Meaning of Newsreel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.
   countable
2. The genre of such films.
   uncountable

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Examples

“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 Flakes became a champion of eugenics.”

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