newsreel

UK
/ˈnjuːz.riːl/
US
/ˈnuːz.ril/

Translations

newsreeladjective
more newsreel
Comp.
most newsreel
Super.
UK
/ˈnjuːzˌriːl/
US
/ˈnuːzˌriːl/
Used attributively, e.g., "newsreel footage", functioning as an adjective.
newsreelnoun
newsreels
pl
UK
/ˈnjuːz.riːl/
US
/ˈnuːz.ril/
The old newsreel showed footage from World War II.
Старая кинохроника показала кадры Второй мировой войны.

Definitions

newsreeladjective
Relating to or characteristic of a newsreel; reminiscent of the style or quality of a newsreel.
The grainy footage gives the film a distinctly newsreel feel.
newsreelnoun
A short motion-picture film consisting of news stories and topical footage, especially one shown in a cinema before the main feature during the first half of the 20th century.
The cinema played a newsreel before the main feature, showing footage from the recent royal visit.
A compilation of filmed news items produced periodically for television, archival, or educational use.
The documentary incorporated newsreels from the 1960s to illustrate the civil-rights protests.