Shooting the Century
Season 11998
A two-part history of the newsreel co-produced by the BBC and the CBC.
A two-part history of the newsreel co-produced by the BBC and the CBC.
2 Episodes
Evidence of how early news films were sometimes faked by unscrupulous producers.
December 29, 1998The arrival of sound in the thirties allowed newsreels to capture the turbulence of wars, revolutions and assassinations, but cinemas were more interested in stunts.
December 30, 1998