newsreel
Theater current events
A newsreel was a short film of news and current events, shown in cinemas before the main feature.
From the early twentieth century until television news became dominant in the 1960s, newsreels were how most people saw footage of wars, political events, sports, and celebrities.
The term now evokes the grainy black-and-white footage and dramatic narration style characteristic of that era.
The documentary included newsreel footage from World War II.
Venue for live drama
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- matineeDaytime theatrical performance
- premiereFirst public performance
auditorium · usher · popcorn · trailer · marquee · intermission · soundtrack · featurette
Stored historical records
- footageRecorded video material
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- collectionGathered set of items
vault · catalog · digitization · filmstock · deterioration · nitrate · repository · historical
Brief public announcement
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- announcerOne who introduces programs
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
segment · airtime · programming · network · studio · newsroom · transmission · relay
Longing for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- classicOf lasting excellence
- bygoneOf earlier times
- yesteryearTime not long past
old-fashioned · sepia-toned · throwback · memorabilia · midcentury · wartime · propaganda · antique
Journalist covering distant events
- cameramanPerson operating film equipment
- editorOne who revises text
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- scoopFirst-reported story
exclusive · deadline · press · photojournalist · fieldwork · interview · eyewitness · warfront
theater
Venue for live drama
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- matineeDaytime theatrical performance
premiere · auditorium · usher · popcorn · trailer · marquee · intermission · soundtrack · featurette · projector
archive
Stored historical records
- footageRecorded video material
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
collection · vault · catalog · digitization · filmstock · deterioration · nitrate · repository · historical · documentary
bulletin
Brief public announcement
commentary · segment · airtime · programming · network · studio · newsroom · transmission · relay · wartime
nostalgia
Longing for the past
yesteryear · old-fashioned · sepia-toned · throwback · memorabilia · midcentury · wartime · propaganda · antique · period
correspondent
Journalist covering distant events
- cameramanPerson operating film equipment
- editorOne who revises text
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
scoop · exclusive · deadline · press · photojournalist · fieldwork · interview · eyewitness · warfront · embedded
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- videovideo, AVI, clip, footage, film
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- Media Historyprinting press, telegraph, radio, television, journalism
- news mediadocumentary, article, press photo, journalist, photo essay
- Silent Filmsilent films, silent era, silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton
newsreelfeature film
Standard-length theatrical release
drama · fantasy · entertainment · fictional narrative · propaganda film
newsreelmain attraction
Primary point of interest
feature film · headliner · main event · top billing · epic
newsreellive broadcast
Transmission happening right now
live television · breaking news · live stream · instant replay