newsreel

[ nooz-reel, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌril, ˈnyuz- /

noun

a short motion picture presenting current or recent events.

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CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of newsreel

First recorded in 1915–20; news + reel¹

Words nearby newsreel

newspaperwoman, newspeak, newsperson, newsprint, newsreader, newsreel, newsroom, newsstand, newsvendor, newsweekly, newswire

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Example sentences from the Web for newsreel

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
I asked him, referring to the flight he had spoken about in the newsreel.
Test Pilot|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

Reporters and newsreel cameramen swarmed over my quarters at Grosvenor House.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
One day I entered a motion picture house to view a newsreel of the European battlefields.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
Newsreel trucks, television units, press cars twisted among the vehicles heading for the desert.
Adolescents Only|Irving E. Cox
One feature picture, one newsreel and one animated cartoon later, they walked past the plant again.
The Knack of Managing|Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson

British Dictionary definitions for newsreel

newsreel

/ (ˈnjuːzˌriːl) /

noun

a short film with a commentary presenting current events

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