Yee, M.M. Moving image materials, 1988 (Actualities; use for early, usually short silent films in which the cameria was positioned to record events or everyday life)

Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993 (Actuality (Actualite, Actualities, Actuality film, Documentaire, Educational, Interest film, News film, News item, Topical) the filming of "actual" events or the normal activities of people at work or at leisure; the actuality film is an early form of the documentary film; an actuality shows something that happened at the time of filming; a topical film records an event that is newsworthy; an interest film implies some measure of interpretation of its subject by the maker of the film)

Short, unedited, silent films, primarily from the period of early cinema, that portray daily life or specific events or occurrences as filmed by a camera in a fixed location without commentary.