noun

footage

film or video material, a length measured in feet

The news showed footage of the event.

The news showed footage of the event.

They have hours of unseen footage.

They have hours of unseen footage.

((some/the)) footage of ((sth.)) a recording of (sth.) We watched the footage of the wedding.

Synonyms: film, video, recording, clip

From 'foot' + '-age'. Originally referred to the length of film measured in feet.

Think of old film reels, where the length of the film in feet ('footage') determined how long the clip was.

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