Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Movie

1991

1h 53m

G

English

Documentary, History

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7.3

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For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its ear...

Empire of the Air The Men Who Made Radio Poster

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

G

Movie

1991

1h 53m

English

Documentary, History

For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways. This is the story of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice)

Red Barber

Self - Radio Announcer

Erik Barnouw

Self - Historian

Norman Corwin

Self - Writer

Susan Douglas

Self - Historian

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Self - Writer

Helen Kelley

Self - Radio Broadcaster

Fred Allen

Self - Predicts Demise of Radio (ar...

Gene Autry

Self - Sings (archive sound)

John Barrymore

Hamlet (archive sound)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self - Finest Hour Speech (archive ...

Charles J Correll

Charles J. Correll

Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy B...

Lee De Forest

Self - Objects to Quality of Radio ...

Ralph Edwards

Self - Host of 'This Is Your Life' ...

Dwight D Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - Announces Landing in Normand...

Freeman F Gosden

Freeman F. Gosden

Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy B...

Marie Mosquini

Self - with Lee De Forest (archive ...

Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson Rockefeller

Self - Eulogizes Sarnoff (archive f...

Franklin D Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self - Makes Broadcast About Bankin...

David Sarnoff

Self - with Marconi at RCA (archive...

Frank Sinatra

Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive f...

Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini

Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archi...

Harry S Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self - Announces Bombing of Hiroshi...

Orson Welles

Self - Professor in War of the Worl...

Directed By: Ken Burns

Written By: Geoffrey C. Ward

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