We shoot original b-roll, digitize film archives frame by careful frame, and maintain a searchable library so editors never start from zero. Founded and run by Rachel Kim.
From original capture to legacy film rescue, every clip that passes through our archive is logged, color-checked, and cataloged before it ever reaches an edit bay.
Skyline, harbor, street-level, and drone-adjacent coverage shot specifically for stock and licensing use — not leftover production scraps.
16mm and 35mm reels scanned frame by frame on calibrated equipment, color-restored, and archived in redundant cold storage.
A tagged, keyworded catalog of licensed clips across nature, urban, industrial, and lifestyle categories — cleared and ready for commercial use.
Custom-commissioned scenic and lifestyle footage shot to your brief, delivered with full usage rights and no library restrictions.
Triple-redundant drive arrays and offsite cold backup so licensed and client footage is never a single point of failure away from lost.
Every incoming and outgoing clip is reviewed for focus, exposure, and color consistency on our reference monitor wall before cataloging.
Rachel Kim founded the archive after years working as an assistant editor who kept running into the same problem: footage that existed somewhere, but couldn't be found. Every process here — from labeling to color review — exists to solve that.
A small selection from our catalog — every entry below is logged, licensed, and ready for delivery in your production format of choice.
Slow push across labeled shelving — reels, drives, and paper tags catching warm directional light.
Tripod-locked establishing shot with palm-lined foreground and downtown San Diego skyline behind.
Handheld scenic capture at last light — warm rim light along the cliffs, soft ocean haze.
16mm reel mounted for frame-by-frame transfer — color and grain preserved from the original stock.
An editor scrubbing through tagged search results in our internal catalog interface.
Tell us the shot, mood, or reel you need — we search the existing catalog first.
If nothing existing fits, we scope a custom shoot or film transfer to spec.
Original footage is shot on location, or legacy reels are scanned frame by frame.
Every clip is reviewed for focus, exposure, and color, then logged with usage terms.
Files delivered in your format of choice with a clear, written license.
Every quote is confirmed in writing before work begins — no surprise usage fees after delivery.
"We needed 1990s San Diego waterfront footage for a documentary and assumed it didn't exist. Rachel's team found three reels in about a day."
"The custom b-roll shoot came back exactly to spec — clean, well-lit, and licensed with zero ambiguity about usage. Made our post schedule easy."
"Sent them a box of my late father's 16mm home movies. They came back scanned, color-corrected, and organized better than I ever could have done myself."
Tell us what you're looking for — an archive search, a custom shoot, or a film transfer — and we'll follow up within one business day.