GP Archives
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film archive, Image bank |
| Predecessor | Cinémathèque Gaumont, Pathé Archives |
| Founded | November 18, 2003 |
| Founder | Gaumont, Pathé (as Gaumont Pathé Archives) |
| Fate | Renamed GP Archives in 2019 after full acquisition by Gaumont |
| Headquarters | France |
Area served | France |
| Owner | Gaumont |
| Parent | Gaumont |
GP Archives operates as a subsidiary of Gaumont and ranks among the most extensive film repositories in France, functioning as a premier French image bank that chronicles the 20th and 21st centuries.
The entity originated in 2003 under the name Gaumont Pathé Archives following the consolidation of the archival divisions from the historic studios Gaumont and Pathé. In 2019, it adopted the current name GP Archives.
Film library
The collection encompasses close to 12,000 hours of footage, incorporating newsreels from Gaumont, Pathé, and Éclair dating between 1908 and 1979, alongside the Sygma archives, recently integrated Soviet materials from the Arkeion catalog, and a variety of documentaries.
Additionally, GP Archives safeguards more than 2,000 silent films sourced from the combined catalogs of Gaumont and Pathé. This includes productions by early French cinema innovators such as Leonce Perret, Albert Capellani, Ferdinand Zecca, and Louis Feuillade.
Corporate structure
The company was founded on November 18, 2003, under the title Gaumont Pathé Archives through the unification of Cinémathèque Gaumont and Pathé Archives. Initially, ownership was split with Gaumont holding 57.5% and Pathé owning 42.5%. On June 29, 2019, Gaumont purchased Pathé’s shares for €136,000, thereby obtaining full control and renaming the organization GP Archives.