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Empire of the air the men who made radio Cover Image DVD

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

Burns, Ken, 1953- (Added Author). Wesson, Morgan. (Added Author). Ward, Geoffrey C. (Added Author). Robards, Jason. (Added Author). Lewis, Tom, 1942- Empire of the air. (Added Author). Florentine Films. (Added Author). WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Added Author). PBS Home Video. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 141570239X
  • ISBN: 9781415702390
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color & black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2004]
  • Distributor: Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Full screen presentation.
DVD release of the documentary originally broadcast on PBS.
Based on the book: Empire of the air / by Tom Lewis.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor, Paul Barnes ; music direction, Ken Burns, Jesse Carr ; sound, Morgan Wesson, Roger Sherman, Alan Barker, Todd Bellanca.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jason Robards, narrator.
System Details Note:
DVD; mono.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Subject: Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1890-1954.
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961.
Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971.
Radio > United States > Biography.
Radio > United States > History.
Genre: Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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