"General view of newsreels on the international plane, as they are presented at present, as well as the problems they raise, from the process of making them to their projection in cinemas — The work deals with the international network for the production and utilisation of newsreels and with the machinery for exchanging newsreels between the various countries — World map: newsreels throughout the world, production and distribution." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 161, topic code 310.310)

"A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the mid 1970s. Typically presented in a cinema, newsreels were a source of current affairs, information, and entertainment for millions of moviegoers. Newsreels were typically exhibited preceding a feature film, but there were also dedicated newsreel theaters in many major cities in the 1930s and ’40s, and some large city cinemas also included a smaller theaterette where newsreels were screened continuously throughout the day. By the end of the 1960s television news broadcasts had supplanted the format. Newsreels are considered significant historical documents, since they are often the only audiovisual record of certain cultural events." (Wikipedia)