actuality

The state of existing; existence.countableuncountable

An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.countableuncountable

• "It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part

Live reporting on current affairs.countableuncountable

• 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.
• 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.

A short early motion picture.countablehistoricaluncountable

• 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.