newsreel

[ nooz-reel, nyooz- ]

noun

1. a short motion picture presenting current or recent events.

newsreel

/ ˈnjuːzˌriːl /

noun

1. a short film with a commentary presenting current events

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsreel¹

First recorded in 1915–20; news + reel ¹

Example Sentences

Mank ties the reason for Sinclair’s loss to a newsreel played in movie theaters that mixes truth and fiction.

From Vox

The first stretch of the film announces Kane’s death and tells the story of his life in the style of a newsreel, the sort that would have played before a feature film in a movie theater, as was common at the time.

From Vox

The newsreel footage in Watchers of the Sky follows columns of refugees fleeing war, suitcases and small children in their arms.

From The Daily Beast

Watch the newsreel below and observe a fabled minute in the life and times of Marty Reisman, who died on Friday at age 81.

From The Daily Beast

For historical shots, he relied on newsreel footage that he sepia-toned and inserting similar-toned footage of his actors.

From The Daily Beast

Some of the best newsreel footage was shot by our greatest film directors, John Ford and John Huston.

From The Daily Beast

This book is more like an early newsreel, with no search for larger historical causes.

From The Daily Beast

There were newsreel shots of V-1 and V-2 being blasted from their takeoff ramps and a montage of later experimental models.

From Project Gutenberg

One day I entered a motion picture house to view a newsreel of the European battlefields.

From Project Gutenberg

The horror of the struggle, filled with the dead and dying, far surpassed in ferocity any representation of the newsreel.

From Project Gutenberg

Reporters and newsreel cameramen swarmed over my quarters at Grosvenor House.

From Project Gutenberg

I asked him, referring to the flight he had spoken about in the newsreel.

From Project Gutenberg