private industry stock footage stock photography post production founded 1957 headquarters north hollywood california usa number of employees 2 10 website www.producerslibrary.com producers library service is a provider of stock footage and photographs for professional film and tv productions . 1 producers library is the longest established stock film footage company in the us . 2 since it was founded in 1957 the company has built up a collection of 16mm and 35mm film high definition video footage and photos consisting of locations shots from around the world outtakes from feature films and tv newsreels classic film trailers and more . their film archive has a special focus in entertainment history including hollywood history from 1910 specializing in the golden age of hollywood . 3 the size of the library has grown over the years and now includes over ten million feet of 35mm and 16mm film and approximately thirty thousand hours of video . 4 history edit producers library was founded in 1957 when the librarians at rko and mgm decided to form their own company . 5 the archival footage from producers library has been used in major hollywood feature films such as the intro to l.a. confidential 6 7 where their stock footage shots of los angeles in the 1950s transport the viewer to the time period in which the film takes place . they provided vintage stock footage shots for the hbo film hemingway & gellhorn 8 which the filmmakers used to place actors clive owen and nicole kidman in with the help of a green screen . producers library has also provided stock footage and still photos to other television and film productions such as documentaries on historical figures marlon brando bob marley howard hughes and greta garbo . 9 unreliable source notes edit cartwright steve r. 1996 . pre production planning for video film and multimedia . newton ma butterworth heinemann . p. 213 . isbn 0 240 80271 3 . retrieved march 9 2015 . upshall michael 2014 . content licensing buying and selling digital resources . cambridge uk chandos publishing . p. 11 . isbn 978 1 84334 333 2 . retrieved march 13 2015 . morgan jenny 1996 . the film researcher s handbook a guide to sources in north america south america asia austarlasia and africa . new york routledge . p. 234 . isbn 978 0 415 15123 8 . retrieved march 9 2015 . http www.stockfootageonline.com company profile.cfm id 402 slide anthony 1992 . nitrate won t wait a history of film preservation in the united states . jefferson north carolina mcfarland & company . p. 142 . isbn 0 7864 0836 7 . retrieved march 9 2015 . dargis manohla 2003 . l.a. confidential . london british film institute . p. 92 . isbn 0 85170 944 3 . retrieved march 13 2015 . http www.artofthetitle.com title la confidential http www.studentfilmmakers.com news producers library stock footage.shtml http www.imdb.com company co0009220 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title producers library service & oldid 705096427 categories stock footagestock photographyfilm archivestelevision archivesphoto archivesmedia companies established in 1957hidden categories all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from march 2015official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2016 at 13 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view