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R3el

Our Mission is to Enable Everyone, Everywhere to Create Incredible Content. Our journey started when we formed R3store Studios in 2016 which quickly became an industry leader where we consistently deploy our craftspeople to restore and preserve some of the world’s most important analogue libraries.

R3el.com was conceived and launched in 2018 with a complementary Mission to deliver to the world, Beautifully Curated Clips in a Few Clicks. We love it and we hope you will too.

What we do? We Discover, Digitise, Deliver & Monetise the world's greatest film footage utilising our in house processes supported by our web platforms. Our full suite of services cover: Curation, Cataloguing, Digitisation, Grading, Restoration, Production

R3el is a devision of U&S.

Memnon

Memnon is the global leader in migrating legacy media content, helping content owners transform their content into accessible assets, unlocking new audiences and engagement.

We handle all formats of video, audio and film, providing broadcasters, production companies, sports federations, faith based and cultural institutions with the technical expertise they need to preserve, manage and realize the full value of their media content.

Our mission is to ensure the world’s content is preserved, discoverable and accessible. We’re passionate about safeguarding the invaluable memories, historical records, knowledge and stories in our clients’ collections.

Piql

At Piql, our mission is to protect the World's critical data and to safeguard World memory - for today, for tomorrow and forever.

We do this by storing any data onto PiqlFilm - the only carbon neutral data storage medium; the only storage medium which is completely safe, migration-free, un-hackable and can last 2000 years.

Founded in 2002 in Drammen, Norway, we started in the motion picture industry with a film printer that was 100 times faster than our competitors.  Today we provide a unique global data preservation service with clients such as The European Space Agency, GitHub, Unesco, Unicef, The Vatican Library, Jaguar Daimler and the Global Seed Vault. 

The Global Seed Vault was the inspiration for AWA - The Arctic World Archive.  AWA is a disused mine on Svalbard in the Arctic Circle where our clients store World Memory - key heritage and historical documents, films, audio clips etc. - any data which should live on for the next generation to understand and enjoy.  www.ArcticWorldArchive.org

 

Footage.net

Footage.net is an online footage search and discovery platform dedicated to connecting footage customers with footage providers. Launched in 1996 and running continuously until the present, Footage.net enables existing, commercially oriented footage companies to make their footage collections searchable through our unified search platform and receive footage requests directly from our user base of active footage customers.

We strive to make the world’s best stock, news and archival footage searchable from a single site, and give footage users the tools they need to discover and license the best footage in the world.

For creative professionals looking to license professional quality footage, Footage.net streamlines the footage research process by offering a consolidated search experience across multiple world-class footage archives. We offer a suite of footage search and discovery tools that significantly expedites and improves the footage search and discovery process, gives users an overview of their footage options and introduces them to collections they might not have known about otherwise.

All of our partners are professional archives, all the footage on our site is intended for licensing and all the copyright owners are clearly identified, so when users find a clip on Footage.net, they can be confident that it will be available for licensing and that the content owners will be accessible and helpful.

Global ImageWorks

Established in 2000, Global ImageWorks (GIW) is an independent footage and photo licensing company that was built by researchers for researchers. The Global ImageWorks’ footage collection is a deep content archive encompassing both historic and contemporary footage from documentary filmmakers, film collections, travelogues, and a wide variety of other productions. GIW is the exclusive licensing agent for Premium Collections including The Dick Cavett Show, Austin City Limits, The History of Rock ‘n Roll Interviews, Films of Robert Mugge, The Films of Les Blank, and Inside The Actor’s Studio. GIWPhotos has over 200,000 historic and contemporary images carefully curated to complement GIW’s footage collections. GIWPhotos Premium Collection includes noted photographers Barry Feinstein, Henry Diltz, Amalie R. Rothschild, Jason Laure, Jim Prue, Vangelis Rassias, and others. GIWPhotos collection spans turn of the 20th century to the present to include global conflict, automotive, red carpet moments, fashion trends, world cultures, science and technology and other fun and fascinating photography.

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Reelin' in the Years Productions

Over the past 19 years Reelin’ In The Years Productions has signed representational deals with many of the world’s biggest television stations and has amassed the world’s largest library of music footage housing over 20,000 hours of material from the 1920s to today. While we’re recognized as a world leader in music footage, with our representation of the daily talk-show The Merv Griffin Show, the Sir David Frost Archive, The Rona Barrett Archive, and Brian Linehan’s City Lights from Canada, we are now proud to have the rights to license over 7,000 hours of in-depth interviews with the 20th century’s icons of Film and Television, Politics, Comedy, Literature, Art, Science, Fashion and Sports, filmed between 1962-2012.

Shutterstock

Shutterstock is one of the most dynamic content companies in the world, housing over 50 million RF footage clips, 90 million editorial images and over 750 million creative images, 3D assets and music clips. In 2022, we acquired Pond5 and Splash News, plus we're home to an Editorial video collection, including the works of specialist partners such as: A+E networks, AV Geeks, Critical Past, EPA and Viral Hog. Our Editorial arm represents iconic photography collections such as LIFE, Conde Nast and has a wonderful body of sports stills going back to the early 1900s. We also offer access to a historical offline archive - called The Vault, based in London and holding the iconic Rex Features and ITV stills collections going back to the 1950s. It's a treasure trove of 35 million negatives, contact sheets and original documents, relating to global icons, royalty and culture from the past 7 decades; our experts would be delighted to help bring it to life for you.

Fox Archives

Fox Archives, launching in 2021, is the newest archive with the oldest footage, featuring one of the longest running and most beloved actuality from the newsreel era, FOX MOVIETONE NEWS.

Fox Archives represents exclusive footage of some of the most memorable events in history. From the surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center, to the tragic disappearance of the Lindbergh baby and Caylee Anthony, the March on Washington and Black Lives Matter movement, down to the senseless murders of Emmett Till & Trayvon Martin, Fox camera operators have borne witness to this shared history.

Getty Images

Getty Images, one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of still imagery, video and music, now includes the incredible BBC Motion Gallery collection. We offer two million creative, editorial and archival clips dating from the 1900’s to the modern day, along with millions of hours of offline content. HD contemporary creative footage includes premium quality content from house collections and key partners plus over 200 independent film-makers. Online clips are available to download in broadcast quality from our website 24/7 while rare and unique offline content can be accessed with assistance from our experienced staff.
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Iron Mountain Media & Archival Services

As media recording and storage technologies continue to evolve, it’s essential to have a proactive archiving strategy when it comes to preserving your irreplaceable content and collections.

Iron Mountain Media & Archival Services provides the industry expertise and cutting-edge technology to protect your media assets across their entire lifecycle, including climate-appropriate storage and logistics, analog or physical format remediation, digitization, digital preservation, and distribution.

Sky Clips Sales

Sky is Europe’s leading media and entertainment company and we are proud to be part of Comcast Corporation. Across six countries our innovative products connect 23 million customers to the best apps, and all the entertainment, sports, news and arts they love, including our own award-winning original content. Sky Archive Sales is the home of Sky News, Sky Sport and Sky Entertainment clips and footage licensing. We have been licensing Sky’s archive content since 1989. From news footage spanning the globe, to stock footage from the world of sport and clips from our entertainment shows, the collection consists of thousands of hours of clips and footage.

Reuters Screenocean

Reuters Screenocean provides unparalleled access to unique, rare and inspiring archive content from around the world captured from 1896 to the present day. We help bring your stories and projects to life. Reuters Screenocean are proud to represent Content Partners including Reuters, Channel 4, Channel 5, Anadolou Agency, Warner Bros Television, PA Media, BAFTA and many more. Searchable 24/7, we will work with you to find the clips you are looking for, as well as suggesting alternatives to ignite your inspiration and make the unfindable, findable.