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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)

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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

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Cast

Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Narrator (voice)
Red Barber
Red Barber
Self - Radio Announcer
Erik Barnouw
Erik Barnouw
Self - Historian
Norman Corwin
Norman Corwin
Self - Writer
Susan Douglas
Susan Douglas
Self - Historian
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Self - Writer
Helen Kelley
Helen Kelley
Self - Radio Broadcaster
Fred Allen
Fred Allen
Self - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage)
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Self - Sings (archive sound)
John Barrymore
John Barrymore
Hamlet (archive sound)
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Self - Finest Hour Speech (archive sound)
Charles J. Correll
Charles J. Correll
Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage)
Lee De Forest
Lee De Forest
Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage)
Ralph Edwards
Ralph Edwards
Self - Host of 'This Is Your Life' (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - Announces Landing in Normandy (archive footage)
Freeman F. Gosden
Freeman F. Gosden
Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage)
Marie Mosquini
Marie Mosquini
Self - with Lee De Forest (archive footage)
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Self - Eulogizes Sarnoff (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - Makes Broadcast About Banking Reform (archive footage)
David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff
Self - with Marconi at RCA (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage)
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Self - Announces Bombing of Hiroshima (archive sound)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)

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