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
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
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Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.
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—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Using a wealth of archival footage, this deeply pleasurable documentary paints a dazzling portrait of Rossellini across the years leading up to his death in 1977, and is an ecstatic, cinephilic tribute to one of world cinema’s true titans.
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The film also contains archival footage of mudslinging and backbiting comments from several of the musicians about various members’ comings and goings.
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Additional footage shows teens running through the streets as onlookers watch from inside a restaurant.
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Using a wealth of archival footage, this deeply pleasurable documentary paints a dazzling portrait of Rossellini across the years leading up to his death in 1977, and is an ecstatic, cinephilic tribute to one of world cinema’s true titans.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
The film also contains archival footage of mudslinging and backbiting comments from several of the musicians about various members’ comings and goings.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
Additional footage shows teens running through the streets as onlookers watch from inside a restaurant.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 2 May. 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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