actuality

Etymology

actual + -ity * (television): Influenced by French actualité.

noun

  1. The state of existing; existence.
  2. An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
  3. (television) Live reporting on current affairs.
    This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap. 2005, Alan R. Stephenson, David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, Broadcast Announcing Worktext, page 164
  4. (historical, film) A short early motion picture.
    By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two. 1999, “The Variety Stage collection”, in Selected Materials from the Library of Congress

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