IMAGE BANK LONDON (GETTY IMAGES)

Description: NB Image Bank is now controlled by getty Images (qv). The Image Bank is a leader in rights-protected film, offering more than 10,000 hours of creatively shot, conceptually driven footage. The collection offers instant access to the work of more than 200 cinematographers, including Academy Award winners and some of the industry’s hottest commerical directors. Image Bank Film provides 35mm footage covering landscapes, contemporary lifestyles, industry, wildlife, and sports. Time-lapse sequences are also included.
Website: http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/frontdoor/DefaultRMFilm.aspx?brandID=6
Keywords: Wildlife; Sport; Landscapes; Industries; Time-lapse films
Access: By arrangement.
Facilities: Viewing on premises. Viewing off premises. Duplicating. 3/4-inch viewing cassettes, with final elements available same day.
Copyright: Held by artists whom The Image Bank represents. Copyright advice available.

Video/Film: Video components: Lo-Band U-Matic, Beta/Beta-SP, 1-inch Video, D1, D2.
Film: 70% colour film, 30% black and white film, 1% nitrate film.
Film components: 16mm, Super 16, 35mm, negative film.

Computerised database: Stock footage site at http://www.imagebankfilm,com includes more than 100,000 full-motion clips.

Notes: The Image Bank created and distributed Image Index, a computer interface which searches and retrieves footage from each office’s entire film collection. Using a single keyword (or a combination of up to twenty different keywords), this visual database can locate a film clip in half a second. Information about each image - cinematographer, release and clearance guidelines, detailed captions, and more - appear instantly, along with each clip in a four-window storyboard format. Image Index is available for use at all European film offices.

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