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    Posted: 10/02/2003    Updated: 12/18/2009
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B-Roll Footage - Lab

The NCI Press Office maintains a collection of B-roll video depicting various areas of research at NCI. NCI B-roll is available to any accredited news organization.

Instant access to B-roll via Quicktime download is now available to those with high bandwidth access. If you cannot download the B-roll, please contact the NCI press office at (301) 496-6641 to request a High-Definition DVD of complete B-roll.

Instructions for Download

To view a 20- to-30-second preview clip of NCI B-roll, please click on the image next to the description, or click "View Preview" under the description. A QuickTime 5 or later plug-in is required for best viewing. Note: The clips will open in a separate window.

Please select from the available topics below:



Lab B-Roll - TRT 00:05:43

This b-roll includes footage of:

  • Natural - Storage
  • Natural - Extraction
  • Pathology - Consultation at Microscope
  • Nanotechnology
Image depicting various methods of lab material storage and extraction from plastic containers.
(* Clip has no sound. )
Natural Storage

The full segment includes depictions of a Caucasian tech preparing materials and equipment for assay, including close-ups of process and equipment throughout; young Caucasian woman and middle-aged Caucasian woman analyzing results from computer.


Format Length Size
Preview 01 .WMV 00:20 1.3MB
Preview 02 .WMV 00:10 680kb
Full-Length HD Video .WMV 01:59 7.4MB
Image depicting various methods of lab material storage and extraction from plastic containers.
(* Clip has no sound. )
Natural - Extraction

The full segment includes depictions of a Caucasian tech using an electronic scale to tare weight of a materials container; percolators; addition of solvents; and footage of the percolation process.


Format Length Size
Preview 01 .WMV 00:16 925.kb
Preview 02 .WMV 00:14 787kb
Full-Length HD Video .WMV 01:59 7.4MB
A researcher's hands as she examines a slide under a microscope.
(* Clip has no sound. )
Pathology - Consultation at Microscope

The full segment includes depictions of a group of scientists at microscopes; Caucasian woman looking in microscope; close-up of slide on microscope; hands writing on a pad.


Format Length Size
Preview 01 .WMV 00:19 1.2MB
Preview 02 .WMV 00:14 894kb
Full-Length HD Video .WMV 00:48 2.9MB
Two researchers discussing lab results.
(* Clip has no sound. )
Nanotechnology

The full segment includes depictions of Caucasian male, Caucasian female, and African-American female researchers analyzing electrophoresis images; graphical representations of molecular processes; close-ups of microscope lens rotations and analysis of specimens under a microscope.

Format Length Size
Preview 01 .WMV 00:05 381kb
Preview 02 .WMV 00:42 2.7MB
Full-Length HD Video .WMV 00:57 3.6MB

Video Specifications

These standard definition videos were shot on a Sony 570 DVCAM and edited at full resolution in an Avid Media Composer. The video clips were exported as QuickTime Movies, using the QuickTime H.264 codec, with the following specifications:

  • 720 x 486 pixels frame size
  • 30 frames per second
  • RGB color, compressed at millions of colors, for best compression.
  • 44.1 kHz, uncompressed audio, 2 channels of pan-centered mono audio.

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