
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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...
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.
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- Creator
- a Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Ken Burns, Morgan Wesson, Tom Lewis ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced in association with WETA-TV, Washington
- Included Title
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- Empire of the air (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004
- ©1991
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 141570239X, 9781415702390
- OCLC
- ocm56555100
- Credits
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- Narrator: Jason Robards
- Editor, Paul Barnes ; cinematography, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; music direction, Ken Burns, Jesse Carr
- Full screen version in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition.
- DVD release of the documentary originally broadcast on PBS.
- Based on the book: Empire of the air / by Tom Lewis.
- DVD.
- Closed captioned.