Historic Films Archive is a stock footage library operating from New York. It owns the rights to an extensive collection of

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and film footage dating back to 1895. Its library includes all genres of American Music on film and video and historic archive footage derived from American Newsreels, Feature Films, Industrial shorts, home movies, out-takes and cartoons.

History

The company originated as a

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based research archive named Associated Researchers and Image Quest; it was founded by Joe Lauro and Richard Plagge in 1991. Lauro had previously worked for Archive Films as a researcher and Plagge for FOX MOVIETONE NEWS when they decided to form their own company. They soon realized that licensing footage was more lucrative than acting as researchers. In 1993, the company moved to East Hampton, close to Plagge's home. In 1994 Plagge died, and Lauro formed a partnership with

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producer Andrew Solt, the owner of the rights to ''

The Ed Sullivan Show ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the '' CBS Sunday Night M ...

''. They converted ARIQ into the Historic Film Archive in 1997. The Historic Films library is fully digitized and its material is viewable for research purposes on its official website.

Collection

The Steve Allen Show ''The Steve Allen Show'' was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen from June 1956 to June 1960 on NBC, from September 1961 to December 1961 on ABC,

(1955–60) *

Beat Club ''Beat-Club'' is a West Germany, West German music programme that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It was broadcast from Bremen (city), Bremen, West Germany on Das Erste, ''Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen'', the national public TV channel of ...

Musikladen ''Der Musikladen'' (german: The Music Shop) was a West German music television programme that ran from 13 December 1972 to 29 November 1984. The show continued the 1960s '' Beat-Club'' under a new name, and in turn was replaced by ''Extratour' ...

*Center For Southern Folklore *Classic Comedy Library *Classic TV Commercial Collection *

Dance Party USA ''Dance Party USA'' is an American dance television show that aired on cable's USA Network from April 12, 1986, to June 27, 1992. It was originally a half-hour, but was expanded to an hour in 1987. The program was shot live television-to-video ...

/Dancin' On Air *Danish Broadcasting (DR) Archive * D.A. Pennebaker Collection *Disco Magic/Disco '77 *Folklife Productions Library *The Red Skelton Show (1951–71) * Metropolis Video–live from CBGBs *Music Video Collection * The Ernest Tubb Show *The Hollywood Out-Take Library (1930s-50s) * Live From The Bitter End *Screenocean (Channels 3 & 4 UK) *Midsummer's Rock Festival * Murray "The K" Archive * Pathe News, Inc. *Glen Campbell Show (1969–73) * Rollin On The River *Rainbow Quest (1965–66) * Rhythm & Blues Awards Shows/Ebony Affair *Sam Lay Blues Collection *

Snader Telescriptions Snader Telescriptions, produced for television from 1950 to 1952, were film versions of popular and classical music performances. Singers, dancers, orchestras, and novelty acts appeared in the Snader musicals. They were produced by Louis D. Snader, ...

*Storyville Jazz Collection *WTTW's Sound Stage (1974-1983) *Southern Telenews Library (1958–1978) * Studio 54 Collection *

Rockpalast ''Rockpalast'' (''Rock Palace'') is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). ''Rockpalast'' started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock, heavy metal and jazz ...

(German live concert series 1970s-2000s) *The Beat (1965–67) * The Dallas Pop Festival (1969) *

The David Susskind Show ''The David Susskind Show'' is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind which was broadcast from 1958 to 1986. The program began locally in New York City in 1958 as ''Open End,'' which referred to the fact that the program was open ...

* The Hagermann Beatles Collection *The Hy Lit Show *The Jam Handy Collection/American Industrial Fins 1915-85 *The Jerry Lewis Show (1964–70) *The Last Of The Wild (Nature Series) *Film & Video Stock Shots Library *

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert ''Don Kirshner's Rock Concert'' is an American television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations, initially through Viacom Enterprises, and later ...

/ In Concert * The Woodstock Collection * Tribute Grand Ole Opry Stars of the 1950s *

Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was a music festival held between 26 and 31 August 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the islan ...

*United News Collection (1942–44) *Universal Newsreels (1929–67) *Vidicom Fashion Film Collection (1980s and 1990s) *

Newport Folk Festival Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. It was one of the first modern music festivals in America, and remains a foca ...

(1963–69) *M&T News Service (1985-2003) *Black Journal (on behalf of WNET) *Little Walter Home Movies *Steel Pier Show (1970s-80s) * cd:uk (British Music program 1990s-2007) *CD:USA (2007) *MTV MUSIC NEWS SEGMENTS/Azar Collection (1981–85)

References

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