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Yesterday's Witness

Yesterday's Witness (1976)

0h 54m | PG-13

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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.

Director: Christian Blackwood

Studio: Michael Blackwood Productions

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

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