Does anyone know how to get hold of (preferably free) countdown clock footage to go at the beginning of a program.

Are you talking about the old movie style leader with the spinning line that rotates while the number behind it changes?

If so I have one a guy on videouniversity made for me if you would like to use it.

Sounds interesting and I might take you up on it, but I was hoping for a more broadcast (countdown with company and program details) type clock.

Thanks though

Adobe Premiere has the black and white "rotating wipe" countdown built-in. It's under the File->New menu.

For longer countdowns, I would generate an animation using POV-Ray (way overkill for a basic countdown, but hey, I'm crazy, and its free).

I suppose the official title would be "program leader clock".
I'm after a software version for use with NLE.