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Originally Posted by dtuomi
I wonder who they give permission to? It sounds like you got a boiler plate response, and was just ignored. I could try to send them an email, I work for Time Warner, so maybe they would respond in a more positive way to another media company.
Another place to look for a copy would be through the BBC. Although it sounds crazy, they actually own a company that sells B-roll and other footage to news organizations and they have stuff like this. I'll try to dig up the web site for it.
David
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I can guess they'd provide permission to big wigs in the TV/film industry such as producers, directors, archivists, researchers etc. for broadcast usage on TV shows or news reports, and politicians would obviously have easy access to that material, and maybe it may be accessible to universities for historical purposes, that's my guess anyhow. I also tend to wonder if rich people can pay a big wad of cash for permission rights to this footage too?
Anyhow all n all it sucks that much of this material is unavailable due to strict copyright policies, but that's the TV/film industry works. I hope you'll have better luck obtaining permission to purchase this footage.
Anyhow this was the actual response I got from NBC News Archives:
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Dear Mr. Walters,
I received your request for the NBC NEWS SPECIAL : WRC-TV NBC Washington Studios Dedication Ceremonies with President Dwight D. Eisenhower - 5/22/58.
Unfortunately NBC News does not provide or give permission to private collectors to obtain NBC Copyrighted footage. For this reason we cannot grant you permission to obtain a copy of this footage from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.
Sincerely,
Luis Aristondo
NBC News Archives
Sales Operations Coordinator
Tel. (212) 413-5992
[email protected]
www.nbcnewsarchives.com
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