Yesterday's Witness
- Movies
- 1976-11-01
- EN
- Released
- 0h 54m
- Documentary
Production
Michael Blackwood Productions
Tagline
a tribute to the American Newsreel
Storyline
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.
