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Newsreel




Created by Pathé Frères of France in 1908, this form of film was a staple of the typical North America n, 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.

In some countries, newsreels generally used music as a background for usually silent on-site film footage. In some countries, the narrator used humorous remarks for light-hearted or non-tragic stories.

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


Algeria







Czechoslovakia



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 German 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.



German Democratic Republic



Federal Republic Of Germany


  • Welt im Film

  • Neue Deutsche Wochenschau

  • Die Zeit unter der Lupe

  • Blick in die Welt

  • Welt im Bild

  • UFA Wochenschau

  • Fox Tönende Wochenschau



Hungary







Mozambique








Romania





Switzerland



United Kingdom



United States





Yugoslavia




Venezuela



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EXTERNAL LINKS


British newsreels



German newsreels