Stock footage
Videos
Stock footage, and similarly, archive footage, library pictures, and file footage is film or video footage that can be used again in other films. Stock footage is beneficial to filmmakers as it saves
A videographer captures stock footage of a passing train outside Las Vegas
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band, USMC, performs in San Diego, 2011: still shot from stock footage clip.
Stock photography
Videos
Stock photography is the supply of photographs that are often licensed for specific uses. The stock photo industry, which began to gain hold in the 1920s, has established models including traditional
A public domain stock photo titled "frog on palm frond"
A stock photograph, now in the archive of Getty Images, showing the 1911 Solvay Conference in Belgium. Many stock photos document historical events.
Example of a public domain stock photo, showing the Marina City building complex in Chicago