Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
113 min
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of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth.
- Data de estreia
- 1 de outubro de 1991
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Jason Robards como Narrator
- Red Barber como Self - Radio Announcer
- Erik Barnouw como Self - Historian
- Ken Bilby como Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff
- Norman Corwin como Self - Writer
- Susan Douglas como Self - Historian
- Frank Günther como Self (engineer)
- Jeanne Hammond como Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong
- Loren Jones como Self - Engineer
- Garrison Keillor como Self - Writer
Equipe
- Ken Burns · Diretor(a)
- Ken Burns · Roteirista
- Tom Lewis · Roteirista
- Geoffrey C. Ward · Roteirista
- Ken Burns · Produtor(a)
- Tom Lewis · Produtor(a)
- Morgan Wesson · Produtor(a)
- Paul Barnes · Editor(a)