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- noun Plural form of
newsreel .
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Examples
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Marin said he had goose bumps recalling the newsreels showing the Hindenburg disaster.
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Marin said he had goose bumps recalling the newsreels showing the Hindenburg disaster.
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Scenes in this bombed-out America are clearly meant to recall newsreels of Iraq, to bring home the visceral horror and moral chaos of relentless, total war.
Spellbound Dirda, Michael 2008
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Long conventional storylines alternate with stream-of-consciousness monologues, brief biographies of famous and infamous Americans, and "newsreels" made up of newspaper headlines, popular songs and advertising slogans.
Books From the Great Depression Peter Conn 2009
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During the years from about 1930 to 1960, news items were spliced together into short "newsreels" and shown at the local theatre before a feature film.
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During the years from about 1930 to 1960, news items were spliced together into short "newsreels" and shown at the local theatre before a feature film.
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Alas, he was stabbed in the back by my hero, President Roosevelt, and propagandised out of the race by Fox News-style "newsreels" faked by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that, not for the first and certainly not for the last time, rang the racist bell.
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It's a bold claim, but it would be a challenge to prove them wrong, as its coverage is extensive - nearly 40,000 titles - and it includes important areas that other national filmographies often ignore, such as newsreels, interest films (and indeed silents).
The Bioscope urbanora 2010
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The transfer nicely handles various source materials, such as newsreels and archival clips, without any jarring transitions.
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The company was called RAM Films, for “Roach and Mussolini,” and it made documentary newsreels promoting Italy.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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