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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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Zegler's video appeared to be taken from home, as her dog was even spotted near the end of the footage, coming in to snuggle up to its owner and give her face a few licks.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The footage shows Johnson sticking his hand out of the car and appearing to call the ostrich over as one of his three children leans toward the window.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
According to a release, the half hour’s worth of footage was culled from thousands of hours of raw tape.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
Prior to Sunrise, our only knowledge of the events from Haymitch’s games comes from the footage Katniss and Peeta watch in preparation for their own Quarter Quell in Catching Fire.
—Ashley Wolfgang, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The footage shows Johnson sticking his hand out of the car and appearing to call the ostrich over as one of his three children leans toward the window.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
According to a release, the half hour’s worth of footage was culled from thousands of hours of raw tape.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
Prior to Sunrise, our only knowledge of the events from Haymitch’s games comes from the footage Katniss and Peeta watch in preparation for their own Quarter Quell in Catching Fire.
—Ashley Wolfgang, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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