archival video

Stored old footage

Archival video is recorded footage preserved for historical, documentary, or reference purposes.

The term often describes older material retrieved from storage and incorporated into new productions: The documentary relies heavily on archival video from the 1960s.

News broadcasts use archival video to illustrate past events being discussed in current coverage.

footageRecorded video material
documentaryFactual film about reality
preservationMaintaining something's condition
filmMovie or coating
film reelCylinder holding movie footage

reel · vintage · historical · newsreel · news clip · grainy · flickering · restoration · digitized · library · collection · black-and-white · silent · celluloid · silver screen · memory · past · time capsule

Opposites

temporal status

archival videolive video

Broadcast viewed as recorded

live broadcast · live feed · live stream · live coverage · live television

authenticity/originality

archival videodramatization

Converting events to performance

reconstruction · docudrama

Family

archival, archive, archives, archived, archiving, archivist, archivists, video, videos

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G