From Fragile Tapes to Searchable Archives
For 175 years, Reuters has been reporting on the most important world events. But part of this content was not findable, hidden behind legacy formats with no metadata. Using the latest technology, Reuters is bringing unique and never-before-seen historic visuals to life.
Inventory of never-before seen footage and stills stored across the world
Large‑scale digitisation across global bureaus, by building the Reuters Media Ingest Hub
Mobile structure to access content where materials can’t leave the country
AI‑generated, time‑based metadata enabling precise search
Easily Find The Footage You Need
Natural search queries, powered by AI: search by names, locations and themes
Exclusive collections including new footage on 9/11 and Nelson Mandela
Ever growing collection, with over 1,000 assets digitalized monthly
Why Reuters Bureau Rushes Are Unique
Raw unedited footage captured on the ground by Reuters journalists
Preserved with original contextual information and AI‑indexed for time‑based, moment‑level search
Supported by permanent ingest and preservation infrastructure
Reuters Media Ingest Hub
In 2025, it launched the Reuters Media Ingest: a permanent, integrated facility supporting digitisation, AI enrichment and end‑to‑end ingest into Reuters Connect marketplace [link]. Built on open standards for interoperability, the facility can process over 1,000 assets per month, ensuring scalability for future preservation work.
Just as importantly, it preserves specialist playback skills for legacy formats, ensuring that rare technical expertise is maintained in‑house and remains available to support future preservation work — safeguarding not only the content, but the knowledge required to unlock it.
Portable digitisation units enable preservation in locations such as Cairo and Baghdad, ensuring geography and geopolitics do not dictate what history survives.
Find the Footage That Tells the Story
Search, preview, and license new Reuters historic bureau rushes.
