Newsreel

A Newsreel is a documentary film that is regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed news stories.

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Created by Path? Fr?res of France in 1908, this form of film was a staple of the typical North American, British, and Commonwealth countries (especially Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and throughout European cinema programming schedule from the silent era until the 1960s when television news broadcasting completely supplanted its role.

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Path? would eventually merge with RKO...

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An example of a newsreel story is in the film Citizen Kane (which was prepared by RKO's actual newsreel staff), which includes a fictional newsreel that summarizes the life of the title character.

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The most famous newsreel series included:

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Documentary film: Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional....

News: News is essentially new information or current events. This article discusses news in the context of journalism....

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....