Footage of modern society sounds genuine (8)
I believe the answer is:
newsreel
'footage' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'modern society sounds genuine' is the wordplay.
'modern' becomes 'new' ('new' is associated in meaning with 'modern').
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'sounds' shows a homophone (sound like).
'genuine' becomes 'real' ('real' is associated in meaning with 'genuine').
'real' is a homophone of 'reel'.
'new'+'s'+'reel'='NEWSREEL'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for newsreel that I've seen before include "Filmed report" , "information screened" , "In factual film" , "Film giving reports" , "Film report" .)