New & Unique Videos
Producer & Distributor of Special Interest Titles, and Stock Footage Library
Extreme Sports Video Pioneers
New & Unique Videos was established in 1985 to produce and distribute a series of mountain bike videos as well as several other special-interest educational titles. These shows did very well in their markets throughout the late 80’s and 1990’s.
In 1993, New and Unique Videos branched out into selling stock footage with an emphasis on mountain biking and extreme sports, Southern California lifestyle and various cities around the world; for example, Geneva, Switzerland; Papeete, Tahiti; Adelaide, Australia; Darjeeling, India and so on, shot on broadcast-quality Betacam SP (always on a tripod and often with a Steadicam).
We have always shot with the best broadcast-quality equipment and award-winning DPs available at the time. One original master shot in particular we repeated many times was a zoom out from a beautiful vista to a very wide shot.
Pioneers of VHS Educational Video Titles
New and Unique Videos were early pioneers in producing several educational and sports videos. These included “Massage For Relaxation,” the first video on how to massage another, as well as yourself. And “California Big Hunks,” the first male erotic dance video. Also, “Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics” the first anti-terrorism video. Then, “Common-Sense Self Defense For Women.” This was the first women’s self-defense video.
As producers Mark Schulze and Patricia Mooney discovered a passion for the sport of mountain biking, they went on to produce several of the world’s first educational mountain biking videos. The first was “The Great Mountain Biking Video” (1987). Next came “Ultimate Mountain Biking: Advanced Techniques & Winning Strategies. Consequently we followed that title with “Lessons in Cycling” starring Olympian and consummate road cyclist, John Howard. John imparted the wisdom he had gained over years of competing and winning road races.
An Endless Summer on Wheels
In 1993 and 1994, New and Unique Videos produced a documentary called “Full Cycle: A World Odyssey”. This title contains several worlds’ firsts. It features scenes of the first-ever underwater mountain bikers (off the coast of Costa Rica), the first mountain bikers to ride into the Turrialba Volcano (Costa Rica) and the first mountain bikers to participate in the First Mt. Everest Mountain Bike Rally.
We took all the clips we shot around the world, and made them available as San Diego’s first stock footage library. We’ve been on many stock-footage collection trips over the last couple of decades. And we’ve amassed hundreds of hours of new and unique clips. Our corporate and small business clients appreciate the access to stock footage that we offer because it adds a special dimension to their video productions. We have worked with a multitude of clients who have utilized our clips in their productions, including IBM, Disney, The Tonight Show, Real TV and many others.
New & Unique Videos Stock Footage Library
New & Unique Videos is San Diego’s first and largest stock footage library since 1985. We offer an extensive stock footage library of contemporary shots from around the world, i.e., people, cities, countrysides, mountain biking, beaches, sunsets, aerial, underwater, Steadicam, and much more. We also provide custom footage. Since 1981, our affiliate company, Crystal Pyramid Productions, has offered full video and film production services, from concept to completion, including animation, editing, narration, music, duplication and packaging.
New & Unique Videos stock footage library is a one-of-a-kind collection of contemporary and archival images from around the world, including original masters shot on Betacam SP (1989 -2009), 3/4 ” (1977 -1990), 4K (2015 – present) HD (2004 -present), DVCam (2001-present) and 16 mm film (1954 -1976). All tapes have been logged into a keyword-searchable format (Filemaker Pro) with paper back-ups.
Over the last three decades we have collected stock footage in many different locations of many different topics, thus increasing the scope of New & Unique Videos’ collections. We have also added the formats of High Definition and 4K to our offerings.
New & Unique Videos has San Diego and Southern California clips that reach back to the 1970’s. Our clips have appeared in many corporate and broadcast productions and theatrical releases such as “Anchorman,” “The Joey Show,” “The Tonight Show,” etc.
Historical Overview
“Our primary goal is to entertain and educate ourselves and others. We want to produce high quality videos for diverse audiences, and have fun while doing it.”
This is the mission statement of Mark Schulze and Patty Mooney, a husband/wife team who own and operate Crystal Pyramid Productions and New & Unique Videos. Since 1985 they have produced a dozen educational and/or entertainment titles.
The video production that required the most shlepping of gear was “FULL CYCLE WORLD ODYSSEY,” a mountain-bike travel adventure to nine spectacular countries. Mooney and Schulze are passionate about the sport of mountain biking, considering they were married in the summer of 1987 in the Cuyamaca Mountains on their mountain bicycles.
The best seller is “CALIFORNIA BIG HUNKS.” “We shot at about ten different locations and generated a lot of excitement among the local women,” says Schulze.
“MASSAGE FOR RELAXATION” is a tape that was produced almost ahead of its time. It teaches you how to massage yourself as well as another person. It’s a great companion tape for any of the dozens of work-out tapes on the market. Once you exercise your body to its potential, you should reward it with the relaxation techniques you’ll find in “MASSAGE FOR RELAXATION.”
The most modest tape budgetwise was “ANTI-TERRORISM: WEAPONS & TACTICS” which also turned out to be one of the most popular. Police departments, security organizations and people concerned about terrorism in today’s society purchase it as a resource video
“If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our many years of producing and distributing videos,” says Schulze, “It’s this: Do what you love and love what you do. It gives your creation — whether a video or other product, or a service — the positive edge that people want.”
New & Unique Videos Titles
ANTI-TERRORISM: WEAPONS & TACTICS
COMMON SENSE SELF DEFENSE FOR WOMEN
GOLDEN HOUR: FIRST MT. EVEREST MOUNTAIN BIKE RALLY
LESSONS IN CYCLING WITH JOHN HOWARD
STEPPIN’ OUT: ULTIMATE INTERVAL TRAINING SYSTEM
THE GREAT MOUNTAIN BIKING VIDEO
ULTIMATE MOUNTAIN BIKING: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES & WINNING STRATEGIES
