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  • Newsreel
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  • A newsreel was a Human form of news distribution, popular in the early 20th century, before the emergence of television and news bulletins. Typically, the newsreel would be shown before a movie. In times of conflict, most notably World War II, newsreels served as propaganda for the nation state in which they were produced. The script for "First Contact" opened with a scene where the Borg were examining information from Earth's history, including newsreel footage from World War II.
  • 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.
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  • A newsreel was a Human form of news distribution, popular in the early 20th century, before the emergence of television and news bulletins. Typically, the newsreel would be shown before a movie. In times of conflict, most notably World War II, newsreels served as propaganda for the nation state in which they were produced. The script for "First Contact" opened with a scene where the Borg were examining information from Earth's history, including newsreel footage from World War II.
  • 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.