From 1985 until 2003 former New York Daily News photographer Joseph DeMaria ran V&P News Service. Armed with high quality video cameras, former Daily News photographers, police radios and "arrangements" with New York's finest, V&P New Service were the first responders to many of the city's most lurid, grizzly and important news stories. From drug arrests, murders, hostage situations, political rallies, bombings and acts of terror (extensive 9/11 footage included) V&P News Service were the first ones to show up and were given unfettered access to the crime scenes. They licensed their exclusive footage to local news stations and networks around the world. If you have seen the recent movie  "Nightcrawler" you will get the picture.

Historic Films has purchased this extensive archive and is in the process of digitizing and logging the material.  Check it out at historicfilms.com!  

"LITTLE" WALTER'S Rock 'N' Roll Films

Little Walter DeVenne (Circa 1970)

From the early 1960s until 1975 Little Walter Devenne dragged two sound movie cameras to early Rock N' Roll shows at venues in New York and Brooklyn including The Fox Theater, Paramount Theater and Academy of Music. His prime focus was R&B and Doo Wop vocal groups as well as early rockers such as Fats Domino, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Gary U.S. Bonds. Extremely rare color and sound footage shot up close in the orchestra pits of groups such as The Cadillacs, The Five Keys, The Elegants, Five Satins, Jive Five, The Earls, Ben E. King and The Drifters just touches the surface of this amazing one-of-a-kind collection of early rock n' rollers and vocal groups. Little Walter's collection includes the only known vintage footage of R&B and Rock 'N' Roll's earliest hit makers.  

Historic Films is in the process of transferring the original reels to HD, a process that will be ongoing for the next several months.