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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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Since sharing footage of the big event on Instagram, Amanda says she's received a lot of messages from people who are considering including their own pets in their nuptials.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Sola Media will present first footage of the film at the upcoming AFM, running from November 5 to 10.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
In 2018, footage emerged showing the 15-year-old – a refugee from Syria – being taunted, grabbed by the throat and pushed to the ground, as other students at his school in Huddersfield, northern England, looked on.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Despite his exit, Costner's Dutton was featured in a new trailer, thanks to cleverly edited old footage.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
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Erin Clements, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Sola Media will present first footage of the film at the upcoming AFM, running from November 5 to 10.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
In 2018, footage emerged showing the 15-year-old – a refugee from Syria – being taunted, grabbed by the throat and pushed to the ground, as other students at his school in Huddersfield, northern England, looked on.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Despite his exit, Costner's Dutton was featured in a new trailer, thanks to cleverly edited old footage.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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