newsreel

[ nooz-reel, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌril, ˈnyuz- /

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noun

a short motion picture presenting current or recent events.

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Origin of newsreel

First recorded in 1915–20; news + reel¹

Words nearby newsreel

news peg, newsperson, newsprint, new-sprung, newsreader, newsreel, newsroom, news service, newsstand, news story, new start

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How to use newsreel in a sentence

Mank ties the reason for Sinclair’s loss to a newsreel played in movie theaters that mixes truth and fiction.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|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.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
The newsreel footage in Watchers of the Sky follows columns of refugees fleeing war, suitcases and small children in their arms.
The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’|Nina Strochlic|November 19, 2014|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.
Marty Reisman: The Magical Hustler Who Saved a Classic Game|Harold Evans|December 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST

For historical shots, he relied on newsreel footage that he sepia-toned and inserting similar-toned footage of his actors.
The Wonderful ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn:’ Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, and the HBO Movie|Allen Barra|May 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Some of the best newsreel footage was shot by our greatest film directors, John Ford and John Huston.
Diving Into The Pacific|Allen Barra|May 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This book is more like an early newsreel, with no search for larger historical causes.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|September 23, 2009|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.
The Old Die Rich|Horace Leonard Gold
One day I entered a motion picture house to view a newsreel of the European battlefields.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
The horror of the struggle, filled with the dead and dying, far surpassed in ferocity any representation of the newsreel.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
Reporters and newsreel cameramen swarmed over my quarters at Grosvenor House.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
I asked him, referring to the flight he had spoken about in the newsreel.
Test Pilot|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

British Dictionary definitions for newsreel

newsreel

/ (ˈnjuːzˌriːl) /

noun

a short film with a commentary presenting current events

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