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Yesterday's Witness(1976)
Status: Released
Date: 1976-11-01
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Time: 0h 54m
a tribute to the American Newsreel
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Michael Blackwood Productions
Movie: Yesterday's Witness
Top 7 Billed Cast
Lowell Thomas
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ed Herlihy
Self
Harry von Zell
Self
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