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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.

Format Electronic and Video (Streaming)
Publication Info[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004, ©1991.
Description1 electronic resource (approximately 113 min.).
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;608236
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorBurns, Ken, 1953-
Other author/creatorRobards, Jason.
Other author/creatorWard, Geoffrey C.
Other author/creatorWesson, Morgan, 1951-
Included WorkLewis, Tom, 1942- Empire of the air.
Other author/creatorFlorentine Films.
Other author/creatorParamount Home Video (Firm)
Other author/creatorPBS Home Video.
Other author/creatorWETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Series Ken Burns' America collection
Ken Burns' America collection. ^A399485
Abstract 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.
General noteBased on the book: Empire of the air / by Tom Lewis.
General noteDocumentary originally broadcast on PBS.
General noteFull screen version in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition.
Other title Empire of the air (Television program)

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