Stock Footage Resources
At some point or another, a project you're working on will require stock footage of some kind. Perhaps you'll need an alpine landscape, or maybe a beauty shot of the Empire State Building. It could be archival news footage, wildlife scenes or shots of extreme skiers. Whatever your requirements, here's a sampling of stock footage companies that can help.
Air Power Video & Footage from ABC News, Worldwide
Television News and British Movietone News
Professional, archival, extreme and
recreational sports Combat, helicopters, commercial
airliners, explosions, aerials, Space Shuttle,
satellites
(800) 789-1250, (212) 721-2800
(888) 247-4420
Military, aviation, ships, tanks,
helicopters, jets, bombers, experimental
aircraft
Nature, wildlife, mountains,
glaciers
Aerial specialists: clouds,
sunsets, nature, aircraft, cities, landmarks
(800) 694-243, (907) 349-8002
(800) 488-6359,
More than 30,000 hours of footage
and 20 million stills
Royalty-free digital images,
effects, textures, etc.
Beaches, faces, sunsets, nature,
animals, cruise ships, oceans
(800) 876-5115, (800) 444-9392, (818) 831-3453
All subjects, all categories
Clouds, suns, moons, cities,
landscapes, seasons, timelapse and real time
(800) 966-5424, (813) 877-2118
(310) 859-4709
Stock footage, news reports and
live coverage from 1980-present
All subjects, all categories
(212) 975-2875
(404) 827-3004
(805) 527-0093
Dick Clark Media
Archives
The Clip Joint for Film
(800) 800-2547, (818) 841-3003
(818) 842-2525
Aerials, animals, Alaska, All subjects, all categories
Aerials, celebrities, newsreels,
history, nature, sports, travel, timelapse,
technology
(310) 459-2526, (800) IMAGERY, (212) 696-2616
Fabulous Footage
All subjects, all categories
All subjects, all categories
Animals, medical, nature, news,
people, space, sports, technology, timelapse,
science
(800) 361-3456, (888) 4-FOOTAGE, (818) 841-9176
Archival (1890s-1990s) cartoons,
Americana, oddities, lifestyles, contemporary
timelapse
Ocean, sharks, whales, dolphins,
fish, otters, Titanic, clouds, scenics, trees,
mountains
Over 30,000 hours of musical
performances, newsreels, vintage commercials,
contemporary
(818) 905-1071
(406) 333-4300
(800) 249-1940,
Scenics, wildlife, culture, All subjects, all categories
Americana, comedy, Hollywood,
history, sports, beauty shots
(212) 799-9100
(800) 842-4624, (800) 862-1118
National Geographic Society Film
Library
Aerials, cities, nature, sunsets,
clouds, birds, storms, surfing, sailing, skiing,
skateboarding
Adventure sports
(949) 494-1055
(800) 729-3456, (202) 857-7659,
NBC News Archives
NFLFilms
Hawaii: scenics, romance, sports,
beaches, volcanoes
(212) 664-3797
(609) 778-1600
(808) 955-1000
Prelinger Archives
Industrials, advertising, daily
life, families, consumerism, government
Hollywood & studio history,
film clips, industrials, scenics, educationals,
Americana
Extreme skiing, snowboarding,
mountain biking, crashes, scenics
(800) 243-2252
(800) 944-2135, (303) 721-6121
Ron Sawade
Cinematography
Sea Photo Film & Cities, moons, storms, traffic,
scenics, clouds, lightning,
All subjects, all categories
(800) 571-9788, (619) 466-2002
(800) 896-2547,
Stock Footage Connection
All subjects, all categories
Destinations, business, lifestyles,
clouds
Archival, nature, travel,
entertainment, war, industry
(813) 884-5963
(520) 298-4810
(773) 794-1125
Strategic Stock Command
Military, stealth aircraft,
aircraft carriers, special forces in action, NASA,
launches, satellites
All subjects, all categories
(817) 276-9500
(212) 406-2597
(212) 925-2547
Venture Productions
National parks, seascapes,
wildlife, recreation, waterfalls, Americana
Contemporary, timelapse, archival,
newsreels
All subjects, all categories
(954) 971-4100
(800) 264-4518, (323) 656-4330
Wish You Were Here Scenics, nature, wildlife
Cities, landmarks, scenics, people,
sports, culture, wildlife, aerials,
timelapse
All subjects, all categories
(800) 816-5244, (818) 243-7043
(800) 777-2233,
Film Stock Library
(212) 456-5421
(502) 587-9774
(561) 540-8835
(212) 822-7800
(541) 863-4429
(818) 840-9770
(310) 274-0239
people, scenics, sports,
cities, pollution, clouds,
natural disasters
(212) 681-6565
(818) 508-1444
(323) 463-1153,
(212) 571-1227
(818) 760-2098
(516) 329-9200
newsreel, the Killiam Collection
(motion pictures from
1896-1940)
(310) 264-4850,
(212) 529-6700
(303) 442-3430
(212) 841-4460
(818) 752-9097
Tape Library
sunsets, jets, eagles, timelapse
(805) 481-0586
(212) 787-7500
(404) 264-4518
Film & Video
(206) 682-5417
(708) 460-0555
Reprinted from
The Motion Picture Editors Guild Newsletter
Vol. 20, No. 3 - May/June1999
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