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: recorded video material
A camerawoman from Channel 12 shows up to grab some footage for the evening news.—
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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
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: 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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The ensuing preview features a wild mash-up of visual styles, from trippy digital collage to dancing AI bubble people, photo montage, found footage, nature visuals and animation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
Any witnesses or drivers in the area with dashboard camera footage have been asked to contact Trooper Nicolas Brunsden at the New Fairfield Resident State Trooper’s Office at 203-312-5701 or Nicolas.Brunsden@ct.gov.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
What To Know One lawsuit, brought by attorneys for a homeowner who lost their residence, alleges that Edison's equipment was the ignition source, adding that footage and witness accounts reportedly show flames erupting directly beneath electrical towers as the fire began.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Weaving together Ukrainian Army bodycam footage and moments of reflection, Chernov captures the war in his own country from a personal and devastating vantage point.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
Any witnesses or drivers in the area with dashboard camera footage have been asked to contact Trooper Nicolas Brunsden at the New Fairfield Resident State Trooper’s Office at 203-312-5701 or Nicolas.Brunsden@ct.gov.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
What To Know One lawsuit, brought by attorneys for a homeowner who lost their residence, alleges that Edison's equipment was the ignition source, adding that footage and witness accounts reportedly show flames erupting directly beneath electrical towers as the fire began.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Weaving together Ukrainian Army bodycam footage and moments of reflection, Chernov captures the war in his own country from a personal and devastating vantage point.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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