Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How large is your library compared to other commercial sources?

A. Military/Combat Stock Footage Library is the largest privately held stock footage library in the world devoted exclusively to military history. We cover all the major conflicts and battles of the 20th century including WWI, WWII, Spanish Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and many minor brush wars as well.

Q. Do you cover all military service branches?

A. We do. Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Marines and also special service units.

Q. Are you limited to US Military events, weaponry, and personnel?

A. Not at all. We have footage covering events and activities of military personnel from Germany, Japan, China, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Russia ,Viet Nam, The Philippines, Burma, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, Syria, Egypt, Canada, Argentina, Greece, Yugoslavia, and many other countries.

Q. Are rights as to the usage limited to certain markets (i.e. TV) as opposed to industrial non broadcast rights?

A. All stock footage acquired from the Military/Combat Stock Footage Library is free of license fee of any sort. Usage is unrestricted, in perpetuity, and for all international markets and usages. Library clients commission our company to search and find material and make video sub masters. No licensing is required.

Q. Your rate of $30 dollars a second seems very high. Suppose I need substantial material in numbers of minutes instead of seconds, are you open to negotiating lower prices?

A. Absolutely. While our rates are based on $30 dollars a second with a minimum charge of ten seconds per archived edit or camera cut, we offer generous reductions if there are more than four (4) cuts ordered ($1,200 dollars). As each client’s needs and requirements are distinct, we do not post strict guidelines for discounts. Each request for special pricing is subject to negotiation.

Q. Do you offer preview copies in formats other than VHS?

A. We do not. Preview cassettes are only in the NTSC format.

Q. What about sub masters in PAL or Secam? Do you provide copies in those formats?

A. We do not. Sub masters are only available in Beta Cam SP (NTSC). Further transfer to PAL or Secam formats is the responsibility of the client.

Q. Do you have a demo reel showing highlights of some of your footage?

A. We do offer a VHS cassette showing clips from the various important conflicts of the 20th Century which demonstrates the great scope and coverage available from the archives of the Military/Combat Stock Footage Library. A VHS copy of our short demo tape is available at a cost of $10 dollars to cover shipping and handling.

Q. Do you plan to make digital sub masters available?

A. Yes, we do have plan to create an all new digital master resource for our clients but as we have more than 1,500 master tapes, retransferring to new digital masters will require more than a year of intense effort.

Q. Our university would like to have a mini video library devoted to military history. Might there be ever an opportunity to order such a non-commercial program which we could use for research purposes? Would it be very costly to acquire?

A. Just a concept is in the works and should be available within a year's time. There will be a variety of special 'mini' libraries in digital formats with audio/visual content running from as little as 10 hours to as much as 100 hours. These mini libraries will be reasonably priced and well within everyone's budget limitations.

Q. How could we find out more about these 'mini' libraries?

A. Contact our Military Mini Library Department and ask to be placed on a special email list for future notification of availability.