videotape
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In the early 80s, Grampian became the first UK regional TV company to gather the day's news footage on videotape - ending the need to spend hours developing and processing film.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Ampex invented the first videotape recorder for professional use in 1956, a $50,000 machine that CBS used to tape and broadcast reruns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
But Chadwick doubts researchers will be fortunate enough to videotape Axial Seamount’s eruption.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
I knew Ma wouldn’t want them to videotape no bugs marching across our ceiling.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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In 1987, Mr. Birney’s Conor is a happy nerd, comfortably living alone in a small Baltimore house with a shelf of videotapes and other amusements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Two dozen works are on view, including sculptures, installations, videotapes, drawings and prints, plus the artist’s book “LAAir,” featuring 10 full-page color photographs said to show the city’s famous smog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
We spent hours on the phone, and he shared old videotapes and other materials.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
He resigned just as he was starting a third term and fled the country in disgrace after leaked videotapes showed his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, bribing lawmakers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
“What you planning to do with all them videotapes you’re making?”
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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After both planes landed in the United Kingdom, Trump was videotaped coming down the steps from the larger jet, before making his way to the new retrofitted Air Force One.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Freeman declined to discuss the claim beyond her videotaped statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Two years later, I had my first videotaped film audition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Jurors heard from former OpenAI board members and executives - some in person, others via videotaped sworn depositions - detailing first-hand experiences of Altman allegedly failing to be forthright.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Over the course of his career, Schoenfeld has videotaped countless students as they worked on math problems.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Terry said they started videotaping “Let’s Get Haunted” about a year ago solely to produce short clips to promote the show on TikTok and other platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
I also remember videotaping one medic’s baby daughter before we returned to deploy with the unit into Iraq.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
John Hacker, a Portland-area activist who began videotaping far-right rallies and identifying extremists on social media in 2016, said he is regularly targeted online by the far right with hateful comments.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
“They were videotaping us and so several of us were videotaping them,” said an attendee, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
I never thought about writing poetry before, but Mr. Ward said he’s going to start videotaping our Friday sessions.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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