Yesterday's Witness (1976)

Yesterday's Witness

1976

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Christian Blackwood

Cast

Ed Herlihy as Self

Harry von Zell as Self

Jack Shaindlin as Self

Joe Gibson as Self

Lowell Thomas as Self - Narrator (voice)

Max Markman as Self

Norman Alley as Self

Crew