NFL Films


 
 
NFL Films

NFL Films is a Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company devoted to producing commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries on the National Football League. Founded as Blair Motion Pictures by Ed Sabol in 1962, and now

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run by his son Steven Sabol, it is currently owned by the NFL.

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Founder Ed Sabol was a World War II veteran who worked selling topcoats after returning back to the United States. In his spare time, he often used a motion picture camera, received as a wedding gift, to record his son Steven?s high schoolfootball games. Inspired by his own work, Sabol founded a small film company named Blair Motion Pictures,after his daughter. Sabol won the bidding for the rights to film the 1962 NFL championship game for $3,000, double the bid for the 1961 championship game. The film of that game impressed NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, who asked the owners of the NFL to agree to buy out Sabol's company. Although the owners rejected Rozelle's proposal in 1964, they agreed a year later and renamed Sabol's company "NFL Films." He received $12,000 in seed money from each of the league's 14 owners, and in return would shoot all NFL games and produce a highlight film for each team. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/26/60II/main595946.shtml http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/managing/articles/0,15114,361371,00.html


 

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NFL Films Classics: Big Game America (DVD)
NFL Films Classics: Big Game America (DVD)
NFL Films Classics: More Than A Game (DVD)
NFL Films Classics: More Than A Game (DVD)
NFL Films Super Bowl Collection: Super Bowl I-X (DVD)
NFL Films Super Bowl Collection: Super Bowl I-X (DVD)
NFL Films Classics: Eyeball to Eyeball (DVD)
NFL Films Classics: Eyeball to Eyeball (DVD)
NFL Films Super Bowl Collection: Super Bowl XI-XX (DVD)
NFL Films Super Bowl Collection: Super Bowl XI-XX (DVD)
NFL Films Super Bowl Collection: Super Bowl XXI-XXX (DVD)
NFL Films Super Bowl Collection: Super Bowl XXI-XXX (DVD)
NFL: Ultimate NFL (BD)
NFL: Ultimate NFL (BD)
NFL: Ultimate NFL (DVD)
NFL: Ultimate NFL (DVD)
NFL Helmets
NFL Helmets
NFL: The Greatest (DVD)
NFL: The Greatest (DVD)
NFL - Play Callers
NFL - Play Callers
NFL: In Just One Play (DVD)
NFL: In Just One Play (DVD)

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Introduction
Founding
Style
Television Programs
Success
Controversy
See also
External Links
 


 

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