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old newsreels from World War II
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Since its conversion from a cloakroom by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942, the private, 40-ish-seat theater has screened everything from newsreels and documentaries to westerns and musicals.
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Chloe Veltman, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
El-Khoury then contacted Zaven, who took 77 silent newsreels, all shot in Palestine during WWI, and edited them down to this 30-minute work.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
Peck also adds newsreels of world leaders delivering speeches, footage of war zones past and present, and scenes from futuristic Hollywood films, to emphasize the reach of Orwell’s ideas throughout time.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
The images of that bonfire appeared in newsreels across the country.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Chloe Veltman, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
El-Khoury then contacted Zaven, who took 77 silent newsreels, all shot in Palestine during WWI, and edited them down to this 30-minute work.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
Peck also adds newsreels of world leaders delivering speeches, footage of war zones past and present, and scenes from futuristic Hollywood films, to emphasize the reach of Orwell’s ideas throughout time.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
The images of that bonfire appeared in newsreels across the country.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Newsreel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsreel. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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newsreel
noun
news·reel
-ˌrēl 
: a short motion picture dealing with current events
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