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The reel world of news /

Looks at newsreels, a unique 20th century institution. For over fifty years, newsreels informed and entertained whole generations until their demise in the mid-1960's with the advance of televised nightly newscasts.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Corporation for Entertainment and Learning, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), PBS Video
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : PBS Video, [1984]
Subjects:
Newsreels.
Motion picture journalism > United States.
Description
Summary:Looks at newsreels, a unique 20th century institution. For over fifty years, newsreels informed and entertained whole generations until their demise in the mid-1960's with the advance of televised nightly newscasts.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as a segment from the television program A walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Photography, David Grubin ; film editor, Dick Bartlett.