Movie
Movie· 1991· 1h 53mG
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
★7.6IMDbDocumentaryHistory
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio is not currently streaming on any Indian OTT platform, and is not available to rent or buy in India.
- Director:
- Ken Burns
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio is a 1991 English documentary film directed by Ken Burns. It runs 113 minutes and is rated G. The cast is led by Jason Robards, Red Barber and Erik Barnouw. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6.
Synopsis
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of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.
Cast
Jason RobardsNarrator (voice)- Red BarberRed BarberSelf - Radio Announcer
- Erik BarnouwErik BarnouwSelf - Historian
- Ken BilbyKen BilbySelf - Biographer of David Sarnoff
- Norman CorwinNorman CorwinSelf - Writer
Susan DouglasSelf - Historian- Frank GüntherFrank GüntherSelf - Engineer
- Jeanne HammondJeanne HammondSelf - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong
- Loren JonesLoren JonesSelf - Engineer
Garrison KeillorSelf - Writer- Helen KelleyHelen KelleySelf - Radio Broadcaster
- Robert MorrisRobert MorrisSelf - Engineer
- Dana RaymondDana RaymondSelf - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong
- Gertrude TyneGertrude TyneSelf - Engineer
Fred AllenSelf - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage)
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- Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio released on 1 October 1991.