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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
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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Detectives said they were then called in to investigate Rebeca’s death, and viewed surveillance footage showing Kevin leaving the apartment complex at dawn two days prior.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 26 May 2025
Formula 1 even banned Lewis Hamilton, one of its biggest stars, from posting his own race footage.
—Jon Youshaei, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
The Jackson Police Department urged anyone with information about the shooting or who may have video footage of the incident to contact investigators immediately.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 May 2025
This led to such practices as the wider use of body cameras on officers and review of the footage as well as several court cases re-examining the extent of protection officers receive.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 26 May 2025
Formula 1 even banned Lewis Hamilton, one of its biggest stars, from posting his own race footage.
—Jon Youshaei, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
The Jackson Police Department urged anyone with information about the shooting or who may have video footage of the incident to contact investigators immediately.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 May 2025
This led to such practices as the wider use of body cameras on officers and review of the footage as well as several court cases re-examining the extent of protection officers receive.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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