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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Grayson is then alleged to have shoved the shift lead and struck her in the face, according to police, who also shared security footage from the incident.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Black Bear had installed cameras in each rink that feed video footage into a subscription service—Black Bear TV—that charges parents as much as $37 a month.
—Chris Murphy, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Aerial footage of the fire on Monday showed neighbors springing into action to help one another by loading animals into crates.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 May 2026
The utility company Con Edison said surveillance camera footage appeared to show that the hole cover was dislodged by a multi-axle truck that drove over it about 12 minutes before the woman fell in.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 20 May 2026
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Black Bear had installed cameras in each rink that feed video footage into a subscription service—Black Bear TV—that charges parents as much as $37 a month.
—Chris Murphy, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Aerial footage of the fire on Monday showed neighbors springing into action to help one another by loading animals into crates.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 May 2026
The utility company Con Edison said surveillance camera footage appeared to show that the hole cover was dislodged by a multi-axle truck that drove over it about 12 minutes before the woman fell in.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 20 May 2026
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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 22 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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