Global ImageWorks is exclusively representing clip licensing for Omnibus, the award winning television show available for the first time since its original airing. This groundbreaking television series demonstrated for the first time that television could bring arts, science, social and political issues to a mass audience.
With Alistair Cooke as host, Omnibus was broadcast live from 1952 to 1961, and won more than 65 awards. Its 235 hours feature an extraordinary assemblage of entertainers and personalities appeared including Leonard Bernstein, Orson Welles, James Dean, Jack Benny, Gene Kelly, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Frank Lloyd Wright, Dr Seuss, William Faulkner, Senator John F. Kennedy, Sir Edmund Hillary and countless others from the era. Omnibus showcased original works by playwrights, showed the first images of X-ray movies, featured performances by The Metropolitan Opera, The New York City Ballet, The New York Philharmonic, scenes from Broadway plays and musicals and was also where Leonard Bernstein first showcased his notable musical analyses.
The collection is currently being digitized but is also film backed on kinescope and will be fully searchable on the Global ImageWorks website at http://www.globalimageworks.com.stock/omnibus-collection.shtml.
About Global ImageWorks
Global ImageWorks (GIW) is a boutique, full service company providing stock footage library sales, research and rights management services. Built by a team of professional footage researchers, Global ImageWorks is known for uncovering and making available for licensing, not just stock shots, but deep content from several unique, rich, high quality footage collections drawn from the vaults of filmmakers, cinematographers, journalists, and production companies. Global ImageWorks’ collections cover a broad spectrum of categories including music and entertainment, world events and global conflict, destinations and aerials and is also exclusively representing the clip licensing for the iconic television show, Soul Train. www.globalimageworks.com.