Meaning & use

footage

noun·Everyday

Recorded film or video material, especially of a particular event or subject.

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Security cameras captured footage of the break-in from three different angles.

The documentary used rare archival footage from the 1960s civil rights marches.

A note on using this word

Footage is uncountable, so speakers say some footage or a piece of footage, never a footage or footages.

Words with a similar meaning

filmrecording

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