1
: recorded video material
A camerawoman from Channel 12 shows up to grab some footage for the evening news.—Bari Walsh
Video footage posted online shows him daring an audience member to fight …—Latifah Muhammad
Ramsay uses security footage from inside and outside of the brownstone to detail Joe's actions.—Kyle Turner
The documentary series that presents archival images and film footage in color continues, this week focusing on memorable events from the 1940s.—Kristi Turnquist
2
: 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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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.
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