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

Algeria

*Actualités Algériennes

Belgium

*Belgavox

Bulgaria

*Kinokronika

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.

German Democratic Republic

*Der Augenzeuge
*DEFA Wochenschau

Hungary

*Magyar Filmhirado

India

*Indian News Parade

Ireland

*Amharc Eireann

Italy

* Giornale LUCE
* Settimana Incom
* Ciac

Japan

* Yiomuri
* Asahi

Mozambique

* Kuxa Kanema

Netherlands

*Polygoon

Netherlands Indies

* Djawa Hodo (Japanese occupation)
* Nampo Hodo (Japanese occupation)
* Berita Film di Djawa (Japanese occupation)
* Wordende Wereld

Netherlands New Guinea

* Nieuw-Guinea Kroniek

New Zealand

*Weekly Review
*Pictorial Parade

Poland

* Polska Kronika Filmowa

Romania

* Saptamîna în Imagini

Spain

*No-Do

Switzerland

* Ciné-Journal Suisse

United Kingdom

*Pathe's Animated Gazette (1910), Weekly
**Pathe Gazette
*** Eve's Film Review
***British Pathe News
*Empire Newsreel
**Empire News Bulletin
*Gaumont Graphic
**Around the Town
***Gaumont Mirror
*Topical Budget in 1917 was taken over by the War Office, became War Office Official Topical Budget; eventually Pictorial News.
*British Movietone The first British sound newsreel.
*Workers' Topical News (1930-31)
*The Gen produced by Royal Air Force

United States

*The March of Time (Time, Inc.)
*Movietone News (20th Century Fox)
*News of the Day (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
*Pathe News
**RKO-Pathé (RKO Pictures/Pathé)
**Warner-Pathé (Warner Brothers Studios/Pathé)
*Paramount News (Paramount Pictures)
*Universal Newsreel (Universal Studios)
*U.S. Information Service

External links for British newsreels

*A History of the British Newsreels
*Digital News Archive – British Pathé

External links for German newsreels

*German newsreel archives - Wochenschau Archiv

External links for Yugoslav newsreels

*Filmske Novosti