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 context of what footage is contained in that evidence is unclear.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025
The manhunt was complicated by the early misidentification of a person of interest and limited, low-quality video footage.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
While surveillance footage and the help of a social media tip led investigators to his rental car, the investigation now looks to understand the motive behind the killings.
—Eryn Dion, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
However, since Altoona policy doesn’t require them to turn on bodycam footage while driving solo, neither of them captured this footage on camera.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025
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Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025
The manhunt was complicated by the early misidentification of a person of interest and limited, low-quality video footage.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
While surveillance footage and the help of a social media tip led investigators to his rental car, the investigation now looks to understand the motive behind the killings.
—Eryn Dion, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
However, since Altoona policy doesn’t require them to turn on bodycam footage while driving solo, neither of them captured this footage on camera.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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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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