newsreel means A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.
newsreel is pronounced /ˈnuzˌɹil/.
Etymology
From news + reel.
noun
- A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.“The film, written and directed by Michelle Ferrari, is filled with jaw-dropping moments: newsreel footage of white American families merrily competing in “genetic fitness” contests at state fairs where they were measured like livestock; a retelling of a pivotal court case where a teenage mother was forcibly sterilized by her mother; and the story of how the irrepressible inventor of Kellogg’s Corn”
- The genre of such films.
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