Newsreel

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

Created by Pathé Frères 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.

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, Charles Foster Kane.

Newsreels by country

Canada

Associated Screen News
Canada Carries On and World In Action were World War II related newsreels produced by the National Film Board of Canada
Canadian Army Newsreel produced by the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit, for internal consumption only.

Czechoslovakia

Československý filmový týdeník

Germany

From 1925 to 1930

UFA Wochenschau

From 1930 to 1933

UFA-Tonwoche
Deulig-Tonwoche
Fox Tönende Wochenschau
Emelka-Tonwoche
Tobis Wochenschau

Nazi Germany

UFA-Tonwoche (Until 1940)
Die Deutsche Wochenschau – (The German Weekly Newsreel) A reel is housed in the Motion Picture Collection of the Harry S. Truman Library, (MP85-1), and includes historic footage of the Allied landings and combat at Normandy France, July 1944, from the Nazi perspective. The reel was captured by US troops. It is a 16 mm, sound, black and white reel that lasts 16 minutes and 49 seconds.