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Television rights, clearances and collections management consultancy, helping to unlock and advance audiovisual archives as creative and commercial resources #ArchiveStories
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💰 Money's Too Tight: Commercial Value of Archives – Experts Roundtable Discussion

📈 Experts will explore how audiovisual archives can communicate their commercial value within organisations, balancing their role as a cost center with their potential to generate financial returns.
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Breakaway Femmes (2025)

For six glorious years during the 1980s, a women's Tour de France was held alongside the men's race - their story is finally being told

Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDWC...

#documentary #ArchiveStories
September 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Meet the shortlisted nominees for the Excellence in Media Management category of the 2025 FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards!
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today on BBC4.. I Am Martin Parr 📸

Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip with a photographer whose work has revolutionised contemporary photography

#documentary #ArchiveStories
BBC Four - I Am Martin Parr
Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Coming up this month, a Royal Television Society discussion on the use of AI in UK television production..

"AI tools are reshaping how shows are developed, pitched, produced, and polished."
RTS Breakfast - AI in Action: Applications in TV Productions
Use of AI is moving rapidly from hype to habit in the TV industry.
rts.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez (2022)

A riveting, archive-based portrait of "Mr Pipeline", one the most influential surfers and surfboard shapers of all time, whose story is told in full for the first time

🎬 Dir. Stacy Peralta @patagonia.com

#documentary #surfing #ArchiveStories
The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez | Patagonia Films
YouTube video by Patagonia
www.youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hillary: Ocean to Sky (2019)

Sir Edmund Hillary and a team of adventurers journey by jetboat and foot up the 1,500 mile length of India's sacred River Ganges. Featuring remastered and unseen archive #footage and interviews with crew members from the 1977 expedition

#documentary #ArchiveStories
Ocean To Sky | Trailer | Available Now
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A YouTube Education

"I have learned an awful lot on YouTube over the years"

#documentary #ArchiveStories
A YouTube Education
In art, science, philosophy, music and more
substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The BFI National Archive in the 1960s

#ArchiveStories
Inside the Archive: how we looked during the Swinging Sixties | BFI
YouTube video by BFI
www.youtube.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
In an age of streaming clutter, why not rediscover Britain’s rich documentary past?

#TelevisionArchives #ArchiveStories
The Guide #205: In an age of streaming clutter, why not rediscover Britain’s rich documentary past?
From Molly Dineen’s humane portraits to Channel 4’s wild experiments, the golden age of British TV documentaries ​offers more than the streamers’ endless banal choice
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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My 80-year-old aunt told me she "got tired of streaming" and is borrowing DVDs from her library again.

So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels.
#PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Old Content, New Cash 💰

How to improve your archive revenue stream..

#YouTube #ArchiveStories
Old content, new cash: five ways to turn your archive into YouTube gold
How to improve your archive revenue stream
www.theindiehustle.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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On this day, 20 August in 1980, South Tyrolian (Italian) climber Reinhold Messner became the FIRST-EVER human to have climbed to the summit of Mt #Everest (8848.86 m) SOLO WITHOUT BOTTLED OXYGEN.

Photo ©: Reinhold Messner Archives.
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An exhibition at Staunch Industries in Leith features work by six of the best surf photographers in Scotland 📸 🏄

Each one tells a story behind an image in this great article by @outdoorscots.bsky.social @scotsman.com

#photography #surfing #ArchiveStories
Top Scots surf photographers tell the stories behind their best shots
Scotland is blessed with some world-class surf spots and some seriously good surfers. It’s also home to some talented surf photographers, and an exhibition at Staunch Industries in Leith features work...
www.scotsman.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Orangeburg: A Town, a Team, an American Tragedy (2019)

Jim Fabio's film remembers one of America’s most horrific tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement - the 1968 shooting of student protesters on the campus of South Carolina State College

#documentary #SocialHistory #ArchiveStories
NFL NETWORK | ORANGEBURG - Shofilms Commercial
NFL director of photography: Paul Saunders from Pittsburgh, Pa. Documentary - Orangeburg: A Town, A Team, An American Tragedy.
commercial.shofilms.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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We are happy to welcome two new members to FIAT/IFTA’s Value, Use and Copyright Commission: Agnieszka Wolak (FINA) and Maha Alzayani (Saudi Film Commission)

Welcome! 🌟
August 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🧶 A new film from Historic England tells the story behind the hand-knitted jumpers once worn by local fishermen in Polperro and passed down through generations

Part of the Missing Pieces project historicengland.org.uk/listing/miss...

#documentary #Cornwall #SocialHistory #ArchiveStories
What Were These Fishermen's Jumpers Really For?
YouTube video by Historic England
www.youtube.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Remembering Johnny Nash on his birthday. Here’s a fantastic photo of him and Bob Marley playing at a school in Peckham in 1972. It was taken by Keith Baugh, the art teacher who invited them there. He tells the story on this lovely clip from The One Show youtu.be/_cPturcTKIk
August 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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@pbs.org has always had excellent documentary series... whether they include me or not. Haha! www.pbs.org/video/pionee...
Pioneers of Television | Wonder Woman as Everyone's Superhero | Season 3 | Episode 3
Lynda Carter describes the origins of Wonder Woman and her universal appeal.
www.pbs.org
August 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Looking for ways to discuss the 'Hidden Histories of Exploration' with students studying geography at university?

This resource examines how to use materials from our collections to run a workshop on local knowledge and Indigenous agency in the history of exploration 👉 www.rgs.org/research...
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Cino, Ian! (2019)

Using testimonies and archive images, this poignant short film looks at the friendship between Alpine guide and photographer Renzino Cosson and mountaineer Giorgio Bertone (1942-77), the first Italians to conquer El Capitan's north face

#documentary #ArchiveStories
Cino Ian! | A story of mountain and friendship
The story of the friendship between Renzino Cosson and Giorgio Bertone. A friendship made of great adventure, climbing, photography, and love for the mountains.…
vimeo.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Sally (2025)

In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure, she carried a secret. Her life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, tells the full story of this complicated and iconic astronaut for the first time.

#documentary #ArchiveStories
SALLY | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary Films
YouTube video by National Geographic
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Fit for TV (2025)

In this inside look at the making of the hit weight-loss competition show, former contestants and producers reveal the intense, damaging reality behind the success of "The Biggest Loser" which launched on TV in 2004

#documentary #ArchiveStories
Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We're proud to have joined forces with the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive to preserve, celebrate, and share 135 years of screen heritage. 📽️🎞️

The merger will strengthen academic links, safeguard collections, and expand cultural partnerships.👇
www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/yn...
August 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM