About us

Overview

BBC Motion Gallery offers media professionals in advertising, commercials, television, film, interactive and corporate video production access to the world’s most comprehensive collection of high-quality motion imagery for licensing and royalty-free usage worldwide.

With more than 500 million feet of film and 600,000 hours of video, BBC Motion Gallery encompasses a wealth of content covering natural history, wildlife, news, locations, art, music, celebrities, culture, performing arts and more, including acclaimed programming produced in conjunction with Discovery and PBS.

Users are able to access tens of thousands of BBC Motion Gallery clips online, or use our team of expert researchers to tap into the rest of our vast motherlode of content.

In addition to the legendary BBC archive of rights-managed footage, BBC Motion Gallery offers a wide range of high-quality, royalty-free motion clips and economical CD collections. We also provide an array of creative production resources, ranging from short to custom research.

BBC Motion Gallery is the exclusive global representative of the CBS News Archive, and has global distribution arrangements with NHK, Japan’s national broadcaster and ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

In addition, BBC Motion Gallery represents numerous other acclaimed archives, including Rip Curl, the Huntley Film Archive and Nugus Martin. And more collections are being added regularly.

BBC Motion Gallery operates from offices in London and regional offices in New York, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sydney, Paris and Tokyo.