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Footage Brief

Describe your project in plain language and our system will analyze your brief against 217,000+ archival clips to generate a curated clip package — matched to your story, era, location, and mood.

What story are you telling? Include the subject, tone, and any specific scenes you envision.

How It Works

1

Describe Your Vision

Write a brief about your project — the subject, mood, era, and any specific scenes you need.

2

Get Matched Clips

Our system searches the entire archive and generates a clip package optimized for your timeline.

3

Refine & Build

Review suggestions, open them in the Rough Cut Builder, and refine your edit before licensing.

Perfect For

Documentary Editors

Find B-roll and establishing shots that match your narrative arc. Describe the story you're telling and get period-accurate footage suggestions.

Brand Producers

Building a heritage campaign? Describe the brand story and get a curated package of authentic archival clips that evoke the right emotion.

Music Video Directors

Paste your treatment or mood description and get matching vintage footage — organized by beat, scene, and visual style.

Other Ways to Find Footage

Rough Cut Builder

Build and preview a full timeline with drag-and-drop editing.

Open Builder

Visual Search

Upload an image and find visually similar archival clips.

Search by Image

Request Footage

Can't find what you need? Our archivists will search the full catalog for you.

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