The Prime Minister's office tightly censored the Newsreels, a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the mid 1970s, and subsidized films that glorified military virtues and the French Empire.
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. The government-subsidized films that glorified military virtues and the French Empire. Newsreels were tightly censored; they were told to feature none controversial but glamorous entertainers, film premieres, sporting events, high-fashion, new automobiles, an official ceremonies. The Prime Minister's office closely supervised the news items that were to be broadcast. 
