Released:
1976-11-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Christian Blackwood

Runtime:
0h 54min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Lowell Thomas
  as
  Self - Narrator (voice)
• 
  Ed Herlihy
  as
  Self
• 
  Harry von Zell
  as
  Self
• 
  Jack Shaindlin
  as
  Self
• 
  Norman Alley
  as
  Self