Video

Send every piece of footage available: even if it’s shaky or out of focus. Sometimes, the only record of a particular event is in otherwise unusable video.
Send the final edit of any video package produced.
Tell us as much context as possible for the video
- What was your relationship to the event?
- What event was taking place?
- Who was taking the video?
- When and where was the video shot?
- What camera was being used?
- Who are the people pictured?
Digital-native video
- Ideally, send the raw file (MOV, MP4, AVCHD, MXF, DNG)
- Otherwise, send the image that’s the closest to the original as possible: no processing or editing and as little compression as possible.
Film-native video
- Donate the film directly to the Archive.
- Otherwise, have it professionally digitized at 4K resolution and send those files.