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: recorded video material
A camerawoman from Channel 12 shows up to grab some footage for the evening news.—
Bari Walsh
Bari WalshVideo footage posted online shows him daring an audience member to fight …—Latifah Muhammad
Latifah MuhammadRamsay uses security footage from inside and outside of the brownstone to detail Joe's actions.—Kyle Turner
Kyle TurnerThe documentary series that presents archival images and film footage in color continues, this week focusing on memorable events from the 1940s.—Kristi Turnquist
Kristi Turnquist2
: length or quantity expressed in feet: such as
a
b
: the total number of running feet of motion-picture film used (as for a scene or subject)
The people of Hiroshima had a fund-raising campaign to purchase footage from films taken by American photographers …. They calculated they could purchase ten feet of footage for one thousand yen …—Ruth Ann Keyso and Masahide Ota
Ruth Ann Keyso and Masahide OtaExamples of footage in a Sentence
Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.
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In the footage, which is circulating on social media, a man is seen touching the fish and attempting to put the animal back in the water.
—Jessica Botelho, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
There is also footage of an emotional interview with Elton John from the early 1990s, when the musician is just coming out of rehab after many years of addiction.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
Anthony Edwards has garnered a reputation for being among the more brash athletes in professional sports, which was further stamped by footage of the NBA star trash-talking Barack Obama at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
No clear video of the incident itself was captured, but some audio was caught on surveillance tapes and police claimed to have identified footage of Rocky carrying a gun near the scene.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Botelho, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
There is also footage of an emotional interview with Elton John from the early 1990s, when the musician is just coming out of rehab after many years of addiction.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
Anthony Edwards has garnered a reputation for being among the more brash athletes in professional sports, which was further stamped by footage of the NBA star trash-talking Barack Obama at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
No clear video of the incident itself was captured, but some audio was caught on surveillance tapes and police claimed to have identified footage of Rocky carrying a gun near the scene.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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