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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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
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Empire of the air
Medium
electronic resource
Oclc number
677927653
Responsibility statement
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
Runtime
113
Series statement
Ken Burns' America collectionAmerican history in video
Sub title
the men who made radio
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
Technique
live action
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor9
- Subject5
- Is Derivative Of1
- Other version4
- Mapped to1