footage

/ˈfʊdɪdʒ/

/ˈfʊtɪdʒ/

Footage is a section of film or video that's been shot or recorded. A TV news station might play dramatic footage of a tornado's aftermath.

A film clip or a scene from a movie in production are both footage. Part of a film editor's job is combining all the best footage into a longer piece. Another kind of footage is a way to measure space — when you're selling a house, you'll need to advertise its size, or square footage. The film meaning dates from 1916, from foot as a unit of measurement, in this case of a length of film.

Definitions of footage

1. noun

   film that has been shot
   “they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes”

   “he edited the news footage”

   type of:

   film, photographic film

   photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
2. noun

   a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done
   type of:

   charge per unit, rate

   amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis