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.

• DirectorChristian Blackwood
• Release1 November 1976
• GenreDocumentary
• Duration0h 54m
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  Michael Blackwood Productions