What is a Newsreel

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How did people keep up-to-date with what was happening at home and abroad before the advent of the internet and 24-hour news? Aside from newspapers, it was the newsreels that provided the British public with a unique window on to the world. • From royalty to revolutions, war to weather, and holidays to horseracing, the newsreels covered a huge variety of topics. They were an extremely popular form of entertainment in the first half of the last century, watched by millions in cinemas across the country as an integral part of a general film programme. • In this introductory film, we examine what newsreels were, the kinds of topics and issues they covered, where they were watched, and how they were made. • Read more at: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/... • All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collect...

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