Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
Released Documentary, History · 113 min
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
Released Documentary, History · 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,... see more
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,... see more
RUNTIME
N/A minRELEASED
Oct 1, 1991COUNTRY
US
N/A minRELEASED
Oct 1, 1991COUNTRY
US
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