Yesterday's Witness
1976, English. Directed by Christian Blackwood.
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.
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- 0h 54m
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- English
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- Released
- 1 November 1976
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- United States of America
- Written by
- Raymond Fielding
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Who directed Yesterday's Witness?
Yesterday's Witness (1976) was directed by Christian Blackwood and stars Lowell Thomas, Ed Herlihy, Harry von Zell.