Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Duration:
100 min
Genres:
Documentary | History
IMDB rate:
7.7
Director:
Ken Burns
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Jason Robards
Narrator (voice)
Red Barber
Himself - Radio Announcer
Erik Barnouw
Himself - Historian
Ken Bilby
Himself - Biographer of David Sarnoff
Norman Corwin
Himself - Writer
Susan Douglas
Herself - Historian
Frank Günther
Himself (engineer)
Jeanne Hammond
Herself - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong
Loren Jones
Himself - Engineer
Garrison Keillor
Himself - Writer
Helen Kelley
Herself - Radio Broadcaster
Robert Morris
Himself - Engineer
Dana Raymond
Himself - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong
Gertrude Tyne
Herself - Engineer
Fred Allen
Himself - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gene Autry
Himself - Sings (archive sound) (uncredited)
John Barrymore
Hamlet
Winston Churchill
Himself - Finest Hour Speech (archive sound) (uncredited)
Charles J. Correll
Himself - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee De Forest
Himself - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ralph Edwards
Himself - Host of 'This Is Your Life' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Himself - Announces Landing in Normandy (archive sound) (uncredited)
Freeman F. Gosden
Himself - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage) (uncredited)
Guglielmo Marconi
Himself - Visits Sarnoff at RCA (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marie Mosquini
Herself - with Lee De Forest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nelson Rockefeller
Himself - Eulogizes Sarnoff (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Himself - Makes Broadcast About Banking Reform (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Sarnoff
Himself - with Marconi at RCA (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra
Himself - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arturo Toscanini
Himself - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry S. Truman
Himself - Announces Bombing of Hiroshima (archive sound) (uncredited)
Bob Warren
This is Your Life Announcer Dr. Lee DeForrest episode (uncredited)
Orson Welles
Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound) (uncredited)
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Trivia
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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