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 ; produced in association with WETA-TV Washington.

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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 radio soundtrack.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Ken Burns' America collection. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Florentine Films (Production company) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Production company) Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Production company) PBS Distribution (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Burns, Ken, 1953- (Director, Producer, Musical director, director of photography,) Wesson, Morgan, 1951- (Producer) Lewis, Tom, 1942- (Producer) Ward, Geoffrey C. (Screenwriter) Robards, Jason (Narrator) Barnes, Paul, 1951- (Film editor) Squires, Buddy (director of photography.) Moore, Allen (director of photography.) Carr, Jesse (Musical director)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS, [2010]
Edition:	Full screen version.
Series:	Ken Burns' America collection. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Armstrong, Edwin H. > (Edwin Howard), > 1890-1954. De Forest, Lee, > 1873-1961. Sarnoff, David, > 1891-1971. Radio > United States > Biography. Radio > United States > History. Radio. United States. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Genre:	Biography. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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