Historic Films Archive
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Historic Films Archive is a video archive operating from New York. It owns the rights to an extensive collection of television and film footage dating back to 1895.
[edit] History
The company originated as a Manhattan 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 decided to form his own company. They soon realized that licensing footage paid more than just researching where to find it. In 1993, the company moved to East Hampton, close to Plagge's home.
In 1994 Plagge died, and Lauro formed a partnership with California producer Andrew Solt, the owner of the rights to the "Ed Sullivan Show." They converted ARIQ into the Historic Film Archive in 1997.
[edit] Collection
- The Ed Sullivan Show
- Steve Allen Show
- Beat Club/Musikladen
- Center For Southern Folklore
- Classic Comedy Library
- Classic TV Commercial Collection
- Dance Party USA/Dancin' On Air
- Danish Broadcasting (DR) Archive
- D.A. Pennebaker Collection
- Disco Magic/Disco '77
- Folklife Productions Library
- Metropolitan Entertainment
- Music Video Collection
- The Ernest Tubb Show
- The Behind The Scenes Collection
- Jubilee Showcase
- Live From The Bitter End
- Moving Images Library
- Midsummer's Rock Festival
- Murray "The K" Archive
- Pathe News, Inc.
- PM Magazine
- Rollin On The River
- Rainbow Quest
- Rhythm & Blues Awards Shows/Ebony Affair
- Sam Lay Blues Collection
- Storyville Jazz Collection
- Sound Stage
- The Soupy Sales Collection
- Southern Telenews Library (1958-1978)
- Studio 54 Collection
- The Alan Lomax Collection
- The Beat
- The Dallas Pop Festival
- The David Susskind Show
- The Hagermann Beatles Collection
- The Hy Lit Show
- The Jam Handy Collection
- The Last Of The Wild
- The Rock & Blues Library
- Rock America
- Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
- The Woodstock Collection
- Tribute Grand Ole Opry Stars of the 50's
- Woodstock '99
- United News Collection
- Universal Newsreels (1929-67)
- Vidicom Collection (1980s and 90's)
