BBC Motion Gallery Expands HD Footage

BURBANK, March 4: BBC
Motion Gallery, the footage-licensing division of BBC Worldwide, has added four
new high-definition collections to its archive, including footage from Galapagos, the three-part documentary series produced by BBC
Natural History and National Geographic.

Available via
www.bbcmotiongallery.com, the expanded HD offerings feature content from Galapagos, which is now available for the first time for
licensing from BBC Motion Gallery. The clips include high-definition imagery
and aerial shots of volcanoes, lava, sky and sea surrounding the islands, as well
as animals such as penguins, fur seals, flamingos, tropical fish, giant
tortoises and sea turtles in some of their last habitats on earth.

BBC Motion Gallery has
also added HD aviation clips from independent filmmaker Brian J. Terwilliger,
the producer and director of the documentary One Six Right: The Romance of
Flying. This footage includes
shots of restored vintage planes in flight above the famed Van Nuys Airport.

Clips from Gary Kauffman,
the owner of Omniscience High Definition 9Video, are now part of the BBC Motion
Gallery’s offerings as well. This HD footage includes epic landscapes, dramatic
scenery and aerial footage of animals. Kauffman specializes in obtaining
footage of hard-to-reach Rocky Mountain locales with his own helicopter and crew
of experienced pilots and cinematographers. Finally, HD footage from
award-winning director, producer and cinematographer Louis Schwartzberg has
been added to the HD collection available for licensing from BBC Motion
Gallery. The collection encompasses locations, aerials, lifestyle, time-lapse
and Americana.

“These new collections
consolidate BBC Motion Gallery’s position as the provider of the largest
collection of HD content in the world,” said Simon Gibbs, the managing director
of BBC Motion Gallery. “The new collections add yet more variety to the
extensive HD collection already assembled from the BBC, NHK (Japan) and CCTV
(China) archives. High-definition footage is in strong demand within the
advertising, corporate, film and broadcast sectors. We’re extremely pleased to
be able to provide our customers with these expanded offerings, and to add to
our HD collection with such incredible new work.”

—By Irene Lew