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.
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Cast
10 people
Lowell Thomas
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Ed Herlihy
Self
Known for
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Christian Blackwood
Known for
The Murderers Are Among Us
Raymond Fielding
Harry von Zell
Self
Known for
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Jack Shaindlin
Self
Norman Alley
Self
Max Markman
Self
Joe Gibson
Self
Bertram Kalisch
Bertram Kalisch
Christian Blackwood Director · Raymond Fielding Writer Jack Shaindlin Composer
United States release November 1, 1976 · Produced in United States
Production
Michael Blackwood Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · December 1, 1975
Premiere · Festival dei Popoli, Florence
United States · November 1, 1976
Theatrical
United States · February 9, 2017
Digital
United States
February 24, 1977 · Limited theatrical · Film Forum, NYC
December 1, 1979 · TV · PBS - first affiliate WNMU-TV
Canada
June 3, 1979 · TV · CityTV, Toronto
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