Yesterday's Witness

Yesterday's Witness

a tribute to the American Newsreel

1976 en 54 minutes

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Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Lowell Thomas

Lowell Thomas

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ed Herlihy

Ed Herlihy

Self

Harry von Zell

Harry von Zell

Self

Jack Shaindlin

Jack Shaindlin

Self

Norman Alley

Norman Alley

Self

Max Markman

Max Markman

Self

Joe Gibson

Joe Gibson

Self

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