NEWSLETTER
June 2003
Launch of ARKive in Bristol
Moving Image Communications is pleased
and proud to be a major contributor
to the ARKive project, which was launched
in Bristol on 20th May 2003.
ARKive, an initiative of the Wildscreen
Trust, is the world's most important
digital library of nature films, photographs
and sound recordings, brought together
in order to build a portrait of Earthâs
endangered plants and animals. ARKive
is now offering access to multimedia
portraits of species at risk of extinction.
Via the internet: for pleasure, learning
and research.
Sir David Attenborough, ARKive patron,
was the chief guest at the reception
and paid tribute to the late Chris
Parsons who first brainchild ARKive.
Also present that evening were wildlife
television personalities, award-winning
wildlife photographers and leading
conservationists as well as ARKive
main sponsors: Hewlett Packard, the
Heritage Lottery Fund and the New
Opportunities Fund.
Material was projected onto the IMAX
screen and Moving Imageâs song
thrush clip received rapturous applause.
Moving Image also provided ARKive
with other material from the Wild
Islands collection such as Adonis
Blue, Atlantic Salmon, Grey Partridge,
Lulworth Skipper, Marsh Fritillary,
Red Squirrel, Smooth Snake and Spotted
Flycatcher. Video clips are gradually
incorporated in the ARKive on-line
library and more of our resource will
be added in a near future.
Click here to see photos of the ARKive
launch.
www.arkive.org
Britain On View
The British Tourist Authority, Image
Resource Centre (Britain on View)
has created a web site to give on-line
access to their collection of still
and moving images. As Moving Image
hold the entire BTA film collection
in their library, BOV have decided
to use Moving Imageâs search
engine on their web site. This allows
users all over the world to access
Moving Image's database which includes
text descriptions and video clips
for most of the recent BTA films.
Simply go to www.britainonview.com
and click on the film reel icon to
"Search for film and video footage".
Along with the BTA collection, you
can also search the Flying Pictures
collection. At the bottom of the page,
ãVisit the Moving Image Database
to search more imagesä leads
to the Moving Image web site where
our entire collection, which includes
a lot more British imagery, can be
searched.
Sport collection from Denis Johnson
Moving Image Communications has been
appointed as the exclusive worldwide
representative of the sport collection
that producer Denis Johnson has been
building for over 20 years.
The collection includes a large variety
of sports events, covering Formula
1, motor rallying, motorcycle hill
climbing, winter sports such as skiing,
snowboarding, bobsleigh, summer sports
such as surfing, funboarding as well
as sailboarding, yachting, climbing,
rafting, mountain bike, triathlon,
football and more.
The collection includes a Profile
Series featuring sport champions such
as Alain Prost and Jean Vuarnet, including
both event footage and interviews,
and also bloopers compilations.
Apart from the sports themselves,
the library contains stock shot material
of the many world locations filmed
as part of Denis Johnsonâs international
work.
The material is available as edited
programmes (but rushes are accessible)
and is being exploited for clip sales
for the first time.
Click on the links to view sample
video clips: Motorcycle Racing, Snowboarding,
Cycling, Freestyle Skiing, Sailing,
Rollerblading, Surf
More 35mm material
More 35mm material recently arrived
to join Moving Image collections,
including wonderful football footage.
It shows slow motion sequences of
players training, dribbling the ball,
running between obstacles, bouncing
balls on knees and heads. A professional
match is also available.
Also included in this new addition
is a variety of shots such as hands
scooping up water, New York streets,
gambling and card games, plane taking
off, flying and landing, and more
sport with an ostrich race, cricket
and a stadium packed with crowd.
Click on the links to view sample
video clips: Football, Gambling, Water
Please contact us for any further
information:
Moving Image Communications Ltd
61 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 7PP - UK
Tel:+44 (0)20 7580 3300
Fax:+44 (0)20 7580 2242
mail@milibrary.com
Visit our web site and search our
database at www.milibrary.com
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