Film & TV Archives/Footage Sales

Sites in this category:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Library/Archive
Site of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The Library has a wide range of materials documenting film as an art form and an industry. Site covers information on book collection, periodicals, screenplays, clipping files, posters, pressbooks and stills. Site also provides link to information on Academy Film Archive which holds over 15,000 films.
Alexandra Palace TV Society
The society aims to preserve the oral and written history of the pioneers of the television service broadcast from Alexandra Palace from 1936. Site holds details of the society's archive, a selection of photographs from the archive, films of the early TV programmes and information on the UK TV web ring and how to join.
Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives is an international non-profit centre for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video with a particular focus on American independent and avant-garde cinema and its precursors found in classic European, Soviet and Japanese film. In addition to being a public film theatre, Anthology is a film museum, archive, research library, and art gallery.
BFI National Archive
BFI siteThe BFI National Archive is the largest collection of films and television titles in Europe. Online catalogues of titles available for hire include The British Raj, British Silent Comedy, Documentaries, Ethnic Notions, and Hollywood Greats. Also contains details of Stills, Posters and Designs (One of the world's largest collections of images from cinema and television), research viewing services (allows access to all films and videos designated as 'viewing copies' to non-commercial researchers and to students), archive footage sales (offering extracts from feature films, documentaries, newsreels, animation etc. for use in productions), film sales (licences rights to a catalogue of films to distributors and broadcasters worldwide), film bookings (for hire of 16mm or 35mm prints for theatrical or non-theatrical screenings), viewing theatre hire (two 36 seat Preview Theatres available for private hire), and special collections (includes programmes, tickets, autographed letters and promotional material, over 20,000 pressbooks, personal and working papers, and over 20,000 unpublished film and TV scripts from Britain and around the world).
British Artists' Film and Video Study Collection
Site of British Artists' Film and Video study collection held at Central St Martins College of Art and Design. Funded by AHRB, the collection holds more than 1,000 individual film and video works indexed by artists. Titles are available for viewing at study collection. Website holds the 'British Artists' Film and Video Database' which contains a chronology of artists' work from 1914 onwards. Form provided so users can add titles not included. Also holds pertinent links to artists' websites.
British Pathe
Preview digitised moving images from the 3,500 hours of the Pathe Gazette and other Pathe reports, which also feature 200 hours of documentaries and features on everything from film reviews to fashion.
Contemporary Films Archive
A variety of footage is available from the Contemporary Films Archive including films on Africa, anti-nuclear films, black politics and culture, China, counter-culture: Beatniks, Hippies and the 60s, Cuba, The Holocaust, Israel, music, Soviet Union and the Russian Revolution, UK politics and trade unionism, United States of America/Latin America, and Vietnam. There is also an additional subject index (e.g., Nutrition, Autism, Refugees, B Movies etc.)
Contemporary Films footage archive
Contemporary Films' eclectic footage library covers a vast archive of rare and unique material concentrating on the political, the cultural and the social.
FIAF: The International Federation of Film Archives
Founded in 1938 as a collaborative association of the world's leading film archives whose purpose is to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion pictures. Over 100 archives are FIAF members. Site provides information on archivist education, FIAF commissions and full text access to their own publication 'Journal of Film Preservation'. Useful FAQ section addresses how to become a member, donate films/film material to the archive, and organize film programming internationally. Plus news and membership directory information.
FIAT: International Federation of Television Archives
A non-profit professional association, established in 1977. FIAT provides cooperation among television archives, multimedia and audiovisual archives and libraries. The website lists all members and FIAT newsletters.
Film Archive Forum
The Film Archive Forum represents all of the public sector film and television archives which care for the UK's moving image heritage. Its members include the BFI National Archive, the Imperial War Museum, the Scottish Screen Archive, the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, and the eight English regional film archives. The Forum represents the UK's public sector moving image archives in all archival aspects of the moving image, and acts as the advisory body on national moving image archive policy.
Film Images
Site of London based company providing organisations with clips and stock shots for all kinds of productions. Encompassses 'both amateur and professional film-makers and collectors, covering all genres of film-making from the 1890s to the present day'. Film sources are international and site holds information on researching the catalogue, brief details on each collection and contact information both for the UK and their international agents.
filmarchives online
Filmarchives online provides access to the catalogue information of film archives all over Europe. The website has been developed as part of the MIDAS project (Moving Image Database for Acess and Re-use of European Film Collections) and provides information principally about non-fiction material.
Films from the Home Front
'Films from the Home Front' showcases moving images from seven regional screen archives and collections based around the UK illustrating what life was like for ordinary people in Britain during the Second World War.
Focal International
Founded in 1985 as a professional trade association, Focal International represents a wide range of film, audiovisual and still libraries. The association provides a free searching service allowing users to locate clips, archives, footage, stockshots and stills from over 100 audiovisual libraries.
Footage Net
From this online portal, users can access and search over 20 different online databases for film footage, videos and shots. Includes Archive Films by Getty Images, Footage Hollywood and Film Images London Ltd. Other options include 'Zap Request' which will search over 50 databases on user's behalf, clipboards and ability to view 'dozens of demo reels from the world's best stock footage sources'. Plus up to date newswire section relating to footage archives and sales.
Getty Images
Search online through over 70,000 royalty free and rights managed film and video clips. Search by keyword, by concept, by collection, and by characteristics of film (e.g., slow-motion). Clips can be viewed as Quicktime movies, and clip details include precise length, storyboard, and format. Rights managed collections include Image Bank, and Archive Films.
Historic Films
A diverse and extensive stock footage library which spans the 20th Century.
The History of Advertising Trust Archive
Based in Norwich, the archive was founded in 1976 to "encourage and subsidise the study of advertising and related subjects". The archive holds material from 1800 to present day and includes records from film, tape and photography. Details of new acquisitions are on the website, as is information on the different collections within the archive.
Images of Empire
Images of Empire from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum is the largest dedicated online resource of still and moving images on the British colonial period. Search catalogues online.
International Archive and Festival Links
Part of the Austrian Film Museum site, the links section of this site includes an impressive list of international archives. Arranged alphabetically by title only, but name of archive is linked directly to individual website. This links-page also includes an alphabetical list of connections to international film festivals which is usefully divided by subject eg. Documentaries, Feature Films.
Internet Archive Movie Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit project to create an internet library with the purpose of offering access for researchers, historians and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. There are a range of moving image collections including full-length films which are "free and open for everyone to use".
Italy - Anica Film Archive
Site of the Italian Film Production Archive at ANICA, the Italian trade association for TV and film producers. Holds essential data (original title, production companies, certificate, titles and release dates in foreign markets) on all Italian films produced from 1905. The database is divided into three sections: the silent period, from 1930 to 1990 and from 1990 to the present day. Italian and English language options are available.
Keep Moving Images
Keep Moving Images - part of the Lux website - provides information on preservation aimed particularly at film & video artists. Also, includes a directory of moving image archives in the UK.
Library Media Solutions
Library Media Solutions represents media libraries including the NBC News and ZDF archives in the areas of stock footage and archive programming.
Library of Congress
Site of the Library of Congress. Includes American Memory Collections, which hold 90 historical collections. These contain photographs, manuscripts, maps, sound and moving pictures. Part of the National Digital Library Program, most are easily available for viewing on the internet and searchable by subject.
Library of Congress - American Memory
Details of the American Memory motion pictures collections. Many films can be viewed online through a number of media players.
Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia/Film Music
The Performing Arts Encyclopedia serves as a guide to the collections and resources at the Library of Congress that pertain to music, theatre and dance. On these particular pages details of film music collections can be found.
Media Archive for Central England
This media archive for central england - MACE - is located at the University of Nottingham and is responsible for 'collecting, preserving and making accessible the moving image heritage of the East and West Midlands'. Part of the UK Film Archive Forum, the archive acts as both an educational resource and an access point for material for the public and information/media professionals. The site provides an online newsletter, contact information for queries and donating material, plus further information on staff profiles and the areas covered by its activitites.
Moving History
BFI siteA research guide to the UK's twelve public sector moving image archives. Site holds information about each archive, including the BFI National Archive and how to access material. Arranged by A.H.R.B. - Arts and Humanities Research Board - at the University of Brighton.
National Museum of Photography, Film and TV
Site of the National Museum which holds historical material on the start of TV, film and photography, plus an IMAX cinema and the only publicly accessible Cinerama cinema worldwide. Provides information on Special Exhibitions, 'TV Heaven' (which holds best and worst of British TV) and on film and photography sections in the Museum. Also provides details of film festivals hosted by NMPFT.
National Register of Archives
BFI siteHolds searchable indexes of the National Register of Archives, which is part of the Historical Manuscripts Commission website. Records relating to film can be searched in Corporate or Personal Name indexes. Using the term 'film' in the Corporate index retrieves over 60 entries and includes records for the Independent Film Makers Association and British Board of Censors. Entries provide details of documents, where collection is held and contact information. Many are located at the BFI Special Collections in London.
Newsreel, Production and Stock Shot Libraries
BFI siteContains contact information and details on a number of UK based film libraries.
Open Vault
Open Vault provides online access to content produced by public television station WGBH for individual and classroom learning. The site is organized into different sections: Arts, Business, Education, Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Science and Massachusetts.
Pacific Film Archive Film Notes Search
This searchable text resource contains over 14,000 film/program notes, documenting a wide range of types of films, written by PFA staff between 1979 and the present. Search by title, director, year, credits, and note-text keyword.
Producers Library
Producers Library, based in California, was formed when the major studios ceased to represent independent producers for stock footage licensing. Now it is a large commercial footage supplier holding more than 10 million feet of film and an extensive photograph collection. The Service also provides copyright information and advice.
Producers Library Service
Based in the US, Producers Library Service has more than 10 million feet of film (16mm and 35mm ) and an extensive collection of B+W and colour photographs (viewable online) covering motion picture subjects, vaudeville, radio, television and Hollywood history.
Regional Collections
BFI siteContact details for regional UK film and television libraries and archives.
Research Video
Research Video is a USA based archive specialising in music footage.
Russian TVdata Video Catalogue
TVdata provides stock footage and research services for Russian related topics, such as Kremlin interiors, the Chernobyl disaster, and the Chechen war. Search the catalogue online, with viewable clips.
Scottish Screen Archive Live
The Scottish Screen Archive was established in 1976 and is a department of Scottish Screen, a publicly funded organisation. The main purpose of the Archive is to locate, preserve and provide access to moving images reflecting Scottish twentieth and twenty first century culture and history. In addition the Archive collects a wide range of written and photographic materials relating to the development of cinema exhibition and film production in Scotland over the past 100 years. The archive can be searched by keyword, title, people, genre, subject, original format, year, etc. Searches can also be limited to material in which copyright can be cleared by the Archive, as well as titles that have broadcast tapes already available. Title records can contain images, clips, shotlists, and other production details.
UK National Archives
BFI siteContact details for UK National Film and Television Archives and Film Libraries.
Video Active
Video Active is a project funded by the European Commission whose major aim is to create access to television archives across Europe and make their content available for educational and academic purposes. The project will select 10,000 items reflecting the cultural and historical similarities and differences of television across the European Union.
Xtreme Information Ads Division
Searchable archive of advertising, including cinema and television advertising. Covers more than 50 countries dating from 1950's to present. In total more than 4.5 million adverts are included. Also sells cinema & TV advert compilation reels.