HBO Reintroduces Restored Footage from The March of Time Series

NEW YORK, October 4: The stock footage library HBO Archives
has announced that newly restored footage from the Academy Award-winning
newsreel and documentary series The March of Time is now available to producers in all fields.

Produced by Time Inc., The March of Time contains historic film shot from 1935 to 1967, as
well as footage dating back to 1913 that was acquired from other sources. Each
episode of the series, produced in long-form documentary style and captured on
35mm, covers culture, news and locales from around the world. Rising production
costs and the popularity of television led to the end of the newsreel series in
1951. However, The March of Time
continued its legacy by producing dramatic documentaries and entertainment
programming for TV through 1967. These single-topic programs from both the
newsreel and TV series presented essays on Iran, Palestine, Pakistan and the
Vatican, plus local U.S. stories on cities such as New Orleans, and lighter
pieces on teenage girls, the fashion world and the comedy industry.

With online partner Thought Equity Motion, HBO Archives is
accessing the 35mm films to make this footage available in high-definition
video.

“We are thrilled to have this first-class collection back at
HBO,” said Rick Bernstein, the senior VP of HBO Sports. “Unlike the traditional
news-style featurettes of the Hollywood newsreels, the long-form documentary
style of The March of Time stood out
from its competitors. This series is priceless for all of today’s storytellers.
HBO Archives is reaching beyond the traditional newsreel series to showcase the
depth of these fascinating documentaries.”