The Resource Empire of the air : the men who made radio
Empire of the air : the men who made radio
Resource Information
The item Empire of the air : the men who made radio represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Empire of the air : the men who made radio represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- From Ken Burns, producer of THE CIVIL WAR, comes the story of radio's creation of radio and three men of genius, vision, and determination: Lee De Forest, a clergyman's flamboyant son; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the world's most powerful communications company. This film evokes the lives of three men whose work profoundly transformed modern America
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 120 min.))
- Label
- Empire of the air : the men who made radio
- Title
- Empire of the air
- Title remainder
- the men who made radio
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From Ken Burns, producer of THE CIVIL WAR, comes the story of radio's creation of radio and three men of genius, vision, and determination: Lee De Forest, a clergyman's flamboyant son; Edwin Howard Armstrong, a brilliant, withdrawn inventor; and David Sarnoff, a hard-driving Russian immigrant who created the world's most powerful communications company. This film evokes the lives of three men whose work profoundly transformed modern America
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Empire of the air (Television program)
- Intended audience
- Rated TVG
- PerformerNote
- Jason Robards, narrator
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1953-
- 1942-
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Burns, Ken
- Wesson, Morgan
- Lewis, Tom
- Ward, Geoffrey C
- Robards, Jason
- Lewis, Tom
- hoopla digital
- Runtime
- 120
- Series statement
- Ken Burns' America collection
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Armstrong, Edwin H.
- De Forest, Lee
- Sarnoff, David
- Radio
- Radio
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Empire of the air : the men who made radio
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
-
- other
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 120 min.))
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 10084514
- Publisher number
- MWT10084514
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT10084514
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
- Label
- Empire of the air : the men who made radio
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
-
- other
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 120 min.))
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 10084514
- Publisher number
- MWT10084514
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT10084514
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
Library Locations
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Evanston Public Library Chicago AveBorrow it900 Chicago Ave., Suite 102, Evanston, IL, 60202, US42.034188 -87.679606
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Evanston Public Library MainBorrow it1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60201, US42.048419 -87.680008
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Evanston Public Library North BranchBorrow it2026 Central Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, US42.064193 -87.702066
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