A huge online archive of video clips accessible to all news providers has been launched by the Press Association.

The searchable archive of more than 40,000 clips is designed to provide broadcasters and newsrooms with extensive video footage of current affairs, sports and entertainment news from all corners of the UK.

In addition, the site contains over 2,000 hours of historic video footage accrued by the Press Association during the past decade.

As well as news providers, the portal is also available to online publishers, corporate companies, charities and public sector organisations.

PA managing director Tony Watson said: “In today’s news market clients need access to multi-media content 24 hours a day, seven days a week – the archive provides them with the flexibility to search and download any clip, at any time, in a range of formats.

“The Press Association prides itself on providing fast, fair and accurate coverage of news from every corner of the UK, and this is reflected in the depth and quality of our archive. This is an exciting new service which we believe will be of enormous value to a diverse range of clients for use across a wide variety of platforms.”

The site can be accessed here.