newsreel

noun

news·​reel ˈnüz-ˌrēl How to pronounce newsreel (audio)
ˈnyüz-
: a short movie dealing with current events

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old newsreels from World War II
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Although the motion picture memory of the war is in newsreel black and white, Technicolor was used to valorize America’s warriors, as if the prestige format should not be reserved exclusively for Hollywood entertainment. — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025 There’s a newsreel establishing Moretti’s fame and status. — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025 April 26, 1990 Born George Ray Hawkins in Hammond, Ind., on June 7, 1944, Hawkins joined the Navy after high school and was sent to photography training in Pensacola, Fla., and became an aerial photographer and newsreel cameraman. — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025 Decades later, a trove of unseen and long-forgotten footage – as newsreels, public television broadcasts, propaganda films, and declassified documents – has been recovered from Paraguay and abroad, revealing the hidden mechanisms of power behind Stroessner’s rule. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newsreel

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First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of newsreel was in 1914

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newsreel

noun
news·​reel -ˌrēl How to pronounce newsreel (audio)
: a short motion picture dealing with current events

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