# Historic Films Archive > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Historic_Films_Archive > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Historic_Films_Archive.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Films_Archive > Source revision: 1303586576 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{More citations needed|date=June 2020}} '''Historic Films Archive''' is a [stock footage library](/source/film_archive) operating from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). It owns the rights to an extensive collection of [television](/source/television) and [film](/source/film) footage dating back to 1895.{{Cite web|last=Battaglio|first=Stephen|date=2021-08-19|title=Meet the archivist who saved the historic footage that became 'Summer of Soul'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-08-19/meet-the-archivist-who-rescued-the-concert-footage-that-became-the-summer-of-soul|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} Its library includes all genres of American Music on film {{Cite web|title=The Story Behind the Harlem Cultural Festival Featured in 'Summer of Soul'|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/black-woodstock-summer-of-soul-146793268/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en}} and video and historic archive footage derived from American Newsreels, Feature Films, Industrial shorts, home movies, out-takes and cartoons. == History == The company originated as a [Manhattan](/source/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 Plagge for [Fox Movietone News](/source/Movietone_News) when they decided to form their own company. They soon realized that licensing footage was more lucrative than acting as researchers. In 1993, the company moved to [East Hampton](/source/East_Hampton_(town)%2C_New_York), close to Plagge's home.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} In 1994 Plagge died, and Lauro formed a partnership with [California](/source/California) producer Andrew Solt, the owner of the rights to ''[The Ed Sullivan Show](/source/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show)''. They converted ARIQ into the Historic Film Archive in 1997.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} The Historic Films library is fully digitized and its material is viewable for research purposes on its official website. == Collection == *[The Ed Sullivan Show](/source/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show) *[The Steve Allen Show](/source/The_Steve_Allen_Show) (1955–60) *[Beat Club](/source/Beat_Club)/[Musikladen](/source/Musikladen) *Center For Southern Folklore *Classic Comedy Library *Classic TV Commercial Collection *[Dance Party USA](/source/Dance_Party_USA)/Dancin' On Air *Danish Broadcasting (DR) Archive *[D.A. Pennebaker Collection](/source/D.A._Pennebaker) *Disco Magic/Disco '77 *Folklife Productions Library *The Red Skelton Show (1951–71) *[Metropolis Video–live from CBGBs](/source/Metropolis_Video) *Music Video Collection *[The Ernest Tubb Show](/source/Ernest_Tubb) *The Hollywood Out-Take Library (1930s-50s) *[Live From The Bitter End](/source/The_Bitter_End) *Screenocean (Channels 3 & 4 UK) *Midsummer's Rock Festival *[Murray "The K" Archive](/source/Murray_The_K) *[Pathe News, Inc.](/source/American_Pathe_News) *Glen Campbell Show (1969–73) *[Rollin On The River](/source/Kenny_Rogers) *Rainbow Quest (1965–66) *[Rhythm & Blues](/source/Rhythm_%26_Blues) Awards Shows/Ebony Affair *Sam Lay Blues Collection *[Snader Telescriptions](/source/Snader_Telescriptions) *Storyville Jazz Collection *WTTW's Sound Stage (1974-1983) *Southern Telenews Library (1958–1978) *[Studio 54 Collection](/source/Studio_54) *[Rockpalast](/source/Rockpalast) (German live concert series 1970s-2000s) *The Beat (1965–67) *[The Dallas Pop Festival](/source/Dallas) (1969) *[The David Susskind Show](/source/David_Susskind) *[The Hagermann Beatles Collection](/source/Beatles) *The Hy Lit Show *The Jam Handy Collection/American Industrial Fins 1915-85 *The Jerry Lewis Show (1964–70) *The Last Of The Wild (Nature Series) *Film & Video Stock Shots Library *[Don Kirshner's Rock Concert](/source/Don_Kirshner's_Rock_Concert)/[In Concert](/source/In_Concert_(American_TV_series)) *[The Woodstock Collection](/source/Woodstock) *[Tribute Grand Ole Opry Stars of the 1950s](/source/Grand_Ole_Opry) *[Isle Of Wight Festival 1970](/source/Isle_of_Wight_Festival) *United News Collection (1942–44) *Universal Newsreels (1929–67) *Vidicom Fashion Film Collection (1980s and 1990s) *[Newport Folk Festival](/source/Newport_Folk_Festival) (1963–69) *M&T News Service (1985-2003) *Black Journal (on behalf of WNET) *Little Walter Home Movies *Steel Pier Show (1970s-80s) *[cd:uk](/source/CD%3AUK) (British Music program 1990s-2007) *CD:USA (2007) *MTV MUSIC NEWS SEGMENTS/Azar Collection (1981–85) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{official|https://www.historicfilms.com}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|41.102096|-72.363318|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NY|display=title}} Category:Film archives in New York (state) Category:Television archives in the United States Category:Companies based in New York City --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Historic Films Archive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Films_Archive) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Films_Archive?action=history)). 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