Global ImageWorks

Archival Travel Films

• See the world as it was between 1900 and 1970 in this rich historic Travel Film Archive. The collection of travelogues, educational and industrial films, all backed on either 16mm or 35mm film, many in color, is a window to cultural destinations around the world showing people and lifestyles over the last century. It contains the archives of renowned travel lecturers Burton Holmes, Andre De La Varre and James A. Fitzpatrick, as well as footage from many other prominent cameramen and filmmakers including Julien Bryan, Martin & Osa Johnson, and Eugene Castle.
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Pop Culture

• Footage of contemporary and historic pop culture including teenagers, fads and fashions, dating and romance, political demonstrations, cars, surfing, skateboarding, drugs, nightlife, dancing, and more.
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Automotive Collection

• Automotive industry history, personalities, pioneers, and legends, Hot Rods to exotics and everything in between. Look back at the pioneers such as Carroll Shelby, John Z. DeLorean, Henry Ford, and Enzo Ferrari. Racing legends like Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Louis Chevrolet, Mickey Thompson, Sir Malcolm Campbell, and motor-sports celebrities including Paul Newman and Tom Cruise.
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Fire and Rescue

• Dramatic contemporary footage of New York and Los Angeles first responders on the scenes of fires, car accidents, homicides, plane crashes, wildfires. Witness the events from up close on the scene from the firefighters' perspective. Also views from inside fire houses and ride alongs.
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Inside The Actors Studio

• Global ImageWorks is proud to represent “Inside the Actors Studio.” From 1994 to 2017, the series featured insightful interviews with over 250 iconic actors, directors, and music composers, discussing their crafts. Creator and host James Lipton’s well-researched questions written on index cards often revealed surprising details of his guests' lives. The Emmy-award winning series deliberately slower-paced hours-long interviews that included audience questions fostered informative and engaging conversations.
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The Dick Cavett Show

• Dick Cavett’s insightful interviews are regarded as a cornerstone of the television talk show format. From 1968 to 1994, Cavett interviewed legendary musicians, actors, directors, comedians, sports icons, politicians, journalists and activists. He also booked controversial and opinionated guests such as Gore Vidal, William F Buckley, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Susan Brownmiller, and Lester Maddox. Cavett’s shows often highlighted heated debates between guests on heated topics such as the Vietnam War, The Watergate Scandal, Civil Rights, pornography, and Women's Liberation.
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The Courtney Harmel Collection

• Video artist and filmmaker Courtney Harmel was a key player in New York's downtown video scene, producing work that documented the ‘No Wave’ retail and performance culture of the mid-1980s through the 2000s. Covering legendary theme nights such as the "Andy and Edie Show," "Mermaids on Heroin," "The June Brides Show," "Disco Hospital," and the "Fellini Party," at places like Fiorucci, Danceteria, the Pyramid Club, and Limelight, Harmel produced an indelible record of a creative community at play in the darkening shadow of AIDS. The performers and artists in her work are Joey Arias, Charles Busch, Alexis del Lago, Divine, John "Lypsinka" Epperson, Tony Frere, Keith Haring, Grace Jones, John Kelly, Tanya Ransom, Gerard Little, Ann Magnuson, Wendy Wild, John Sex, Andy Warhol, and Madonna.
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History of Rock 'n' Roll Interview Archive

• Global ImageWorks represents over 200 in-depth interviews conducted for Time Life's ten part series, The History of Rock 'n' Roll. From rhythm & blues to folk, heavy metal to punk, this archive is an extraordinary collection of artists who cover a wide range of subjects and musical genres. The History of Rock 'n' Roll Interview Archive is a lesson in contemporary music history. A few highlights include Aerosmith, Pete Townshend, Van Halen, Metallica, David Bowie, James Brown, Elvis Costello, Run DMC, Dick Clark, Quincy Jones, Joe Strummer, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Les Paul, Tom Petty, Carlos Santana and Bono.
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Austin City Limits

• Since its debut in 1974, Austin City Limits has been the longest running weekly music series in television history showcasing popular music legends and innovators from every genre. Honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a rock and roll landmark, Austin City Limits is the only television program to receive the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest award for artistic excellence. Austin City Limits is the recipient of a rare institutional Peabody Award for its more than three decades of presenting and preserving eclectic America musical genres All Austin City Limits clips are text searchable on the GIW website. For more information contact Global ImageWorks
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Films of Robert Mugge

• Global ImageWorks is honored to exclusively represent the "Films of Robert Mugge," an American filmmaker and documentarian who’s captured the essence of great musical performers and performances since the 1970s. Mugge sees music as a metaphor for the human spirit and his films serve as a leaping-off point for discussions of social, cultural, religious and political issues. Mugge’s films delve into a wide range of musical styles, including bluegrass, reggae, zydeco, jazz and traditional Hawaiian music. Performers include Al Green, Ruben Blades, Sonny Rollins and Gil Scott-Heron.
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September 11, 2001

• A unique and comprehensive collection of searing images and interviews documenting the tragic events from the day of 9/11, aftermath, and memorials. Footage from New York City, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. Includes pre-9/11 footage of World Trade Center, exteriors and aerials.
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Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

• Footage capturing the catastrophic devestation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans' 9th Ward both from the ground and in the air (shot in hi-definition). Extremely dramatic footage shot during the storm (standard definition). Also, extensive scenics, music and lifestyles of New Orleans both pre- and post-Katrina.
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In Their Own Words

• Exclusive interviews with Hollywood celebrities, music and cultural icons, political figures who have shaped our world - Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child, Ice Cube, Martha Gellhorn, Dick Cheney, Hamas, PLO and Israeli leaders and many more.
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Wealthy Black Communities 1920s

• This rare and unique film collection documents the daily lives of Guthrie, Muskogee, and Langston, Oklahoma - all successful middle class African American towns thriving in the aftermath of the infamous Tulsa Riots of 1921 illustrating a little known piece of history. The footage shows these successful black communities visiting one another's country homes, parading through downtown Muskogee in some two dozen Packards, going to church, a National Baptist Convention, European vacations, black cowboys riding horses amidst oil derricks on their ranches, various sporting events including rare footage of the 1928 Los Angeles to New York "Great American Foot Race" in which three of the finishing runners were black Americans.
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Crime

• Gritty selections of crime scenes, drug busts, and arrest footage from our archive bring to life the New York of the 70s and 80s. This incredible footage—shot by freelance videographers with unfettered access—captures the inner workings of the NYPD during an era when the city appeared to be on the brink of collapse. This large collection includes footage of investigations, interiors of precincts and a wide assortment of police vehicles. It also includes footage of ambulance crews rushing the injured to hospitals, firefighters contending with record-high arson rates, and city mortuary technicians transporting the least fortunate crime victims.
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Destinations and Travel

• Check in now and get your boarding pass ready to travel through place and time with the GIW travel collection. This wonderful footage is from travelogues, educational and industrial films, filmmakers, production companies. A large part of the collection is now available in 4K from the perfectly preserved film.
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