Senior Executive Producer: Mert Koplin;
Produced and Directed by: David Grubin;
Co-Producer: Ronald Blumer;
Writers: Ronald Blumer & Bill Moyers;
Film Editor: Dick Bartlett;
Associate Producer: Chana Gazit;
Photographed by: David Grubin;
Sound: Roger Phenix, Lee Orloff & Ronald Blumer;
Assistant Editor: Jason Taub;
Assistant to the Producer: Barbara Hart;
Production Assistant: John Wiseman;
Film Research: Alan Chertok & Nan Allendorfer;
Coordinating Producer: Betsy McCarthy;
Studio Directed by: Jack Sameth;
Series Historian: Bernard A. Weisberger;
Associate Producer: Judy Epstein;
Videotape Editor: Alfred Muller;
Theme Composed by: Michael Valenti;
Art Director: Frank Lopez;
Lighting Director: Fred L. Manning;
Executive Producers: Charles Grinker & Sanford H. Fisher;
Executive Editor: Bill Moyers;
[AI-Generated Summary] Hosted by Bill Moyers, this episode of A Walk Through the 20th Century explores the history, cultural impact, and eventual decline of theatrical newsreels, which served as the visual memory of the first half of the century. Industry veterans like Universal News commentator Ed Herlihy, music editor Hy Fuchs, and legendary cameraman Dennis Busoni share firsthand accounts of creating these highly entertaining, albeit superficial and uncritical, segments that once accompanied movie theater programs. The broadcast highlights major historical events captured on film, such as the Hindenburg disaster and the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, while examining how the commercial newsreels often avoided controversial realities like the Great Depression—prompting alternative productions like the left-wing "Workers Newsreel" by filmmakers like Leo Seltzer. Ultimately, the program reflects on how the newsreel was rendered obsolete by the rapid rise of television news in the late 1940s and 1950s, leaving behind a flawed but invaluable archival testament buried in permafrost and preserved for future generations in time capsules.
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