Film Archives, Inc.

Film Archives, Inc. or F.I.L.M. Archives (Fast Images Lotsa Movies) is a stock footage company based in New York City.

It is believed to be one of the oldest independent footage companies and has supplied footage to feature films, television, industrial, commercial, and web footage users.

Footage from its library of mostly vintage films has been featured in

Trial of the Chicago 7

.

History

Film Archives was founded in 1986 by Mark Trost and Rick Scheckman, who had been collecting 16mm films as a hobby throughout the 1960s and 1970s, an era before the advent of home

Our World with Linda Ellerbee for use of a clip from the 1938 Lone Ranger serial, the company notified other TV producers of their collection. Producers of Geraldo, Inside Edition and the Comedy Channel (precursor to Comedy Central) soon began incorporating clips from the company's collection into their programs.^[1]

In 1987, Film Archives began representing footage from

Extra

.

Company's major claim to television fame is being the source of

Mr. B Natural for use in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K).^[3]

F.I.L.M. Archives is the only known holder of this film print today, archived as reel #1133B.

According to company records, the top five footage requests are: 1. Elvis Presley 2. Marilyn Monroe 3. John F. Kennedy 4. 1950s

suburbia

5. World War II^[4]