Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1992)

Directed by

Ken Burns

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

G

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This Ken Burns documentary tells the story of three inventors who helped create radio. It covers their rivalries and the impact of their work on communication.

nostalgicinformativereverentdeliberatereflectivehistoricfocusedquietly dramatic

What happens

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio is a non-fiction book by Tom Lewis, which traces the early development of radio broadcasting in the United States, published by HarperCollins in 1991. The book was adapted into both a 1992 documentary film by Ken Burns and a 1992 radio drama written and directed by David Ossman. The source of the title is from a quote by Lee de Forest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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