About Us

About Us

The World’s premier source for footage of musical artists, entertainers and history makers.

Over the past 27 years Reelin’ In The Years Productions has signed representational deals with over 90 television stations and independent archives throughout Europe, North America & Australia and has amassed the world’s largest library of music footage housing over 30,000 hours of material from the 1920s to today. In 2020 they were honored with the prestigious “Footage Library Of The Year” award from FOCAL International.

In addition to our massive music footage archive, we also have available for licensing 10,000 hours of in-depth interviews with the 20th century’s icons of Film and Television, Politics, Comedy, Literature, Art, Science, Fashion and Sports. The interviews, filmed between 1952-2024, are from smaller interview based archives and also legendary talk shows around the world, including those hosted by Sir David Frost, Merv Griffin, Mike Wallace, Dennis Miller, Sir Michael Parkinson, Rick Dees and Brian Linehan.

David Peck (founder & president of Reelin’ In The Years Productions) has also directed and produced over 70 historical music documentaries and programs focused primarily on the giants of jazz, blues and rock & roll garnering many awards including a Grammy Nomination. In working closely with White Horse Pictures, David Peck was one of the Executive Producers on the critically acclaimed documentary on the Bee Gees , How Can You Mend A Broken Heart and served as one of the Co-Executive Producers on a multi-part documentary series on the famed record Memphis record label, STAX: Soulsville USA which was nominated for an EMMY and in May 2025 won the prestigious Peabody award. Most recently David Peck served as Executive Producer on The Makings Of Curtis Mayfield a film produced by Peter Afterman and directed by Oscar and Grammy award winning artist, H.E.R. (Gabriella Wilson)

In 2022 Wilfred Frost (Sir David Frost’s son) along with White Horse Pictures began producing a six part series for Sky Arts & MSNBC entitled, David Frost Vs.. Each 50 minute episode centers around a subject and primarily draws from the nearly 15,000 interviews Sir David has conducted over 50 years. David Peck served as Associate Producer and his company, Reelin’ in The Years Productions spent many years locating, transferring and cataloging this important archive.

Wilfred Frost: “I met David Peck and partnered with him in 2014, a year after Dad died. He has been totally central to everything we’ve done with The David Frost Archive since, and without him and his team at Reelin’ In The Years Productions, huge swathes of Dad’s work wouldn’t be restored and available in the way that it is today. He is the ultimate archivist—extraordinarily passionate about what he does and the footage he represents; always putting my interests first; while also commercially savvy and maximising the value of the footage we have.”

In April 2025 Wilfred Frost invited David to join him at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to ring in the opening bell and celebrate the US premiere on MSNBC of this unique six part series, This may very well be the first time in history that a documentary film was honored on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Reelin’ In The Years Productions is happy to work with any and all parties to officially license any content from within our unique and massive archive. With more material being discovered each day we are constantly expanding our horizons of what we can present to the world of entertainment.

Whether you’re looking for music footage from The Beatles to Taylor Swift, and in-depth interviews with entertainers from Bette Davis to Jerry Seinfeld, history makers from Dr. Martin Luther King to Nelson Mandela and world leaders from President Richard Nixon to The Shah Of Iran, we have the perfect footage for your project.

FAQs

Can RITY help me generate income from footage I own the rights to?

We represent archives as big as TV stations in Australia to legendary TV shows like The Merv Griffin Show but we also have a number of clients who took their small movie cameras and shot silent footage of concerts they attended. ALL of them are potential money makers.

If you have footage that you produced for film or TV that you own the rights to or home movie footage of artists or groups that you filmed we would love to speak with you about representing your archive.

What Are The Rates For Licensing Footage?

Rates vary depending on the rights required (TV, Streaming, Theatrical, social media etc.), the territory (worldwide, UK , North America, Europe etc.) and the term such as perpetuity, 10 years, 5 years etc.

Please email us and we can discuss our rates for your particular project.

How Long Will It Take To Receive Screeners?

The philosophy at RITY has always been to get the material into the client’s hands as soon as possible, and we have built a great reputation over the years based on that commitment.

We’ve spent years digitizing our archive and have a very unique system. We are able to deliver to you one link to a folder that contains all the specific performing artists or guests you have requested. The footage you receive via email will have burnt-in time code and our library tape numbers so that when you order master material, you can easily let us know what you are interested in. Each link we send will have a detailed log sheet listing specific information about the various clips in the folder.

We have deliberately chosen NOT to make the footage available on our website (like so many others in this industry do) because we know our archive inside and out. Please call or email us so that we can help you find the best footage for your project. We love to do the research (free of charge) and deliver the footage you need neatly and organized to your email.

How Do I Order Footage?

You can click here and submit your request via email. Please remember to include your phone number, email address, project request and project description. We will call you to discuss your needs and can usually fill your requests within one day.

Please note, due to contractual obligations with our clients, if you a fan or collector who merely wants a copy for personal use, are working on some type of school project, writing a book and want to listen to something in our archive for your research, we will not be able to help you. We will only send material out for projects to clients in the entertainment industry.

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Industry Quotes

"Reelin’ In The Years has the definitive catalog for many of the greatest acts in popular music history. That has made them the go-to supplier for material on many of the major documentaries we have worked on at White Horse Pictures. What so attracts me is that the company, and its principals, are always there to help with suggestions and ideas to fill out clips and material we are looking for to make our documentaries wonderful. They do a great job for their rights holders, but equally, they bring their taste, energy, and user-friendly attitude to helping us licensees!"
Nigel SinclairOSCAR, GRAMMY, EMMY-winning Director/Producer

"I met David Peck and partnered with him in 2014, a year after Dad died. He has been totally central to everything we’ve done with The David Frost Archive since, and without him and his team at Reelin’ In The Years Productions, huge swathes of Dad’s work wouldn’t be restored and available in the way that it is today. He is the ultimate archivist—extraordinarily passionate about what he does and the footage he represents; always putting my interests first; while also commercially savvy and maximising the value of the footage we have."
Wilfred FrostCEO Paradine Productions, Anchor, Sky News and CNBC.

"I’ve worked closely with David Peck and his team at Reelin’ In The Years on dozens of documentary productions. David’s stewardship of the archival content that he represents is truly impressive. He is incredibly knowledgeable about every piece of archival footage that he represents, and takes a hands-on approach to make sure that we get just the right material for our projects. He’s also set up an efficient and streamlined system to electronically deliver screener and master footage within hours of receiving an order. Working with David through every phase of production, from research and development through licensing, is a pleasure."
Valarie BarskyClearance & Research Supervisor and Archival Producer

"I am so excited to be in business with David Peck & Reelin’ In The Years Productions. They are the gold standard of footage archives and I’m appreciative of their intense work they put into fully restoring my archive of the one of a kind interviews I conducted, along with the world class performers I had as my guests."
Rick DeesAward-winning radio/TV personality and hit songwriter/artist

"Digging through archival footage from Reelin’ In The Years Productions always inspires a WOW moment. When it comes to music documentaries, RITY has always been instrumental, but now that the company has such a wealth of material outside the scope of music footage, they’re indispensable to any archival project."
Morgan NevilleOSCAR-winning director

"There are music clip companies and then there is Reelin’ In the Years. Over the course of the last couple of years, I have come to appreciate their deep music library as well as the deep music knowledge of the staff at the company. In my experience there are very few companies in any genre of the entertainment business that actually care about the customer. Reelin’ In The Years is one of those rare companies."
Peter AftermanProducer of It Might Get Loud and Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown

"I have worked with Reelin’ In The Years since their inception and they’ve long been my first research call on any documentary project I’m involved in. Very few archives understand, let alone communicate, the actual substance of the material they represent as well as RITY. They speak with both confidence and authority, which saves time and money in and of itself. With the addition of various television talk-show libraries over the past years, they’ve substantially deepened the storytelling dynamics I’m searching for."
Larry YelenDirector of Archival Research Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions

"What turns you on, baby? The Electric Prunes? The Yardbirds? The Pretty Things? The Kinks? There's only one go-to cat. David Peck is the man. He's gone, he is the coolest of the cool. I mean he swings, baby. You dig?"
Little Steven

"I am impressed with the depth of the Reelin' In The Years archive, the jazz footage in particular."
Charlie WattsThe Rolling Stones