NYPL Acquires 1,200-Hour 9/11 Video Archive With Public Access Set for 2027
The archive includes unseen footage from over 130 New Yorkers, preserving detailed perspectives of the attacks and the 9/11 Memorial's creation for future public access.
- On Wednesday, the New York Public Library announced it acquired The CameraPlanet Archive and will host a screening of Rosenbaum’s film on September 11, 2025, with public access expected to begin in 2027.
- Donated by Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Steven Rosenbaum and Pamela Yoder, the CameraPlanet Archive includes extensive footage of the week of the attacks and 9/11 Memorial construction.
- The archive contains more than 1,200 hours of footage, including over 500 hours of first-person video recorded by more than 130 New Yorkers with camcorders and digitized by volunteers this year.
- NYPL said the archive will join its extensive 9/11 holdings and aid researchers, while The Post received an exclusive preview of never-before-seen Nighttime Recovery footage Thursday.
- Officials noted timestamped contemporaneous video records carry renewed civic importance, and the 9/11 Media Preservation Group continues digital preservation and outreach efforts to help preserve 9/11 material.
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Hours of Previously Unseen Video Footage From 9/11 Are Being Made Public Over Two Decades Later
Hours of previously unseen footage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is still being released to the public more than two decades after the tragedy. Over the years, numerous groups have been working to digitize footage of 9/11. The attacks unfolded in a moment before the proliferation of cellphones and social media provided vehicles to share information and news widely and instantly. But they were recorded extensively at the time by all kinds of came…
500 hours of dramatic, never-before-seen footage of 9/11 and aftermath to be unveiled at New York Public Library
A total of 500 hours of new footage includes striking images from Ground Zero recovery efforts, destroyed subway tunnels and pet rescue missions, library officials said Wednesday, on the eve of the 24th anniversary of the attacks.
24 years after 9/11, previously unseen images are still emerging. This group finds and publishes them
The 9/11 Media Preservation Group is determined to help preserve media from September 11, including uncovering materials that were long buried in their owners’ collections.
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