Pond5 launches Public Domain Project with 80,000 Free Media Assets

January 21, 2015 Marco | Editor

By Amos Struck

As announced today, media agency

Pond5 Public Domain Project

The digitized content includes historic footage from the National Archives, NASA videos from rocket launches and the International Space Station and clips from the Olympic games 1952 in Helsinki. Audio recordings include speeches of Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy (including his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech) as well as full performances of composers like Beethoven or Chopin.

“For years, all of this amazing public domain content has been locked up and inaccessible to the average media maker,” said Pond5 cofounder and CEO Tom Bennett. “They deserve better. Our …read more

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