Ken Burns America Collection: Empire of the Air

An immigrant from Russia named David Sarnoff worked his way up from delivering telegrams to heading RCA. a man named Lee de Forest laid the foundation for the entire electronics industry when he invented the vacuum tube. Fascinating men like these are the focus of this electrifying" documentary by Ken Burns. Narrated by Jason Robards. 1991/color-b&w/120 min/NR/fullscreen.