news-reel
Definition
- Noun:
- A short film of news events: A "news-reel" is a brief motion picture presenting current events or news stories, typically shown in cinemas before the main feature film, especially from the early 20th century until the rise of television news.
Usage Examples
- (A short film showing news events.)
- (Historical source of visual news.)
Advanced Usage
- "news-reel footage": The recorded material from a news-reel.
- Historians use news-reel footage to study the 1940s. (The film material from news-reels provides historical evidence.)
Variants and Related Words
- Newsreel (n): An alternative spelling without the hyphen, often used interchangeably.
- The newsreel showed the royal wedding. (Same meaning as "news-reel".)
Synonyms
- News film: A film that reports news.
- Current events footage: Visual recordings of recent happenings.
Related Idioms
- "On the news-reel": An outdated phrase meaning featured in a news film.
- The disaster was on every news-reel that week. (Shown in multiple news films.)