Yesterday's Witness

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.

• Jack ShaindlinOriginal Music Composer
• Raymond FieldingWriter
• Christian BlackwoodDirector

• Lowell ThomasSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Ed HerlihySelf
• Harry von ZellSelf
• Jack ShaindlinSelf
• Norman AlleySelf
• Max MarkmanSelf
• Joe GibsonSelf