Film Archives, Inc. or F.I.L.M. Archives (Fast Images Lotsa Movies) is a

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company based in

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. It is believed to be one of the oldest independent footage companies and has supplied footage to feature films, television, industrial, commercial, and web footage users. Footage from its library of mostly vintage films has been featured in ''

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'', and the feature films '' 42'', ''

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'' and '' Trial of the Chicago 7''.

History

Film Archives was founded in 1986 by Mark Trost and Rick Scheckman, who had been collecting 16mm films as a hobby throughout the 1960s and 1970s, an era before the advent of home

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. When Trost was contacted by the producers of the

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series Our World with

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for use of a clip from the 1938 ''Lone Ranger'' serial, the company notified other TV producers of their collection. Producers of '' Geraldo'', ''

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'' and the Comedy Channel (precursor to

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) soon began incorporating clips from the company's collection into their programs. In 1987, Film Archives began representing footage from

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's local all-news channel

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. Stories that originally ran on the channel were soon licensed for use by ''

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''. Company's major claim to television fame is being the source of

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's favorite clip, Monkey Washes the Cat, which has since been replaced by
sneezing monkey
(not provided by FILM Archives). The clip was featured as the "Moment of Zen" accompanying Jon Stewart's February 10 announcement that he would be retiring from ''

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''. In addition, they licensed the rare short ''Mr. B Natural'' for use in ''Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K)''. F.I.L.M. Archives is the only known holder of this film print today, archived as reel #1133B. According to company records, the top five footage requests are: 1.

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4. 1950s

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'' * '' The Dr. Oz Show'' * '' The 80s: The Decade That Made Us'' * ''

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'' * '' Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways'' * '' Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief'' * '' The Goldbergs'' * ''

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'' * '' Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'' * ''

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'' * '' Makers: Women Who Make America'' * ''

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'' * '' The Middle'' * ''

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'' * '' O.J.: Made in America'' * ''

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'' * '' Sinatra: All or Nothing at All'' * ''

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'' * '' Battle of the Sexes'' * ''

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'' * '' Bridge of Spies'' * ''

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'' * '' Capturing the Friedmans'' * '' Chapter 27'' * '' Charlie Wilson's War'' * ''

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'' * '' Deli Man'' * ''

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'' * '' 42'' * ''

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Hollywoodland ''Hollywoodland'' is a 2006 American film directed by Allen Coulter and written by Paul Bernbaum. The story presents a fictionalized account of the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves (played by Ben Affleck), the star of the ...

'' * '' I'm Your Woman'' * ''

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'' * '' San Andreas'' * '' Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon'' * '' Tab Hunter Confidential'' * '' Tarnation'' * ''

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'' * '' 13th'' * ‘’ Trial of the Chicago 7’’ * ''

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'' * '' Where's My Roy Cohn?'' * ''

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External links

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Mass media companies of the United States Companies based in New York City