
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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- English
- media
- news
- cinema history
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical1 Nov 1976
- Theatrical (limited)Film Forum, NYC24 Feb 1977
- TVPBS - first affiliate WNMU-TV1 Dec 1979
- Digital / OTT9 Feb 2017
CanadaCA
- TVCityTV, Toronto3 Jun 1979
ItalyIT
- PremiereFestival dei Popoli, Florence1 Dec 1975
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Yesterday's Witness was released on 1 November 1976.
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