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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- Released
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- Michael Blackwood Productions
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Lowell Thomas as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ed Herlihy as Self
Harry von Zell as Self
Jack Shaindlin as Self
Norman Alley as Self
Max Markman as Self
Joe Gibson as Self
Top Crew
Christian Blackwood · Director
Raymond Fielding · Writer
Jack Shaindlin · Composer
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