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file footage

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noun

Television.
  1. film footage already on file; stock footage of crowds, cityscapes, football games, etc.


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King Victor Emanuel III, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini watch fascist troops march in central Rome in 1941 television file footage.

From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2022

In the file footage, including rare clips of the group’s formative gigs at the Rivoli in Toronto, the Kids are all brash energy and suburban rebellion.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

You can see in the file footage that you used at the beginning of the segment that I still have lesions on my face from that illness.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2018

The company says it was created overnight from file footage and narrated by an agency art director who had never done voiceover work.

From Washington Times • Feb. 2, 2015

All of this was done to a booming soundtrack and lots of file footage of protests and things exploding.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2011