1
: 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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In a post on X, Afghan deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat announced the attack and death toll after social media footage showed the smoldering ruin of the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
Jones continued to pull on the bag, dragging the man around, according to the footage.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
Veronica Gutierrez brought her husband, her sister and her mother for support, but when grainy security footage began to play during the prosecutor’s opening statement Monday, their sobs drowned out his voice.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
Recently, video footage could be seen of at least two oil tankers in the strait engulfed in flames as the result of an attack.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
Jones continued to pull on the bag, dragging the man around, according to the footage.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
Veronica Gutierrez brought her husband, her sister and her mother for support, but when grainy security footage began to play during the prosecutor’s opening statement Monday, their sobs drowned out his voice.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
Recently, video footage could be seen of at least two oil tankers in the strait engulfed in flames as the result of an attack.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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footage
noun
foot·age
ˈfu̇-tij 
1
: length measured in feet
2
: scenes or action recorded on film or video
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