Empire of the air
Subtitle: the men who made radio
By: 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
Contributors: Robards, Jason; Florentine Films; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.); PBS DVD (Firm); PBS Distribution (Firm); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Series: Ken Burns' America collection
Publisher: PBS DVD; Distributed by PBS Distribution
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Alexandria, VA?]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781415702390
Subjects: Radio; Biography; History
Other titles: Empire of the air (Television program)
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally broadcast on PBS in 1991.

Based on the book Empire of the air by Tom Lewis.

Cinematography, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor, Paul Barnes ; music direction, Ken Burns, Jesse Carr.

Narrator: Jason Robards.

DVD; region 1; full screen; stereo; NTSC.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: The men and the idea-De forest; title: Armstrong; title: Sarnoff; title: Braodcasting; title: A little black box.