footage

Definition

  • noun: scenes or action recorded on film or video
  • noun: length or quantity expressed in feet

Examples

  • calculating the square 'footage' of the room [=calculating the size of the room in square feet]

  • Some disturbing 'footage' of the war was shown on the evening news.

Movie quotes

  • (..) font. Intertitles with a different typeface (like this one) have been added to summarize the plot of missing segments. Black film stock indicates shorter sections of missing footage. An Ufa production Distributed by Parufamet. Director: Fritz Lang. Screenplay: Thea van Harbou. (..)
    1927 Metropolis