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file footage

American  

noun

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


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People watch a TV broadcasting file footage of a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, January 5, 2022.

From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2022

Drawing on the book “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street,” by Michael Davis, it uses file footage and new interviews to detail the early years of a puppet revolution.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

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

Bannon also deploys clip after clip of file footage of Wasilla's infrastructure improvements under Palin: pipe being laid, men in hardhats carrying girders, families playing in parks.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2011

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