Yesterday's Witness (1976)

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.

Released Nov. 1, 1976 54 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.media, tmdb.news, imdb.film-history, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.journalism, imdb.television-journalism, imdb.newsreel, tmdb.cinema-history

Production Companies: Michael Blackwood Productions

Country: United States
Languages: English