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Oddball Film + Video Acquires 40's - 50's Footage

Oddball Film+Video, a leading provider of offbeat and unusual stock footage, has recently acquired a collection of eclectic films from the 1940’s and 1950’s featuring kooky burlesque dancers, automobile manufacturing films, silent comedies and cartoons, and 1940s “juke box” musical Soundies. We also acquired rare footage of the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

Oddball’s quirky collection feature over 50,000+ 35 mm, 16 mm, and HD historical and contemporary clips in all genres. Oddball’s recent projects include research for the as yet untitled Michael Moore Project set for release on October 2009 and ”VH1’s documentary “The Soul Train Story” (working title) , licensing for the Fox TV series “Glee and commercials such as “EDF Energy” slated for UK broadcast.

Posted by Will Carleton
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