Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991
TV-G
1 Std. 53 Min.

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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuFor 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.

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Für 1 Primetime Emmy nominiert
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

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Jason Robards

Narrator
(Synchronisation)

Red Barber

Self - Radio Announcer

Erik Barnouw

Self - Historian

Ken Bilby

Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff

Norman Corwin

Self - Writer

Susan Douglas

Self - Historian

Frank Günther

Self (engineer)

Jeanne Hammond

Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong

Loren Jones

Self - Engineer

Garrison Keillor

Self - Writer

Helen Kelley

Self - Radio Broadcaster

Robert Morris

Self - Engineer

Dana Raymond

Self - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong

Gertrude Tyne

Self - Engineer

Fred Allen

Self - Predicts Demise of Radio
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Gene Autry

Self - Sings
(Archivtonaufnahmen)
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John Barrymore

Hamlet
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Winston Churchill

Self - Finest Hour Speech
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At the end of the credits, there is a message in Morse code that reads "Baseball next". Ken Burns' documentary on baseball did come after this one.

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Featured in Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)

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10/10

This explains it all

This reminds me of why I got into radio. I started in radio running old time radio shows at WRVO in Oswego NY. This documentary fills in the history for me. I am a very big fan of old time radio like the Great Gildersleeve and "the Shadow" and this sparked my interest. I highly recommend this film for those interested in how our current radio was born. If you want to know the pioneers and the "cads" watch this film for a great background! I think that it gives the controversy a little kick. I think that the invention of the radio tube is still a issue. As one of the commentaries talk about, the development of the audion was a controversial thing. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!