Stock Footage
Archive.org
Archival footage in the public domain. Or in their words: The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. <!--EndFragment-->
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Wave Break Media
HD Stock Footage
WBM provides the highest quality High Definition Royalty Free Stock Footage on the international market. We have thousands of clips in our comprehensive stock footage libraries including stock video and animation. Whether it's for web projects, multimedia, corporate dvds, advertising, broadcasting, film production or power point presentations, browse our collection by subject, price or through our site links, and watch the previews of the video clips you are interested in. You can then purchase speedily and securely by direct download 24 hours a day, seven days a week from anywhere in the world. It couldn't be easier!
Stock Animation
Our large library of 2d & 3d stock animation and backgrounds are available for immediate download. Animation projects can be time consuming and require a lot of creative output. The use of stock animation helps reduce the time and aids in increasing creativity required for completing your project. With WBM animation you will save time and get the quality you are looking for too!
Custom Animation
Stock animation is being utilized in so many of todays creative designs, from video, web site backgrounds, to TV production and film, making visual projects more interesting to view. We are Europe's #1 bespoke animation provider, offering you our creative professional services at royalty free prices. We have created once off animations for international corporations as well as small design companies. Just contact us with your criteria and we will get to work on your specific request right away.
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Time Lapse Source
TimeLapseSource.com offers royalty-free clips for immediate download to meet the needs of our clients’ tight deadlines. Anyone, anywhere in the world with a cable modem, DSL or better connection can have their desired shot in far less time than any other method. We are building a large library of, time lapse clouds of all types, time lapse traffic, time lapse people, City Scapes like New York City and more. Come back often and watch our stock library grow.
You won’t find any MiniDv, videotape, or 16mm transfers here! Only 35mm source, mastered to HDCAM on a Spirit DataCine is used for our production masters. From that High Definition original we down convert our NTSC and PAL, both available in cropped4:3 format, and 16:9 anamorphic widescreen. No other stock house offers royalty-free standard definition footage in 16:9! And no other stock house offers HDTV versions for every clip in the library.
Your stock footage needs usually center around one or two clips, where most royalty-free footage is sold in collections, stuffed with footage you’ll never use. Why purchase an expensive library for that one special clip? We offer an economical alternative to the library concept, and our multiple clip specials will save you money and fit your bottom line.
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Thought Equity Stock Footage & Video Footage
Thought Equity Motion increases the value of video content rights through its advanced technology platform and rights development services. The company’s integrated offering delivers large scale archive management as a cloud service in alignment with licensing strategy expertise to enable rights holders to generate new value from their content, providing greater control while reducing cost and complexity.
Thought Equity Motion delivers one of the industry’s most advanced application sets around large scale video archive management, including preservation, access, rich metadata management, and delivery. Rights holders face increasing complexity in managing hybrid analog/digital production workflows and archives and delivering to fragmented delivery channels. Thought Equity Motion’s Platform Services provide a strategic foundation to connect the master archive to a wide range of current and emerging delivery models, including broadband, broadcast, multi-screen, non-linear production, and file-based distribution.
Thought Equity Motion works with more than 400 rights holders globally, including BBC Motion Gallery, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, National Geographic, The New York Times, and the NCAA®. Through its Web platform and global sales force, the company licenses sports, news, entertainment, editorial, and creative content to the world’s leading producers in advertising, film, television, publishing, and interactive media.
Headquartered in Denver, Thought Equity Motion has a digital refinery in Laramie, Wyo. and offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Sydney, Toronto, London, and sales partner offices in Paris and Mumbai.
Thought Equity Motion's investors include Adams Street Partners, Jona, Inc., Vista Ventures, Access Venture Partners, and Syncom Venture Partners.
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SONY Pictures Stock Footage
Sony Pictures Stock Footage, the stock footage arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, provides advertisers, corporate video producers, and entertainment productions access to over 120,000 stock footage clips. All of the clips in the Sony Stock Footage collection were originally filmed for Sony Pictures feature films (Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) and Sony Pictures Television productions (previously known as Columbia TriStar Television). Sony Stock Footage content is available on 35mm, HD and any other digital format.
Sony Pictures Stock Footage
Sony Pictures' mission is to provide filmmakers, commercial producers, and media productions with both practical and unique footage options not found with other stock footage companies. Sony Stock Footage content adds blockbuster production value at a cost effective price.
Stock Footage from Motion Pictures
Stock footage pulled from Sony films comprises the majority of the Sony Pictures Stock Footage collection. Taken directly from the original camera negative of Sony Pictures feature productions, these clips are unmatched by any other stock footage company's collection. Clips from notable film franchises such as Spider-Man, Men In Black, Charlie's Angels, Stuart Little, and Bad Boys have been catalogued and made available to productions of all types and sizes. Stock footage clips from beautifully filmed and critically acclaimed masterpieces such as The Da Vinci Code, A River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall, Seven Years in Tibet, and Memoirs of a Geisha are also available.
Footage from Television Productions
Television productions provide highly usable and practical stock footage options. Sony Pictures Stock Footage has retrieved footage of cities, nature, animals, cars and more originally filmed for such hit shows as Dawson's Creek, V.I.P., Strong Medicine, and The Guardian. Older footage from productions such as Mike Hammer, T.J. Hooker, Fantasy Island, and Crazy Like a Fox is also available. Documentaries and period productions frequently turn to these older clips when looking for difficult-to-find period content.
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Shutterstock Footage
With top quality video material, a user-friendly interface, and an affordable cost structure, Shutterstock Footage, a new capability from Shutterstock®, is the newest resource for royalty-free video clips on the web. Video clips can be downloaded in a variety of formats, from DVCam to BetacamSP to HDCam, and can be used royalty-free, forever. Our collection is easily searchable by keyword and is growing every day so check back again soon.
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RevoStock
"RevoStock.com is truly a revolution in Stock Media offering professional Stock Video Footage, Stock Music and incredible Adobe After Effects projects in one place and at revolutionary prices!"
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Pond5
About Pond5
Pond5.com is the world’s first open marketplace for stock video footage, and it’s a better way for video professionals to buy or sell stock footage for use in productions. Video, film and television producers anywhere in the world can find and buy instantly downloadable, broadcast quality royalty-free footage for use in their productions. Video/film creators and content owners around the world can offer their owned work for licensing and use by others. And, like any vital marketplace, people are able to connect, collaborate and share creative inspiration.
Pond5’s approach is simple. We believe a video marketplace must provide solid value to buyers and sellers. This means great pricing for buyers, solid financial return for sellers, a useful connection with the production community, and fast, easy systems that embody practical understanding of today’s video production workflow.
Pond5’s focus on value is supported by its strong marketplace dynamics. Our content contributors receive an industry-leading 50% payout for licensed content, and they are allowed to set their own prices. This has created true marketplace pricing not found anywhere else, and Pond5 is able to offer the most affordable broadcast quality HD and SD footage in the market today.
Pond5.com’s public beta went live in early 2006. We have experienced steady growth of buyers and sellers, of volume and range of content in all categories, and of license sales since the start. 100’s of content owners/contributors from over 30 countries sell to 1000’s of buyers from over 50 countries in all levels of professional and semi-pro film and video production.
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Historic Films Inc. Stock Footage
Historic Films holds an extensive library of databased, copyright cleared and digitized stock footage from 1896-1990
Our archive contains over 30,000 different musical performances (1925-1990), drawn from the many programs and librariesowned and represented by Historic Films.
Historic Films is also a leading source for archival (1895-1990) stock shots, with over 20,000 hours of copyright cleared and fully logged material, encompassing virtually every subject imaginable.
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ITN Source Footage
ITN Source is the gateway to over one million hours of iconic footage and creative moving imagery captured over three centuries. From news to drama, celebrity, comedy, music, wildlife, natural history and film, to an inspirational stock footage section and growing at a rate of over 20 hours of digitised content a day, ITN Source is the most diverse commercial archive in the world.
ITN Source represents the footage libraries of Reuters (including historic newsreel collections), ITN, ITV Productions, Fox News and Fox Movietone, Channel 9 News, UTV, Asian News International and other specialist collections. An advanced digital website offers customers the convenience of searching for, viewing, downloading and purchasing inspiring and captivating professional footage at the touch of a button.
With headquarters in London, ITN Source also has sales offices in New York, Paris, Sydney and Tokyo.Click here to find your nearest ITN Source Sales Office
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HBO Video Archives
ince 1973, HBO has been honored with over 150 major awards. We are committed to uncompromising quality, substance and innovation, firmly establishing ourselves as a leader in television and feature film production.
HBO Archives brings the magic of these award-winning programs to you. Our incomparable collection and the production out-takes - are available for licensing in your projects.
We are in the process of cataloging each and every shot. With over a million source reels, not all material is searchable in our databases at this time. Additionally, new material is created daily. You can always phone or email our New York office and our team will conduct specialized research for your project. Our ace researchers will make suggestions, and if we don't have what you need, we may be able to direct you to another source.
Working with HBO Archives, you will never have to worry about important copyright identification and clearances for use.
HBO Archives continues to hunt for suppliers of fresh footage. If you own some interesting material and are interested in selling or having HBO Archives represent your collection, we'd love to hear from you. We are always looking to round out our libraries.
HBO Archives is a creative service, not just a well-stocked library. Our intelligent, experienced and fun staff provides valuable, timely answers to all inquiries. Whether it's a particular shot or something to convey a mood visually, we can work individually with each client to find exactly what you're looking for. Consider us the best source of creative solutions for every project, no matter what the deadline...no matter what the budget.
As our legacy and library grows - count on HBO Archives for top events, defining stories, memorable moments, provocative characters and compelling images.
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Getty Footage
Commercial-quality footage – from rare archival film to daily entertainment video.
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Footage Vault
An Archive for Film Makers by Film Makers
Dr Christopher Riley worked in film and television at the BBC for over ten years, specialising in science and history. He first worked with NASA's film archive during the making of BBC's landmark science history series The Planets described by The Times as 'a model documentary' series and Broadcast Magazine as containing 'fabulous archive'.
For his latest production In the Shadow of the Moon, the story of the Apollo Moon shots Chris turned to the subject of human spaceflight, again uncovering previously unseen footage and supervising its transfer from 16mm film to HD tape. Through his work over the last decade Chris has an unequalled knowledge of American film archive covering the history of spaceflight, both robotic and human.
Alex Kandaurov is a Moscow based film and video archive researcher with many years experience recovering the scattered film archives covering Russian 20th Century history. He also worked on the BBC landmark series The Planets and has worked with the CNN, ABC and NHK networks. He is experienced at unravelling the complexities of clearance and rights issues for much of this rare, and often privately held footage.
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Footage of The World
Footage of the World has the highest quality, most creative and most powerful footage on the market. Our stock footage is original and includes content taken from some of the most remote locations around the globe. Each stock clip is filmed in broadcast quality 1080 High Definition and available royalty-free. Most importantly, feel good about shopping here - 15% of income goes to charity!
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Film Archives, Inc.
This ever expanding library includes educational, government and industrial films; newsreels (from the turn-of-the-century through the early 1970s); silent comedies; television programs and commercials; theatrical shorts; exclusive collections of martial arts and drive-in horror movies; breathtaking travel and beauty footage shot by leading cinematographers, major news events including 9/11 (the September 11 attacks on America) and the War On Terror, plus lifestyle video (people at work and play) fromNBC/Cablevision's News 12 Long Island.
Further separating FILM Archives from other stock libraries (which often send clients preassembled subject reels offering little relevance to footage sought, act as resellers for other footage libraries, or leave clients to navigate the vagaries of their web site), the Archives' expert staff of researchers and film historians customizes each screening reel (deliverable on video or via the web) to the precise specifications from proprietary and exclusively licensed collections -- saving customers valuable production time and research dollars.
To compress the often arduous task of viewing and selecting just the right shots for a production, FILM Archives maintains its own 3/4-inch, 1/2-inch (VHS) and Betacam SP film-to-tape transfer facility, enabling clients to view customized reels in the comfort and convenience of their offices, usually within hours of phone, fax or email request.
Realizing that certain producers have ongoing footage needs (i.e., syndicated TV series, cable documentaries or long-form industrial presentations), FILM Archives also offers significant volume discounts.
"We have been fortunate in cultivating a long, loyal, and expanding list of clients over the years," says Trost. "These talented pros know there are larger, higher profile footage firms out there, but they have discovered that we are the ones consistently delivering exactly the shots they need, exactly when they need it."
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Corbis Motion
Corbis Motion, in partnership with Thought Equity Motion, brings you instant access to content from the world’s premier film and entertainment companies, including National Geographic, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Smithsonian Channel, Paramount Pictures, MGM Studios and HBO Archives. You can also find archival and contemporary content, as well as breathtaking HD footage.
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BBC Motion Gallery
BBC Motion Gallery offers creative professionals access to the most comprehensive collection of superb, unique motion imagery in the world.
Here you will find a wealth of content covering natural history, wildlife, news, locations, art, music, celebrities, culture, performing arts and more, including acclaimed programming produced in conjunction with Discovery and PBS.
We’re also your gateway into many of the world's leading footage collections, including CBS News, NHK (Japan’s national broadcaster), CCTV (China Television), ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), and many more.
Our partnership with Thought Equity Motion gives you easy access to many of their leading collections such as National Geographic, HBO, Paramount, Sony and the Smithsonian Channel.
Remarkably, as vast as all these collections are, they’re only the tip of the iceberg of what you can access at bbcmotiongallery.com. Our site is also the exclusive portal into the legendary BBC Archive — a text-based research tool that allows you to easily and quickly explore over a million hours of footage from the BBC. The BBC Archive is truly one of the world’s great content treasures, an amazing resource with endless creative possibilities.
BBC Motion Gallery provides the creative community of the world with a unique breed of content. Hand-picked from programming, films, documentaries and other unique sources, this is footage that not only has a distinct look and feel, but has production values that go far beyond typical stock footage. Moreover, BBC Motion Gallery content makes it easy to piece together the footage you need tell a complete story. A story that can take your production to a whole new level, at a fraction of the cost of shooting it yourself.
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Apex Video Stock
ApexStock.com is a very powerful stock footage website, where users can easily search, preview and manage clips in their own private ClipBins. Via strategic partnerships and intelligent acquisitions of film assets, ApexStock.com has quickly emerged as a go-to source for high-quality stock footage clips. Click here to contact ApexStock.com.
ApexStock.com is owned and operated by Air Hollywood, Inc., a privately owned film studio and media firm based in Los Angeles, CA. Founded in 1998, Air Hollywood, Inc. operates two aviation-themed sound stages and a fully dedicated prop rental and fabrication house. Air Hollywood attracts major Hollywood studios and production companies for the production of feature films, television programs, commercials, music videos, and still photography. For more information about Air Hollywood, please visit http://www.airhollywood.com.
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AlwaysHD
About AlwaysHD
AlwaysHD was built to provide professional Cinematographers and 3D Animators with a means to market their footage; actively seeking out camera operators, studios, and artists whose work will be of benefit to video producers around the world. By focusing exclusively on the sale of High Definition (and emerging 2K / 4K formats), AlwaysHD is quickly garnering the patronage of producers for whom SD is inadequate.
AlwaysHD was originally created as a digital asset management system for production companies that produce exclusively high definition programming. The concept was clear; build a process to edit, compress, tag, and file footage such that it could be found and downloaded instantly via the internet. Shooters needed to be able to submit footage while "in the field," editors needed to receive and process the footage "in house," and producers needed to see the footage wherever they may be. To top it off, this system would need to leverage technology is such a way that the process could be run quickly, efficiently, and redundantly. AlwaysHD was thus born. Soon after launch, cinematographers began to inquire about processing their HD libraries. Then, recognizing the potential that existed for both shooters and AlwaysHD alike, a marketing plan was created that would see the creation of a different kind of stock footage company, one that would work for the cinematographer as a resource, agent, and partner.
Since its launch, AlwaysHD has garnered the attention of numerous trade publications and industry web sites. Our clients include Discovery, BBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, numerous PBS producers, History Channel, National Geographic, Saatchi & Saatchi, EuroRSCG, Aegis Group, and Deutsch Inc. to name a few. AlwaysHD collects, edits, and stores the native footage onsite, making the process of order fulfillment as simple as moving a file.
AlwaysHD represents a revolution in the professional stock footage industry. It is a means by which cinematographers can receive revenue as generated by the sale of clips from their pre-existing body of work and buyers are assured quality footage. The company is built around the needs of the shooter in order to satiate the market's hunger for HD. In essence, AlwaysHD is a community marketplace focused on the creation and widespread distribution of High Definition footage. It is a place where cinematographers can broadcast and repurpose their body of work; producers can buy stock footage and be assured of its quality. AlwaysHD promotes the availability and implementation of HD into the video world.