footage

noun

foot·​age ˈfu̇-tij 

1

: recorded video material

A camerawoman from Channel 12 shows up to grab some footage for the evening news.

—Bari Walsh

Video footage posted online shows him daring an audience member to fight …

—Latifah Muhammad

Ramsay uses security footage from inside and outside of the brownstone to detail Joe's actions.

—Kyle Turner

The documentary series that presents archival images and film footage in color continues, this week focusing on memorable events from the 1940s.

—Kristi Turnquist

2

: length or quantity expressed in feet: such as

a

: board feet

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

Examples of footage in a Sentence

Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.

Recent Examples on the Web

Others praised the celebrity for sharing candid footage of her real life, including a glimpse of her boyfriend. —Mallory Moench, TIME, 20 Apr. 2024

One of the first things Oakland police investigators did was to review surveillance footage from the tower, which confirmed Chavez-Montoya was seen walking in on Jan. 27, 2023, but never seen leaving. —Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing footage

• stock footage

Kids Definition

footage

noun

foot·​age

ˈfu̇-tij

1

: length measured in feet

2

: scenes or action recorded on film or video