The American Newsreel
Name/Title
The American NewsreelSecondary Title
1911–1967Description
A definitive history of the American newsreel from its inception in Europe and the United States to its demise in the late 1960s, when it was supplanted by television news.Context
Raymond Fielding was an author, scholar, educator and expert on film technology. The American newsreel was a ten-minute potpourri of motion picture news footage, released twice a week to motion theaters throughout the country. Fielding focused on the concern of the newsreel's role in our society, its function in the motion picture, its survival for more than half a century and its ultimate demise.Category
History, Journalism