compilation film

noun

1. film from an archive used in a film or documentary to give a feeling of the relevant period

Example Sentences

Mr. Lyon calls “SNCC” a “compilation film,” collaged from his own photographs, notably many that have never been published, as well as new interviews with fellow activists, shot on hand-held camera, and vintage recordings, including the organization’s leader James Forman’s stirring and resonant speeches.

From New York Times

Asian filmmakers are well represented across the board: South Korea's Yoon Jong-bing will receive a midnight screening of his thriller "The Spy Gone North"; Thai directors Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng and Chulayarnon Sriphol will get a special screening of their compilation film "10 Years in Thailand"; China's Bi Gan will bring his noirish thriller "Long Day's Journey Into Night" to Un Certain Regard; and his countryman Wang Bing will get a special screening for the eight-hour-plus documentary "Dead Souls."

From Los Angeles Times

Directors often express their deepest concerns offhandedly, in short films made somewhat out of the spotlight, as Vincente Minnelli did in the 1953 compilation film “The Story of Three Loves,” which screens at MOMA on Saturday, June 13th, and Tuesday, June 16th.

From The New Yorker

If the feature “Gebo and the Shadow” seems to bring the nineteenth century back to life with a tactile immediacy, the short comedy “The Conqueror, Conquered,” from the 2012 compilation film “Centro Histórico,” revives the Middle Ages in the modern-day streets of Guimarães with a whimsical, graceful, wondrously simple power.

From The New Yorker

His and Coca’s classic TV work captured a new audience with the 1973 theatrical compilation film “Ten From Your Show of Shows.”

From Salon