Yesterday's Witness
- Released on
- Runtime
- 54 mins
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.
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
- Lowell Thomas
- Ed Herlihy
- Harry von Zell
- Jack Shaindlin
- Norman Alley
- Max Markman
- Joe Gibson
Director
- Christian Blackwood
Producers
- Christian Blackwood
