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noun Television.

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

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He frets about how identifiable he is in the grainy footage.
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Did he go to the authorities to file a report against the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel?
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Did the airline file a flight plan that took account of the weather en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore?
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He appears only normal, even in video footage from just two minutes before the shooting.
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Some of the video was crystal clear, but in other footage the figures were just fuzzy shadows in black and white.
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As each company front formed the knees of the rank and file seemed to give way.
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If Wee Willie Winkie took an interest in anyone, the fortunate man was envied alike by the mess and the rank and file.
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Not for twenty necklaces and a whole file of hieroglyphic passes would she doubt Frank any more.
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The sides of the notch were steep, and the boys rode through it in single file, Matt taking the lead.
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At random, I select four names from the printed list, and the new jurors file into the box.
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