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countable and uncountable, plural actualities
The state of existing; existence. examples
An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact. examples
(television) Live reporting on current affairs. quotations examples
A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.
1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22
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
(historical, film) A short early motion picture. quotations
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