| While Associated Press Television News
(APTN) is said to be world's leading video news agency with self-shot
material from 1963, Grinberg collection comprises the Paramount and
Pathe newsreels, which were the leading news sources of their day
from 1896 to the late 1950s, says an APTN release.
APTN content development head Christopher O'Hearn, "It's a
great combination - this puts the best of the old together with
the best of the new" said. "We can now offer a high quality
service to anyone looking for content, from the earliest moving
images to the latest satellite news."
Grinberg's Pathe collection is the world's oldest moving image
library dating back to 1896. The Paramount newsreel was known as
"The Eyes and Ears of the World" from 1927 to 1957. Together
they total more than 15 million feet of film, or 6000 hours of material.
The collection boasts of movie outtakes and scenes ranging from
the Blackton collection of early motion pictures to modern productions
from HBO, says the release.
"APTN and GFL's representation deal creates one of the most
comprehensive sources of archival footage in the world. Together
they will become a one-stop resource for every conceivable user
throughout the world. In addition, as we digitise our content, the
collection will also be marketing what will become one of the largest
sources of still photos pulled from the Paramount and Pathe libraries,
covering virtually everything that happened in the world dating
back to 1896," said Grinberg's spokesperson Charles Bonan.
The initial stages of the deal will see the top acquisitions of
each collection exchanged so that they can be provided locally.
Both libraries have major digitisation projects underway which will
see a broader range of content available, along with improvements
in cataloguing and search ability.
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