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Newsreels

John E. Allen, Inc. (Kinograms & Telenews)
P.O. Box 452
Newfoundland, PA 18445
Tel: (201) 391-3299; F: (570) 676-9194
E-mail: 75702.3557@compuserve.com
Contact: John E. Allen

UCLA Film and Television Archive
(Hearst News of the Day, 1929-1967; MGM News, 1928-1930; International Newsreel, 1923-1929)
Commercial Services
1015 N. Cahuenga
Hollywood, CA 90038
Tel: (323) 466-8559; F: (323) 461-6317
E-mail: footage@ucla.edu
Contact: James Friedman, Head of Commercial Development

University of South Carolina
(Fox News/Fox "Movietone" News, 1919 through 1934, outtakes & Fox "Movietone" News Newswreels and outtakes, Sept. 1942 through August 1944)
Newsfilm Library
707 Catawba St.
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Tel: (803) 777-6841; F: (803) 777-4756
E-mail: gregw@gwm.sc.edu
Attn: Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D.

Paramount Newsreel
(Paramount 1927-1957; Pathe 1900-1956)
T: (818) 717-9200
E-mail: bill@sppnimages.com
Attn: Bill Brewington

March of Time Newsreel & Documentaries, 1935-1950, Permission and Source
Home Box Office, Inc.
1100 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (877) 426-1121 or (212) 512-5780
F: (212) 512-5225
E-mail: researchrequest@hboarchives.com (Sales only)
E-mail: Max.Segal@hbo.com
URL: hboarchives.com/archival

WPIX INC (Permission only 200 WPIX)
News At 10
2nd Floor
220 East 42d St.
New York, NY 10017
E-mail: erivera@tribune.com
Contact: Edith Rivera

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International Sources

British Broadcasting Corporation
News Film and Sound Archives
Broadcasting House
London, W1A 1AA England

Imperial War Museum Keeper of the Department of Film
Lambeth Road
London, SE1 6HZ England
Tel: 44 171 416 5291; F: 44 171 416 5379

Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
Service du Developpement Culture and Educatif (SDEC)
4, Av de l'Europe
94366 Bry-sur-Marnce, Cedex
France
Tel: 33 1 44 23 11 22; F: 33 1 44 23 11 72
E-mail: fschlesinger@ina.fr
Contact: Frédéric Schlesinger, Managing Director

Transit Film GmbH
Dachauer Strasse Be 35
80335 Munich
Germany
Tel: 49 89 599885 15
F: 49 89 599885 19
E-mail:daniele.guerlain@transitfilm.de
Contact: Daniele Guerlain

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U.S. Government Sources

Defense Visual Information Center
(Moving image footage from some Vietnam to the Present and still photography from 1982 to the present.)
23755 Z Street, Bldg. 2730
March AFB, CA 92518-2717
Moving Images
Federal Government, Military, Commercial, News Media, and Civilians
Contact: Neva Lawson
Tel: (951) 413-2550; DSN: 348-1550; F:(951) 413-2552
E-mail: lawsonf@dodmedia.osd.mil
Contact: Don Houghtaling
E-mail: houghd@dodmedia.osd.mil
Tel: (951) 413-2553; F:(951) 413-2552
Still Pictures Contact: Kathy Vinson
E-mail: dvicserv@dodmedia.osd.mil
Tel: (951) 413-2522; F:(951) 413-2636

Library of Congress
Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4690
Tel: (202) 707-8572; F: (202) 707-2371
E-mail: mpref@loc.gov

N.A.S.A.
CODE PM
300 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20546
Tel: (202) 358-1600; F: (202) 358-4210
Contact: Robert Jacobs, Director of Media Sevices

National Anthropological Archives
Human Studies Film Archives
Smithsonian Institution Museum
Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
Tel: 301-238-2875
F: 301-238-2883
Contact: Pamela Wintle or Daisy Njoku

National Library of Medicine
History of Medicine Division (holdings, pre-1971)
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894-6075
Tel: (301) 402-8878; F:(301) 402-0872
E-mail: hmdref@nlm.nih.gov
Contact: Dr. Stephen Greenberg, Coordinator of Public Services, or Anne Rothfeld, Reference Librarian, or Crystal Smith, Reference Librarian

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
National Audiovisual Center (NAC)
5285 Port Royal Rd.
Springfield, VA 22161
Tel: (800) 553-6847
F: (703) 605-6889
Contact: Christie Langone
Tel: (703) 605-6135
clongone@ntis.gov
Contact: Jennifier Hendrickson
Tel: (703) 605-6183

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Motion Pictures -- Sources

American Film Institute (AFI)
National Center for Film and Video Preservation
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC 20566
Tel: (202) 252-3120; F: (202) 252-3126
kimt@afi.com
Contact: Kim Tomadjoglou

Andersen Film Archive
229-84 West Montauk Highway
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
T/F: (631) 728-7711
larsandersen@earthlink.net
Contact: Lars T. Andersen
(WWII color and b&w footage)

Black Film Center/Archive
(Study only)
Dept. of Afro-American/African Diaspora Studies
Smith Research Center, Room 180
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47408
Tel: (812) 855-6041; F: (812) 856-5832
E-mail: bfca@indiana.edu
Attn.: Paul Heyde, Archivist

Blacklight Films
12700 Ventura Boulevard, 4th Floor
Tel: (818) 655-3278
F: (818) 508-1253
Contact: Sarina Volman

Classic Images
469 South Bedford Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel: (310)277-0400 or (800) 949-2547; F: (310)277-0412
E-mail: sales@classicimg.com
Contact: Marcie Alexander or Tom Foley

Last Frontier Footage
4401 O'Malley Road
Anchorage, AK 99507
Tel: (907) 644-8724; F: (907) 644-8724
E-mail: footage@alaska.com.com
Contact: David Hoffmann

George Eastman House
900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Tel: (585) 271-3361; F: (585) 271-3970
Film loans & stockshots E-mail: film@geh.org
Research E-mail: filmstudycenter@geh.org
Stills Research E-mail: stills@geh.org
Contact: L. Jeffrey Selznick, School of Film Preservation, E-mail: selznickschool@geh.org

MacDonald and Associates
5660 North Jersey Avenue
Chicago, IL 60659
Tel: (773) 267-9899; F: (773) 267-7796
E-mail: macfilms@att.net
Contact: Dr. J. Fred MacDonald

The Museum of Modern Art
Department of Film and Media
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
Film Archive loans and access to collection. ( No sales or duplications of permanent moving image collection for outside commercial and non-commercial uses.)
Tel: (212) 708-9605; F: (212) 333-1173
Contact: Anne Morra, Assistant Curator
E-mail: Anne_Morra@moma.org
Film Study Center reference questions & on-site screening
Tel: (212) 708-9613; F: (212) 708-9531
Contact: Charles Silver, Associate Curator
E-mail: Charles_Silver@moma.org
Tel: (212) 708-9614; F: (212) 708-9531
Contact: Ron Magliozzi, Assistant Curator
E-mail: Ron_Magliozzi@moma.org

National Center for Jewish Film
Lown Building Room 102 (MS053)
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454
Tel: (781) 899-7044 or (781) 736-8600
F: (781) 736-2070
E-mail: NCJF@brandeis.edu or Jewishfilm@brandeis.edu
Contact: Sharon Pucker Rivo or Miriam Krant

Studebaker National Museum
(Collection of industrial films, 1930-1966)
Archives
525 South Main Street
South Bend, IN 46601
Tel: (574) 235-9714; Toll Free: 888-391-5600; F: (574) 235-5522
E-mail: abeckman@studebakermuseum.org
Contact: Andy Beckman

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Steve Spielberg Film and Video Archives
100 Raoul Wallenburg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2150
Tel: (202) 488-6104; F: (202) 488-2696
E-mail:filmvideo@ushmm.org or blevy@ushmm.org
Contact: Bruce Levy

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Broadcasting Sources

ABC News (Permission only)
Permissions
47 West 66th Street, 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 456-4059; F: (212) 456-7777
E-mail: tony.brackett@abc.com
Contact: Tony Brackett, Associate Director

Andy Lanset
(Audio only)
Tel: (212) 380-4685 or (212) 669-4685
E-mail: alanset@mindspring.com

Broadcast Pioneers Library of American Broadcasting
(Printed sources; Arthur Godfrey Collection; Radio Advertising Bureau Collection, 1954-1967; Westinghouse News, 1960-)
Hornbake Library
University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20740
Tel: (301) 405-9160; F: (301) 314-2634
E-mail: bpsd@umail.UMD.edu
Contact: Chuck Howell

Buckley Broadcasting Corp., WOR, Inc.
(WOR audio collection)
166 West Putnam
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel: (203) 661-4307; F: (203) 662-7341
Contact: Richard Buckley

The C-SPAN Archives
Purdue Research Park
P.O. Box 2909
West Lafayette, IN 47996-2909
Tel: (877) 662-7726
F: (765) 497-9699
E-mail: info@c-spanarchives.org
license@c-spanarchives.org (Licensing only)

Cable News Network--CNN
CNN Library
One CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: (404) 827-1125; F: (404) 827-5283
Contact: Kathy Christensen or Diha Gunderson

CBS News Archives
524 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Contact: Hector L. Perez, Manager
CBS News Sales & Licensing Department
F: (212) 975-1898
E-mail: motiongallery.ny@bbc.com

Cincinnati Museum Center
Audiovisual Collections Department
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45203
Tel: 513-287-7079
F: 513-287-7095
E-mail: library@cincymuseum.org
or lbailey@cincymuseum.org
Contact: Linda Bailey

Michigan State University Libraries
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library
100 Library
East Lansing, MI 48824-1048
Tel: (517) 355-5122; F: (517) 432-4795
Contact: John Shaw
E-mail: shawj@msu.edu

Museum of Television & Radio
(MTR does not provide duplicate of its holdings. They are available for research only .)
Scholars' Room
25 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 621-6713 (Voice-mail); F: (212) 621-6765
E-mail: scholarroom@mtr.org

National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting
The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Tel: (212) 423-3234; F: (212) 423-3232
E-mail: njab@Thejm.org

National Public Radio
Audio Archive
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 513-3232; F: (202) 513-3046
Tel: (877) 677-8398 (Orders only)
Contact: Audio Archive

NBC Entertainment
100 Universal City Plaza
Building 4250, 3rd Floor
Universal City, CA 91608
Tel: (818)777-5147; F: (818)866-2574
E-mail: LeeAnn.Platner@nbcuni.com
Contact: LeeAnn Platner

NBC News Video Archives (news only)
30 Rockefeller Plaza, Room 496-S
New York, NY 10112
Tel: (212) 664-5223; F: (212)703-8558
Contact: Ms. Yuien Chin

NBC Sports
(sports-general & Olympics)
30 Rockefeller Plaza, Room 496-S
New York, NY 10112
Tel: (212) 664-7119; F: (212)703-8558
Contact: Ms. Stacy Adduce

Radio Spirits
P.O. Box 3107
Wallingford, CT 06494
Tel: (203) 265-8044
Tel: (800) 833-4248 (Orders only)

Radio/Video Yesteryear
Box C
Sandy Hook, CT 06482
Tel: (800) 243-0987; F: (203) 797-0819
Contact: Craig Gallichotte

Vanderbilt Television News Archive
(news programs:ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN)
110 21st Avenue South, Suite 704
Nashville, TN 37203
Tel: (615) 322-2927; F: (615) 343-8250
E-mail: tvnews@tvvanderbilt.edu
Contact: John Lynch

Westwood One, Inc.. (Mutual Radio Permissions)
Legal Department
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 641-2111
F: (212) 641-2198
E-mail: lbueno@westwoodone.com
Contact: Mr. Lauro Bueno

Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
University of Wisconsin
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706-1488
Tel: (608) 264-6466

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Stock Footage Sources

Action Sports Adventure
1926 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 721-2800; F: (212) 721-0191
Contact: Mike Mertz

Getty Images/Archive Films
75 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (800) 876-5115 or (646) 613-4100
F: (646) 613-4601
E-mail: sales.hultonarchives.us@gettyimages.com

Film/Audio Services, Inc.
430 West 14th St., Rm: 311
New York, NY 10014
Tel: (212) 645-2112; F: (212) 255-4220

Footage Sourcebook
1926 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 787-2583; F: (212) 787-3454
Contact: Liz Scheines

Hot Shot Cool Cuts, Inc
1926 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 799-9100; F: (212) 799-9258
Contact: Andres Conti or Rick De Croix

International Historic Films, Inc.
3533 S. Archer Avenue
Chicago, IL 60609
Tel: (773) 927-9091 or (773) 927-2900; F: (773) 927-9211
E-mail: INTRVDEO@ix.netcom.com
Contact: Peter P. Bernotas

National Geographic Society
National Geographic Television & Film Library
1145 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (877) 730-2022 or (202) 857-7691; F (202) 429-5755
E-mail: ngtlibrary@ngs.org
Contact: Matthew White

National Geographic Society
Stock Footage Library
Department 80
1145 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: ((202) 857-5868; F (202) 429-5755

Worldwide Television News
Broadcast Services
1995 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 362-4440 or (800) 456-9986
F: (212) 496-1269 or (212) 362-5723
Contact: David Weiss or David Cappell

WPA Film Library
16101 S. 108th Ave.
Orlando Park, IL 60467
Tel: (800) 777-2223; F: (708) 460-0187
E-mail: sales@wpafilmlibrary.com
Contact: Diane Paradiso
Tel: (708) 873-3113

Miscellaneous Sources/Permissions

Corbis
Rights Clearances
902 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 375-7849, or (212) 375-7845; F: (212) 477-9482
E-mail:Karen.Alters@corbis.com
Contact: Karen Alters
E-mail: Gina.Ragusa@corbis.com
Contact: Gina Gagusa

Fox Movietone Newsreel (Permission only)
Fox News, Inc.
Fox Movietone News
1211 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 301-3045; F: (212) 301-5977
E-mail: bregman@foxnews.com
Attn: Peter Bregman, Director of Archives

The George Meany Memorial Archives
10000 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20903
Tel: (301) 431-5441
F: (301) 431-5455
E-mail: deloach@georgemeany.org
Contact: Lynda DeLoach, Archivist

MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour (Permissions only)
2700 South Quincy St., Suite 250
Arlington, VA 22206
Tel: (703) 998-2112; F: (703) 824-6592
Contact: Annette Miller
E-mail: amiller@newshour.org

Abraham Zapruder Film
c/o Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
411 Elm Street
Suite 120
Dallas, TX 75202
Tel: (214) 747-6660 (Permission); Toll Free: (888) 485-4854; F: (214) 747-6662
Contact: Megan Bryant
registrar@jfk.org

The King Center (Permission only)
Intellectual Properties Management,
managers of the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
E-mail: licensing@i-p-m.com

The King Center (General Information)
449 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30312
Tel: (404) 526-8900
E-mail: information@thekingcenter.org

NFL Films
National Football League
330 Fellowship Road
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Tel: (609) 778-1600; F: (609) 222-5663
Contact: Sales Department

United States Copyright Office
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20559
Tel: (202) 707-3000 (general information)

Warner Brothers (Permission only)
Clips & Still Licensing
4000 Warner Blvd.
Building 11
Burbank, CA 91522
Contact by phone or fax: Tel: (818) 954-1853; F: (818) 954-3817

Wayne State University
Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
Walter P. Reuther Library
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Tel: (313) 577-2658; F: (313) 577-8019
E-mail: ad0736@wayne.edu
Contact: Thomas Featherstone, Audio Visual Center

White House Press Office (current presidential audiovisual items)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Tel: (202) 456-2100

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