Video: Historic Royal Palaces Now Provides New Broadcast Quality Footage to Download Free of Charge

Video: Historic Royal Palaces Now Provides New Broadcast Quality Footage to Download Free of Charge

LONDON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Historic Royal Palaces, the independent UK charity that manages the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, the Banqueting House Whitehall and Kew Palace, announces a new downloadable footage service for broadcast journalists, launching Wednesday 27 June 2007.

To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/worldtelevision/28746/

From the News and Media pages of its website at http://www.hrp.org.uk/, journalists can now immediately view and download, free of charge, broadcast- quality (MPEG2) footage, including Video News Releases (VNR) and B-Roll of it latest stories. Journalists can also search quickly and easily for relevant footage, which can be viewed prior to download via the streaming preview function.

All videos within the archive are fully shot-listed and supported by introductory text and scripts. In order to make it even easier for journalists to access the footage they require, an alert subscription service is available and email alerts are distributed as soon as new content is added to the archive.

The content now available to download covers the latest news stories:

Young Henry VIII

A new permanent exhibition, Young Henry VIII, opening on 28 June 2007 at Hampton Court Palace, his most famous residence, is set to challenge the stereotypical image of the older Henry the war-mongering, fat, serial husband who broke ties with Rome and founded his own Church. It will use modern technology and historic paintings to explore how three of the most powerful and charismatic people in Europe -- Katherine of Aragon, Cardinal Wolsey and Henry himself -- dominated the first twenty years of Henry's reign and shaped the rest.

Diana: a Princess remembered

On 30 June 2007 a new exhibition celebrating the life of Diana, Princess of Wales will open at her former home, Kensington Palace. Marking Diana's life as princess, mother, fashion icon and humanitarian, the exhibition features over 200 photographs, alongside memorable film footage of one of the world's most famous and admired women. Interviews with exhibition contributors who knew and worked with the Princess, including photographers, fashion designers and representatives from the charities she supported, will be available to download.

Notes to Editors

For further information please contact the Press Office on 020 3166 6166 or email press@hrp.org.uk . The News and Media pages can be accessed from http://www.hrp.org.uk/

For images, please register at http://hrp.newsteam.co.uk/ which holds our gallery of images. You can browse and download hi-res images from this site. Usage is free for editorial.

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CONTACT: Press Office of Historic Royal Palaces, +020 3166 6166,
press@hrp.org.uk

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http://www.hrp.org.uk/
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