archive footage
Stored film material
Archive footage is previously recorded film or video retrieved from storage for use in a new production.
Documentaries rely heavily on archive footage to depict historical events: The film used archive footage of the 1969 moon landing.
News broadcasts pull archive footage when covering ongoing stories or obituaries.
Also called archival footage or stock footage.
- vintageQuality from past eras
- old newsOutdated information
- newsreelShort theatrical news film
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- grainyRough with particles
black-and-white · silent era · historical · World War II · clips · reels · film · cutting room · stock · montage · flashback · dated · retrospective · broadcast · television · library · public domain · vault
- history mediadocumentary, docuseries, historical drama, period film, war film
- productiondirectors, pre-production, producers, production, cameras
- recordingsaudio recording, albums, studio albums, video recording, live albums
- retrospectivescareer survey, year in review, looking back, hindsight, reappraisal
- war mediawar films, war correspondents, war correspondent, war reporting, war journalism
- documentariesdocumentary, documentary film, nature documentary, true crime docs, crime documentary