Yesterday's Witness

11/01/1976

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0hr 54min

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Documentary

a tribute to the American Newsreel

STORY

For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential source of information – and misinformation – for generations of American moviegoers. Television news and public affairs programs became a great improvement over the scanty information offered by the newsreels. This documentary offers insight into a medium which has disappeared.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Lowell Thomas
  • Ed Herlihy
  • Harry von Zell
  • Jack Shaindlin
  • Norman Alley

    Director

  • Christian Blackwood

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Michael Blackwood Productions

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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