Yesterday's Witness

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.

Yesterday's Witness

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Yesterday's Witness

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Lowell Thomas
Lowell Thomas
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ed Herlihy
Ed Herlihy
as Self
Harry von Zell
Harry von Zell
as Self
Jack Shaindlin
Jack Shaindlin
as Self
Norman Alley
Norman Alley
as Self
Max Markman
Max Markman
as Self
Joe Gibson
Joe Gibson
as Self
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Jack Shaindlin
Jack Shaindlin
Original Music Composer
Raymond Fielding
Raymond Fielding
Writer
Christian Blackwood
Christian Blackwood
Producer
Christian Blackwood
Christian Blackwood
Director
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