1
: recorded video material
A camerawoman from Channel 12 shows up to grab some footage for the evening news.—
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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
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Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.
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The footage shows the moment of impact inside and outside the airport, with large flames breaking out.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
The video released Wednesday was in black and white, similar to most footage previously shared by SOUTHCOM.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026
The Red Sox also get a shout-out in the third season of Lost, in its second episode, when Ben proves to Jack that the island is not completely cut off from the outside world by showing him footage from the World Series where the Red Sox beat the Yankees.
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The footage showed Daly pouring the beer into his shoe before drinking up as Craig Melvin, Sheinelle Jones and Savannah Guthrie looked shocked next to him.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
The video released Wednesday was in black and white, similar to most footage previously shared by SOUTHCOM.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026
The Red Sox also get a shout-out in the third season of Lost, in its second episode, when Ben proves to Jack that the island is not completely cut off from the outside world by showing him footage from the World Series where the Red Sox beat the Yankees.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 June 2026
The footage showed Daly pouring the beer into his shoe before drinking up as Craig Melvin, Sheinelle Jones and Savannah Guthrie looked shocked next to him.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 4 Jun. 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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