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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The latter post was criticized by Ben Stiller for using footage from his 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder, which follows a group of actors who are unwittingly dropped into a Southeast Asian war zone.
—Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The footage then cuts to the character in various stages of mutilation, pre- and post a violent attack.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Why this matters is that, for decades, probing the deep laws of Quantum Electrodynamics required smashing particle beams into lasers — a process as messy and complicated as analyzing a car crash by watching footage from 10 different moving cameras.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
The clip sparked debate online, though additional footage suggested Jordan may have been brushing ice or liquid off the child following a celebratory dousing.
—Ryan Brennan
april 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The footage then cuts to the character in various stages of mutilation, pre- and post a violent attack.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Why this matters is that, for decades, probing the deep laws of Quantum Electrodynamics required smashing particle beams into lasers — a process as messy and complicated as analyzing a car crash by watching footage from 10 different moving cameras.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
The clip sparked debate online, though additional footage suggested Jordan may have been brushing ice or liquid off the child following a celebratory dousing.
—Ryan Brennan
april 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 29 Apr. 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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