noun
- short films showing current events that were shown in movie theaters before the main feature, especially popular from the 1910s to 1960s
Usage: historical; plural form of newsreel
Examples
- My grandfather remembered watching newsreels about World War II at the local cinema.
- The museum’s collection includes newsreels from the 1940s and 1950s.
- Before television became common, people got their visual news from newsreels.
- The newsreels showed footage of the president’s speech and the crowd’s reaction.
- Old newsreels provide valuable historical documentation of major events.
- Movie theaters would show newsreels before the main film began.