With the sun coming out and the weather warming up, holiday booking season is upon us. To alleviate your work-head and inject some long-awaited wanderlust, we’re showcasing our favourite collections of contemporary travel footage, all available to license in stunning high-definition.
Dorian Webber
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park 3/9 / 2010 / Bridgeman Images
Wonderfully cinematic footage from Japan, Northern America, Canada and Thailand, including mountainous landscapes, light-filled cityscapes, wildlife and ancient monuments.
Laboratoriorosso
Sunrise time lapse in the White Desert 3 / 2006 / Laboratoriorosso / Bridgeman Images
An expansive and exquisitely filmed collection of Egyptology footage including 10 short educational documentaries, high quality HD B-reel of dreamy desertscapes, pyramids, hieroglyphics and more, as well as exclusive 3D Models of Egyptian artifacts and tombs.
Moonweed Digital
Dhol Players, Karachi 1 / 2010 / Moonweed Digital / Bridgeman Images
Exclusive and fascinating footage of contemporary Pakistan, featuring the country’s arts, culture, people, and landscapes. The collection is also home to rare footage from Swat Valley, which is available in 4K.
Benoy K Behl Flims
Old man with prayer wheel, Tibet 2 / 2011 / Benoy K Behl Films / Bridgeman Images
Exclusive to Bridgeman, these HD clips of sites, monuments, religion and culture from East Asia provide a beautiful and surprising stock collection.
Media Pool
London aerial 24 – cityscape featuring Greenwich Peninsula and The O2 /Millennium Dome /2011 / Courtesy of mediapool.co.uk / Bridgeman Images
Exclusive aerial footage of London, featuring rare shots over the Olympic Park during its construction.
Martin Norris
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, Montmartre /2012 / Martin Norris Travel Photography / Bridgeman Images
These stock travel clips in HD feature Vienna, Rome, Paris and Sri Lanka in all their architectural glory, with more locations to come.
Travelshots
The Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Elysees at night / 2012 / © Peter Phipp/Travelshots / Bridgeman Images
Unique shots of the grand sites of London (including the Trooping the Colour parade), Venice and Paris. Model released where necessary, with more locations to come.
Creation Company Films
POV shot from boat behind boatman in conical hat, crossing Sarawak River, Kuching, Malaysia / Courtesy of Creation Company Films Ltd / Bridgeman Images
An exclusive and continually growing collection of contemporary HD footage from Malaysian Borneo, including rainforests, wildlife and life in the city of Kuching.
Sites & Photos
Lake Djupvatnet in Norway, clip 5 / 2014 /© Samuel Magal, Sites & Photos Ltd. / Bridgeman Images
An exhaustive collection of HD footage of monuments, scenery and landmarks from around the globe. Countries include: Italy, France, Israel, America, England, Norway, and Greece.
De Agostini
Exterior, Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt 7 / 2007 / De Agostini Picture Library / Bridgeman Images
Egyptology seen in HD. A wonderful collection of high-resolution clips, expertly filmed to show the ancient treasures of the Egyptian tombs, monuments and hieroglyphics.
And to fully instil the travel bug, here is our latest showreel depicting transport throughout the 20th Century, from trains, plains and automobiles, to jet packs and balloons… bon voyage!
