Historic Films Archive is a stock footage library operating from New York . It owns the rights to an extensive collection of television and film footage dating back to 1895. Its library includes all genres of American Music on film and video and historic archive footage derived from American Newsreels, Feature Films, Industrial shorts, home movies, out-takes and cartoons.
7-777: Joe Lauro is an American documentary filmmaker, musician and stock footage archivist. He is the CEO of Historic Films Archive , a commercial stock footage archive focusing on American music on film and video and rare American history and pop culture on film 1895–2000. He has directed and produced documentary films such as The Big Beat: Fats Domino, the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll and Rejoice and Shout. Lauro born in Brooklyn , New York. He received his MA in Cinema Studies at New York University and began working for Patrick Montgomerys' ARCHIVE FILM PRODUCTIONS
14-456: A film archive service in New York after graduation. In 1991, Lauro founded Historic Films Archive , a stock footage library that contains over 40,000 hours of film and video which is derived from American Newsreels, Feature Films, Industrial shorts, home movies, out-takes, television programs and cartoons. Lauro turned to the filmmaking with a documentary film Louis Prima: The Wildest! In 1999. Lauro
21-425: A researcher and Plagge for FOX MOVIETONE NEWS when they decided to form their own company. They soon realized that licensing footage was more lucrative than acting as researchers. In 1993, the company moved to East Hampton , close to Plagge's home. In 1994 Plagge died, and Lauro formed a partnership with California producer Andrew Solt, the owner of the rights to The Ed Sullivan Show . They converted ARIQ into
28-559: Is known for his documentary films focused on American music themes. Apart from directing, he has also worked as a music consultant on films that required archival music such as the Grateful Dead documentary LONG STRANGE TRIP, Bob Dylan's documentary NO DIRECTION HOME and others. Since 2021 he has hosted THE AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR on Southampton New York's WLIW, Long Island's only NPR station, where he discusses and plays Jazz, Blues and Country 78 rpm recordings of
35-470: The footage and In 2007 Lauro, with filmmakers Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville began shopping around a documentary film on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which Tulchin dubbed "The Black Woodstock" When negotiations with Newmarket Films broke down, it's attorney Robert Fyvolent entered into a option deal with Tulchin that in 2022 resulted in THE SUMMER OF SOUL. Despite all the press at
42-604: The pre-1940 era from his extensive collection. 1969 HARLEM CULTURAL FESTIVAL . In 2006 Lauro tracked down Hal Tulchin the original producer of the video tape footage shot at the 1969 HARLEM CULTURAL FESTIVAL which became the basis of the 2022 Academy Award winning documentary THE SUMMER OF SOUL . Lauro, with Tulchin's blessing, retrieved the original master tapes from Tulchin's Bronxville basement, restored and digitized them, as well as filed them for copyright registrations on behalf of Tulchin. Lauro's Historic Films Archive began licensing excerpts for
49-497: The time giving others credit for first discovering the Harlem Cultural Festival tapes, it was Lauro who actually brought the tapes and Harlem Cultural Festival event back to light. Historic Films Archive The company originated as a Manhattan based research archive named Associated Researchers and Image Quest; it was founded by Joe Lauro and Richard Plagge in 1991. Lauro had previously worked for Archive Films as
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