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Constellation

Newsreel to nightly news

Created by Julia Murphy

Featured in this constellation

Cinesound and Movietone

Newsfront

Citizen Kane

Frontline

Media Watch

The Newsroom

For decades, newsreel companies covered the news, providing weekly stories of current events, sport, and entertainment to audiences at the cinema, and establishing the format that would be taken up by television and the nightly news.

Cinesound and Movietone → Newsfront