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Author:

Empire of the air (Television program)

Title:

Empire of the air : 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.

Publisher:

PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : DVD video, sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

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.
Documentary television programs.
Television series.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Burns, Ken, 1953- musical director. television producer, director of photography, musical director.
Wesson, Morgan, 1951- producer.
Lewis, Tom, 1942- producer.
Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter.
Robards, Jason, narrator.
Barnes, Paul, 1951- editor of moving image work.
Squires, Buddy, director of photography.
Moore, Allen, 1952- director of photography.
Lewis, Tom, 1942- Empire of the air.
Florentine Films, production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), production company.
PBS DVD (Firm), film distributor.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Narrated by Jason Robards. Originally broadcast on PBS in 1991. Based on the book Empire of the air by Tom Lewis.

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.

Series:

Ken Burns' America collection

ISBN:

1608839605
9781608839605

OCLC:

(OCoLC)893579380

UPC:

841887019637

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)