The phrase "a snippet of footage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a short segment or excerpt from a video or film.
Example: "The documentary included a snippet of footage from the original interview with the artist."
Alternatives: "a clip of video" or "a segment of film."
A snippet of archive footage of a deeply pickled Bacon, giggling art criticism in unaccented French, is easily the highlight.
Here's Arvind Ramanan, with a gem of a snippet of archive footage: "The truth is that Indian cricket fan atic)s have spewed a lot of venom on the internet about 'payback', 'revenge' etc after the last two victories.
Watch a first snippet of footage from Ang Lee's forthcoming film adaptation of Yann Martel's "Life of Pi".
VR content to date has mostly steered clear of traditional narrative — it's tended instead to be a marketing offshoot of a studio movie, a snippet of live-event footage or a branded "experience" mainly designed to produce a sensation in the viewer.
The next day, a wordless two-second snippet of footage appeared online, showing McKibben looking at the camera and then turning away uncomfortably, to the accompaniment of the song "Show Me That Smile".
Disney provided few details, but a snippet of new Star Tours footage shown at D23 was particularly reminiscent of "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace".
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The snippet of footage also confirms that the series does indeed start at the onset of a flu-like epidemic.
A snippet of e.e. cummings?
For inspiration the two were given a snippet of Elizabeth Bishop.
