
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
Self - Narrator (voice)

Ed Herlihy
Self

Harry von Zell
Self

Jack Shaindlin
Self

Norman Alley
Self

Max Markman
Self

Joe Gibson
Self