Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
by Ken Burns
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Actor: Jr. Jason RobardsDirector: Ken Burns
Brand: Paramount
Editor: Paul Barnes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS Paramount
DVD Reviews of Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
DVD Review: One of the best documentaries I know of.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is truly one of the best written, best executed documentaries I have ever watched. It fueled my personal interest in radio history and gives a very comprehensive overview of three of the biggest names in early American radio. The bias against Dr. Lee DeForest is definitely clear, but for anyone who doesn't understand radio or where it came from, this program is essential. It's the perfect cure for those who think that radio has nothing to do with television and the Internet.DVD Review: Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Ken Burns does a great job profiling three major influences in radio's infancy - "General" David Sarnoff, Lee de Forest, and Major Edwin H. Armstrong. A must-see for those interested in broadcasting's golden era and for history buffs.DVD Review: History of Radio
Summary: 5 Stars
Great documentary for anyone interested in history of radio. Was purchased for my father who worked in radio and TV in the early days. Heard it was so good my husband had to get his own copy. DVD Review: Empire of the Air rules the waves!
Summary: 5 Stars
this is a great video for broadcast history. A little too focused on de Forest, but overall gives a decent picture of who did what when. DVD Review: The Future is in the History
Summary: 4 Stars
It was an enlightening experience and one that Ken Burns meticulously wove together in an entertaining documentary.
It left me rather open mouthed at the tenacity of these inventors to make something out of literally nothing. They knew they were onto something big and this reflected well in their fierce ambitions, open jealousy, criticism and bitter litigation.
It wasn't fair then and it isn't now.
But it was admirable and almost impossible what these three, De Forest, Sarnoff and most notably Armstrong, achieved for what they, then, could not have foreseen.
The explosion of media we have today.
Blessing or a curse?
Pity there wasn't more about Marconi.
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