Television Broadcasting Vocabulary

noun the amount of film that has been shot and is used in a movie or television show

• The documentary includes never-before-seen footage of the historic event.
• I caught some cool footage of the concert last night.
• Did you see the crazy footage of that car crash?
• Her memory of the incident was like replaying footage in her mind.

noun a magnetic tape used for recording and playing back video and sound

verb to record on videotape

• The police requested the videotape from the security cameras as evidence.
• I found an old videotape of my birthday party from when I was a kid.
• Let's binge-watch some old videotapes this weekend.
• Her memories of that day were like a videotape playing over and over in her mind.