Archival content for your media production on time and budget.
Action Archive has more than a decade’s worth of experience sourcing, verifying, clearing and licensing content across genres. We’re experienced journalists, archive producers and media execs with an eye for storytelling.
A passion for finding visual gold
Our team of researchers and archive producers can source just about any content you need to bring your production to life.
We can help with
Sports
Sports rights can be complicated. We can help you navigate this to source match-action, interviews, and fan content from all major rights holders globally.
UGC
UGC has been dubbed the future of entertainment. Camera phones have revolutionized how content is created. We can help you properly clear social videos without the associated headaches.
Historical
We’ve built an internal database of all the major historical content archives. From world wars to political moments, our library partners have it all. We can scour these to find the moment you need.
Nature
With decades of experience working with individual nature photographers and videographers to large libraries – we have the connections to find the perfect shot.
Newsreel
Need to license local or national news coverage of an event? Sometimes it can be hard to track down the stringer who captured it – let us do the sleuthing for you.
So much more!
These are just some of our content specialties. But we can apply our skills to any challenge to bring your production to reality. We are the one-stop shop for archive.
Why work with Action?
We have experience sitting on both sides of the licensing table. Our team includes former journalists and producers used to hunting down the right content to tell their stories. But we also have extensive experience licensing library content to productions like yours. This gives us an unrivaled overview of the full process, helping us negotiate better rates, find the best content and understand your pain points.
Experience
- 15+ years of rights and clearance experience.
- 10+ years licensing content to productions.
- Unrivalled understanding of all sides of the negotiating table.
Connections
- Great connections with libraries and unique content owners – from individuals to mega libraries.
- Access to exclusive, premium UGC sources.
- Journalistic pedigree to meet production deadlines on time and within budget.