Independent films and stock footage since 1985
Films and footage from the people who were there.
Award-winning adventure, documentary and instructional films, plus a footage archive shot around the world from 16mm film to 4K.
Now showing: from the vault
North American Journey
In 1986, Mark and Patty loaded a small Chinook camper and spent nine months on the road from San Diego to Alaska, filming it all on a rare VHS camera. Raw, vintage and true, it’s a window into a quieter North America.
Two ways in
Watch a classic, or put our footage in your project.
Watch the films
Titles that helped define action sports, alternative health and social-issue documentaries. Every film page has a free trailer, and you can buy right there.
- The world’s first instructional massage and mountain biking videos
- Documentaries on veterans, cannabis and women’s rights
- Free music films and shorts for a dollar
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License footage
Hundreds of hours of contemporary and archival clips, logged and searchable, from 1954 to today.
- Scenic, cultural, wildlife, sports, aerial and underwater
- Used by The Tonight Show, Disney, IBM and more
- Free research: tell us what you need and we’ll look
Featured films
Award winners from the catalog.
Full Cycle: A World Odyssey
A mountain bike journey through nine countries, from Costa Rica’s sea floor to a volcano’s crater.
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Nectarball: The Story of Cannabis
How the world’s most misunderstood plant went from sacred medicine to public enemy, and back again.
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The Invisible Ones: Homeless Combat Veterans
Veterans living on the street, in their own words.
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Battle at Durango
The first-ever World Mountain Bike Championships in Durango, Colorado.
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Ultimate Mountain Biking
Advanced techniques and winning strategies from the sport’s top riders.
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Lessons in Cycling
Olympian John Howard teaches riders of every level.
Watch the trailerThe collections
Find your kind of film.
Mountain biking and cycling
Where extreme sports video began, including the first Mt. Everest Mountain Bike Rally.
Documentaries
Veterans, cannabis, women’s rights and a 1986 journey across North America.
Educational
Massage, self defense and fitness, from the first videos of their kind.
Cultural
Hot rods, skateboarding, sailplanes and San Diego scenes, including the Charlie Lloyd Collection.
Music films Free
Original music films, free to watch.
Shorts for a dollar
Short films, from Sally Ride’s Astral Dream to The Sinking of the Yukon.
The footage archive
Seventy years of footage, logged and ready to license.
San Diego’s first and largest stock footage library, with contemporary and archival clips from around the world, delivered digitally.
When the makers of Anchorman needed real 1970s footage, they licensed it from New & Unique Videos. So did Disney, for the hurricane in Smart House.
Clients include The Tonight Show, Disney, DreamWorks, Paramount, IBM and Real TV.
Describe the shot you need. We’ll search the archive for free and send you options.
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The founders
Made by filmmakers, not a studio.
Mark Schulze and Patty Mooney started New & Unique Videos in 1985 to produce and distribute their own films. Mark built one of the first helmet cams to shoot The Great Mountain Biking Video. Patty rode in the first Mt. Everest Mountain Bike Rally. Together they’ve spent four decades filming stories as they happened.