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January 08 - Benazir Bhutto interviews in TV-am
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Benazir Bhutto appearances on TV-am in 1984 and 1988 include interviews with Sir David Frost.
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In April 1984, Sir David Frost interviewed Benazir Butto on the TV-am sofa where she talked in length about her father's arrest and execution as well as her time spent in prison.
In November 1988, Adrian Brown talked to Benazir Bhutto, days before she was expected to become the first woman Prime Minister of a Muslim country.
In December 1988, Sir David Frost talked to the then Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Click HERE to view the Benazir Bhutto interviews on TV-am in the Moving Image online database (login required).
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January 08 - Looking back on Michael Parkinson at TV-am
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Michael Parkinson has recently announced his retirement from television and will be taking the coming year off to write his autobiography.
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25 years ago, on 1st February 1983, Michael Parkinson launched TV-am along with Anna Ford, David Frost, Robert Kee and Angela Rippon, the Famous Five.
He presented the programme with his wife Mary, interviewing a variety of personalities at the week ends. He later went on his "Parkinson" chat show on BBC and more recently ITV.
Click HERE to view a selection of clips featuring Michael Parkinson on TV-am in the Moving Image online database (login required).
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January 08 - DVD on demand online tool
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Moving Image showcases a new and unique online DVD on Demand service for TV-am!
Good Morning Britain, the first UK commercial breakfast TV programme and predecessor of GMTV, was launched on ITV on 1st February 1983: 1st February 2008 will mark the 25th anniversary of this hugely popular programme.
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To celebrate the event, Moving Image is launching an unique online service. For the very first time, we offer a bespoke DVD compilation service which gives online users the opportunity to select their favourite clips from the TV-am archive (1983-1992).
TV-am and its famous features are still remembered with nostalgia by the viewers who grew up with it. They now have a chance to look back on this period and to wallow in TV-am and eighties nostalgia; a real trip down memory lane.
They can view a selection of videos from celebrity interviews to bloopers and from cooking spots to weather forecasts. Many of the TV-am presenters (Anne Diamond, David Frost, Rustie Lee, Nick Owen, Chris Tarrant, Wincey Willis etc...) are featured in the clips currently available. The number and variety of clips will be increased over the coming weeks.
To create their own DVD, a 'pick and mix' system allows them to browse through a selection of clips, watch and preview each one, select their favourites, and personalise their DVD with background image, music and text. Payment is processed online and the DVD is shipped direct to the customers.
Click HERE to access the TV-am ‘pick and mix’ service.
This service is for home use only.
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January 08 - Focus on HD footage
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Moving Image offers a variety of HD footage.
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Shots Film & Video - who is also acting as Moving Image's agent in Spain - hold a stunning collection of HD footage which is available to the UK via Moving Image.
This high quality collection contains magnificent nature images featuring landscapes, seascapes, mountain footage etc... It also contains agriculture shots including sunflower fields, olive trees and vineyards.
Also available, are villages, cities, ancient and modern architecture, construction, people etc...
So, whether it’s the hustle and bustle of busy Madrid or the tranquil scenes of the flight of a bird of prey, Moving Image can supply either.
Click HERE to view the stock shots showreel.
Moving Image also hold several hours of HD aerials over London which feature the main landmarks of the city from the air. The Gherkin is there along with the Millenium Wheel, Canary Wharf, Westminster, Tower bridge etc...
Click HERE to view samples of the London aerials.
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September 07 - The Faversham Society & Moving Image get grants to restore films
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The Faversham Society & Moving Image get grants from Screen South, The Pilgrim Trust & UK Film Council.
Pollock's shipyard film archive is in the process of being restored and digitised by Moving Image in conjunction with the Faversham Society.
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The Faversham Society has a considerable amount of material relating to Pollock’s Shipyard and its activity in Faversham. Many of these films dating from the 1930s were in very poor condition. The Faversham Society has received grants that has enabled it to begin the restoration and digitisation of these films, in order to preserve the contents permanently.
This process is being undertaken by Moving Image and these extraordinary images have also been made available for viewing in the Moving Image online database.
The present film collection includes some memorable film cataloguing the amazing launching of marine craft built in Faversham by Pollock’s Shipbuilders who operated there between 1916 and 1970. Some memorable film footage has been revealed, showing the famous sideways launches, shots of the many types of vessels built in the yard, the great variety of work done in the shipyard, sea trials in the Swale, etc.
The Faversham Society was formed in 1962 to help preserve the character and history of the picturesque market town of Faversham in Kent. The Society has one of the finest local museums in the country (Fleur de Lis heritage centre) and operates a Visitor Information Centre with also the responsibility for the preservation of the historic Chart Gunpowder Mills and the Maison Dieu.
This project has been enabled by Screen South and the RIFE lottery programme.
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September 07 - Many more films available for viewing in the online database
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You can now view about 1000 films in our online database.
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1000 films from the Moving Image's collections are now available either completely or in sections, for online viewing with the Moving Image database.
Since the launch of the new online database last September, Moving Image have been working hard digitising films so you can view many films online. We also digitise material on demand for you if what you are looking for is not yet available for viewing.
It is important to us that we also maintain a human relationship with our customers, and we will always help with your researches when you contact us. Do not hesitate to get in touch with a list of requirements and we will select material specifically for you in a customized online basket which you will be able to view footage from.
It's easy and it's quick. You simply log in our database and it's all there for you!
Try the Moving Image visual online database here now!
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September 07 - Focus on historical Britain
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with films that have captured the time gone by, and constitute a wonderful record of the Britain of yesterday.
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Dating back from the 1900s through to the 1970s, shot by amateurs as well as professionals, both in black and white and in colour, many films available at Moving Image describe various aspects of the British life : wealthy British families travelling on cruise liners, beach holidays on UK coasts, family life featuring births, children growing up, weddings, country and city life, leisure etc ...
Do contact us for more information; alternatively you can view most of these in the Moving Image database.
For a selection ready for you in the database, click here.
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April 07 - Focus on the Wessex Film and Sound Archive
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The Wessex Archive comprises of some marvellous amateur and promotional films.
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The collection features some enchanting footage of Sir Robert Baden-Powell and his future wife, Olave Soames, as they inspect the Hampshire Boy Scouts at the Grand Rally in Southampton in 1912. Notable films include up-lifting promos of the Queen Mary in 1960 on her way to New York, as well as passengers enjoying their trip to the USA on the RMS Queen Elizabeth in 'Your Cunard Holiday to America,' in 1965. Other films in the collection include the Exercise Salvare 1 as "homeless people" rehearse a mass evacuation, addressing the propaganda of the Cold War. In contrast there is also a delightful account of the daily productivity at Huntley and Palmer's, biscuit factory.
The most used films (also the most viewed films on www.milibrary.com) so far are:
. "Your Cunard holiday to America"
. "Queen Mary"
. "Hampshire Boy Scouts"
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April 07 - TV-am 25th anniversary
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Less than a year to go before the 25th anniversary of TV-am.
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February 2008 will mark the 25th anniversary of Britain's first commercial breakfast television station TV-am, the company which produced the hugely popular "Good Morning Britain" programme from 1983 to 1992.
Looking back on GMB is a real trip down memory lane and a chance to wallow in the eighties nostalgia. The archive collection is a real snapshot of Britain in the 1980s, one of the most exciting and diverse decades of the 20th century.
TV-am is remembered for its opening titles, for its presenter David Frost, Michael Parkinson, Nick Owen, Anne Diamond, Lorraine Kelly, Wincey Willis, for Roland Rat and many others.
It is just about time to get programmes ready, so do not hesitate to contact us for any project!
For more information on TV-am, click here.
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December 06 - Online Database to offer more films for viewing
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Last September, Moving Image launched a new powerful online database, which allows you to access all our collections and also to view clips and complete films.
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The Archivist was originally designed by TMR Digital and we have been working with them closely in order to adapt it to your research needs as well as ours. Using their experience of the archive business, both companies have been co-operating together to provide the best tool possible.
Our continuous efforts in making our collections available to you have been rewarded by your feedback and we would like to thank you for this. It helped us improve our services and we will do our best to continue to do so, until the final version is launched. Nearly 400 films are now viewable online, and we will keep digitising for you, so you can view more and more online, for free. Although this tool is very good to access our material, do not hesitate to contact us for your researches. Do remember that a database cannot replace the ability of a human being to think laterally, to offer alternatives and it cannot either replace our knowledge of the collections.
Try it here now!
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December 06 - Baden Powel 150th anniversary
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Baden Powell, the founder of the scout movement, was born on 22 February 1857.
1907 marks the beginning of Scouting. Two anniversaries to celebrate in 2007.
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As the 150th anniversary of his birth will soon be celebrated, we would like to focus on a film from the Wessex Film and Sound Archive which we have restored and made available in our online database. "Hampshire Boy Scouts: Grand Rally at Southampton" shows the chief scout inspecting the troops in Southampton in 1912, accompanied by his future wife Olave whom he married a few days later.
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December 06 - Some examples of footage supplied in 2006
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. 1920s Adrian Brunel and Filmfinders material for Silent Britain (BBC).
. Early 20th century comedies for Paul Merton's Silent Clowns (BBC).
. Vintage London for Arena - Francis Bacon (BBC).
. 1950s London for 'Eating with Ronnie Corbett' (Optomen Television / BBC).
. Liberia footage for Thalassa (France 3).
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. 1920s-1950s amateur films for Iris l'Aventuriere (Compagnie des Taxi Brousse, France).
. 'Freud Home Movies' for many international broadcasters.
. John Ford's interview for American Masters (USA).
. Channel swimmers for Little Britain's Big Swim (BBC).
. Scottish aerials for Lost Worlds: Braveheart (Atlantic Productions).
. HD aerials of London for the title sequence of All Star Talent Show (Endemol UK / Channel 5).
. Vintage and contemporary material for So you think you're Royal? (Shine Ltd / Sky).
. Naomi Campbell aged 16 for E! True Hollywood Story (E! Entertainment, USA).
. TV-am sport material and Roland Rat for The Football years (Sky).
. TV-am music material for The Smash Hits Story (At It Productions / Channel 4).
. David Frost for TV's Greatest Stars (ITV).
. David Frost for The Frost's Years (BBC Radio 4).
. TV-am material for The Reunion Special TV-am with Sue McGregor (BBC Radio 4).
. Roland Rat for the feature film This is England (Warp Films).
. British Comedians material for The Story of Light Entertainment(Shine Ltd / BBC).
. TV-am and the Last Resort for Celebrity Moments of the 80s (Shine Ltd / Channel 5).
. Take That and Lizzie Webb for The New Paul o'Grady Show (Olga TV / Channel 4).
. Lorraine Kelly in TV-am and Vic Reeves in The Last Resort for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Open Mike Productions / BBC).
. Lizzie Webb, Take That, Rod Hull and Emu for The Deadly Knowledge Show (Princess Production / Channel 4).
. Penn & Teller magic tricks for La Soiree de l'Etrange (Coyote Productions, France).
. Many clips from various collections for Proquest Information Learning educational website.
. Etc...
We would like to thank you all for your custom and we are looking forward to working with you again in 2007!
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September 06 - Moving Image manage films from Wessex Film & Sound Archive
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Moving Image are pleased to announce that they have been appointed to manage and represent the Wessex Film & Sound Archive, a specialist regional repository based at Hampshire Record Office in Winchester.
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The Wessex Archive comprises of some marvellous amateur and promotional films illustrating powerful images of everyday life in Wessex. Films feature some enchanting footage of Sir Robert Baden-Powell and his future wife, Olave Soames, as they inspect the Hampshire Boy Scouts at the Grand Rally in Southampton. Notable films include up-lifting promos of the Queen Mary in 1960 on her way to New York, as well as the RMS Queen Elizabeth on 'Your Cunard Holiday to America,' in 1965. Other films in the collection include the Exercise Salvare 1 as "homeless people" rehearse a mass evacuation, addressing the propaganda of the Cold War. In contrast there is also a delightful account of the daily productivity at Huntley and Palmer's, biscuit factory.
Moving Image has already carried out full restoration, digitisation and the logging of this collection.
These films are all viewable on Moving Image database, which you can access from here.
Also visit the Wessex Archives page on Moving Image website.
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September 06 - BBC Radio 4 celebrate TV-am
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Sunday 17 September 2006 from 11:15 am to 12:00 (Radio 4 FM).
Repeat on Friday 22 September at 9:03.
Listen again on BBC website here.
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BBC Radio 4 website announced the programme as follows:
“TV-am was Britain's first ever commercial breakfast station, launched in a fanfare of publicity and hosted by a stellar cast of presenters. Its subsequent boardroom struggles were played out in the press and it was on the verge of collapse. But by the time it lost its licence, TV-am was one of the most successful companies of its kind.
Key members of the launch team are reunited to remember that turbulent period.”
Sue MacGregor’s guests told stories about how it really was then: TV-am first chairman Peter Jay, shareholder Jonathan Aitken, TV-am press officer Howell James, presenter Nick Owen and TV-am Editor in chief Greg Dyke, the man credited with turning the station around.
When asked what they think that TV-am achieved for them, looking back 25 years:
Nick Owen said “For me personnally, it changed my life really. (...) It was terrifying at times, incredibly stimulating, you never knew what was around the corner and I would say it was the most exciting time of my life”.
Peter Jay added: “For me it was the most exciting three years , probably, of my life and perhaps even more than being an ambassador. I am incredibly proud of some of the things; we won a franchise against difficult competition with seven others; we built a company from nothing; I found and created a studio out of an old garage where I bought my first motorcar and I was extremely proud of those studios. My personal involvement ended up in melodrama as we've discussed but I look back on the whole thing with enormous affection and pride. I was extremely proud of what we achieved in that period”.
Greg Dyke concluded: “It was funny. I've never laughed so much in my life. (...) What I discovered about myself is that I like crisis. I know some people don't but I enjoyed it”.
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September 06 - New online database for Moving Image
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Improvements to the site don’t just stop there. The online database is also receiving a pretty impressive makeover.
The system used is a powerful archive management tool which will make the Moving Image archives simple and easy to manage online.
A beta version of Moving Image’s new online search engine, in its final stage of testing, can be accessed from Moving Image's website. The final version is expected to be released by the end of 2006.
This new search engine allows you to view not only clips but also complete films. Once logged on to this database you will be able to search for any footage you require and view entire films for free, simply by the click of a mouse. Using RealPlayer, you can play the films from the beginning or skip to any timecode.
As you can imagine, it is a work in progress, and Moving Image is constantly adding more films in the database.
To save any searches you would like to view later, you can create your own Library for your projects. When browsing the database, you can save either sections or complete records in your folders.
At Moving Image we pride ourselves on constantly moving ahead with the times and making our footage easily accessible and we hope you will find our new database useful for your researches.
We would welcome your reactions to this new system.
We still want to talk to you about your projects, so do not hesitate to keep in touch with us by phone, or by email. Our team is always available to help!
Try the new Moving Image database now here!
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September 06 - Moving Image are launching their new website
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The new and improved site is not only informative but also pleasing to the eye. With its fresh new look making information easier, faster and clearer to access.
Finding out about our library and the extensive collections we have has never been so easy. Whether its celebrity interviews from TV-am or historical footage from Filmfinders either way the new website has it all and more set out in a neat and professional manner for easy viewing.
A large section of the site is dedicated to TV-am and Good Morning Britain with many information, images and sample clips. You can access the TV-am section directly from www.tv-am.net!
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June 2006 - Moving Image extend their outstanding service internationally
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Moving Image have signed Third Millennium and Film World Pty Ltd to represent them respectively in North America and in the Asia-Pacific region. Third Millemium and Film World join the four agents Moving Image has already appointed outside the UK: l'Atelier des Archives in France, April Film in Sweden and DCR and Shots Film & Video in Spain.
These new and exciting partnerships mean that the extensive Moving Image collections are now easily available to clients in overseas territories, via local and well established agents. Moving Image sees these new developments as an important step forward in developing ongoing relationships with key international stock footage libraries.
Third Millennium in New York, USA, is the representative of many American independent cinematographers for their archival and recent stockshots.
Film World Pty Ltd near Sydney, Australia, is the leading footage content provider in the Asia-Pacific and represent many local and international content providers for both archival and contemporary stock shots.
Moving Image’s diverse archival and contemporary collections, from early cinema items from Filmfinders to wildlife films from Wild Islands, will be an excellent new resource for overseas clients.
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June 2006 - Stunning HD stockshots from Spain now available at Moving Image
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After announcing the arrival of HD aerials of London, Moving Image Communications now have stunning HD footage from all over Spain and the Canary Islands available.
Whether its flying high over the Mediterranean Ocean or sunny landscapes from Spain, Shots Film & Video - who is also acting as Moving Image's agent in Spain, have it all.
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The high quality collection of footage contains shots of ancient architecture, agricultural landscapes, town and village, flyfishing, construction, nature and vineyard films all shot on High Definition.
So whether it’s the hustle and bustle of busy Madrid or the tranquil scenes of a fishing boat out in the Mediterranean Ocean, Moving Image can supply either.
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May 2006 - When Greg Dyke met the TV-am library team
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Greg Dyke, TV-am Editor in Chief in 1983, famously rescued the company by revamping the programme and making it popular with the help of Roland Rat, Chris Tarrant, Nick Owen and Anne Diamond.
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The TV-am library is now held and managed by Moving Image Communications Ltd. During the Focal International Awards hold on 15th May 2006 at the Savoy Hotel in London, director Michael Maloney and library manager Nathalie Banaigs were delighted to meet Greg Dyke who was happy to see that TV-am's wonderful archives are being looked after...
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May 2006 - Freud Home movies now available on DVD
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Moving Image Communications has produced a DVD featuring the Freud Home movies it holds in its archives.
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Made from amateur footage shot between 1930 and 1939, the film starts with a colour introduction by Anna Freud, Freud's youngest daughter. She provides a commentary that includes invaluable information about the everyday events and special moments in the Freud family life.
Contact: mike@milibrary.com
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May 2006 - When Prince Charles met Sir David Frost...
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Prince Charles, along with his two sons Princes William and Harry, recently gave an interview to TV presenters Ant and Dec, where the young Princes explain how they keep their father in touch with the times.
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Moving Image holds a unique film 'A Prince for Wales' shot in 1969 just before his investiture at the age of 19, in which Prince Charles gave his first public interview to Sir David Frost. The Prince talks about his childhood, his expectations and his future role as the Prince of Wales.
The film also features the investiture ceremony.
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