Television

News - The Power of Pictures (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Documentary

Examines how the news is more impactful and can be used to manipulate when people see moving images. Touches on the Vietnam war, political assassinations and attempts, protests, the unseating of Richard Nixon, and more.

Director

Michael Beckham

Producer

Michael Beckham

Composer

Alan Parker

Editors

Anthony Ham | Colin Heron | Alan Swain

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Updated Mar 12, 1985

Release date

Mar 12, 1985 (United Kingdom)

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Ian Holm Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Reuven Frank Self Self See fewer	The Tunnel (1962)
Robin Day Self (as Sir Robin Day) Self (as Sir Robin Day) See fewer	Sykes and a Big Big Show (1971)
Michael Nicholson Self Self See fewer	Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Walter Cronkite Self Self See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Frank Stanton Self Self See fewer	Premiere (1951)
Dean Rusk Self Self See fewer	Santo Domingo: War Among Friends (1965)
Fred W. Friendly Self Self See fewer	CBS Reports (1959)
Abbie Hoffman Self Self See fewer	Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Vladimir Tosek Self Self See fewer	Television (1985)
William Paley Self (as William S. Paley) Self (as William S. Paley) See fewer	The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984)
Horst Seifart Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Television (1985)
Robert Mark Self (as Sir Robert Mark) Self (as Sir Robert Mark) See fewer	Blacks Britannica (1978)
Frank Cooper Self (as Rt. Hn. Sir Frank Cooper) Self (as Rt. Hn. Sir Frank Cooper) See fewer	Secret Society (1987)
Richard Salant Self (as Richard S. Salant) Self (as Richard S. Salant) See fewer	Television (1985)
Peter Hoffman Self (as Peter S. Hoffman) Self (as Peter S. Hoffman) See fewer	Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Jerry Foster Self Self See fewer	Television (1985)
Spiro Agnew Self (archive footage) (as Spiro T. Agnew) Self (archive footage) (as Spiro T. Agnew) See fewer	Spiro Agnew's Asian Trip (1970)
Carl Bernstein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)
Reid Collins Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	48 Hours (1988)
Peter Jennings Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spartamerika
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Robert Shackney Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer
George Wallace Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Bob Woodward Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)
Marvin Zindler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Eyewitness News (1968)
Jane Fonda Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Klute (1971)
Country Joe McDonald Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Taking Woodstock (2009)