The Pond5 Public Domain Project is the first library of free public domain content designed specifically for media makers. The initial collection includes 10,000 video clips, 65,000 photos, thousands of sound recordings, and hundreds of 3D models.
The collection includes 5,000 never-seen-before video clips directly from the National Archives outside of Washington D.C. Other video highlights include George Melié’s 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, along with footage from the 1952 Helsinki Olympic games, the World Wars, NASA rocket launches, and the International Space Station. Speeches from historical figures like Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy can be heard in the collection’s recordings, along with full performances from composers like Beethoven and Chopin.
“For years, all of this amazing public domain content has been locked up and inaccessible to the average media maker,” said Pond5 co-founder and CEO Tom Bennett. “They deserve better. Our Public Domain Project empowers media makers to take advantage of this incredibly rich library that’s rightfully theirs.”
Pond5, based in New York, with offices in Geneva, Switzerland and Prague, Czech Republic,raised recently $61 million from Accel Partners and Stripes Group. It currently employs a global team of over 80 people who provide users photos, illustrations, music tracks, sound effects, Adobe After Effects project templates, and 3D models.
