newsreel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnuzˌɹil/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From news + reel.
Meanings
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(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.
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.
2018 October 16, John Blake, “When Americans tried to breed a better race: How a genetic fitness ‘crusade’ marches on”, in CNN:
- (uncountable) The genre of such films.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| newsreels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (19)
da ugerevy (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · pt cinejornal (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · bg кинопреглед (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · bg хроника (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · sh žurnal (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · sv veckojournal (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · fr actualités (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · hu filmhíradó (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · nn filmavis (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · ru киножурна́л (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · hu híradó (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · sv filmjournal (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · fi uutisfilmi (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · hu híradó film (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · it cinegiornale (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · sv journalfilm (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · sv nyhetsfilm (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · es noticiero (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence) · nb filmavis (a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence)