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old newsreels from World War II
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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.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
The images of that bonfire appeared in newsreels across the country.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Her first movie as director, 1987’s Heaven, is a quasi-experimental work made up of old movie clips, newsreel and documentary snippets, and ruminations on eternity by a couple dozen interviewees, including her mother Dorothy and her sister Dorrie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
Filled with cameras and newsreel operators, the events were highly reported and recorded.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
The images of that bonfire appeared in newsreels across the country.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Her first movie as director, 1987’s Heaven, is a quasi-experimental work made up of old movie clips, newsreel and documentary snippets, and ruminations on eternity by a couple dozen interviewees, including her mother Dorothy and her sister Dorrie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
Filled with cameras and newsreel operators, the events were highly reported and recorded.
—Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Newsreel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsreel. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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newsreel
noun
news·reel
-ˌrēl 
: a short motion picture dealing with current events
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