A wonderful new collection has now arrived at the Archive: The relatively short but happy life of Hollywood Press Kit CD-ROMs.

archive.org/details/cdromp…

The collection spans 1997-2004, which feels about right. 151 of them right now.
Press Kits have been a part of movies for many, many years - a gathering of promotional materials so press didn't have to think too hard, and they didn't need to let too many people on set asking the same things.

And of course, ensure the images were Just Right.
Most of these are ISOs. to look at the insides, click on SHOW ALL link on the right, then "VIEW CONTENTS" for the .ISO file (where available). Or download it and mount it locally using a utility. Each disc is a junk drawer of Hollywood PR. (This one has 22mb .TIFF Files!)
Obviously, as soon as transfer speeds spiked up on the Internet, these plastic marvels of ephemera disappeared under the waves, never to be seen again, except now. It was a very, very short little period of life.

Happy Hunting and Hooray for Hollywood (CD-ROMs)

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