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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesimages d'archives
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /i.maʒ daʁ.ʃiv/
"Le reportage utilise des images d'archives de la guerre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Film or video material taken from an archive and used in a new film, documentary, or television broadcast to illustrate historical events.
"The documentary features rare archival footage from the 1920s depicting city life." - 2
Previously recorded visual media stored for potential future reuse in media productions.
"The news station maintains a vast library of archival footage covering local political campaigns."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'archive' (from Greek arkheion, a public building or house of records) combined with the suffix '-al', paired with 'footage' (referring originally to motion picture film measured in feet). The compound emerged in the mid-20th century with the growth of television and documentary filmmaking to describe previously recorded historical video or film material repurposed for new productions.
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images d'archives
Transliteration: /i.maʒ daʁ.ʃiv/
"Le reportage utilise des images d'archives de la guerre."
Archivmaterial
Transliteration: /aʁˈhiːfmatəˌʁi̯aːl/
"Der Film enthält historisches Archivmaterial."
filmato d'archivio
Transliteration: /filˈmaːto darˈkiːvjo/
"Il documentario include preziosi filmati d'archivio."
metraje de archivo
Transliteration: /meˈtɾa.xe de aɾˈtʃi.βo/
"Utilizaron metraje de archivo para mostrar el evento histórico."
imagens de arquivo
Transliteration: /iˈmɐ̃ʒɐ̃s dʒi aʁˈki.vu/
"O documentário usa imagens de arquivo da época."
अभिलेखागार फुटेज
Transliteration: abhilekhagar phutej
"वृत्तचित्र में पुराने अभिलेखागार फुटेज का उपयोग किया गया है।"
资料片
Transliteration: zīliàopiān
"这部纪录片包含许多珍贵的历史资料片。"
아카이브 영상
Transliteration: akaibeu yeongsang
"그 다큐멘터리는 과거의 아카이브 영상을 많이 사용했다."
アーカイブ映像
Transliteration: ākaibu eizō
"この番組では貴重なアーカイブ映像が放送された。"
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