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30 April 2010 AP Archive Scoops 'Best Footage Library' Award
(LONDON) - Members of the audiovisual archive trade body, FOCAL International have voted AP Archive 'Footage Library of the Year' at its annual awards event in Central London.
The award was presented by the prominent film producer and patron of FOCAL International, Lord Puttnam in front of 500 figures from the audiovisual production sector. Now in their seventh year, the FOCAL International Awards celebrate the best use of archive material across all production sectors with footage users being allowed to vote for who they believe to be the best supplier out of over 50 footage libraries.
AP's Director of International Archives, Alwyn Lindsey accepted the award for AP Archive at the event held in the Royal Lancaster Hotel on 27 April. Speaking of AP's win, Lindsey commented, "This award means a great deal to us and is a great reward for all of the hard work that our team puts in every day. It's a great thrill to get this recognition especially as the award is given by customers - there's no better endorsement than that".
AP Archive was also nominated in the category of Best Restoration & Preservation Project for its ongoing work in restoring the 3,500 hours of the lost United Press International Television News (UPITN) archive. That award was given to restoration of Michael Powell's 1948 classic film, The Red Shoes, and was accepted by the film director Martin Scorsese.
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AP Archive
AP Archive is the video footage collection of The Associated Press, with material dating back to the beginning of the 20th Century. With an archive of over 700,000 stories, it is rich in its coverage of events, war and conflict, politics, disasters, environment, culture, social history, human interest, science, entertainment and sport. The collection is updated daily with the global news coverage of AP Television News and contains footage from many major content partners including ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and China State Television.
www.aparchive.com
More information and a promotional video relating to AP Archive's UPITN "Lost Archive" project can be found at www.lostarchive.co.uk
FOCAL International
The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International Ltd, was formed in 1985 as an international, non-profit making, professional trade. It represents commercial film/audiovisual, stills and sound libraries as well as facility houses, professional film researchers and producers working in the industry.
The Associated Press
The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world's population sees news from AP.
For further information, please contact:
Sophie Toumazis
tpr media consultants
Email: Sophie Toumazis
Tel: +44 (0)20 8347 7020/+44 (0)7974 428858
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