noun
newsreel
NOOZ-reel
noun
1
A short film reporting current events, once shown in cinemas before the main feature.
"The newsreel footage showed crowds celebrating the end of the war."
How to Use Newsreel
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA brief news film, mainly a 20th-century cinema tradition before television took over that role.
Word Forms
newsreels plural
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Etymology
From "news" plus "reel," referring to a reel of film.