Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991, 1h 53min -

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of Lee de Forest, a clergyman’s flamboyant son, who invented the audion tube; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor who pioneered FM technology; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the most powerful communications company on earth. Show more

"Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio" — movie produced in USA and released in 1991. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.5 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 53min. "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio" is currently available for rent and to buy on Amazon Store. Click on a playlink to watch it now!