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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ken Burns

1991 • 1h 53m

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 m...

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Cast
Jason Robards
Jason RobardsNarrator (voice)
Red BarberSelf - Radio Announcer
Erik BarnouwSelf - Historian
Ken BilbySelf - Biographer of David Sarnoff
Norman CorwinSelf - Writer
Susan Douglas
Susan DouglasSelf - Historian
Frank GüntherSelf - Engineer
Jeanne HammondSelf - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong
Loren JonesSelf - Engineer
Garrison Keillor
Garrison KeillorSelf - Writer
Helen KelleySelf - Radio Broadcaster
Robert MorrisSelf - Engineer
Dana RaymondSelf - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong
Gertrude TyneSelf - Engineer
Fred Allen
Fred AllenSelf - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage)
Crew
Ken Burns
Ken BurnsProducer
Lee Dichter
Lee DichterSound Re-Recording Mixer
Buddy Squires
Buddy SquiresDirector of Photography
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