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The world's premier storm footage library.

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StormStock shoots and maintains the highest quality collection of storm footage in the world, for television and film professionals that demand only the best.

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Rescuers brace against fierce winds and search flooded vehicles during landfall of Hurricane Katrina. Format: HD 1080 24p.  Cinematographer: Martin Lisius.

BP oil spill disaster.  StormStock captures this historic event on HD including Deepwater Horizon, oil slicks, beaches and cleanup. 
View QuickTime Clip  Mini Screener Length: 2:48

NEW!  Large tornadoes topple utility tower, pass behind church (above).  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 2:09

The Goodnight, Texas tornado tracks across the lush green prairie (below).  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 2:20

Current StormStock shooting formats:

● Super 35mm on premium Kodak Vision3.
● Full resolution HD video.

Timberland "Rain"

See our dramatic footage in the Timberland "Rain" commercial.
Super 35mm to HDCAM.
View QuickTime Clip  Length: 30 seconds

What's new?  Global warming collection on HD, spectacular swirling storm clouds on 35mm/HD, Greensburg, Kansas F5 tornado aftermath on 35mm/HD, new tornadoes on HD, mud flows, flooding on HD, lightning on 35mm/HD, hurricanes on 35mm/HD.  What's hot? Hurricane Katrina in-progress (raging 100 mph winds and storm surge) on 35mm/HD and DV.  Dramatic storm video and film elements, various categories.

Title: Remembering South Dakota's deadliest tornado.
Source Reel Number: 998  Description: Highlights of the May 30, 1998 Spencer, SD F4 tornado photographed by the "Spencer 4."  Sources: Super 35mm and standard definition video.
View QuickTime Clip  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 6:24

Kansas tornado crosses highway.  Tornado crosses Interstate 70 in Kansas.  HD 1080i video.
View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 2:08

Spring 2008 thunderstorms.  Dramatic supercells and brilliant lightning shot on Super 35mm and transferred to HDCAM
View QuickTime Clip  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 3:40

35mm Sampler.  Hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning and storm clouds on 35mm.  It's global warming in high-end definition.
View QuickTime Clip  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 8:27

Tornadoes on 35mm/HD.  2004 tornadoes shot on Super 35mm and transferred to HDCAM.
View QuickTime Clip  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 9:10

Iowa Tornado.  Amazing and rare tornado video.  A destructive tornado passing through Tornado Alley town.
View QuickTime Clip  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 1:53

Hurricane Katrina.  Dramatic Hurricane Katrina in-progress.  Over 10 hours of Katrina video available. Super 35mm/HD/DV.
Mini Sampler Length: 2:53  View QuickTime Clip  View Windows Media Clip

People struggling in extreme weather, including hurricanes, rain and blizzards.  Mini sampler.
View Windows Media Clip  Length: 3:27

Big wave mini sampler.  Tsunami like waves from hurricanes, typhoons, and El Nino storms.
View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: 1:49

"Hurricanes 2004 - Florida's Meanest Season"
Hurricane Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.  View Windows Media Clip  View MPEG2 Clip  Mini Screener Length: 2:22

House blows away in Kansas tornado.  Extremely rare tornado video.
View QuickTime Clip  View Windows Media Clip  Mini Screener Length: :21

Winter wonderland on 35mm.  Snow falling in woods, day and night.  Super 35mm/HDCAM.
View Windows Media Clip

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StormStock is the world's premier storm footage library.  The majority of StormStock originates on 35mm motion picture film and digital video.  Our rights-managed images are licensed to film and television industry producers worldwide for use in broadcast, theatrical, advertising and corporate video productions. 

We shoot our own footage which allows us to maintain the quality of our product from creation to delivery.  Since StormStock is operated and maintained by photographers, we posses an intimate knowledge of our collection and can quickly locate and deliver the best possible footage to our clients.

StormStock categories include Weather Tools, Storm Chasers, Storm Clouds, Flooding and Rain, Microbursts, Hail, Lightning, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Winter Storms, and Fires

Sample web clips are published as MPEG, Windows Media or QuickTime movie files.  Free players are available for both Windows and Mac platforms from the Windows Media and QuickTime web sites.

Order a sample reel to view a larger selection of footage.

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