Thursday, September 4, 2008

Stock Footage Research Links

Best Online Science and Natural History Stock Footage Databases: *based on user-friendly interfaces and the ability to download and view offline clips

BBC Motion Gallery includes CBS, NHK

Footage Search

Oxford Scientific 

Framepool

Getty

Thought Equity

FootageBankHD

Corbis Motion

Absolutely Wild Visuals

ArtBeats

All-Stock

CBC

Silverman Stock Footage

Stormstock

AlwaysHD

Other Fabulous Science and Natural History Sources:

National Geographic Digital Motion

NHNZ

Habitat Media

WGBH Stock Sales

America By Air

MammothHD

Howard Hall Productions

Landis Wildlife Films


Best Budget Stock Footage Sources:

iStockPhoto

FotoSearch

ShutterStock

Pond5

News/Hollywood Stock Sources:

ABC News Source includes APTN, WTN and British MovieTone

CNN Image Source

ITN Source includes Reuters, FOX News, Channel 4, Granada Wild, Survival Anglia, Partridge

Sony Pictures

Ina Media Pro

Archive Film Stock Sources:

F.I.L.M Archives

American Museum of Natural History Archive

Journeyman Pictures

Historic Films

Misc. Stock Footage Houses:

AM Stock

Best Shot

BlackLight Films

BlackStone

Budget Films

BuyoutFootage

Classic Images

Conus

Creatas

eFootage

First Light

Fish Film Footage World

Footagefinders

Greg Hensley Productions

Nautilus Productions

Oddball Films

Prairie Pictures

Producers Library

RevoStock

RSPB Film Collection

Stock Footage

Streamline Films

TimeImage

Third Millennium Films

Video Tape Library LTD

News and Information for the Stock and Archival Footage Industry:

footage.info


I would love to get feedback about this list. Please let me know if you think I have left out any good stock vendors. And tell me your favorite stock house.

As for my favorite, for general searches I like the BBC the best. They have the widest range of downloadable footage and the best quality. Unfortunately they are the most expensive and don't bend much on clip minimums.

As for customer service and price breaks, I prefer going straight to the production companies themselves.

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