GP Archives is a department of Gaumont, and one of the largest film archives in France. It is now the leading French image bank illustrating the history of the 20th and 21st centuries.
It was founded as Gaumont Pathé Archives in 2003 following the merger of the archive departments of the world's two oldest film studios, Gaumont and Pathé. It was renamed GP Archives in 2019.
The archive contains nearly 12,000 hours of footage including Gaumont, Pathé and Éclair newsreels from 1908 to 1979, Sygma archives and the recently acquired Soviet archives from the Arkeion catalog, and numerous documentaries.
GP Archives also conserves and showcases silent movies from the combined catalogues of Gaumont and Pathé which contains over 2,000 titles. These include films by the founding fathers of French cinema, from Leonce Perret and Albert Capellani to Ferdinand Zecca and Louis Feuillade.
Corporate structure
GP Archives was formed on November 18, 2003 as Gaumont Pathé Archives with the merger of Cinémathèque Gaumont and Pathé Archives film libraries. The company, chaired by Martine Offroy, was 57.5%-owned by Gaumont and 42.5% by Pathé.[1] On June 29, 2019, Gaumont repurchased from Pathé all of its shares in the joint venture for €136,000. Following this transaction, Gaumont Pathé Archives was renamed GP Archives.[2]
References
^"Gaumont et Pathé réunissent leurs archives" [Gaumont and Pathé combine their archives]. La Croix (in French). Paris. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
archives, department, gaumont, largest, film, archives, france, leading, french, image, bank, illustrating, history, 20th, 21st, centuries, formerlygaumont, pathé, archives, 2003, 2019, typedivisionindustryfilm, television, archivefounded2003, years, 2003, fou. GP Archives is a department of Gaumont and one of the largest film archives in France It is now the leading French image bank illustrating the history of the 20th and 21st centuries GP ArchivesFormerlyGaumont Pathe Archives 2003 2019 TypeDivisionIndustryFilm and television archiveFounded2003 20 years ago 2003 FounderGaumont and PatheHeadquartersSaint Ouen sur Seine FranceKey peopleSidonie Dumas chairwoman Manuela Padoan CEO ParentGaumontWebsitegparchives wbr comIt was founded as Gaumont Pathe Archives in 2003 following the merger of the archive departments of the world s two oldest film studios Gaumont and Pathe It was renamed GP Archives in 2019 Contents 1 Film library 2 Corporate structure 3 References 4 External linksFilm library EditThe archive contains nearly 12 000 hours of footage including Gaumont Pathe and Eclair newsreels from 1908 to 1979 Sygma archives and the recently acquired Soviet archives from the Arkeion catalog and numerous documentaries GP Archives also conserves and showcases silent movies from the combined catalogues of Gaumont and Pathe which contains over 2 000 titles These include films by the founding fathers of French cinema from Leonce Perret and Albert Capellani to Ferdinand Zecca and Louis Feuillade Corporate structure EditGP Archives was formed on November 18 2003 as Gaumont Pathe Archives with the merger of Cinematheque Gaumont and Pathe Archives film libraries The company chaired by Martine Offroy was 57 5 owned by Gaumont and 42 5 by Pathe 1 On June 29 2019 Gaumont repurchased from Pathe all of its shares in the joint venture for 136 000 Following this transaction Gaumont Pathe Archives was renamed GP Archives 2 References Edit Gaumont et Pathe reunissent leurs archives Gaumont and Pathe combine their archives La Croix in French Paris 2003 11 17 Retrieved 2023 01 30 2019 Universal registration document PDF Press release Gaumont 2020 05 05 Retrieved 2023 01 30 External links EditOfficial website This article related to a film organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title GP Archives amp oldid 1138353499, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
