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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
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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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Through archival footage, the film dives into elusive gaming vaults and offers interviews with professional players, collectors, historians, cosplayers, gaming executives and more.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 25 July 2025
Griffith could also be seen in the footage being led away by police.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2025
Since then, the footage has been viewed more than 127 million times in total, as of reporting.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
In the footage, Krysten Klapatauskas — whose doorbell camera captured the sweet exchange outside her home in Wausau, Wisc. — is sitting on her front porch as mail carrier Malachi Knox approaches and hands her a package.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 July 2025
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Andrew McGowan, Variety, 25 July 2025
Griffith could also be seen in the footage being led away by police.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2025
Since then, the footage has been viewed more than 127 million times in total, as of reporting.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
In the footage, Krysten Klapatauskas — whose doorbell camera captured the sweet exchange outside her home in Wausau, Wisc. — is sitting on her front porch as mail carrier Malachi Knox approaches and hands her a package.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 July 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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