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Jason Robards as Narrator (voice) |
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Red Barber as Self - Radio Announcer |
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Erik Barnouw as Self - Historian |
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Ken Bilby as Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff |
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Norman Corwin as Self - Writer |
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Susan Douglas as Self - Historian |
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Frank Günther as Self - Engineer |
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Jeanne Hammond as Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong |
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Loren Jones as Self - Engineer |
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Garrison Keillor as Self - Writer |
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Helen Kelley as Self - Radio Broadcaster |
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Robert Morris as Self - Engineer |
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Dana Raymond as Self - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong |
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Gertrude Tyne as Self - Engineer |
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Fred Allen as Self - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage) |
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Gene Autry as Self - Sings (archive sound) |
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John Barrymore as Hamlet (archive sound) |
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Winston Churchill as Self - Finest Hour Speech (archive sound) |
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Charles J. Correll as Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage) |
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Lee De Forest as Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage) |
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Ralph Edwards as Self - Host of 'This Is Your Life' (archive footage) |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self - Announces Landing in Normandy (archive footage) |
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Eugenia Farrar as Self (with Lee De Forest) (archive footage) |
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Freeman F. Gosden as Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage) |
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Guglielmo Marconi as Self - Visits Sarnoff at RCA (archive footage) |
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Marie Mosquini as Self - with Lee De Forest (archive footage) |
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Nelson Rockefeller as Self - Eulogizes Sarnoff (archive footage) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self - Makes Broadcast About Banking Reform (archive footage) |
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David Sarnoff as Self - with Marconi at RCA (archive footage) |
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Frank Sinatra as Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage) |
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Arturo Toscanini as Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage) |
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Harry S. Truman as Self - Announces Bombing of Hiroshima (archive sound) |
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Bob Warren as Self - This is Your Life Announcer (archive footage) |
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Orson Welles as Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound) |
| Production | Tom Lewis | Producer |
| Production | Ken Burns | Producer |
| Production | Morgan Wesson | Producer |
| Directing | Ken Burns | Director |
| Writing | Geoffrey C. Ward | Writer |
| Writing | Tom Lewis | Author |
| Editing | Yaffa Lerea | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Morgan Wesson | Sound |
| Sound | Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Yaffa Lerea | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Paul Barnes | Editor |
| Production | Camilla Rockwell | Associate Producer |
| Production | Susanna Steisel | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Alan Barker | Sound |
| Editing | Morgan Wesson | Archival Footage Research |
| Sound | Paul Barnes | Sound Editor |
| Production | Ken Burns | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Ken Burns | Music Director |
| Production | Dalton Delan | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Camera | Allen Moore | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Buddy Squires | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ken Burns | Director of Photography |
