AP Archive Collections

AP Archive offers footage from a number of important television news agency collections that are owned by AP Television News. These collections were filmed by the same expert cameramen, but under previous names of the company.

APTN/AP Television

The most complete contemporary collection of international TV news footage from Associated Press Television News, the world's leading television news agency that has bureaux in over 80 cities around ther globe. Over 20,000 stories are added each year, archived on Betacam SP and Digibeta; and not just hard news - there are also thousands of features, plus stories on entertainment, people, culture, city scenes, lifestyles etc.

1. Over 500 clipreels of our best shots on everything from natural disasters to wars to celebrities;
2. World News Reviews, year by year, 1929 to today;
3. comprehensive daily entertainment news from 1989 onwards;
4. Roving Report: ready-made current affairs reports from 1967 onwards;
5. Earthfile: over 300 reports on environmental issues.

UPITN & WTN

Wholly-owned moving pictures from around the world - on 16mm film; in black/white, then later in colour; and on video from the 1980s onwards, mainly on Betacam SP.

Includes extensive coverage of the war in Vietnam; Middle East conflicts; Latin America; Eastern Europe; Central and Southern Africa; the former Yugoslavia; and excellent footage of US domestic stories between 1963 and 1977.

APTV

Over 50,000 international news stories through this four-year period, all on Betacam SP. APTV prided itself on its editorial judgment and technical quality.

UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS

"Year in Review" compilations featuring US and foreign coverage. From the New York stock market crash of October 1929 to the six-day war in the Middle East in 1967. Includes three one-hour specials on the 1930s, World War II and the Korean War. Originally on 35mm film, but now all on Betacam SP and/or Digibeta cassettes.

TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHIVES

Compilations under seven specific headings: news, people, entertainment, pop culture, sport, science and lifestyles. Originally on 35mm film, but now all on Betacam SP.