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Yesterday's Witness (1976)
a tribute to the American Newsreel
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1976-11-01
Runtime: 54 min.
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.
