footage

noun

Etymology: From foot (unit of length) + -age. Compare typologically French métrage.

1. An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

   “The footage we shot at the riot yesterday got ruined.”

   “The footage of this scene has been re-used in several later films where a good, convincing train smash was required, notably in "Seven Sinners" (1937).”

2. A measurement in feet.

   “[…]more and more contractors are buying Southern pine in greater footages per order.”

   “Starting footages should go above the line at the start of the sound and finishing footages beneath the line at the end of it.”