Yesterday's Witness

a tribute to the American Newsreel

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.

Cast

Lowell Thomas

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ed Herlihy

Self

Harry von Zell

Self

Jack Shaindlin

Self

Norman Alley

Self

Max Markman

Self

Joe Gibson

Self