About this season
A two-part history of the newsreel co-produced by the BBC and the CBC.
Episodes (2)
1
E1
1. Silent Witness
Aired 29 December 1998 • 47 min
Evidence of how early news films were sometimes faked by unscrupulous producers.
2
E2
2. The Sound and the Fury
Aired 30 December 1998 • 49 min
The arrival of sound in the thirties allowed newsreels to capture the turbulence of wars, revolutions and assassinations, but cinemas were more interested in stunts.