Born on this day – Erik Barnouw:

Erik Barnouw

Writer

Historian

Producer

June 23, 1908 – July 19, 2001

Credits:

Books:

A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States To 1933 (1966); Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film (1993); Indian Film (1962 / 1980); International Encyclopedia of Communications (1989); Media Lost and Found (2001); Media Marathon (1996); The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933–1953 (1968); The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States from 1953 (1970); The Magician and the Cinema (1981); The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate (1978 / 2005); Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television (1976 / 1992).

Television:

American Experience (1997); Betty Hughes and Friends (1972); Camps of Death / Segment: Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1983); Columbia University Seminar (1952–1953); Corwin (1996); Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991); Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1946); Horizons (1951–1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992); Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998); Television in America: An Autobiography (2002); The Great Depression (1998).