newsreel

[ nooz-reel, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌril, ˈnyuz- /

a short motion picture presenting current or recent events.

Origin of newsreel

First recorded in 1915–20; news + reel¹

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

newsreel

/ (ˈnjuːzˌriːl) /

a short film with a commentary presenting current events