Archive footage is old recordings kept and used again later. Cut to archive footage, library and archive footage, a documentary built on archive footage.
Programmes must label it, since old pictures shown without warning can look like today's. Whole documentaries are assembled from archive footage, which is cheaper than filming and often more telling.
1nounarchive footageOld recordings kept and used again later.
“The film is almost entirely archive footage with a new commentary.”
archive footage is a recording.
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