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

He at times sounds like a newsreel from 1930s Germany, calling his enemies “vermin” and “sick people” and claims immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”

From Los Angeles Times

We tend to think of Hitler's speeches, as presented and preserved in newsreels and documentaries, as spit-splattering rants, brimming with hatred and mendacity.

From Salon

Burstein amply and nimbly illustrates the conversation with film clips, newsreel footage, photographs and interviews.

From Salon

A wealth of archival film and newsreel footage, home movies and snapshots — and, for context, new footage of tape recorders, ash trays and martini glasses — provide marvelous illustration of Taylor’s work and world.

From Los Angeles Times

But we only ever see newsreel footage of one: the bonfire in the public square outside the Berlin opera house.

From Los Angeles Times