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.
Lowell Thomas | Self - Narrator (voice) |
Ed Herlihy | Self |
Harry von Zell | Self |
Jack Shaindlin | Self |
Norman Alley | Self |
Max Markman | Self |
Joe Gibson | Self |