Yesterday's WitnessMovie
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.
About Yesterday's Witness
Yesterday's Witness is a 1976 documentary movie directed by Christian Blackwood.
The production information lists a runtime of 54m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Lowell Thomas, Ed Herlihy, Harry von Zell, Jack Shaindlin. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
